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Hello, I'm Jacquie Jones of Jones and Associates Law PC and the Jonesing 4 Justice podcast. And I know you can probably hear a lot about, so I have noise and I'm sorry for that, but that's because I am working outside. Well it is a late evening. I've been at a full day at work and today I want to talk about some interesting topics and as you can tell by the title is pretty provocative. Um, basically we don't care about girls, um, how you can rape one for free and get away with it essentially. Um, I know that's a horrible topic, but it's , it's horrible because it makes me very, very angry. I mean, in my head I keep hearing Michael Jackson singing over in a loop. All I have to say is that they don't really care about us. So why does this come up? Well, the news has been talking about the school bus driver who raped a 14 year old girl but got no jail time. And yes, it's safe to say he raped her because he was convicted. Um, and it is appalling. I mean, we've heard about these rapists. You get away with it like Brock Turner and all these other people who get very short sentences. But this new spate of cases is appalling to me because you think after the outcry from these other ones that they would have learned their lessons. But apparently judges never learned , or they just don't care. I guess that's why it's really important that when we look at judges, but we picked someone more than just a political shill or someone who says, I want to be a judge. I have opinions. Well anyway, so we're looking at this upstate New York school bus driver and I'm looking over at this case and he pled guilty to raping the 14 year old girl who was on his bus route. Now I have 15 and 16 year old girls. So obviously not too long ago at 14 year olds and they were taken buses. In fact, one of them was leaving out the house like six o'clock in the morning and going with the bus driver to a private school when she was going there was pretty far away. Um, and the idea that my child's not safe with the people who are supposed to get them to and from school- Disgusting, terrifying. And even as a criminal defense attorney, really, really indefensible. So the judge said that Shane Piche , P I c h e was 25 years old, was sentenced to 10 years probation unless register as a sex offender, but not even forever. Um, but he escaped jail time because he had no previous arrests. That's right. And I had been arrested. Means that you can go ahead and rate the 14 year old, taken away something and she can never get back her innocence, her childhood. : And it's okay because, well, you didn't rape anyone else before. Now imagine that. I mean, we're so hard on things. I drugs you didn't sell drugs before, but we'll throw you in jail for it. Oh, well you won't get to murder one person for free. How about that No. How about you rob one store for free- No jail time. No, but apparently raping little girls. Um, that's perfectly appropriate and perfectly okay. Sickening. The judge, James P McCleskey said probation was an appropriate sentence because peach had no prior arrests and only had one victim. Like I said, you can rape just one girl and not go to jail. That's some old bs. So , he pled guilty to third degree rape and he met the girl when he was on his job as a bus driver. And, and it's funny how, because they said he had sex with her in his apartment. : He didn't have sex with her. He raped her. She's 14. It's not sex. It's rape. Let's stop making it seem like it was some kind of choice. Now that already happened. And then I'm scrolling through the news and I see another one where a man avoids prison time for holding a teenage girls is sexual captive in a dog cage. A dog cage. Now the thing that's interesting about that, this man is from Gwinnett county in Georgia. Um, which I know kind of well since my sister lives in Gwinnett. Hey! and he's a 33 year old man. And Michael Wysolovski He was also sentenced to 10 years probation. I mean, what is it about ten years? Well, we just keep you on probation for 10 years. The fact that you have assaulted teenage girls, well that should all just go away. Ridiculous. And he pled . : He did eight months of jail time after pleading guilty. Thursday to third degrees, excuse me, first degree cruelty to children and interstate interference with custody. So here's the deal, he's getting 8, and he's getting the credit for the eight months he spent in detention. Basically probably couldn't pay his bail. That's why he did the eight months and, but he's not going to go away to state prison and that means he's not going to do any additional time. The rest of his nine years and four months, he will have to register sex offender for life. But the rest of his nine years and four months on probation, unless he gets in trouble. Now here's the deal. He was arrested in 2017 after North Carolina police found, well, Georgia police found the 17 year old girl from North Carolina who he had in his home. Now, here's the deal, the deal, they met in an online forum and she apparently was not happy. Um, and he decided that the 15 year old who was unhappy should come and meet with him and she did. So she ends up, um, he picked her up when she was 16 on an interstate near Charlotte, which is near where she lived, takes her to Georgia. And they're saying basically he can't be charged with child molestation because the age of consent is 16 in Georgia. Here's the ridiculousness about that. What is the age of consent in the place where he took her. Because if you take a child across state lines for purposes of immoral moral activity or sexual purposes or something like that, you don't get to say, well imagine this Utah, the state of good age, consent may be 13. I'm not saying it is, but let's say it's 13 someone takes my child from Pennsylvania who is a 13 year old and then takes her to Utah and to have sex with her. Do you think they shouldn't suffer for what they did, which is basically kidnapped the child of the state of Pennsylvania to take her to do something that would be illegal in our state because it's legal there. That's some old BS too. Now the girl is named, obviously she's sexual assault victim, but she agreed to enter into a consensual relationship and 16 year olds do that. Like that's not surprising, shouldn't to clear the screen. 