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$400M district shortfall possible “Devastating” cuts could result, Ackerman says. By Kristen A. Graham INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The Philadelphia School District must slash spending immediately and brace for “devastating” cuts that could soar past a half-billion dollars in the coming school year, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said Thursday. To close this year’s $49 million gap, there will be immediate hiring freezes and cuts in discretionary spending. Top officials, including Ackerman, will take between six and 10 days of unpaid leave, officials said at a district news conference. Ackerman said her priority was preserving the “core” of Imagine 2014 — her five-year plan and signature effort, which includes a costly outlay for restructuring failing schools. She also wants to keep as many instructional programs as possible, she said. The total gap for next year is between $400 million and $500 million but could be larger, according to Ackerman. It will mean layoffs and classroom cuts. “It will be devastating for this See SCHOOLS on A4
Ex-official: Hershey charity in the wrong By Bob Fernandez
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The just-dismissed top executive of the multibillion-dollar Hershey charity for poor children describes in a court filing widespread financial irregularities at the philanthropy, including the use of charitable assets for free rounds of His court golf, spa treatfiling calls ments, limousine rides, into and excessive question compensafor board the board’s tion members. spending. The executive also said the trust company that manages the charity’s funds violated federal securities regulations. Robert Reese, the former president of the Hershey Trust Co., which is basically the bank that manages the charity’s funds on behalf of the Milton Hershey School, filed the document in Dauphin County Orphans’ Court on Tuesday — effectively the last day that he had legal standing to seek reSee HERSHEY on A13
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Church Abuse Scandal Brings Five Arrests A church official was accused of concealing alleged abuse by 3 priests and a teacher. By David O’Reilly
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“It is time for the church to remove all credibly accused priests from ministry, and to put protection of children ahead of protection from scandal.”
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Report: ‘Much has not changed’ By John P. Martin
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Midway through the opening page of the latest grand jury report on sexual abuse by Philadelphia priests are four words as damning as any in the 124-page document: “Much has not changed.” Five years after a previous grand jury vilified archdiocesan leaders for
tolerating and protecting abusive priests, the report unsealed Thursday went a step further. It portrayed changes implemented by the archdiocese since the scandal first unfolded as feeble, ineffective, or even deceptive. Victims were “virtually hounded” by assistance coordinators, while accused priests weren’t confronted, the
panel concluded. The review board designated to hear abuse allegations routinely ignored evidence substantiating those claims, the grand jurors contended. And at least 41 priests were left in active posts around the region after being accused of inappropriate behavior or abuse of minors. See ARCHDIOCESE on A10
Dashing crowds’ hopes, Mubarak refuses to quit By Anthony Shadid and David D. Kirkpatrick
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Jubilation turned to ire after President Hosni Mubarak said he would transfer powers but not step down.
CAIRO, Egypt — President Hosni Mubarak told the Egyptian people Thursday that he would delegate authority to Vice President Omar Suleiman but that he would not resign, enraging hundreds of thousands gathered to hail his departure and setting in motion a volatile new stage in the three-week uprising. The declaration by Mubarak that he would remain president appeared to
signal a dangerous escalation in one of the largest popular revolts in Egypt’s history, and some protesters warned that weeks of peaceful protests might give way to violence as early as Friday’s demonstrations. The 17-minute speech itself underlined a seemingly unbridgeable gap between ruler and ruled in Egypt: Mubarak, in paternalistic tones, talked in great detail about changes he planned to make to Egypt’s autocratic constitution, while crowds in See MUBARAK on A12
Witness tells of 2 Luzerne judges’ high-life demands By Craig R. McCoy
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SCRANTON — The government’s star witness in the “kids for cash” scandal told a federal jury Thursday that he had no choice but to knuckle under to the unrelenting demands for money from a pair of judges who he said had a chokehold over the millions in taxpayer money
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ost in the fanfare for the Darth Vader Volkswagen commercial was an interesting Super Bowl ad for the 2011 Chevy Cruze. In it, a couple in their 20s kiss after a first date. As the guy drives home alone, he touches a button on the bottom of his rearview mirror and taps into Facebook. “Best first date ever,” an automated voice tells him his date has already posted. “The all-new Chevy Cruze, with real-time Facebook status updates,” the voice-over intones. Watching the spot, I wondered if driving that car could get me arrested in Bensalem, the latest municipality to limit a driver’s cell-phone use. Absent a statewide ban, Bensalem has followed Philadelphia’s lead in making it a secondary offense to drive while using a handheld communication device. “We’re not going to wait for Harrisburg,” said Fred Harran, the township’s publicsafety director. From a public-safety viewpoint, the move is understandable. New York, New Jersey, and Delaware prohibit all drivers from using handheld devices while driving; Pennsylvania has yet to join them. Unfortunately, if others follow Bensalem and Philadelphia, we will be left with a patchwork of regulations. If a commuter crosses into Bensa-
accidents they cause. The problems with this type of government intervention, however, are clearer than the reception under a cell-phone tower. For starters, Bensalem seeks to regulate the use of communication devices while lem from Bristol without driving. But what constitutes knowing about the ban, what a communication device? warning does he or she have? The ordinance bans “any“I hate to coin an old thing that you couldn’t have phrase: Ignorance of the law hands-free,” Harran exis no excuse,” said Harran. plained. “Both hands have to That’s a sobering thought be on the wheel.” when one considers that both That would surely include the Pennsylvania Turnpike my iPhone, but what about a and I-95 run though Bensa- fancy rearview-mirror switch lem. that takes me to Facebook? State Rep. Josh Shapiro (D., Isn’t my movement to actiMontgomery) agrees that lo- vate the system similarly discal bans aren’t the answer. tracting? Just like putting in a His bill for a statewide ban CD. Or a DVD for the kids to passed the state House with watch in the backseat. Or adbipartisan support last ses- justing the heat. Dropping sion, but languished in the down the power windows. Or Senate. operating the satellite radio “In a nutshell,” Shapiro told on the dash of my pickup. me, “my bill includes the folDistraction, it seems to me, lowing and makes them all is the true enemy. And we primary offenses: ban on just can’t ban all possibilities. handheld cell phones and tex“Distracted driving didn’t ting while driving for adult suddenly appear with cell drivers, complete ban on cell- phones,” Russ Rader, spokesphone use while driving for man for the Highway Loss teens, limits on the number of Data Institute (HLDI), told non-family-member passen- me in an e-mail. gers a teen can have in the Indeed, as Rader’s organizacar while driving, increased tion is finding out, laws targetdrivers-ed training, primary ing cell-phone use in cars seat-belt law.” don’t appear to be reducing All logical ways to reduce crash rates. in-car distractions introduced One year ago, HLDI conby mobile devices — and the ducted a study that found
that laws similar to the one Shapiro sought for Pennsylvania had failed to reduce crashes in New York, California, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C. In other words, the accident rates did not change after those places passed laws limiting the use of handheld devices. Even more stunning are data HLDI collected in September. The organization compared accident rates before and after prohibitions on texting while driving were enacted in California, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Washington state. It found not only that the laws had failed to reduce crashes, but also that accident rates had actually increased in three of the four states. It would appear that these relatively young bans on incar use of handheld devices aren’t working. And if statewide bans have failed to reduce accident rates, it’s a near certainty that a patchwork of ineffective laws isn’t the answer, either. Getting a handle on the situation should be left not to government intervention and law enforcement, but to technological innovation among handheld-device manufacturers. Contact Michael Smerconish via www.smerconish.com Read all of his columns at www.philly.com/smerconish
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The Shifting Population of South Jersey
Census figures released last week showed that Woolwich in Gloucester County added over 7,000 new residents in the last decade, making it the fastest-growing municipality in South Jersey. A look at which towns grew the most in other decades shows how the region’s growing population has shifted from the inner-ring suburbs to the exurbs.
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Compared with later decades, growth was modest, concentrated mostly in communities closer to Philadelphia.
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Municpalities with the largest growth 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Municpalities with the largest growth 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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South Jersey population growth in the decade:
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Cherry Hill had its peak growth decade, adding nearly 33,000 more residents. William Levitt developed Willingboro in the manner of his other planned “Levittown” communities in New York and Pennsylvania.
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The fear of inflation is back A Rising Tide
Experts don’t foresee widespread price rises for now. But some see worrying signs.
in the price of a soft pretzel. That is how much J&J Since the end of 2009, prices for many key commodities have Snack Foods Corp. in Pennincreased. The question is how significantly the increases will sauken raised prices last creep into consumer prices. month, chief financial officer Dennis G. Moore said. J&J is Commodity, price on Wednesday Pct. change since Dec. 31, 2009 best known for the SuperPretFUELS zels sold at stadium snack By Harold Brubaker +23% Gasoline, $2.53/gal. INQUIRER STAFF WRITER bars around the country. +9% rices for corn, cocoa, and Crude oil, $86.71/brl. Another difference between copper, to name a few Natural gas, $4.04/mm btu. –27% the United States and emerging +31% widely used commodities, Heating oil, $2.77/gal. markets is the proportion of inare soaring. come that goes to food. Food Ethanol, $2.45/gal. +26% For months, executives, esaccounts for 32 percent of the pecially those whose compa- METALS Chinese consumer price index, +36% nies use agricultural products Copper, $4.52/lb. compared with 15 percent in +25% or metals, have been moan- Gold, $1,364.8/oz. this country, Stone said. +27% ing about higher costs eating Platinum, $1,859.4/oz. That gap gets to issues of perinto profits. And on the na- Silver, $30.27/oz. ception. Food usually shares +80% tion’s roads, gasoline prices Palladium, $825.6/oz. the center of attention with gas+103% have skyrocketed from recesoline during periods of rising AGRICULTURE sionary lows. commodity prices because +26% What is not clear is how far Cattle, $1.08/lb. Americans make frequent pur+87% beyond groceries and fuel the Coffee, $2.54/lb. chases of milk, eggs, and meat, upturn in commodity prices Orange juice, $1.67/lb. items that tend to rise in price +35% will spread and whether it Corn, $6.98/bu. in regular cycles. +69% will force Federal Reserve Cotton, $1.81/lb. What they don’t think about +138% Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to Lumber, $309/1,000 brd. ft. is that prices for cars, clothing, +51% pull back on the economic Soybeans, $14.51/bu. and electronics went down last +40% throttle even before the job year. “It’s like a stew,” Stone +60% Wheat, $8.66/bu. market returns to health. said. “Some parts get hot. Other The Philadelphia Inquirer A greater worry for some SOURCES: Associated Press; Inquirer research parts are cooler.” economists and politicians is Because the overall inflathat conditions could be ripe, Inflation last year was a serve Bank of Philadelphia. tion picture is steady, espegiven the flood of Fed money modest 1.5 percent, though it Others are still trying to cially if the extremely volatile into financial institutions was twice that rate in the sec- hold off. PepsiCo Inc. on food and energy sectors are since 2007, for prices to spin ond half of the year, thanks to Thursday cut its 2011 earn- excluded, Bernanke told Conout of control into the insidi- the increase in fuel prices, ings estimate because of high- gress on Wednesday that he ous sort of inflation that was the government’s Consumer er costs for ingredients and planned to proceed with his seen in the United States in Price Index showed. reluctance to raise its prices. plan to provide even more the 1970s and early 1980s. Odds are high that two years Instead, the Purchase, N.Y., economic stimulus. Joe Davis, an economist from now, inflation will reach company said, it will try to What would it take for the who heads the Vanguard an “uncomfortable” or “unru- find ways to cut costs. whole pot of prices to get too Group’s investment strategy ly” level without becoming unThe ability to wring efficien- hot? Extreme inflation would group, said he was often manageable, said Mark Zandi, cies out of food manufactur- have to take root in wages, asked about the likelihood of a chief economist at Moody’s An- ing sets the United States leading to a debilitating spireturn to that dark era. “Our alytics in West Chester. “Policy- apart from emerging mar- ral of out-of-control increases best estimate is it’s about a 10 makers are willing to take the kets, such as China, where in prices and wages. percent chance,” he said. “It’s chance of unruly inflation food is less processed than in But global competition not trivial, but it’s not the down the road to get this econ- the United States, said Bill makes that unlikely. “That’s most likely outcome.” omy going,” he said. Stone, chief investment strate- the key reason I don’t think More likely, Davis and othSome manufacturers have gist at PNC. inflation will become unmaner economists said, is that an- started raising prices, and Processing and labor pro- ageable,” Zandi said. nual inflation in the United more expect to do so in the vide a cushion that can, for exStates will stay within the next six months, according to ample, trim a 50 percent rise Contact staff writer Harold steady range of 2 percent to 3 the most recent Business Out- in the price of flour into a 2 Brubaker at 215-854-4651 or percent through this year. look Survey by the Federal Re- percent or 3 percent increase hbrubaker@phillynews.com.
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ne hospital in the region found it so easy to raise money, it’s asking for more. While Congress is fighting over whether and/or how to pay for President Obama’s Medicaid expansion and other costly health-care programs for the poor and middle class, a hospital in the wealthy Princeton area has raised millions more than it sought. It is adding fancy new labs and wings, with help from big donations by rich local drug, insurance, and investment executives and their foundations. Princeton HealthCare System has raised so much private money that it is expanding the scope of its planned University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro complex, says hospital boss Barry Rabner. Rabner says he has increased the fund-raising target to $150 million, from $115 million, after the original campaign, led by Johnson & Johnson executive JoAnn Heffernan Heisen and Bob Doll, an executive at the BlackRock investment group, passed its goal this winter. “It’s been a robust campaign,” he told me in an e-mail. “We attribute our success to the merits of the project.” It helps that it’s a high-visibility project in a wealthy area. Princeton’s top donation was $25 million from David R. Atkinson, a former executive at the West Conshohocken-based investment firm Miller Anderson & Sherrerd DIANE BONDAREFF / Bloomberg News L.L.P., who struck it Maurice Greenberg, former CEO rich when the firm of the bailed-out big insurer AIG. was bought by Morgan Stanley. (Atkinson has also given $80 million to his alma mater, Cornell.) Other major donors include the Starr Foundation, funded by Maurice Greenberg, ex-CEO of American International Group, the giant insurer bailed out by taxpayers in 2008, and other AIG veterans; William A. Schreyer, former chairman of Merrill Lynch, taken over by Bank of America to keep it from failing in 2008; foundations backed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and by one of the Johnson & Johnson founding family’s foundations; and investment manager Gordon Gund. Among other things, Princeton will use the extra money to double the number of beds in its pediatric unit, open a geriatric emergency room, invite a university research department to locate at its cancer center, and expand planned vascular and neurosurgery operating rooms. The 630,000-square-foot hospital will cost more than $450 million in all, with the balance paid from borrowed money, savings, and property sales, says spokeswoman Carol Norris.
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Good pay for politically connected A North Jersey sewer panel, center of a scandal, is just the most prominent example. By Maya Rao
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Revelations of patronage and perks at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, New Jersey’s largest sewer authority, have created a political uproar — intensifying over the last week — that has forced out executives and led to the firing of scores of employees. Though it’s the most prominent example, the North Jersey commission is hardly the only sewer authority to offer enviable benefits and provide jobs for politically connected people. Most of the others are just a lot smaller and more obscure. The top official at one Burlington County utilities authority, for example, makes nearly $200,000 a year — more than the governor. A Camden County utilities authority provides health benefits and pension credits for a mayor’s daughter to attend a monthly meeting, while another offers a $51,000 administrative post for the wife of its executive director and a $58,000 maintenance job for the son of a commissioner. In Trenton, Christie has been pressing the Legislature to approve a bill allowing him veto power of the PVSC and the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, but his spokesman said the administration also would be looking at a range of small sewer and water authorities. “All of them are on our radar — and why shouldn’t they be?” said spokesman Michael Drewniak, without citing examples. Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said sewage authorities around the state have been patronage mills, and “some of the small ones are the worst.” Travel 70 miles down the turnpike from the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s headquarters in Newark and you’ll find a sewer official
to appoint her,” he wrote. The agency pays $75,000 to provide medical insurance to the commissioners. They also get $3,000 stipends that keep them in the pension system. Also working at the Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission is Angela Waldron, who was hired as an administrative employee while her husband, Shawn Waldron, served as a Merchantville councilman. Pennsauken Township Democratic Chairman Karl McConnell is a solicitor there, though he did the job about a decade before taking that party post. Michael Ceraceni, chief operating officer of the commission, said the decision to allow health and pension benefits for commissioners “started a long, long time ago” and officials were complying with the law. Ceraceni also said the commission offered lower rates than many surrounding APRIL SAUL / Staff Photographer towns. William Dunn, director of the Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority, makes $192,796 a year. He said the agency advertis“People say, ‘He’s making more than the governor.’ I have to say, ‘So what?’ ” said Dunn. es when a position becomes who earns even more than in more revenue and save “If I took you out to dinner, available, and the staff makes the $174,000 salary of the money for the authority. I’d offer you a drink,” he said. hiring recommendations that PVSC’s executive director, The position has also enThe part-time commission- are nearly always approved Wayne Forrest. tailed billing of expenses ers, including former town- by the commissioners. William Dunn makes such as $236.96 at the Robin’s ship council members, also The same perks apply for $192,796 as executive director Nest restaurant downtown — get $1,500 salaries that make commissioners of the Pennof the Mount Holly Municipal Dunn said expensed meals them eligible to stay in the sauken Sewerage Authority. Utilities Authority, which were for business meetings pension system, and two acAmong the commissioners serves about 13,000 ratepay- with various contractors and cept medical insurance — is Gregory Schofield, a ers in the township and five visitors to the treatment plant benefits that nearly every former township committeesurrounding communities. — and $714.42 for an iPad en- state authority, and many lo- man whose son was hired as The governor, who makes graved with Dunn’s name and cal ones, don’t offer board a $58,032-a-year maintenance $175,000, last year forced the several iPhones, which he members. operator during his time on resignation of PVSC Execu- said are used for business. In Pennsauken, Kelly Kil- the board. Other members of tive Director Bryan ChrisDuring the last two years, lion, daughter of Mayor Jack the Camden County Demotiansen over outrage about the authority has reimbursed Killion, was appointed two cratic Committee also hold his $313,000 salary, and Chris- Dunn at least $500 for bottles years ago to the board of the commissioner and treasurer tie has said he doesn’t think of wine and other alcohol pur- Merchantville-Pennsauken posts at the authority. anyone in New Jersey govern- chased at stores and restau- Water Commission, which “There were job openings, ment should make more than rants. Most recently, in No- serves about 50,000 people in and they were hired,” said he does. vember ratepayers picked up Pennsauken, Merchantville, William Orth, a township com“That’s incredible,” said the $295 tab, nearly a third of and parts of Camden and mitteeman who makes Drewniak, when told of it for alcohol, for Dunn and Cherry Hill. $123,240 as executive director Dunn’s salary. others at an Italian restauSuch positions seldom open of the sewerage authority. “People say, ‘He’s making rant in Atlantic City. up: The four other commisHis wife, Regina Orth, more than the governor.’ I Dunn and the commission- sioners, including two former makes $51,168 as an adminishave to say, ‘So what?’ ” said ers also spent at least $4,000 Merchantville mayors, have trative assistant at the authorDunn, who has held his posi- to stay in Atlantic City hotels held their posts for one to ity and was hired five years tion for more than 30 years. during the last two years for three decades. after him. “The authority has benefit- various utilities’ conferences. The mayor wrote in an “She put in an application ed.” He said the gatherings of- e-mail that he was not part of and she was hired,” said Colleagues both in and out fered training, and the alco- the process when his daugh- Orth, explaining that the hirof the agency describe him as hol was purchased for meals ter was a candidate for an ing of his wife had come extraordinarily hardworking, after the events as part of do- opening. through another department. and Dunn, 85, noted awards ing business. Liquor-store pur“I was not involved in interwon by the MUA and pointed chases were for BYOB restau- viewing her, reviewing her Contact staff writer Maya Rao to a number of actions he has rants attended during the con- credentials/application and ul- at 609-989-8990 or taken over the years to bring ferences, according to Dunn. timately making the decision mrao@phillynews.com.
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Continued from A1 district if we go over $400 million,” she said. “It will be more devastating if we have to go over $500 million.” That would amount to about 15 percent of the total budget. Pinpointing an exact number is tricky, with precise figures depending on state legislation, lawsuits, and government aid, none of which has been determined. The district’s 2011-12 budget totals $3.2 billion. Deputy Superintendent Leroy Nunery said the 2010-11 shortfall stemmed from not getting the $36 million to $49 million the district expected from Harrisburg through the federal education jobs bill. Next year’s projected gap is caused by the loss of $225 million in federal stimulus aid, the possible effects of a school-voucher bill, and a lawsuit that could eliminate charter-school enrollment caps, officials said. Any cut of $400 million or more would affect students, Ackerman said. She said the cuts would likely mean “major layoffs.” Officials said the district was looking for savings by targeting school budgets for cuts, increasing class sizes, reducing central-office staff by 30 percent, including laying off up to one-quarter of employees, renegotiating contracts with vendors, closing or consolidating schools, re-
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ducing common planning take eight unpaid days each, time for teachers, eliminating and nonunion staffers who money for new textbooks, make more than $100,000 a and laying off teachers with year would take six unpaid less than three years of se- days each before the end of niority and other school staff. the fiscal year on June 30. Though layoff notices will There are 146 such employbe sent, it’s too soon to say ees, district officials told City whether anyone will be let go, Council. officials said. But central-office trims and Ackerman has reduced class the other cuts will not save sizes in the neediest the district nearly schools, adding enough. At about about 1,000 teachers $92 million, the poduring her superintential saving tendency, which beamounts to less gan in June 2008. than 4 percent of There are about the total budget. 11,000 teachers in Still, after the furthe district. loughs and other Even more dracocuts this year, “we nian measures — think we’ll be in a betNunery described ter position to deal them as “extraordi- Superintendent with fiscal uncertainnarily difficult” — Arlene Ackerman ty,” Nunery said. would be necessary warned of Over the last 10 if state funding de- “major layoffs.” years, students creases, which have fled the dismany think likely trict in large numwith a Republican governor bers. Total enrollment, once and a state legislature that more than 200,000, is now has made clear that it thinks about 162,000, with more Philadelphia schools have re- than 40,000 students in charceived too much money. ter schools. Those deeper cuts would As a result, there are about mean an additional 20 per- 70,000 empty seats in city cent reduction in the central- classrooms. The district will office budget, more layoffs look to save $25 million and unpaid leaves, more cuts through closings and consolito athletics, art, and music in- dations in the next two years, struction, and less money for Ackerman said. student transportation. “We want to find ways to The deepest cuts “will dis- use these buildings for educarupt our core programs and tional purposes,” she said, our initiatives,” Nunery said. adding that charter schools Trims for the current school would get right of first refusal year began this week and will when buildings are sold. result in a balanced budget by One item that doesn’t apJune 30, officials said. pear to be on the chopping Ackerman said she would block is Ackerman’s Renaistake 10 unpaid furlough days, sance schools plan. This her executive team would school year, 13 schools were
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blog posting published Thursday incorrectly described a A story Tuesday and an edi- proposed gas project off the torial Thursday about T. Mil- Jersey Shore. The proposal, ton Street Sr.’s interest in run- which Gov. Christie has vening for mayor of Philadel- toed, would have piped liquephia contained incorrect in- fied natural gas to land. formation. Street was found guilty of three misdemeanor The Inquirer wants its news counts for failing to file feder- report to be fair and correct in al tax returns, and recently every respect, and regrets when completed a 30-month sen- it is not. If you have a question tence. He was not convicted or comment about news of a felony, which would have coverage, contact assistant prevented him from holding managing editor David Sullivan public office in Pennsylvania. (215-854-2357) at The Inquirer, ¢ Box 8263, Philadelphia 19101, or A “Christie Chronicles” e-mail dsullivan@phillynews.com.
restructured as charters or district schools with remade staffs, longer academic days and years, and an infusion of $1 million each. Come September, there will be 18 more Renaissance schools. Officials have said that plan will proceed no matter what happens with the budget. News of the budget woes drew immediate concern from officials around the city. In a speech to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Nutter said the district could not afford to reverse direction on eight years of improved student achievement. “I’m concerned that major cuts to education spending would hurt not only our young people, but also the competitiveness of our city, region, and commonwealth,” he said. Philadelphia Federation of Teachers president Jerry Jordan said sending layoff notices to teachers would be premature, but he sympathized with the district’s budget predicament. “I think that it is the perfect storm of financial woes,” Jordan said. “Philadelphia has never had all that it needs in order to fund our classrooms for kids.” Under Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, Philadelphia schools moved forward, he said. “Now,” Jordan said, “we’re going in the opposite direction.” But Councilman Bill Green, who last year criticized the district for relying on federal stimulus money to fund recurring costs, reiterated that theme Thursday. “The only people who didn’t see this coming was the School District,” said Green, who attended the briefing. Still, he said, the district’s plan appears to minimize classroom impact as much as possible. And, he said, “I’m hopeful that we can help them stave off cuts as much as possible through our state and federal advocacy.” Contact staff writer Kristen Graham at 215-854-5146 or kgraham@phillynews.com. Inquirer staff writer William K. Marimow contributed to this article.
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Continued from A1 youths, half of whom had been jailed. Conahan has pleaded guilty to corruption charges, leaving Ciavarella, 60, thin and wan, to sit uneasily in a black leather chair next to his two lawyers, pursing his lips as Powell talked of jamming cash into FedEx boxes to pay off the two judges. Powell described the two as addicted to a lavish lifestyle that could not be sated by their judicial salaries of more than $150,000 a year. He called them “the two most powerful men in Luzerne County” — and, to drive home his point, he cited their ties to Billy D’Elia, alleged head of organized crime in the region. (D’Elia is serving time in federal prison on unrelated charges of witness tampering and conspiracy to launder drug money.) “They cavorted with kings, with politicians, with Billy D’Elia,” Powell, 51, testified. “They had the whole spectrum covered.” Conahan is not expected to testify in the trial, leaving Powell as the prosecution’s most significant witness. In a separate legal proceeding, Ciavarella has admitted that he knew Conahan was a friend of D’Elia’s and that the president judge and the alleged mob boss dined together regularly. Ciavarella also said that he had known D’Elia for 15 years and that the reputed organized-crime figure had attended fund-raisers for him. Despite that, Ciavarella said, he had no relationship with D’Elia of any substance. Along with Conahan, Powell and Mericle have pleaded guilty in connection with the scheme. Powell told the jury the scandal had ruined his career and damaged his marriage. He said he had tried to disentangle himself from what he saw was a looming disaster, but failed. He said both judges repeatedly pressed him to pay up and would even hound his friends to force him to return their calls. Ciavarella, Powell said, would talk about the public revenue flowing to the facilities and justify a demand for fresh kickbacks by saying, “I know how much money you’re making and it’s time for you to step up.” The threat he faced, Powell said, was that the judges had the political juice to cut off his funding “with a single phone call.” He said the millions they extorted only left them hungry for more. “When you start adding $2.5 million to someone’s appetite, the lion was out of the cage,” Powell said. “And I
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NAIROBI, Kenya — The island nation of Seychelles has reached a deal to begin repatriating captured Somalian pirates, officials said Thursday, an agreement that could serve as a model for other countries. Most suspected pirates detained by navies are released because few countries are willing to take them. “This is a very important milestone,” said Joel Morgan, the Seychelles minister who oversees antipiracy. “It is the first such agreement signed with any state which allows for the repatriation of convicted Somali pirates back to their country where they can be close to their families and be imprisoned for the remainder of their sentences.” The deal will begin after the United Nations has ensured that Somalian prisons conform to international standards, said Abdirizak Ahmed, who heads the antipiracy program in Somalia’s semiautonomous north. The accord between the Seychelles and Somalia’s weak U.N.-backed government was signed Wednesday. Since the Somalian administration controls only a few neighborhoods in the capital, separate pacts were signed with two administrations in the north of the country. Puntland will take pirates from anywhere in Somalia; the breakaway region of Somaliland will take only those from its own territory.
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was the bait.” A massive man, 6-foot-5 and perhaps 250 pounds, Powell told the jury that he was not a big enough man to resist the pressure he faced. In fact, he testified, he could have been seven feet tall and nicknamed “Shaq,” and he still would have given in. The defense has not disputed that Ciavarella took in millions from Powell and Mericle, but argues that the payments were legal — if perhaps ethically dubious — “finder’s fees” for helping put Powell, owner of the facilities, in touch with Mericle,
who built them. To help the government build its case, Powell wore a secret recording device and huddled with the judges for a strategy session during a period when the federal probe was peaking. In that session — the tape of which was played for the jury Thursday — Powell talked repeatedly about how he had cash delivered to Conahan and worried out loud whether one of the couriers of the cash might give the game away to federal investigators. Under questioning from As-
sistant U.S. Attorney Gordon A.D. Zubrod, who leads the prosecution team, Powell noted that Ciavarella never expressed any surprise about the cash shipments. “He didn’t say a word,” Powell said. In the defense cross-examination, one of Ciavarella’s lawyers, Al Flora Jr., argued that the tape was actually exculpatory for the former judge. He noted that at one point Conahan was recorded saying that Ciavarella was unaware of the cash payments. But Powell rejected that, saying all Conahan was doing
was rehearsing a way to mislead the government. “We were talking about how we were going to cover up our tracks,” Powell said. In a sign of the tension pervading the meeting of the alleged conspirators that day in 2008, Ciavarella at one point left the session to go outside and scope out a van parked nearby — suspicious that it was part of the government investigation. He found nothing amiss. After Powell completed his four hours of testimony Thursday, FBI Agent James Glenn took the stand to re-
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veal that the judge’s paranoia had not been misplaced. There were indeed FBI agents in that van, monitoring Powell. Glenn told of his dismay when he saw Ciavarella approach the van to check it out. Glenn said he and another agent huddled inside quietly as the judge tried to open each of the van’s doors. After lying low for a decent interval, Glenn said, the FBI team drove off undetected. Contact staff writer Craig R. McCoy at 215-854-4821 or cmccoy@phillynews.com.
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Gov. Jan Brewer said Thursday in explaining her state’s counter-lawsuit, “Our border remains a dangerous place.”
