Haverford

A Haverford Middle School teacher was charged yesterday after allegedly pointing a starter pistol at a 13-year-old student's head last week and threatening to "kill this girl" following horseplay in a classroom after school. The eighth-grade math teacher, identified by police as George Trabosh, 44, of Norristown, was charged with simple assault, making terroristic threats, and recklessly endangering another person, and will be notified by summons. A hearing is scheduled for May 30 in Haverford District Court.

The Haverford Township Board of Commissioners will meet at 8 p.m. Monday at the township building, 2325 Darby Rd., Havertown.

All that I know about Drew Lewis is what I have read in newspapers. He is and long has been one of the most proficient hatchet men. Skill in identifying who should be fired is the most important factor in any reorganization. Haverford should have given a doctorate to Drew Lewis as its most proficient alumnus 20 years ago. The Republican Party should have recognized that his skills as a hatchetman are what the nation most needs. His courage in being true to his principles, as in the Haverford commencement, demonstrate why he would be the strongest presidential candidate available.

When Downingtown took a couple of early leads against Haverford in their opening-round game of the District 1 girls' lacrosse tournament yesterday, memories of last year's stunning first-round loss to Springfield came flooding back for Fords coach Nancy McGoldrick. Some of her players felt them, too. "This time we were determined that wasn't going to happen," said Haverford junior Colleen O'Hara, who helped spearhead a seven-goal surge that turned a tight game into a 14-5 romp for the Fords.

The Haverford High ice hockey team answered the doubts with determination, countered the boos with belief. "Everybody out there doubted us," senior captain and right winger Kevin Tallon said. "We were always the bottom dog. " The Fords (15-10-4) aren't barking from the bottom any more. They have qualified for the Flyers Cup, regardless of how they fare against Monsignor Bonner in the Eastern League Tier I championship series. In the best-of-three series, Haverford topped Bonner, 5-3, in Monday night's opener at the Skatium.

Calling all wannabe assistant township managers: Haverford is looking for someone to fill a position it hasn't had in a long time, a person who can oversee the public works department and help Township Manager Tom Bannar with administrative duties. Other municipalities, such as Tredyffrin, Springfield and Lower Merion, employ assistant township managers. Haverford Commissioners President Fred Moran suggested creating the position at a meeting Jan. 9, after the death a week earlier of Public Works Director Al DiGirolamo.

Frances McKittrick Sargent, 74, of Haverford, a homemaker, died June 1 at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Mrs. Sargent was born in 1913 in St. Louis and lived in Paris for three years during the 1920s. She returned from Europe in the late 1920s and settled on the Main Line. She was a graduate of Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Conn., and Miss Wright's School in Bryn Mawr. Mrs. Sargent enjoyed gardening and was involved in a local garden club, according to her son, Samuel P. Howe 3d. She was a member of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church and the Merion Cricket Club.

Meeting in closed session with a lawsuit hanging over their heads, the Haverford commissioners this week agreed on a reapportionment plan that board members say more nearly equalizes the populations of the township's nine wards. The Monday night session was hastily called last week after the League of Women Voters filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, contending that the township was violating the voters' equal-protection rights. The timing conflicted with a ice-hockey game played at the Skatium to benefit a Monsignor Bonner High School student who was burned in a school accident.

Alvernia beat Haverford, 8-3, in the opening round of the NCAA Division III baseball tournament Wednesday in Lakewood, N.J. Haverford's Nick Miranda (New Hope) was 3 for 4 with an RBI. The Fords (24-18) will play at 1:15 Thursday in the double-elimination tournament. Nole Saylor (Boyertown) drove in three for Alvernia. Pat Moran (Cherry Hill Wesst), Mike Kerns (Archbishop Wood) and Bill Parave (Pennsauken) each drove in three runs to lead Penn State Abington (24-19)

The Haverford High field hockey team went to bed last night knowing it will be playing another home game. The Fords will host Hatboro-Horsham tomorrow in the quarterfinals of the District 1 Class AAA playoffs. It's a distinct home-field advantage, too, and the Fords know it. Depending which direction play is going, teams are running and passing uphill or downhill. Yesterday, the fifth-seeded Fords had the downhill roll in the first half, and that is when they did their damage, scoring all three of their goals in a 3-0 victory over Owen J. Roberts.