16 year olds do that. But the problem is is that after awhile she had issues because he would refuse to acknowledge when she said he was using excessive force, they had safe words. She didn't have glance to see. He didn't you know, acknowledge the safe words. So basically he decided that because she consented once, she was consenting again and again and again. Even when she made it clear that she was no longer consenting and obviously when he no longer, when she know her consented, he decided to do other things like using food to punish her. R. Kelly anyone? And because the girl was anorexic, he would say, you know, he, he control her own food and forced her to perform sexual acts in exchange for allowing her to eat. Um, he was originally charged with rape, aggravated sodomy, first degree cruelty to children and interstate inference with custody. Um, but the rape and the aggravated sodomy charges were dropped in the plea deal, The family, however, did prioritize that he register as a sex offender, which I guess is important, but that doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, he didn't get bond. That's why he did any jail time at all, because maybe 10 years (probation) would've been enough with no jail time again, because we all know that you can rape one girl for free, right Isn't that we've learned today's podcast rape one girl for free. Awful. Now, the other thing is, is that during the victim impact statement, the girl's father said she was found mal nourished with ringworm and suffering from that back problem s because she had been repeatedly held in a dog cage. That the psychological damage that he damaged that he inflicted was beyond imagination. And it sounds beyond imagination. So I guess what I'm trying to figure out is, is that what part of the game was that? When did it become okay for judges to say that even in horrific cases involving teenage girls who have been sexually assaulted, that is okay not to give jail time to perpetrators. Perpetrators who admit admitted their crimes, copper traders who were caught in the act perpetrators who have done horrific and an unspeakable things to children. We need to stop sexualizing girls into women and saying that because they are interested or they're pretty or they look old or whatever it is, that they're not capable of being raped or that they're not capable of being, um, harmed. And we need to also stop saying that boys, will be boys and that they should get a free pass. If it's your child that's harmed, do you think the perpetrator is entitled to a Free Pass? I know, I don't. I know that, um, these cases might have been different had it been my 15 or 16 year olds at those ages. Cause I think in the question would have the, the title would've been lawyer indicted for murder and something along the lines of should, should this lawyer be convicted after killing the person who raped and held her daughter captive. So you let me know what you think. I definitely know what I think and I have no problem sharing it with you. But you tell me what you think about these type of issues, whether or not it's okay to not get jail time in those situations. So again, I'm Jacquie Jones and have a great day. Transcript Text is Auto-Generated. Please excuse any errors.Hello, I'm Jacquie Jones, of Jones & Associates Law PC and Jonesing 4 Justice, the podcast. And this is take five, take five. Because I had been trying to do this video, I did it three times yesterday and this is my second tape today. And maybe someone is trying to keep me from recording, but I will do it via a Webcam and I will deal with it later. So why is this so important that I talk about it It's important that I talk about it because it's an issue facing not just women, but sports in general. So we're talking about rules. Surrounding, women in their bodies, not transgender women. Um, biological women. And why am I saying this Because the rules that I'm actually talking about, people think of as a transgender role that actually, and this case is not being applied in that way at all. Now I understand that women and men should be separated in sports for obvious reasons. Um, the fastest, strongest man is going to be stronger and faster than the fastest, strongest woman. As a general physiological thing, our bodies are different. It doesn't mean there aren't great and amazing female athletes. There are 100% are. Um, but I understand why these sports are separated. That being said, um, issues have come up as it relates to around to transgender, uh, athletes. But this is not even about that. And so the way that, um, the international athletic is something I am, whatever, the way that I decided to deal with these roles around women is basically to say let's determine what feminine the womanhood is. Yes, we already know that people were born biologically male or woman, but they are now making determinations, not they still what your physical parts are, your sex and what goes along with it. They have decided they're women athletes must have less than a certain amount of Sasha and their system. And I think that that became something that really came to play as it relates to the specific South African athlete who was a woman. The biological woman who lives as a woman in competes is a woman and who naturally has higher than average, um, levels of testosterone. Now mind you, there's one study that they're basin on the talks about, um, you know, these things