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Happy
Rosh
Hashanah
Mount
Airy
Independent
September 17, 2009 • Volume 1 • Number 21
5275 Germantown Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19144 • 215-438-4000 • germantownnewspapers.com
Electical Fire
Puts Hundreds
Without Power
By PATRICK COBBS
Staff Writer
Residents of Hortter Street near Lincoln
Drive got a scare on Sunday afternoon,
September 13, when PECO lines caught fire
and one dropped to the ground, leaving 850
area homes without service for a few minutes and a live wire in the middle of the road
for several hours.
“I heard the noise,” said area resident
Kittura Dior, who had just pulled away from
her home. “In my rearview mirror I could see
this popping, fiery, sparking stuff and then
the smoke.”
She turned the car around and called 911
and by the time she got back to her home
several other neighbors were outside making
the same call.
“It was an unbelievable sound. I think it
brought the whole block out,” said Gregory
Medearis, whose Hortter Street home was
the site of the accident. “The wire popped, or
broke right at the tree… and the wire that
was left intact was burning.”
Several PECO wires run from a pole on
Hortter Street to Medearis’ home where they
go on to other homes, including Dior’s. The
wire that broke was one of four that stretch
past a tall spruce tree in Medearis’ front yard
and appear to rest against its bark.
Continued on page 11
News in the
Northwest
Free Solar Panels ...................2
Toastmasters........................2
SEPTA Upgrades ...................3
Opinions ...................................4
Letters.....................................5
Community Calendar........6-7
Police Briefs ...........................9
Political Info..........................10
Religion..................................12
Real Estate..........................13
Education......................14-15
Business Directory ....16-18
Classifieds ...........................19
And they’re off – more than 100 runners dashed down trails in Fairmount Park on a damp Saturday morning, September 12, competing in Historic RittenhouseTown’s annual 5K Paper Mill Run. Winners in all divisions included: overall first male, Stuart Calderwood;
overall first female: Emily Ellithorpe-Like; 18 and under male, Marcus Bonaparte; 18 and under female, Carey Groves; 19 to 29 male,
Brendan Walsh; 19 to 29 female, Kimberly Maxwell; 30 to 39 male, Chris Linn; 30 to 39 female, Jennifer Snyder; 40 to 49 male, Martin
Mastascusa; 40 to 49 female, Susan Cousins; 50 to 59 male, Shahir Kassam-Adams; 50 to 59 female, Christin Crooke; 60+ male, Steve
Rook; 60+ female, Anne Bacon.
Restauranteurs Organize to Pool Resources
By PATRICK COBBS
Staff Writer
Coffeecake on white linen was the centerpiece at the inaugural
meeting of the Mt. Airy Restaurant Association on September 15
at Umbria, 7131 Germantown Avenue. Mt. Airy Business
Association Executive Director Kim Miller called the quorum as
a nod to the growing sense of a neighborhood “restaurant row” on
the Avenue.
“We’re starting to become known to folks outside the neighborhood as a place to come,” Miller said. Even with the recent loss of North by Northwest, the Mt. Airy
has been bustling with culinary excitement lately. Between the
apparent success of Earth, Bread + Brewery, the more recent
opening of the always-buzzing Wine Thief and the expected fall
opening of Avenida, a Latin cuisine restaurant at 7402
Germantown Avenue, the Mt. Airy strip shows an increasing
variety of dinner venues amid area standards like Umbria, which
celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year. To Miller this all means one very important thing – it’s time to
organize and make sure the success continues. “I want to get this started,” she said to open the meeting. “I’m
hoping you guys will keep the ball rolling.”
Miller thought the restaurateurs should consider focusing the
new group on two main goals: identifying ways to save costs,
while drawing in more customers. And the best way to do both of
those, she said, is to share resources and pool knowledge.
As an example she announced that Trolley Car Diner Owner
Ken Weinstein recently researched credit card billing services, a
typically confusing and expensive service for restaurants to provide even though most diners expect it. And what he learned lead
him to switch providers and save several hundred dollars each
month.
Several meeting goers made sure to talk to Trolley Car Special
Events Manager Po-hung Yu for the details on this discovery, and
she wasn’t shy.
“We love to share,” she said.
Miller also suggested that the restaurants build a network of
joint purchasing when materials and supplies are duplicated, as a
way to save labor and costs. Peggy Zwerver, co-owner of Earth,
Bread + Brewery, through that was a great idea.
“We already do that with InFusion,” she said.
The two businesses place regular orders with Green Meadow
Farm, a Lancaster County “minimum impact” grower that specializes in restaurant supply. By combining orders they keep the
total cost above the minimum level for free delivery. “So we order together,” Zwerver said. “It comes to either my
place or hers and then we don’t have the [delivery] fee.”
Pat O’Donnell, the chef of the Urban Café at 5815 Wayne
Avenue in Germantown, shared his secret to great seasonal produce as well – the small farm at the historic Wyck House at 6026
Germantown Avenue.
“I can just go there, I can walk in… and just pick it from the
garden,” he said.
Besides the freshness, another advantage to his relationship
with Wyck is that the farm is willing to grow items that he
requests. Zwerver mentioned a similar openness from the farm at
Walter B. Saul High School in Roxborough, where Earth sometimes buys supplies.
In addition to purchasing, small business and restaurant consultant Harris Eckstut suggested the restaurants think about a
joint marketing campaign.
“The greatest thing you have leverage-wise is the leveraging of
marketing,” he said. “You have huge marketing capabilities of
everybody’s email lists and Facebook lists. What was one hunContinued on page 16
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September 17, 2009
The Mt. Airy Independent
Company Pitches Free Solar Panels to Northwest Homeowners
By PATRICK COBBS
Staff Writer
On Wednesday, September 9,
members of the Awbury
Arboretum Neighbors Association
learned about something no one is
supposed to believe in – a free
lunch. Or, more specifically, free
rooftop solar panels to run the
microwaves that cook their lunches or TV dinners.
“Installation, there’s no charge.
The maintenance of the panels,
there’s no charge… Nobody
writes a check in our situation,”
said Urban Eco Electric (UEE)
President David Blumenfeld at the
community meeting held at the
DePaul building at 5725 Sprague
Street in Germantown. Blumenfeld and other representatives from the brand-new
Conshohocken start-up were there
as part of the company’s swing
David Blumenfeld, president of Conshohocken-based Urban Eco
Electric, pitched his plan for lower power bills through home installed
solar electric systems to the Awbury Arboretum Neighbors Association
September 9. Many had questions about the plan, but Gay Johnson (far
right) wanted to sign up right away.
through the city aimed at convincing 100 homeowners to sign on for
the free panels by the end of next
month. So far they have 68 takers,
and Awbury area resident Gay
Johnson was ready to be the next
name on that list. “I just know that my roof is
made for that,” she said after the
meeting. Here’s how the deal was outlined. Homeowners like Johnson
take a 20-year lease on the UEE
photovoltaic panels that will be
installed on their roofs. The
amount of the lease payment is
locked in at the equivalent to their
average monthly bill to PECO.
The array installed on their houses
will be big enough to cover that
average usage, but their houses
will remain connected to the
PECO grid.
If the home’s power usage stays
constant the deal means a 20-year
rate-lock on a commodity that
tends to go up in price. If the usage
goes up, the UEE customer will
pay the locked-in rate to UEE plus
the difference at whatever the
PECO rate is at that time – they
simply draw the excess current
from the grid.
Blumenfeld sees the arrangement as a way for homeowners to
freeze the majority, if not all, of
their bill at a rate that is likely to be
far lower than ten or 20 years in
the future. Johnson seemed to
agree, plus she liked the other benefits. “I like the idea,” she said. “I
believe in doing green things.”
UEE seems to be a textbook
example of a “green enterprise”
such as politicians hoped would
crop up from all the federal and
state stimulus dollars approved
last year. Though Blumenfeld does
not come to the project from a
“green” (environmental) background, he is open about it. He
knows about another kind of
green: funding investments
through tax credits.
As the manager for Grasso
Holdings Acquisitions LLC, the
real estate development company
that owns the commercial sections
of the Packard Building downtown and the developer for several
other large projects as far afield as
New York City, Blumenfeld is
comfortable with the world of
public incentives and he sees the
current collection of them as a big
opportunity.
“Right now this deal works for
us because we have the federal tax
credits, we have the state rebate,
and we don’t think that’s gonna
last,” he said. “So we see this as an
opportunity to do this right now.”
UEE will claim federal tax credits for each of the solar panels
installed on Philadelphia homes.
In five years Blumenfeld hopes
that will amount to 5000 arrays.
UEE can then sell those tax credits
to investors, while it will also
apply for state cash rebates for
each of the panels through the
Sunshine Program, funded by the
Pennsylvania stimulus bill passed
last year. In this way the company hopes
to subsidize the construction of a
photovoltaic infrastructure on the
roofs of people’s homes across the
city, which will pump green electricity back into the PECO grid
when the homes are not using it. And thanks to the new
Pennsylvania Alternative Energy
Portfolio Standard (AEPS), which
essentially requires local power
companies like PECO to accept
the power generated by homebased photovoltaic arrays, there is
a strong prospect of continued
income for UEE.
The federal tax credits, the state
rebates and the AEPS income
from PECO are all incentives open
to individual homeowners, but
they would have to first purchase
and install a solar electric system.
Blumenfeld sees UEE as a no-cost
and low risk way for homeowners
who might not make such an
expensive investment to claim
some of the advantages.
To sweeten the deal for early
customers UEE is offering power
for half price for the next two
years – a temporary cut-rate lease
payment based on half of what the
homeowners normally pay to
PECO. Even with the initial savings,
some at the meeting were wary of
making a 20-year commitment to
their current bills. Still, Johnson
was convinced it made sense.
There was a problem for her,
though. Her house has a pitched
roof and UEE is only accepting
applications from homes with flat
roofs, to keep installations simple.
As Blumenfeld and the others
left the meeting she hoped the
company would make an exception. After all, her roof faces “due
south,” she emphasized – the sunniest part of the sky.
For more information about the
program visit www.Go-UEE.com
or go to Earth Bread + Brewery at
7136 Germantown Avenue on
September 23 at 6:30 p.m. for
UEE’s “Beers for Bills” promotional event. Company representatives will be there to talk about the
opportunity - and if you bring your
electric bill they’ll buy you a beer. Afraid of Speaking in Public?
Covenant Toastmasters Can Help
By AARON MOSELLE
Correspondent
Peruse almost any list of top 10 fears and you’ll
find most people dread public speaking. It often
ranks number one on the list. Here in the
Northwest, the Covenant Toastmasters Club wants
to help change this Perception - one speech at a
time.
Founded in 1992, the Covenant Toastmasters is
one of more than 12,500 affiliate clubs part of
Toastmasters International, a non-profit organization that has worked to teach and tackle talking in
front of a live audience since 1924.
“Everybody that comes, comes in with one
desire: to hone and polish whatever skills they
already have,” explained Rosemary Robinson
Jervay, the club’s remaining charter member. “And
in about two or three months, I see improvement.”
However, at the club’s most recent meeting
September 9 at Lovett Memorial Library, 6945
Germantown Avenue, the skills of more seasoned
Toastmasters were on display during two speech
contests: the “Humorous Speech” and “Table
Topics” competitions.
Following club announcements from the club’s
vice president of education, Deborah Cureton,
Toastmasters Chyron Hosten and Robert
Warrington competed in the Humorous Speech category to represent the 22 members of the Covenant
Toastmasters at the contest’s area level, which
includes three additional clubs.
Warrington, a club member since 2007, narrowly
edged out Hosten with his speech “Dad’s Big
Scare,” a cautionary tale about a father who panics
because he believes his 18-month-old son is choking, despite the fact the child is crying throughout
the episode.
During the Table Topics Contest, participating
contestants had to give a two-minute extemporaneous, off-the-cuff speech in response to a previously
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September 17, 2009
Page 3
SEPTA Announces Improvements at Wister Station
By PATRICK COBBS
Staff Writer
SEPTA held a special meeting
Wednesday, September 9 to give
an update on improvements
scheduled for the Wister Train
Station in Germantown that are
set to begin early next year. But
even with good news in hand, the
public train company had to fight
the perception that it has neglected the isolated station, which suffers from low ridership despite
being located only a few blocks
from La Salle University.
