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Northwest
Independent
September 1, 2011
Volume 3, Number 9
Germantown Newspapers
6661 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19119
215-438-4000
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Germantown Newspapers delivers to 35,500 Households and Businesses in Northwest Philadelphia
Area residents make their mark
on the Fringe Festival.
In the Festival, PSCA
takes flight to Paris.
On the cover, Deena Weisberg,
Kate Aid and Tasha Connolly.
Stories on pages 8 and 12.
Pay-to-Play Anonymous ..............4
Chelten Plaza Update .................4
Full Disclosure.............................5
School Supplies for Kids .............9
The Therapist is In ...................15
Page 2
September 1, 2011
Death Notice
Gary M. DuBrey
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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, where there is hatred, let
me sow love, where there is injury, pardon, where there is doubt, faith and
where there is despair, HOPE. Gary M.
DuBrey was an honorable man with a
huge heart. Gary was a leader. He towed
the hard line and stood firm in his convictions. As Frank Sinatra said, “I did it
my way…” And now, the end is near,
and so Gary faced the final curtain. He
passed away in Winslow Twp. suddenly,
on Friday August 26, 2011 at the age of
49.
"I’m gonna’ live until I die, I’m gonna’
laugh instead of cry. I’m gonna’ take the
town and turn it upside down." Gary
touched the lives of everyone who he met.
He had a drive and an incomparable appeal that began in Philadelphia, 1962. Gary was raised in the Mt. Airy
neighborhood of Philadelphia and graduated 13th in his class from Bishop
McDevitt High School in Wyncote. He was blessed to be part of a large extended family, surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins. He was a lifelong,
avid Philadelphia Sports fan, dedicated to the Eagles and Phillies, and had
played football and baseball in his youth. Gary spent a few years in Texas
and had been living in Sicklerville, NJ for the past eight years. He was an
amateur mechanic who loved to make things go fast. Gary loved Mustangs
and liked to work on and race cars, and enjoyed going to the Millville Race
Track with his motor head friends. Professionally Gary dedicated his life
to human services and animal rescue. He worked as a Community Service
Representative Supervisor for the Center City District in downtown
Philadelphia, where he developed policy and procedures and trained staff
in programs that assisted the homeless. Following that he worked at the
Animal Adoption Center in Lindenwold and most recently as the Director
of Operations for the Camden County Animal Shelter in Blackwood, NJ.
You can shed a tear that Gary’s gone and smile because he’s lived. May the
work he’s done speak for him.
Gary is survived by his mother Juliaetta Levin and his companion Denise
Paul both of Sicklerville, and his brother and sister-in-law Marc and Crystal
DuBrey and niece Kai of Cherry Hill, and his aunt Jeannette Stocker. He is
the son of the late Edward DuBrey and stepson of the late Ronald Levin.
Gary is also survived by his beloved dog Blue and cat D.B. at home as well
as his many friends and colleagues, most specially his brothers by other
mothers Kenny Brown and Keith Davidson and his life-long friend Sharon
McIntosh.
Relatives and friends are invited to remember and celebrate Gary’s gift of
life at a memorial ceremony on Friday September 9th 3:00pm at Winslow
Family Restaurant, 491 Williamstown Rd., Sicklerville, NJ. Inurnment will
be held privately. To e-mail a condolence and for further arrangements,
please visit www.lpwoosterfuneralhome.com
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West Oak
Lane Market
to Open in
the Fall
Former Weavers
Way Venue Now
Under OARC
Ogontz Avenue Revitalization
Corp. (OARC) will assume ownership and operations for the
Weavers Way Co-Op located at
2129 72nd Avenue in West Oak
Lane under a new name. The
West Oak Lane Community
Market will officially open in the
fall and will continue to offer a
variety of food products including organic produce, prepared
foods, soups, sandwiches,
smoothies and more.
“The West Oak Lane Community Market will continue to provide healthy and organic food
choices to the West Oak Lane
community,” OARX CEO Jack
Kitchen said. “We believe that
through OARC’s new role the
store will develop stronger ties to
the community.”
OARC officially takes over
ownership and operations on
Sep. 1 with plans to hold an
opening celebration once the
store is up and running. While
the store will no longer operate
as a traditional co-op, OARC encouraged all current Weavers
Way Co-Op members to continue to shop at the West Oak
Lane Community Market as
their local source for healthy and
organic food products in the
neighborhood.
In order to maintain a smooth
transition and achieve ongoing
success, OARC will collect input
from the community so residents
can take part in choosing what
kinds of products they would
like to see offered at the West
Oak Lane Community Market.
OARC also plans to host educational programs through community activities at the store.
By taking over the store’s operations, OARC continues its
mission of promoting sustainable, healthy living in West Oak
Lane while also providing job
opportunities in the surrounding
community.
OARC has been proactive in
energy conservation, recycling,
car sharing, community gardens
and urban agriculture, pursuing
a triple bottom line that advances
sustainability, and balances the
social, economic and environmental impacts of revitalization
efforts.
September 1, 2011
Arrest Made in Northwest
“Fast Food” Robberies
By Bob O’Brien
Staff Reporter
On August 29 Philadelphia Police announced the
arrest of a man suspected of multiple fast food robberies. According to police, Jerome Edwards, a 40year-old black male from the 1900 block of Church
Street was arrested on the unit block of Third Avenue in Albany, New York on August 26 at 12 pm
by United States Marshalls.
The crimes committed took place within the 35th
and 14th district. Edwards will be charged with an
August 16 robbery in which a man entered a
Wendy's located at 5534 Wayne Avenue alone,
walked directly to the hallway leading to the restrooms and placed a black knit-type ski hat over his
head and face.
The suspect than walked to the open cash register,
pointed a black handgun at the cashier’s stomach
and took an undetermined amount of money from
the register. The suspect fled on foot eastbound on
100 West Maplewood Street. No one was injured.
Edwards will also be charged with the August 18
attempted robbery of a McDonald’s at 2211 Stenton
Avenue in which a male smashed the drive-thru
window and climbed into the restaurant. Armed
with a handgun, the man walked towards offices located in the rear of the store, but exited through window without taking anything or speaking to
employees. No injuries were reported in the second
attempt either.
Edwards will be charged with robbery and related
offenses in Philadelphia. Police were unsure of a
date for a hearing.
According to Captain Joel Dales of the 14th district, crime is down almost across the board in his
district, with commercial burglaries having dropped
20 percent since last year. There are also 48 percent
less shooting victims this year. “As far as violent
crimes, we are down,” he said.
One exception to the dropping crime rates is a 9
percent rise in residential burglaries. As of August
28 there have been 441 residential burglaries in the
14th district. As of the same time last year, there
were 403.
Dales maintains that statistics may be deceiving.
“I wouldn’t say its worse,” he said about this year’s
crime rate. “What I’m noticing is a new trend.”
Dales said that a majority of burglaries taking
place have been cases in which copper or other
metal pipes have been stolen. In the past six weeks,
Dales said that 21 burglaries of the type have been
committed. Starting with vacant properties, burglars
have more frequently breaking into occupied
homes. Dales said he has been even more surprised
with the ages of recent burglars, ranging anywhere
from 13 to 50 years old.
Dales said an arrest was made in association with
the crimes on August 26.
Dales said he is changing tactics to keep up with
criminals. “I’m doing something a little different as
far as deployment-wise and I’m also educating the
pubic,” he said.
Dales said he has created a special task force and
is working closely with the Criminal Intelligence
Unit. He also emphasized the need for residents of
his district to interact with police, through Police
Safety Area (PSA) meetings and police hotlines.
“I want (the residents) to be vigilant and pay attention to what goes on in their neighborhoods,”
Dales said. “Our main goal is to work as a team.”
Dales also recommended contacting the Crime
Prevention Office at 215-625-2148. Crime Prevention Officers help survey properties to help identify
possible weak spots in security and to suggest crime
prevention tactics.
“We work very hard in the 14th to bring crime
down,” said Dales.
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September 1, 2011
Pay-to-Play
Anonymous
In showing former School District Superintendent Arlene Ackerman
the door, Mayor Nutter and Philadelphia’s education leadership presented
the departing administrator with a $905,000 buy-out. The generous payment to get rid of an official who was given a contract extension just
months ago included $405,000 in funding raised from anonymous sources
and laundered through a non-profit organization with close ties to the
School District. After admitting that he made calls to solicit donors,
Mayor Nutter defended the idea that the donors should remain anonymous. The Mayor should re-think his stance because this cozy deal is nothing short of pay-to-play and just one more sign that Philadelphia has far
to go to overcome its “corrupt and contented” past.
For a city that never seems to think too deeply when it comes to solving
its problems, it is amazing how creative Philadelphia’s leaders can be when
they are trying to do something on the sly. Former State Senator Vincent
Fumo is sitting in federal prison in part for using a non-profit organization
to extort donations from firms seeking favorable legislation. Former City
Hall insider Len Ross went to prison in part for his role in a scheme to use
the ruse of selecting a developer for Penn’s Landing to extort campaign
contributions. Now, we have anonymous donors and a friendly non-profit
helping the Mayor out of a political jam.
The only thing anonymous that Philadelphia government needs is
anonymous-anonymous – a 12-step program for public officials to enter
into to kick the habit of finding new ways to allow generous individuals
and firms to curry favor.
While the donors who contributed to the fund to help nudge Ackerman
into retirement are anonymous to us, we can be absolutely sure that Mayor
Nutter knows exactly which donors were solicited and exactly which individuals gave. We can also be absolutely certain that the donors and the
Mayor all understand who owes whom a favor.
Had the Mayor made the case to the public that extending Ackerman’s
contract had been a mistake and that the public should fund the buy-out,
his call on the public to pay could have passed for leadership. Had the
Mayor gathered generous Philadelphians in a room, made a pitch for funding, and walked out of the room leaving the individuals free to drop cash
into a fishbowl, we could be reasonably sure that the donations were truly
no-strings-attached and given freely. But, with the Mayor not talking
about who gave, we can only imagine what future dealings will be influenced by this shady deal.
Perhaps a promised IRS investigation into this contribution-laundering
effort will generate some more light and heat on this dubious episode.
Maybe the threat of losing the tax benefits of the donations will cause
donors to rethink their generosity or cause the Mayor to rethink his stance
on anonymity.
At this point, we don’t even know how many favors the Mayor owes.
Was it one, very generous individual who wrote a $405,000 check or a few
corporations that each made $50,000 donations? Will the Mayor retaliate
against donors who said “no?” Will generous Philadelphians live in fear
that the Mayor will call them next to fund another scheme?
The Mayor and members of the Nutter Administration love to talk
about how they run an open and transparent government, but this latest
example proves that the openness and transparency are conditional and
never consistent. The rule for the Nutterites is that anything is ethical if
they say it is ethical. But, had former Mayor Street crafted a similar arrangement, then-Councilman Nutter would have climbed up upon the highest
horse in Philadelphia to decry the shenanigans.
Simply put, being ethical is about more than just not soliciting bribes.
It means not placing stumbling blocks before the blind and not cursing
the deaf. We are blind in this case and the Mayor is telling us that there is
nothing to see. We are deaf in this instance and the Mayor is telling us to
stop listening.
The anonymous Ackerman donation scheme shows that Philadelphia
needs to do more to end pay-to-play if we are to ever truly have an ethical,
open, and transparent government. Until the Mayor and his anonymous
enablers come clean, everything the Nutter Administration does in the future is suspect because we will not know if any special considerations or
any favorable arrangements are moving ahead based on their merits or because the Mayor owes a favor.
Brett Mandel
Public Affairs & Governance
Chelten Plaza Update
by Jim Foster
Editor
Construction and retrofit work
continue at Chelten and Pulaski, as
does a group of faithful protesters
making the case to the public that
this entire process was craed in a
manner inconsistent with commitments made to the community by
the developer in 2006 in exchange
for funding, tax abatements and
help in rezoning. In addition there
is formal opposition to the complete disregard for its obligation to
reach agreement with the community on the nature and details of the
development before the project was
finalized on paper and work commenced at the site.
In actuality, neither the city, the
political leadership who negotiated
the use of the public money, nor the
developer made any announcement,
nor did they post the required permit documents in the public manner required at the site while the
prior Fresh Grocer store was still
operating. Only information from
store clerks brought forth the fact
that new construction was about to
commence.
Massive community outpouring
at two community meetings clearly
sent a message to the developer that
the project “as structured” was inconsistent with the promises made
in 2006, with the needs of the community today, and in direct violation of special area controls at L &
I regarding the Germantown commercial district. A presentation to the community by the developer and his team
was met with an overwhelmingly
negative reaction at a meeting at-
tended by upwards of 150 residents.
e requests and perspectives of
that group seem to have been completely disregarded while a small
cadre of the Germantown Community Connection leadership seems
to have aligned themselves with the
developer (Burns) in direct opposition to the will of the membership.