and as a result they created a set of roles that would eliminate this woman from being able to participate in sport that she dominates 800 meters specifically. Um, because, um, her body naturally that's something different than what they think average. People do. Think about how weird it is. The average woman is not an elite athlete. I mean, I know that if I ran 800 a lot, first of all, I wouldn't run the 800 because I don't think I can run the 400. I can walk the 800, but I can't run it. So, you know, I don't feel like I should be part of what average women are anyway as far as when it comes to a lead athletes, we're not on the same plane. We're not on this. I'm not even in the picture. Um, as she is. So it is ridiculous. And talk about what average women do then. Even if you talk about average athletes, um, you're conditioning your body shape, all those things are or different. So the fact that they are telling this woman that in order for her to compete and the sport that she has dominated word and she's good at, as a natural woman, what she is is that she'd had to take actual hormones to lower her testosterone level. I'll call bs and the play, hi, I'm drinking. I had the my Disney Women Villains Cup because somebody is a villain here and whether it's guerrilla Deville or Ursula, the witch or the Queen, and this case is the IAAF and the court. The international court that said they were okay to discriminate. In fact, they basically said, yes, we agree this discrimination. We just happen to think this discrimination is okay in order to protect the integrity of women's sports. There is no integrity in the sport that says in me as I am, as a woman is not good enough or it's too much or not enough. Because see that's what they're saying. Well, she has too much this past summer when she's too much of this, which means she's not enough woman. She's not enough. That, and quite frankly, I am sick of men determining what is and what's not appropriate for women. If God made me this way, this is who I'm going to be. And if God made me elite athlete, I'd be running a 102 girl's sister. I'd be end those Olympics, like watch affect the way my daughters are supreme athletes been, you know, thinking about, in fact, I've been practicing for years. Um, my face and my, my cry when they win the Olympics because you know, they do the commercial with the moms. It kind of goes like this. Yes, I've been practicing. Now are my kids going to make it to the Olympics Likely not. But I mean the abilities in ways that I don't and that, I mean right now my daughter is the hae and the other ones also running. So maybe they'd be, this will be the thing. It wasn't gymnastics for us. It wasn't soccer, it wasn't a basketball. But maybe, maybe track and field can be our sport. They're in high school. It can happen. But the long and short of it is if somebody says that it's okay to keep poking and priding my children because we want to test their womanhood, I'm not happy. And you know, mommy l for free. So we might be in court too. Um, I think it's interesting. I mean you look at athletes like Michael Phelps was the goat when it comes to swimming. I love that goat greatest of all time and he apparently it makes some kind of extra lactic acid or something like that will supposedly gives him an edge when it comes to his swimming. He also has an abnormally long feet right there, practically flippers and you're seeing them, which may also give them an edge. Does anyone say that he has to reduce the amount of lactic acid that he produces Does anyone say that he has to cut off a couple of toes, his toes, her more length Other peoples No, because it's okay to be a man and be a high level athlete and use your natural body ability on top of the work ethic that you put in to create a great league athlete. But for some reason a woman who takes her natural body ability and puts it with the work that you have to put in and becomes a great athlete. Suddenly she should be taking therapies, which by the way have other side effects. It might have been harm her in general, but could make it to that she can't even compete with the silo. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous and it should not stand. So what do you think about this I'd love to know what other people think. I mean, I'm not going to agree with you if he thinks something else, but I'd love to know what you think. In fact, there are people out there who think, no, she should not be able to compete with women. Then what does she compete with men Because she is not a man. She's not a man and she doesn't have all the physicality of the man. And it goes back to a lot of prejudices that I think, um, have been incumbent upon much of our world for a long time. When we determined that certain people, um, should be a certain way. If you get my thinking. So what I'm going to do is sip my tea and think about all the villains out there. You don't deserve Caster Semanya. You don't deserve her. She is out there and making the world great for women runners running fast, being who she is, giving great, great pride to South Africa, which they deserve for having created this wonderful writer and their myths. And the world is out there trying to find ways to keep her down. So sister girl keep your head up. I support you. and you let us know what you think. This is a short episode because I have recorded five times now. But you let us know what you think. You can follow us on our podcast Jonesing 4 Justice, or you can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram. I'm at Jones & Associates Law, PC , have a great, great day. With Jussie Smollett and Robert Kraft all over the news, are you wondering if they got special treatment? Today's video talks about celebrity justice, rich people's justice and just plain old diversionary programs available to anyone. Click play and hear our take on things.