“I’ve got about 4,000 kids in
about a five-minute walk of this
place. If it were clean, safe and
well-lit, they would use it,” said
Edward Turzanski, La Salle’s
assistant vice president of government and community relations.
Turzanski and Jim Foster, the
publisher of this paper, pitched
the idea of remaking the station
to increase ridership and incorporate La Salle as a community
partner. Turzanski stressed the
university’s high level of interest
in the station, but only if it was
brought up to snuff and made
clean, safe and inviting.
“The kids call it ‘Scary
Station,’” he said. “I want to get
rid of that. It’s bad for you, it’s
bad for us…I’d like to put this
station on my campus map… I’d
like to incorporate my shuttle to
pick up and drop off here.”
SEPTA’s Senior Director of
Capital Construction Bob Lund
stressed that the projects outlined
for Wister as part of a $2.3 million federal stimulus-funded
cleanup of the R7 line would not
be significant enough to cover La
Salle’s needs, but that they might
be the first steps to ongoing capital plans, given strong-enough
community input.
Above left: the platform at Wister Station. Above right: the under-track tunnel that allows access to inbound
and outbound trains.
Turzanski reminded him that
about five years ago La Salle
expressed interest in applying for
a $5 million grant with SEPTA
for a renovation at Wister, but
SEPTA was not interested.
“We said, ‘look, we can steer
the money in this direction, we
have the leadership. Are you in a
position to take it?’ And for
whatever reason the answer was
no,” Turzanski recalled. Later he
emphasized, “I have to tell you
how surprised we were.”
SEPTA’s Chief Financial
Officer Rich Burnfield was at
that meeting, then as director of
capital budgets. SEPTA didn’t
actually say “no,” he said in a
later interview. There just “wasn’t really any follow-up after
that,” from either party.
“That was different,” Burnfield
went on. “That was before
SEPTA had Act 44 [the
Pennsylvania
Public
Transportation Trust Fund]. At
that point in time we didn’t even
know how we would get from
year to year.”
Lund said SEPTA might be
more willing to consider signifi-
cant projects now.
“SEPTA has a new management from what we had five
years ago,” he said. “This may be
the time to sit down and revisit
this again.”
Thanks to $191 million in
American
Recovery
and
Reinvestment Act funding over
the next two years, SEPTA will
have the chance to make good on
what even its own executives
consider to be overdue basic
improvements across much of its
infrastructure. Lund said securing that kind of money is itself a
strong indication of a more
proactive approach at the organization, especially since Joseph
Casey took over as General
Manager last year and Jeffrey
Knueppel became assistant general manager and chief engineer.
Tom Carl, the stimulus projects
manager, agreed, saying he’s
never seen such energy in all his
years on the job with SEPTA.
“Thirty years here. I’m not joking, this is a can-do administration,” he said.
The SEPTA stimulus plan for
the R7 sets Wister and
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Germantown stations apart from
the other stations because those
two needed more focused attention, Lund said. That assessment
came directly from Knueppel
when he was putting together the
stimulus project proposals.
And while response to community concerns may have been lagging in the past, an August 27
community meeting at the
Washington Lane Train station
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trestle over Washington Lane
with a more reflective coating to
increase pedestrian visibility at
night, according to Lund.
But according to Turzanski and
Foster, Wister has some way to
go before it can attain even the
basic characteristics of clean,
safe and inviting. At the moment,
the station is almost impossible
to see from any nearby roadway
and offers no signs to alert potential riders to its whereabouts.
Foster and Turzanski wanted to
see something done about that.
“If you don’t live here and
[didn’t grow] up here you would
never find the station,” Foster
said.
The stimulus improvements,
which should begin early next
year, will include painting the
under-track tunnel that allows
access to inbound and outbound
trains, replacing many of the railings on the platforms, landscaping some of the ground leading to
the inbound platform, cleaning
the small platform building and
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September 17, 2009
Editorial
Yesterday in the German Township …
Shovel Ready
One hundred and seventy-seven years ago the only methods of transportation available within this country were horses, the wagons they pulled,
and donkeys moving barges. When the concept of nailing iron strips to
wooden planks, putting flanged wheels on carriages and moving them with
steam power emerged, prominent citizens of Philadelphia decided an experimental costly investment would only be justified if it connected the most
important destinations of the day. That six-mile railroad went from center
city Philadelphia to Germantown, to the corner of Price Street and
Germantown Avenue. It was only the second passenger railroad built in this
country. While the cars were hauled by horses for the first six months,
Baldwin delivered its first locomotive in June 1832.
The Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown train made the trip in 28
minutes in 1832, phenomenal speed for the day and only a few minutes
longer than the trip presently takes. The succeeding corporation over the
years was known as the Reading Company, which expanded the line with
multiple stations and eventually extended it to Chestnut Hill. By this time
both passengers and freight were carried, as coal for home heating was carried to numerous yards along the line, and lumber and other large deliveries
were made by rail.
On its 100th anniversary in 1932 the railroad spent an enormous amount
of money to raise the entire line above ground level to eliminate road crossings and at the same time electrify the passenger service. This system carried
commuters from Reading Terminal (now Market East) to 16 stations, (four
now gone) with trains filled standing-room-only in peak periods.
The consolidation of the railroads with street public transit culminated in
SEPTA, the regional system that operates them today. Today the line built
in 1832 is the oldest continuously operating railroad line in the United
States, known locally as SEPTA’s R7.
Unfortunately, SEPTA apparently determined that the rail system was for
the suburbanites only and some selected communities. Early on they dismantled many stations within the city limits, and maintenance was deferred
on others. The perspective that every building they did not have to maintain
saved money continues to this day in some areas. The Germantown portion
of the line is first on that list. Wister Station in particular is a prime example
of how neglect can render a station almost unusable.
The deferred maintenance at Wister is so complete that vegetation now
completely obscures the structure on the platform up and over the roof. The
station cannot be seen from the primary street it is located on and no sign
whatsoever indicates its presence. To access the station from Belfield Avenue
one travels a formidable narrow fenced walkway that is not accessible by
vehicle and is hidden by high fencing and razor wire. Then you are welcomed to an underground tunnel that few would use in daylight, let alone
after dark.
On the opposite platform, the waiting room station has long since been
demolished, the parking lot eliminated, and the access road from Wister
Street so neglected that few would take their auto there. Of course there is
no station sign at Wister Street or on Ashmead Street which leads to the station from Germantown Avenue. This is the station that time – and SEPTA
– forgot. Continued on page 10
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Shown is the Highland Hotel in 1900. It stood on the southwest corner of Germantown and Highland
avenues in Chestnut Hill. “Yesterday in the German Township” is presented in conjunction with the
Germantown Historical Society to give a look back at the way life was once lived in Germantown, Mt. Airy
and Chestnut Hill, the old “German Township.”
Opinion: Health Reform from a
Business Perspective
By AMY EDELMAN
Owner, Night Kitchen Bakery
About two years ago we decided to offer health
insurance to all of our full-time employees. We pay 90
percent of the monthly health insurance premiums for
7 of our 14 employees. Last year the premium increase
was potentially so high that we had to opt for a plan
that required a bigger co-pay for doctor visits and
meds.
We decided to offer health insurance so that we
could attract and retain better employees. That decision was made as businesspeople with the priority of
employee retention and with the ultimate goal of
excellent customer service and product consistency.
As Americans we believe that no one should be
denied health care, no one should go bankrupt
because they get sick, and no one should be denied
treatment by a health insurance company.
That is a viewpoint shared by all other industrialized countries and many developing countries which
provide health care for its citizens - from Germany to
Japan and India to Ireland. These countries make
health care costs a priority. And it shows in their life
expectancy ranking. Japan’s is number three in the
world and the United States is number 50! To see a
complete ranking, check out the CIA’s website at
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
We are the richest nation in the world and yet thousands of our fellow uninsured and under-insured
Americans wait in lines for hours, missing work or
school, to see volunteer doctors at mobile medical
units. These doctors are often volunteering to provide
medical services to some of the poorest countries
around the world, but end up in California or West
Virginia.
There are many options for health care reform on
the table. They are being thwarted by the people that
have the most to loose - the health insurance companies.
We The People elected Barack Obama because he
offered “Change We Can Believe In.” Health care
reform was at the top of his list of priorities.
A new poll shows that 68 percent of Americans
want a public option in a health care bill. A public
option or single payer system would alleviate the burden of health insurance premiums on businesses and
spur economic growth. Health insurance for all would
increase the life expectancy of our citizens and create a
healthier population. It’s the right thing to do for
America.
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September 17, 2009
Page 5
Letters to the Editor …
Philadelphia’s Students Need Help
To the editor:
When a child starts off in the
Philadelphia school district, he or
she has just over a 50 percent
chance of graduating from high
school. Since my own children
attended our local public schools, I
have always been aware of this startling statistic. I am proud to say that
our youngest child graduated this
spring and is starting college this
fall. If only all of her classmates
faced such a bright future.
During my almost two decades
of involvement in the Philadelphia
public school district, I met many
parents struggling to make ends
meet while raising their children.
Thanks to getting to know my
daughters’ own friends and their
families, I knew that many children
were not even aware of career possibilities in store for them if they
could at least graduate high school.
Without this inspiration, many of
these students simply gave up and
dropped out of school. Likewise,
while there are many wonderful
resources for parents and children
in our area, working parents often
face difficulties finding them.
In July of 2006, I founded the
Philadelphia Children’s Foundation,
a not-for-profit dedicated to giving
Philadelphia’s children the resources
they need to succeed. I was motivated by three things: my passion to
provide young people with the support they need to excel in life; the
understanding that resources in the
city are abundant, but do not connect fully with the community they
aim to serve; and the educational
inequality that many students in
Philadelphia face.
At the Philadelphia Children’s
Foundation, we have already
launched an impressive web-based
resource center, Philadelphia
Children’s
Connection
(www.philly-connect.org), where
students, parents/guardians, teachers, service providers and mentors
can find a wide range of resources to
inspire Philadelphia’s children. It is a
unique format, the first of its kind to
combine all our local resources in
one place online. I encourage you
to view and share the website.
While I am proud of my foundation’s accomplishments, the
Philadelphia
Children’s
Foundation has even larger dreams
including plans for a career-shadowing program, a Vo-Tech School
Tour, a Resource Fair and a Career
Bus serving as ma obile career
exploration center for elementary
Will Sirens Ever Stop?
To the editor:
Does anyone but me notice the
incessant wail of police sirens in
Germantown? It seems that almost
without exception, whenever I open
a door or window to my house I
hear police sirens. This unfortunate
fact of life is now an ongoing accompaniment to all the other environmental noise that we have to deal
with in this community.
Sometimes I imagine that we’re
living in a place dominated by
police who are constantly running
around in an attempt to control
rampant crime like cats in a house
that is infested with mice. Will it
ever end? If it will not end, will it
ever subside?
Thomas D’Ulisse
Germantown
school students. Before we can
accomplish these goals, however,
we need more funds, volunteers
and participants for our fundraising regatta, September 19..
I also encourage you to participate in our book drive, benefiting
John L. Kinsey Elementary which
will be occurring at various local
businesses, at our regatta and at the
Chestnut Hill Border’s on
Saturday, September 26.
As a lifelong member of this
community, I believe that we must
make an investment in our children. Please help us make a difference in the lives of Philadelphia’s
children. In these tough economic
times, it is one of the best investments we can make.
For more information on how
you can help, call 215-242-5115 or
email to info@philadelphiachildrensfoundation.org
John Bannon
Executive Director
Philadelphia Children’s
Foundation
Demand Single
Payer System
To the editor:
On September 2, people gathered
throughout the U.S. with various
opinions concerning health insurance. At the Keswick Theater in
Glenside, Stapeley in Germantown
residents Shirley Sagin, Jose Clark
and myself joined Wanda Will and
Kathy Baxter plus almost 100 others
to demand single-payer insurance
for all.