Irv Ackelsberg, attorney and
spokesperson for the Germantown
Community Connection denies
that documents purporting to give
formal support to the project from
GCC were submitted with intent
to be filed with the developers application documents for $4 million
in public financing for the project
through PIDC, but they have appeared there, albeit in manner that
seems very aer-the-fact. Mr. Ackelsberg has also been questioned
about the fact that the small committee of the GCC which has been
meeting privately with Burns did
not ask some of the most basic questions about the project as an upfront requirement. Leadership of
the protesters wonder why attorney
Ackelsberg did not make a point
from the outset that Burns present
them with all the documents that
were required to legalize the project
and the public funding stream. is
was of particular importance since
public participation is defined very
clearly as a fundamental requirement for access to the public money
under these conditions of development.
Several groups of dedicated residents have formed vocal and visible
resistance to the entire process while
elected leadership and city officials
seem to turn a consistent blind eye
to legitimate request for informa-
tion and intervention while serious
questions of meeting requirements
and compliance with state and city
laws are in the forefront.
Local attorney Yvonne Haskins
has filed an appeal to the Zoning
Board of Adjustment on behalf of 7
community groups in opposition.
is is due to be heard on September 21st regarding permits issued
with inconsistency and outside of
district controls. Ms. Haskins has
also pursued public information regarding the application filed by developer Burns in order to qualify for
the public funding; a request that
has just been increased from $3 million to $4 million. Response from
the agencies involved for these public records through PIDC have
been incomplete and only recently,
aer second requests, have they
made some of the more pertinent
details available.
In summary, it seems that some
of the most basic requirements to
meet public funding standards regarding broad community participation had been completely
omitted from the process and those
with responsibility in the agencies
that participate seem to be passing
the buck to the Office of Budget
and minimizing the importance of
compliance on their part and that of
the developer to meet the funding
requirements as written. City and
State officials at levels up through
the mayor and governor are being
called on to respond to a situation
where a major city block is under
construction with dependency on
public funding for completion, and
basic up-front required compliance
of a critical nature has not been
met. An aer-the-fact scramble to
use the minutes of a community
meeting as evidence of full community support has become a major
point of contention within the
groups involved.
e resounding questions that
are being asked surround the fact
that this particular development of
Mr. Burns was started without any
advance publicity or communication with the community (unlike
most of his projects) and now, only
aer pressure is applied, are pubic
documents coming forth that seem
to support the fact that due diligence and essential compliance was
never attempted but work commenced without it. Elected officials, with the exception of State
Representative Rosita Youngblood,
have little or nothing to contribute
despite the size and location of this
Germantown project.
Full Disclosure
September 1, 2011
Even if readers do not agree with some of the commentary on the
pages of these newspapers as to the depth and degree of corruption
and mismanagement from the top of city government, it should be
obvious to almost anyone willing to follow the general news from
all sources that this city is run by a huge one-party political machine
in alliance with big developers and a couple of huge law firms who
get all the city business and then defend the misdeeds of a long line
of accused in recent years.
At the local level that same formula applies but extends to a small
cadre of developers and what may seem to be legitimate non-profits
providing needs and services, but more likely are profiteering from
controlling the distribution of huge amounts of public money, oen
without disclosure of intent, and outside of the narrow rules of compliance. e political structure oen covers these shortcomings by
controlling the bureaucrats who should be monitoring compliance
and disbursements, and the beneficiaries at the top keep those campaign contributions coming to insure outcomes. We all know this
is known as pay-to-play and in this city WAM, or walking-aroundCindy M. Bass
Nutter for Mayor
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money in cash form oen makes it way to individual pockets; generally, but not always, on election day.
Philadelphia citizens seem to like the one-party system and I
blame the obscure Republicans just as much as the machine-operated Democrats as they long ago abandoned their obligation to be
the informing and challenging minority party and no other entity
has arisen to give the citizens alternatives. When and if an individual
candidate who might just generate an option appears, an all-handson-deck effort that might include the city machine, straw candidates, lawyers from the connected firms and the street level
conveyors of false information get out to stifle debate and guarantee
outcomes.
In these cases the obligation falls to the fourth estate to fill the
void, but when the mainstream press is controlled (or aligned) to
the degree it is in this city, little of what needs to be told ever reaches
the public in any degree of detail with supporting evidence to stir
rebellion. Bear in mind, many know how this game is being played,
who benefits, and it is oen employers and major contractors for
city and state dollars, so even the most educated and informed play
LLP
Dr. Jerry Murphy, M.D.
Richard M. Sand, Esq
Thomas J. Knox
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Molly Lackman
Kleinbard Bell & Brecker, LLP
Five Guys PAC
Cozen O'Conner State and Local PAC
George R. Burrell, Jr.
Carl Singley
Michael Bowman
Maria Pajil Battle
John F White Jr
John Paone
Herb Vederman
1776 PAC
Susan Levy Warner
Michael Bowman
Pathfinder Resources, LLC
John Paone
Kimberly Chainey
Michael F. Young
Abbe Fletman
Bobby E. Spears
Louis R. Freimiller
Michael Rashid
Melonease Shaw
Ted Reed
Marie T. Vicoli
Robert Vance
Wayne R. Walker
Sandra MacArthur
C. Edward Hillis
American Federation of Teachers Local 2026
Michelle L. Thornton
Anne Standley
Scott Bass
Seng C. Ngo
Cheng Nguon
Diane Long
Dr. Jana Mallis
Diane Long
Dan L. Lim
Bunleng Taing
Eng Ngo
E. Steven Collins
Dr. Arlene Bennett
Derrick Townes
Maria Roberts
Jade Kao
Dr. N. Nina Ahmad
Patricia A. Bass
Chieng K. Ky
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Tonya Evans-Walls
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Ralph Pinkus
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Fia C. Cronin
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Hon. Tony J. Payton, Jr
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Michael J. Horsey
Deborah Napper
Friends of Blondell Reynolds Brown
Wanda Bailey-Green
Roy Diamond
Kendra Goldbas
Clyde Knox
Mr. Leroy T Brinkley
Theresa D. Brunson
Committee to Elect Ron Waters
Kristen M. Stoner
Leslie Fleisher
Harold T. Epps
Michael Walker
Barbara Bloom
William Ewing
Timothy Roseboro
Richard Maloumian
Joffie Pittman
George R. Burrell, Jr.
Deborah Napper
the three monkeys, put the blinders on and vote as they are told.
In our own small way (36,000 distribution) we tried to present
those in the 8th Council District as complete and detailed information a community newspaper can in the run up to the primary election last May. e outcome of the general election in November is
virtually a foregone conclusion as no alternative candidate who has
a platform or credibility is on the ballot. e best concerned citizens
can hope for is to learn who is behind the new council person and
hold feet to the fire on every issue that comes to the forefront and
to bring those intentionally kept in the background to the forefront
and demand action.
e only way you will know who is behind the Wizard-of-Oz
like curtain in the developer/non-profit/political cabal is to know
who funded the election campaign. From the public record, we
bring you the campaign contributors to the Cindy Bass campaign.
See below. e compltete list, with amounts, will be posted at our
web site: www.germantownnewspapers.com.
Jim Foster
Editor/Publisher
Margaret F. McKeel
Kendra Goldbas
Rebecca Katz
Roger Jackson
Angela Bowie
Joseph N Carr
Kendra Goldbas
Tonya Evans-Walls
Emily Bittenbender
Lorina Marshall
Jerome Mitchell
Marcella Gibson
Oliver Thornton
Marcella Gibson
Sharon Diggs
Ralph Pinkus
Micheal L Turner
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September 1, 2011
In Our Opinion
A Forecast from Harrisburg?
e story was on Page B2 of the Inquirer Local Section, but from my vantage
point the message it conveyed justified more prominent placement. What it reported was that Governor Corbett has delivered an ultimatum directly to the
mayor of Harrisburg, verbally and in writing. In short he warned Mayor Linda
ompson to either find a way to clean up the city financial and managerial mess,
or the state will take over the city.
Harrisburg has been in serious problems for a while, but only recently have we
heard of the difficulty the city has in paying its employees, managing massive debt,
with $300 million of it attached to a city owned trash incinerator. Apparently
federal bankruptcy protection is not a viable option as Governor Corbett signed
a bill on June 30 that would cut off all state funding to any city that tries to walk
away from its debt obligations through bankruptcy.
Is there a larger message here that should be making its way directly east? I think
so. If Philadelphia was run by an honest and transparent administration, and we
had the kind of responsible press the public deserves, the true financial condition
of Philadelphia and what it will be facing in the near future would be public knowledge and we would learn that our fate would be much closer to that of Harrisburg,
Detroit, Camden and other cities nationwide who have been playing shell games
and using politically-created tactics and slick accounting to mask the facts and
subvert the law.
While there has been some background criticism coming from Sam Katz at the
PICA Board that is charged with fiscal oversight, and Zach Stalberg at the Committee of 70, their voices are long overdue and much too weak relative to the seriousness of the situation. While “70” can only recommend, it can raise the decibel
level and protest loudly and frequently regarding both political and managerial
chicanery using its long-established reputation to make the case against whitewash
at the highest level in the most aggressive language. It just is not doing that.
e PICA Board on the other hand, has enforcement power as it was created as
a watchdog with some teeth some years back when Philadelphia was drowning in
debt and could not borrow to meet essential obligations - - something it may not
be all that far from if present circumstances continue. e city still has not paid
back all the emergency debt that the State provided through the creation of the
PICA Board, but worse than that PICA has the power to reject city budgets that
don’t reflect a legitimate approach to financial standards and mandatory obligations. e city’s pension situation is one of the worst in the nation presently and
has already used stealth emergency legislation from Harrisburg to dance around
funding requirements on more than one occasion. Weak politically-affiliated
board chairmen in Rob Dubow and Jim Eisenhower have let the city kick the can
down the road for the last few years, and so far Sam Katz, the new Chairman let
them get this year’s budget through with only a mild reprimand. Citizen/voters
should want to know why.
While Tom Corbett seemed to be looking the other way from broad issues of
malfeasance and corruption in this city, he has shown his willingness to root out
corruption at the state level as Attorney General, and he began by putting several
long-serving elected officials in jail and now the process is hitting some Republicans close to Philadelphia as well. Who knows what may be in store for the future,
but the very unexpected purge of Dwight Evans by his own party members from
the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee is seen by many as face-saving
in advance of what was to come once Corbett and his administration that controls
both houses got some seasoning.
e power-mongers who run the city administration and political machine have
been reaching new lows in chicanery in recent months, and the combination of
back-channel deals like the Ackerman bailout with hidden money and the still
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Tree Trimming is Ineffective, Ill-Considered
Editor:
One of the fears of the impending hurricane we all have is
tree damage. I did not have to wait. Saturday morning, Excelon, owner of PECO, determined that the seven hemlocks
fronting my house, growing in the yard, posed a danger to
their wires, and butchered them, topping 2 of them, which,
of course, will kill them outright.
is is the 2nd time in 4 years, tree loppers working for
them have vandalized these trees. e last time, they cut a tunnel through, weakening the tops. I had them evened out. is
time. the cut was to the sky, removing branches less than ½ an
inch in diameter, from a species of tree not prone to splitting
or branch drop. If a branchlet or small needles less than ½ an
inch long are a danger, then those wires are themselves too
fragile for use. e trees are at least 70 years old, and survived
the aphid invasion of 10 years ago. I am not sure how long
they will survive the policies of the energy company.
ere is a simple, cost effective solution to this repeated
mindless tree butchery. Utility wires should be buried in a
service conduit as they are in some new construction, and
even in some areas of Philadelphia, like Vince Fumo’s old
neighborhood. It is a major initial expense, especially if retrofitted, of course, but maintenance becomes negligible and
weather related outages all but eliminated. I don’t know
where trees for the poles come from these days, but their use
is certainly not inexpensive. And no more street trees will be
assaulted. I suspect that this would be more than cost effective.
Putting utilities below ground has been done before: indeed, it is the standard in some of the world. Cable TV is on
wires on most of our streets, but on Germantown Avenue and
in the entire downtown area is under the sidewalks. When
cable was initially installed in center city, sidewalks were
ripped up, and then restored to their original surface. I remember that even the concrete color was matched in some
areas, so not only is it possible, but it has been successfully
done before. I do not believe cable companies profits suffered
a bit. It is a kind of insanity for the city & the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society to be engaged in an initiative to plant
trees, which private interests will then chop up. ere must
be a way for trees to exist while energy companies maintain
their obscene profits. We have all become used to the victims’
role in dealing with corporate policies. Perhaps it is time for
some political action.