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So today's topic is drama-free divorce 00:13 and the question marks and I've been 00:15 thinking about this I'm planning to do 00:16 this for weeks 00:18 I had actually written down notes and I 00:19 was all prepared and then I kept not 00:21 videoing because I don't know my face 00:23 wasn't right or my outfit wasn't right 00:24 or who knows why and then I threw my 00:27 notes into a bag and it's in one of my 00:30 bags but let's talk a little bit about 00:32 how to have a drama-free divorce and I 00:35 think it's really important because 00:37 people say they want a drama-free 00:39 divorce people like I just want to be 00:40 divorced and I'm done but most of them 00:42 don't mean that they're not really ready 00:45 to be done how do I know because they 00:46 make all the wrong choices when it comes 00:50 to how to have this divorce be finished 00:51 I mean honestly the first way to have a 00:55 divorce drama-free it's just did not 00:57 care like I'm done I'll take nothing 00:59 I'll leave now am I suggesting that 01:01 absolutely not but if you come to me and 01:03 you have so many minut points about what 01:05 you deserve and what you want I know 01:07 from the beginning that this is not 01:08 ready to be drama-free so let's jump 01:10 into how to have a drama-free divorce 01:12 number one talk to your spouse yes talk 01:20 to your spouse why do I say that because 01:22 what many of you don't understand is 01:24 that you don't even know if the person 01:26 is ready for a divorce if they 1 01:28 divorced they agreed to divorce or if 01:30 they will give you what you want or if 01:32 they have their own wants or needs so 01:34 people will come to me they're prepared 01:36 for divorce and I said well what does 01:37 your spouse think about this is he or 01:38 she going to sign off on it and they go 01:40 I don't know you don't know how do you 01:45 not know well they've never actually 01:48 talked to the person they may have had 01:49 arguments they may be living in a de 01:52 tante sort of in the home where they 01:53 barely talk to each other or sometimes 01:55 they're not even living in the same 01:57 house and have not four years but still 01:59 none of them have filed for divorce and 02:01 they're not sure if the other person is 02:02 going to file for a divorce or not so 02:05 the first thing you always want to do to 02:06 have a drama-free divorce is talk to 02:09 your spouse ok so now that you talk to 02:14 the spouse and you let them know I'm 02:15 thinking divorce are you thinking 02:16 divorce because that's good to know 02:19 I need to know if I'm going into an 02:20 uncontested divorce situation or if 02:22 there's going to be a fight 02:23 you need to know that because unless you 02:25 have oodles and oodles of money you want 02:27 to understand how much I'll be paying 02:29 your attorney and I want to give you a 02:30 fair estimate on what it should cost the 02:32 next thing for a jarama free divorce is 02:35 deciding what you want now what I mean 02:41 by that is what do you want as far as 02:43 household do I want the house do I not 02:46 do I want certain things I want certain 02:49 belongings do I need to have the washing 02:51 machine was that China give it to my 02:53 great-grandmother and I need that is it 02:56 about custody do I need to have a 50/50 02:59 custody arrangement should I have 03:00 primary should you have primary should 03:02 who gets the vacation house what are the 03:05 things that are most important to you 03:07 and why you know what are the things you 03:10 need so first you have this drama-free 03:11 divorce you have to talk to your spouse 03:12 and then you have to decide what you 03:14 want people will come to me and they 03:15 will have no idea and I say well are 03:17 their retirement accounts well yes what 03:20 do them do about that well sometimes one 03:23 person has not worked for a number of 03:24 years so the other person can build up 03:25 their retirement so they need a share of 03:27 it sometimes they go we both worked at 03:29 home jobs and quite frankly I don't want 03:30 his I'm sure he doesn't want mine or 03:32 whatever the deal is so you want to make 03:34 sure that you that you know kind of what 03:38 you want so think about things like the 03:40 house any other properties you have may 03:42 have the pets the children the 03:45 retirement accounts stuff decide those 03:49 sort of things next if you really want 03:54 to be without drama be prepared to give 03:58 in and give up do I mean that you should 04:01 lose no but sometimes your things that 04:04 you are holding on most harshly - that 04:06 are so important to you are not really 04:08 all that important if you want a 04:10 drama-free divorce and the issue becomes 04:13 something minor you have to decide is 04:15 that minor issue important so if we are 04:17 basically having something close to a 04:20 joint custody arrangement and you want 04:22 Wednesday night and him to have Thursday 04:24 night for instance but