June Krebs
Member, Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom.
Wars Always End But Big
Government Doesn’t
To the editor,
I am not sure where to begin in
expressing the rage brought on after
reading the letter you published
from Lawrence Geller in your
September 10 Issue.
First, are we discussing the
inevitability of rationing health care
services in a nationalized health care
system leading to “death panels”
such as the ones that exist in the U.K
or Canada? Or are we discussing the
Iraq Afghan wars and their need for
coffins - “death boxes”? I do not see
a relationship between the two. The
coloration that Mr. Geller draws is
to give a list of large corporations,
some dealing in defense contracting.
If Mr. Geller is correct perhaps we
should open up drilling in the
Alaska National Wildlife Refuge,
tap our offshore oil reserves, or construct a new oil refinery or two.
Then we would not need to keep
our troops aboard.
I would also like to thank Mr.
Geller for assuming me an “average
American” to be an idiot. What I do
understand is the fact that we cannot afford president Obama’s
healthcare plan. But wait, this plan
will pay for itself in money the government will save. Now, there are
two words that go together - government and savings. Eh, Mr.
Geller?
The wars which rightly or wrongly
we are engaged in will in time come
to an end. The government, once it
has expanded, never contracts. So fol-
lowing Mr. Geller’s logic we will trade
a set corporate of masters for government ones At least corporate governance is less oppressive than government governance. We might ask the
people of the former Eastern Block if
this is true.
Perhaps instead of involving the
government we could try a free market solution to the healthcare problem. We could shop insurance
providers in other states. At the
moment we are unable to do this. By
opening up the market, the provider
with the best services at the most
affordable rate will get the most
business. Has anyone else noticed
how much easier it is to deal with
Comcast now that they are laying
Verizon cable?
Mr. Geller also implies that members of Congress own shares in
insurance companies. This is not
illegal. Is it not also true that Al
Gore runs a green-based hedge
fund? Now there is certainly no conflict of interest by championing a
cause which he directly profits from.
In his closing Mr. Geller
lists members of the Republican
party. So in response: Wright, Ayers,
Sunstein, Jones, Emanuel (both of
them) and my “president awesome”
Obama. These people are as evil to
me as Gingrich, Rove, Cheney,
Beck and that “boy from Texas
Bush” are to you.
Jason Lavin
Chestnut Hill
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THURSDAY 17
MYSTERY AUTHOR
Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551
Carpenter Lane. 7 p.m. Booksigning event with Aletta Henry,
author of mystery novel “A Total
Eclipse.” Free. Info: 215-8441870 or www.bigbluemarblebooks.com.
SWING DANCING
Give and Take Juggling Studio,
6122 Greene St. 7-9 p.m. Series
on Lindy, Balboa and Charleston,
DJ dancing to jazz, 9 p.m.-midnight. $5. Info: 215-668-2227.
FREESTEP DANCE
Commodore Barry Club, 6815
Emlen St. FreeStep Dance Night
at Irish Center. Info: 215-3601850 or www.freestepping.com.
WORD 4 WORD
Art Noir, 7175D Ogontz Ave. Art
Noir hosts “Word 4 Word” open
mic poetry every Thursday
evening. Info: 215-438-5366.
FRIDAY 18
WYCK FESTIVAL
Wyck, 6026 Germantown Ave. 57 p.m. Harvest Festival at Wyck
features bluegrass music, cider
pressing, fabric dying, food, collaborative writing project, cooking demonstrations and more.
House, farm and garden available
for tour. Info: 215-848-1690 or email to boverholser@wyck.org.
SOUL FOOD CINEMA
Point of Destination Café, 6460
Greene St., Upsal Train Station.
Doors open 6:30 p.m., showtime 7
p.m. Reelblack Soul Food Cinema
Series presents Truth Hall. Free
with purchase of Soul Food
Friday meal ($11 and up). Info:
215-849-7771.
CIRQUE-ULAR
Greene Street Studios, 6122
Greene St. 8 p.m. Professional
juggler and sideshow performer
Dave Smith, with troupe of 8, performs “Cirque-ular,” a Fuastian
narrative of what life in the circus
demands. Part of Fringe Festival.
$15. Repeats Sept. 19. Info/tickets:
215-413-1318
or
www.livearts-fringe.org.
STAGECRAFTERS
The
Stagecrafters,
8130
Germantown Ave. 8 p.m. 2009-10
season at Stagecrafters opens with
“Night Watch,” taut mystery
thriller by Lucille Fletcher, author
of “Sorry, Wrong Number.”
Performances Sept. 18, 19, 24, 25,
26, October 1,2, 3 at 8 p.m.; Sept.
20 and 27 at 2 p.m. $15,
Thursdays 2 for $20, students
with ID $2 off. Info: 215-2478881; reservations 215-247-9913.
BLUES MESSENGERS
LaRose Catering/Social Club,
5531 Germantown Ave. 8-11 p.m.
Philadelphia Blues Messengers
perform high-energy blues. $10.
Info: 215-248-1718.
FREE CONCERT
Walk a Crooked Mile Books,
Gowen Ave. and Devon St. 7-9
p.m. Free concert with Kedron
Miller, classically trained singer
and composer of Christian music,
performing work from both genres. Rain date September 19. Info:
215-242-0854.
ART AT ARTISTA
Artista Gallery, 7151 Germantown
Ave. Exhibition of work of jewelry metalsmith Martha Kent
Martin. Through September 30.
Info: 215-248-2450.
SPIRIT OF ANCESTORS
Geechee Girl Rice Café, 6825
Germantown Ave. Opens 5:30
p.m. Geechee Girl presents “In the
Spirit of Our Ancestors,” Africaninspired multi-media exhibit by
local artist Steven Berry. Through
September 30. Info: 215-8438113.
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p.m. “Two Together,” exhibit of
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Video Library, 7141 Germantown
Ave. Friday-Saturday 8 p.m.,
Sunday 7 p.m. Great movies
every week in the Little Theater at
Video Library. This week:
“Sugar,” written and directed by
Anna Boden and Ryna Fleck,
story of culture shock as sensitive
young Dominican ballplayer
attends training camp in Iowa. $6
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JAZZ AT CUBA
Cuba Restaurant and Gallery,
8609 Germantown Ave. Live
Latin jazz every Friday evening at
Cuba. Info: 215-967-1477.
SATURDAY 19
JAZZ AT CIP
Center in the Park, 5818
Germantown Ave. 6:30 p.m.
“Music From the Heart” concert
at CIP features Universal African
Drum and Dance Ensemble,
Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble and
vocalist Sherry Wilson Butler.
$30. Info/tickets: call Nicole at
215-848-7722 or visit www.centerinthepark.org.
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POST ANNIVERSARY
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music, food, special guests. Info:
215-844-9894.
MEETINGHOUSE TOUR
Germantown
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Ave. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Open House
at historic meetinghouse, home to
table on which first protest against
slavery in the Americas was
signed. Free. Info: 215-843-0943.
SINGLES SCENE
Unitarian Universalist Church,
6900 Stenton Ave. 7:30 p.m. 12:30 a.m. Weekly program for
mature single adults. This week:
Teachers’ Night Out. Donation
$8. Info: 215-247-2561 (press 7).
TEXTURE OF TREES
Morris
Arboretum,
100
Northwestern Ave. 10 a.m. - 4
p.m. “The Texture of Trees” features work of photographer
Andrea Baldeck on trees in all
their forms. Free with regular
admission. Through September.
Info: 215-247-5777 or www.morrisarboretum.org.
SUNDAY 20
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12, features 12 different rail lines,
bridges, plus miniature replicas of
American lighthouses made from
natural materials. Free with regular admission of $14 adults, $12
seniors, $7 students and ages 318, under age 3 free. Weekdays 10
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MONDAY 21
SENIOR ACTIVITIES
Chestnut Hill Center for
Enrichment, 8431 Germantown
Ave. CHAC has numerous programs each day for seniors,
including exercise, crafts, games,
workshops, discussions, more.
Info: 215-248-0180, e-mail to
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BLUE MONDAY
LaRose Catering/Social Club,
5531 Germantown Ave. 6-9 p.m.
Jazz for everyone each Monday
with Tony Williams Quartet. $8.
Info: 215-248-1718.
TUESDAY 22
PRESCHOOL STORIES
Falls of the Schuylkill Free
Library, 3501 Midvale Ave. 10:15
a.m. Stories, music play and activities for 3-5 year-olds. Free. Info:
215-685-2093.
TABLE TENNIS
Earth Bread + Brewery, 7136
Germantown Ave. 9 p.m. – midnight. Ping-Pong Night every
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OLDIES NIGHT
LaRose Banquet Facility, 5531
Germantown Ave. 8 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Oldies Night every Wednesday. 60s
and 70s DJ music, dancing, buffet.
Adults over 34. Proper dress
Walk a Crooked Mile Books
welcomes Kedron Miller for
a free concert at the Mt. Airy
Train Station, Gowen Avenue
and Devon Street, on Friday,
September 18 from 7-9 p.m.
Kedron Miller is a classically
trained singer and also a
composer of contemporary
Christian music. He will perform work from both genres
and accompany himself on
electric piano. This is an outdoor concert so bring lawn
chairs or blankets and a picnic. The rain date is Saturday,
September 19. For questions
call 215-242-0854.
242-6666.
CHESS PROGRAM
Concerned Black Men, Inc., 7200
N. 21ST St. 5-7 p.m. CBM Chess
Program teaches chess every
Tuesday and Thursday. Free. Info:
215-276-2260.
WEDNESDAY 23
PHOTOS AT EARTH BREAD
Earth Bread + Brewery, 7136
Germantown Ave. Photography
exhibit by local artists Ellie Seif,
Sol Levy and Judith Levy on display through September. Info:
required. $5. Info: 215-844-5818.
WOODMERE WEDNESDAYS
Woodmere Art Museum, 9201
Germantown Ave. Woodmere
remains open until 9 p.m.
Wednesdays. free. Info: 215-2470476.
Reelblack’s Soul Food
Cinema Series returns to
The Point Of Destination
Café, 6460 Greene Street
(above the Upsal R8 train
station) with the presentation
of Truth Hall, starring Jade
Jenise Dixon, Karimah
Westbrook, Tamara L. Curry,
Celeste A. Sullivan and
Nicole Prescott, on Friday
September 18. Doors open at
6:30 p.m. The show is at 7
p.m. The movie is free with
the purchase of a Soul Food
Friday Meal ($11 and up.) For
more information call 215849-7771.
215-242-6666.
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SEPTA Announces Improvements at Wister Station
cutting down the vegetation that
completely obscures the station
from Belfield Avenue.
This will help but it won’t be
enough to provide the kind of station La Salle University has been
after for years. According to
Foster the major problem with
Wister is that it is almost completely inaccessible by car, and
the easiest ways to approach the
station tend to bolster the nickname coined by La Salle students.
From Belfield Avenue riders
must walk a narrow 200-foot passage lined by cyclone fencing
and capped by barbed wire on
one side and razor wire on the
other. The passage empties into
the cave-like opening of the
pedestrian tunnel underpass.
From the west, because no
through street connects to the station, the easiest access point is
past a secluded and trash-strewn
dead-end at Ashmead Street.
At minimum, Turzanski wanted to see SEPTA widen the long
passageway from Belfield into
the large PGW parking lot that
makes up one of its borders.
Foster wanted SEPTA to install
automobile access to both sides
of the station. One suggestion he
made for the inbound side was to
extend Rufe Street, an existing
roadway that already connects
Wister Street to the dead end at
Collom Street, so that it will also
connect with the dead end at
Ashmead. Doing this would provide a strong through-street
access point to the station via
Wister Street, Foster said, and
promote heavier student and
community use.
Wister Station was apparently
built with Rufe Street access in
mind because a set of stairs runs
off the end of the inbound platform
in that direction. The stairs empty
into a wide, trash-filled pathway
down to Rufe, but SEPTA’s stimulus plan for Wister includes blocking off the pathway to Rufe as a
measure against dumping with
removable car barriers.