Ariz. countersues U.S. on immigrants PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed a counter-lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. government for failing to control the border and enforce immigration laws, and for sticking the state with huge costs for jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes. Brewer filed the countersuit to the federal legal challenge to Arizona’s 2010 law requiring that police determine the immigration status of people stopped for questioning. “Our border remains a dangerous place,” Brewer said. Robbie Sherwood, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona, said lawyers with the prosecutors’ office had no immediate comment. The passage of Arizona’s law ignited protests over whether it would lead to racial profiling and prompted lawsuits by the Justice Department, civil rights groups, and other opponents. A federal judge put key provisions of the law on hold, and Arizona’s appeal of that ruling is pending. — AP
Ex-aide convicted in lobbying probe WASHINGTON — A federal jury found Thursday that a former congressional aide broke the law by taking a trip to the 2003 World Series with a corporate official and lobbyist who picked up the tab. It was the 21st consecutive conviction in a broad corruption investigation tied to disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Fraser Verrusio, 41, who was policy director for the House Transportation Committee, was convicted of conspiracy and of accepting an illegal gratuity for the trip to the Series game in New York. He also was found guilty of making a false statement for failing to report the trip on his House financial disclosure form. The trip was paid for by United Rentals, a company that was a client of Abramoff’s firm and wanted Verrusio’s help getting an amendment to a highway money bill. Verrusio maintained he did nothing illegal. The charges carry up to a 12-year sentence. — AP
Lawmakers who sleep on Hill cited WASHINGTON — A Washington ethics watchdog says it’s time for Congress to crack down on lawmakers who sleep in their offices rather than pay for a place to live. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wants the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate whether the politicians are getting an unfair tax break and violating their own rules by making personal use of public resources. “House office buildings are not dorms or frat houses,” Melanie Sloan, the group’s executive director, said Thursday. For years, at least a few lawmakers have slept in their offices to avoid long commutes or pricey Washington rents. Some see it as a commitment to frugality and hard work. CREW cited media reports that more than 30 lawmakers now sleep in their offices. A spokesman for the Office of Congressional Ethics declined to comment. — AP
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WASHINGTON — Ford Motor Co. has a 3,880-acre proving ground in Romeo, Mich., to assess the performance and durability of its new cars and trucks. Politicians who want to run for the Republican presidential nomination go to the Conservative Political Action Conference. The three-day annual meeting, expected to draw up to 11,000 activists, began Thursday, and at least a dozen people whose names have been mentioned in the GOP’s stillmurky 2012 lineup are scheduled to speak by the time it is done. Each has an angle, but the common theme is that conservatism is on the march and the “socialist” President Obama must be denied a second term. Thursday’s crowds cheered every mention of the GOP’s success in the midterm elections, and every promise to repeal the health-care law. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who has traveled repeatedly to Iowa and New Hampshire and set up nascent campaign organizations there, urged Republicans not to give up their commitment to moral issues. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) said it was important for disparate factions of conservatives to unite to stop the “erosion of liberty” under Obama. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich proposed eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency. And mogul/reality TV star Donald Trump, a late addition to the program, stirred up the crowd by saying he would announce by July whether he will seek the Republican nomination. Most of the speakers, including Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, focused on fiscal issues, but Santorum, saying that “America belongs to God,” said the party should not downplay hotbutton social issues such as opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion rights. One possible GOP candidate, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, has said social issues should be off the table to avoid alienating independent voters in 2012. Santorum endorsed Ronald Reagan’s description of the GOP as a threelegged stool, resting on fiscal, foreign-policy, and social conservatism. “People come to this country not because of our wealth and not even because of opportunity, but because of who we are — people who believe in the dignity of human life, who believe in the family,” San-
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, speaking at the CPAC gathering in Washington, said the GOP should not downplay social issues such as gay marriage and abortion. torum told a ballroom crowd at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel. He was mobbed afterward by admirers as he visited conservative bloggers and radio hosts, though Santorum said “this is a libertarian audience” with more conference-goers motivated by economic issues. Noting that polls show Americans increasingly favor restrictions on abortion, and that voters have rejected same-sex marriage in all 31 state referendums on the subject, “I fail to see how these are losing issues for us,” Santorum said. Bachmann, a tea party favorite who gave her own response to Obama’s State of the Union, said the most important thing was to get Obama out of the White House so his health-care law could be erased from the books. “Obamacare is quite clearly the crown jewel of socialism, and repealing it is the driving motivation of my life,” Bachmann said. “From my first political breath in the morning, I am fighting to repeal
Obamacare.” Gingrich said that Obama should adopt GOP approaches to energy, environmental, and economic issues if he is serious about moving to the political center. Obama plans to use the EPA to impose limits on carbon emissions to battle climate change, Gingrich charged. The EPA, Gingrich said, should be replaced by a “solutions” agency that will work with business rather than regulating it. But the former speaker reserved his toughest attacks for Obama’s foreign-policy record. Referring to a recent Time magazine cover story about the president’s admiration for Reagan, Gingrich said that Obama and other Democrats should stop trying to co-opt the 40th president. “The Obama administration is wrong on terrorism, wrong on Iran, wrong on Hezbollah, wrong on the Muslim Brotherhood,” he said. Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul and star of The Apprentice, said that his success in making money
Billionaire Donald Trump said: “I’m well-acquainted with winning. That’s what this country needs now.”
was his chief qualification for the presidency and that the United States would be respected again in a Trump administration. “I’m well-acquainted with winning,” he said. “That’s what this country needs now.” Also scheduled to appear at CPAC before it closes Saturday evening: former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney; former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; Sen. John Thune of South Dakota; Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the libertarian-Republican; and Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi. Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, did not attend CPAC but managed to create some buzz in the hotel anyway, thanks to a spat with Santorum. In an appearance Tuesday on conservative talk radio, Santorum criticized Palin’s decision to skip CPAC. “I wouldn’t have turned it down,” Santorum said, “but I don’t live in Alaska, right, and I’m not the mother to all these kids and I don’t have responsibilities like she has.” Palin took a dig at him Wednesday on Fox News. “I think some remarks were maybe taken out of context, so I will not call him the knuckle-dragging Neanderthal that perhaps others want to call him,” Palin said of Santorum. “I’ll let his wife call him that.” Later, Santorum said he had cleared the air with Palin through an intermediary. “We’re fine,” he told reporters. Contact politics writer Thomas Fitzgerald at 215-854-2718 or tfitzgerald@phillynews.com.
House GOP will dig deeper for cuts By Carl Hulse
cal conservatives who catapulted Republicans into the WASHINGTON — House House majority is reshapRepublican leaders said ing the political and policy Thursday that they would calculations being made by accede to demands from the party leadership. It highconservatives and dig deep- lighted the challenges Reer into the federal budget publican leaders face as for billions in additional sav- they try to enact a spending ings this year, exhibiting plan for the balance of this the power of the tea party fiscal year before a March 4 movement and increasing deadline, and portends furchances of a major fiscal ther clashes as Congress clash with Democrats. turns to battles over raising In response to complaints the debt ceiling and adoptfrom rank-and-file Republi- ing a budget for next year. cans that the party was not Senate Democrats, who fulfilling a campaign prom- will have to negotiate with ise to roll back domestic their Republican counterspending this year by parts in the House, criti$100 billion, House Appro- cized the Republicans’ plan, priations Committee Chair- accusing them of slashing man Harold Rogers (R., Ky.) too deeply into programs said his panel would aban- such as community law endon its initial plan and draw forcement while refusing to up a new one to slice spend- end subsidies to powerful aling more aggressively. lies such as the oil industry. “Our intent is to make “In many cases, these prodeep but manageable cuts posals may mean taking in nearly every area of gov- workers off the assembly ernment, leaving no stone line, or taking teachers out unturned and allowing no of the classroom, or police agency or program to be off our streets,” Senate Maheld sacred,” Rogers said. jority Leader Harry Reid The reversal was the (D., Nev.) said Thursday most concrete demonstraThe $100 billion goal set tion yet that the wave of fis- by House Republicans as NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
they sought to defeat Democrats last November was to come from requests from the Obama administration for fiscal year 2011, which began Oct. 1. Some of those requests were significant increases that were never enacted, so the cuts Republicans seek may still fall short of the $100 billion target — though they would be far-reaching in the domestic programs that would absorb the brunt of them. The initial Republican plan called for $35 billion in cuts for the remaining seven months of this fiscal year. Republican leaders had said that was equivalent to about $74 billion in cuts had they been applied to the full fiscal year, measured against the budget request made last year by the Obama administration. But that argument rang hollow to many conservative Republicans who did not relish explaining to constituents why the new majority was coming up short of the $100 billion pledge. After Republicans challenged the plan in a party meeting Wednesday, Rogers
and his fellow Appropriations leaders say they now intended to provide new cuts that would meet the target of eliminating $100 billion from Obama’s request in “one fell swoop.” Republican leaders signaled that they now intended to seek about $25 billion in additional cuts over the balance of the fiscal year. That would bring their total proposed cuts to more than $60 billion, a level that even some Republicans have warned would be disruptive to government services. The new House leadership had hoped their original proposal would mollify their membership while setting the stage for a compromise with the Senate and President Obama. The widening division between House Republicans and Senate Democrats raises the prospect that they will be unable to reach agreement to fund the government through Sept. 30 and will have to instead rely on a series of brief extensions. In case of a total impasse, the government could shut down as it did in 1995.
PARIS — French judges demonstrated and closed courthouses across the country Thursday to protest criticism from President Nicolas Sarkozy about the way a murder suspect was handled after serving a prison term for a previous crime. Sarkozy said last week that there would be repercussions for the investigating judges and police who he said had not placed the prime suspect under tighter control after he finished serving a prison term for sexual assault a year ago. He also referred to the suspect as “presumed guilty.” The protest began in Nantes, the western city where judges in charge of the murder investigation are based. The suspect is accused of killing and dismembering an 18-year-old waitress. The Socialist Party, the largest opposition group, said it “fully supports the protests.” Government spokesman Francois Baroin softened the tone Thursday, saying being a magistrate “is a difficult job.” — Bloomberg News
Assange’s tactics irk Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should turn himself in for questioning in a Swedish rape investigation, and if he is tried has no reason to worry about the trial’s fairness, Justice Minister Beatrice Ask said in an interview. Her comments revealed the irritation among senior Swedish officials at the arguments used by Assange’s lawyers in fighting his extradition in a British court, where closing arguments are set for Friday. The lawyers defending Assange, who is accused of sexual misconduct against two women, say the typical closeddoor trial in Sweden in such a case would represent “a flagrant denial of justice.” They also say he risks being handed over to the United States. Assange “has a lot of prejudice,” Ask said, adding that “it’s beyond doubt that we are very careful about the independence and quality of the justice system in this country.” — AP
European ruling enrages British
LONDON — British lawmakers voted Thursday to continue barring prisoners from voting in national elections, defying a European human-rights court’s ruling. The nonbinding vote does not change Britain’s obligation to honor the European court’s judgments, but it’s not clear how the government will be able to satisfy both the court and Parliament. The issue has enraged victims’ groups in Britain and stirred old grievances about the power of European courts to overrule Britain’s elected lawmakers. British convicts have been denied the vote in national elections since 1870. The court’s ruling came in a long legal battle against the law by John Hirst — jailed for the 1979 ax murder of his landlady. U.S. states set rules on convicts’ voting rights. — AP
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South African President Jacob Zuma reassured the nation about the health of Nelson Mandela after the antiapartheid icon was hospitalized recently but cautioned people not to be surprised that the 92-year-old needs medical treatment from time to time.
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Key GOP Sen. Kyl retiring By Nicholas Riccardi
Senate seat there since 1988. Among the possible GOP Sen. Jon Kyl, the secondcontenders are Reps. Jeff ranking Republican in the Flake and Trent Franks, Pinal U.S. Senate, announced County Sheriff Paul Babeu, Arizona’s Thursday he would not run Maricopa County Supervisor Jon Kyl for reelection, setting off a Andrew Kunasek, and former is the fifth scramble for a seat long conReps. John Shadegg and J.D. senator sidered safe for the GOP. Hayworth. Hayworth lost a who won’t Kyl, 68, first elected in primary challenge to Sen. run again. 1994, said that he had no John McCain last year. health or other issues leading as), all of whom have said “The list will be long,” said him to retire but that it was they will leave the Senate in Doug Cole, a veteran GOP the right time to step down. January 2013. consultant in Phoenix. “It’s time for me to have an Kyl’s retirement has been a The list of possible Demoopportunity to do something matter of speculation for cratic candidates is short. else,” the Arizona senator told months. He said he would Topping it is former Gov. Janreporters in Phoenix, with his have retired in 2006, but it et Napolitano, once one of Ariwife, Carol, at his side. was clear the GOP would zona’s most popular political As the minority whip in the have lost his seat then in a figures. Now secretary of Senate, Kyl ranks just behind Democratic year. homeland security, her role in Minority Leader Mitch McCoHandicappers have been the Obama administration nnell (R., Ky.) and has been a predicting Democrats will has not helped her profile in vocal critic of President Oba- have a hard time keeping con- Arizona, where a poll last ma’s agenda on spending, trol of the Senate in 2012, so week by a Democratic group health care, immigration, and the party leaped on Kyl’s an- found she had a 55 percent foreign policy. nouncement as a chance to disapproval rating. He is the fifth senator to pick up a seat. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had announce retirement this Republicans, however, are been frequently mentioned as year, joining Kent Conrad (D., confident they can hold the a possible contender for Kyl’s N.D.), Jim Webb (D., Va.), Joe seat. The party has an edge in seat before she was gravely Lieberman (I., Conn.), and registration in Arizona, and wounded last month in an asKay Bailey Hutchison (R., Tex- Democrats have not won a sassination attempt. LOS ANGELES TIMES
Miss. plan would honor Klansman By Emily Wagster Pettus ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014. “Seriously?” state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when told about the Forrest plate. “Wow.” Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading an 1864 massa-
cre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war. Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believed Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It’s a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late. State Department of Revenue spokeswoman Kathy Waterbury said legislators must approve the series of Civil War license plates. She said that if every group with a specialty license plate wanted a redesign every year, it would leave department employees with a lot more work. The Confederate Veterans have not decided what the Forrest license plate would look like, Stewart said. Oppo-
nents are using their imagination. A Facebook group called “Mississippians Against the Commemoration Of Grand Wizard Nathan Forrest” features a drawing of a hooded Klansman in the center of a regular Mississippi car tag. SCV wants license plates to feature Civil War battles that took place in Mississippi. It proposes a Battle of Corinth design for 2012 and a Siege of Vicksburg design for 2013. Johnson, of the NAACP, said he was not bothered by Civil War license plates generally. But he said Mississippi should not honor Forrest, who was an early leader of what he calls “a terrorist group.” “He should be viewed in the same light that we view Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden,” Johnson said of Forrest.
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In the words of the grand jury Excerpts from 2011 grand jury report: “There is no doubt that Monsignor Lynn’s refusal to curb [the Rev. Edward] Avery and [the Rev. James] Brennan led directly to the rape of Billy and Mark. We therefore charge William Lynn with the crime of endangering the welfare of a child, a felony of the third degree. “That leaves us with a difficult dilemma: Cardinal Bevilacqua. The Cardinal’s top lawyer appeared before the grand jury and testified that the Cardinal, at 87, suffers from dementia and cancer. We are not entirely sure what to believe on that point. We do know, however, that over the years Cardinal Bevilacqua was kept closely advised of Monsignor Lynn’s activities, and personally authorized many of them. On the other hand, we do not have good evidence about the Cardinal’s actions specifically as to Father Avery and Father Brennan. … The documents show clearly what Lynn knew in these two cases and what he did or didn’t do about it. But that direct link is lacking as to Cardinal Bevilacqua. On balance, we cannot conclude that a successful prosecution can be brought against the Cardinal — at least for the moment. New reports of abuse continue to come in.” ¢ “He [Msgr. Lynn] was in a position to make sure that no priest with a history of sexual abuse of minors was recommended for assignments, much less for assignments with continued access to children. “Yet, time after time, Msgr. Lynn abdicated this responsibility. He did so, moreover, not through negligence or simple incompetence, but purposefully. He did so, with Cardinal Bevilacqua’s knowledge and at the Cardinal’s direction, as part of a knowing practice — continued over decades — of placing sexual predators in positions where they would have easy access to trusting minors, just as long as the Archdiocese was spared public exposure or costly lawsuits.” ¢ “Based on the evidence before us, it is clear that the Secretary for Clergy was acutely interested in shielding abusive clergy from criminal detection, in shielding the Cardinal from scandal, and in shielding the Archdiocese from financial liability. He showed no interest at all in defending the Archdiocese’s children. On the contrary, he consistently endangered them.” ¢ “Most disheartening to the grand jury was what we learned about the current practice toward accused abusers in the Philadelphia Archdiocese. We would have assumed, by the year 2011, after all the revelations both here and around the world, that the church would not risk its youth by leaving them in the presence of priests subject to substantial evidence of abuse. That is not the case. “In fact, we discovered that there have been at least 37 such priests who have been kept in assignments that expose them to children.” ¢ “In light of the Archdiocese’s reaction to the last grand jury report [in 2005], we expect that some may accuse us of anti-Catholic bias for speaking of these painful matters. We are not church-haters. Many of us are church-goers. We did not come looking for ‘scandal,’ but we cannot close our eyes to the powerful evidence we heard. We call the church to task, to fix what needs fixing.”
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Church official again faulted Msgr. William Lynn, accused of aiding predators, this time is charged with endangering children. By Nancy Phillips
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Five years ago, Msgr. William Lynn stood before a packed Downingtown church and assured his parishioners “he would never put a child in harm’s way.” His congregation responded with a standing ovation, apparently dismissing a grand jury report at the time that Lynn in fact had been a key player in a church policy to protect predator priests by quietly shuffling them from parish to parish, allowing some to abuse again. Thursday, a Philadelphia grand jury accused Lynn of doing just what he had so vigorously denied. Rather than protecting young people in the church, the grand jury alleged, Lynn, as secretary of the clergy, allowed sexually abusive priests to remain in ministry with full access to children. This time the response at St. Joseph Church was muted. Many members of the 3,900-family congregation approached Thursday at the church declined to comment. “I’m absolutely stunned,”
said one woman who declined to give her name. “We totally trusted him.” In the latest grand jury report, Lynn emerged as the first member of any Catholic Church hierarchy in the nation to be criminally charged with endangering the welfare of children. As secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004, Lynn was responsible for overseeing pastoral assignments and investigating abuse complaints. The damning grand jury report said that in the mid-1990s, Lynn “purposefully” recommended that priests who had sexually abused children be placed into new parishes, where at least three found more victims. “He showed no interest at all in defending the Archdiocese’s children,” the grand jury said in its 124-page report. “On the contrary, he consistently endangered them.” Lynn, 60, was charged with two felony counts of endangering the welfare of children, charges that one of his lawyers said were “absurd” and unfounded. “This is a very rare case,” said Jeffrey Lindy, who repre-
sents Lynn. “What the D.A.’s Office has done is absolutely unprecedented.” He said prosecutors, in their anger over uncovering abuses in the church, had unfairly targeted his client. Lindy said Lynn, who was not accused of abuse, was being made a scapegoat for a church hierarchy that for years had eluded prosecutors’ grasp, in part because of the statute of limitations on many of the crimes. “Msgr. Lynn has never been accused of abuse, has never abused anybody or touched a hair on a child’s head,” said Lindy, who represents Lynn along with lawyer Thomas Bergstrom. Lynn was “devastated” by the charges and would vigorously contest them, Lindy said. District Attorney Seth Williams in announcing the charges against Lynn, said he had “knowingly endangered the children he was supposed to defend.” Williams said the latest grand jury investigation had uncovered new cases “and far more specific evidence” than the previous panel uncovered. He said Lynn’s earlier behavior, which included allowing at least five priests ac-
cused of raping, molesting, or sodomizing children to remain in active ministry, could be cited by prosecutors as part of a “common scheme” and show an intent to endanger children. Victims’ advocates heralded the decision to charge Lynn, a member of the church hierarchy. “It’s particularly encouraging to finally see one of the hundreds and hundreds of supervisors facing charges,” said David Clohessy, national director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. “That’s encouraging.” Robert Karpinski, who was abused by a priest as a boy in Philadelphia, said he, too, was heartened by the prosecutor’s decision. “I always believed, based on my experience, that there was nothing that could be done to these men because the statute of limitations had run out,” said Karpinski, now 44 and living in Chicago. “I feel some sense of justice.” Contact staff writer Nancy Phillips at 215-854-2254 or nphillips@phillynews.com Inquirer staff writer Kathleen Brady Shea contributed to this article.
Excerpts from 2005 grand jury report: “At first, Grand Jurors wondered whether Archdiocese officials, including Cardinal Bevilacqua and his aides, were tragically incompetent at rooting out sexually abusive priests and removing them from ministry. Secretary for Clergy William Lynn suggested, for example, that accusations made against Fr. Stanley Gana in 1992 — of anal rape, oral sodomy, and years of molestation of adolescent boys — ‘must have fallen through the cracks,’ since Fr. Gana remained a pastor three more years until another allegation surfaced. Soon the Jurors came to realize that sexual abuse cases in the Philadelphia Archdiocese did not fall ‘through the cracks,’ by accident or mistake. “The Secretary for Clergy [Lynn] whom Cardinal Bevilacqua assigned to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by priests, routinely failed to interview even named victims, not to mention rectory staff and colleagues in a position to observe the accused priests. The only ‘investigation’ conducted after a victim reported being abused was to ask a priest if he did what was alleged. If the accused priest … denied the allegation, Archdiocese officials considered the allegation unproven.” ¢ “We were initially incredulous when Cardinal Bevilacqua insisted that Msgr. Lynn was very intelligent and competent. After all, the Secretary for Clergy’s ‘investigations’ did not bother with witnesses, nor did they seek the truth or falsity of allegations. … It became apparent to the Grand Jurors that Msgr. Lynn was handling the cases precisely as his boss wished.” ¢ “When victims needing reassurance that the abuse had not been their fault asked Msgr. Lynn whether their abuser had other victims, the Secretary for Clergy refused to tell them — or lied and said they were the only one.” ¢ “Church-affiliated centers would often fail to diagnose priests as pedophiles if they claimed to be acting under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or had sex with adults. According to one of Fr. Gana’s victims, who had been forced to have oral and anal sex with the priest beginning when he was 13 years old, Secretary for Clergy Lynn asked him to understand that the Archdiocese would have taken steps to remove Fr. Gana from the priesthood had he been diagnosed as a pedophile. But Fr. Gana was not only having sex with children and teenager minors, Msgr. Lynn explained, he had also slept with women, abused alcohol, and stolen money from parish churches. That is why he remained, with Cardinal Bevilacqua’s blessing, a priest in active ministry. ‘You see …,’ said Msgr. Lynn, ‘he’s not a pure pedophile.’ ” ¢ “Secretary for Clergy Lynn, often taking direction from the AD’s attorneys, treated victims as potential plaintiffs. Not only did they not receive apologies acknowledging their abuse, but many were bullied, intimidated, lied to, even investigated themselves …”
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Students leave St Jerome’s School. One student in the parish was abused by two priests and a teacher in 1998 and 1999, the report said.
Grand jury report: ‘Much has not changed’ in archdiocese ARCHDIOCESE from A1 “The evidence presented before us indicates that the Archdiocese continues to engage in practices that mislead victims, that violate their trust, that hinders prosecution of their abusers, and that leave large numbers of credibly accused priests in ministry,” the report stated. In a statement, Cardinal Justin Rigali said he could not address specific allegations until officials reviewed the report. He did, however, assert that “there are no archdiocesan priests in ministry today who have an admitted or established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor against them.” Like its 2005 predecessor, the latest report detailed in graphic terms instances of alleged abuse by priests. One case involved a 10-year-old victim who was allegedly “passed around” among two priests and a teacher at St. Jerome’s Parish in Northeast Philadelphia in 1998 and 1999. The report lauded church officials for agreeing to notify law enforcement when it receives a substantiated accusation. It noted that the archdiocese established a review board with civilians to consider abuse allegations and hired victim-assistance coordinators. But within that structure, the grand jury found flaws that raised questions as to whether some changes were being used to protect victims — or the church itself.
“As a strategy to uncover the truth, this contradictory policy of insisting on detailed statements from victims, while at the same time refusing to take any statements from accused priests, makes no sense. It is only rational as a strategy for avoiding civil and criminal liability.” From the grand jury report
The allegations involving the priests and teacher at St. Jerome’s came to light in 2009, the report said. The accuser, identified in the document only as “Billy,” said he reported the abuse in a phone call to an archdiocesan victim-assistance coordinator. Instead of taking the basic information and passing it to authorities, victim assistance coordinator Louise Hagner went to Billy’s house and pressed him for more details, the report said. She also notified diocesan lawyers that Billy had hired an attorney. In another case, in 2006, Hagner allegedly insisted on interviewing a victim while he was hospitalized for a suicide attempt, then persuaded him to sign releases so the archdiocese could obtain his medical records. According to the grand jury, that detailed information was shared with other church officials and church lawyers. “As a strategy to uncover the truth, this contradictory policy of insisting on detailed state-
ments from victims, while at the same time refusing to take any statements from accused priests, makes no sense,” the grand jury concluded. “It is only rational as a strategy for avoiding civil and criminal liability.” A call for comment left at Hagner’s home late Thursday was not returned. The report also cast doubt on the integrity of the review board, an eight-member body of clerics and lay professionals that vets allegations. “The Review Board finds allegations ‘unsubstantiated’ even when there is very convincing evidence that the accusations are true,” the grand jury concluded. In one 2007 case, it said, a 36-year-old man claimed to have been repeatedly molested decades earlier by the Rev. Joseph Gallagher, a priest at St. Mark’s Parish in Bristol. The accuser, identified only as a former altar boy named Ben, recounted vivid details of the abuse, including encoun-
ters that he said occurred in the sacristy, the rectory, the priest’s car, and the priest’s mother’s house, the report said. The allegation was the second in about a year involving Gallagher, the grand jury said. Other altar boys from the parish confirmed that the priest routinely asked them about masturbation during confession, and one said the priest had “improper relationships” with students but didn’t elaborate, the report said. Confronted with the accusations, Gallagher first denied them, then became “more evasive,” the report said. He has since retired. Ben later committed suicide, according to the report. Another priest, the Rev. Stephen Perzan, was allowed to keep his ministry after allegations of abuse in 2005 and 2006 by two former residents at St. Gabriel’s Hall, a delinquent home where Perzan worked in the 1990s. Perzan flunked a lie-detector exam when asked about the allegations, the report said. The Review Board found the allegations to be unsubstantiated. Perzan is now a parochial vicar for St. Helena Parish in Philadelphia. Attempts to reach Perzan and Gallagher through the archdiocese were unsuccessful. Contact staff writer John P. Martin at 215-854-4774 or jmartin@phillynews.com.
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had found no “good evidence” that the cardinal had direct knowledge of the incidents at St. Jerome’s. Continued from A1 Bishop Daniel Thomas, an id, credible allegations of auxiliary bishop who overabuse.” sees the archdiocese’s comThe panel issued two felony munications office, said charges against Msgr. Will- Thursday that church offiiam Lynn, who handled all cials had not had an opportupriest personnel issues, in- nity to review the 124-page cluding abuse accusations, as report and could not immediBevilacqua’s secretary of the ately respond to any of it. Office for Clergy from 1992 to Later in the day, however, 2004. Since then, he has been Rigali issued a letter to all pastor of St. Joseph Church 267 parishes in the five-counin Downingtown. ty archdiocese denying the Lynn, 60, is not accused of grand jury’s allegation that physically abusing minors dozens of priests with credibut of turning a blind eye to ble abuse allegations against complaints about three them were still in active minpriests and a parochial- istry. school teacher who then “I assure all the faithful raped two altar boys in 1996 that there are no archdioceand 1998 at St. Jerome’s san priests in ministry today Church in Northeast Philadel- who have an admitted or esphia. The four men also were tablished allegation of sexual indicted on felony charges abuse of a minor against Thursday and, like Lynn, ar- them,” the cardinal’s letter rested. stated. The Philadelphia District Jeff Lindy, an attorney for Attorney’s Office said Lynn Lynn, said his client was a vicis believed to be the first tim of excessive zeal on the member of a Catholic dioce- part of the District Attorney’s san hierarchy in the United Office and was innocent of all States charged criminally charges. Lynn will plead not for his alleged role in con- guilty, and the archdiocese cealing or enabling clergy has not asked him to step abuse of children. He faces down, he said. 14 years in prison if convictAccording to the grand jury ed on both third-degree felo- report, Lynn was aware of ny charges. credible abuse allegations “Let this be a clarion call,” against the three priests, but said District Attorney Seth did not bar them from conWilliams, himself a Catholic, tact with minors, thus enat a news conference Thurs- abling four rapes of the two day. “I love my church, but I boys. detest the criminal behavior The accused include the of priests who abuse, or al- Rev. Charles F. Engelhardt, low the abuse, of children.” 64, an Oblate priest most reIssued under then-District cently a parochial vicar at Attorney Lynne M. Abra- the Church of the Resurrecham, the 2005 grand jury re- tion of Our Lord in the city’s port dealt harshly with both Rhawnhurst section. He is Lynn and Bevilacqua, accus- charged with orally sodomizing them of an “immoral cov- ing a 10-year-old altar boy in er-up” in abuse cases gener- 1998 in St. Jerome’s sacristy. ally. However, neither was Despite the boy’s resischarged with any crimes. tance, Engelhardt allegedly The current indictment told the Rev. Edward Avery, against Lynn hinges on fresh a diocesan priest then ascharges by the two rape vic- signed to St. Jerome’s, about tims, identified only as “Billy” the assault. Weeks later, and “Mark,” who came for- Avery, now 68 and deward only in 2009. frocked, assaulted the boy in The new report noted that the same way, according to Bevilacqua, now 87, “was the report. kept closely advised of MonsiBernard G. Shero, the boy’s gnor Lynn’s activities, and sixth-grade teacher at St. Jerpersonally authorized many ome’s parish school, allegedly of them.” However, the jury learned from one or both of
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Critical dates in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s sex-abuse investigation: Feb. 23, 2002: Responding to a sex-abuse scandal in Boston, the Philadelphia Archdiocese says it has dismissed a number of priests who sexually assaulted children, and knows of 35 priests who had abused approximately 50 children over five decades. Only six had been reported to police. April 25, 2002: District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham says she will convene a grand jury to investigate allegations of sexual abuse of minors by priests going back 35 years. Dec. 19, 2003: The archdiocese confirms it has dismissed four priests for sexually abusing teenagers and says its actions are proof that it is “living up to its promise” of zero tolerance of sex abuse. Feb. 27, 2004: In its fullest accounting to date, the archdiocese reports that it knows of 44 priests who molested children since 1950, and that it has paid about $1.25 million for psychological counseling to abuse victims since 1994. March 25, 2004: Six men sue the archdiocese, saying they were abused by four priests — one of them still active — and a parish schoolteacher as children. Aug. 14, 2004: A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge dismisses an effort by 17 people seeking to sue the archdiocese over alleged clergy sex abuse committed decades ago, saying the state’s statute of
limitations prevented them from seeking damages. Sept. 22, 2005: After a three-year investigation, a grand jury accuses the archdiocese and its former top leaders of allowing hundreds of sexual assaults against children to go unpunished and protecting priests who committed the crimes, but the panel says it was thwarted by the statute of limitations and could recommend no criminal charges. Sept. 27, 2005: In a turnaround, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia says it had removed two nursing-home chaplains who had sadomasochistic physical relationships with teen boys in years past, after the grand jury questioned why the Revs. John J. Mulholland and Robert L. Brennan were allowed to stay in ministry despite evidence of their actions. Nov. 22, 2006: Heeding the call of the grand jury, the Pennsylvania Senate approves broad expansions of laws protecting victims of childhood sex abuse. Gov. Ed Rendell says he expects to sign it into law. April 13, 2007: The Rev. Thomas J. Smith, whom the D.A.’s Office accused of “depraved and sadistic behavior with many boys,” is defrocked by the archdiocese. March 24, 2009: The former principal of Roman Catholic and Pius X High Schools, the Rev. Gerard J. Hoffman, is removed from duties after a second person accuses him of sexual abuse.