Julie Baranaskus
Philadelphia
Small Government Racism
Editor:
In April 2010, RNC Chairman Michael Steele told a
group of 200 students at DePaul University that AfricanAmericans "don't have a reason" to vote for Republican candidates. Steele said that for decades the GOP pursued a
"'Southern Strategy' that alienated many minority voters by
focusing on the white male vote in the South." “Small Government” is the new “Southern Strategy.“ Based upon the
GOP’s Small Government opposition to programs for working people like Affirmative Action to fight against racial discrimination, government programs for ending economic
crises, and health care reform, no worker has a reason to vote
for Republican candidates.
Even though Affirmative Action benefits all workers, the
GOP stands in opposition. Affirmative Action programs are
designed to eliminate racial and gender discrimination and
to promote racial diversity. Republicans show little interest
in racial diversity, mainly because large corporations, major
GOP supporters, collect hundreds of billions because of pay
differential between whites and non-whites (When the
lower pay for women is added, the differential is more than
a trillion). Minority workers make less than 70% of white
worker pay; women less than 70%. Despite being qualified,
minorities are much more likely to be employed as managers
or professionals; most work as machinists or laborers. Not
only are minority workers cheated, but white workers also
lose out because of threats of replacement by cheaper labor.
Despite opposition claims, unqualified minority workers are
not protected by Affirmative Action.
Affirmative Action is a remedy, but Republicans use the
diversion of quotas in their opposition. Quotas are not
legal. Republicans charge “reverse discrimination,” but only
a minuscule number of discriminatory cases have been
found. Like its opposition to Affirmative Action, small government ideas, besides being racist, are also harmful to its
most numerous voters, white workers. According to StateHealthFacts.org, in 2009, sixty-one million Americans
(20%) lived in poverty. Despite Republican propaganda,
there are twice as many poor whites (26 million) as poor
Blacks (13 million) and 9 million more poor whites as poor
Latinos (17 million). Furthermore, while 4.5 million Black children and 5.6
million Latino children live in poverty, so do 4.8 million
white children. By refusing to allow a second stimulus, the
GOP condemns millions of workers, white and non-white
to a continued life of poverty. e first stimulus was insufficient because only one-third of its funds were used to create
new jobs. An additional third was used to save the jobs of
local and state government workers, and the remaining third
provided unemployment compensation. A second stimulus
would create millions of new trade union jobs. Waiting for
private sector jobs results in greater unemployment for indefinite amounts of time. New job creation is not taking
place despite the more than 1 1/2 trillion in US corporate
coffers and will not take place until demand is greater. Seventy percent of the US economy is consumer driven.
e small government plan for health care reform is to
protect pharmaceutical companies and allow premium increases and preexisting condition to deny health insurance.
If the GOP manages to rescind health care reform, the result
once again will be 50 million uninsured and 100 million
without major medical coverage. Single Payer Medicare For
All would cover every single American and save the nation
hundreds of billions per year. Single Payer savings would be
used to reduce the deficit, yet the GOP stands adamantly opposed. e Small Government health care plan is to destroy
the federal health care law that protects the consumer. While
we fight for Single Payer, we also fight against attacks on current law.
Finally, the Pentagon gets 58% of yearly discretionary
spend while housing and healthcare get 5%, education gets
4% and transpiration 2%. If the GOP truly wanted to cut
government spending, it would rail against the profiteering
of the military-industrial complex. If they truly desired to
“drown government in the bath water,” they would fight
against oil company subsidies. “Small government” is an excuse to oppose programs that benefit working people. ere
are no good reasons to vote for any Republican candidate in
2012.
Lou Incognito
Philadelphia
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WMAN Advises Attention to Your Neighbors
Editor:
ere have been multiple burglaries and attempted burglaries in our neighborhoods in the past week in broad daylight. ere was a burglary on the 400 block of Durham last
Monday, another one on the 7000 block of McCallum. On
Friday alone there were three burglaries reported. One took
place on the 100 block of West Mt. Airy Ave and one on the
400 block. In addition there was a burglary on the 400 block
of Wellesley. Two of the incidents were witnessed as being
committed by young, black males. August is a heavy vacation month so please be especially
careful to keep all doors locked and windows secure. Please
pay attention to any strangers in rear driveways during the
day. WMAN is going to facilitate a neighborhood meeting
as soon as possible for neighbors to voice their concern and
ideas regarding the best way to deal with this recent crime
spree. Please let WMAN know of any similar (or other) incidents by e-mailing wman@wman.net.
Report any suspicious activity by calling 911. Please forward to anyone you think would find this information helpful. West Mt. Airy Neighbors
September 1, 2011
Page 7
Opinion: Why Irene Was Not Katrina
by Victoria A. Brownworth
e irony was not lost on me. Hurricane Irene was scheduled to make a
direct hit on Philadelphia on the sixth
anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one
of the worst disasters in American history.
No one expected another Katrina on
the East Coast, but then no one expected Katrina on the Gulf Coast. But
every meteorological meter put Irene as
a direct hit over land in North Carolina,
New Jersey/Philadelphia and New
York. What’s more, the East Coast isn’t
true hurricane country (no tropical waters to stir the intensity), so the scenario
of an actual hurricane–not a N’oreaster
or a tropical storm–hitting the most
populated areas of the country was beyond worrisome for local officials.
When Hurricane Floyd hit here in
1999, it did extensive damage with
flooding and winds. Yet Floyd had been
downgraded to a low-level tropical
storm by the time it reached Philadelphia.
With six million people in the
Philadelphia area, millions more in
New Jersey and 19 million in New
York, the prospects were grim for serious disaster with Irene, which would
be the first storm to hit land as an actual hurricane here since 1903.
I used to live in New Orleans and
still have close friends there, so when
Katrina went from being just another
hurricane in a hurricane-prone region
to the disaster it became, I was frantic
for my friends. And then there was the
aermath, with reporters seeming far
more in tune with what was needed
than local, state or federal government
officials whose job it was to keep people safe.
When it became clear that Irene was
not going to be just another bad,
N’oreaster-type storm, those images of
Katrina came back with a ferocity that
was unnerving. Once again the President–a different one this time–was on
vacation. But that was where the similarities to six years ago ended.
Local and state government weren’t
oblivious, nor were they afraid of asking for help from all quarters, including other state and local governments
and the feds. Shelters were opened,
states of emergency were declared,
transportation was arranged for people
without cars and mandatory evacuation orders were set for areas in New
Jersey and Philadelphia that are floodprone. Local TV news media stepped up–
from Friday morning through Sunday
night the local news stations were on
the air with non-stop storm coverage.
KYW3, 6ABC, NBC10 and FOX29
were all prepared. And at the height of
the storm on Saturday and Sunday, if
you still had power–or if you only had
a radio–you had the information being
fed to you minute by minute. Even if
you were trapped, you didn’t feel alone.
us when the tornado warnings
started coming in for Manayunk, Roxborough, Germantown and Mt. Airy
late Saturday night, we knew to get to
the basement. 6ABC’s longtime main
anchor, Jim Gardner, noted that he
and his family spent the night in their
basement because of the warnings.
It’s been a dicey time in local politics.
Many Philadelphians are displeased
with Mayor Nutter for a variety of reasons, many of which have been beyond
his control and others which have been
entirely of his making (see Ackerman
story on p. x).
But Nutter was taking no chances in
Philadelphia. For the first time in
Philadelphia history, disaster shelters
were opened which were pet friendly,
the entire public transit system was
shut down including the subway and
evacuations of flood-prone areas like
East Falls, Manayunk and Roxborough were ordered.
No one was going to die on Nutter’s
watch.
Meanwhile, Gov. Corbett ordered
PEMA into place, declared a state of
emergency and detailed National
Guard troops for emergency evacuations and rescues. A massive number
of state and local first responders were
prepared for the worst.
Across the river, Gov. Christie wasn’t
taking any chances with his people, either. On ursday he began busing
people out from the shore areas. By
Friday mandatory evacuations were ordered, the barrier islands were closed
to any traffic and the casinos were shut
for only the third time in 33 years.
What was heartening for Pennsylvanians and New Jerseyans was this:
Both governors are Republicans (traditionally outraged at even the
thought of government intervention)
and Nutter is a Democrat. And yet
everyone seemed capable of a true bipartisan effort in a time of true crisis.
When Irene finally ended there was
going to be none of the “It was the
Mayor’s responsibility!” “No, it was
the Governor’s responsibility!” “No, it
was the feds responsibility!”
Everyone was on the same page well
in advance of the storm’s arrival.
ere were some dicey moments, of
course. ere are always the people
who put first responders in harm’s way
because they know better than the meteorologists and the government about
what to do in an emergency. And at
Rowan University where 2,000 people
were evacuated, there was anger
among the evacuees that the food was
just sandwiches and people had to go
directly outside the building to use
port-o-potties because the bathroom
facilities inside could not accommodate the number of people. But at the
same time, local residents brought
food and games for kids and books for
adults to the shelters before the storm
was at its peak. ere was far more of
the best of people being seen than the
worst.
What resonates now as the waters
begin to recede and people start to assess the massive damage wrought by
the largest hurricane to ever hit the
East Coast–it impacted 65 million
people–is how few people died and
how hard local, state and federal officials worked in tandem to create a safe
environment in a completely unsafe
circumstance.
In Philadelphia, more than 350,000
people remain without power and are
likely to for up to two weeks. Flooding
has ravaged homes and businesses and
public transportation is still sketchy
due to blocked roads and downed
wires and receding flood waters. But
the loss of life was minimal.
It seems as if our elected officials did
everything right, or at least made every
effort to do so. Some are complaining
that Corbett, Christie and Nutter
over-reached. But better to over-reach
than under-reach in a disaster.
What Pennsylvanians and New Jerseyans must consider for the future,
however, is this: Scientists nationwide
have noted that Irene was not a “natural” disaster, but one, like the blizzards of the past few winters, of
man-made proportions. e role of
global warming in the extremity of our
seasons – the past few winters
Philadelphia has had record-breaking
snowfalls, and this summer we saw
record-breaking heat as well as the
wettest month in recorded history –
can’t be dismissed.
Extremes of weather are now a commonplace in our region, which is traditionally the most temperate in the
nation and not prone to tornados or
hurricanes or even blizzards. e response to Irene was solid. But this
storm should also be a wake-up call to
local, state and federal politicians that
evacuating millions of people is a
heady, complicated and expensive
prospect. We need to re-think and revamp for the future in which storms
like Irene and the blizzards of the past
few winters are no longer anomalies
but the norm. If we don’t factor that
reality into our local budgets and city
and state planning, we may very well
end up with a Katrina situation on our
hands next time–because Irene may
have been our first, but was surely not
our last storm of the century.
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September 1, 2011
Germantown-Trained Performer at Philly Fringe Festival
By Nathan Lerner
Correspondent
From left, performers Pascale Smith, Deena Weisberg, Kate Aid,
Tasha Connolly. Photo by Madeline Smith & Lea Deutsch)
For sixteen days, the upcoming
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival
and Philly Fringe will dominate
the local culture scene with an uninterrupted smörgåsbord of avant
garde dance, theater, music, and
interdisciplinary work. Now in
their 15th year, the ambitious convocation will include a mind-boggling 2,000 artists appearing in
over 1,200 performances at venues throughout the city.
The event was founded in 1997
PSCA Takes Flight to Paris in Fringe Festival
Philadelphia School of Circus
Arts (PSCA) presents another dazzling flight to 1900s Paris with
“The Green Fairy Cabaret,” from
Thursday, Sept. 8 to Saturday,
Sept.10, at 8 p.m. on Thursday and
Friday, and 12 p.m. and 9 p.m. on
Saturday. Fly with the “Green
Fairy” as she brings aerial feats,
comedy, juggling and spectacular
physical skills to the 15th Annual
and Philly Fringe. Daytime performances
are
family
friendly. Nighttime shows have
special rewards. PSCA performances take place at 5900A Green
Street. Tickets are on sale at
www.livearts-fringe.org or by calling 215-413-1318.
In the 1900s, Paris sparkled with
five permanent circuses. Night
after night, Picasso, Leger, Apollinaire and other artists watched the
shows and mingled after hours
with the jugglers, saltimbanques,
clowns, harlequins and acrobats
who virtually embodied artistic
risk. Painters, sculptors and circus
artists challenged the status quo by
redefining the limits of human
possibility. The popular – and controversial – drink absinthe (nicknamed the Green Fairy) was
rumored to push these limits even
further.