To Foster this made no sense.
“The way to improve a station’s usability and visibility is
not to make it even less accessible,” he said in a later interview.
And he worried that emergency
vehicle access to the station
would be further curtailed by the
blockage.
Still, Tom Carl reiterated that
any major capital project at
Wister had to start with the stimulus plans.
“It’s possible to get this thing
in a presentable fashion,” he said.
“Start with that.”
Lund emphasized that more
significant future projects were
possible at Wister with focused
community
involvement.
Turzanski offered to host a focus
group at La Salle and Lund
seemed eager for the idea, calling
it “a good, appropriate step.” He
suggested that workgroup members could share specific desires
for the long-term use of the station in the effort to reach a compromise plan.
“You know we’re going to
have everything from the
absolute minimum to the Taj
Mahal and we’ll find some middle of the road,” Lund said.
Vernon Price, staffer to 8th
District City Councilwoman
Donna Reed Miller, offered his
boss’s full support for revamping
the station.
“If we have a coordinated
effort with SEPTA… then
Councilwoman Miller’s office
will do whatever she needs to do
to make this happen,” he said.
Lund suggested that City
Council could help on a possible
easement to expand the station
walkup into PGW’s parking lot.
He thought it would be a faster
way to widen the approach than
trying to purchase the land outright.
Foster wanted to see illuminated signs on Belfield Avenue for
the station as part of the stimulus
project, but Lund doubted that
could happen so quickly. While
Turzanski doubted La Salle
would be able to expand security
patrols to include the station right
away, he did say the school
would expand the scope of its
discussions about security if students started using Wister in larg-
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the station with every shuttle visit
once that service was set up.
All agreed to form a workgroup for Wister Station in the
coming weeks and Turzanski, for
one, left with a more positive outlook.
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spoke about the second job she
already has as a landscaper that
she does in addition to being a
full-time social worker.
Both contests were judged on a
variety of elements, including
speech development, body language, voice, and audience
response. Topics for the five to
seven minute humorous speeches
had to be original and preapproved.
At the meeting’s close, all contest participants returned to the
lectern to be introduced to the
audience, receive additional
applause and a certificate of participation for, as Robinson Jervay
put it, “taking a step out of your
comfort zone.”
“I
would
recommend
[Toastmasters] to anyone,” said
Wallace, who helps produce
independent film projects.
“Especially for me because I’m
constantly dictating instructions
and directions to people and the
information needs to be clear.
Being more projective and clear
and feeling more positive about
myself as far as speaking to different
kinds
of
people,
Toastmasters has helped a lot.”
The Covenant Toastmasters
Club meets the second and fourth
Wednesdays of each month from
7:30 – 9 p.m. at New Covenant
Campus, 7500 Germantown
Ave., Founder’s Hall, Room B11. The next meeting is
September 23. For more information visit www.covenant.freetoasthost.us or call 215-877-6511092.
September 17, 2009
Police Briefs in Mt. Airy
If you have been the victim of a
crime and would like information
or services, call Northwest Victim
Services, 6301 Germantown
Avenue, at 215-438-4410. Their
services are free.
West Mt. Airy Neighbors
requests that all crimes committed in Mt. Airy be reported to
WMAN at 215-438-6022.
The following crimes were
reported in Mt. Airy between
September 7-13, 2009.
THEFT
FROM
AUTO,
ATTEMPTED AUTO THEFT
September 11: 7100 block
Germantown Ave. – rear passenger
window broken on 2003 Ford
Expedition, laptop taken.
September 12: 700 block E. Upsal
St. – rear driver’s side tire taken
from 2001 Ford Crown Victoria.
September 13: 200 block E. Mt.
Pleasant Ave. – passenger side window removed from 2003 Buick
Lesabre. Speakers, amp and DVD
player taken.
Septmeber 13: 200 block E.
Durham St. – front passenger’s side
window broken on 2003 Acura,
GPS system taken.
STOLEN AUTO
September 8: 6800 block Lincoln
Dr. – 1985 white Olds Cutlass
stolen.
September 11: 7200 block Sprague
St. – 1996 black Nissan Maxima
stolen.
September 13: 800 block E.
Sharpnack st. – 2005 Chrysler
Pacifica stolen.
THEFT
September 8: 500 block W.
Sedgwick St. – complainant stated
that records show laptop delivered
to location and signed for by
unknown person, complainant
never received it.
BURGLARY
September 7: 6400 block Greene
St. Attempt made to gain access to
apartment, attempt unsuccessful.
September 7: 300 block E. Hortter
St. – complainant reported lock
damaged in residence, refrigerators
and microwave taken.
ROBBERY
September 7: Phil-Ellena and
Quincy sts., 12 a.m. – complainant
approached by offender on mountain bike who pulled gun, demanded
complainant’s
handbag.
Complainant said there was nothing in handbag, offender rode away
toward Phil-Ellena St.
Germantown Ave., 12 a.m. – complainant approached by offender as
he exited location. Offender struck
him with unknown object causing
him to fall to ground. Offender then
forced complainant into com-
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plainant’s car, drove to 5900 block
Wissahickon Ave. where complainant exited vehicle. Vehicle
recovered on 600 block W.
Rittenhouse St.
September 10: Johnson and
Anderson sts., 12 a.m. – complainant alleged that acquaintance
gave her a ride, then took her to
Johnson and Ardleigh sts., dragged
her out of car, took her cellphone
and drove away.
September 10: Upsal and Anderson
sts., 12 a.m. – while walking on
Upsal, complainant allegedly
approached by two offenders who
pointed guns, demanded money, hit
complainant in head with guns,
took wallet and fled. Suspects later
ID’d and arrested.
September 12: Unit block E. Gown
Ave., 5:25 a.m. – complainant
approached by two offenders while
making delivery. They demanded
money, cash taken.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Crittenden St., 10:30 p.m. – complainant in verbal dispute with
acquaintance who allegedly picked
up fork and stabbed complainant
with it in chest and arm. Suspect
arrested.
September 9: 200 block Garrett St.,
12 a.m. – after verbal altercation
offender allegedly chased complainant on foot while holding gun.
Tour Tulpehocken Historic District
Meet the Ebenezer Maxwell
Mansion’s
neighbors
on
Saturday, September 19, 10 a.m.
to noon. The Tulpehocken Station
Historic District is listed on the
National Register of Historic
Places as one of America’s first
railroad suburbs. Join architect
Sandra Radich for an excursion
through
the
neighborhood.
Participants will be introduced to
six lovely Victorian mansions
with a secret peek inside one stunning home on Greene Street. The
morning will be capped off by a
docent-led tour of the Ebenezer
Maxwell Mansion complete with
luscious dessert and lemonade in
the Victorian style.
The
Ebenezer
Maxwell
Mansion is Philadelphia’s only
authentically restored Victorian
house museum and garden and is
the
centerpiece
of
the
Tulpehocken Station Historic
District. The tour begins at the
Mansion, 200 West Tulpehocken
Street, promptly at 10 a.m., rain or
shine. Wear comfortable shoes for
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this walking tour of the neighborhood.
The cost is $20 per person.
Children 12 and over are wel-
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The Vincent Woodson Community Outreach Foundation is holding a series of bereavement support group meetings for co-victims of
murder and those who have lost a loved one. All are welcome. No
one will be turned away.
The meetings will take place Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. on September
19, October 10 and 24, November 14, and December 5 and 19 in the
Stokes Lounge at Germantown Friends School, 31 West Coulter
Street. Enter between the stone pillars on Coulter Street.
For more information call Fay Dawson at 215-200-8453.
Documentary on Philadelphia History
A documentary film series on
Philadelphia history will be aired
on Thursday, September 24 at 7
p.m. at the First Presbyterian
Church in Germantown, 35 West
Chelten Avenue. It is free to the
community.
The documentary film covers
Philadelphia history from 1864,
the year before the end of the Civil
War, to 1876, just before the opening of the Centennial Exposition
in Philadelphia. The documentary
film series includes a webisode on
Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession in Philadelphia. Lincoln
visited Philadelphia more than any
other city during his presidency.
Lincoln lay in state for two days
beneath the statue of George
Washington. His funeral procession drew more than 300,000
people.
A young African American
woman, Emilie Davis, joined the
throngs that came to pay their
respects. In her diary, she wrote:
“It was the grandest funeral I ever
saw. The coffin and hearse was
beautiful.”
The documentary focuses on
people, places and events in
Philadelphia history such as volunteer fire fighters, baseball, the
influence of railroads, the Sanitary
Fair, the civil-rights movement
Fairmount Park, dance, theater,
and major signature buildings.
Sam Katz, a Philadelphia businessman, and Mark Moskowitz
are the executive producers of the
webisodes and documentary film
series.
Over the summer, screenings of
the pilot and webisodes have been
held at churches, schools, museums, and historical societies.
For more information contact
Betty Turner at 215-843-1457, email bettyturner1@gmail.com
come. Reservations are required.
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How to Contact Your Representatives
Below are the names, addresses and contact information for elected representatives at the city, state and
federal levels serving Germantown and Mt. Airy.
City Council
8th District: City Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller.
Office: City Hall, Room 312, Philadelphia, PA
19107, phone 215-686-3424 or 215-686-3425, fax
215-686-1937;
home
page
www.phila.gov/CityCouncil/miller/
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
198th Legislative District: Rep. Rosita C.
Youngblood, 5520 Wayne Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
19144, phone 215-849-6426, fax 215-849-5476;
home page: http://www.pahouse.com/youngblood
200th Legislative District: Rep. Cherelle L. Parker.
District office: 1536 East Wadsworth Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19150, phone 215-242-7300, fax
215-242-7303;
home
page
http://www.pahouse.com/parker.
201st Legislative District: Rep. John Myers. District
office: 5847 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
19144, phone 215-849-6896, fax 215-560-1824.
Home page: http://pahouse.com/myers
Pennsylvania State Senate
3rd Senatorial District: Senator Shirley Kitchen.
District office: 1701 West Lehigh Avenue, Suite 104,
Philadelphia PA 19132, phone 215-227-6161; home
page http://www.senatorkitchen.com.
4th Senatorial District: Senator LeAnna
Washington. District office: 1555-A Wadsworth
Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19150, phone 215-2420472, fax 215-753-4538; home page http://www.senatorwashington.com/
U. S. House of Representatives
2nd District: Congressman Chaka Fattah. District
offices: 4104 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19104,
phone 215-387-6404; 6632 Germantown Avenue,
Philadelphia PA 19119, phone 215-848-9386; home
page http://fattah.house.gov/index.html.
Northwest Zoning Hearings Next Week
The following hearing will be
held next week at the Zoning
Board of Adjustments, 1515
Arch Street, on the 18th floor. All
information is according to the
Community Alerting Service of
the Housing Association of
Delaware Valley.
Wednesday, September 23, 2
p.m.: 4969 Wakefield Street, two
use permits for the relocation of
lot lines to create one lot from
two lots (existing as one Board
of revision of taxes account) to
be as follows: building 1 – private penal facility to include 36
residents, staff, staff rooms,
kitchen and accessory preparing
of food and serving of food;
building 2 – accessory to private
penal facility.
Tioga Unity Day is September 19
The 2009 Tioga Unity Day
will be held Saturday, September
19 at Jerome Brown Playground,
20th and Ontario streets, from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Activities will include live
entertainment, free giveaways,
rides, special treats for seniors, a
Gospel Hour of Power, games,
free school supplies, an old cell
phone collection, a gently-used
coat drive, and much more.
Parental supervision is requested
for all rides for children under
Sharpest Cuts Around
Men & Children
Walk-ins Welcome
9 AM - 9 PM
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age 18.
Special guests include Mayor
Nutter, Senator Shirley Kitchen,
Councilmembers Greenlee and
Miller, and others.
The rain date is Sunday,
September 20.
The
Philadelphia
Blues
Messengers will be performing
their unique style of high energy
blues this Friday, September 18
at the La Rose Supper Club,
5531 Germantown Avenue,
from 8-11 p.m. The cover is
$10, and there is free supervised
parking behind the club. For
more information call 215-2481718.