Michael Lauder, a longtime parishioner, said many people at the school were shocked and upset when they heard of the indictments
Thursday. He said he was relieved as soon as he learned that the charges were not related to recent crimes. “It’s not a surprise,” said
Lauder, who joined the parish 28 years ago. “It’s sad, but it’s the right thing. … These gentlemen are going to have to answer for their actions.” While the new grand jury report commends the archdiocese for improving its services to victims and how it reports an abuse allegation to civil authorities, it sharply criticized some of those same practices. Since 2005, the archdiocese has repeatedly deceived victims who report abuse by leading them to believe their information will be kept confidential — and instead sharing it with its law firm, according to the report. It also said the archdiocese has kept in ministry priests strongly suspected or credibly accused of abusing minors. Despite its claims, the archdiocese’s policy “is clearly not zero tolerance,” Williams said Thursday. “It is time for the church to remove all credibly accused priests from ministry,” he said, “and to put protection of children ahead of protection from scandal.” Contact staff writer David O’Reilly at 215-854-5723 or doreilly@phillynews.com. Contributing to this article were Inquirer staff writers Nancy Phillips, Kathleen Brady Shea, and Martha Woodall.
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the priests about the assaults and one day offered the boy a ride home. Instead, the grand jury said, Shero, now 48, orally and anally raped him in his car and then left him to walk home. The Rev. James Brennan, 47, an archdiocesan priest, is also accused of having anally raped a 14-year-old boy during the summer of 1996, while on leave from Cardinal O’Hara High School. In 1997, Brennan was reassigned to active ministry at St. Jerome’s. At Thursday’s news conference, District Attorney Williams said Lynn had had “all the information he needed” to bar the three priests from ministry, but instead “went out his way to put known abusers into contact with adolescents.” St. Jerome’s is a small, close-knit parish in the Winchester Park section of the Northeast, with a large percentage of city police, firefighters, and their families.
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A letdown in Tahrir Square
The words not spoken by Mubarak stunned a crowd that had come to celebrate. By Shashank Bengali
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CAIRO, Egypt — They came for a celebration. They brought their children and their nephews and their cameras to revel in what they thought would be a historic moment. Instead, the hundreds of thousands who flocked to Tahrir Square Thursday night expecting President Hosni Mubarak to announce his resignation were stunned, some near tears, when he didn’t. On a cool, clear night in downtown Cairo, a hush fell over the crowd. People tilted their heads toward speakers positioned throughout the square, as if trying to wish the words out of the 82-year-old president. Afterward, there would be debate and confusion over what Mubarak meant when he said he had delegated powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman. But in the square that has been the epicenter of 17 days of protests demanding that Mubarak quit, the words that the throngs strained to hear never came. Eyes hardened, and heads shook. One man watching on a big screen took off his shoe and raised it toward Mubarak in disgust. Hundreds immediately did the same.
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Protesters in Cairo express fury after President Hosni Mubarak’s speech. They had expected him to announce his immediate departure. “He laughed at us,” said Mohammed Mamdouh, a teacher who brought his teenage nephew to what he thought would be a party. “If he told me that the sun rises, I don’t believe him,” said Salah Shkeb, a lawyer from Mansour, 100 miles from Cairo, who rented an apartment in the capital so he could
join the uprising. Minutes after the speech, hundreds began marching toward the state television headquarters, which for days has been guarded by tanks. News reports also said hundreds were marching in the direction of the presidential palace, about 10 miles east of Cairo, although the
main road in that direction reportedly was sealed off by the army. Just moments earlier, perhaps the largest nighttime crowd to pack Cairo’s main square had been as if at a festival. People sang songs, snapped pictures, and banged drums in anticipation. Egyptians of all ages and stripes stood shoulder to shoulder. A clean-cut teacher argued passionately with a bearded man in a skullcap about constitutional reform and who would replace Mubarak. They told the same jokes again and again, laughing each time. Mubarak meets former Egyptian Presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat in the afterlife. They ask him what did him in, poison or assassination? “Facebook,” says Mubarak, a reference to social media’s instrumental role in galvanizing the uprising. The raucous mood gave way to cries of disbelief. When Mubarak opened by vowing to punish those responsible for the deaths of the people killed in protests — many at the hands of police and Mubarak loyalists — Shkeb looked nervous. When Mubarak said he would never let foreign elements dictate the course of events, Shkeb rubbed his eyes.
Toward the end, when Mubarak invoked one his six decades of service to Egypt, first as a military man and then as head of state, the crowd jeered: “Leave! Leave!” “Only lies,” Shkeb said. “For 30 years he’s been talking about the future. What is this future?” Mohammed Abdul Magd, who brought his 3-year-old and 1-yearold daughters to experience “the history of their country,” was distraught after the speech. He held his head in his hands. “I can’t answer you,” he said. His wife, Zeinab Ahmed, said, “I was happy when I came here, but all my hopes collapsed.” The frustration was all the more poignant because of signals hours earlier that Mubarak would step down. In the afternoon, Gen. Hassan Ruwaini, military commander for Cairo, had told protesters, “All your demands will be met today.” Organizers said they would go ahead with a huge protest Friday, the start of the Muslim weekend. “Come back tomorrow!” shouted a man atop a barricade. “The fight is just beginning.” This article includes information from the Los Angeles Times.
House arrest for Iranian opponent Opposition figure Karroubi had called for a rally in support of the uprising in Egypt. By Ali Akbar Dareini ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEHRAN, Iran — Authorities placed one of Iran’s opposition leaders under house arrest Thursday, posting security officers at his door and detaining one of his aides, in response to his calls for a rally in support of antigovernment demonstrations in Egypt, his website said. Iran’s hard-line rulers — who have also tried to capitalize on the uprising against their regional rivals in Egypt’s U.S.-allied regime — seek to deprive their own opponents at home of any chance to reinvigorate a movement swept from the streets in a heavy military crackdown. The leader confined to his home, Mehdi Karroubi, had joined Iran’s other top opposition figure, Mir Hossein Mousavi, in asking the government for permission to hold a rally Monday in support of the uprisings in Egypt. State Prosecutor Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi rejected the demand Wednesday and warned of repercussions if the rally takes place. Instead, he said those seeking to show solidarity with Egyptian protesters should join a state-organized rally marking the 32d anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution on Friday. Security officers were stationed at the entrance of Karroubi’s house in Tehran on Thursday and prevented relatives, including his children, from meeting him, according to Karroubi’s website. A security official informed Karroubi that the restrictions would remain in place until after Monday. He and Mousavi are the main political adversaries of the hard-line leadership. Both men ran against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in an election in June 2009 that the opposition believes was heavily rigged. Mousavi, who campaigned on a platform calling for social and political reforms, maintains that he was the rightful winner and that Ahmadinejad won through widespread vote fraud. The protests that swept Iran in the months after the vote grew into a larger movement opposed to Iran’s ruling system. But a heavy military crackdown suppressed the protests and many in the opposition were arrested.
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Egyptians watch on a big screen in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as President Hosni Mubarak said he was “adamant to continue to shoulder my responsibility.”
Mubarak says he’s not backing down
MUBARAK from A1 mayed by Mubarak’s announcement. He said in a statement that it was not clear that an “immediate, meaningful” transition to democracy was taking place and warned that too many Egyptians were not convinced that the government was serious about making genuine change. Several hundred thousand had packed into Tahrir Square, ecstatic with expectation that Mubarak would announce his resignation in his nighttime address. Instead, they watched in shocked silence as he spoke, holding their foreheads in anger and disbelief. Some broke into tears. Others waved their shoes in the air in contempt. After the speech, they broke into chants of “Leave, leave, leave.” Organizers called for even larger protests Friday. After Mubarak’s speech, about 2,000 marched on the state television headquarters several blocks from Tahrir, guarded by the military with barbed wire and tanks. “They are the liars!” the crowd shouted, pointing at the building, chanting, “We won’t leave, they will leave.” Hundreds more massed outside Mubarak’s main administrative palace, Oruba, miles from Tahrir in the Cairo district of Heliopolis, the first time protesters have marched on it, according to witnesses and TV reports. Mubarak normally stays at the palace when he is in Cairo, though it was not known if he was there. Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, the reform advocate whose supporters were among the organizers of the 17-day-old protests, issued a Tweet warning: “Egypt will explode. Army must save the country now.” “I call on the Egyptian army to immediately interfere to rescue Egypt,” he said. “The credibility of the army is on the line.” Hours before Mubarak’s speech, the military made moves that had all
the markings of a coup. he were still in charge, saying he was The military’s Supreme Council, “adamant to continue to shoulder my headed by Defense Minister Field responsibility to protect the constituMarshal Hussein Tantawi, announced tion and safeguard the interests of on state TV that it was in permanent the people.” He vowed that he would session, a status that it takes only in remain in the country and said he times of war. It said it was exploring was addressing the youth in Tahrir as “what measures and arrangements “the president of the republic.” could be made to safeguard the naEven after delegating authority to tion, its achievements his vice president, Mubarand the ambitions of its ak retains his powers to great people.” That sugrequest constitutional gested Tantawi and his amendments and disgenerals were now in solve parliament or the charge of the country. cabinet. The constitution The statement was laallows the president to beled “Communique transfer his other authoriNo. 1,” language that also ties if he is unable to carsuggests a military coup. ry out his duties “due to Footage on state TV any temporary obstacle.” showed Tantawi chairing “I saw fit to delegate the council with his chief the authorities of the of state, Gen. Sami Anan, president to the vice presand about two dozen of ident, as dictated in the his generals, sitting stern- Hosni Mubarak constitution,” he said. faced around a table. speaks to the nation. Suleiman was already Mubarak and Vice Presi- Many in Egypt had leading the regime’s efdent Omar Suleiman, a thought he’d quit. forts to deal with the criformer army general and sis, though he has failed intelligence chief named to ease the protests, to his post after the protests erupted which have only escalated in size and Jan. 25, were not present, the stron- ambition, drawing crowds of up to a gest indication during the day of a quarter-million people. In the last 48 rift. hours they flared even further out of But there was no immediate reac- control, with labor protests erupting tion from the military after Mubarak’s around the country and riots breakspeech, and its position remained am- ing out as impoverished Egyptians atbiguous. tacked and set fire to several police In his address on state TV, Mubarak and governor headquarters in cities showed the strategy he has followed outside Cairo. throughout the days of upheaval, tryMubarak insisted on the continuaing to defuse the greatest challenge tion of a government-dominated proever to his nearly three-decade au- cess for reform that Suleiman drew thoritarian rule. So far, he has made a up and that protesters have roundly series of largely superficial conces- rejected because they fear it will sions while resolutely sticking to his mean only cosmetic change and not refusal to step down immediately or real democracy. Under that system, a allow steps that would undermine the panel of judges and lawyers put togrip of his regime. gether by Suleiman recommends conLooking frail but speaking in a de- stitutional changes, while a separate termined voice, Mubarak spoke as if panel monitors to ensure that state
promises are carried out. Suleiman has also offered dialogue with the protesters and opposition over the nature of reforms. He has not explained how the negotiations fit in if the judges panel, which is led by Mubarak supporters, is recommending amendments. In any case, the protesters and opposition have resolutely refused talks until Mubarak goes. Mubarak called the protesters’ demands legitimate and promised that September presidential elections — in which he says he will not run — would be “free and fair” with supervision to ensure transparency. He said that on the recommendation of the panel, he had requested the amendment of five articles of the constitution to loosen restrictive conditions on who can run for president, to restore judicial supervision of elections, and to impose term limits on the presidency. He also annulled a constitutional article that gives the president the right to order a military trial for civilians accused of terrorism. He said that step would “clear the way” for eventually scrapping a hated emergency law but with a major caveat — “once security and stability are restored.” The emergency law, imposed when Mubarak came to power in 1981, gives police virtually unlimited powers of arrest. Before the night’s dramatic developments, protests had gained a spiraling momentum, fueled by labor strikes around the country. Protesters had been gearing up for even larger demonstrations Friday, when they planned to march from squares around Cairo into Tahrir. After the speech, some protesters drifted out of Tahrir, tears of disappointment and anger in their eyes. But the majority of the crowd remained, camping through the night and vowing to continue the campaign.
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Murky developments heighten U.S. policy dilemma By Warren P. Strobel and Nancy A. Youssef
would stay in office until September even as he turned McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS over some powers to his vice WASHINGTON — As the president, appeared to heightdrama in Egypt and the fate en the chances of violent of its embattled president cap- clashes on Egypt’s streets as tivated the world Thursday, well as the Obama administrathe Obama administration ap- tion’s foreign-policy dilemma. peared to be as much in the “The Egyptian people have dark as everyone else. been told that there was a “We are witnessing history transition of authority, but it unfold,” President Obama, is not yet clear that this transiwho watched events on televi- tion is immediate, meaningful sion aboard an Air Force One or sufficient,” Obama said in flight to Michigan and back, a statement later after meetsaid Thursday afternoon with- ing with his national security out knowing what that history team. “The Egyptian governwould be. ment must put forward a cred“We’re watching a very flu- ible, concrete and unequivoid situation,” Obama press cal path toward genuine desecretary Robert Gibbs said. mocracy, and they have not The murky outcome Thurs- yet seized that opportunity.” day, in which Egyptian PresiObama and his aides have dent Hosni Mubarak said he made their views known
throughout the 17-day crisis. On the two previous occasions when Mubarak spoke on state-run TV, Obama responded with a televised statement of his own. But after Mubarak spoke Thursday, Obama and his advisers dropped out of sight. The day’s most definitive remarks, from CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, confirmed the impression that Washington was behind the curve. Panetta told the House intelligence committee Thursday morning that “there is a strong likelihood that Mubarak may step down this evening.” Later, Panetta cautioned that U.S. intelligence had no confirmation of that. “So we’re just monitoring the situation right now,” he said.
Panetta, it turns out, was referring to media reports, a senior intelligence official told McClatchy Newspapers. Mubarak did not step down. Obama and his aides for days had urged Mubarak to begin an immediate transition of power and hold broad talks with Egypt’s opposition but stopped short of calling on him to resign. Throughout, they have tried to walk a narrow line that acknowledged protesters’ demands, while avoiding a power vacuum in the nation of 80 million people, the Arab world’s most populous. U.S. officials would not say Thursday evening whether Mubarak’s transfer of powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman and his promises of constitutional changes met U.S.
goals. It may not matter, because the protesters gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square immediately rejected them. White House and Pentagon officials said they knew Mubarak was under tremendous pressure to resign, but few expected Thursday to turn into a potentially historic day. With a State Department briefing canceled, Obama’s brief afternoon remarks about Egypt at Northern Michigan University, during a visit meant to pitch a national wireless Internet network, were among the few public statements from top U.S. officials. White House officials privately conceded immediately afterward that Obama’s comments weren’t based on any inside knowledge of what was
happening within Egypt’s presidential palace. “We tried to make it as general as possible,” said one administration official, who was not authorized to speak for the record. Throughout the day, U.S. government spokesmen prepared several different sets of talking points, based on all the possible speeches Mubarak might give. What would they say if he resigned? What if he put the military in charge? And then they waited for the speech. At the conclusion of Mubarak’s remarks, amid the shock that less may have changed than met the eye, there was quiet relief among officials that they hadn’t commented beforehand.
A cyber attack could be the ‘next Pearl Harbor’ By Richard A. Serrano
which he said “brings down the financial system, brings WASHINGTON — A major down our government syscyber attack on the United tems. You could paralyze this States is increasingly possi- country.” ble, top intelligence officials He noted that extremists in said Thursday, with one of Iran, Russia, and China were them warning that an assault developing “a significant caon the country’s power grid pacity” for such an attack. He “represents the battleground said that already there had for the fu- been “hundreds of thouture.” sands” of attempts to breach The offi- U.S. security networks. cials, speakOn the threat from nuclear, ing at a spe- chemical, and biological weapcial hearing on Capitol Hill, ons, Michael E. Leiter, direcalso said that while al-Qaeda tor of the National Counterterhad been diminished after rorism Center, said extremists nine years of the U.S. war on were trying to gain control of terror, other foreign groups nuclear weapons in Pakistan, had risen up, increasing con- and “remain committed to obcerns among U.S. authorities taining all types of weapons of that one of them may eventu- mass destruction.” ally get their hands on a nuJames Clapper, director of clear device. the Office of National Intelli“I don’t think there’s any gence, was asked to elaboquestion but that this is a real rate. All he would say was: national security threat that “Our assessment is that the we have to pay attention to,” nuclear weapons in Pakistan CIA Director Leon E. Panetta are secure. And that’s probasaid of a cyber attack. bly all we should say about With that in mind, he told that in public.” the House Permanent Select The officials said terrorist Committee on Intelligence, chieftains in Yemen and else“when it comes to national se- where in the Arabian Peninsucurity, I think this represents la also want the weapons. But the battleground for the fu- they said U.S. intelligence reture. I’ve often said that I mained committed as well. think the potential for the “In dealing with terrorism, next Pearl Harbor could very in dealing with al-Qaeda, and well be a cyber attack.” dealing with jihad,” Panetta Panetta said terrorists were said, “we’re going directly at determined to find a way to them” to disable their leaderhack into the U.S. power grid, ship and operations. TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU
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and others rejected criticism that U.S. intelligence had failed to warn of the crisis, saying that the buildup of potentially explosive pressures had been amply reported but that the specific triggers to action, such as the protest suicide of a Tunisian vendor, were hard to predict. “We are not clairvoyant,” Clapper said.
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per said the United States did not know if Iran would ultimately build nuclear weapons, but its programs “posi- After the Hotel Hershey expansion, trustees posed under a banner: (from left) James Mead, tion it” to do so. Joseph Sensor, Robert Cavanaugh, LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Velma Redmond, James Nevels. In deciding, he said, Iran’s leadership will “undoubtedly consider Iran’s security, prestige, and influence, as well as the international political and security environment.” Iran also continues to “reach out” to Latin America “as a way to diminish its international isolation and bypass HERSHEY from A1 legal duty to do so. million clubhouse. The chariinternational sanctions.” dress for alleged breaches of Connie McNamara, spokes- ty’s own appraisal valued China’s stealth jet. Beijing’s fiduciary duty with the chari- woman for Hershey Trust, re- Wren Dale at $4 million as a sponded in a statement on golf course and $6 million as test flight last month of its ty’s assets. Reese was voted off the Thursday: “The Hershey a potential site for a housing new J-20 radar-evading fighter jet was “not a surprise,” charity’s main board Wednes- Trust Co. board has received development. Reese, in his petition, says Clapper said, adding that the day, according to sources. this petition and takes its fiduprogram has to overcome “a Once off the board, he could ciary duties very seriously. “certain trustees were deternumber of hurdles before not have petitioned the court. We will review these matters mined that the charity would The Inquirer, in the last 11 and respond appropriately. own the course” and that reaching its full potential.” months, has reported a series “Although Mr. Reese has “there was no financial analyof financial decisions by the been a board member of Her- sis done by the trustees and This article includes information boards that direct the Her- shey Trust Co. since 2007, the its officers to support the from Bloomberg News and the shey empire that would seem trust company received notifi- $12 million price.” New York Times News Service. to run counter to the direc- cation of this filing only after Reese’s petition states that tives of Milton S. Hershey, the Mr. Reese learned that he Hershey trustee compensachocolatier whose fortune is was not reelected to the tion has tripled since 2002, to to be used to educate impov- board for another term.” between $100,000 and erished children at the Zimmerman could not be $130,000 a year. school. reached for comment Beyond the compensation, Reese’s 19-page filing de- through his Harrisburg law trustees have benefited from scribes an atmosphere of ex- firm. free golf passes, spa treatcesses on behalf of the board Reese, a scion of the peanut- ments at the Hotel Hershey, of Hershey Trust, which is led butter cup fortune and a limousine services, and “firstby LeRoy S. Zimmerman, 76, former senior executive of class air travel in unexcepBy Lydia Polgreen a former two-term attorney the Hershey Co., seeks to tional circumstances,” accordNEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE general, and a friend and po- have Hershey trustees reim- ing to the court document. NEW DELHI — India and litical ally of Gov. Corbett. burse the charity $22 million According to the charity’s Board members earned six- for purchasing the Wren Dale latest nonprofit tax filing with Pakistan announced ThursA suicide bomb blast at a Pakistani military training school figure annual compensation course at an inflated price the IRS, Zimmerman earned day that they would resume killed 32 on Thursday, underscoring extremists’ ability for working an average of five and improperly commingling $500,000 in 2009 through dipeace talks that had been to strike sensitive installations despite army offensives hours per week. They enjoyed funds in Hershey Trust that rector fees for serving on stalled since 2008, when Paaimed at uprooting the insurgents. free stays at the lavishly rede- led to remedial action after three Hershey-related kistani extremists staged cosigned Hotel Hershey and the trust company alerted the boards, including the Herordinated attacks in MumThe attack occurred at the Punjab Regiment Center in free rounds of golf at the near- Securities and Exchange Com- shey Co. bai. the northwestern city of Mardan just as cadets were by Wren Dale Golf Club they mission. Zimmerman has told the going through morning exercises. The agreement, announced bought with money meant to The petition also asks the Hershey Co. that he will not by both governments, folZeeshan Haider, a local police official, said a teenage boy support and grow the Hercourt to remove directors stand for reelection to its lowed meetings Sunday bedressed in the uniform of a nearby school appeared shey School. who failed to act in their caboard at the stockholders’ tween the foreign secretaries. on the grounds and detonated the explosives-laden vest Corbett, in the final months pacities as proper stewards meeting in late April. The It appeared to set the stage he was wearing. of his tenure as attorney gen- of the charitable assets. company disclosed Zimmerfor high-level, open-ended The blast also injured 42 cadets, several critically, eral and as he campaigned Wrongly commingling trust man’s plans on Wednesday. talks on such contentious isauthorities said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed for governor, said he had be- money and independent reZimmerman also serves on sues as counterterrorism and responsibility, according to the Associated Press. gun an investigation of the tirement account funds the board of Hershey Enterimproving economic relacharity amid the reports by (IRAs) “financially and per- tainment, the for-profit subThe bomber was able to penetrate a heavily protected tions. The Inquirer. The philanthro- sonally benefited the trustee/ sidiary of the Hershey School district that is off-limits to the public. It was not the first The renewal of talks is likepy is regulated by the Office officer in his compensation,” that owns and operates Hertime the training center was hit; a suicide bomb attack ly to be welcomed by the Unitof the Attorney General. though the officer “was previ- sheypark, the Hershey Lodge, there in 2006 killed 35 people. ed States, which has been eaA spokesman for that of- ously advised by counsel in and the Hotel Hershey. — Los Angeles Times ger to ease tensions between fice, Nils Frederiksen, said 1999 this was not legally perThe Hotel Hershey recently the two countries so that PakiThursday that Reese’s peti- missible,” according to the underwent a $70 million upstan can divert troops from ble steps against extremist of the discussions, which tion was “under review as court petition. grade, the court petition said, its border with India to its groups that threaten India. will include meetings fo- part of our ongoing investigaThe officer was not identi- “so that trustees could enjoy frontier with Afghanistan and But others, including In- cused on defusing tensions tion” into the Hershey chari- fied. Hershey Trust disclosed their stays and experiences aid the U.S. fight against Tali- dia’s prime minister, Man- over the disputed border re- ty. the issue to its banking cli- there.” Among the new ameniMichael J. Hussey, associ- ents in a letter in July 2009. ties: an infinity-edge swimban insurgents. mohan Singh, who was born gion of Kashmir. The court action is the lat- ming pool, 10 private cottagIndia had previously balked before the partition of India Each side holds a portion ate professor and expert on at restarting talks unless Paki- in a part of Punjab that is of Kashmir but claims the trusts at Widener Law School, est development to confront es, a year-round skating rink, stan demonstrated that it was now in Pakistan, have ar- entire region, and Pakistan- said that the petition con- the Hershey charity, which and a 130-seat restaurant. The court petition says the cracking down on extremist gued that avoiding dialogue based extremists have tained “serious allegations” has $7.3 billion in assets and and that it was highly unusuoperates the largest free and $70 million investment was groups within its borders and is folly. waged an insurgency inside al for a charity insider “to private school for disadvan- opposed by managers at the aggressively prosecuting the “I think the prime minis- India aimed at breaking the come forward with this level taged children. for-profit subsidiary that operplanners of the Mumbai at- ter genuinely wants to give province away. of detail.” Critics say the school’s en- ates the hotel “because the intacks, which left at least 163 it a last shot,” said Amitabh Pakistan was created when Regarding the Hershey or- rollment would be substantial- vestment would never have a people dead. Mattoo, a professor of strate- Britain partitioned colonial In- ganization, Hussey noted, “Be- ly higher if the trustees, as re- payback to justify it.” Thursday’s announcement gic affairs at Jawarharlal Ne- dia in 1947, and the two coun- fore, it’s been people on the quired by a 101-year-old deed A photo around the time made no mention of those is- hru University. “He has been tries have fought three wars outside digging through of trust, used the Milton Her- that the expansion was comsues, leading analysts here able to convince the estab- since then, two of them over records and complaining. shey estate and the dividends pleted shows Zimmerman to conclude that India decid- lishment that a policy of non- Kashmir. They have also Now you have someone on of Hershey Co. and Hershey and other trustees at the ed it was better to engage engagement has not deliv- clashed over water rights, the inside.” Entertainment & Resort Co. to doors of the hotel. A banner Pakistan without precondi- ered.” trade, and even a barren Reese said in a brief inter- grow the school. The current draped over their heads tions. As part of the agreement, chunk of glacier high in the view Thursday that he would enrollment is 1,800. reads “Zimm’s Palace.” The Hershey charity Indian hard-liners have ar- Pakistan’s foreign minister, Himalayas. The talks are ex- have liked to settle the issue gued that India must not be- Makhdoom Shah Mahmood pected to address less conten- privately, but believed he had bought the money-losing Contact staff writer Bob gin talks with Pakistan un- Qureshi, will visit India in tious issues before moving on to file the petition to protect Wren Dale course in 2006 for Fernandez at 215-854-5897 or the charity, and that he had a $12 million and then built a $5 bob.fernandez@phillynews.com. less the Pakistanis take visi- July to review the progress to Kashmir.
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he refusal Thursday of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down completely only made a dangerous crisis even worse. With millions of his countrymen chanting in the streets for him to “get out,” Mubarak did transfer power to his handpicked vice president. But he also vowed that he would play a role in transition through the fall and punish those guilty of acts of violence. President Obama and his advisers clearly anticipated that Mubarak would use his televised address to make a full break. “It’s a moment of transformation that is taking place because the people of Egypt are calling for change,” Obama said hours before Mubarak spoke. Earlier Thursday, CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress that Mubarak would likely step down by the end of the day. But a defiant Mubarak instead declared that he would not allow foreign interests to dictate to him. He indicated that he would retain a presence as head of state to restore law and order. His vice president, Omar Suleiman, went on TV to parrot Mubarak’s statements. Mubarak’s vows about handing out punishment enraged crowds, and must have sent shivers down the spines of many U.S. diplomats. About 300 Egyptians have been killed in clashes with security forces and pro-government factions since the massive protests began Jan. 25. Thus far, the Egyptian military, fortunately, has held back from using force against the crowds. Attacks on the media escalated in the past week; Mubarak seemed to blame foreign news networks again Thursday for the civil unrest. The events showed the difficulties confronting the Obama administration in dealing with its strategic ally. Obama deserves credit for calling for democratic reforms in Egypt, and for urging Mubarak, mostly behind the scenes, to step down immediately. Taking too pub-
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lic a role in the crisis would give Mubarak an excuse to rail against international pressure. Regime change in Egypt is a sticky national-security issue for the United States. Egypt receives about $1.5 billion annually in U.S. aid, the bulk of it for its military. It has been a crucial ally of Israel in the region, where oil reserves and Islamist extremism present constant challenges to U.S. security. Ten days ago, Mubarak said he would end his 30-year rule after elections in September. But his pledge did nothing to pacify the crowds. It is expected that planned demonstrations to be held after prayers Friday will be the largest yet. The protesters deserve the continued support of the United States in achieving their demands. They want a more democratic form of government, an end to pervasive corruption, better job opportunities, and a halt to government repression. The danger if Mubarak continues his defiance is that it will provoke angrier reactions from the protesters and a violent response from the government. Mubarak must know that the world will be watching, despite any misguided efforts to hide his aggression.
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nly four months ago in Philadelphia, President Obama assailed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as an enemy of the public. The president accused the business lobby of flooding the congressional elections with cash that may have come from foreign sources. He said it could undermine the fairness of our democracy. This week, the president promised at a chamber luncheon to be more “neighborly.” Obama even pledged to ease some “burdensome” regulations on industry. The reason for Obama’s change in tone is the Republicans’ sweeping victory in the midterm elections. The GOP’s success was aided by the chamber, which spent most of its $32 million in campaign contributions on Republican candidates. The president’s shift in attitude is not a surrender, as some liberal critics contend. But it is a belated recognition that his administration needs to work more closely with corporate America, in spite of some deep disagreements. The goal is to create more jobs. The president’s policies have helped to end the recession, but unemployment remains high at 9 percent. Financial markets are surging and corporate profits have rebounded, but the recovery isn’t creating jobs quickly enough. Obama has been willing to meet corporate America halfway, but so far business leaders haven’t been persuaded to reciprocate. They are holding nearly $2 trillion in cash on their balance sheets, reluctant to do more hiring. “Ask yourselves what you can do for America,” Obama urged corporate chiefs, echoing the call of JFK of 50 years ago. “Ask yourselves what you can do to hire American workers, to support the
The president is meeting corporate America halfway. Now it’s time for businesses to work with him to create more jobs. American economy, and to invest in this nation.” Big business has waged some high-profile battles against Obama. The chamber fought Obama on health care and lost. It fought the president on tighter regulations for Wall Street — which were needed — and lost. It has opposed, successfully, his proposal for energy cap-and-trade. But even before his latest overture to the chamber, Obama had done a considerable amount of reaching out to industry. He agreed to extend Bush-era tax cuts regardless of income level, and pushed through a stimulus bill supported by the chamber. He has brought business-friendly figures such as William Daley, Jeffrey Immelt of GE, and Steve Case of AOL into his inner circle. He wants to lower the top corporate tax rate. He’s promoting new trade agreements and more public infrastructure projects, also supported by the chamber. If anything, Obama should guard against allowing his agenda to become too cozy with corporate America. Too much deregulation, for example, leads to episodes such as the Wall Street meltdown and anti-consumer abuses. The president is taking practical steps to promote the country’s economic success. Business leaders should show more interest in that message.