“During this extremely creative
and socially volatile period, the
Green Fairy was a symbol of transformation, freethinking, and a
shakeup of the social order,” said
PSCA’s Managing Director Robin
Marcotte. “Our exotic, dazzling
and comical performance is a perfect match for The Philly
Fringe. The show honors a time in
Paris when circus artists made
their city into the world’s most
renowned cultural center. Today,
as part of The Philly Fringe, circus
artists again will influence a cultural landscape by establishing
Philadelphia as an unparalleled
place to live, work, and visit.”
The 60-minute show stars Chris
Chiappini (juggling), Kendra
Greaves (fabric/tissu), John Jarboe
(emcee), Kitsie Lundell (aerial ladder), Harley Newton (aerial ladder), Robin Marcotte (clown), Niff
Nicholls (trapeze), Anthony Ruiz
(acrobatic duo) and Erica Saben
(acrobatic duo). “Green Fairy” is
directed
by
PSCA’s
Marcotte. “Green Fairy” features
original music created by composer Eric Michaels.
Shows will be held at at 8:00pm
on Thursday and Friday, and 12:00
p.m. (Noon) and 9:00pm on Saturday. Tickets are $15 for children
(12 and older), and $20 for
adults. Evening performances are
recommended for audiences 21 or
older. Tickets can be purchased at
919 N 5th St, Philadelphia. Tickets are also available by visiting
www.livearts-fringe.org, or calling
215-413-1318. For information
about PSCA, visit www.phillycircus.com or call (215) 849-1991.
ABOUT PSCA
PSCA is the region’s center of
contemporary circus arts. PSCA
presents professional and student
productions during the year. Seasoned faculty lead a curriculum
featuring aerials (static trapeze,
corde lisse, aerial silks and lyra),
juggling, unicycling, tightwire,
tumbling, acrobatics, Chinese
pole, and physical conditioning. In
addition to ongoing classes, PSCA
also offers introductory workshops, birthday parties, rental
space, summer camp and special
guest performances.
For
information,
visit
www.phillycircus.com.
as the Philly Fringe Festival.
Today, it has morphed into a dimorphic entity. The Live Arts Festival is curated and includes some
of the world’s leading performing
artist. In many instances, it affords
the only opportunity that Philadelphia audiences will have to see
shows that are traveling internationally.
This is complemented by the
Philly Fringe, an unfiltered platform for performing artists, who
are unfettered by the curatorial
process and enjoy total artistic
freedom. For some aspiring performers, it provides their first
chance to take the stage and appear in a public venue. For more
experienced performers, it constitutes an invaluable incubator for
further honing their skills and obtaining audience feedback.
Lauren Rile Smith, who trained
at
the
Germantown-based
Philadelphia School of Circus
Arts, will be producing her new
show, imaginatively titled Ampersand, as part of the Philly Fringe.
The 24-year old Smith is the
founder of the performance
group, Tangle. Her innovative
piece involves an amalgam of traditional circus arts, such as trapeze, acrobatics, and aerial rope,
with narrative concerning the
themes of memory and belonging
in an urban milieu.
A Chestnut Hill native, Smith
graduated from Swarthmore College with a degree in English literature and philosophy. After
obtaining her baccalaureate, she
made a somewhat unlikely transition and enrolled at the Germantown-based Philadelphia School
of Circus Arts. Smith recalled,
“When I started training, I was inspired by the blend of athleticism,
narrative, and physical artistry in
contemporary circus arts.” Smith
subsequently honed her skills at
LAVA and Ruby Streak Trapeze
Studio, both of which are circus
schools located in Brooklyn.
Currently, Smith works at the
Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania. According to her, “It
allows me to switch gears between the head-centered world of
books and libraries and the bodycentered world of training circus
arts.”
Smith recalled, “I chose the
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The Community is invited to Calvary Church, Germantown (corner of Manheim and Pulaski) for its Annual Community Day Lawn Party on Saturday, Sept.
10, noon until 4 p.m. Food, books and face painting for children, information
tables.. “MIXSON in the Morning” will be providing music. There will be something for everyone waiting for you. Rain date: Saturday, Sept. 17.
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$15.00. Call the Church Office (215) 843-0853 for additonal information.
name Tangle for our acrobatic
performance company because
we are all about the possibilities
that arise when things get complicated.” She continued, "Tangle
also evokes the shapes of bodies
you might see onstage when we
perform.“
Smith reflected, “We devised
the show together as a company
over a long, collaborative process.
We've been rehearsing and collaborating on Ampersand since
March. Ampersand is our first
full-length show, and our first performance at the Philadelphia
Fringe Festival, so we've put a lot
of love and sweat into it.”
She clarified, “We named the
show Ampersand after the typesetter's symbol for ‘and.’ We're inspired by stories of unusual
connection and intersection.”
Smith described the show as
being, “All about melding performance disciplines, using music
and found text to create new concepts, bringing bodies together in
movement, building structures
from which we can take flight.”
In presenting
Ampersand,
Smith will be joined by her 17year old sister, Pascale. The latter,
will be performing on aerial hoop
and collaborating on a trapeze
piece. Augmenting the Smith siblings, Kate Aid, Tasha Connolly,
Maura Kirk, Lee Ane Pompilio,
Sarah Nicolazzo, and Deena
Weisberg will be performing at
the show.
Smith is looking forward to presenting Ampersand in at the Philly
Fringe. She enthused, “I'm excited to bring this show to the festival because I think it's very
special-not quite like any other
dance, theater, or even circus arts
show, but sharing elements of
many different styles of performance.”
and Philly Fringe will take place
from Friday, September 2 to Saturday, September 17. For tickets,
contact the Festival Box Office at
(215)
413-1318
or
visit www.livearts-fringe.org.
Ampersand will be performed
on Thursday, September 8 (7:30
PM) and Friday, September 9
(6:30 and 9 PM) at Philadelphia
Soundstages/Invincible Pictures
(1600 N. 5th). For further information on Tangle, visit www.tangle-arts.com.
Nathan Lerner, the Director of
Davenport Communications, is
actively involved in civic and cultural affairs. He welcomes feedback at culturevulture1@aol.com.
September 1, 2011
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The Celebrities for Charity Beauty and Fashion Show to
Provide School Supplies for Needy Children
Nbeauty Inc., full-service salon
located in the heart of Philly,
hailed as the “popular gathering
place” for beauty queens and fashionistas alike, has partnered up
with 17 Days of Fashion, a high
fashion event, to launch its first
beauty and fashion extravaganza
— Celebrities for Charity Beauty
and Fashion Show.
Celebrities for Charity Beauty
and Fashion Show sponsored by
Indiqué Hair, FSL Cosmetics, Matriach Cosmetics, and Celebrity
Magazine will bring out some of
the area's best celebrities, taste
makers, socialites, and humanitarians to celebrate beauty and fashion for a good cause.
All proceeds from the event will
go towards purchasing necessary
school supplies for needy children;
ensuring that they start the school
year off right. The affair will take
place on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7
p.m. at Club Whispers, (formerly
known as Denim) 1712 Walnut
Street.
Philly’s own celebrity hair stylist, and Nbeauty Inc. founder,
Naeemah Johnson, whose past and
present clients include Chrisette
Michelle, Angela Simmons, and
Lil’ Kim, is equally as passionate
about hair care as she is giving
back. With the debut of the
Celebrities for Charity Beauty and
Fashion Show, Naeemah and her
family will launch the Ruby
Golden Foundation, in honor of
their grandmother, Ruby Golden,
a giver known for taking in homeless children and the elderly.
Naeemah recounts one of her favorite childhood memories--going
back-to-school shopping with her
grandmother, thus sparking the inspiration behind the showcase.
“Due to the down turn in the economy, many parents may not be
able to afford to buy their children
school supplies,” Naeemah said.
“So I wanted to give back via
beauty and fashion, by producing
an upscale event that industry taste
makers and the entire community
could be apart of to make a difference.”
During this high profile event –
produced by Toni Harrison of the
Global Group – beauty and fashion will collide, with the Nbeauty
Inc. Glam Team working their
magic behind hair, nails, and
makeup. A live runway show featuring the designs of Walish
Gooshe, Lung Pearl, Haight Ashbury, Marco Hall, Punch Line, and
Vamp Boutique, will fill the runway.
Live musical performances by
Lady Gaga’s background singer,
Jazmine GOGO Morrow, and
Kartinya, will also grace the stage.
Confirmed and invited celebrity
guests include: Jazmine Sullivan,
Charlie Baltimore, Ms. Jade,
members of the legendary Roots
door. The following ticket options
are available, with all proceeds
going towards school supplies for
needy children:
Grade School Supply Donation
Ticket- $10.00
Middle School Supply Donation
Ticket - $15.00
High School Supply Donation
Ticket- $20.00
VIP Reception Donation Ticket$50.00 (includes exclusive VIP reception with complimentary
h'orderves, and special premier
seating).
Tickets can be purchased at:
www.celebritiesforcharitybeautyandfashionshow.eventbrite.
com.
About Naeemah Johnson of N.
Beauty Inc. Naeemah Johnson is
an eleven-year veteran, Hair and
Image Stylist. Her expertise, magnetic personality, and unsurpassed
styling ability has earned her the
title of "Celebrity Stylist.” For
more information please visit:
nbeauty-inc.com, 17daysoffashion.com, or call: 215-229-9050.
Crew, Peedi Crakk, Kharisma
Mcilwaine, (CW Philly correspondent,) Anessa (MTV’s Real World
Chicago), Micah Sims of the
Micah Sims Show, Kimberly
Riley of FSL Cosmetics, 17 Days
of Fashion Founder/fashion stylist,
Anthony Henderson, Jade Alston,
celebrity stylist, Giovanni Styles,
Ty’ron Perrin of the Marquette
Collection, Young, Hip, and Chic,
and many more.
On Saturday, Sept. 3, Nbeauty
Inc. will host a special community
day at Nbeauty Salon located on
3933 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia,
PA, from 12-5 p.m. Parents can
bring their children and pick up
their school supplies just in time to
go back-to-school.
The schedule for the event will
take place as follows:
7:00 p.m. – Red Carpet
7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m: VIP/Premiere Reception
7:45 p.m. – Show time
There are a limited number of
tickets available for this event.
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Benefit Concert at
Grace Epiphany
A benefit concert of contemporary secular music featuring four
local bands will be held at Grace
Epiphany Church, 224 E. Gowen
Ave. on Sept. 3.
On stage will be NWX, local
teen songwriter Mack Finkel,
folkie Art Miron and Philadelphia’s
own metal band, Gray Fox. NWX
is group of 50-somethings who met
in high school and 20-somethings
who went to college together. Their
eclectic stylings range from blues,
jazz, reggae, country to rock and
R&B. Finkel plays guitar, percussion, harmonica, and sings in an
acoustic, one-man band in genres
that include folk, rock, blues and
alternative. Miron delights audiences with his mix of folk, country
and pop traditions. Gray Fox combines metal-inflected blues and
modern garage-rock with progressive original songwriting to create
a distinctive, infectious sound.
The event begins at 7 pm and is
expected to last until about 10.
The Social Justice/Outreach
Committee at Grace Epiphany is
sponsoring the concert. Admission
is $5 with all proceeds going to
benefit the Teshaq Primary School
in Mali and the St. James School
serving students in the Allegheny
West neighborhood. Refreshments
will be sold at the concert.
For more information, call the
church at 215-248-2950 or email graceepiphany@verizon.net.
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complete construction services for your home or business, then he is your go-to guy!
Jefferson is the owner of Al Jefferson Brick & Stone Pointing, a family trade since
1937. His late father, Al Jefferson, Sr., initially taught him the business and the art of
brick and stone pointing and also wood graining, which is a unique technique of
transforming any door (wood or metal) into a beautiful work of art with the appearance of a wood-grained effect that is all done by hand. You have to see it to believe
it!
Neighbors in Mt. Airy thank him for giving their neighborhood a beautiful face lift
and great curb appeal! If you ride through the streets of Mt. Airy, Germantown or
West Oak Lane, you are sure to see his famous brick and stone pointing. His signs
are seen all over Mt. Airy, Germantown, West Oak Lane and South Philadelphia.
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Grace Kushner of Mt. Airy, Jayne Pardys of Mt. Airy, and Sabrina Bruno of Springfield Township dance in
Philadelphia Dance Theatre’s production of Midsummer’s Night Dream. Photo by Susan Pardys
On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Fundraising Committee of the Philadelphia Dance Theatre will be hosting An Evening to
Dance & Dream, an adult-only social event featuring a live and silent auction, light fare, beer and wine, and entertainment. This event will take place from 7:30 to 10:30 pm at the studio in Mt Airy. Funds raised through this effort
will be used to help develop new ballet productions, support scholarships, and continue to help PDT enrich the
cultural opportunities in our community. Tickets to the event are $25 per person or $40 per couple. To purchase
tickets or donate items, call Mandy Marion at 215.301.3101 or email her at cmmarion2@verizon.net.