Shovel Ready
The Philadelphia Inquirer and the
Germantown Chronicle recently
covered the imbalance between
maintenance and new projects within SEPTA. In response SEPTA
invited us to meet with them while
they outlined plans to spend federal
stimulus money on the Wister
Station.
Incredibly, all they are going to do
with the money is perform the neglected maintenance of the last 20
years: cutting overgrowth, painting
what is left, and - get this - blocking
off the only remaining road access to
the station so no one can get a car
close to it, including any police or
security vehicles. There will be no
real new construction. After this
work the station will be cleaner but
less usable.
Public money spent with political
pressure in the Northwest has just
gone to make two R8 stations
“restaurant ready” to the tune of $15
million, but we are told there is no
money to do any more than a minor
cleanup for Wister. Why can’t regularly-budgeted funds be used to do
deferred maintenance at this station,
and stimulus dollars used to make it
accessible and safe at all hours? Yet to be mentioned is the potential extensive use of the station by
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23 peace groups will demonstrate
from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday,
September 20 near Senator Arlen
Specter’s
home
on
West
Schoolhouse Lane (between
Henry Avenue and Gypsy Lane).
They want Specter to cut off funding for the U.S. occupation of Iraq
and Afghanistan and to bring the
troops home now. On this date in
2001, President George Bush II
declared a “War on Terror” to a
joint session of Congress. This
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the nearby LaSalle University students on a campus that has expanded over recent years to the point it is
almost adjacent to it. The former
underutilized Columbia Avenue
stop on the R7 was completely renovated and became Temple U
because there was public and political pressure to find the money to do
it. LaSalle has indicated willingness
to participate in any project that
would make Wister Station a viable
alternative for its students.
Renaming it LaSalle University
would have a nice ring to it. Explanations rationalizing neglect
have been told to citizens year after
year when it comes to public projects and neighborhood needs. It is
either “budget constraints”, “that has
to come from the state”, “that has to
come from the federal government”,
“we would have to move it from
some other project” - the excuses go
on and on. Stimulus money is supposed to be
used for only “shovel ready” projects. There has been so much nonsense told to this community over
the years about what can’t be done
(but can be done elsewhere) that the
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was later used to justify illegal
invasions, continuing occupations
and human rights abuses (including torture) by the U.S.
The War on Terror Peace Event
has been endorsed by Brandywine
Peace Community, Bucks for
Progress,
Catholic
Peace
Fellowship, Chester County Peace
Movement,
Code
Pink
Philadelphia, Communist Party of
Eastern PA and DE, Delaware
Valley Veterans for America,
Granny
Peace
Brigade
Philadelphia, Green Party of
Montgomery County, Green Party
of Philadelphia, Military Families
Speak Out, Northeast Philly for
Peace and Justice, Northwest
Greens, Peace Action of
Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
Buddhist Peace Fellowship,
Philadelphia Regional Anti-War
Network (PRAWN),
the
Women’s International League for
Peace and Freedom (Philadelphia
Branch) and more.
For more information e-mail to
nwgreens@yahoo.com or call
215-843-4256.
GHS Class of ’74
Plans Reunion
Germantown High Class of
1974 will hold its 35th reunion
on October 10 at the
Philadelphia Hilton Hotel –
Airport.
For more information call D.
Paige at 215-635-0468.
September 17, 2009
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‘Music from the Heart’ at CIP
Fire Causes Power Outage
Center in the Park, supported
by Bravo Health, presents
“Music from the Heart,” on
Saturday September 19, featuring the Universal African Drum
and Dance ensemble, Arpeggio
Jazz Ensemble and vocalist
Sherry Wilson Butler. It takes
place at 6:30pm in the Loeb
Auditorium at Germantown
Friends School.
For tickets and information,
call 215-848-7722, ask for
Nicole at 215-848-7722 or visit
w w w. c e n t e r i n t h e p a r k . o r g .
September is Grandparents
Month, a perfect opportunity to
treat an older adult you love to a
gift of Center in the Park’s
“Music from the Heart.”
Above left, flame spurts from the power cable at Lincoln Drive and Hortter Street. Above right, PECO technicians at work restoring service. Photos by Kittura Dior.
Medearis said he called PECO
years ago asking for the utility
company to do something about the
tree limbs that used to press down
against the wires from that tree. It
was only months ago that workers
finally arrived to cut off those
limbs, he said, but the wires still
seem to abrade the main trunk even
now.
According to Medearis the
flames on the wire that did not fall
into the street remained small on
Sunday. Still, firefighters arrived on
the scene almost immediately and
waited, making sure nothing got
out of hand, but they did not
attempt to put out the flames.
PECO followed several hours
afterward.
The fire and line breakage happened around noon, but PECO
workers didn’t arrive until much
later, completing temporary repairs
at 5 p.m. according to PECO
Communications
Manager
Michael Wood. Those temporary
insulators are still visible on
Medearis’ tree. PECO doesn’t have
a timetable yet for when the permanent repairs will be made, Wood
said.
“We had quite a busy day Friday
and Saturday because of all the rain
and the windy conditions,” he said.
Medearis wondered if the windy
weather caused the tree to sway so
much that it wore the insulation off
the wire that was resting against it.
Officially the cause of the incident is undetermined, according to
Wood, but he thought Medearis’
description was as likely as any.
“Tree contact with our area lines
is the most common cause of
power outages,” he said.
With a similar thought in mind,
Dior and Medearis expressed concern that a separate power line connecting their homes still snakes
through another large tree and
appears twisted among several
limbs. The neighbors worried that a
similar fate might await those
wires.
But as things worked out Sunday
they were primarily grateful no one
was hurt.
“We were going to do a yard sale
for the block and we decided not to
do it because of the rain, and thank
god,” Dior said.
How to Get Your Word Out
The offices of the Germantown Chronicle and Mt. Airy Independent
are located at 5275 Germantown Avenue (pictured above), between
East Penn and Bringhurst streets. Press releases and letters or opinion pieces can be mailed to this address, dropped off here during normal business hours, faxed to 215-754-4245, or e-mailed to
editor@germantownnewspapers.com. Please be sure to include the
name and phone number of a contact person in case there are any
questions about information in your announcement.
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September 17, 2009
From the World of Religion
Kehilla for Secular Jews
Does the Shofar blow for you?
Looking for a place to hear the
loud trumpet sound, which heralds in the Jewish New Year?
Philadelphia’s Kehilla for Secular
Jews invites all to join them
Saturday, September 19, 2 p.m.,
for Rosh Hashana and Monday,
September 28, 3:45 p.m. for Yom
Kippur, at Germantown Friends
Meeting, 47 West Coulter Street,
as they celebrate their Jewish heritage. The observances will be
multigenerational, multicultural,
and LGBT-friendly. Events are
free; contributions requested; proceeds benefit Jewish Children’s
Folkshul. Free parking is available. The High Holiday programs
are for all ages, and there will be
crafts and other activities for children, pre-school through third
grade, during the programs.
But don’t come expecting a
rabbi or a prayer book. Instead,
on Rosh Hashanah, September
19, 2 p.m., there will be songs,
poetry, a secular Sh’ma and
sounding of the traditional shofar.
Special guests will be Yiddish
recording artist Fran Kleiner, and
Art
Miron,
a
popular
musician/singer in the Mt. Airy
coffeehouse scene. Yom Kippur
observance,
on
Monday,
September 28, will feature candle
lightings, reflection, singing, and
a secular Yizkor and Kaddish.
In Eastern Europe, a Kehilla
was a Jewish community, bound
together by its history, religion,
and location.
Today, the
Philadelphia area has several
Kehillot, but only one Kehilla for
Secular Jews. Philadelphia’s own
secular Kehilla, consists of six
local groups: Jewish Children’s
Folkshul and Adult Community;
Philadelphia Secular Jewish
Organization; Shir Shalom;
Sholom Aleichem Club; South
Jersey Secular Jews; and
Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring
of Philadelphia.
These organizations welcome
those who are not comfortable
with traditional Jewish denominations and may find the community and fellowship that they seek in
a secular humanistic Jewish setting. The Kehilla welcomes all
who identify with the Jewish
experience, its history, culture,
and values. For information, contact Barbara Halpern, Kehilla for
Secular Jews, at 215-572-6131, email halpernlaw@comcast.net .
Jewish Children’s Folkshul, a
founding member of the Kehilla,
is a cultural Jewish school for
children in grades Pre-K through
ninth, providing a secular, humanist approach to the exploration of
Jewish cultural identity, holidays
and history. For over 80 years,
Folkshul has served communities
in the greater Philadelphia area
including
families
from
Montgomery,
Bucks,
and
Delaware Counties. Folkshul also
offers a wide variety of adult education classes including book discussions, Hebrew, Yiddish, history, philosophy, and political discussions. Classes, workshops,
presentations and discussions are
held Sunday mornings from 10
a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Springside
School in Chestnut Hill.
For more information about
Folkshul, call 215-248-1550 or
visit www.folkshul.org.
Missions Celebration at High Street
The High Street Church of God,
222 East High Street, will
celebrate the 37th year of Faith
Promise Missions Convention on
Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday Oct. 4.
The theme is “That None Shall
Perish.” The community is invited to
come share in this celebration. On
Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. there
will be a banquet with speaker will be
Elizabeth Floyd from Neighborhood
Crusade, Inc. of Philadelphia. On
Sunday at 11 a.m. the Rev. Melvin
Floyd, director and founder of
Neighborhood Crusade, will be the
guest speaker. The evening service
will be at 5:00 p.m., celebrating with
Holy Communion and a candlelight
service. Minister Daniel Sawyer of
Neighborhood Crusade will minister
in this service. High Street has supported many missionary ministries,
including in Liberia, the West Indies,
and Egypt and local ministries Child
Evangelism Fellowship, Have Christ
Will Travel, Teen Challenge and Arab
World Ministry and Neighborhood
Crusade Inc. All are welcome. For
more, call 215-438-1682. Rev. David
E. Griffith is pastor.
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Enon Appreciation Awards
Enon Tabernacle Baptist
Church will host its first annual
Appreciation Awards Ceremony
which will honor law enforcement officials and fellow citizens. We will honor those who
have dedicated their lives to serving others and helping to reduce
crime in our community by mentoring, combating domestic violence and taking a stand against
sex trafficking. Special honors
will be presented to the family of
Police Explorer Cadet Harvey J.
Lewis, 15, and his friend
Dominique R. Smith, 17, who
both were aspiring to become
police officers. These two young
men, who wanted to make our
streets a safer place, ”were slain
in a senseless crime.”
The Saturday, September 19
Awards Ceremony is being sponsored by the Saints of Valor
Martial Ministry and will be held
at Enon East, 2800 Cheltenham
Avenue, 7 -9 p.m.
The Saints of Valor Martial
Ministry, under the leadership
Master C. Hamilton Robinson,
seeks to provide an educational,
cultural, social and martial arts
enrichment program consistent
with Enon’s vision of family values and human dignity. The goal
is to increase the level of prosocial involvement and to
empower martial arts training
across all ages, genders, backgrounds and groups of the
Christian Community.
During the Appreciation
Awards Ceremony law enforcement officials and others will be
presented with National Awards
from the American Police Hall of
Fame and Museum Awards
Program
The keynote speaker will be
Judge Sheila Woods-Skipper.
Thyra Course at St. Paul’s
The Thyra Course, a mystical
introduction to the Christian
faith, will be offered at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill,
this fall, according to the church
rector, the Rev. E. Clifford
Cutler, who will teach the course.
It begins Wednesday, September
23 at 7:30 p.m. in Dixon House
on the church campus at 22 East
Chestnut Hill Avenue.
The course studies ancient and
contemporary mystics to uncover
Christian insights for daily life.
Mystics, Cutler says, are those
who have had direct experiences
of God.