Biden should’ve taken the train
Pricey housing for grad students
Vice President Biden came to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station to promote high-speed rail (“Biden, in Phila., touts trains,” Wednesday). So why did he land at the airport and, because of his motorcade, tie up traffic and inconvenience thousands of motorists, not only in the morning but also at midday? Biden should have taken a train, which he is greatly accusVice President tomed to doing. Joe Biden This would certainly have been much more practical, cost-effective, considerate for all concerned, and possibly even timesaving. Also, the vice president would have helped to demonstrate the value and usefulness of our railway system.
The planned Rutgers-Camden housing for graduate students is pricey, to say the least (“RutgersCamden to get a 12-story, $55M dorm,” Wednesday). The 102 units to accommodate 350 students will cost about $500,000 each. If the housing is truly needed, why is there not a private developer to make the investment at a much lower cost? There also would be ratables for Camden in a market-based approach. If the only way to make this project go is with public money, that’s a clue both as to why it’s so expensive and why there’s likely no payback.
Edwin E. Scully Philadelphia
Proposed cuts are not enough The proposed cuts from the 2011 federal budget are nothing compared with the size of the government (“$35 billion in cuts pitched; but House GOP eyes more,” Thursday). If the Republicans think those amounts are going to satisfy people who voted for them in the last election, they are kidding themselves. I could see a large number of them looking for work in 2012. Republicans and fiscal conservatives better step it up and get control of federal spending or we will not have a country worth saving. That’s what they were elected to do and the people won’t settle for anything less.
Frank Robertson Haddonfield
Years of paying for unwanted items Some are arguing that it’s unconstitutional for the government to require us to purchase something (“Theatrics over, health care on a path to Supreme Court,” Sunday). Well, I’ve been required to purchase nuclear weapons against my will. I’ve been buying unnecessary wars. I’ve been paying ridiculous agricultural subsidies and bailing out bankers. All this has been done with my taxes, against my will. Paying for the country’s medical insurance out of taxes would have been the sensible way to proceed, but that proposal, called the singlepayer plan, encountered too much opposition from those claiming it was a government takeover of
Glenn Loatman Kennett Square glennloatman@hotmail.com
Lack of demand means fewer jobs “Jobs will follow demand,” according to Johanna Schneider of the Business Roundtable (“Obama calls on CEOs to invest in the economy,” Tuesday). True, but no one, including President Obama, Wharton mystics, or the general public, is willing to face the question of what is holding back demand. The maldistribution of income in the United States is the cause of absurdly high poverty rates, bankruptcy, foreclosures, and personal debt. Demand consists of both the desire to spend and the means to do so. Americans are strong on desire but weak on means. If there is insufficient income, there will be insufficient demand. And since “jobs will follow demand,” there will be insufficient jobs.
health care. Those same voices now object to placing the insurance requirement in the hands of private enterprise. Eric Minch Jenkintown
Public money for millionaires Why are developer Eric Blumenfeld and restaurateur Stephen Starr smiling with Mayor Nutter in the photo with the PhillyDeals column (Wednesday)? Because they’re on the receiving end of $18 million in public money for a project on North Broad Street. Governments at all levels are having difficulty making ends meet. The last thing we should be doing is providing more welfare for millionaires. Andrew Terhune Philadelphia asterhune@gmail.com
Campaign debts of Brady, Fattah U.S. Reps. Bob Brady (D., Pa.) and Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.) have yet to repay mayoral campaign debts of more than $1 million from almost four years ago (“Heard in the Hall,” Tuesday). In Brady’s case, most of the money — $448,000 — is owed to the Philadelphia law firm Cozen O’Connor, which has yet to sue to recover the debt. Once again, it appears that corporate America has figured out another way to do an end run around campaign-finance laws: Lend the money and never ask for it back.
Richy Josephs Philadelphia
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A no-lose proposition for Jersey and taxpayers It’s important to understand why the state’s decision to approve a $261 million Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant for the Revel project is sound public policy, and a no-lose proposition for New Jersey and its taxpayers (“Christie’s casino,” Thursday). First, the term “grant” is misleading. Under this tax-incentive program, the state pays out nothing up front. Rather, it provides Revel with a return of a portion of the sales and other taxes it generates over a 20-year period. It is money the state would never see if the Revel project is not operational. The state is projected to receive more than $3 billion in new taxes from Revel over that same 20-year period, and the ERGG represents less than 8 percent of that figure. Additionally, the state will get a share of Revel’s profits that, over the long term, will return all of the $261 million to the state. Lastly, all the money will help fund desperately needed improvements to the South Inlet section of Atlantic City. There will be 2,100 construction jobs created during Revel’s final phase of construction and about 5,500 permanent jobs when it opens. Considering the total employment impact of Revel, there is an opportunity to create more than 10,000 jobs for the region. The tax reimbursement is not just in the best interests of Revel, but also those of the region and the state.
Presley R. Brown Langhorne brow294@msn.com
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America’s Egyptian mirror We in the United States have watched events in Cairo with an odd mixture of self-congratulation and revolution envy. By Gregory Rodriguez
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For Pa. casino, a civics lesson from Wal-Mart The mega-retailer has ceded a Civil War battlefield. By James Lighthizer and Tom Kiernan
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al-Mart recently made the responsible and welcome decision to abandon its plan to build a supercenter on the Wilderness Battlefield in Orange County, Va. Just as its permit to build on the Civil War site was about to go to trial, and after enduring what one media outlet called “withering opposition,” the nation’s largest retailer explained that it “just felt it was the right thing to do.” Wal-Mart thereby gave credence to the notion that we as a people have a duty to preserve, defend, and honor the legacy of those who came before us. Today, the fields and woodlots of the Wilderness Battlefield are safe from this particular threat to their sanctity. But other historic sites are not so lucky. As well-intentioned as it may be, the proposed Mason-Dixon Casino near Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg Battlefield could similarly compromise the integrity of some of the most hallowed ground in our country — ground soaked with the blood of tens of thousands of our ancestors, and further consecrated by the words of Abraham Lincoln as he set the nation on a path toward “a new birth of freedom.” If approved, the proposal would allow a casino to operate at the battlefield’s edge, just a half-mile from the boundary of Gettysburg National Military Park. Four years ago, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board decided that an application for a gaming hall twice as far from the battlefield was inappropriate. But the controversy continues as another proposal is considered. America is poised to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War this year. From coast to coast, communities are preparing to pay tribute to its staggering consequences and its role in shaping the country we know today. Now is not the time for division. Rather, let us use this occasion to put controversies behind us. As the newly inaugurated president of a
nation on the brink of a mass fratricide, Abraham Lincoln told his fellow citizens, “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot’s grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when touched again, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.” Today, too, we must remember that we are not enemies, but fellow citizens of a country shaped by the men who fell at Gettysburg, Wilderness, and thousands of other battlefields before, during, and since the Civil War. Though our debates may grow heated, we all share this noble heritage. Divided we can accomplish little, but together we can honor the memory of those who laid down their lives that our nation might thrive, and we can cement for ourselves a legacy worthy of their sacrifices. If Wal-Mart can change its mind and subjugate financial gain to respect for our national heritage in the case of Wilderness, will Mason-Dixon’s investors not consider a similar act of corporate and social responsibility for Gettysburg? The historic preservation community stands ready to welcome them, alongside Wal-Mart, as partners in our ongoing efforts to protect America’s sacred Civil War battlefields and other irreplaceable historic sites. The world may little note what we say here in defense of Gettysburg. But if casino investors rise to the occasion, it may long remember what they do there.
he stunning live images out of Egypt in recent weeks have had millions of Americans glued to their television and computer screens. Once again, cable TV news brought real-life, real-time history into our homes and offices. The narrative was irresistible, the suspense palpable, and the stakes high. The Egyptian revolution was real reality TV at its best. But the allure wasn’t just news value or even human drama. For Americans, who were far more engaged in the events than Europeans were — at least based on a quick survey of newspaper coverage — there was also a mixture of self-congratulation and envy. In his blog for Commentary magazine, Max Boot, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributing editor of the Los Angeles Times’ opinion page, wrote that he imagined most Americans were “rooting wholeheartedly for the protestors against the thugs.” The New York Times’ David Brooks gushed that it was “truly a great time to be alive,” because “every few years we turn on the TV and we see the main square of some foreign capital filled with people and before long, a dictator falls.”
Ich bin ein Egyptian Revolution is our provenance. We tend to view ourselves, with pride, as the founders of the modern democratic rebellion. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the wake of the stirring (and admittedly problematic) French Revolution: “This ball of liberty ... is now so well in motion that it will roll round the globe, at least the enlightened part of it. For light & liberty go together. It is our glory that we first put it into motion.” As we saw others attempting to throw off the yoke of tyranny in Egypt, we congratulated not only them, but also ourselves for having shown the world the way. “Egyptians: They’re Just Like Us,” read a headline on Esquire magazine’s blog. While watching events in Cairo, the writer couldn’t help but think of our own “messy and imperfect democratic revolution.” Even observers who weren’t harking back to the minutemen and the Declaration of Independence still found a way for the United States to take some credit. There were countless news reports full of talk about the
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hat if we could improve the federal government’s fiscal situation by substantially reducing the rising healthcare expenditures that are pushing it toward an economic precipice? Wouldn’t there be vigorous bipartisan support for that? Apparently not, because there is a way to do so, but its champions are too few and insufficiently boisterous. In fact, the new, incredibly myopic ideological mantra in Washington is that all federal spending is bad — if not downright unconstitutional — and should be sawed off. That’s preventing any thoughtful consideration of the most prudent and ethical approach to putting our long-term budget in order. If health-care costs grow at the same rate in the next four decades as in the last four, the cost of Medicare and Medicaid will grow from 5 percent of our economy to more than 20 percent. This would essentially consume all of our current federal budget. And given our aging population, there is every reason to believe health expenses will continue growing rapidly, even with the cost-saving measures in last year’s healthcare reform law. Everything else in the fiscal picture — including Social Security — is trivial compared to this looming tsunami. There are only two options being considered, and both are bad: We could raise taxes on the workers of the future to the point where their standard of living declines dramatically, or we could ration health care in gross and unconscionable ways. While no one wants to live in that sort of country, the numbers are stubborn. But I believe that America can reshuffle this deck. I believe we can live longer, healthier lives by harnessing the genius of our biomedical research community and getting about the task of accelerating cures. If we can reduce the number of people who face the diseases that require intensive, invasive, expensive care, we can improve not only the quality of their lives, but also the future of the American economy. Throughout my time in the Senate, I made it one of my highest priorities to increase federal investment in medical research, and I regarded the National Institutes of Health as the crown jewel of the federal government. Of course, my own battles with cancer made the matter personal.
During my service on the Senate Appropriations Committee, funding for the NIH went from $12 billion to $30 billion, and I persuaded my fellow members of Congress to include another $10 billion in the economic stimulus bill. I also fought for a provision in the healthcare reform legislation that’s little-known outside the world of medical research. It creates within the NIH a “Cures Acceleration Network” designed to break down the substantial structural barriers to moving research results from laboratories to the bedsides of ailing Americans, building a bridge over what researchers themselves call the “valley of death.” Nonetheless, thanks to the false but spreading wisdom that all federal spending is evil and that no cut is a mistake, our country has been effectively disinvesting in efforts to cure diseasSen. Burr: es for the past six years. Cure killer? The pace of this wrongheaded approach promises to quicken in the new Congress. In fact, even though NIH director Dr. Francis Collins recently called the Cures Acceleration Network a “shared dream” in a note to me, Sen. Richard Burr (R., N.C.) is trying to kill it before it takes its first steps. We stand at a fork in the road. Scientific opportunity and the pace of discovery have never been greater. With proper investment and oversight, just as our country built the atomic bomb and went to the moon, we can defeat monsters like cancer, heart disease, autism, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Such ailments are not only the greatest source of tears shed in our nation today; they also threaten to be by far the greatest consumers of our nation’s treasure tomorrow. But we can convert our medical system from a “sickness industry” into a genuine provider of health. I’ve been asked what goals I have in my life after the Senate. I have many, but one of the most urgent will be to continue the fight for medical research. Arlen Specter represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate from 1981 until last month.
A nation of bystanders
In addition to the self-congratulation, one could also sense what might be called revolution envy. President Obama called the Egyptian demonstrators “an inspiration to the people around the world, including here in the United States.” With our politics so mired in division and bitterness, I can’t help but think Americans watching the rollercoaster events — especially the brave turnout in Tahrir Square — were on some level yearning for something to unify us, something to remind us of the excitement and joys of democracy. For decades, critics have accused television of undermining our ties to the community and our willingness to participate. It’s been said we’ve turned into a bystander society, and TV is a good part of the problem. There’s something to it; we’re revolution voyeurs. But every time we fixate on the images of a revolution somewhere on the globe, we also have the potential to be more than bystanders. We can revalidate and renew our political ideals. As events have unfolded and keep unfolding in Egypt and Tunisia, and so many of us have had a chance to see something of ourselves reflected on the streets of Cairo, we may finally have forged a bond with Arabs — and with Muslims — half a world away. In these fractious times, that’s not bad for a week spent watching TV. Stay tuned. Gregory Rodriguez is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He can be reached at grodriguez@latimescolumnists.com.
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James Lighthizer and Tom Kiernan are the presidents, respectively, of the Civil War Trust and the National Parks Conservation Association, both of which are members of the Wilderness Battlefield Coalition and have worked in opposition to the current and previous Gettysburg casino proposals. They can be reached at president@civilwar.org and npca@npca.org.
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role U.S.-invented social-media platforms played in fostering the unrest. “To be clear,” one Hollywood journalist declared on the Huffington Post, “the visionary products created by Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Evan Williams at Twitter are foundation stones of what is becoming a regional revolution.” That can be easily disputed. The Indianborn, New York-based filmmaker Parvez Sharma, for one, lost patience with “self-congratulatory social networking types in the West,” posting on the website Mondoweiss that not only do most Egyptians lack cellphones — they make calls at kiosks — but a “substantial” number have never used the Internet. But the point isn’t whether American history and our innovations are owed credit for global “democracy movements.” It’s that we try to claim that credit one way or another.
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Illegal silicone shots are a growing problem Investigators say cases like the fatal one in Phila. are on the rise. By Jennifer Lin
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It was death by hypodermic needle. On March 16, 2009, Elsa Then, an unlicensed cosmetologist, went to the Bronx home of a 44-year-old Dominican woman. She jabbed her client in the thighs and buttocks with a syringe filled with a gel-like silicone, charging $800 a cup. Some of the silicone entered Fiordaliza Pichardo’s bloodstream. She died the next day at a hospital from a blood clot. According to media reports, an autopsy showed that she had 1,400 milligrams of silicone in her lungs.
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Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office, said the death was ruled a homicide because the silicone injections had been administered by “a nonmedical, unlicensed person.” A year after Pichardo’s death, Then was charged with involuntary manslaughter. She also was indicted on charges that she recklessly injured another customer, the victim’s cousin Cheila Pichardo. Then has pleaded not guilty. The case against Then is one of an expanding number of criminal investigations to surface recently against backroom practitioners of silicone injections. The cases offer a glimpse into the underground world of cosmetic procedures that lured 20-year-old Briton Claudia Seye Aderotimi to a Philadelphia hotel room and her death Feb. 7. No charges have been filed in See SILICONE on B8
Police search home in Phila. case By Allison Steele and Nathan Gorenstein INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS
Authorities on Thursday searched the Lower Merion residence of the person believed responsible for the buttock injection that apparently led to the death of Claudia Aderotimi, a 20-year-old London tourist. Evidence was recovered, but the individual has not been located. Police did not release the person’s name or the location of the property that was searched. “We know who this person is,”
said Philadelphia Police Capt. Ben Naish, who declined to name the individual. “We would be glad if this person came to talk to us.” Though police at first said they were seeking to question a woman in the case, Naish on Thursday described the individual as “this person.” Police would not comment on reports that the person they are looking for is transgender. The person has no medical training but may have administered the shots to others besides Aderotimi, police said. See SEARCH on B8
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Mazeratti Mitchell’s parents had wanted to treat their 16-year-old son with “naturopathic medicine.”
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Report cuts cost of DROP program It cost $100 million from 1999 to 2009, it said, not $258 million.
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Ten days after a 16-year-old Chichester High School wrestler was seriously injured during practice, a Delaware County judge ruled that doctors at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital can operate on the boy to stabilize his spine, despite his parents’ objections. The case pits Mazeratti Mitchell and his parents’ right to treat their son the way they feel is best against doctors’ judgment that the teenager might suffer a lifelong and irreversible injury unless screws and plates are inserted to reinforce his neck. Parents Jack and Vernell Mitchell of Boothwyn fought the operation, saying they believed the “naturopathic medicine” that his mother practices, which includes herbs and physical therapy, was the proper remedy. After the parents sought to take their son home to treat him according to their wishes, he was placed in the temporary custody of Delaware County child-welfare officials. He remains at Jefferson. After an hour-long closed-door hearing Thursday at the Media courthouse, during which doctors from Jefferson were consulted by phone, Common Pleas Court Judge Mary Alice Brennan ruled that the doctors could go ahead with the procedure. It was unclear Thursday night See WRESTLER on B8
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Christian Johnson of Cherry Hill as President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the Union League in Philadelphia, where N.J. Gov. Christie received an award. Story, B6.
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Crocheting helmet liners for U.S. troops is this woman’s latest project.
Her constant drive to hook folks together I’m not saying Delorise Easley-Williams’ gift of crocheted helmet liners for our troops isn’t a kind and generous act worthy of praise. Because it is. After all, soldiers who often toil in sub-zero temperatures in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea, and Kosovo desperately need Delorise’s worsted wool ski masks to keep their faces warm and their helmets secure. All I’m saying is, if you know Delorise — fondly known as Dee to family and friends — you’d know that she can’t help giving of herself. It comes as naturally to her as the mile-aminute stitch she flawlessly crochets at, well, a mile a minute. Delorise is one of those neighborhood people I call sustainers. Their names seldom make headlines; their good deeds may not get acknowledged. But if they weren’t around, their community would fall apart like a row of See CROCHET on B11
The price tag for the city’s beleaguered deferred retirement option plan is less than half the cost estimated by consultants hired by the mayor, who has vowed to eliminate it, sources familiar with a new draft report said Thursday. Actuaries from Baltimore-based Bolton Partners Inc. have reported to City Council that the controversial DROP program cost the city approximately $100 million since its inception in 1999 to the end of 2009, according to four sources familiar with the findings who asked not to be identified. At about $9 million annually, it’s a significant departure from Nutter’s study, done by economists at Boston College and released last summer, which put the cost at $258 million, or $22.3 million annually. Bolton’s findings are more closely aligned with a Board of Pensions actuarial report in 2003 that estimated the annual cost at $7 million. Councilman Darrell L. Clarke said Thursday that he could not verify the $100 million figure, but that the difference would be “significant.” Bolton Partners declined to comment. Anthony Webb, author of the Boston College report, referred questions to George Lausch, an editor at the college’s Center for Retirement Research, but Lausch did not return calls or an e-mail seeking comment. Mark McDonald, a spokesman for Mayor Nutter, said that the mayor’s and City Council’s studies were “both credible reports,” and that even at $100 million, DROP has to go. He would not discuss the See DROP on B4
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said. “This is a representation from one individual.” She wished in her personal blog Munroe’s blog — especially her that she could call students “rat- posting wishing she could leave relike,” “frightfully dim,” or “dunder- port card comments that more accuheads” on their report cards. rately reflected her negative opinions But adminisof students — trators at Centhis “… rude, disengaged, lazy circulated tral Bucks week among stuHigh School whiners,” Natalie Munroe dents at the East wish she Doylestown had never said wrote of students in 2009. high school. anything at all. AdministraPrincipal Abram Lucabaugh as- tors suspended her Wednesday, and sured students at an assembly they continue to investigate her writThursday that the blog posts En- ings and whether she used district glish teacher Natalie Munroe made time or equipment to craft them. did not reflect the attitude of the “My students are out of control,” school’s faculty. she said in one post dated Oct. 27, “The sentiments are in no way 2009. “They are rude, disengaged, representative of how we feel about lazy whiners.” our students or how the teachers Munroe, who has taught at the and faculty feel about them,” he See BLOG on B6 INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
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Allentown jolted by fiery gas explosion
Five teens admit roles in bullying They acknowledged taking part in an attack on an Upper Darby teen captured on video.
The Wednesday night blast left five people dead and chased dozens from their homes. By Daniel Patrick Sheehan, Arlene Martínez, Matt Assad, and Manuel Gamiz Jr.
tims. Manuel Cruz, 42, who was working on Long Island at the ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL time of the explosion, said the ALLENTOWN — As Thurs- dead included his mother, Ofeday dawned, the extent of the lia Ben, 69; daughter Catheexplosion and fire in central rine, 16, a sophomore at WillAllentown became starkly vis- iam Allen High School; and ible: A half-block reduced to 4-month-old grandson Matcinders by a catastrophe that thew Manuel Cruz. killed five people, displaced Officials would not confirm scores from their homes, and the identities late Thursday raised fears about the sound- but said they had recovered ness of the gas pipelines be- four of the five bodies. neath the city. The blast shattered winThe victims of the blast dows and blew doors off their were identified by family hinges throughout the neighmembers as William Hall, 79; borhood and was felt five his wife, Beatrice, 74; and miles away in Bethlehem, three members of the Cruz where the ground shook. family, including a 4-month“Our thoughts and our old boy. prayers go out to these famiAbout a dozen other people lies, especially those who lost were injured and more than loved ones,” Allentown May350 were forced from their or Ed Pawlowski said at a homes when an apparent gas Thursday morning news conleak ignited at the Halls’ ference. home on North 13th Street at Fire Chief Robert Scheirer 10:50 p.m. Wednesday. said eight homes were lost, The couple’s daughter-in- two in the explosion and the law, Michelle Hall, confirmed rest in the fire. that they were among the vicWhile no reports of gas
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Five teenagers admitted to misdemeanor charges Thursday in the bullying of an Upper Darby teenager caught on video. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old said he had been falsely accused and will face felony charges at trial in Delaware County Court, and a seventh suspect was released after DONNA FISHER / Allentown Morning Call his charges were dropped Thursday. Allentown firefighters at the scene of the explosion and apparent gas leak. The blast has raised The bullying of Nadin questions about the safety of the gas pipelines running beneath the city. Khoury, a 13-year-old Upper odors preceded the explo- sure main had no leak history went off after the explosion. Darby student, captured nasion, attention immediately fo- and the company had done a He went outside and saw the tional media attention becused on the natural-gas pipe- routine check for leaks on Halls’ home in flames. A by- cause one of the seven teenagline in the area — an 83-year- that street on Tuesday. stander told him to look at ers took a cell-phone video of old cast-iron main, 12 inches Stunned neighbors groped the second floor. the attack. in diameter. for words to describe the ex“I wish I hadn’t,” he said, The video shows the teenag“I think we are going under plosion, which blew clouds of breaking down as he de- ers dragging Khoury through the assumption that it is a gas debris across the neighbor- scribed seeing someone mov- the snow, tossing him into a explosion, but it has not been hood: pink tufts of insulation, ing amid the flames. tree, and hanging him by his confirmed to be the case,” roof shingles and charred The pipeline under investi- coat on the spear of an iron said Joseph Swope, a spokes- pieces of mail, some bearing gation was installed in 1928, fence. man for UGI Utilities, based the names of the dead. according to Public Utility Five admitted to misdein Reading. Don O’Shall said all the Commission spokeswoman meanor assault, conspiracy, Swope said the low-pres- lights in the neighborhood Jennifer Kocher. and related charges in order to avoid felony assault and kidnapping charges brought by police. A judge ordered them held in a Lima juveniledetention facility, where they have been held since their arrest last week, pending another hearing Feb. 22. “It was pandemonium,” tesStreet and Market: Ung and Questioning prosecution Prosecutors and lawyers spent the day studying Attorneys for the five teentified Thomas Kelly, DiDo- friends, then DiDonato and witnesses Thursday, McDersurveillance recordings of the incident. nato’s friend, roommate, and his friends about 10 feet be- mott focused on the video agers, aged 13 to 17, who entered the equivalent of guilty hind. Kelly, recognizable in a and witness descriptions. companion that night. pleas, said the video gave the By Joseph A. Slobodzian Attorney Jan McDermott has white cap worn backward, DiDonato maintained that Kelly, DiDonato, and two INQUIRER STAFF WRITER argued, an inexplicably en- other friends, Seth Webster darts into Market and walks he approached Ung to “de- prosecutor an advantage. “The tape was fairly strong, Step by step, second by sec- raged man who without provo- and Andrew DiLoreto, met af- ahead to flank the trio. fuse the situation” and deyes,” said Scott Galloway, Twice Kelly rushes to the nied provoking Ung. ond, prosecution and defense cation shoots another man ter midnight at Lucy’s, a bar lawyers Thursday continued who gave him too much lip? on Market between Second sidewalk at Ung. The first Kelly, who even McDermott who represented a 13-yeartime he is pushed away by conceded made the situation old. Or did Ung, as defense atdissecting a surveillance vidStreet and Third. All stayed Daniel McGarrigle, a laweo of the shooting of Eddie torney Jack McMahon con- until closing and all drank the woman. The second time, worse by heckling and cursyer for another one of the he gets through. tends, shoot in self-defense afDiDonato. ing Ung, testified that he nevbeers and shots. All said they five, called the video disturbUng kicks at Kelly, backs er rushed at or hit Ung. Clearly, and with the per- ter being taunted and threat- were sober when they left. ing but said felony charges up, and holds up a gun. Sudspectives of two cameras, the ened by four “drunken bulMcMahon has emphasized They walked west, Kelly tes- denly, DiDonato moves forwere inappropriate. lies” who followed him and 70-second video of events at tified, thinking it would be ward and appears to lunge at witness consistency — the “These are teenagers,” Mc2:30 a.m. Jan. 17, 2010, shows two friends for a block and fact that DiDonato and his easier to hail a cab there. At Ung. Garrigle told reporters outthen rushed him? two groups of people, a conthree friends say they do not There is the white burst of recall what started the argu- side the courtroom. “My cliThat’s what a Common Third, there was scaffolding, frontation, and muzzle flashand DiLoreto, in high spirits, a muzzle flash, then a second, ent’s 15 years old. Who hasn’t ment or anything anyone es as Gerald Ung, 29, then a Pleas Court jury will be asked made a mistake in a group and Ung and DiDonato fall to said. to answer when it begins de- started doing pull-ups. Temple University third-year situation [at that age]? That’s the sidewalk. liberations, likely Monday, acUnexpectedly, a young womlaw student, shoots and seriTwo pedestrians, walking happened to most people.” cording to Judge Glynnis D. an joined DiLoreto in doing The camera view switches ously wounds DiDonato, 24. about 10 feet behind DiDoJudge Kathrynann W. Hill. pull-ups. Then came Ung, in a to overhead: DiDonato on his nato, testified that they clearWhat the video does not Durham released the 17-yearThe incident began after rage about something. He back, moving a leg, lips movly heard an angry argument show — rather, what cannot Old City bars closed, disgorgwas restrained and urged to ing as if talking. His shirt is and Ung yell: “Don’t … me old who took video of the incibe heard — are the words spo- ing Saturday night crowds dent after prosecutors said leave by the woman and an- open and his swollen torso is off!” ken as mayhem erupts. they would withdraw the perforated with four or five onto Third and Market other male friend. “Were you deaf that night?” charges. The teenager did not bullet holes. Is Ung, as Assistant District Streets. Both groups, Ung and his participate in the assault on Webster comforts him on McMahon asked Webster. two friends in the lead, DiDo- one side. On the other, Ung’s “No,” Webster replied. He Khoury, said Delaware Counnato and his three friends male friend, hands clasping later tried to explain, “It was ty Deputy District Attorney close behind, began walking the sides of his head, paces in a year ago. … It all happened Dominick Spigarelli. toward Fourth Street. so fast.” The seventh suspect said panic. SUBSCRIBER SERVICES that he tried to help Khoury On the video, the two “He was saying to apply service.philly.com and that he can be seen trygroups walk toward the cam- pressure,” Webster testified Contact staff writer Joseph A. For your convenience, you can start a subscription, temporarily stop delivery, ing to pull away one of the eras mounted outside the Thursday, referring to Ung’s Slobodzian at 215-854-2985 or register a service complaint, review your recent billing history, or pay attackers in the video. David Fox29 studios at Fourth friend. “Then he freaked out.” jslobodzian@phillynews.com. your bill online by contacting us at our Web site, service.philly.com. 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News in Brief Chesco conservancy wins accreditation The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County has earned accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, a conservancy news release said. “The accreditation seal lets the public know that the accredited land trust has undergone an extensive, external review of the governance and management of its organization and the systems and policies it uses to protect land,” said Tammara Van Ryn, executive director of the commission. Kate du Pont, chairwoman of the conservancy board, said the rigorous, 36-month accreditation process demonstrated the organization’s commitment to conservation. Created by a citizens’ group in 1995 to help stem development in one township, the conservancy became an independent organization in 2007 and now serves southeastern Chester County. It has conserved over 500 acres and owns and manages four nature preserves, the release said. — Kathleen Brady Shea
Bucks pair charged in fire at tanning salon Two Bucks County men were charged Thursday with
setting fire to a Philadelphia tanning salon owned by one of the men, federal prosecutors said. Jason Gusoff, 34, of Richboro, and Joseph Braubitz, 35, of Churchville, allegedly torched the California Tanning Salon at 6543 Roosevelt Blvd. on July 30, 2008. Gusoff then allegedly filed a fraudulent insurance claim that netted him more than $100,000. If convicted, Gusoff faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Braubitz faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. — Robert Moran
Bills on city campaign funds, ethics introduced City Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco introduced a bill Thursday to prevent political action committees from circumventing the $10,600 campaign contribution limit by passing additional money to a candidate through other political committees. The change would eliminate an inconsistency in the law and tighten contribution limit rules, said Ethics Board Executive Director J. Shane Creamer Jr. Tasco also introduced a bill that would authorize the Ethics Board to deal with violations of the Home Rule Charter that involve city contracts, bribes or gratuities, or political activity by city employees through administrative hearing. Currently, the board can only pursue such matters in court. Tasco introduced both bills on behalf of the Ethics Board and Mayor Nutter. — Miriam Hill
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2 drivers held in fatal hit-runs A cyclist and a walker were killed in Montco. The drivers had suspended licenses, unsafe vehicles. By Bonnie L. Cook and Gustavo Solis
manager died, Ferman said. At 6 a.m., a motorcycle drivINQUIRER STAFF WRITERS en by Terry Kriebel, 55, of Montgomery County offi- Sellersville, plowed into an cials have charged two driv- 18-wheeler making an illegal ers with involvement in sepa- U-turn across all six lanes of rate hit-and-run accidents Route 309 in Hatfield Townthat took place on the same ship. day within 20 miles and 14 “He was trapped there with hours of each other. no place to go,” Ferman said. Montgomery County Dis- Kriebel was pronounced dead trict Attorney Risa Vetri Fer- at the scene. man announced vehicular-hoTruck driver Ernest Comicide charges Thursday hens, 42, stopped briefly to against a Bronx, N.Y., truck remove the cycle from bedriver and a North Philadel- neath his tractor-trailer. He phia man in the Feb. 3 acci- sped away “like he was drivdents. ing a bumper car,” hitting two “This is a very unusual situ- utility poles before coming to ation,” Ferman said. “Feb. 3 rest on a bridge in Hilltown was a very deadly day in Township, Ferman said. Montgomery County.” Cohens told officers he had Both were driving with sus- just left the scene of an accipended licenses and were at dent, and was taken into custhe wheel of unsafe vehicles. tody. Records found in the As a result, a Bucks County truck showed that his driver’s motorcyclist and a Wal-Mart license had been suspended
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put “more ex-offenders to work” helping others to steer clear of crime. Everett Gillison, deputy mayor for public safety, said that the Nutter administration had been working through its Office of Reintegration Services for Ex-Offenders to help former inmates, but that more needed to be done. “We have to work to change not only the laws to make sure these guys get a fair shake when they apply, but we also have to make sure they are ready for a job when it comes forward.” Contact staff writer Vernon Clark at 215-854-5717 or vclark@phillynews.com.