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Chestnut Hill Teen to Direct
at Philly Fringe Festival
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BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIALS
Chestnut Hill resident, Pascale
Smith, is only seventeen years old.
However, the intrepid adolescent is
already taking on the challenge of
directing a play, BASH, at the
Philly Fringe.
Pascale had already accrued an
extensive background in acting.
The summer before she was readying for fourth grade, she was cast
in a speaking role in M. Night Shymalan’s movie, The Village. She
recalled, “This was my first experience as an actor, so I went into it
with an open mind. I had gone to
the audition on a whim, so I wasn’t
particularly excited or overjoyed at
the idea of acting in a movie, but I
was certainly curious. After the few
months I spent on set, I decided at
the ripe old age of nine that this
was what I wanted to do with my
life. Since then, I’ve worked all
over Philadelphia and New York in
various theaters and independent
films.” Pascale’s résumé reveals
that she has appeared at the Prince
Music Theater, the Outside the Box
Theater, and the Roy Arias Theater
Center’s Off-Broadway Theater,
and the Stagedoor Manor. She garnered awards for Best Lead Actress
in Drama for her performance in
the role of the Stage Manager in
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town and
Best Major Supporting Actress in a
Drama as Titania/Hippolyta in
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer
Night’s Dream. Both plays were
produced at the Stagedoor Manor.
This summer, Pascale spent six
weeks further honing her skills at
Carnegie Melon University in their
pre-college theater program. She
described the program, “It was an
intense experience, and I learned so
much. I am so fortunate to have
had the opportunity to study with
some of the best people in the business. This experience only cemented my determination to make
performance my career. “
With regard to her decision to direct, Pascale explained, “I have always been curious of the other side
of acting. I’ve always been the one
on the stage, never behind the
scenes. It can certainly be scary at
times. I’ve never directed anything
before, nor have I taken any classes
on the subject, so everything I’ve
learned is odds and ends that I have
picked up over the years watching
directors I’ve worked with. However, this, combined with being an
New Boy Scout Troop in Germantown
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Cuddles-N-Care
A special-interest Boy Scout Troop is being
launched in the heart of zip code 19144. BSA Troop
1719 will begin meeting on Wednesday evenings at
the First United Methodist Church of Germantown
(www.fumcog.org), at the corner of Germantown Ave
and High Street. Boy Scouting offers families a way
to help their sons grow up to be strong and confident
young men by following the Scout Oath and Law. Recruitment is open to boys ages 11 – 13 and a boy can
stay in the troop until his 18th birthday.
Scouting offers fun, citizenship training, outdoor
skills, emergency preparedness, and rank advancement to Eagle Scout through service and leadership.
As a special-interest Scouting unit, Troop 1719 will
be dedicated to precision drill using the Scout Quarterstaff. Quarterstaff drill is non-combative, and emphasizes fitness, coordination, teamwork and trust.
The new troop is holding an Open House at FUMCOG, 6001 Germantown Ave, Wednesday evening,
September 14 at 7 PM. Families are welcome, and a
boy must have a parent or legal guardian present in
order to sign up. The first official meeting of the unit
is scheduled for Wednesday, September 28. Families
with Cub Scout aged boys (grades 1 through 5) are
also welcome to attend to investigate forming a companion Cub Pack.
As in Reconciling Congregation, First United
Methodist Church and Troop 1719 do not exclude anyone on the basis of race, faith, orientation, or ability.
For more information regarding fees, adult leader
recruitment, uniforms and equipment requirements
contact Scoutmaster Ann Perrone, email: abperrone.1719@gmail.com or visit the Troop 1719 website at http://bit.ly/Troop1719Phila.
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actor myself, has served me well."
She noted, "Going into rehearsals,
I was pleasantly surprised with the
ease and fluidity I took to directing.
The actors I have been working
with are both talented and good-natured, and the process has been incredibly fulfilling." According to
Pascale, "Directing is a wonderful
challenge, and seeing this play take
shape before my eyes has been
quite unlike anything I have ever
been able to experience as an actor.
It has given me a whole new perspective on theater. “
Pascale chose a particularly challenging work to make her directorial debut. BASH is a trio of
profoundly misanthropic plays by
Neil LaBute. It was so offensive to
the hierarchy of the Church of Latter Day Saints that they disfellowshipped him.
Pascale first encountered the
writing of Neil LaBute a year ago
and was immediately enraptured.
She recalled, “I first read his play
Reasons To Be Pretty. From there,
I couldn’t stop reading! His writing
is dark, clever, and brilliant.” Pascale explained, “The reason I decided to direct BASH was because
this play really makes you think.
LaBute paints an ugly picture of
humanity with these four characters, each of which has either committed or ignored an atrocious,
violent act.” Pascale qualified,
“However, the most disturbing part
of this play isn’t the vivid description of death, but how ordinary
each character is. In such an intimate setting, the audience truly
gets to know each character as they
recount their crimes. This play displays the evil inherent in everyday
life, and as each character justifies
their crime, whether they feel remorse or not, the audience is left
with a sense of culpability; how
often have you sat back and excused something horrible?”
Pascale continued, “While it is
true that this play is on the darker
side, one of the greatest things
about LaBute’s writing is that he
never omits the joy everyday life is
bound to bring. In the midst of all
the evil in the world, a young couple can fall in love, a song can be
shared between generations, and a
person can finally triumph over
their nemesis. “
Growing up, Pascale originally
had a different focus, “I was deadset on becoming an artist. I spent
hours drawing, painting, and
sculpting with Fimo clay. My
mother would take me to the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, and I
still have my collection of rainbow
buttons from those many visits.”
She conceded, “I’m not too sure
what made me desert my first love
for the arguably less-practical ca-
reer path to theater, but since elementary school I have abandoned
my paint brush and easel for a
script and highlighter. “
Pascale declared, “For years I
have always described myself as an
actor, plain and simple. However,
more recently I have been expanding my horizons to include music,
aerials, and more.” She studies
songwriting and guitar with Judah
Salem Kim of the band,
Stonethown. Pascale trained in aerial acrobatics at the Philadelphia
School of Circus Arts, where she
specialized in lyra.
Pascale reflected, "I suppose the
best classification for me at this
point would be performer. Although I plan to study acting in college, I really can’t imagine one
craft without the other, and I do
hope to pursue all professionally in
some regard.” She contended,
“Without my extensive experience
as an actor, I would be a totally different director. My music is definitely informed by my experience
with various plays and performances, and my circus performances
would probably be very different
were it not for my history with acting and music.“
In addition to her involvement
with BASH, Pascale will be appearing in Ampersand, an aerial
circus performance at Philly
Fringe. The latter is being produced
by her older sister, Lauren Rile
Smith. Pascale declared, “While it
is certainly a lot of work, when
you’re doing what you love, you
love what you’re doing!”
and Philly Fringe will continue
through Saturday, September 17.
For tickets, contact the Festival
Box Office at (215) 413-1318 or
visit www.livearts-fringe.org.
BASH will be performed on
Wednesday, September 14 (8 PM);
Friday, September 15 (8 PM) Saturday, September 16. (8 PM).
Moonstone Arts Center. 110 S.
13th Street, Philadelphia. For further information on BASH, visit
www.rilePascale.com/BASH.
Nathan Lerner, the Director of
Davenport Communications, is actively involved in civic and cultural
affairs.
He welcomes feedback at culturevulture1@aol.com.
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picture books and more!
Big Blue Marble Bookstore • 551 Carpenter Lane • Phila, PA 19119
215-844-1870 • info@bigbluemarblebooks.com
Design Show to Benefit CHCE
Twenty-five of the area’s best designers are coming together to
transform a large, historic home in
Chestnut Hill into the 2011 Design
Show House. Visitors are welcome
from Sept. 7 through Oct. 16.
Design highlights include hand
painted wall paper, huge murals
and restored gardens, originally designed by Frederick Peck. Designers contributing to the home
include Muralistick, Palladio, Scarlet Begonias, Mona Ross Berman
Interiors, designsource, Joel Levinson Associates, Green Door Interi-
Zumba
$5 • adults, teen & senior classes
Tuesdays • 5:15 - 6:15 pm
MAMA: Moving Arts Studio • 215 842-1040
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
22 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
Rummage Sale
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, from 9 AM to 3 PM
Antiques • Bargains • French Room • Toys
Snack Bar - $2 Admission • Children’s • Books
Jewelry • Men’s • Opportunity • Linens
Hats and Bags • Holiday
Net proceeds benefit
Community Outreach Projects
215.242.2055
www.stpaulschestnuthill.org
WISSAHICKON DANCE ACADEMY
Dance for fun or train to be professional
Calling All Dancers...“Best of the Northwest”
The Nutcracker
with the Donetsk Ballet
of Ukraine
Sponsored by
International Ballet Exchange
Ages 3 to Adult
Open Nutcracker
Auditions Sept. 18
Audition times –
4:30-5:30 pm, ages 5-9
5:30-7 pm, ages 10 and up
Audition fee $15
Nutcracker Performances:
December 17 and 18, 2011
Plymouth/Whitemarsh High School
• Ballet
• Jazz
• Tap
• Hip Hop
• Modern
• Yoga
• Adult Classes
Fall Registration
Thurssday, Sept. 8, 4-7pm
Fall Classes begin
Saturday, Sept. 10
FREE TRIAL CLASS
for New Students
Photo: Deborah Boardman
38 E. Schoolhouse Lane • Philadelphia, PA 19144 • 215-849-7950
www.wissahickondance.com www.internationalballet.org
ors, Roddy VonSeldeneck Landscape Design, Livable Landscapes,
Practical Design Solutions, &
Vetrulli Design.
All monies generated from the
Design Show House will benefit
Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment. Founded in 1978, as the
Chestnut Hill Senior Services Center, his non-profit provides social,
educational, and recreational activities to older adults living in the
community.
Parker reminds seniors of Oct.
deadline for city property tax
freeze application
State Rep. Cherelle L. Parker, DPhila., today reminded low-income
seniors in her district and throughout Philadelphia to apply for the
2012 real estate tax freeze. The
deadline to submit applications is
Oct. 14, 2011. Seniors who applied
in the past are not required to resubmit an application.
Seniors, residents 65 or older,
with low incomes may be eligible
for special real estate tax provisions if their total income is
$23,500 or less for a single person
or $31,500 for a married couple. If
you are approved, your tax rate will
freeze at its level on the date your
application is accepted.
The tax freeze application is
available
online
at
http://www.phila.gov/revenue/Real
_Estate_Tax.html or a hard copy
may be picked up at Parker's constituent service office, 1536 E.
Wadsworth Ave.
In addition to the application,
applicants should include documentation of proof of age. Examples of proof of age are a Social
Security award letter, a driver's license, or a birth certificate. Any
document that clearly shows a date
of birth will be accepted for consideration. "Do not send original
documents," Parker said. "A photocopy will do."
The completed application must
be sent before Oct. 14 to the
Philadelphia Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 53190, Philadelphia, PA 19105.
Anyone with questions may contact the department at 215-6866442 or Parker’s constituent
service office at 215-242-7300.
September 1, 2011
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The Therapist is In
Growing Yourself Toward a Healthy, Lasting Relationship
By SUSAN KAROL MARTEL
Guest Writer
“The Therapist Is In” is an occasional column dealing with
questions and answers concerning
emotional health. Northwest resident, author, and columnist Susan
Karol Martel, Ed.M., has been a
psychotherapist in private practice
for more than thirty years. The
questions and answers she addresses are those most frequently
asked by her clients. If you have a
question you’d like her to answer,
please
e-mail
her
at
skmarteledm@yahoo.com.
AGROWING YOURSELF TOWARD A HEALTHY, LASTING
RELATIONSHIP
Last time I wrote about how to
find good folks to date with the
goal of working towards growing
a satisfying, sustaining relationship. If you haven’t read it, his column, “Size Does Matter,” is
available on the Germantown
Newspaper’s web site within the
June 23 edition. As promised, this
column is devoted to how to grow
yourself toward good relationships.
As a therapist and as someone
who has also grown through therapy, the number one thing I suggest is working with a trained
person who can objectively help
you understand what part you
played in unsatisfying relationships.
All too often, individuals come
to my office wanting to talk about
how the ‘other’ did them wrong.
Ultimately, they need to address
what part they’ve played as accomplice to the outcome. The following questions reflect those that
Susan Karol Martel
go unasked, unanswered or
avoided, especially when we find
ourselves in the throes of attraction. Maybe that’s why the word
falling is applied to love.
With a therapist or on your own,
here are some key questions worth
answering as a way to begin evaluating your past and present relationships with significant others.