he wants 04:25 Wednesday night and for you to have 04:27 Thursday nights be prepared to give up 04:31 if they're sharing the kids anyway does 04:33 it matter which one is Wednesday and 04:35 which one has Thursday will 04:36 maybe not it may matter it may matter 04:39 because Wednesday is ballet night and 04:40 you've always been the ballet parent and 04:42 you're on the ballet board 04:44 okay then and maybe it matters but 04:46 otherwise let's not sweat the small 04:48 stuff let's let's think you know you've 04:51 talked to this vows you decided what you 04:52 wanted and now you're willing to give in 04:53 and give up on things and I was 04:55 important for be flexible with your 04:59 means what does that mean by that it 05:02 doesn't always have to be the way that 05:03 you want so let's say for instance you 05:05 don't want the house you don't liver the 05:06 house but you do want your share you 05:08 okay we're back I forgot to turn on my 05:11 do not disturb my kid is gonna be like 05:15 what's more important than me the light 05:17 of your life sorry baby maybe we should 05:19 call my job because she does that but 05:23 what happens next is you may look at you 05:28 know you're looking at things and you've 05:29 you said okay I've talked to them I know 05:32 what I want I know what things I'm 05:35 willing to give up one now how do I get 05:37 there so I have this house this house I 05:40 want fifty thousand out of it I don't 05:42 care whether he gets to keep the house 05:43 or not just give him my fifty thousand 05:45 dollars why does that matter so for 05:48 instance I've had cases like that where 05:50 let's say he's the one making the more 05:51 money and he can afford the house you're 05:53 like listen I don't want that big old 05:54 house anyway I want a smaller house it's 05:56 reasonable that I can pay for fine but 05:58 he wants to move his new girlfriend in 06:00 he wants to keep the house himself no we 06:03 need to sell this house this house needs 06:05 to be sold we could spend a year later 06:09 gaining over whether or not the house 06:10 should be sold when really you could 06:13 have fifty thousand dollars in your hand 06:15 in two months because he refinancing got 06:17 you fifty thousand dollars you have to 06:19 learn how to be flexible with the means 06:20 it doesn't have to happen the way you 06:22 wanted to happen for you to get the 06:23 result that you want and you have to 06:25 allow us to talk about how to get to the 06:28 right result even if it doesn't happen 06:30 the way you mean so if you want less 06:32 drama in your divorce be flexible with 06:34 how we get there 06:35 okay so first talk to your spouse to 06:40 decide what you want three decide what 06:45 you're willing to give up on and four be 06:48 flexible 06:50 with the means of how to do it finally 06:53 five you have to take the emotions out 06:57 of it 06:58 all the things I talked about really 07:01 involve you taking the emotions out of 07:02 it I've had so many people who were like 07:04 I want my fair share I want this oh my 07:05 bad I want the other and they were very 07:07 adamant about all the things and I can 07:09 tell you all the things you can do to 07:10 really push this divorce and make it 07:12 less as long as possible to fight for as 07:14 many things as possible but what I found 07:16 is that when the person who had the most 07:18 emotional energy in this divorce where 07:21 they just whether they wanted or didn't 07:23 want it whether they're angry with the 07:24 other person whether they were betrayed 07:26 or hurt when they let go some that 07:28 emotional energy we were able to come to 07:31 agreement so much easier we could come 07:33 to agreement so much easier because 07:34 without the emotion you started to see 07:37 things like that all the other things I 07:38 said before they made sense like oh yes 07:41 it doesn't matter who lives in the house 07:43 or who got the house I just want my 07:44 money or it doesn't matter whether it's 07:47 Wednesday or Thursday that I get as long 07:49 as I get my days with my kids when you 07:52 let go of some of the emotions of it the 07:54 divorce becomes drama-free in a way that 07:57 it has never been before now I see a 07:59 couple people watching I always love 08:01 when you guys watch I really really wish 08:02 there were some comments I think I'd see 08:04 them but sometimes I'm not in the right 08:06 thing but I love when your comments 08:07 because comments are good so if there's 08:09 anything else you want to know about 08:10 drama three divorces or if you want to 08:14 hear some really good stories about 08:16 drama I've had in divorce now's the time 08:18 to interact with me and put something in 08:20 the comment section so you can hear one 08:21 of my stories of crazy things that 08:23 happen in divorces because I can tell 08:26 you but I mean that is the basics you 08:30 can have a divorce that is largely 08:32 drama-free it can happen and you could 08:34 have a divorce it takes years and years 08:36 and