From the Greek word thyra,
meaning door and opportunity,
the course is designed “to open
the door and offer an opportunity
to explore spiritual answers for
life’s questions: What can I
believe in? What do I want to do
with the rest of my life? Where is
life’s meaning?” Cutler reports
that the Thyra Course will create
“a safe place to ask about life,
meaning, spirituality and religion.” To be studied during the
eight Wednesday evening sessions are many mystics, ranging
from the medieval Hugh of St.
Victor to the contemporary Dag
Hammarskjöld.
The course, which has a $20
fee, is open to all. For more
information call 215-242-2055
or e-mail ccutler@stpaulschestnuthill.org.
St. Paul’s Church is located
near
the
intersection
of
Germantown
Avenue
and
Bethlehem Pike in Chestnut Hill,
one block from SEPTA’s R7 and
R8 Chestnut Hill stations. Visit
www.stpaulschestnuthill.org for
information about this offering
and St. Paul’s many other ministries.
Funtastic Friday at Cedar Park
Cedar Park Presbyterian
Church, located at 7740 Limekiln
Pike (at Upsal) will present
“Funtastic Friday” on Friday
evening, September 25, beginning at 7 p.m.
Children, youth and teens are
encouraged to attend this festive
and lively evening of fun fellowship. The agenda will consist of a
myriad of activities, line-dancing,
karaoke, rap performance, boardgames, films, contests and other
activities developed for specific
age levels.
Refreshments and snacks will
be served and there is no admission fee. This event, with other
events to follow, is being promoted to foster goodwill, good times
and to serve as a bridge between
church and community.
Note your calendar and come
prepared for fun in a warm and
welcoming environment. Cedar
Park is here for you...and we wish
to make your acquaintance.
For information call the church
at 215-549-9775.
The Music Ministry of the
Christian
Church
in
Philadelphia, 8044 Stenton
Avenue, will present the Evelyn
Graves Ministries Choir of
Yeadon, Pennsylvania in an afternoon of sacred music on Sunday,
September 20 at 3:30 p.m. at the
church. Everyone is invited to
come. For more information call
215-248-5091
or
visit
www.churchinphila.org.
High Holidays
at ChabadLubavitch
In anticipation of the upcoming
Jewish New Year (September 1820),
Chabad-Lubavitch
of
Northwest Philadelphia has
announced its High Holiday
Services schedule. They will be
“warm, friendly, traditional, and
open to all” says Chabad’s
Executive
Director,
Rabbi
Yitzchok Gurevitz.
All are welcome to services at
Chabad, free of charge, regardless
of background or affiliation.
Membership is not required to
join and there are no prerequisites. All prayers will combine
the original Hebrew and translated
English.
“Whether your background in
Jewish prayer and practice is
extensive or limited,” says Rabbi
Gurevitz, “attending services at
Chabad will leave you feeling
enriched, connected, uplifted and
inspired.”
Services will be held on Rosh
Hashanah – the Jewish New Year
(September 18-20), as well as
Yom Kippur – the Day of
Atonement (September 27-28).
For information regarding High
Holiday Services, or to reserve a
seat call 215-438-5327, email rabbig@chabadnwp.org, or visit
www.ChabadNWP.org.
Chabad-Lubavitch
of
Northwest Philadelphia will be
presenting a Challah Baking
Workshop for Adults and
Children on Thursday, September
24, from 5-6 p.m.
Attendees will learn hands-on
steps involved in baking Challah
(a braided bread traditionally prepared for the Sabbath and Jewish
holidays): preparing the dough,
braiding techniques, glazing, and
baking. Attendees will take home
their own challah. Special focus
will be given to holiday shapes
and flavorings.
The workshop is free of charge,
but RSVP is appreciated. The
workshop will be held at 7334
Rural Lane. For more information
and to RSVP, please call Pessy
Gurevitz at 215-438-5327, email
pessy@chabadnwp.org, or visit
www.ChabadNWP.org.
The Historic Germantown
Mennonite Meetinghouse, built in
1770 and home to the table on
which the first protest against slavery in America was signed in 1688,
will host an open house on
Saturday, September 19 from 10
a.m. - 3 p.m. The Meetinghouse is
located at 6133 Germantown
Avenue. For further information,
call Christopher Friesen at 215843-0943.
September 17, 2009
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Real Estate News
Join ‘Ghostbusters’ at Historic Cliveden
Do you believe in ghosts? Do
you hear banging, footsteps or
voices in your home? Are you
really seeing things or is that just
your imagination?
If you answer yes to any of these
questions, join Cliveden on Friday,
October 9 from 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.
for “Ghost Hunting 101.”
Ghost Hunting 101 is the third
in a series of collaborations
between Cliveden and the Free
Spirit Paranormal Investigators.
Visitors will be treated to a ghost
hunting workshop and live paranormal investigation of the
Concord School House and Upper
Burying Ground.
The workshop will be hosted
by the Free Spirit Paranormal
Investigators, in Cliveden’s historic Carriage House. It will
address a wide range of paranormal topics including the history
of ghost hunting, electronic voice
phenomena, and psychic protection.
After the workshop, attendees
will gain hands-on experience by
conducting a live paranormal
investigation at the Concord
School House and Upper Burying
Ground. Located down the street
from Cliveden, the Concord
School House was built in 1775 as
Germantown’s first English language school. The School House
Anthony Vacca (left) and Frank Cassidy (In vest) of Free Spirit
Paranormal Investigators discuss readings they are getting of electromagnetic activity near a pillar in the foyer of Cliveden at a previous
investigation this year.
occupies a corner of the Upper
Burying Ground, one of the oldest
cemeteries in Germantown and a
site where over 50 Revolutionary
War Soldiers are buried.
Admission is $20 per person.
RSVP is necessary as space is very
limited.
For further details about this
event and to RSVP call Richard
Fink, education director, at 215848-1777 x223 or by emailing
rfink@cliveden.org.
More information about this
program can be found on
Cliveden’s website, www.cliveden.org. To learn more about the
Free
Spirit
Paranormal
Investigators,
check
out
www.freespiritpi.com. Details
about the Concord School House
and Upper Burying grounds are
located at www.ushistory.org/germantown.
Learn How to Care for Damaged Trees
A major storm can have devastating effects, changing our community in an instant. Buildings
may be damaged or destroyed,
power lines down, and trees broken and torn. In the wake of this
loss, neighborhoods and an entire
community may experience a
sense of devastation not known
before.
“Because trees are such a large
part of a city’s visual landscape,
damage to them from a severe
storm can be a major shock to
residents,” said John Rosenow,
chief executive of the Arbor Day
Foundation, an organization that
helps people plant and care for
trees. “Seeing a favorite tree
down or badly damaged in the
front yard can be a traumatic
experience, almost like losing an
old friend.”
But Rosenow also said that
trees are amazingly resilient and
that many recover with proper
care. Information is available
from the Arbor Day Foundation
for residents who want to
become more informed about
tree care and storm recovery.
The Arbor Day Foundation’s
Web site, arborday.org, offers a
free Storm Recovery Kit, an
online set of easy-to-understand
guidelines to explain how to care
for trees following a severe
storm. Residents will learn to
Blue Bell agent Richard
McIlhenny is a recipient of
REMAX Pennsylvania and
Delaware Region’s Top 25 Sales
Associate Team for 2009. The
recognition is based on awardable commissions year-to-date
through the end of June.
McIlhenny, a licensed realtor and
REMAX associate since 2002,
was rated number 19.
McIlhenny, who represents both
buyers and sellers, is a life-long
resident of Mt. Airy. He focuses
on the Northwest Philadelphia
and Montgomery County areas.
know whether a tree can be
saved, the best way to remove
broken limbs, and how to identify scam artists posing as
arborists.
After a major storm, city officials, utility workers, and private
tree care firms have their work
cut out for them. The best thing
residents can do is be patient and
lend a hand. Citizens can help
expedite the city’s recovery
process by quickly learning correct tree care practices, taking
care of simple tasks, and protecting
against
tree
service
imposters.
For the free Storm Recovery
Kit, go to arborday.org.
The Mt. Airy Business Association, in conjunction with
Valley Green Bank, invites everyone to take advantage
of an opportunity to properly dispose of all unwanted
electronics, including televisions, computers, printers,
hard-drives, monitors, VCRs, radios, video games, transformers, and even batteries on “Weird Waste Day.” Bring
your weird waste to the Valley Green Bank parking lot,
7226 Germantown Avenue, on September 26 between
1-4 p.m. and we’ll make sure that it gets responsibly
recycled. The cost to you is $.032 per pound. We have
engaged IRN, a recycling network that helps businesses
and institutions find the most responsible, efficient and
cost effective way to recycle all materials. All products
are hand-dismantled and shredded. Each item is directed to the right end market and recycled safely, in full
compliance with all environmental regulations. For information call 215-242-0777.
Harvest Festival at Wyck
Wyck, 6026 Germantown
Avenue, celebrates the fall with
an evening festival on Friday,
September 18, from 5-7 p.m.
The Harvest Festival will feature live bluegrass music, cider
pressing, fabric dyeing using
plant-based dyes, delicious dinners for sale, a collaborative
writing project for kids and
adults, and cooking demonstrations by the Health Promotion
Council
of
Southeastern
Pennsylvania. Wyck’s house,
Home Farm and gardens will be
open for tours and Wyck’s
Farmers Market will run from 2–
6 p.m. Visitors can meet Wyck’s
new flock of chickens and see
our beehives.
Wyck offers a variety of programming for its community,
neighbors and friends. The Wyck
Outdoor Education Program for
underserved Germantown students features an emergent curriculum focusing on natural science, nutrition, and seasonal
dynamics at Wyck’s 2.5-acre site.
School children also participate
in all aspects of the Wyck Home
Farm, a large chemical-free production garden. In conjunction
with the Food Trust, Wyck has
established a seasonal, weekly
farmers market, held Friday
afternoons from 2pm – 6pm from
May through November, where
Wyck’s produce is for sale alongside produce grown and sold by a
Lancaster County production
farmer. Wyck accepts vouchers
from the federally funded
Farmers
Market
Nutrition
Program, which gives lowincome senior citizens and WIC
recipients subsidized access to
fresh, local produce. The market
also accepts food stamps in the
form of the EBT/Access card.
The Wyck Workshop and
Lecture Series offers free or lowcost educational programs on traditional horticulture and sustainability methods to modern urbandwellers. Workshops take place
on topics such as food preservation, composting, bee-keeping,
permaculture, seed-starting, edible landscaping and traditional
seed saving techniques.
For more information about
the Harvest Festival please call
215-848-1690 or email boverholser@wyck.org . For information about Wyck’s programs,
please contact Lori Litchman,
education program coordinator,
at llitchman@wyck.org. Visit
Wyck’s
website
at
www.wyck.org.
Are You Looking for a Space
to Rent?
Well, look no further.
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Germantown has space to rent.
Office space and rooms
for all your special events.
For more information and any
questions, please contact our
church office and speakwith Ms.
Gracie Hayman at 215-848-8150
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September 17, 2009
The World of Education
FUMCOG After-School Program
The After School Program for
Germantown High School students at First United Methodist
Church of Germantown (FUMCOG) will start Tuesday, Sept. 29
for 9th grade students and
Monday, Oct. 5 for 10th, 11th and
12th grade students. The program
is held at the church, 6001
Germantown Avenue, across the
street from the school. The program is free to Germantown High
students.
The daily program runs from
3:05-6 p.m. and is free.
Programming includes a healthy
snack followed by two hours of
tutoring, learning sessions and
homework help. Every student has
a computer applications class and
access to the internet for study and
research. A recreation program is
available from 5:30-6 p.m.
Students receive structured tutor-
ing at all levels in math and
English. Help is available in history, science, Spanish and French.
Enrichment activities during the
school year include: a Living
History project at historic Wyck in
Germantown; a stained glass arts
project; attendance at theater,
music and dance performances;
eating out at restaurants; career
training; acting and drama classes;
and SAT and ACT preparation. A
Tuesday night program for 12
graders includes cooking and creative thinking as well as help for
senior projects. The promotion
rate for students who attend this
program regularly is over 90 percent.. Applications are available at
Germantown High and at the
church office.