Writing down your answers is important; working with a friend or
friends sharing your concerns
might help you stay on track. Answering these questions won’t
necessarily be easy. Honesty is essential if your goal is to grow. If
you don’t know the answers,
working to find them may hold the
key to having future successful relationships.
On separate pieces of paper,
write down the names of each person with whom you’ve had a rela-
tionship and the answers to these
questions:
Section A.
1. How did this relationship
begin?
2. What was your attraction?
3. How did things end up?
4. Looking back, and in a few
short words, how would you now
characterize this person?
5. How would you have characterized yourself at that time?
6. Since then, what has your experience taught you about yourself? About the other persons on
your list?
7. What were you hoping for
when the relationship began?
Section B.
1. How did you and each of
these individuals go about decision
making?
2. How well did you resolve
conflicts together?
3. Were you able to express
yourself and voice your feelings
and concerns openly? If not, why?
Section C.
• Looking back, before you entered each relationship, did you
consciously or unconsciously
overlook something you shouldn’t
have?
• Why?
Section D. (on a separate
sheet of paper)
1. Looking at all of your relationships, are there any discernable
patterns to the kinds of individuals
you’ve become involved with or
been attracted to?
2. Are there any identifiable
traits or patterns of behavior
you’ve observed within your family that may have effected how you
participated in each relationship or
Berg Gallery Show and Workshops in September
Friday, Sept 9, 6-9pm
Opening Reception:
Ellen R Brooks, “Tethered.” Installation, sculpture,
paintings and drawings.
Jeff Dion, the male figure, paintings and drawings.
Images of the Wissahickon through photography,
prints, paintings and drawings.
Show runs through Sept. 25.
Nichols Berg Gallery, 8611 Germantown Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19118. www.nicholsbergart.com
206-380-4070
September Workshops:
Encaustic Series
9/18-10/2 Sundays 5-8pm
Instructors Scott Nichols and Clarissa Shanahan
Schirmer
9/18: Intro to encaustic
9/25: Collage encaustic
10/2: Image transfer encaustic
$175.00+$25.00 materials fee (4 person minimum)
Register online or call the gallery
Sept. 24
2- 3 p.m9am-2pm
Introduction to Encaustic
Instructors: Scott Nichols and Clarissa Shanahan
Schirmer
$60.00 plus $25.00 materials fee (4 person minimum)
Sept. 24
2- 3 p.m.
Artist Trading Cards Workshop
Instructor, Christian "Patch" Patchell
Free
Open to ages 8 and up including adults
Ex-Offender Services
Are you an Ex-Offender looking for work or in need of training? CTS may have the solution. Why not let
“Connection Training Services Generation 4” help you find your next job? We specialize in Ex-offender
re-entry. If you have been incarcerated for at least 3 months or more, recently released within 6 months
and is interested in our re-entry program and would like to make an appointment please contact “Connection Training Services Generation 4” at 215-430-0381 Ext 0. or 5518.
what you were looking for in
each?
3. How about patterns of behaviors you’ve observed with friends
or other influences?
Section E. (on a separate sheet
of paper)
1. What are the things you personally need to change to have the
kind of relationship you desire?
2. Do you know why?
3. What are the personal values
to which you want to be true that
may have gotten lost within each
of these relationships?
Section F. (back to the original
pages on each relationship)
1. Looking at each relationship,
what part of the results do you take
ownership of?
2. How did you contribute to
the outcome?
Section G. (on a separate
sheet of paper)
1. Have your criteria for evaluating a relationship changed?
2. In what ways?
So many questions, so little column space! You can begin growing yourself by taking the time to
answer these questions. If that’s too
hard to do on your own, get help
ASAP so you will be worthy of
having a relationship with someone who has done this work already.
After completing this exercise,
remember that what is past is past
and that you are now more determined to move past circumstances
that have been unhealthy. Above
all, have compassion for yourself
when facing the things you wished
you had done differently. Use the
insights you have now to grow
yourself and your relationships
into a new chapter
This fall Susan Karol Martel will
be offering a workshop on Growing Relationships. Contact her at
susankarolmarteledm@yahoo.co
m for more information and dates.
Meetings
Citywide Redistricting Hearing - Tuesday, Sep. 6 from 7:00 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. at Einstein Medical Center - 5501 Old York Road. (Old York
Road and Sommerset Streets, near the Broad and Olney Transit Center. Public testimony is welcomed regarding Council Redistricting.
Residents regardless of Council District are permitted to testify. Written testimony is strongly encouraged and should be kept to three minutes when read. Contact your Council District Office to testify or call
215-686-3407. This event is cosponsored by Council members Tasco
and Reed Miller.
September 13-17 is Lifeline Awareness Week - Councilwoman
Tasco in conjunction with Pennsylvania Utilities Commission will
present TWO (2) Electricity Choice Seminars: Sept. 13 from 6:00 p.m.
to 8:00 p.m. at Wadsworth Branch Library - 1500 Wadsworth Avenue
and Sept. 15 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Triumphant Faith International Worship Center (International Christian High School) - 413
East Tabor Road (Rising Sun and Tabor Road). As of January 1, 2011,
the prices PECO and its customers pay for electric generation are
based on electric market pricing and are no longer capped. Residents
now have 24 competitive electric generation providers to choose from.
Learn the tools from the Public Utility Commission at this workshop
to help make the right choices.
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Free “Harvest Health” Workshop Series for
Older Adults with Chronic Health Conditions
Tuesdays, August 30 through October 4 at
Queen Lane Apartments in Germantown
A free “Harvest Health” workshop series
for adults 60 and older with chronic health
conditions will take place on Tuesdays, August 30 to October 4, from 3 to 5:30 p.m.
at the Queen Lane Apartments, 301 West
Queen Lane in Philadelphia’s Germantown
neighborhood. is six-week series is designed to help individuals with arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, anxiety, heart
disease, and other chronic health conditions. is series will be facilitated by specially trained volunteer leaders from Center
in the Park senior community center. e
program covers a new topic each week and
provides opportunities for group interaction and problem-solving. Each session is
aimed at helping participants set goals and
take action to improve their health.
To register for the Harvest Health chronic
disease self-management program or for
more information, call Jeanelle Lawson at
215-545-6010.
Wyck’s Farmers Market
Every Friday through November
2 pm- 6 pm
Greens, salad mix, berries, eggs, carrots, potatoes, summer squash, peas, beans, peppers
and more! Don’t miss out on the freshest
farmers market in Northwest Philadelphia.
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Singles Scene
Unitarian Universalist Church
6900 Stenton Avenue
215-247-2561
e single scene is a three phase program
for mature single adults. e activities begin
at 7:30pm., and end at 12:30 A.M. every
Saturday night with continuous dancing!
September Programs
3 - Pre Labor Day Celebration/ Line Dance
with Charles urman
10 - Cabaret Night- Bring your own refreshments- Line Dance with Tina Allen &
Friends
17 - Single Men Cooking- Pot Luck
24 - Business Card Night/ Advertise and
Network
September 2
6:00 p.m.
Concert at Wyck
Red June is bringing their acoustic Americana sound from Asheville, NC, to Wyck
Historic House and Garden, 6026 Germantown Avenue at Walnut Lane. Bring a
picnic basket, blanket, and your family and
friends, and celebrate the end of summer
with an outdoor concert in this bucolic
pocket of Germantown. e cost of the
concert is $10 per person or $20 per family.
Music begins at 6:00 p.m. Stop by early to
catch Wyck’s weekly Farmers’ Market,
which runs from 2:00 to 6:00. Red June is an acoustic trio from Asheville,
NC, performing beautifully distilled Americana music that drips with Southern soul.
e Red June sound is as versatile and original as the musicians themselves, touching
on bluegrass, roots rock, and traditional
country music with powerful harmonies,
honest, heartfelt songwriting, and top-shelf
musicianship. Veteran musicians Will
Straughan, John Cloyd Miller and Natalya
Weinstein have shared the stage with countless bluegrass and Americana greats, including James Taylor, Robert Earl Keen, Alice
Gerrard, and B.B. King. September 2
6:30 pm
Child Care Provider State
Funding Seminar
Community childcare providers and parents can learn how a budget passed by the
state legislature affects them and services
that they may receive from the state office
of Childhood Development and Early
Learning and the PA Department of Public
Welfare, as well a other topics at a seminar
at Sisters Child Care Center, 3904 Germantown Avenue.
e event will feature guest speakers: Ms.
Arter, Staff to State Representative Rosita
Youngblood; Obioma Martin, Proprietor
of OMart Training & Development and
Board member of Childspace Cooperative
Development, Inc.; and Janet Filante, Executive Director of Childspace Cooperative
Development, Inc.
For information, contact Chester Holland,
AmeriCorps VISTA Communications
Specialist. Childspace Cooperative Development, Inc., 5517 Greene Street. Phone:
(215)-842-3050. Email: cholland@childspacecdi.org
Germantown Jewish Centre
September 2011 events Refuat HaNefesh: Monthly Healing Service at Germantown Jewish Centre
Begins September 6, 7-8 PM
A one-hour service of singing, meditation,
sharing, learning, and prayer, open to anyone who feels in need, first Tuesday night
of the month September through June. Led
by Rabbi Adam Zeff and Rabbi Melissa
Klein. Info at 215-844-1507 Ext 19.
Stefan Presser Memorial Social Justice
Shabbat at Germantown Jewish Centre
Saturday, September 10 @ 10 AM
e event includes Shabbat morning service, Kiddush lunch, and an educational
forum on Worker Justice and Public Sector
Unions: What’s Up In Wisconsin, and
What Does it Mean? Sponsored by Minyan Dorshei Derekh and our Social Action
Committee. Info at 215-844-1507 Ext 19.
Hazak Paid-Up Brunch at Germantown
Jewish Centre
Sunday, September 11 @ 10 AM
Join entertainer Gloria Salmonsohn for
“Footlights Highlights, A Mélange of
Memorable and Moving eatre Moments!” along with a delicous brunch.
FREE for Hazak members and $5 for
guests. For more info 215-844-1507 Ext
19.
Kol D’mamah Contemplative Service @
Germantown Jewish Centre
Saturday, September 17 11 AM – 12 PM
NEW monthly contemplative Shabbat
morning minyan featuring music, breath &
learning. For more information contact
Elana Shaw at 215-844-1507, Ext. 19 or
11th Hour eatre Company Presents Jeff
Coon at Germantown Jewish Centre’s
Women’s Club & Men’s Club Paid Up
Brunch
Sunday, September 18 @ 10 AM
Enjoy a delicious brunch and exciting entrainment. FREE for Women’s & Men’s
Club members and $35 for guests. For
more information contact Elana Shaw at
215-844-1507, Ext. 19.
Kol Zimrah Service
Friday, September 23 @ 6 PM
Have you heard the buzz? Germantown
Jewish Centre welcomes the fourth Shabbat
of the month with a joyful Kabbalat Shabbat service for all who are moved by song.
Everyone is welcome. Followed by wine &
cheese oneg. For more information contact
Elana Shaw at 215-844-1507, Ext. 19 or
“Women of Valor” Interfaith Selichot Program at Germantown Jewish Centre
Saturday, September 24 @ 8 PM
Join us for an interfaith symposium exploring the “Woman of Valor” passage from
Jewish, Christian and Muslim perspectives
followed by e Women’s Sacred Music
Project performance of the “Women of
Valor Suite” composed by Andrea
Clearfield (who will introduce the
piece). e evening ends with an interfaith
Selichot service featuring readings from
other faiths and participation by clergy
from other faiths. For more information
contact Elana Shaw at 215-844-1507, Ext.
19 or
September 6
Join the Philadelphia City Council for a
Citywide Redistricting Hearing
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 from 7pm8:30pm
Einstein Medical Center (Gooley Room)
5501 Old York Road (near Broad and
Olney transit center)
Starting Sept. 7
Philadelphia Seniors Games
e 26th annual Philadelphia Senior Games
jumpstarts its second quarter of a century
on Wednesday, September 7, with a grand
Body and Soul Fitness Expo at Center in
e Park Senior Community Center, 5818
Germantown Av., (located in Vernon Park)
showcasing the physical, mental and athletic spirit of seniors 50+.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7
Center in the Park, 5818 Germantown.
Av.
Body and Soul Fitness Expo., Noon6p.m.
Penn Charter School, 3300 W. Schoolhouse La.
Track and Field, 9a.m.- Noon
Gustine Recreation Center., 4863 Ridge
Av.
Table tennis and shuffle board, 9 a.m. –
Noon
Arthur Ashe Tennis Center, 4842 Ridge
Av.
Tennis, 9 – 11a.m.
Marconi Plaza, betwn. 13th and 15th Sts. and
Bigler St. and Oregon Av.