years unnecessarily in fact it 08:38 happens more often than not but your 08:40 choice and your reactions and how you 08:42 deal with it 08:43 well that makes all the difference so I 08:46 gave it some time I didn't see anyone 08:49 typing that they want to hear a really 08:51 bad story so I'm not going to give any 08:53 stories unless you ask for wine if you 08:56 ask for a story about something I will 08:58 tell you going once going twice 09:04 going three times sold so again thank 09:07 you for joining me today and a reminder 09:09 if you want a drama-free divorce begin 09:11 while talking with your spouse step 09:13 number one to decide decide to side to 09:18 side what you want 3 be willing to give 09:22 up and give in when necessary for be 09:26 flexible with your means it doesn't have 09:29 to happen the way you want be flexible 09:31 while we get there and finally 5 if you 09:33 let the emotions go sooner rather than 09:36 later you can get through all this with 09:38 less drama 09:39 so from Jones & Associates Law PC I'm 09:41 Jacquie Jones feel free to interact with 09:44 us and if you want to hear about more 09:45 topics just drop a comment in the 09:47 comment section I will try to 09:48 accommodate you and of course be on the 09:50 lookout for our podcast jonesing for 09:53 justice jonesing for justice is 09:55 available on all major podcast outlets 09:57 including Apple and Spotify and all the 10:00 rest so you have a great day thanks 10:05 [Music] 10:08 you English (auto-generated) Divorce is a difficult process no matter the circumstances. 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Ten Places to Take Your Family for Labor Day Weekend
(Easy, fun trips to allow you and your family to make it back to school/work on time and be well rested for the next day) 1. Rose Tree Park Located at 161 N. Providence Rd. Media, PA 19063 on 120 acres of picturesque rolling hills and woodlands. This park includes picnic areas, bird/nature watching, and historic buildings. And yes, Rose Tree Park is dog friendly. http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/parks/rosetree.html 2. Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom These two great parks at 4000 Dorney Park Rd. Allentown, PA 18104 are just an hour away. Enjoy rollercoasters, a waterpark, family rides, and child rides. Whether your family likes thrills or cooling off in the water, Dorney has you covered. https://www.dorneypark.com/explore 3. Xscape the Room Located at 1 and 25 W. Third St. Media, PA 19063 you have 1 hour to escape a “locked” room with your friends & family as part of a real, live adventure with secret passage ways. Use teamwork and problem solving skills to escape the room. Best of all, No special training is required (anybody can do it) Xscape the Room is CLOSED LABOR DAY but open Saturday and Sunday. https://xscapetheroom.com/ 4. Chester Park Located in Chester, PA on 72 acres of beautiful scenery this park includes tennis courts & soccer fields, an outdoor roller rink, and newly installed swings. You could also visit one of Chester Park’s picnic areas or take a nature walk. Handicapped accessible http://www.chestercity.com/departments/parks-recreation/chesters-park-system/ 5. Smedley Park 120 acres of tranquility and recreational areas located at 20 Paper Mill Rd. Springfield, PA 19064. This park is trolley accessible and includes picnic areas, play areas for children, and hiking/walking paths as well as several sports fields (softball, soccer, etc). http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/parks/smedley.html 6. Upland Park Formerly the site of Camp Upland, this park at 280 6th St. Brookhaven, PA 19015 covers over 60 scenic acres. The old campground turned park includes a playground for the children, picnic areas, softball fields, and walking/nature trails. http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/parks/upland.html 7-9. Wildwoods (#7 Wildwood, #8 North Wildwood, #9 Wildwood Crest) Enjoy a beach day at the Jersey shore on the large beaches of Wildwood, NJ (approx. 2 hour drive). The boardwalk includes arcades and amusement piers with 100+ rides and attractions including rollercoasters and waterparks. Stay cool and try jet skiing, parasailing, wave running, and surfing. Don’t forget about the Boat Rentals http://www.wildwoodsnj.com/ 10. John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum Located nearby at 8601 Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19153, the Refuge contains nature trails and is open to the public every day. Come hike on 10 miles of trails, kayak and canoe in the largest freshwater marsh in Pennsylvania, or just relax and observe the wildlife for a while. Several SEPTA stops are located in the blocks surrounding the Refuge for easy travel. https://www.fws.gov/refuge/John_Heinz/visit/plan_your_visit.html |
By Jacquie L. Jones
Join us on a journey of discovery as we explore issues of custody, criminality, and Probate especially in Delaware County, PA. Archives
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