former vice chairman of the pension fund, said he would like to see the discussion broadened to include other ways to Continued from B1 lower pension costs. The city’s apparent discrepancies that pension plan is dramatically unled to two different numbers. derfunded, with only about 45 “The city faces a series of percent of what it needs to covvery serious issues related to er future liabilities. Rubin, the the pension fund and improv- city’s supervisor of elections, is ing its level of funding,” Mc- expected to run for Council this Donald said. “If, a year ago, year. we had announced that the The pension plan has about DROP cost the pension fund $4 billion in assets — and more $100 million, we would have than $4.9 billion in liabilities — concluded it was too expen- so DROP is a relatively small sive for taxpayers. Whether part of the shortfall. the number is $100 million or DROP was introduced in $258 million, DROP must be 1999 as a way to encourage poeliminated.” lice officers and firefighters to The question is whether stay longer on the job by allowCouncil members — seven of ing them to collect pension paywhom have either already bene- ments in an interest bearing acfited or stand to benefit from count, over their final four the program — and the mayor years of employment. DROP will agree that the lesser num- has also been held out as a way ber is valid. to encourage some clerical Bolton apparently convinced workers to retire earlier or as a Boston College to consider fac- management tool to plan for retors they had not in the original tirement of the workforce. report, which first came out in Plan participants collect a August. Sources would not say lump-sum when they actually what the discrepancies were. Al- retire, in exchange for what are though Bolton has arrived at an generally lower pension payestimate of the cost of DROP, ments over the rest of their the company has not yet com- lives. pleted its full report, sources The use of the program by said. elected officials and cabinet-lev“There is no final number as el employees, a number of we speak,” said Anthony Rad- whom have exploited legal loopwanski, a spokesman for Coun- holes to collect their DROP paycil President Anna C. Verna. ment and return to work, has “They have really made some made the program an unpopusubstantial progress, and we’re lar public issue. going to see a number very DROP has already affected shortly.” the coming City Council races. He said the report would beCouncil President Verna come available in the next week (who stands to collect about or two. $585,000 from DROP), and Nutter called for the elimina- Council members Jack Kelly tion of DROP in August, and ($405,438), Joan L. Krajewski Majority Leader Marian B. Tas- (already collected $275,000), co introduced a bill to do so in and Donna Reed Miller the fall. A public hearing on the ($195,782) decided they would bill has been awaiting a final not run. Some said they were report from Bolton. simply honoring their commitTasco said she expected by ment to retire, while others apnext week to have a hearing peared to have taken DROP’s scheduled. “We want to move it unpopularity in their decisions. as quickly as possible,” she Councilman Frank DiCicco, said. who stands to collect $424,646 Tasco said she was willing to from DROP, has said he would look at changes in the program work without a salary if reelect— not necessarily elimination ed. But that hasn’t stopped crit— to “make it cost neutral.” ics from demanding that he not If DROP’s supporters, mostly run. He recently introduced a members of the city’s munici- bill that would let people repal unions, want to preserve verse their DROP enrollment the plan, they will probably so that he and others could get have to find proposals to tweak out of it. Currently, a decision to DROP’s cost to next to nothing. join DROP is irrevocable. Actuaries familiar with DROP Besides DiCicco, Tasco programs say they can be de- ($478,057) and Frank Rizzo signed so that lump-sum pay- ($194,517) also are enrolled in ments handed out at retire- DROP and are expected to seek ment can be fully offset by low- reelection. er monthly pension checks in the long-term. Contact staff writer Miriam Hill at Bill Rubin, adviser to the 215-854-5520 or city’s municipal unions and a hillmb@phillynews.com.
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of $3,804 was paid Jan. 18. Two days later, Jon C. Sirlin, the market’s attorney, sent Ochs a letter to warn him about impending legal action to collect the balance. The situation adds a bitter postscript to the legacy of Harry G. Ochs, the charming, wiry butcher who in 1947 took over the stand from the original Harry Ochs and who led
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The N.J. governor reiterated his call for changes in public pensions and education. By Matt Katz
Reaching further than he had recently, he suggested that New Jersey Gov. Christie even President Obama was folcame to Philadelphia to bask in lowing his lead when he used the shadow of Abraham Lin- the phrase big things in his coln on Thursday, accepting an State of the Union address last award named for the former Re- month, shortly after Christie publican president before evok- had christened the phrase in ing modern-day GOP principles his State of the State address. in a highly partisan speech. But the difference, Christie Addressing the 15th annual said, is that he believes pension Lincoln Day luncheon at the reform, fiscal responsibility, Union League on Broad Street, and an overhaul of the educaChristie mocked both his Demo- tion system are the “big cratic adversaries in Trenton things,” not Obama’s goals of and his Democratic predeces- high-speed rail and high-speed sor, Jon S. Corzine — even in- Internet, which are the “candy voking Corzine’s speaking voice in life.” at one point. The nonpartisan Union Christie said he had turned League, founded in 1862 as a Trenton “upside down” after in- patriotic society to support Linheriting a mess from Corzine coln and the Union, now has and had since pulled the re- 3,200 members, many of whom maining Statehouse Democrats are well-heeled business and to the right — to the point that civic leaders. they now support tax cuts. The luncheon was preceded When he was elected, he by a gun salute on Broad Street said, “there were not a whole performed by Civil War reenaclot of people who thought that tors and a reading of the GettysNew Jersey was going to be the burg Address by a Lincoln prestate that led the resurgence of senter on the steps of the Republican values across Amer- Union League building. After ica.” Christie’s speech, the reenacBut that’s exactly what has tors paraded to Independence Hall. happened, Christie said. “It’s not about the power of my persuasion; it’s about the Contact staff writer Matt Katz at power of my ideas,” he said. 609-217-8355 or “And it’s … time in America mkatz@phillynews.com. Read again for the power of these the “Christie Chronicles” blog at ideas and principles.” www.philly.com/christiechronicles INQUIRER TRENTON BUREAU
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Home searched in injection case SEARCH from B1 Aderotimi, a student and aspiring actress and dancer, came to Philadelphia on Saturday with three friends. She and a friend were injected in a hotel room near Philadelphia International Airport. Aderotimi was taken to a hospital around 1:30 a.m. Monday with chest pains and later died there. The case is not a criminal investigation, police said, pending a medical examiner’s ruling on what killed Aderotimi, which awaits toxicology tests that could take several weeks. “We believe that as a result of what occurred inside the hotel, that is why [Aderotimi] likely experienced medical complications,” Naish said. Meanwhile, the woman police say they believe helped Aderotimi arrange the procedure has been identified in a news report as her cousin Scheffee Wilson. Wilson, 30, an actress who lives in Saddle River, N.J., did not return messages left at her home. When contacted by London’s Daily Mirror newspaper, she said, “I need to speak to my attorney.” Police, who have not released Wilson’s name, have said they searched a home in
Saddle River and interviewed a woman they consider a witness. They said that the woman functioned as a recruiter who recommended the injection service to Aderotimi and that she received injections herself in another hotel room. “She has cooperated with us in this investigation,” Naish said Thursday. “She’s been very helpful.” Buttock injections, which are not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, have been promoted on the black market as less risky than surgical implants. Investigators do not know what material was injected into Aderotimi, but silicone gel or a material called Hydrogel is often used. The procedure has been known to result in complications that include infections, kidney impairment, and death. The injections have also gained popularity in the transgender community in recent years, according to some news reports. Andre D. Jeter, a transsexual in Atlanta, died in 2008 after receiving injections at a “pumping party,” an event organized around the injections, and similar deaths have been reported elsewhere in the country.
News of Aderotimi’s death has brought grieving from her friends and family in England. Through social networking sites and newspapers, a picture is emerging of a vibrant, fun-loving woman who had dreams of stardom, but also insecurities about her body. A British talent agent said “the problem was she didn’t have a butt, and she wanted a butt.” “She went to audition for one video shoot wearing fake booty pants,” said the agent, identified in the Sun, a London tabloid, as Tee Ali. “But when they found out it was fake she didn’t get asked back.” Ali cited the influence of media images. “She’s a victim of all these girls trying to be perfect. She thought if she had a big booty, she would have been in better videos and been more famous.” Friends posted poems and messages online. “I thought it was a prank when they told me you were gone,” one man wrote. A poster on a Facebook page created in her memory said: “I still can’t believe it. Claudiyah you told me you wouldn’t do this … .”
with a silicone product that was stored in a vat. “That should have given her a hint,” he said. Continued from B1 In early 2010, Marcus said, the case, which is classified six women presented themas a death investigation, pendselves to emergency rooms in ing further inquiry. North Jersey with complicaIt is a thriving business in tions from silicone injections. cities such as New York, Los “Everyone put two and two Angeles, and Miami, often together,” he said. run by unlicensed operators As a result of those cases, who use industrial grades of silicone that can cause perma- the Essex County Prosecunent lumps, infection, skin ul- tor’s Office last November ceration, and potentially fatal charged a 28-year-old woman from New Brunswick, N.J., blood clots. with practicing medicine with“God only knows where out a license. Anivia Cruz-Dilthey get it,” said Steven M. worth, who works as a plusMarcus, medical director of size model, has pleaded not the New Jersey Poison Inforguilty. mation and Education SysPeter Sepulveda, an assistem. “If you think about the silicone at Home Depot, it’s tant prosecutor in Essex not intended to be injected County, said Cruz-Dilworth injected women with a product into someone.” Marcus said he started see- called Hydrogel, charging ing botched silicone injec- them $650 to $1,250 for doses. tions about 10 years ago, pri- To seal off injection sites, he marily among the transgen- said, she used Krazy Glue. Sepulveda said one hospital der population. Men who wanted more feminine fea- treated 13 of Cruz-Dilworth’s tures would use silicone injec- clients, many complaining of tions to get rounded bottoms high fevers and hardness unor bigger breasts. der the skin near injection “There was a time when sites. “A few people were in our emergency department at the hospital seven or eight the University Hospital in times,” he said. “They’d be Newark was seeing one case fine for a week or two, then every couple of weeks,” Mar- rushed back to the emergency room.” cus said. But he said many women One woman who came in with an infection said the were reluctant to testify to a practitioner had injected her grand jury, knowing high-pro-
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file cases could draw attention to their own desires for bigger bottoms. “They are quite embarrassed to be associated with it,” he said. In New York, where the business attracts many Hispanic women, federal agencies are working together to address the problem. Last month, an unlicensed 36-year-old Bronx woman, Whalesca Castillo, was arrested on federal charges that she administered illegal injections of liquid silicone as part of an underground cosmetic business that she ran out of her home. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, working with agents from the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration’s criminal unit, said it would continue to expose and prosecute such operations. Castillo “put the health of unsuspecting women at risk, all to make a quick buck,” Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement at the time. Castillo, who owns a nail salon in the Bronx, imported silicone from the Dominican Republic. According to prosecutors, one client, who paid $1,000 for injections, experienced pain and could not sit up straight. That evening, she awoke with shortness of breath, got out of bed, and fainted. Her boyfriend revived her and called Castillo. Castillo, according to the complaint, told the woman that a hospital would not help because the procedure was illegal.
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Judge OKs surgery on teen WRESTLER from B1 whether the surgery had taken place; Delaware County and Jefferson officials have said that for privacy reasons, they cannot disclose that information. Delaware County Solicitor John McBlain would say after the hearing only that Jefferson “can proceed with the medical treatment. When and what would be up to the doctors.” The Mitchells declined to comment after the hearing. Their attorney, Michael Nix, said that they planned to appeal to Superior Court and to seek a stay of Brennan’s order while the matter was being reconsidered. With the Mitchells at his side, he said that “they believe that the right of the child and the right of the parents is more compelling than that of the state.” By the end of the day, however, no appeal had been filed with the Delaware County Office of Judicial Support, which officials said was the starting place for any further hearings. Nix and the Mitchells did not re-
On YouTube, Aderotimi appears in a video dancing with a friend to hip-hop music, wearing padded pants, with the caption “just having a laugh.” In another, she dances to Congolese music, billing herself as “Claudiyah Carmell.” “Funny, helpful & kind is what she was,” friend Audrey Mark told The Inquirer in an e-mail “We are human & we all make mistakes. She’ll be missed.” Contact staff writer Allison Steele at 215-854-2797 or asteele@phillynews.com.
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ROMUALDO JAMERO, Feb. 8, 2011. Beloved husband to Milagros (nee Delafuente); loving father of Nikki (Kenneth) Strehle, Elizabeth Tahil, Luzviminda Lumen, Annabelle Aspiras, Cecilia Noja; grandfather to Keith and 15 grandchildren; great grandfather to 4. Relatives and friends are invited to his Funeral Mass Saturday, Feb. 12th, 11 A.M., St. Dominic R.C. Church, where friends may call 10 A.M. and his Viewing Friday, Feb. 11th, 7 to 9 P.M., MANNAL FUNERAL HOME, 6925 Frankford Ave. (at Tyson). Interment private.
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W I L L I A M J. "MICKEY" on February 8, 2011. Beloved husband of the late Helen F. (nee Bailey). Devoted dad of Kathleen, Deborah Lerner (Harvey) and Eileen Smarr. Loving pop pop of John, Steven, Kimberly, Richard, Marie, Robert, Elizabeth and Carolyn; great grandfather of Brock and Nicholas. Dear brother of Francis and the late Catherine. Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing Monday after 8 SLABINSKI A.M. at THE FUNERAL HOME, 2614 Orthodox St., Phila. Funeral Mass 10 A.M. Nativity B.V.M. Upper Church. Interment Our Lady of Grace Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mickey’s memory to the MakeA-Wish Foundation, 512 Township Line Rd., Blue Bell, PA 19422 would be appreciated.
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ALBERT J. JR. “AL”, age 92, of E. Lansdowne, on Feb. 4, 2011. Predeceased by his parents, Albert J. Becker Sr. and Kathleen Sullivan; sister, Kathleen Stumm and brother Eugene Becker. Survived by wife of 64 years, Kathryn T. (nee Falls) Becker; daughters, Kathryn (the late Bud) McLaney and Bernadette (Mike) Hennessy; sons, Albert (Beth) Becker III, Thomas (Helen) Becker and Richard (Ramona) Becker; grandfather of 11, great grandfather of 6; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends invited to attend his Funeral Mass Sat., 12 Noon, St Cyril of Alexandria Church, 153 Penn Blvd., Lansdowne PA. 19050. Viewing Sat., 9 to 11:15 A.M., at M c C A U S L A N D GARRITY FUNERAL HOME, 202 S. Chester Pike, Glenolden PA 19036. Burial Holy Cross Cem., Yeadon PA. Memorial contributions to E. Lansdowne Ambulance Co., 164 Lexington Ave., East Lansdowne PA 19050. Condolences: www.mcgfh.com
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FRANK J., February 10, 2011, age 81, of Rox. Husband of Ann M. (nee Reeves); father of Judi Dziewit (Rich) and the late Franky Bernhardt; brother of Edward F. Bernhardt and Helen M. Nagel; grandfather of Nick and Richie Dziewit. Relatives and friends invited to Viewing Sunday eve, 7 to 9 P.M., and Monday 9 A.M., THE KOLLER FUNERAL HOME, 6835 Ridge Ave. (cor. of Livezey). Funeral Mass Monday, 10 A.M., Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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H A R R I E T van R O D E N of Shannondell, formerly of Wayne on Feb. 4, 2011. Beloved wife of Richard R. Bright. Loving mother of Heidi (Larry), Richard (Janet). Caring Grandmother of Megan, Brittany, Tiffany, Ariel, Tamara, Rachel, and four great grandchildren. Also survived by her brother Albert Caldwell van Roden Jr. (Joanne). A Celebration of life will be held at 1P.M. Sat., Feb. 19, 2011 at The Wayne Presbyterian Church, 125 East Lancaster Ave., Wayne, Pa. 19087. In Lieu of flowers, contributions in her name may be made to The Wayne Presbyterian Church at the above address or to Heartland Hospice Services, 460 Norristown Rd., Blue Bell, Pa.19422. STUARD F.H. - ARDMORE Family owned since 1822
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CHARLES age 72, on Feb 9, 2011. Sadly missed by Mary, his daughter Jennifer, stepson William, 5 grandchildren, brother Norman, and sister Alberta. Relatives and friends invited to his Viewing Sunday 1 P.M. at M c C A F F E R T Y SWEENEY FUNERAL HOME, 6126 Torresdale Ave. Service will begin 2 P.M. Int. Private.
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GERTRUDE V. (nee Dudkiewicz), peacefully on February 10, 2011, 84 years old, of Manayunk. Gert was a dedicated member of St. Lucy Parish her entire life. Wife of the late Charles Esposito; beloved mother of Anthony (Janet) Esposito, Charles (Melissa) Esposito and Maryann (Joseph) Torrissi; cherished grandmother of 9 grandchildren; sister of Arthur, the late Alfred and Eugene Dudkiewicz; also survived by nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to her Viewing in Church Tuesday, after 9:30 A.M. until 11:15 A.M., followed by her Funeral Mass, 11:30 A.M., St. Philip Neri Church, 437 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill PA 19444. Int. Westminster Cem. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Gert’s name to St. Lucy Church, 140 Green Lane, Phila. PA 19127. CLARE McILVAINE MUNDY F.H. INC. 215-482-8878 WALTER J., on Feb. 8, 2011, after a brief illness at the age of 56. Devoted son of Margaret R. (nee Kowker) and the late Walter J. Corkrey, loving brother of AMY L., February 8, 2011, of Margaret M. Corkrey, Carole Roxborough, age 30. Daughter Lazicki and the late Robert of Eileen (nee Sacchetti) and Firestine, cherished uncle of Larry Gallagher. Sister of Melissa A. Thoensen, Robert Christopher (Sara) and Lisa Firestine, Jr., Tina Lazicki and Gallagher. Granddaughter of Sheri Lazicki; also survived by Mark Sacchetti. Loving aunt of 5 great nieces and nephews. Gracie and JJ. Relatives and Relatives and friends are invited friends are invited to Viewing to his Viewing Monday, 8 A.M. Friday Eve 7-9 P.M. and Sat 9 at BURNS FUNERAL HOME, A.M. THE KOLLER FUNERAL 1428 E. Columbia Ave. (at Fkd. HOME, 6835 Ridge Ave. (cor. Ave.) followed by his Funeral of Livezey). Funeral Mass Sat. Mass 10:30 A.M. Holy Name of 10 A.M. St. John the Baptist Jesus Church. Int. private. Church. Ent. Westminster Cem. Family prefers donations to In lieu of flowers, donations in American Cancer Society, 1626 her memory to Lupus Locust St., Phila. PA 19103 in Foundation of America, Inc., his memory. 2000 "L" St., NW, Suite 710, www.burnsfuneralhome.com Washington, DC 20036.
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SARAH G. (nee Tallon), age 99, on Feb. 9, 2011. Beloved wife of the late Thomas J. Devoted mother of Thomas J., Jr. (Vicki), Michael (the late Marie) and Marygrace (Ted) Gilmore. Also survived by 9 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 8 great great grandchildren, and one brother Lawrence Tallon. Relatives and friends are invited to her Viewing Saturday 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. St. Francis Country House, 1412 Lansdowne Ave., Darby. Funeral Mass 10:45 A.M. Int. Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to Camilla Hall, P.O. Box 100, Immaculata, PA 19345 would be appreciated. Arr. KING
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JOHN H., 89 of Warminster, Feb. 7, 2011. Beloved husband of Adelaide (Addie) Lindenmuth. Survived by 3 daughters, Carol Lefebvre, Cheri MatthyGottshall and Cindy Dietrich, 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Viewing will be held Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 SCHNEIDER P.M. in THE FUNERAL HOME, 431 N. York Road, Hatboro PA and again Monday in NeshaminyWarwick Presbyterian Church, 1401 Meetinghouse Road., Warminster, after 10 A.M. followed by his Funeral Service at 11 A.M. Int. Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown. In lieu of flowers, donations in John’s name may be made to VFW Post 6493, 645 Louis Drive, Warminster, PA.
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THOMAS "TOMMY", age 51, of Perkasie PA. Beloved son of Robert and Madeline Manogue. Devoted brother of Maureen Lee, Amanda Burch, Robert Manogue, Meegan Thilmany and Christopher Manogue. Dedicated brother-in-law to Henry Lee, Chip Burch, Lizzie Manogue, Mike Thilmany and Caroline Manogue. Cherished uncle of Catie, Hal , Louisa and Libby Lee; Hannah, Carter and Lili Burch; Teddy and William Manogue; Sasha and Isabella Thilmany and Samantha and Finn Manogue. A best friend to many and a loyal friend to all he met. A Memorial Mass will be held today, February 11, at 1 P.M., at Our Mother of Good Counsel in Bryn Mawr.
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FRANK "CHIPPER" N., age 60, of Gloucester Twp., on February 8. Dearly beloved husband of Theresa (nee Rea) and loving father of Tanya (Kevin) O’Rourke of NY, Francesca of Marlton and Gina of Gloucester Twp. and blessed with a grandchild, Colin Francis O’Rourke. Frank served as a U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He worked as a dealer supervisor at the Trump Taj Mahal for 13 years. Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate a Christian Burial Service at 11:00 A.M. Monday, February 14 at THE FUNERAL MANOR, 1585 Hider Lane, Gloucester Twp. N.J. The Viewing will be after 9:30 A.M. on Monday at the Funeral Manor. The family requests donations be given in Frank’s name to the Wounded Warriers Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL. 2256. For further information and condolences please visit: thefuneralmanor.com
JOHN N., on February 10, 2011, age 91, of Yeadon PA. WW II Veteran. Beloved husband of the late Louise (nee Manley) Gibson. Loving father of Lynn Keely–Brown and Eileen Gibson. Grandfather of Lori, Brian, Heather, Rebecca and Jennifer. Great-grandfather of Christopher and Michael. Preceded in death by one brother and 2 sisters. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Mass Monday, 11 A.M., at St. Louis Church, West Cobbs Creek Pkwy., Yeadon PA 19050, where friends may call Monday morning from 10:30 A.M. at the Church. Interment SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery. Friends may also call Sunday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. at LOGAN FUNERAL HOME, 57 South Eagle Rd., Havertown PA 19083. In lieu of flowers, family prefers contributions to a disabled Veteran’s charity of your own choice. www.Loganfuneralhomes.com G E N E R A L on Wednesday, February 3, 2011. He leaves to cherish his memory, wife, Anna, children: General, Geneyce, Constance, Darlene (Kenneth), Mark (Beverly), Annalisa (Clarence) and his "Special Son", Billie and many other family and friends. Service, Saturday, Feb. 12th H E R B E R T R. February 10, 10:00 A.M. with Viewing from 82011 of Marlton, NJ. Beloved 10 A.M. at the Corinthian husband of Marlene (nee Baptist Church, 6113 N. 21st Rosenberg) Green. Dear St., Phila., PA 19138 Int. Whitedevoted father of Lesley marsh. BRUCE R. HAWKINS (Bruce) Bachman and the late F.H. 6828 Old York Rd. Terry Robert Green. Loving grandfather of Tanner (fiancé Alicia) Bachman and Drew Bachman. Relatives and friends MARIE B. (nee Berto), Feb. 9, are invited Friday beginning 2011, age 91 years. Beloved 11:30 A.M. to P L A T T wife of the late John J. Devoted MEMORIAL CHAPELS, Inc. mother of Sr. Maureen, C.S.F.N. 2001 Berlin Rd., Cherry Hill, and the late Sr. Patricia, S.S.J. NJ where Funeral Services will Cousin of Sr. Stella Mary, begin promptly at 12:00 Noon. R.S.M., Joan Martin, Kathleen Interment Har Zion Cemetery. Matthews and Michael O’Brien. The family will return to the Relatives and friends are home of Lesley and Bruce invited to Viewing Tuesday 9:30 Bachman. Contributions may to 11 A.M. Resurrection of Our be made to Samaritan Hospice. Lord Church, Castor & Shelmire Sts. Funeral Mass 11 A.M. Int. Holy Sepulchre Cem. Family prefers donations to Holy Family University, 9801 FLORENCE M. on Feb. 9, 2011. Frankford Ave., Phila., PA Daughter of the late William 19114. Arrs. HOLLEN FUNERAL HOME and Florence Holland. Sister of (Thomas J. Fluehr F.D.), the late William, Jr. and John 215-698-2500 Holland. Survived by nieces, nephews and their children. Relatives and friends are invited to her Viewing STANLEY J. "MOUSEY" on Saturday, 9 A.M. Presentation Feb. 9, 2011. Beloved B.V.M. Church, 100 Old husband of Ella (Sis Soldiers Rd. and Woodland Ackerman) Mieloch. Ave., Cheltenham, PA. 19012 Brother of Dot Merle and Laura followed by Funeral Mass 10 Altomari. He is also survived A.M. Int. Holy Sepulchre Cem. by two angels Ann Seltner and In lieu of flowers, donations in Miriam Wrubel as well as her memory to the above named nieces and nephews. Relatives church would be appreciated. and friends are invited to www.wackermanfuneralhome.com attend his Funeral Monday 9:30 A.M. THE REILLY FUNERAL HOME, 2632 E. Allegheny Ave. Funeral Service will begin at 11:30 A.M. with interment to S. RICHARD III, Solebury PA, follow in North Cedar Hill Cem. Feb. 9, 2011. Husband of late In lieu of flowers, please make Elizabeth Jean Linville (2001). a donation in his memory to Survived by close friend, Lois Holy Redeemer Hospice, 12265 Ruszin; brother of Mary Jane Townsend Rd., Phila., PA 19154. Carlin and John J. Klinges, (Phyllis); 2 nieces; 2 nephews, one grandniece and 4 grandnephews. Funeral Mass at 12 WILLIAM "BILL", January 31, Noon, Monday, Feb. 14, St. 2011, in Winter Haven FL. He is Martin of Tours Roman survived by his wife, Kathleen Catholic Church, 1 Riverstone (nee Harkins); his brother, Circle, New Hope PA. Visitation Steve and his sisters, Rose and Eileen Smith. 10 A.M. to 12 Noon. Int. private. Corica Memorial contributions in Relatives and friends are invited Dick’s name to Bucks County to his Mass of Christian Burial, SPCA, PO Box 277, Lahaska PA 10:30 A.M., Saturday, Feb. 12th, 18931. REED AND STEINBACH St. Monica Church, 17th and FUNERAL HOME , Doylestown. Ritner Streets, Philadelphia PA.
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ADAM, Suddenly, Feb. 6, 2011. age 48 at his home. A Loving, caring, extraordinary man has left this life. Beloved son of the late Andrew and Margaret (nee Pilling) Davis, brother of Andrew Davis, Richard Alexander and Joseph Alexander and the late Margaret Dougherty, step son of Patricia Davis; also survived by his many loving nieces and nephews. Longtime love of Stephen Brodsky. Relatives and friends are invited to his Memorial Gathering SUNDAY FEB. 13, 2011, 11 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. at THE MONTI-RAGO FUNERAL HOME INC., 253135 S. Broad St. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 3925 Chestnut St., Phila. PA 19104 in memory of Adam. Expressions of Sympathy www.montiragofuneralhome.com
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JOAN (nee Harle) of Northwood on Feb. 7, 2011. Devoted mother of James S. Di Giovannantonio (Ellen) and Susan Brown (Brian). Loving grandmother of Brian, Stephen, Christopher and Kate. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Tuesday, 8:15 to 9:15 A.M. at JOHN F. FLUEHR AND SONS INC., 3301-15 Cottman Ave. Funeral Mass St. Joachim Church, 10 A.M. Rite of Committal Lawnview Cem. Friends may call Monday eve. 7 to 9 P.M. at the Funeral Home.