For more information call the
after School Program at 215-4386767.
LuBel’s Christian Academy
PA Board of
Education
Accredited
500 E. Mt. Pleasant Avenue • Philadelphia 19119
215-242-4663
Free Quickbooks Seminar
Aliyah Bonaparte, owner of the
Northwest-based
Pyramid
Accounting Solutions, Inc., won
up to $20,000 in Intuit Inc.’s
Power to Get More Done Stimulus
Grant competition. As one of 10
winners nationwide, Bonaparte
will receive $10,000 in cash and
up to $10,000 in Intuit products
and services to assist the small
business community in and
around the Philadelphia area.
Pyramid Accounting Solutions,
Inc. provides bookkeeping, payroll, and QuickBooks setup, training, and support services.
Bonaparte’s goal is to provide free
and low-cost Basic QuickBooks
seminars to 10,000 small business
owners in her area. Bonaparte
believes that increasing an
owner’s ability to understand and
implement accurate accounting
policies and procedures will result
in the creation of a more financially sound, thriving business.
“Each seminar’s goal is to provide business owners with the
skills and means to produce and
analyze financial statements using
QuickBooks,” said Bonaparte, a
Certified
QuickBooks
ProAdvisor. “Accurate financial
statements can improve the
owner’s ability to make effective
cash and strategic management
decisions. They can also increase
a small business owner’s chance
to apply for and receive funding to
expand their own business.”
Pyramid Accounting Solutions,
Inc. will also use the grant to
become an earth-friendly firm.
“Having the means to purchase
proper equipment and software
will allow us to become a paperless firm, decrease our need for
space, and increase both our efficiency and the level of service we
give our clients,” Bonaparte said.
Pyramid will host a free fourhour QuickBooks Basics seminar
on Sept. 23. Registration will
begin at 9 a.m. and a light breakfast will be served. The seminar
will end at 1 p.m. For details, visit
www.pyramidaccounting.com or
call 267-244-1026.
Infants • School Aged •Pre-K & Kindergarten
6 AM – 6 PM
Over 30 Years Experience • State Subsidy Accepted
Motto:
We Want to Learn,
We Can Learn, We Will Learn.
We Also Offer Before & After School Care
Grace Community Christian Center
29 West Johnson Street • Philadelphia, PA 19144
Now Enrolling
Now Enrolling
CALL FOR APPOINTMENT
DR. A. H. WILLIS
PRINCIPAL
Grace After School Program (GAP)
Register NOW!! • We Serve Grades K-5, Ages 5-12
Homework Assistance • Technology Enrichment (Computer Lab)
Music Enrichment • Physical Development • Arts & Crafts
Spiritual Growth • Nutrition Education • Math Help • Creative Play
Fee Schedule: $45 Weekly (Transportation Provided at Extra Cost)
Discounts for Families
Co-payments, CCR & DPR Payments Accepted
open 3 PM – 6 PM Monday through Friday
Open Half Days
Certified & Trained Staff
For More Information, Call 215-848-2700
Germantown Friends School
COMMUNITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM
QUALIFYING EXAM
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 AT 9:00 AM
GFS will award four scholarships to students
entering grades 6, 7, 8 or 9 in September 2010
Qualifications:
• Grade average of ‘B’ or above • Strong teacher recommendations
• Financial need—based on income
Call 215-951-2345 to register.
Visit www.germantownfriends.org for more information.
A Quaker, co-ed school for grades K-12, Germantown Friends affirms its commitment to admit students
of any race, creed, color, nationality or ethnic origin.
Registration/
Classes
begin
Sunday,
Sept. 27
9:30 am
NW Merit
Semifinalists
Officials of the National Merit
Scholarship Competition have
announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the
55th annual National Merit scholarship Program. These academically-talented high school seniors
have an opportunity to continue in
the competition for some 8,200
National Merit scholarships,
worth more than $36 million, that
will be offered next spring. About
90 percent of the semifinalists are
expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the
Finalists will win a National Merit
Scholarship, earning the Merit
Scholar title.
Students from Northwest high
schools who have achieved
Semifinalist standing include:
Central High School, Jody Z.
Zhong; Crefeld School, Emily C.
Livingston and Daniel E. Sloane;
Germantown Friends School,
Tracy C. Bank, Connor G.
Bartholomew,
Eli
BogomShanon, Christopher R. Kim, Seth
C. Koren, James T. Query, and
Allison R. Wattenberger; William
Penn Charter School, Michael T.
Bak, Jamie D. Garden, Kate J.
Goldenberg,
Theresa
M.
Manning, Brian J. Mendel, Ben E.
Perelman, and Eamon A. Ronan.
September 17, 2009
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The World of Education
South African Music and Dance at MALT
Don’t miss the fun with Sharon
Katz and The Peace Train in Mt.
Airy Learning Tree’s South
African Music and Dance Class,
number DA19.
Join Sharon Katz and The Peace
Train for a series of eight workshops filled with South African
music, dances and stories.
Members of the band will visit the
sessions to teach and together we
will build a dance group and create
something joyful, positive and creative. All ages, nations, religions,
colors, shapes and hairstyles are
welcome!
Also learn more about the new
school and cultural center in South
Africa and how to visit South
Africa with The Peace Train.
Sharon Katz and The Peace Train
are performing worldwide, composing for a new musical and CD,
and raising funds to build a new
school in South Africa geared
towards children who lost their
parents to HIV/AIDS.
Class meets Thursdays from 78:30 p.m., September 24 to
November 12, at Blair Christian
International Ballet Exchange
announces open auditions for a
production of The Nutcracker
with the Donetsk Ballet of
Ukraine. IBE, the non-profit arm
of Wissahickon Dance Academy,
offers this unique opportunity to
area ballet students. The Donetsk
Ballet is an internationally
renowned ballet company that has
toured the world. Their principal
dancers have won several international ballet competitions and they
continue to entertain audiences
with their dazzling pyrotechnics
and artistry. Through IBE, area
dancers have the opportunity to
perform with this exciting company of twenty professionals, no
matter which dance studio they
attend.
The audition will take place
on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. for
children ages 5-9 and 6 – 7:30
p.m. for students ages 10 and up
at
Wissahickon
Dance
Academy, 38 East Schoolhouse
Lane. Children should be dressed
in ballet attire and must arrive
promptly. The audition fee is $15.
For information, call Nancy
Malmed at WDA at 215-8497950
or
visit
internationalballet.org or wissahickondance.com.
Rehearsals for the production
will take place on Sunday
evenings beginning Sept. 27.
Performances will be held Dec.
17-19 — a school show for the
Philadelphia School District and
two community performances at
Plymouth/Whitemarsh
High
School on Dec. 19
Saving Workshop at Coleman
Become a Philadelphia saver! In a workshop at Coleman
Northwest Regional Library, “Build Wealth, Not Debt! Philadelphia
Saves at the Library,” you’ll gain the tools, resources and motivation
you need to begin saving. You can save for retirement, for college, a
down payment on a home or car – you name the goal. No matter how
much or how little you earn, the habits and benefits of saving can be
a part of your life.
The event takes place on Monday, September 23, 6-7 p.m., at
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library, Greene Street and
Chelten Avenue. For more information call 215-685-2155.
Above: pictured with Sharon Katz (left) is Shophi Ngidi who, as one
of the members of the Peace Train, taught the class with Katz in 2007.
Members of the Peace Train band who will teach the class in 2009
include Nomsa Majola, Khethiwendi Quick and Nokwanda Taho.
Academy in the gym. The cost is
$99 with a $20 materials fee
payable to the instructor.
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Accepting applications for Fall 2010
Starting at age 2 years, 7 months
1:5 adult–child ratio
Large outdoor play space
For more information, call
MALT at 215-843-6333 or visit
www.mtairylearningtree.org.
For more information: 215.248.0919
240 E. Gowen Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19119
HOPE Charter High School
9th through 12th grades
• A tuition-free high school in West Oak Lane
• Student enrollment from all areas Philadelphia
• For the youth who needs extra help & small classes
• For information, 215-849-2112 ext 5112
• Or email chaprich@hotmail.com
GREENE STREET
FRIENDS SCHOOL
Open
House
Dates
– RSVPNEEDED
Needed
OPEN
HOUSE
DATES-RSVP
Thursday, October 1, 8:45 to 10:30 AM.
HOPE CS is designed to give the underachieving high school student new
hope for a bright educational future and a career
We are accepting applications for the school year 2009-10
OCTOBER 4, 8:45
TO
10:30
AM,
Saturday, October 17, 1:00 to 3:00 PM
OCTOBER 27, 1:00
TO
3:00
PM
Thursday, November 12, 8:45 to 10:30 AM.
NOVEMBER 8
AND
DECEMBER 6, 8:45
TO
10:30
AM
Thursday, December 3, 8:45 to 10:30 AM.
5511 GREENE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19144 • 215-438-7545 • GREENESTREETFRIENDS.ORG
Learn Skills That May be Valuable During Your Lifetime from
Professionals in the Field of Aging
WISSAHICKON DANCE ACADEMY
Dance for fun or train to be professional
Apply for the Next 5-Week
TUITION-FREE
NURSING ASSISTANT
TRAINING PROGRAM
“Best of the Northwest”
Classes Begin
MONDAY - OCTOBER 12TH
Application Deadline is No Later Than 9 AM on
FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 18TH
Applications must be picked up at Cathedral Village and completed
at home. They are not mailed or faxed out. Return by deadline time
and date. Submission of a completed application does not guarantee
placement in the program.
ƇClassroom Weeks:
ƇClinical Practice Weeks:
Hours are 8 AM to 4 PM
Hours are 7 AM to 3 PM
After successfully completing the Training Program, you will be
eligible for a Nursing Assistant Pool Position in our Nursing
Facility - or a Nursing Assistant Position in our Unique Assisted
Living Program.
Cathedral Village is diagonally across the intersection from the
Andorra Shopping Center. SEPTA 9 & 27 buses stop at Cathedral
Road and Ridge/Henry Avenue.
600 E. CATHEDRAL ROAD, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19128
EOE
CALL: 267-385-9410
EOE
The Nutcracker
with the
Donetsk Ballet of Ukraine
Sponsored by
International Ballet Exchange
Auditions Sept. 20
Audition times – 5 PM, ages 5-9
6 PM, ages 10 and up
Audition fee $15
Ages 3 to Adult
• Ballet
• Jazz
• Tap
• Hip Hop
• Modern
• Yoga
Fall Registration
Thursday, Sept. 10,
4-7pm
Fall Classes begin
Saturday, Sept. 12
Photo: Deborah Boardman
38 E. Schoolhouse Lane • Philadelphia, PA 19144 • 215-849-7950
www.wissahickondance.com
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Mt. Airy Restaurants Organizing
dred [names] becomes a thousand.”
Marketing Mt. Airy restaurants
as a related dining venue can
save money for individual businesses while increasing exposure, he said, if the restaurants
keep one thing in mind.
“As long as you have the philosophy that you’re a restaurant
row and people can’t eat at your
place every night,” he said.
Elizabeth Moselle, director of
commercial corridor revitalization for Mt. Airy USA, suggested
a natural marketing angle might
be the effort area restaurants put
in to buy supplies from nearby
producers.
“If a lot of people are already
using local products, how about
playing up that you’re local?”
she said.
It might have sounded like
music to Miller’s ears. As a
founding member of the
Sustainable Business Network,
Miller is all about local. So she
segued to an event that was close
to her heart - the Mt. Airy
Business Association “Focus on
Local Arts” celebration coming
up November 6, 7.
“What we’re trying to do is fill
every possible wall space with
local artists,” she said.