Horseshoes, 10-11:30 a.m.
Bocci, 11a.m. – 1 p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8
Philadelphia University, 4201 Henry Av.
Basketball, 9 a.m. – Noon
underbird Lanes, 3081 Holme Av.
Bowling, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community
Center, 4200 Wissahickon Ave.
Swimming, 9 a. m. - Noon
FRIDAY, Sept. 9
Center in the Park, 5818 Germantown Av.
Table game day, 10a.m. – 3 p.m.
SATURDAY, Sept. 17
Centennial Arch, Avenue of the Republic,Fairmount Park
Bicycling, registration 8 a.m.
Cycling, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Registration fee for the games is $10. A
limited number of scholarships is available.
Persons wishing more information should
contact Ms. Brannon Johnson, program director, Center in the Park, at 215-8487722, ext. 222.
Let the games begin.
Sept. 9
7PM
Concert with Finnish-American musicians
Sara Pajunen and Jonathan Rundman
Christ Ascension Lutheran Church –
Chestnut Hill
$10 at the door, $5 for students, all ages
Sara Pajunen and Jonathan Rundman have
formed the new Nordic-folk duo
KAIVAMA. In June they released their selftitled debut album, and have been touring
nationally in support of the new CD.
Kaivama will perform in Philadelphia, PA
on Friday, September 9th at Christ Ascension Lutheran Church in Chestnut Hill.
www.christascension.org
215.247.4233
e name KAIVAMA stems from the
Finnish word kaivaa: to delve or dig. Pajunen’s unique prowess on the fiddle and
September 1, 2011
Rundman’s versatility on guitar, harmonium, and piano allow KAIVAMA to explore a surprising variety of sonic textures.
Audiences from performance halls to folk
festivals to rock clubs are captivated by this
duo’s instrumental skill and fresh approach
in creating music that is alternately joyous,
primitive, experimental, haunting, and
time-honored.
September 9
Wayne Ave Merchant Association
Helps City Increase Volume of Recyclables
Monthly meetings are held the first Friday
of every month 1 PM.
Our mission: Work together to improve
the business environment on Wayne Ave.
Goal: A clean, green, safe business district.
Contact: Allison Weiss 215 843 5555
September 10
Fairmount Park Conservancy and
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Annual Growing the Neighborhood Volunteer Day
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
FDR Park: 1500 Pattison Avenue, Enter
from Pattison Ave and follow the balloons
Rain or Shine
Tuesday Sept 13
ACROSS
1. Ulysses S. Grant’s first name
6. Second-largest bird in world
9. Expel
13. Sun-dried brick
14. “___ a moment too soon”
15. Helper for some elderly
16. Acquire knowledge
17. Contend
18. Abrupt increase
19. *Inventor of electric motor
21. *Cyrus McCormick’s invention
23. Brooks or Gibson, e.g.
24. Small stream
25. Sometimes hard to find in city
28. Traditional spot for an earring
30. Front of a building
35. Like dental surgery
37. Vagrant
39. 13 in baker’s _____
40. Average
41. Hill or Baker, e.g.
43. Just below roof
44. Gives off
46. ____ drab
47. Wedding cakes often have more
than one of these
48. Leader of a Muslim state
50. Russia’s Peter the Great, e.g.
52. “___, the Beloved Country”
53. Hippocrates’ promise
55. Theatrical prompt
57. Not dense
60. *Allen/Gates invention
64. Wallop
65. Neither
67. Dam
68. Affected by wear
69. Masseuse’s office
70. African chieftain
71. Movie “The Way We ____”
72. Clairvoyance
73. Form of Japanese poetry
DOWN
1. 50 percent
2. *An invention usually starts with a
good one
3. Serengeti sound
4. Biblical Abraham’s original name
5. *”Father of Genetics”
6. One turns green with it?
7. “Me,” in Paris
8. Wombs
9. Fish found off Atlantic coast of U.S.,
aka porgy
10. Decrease gradually, often precedes “down”
11. Short for engineer
12. Just a ___ bit
18. Sometimes comes tossed
Free Estimates
September 10
11 a.m.
Janes Church Annual Back to School Supply Giveaway
Janes Memorial United Methodist Church
47 E. Haines Street
e sixth annual Start Smart, Stay Smart
back to school event for students grades K12. Enjoy hip hop dance group, mime performance and musical interlude plus
parents’ workshops, a career-bound table
for junior and senior high schoolers, activities for younger children, refreshments and
distribution of backpacks filled with school
supplies.
FREE and open to the community.
DOORS OPEN FROM 10:30 TO 12:30.
For information, call 215-844-9564.
e Rev.Dr. Andrew L. Foster III, Senior
Pastor
September 10
Dance on the Falls Bridge
4300 Kelly Drive
East Falls
From 8:00 pm to Midnight.
Ticket Prices:
$30 a ticket before Aug. 31. $35 starting Sept. 1
10 tickets for only $25 a piece.
Tickets are all inclusive for this catered
event, inluding desserts and wine.
Benefits children’s programs at the
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.
Gina Snyder
East Falls Development Corporation
info@eastfalls-pa.com
215-848-8084
STATEPOINT CROSSWORD
THEME: FAMOUS INVENTIONS
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20. Often comes with a lei
22. Rudolph’s friend Hermey, e.g.
24. Resurrection of the dead
25. Ratio of hypotenuse to opposite
side of right-angled triangle
26. Scent
27. Russia’s St. _____ Cathedral
29. *Character Q provided great inventions to him
31. *Inventor of revolver
32. Pre-life
33. Postpone
34. Diary item
36. Lesotho money
38. *Inventor of “hoisting apparatus”
42. Olden day calculators
45. Not quite a spoon and not quite a
fork
49. ___-been
51. Streamlet
54. Past, present or future _____
56. Organ swelling
57. If it fits...
58. She survived her infamous husband Henry VIII
59. Bane of teenager’s existence
60. Tortilla sandwich
61. Baker’s baker
62. Song “Eight Days a ____”
63. “Que sera ____”
64. *Huge network
66. Roman goddess of plenty
Senior
Discount
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JOSEph’S AffOrdAbLE
pLumbing & hEAting
• 24 Hour Service / 7 Days a Week
• City Violations Corrected
• Hot Water heaters Replaced
• Drain Cleaning Specialist
• New Gas & Oil Heaters Installed
• Certifications
Registered 3rd Generation #3922
OfficE: 215-673-7700 • 215-6041728
cELL: 267-984-3088
City of Philadelphia Electircal License #000868
AFFORDABLE ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Same Day Repairs • Installations • Service Upgrades
Heating & Air Conditioning Repairs
Outlets • switches • Lights
100-200 Amp Circuit Breakers
Air Conditioner Outlets
Appliance Lines
Ceiling Fans
Doorbell Repairs
Dryer Lines
Real Estate Certification
FULLy iNsURED
Voted
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Electrician
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FLAT RATE Prices Given
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NO Hidden Charges
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AAA & AARP
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CHURCH MEMBERs
sENiOR CiTizEN
DisCOUNT
No Coupon Needed to Get the Lowest Price!
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Affordable
Electric, Inc.
Prices Quoted Over the Phone
www.affordableelectric.com
We accept
all credit &
debit cards
Professional Handyman Services
“We do all remodeling & repairs
and all work is done 1st class.”
• Neat Workmanship
• Quality Materials
• Insured with Local References
Call Carl: 267-751-5658
Beautiful Concrete
Finishes
We Do All Types of Concrete Work
•Repairing or replacing concrete steps,
patios, walkways, etc.
•Restoring stucco, stone & brick pointing.
•Resurfacing concrete & restoring stone.
“If you can’t replace it, Patch It!
WESTSIDE ELECTRIC
FREE TROUBLE SHOOTING
LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED
• 100/200 AMP SERVICE
• AC/DRYER LINES
• FUSE BOX REPAIRS
• 220 LINES
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FREE ESTIMATES
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• Painting
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• Roofing
• Plastering
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Reasonable Prices
(215) 748-6497
Lic. #G-68410
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LOWEST PRICES IN THE CITY
• 100 A Horsepower
$75 & up
• Exhaust Fans
$25 & up
• Outlets
$8 & up
• Washer & Dryer Lines $12 & up
• Air Cond. Lines
$6 & up
Prices for Repairs Only
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IMMEDIATE SERVICE
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KOP’s Repair, LLC
For all your Heating, AC &
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Residential & commercial–from
complex to routine services.
No job to big or small!
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Serving all of Philadelphia for
over 30 years.
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Financing avaliable.
SPECIALIzIng In EMERgEnCy SERVICE!
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& Air Conditioning
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Starting at
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$1195
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$80.00
Call Now 215.456.1300
FAST EMERGENCY SERVICE
New Options for your Electricity Needs
Presented through Marion Tasco’s office
At the Wadsworth Branch of
e Free Library of Philadelphia
1500 Wadsworth Avenue
215.685.9293
Bring a friend.
6-8pm.
Free Child I.D!
All children will receive an identity card
courtesy of
New York Life
Children must be accompanied by parent
Tuesday Sept. 27
6-7:30 pm
At the Wadsworth Branch
Of the Free Library of Philadelphia
215.685.9293
Family Storytime Books n’ Cra
Children ages 5 to 8 siblings welcome
ursdays @ 1pm
Starting September 15th
At the Wadsworth Branch of the
Free Library of Philadelphia
215.685.9293
September 15
National Adoption Center invites you to
its LGBT Adoption Café, a FREE informational event.
5:30pm – 8:30pm at the Church of the
Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, 1904
Walnut St., Philadelphia. If you have ever
considered adoption, this event is for you!
Learn about the adoption process, listen to
a panel discussion with adoptive parents
from the LGBT community and adoption
agency representatives, talk with social
workers and gather information from our
adoption agency resource tables. Complimentary light dinner. Sponsored in part by
the Wells Fargo Foundation. To RSVP
contact Beth Vogel at 215-735-9988 ext.
304.
September 16
Delaware Valley Regional
Planning Commission
190 North Independence Mall West
Statewide Hearings Set to Update 12-Year
Transportation Program
Harrisburg- Pennsylvanians are invited to
share their ideas for highway planning during a series of public hearings to update the
state’s 12-Year Transportation Program. Updated every two years, the Transportation Program serves as a “blueprint” of prioritized transportation projects.
September 16-18
Nazarene Women Host Retreat
e Women’s Ministry of Nazarene Baptist Church is hosting a retreat at the
church’s campsite in Lahaska, Pennsylvania. Workshops and open forum discussions throughout the weekend will center
on the theme “Emotional Phases of a
Women’s Life”. e goal of the gathering
is to promote holy living and a stronger
bond between generations. e cost is $75.
Bus transportation will leave the church on
Friday evening. To register before the September 11th deadline, call the church office
at 215-223-9821. Sat., Sept. 17, 7:30 pm
Mt. Airy Art Garage Presents:
Hard Hat Ball With Sharon Katz & e
Peace Train@ 11 West Mt. Airy Ave.)
September 17
Center in the Park
4th Annual Music From the Heart
Germantown Friends School
Greene Street and Schoolhouse Lane
e Nazir Ebo Group, e Barbara Walker
Story, Lucas Brown Organ Trio with special guest saxophonist, Jerry Weldon.
e evening starts at 5:30 p.m. with a silent
auction, refreshments, awards and lots of
great music beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are
$25.
For ticket information, call (215)848-7722
or visit centerinthepark.org.
September 21
Women’s Golf & Tennis Outing
398 Stenton Avenue
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
An informal event, the Round Robin and
9-hole scramble with lunch to follow. Proceeds will be used to provide maternal care
for uninsured women in Northwest
Philadelphia.
Invitations and registration will be available
in August
September 22
5th Annual Meeting of the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District
Lutheran eological Seminary Amphitheater in the Hagan Center. 7301 Germantown Avenue. 6a:30 p.m.
is meeting is open to the public. Germantown Avenue commercial property
owners, merchants, and neighbors are encouraged to attend. e election of the
Board of Directors will occur and there will
be a presentation highlighting the accomplishments of the last year. Nominations
for Board members may be submitted via
e-mail to the the Executive Director, Hollie
Malamud-Price at . For more information,
please contact Ms. Malamud-Price, at . Refreshments will be served.
Sept 23rd - Sunday, Sept 25
Film Festival
An ever-evolving and exciting celebration
of sound and vision, this year’s Philly F/M
film lineup will take place at INVINCIBLE
PICTURES SOUND STAGES, 1600 N.