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EVELYN F. (nee Steeger), on February 8, 2011. Her family will receive relatives and friends Monday, 10 to 11 A.M., CAMPBELL AND THOMAS FUNERAL HOME, 905 Second Street Pike, Richboro. Funeral Service 11 A.M. Interment Forest Hills Cemetery. To send condolences or for directions www.campbellfh.com
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JOSEPH G., on Feb. 9, 2011, age 84. Beloved husband of the late Jane R. (nee Kayes); loving father of the late Joanne J. Bortz (her surviving spouse Rex); loving brother of Bernard Mullany, Theresa Cain, and Pat Perillo; dear friend of Lorraine Lazzaro; cherished grandfather of 4, great grandfather of 5. He was preceded in death by his siblings, John and Frank Mullany, and Rita McGinty. Family and friends are invited to Joe’s Life Celebration Mon., after 9:30 A.M., from St. Helena Church, 5th St. and Godfrey Ave., Phila. PA 19120, and to participate in his Funeral Mass 10 A.M. Interment Private. Family Service by GEITNER/ GIVNISH OF OLNEY. www.lifecelebration.com 1-800-GIVNISH
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MICHAEL J. PASSERO SR., 62, of Norristown, on Wednesday February 9, 2011. Michael is survived by his wife, Catherine (nee Rogers); son, Michael Jr., and his daughter, Gina Passero. Relatives and friends are invited to Michael’s Life Celebration Service on Saturday, February 12, from 9:30 to 10:50 A.M., at Visitation BVM Church, 196 N. Trooper Rd. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 A.M. at the Church. Interment will be at SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Marple Township. In lieu of flowers, donations in Michael’s name can be made to Visitation BVM at the above address. Family Services are by BOYDHORROX OF EAST NORRITON 1-800-GIVNISH www.lifecelebration.com
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EDWARD "PUNKY", age 72, formerly of Wayne and Malvern PA, on Feb. 8, 2011. Loving father of Stephanie, Diane, Tracey, Kim, and Debbie. Brother of Shirley, Judy, Babs, Tom, Richie, and the late Bart. Also survived by 14 grandchildren, and 8 great grandchildren and predeceased by one grandchild. Life Celebration Memorial Service Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, 11 A.M., MAUGER/ GIVNISH INC. FUNERAL HOME, 24 Monument Ave., Malvern PA, where friends may call from 10 to 11 A.M. www.lifecelebration.com
MARIE L. (nee Tommins) on Feb. 9, 2011. Wife of the late J. N. Hebert and George Postel. Devoted mother of Mary Ellen Seiner (John) and Joseph N. Hebert III (Trish). Loving grandmother of John Seiner, Christina Shore and Mary Elena Loughney. Also survived by 7 great grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to her Viewing Monday, 9:00 A.M. St. Joseph Manor Chapel, 1616 Huntingdon Pike, Meadowbrook, PA 19046 followed by Funeral Mass 10:00 A.M. Int. Holy Sepulchre Cem. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory to St. Joseph Manor, Four Seasons Fl., at the above address or Sisters of the Holy Redeemer, 521 Moredon Rd., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 would be appreciated. www.wackermanfuneralhome.com
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EARL W. 80 of North Wilm., DE died on February 9, 2011, husband of Margaret E. Page (nee Bennett), father of Michael (Mary) Page and Michael (Desiree) Salvato, Margaret Rosato, Kim Marie Buecheler and Stefanie (Mike) Keeler, 8 grandchildren, Christopher Previti, Matthew Buecheler, Michael Salvato Jr., Ashley, Brook and Casey Keeler, Jeffrey and Kyle Page, he will also be missed by his friends from PGW where he was employed for 37 years. Services and Interment are Private. Arr.: P A G A N O FUNERAL H O M E , Garnet Valley, PA. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.paganofuneralhome.com
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JOSEPH A. SR., 81, of Villas, passed away after a lengthy illness, February 7, 2011. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he resided in Villas since retiring in 1991. Joe was employed for 43 years at South Phila ARCO Refinery and was a maintenance technician for the Pump and Tank Department. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Also, Joe loved fishing, camping, bird watching and was an avid trap shooter as a member of Bayshore Sportsmans’ Club. He had an extensive music collection and was extremely fond of The Big Bands. Son of the late Catherine (Ferry) Sulzbach and Joseph Shields; predeceased by sisters, Gertrude Sulzbach and Patricia (Sulzbach) Greskoff. Survived by his loving wife, Helen (Banker); sister, Catherine Plossl of Stuart FL, and his children, Joseph (Theresa), Patrick, Anne (Mark), and Michael (Karen); grandchildren Joseph, Cecilia (Anthony), Megan and Kathryn; greatgranddaughter Kaylin. Funeral Services and Interment private. No donations, please. Online condolences can be made to the family through Michael Shields at mfshields@sunocoinc.com
J O H N , 72, of Phila., at Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse, on Wednesday, February 9, 2011. Beloved husband of Sophie (nee Develegna) Pappas. Visitation from 10 to 11 A.M., with Service at 11 A.M., at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 256 S. 8th St., Phila. Int. Fernwood Cem. Contributions to Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse, 1800 Lombard St., 6th Floor, Phila. PA 19146. Arr. by JAMES J. TERRY F.H., DEBORAH (nee Melcher), age Downingtown. 85, on February 7, 2011, of Cathedral Village. Survived by her husband, Morris A. Stout, III; 3 daughters, Deborah, wife LEO M., 85 on Feb. 10, 2011. of William Nutt, Gretchen S. Proud U.S. Navy veteran of Hayes, Clarissa, wife of Ted WW II and the Korean War. Wells; a son, Morris IV, Husband of Marie S. Father of husband of Anne Stout; a sister, Michael (Valerie), Mark Sally M. Jarvis; 11 grand(Barbara) and Richard (Jody). children, 4 great grandchildren, Grandfather of 9. Funeral many cousins, nieces and Mass 11:00 A.M. Mon Feb. 14 at nephews. A Memorial Service St. Robert Bellarmine Church, will be held on Sat., April 30, 856 Euclid Ave, Warrington, 2011, 2 P.M., at Presbyterian where friends will be received Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 after 10:00 A.M. Memorials in Germantown Ave., Phila. PA lieu of flowers to Abington 19118. In lieu of flowers, Hospice, 2510 Maryland Rd, contributions may be made to the above Church. Willow Grove, PA 19090. (JACOB F. RUTH) www.shellyfuneralhomes.com
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JESSE W. SR., February 8, 2011, age 91. Beloved husband of the late V. (nee Frances Vincent). Jesse aside from being a retired detective, he was a learned zoologist, a talented artist, a master taxidermist and a musician. While in his teens, and working as a fireman on a PRR steam locomotive, he moonlighted as a taxidermist at Natural the Academy of Sciences. He served in the Navy before WWII, and the Merchant Marines during the War. After the War, he worked at the Zoo (his first love) and then the Police Dept. for 19 years and was forced to retire on a disability. Afterward, he returned to the Zoo. He was a unique individual. Most of all, to my good fortune, he was my Dad.....Jesse Strange Jr. Dear father of Jesse W. Jr., Roberta Fourness, and the late Dale; dear grandfather of Jesse W. Strange III, Dennis Strange, Kelly Strange, James Strange, John Jackson, Jason Strange and Chad Strange; also survived by 8 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild; and his good friend, Frank Roman. Relatives, friends, members of the Phila. Police Dept. and the Phila. Zoo are invited to attend his Viewing Monday, 10 A.M., EDWARD J. from THE PETNER FUNERAL HOME (Family Owned and Operated), 6421 Frankford Ave. at Levick St. Christian Burial Service, 12 Noon Int. private. In lieu of flowers, it is requested that donations be made in his name to Women’s Humane Society, 3829 Richlieu Rd, Bensalem PA 19020.
STRUBLE
FRANK C. SR., Feb. 8, 2011, of Phila. Beloved husband of Lois (nee Riley), loving father of Susan, Edward, Robert, Naomi and the late Frank, Jr. Brother of William (Jen) and the late Barbara, grandfather of 10, great grandfather of 4. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Arrangements HANCOCK FUNERAL HOME, LTD
SWEENEY
JOSEPH E., Jr. died February 7, 2011, in Napa, CA. He was born in Philadelphia, PA to Joseph E. Sweeney, Sr. and Mary C. Slevin. After from Northeast graduation Catholic High School Joseph entered the Navy and served on the U.S.S. Rushmore in the Korean War. Mr. Sweeney worked installing sprinkler systems. He loved to dance, loved his children and never missed their games. He loved his companion Shetland Sheepdogs, Katie and Keri. Mr. Sweeney is survived by his wife, Joan Sharek Sweeney of Napa, CA; daughters Mary J. Sweeney of Philadelphia, PA; and Maureen A. Sweeney of Napa, CA; his sons Joseph E. Sweeney III and his wife Laura Smith Sweeney of San Francisco, CA; Timothy E. Sweeney and his wife Susan McKay Sweeney of Larkspur, CA and Patrick A. Sweeney and his wife Susanne Herring Sweeney of Perth, Australia and grandchildren Timothy, Maeghan, William, Katherine, Alexandra, Emily and Aidan. He was preceded in death by his daughter Kathleen A. Sweeney. A Funeral Mass was celebrated in Napa, CA Condolences to the family may be sent at: claffeyandrota.com
WALBRIDGE
ELIZABETH M. "LIBBY", died at home, on February 7th, 2011, in Blue Bell PA. She was 94. Born on Nov. 21, 1916 in New York City, she graduated from Chapin School and Bennington College. During WWII, she worked for the Quartermaster Corps. She married Cope B. Walbridge on July 26, 1947; they were together 62 years! A talented artist, homemaker, and volunteer, she was member of the Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd. since 1940. She was also active in the Colonial Dames of NYC and Goldwater Hospital. She is survived by her 3 children, Charles, Eliza, and Peggy. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:30 A.M., on Tuesday, February 15th, at St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh Bethlehem Pike and Camp Hill Rd., Fort Washington PA. Condolences may be made at www.UrbanFuneralHome.com
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WEAVER
ALMA G. WISCHMAN, a wonderful mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed from this world on Feb. 9, 2011 at the age of 95 years. Alma Weaver was the daughter of Franklin Benjamin Wischman and Mazie Harrop Wischman of Atlantic City and She was a Philadelphia. graduate of West Philadelphia High School. Alma was the wife of Tech. Sgt. Ambrose Seward Weaver III who was killed in the Battle of the Bulge in Jan 1945 and is buried in Belgium. She never remarried. Mrs. Weaver was predeceased by her mother and father, her brother Franklin William (Anne), and her sisters; Dorothea W. Condon (Arthur), Louise W. Powell (Frederick) This was a lovely lady who enjoyed a good party and loved to dance. She adored her family. She is survived by her W. daughter Meredithe Samselski (Ludwik), grandson Benjamin Arthur Samselski (Traci), granddaughter Victoria Elizabeth Rector (Mark) and her great-grandsons Benjamin Philip and Austin Leo Samselski. Alma Weaver overcame many obstacles to lead the independent and happy life she chose for herself. Her wit carried her a long way but never so far as her love. Her Funeral Service will be offered Sunday evening at eight o’clock from T H E GODFREY FUNERAL HOME OF PALERMO, 644 South Shore Road, Palermo, NJ where friends may call from six o’clock until the time of Funeral service. Graveside Services will be on Monday afternoon at one o’clock in Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer, PA. The family suggests those who desire send memorial contributions to Beacon Animal Rescue, 701 Butter Rd, Ocean View, NJ 08230. Condolences, visit: www.godfreyfuneralhome.com
WORTHINGTON
MARGARET ANN (nee Rehmeyer), 89, of Exton, on February 10, 2011. She is survived by her children Robert M. Worthington Jr. (Prudence), Maryalis Bakken (John), and Ruthanne Worthington (Edward Johnson), her grandchildren Andrew Blades, Sarah Worthington, Lindsay Ambrosino, Brandt Portugal, Emma Johnson, and Tess Johnson, her nephew Richard “Butch” Rehmeyer, and her niece Lisa Gaier. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert M. Worthington Sr. , and her brothers Glen Rehmeyer, James Rehmeyer, and Robert Rehmeyer. Relatives and friends are invited to her Funeral Service on Tuesday February 15, 2011 at 11 A.M. at Lionville Community Church, 101 Crump Rd., Exton PA 19341. Viewing in Church from 10 A.M. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers donations can be made Neighborhood Hospice, 400 East Marshall St., West Chester, PA 19380. Arrangements by JOHN J. BRYERS FUNERAL HOME OF WILLOW GROVE, PA. www.bryersfh.com
ZAROFF
MYRA, Feb. 9, 2011, of Cherry Hill, NJ. Wife of the late Samuel Zaroff. Mother of Bonnie (the late Nathan) Friedman, Arlene (Ed) Davis and the late Arthur Zaroff. Also survived by 6 grandchildren and 7 greatgrandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited Sunday beginning 10:30 A.M. to PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS, Inc. 2001 Berlin Rd. Cherry Hill, where Funeral Services will begin promptly at 11:00 A.M. Int. Crescent Mem. Park. The family will return to the home of Bonnie Friedman. Contributions may be made to Saltzman House or Moorestown VNA.
OBITUARIES
John F. Kirlin Jr., 72, civil engineer By Sally A. Downey
four years and co-captained the 1959 and 1960 squads. John Francis Kirlin Jr., 72, After graduating, he was an a former civil engineer, com- engineer for local construcpany president, and champi- tion companies. While workon swimmer, died Tuesday, ing, he earned a master’s deFeb. 8, of complications from gree in business from WidenAlzheimer’s disease at the er. Fountain View In the late 1970s, he and a Center in Atlan- partner, Louis Miorelli, estabta. lished Miorelli-Kirlin, a conMr. Kirlin crete-roofing company in Edgraised a family mont. The firm pioneered the in Drexel Hill use of lightweight, insulated and later lived concrete roofs. in Springfield, Its projects included PhilaDelaware delphia City Hall, RFK StadiCounty, before um in Washington, the Atlant o tic City Convention Center, a John Francis m o v i n g Georgia four parking garage and additions Kirlin Jr. years ago to be at Philadelphia International close to family. Airport, and numerous public He grew up in Southwest and Catholic schools in the Philadelphia, where he swam Philadelphia area. Not all the for a local boys club, and grad- firm’s work involved roofs, uated from West Philadelphia and its concrete system was Catholic High School, where also used to build a pier in he played football. He then Boston Bay. Mr. Kirlin retired earned a bachelor’s degree in in 2003. civil engineering from PennWhen his daughters were sylvania Military College, growing up, Mr. Kirlin encournow Widener University. At aged their interest in swimPMC, he played football for ming and served on the board INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
of the Aronimink Swim Club. A daughter, Kris Kester, swam for Cardinal Dougherty High School and the University of Pennsylvania in the 1980s. “There would be all these mothers at meets, and then there would be my dad,” she said. At age 50, Mr. Kirlin decided to start swimming competitively. He joined the Colonial 1776 swimmers and competed in both pool and outdoor distance master’s events. By the late 1990s, he was listed in the top 10 nationally in his age group in eight individual events and six relay events, his daughter said. He was involved in national and international events, including the 2000 World Masters Championships in Munich, Germany. For years, he swam in the 4.4-mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim in Annapolis, Md. He won a medal for his age group and achieved his best time, 2 hours and 16 minutes, when he was 58. At 67, he swam in a one-mile event in
Annapolis with his three granddaughters, capturing second place in his age group. He continued swimming until two years ago, his daughter said. Since 1960, he had been married to Anita Whalen Kirlin. They met at a dance as teenagers. He and his wife enjoyed square dancing and traveling, especially to Ireland. In addition to his wife and daughter, Mr. Kirlin is survived by daughters Mary Kay Beirne and Denise Gomez; two sisters; a brother; and seven grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at St. Dorothy Roman Catholic Church, Township Line and Burmont Roads, Drexel Hill. Friends may call from 9 a.m. Donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090. Contact staff writer Sally A. Downey at 215-854-2913 or sdowney@phillynews.com.
Edward Worley, horseman Wayne R. and Phila. longshoreman Hess; had By Walter F. Naedele
phia, and Germantown who’d INQUIRER STAFF WRITER get together for competitive Edward F. Worley, 76, a Phila- riding and then ‘sit around delphia longshoreman and a and tell horse lies.’ ” Fairmount Park horseman, Mr. Worley’s daughter said died of heart failure Saturday, that when he was growing up Feb. 5, at Willow Terrace, a at the Richard Allen Homes, nursing home in Germantown. the public housing high-rises, Until he was injured in a 1985 there were stables nearby. workplace accident, Mr. Worley Even as a 10-year-old, she was an active member of the said, “he used to slip off from African Amerihis sisters, who were babysitcan riding ting him, to work as a stablegroup known as hand.” the Western The attraction deepened Wranglers. The group when he and a brother spent housed its ani- summers with his mother on mals in sta- her farm in Delaware. “There,” she said, “he bles, since burned down, would ride her horses and in the former help take care of her farm.” Edward F. Hancock Paper Worley For about 20 years, she Co. building on said, he owned one horse at a Master Street time, one after another, at the between 31st and 32d Streets Master Street stables. in Brewerytown. As far as she knew, he “They do a last ride for the didn’t ride competitively, but person who has passed “mainly for leisure” on trails away,” Mr. Worley’s daughter, in Fairmount Park. Leah Harris, said in an interBut then, she said, “it was a view. “They tie his boots onto men’s club and he didn’t talk a horse” and lead it to the about what the men did.” funeral gathering. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. “When I see that,” she said, Worley learned woodworking “I’m going to cry.” skills at what is now Bok VocaA 1993 photo essay in In- tional High School. quirer Magazine — 15 photos “He and I, when I was a of the riders and their steeds little girl, we fashioned a cof— recounted that “up through fee table out of an old gangthe ’70s there were rival fac- plank that was being discardtions of cowboys from West ed” from his workplace on Philadelphia, North Philadel- the docks, she said. “And we
have it to this day.” In the 1950s, Mr. Worley spent most of his four years of military obligation working in Air Force motor pools. His career as a longshoreman, mostly in Philadelphia but also on the Camden waterfront, spanned more than 40 years, beginning in 1962, when he became a member of both International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1291 and the Philadelphia Marine Trade Association. At the Girard Point Piers, below the I-95 bridge over the Schuylkill in South Philadelphia, Mr. Worley was foreman of his own work gang for much of his career. “He was a very strong man,” his daughter said. “His nickname was ‘Soup,’ short for Superman.” Besides his daughter, Mr. Worley is survived by sons Edward and Kenneth, a brother, four sisters, eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and two great-greatgrandsons. His wife, Viola, died in 2002. A viewing was set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Fountain Funeral Home, 3100 N. 22d St., before an 11 a.m. funeral service there. Burial is to be private.
paper firm By Sally A. Downey
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Wayne Richardson Hess, 86, of Glen Mills, a paper company owner and decorated World War II veteran, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, of diabetes at Riddle Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hess, who graduated from Upper Darby High School, enlisted in June 1944 in the Army Air Force and trained as a navigator aboard B-29s. He flew 18 missions as a lieutenant on bombing raids over enemy targets in the PaWayne cific, including R. Hess Tokyo. On one flight, shrapnel tore through the plane’s shell and hit him in the shoulder. Mr. Hess received a Purple Heart, an Air Medal, and a Distinguished Flying Cross. His flight crew members were his friends, and one was a groomsman at his wedding, said his daughter, Joanne “Cup” Anderson. Mr. Hess hosted a reunion for his crew in the mid-1990s and attended a national reunion of B-29 Contact staff writer Walter F. aviators in Nashville. Naedele at 215-854-5607 or Returning home in 1945, he wnaedele@phillynews.com. married his high school sweetheart, Suzanne Duke, earned a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School of the UniverIN THE NATION sity of Pennsylvania, and AND THE WORLD then was a salesman for paper manufacturers. Fred M. Kirby In 1952, Mr. Hess estabAlleghany CEO, 91 lished Pontiac Paper Co., a wholesale paper and packagFred “F.M.” Kirby, 91, an heir ing distribution firm in Folto the Woolworth family retailon the books,” said Chris BartBy Sally A. Downey croft. He continued to work ing fortune who was chief execINQUIRER STAFF WRITER lett, the center’s executive diuntil selling the business two utive officer of Alleghany Corp. John J. Wilcox Jr., 65, a sup- rector. months ago, his daughter for 25 years and chairman for porter of the gay community Mr. Wilcox came to potluck 39 years, died Tuesday in North in Philadelphia, died of meso- dinners at the center and so- said. When his children were Carolina. He lived in New Ver- thelioma Wednesday, Jan. 19, cialized with the Silver Foxes, growing up, the family spent non, in Morris County, N.J. at Penn Hospice at Ritten- a group of retired center summer weekends on their The grandson of Fred Morhouse. members, Gutierrez said. gan Kirby, cofounder of the Mr. Wilcox “Jack was estranged from 30-foot cabin cruiser, the F.W. Woolworth chain, Mr. Kirg r e w u p i n his biological family,” she South Wind, in the Chesaby succeeded his father in 1967 Quincy, Mass., said. “He made his own fami- peake Bay and off Cape May. at the helm of Alleghany, an inand earned a ly. He included quite a bit of In recent years, he and his wife spent time with their surance and investment compabachelor’s de- us in his family.” ny similar in structure to Wargree from the In 2005, Mr. Wilcox was di- grandchildren at their vacaren Buffett’s Berkshire HathaUniversity of agnosed with mesothelioma, tion home in Jupiter, Fla. He way Corp. He retired from AlMassachua form of lung cancer caused was a Phillies fan, and enleghany in 2007. setts. He then by exposure to asbestos. He joyed playing the piano and He also succeeded his father John J. had a 27-year had been exposed when the accordion. “He was a gentle man, peras president of the F.M. Kirby Wilcox Jr. career with the Hartford library was renovatsonable and kind, filling his Foundation, which reported Hartford Pub- ed, Gutierrez said. more than $425 million in aslic Library in After receiving a settle- roles as son, husband, father, sets in 2009. In the last three Connecticut. ment from asbestos litigation, grandfather, and friend with years for which it has reported, After retiring as the li- he established an endowment conviction and strength,” his 2007 through 2009, it distribut- brary’s business manager in to benefit the William Way daughter said. ed more than $77.6 million in 2001, Mr. Wilcox moved to Community Center. He also In addition to his wife of 65 grants to groups in the family’s South Philadelphia. He had supported the library and the years and daughter, Mr. Hess areas of interest, which include visited the city and liked it, archives at the center, which is survived by two grandchilthe arts, education, and health. according to a friend, Virgin- were named in his honor, and dren. A son, Wayne III “Rich,” A family feud erupted in ia Gutierrez. He became an supported the center’s youth died in 1988. 1986, when Mr. Kirby re- active member of the William programs. A funeral will be held at 1 moved his brother and two sis- Way Community Center for Mr. Wilcox loved classical p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at St. ters from positions at the foun- the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and music and was a fan of the John’s Episcopal Church, 576 dation and installed his wife transgendered community, Dallas Cowboys and the New Concord Rd., Glen Mills. and children. The siblings and joined the nonprofit’s fi- York Yankees. Friends may call from 11 a.m. sued, but Mr. Kirby prevailed. nance committee. He is survived by his Burial will be in Arlington NaHe was born in Wilkes“I met Jack when I was co- former partner, Bennie E. tional Cemetery, Arlington, Va., at a later date. Donations Barre and graduated from La- chair of the board of direc- Crudup. fayette College in 1942. He tors at the William Way,” said A memorial service will be may be made to the American headed immediately to train- Gutierrez. “He was the only at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Diabetes Foundation, 150 ing with the U.S. Naval Re- guy who showed up consis- the William Way Center, 1315 Monument Rd., Suite 100, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. 19004. serve. His assignments includ- tently to all the board meet- Spruce St., Philadelphia. ed Navy bases on the English ings, and he would ask us all Channel that prepared for the these questions about our fi- Contact staff writer Sally A. Contact staff writer Sally A. invasion of Normandy. nances.” Downey at 215-854-2913 or Downey at 215-854-2913 or “He was a great set of eyes sdowney@phillynews.com. — Bloomberg News sdowney@phillynews.com.
John J. Wilcox Jr., 65, supporter of gay rights
Friday, February 11, 2011
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Friday’s Forecast
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Scranton
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Trenton 35/23
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Asbury Park 34/28
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High 25. Mostly cloudy with flurries Friday night. Low 14. Slight chance of light snow Saturday. High 30.
Wind west at 10-15 knots. Visibility 7-10 miles. Waves 2-3 feet.
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42/26
Poconos Clouds will be on the increase.
Jersey Shore Sunny to partly cloudy. High 39.
Partly to mostly cloudy Friday night. Low 29. Partly sunny and seasonable Saturday. High 44.
Delaware Mostly sunny and not as cold. High
39. Becoming partly cloudy Friday night. Low 26. Partly sunny and seasonably cool Saturday. High 44.
Manasquan to Cape Henlopen Mostly sunny.
knots. Visibility 7-10 miles. Waves 1 foot or less.
Cape Henlopen to Virginia Beach Partly to mostly sunny. Wind west at 10-15 knots. Visibility 7-10 miles. Waves 2-3 feet.
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Tides Friday
Temperatures
High Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 (3:37 p.m.) Record high for Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 (1925) 3 p.m. humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25% Low Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 (9:47 a.m.) Record low for Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 (1899) Normal high/low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41/26 High/low same date last year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33/28 Season heating degree days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,114 Last season heating degree days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,923 Normal season heating degree days . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,058
Thursday’s barometer
6 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.01 rising Noon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.08 falling 6 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.12 rising
Daylight sky conditions Thursday 50% clouds with 50% sunshine
Precipitation
Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trace Month through Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.98 in. Year through Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.37 in. Normal through Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.50 in. Deficit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.13 in.
Commentary By Annette John-Hall
Her love of hooking up folks CROCHET from B1 dropped stitches. And now, with their latest project, Delorise and her crocheting pals have extended their community reach to our troops 6,000 miles away through a labor of love.
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Philadelphia (Chestnut St.) High tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:09 a.m., 7:46 p.m. Low tide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:11 a.m., 2:06 p.m. Weather indications s = sunny; pc = partly cloudy; Delaware Breakwater c = cloudy; sh = showers; t = thunderstorms; High tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46 a.m., 2:05 p.m. r = rain; sf = snow flurries; sn = snow; i = ice. Low tide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:03 a.m., 8:04 p.m. City Thursday Friday Saturday Cape May Allentown 25/19/s 32/18/pc 37/25/pc High tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 a.m., 1:20 p.m. Low tide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:23 a.m., 7:10 p.m. Atlantic City 33/26/sn 39/29/s 44/33/pc Atlantic City (Steel Pier) Baltimore 32/23/s 40/22/s 44/28/pc High tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:26 a.m., 12:46 p.m. Harrisburg 26/19/s 36/21/pc 41/26/pc Low tide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:02 a.m., 6:49 p.m. New York 28/22/pc 32/27/pc 40/27/pc Beach Haven (Little Egg Harbor) Pittsburgh 20/5/pc 28/21/c 35/26/pc High tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:56 a.m., 3:31 p.m. Salisbury, Md. 32/27/sn 42/22/s 48/29/s Low tide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m., 10:15 p.m. Scranton 22/12/s 28/18/pc 30/19/c Barnegat Inlet Washington 34/24/s 42/26/s 46/28/pc High tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:31 a.m., 1:06 p.m. Low tide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:33 a.m., 7:18 p.m. Wilmington 28/22/pc 36/25/s 41/28/pc
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Pollution Forecast Friday
Regional Forecast
Washington
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High Pollutant Thursday
Bristol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . Camden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norristown. . . . . . . . . . . . Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . Trenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmington . . . . . . . . . . .
Cape May
entire neighborhood’s, too. “I just liked the idea of singing together,” Delorise says. “Now the kids probably don’t even know the songs.” But the thing that gives Delorise the most joy is needlework, especially crocheting. “When we look at TV, she Giver and a doer don’t even look up,” says GovRetiree doesn’t even begin ernor Williams, Delorise’s husto describe Delorise, though band. “She crochets in the the 68-year-old retired from dark.” her job as a conference-room “When I drop a stitch, I coordinator at Independence don’t have to see it,” Delorise Blue Cross six years ago. says. “I can feel it.” Her unlined face breaks out Delorise learned to crochet in a smile as she opens the door of her warm North Phil- from her mother when she ly twin. She had rushed home was a child. “My mother was after presenting a black-histo- quite the crafter,” Delorise ry program to one of her says. “But the one thing she failed to teach me was how to many senior groups. “I’m not one to sit at home,” read a pattern.” At Blue Cross, she learned. she says. I’ll say. You may find her “I thought, ‘Look out, world! singing with her choral I’m dangerous now!’” Delorise graduated from group, the Classic Tones. Or line dancing at Temptations scarves and hats to hot-pants in Germantown. She even sets (’70s), leg warmers (’80s) took up tap at 40 and earned and now, fingerless gloves (for touch devices). a bachelor’s degree at 57. Her basement is a virtual “She touches so many people’s lives from within,” says crochet emporium. SixtyVenus Jackson, 46, her daugh- eight red, black, and white ter. Venus says Delorise was scarves lay ready to be boxed the activity mom who cor- up and sent to her grandralled the kids into every- daughter’s drill team in Housthing — tap and ballet, cro- ton. cheting (of course), even Delorise has crocheted comChristmas caroling. Not just plete layettes for every newher own daughters, but the born grandchild. She has
hooked stunning, professional-looking blankets for every member of the family, made from scraps of leftover yarn. She started crochet groups at church and at work. She named the Blue Cross group the Crochet Hookers.
Volunteers, too
A couple of days a week, Delorise volunteers at a senior day-care group in Germantown, where she uses crocheting as therapy. “They all have arthritis, so I teach them how to knit and crochet on a loom,” she says. “We sit and talk and help them do it. Just to be able to use their fingers. … ” From the caps she makes for kids with cancer to the lap blankets she crochets for folks in wheelchairs, Delores, quite literally, hooks folks up. “I take my yarn wherever I go,” she says. Which is everywhere. “I can’t keep up with her,” Governor says, shaking his head. “She stays busy.” “It’s a good busy, though,” her daughter says. “It’s a good busy.” Contact me at 215-854-4986 or Ajohnhall@phillynews.com. Read my work: http://go.philly.com/annette. Follow me on Twitter @Annettejh.