The aim is to have 50 artists
represented on walls all over the
neighborhood. Miller believes
that by giving exposure to these
artists, both through displays in
businesses and with a big public
Among the participants were (back row, left to right) Kim Miller, executive director, Mt. Airy Business Association; Harris Eckstut, small business and restaurant consultant; Alisa Consorto, owner of Umbria; an
unidentified participant; Elizabeth Moselle, director of commercial corridor revitalization, Mt. Airy USA; David Fellner, property owner and owner
of the Video Library; Po-hung Yu, events manager for the Trolley Car
Diner; (foreground), Valerie Erwin, owner of the Gee-Chee Girl Rice
Café and Pat O’Donnell, chef of the Urban Café. Not pictured: Peggy
Zwerver, owner of Earth, Bread + Brewery; Chris Simpson, owner of
Wine Thief, and Betty Ann Fellner.
to-do, the Focus on Local Artists
event will also bring new faces to
the businesses and restaurants of
Mt. Airy. The event is the same
weekend as the Mt. Airy
Furniture Show, which is put on
by Mt. Airy Custom Furniture at
the Sedgwick Theater and also
features the work of many local
craftspeople. So that weekend the
Avenue promises to be crawling
with local art enthusiasts.
Miller encouraged the restaurant owners to open their walls to
local artists for the event, or think
of other ways they might be able
Weavers Way Plastics Recycling Resumes
T h e We a v e r s Wa y
E n v i r o n m e n t C o m m i t t e e ’s
monthly collection for #5 plastics, which are not included in
the City’s recycling program,
will resume September 19, and
will follow a monthly schedule:
October 17, November 21, and
December 19.
The program will skip January
and resume in February.
Weavers Way is moving the
collection to a new location: the
Co-op’s garage, at 542 Carpenter
Lane, across the street and a bit
further down the block from the
Big Blue Marble bookstore.
For more information visit
http://weaversway.coop/index.p
hp?page=plastics-recycling.
Geechee Girl Restaurant Presents
Second Annual Local Farmers’ Dinner
Join Wyck’s Home Farm Manager Landon Jefferies and Wyck’s
Horticulturist Nicole Juday at Geechee Girl Rice Café, 6825
Germantown Avenue, on Tuesday, September 22 at 6:30 p.m. for
Geechee Girl’s second annual local farmer’s dinner.
The dinner showcases local food and producers. Participants also
include Dave Zelov of Weavers Way farm, Christopher BoldenNewsome of Martin Luther King High School farm, and Linda Geren
of Highview Farm in New Jersey. Marilyn Anthony from the
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture will also participate.
The menu will feature produce from the Philadelphia farms and
humanely raised pork and lamb from Highview. The cost for the dinner is $42.50. Reservations are necessary. Please contact Geechee Girl
Rice Café at 215-843-8113.
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to participate.
The chefs and restaurant owners also discussed ideas about
Mt. Airy Gift Certificates and the
business association’s coming
DecemberFest
promotional
event. But easily the most exciting decision made at the meeting
was to keep the Mt. Airy
Restaurant Association going
again next month. Eckstut might
have voiced the hope and reasoning involved here.
“If you’re willing to share, the
restaurant row will just grow, and
grow, and grow,” he said.
A new band, Black Men
Blush, will debut at La Rose
Café, 5531 Germantown Avenue,
on September 25 at 8 p.m.
Admission is $10.
Black Men Blush is an exciting
five-piece dance band playing
blues, zydeco, country and soul:
great songs that make you dance.
Black Men Blush features John
Colgan-Davis from the Dukes of
Destiny on harmonica and vocals;
Rich Curtis from the Dukes on
bass and vocals; Carl Snyder, also
from the Dukes, on keyboards;
AC Steel, former rhythm and lead
guitarist with the Dukes, on guitar
and vocals; and Mike O’Rourke
on drums.
La Rose has great sight lines
and a good sized dance floor adjacent to the stage. It has parking
next to the club and an attendant
to watch your car. It is the scene
of the Tony Williams jazz jam on
Monday nights, and for the past
year it has hosted a last Friday
Night Blues series that has
brought an array of local blues
talent to play on the last Friday
night of each month. That series
is now going weekly, and Black
Men Blush is proud to be the
inaugural act of the weekly
schedule. For more information
call 215-844-5818.
September 17, 2009
Drama, Farce and More at The
Stagecrafters This Season
By ANDREW GILMORE
Guest Writer
Theatergoers of all ages will be
happy to know that Philadelphia’s
Stagecrafters Theater is soon
beginning its new season. This
year’s works offer a variety of fun
and interesting plays, from the
suspenseful to the whimsical. This
season is particularly special for
the theater because it is their 81st
season, during which they will be
passing the 500th production
benchmark.
Stagecrafters’ 2009-2010 season opens Friday, September 18,
with a dramatic production of a
good old-fashioned mystery
thriller — Lucille Fletcher’s
“Night Watch.” The New York
Times (1986) calls this play “an
American version of a British specialty: sneaky goings-on in a
houseful of suspects.” Elaine
Wheeler thought she saw a body
or two in the apartment next door.
Or did she? Her attempts to convince her husband and friends to
help her investigate lead to mysterious situations. Be sure to be there
during its run and maybe you can
help solve the mystery.
Beginning November 27,
Stagecrafters
will
present
Thornton Wilder’s classic farce
“The Matchmaker.” The play is a
comedy
almost
in
a
Shakespearean sense, in that nearly all of its plot centers around
love, marriage, and the machinations that often conspire to get in
the way of true love. Like all good
comedies, it ends with a marriage,
or two...or maybe more... The
director of the play, Yaga Brady,
says, “It’s a warm, funny and
Cherri Poet of West Philly and
Pierlisa Chiodo-Steo of Chestnut
Hill in “Night Watch,” first show of
the 2009-10 season at The
Stagecrafters.
clever play… I love to work with
‘period pieces’, re-read them and
rediscover in them a myriad of
issues, questions, lines, references
which, when examined, can make
perfect sense within the contemporary perception of the world.”
On February 5, 2010, the season
continues with Charles Fuller’s
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
“A
Soldier’s Play.” Taking place in
all-black military unit in the South
during WWII, the play is powerful, uncompromising and fascinating in the way it deals with military life and relations of African
Americans among themselves.
The director of this play, Marilyn
Yoblick, says that doing this particular piece “represents our theater’s continuing commitment to
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plays by African-American
authors.”
On April 9, Stagecrafters’ productions continue with highlyregarded playwright Richard
Greenberg’s
“The
Violet
Hour”. Greenberg once defined
the title of the play as “the uniquely New York moment when day
gives way to night, the moment
that rewards you for the day.” In it,
a young publisher must choose
between two books to publish.
One, “The Violet Hour,” is written
by his good friend who needs to
get the book published in order to
marry the rich woman he loves.
The other is an autobiography by
the publisher’s mistress. Which
shall he choose? Which does he
choose? The ending of the play
has been described as being like
the happy hour that comes after a
hard day’s work.
June 11 begins the season’s final
production, Tom Jones and
Harvey Schmidt’s classic musical
“The Fantasticks.” Stagecrafters
presents few musicals because of
its fairly small stage, so this is a
special occasion. The basic plot
concerns two fathers who put up a
wall between their houses to
ensure that their children fall in
love because they know children
do what their parents forbid. Is that
true? Will they do it? And if they
do, what will come of it? Come to
enjoy one of the longest-running
musicals of American offBroadway history.
For more information on the
productions and the theater, visit
www.thestagecrafters.org. The
Stagecrafters
is
at
8130
Germantown Avenue.
saying through it; normal stages of
infant development; challenges of
sleep and feeding; attachment and
separation; exploration of the
experience of modern parenting.
The program will build confidence, let you have fun with your
baby, and meet other local parents.
The group will be co-led by
Kellie Wicklund, MA, NCP, LPC
and Toni Seidl, LCSW, BCD.
Kellie Wicklund currently
works as the Center’s Clinical
Director and is a 2008-2009
Clinical Fellow with The
Psychoanalytic
Center
of
Philadelphia. Her area of
advanced study is in postpartum
disorders, infant attachment, and
parent-infant psychotherapy. She
has a master’s degree in Clinical
Counseling, is nationally certified
as a psychologist, and holds a
license to practice in the state of
Pennsylvania.
Toni Seidel is a licensed clinical
social worker. Her first career was
as a pediatric nurse. Following
nursing, she spent twenty-two
years serving as the supervisor and
chair of the Suspected Child Abuse
and Neglect Team at Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia. Seidl was
trained at the Psychoanalytic
Center of Philadelphia in the Child
Psychotherapy Program, and is an
academic graduate of the Adult and
Children’s
Psychoanalytic
Program. She has been in private
practice in Chestnut Hill for the
past ten years, and has also been
conducting mother-infant groups at
various community locations in
Philadelphia.
For more information visit
www.maternalwellness.org, call
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experiences surrounding the mother and baby relationship.
The group is intended for mothers and pre-walking infants and
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offering a new class and two new
workshops in sculpting with clay,
beginning in late September.
Designed for adults and mature
teens, they will be taught by Mt.
Airy sculptor Rivkah Walton.
The first workshop in the new
Art and Spirit series, Fertility:
Figurines, Amulets & Plaques,
meets two Thursday evenings,
Sept. 24 and Oct.1, 6–9 pm. The
first session of this class for adults
will explore symbols that many
cultures have used to ensure the fertility of themselves, their land, and
their hands. In the second, using
polymer clay, participants will create their own figurine, wearable
amulet, or wall plaque as a focal
point for prayer or meditation.
In Form-ation: An Introduction
to Sculpting Meeting, adults and
mature teens will use a step-bystep process to sculpt an organic
form in water-based clay and finish it for firing or casting. Meeting
seven Sundays, beginning Oct.
18, 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., students will learn to see and shape
planes, volume, and texture;
make, use, and take care of sculpture tools and materials; and
understand the historical context
of sculpture. Participants will gain
basic knowledge and skills that
will support further figurative or
abstract work in clay.
Make Your Own Mezuzah Case,
the second Art and Spirit workshop, will take place Sunday, Oct.
25, from 2:30 – 5:30 pm.
Mezuzah cases are found on the
outer doorposts of most Jewish
homes; many are also attached to
the entranceways to rooms inside.
Participants will learn the ancient
history and role of these ritual
objects and the scrolls they hold,
similar practices in other traditions, and the wide variety of
ancient and contemporary styles.
The class will decipher a secret
code on the inner parchment.
Incorporating personal symbols,
each participant will sculpt a
mezuzah case using polymer clay.
The class will enjoy snacks while
their creations are permanently
oven-hardened.
Instructor Rivkah Walton holds
an MFA in Crafts from Tyler
School of Art. Her life-long interest in psychology and spirituality
led her to establish the Institute for
Contemporary Midrash (biblical
interpretation), where she directed
the training programs in the arts.
Her portraits in clay and assemblage constructions may be
viewed at studio-rw.com.
For information or to register
for these or other classes for
adults, teens, or children, go to
www.allenslane.org or call 215248-0546.
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6628 n. 8th Street
Totally renovated 1BR, 1bth & Others
Off street parking, w/d on site
$595. — $650./month
700 W. Walnut lane
2BR, 1bth, ww/carpets, w/d
lots of closet space
off street parking. $725/mo
germantown
lg. 1bR + lg dEn UnIt
Incl: EIK, stained glass skylight,
hw flrs. throughout, huge backporch,
Coin op. W /D on premise
Easy access to R8. Tenants use of
garden & backyard for entertaining.
First, last & security deposit reqrd.
Call greg 215-287-1404 or
Gregory_Betts@Yahoo.com
gERmantoWn
1bR, KItCHEn aREa, lR, dR
Tranquil park-like setting!
$450. + utilities
Call: 215-593-8159
SERVICES
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79XX RUGBY ST. 2BRs,
2nd Floor, $750/mo + utilities.
2. gERmantoWn
1XX W. MANHEIM ST.
Furnished Rooms, $90 up/wk.
Call: 215-849-4385 or
267-476-4942 (cell)
gERmantoWn
50XX tacoma St; 2bR Rowhouse
Close to transportation & shopping.
HW flrs. Section 8 OK
$600/mo. + utilities
Call: 267-577-9601
*** EQUal HoUSIng ***
All real estate advertised herein is subject to
the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it
illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation,
or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitation, or discrimination.” We will
not accept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the law. All persons are
hereby informed that all dwellings are available on an equal opportunity basis.
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