This season marked the first time since 2008 that Haverford School didn't win at least a share of the Inter-Ac League boys' lacrosse title, but the Fords were happy to play spoiler against a top rival hoping to earn its first title in 15 years. Behind a seven-goal fourth quarter, Haverford won, 11-6, Friday at Episcopal Academy in the teams' Inter-Ac regular-season finales. Episcopal could have clinched a share of its first league title since 1998. But the loss gave Malvern Prep sole possession of the Inter-Ac title for the first time since 2008.

If you have a hard time understanding Einstein's theory of relativity, maybe that's because you've never heard Walter Smith strum it on his baritone ukulele. "It's glorious and eerie, this theory; Its light is shining on me," Smith, a physics professor at Haverford College, sang to his introductory class last week in the plaintive tones of a folk troubadour. "I see time dilation and feel the elation, of relativity. " As the last note fades, his 20 students burst into applause - just as they do over the course of the semester for his swooning ballad, "The Love Song of the Electric Field," or the Broadway-style toe-tapper "Energy Eigenstates," among others.

Look around the softball diamond and you'll notice a difference between the Haverford High School squad of last year and the one that is making some noise this season in the Central League. The Fords have returned most of their players from last season, but there has been a change at the plate, where batters one through nine have improved. There is also a difference in the field, where the Fords play more as a unit. The shift, however, did not occur in the dugout or on a score sheet, but in a preseason meeting between coaches and players.

Charles Kelly keeps his lacrosse stick in his team's ice cooler. Kelly handles faceoff duties for the Malvern Prep lacrosse team. During summer tournaments last year, the weather was so hot it caused the head of his stick to bend back almost all the way to the shaft. The flexibility left him with a competitive disadvantage. He had to find a solution. "My dad came up to me and said, 'Why don't you try sticking it in the cooler? It will cool it off and help it stay in place,' " Kelly said.

Peter Blynn scored twice and assisted on three goals Saturday as the Haverford School toppled nationally ranked Salisbury (Conn.), 13-11, at the Fords' Checking for Cancer Invitational lacrosse showcase. Grant Ament scored a team-high three goals, and Jake Landman posted the win with six saves. Reilly Hupfeldt and Drew Supinski each had two goals and one assist. Salisbury entered the game ranked No. 3 by Under Armour/InsideLacrosse.com. Haverford, unranked nationally, is phillylacrosse.com's fifth-ranked area team.

Zeke Zabrinski went 3 for 3 and scored two runs Friday to lead Germantown Academy past visiting Haverford School, 8-7, in an Inter-Ac League baseball game. John Aiello added a home run and two RBIs, and Ryan Dewalt posted the win. Steve Fitzgerald and Steve Scornajenghi hit homers for the Fords. Boys' Lacrosse Ryan Hilburn and Tommy O'Connor scored three goals each as host Malvern Prep edged Penn Charter, 8-7, in a nonleague game. Public. Colin Herbert scored twice and had seven assists as George Washington blanked host Southern, 14-0.

At a track and field meet such as Saturday's Haverford Invitational, it's hard to stand out. With a lot of talent among the 29 teams, winning multiple events proved difficult for most schools, but the Garnet Valley girls' squad had no trouble proving their talent by claiming gold in two of the premier races at the meet at Haverford High. Senior Alyssa Rudawsky got the first win of the day for the Jaguars, finishing the 1,600-meter run in 5 minutes, 8.05 seconds. Her time was 10 seconds better than the qualifying standard (5:18.24)

At a track and field meet such as Saturday's Haverford Invitational, it's hard to stand out. With a lot of talent among the 29 teams, winning multiple events proved difficult for most schools, but the Garnet Valley girls' squad had no trouble proving their talent by claiming gold in two of the premier races at the meet at Haverford High. Senior Alyssa Rudawsky got the first win of the day for the Jaguars, finishing the 1,600-meter run in 5 minutes, 8.05 seconds. Her time was 10 seconds better than the qualifying standard (5:18.24)

Do the names Celilia Beaux or Violet Oakley ring a bell? How about Faith Ringgold, an artist renown for her painted quilt series and who used her art to portray the civil rights movement from a female perspective? If you want to know more, the Haverford Township Free Library will hosted a program A Room of Her Own: Women in American Art. Dressler Smith, of the Pennsylvania Academy of the fine Arts will lead a discussion on pioneering 19th century women artists. Smith will show how the political and cultural change in American history "both inspired and challenged women artisits.