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60 42
Sunny and much warmer
Mostly sunny and even warmer
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Seattle 50/43 Portland 54/43
Minneapolis 28/21
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Dallas 48/28
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Thursday 21/6/pc 38/12/s 30/25/c 43/30/sh 28/22/s 14/6/pc 46/39/sh 47/30/sn 16/-9/pc 29/7/s 15/-1/c 34/15/s 35/-4/pc 26/-4/s 16/-5/s 77/71/r 42/25/s 22/-1/s 51/45/r
Friday 25/18/pc 46/19/s 16/0/sn 49/29/s 29/22/pc 22/19/sn 53/35/pc 51/25/s 26/21/c 33/24/pc 27/21/sn 48/28/s 43/21/s 32/19/c 24/21/sn 79/67/sh 51/27/s 29/23/c 60/34/c
Saturday 35/20/sn 53/23/s 9/-3/pc 53/33/s 35/26/pc 30/24/sn 60/39/s 56/28/s 33/28/pc 39/31/pc 33/26/sn 61/35/s 55/29/s 36/26/pc 31/29/c 78/68/sh 63/38/s 38/30/pc 62/33/s
Thursday 84/70/pc 50/39/sh 62/43/s 70/63/pc 64/39/pc 93/73/s 86/77/t 28/23/sf 43/28/pc 72/61/pc 52/41/sh 79/59/s 64/55/sh 43/36/sh 46/37/sh 86/63/pc 73/61/s 57/42/sh 79/57/s 43/28/pc
Friday 86/69/pc 48/41/sh 58/36/s 73/64/t 59/37/pc 93/73/s 85/75/s 31/12/s 42/27/sh 70/62/sh 51/41/sh 80/62/s 65/52/s 36/22/pc 51/37/sh 80/64/t 69/56/pc 55/40/pc 82/60/pc 46/35/sh
Saturday 87/70/pc 50/40/sh 61/38/s 75/66/t 57/36/s 91/73/pc 86/76/pc 32/15/pc 33/22/pc 67/61/sh 52/40/sh 85/65/s 66/52/s 27/20/s 43/37/sh 77/61/sh 62/54/sh 55/38/s 84/61/t 46/33/sh
Boston 29/22 New York 32/27
Philadelphia Washington 42/26
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Atlanta 49/29
Stationary New Orleans 50/31
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City Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Auckland Baghdad Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Bermuda Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Copenhagen Dublin Havana Hong Kong Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul
Memphis 39/24
Houston 51/27
Rain
Detroit 24/21
Toronto 20/18
Chicago Pittsburgh 28/21 26/21 St. Louis 36/25
Denver 43/21
Los Angeles 75/50
Montreal 15/12
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Billings 40/25
San Francisco 64/51
The worst pollutant in the region Thursday was particulates, produced mainly by motor vehicles and power plants. Good (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-50 Carbon monoxide . . . .CO Moderate (M) . . . . . . . 51-100 Nitrogen dioxide . . . . .NO Unhealthful (U). . . . . 101-200 Particulates . . . . . . . . . PA Very Unhealthful (V) . 201-300 Sulfur dioxide . . . . . . .SO Hazardous (H) . . . . . 301-400 Ozone . . . . . . . . . . . . . OZ At a Pollution Standard Index rating of 100, the general population begins to experience irritation and other unhealthful effects.
Thursday’s Pollution Standard Index
HIGH
52 37
Mostly sunny and cooler
Vancouver 44/43
32/18
Reading
LOW
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32/27
Harrisburg
HIGH
44 32
Partly sunny. Windy in the afternoon
Allentown First
LOW
Warm Miami 78/60
City Thursday Kansas City, Mo. 28/-6/s Las Vegas 55/36/s Los Angeles 67/42/s Memphis 29/14/s Miami 86/70/pc Minneapolis 11/-11/s New Orleans 42/36/pc Orlando 69/56/sh Phoenix 63/39/s Portland, Maine 25/13/pc Portland, Ore. 41/30/pc Richmond 40/29/c St. Louis 32/8/s Salt Lake City 37/20/pc San Diego 69/48/s San Francisco 60/40/s San Juan 84/74/sh Seattle 47/29/pc Tampa 70/60/sh
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Saturday 46/32/s 66/43/s 74/50/s 47/32/s 73/57/pc 34/26/c 55/36/s 64/40/s 75/46/s 35/26/sn 50/41/r 52/29/s 43/32/s 43/32/s 77/52/s 64/47/s 84/72/pc 48/40/r 66/42/s
Thursday Friday 52/48/r 53/46/sh 59/30/s 58/33/pc 82/61/pc 75/65/sh 77/46/pc 78/48/pc 54/30/s 53/35/pc 16/7/sn 15/12/pc 14/3/sf 5/-4/pc 86/73/pc 82/70/pc 72/46/pc 75/50/pc 55/36/pc 54/43/c 41/23/pc 45/35/sh 100/82/pc 98/79/pc 54/32/s 57/35/s 34/19/pc 31/16/pc 91/77/pc 90/76/pc 32/10/c 21/15/sf 81/68/pc 84/71/pc 48/41/pc 44/38/sh 16/5/c 20/18/c 41/30/pc 44/43/r
Saturday 49/40/pc 55/32/pc 66/53/s 74/44/pc 51/36/c 23/15/sf 9/-2/sn 75/64/sh 76/53/pc 50/35/sh 37/23/pc 99/78/pc 57/36/s 29/15/pc 88/75/pc 15/3/s 78/70/t 42/36/r 27/25/sf 45/40/r
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The Dominators
Wake Forest’s Tom Walter from the Hill School in Pottstown donated a kidney to a freshman outfielder. By Matt Breen
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Former Hill School baseball player Tom Eccleston said he found people’s reactions odd. Why would it surprise them that his teammate from 25 years ago would donate a kidney to a player he now coaches? That teammate, Tom Walter, the 42-yearold baseball coach at Wake Forest, was discharged from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Thursday, three days after undergoing a kidney transplant to benefit Kevin Jordan, a 19-year-old freshman outfielder for the Demon Deacons. “I wasn’t surprised at all,” Eccleston said of Walter, his teammate at the Hill School in Pottstown during the 1987 season, when the Blues rolled to a 19-0 record. “He was a great guy, easy to get along with, had a great attitude.” Last February, while a senior at Northside High in Columbus, Ga., Jordan first began to feel the effects of what later was diagnosed as ANCA vasculitis, a type of autoimmune swelling caused by antibodies. For six months, doctors were unable to pinpoint what was wrong with Jordan, first thinking it was mononucleosis or possibly strep throat. During his first semester at Wake Forest last fall, Jordan hooked himself up to a dialysis machine each day from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. “He’s the most courageous kid I’ve ever coached. It’s a scary situation going to a See TRANSPLANT on C5
Blanton has spot at Phils’ camp
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The Flyers’ Danny Briere scores a third-period, power-play goal past Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward that turned out to be the game-winner.
Flyers continue their mastery over Carolina Hurricanes 1 Flyers 2 Next: Kings at Flyers, Sunday at 7 p.m.
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By Sam Carchidi
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Not to suggest that the Flyers have had their way with the Carolina Hurricanes, but … The last time the Hurricanes defeated the Flyers in regulation, Peter Laviolette was the Carolina coach. The Flyers’ mastery of the ’Canes continued Thursday as they outlasted Carolina, 2-1, behind third-peri-
od, power-play goals by Jeff Carter and Danny Briere. With a sellout crowd watching at the Wells Fargo Center, Carter snapped a scoreless tie 18 seconds into the final period. Later in the period, Briere took a slick feed from Claude Giroux and lifted the puck top-shelf to put the Flyers ahead, 2-0, with 8 minutes, 33 seconds left. The Flyers are 15-0-3 against Caro-
Challenge for Sixers: Beat the NBA’s best
By Matt Gelb
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
On Monday, the Phillies’ pitchers and catchers will participate in their first workout on a back field behind Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla. The many cameras will capture the Four Aces lightly tossing baseballs PHILLLIES COUNTDOWN beside one another for the first time. Presumably, someone will come up with another nickname for the best rotation this franchise has ever fielded. The workout will end without anything remoteUntil pitchers ly close to eventand catchers report ful happening. for spring training. The pitchers will shuffle into the clubhouse and then head for the nearby cafeteria for an orchestrated news conference televised live on MLB Network in which the Four Aces will talk about how excited they are to begin the season. Oh, and Joe Blanton will be there, too. That was far from guaranteed in December See PHILLIES on C6
Coming Sunday Start spring training on the right foot with a two-page guide to all the action in Clearwater, Fla.
lina since their last regulation loss to the Hurricanes — a 2-1 decision on Dec. 19, 2006. “What I like about tonight is that our power play won us a game … and it’s been a while since we could say that,” Briere, fighting a nasty cold, said in a raspy, barely audible voice. Before going 2 for 6 with a manpower advantage on Thursday, the See FLYERS on C6
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INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
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Pittsburgh’s Brad Wanamaker is averaging 12.3 points and 5.1 rebounds. He’s made 123 assists.
ED HILLE / Staff Photographer
Villanova’s Maalik Wayns, a sparkplug for the Cats, says he learned how to play from Wanamaker.
Once teammates, now rivals Pitt’s Wanamaker, Villanova’s Wayns starred for Roman. It was the day before the Catholic League championship game in 2007, and Roman Catholic’s players were edgy. The coaches had shown them newspaper clippings that said they had no shot at beating Neumann-Goretti, the two-time defending champion, or of containing Rick Jackson and Scoop Jardine, both of whom were heading to Syracuse. Senior Brad Wanamaker was hot. Sophomore Maalik Wayns was eager. They were diving for loose balls. Competition was intense. There were a few scuffles. “The kids weren’t thinking
about winning the championship the next day — it was winning the drill,” said Roman head coach Chris McNesby, who was an assistant at the time. “As a coach, you love that, but then it’s like, ‘Whoa.’ It almost went too far; it was unbelievable.”
The next day at the Palestra, Wanamaker overcame serious foul trouble to lead Roman on a 17-4 fourth-quarter run that erased a 10-point deficit and gave the Cahillites their first Catholic League title in seven years. “Toughness,” Wayns said on Thursday when asked to describe Wanamaker. “Just tough,” Wanamaker said of Wayns. The former teammates will face each other at the Pavilion on Saturday night at 9 when WaSee TEAMMATES on C5
After facing the best center in the NBA on Wednesday, the 76ers will meet the top team when the San Antonio Spurs visit the Wells Fargo Center for Frid a y ’s 7 p . m . matchup. Spurs The Sixers (24-28) have won at 76ers four of six but are Friday at 7 coming o f f p.m. (CSN) Wednesday’s 99-95 loss at home to the Orlando Magic, who got 30 points and 17 rebounds from center Dwight Howard. The Spurs pose an entirely different challenge. Usually a team that paces itself through the regular season, the Spurs are an NBA-best 44-8. San Antonio is 19-6 on the road, putting up as many road wins as the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers have at home. Friday’s game will be the Spurs’ sixth on a nine-game trip See 76ERS on C3 ADVERTISEMENT
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By Michael Harrington, Inquirer Staff Writer Pitcher bites quarterback
White Sox pitcher and avid hunter Mark Buehrle, with his wife Jamie, has three dogs, supports animal-rescue efforts in Chicago and St. Louis, and helped save a dog found wandering the streets in St. Louis with an arrow sticking out of its abdomen in December by donating money to help pay the dog’s veterinarian bills and finding it a home. So you’d figure he might not have good things to say about Eagles quarterback and former dogfighting-ring kingpin Michael Vick — and you’d be right. In fact, Buehrle told MLB.com that there were times this season he wished Vick, who was convicted in 2007 of a felony related to dogfighting and served 19 months in prison, would get hurt — and questioned his sanity. “He had a great year and a great comeback,” Buehrle said, “but there were times where we watched the game, and I know it’s bad to say, but there were times where we hope he gets hurt. Everything … done to these dogs, something bad needs to happen to these guys.” According Associated Press to CBS.com, Buehrle White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle is also said: “Even if you no fan of Eagles QB Michael Vick. are not a dog lover, how can you sit there and make two dogs fight and one is going to die? How could you do that if you are somewhat sane?” The quotes were later removed from MLB.com, but writer Scott Merkin had posted them on his Twitter account. We have a feeling that Vick, who was named NFL comeback player of the year after leading the Eagles to the playoffs and making the Pro Bowl, won’t be inviting Buehrle to any parties anytime soon. Though he may have some interest in Buehrle’s tips on hunting.
It pays to be a Pirate — but only in arbitration
One day after Pittsburgh’s Ross Ohlendorf won a raise from $439,000 to $2,025,000 despite going 1-11 last season, the Los Angeles Angels beat Jered Weaver in arbitration. Don’t cry for Weaver. The righthander will get a raise from $4,265,000 to $7,365,000 instead of his request for $8.8 million. But Weaver was 13-12 with a 3.01 ERA for the Angels last Associated Press season and led the major The Angels’ Jered Weaver leagues with 233 strikeouts. took a loss in arbitration. That got him a 72 percent raise, while Ohlendorf, with 79 Ks and a 4.07 ERA, got a 360 percent hike. Imagine how much Weaver would have gotten if he played for the Pirates. (We would tell you, but we have to lie down after figuring out those percentages.) Of course, the arbitrators could have added in pain and suffering for Ohlendorf, since he plays for the Bucs. Weaver, after all, plays for a franchise that’s trying to be successful on the field and not one that’s — how can we put this gently? — just shaking down its fans for every last nickel while offering nothing in return. Oh, for those keeping score at home, it’s now Players 1, Owners 1 — with seven players remaining in arbitration and hearings scheduled through Feb. 18.
Is key to Dallas really an honor? The following are excerpts from Thursday’s weekly Ask Gonzo chat on Philly.com with columnist John Gonzalez. Comment From Lance: How hilarious was Michael Vick getting a key to the city of Dallas? Gonzo: I don’t understand that, on any level. If you’re a politician in Dallas (or anywhere else), how does giving the key to the city to an out-of-town athlete, who happens to be a convicted felon, help you? And if you’re Vick, why accept? If he had said no, he would have won over more fans in Philly. Total head-scratcher all the way around. Comment From Lou C: Is there any chance the Eagles keep [Kevin] Kolb and trade Vick? Gonzo: How could they justify trading Vick after starting him over Kolb last season? That wouldn’t make much sense. If they did that, then why wouldn’t they have just kept Kolb as the starter last year? At this point, you have to keep Vick as your starter, otherwise that means you delayed the Kolb experiment for one season for no reason. Comment From Raff: Will Kolb win a Super Bowl during his career, and if so, how bad will it make the Super Bowl-less Eagles look? Gonzo: Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl, so I suppose anything is possible. But Vick looked like the much better quarterback last season. If it’s a question of only keeping one of them — either Vick or Kolb, but not both — then the Eagles shouldn’t have to think too hard here. Maybe they can make one of those super-clever moves they love and hire Kolb as the kicker or the guy who fills in when Swoop gets tired.
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Home-run king Barry Bonds
now faces four counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstructing justice. Comment From Cheesesteak: Kind of surprised by all the [Joe] Blanton-bashing that’s been going on. That’s no way to treat the best fifth starter in baseball … Gonzo: Yeah, I don’t get the Blanton-bashing, either. Why bother? What does it matter if Blanton or Kyle Kendrick or a JUGS machine throws every fifth day? It’s sort of like when people would complain about Greg Dobbs or Eric Bruntlett. If those guys are the biggest issues, then the Phils are in great shape. Comment From Ed Snider: Should I start planning the parade, or do we come up short again in the playoffs? Gonzo: This is the year, Ed. You guys are talented and deep (particularly with your defensemen). It would be nice if you could figure out the goalie situation, but that’s always an issue with the Flyers. Besides, the Flyers and Blackhawks made it to the Cup last year without stellar play in net, so there’s no reason why you guys can’t win it all this season. And you guys say I never talk hockey. I’m a regular Sam Carchidi. Comment From Hugh: Vladimir [Guerrero] only got $8 mil and he is better than decent for 120 games. [The Phillies] could have run him out there. Gonzo: 120 games? In the field? You’re kidding, right? His legs would fall off. You know when a dog hurts its back paws and the vet fits
American League MVP Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers agreed Thursday to a $24 million, two-year contract four days before their scheduled arbitration hearing, while outfielder Luke Scott and the Baltimore Orioles avoided arbitration with a $6.4 million, one-year deal; and the Milwaukee Brewers and Associated Press AL MVP Josh Hamilton has a righthander Shaun Marcum new deal with the Rangers. agreed to a $3.95 million, one-year contract late Wednesday on the eve of their hearing. Hamilton hit a major-league-leading .359 last season with 32 homers and 100 RBIs despite missing most of the final month of the regular season with broken ribs. Scott hit .284 with 27 homers and 72 RBIs. Marcum went 13-8 with a 3.64 ERA after returning from elbow ligament-replacement surgery. Imagine how much they would have made if they played for the Pirates.
Mario Cuomo was a minor-league outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 1952 before leaving to become a lawyer and later enter the political arena, where he was elected governor of New York three times. He hit .244 at Class D Brunswick in the Georgia-Florida League. (Imagine how little he made in those days before arbitration.) Now, Cuomo will be using all of his areas of expertise after a federal bankruptcy judge in Manhattan appointed him to serve as a mediator in a legal dispute between the New York Mets owners and Irving H. Picard, the court-appointed trustee trying to recover money for victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Picard has accused the Mets owners of making $300 million in profits from Madoff’s swindle and ignoring warnings that the financial returns were implausible. The Mets owners have denied wrongdoing, saying they are among Madoff’s victims. Do a good job, Mario, and who knows, the Pirates may come calling. They could use you.
The first Strasburg item of the season
The High&Inside crew is happy to note that a column perennial, Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, has begun throwing as he moves forward with his recovery from reconstructive elbow surgery. The righthander, operated on Sept. 3, began a “soft toss” program in San Diego with a physical therapist. The team said the damaged phenom will start a formal throwing program once he arrives at spring training in Florida (and gets a tuxedo and a corsage for his date, presumably). Recuperation time from the surgery is usually 12 to 18 months, so check this space in, oh, a day or so to see if he’s still throwing.
Contact staff writer Michael Harrington at mharrington@phillynews.com. This article contains information from the Associated Press.
him with one of those dollies to scoot around on? That’s what would happen with Vlad if he had to play the field every day. Comment From ScottN: Any truth to the rumor that Andy is outta here and Gruden is in? Gonzo: Nice. We should have asked Kyle Eckel to run today’s chat. On a semi-related note, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted something about how that rumor should teach us all a lesson about getting our information from Twitter and Facebook. He did that without any acknowledgment of the attendant irony. Impressive. Comment From Bon Jovi: What about the Soul? Gonzo: You’re not involved with them any longer, remember? According to ESPN, you’re interested in buying a piece of the Falcons. Go bother the Page 2 guy at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Comment From Bill: Are there any bigger whiners than Flyers fans? “You don’t talk about us enough!” You and the NHL hate us!” Stop it, people. Nobody cares about hockey. Gonzo: Careful. Don’t get their orange up. Despite what you may have heard, some of them can read. Contact columnist John Gonzalez at 215-854-2813 or gonzalez@phillynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: www.twitter.com/gonzophilly
At a Loss
No arbitration for Hamilton, Scott, Marcum
Cuomo at the bat
Friday, February 11, 2011
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It’s too late. A Cavaliers fan offers advice.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, losers of 26 straight games, already have the NBA record in that category. Their last victory was preceded by Christmas shopping. Now, their record gets to compete with other sports. Here is a larger picture of where their losing fits: THE PITCHER: Anthony Young, a righthanded starting pitcher, lost 27 straight decisions (yes, in the majors) from May 6, 1992 to July 24, 1993. He went on to win some games, too. THE ORANGE FOOTBALL TEAM: In addition to sporting the worst football unis ever, the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, in 1976 and 1977, lost their first 26 games. Decades later, they ditched the sherbert duds and won a Super Bowl. Coincidence? BEFORE THEY REACHED A THOUSAND: The Phillies of 1961 lost 23 straight games. That’s a record for the modern era. That franchise went on to win a couple World Series. You might have heard about it. — Gary Potosky
Sixers or Cavs? A tough call From: Gonzalez, John To: Fitzpatrick, Frank; Fox, Ashley Subject: Misery and company
The Cavs lost again the other night, running their losing streak to 26 games. That ties a record for futility for all four major pro sports (the Tampa Bay Bucs lost 26 straight in the late ’70s.) The 76ers, as we all know, still own the record for the fewest wins in an NBA season. Which record is worse: the one Cleveland is trying to end or the one Philly can’t shake? From: Fitzpatrick, Frank To: Gonzalez, John; Fox, Ashley Subject: Misery and company
Wow, tough choice. That’s like deciding which is the least entertaining, American Idol or Dancing With the Stars. I’ve got to go with the 9-73 Sixers, since I saw a few of those games and thus am emotionally invested in their legacy. But going from the NBA’s best record to
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Frank Fitzpatrick
Charges against Bonds reduced By Howard Mintz
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
The government’s perjury case against major-league home-run king Barry Bonds has shrunk on the eve of trial. In a new indictment unveiled Thursday, federal prosecutors reduced the overall number of charges against Bonds from 11 to five — slashing six counts of making false statements to a federal grand jury in December 2003 about using steroids as the slugger chased baseball’s all-time home run records. The latest indictment now charges Bonds with four counts of lying to the grand jury and one count of obstructing justice. The former San Francisco Giants slugger is scheduled to go on trial on March 21. Prosecutors indicated at a recent hearing that they planned to seek a new indictment to clean up legal issues with the obstruction charge, but the slimmed-down case against Bonds was unexpected. The charges narrow the scope of the allegations against Bonds, who has pleaded not guilty and denied knowingly using performanceenhancing drugs. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Parrella, the lead prosecutor, declined comment. Allen Ruby, Bonds’ lead attorney, had little say about the development, other than, “We’re all interested to see what they have in mind next.” From a practical standpoint, Bonds, if convicted, would likely face a similar sentence regardless of the number of counts in the indictment. But the prosecution’s case has been in retreat the past few years, as a federal judge excluded key evidence in the trial, including drug tests from 2000 and 2001 purporting to show Bonds tested positive for steroids. The new indictment removes many references to dates in which Bonds was allegedly linked to steroid use through BALCO, the now-defunct California laboratory at the heart of the largest doping scandal in sports history. Prosecutors had previously hoped to show such specific dates through BALCO’S drug logs, which included references to “BB” and other Bonds indicators. But those logs have likewise been excluded from trial.
YouTalkin’ToMe? worst in the span of a single season is quite an accomplishment. From: Gonzalez, John To: Fitzpatrick, Frank; Fox, Ashley Subject: Misery and company
I’ll go with the current Cavs. You have to really work at being that bad each night. Even the old Sixers lucked into a win here and there. And you’re right, Fitz — the streak is made more unbearable for Cavs fans because last year they had LeBron James and hope, and this year they don’t have either. From: Fox, Ashley To: Gonzalez, John; Fitzpatrick, Frank Subject: Misery and company
Poor Cleveland. First it
got burned by The Decision, and now it’s got The Streak. I’m with Fitzy, though. The Sixers’ record is worse. All they can hope is that the Cavs’ futility continues for the rest of the season. Then it would also have The Record. From: Fitzpatrick, Frank To: Gonzalez, John; Fox, Ashley Subject: Misery and company
Saw some of their game the other night against the Clippers, who had won just three times on the road. They just quit. Played no defense. Imagine next year when attendance, inflated this year by hopes James would return, drops through the floor.
Sports Poll Which of these losing streaks is the most embarrassing? 1. The 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers’ 26 (and counting). 2. The 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 26. 3. The 1961 Phillies’ 23. 4. The 1974-75 Washington Capitals’ 17. 5. The 1992-93 San Jose Sharks’ 17.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
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Allen sets mark, but Lakers top Celts
Kobe Bryant scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half, and the Los Angeles Lakers spoiled Ray Allen’s record-setting night by beating the Celtics, 92-86, in an NBA Thursday’s Finals rematch Thursday night in Boston. Games Allen became the NBA’s career leader in three-pointers in the first quarter, but Bryant later put him on the bench in foul trouble during his big second half that rallied Los Angeles from an early 15-point deficit. Pau Gasol added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who split the regular-season series with their biggest rivals and got a sorely needed victory against one of the league’s top teams. Andrew Bynum, the subject of trade rumors in the never-ending Carmelo Anthony saga, finished with 16 points and nine rebounds. Allen hit his second trey of the game with 1 minute, 48 seconds left in the first quarter to reach 2,561 in his career, surpassing Reggie Miller, who attended the game. “I’m just so happy for him because this is one of the best guys,” Miller said on the TNT broadcast. “He’s so humble, he’s so giving, he’s a great family man and I’m excited. This is great. This is great for the game of basketball.”
Elsewhere: Steve Nash scored 18 points to
lead five players in double figures as the host Phoenix Suns romped past the cold-shooting Golden State Warriors, 112-88. The Warriors shot just 40 percent from the field, and 59 percent from the line.
Sloan steps down as Jazz coach
Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan stepped down Thursday after 23 seasons and 1,127 wins as head coach of the Utah Jazz. Longtime assistant Phil Johnson, who also was in his 23d season with the Jazz, also resigned. Sloan said during a news conference that stepping down was his decision and that the team had tried to talk him out of it. But he said it’s time to move on. Jazz assistant Tyrone Corbin will be the next coach. The moves come on the heels of an emotional, 91-86 loss Wednesday night to the Chicago Bulls, Utah’s 10th in the last 14 games. The Jazz are 31-23. Sloan, the longest-tenured coach in the
JIM URQUHART / Associated Press
Jerry Sloan announces his resignation as coach of the Utah Jazz on Thursday.
ELISE AMENDOLA / Associated Press
The Celtics’ Ray Allen celebrates after hitting a three-pointer against the Los Angeles Lakers, breaking a record for three-point baskets held by Reggie Miller.
four major professional sports, said he made his decision to leave early Thursday.
Owner MJ practices with team
Short on players for practice, the Charlotte Bobcats found an extra body in the front office: Michael Jordan. The Hall of Famer and Bobcats owner suited up for Thursday’s workout, participating in a full-court scrimmage and showing a few of the old moves that helped make him a six-time NBA champion. “He’s Mike. He’s been kicking our [butts]. He still has it,” forward Gerald Wallace said. “He doesn’t have this quickness, but he can score, he’s a shooter. The last thing to ever go is your jump shot and he has that.” Jordan, who turns 48 next week, has been spending more time at practices and shoot-arounds, getting on the floor and doing some teaching. Thursday’s practice was his most involved yet. “He’s holding these guys accountable and it’s great. I love him out here,” coach Paul Silas said. “He’s teaching them how to protect the basketball, how to play hard on defense, how to talk. It’s a good thing.” So, any chance of a Jordan comeback? Don’t count on it. Jordan was slumped in a chair with ice bags strapped to both knees at the end of the workout. A few days after putting a comment on his Twitter account that he was cancer-free, legendary basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said Thursday that it was a “misstatement.” “You’re never really cancer-free and I should have known that,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “My cancer right now is at an absolute minimum.” The 63-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, a six-time NBA Most Valuable Player, was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in 2008. “It’s not life-threatening,” he said, “at this point in my life.” — Associated Press
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20 36 18 28 – 102 28 19 26 27 – 100 FG FT Reb DALLAS Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts Stojakovic 20:19 1-7 2-2 0-4 5 0 4 Nowitzki 34:13 4-14 2-3 0-6 2 5 10 Chandler 28:05 5-6 3-4 0-4 0 3 13 Kidd 33:25 5-10 0-0 0-8 5 3 14 Stevenson 19:29 1-4 0-0 0-2 1 0 3 Haywood 19:54 3-4 1-3 4-7 1 3 7 Marion 22:29 3-9 0-0 2-5 2 2 6 Terry 31:19 7-14 7-7 1-1 2 2 22 Barea 21:51 8-12 2-3 2-2 3 2 20 Cardinal 8:56 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 3 Totals 240:00 38-81 17-22 9-39 22 21 102 Percentages: FG .469, FT .773. 3-Point Goals: 9-25, .360 (Kidd 4-8, Barea 2-4, Cardinal 1-1, Stevenson 1-3, Terry 1-4, Nowitzki 0-2, Stojakovic 0-3). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 12 (10 Pts). Blocked Shots: 5 (Marion 3, Chandler, Haywood). Turnovers: 12 (Kidd 4, Chandler 2, Marion 2, Nowitzki 2, Haywood, Terry). Steals: 2 (Kidd, Stojakovic). Technical Fouls: Chandler, 0:47.8 fourth. FG FT Reb SACRAMNTO Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts Casspi 24:25 4-7 0-0 2-6 2 3 8 Thompson 18:48 3-6 2-2 0-2 2 2 8 Cousins 38:22 8-16 3-5 4-15 0 4 19 Udrih 32:36 2-8 2-2 0-0 1 3 7 Evans 42:35 6-19 4-4 1-10 9 4 16 Landry 19:29 2-5 0-0 1-2 1 1 4 Dalembert 19:13 7-8 6-7 2-7 0 2 20 Jeter 11:59 1-3 0-0 0-1 4 0 2 Head 23:55 4-8 2-3 1-2 0 3 12 Greene 8:39 2-3 0-0 1-3 0 1 4 Totals 240:01 39-83 19-23 12-48 19 23 100 Percentages: FG .470, FT .826. 3-Point Goals: 3-13, .231 (Head 2-4, Udrih 1-4, Greene 0-1, Casspi 0-2, Evans 0-2). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 11 (14 Pts). Blocked Shots: 1 (Cousins). Turnovers: 10 (Cousins 4, Evans 3, Dalembert, Landry, Thompson). Steals: 7 (Udrih 3, Cousins, Evans, Greene, Landry). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 6:46 second; Cousins, 7:16 fourth; Cousins, 0:47.8 fourth. Ejections: Cousins, 0:47 fourth. A: 12,310 (17,317). T: 2:25. Officials: Marc Davis, David Guthrie, Mark Lindsay.
