Eight debutantes to be recognized Saturday

 Lilies and Pearls Cotillion to hold celebratory ball  The debutantes are (from left) Joslyn Styer Jackson, Diamond Bailey, Ayanna Nicole Holmes, Jocelyn Renae Brown, Janeyah Rivers-Hamilton, Sydney Ellana Coppadge, Lake Sheron Greene and Valerie Erica Jones. After a six-month regimen that included fund-raising, etiquette training, dance instruction and volunteerism, eight female students from the...

Civil-rights icon captivates crowd at CASH

Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian regales packed auditorium with stories, insight By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Rev. C.T. Vivian (left) chats with Dr. Tonya Thames Taylor after the program at CASH. The 1,250-seat auditorium of Coatesville Area Senior High was filled to near-capacity when word came that Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, the celebrated civil rights icon scheduled to speak at 6 p.m., would...

Civil-rights icon to headline free CASH program

Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, a Freedom Rider, to speak Feb. 22 By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Civil-rights icon, The Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, will speak on Feb. 22 at CASH. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – himself a renowned orator – reportedly called the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian the greatest preacher he had ever heard, and now his voice is coming to Coatesville. Rev. Vivian,...