5th Street, Philadelphia, just a few blocks
north of Girard Ave. Keeping with the tradition of music related documentaries, coupled with live performances by the film’s
subjects, this year’s special guests will be Bob
Forrest from VH1’s Celebrity Rehab and
the legendary elonius Monster and a reunion of one of the 90’s craziest punk rock
bands, Alice Donut.
e second annual festival will take place
over four days, largely in the Fishtown /
Northern Liberties neighborhoods of
Philadelphia, which in recent years have become a cultural center for music and arts in
the city. is year’s festival will feature over
15 indoor and outdoor venues with capacities between 100-6,000. Participating venues include: e Festival Pier, Trocadero
eater, TLA, World Café Live and e
Ukie Club.
$80 Four-Day All-Access Badges are on sale
now through Ticketfly.com and on the
Philly F/M Website. Philly F/M will offer
something special for all festival attendees.
For more information about the festival,
visit: www.phillyfmfest.com.
October
October 1
PAFA Party on the Plaza Celebrates Opening of Lenfest Plaza on
Saturday, October 1
e will welcome the public to the official
opening of Lenfest Plaza with PAFA’s
Party on the Plaza. e celebration will feature a full day of activities for the entire
community, including a family-focused arts
festival, live music, food vendors, a dance
party and much more. e highlight of the
event will be the inaugural sunset lighting
of Paint Torch, the towering 51-foot illuminated paintbrush sculpture by worldrenowned artist Claes Oldenburg.
Forecast om
Harrisburg
bubbling cesspools of Carl Greene,
Sheriff John Green, BRT irregularities.
e multiple other investigations
started but now buried will give the
Corbett folks plenty to deal with if they
want to begin to clean up this state and
this city - - now the most pervasively
corrupt in the nation. e few relatively small exposes by the City Controller and the U.S. Attorney in
Philadelphia are mere window dressing
to fool the public, and are trivial pursuit relative to what they know needs
investigation and prosecution. But aggressive action by state law enforcement may force them to do their jobs
and not take phone calls from political
leadership. It has happened before.
e days of papering over malfeasance
and the from the public trough with
new injections of federal and state
money are over. Rendell was successful
at doing that as both mayor and governor, and the wreckage le behind is
looming debt at both state and city levels. Now, Corbett knew that when he
ran for the job, but my guess is that the
message he just sent to Harrisburg was
meant to be transmitted here - - and
sooner rather than later.
Jim Foster
Publisher/Editor
September 1, 2011
Germantown Newspapers Classified Advertising
Help Wanted
MISS MARTY’S PRESCHOOL
NEEDS DRIVER TO PICK UP
CHILDREN AFTER SCHOOL,
MUST HAVE OWN VEHICLE, &
INSURANCE, TO PICK UP SIX
CHILDREN
2158438299
Secretary / bookkeeper
Parttime mature,
retired persons welcomed!
Exp. In Real Estate Mgr. a plus !
Send Resume Real
Estate Manager
P.O. Box 18925
Phila. Pa. 19119
Business Opportunity
Earn $420 Parttime
Work at home.
Call
215-602-2421
or
RJ4success.com
Instructions
Piano Lessons
Classical Jazz Pop Blues
All levels,
from Beginner to Advanced.
Children Teens Adults
Lou Walinsky
215-848-0845
www.louwalinsky.com
Real Estate
Germantown
Near La Salle College
Room for rent
Quiet neighborhood
(no drugs, no drinking)
usage of entire house.
weekly $100.00 monthly $400.00
Call for more info 267-588-2592
Newly Renovated duplexes
New modern kitchen & bath w/
carpeting, ceiling fans.
New frostfree refrigerator,
A.C, window treatments,
off street parking,
nicely landscaped,
close to train & bus
1 bedroom from $740
215-848-27600
Nice Clean Room
Private Entrance. NO DRUGS
CALL: 267-988-5890
Auction
MING SELF STORAGE
WILL bE HOLdING
A PubLIC AuCTION
to satisfy an owner's lien
by competitive bidding
on Sept. 29, 2011 @ 11:00 AM
on the following units:
A098 Karen Ames
A37 Shenetha Ates
A082 Clifton Echols
A118 Keith Finney
B2108 Stephanie T. Patterson
A052 Kiana D. Stewart
A079 Deborah Torain
A018 Tameka Tucker
A053 Marc Watson
B2126 Danielle Clark
B2019 Dominic Mathis
Ming II@ 1:00 pm
85 Rufus Young
Payments must be made in cash. We reserve
the right to refuse any and all bids.
4663 Stenton Avenue Philadelphia, PA 10144
215-848-0719 Office
Auction date & time:
September 29, 2011 @ ll:00 AM
4663 Stenton (Old Stenton) Ave.
215-848-0719
West Philadelphia
Large One Bedroom Apartment
$575 a month or pay weekly $150
Includes heat & hot water
267-808-4537
FOR RENT
CHELTEN/ WAYNE VICINITY
Cozy 2 bdr house. Hardwood
foors, mod kitchen & bath, fenced
bk yd, wash & dryer...
$795.00 per mo. plus util
Contact Elliot at 2158682047
HOuSE FOR SALE
W. Sharpnack St.
4 BR, 1 Bath, yard, front porch,
freshly painted, new carpet
$95,000, 10% down, owner fi
nancing
215-740-4629
Garden Style
Apartment Complex
in Mt.Airy
Nice 1 & 2 Bedrooms
Utilities included except
for electric.
Leave message for Sprague Court
Rentals.
215-842-2500
$600 / 1 bedroom apartment
2nd Floor
(62xx Greene Street)
This apartment is available Sep
tember 1st. It's on the second floor
of a single house. It has a nice
light filled living room, spacious
bath and bedroom. Large pantry
in the kitchen and a few good
sized closets. There is on street
parking and basement laundry
and storage available. The rent is
$600 plus gas.
Any questions please call
215.247.4425
Furnished Rooms
in Germantown
Immediate occupancy
Starting at $100 weekly
(including utilities) $300 security.
Nr. all transportation routes.
Call: 215-520-7752
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Legal Notice
The Wissahickon Charter School will
be holding its monthly board meeting
on September 20, 2011. All meetings
are from 7-9pm and will be held at the
school which is located at 4700 “G”
Wissahickon Avenue. Please note the
meetings marked with a star are
Board Committee meeting days. All
meetings are open to the public.
The meeting schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, October 18, 2011*
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011*
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012*
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012*
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Germantown/East Falls
Rooms for Rent
W/W carpet, transportation @
door, W/D, 1.5 baths, 3 supermar
kets nearby.
$325$350 mo. + utilities.
Call 215-715-7999
Business Opportunity
Lunch Truck for Sale
$5500
Call 215-740-3911
Business Services
HOME HEALTH AIdE
CERTIFICATE TRAINING
2 WEEK COURSE TAUGHT BY
AN EXPERIENCED RN
All Incl. Price: $550.
SILVER Lining Vocational School
Call: 2158863815 for more info
for September 12th class.
RENEE BOLDEN DESIGNS
END OF THE SUMMER ANNUAL
BLOW OUT SALE!!!
5080% OFF
8026 GERMANTOWN AVE.
PHILADELPHIA PA, 19118
CALL FOR MORE INFO
2152424035
Wanted
I BUY HOUSES; I PAY CASH
Any Condition
Private, Professional,
Personal Services.
Call Brennan Properties
2159904137
OLD FURNITURE & ANTIQUES
(Also: paintings, crafts, coins,
gold, oriental rugs, dolls, pottery,
clocks & jewelry)
We Buy The Unusual!
Call Tyler's at 2159207310 (cell)
or 2158449272 (store)
Mt. Airy Business
Improvement
District Annual
Meeting
Thursday, September 22
6:30 PM.
Lutheran Theological
Seminary
Amphitheater in
Hagan Center
This meeting is open to the public. Germantown Avenue commercial
property
owners,
merchants, and neighbors are
strongly encouraged to attend.
The election of the Board of Directors will take place. Nominations for Board members may be
submitted via e-mail to the BID
Executive Director or will be accepted at the meeting prior to the
vote.
If you care about the Germantown Avenue commercial corridor, this is a meeting you cannot
miss!
For more information contact the
BID Executive Director Hollie
Malamud-Price
at
hollie@mtairybid.com
or
215.844.6490
*Refreshments will be provided*
Page 19
Talking Philly Baseball
Washed Out, Not Away
By Bill McFarland
Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc
on the Phillies’ starting rotation
this weekend. The storm washed
out two games with the Florida
Marlins, and the team had to
reschedule its starters. How much
of an affect this might have was
unknown as this paper went to
press, but a few things could play
out during the team’s current series
in Cincinnati.
When the games were postponed, all of the starters were
pushed back. Roy Halladay and
Cliff Lee were penciled in for
Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, each of them with eight
days rest since their last starts.
Anyone who follows baseball
knows that pitchers generally start
every five or six days, and they
don’t like their routines disrupted.
That’s exactly what Irene wrought
on our club, and as this scenario
unfolded, I thought about this
year’s All-Star Game.
Just before the break, I suggested that the Phillies send Vance
Worley to Triple-A so that the
youngster could pitch on his normal day. Worley remained consistent when he returned to
Philadelphia after starting a game
for Lehigh Valley. He most likely
would have missed a turn during
the break because Phillies’ manager Charlie Manuel sets up his
second-half rotation by leaning toward his aces getting more total
starts in a season.
Also, there was some talk about
San Francisco skipper Bruce
Bochy, who managed the National
League in this year’s classic, using
Halladay and Lee for two innings
each in the game to gain an advantage, should the Giants face the
Phillies in the playoffs. Halladay
and Lee were among the league
leaders in innings pitched at the
time.
There supposedly is a gentlemen’s agreement among managers
not to overuse other teams’ aces
during the All-Star Game. Bochy
claimed innocence here, and
Manuel took the high road and
didn’t say anything for the record,
although some say he was upset.
Halladay lasted just four innings
in a 6-1 loss against the Chicago
Cubs on July 18. Lee pitched six
innings in a 4-2 win at Wrigley
Field the following day, but he was
shelled for 10 hits and five runs in
a four-inning stint during a 5-4 loss
to San Diego on July 25.
Getting back to the weekend
rainouts, Halladay was angry as
the team left for this week’s road
trip. He was preparing to start Saturday’s game before the postponement was announced, and he was
coming off of two frustrating outings.
A long rain delay forced him out
of the Aug. 21 game in Washington. Halladay had given up two
runs in five innings in a 5-4 Nationals’ win, but the right-hander
did not get the decision. (Reliever
Brad Lidge took the loss.) Also,
Halladay held a 2-1 lead over Arizona after eight innings on Aug. 16
only to surrender two runs in the
ninth in a 3-2 loss. He also issued
just one walk and struck out 14
batters during that game.
Lee, on the other hand, is
streaky. He won his last five starts,
and he also won five straight in
June, but he is 4-7 with five no decisions in his other 16 outings.
Should Lee have a rough time this
week, there will be some question
as to whether the eight-day layoff
played a role or if it’s simply Lee
being Lee.
Since this publication went to
press before the start of Tuesday’s
game, I’m guessing that Halladay
had the better chance of channeling his anger into a strong performance. Whatever Lee does on
Wednesday is anybody’s guess.
That’s my opinion. What do you
think?
•••
Bill McFarland has covered the
Phillies since 1991. Contact him at
215-354-3037 or mcfarlandwilliam@hotmail.com
Men Who Care Organize
MEN WHO CARE is an organization of men coming together for
a common cause. In Northwest Philadelphia, they are about to begin
their first program.
On Sept. 17 at 9 a.m., past and present men of the Germantown area
are sponsoring a lot and street cleaning for the unit block of Pastorius
Street. The goal is to be visible in our community as a positive force
for change. This will be the first of many great events scheduled for
this area.
If are a resident, friend, or just someone concerned about the community, you are invited to come out ready to work on Sept. 17.
For more information, call any of the men listed below:
George Waters 215-429-7088
Joe Budd Jr. 267-784-7975
Bruce Ford 215-882-3573
Olney Class of ’71. Looking for former classmates for our 40th reunion on Oct. 28, 2011. Judy at ohsclassof71@yahoo.com or 215870-7572.
September 1, 2011
Car s for Sale
Page 20
1966 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD
GARAGE KEPT WITH 69,000 MI.
ALL OPTIONS AND CLIMATE A/C
MINT ORIGINAL CAR
$15,000
1974 MGB ROADSTER
Very few miles since restoration
Red 1/black top and interior
Rust free
$7,000
1976 TRIUMPTH TR6
Dark Green/Tan top & interior
Restored and garage kept
Luggage rack, custom wheels
$11,000
1973 VOLKSWAGEN CONVERTIBLE
Lt Green/black top & interior
Solid body, garage kept
$6,500
1975 CHEVROLET DUMP TRUCK
350 V8 pwr strg, disc brakes. Runs well, working hydraulics
$1,500
Call Collectible Cars
215.438.5171
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