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35 33 24 22 – 114 34 36 30 16 – 116 FG FT Reb DENVER Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts Anthony 32:25 11-21 5-7 0-4 2 1 29 Martin 22:57 3-7 3-3 0-0 4 2 9 Nene 31:42 6-7 5-5 1-6 4 0 17 Lawson 35:30 3-7 0-0 1-7 6 1 8 Afflalo 36:52 5-11 0-0 2-6 3 1 12 Smith 26:34 7-12 1-2 0-7 6 1 16 Andersen 15:28 0-1 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 Harrington 21:06 7-15 2-5 6-8 1 2 18 Carter 12:30 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 Forbes 4:56 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 3 Totals 240:00 44-83 16-22 12-42 28 9 114 Percentages: FG .530, FT .727. 3-Point Goals: 10-24, .417 (Anthony 2-3, Lawson 2-3, Afflalo 2-6, Harrington 2-6, Forbes 1-1, Smith 1-5). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 18 (26 Pts). Blocked Shots: 3 (Anthony 2, Nene). Turnovers: 18 (Anthony 4, Martin 4, Lawson 3, Harrington 2, Afflalo, Andersen, Carter, Nene, Smith). Steals: 11 (Carter 2, Nene 2, Smith 2, Afflalo, Andersen, Harrington, Lawson, Martin). Technical Fouls: Anthony, 9:09 third; Defensive three second, 1:25 third. FG FT Reb GOLDEN ST. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts DWright 43:11 8-20 3-4 2-11 8 3 23 Lee 43:45 7-15 2-3 5-12 6 3 16 Biedrins 23:59 3-4 0-0 3-12 2 4 6 Curry 29:19 5-9 2-2 0-1 2 4 13 Ellis 42:03 16-30 1-3 0-2 5 2 37 Udoh 12:30 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Lin 4:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Radmanovic 9:11 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 RWilliams 29:11 7-10 0-0 0-2 6 1 18 BWright 2:36 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 240:00 47-92 8-12 12-42 30 21 116 Percentages: FG .511, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 14-28, .500 (R.Williams 4-4, Ellis 4-7, D.Wright 4-11, Curry 1-3, Radmanovic 1-3). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 14 (26 Pts). Blocked Shots: 2 (Lee, Radmanovic). Turnovers: 14 (Ellis 4, Lee 4, Curry 3, R.Williams 2, Lin). Steals: 12 (D.Wright 4, Ellis 3, Biedrins 2, Lee 2, R.Williams). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 6:50 first. A: 18,430 (19,596). T: 2:03. Officials: Monty McCutchen, Pat Fraher, Josh Tiven.
Lakers 92, Celtics 86 L.A. Lakers Boston
20 25 27 20 – 92 27 26 15 18 – 86 FG FT Reb L.A. LAKERS Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts Artest 39:17 2-6 0-1 0-5 1 2 4 Gasol 37:19 8-13 4-6 1-10 4 4 20 Bynum 33:55 6-10 4-5 1-9 1 2 16 Fisher 30:33 2-6 2-2 1-1 5 3 7 Bryant 37:59 9-17 5-6 1-5 4 3 23 Odom 24:22 4-12 1-2 6-12 1 4 10 Brown 22:42 4-6 3-3 1-1 2 1 12 Blake 11:32 0-2 0-0 0-3 2 3 0 Walton 2:21 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 Totals 240:00 35-73 19-25 12-47 20 22 92 Percentages: FG .479, FT .760. 3-Point Goals: 3-10, .300 (Brown 1-1, Fisher 1-2, Odom 1-2, Blake 0-1, Bryant 0-1, Walton 0-1, Artest 0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 15 (14 Pts). Blocked Shots: 6 (Odom 3, Bryant, Bynum, Gasol). Turnovers: 14 (Bynum 4, Brown 3, Bryant 3, Fisher 2, Artest, Odom). Steals: 3 (Artest, Brown, Odom). Technical Fouls: Bryant, 8:50 third. FG FT Reb BOSTON Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts Pierce 39:47 6-15 2-2 0-4 4 4 15 Garnett 33:34 4-13 2-2 4-11 5 2 10 Perkins 31:16 4-6 4-7 2-9 1 5 12 Rondo 44:21 5-14 2-3 4-5 10 2 12 Allen 35:29 8-18 1-1 0-1 1 4 20 Davis 30:46 3-10 3-3 2-5 2 1 9 Wafer 19:51 3-6 1-1 0-0 1 5 8 Robinson 3:39 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 Bradley 1:17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 240:00 33-82 15-19 12-36 25 25 86 Percentages: FG .402, FT .789. 3-Point Goals: 5-16, .313 (Allen 3-8, Pierce 1-3, Wafer 1-4, Davis 0-1). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 10 (17 Pts). Blocked Shots: 7 (Perkins 2, Allen, Davis, Garnett, Pierce, Wafer). Turnovers: 9 (Garnett 3, Perkins 3, Pierce 2, Allen). Steals: 4 (Garnett, Pierce, Rondo, Wafer). Technical Fouls: None. A: 18,624 (18,624). T: 2:30. Officials: Scott Foster, Derrick Collins, Scott Wall.
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SOUTHWEST W L Pct. GB Strk San Antonio 44 8 .846 – W4 Dallas 37 15 .712 7 W10 N.Orleans 32 22 .593 13 L4 Memphis 28 26 .519 17 W1 Houston 25 29 .463 20 L1 NORTHWEST W L Pct. GB Strk Okla. City 33 18 .647 – L1 Utah 31 23 .574 31/2 L1 Denver 30 23 .566 4 L2 Portland 28 24 .538 51/2 W2 Minnesota 13 39 .250 201/2 W2 PACIFIC W L Pct. GB Strk L.A. Lakers 37 16 .698 – W3 Phoenix 25 25 .500 101/2 W2 Golden St. 23 29 .442 131/2 L1 LA Clippers 20 32 .385 161/2 W1 Sacramento 12 37 .245 23 L4 THURSDAY’S RESULTS L.A. Lakers 92, Boston 86 Phoenix 112, Golden State 88 Dallas at Denver WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Orlando 99, 76ERS 95 Detroit 103, Cleveland 94 Indiana 104, Charlotte 103 New Jersey 103, N.Orleans 101, OT San Antonio 111, Toronto 100 Washington 100, Milwaukee 85 L.A. Clippers 116, New York 108 Chicago 91, Utah 86 Dallas 102, Sacramento 100 Golden State 116, Denver 114 FRIDAY’S GAMES San Antonio at 76ERS, 7 New Jersey at Charlotte, 7 Minnesota at Indiana, 7 New Orleans at Orlando, 7 Portland at Toronto, 7 L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 7:30 Miami at Detroit, 7:30 Milwaukee at Memphis, 8 L.A. Lakers at New York, 8 Phoenix at Utah, 10:30 SATURDAY’S GAMES 76ERS at Minnesota, 8 Charlotte at Atlanta, 7 New York at New Jersey, 7 Chicago at New Orleans, 8 San Antonio at Washington, 8 Dallas at Houston, 8:30 Indiana at Milwaukee, 8:30 Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 10
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22 20 19 27 – 88 32 33 22 25 – 112 FG FT Reb GOLDEN ST. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts DWright 22:40 1-9 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 Lee 25:08 5-12 1-1 2-3 4 4 11 Biedrins 10:48 1-5 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 Curry 24:49 5-9 0-0 0-2 2 0 12 Ellis 28:02 4-13 0-0 0-2 1 4 8 Udoh 30:20 8-12 0-2 3-7 0 2 16 BWright 24:28 5-7 0-3 1-2 2 0 10 Williams 28:07 3-9 9-10 1-4 6 2 16 Radmnvic 11:50 1-3 0-0 1-4 1 0 2 Lin 17:45 1-5 0-1 0-3 2 0 2 Bell 16:04 2-6 0-0 0-2 0 1 6 Totals 240:01 36-90 10-17 9-32 19 15 88 Percentages: FG .400, FT .588. 3-Point Goals: 6-20, .300 (Curry 2-3, Bell 2-4, Williams 1-5, D.Wright 1-5, Radmanovic 0-1, Ellis 0-2). Team Rebounds: 15. Team Turnovers: 13 (15 Pts). Blocked Shots: 6 (Biedrins 2, B.Wright 2, Bell, Radmanovic). Turnovers: 12 (Curry 4, Ellis 2, Udoh 2, Bell, Lee, Williams, D.Wright). Steals: 11 (Udoh 3, Biedrins 2, B.Wright 2, Curry, Lin, Radmanovic, D.Wright). Technical Fouls: D.Wright, 2:09 first; Defensive three second, 10:58 first; Ellis, 4:04 third. FG FT Reb PHOENIX Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts Hill 26:24 3-6 0-0 0-1 3 0 6 Frye 28:30 6-12 1-2 0-9 0 3 17 Lopez 15:25 3-8 6-7 4-6 0 1 12 Nash 26:32 6-10 3-3 2-2 11 2 18 Carter 16:10 3-6 0-0 0-4 1 1 6 Gortat 27:58 3-7 0-0 2-9 0 5 6 Dudley 20:20 5-8 0-0 0-0 1 0 13 Warrick 19:31 4-9 0-0 2-6 2 0 8 Dowdell 21:29 5-10 0-0 2-5 6 1 10 Pietrus 24:23 3-5 0-0 0-3 1 2 8 Childress 8:43 2-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 4 Siler 4:37 1-1 2-2 0-1 0 0 4 Totals 240:02 44-84 12-14 12-47 25 16 112 Percentages: FG .524, FT .857. 3-Point Goals: 12-22, .545 (Frye 4-6, Nash 3-4, Dudley 3-5, Pietrus 2-4, Hill 0-1, Carter 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 18 (19 Pts). Blocked Shots: 6 (Pietrus 3, Carter, Dowdell, Lopez). Turnovers: 17 (Nash 7, Warrick 3, Gortat 2, Hill 2, Dowdell, Frye, Pietrus). Steals: 5 (Dowdell, Dudley, Frye, Gortat, Warrick). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 4:01 fourth; Defensive three second, 3:30 fourth. A: 16,731 (18,422). T: 2:07. Officials: Bill Kennedy, Mark Lindsay, Rodney Mott.
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cer Hawes said. “He is still the key to what they are on both ends of the floor.”
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Turner, who played just 12 minutes, 41 seconds Wednesday because of back spasms, is expected to be ready for San Antonio, according to Collins. The Sixers coach compared the injury to the one suffered earlier this season by Hawes, when he missed one game after his rib sort of popped out of place. “When that happens, it throws your back into spasm, but it is nothing structurally down where you would have pain in your legs and all that kind of stuff,” Collins said. He also said the injury isn’t related to a fractured vertebra Turner suffered last season while playing for Ohio State.
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against holding practice but wanted to go over the last few games and begin preparing for the final four games before the all-star break. The Sixers visit Minnesota on Saturday, Memphis on Tuesday, and Houston on Wednesday before the break. Contact staff writer Marc Narducci at 856-779-3225 or mnarducci@phillynews.com.
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ciation spokesman George Atallah said, according to the Wednesday negotiations Associated Press. “That’s all I turned into Thursday acrimo- can say.” ny as the NFL and its players NFL spokesman Greg Aielunion called off a follow-up lo said: “Despite the inaccubargaining session and the rate characterizations of yesleague canceled an owners’ terday’s meeting, out of remeeting spect to the collective-barscheduled for gaining process and our negoNFL Tuesday in tiating partner, we are going Philadelphia. to continue to conduct negotiThe decision to cancel ations with the union in priThursday’s sit-down illustrat- vate and not engage in a ed just how far apart the two point-counterpoint on the spesides are on a new collective- cifics of either side’s proposbargaining agreement, with als or the meeting process.” their current deal set to exThe NFLPA offered a 50-50 pire March 3. split of the league’s estimated The players were quick to $9 billion of revenue, a deal blame the owners for the which would roughly mainbreakdown after the two tain the existing money disides met in Washington on vide, but the owners balked Wednesday. at the proposal, according to “We wish we were negotiat- an ESPN report that cited ing today,” NFL Players Asso- sources on the players’ side. INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The owners have asked for an additional $1 billion of league revenue above what they currently receive. They argue that they need the added money to invest in stadiums, scoreboards, and other promotional aspects for the game. The two sides are also feuding over plans for a rookie wage scale. An NFLPA memo obtained by several news organizations criticized the league plan. It would set “rigid” limits on rookie contracts, which would be locked in by draft position, according to the Washington Post. The limits would apply to a first-round pick’s first five years in the league, which the NFLPA sees as restricting veterans, not just rookies, according to Sports Business Journal.
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defensive end Brandon Graham will soon be off his The CBA and Vick. The labor crutches. “Happy to hear the uncertainty complicates the good news that I won’t be Eagles’ plans to use the fran- needing those crutches after chise tag on quarterback next week!!” he wrote on his Michael Vick. Thursday was Twitter account Thursday. He the first day teams could use had visited Dr. James Anthe tag, and the Eagles are drews in Pensacola, Fla. to expected to apply it to Vick, get his knee checked out. Graham, the Eagles No. 1 whose contract is set to exdraft pick in 2010, tore an anpire. But the NFLPA argues terior cruciate ligament that the tag and its limits will Dec. 12 against the Cowboys. expire along with the CBA. The Eagles are expected to Metrodome will get new roof. franchise Vick anyway, be- The landlords of the Metrocause the new CBA will likely dome voted unanimously include the designation or a Thursday to replace the snowsimilar mechanism that lets damaged of the venerable teams retain players. Apply- Minneapolis stadium, opting ing the tag would provide cov- for a more time-consuming er once a new CBA is signed. fix that could disrupt the ViTeams have until Feb. 24 to kings preseason schedule. The Metropolitan Sports Fadesignate a franchise player.
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Jonathan Mitchell (center) became the hero for Rutgers in its 77-76 win over Villanova.
Wright: ‘Little things’ were ’Nova’s undoing By Joe Juliano
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Depending on whether you cheer for Villanova or for Rutgers, you could call the Scarlet Knights’ improbable lastsecond win over the Wildcats a comeback for the ages, or a collapse for the ages. But defining his team’s 77-76 loss Wednesday in Piscataway, N.J., did not interest Jay Wright. The Villanova coach tried to get his players past the mind-numbing defeat and focused on No. 4 Pittsburgh, which will visit the Pavilion on Saturday night. To help the Wildcats prepare for Pitt, however, Wright had to endure watching the Rutgers tape again. He concentrated on the final 2 minutes, 52 seconds after ‘Nova had taken a 70-60 lead. The Wildcats faded amid a hail of three-point makes by Rutgers, including Jonathan Mitchell’s fourpoint play with less than a second remaining. “It was the little things, looking at the things you can control,” Wright said Thursday. “Some of the threes they hit late, we had lazy contests on. [Dane] Miller had a huge offensive rebound. There are things we can control. “The shot at the end, I really believe we executed the way we wanted to. The timing was just so perfect for them. But before that … the three that Mitchell hit previously, we didn’t contest it. We kind of stood there; we were on him but we didn’t contest it. These are things that we want to try to work on.” Mitchell, a transfer from Florida whom Wright recruited out of Mount Vernon (N.Y.) High School, said he wanted the basketball at the end. “After I hit the shot, I couldn’t believe it went in," he said. “They called time-out and I decided to calm down, relax, breathe. Coach asked me if I wanted to sit down. “I’m in the gym shooting at 12, 1 a.m., and I said to myself it’s just another night in the gym with the lights out. I stepped up like a senior and made it.” The game also raised the question of how seriously Co-
Four-Point Play Spells Doom Again Doug Collins, the 76ers’ coach, can commiserate with Villanova coach Jay Wright after the Wildcats lost to Rutgers, 77-76, Wednesday on a four-point play by Jonathan Mitchell with 0.8 seconds remaining. On Jan. 19, the Sixers lost to Orlando, 99-98, allowing two four-point plays down the stretch. The Magic were trailing, 90-86, when Jason Richardson tied the game on a four-point play with 17 seconds to play in the fourth quarter. With 1 minute, 43 seconds remaining in overtime, J.J. Redick converted a four-point play to give the Magic a 99-96 lead.
Four-Front ¢ Lou Williams had the Sixers’ first four-point play of the season in a Nov. 27 game against visiting New Jersey. ¢ Atlanta’s Jamal Crawford is the king of the four-pointers with an NBA-record 31. ¢ Chicago’s Sam Smith completed the first four-point play in NBA history on Oct. 21, 1979, against Milwaukee. ¢ On April 27, 2009, James Jones of the Miami Heat completed two four-point plays 11 seconds apart in a playoff game against Atlanta. — Marc Narducci
EAST Hartford 74, Maine 65 St. John's 89, Connecticut 72 N.J. Tech 65, North Dakota 49 Albany vs. Boston U. at Madison Square Garden Centenary 75, Immaculata 53 Burlington Co. 67, Manor 56 Cabrini 81, Rosemont 59 CCP 88, Bucks 63 Gwynedd Mercy 103, Philadelphia Biblical 69 Philadelphia Univ. 66, Wilmington 57 SOUTH Appalachian St. 65, Samford 59 Lipscomb 81, Campbell 76 Louisiana-Lafayette 72, Fla. International 68 Furman 54, Georgia Southern 45 Florida St. 72, Georgia Tech 63 Liberty 79, Radford 71 Coastal Carolina 61, Presbyterian 41 VMI 87, High Point 74 Chattanooga at W. Carolina, ppd. Winthrop 75, Charleston Southern 68 E. Kentucky 77, SE Missouri 64 Kennesaw St. 69, Florida Gulf Coast 68 Mercer 72, Stetson 62, OT Morehead St. 81, E. Illinois 65 Savannah St. 102, Morris 47 Middle Tennessee 69, W. Kentucky 60 Troy 72, South Alabama 59 Arkansas St. 85, Louisiana-Monroe 66 Murray St. 55, Tennessee Tech 44 Tenn.-Martin 68, Jacksonville St. 55 Alabama at Vanderbilt MIDWEST Butler 71, Wright St. 63 Michigan St. 75, Penn St. 57 Wis.-Green Bay at Ill.-Chicago Wis.-Milwaukee 66, Loyola of Chicago 57 Northwestern St. 70, Lamar 68 N. Dakota St. 68, W. Illinois 48 S. Dakota St. 81, IUPUI 70 Oral Roberts 102, UMKC 81 Valparaiso 82, Detroit 74 South Dakota 75, Chicago St. 71 Illinois at Minnesota SOUTHWEST North Texas at Ark.-Little Rock, ppd. FAR WEST Weber St. 82, N. Arizona 55 Montana 64, Sacramento St. 44 Boise St. 75, Fresno St. 61 Florida Atlantic at Denver Centenary at S. Utah California at Washington N. Colorado at Montana St. Portland at Pepperdine Long Beach St. at UC Davis Cal Poly at UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside Stanford at Washington St. CS Northridge at Cal St.-Fullerton Idaho St. at Portland St. San Diego at San Francisco Oregon at UCLA Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount Saint Mary's, Calif. at Santa Clara Oregon St. at Southern Cal
Women EAST Philadelphia Univ. 67, Wilmington 60 Gwynedd-Mercy 104, Notre Dame (Md.) 39 North Dakota 67, N.J. Tech 51 Hofstra 66, Drexel 59 Delaware 64, Towson 52 Manor 69, Burlington Co. 63 Michigan State 75, Penn State 57 Cedar Crest 69, Philadelphia Biblical 59 Ranked Stanford vs. Washington State Tennessee 61, Florida 39 UCLA at Oregon Michigan St. 60, Penn St. 49 Miami 83, Maryland 75 North Carolina 60, Clemson 47 South Carolina 66, Kentucky 61 Green Bay 81, Illinois-Chicago 50 Vanderbilt 69, Georgia 59
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Allen may miss Owls’ next game Mitchell sinks a foul shot to complete a four-point play. rey Stokes is hurt. The Villanova senior has been bothered by turf toe — a sprain at the base of his big toe — but Wednesday night was his worst as far as pain goes, and he was being evaluated Thursday. “We’re trying to see, can you shut him down?” Wright said. “Do you have enough time for him to get better? Or do you just have him play through it? We’re trying to look at it right now.” After scoring 10 points in 18 first-half minutes, Stokes logged just eight minutes in the second and did not attempt a shot. He went scoreless. “He tried to play hurt dur-
ing the game,” Wright said. “He came out a couple of times. One time, we tried to put him back in, and he had to take his shoe off at the scorer’s table and try to do something to relieve the pain. But he asked to come out of the game at one point and said, ‘I just can’t go.’ “He’s been so tough mentally trying to play through it and never complaining. We hold him out of practice at times. He tries to battle through it in games. So it’s tough on him.” Contact staff writer Joe Juliano at 215-854-4494 or jjuliano@phillynews.com.
Graham off crutches. Eagles cilities Commission approved
Temple power forward Lavoy Allen is listed as day-today after suffering a left-ankle sprain in Wednesday night’s 77-66 win over Fordham at the Liacouras Center. The 6-foot-9 senior suffered the injury with 4 minutes, 24 seconds remaining and didn’t return. If he is unable to play, Allen will be a huge loss in Saturday’s Atlantic Ten Conference game at Dayton. The preseason all-American is averaging 10.7 points and leads the Owls (18-5, 8-2 A-10) in rebounding and blocked shots. The NBA prospect had posted double-doubles in three of the Owls’ previous four games. — Keith Pompey
a recommendation from engineers who said they worried that simply repairing several torn panels of the stadium’s 10-acre roof, Teflon roof wouldn’t be enough to prevent another failure. Commissioners said they hoped the job would be done by Aug. 1 at a cost of $18.3 million. The NFL’s preseason schedule hasn’t been released, but the typical mid-August start could be affected if the roof work takes longer than the commission hopes. Contact staff writer Jonathan Tamari at 215-854-5214 or jtamari@phillynews.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/JonathanTamari. This article contains information from the Associated Press.
Men’s College Basketball
St. John’s tops UConn, 89-72 FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Dwight Hardy scored a career-high 33 points and St. John’s took command in the second half in an 89-72 victory over No. 10 Connecticut on Thursday night, the Red Storm’s fourth win over a top-13 team this season at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Hardy was coming off a 32-point effort in a loss to UCLA on Saturday. D.J. Kennedy matched his season high with 20 points and had 11 rebounds for St. John’s (14-9, 6-5 Big East Conference), which added Connecticut to a list that includes then-No. 13 Georgetown, thenNo. 9 Notre Dame, and thenNo. 3 Duke. Roscoe Smith had 16 points to lead UConn (18-4, 6-5). Michigan State 75, Penn State 57 — Draymond Green joined Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Charlie Bell as the only Michigan State players to have a triple-double in school history. Green had 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists for the Spartans (14-10, 6-6 Big Ten) in their conference win over Penn State (13-11, 5-7) in East Lansing, Mich.
ing on his contract, will shed the “interim” label. He took over as interim coach in October 2009 after former coach Kevin Broadus was placed on paid administrative leave. That followed a recruiting violation and the dismissal of six players for legal problems and violating team and university rules. Centenary 75, Immaculata 53 — Nelson Torres scored 12 points and Rob Siter added 10 points for the Mighty Macs (9-13, 7-8 conference) in a Colonial States Athletic Conference loss in Hackettstown, N.J. Philadelphia U. 66, Wilmington U. 57 — Temi Adebayo scored 15 points and pulled down five rebounds to lead the Rams (13-8, 8-4 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference) past the host Wildcats (6-15, 4-8) in New Castle, Del. Gwynedd-Mercy 103, Phila. Biblical 69 — Four of the Griffins (17-5, 12-3 CSAC) scored 15 or more points in a conference victory in Langhorne. Brandyn Wyms paced the visitors with 19. Adam Derus led the Crimson Eagles (0-21, 0-15) with 14 points.
Salem guard honored. Salem
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Macon gets extension. Bing- more Omar Skinner was
hamton signed coach Mark Macon to a two-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season. Macon, the former Temple star who had one year remain-
named the NJCAA Division II basketball player of the week. Skinner, a 6-foot-2 guard from New Castle, Del., averaged 34.3 points and 8.6 rebounds in three games.
Women’s College Basketball
Hofstra survives Drexel challenge FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Drexel charged back from a 12-point, second-half deficit, but the Dragons (13-10, 5-7 Colonial Athletic Association) went cold down the stretch as Hofstra (14-9, 6-6) held on for a 66-59 victory in Hempstead, N.Y., on Thursday night. Hollie Mershon led Drexel with 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists, and Jasmina Rosseel chipped in 14 points. Shante Evans led the Pride with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Drexel’s 50-percent shooting in the second half could not make up for the team’s meager 7-for-28 effort to open the game. Hofstra scored 20 points on 19 Drexel turnovers. Michigan State 60, Penn State 49 — Lykendra Johnson had 24 points and 12 rebounds as the No. 11 Spartans (21-3, 9-2 Big Ten) clamped down on the No. 23 Nittany Lions (20-6, 9-3) in a rout in State College, Pa. Mia Nickson had 22 points for Penn State. Gwynedd-Mercy 104, Notre Dame (Md.) 39 — Taylour Alston (North Penn) scored 21 points as the Griffins (14-8, 10-3 Colonial States Athletic Conference) demolished the Gators (3-19, 0-12) in Gwynedd Valley.
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MaryKate McCann (Archbishop Carroll) scored a career-best 19 points and Cabrini (9-13, 8-5 CSAC) grabbed a 67-51 win over Rosemont (8-13, 3-9) in Radnor.
Heather Daneker led the Ravens with 20 points. … Katie Young scored 16 points as Neumann (15-7, 12-1 CSAC) pinned a 77-61 loss on Baptist Bible (12-10, 7-6) in Aston. … Philadelphia University (12-9, 8-6 CACC) got 17 points from Taylor Magnus (Plymouth-Whitemarsh) in a 67-60 win over Wilmington (2-19, 2-12) in New Castle, Del.
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ton and Ieasia Walker each tallied 17 points as South Carolina (14-10, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) shocked No. 15 Kentucky (18-6, 7-4) with a 6-61 upset in Columbia, S.C. … Shenise Johnson scored 30 points, and No. 20 Miami (21-3, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) upended No. 12 Maryland (20-4, 6-3) in Coral Gables, Fla. … Jasmine Lister scored 22 points and Vanderbilt (17-7 overall, 8-3 SEC) withstood a late 17-2 run by No. 24 Georgia (18-6, 8-3) for a 69-59 win in Athens, Ga. Shekinna Stricklen scored 17 points to lead No. 4 Tennessee (23-2, 11-0 SEC) to a sloppy 61-39 victory over Florida (14-12, 4-8) in Knoxville, Tenn. … Italee Lucas scored 15 points as No. 13 North Carolina (22-3, 8-2 ACC) put a 60-47 thumping on Clemson (10-15, 3-7) in South Carolina. … Celeste Hoewisch scored 20 points as No. 18 WisconsinGreen Bay (23-1, 12-0 Horizon League) took an 81-50 win over host Illinois-Chicago (10-12, 5-6).
Friday, February 11, 2011
Commentary By Ashley Fox
Reuniting on opposite sides
TEAMMATES from C1 namaker’s fourth-ranked Pittsburgh Panthers play Wayns’ ninth-ranked Villanova Wildcats in another in a string of pivotal Big East games. It is just a game to most, but it will be special to Wanamaker, a senior, and Wayns, a sophomore. They have remained close friends, calling each other before big games and getting together in the summer at Roman to play pick-up ball. Wanamaker is an unofficial mentor to Wayns, who said he has learned from the evenkeeled Wanamaker to never get too excited after a win or too devastated after a loss, and to always keep your head up, no matter what is going on. “I will always look up to him, no matter what our career paths are,” Wayns said. “He did so many great things for me in high school. I learned so much.” Such as how to be unselfish, and how to put team goals ahead of personal ones. Wanamaker did it all at Roman, and for two years, Wayns watched, and learned. If Roman needed the 6-foot-4 Wanamaker, a natural guard, to play center, he did. If it needed him to guard a center, he did. If it needed him to score, he did. Villanova coach Jay Wright described Wanamaker as “a classic Philly guard.” Unafraid. Strong. A good ball handler. And tough to keep away from the rim. “Bradley is a throwback guy, since he’s completely blue-collar,” McNesby said. “He’ll do whatever it takes to win.” At 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds, Wayns is the more naturally gifted athlete. “He’s special,” McNesby said of the guard who is creative and crafty with the basketball, quick, and a nightmare for a defender. “To have those two together, it was a great finish to Brad’s senior year,” McNesby said. After beating Neumann-Goretti, 59-56, to boost its record to 25-3, Roman went on to the national Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament in Maryland. There, it defeated prestigious DeMatha High School in the semifinals and then crushed Neumann-Goretti by 20 points in the final. The Cahillites ended up as the 15thranked team in the country, according to USA Today. Wright said Villanova “missed” on Wanamaker, who chose to play for Jamie Dixon at Pitt, but it was during the
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Two of a (Roman Catholic) Kind Villanova’s Maalik Wayns and Pittsburgh’s Brad Wanamaker, who meet on Saturday at the Pavilion at 9 p.m., both played high school basketball at Roman Catholic. Here is a look at their storied careers: ¢ He was named a Parade and McDonald’s all-American as a senior despite missing three weeks of the regular season with a knee injury. ¢ He was a two-time most valuable player of the Philadelphia Catholic League and the 2009 Inquirer Southeastern Pennsylvania player of the year. ¢ He averaged 19.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game as a senior. ¢ As a junior in a 2007-08, he averaged 22.4 points, 5.1 assists, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.1 steals.
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This Week’s Game
All things considered, John Giannini is pleased with La Salle’s recent six-game stretch. “We played pretty well except for two close home loses to Dayton and Temple,” the Explorers coach said. “We have been very good on the road.”
Saturday at St. Bonaventure, 4
La Salle statistics No. Player G 24 Murray ..........24 20 Williams .........25 05 Guillandeaux .23 23 Pettis ..............25 03 Duren .............25 10 Mills ..............24 41 Weingarten ....25 12 Stefan ...........18 14 White .............25 25 Danish ............3 21 Sheehan ..........3 Team rebounds Total 25 Opponents 25
FG% .517 .473 .397 .437 .447 .410 .522 .357 .500 .000 .000
FT% RPG APG Avg. .771 7.7 1.1 15.2 .592 7.8 1.4 13.8 .739 3.0 2.7 12.7 .911 4.0 2.7 10.4 .775 2.7 4.3 9.6 .450 2.8 2.0 5.7 .767 3.1 0.3 4.9 .909 0.8 0.8 4.6 .462 3.2 0.2 4.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0 4.5 .454 .706 38.7 15.0 77.7 .409 .693 36.0 15.4 78.4
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Brad Wanamaker, 2007 graduate That’s a good thing, considering La Salle has a key Atlantic Ten game at St. Bonaventure on Saturday. Both squads are in the hunt BARBARA L. JOHNSTON / File for the eighth seed for next Roman Catholic’s Maalik Wayns shoots in a month’s A-10 tournament. Sources: Villanova University, University of Pittsburgh game against Neumann-Goretti in 2007. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth seeds secure a home game in the openinground matchups at on-campus sites on March 8. The tournament moves to the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 11 for the quarterfinal round. Right now, the Bonnies (12-10, 4-5 A-10) are ninth in the standings, and the Explorers (12-13, 4-6) are 10th. “This is a big game,” said Giannini, whose squad looks to snap a two-game series skid against St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies also hold an 11-10 all-time series lead. “Our three older guys, they STEVEN M. FALK / File will need to play well,” the Roman’s Brad Wanamaker fights for the ball in a 2007 Catholic League semi vs. Dougherty. coach said of senior guard Ruben Guillandeaux, senior forrecruiting of Wanamaker that Big East. “He’s a tough guy,” Wana- ward Jerrell Williams, and sophWright discovered Wayns. Wayns is still learning and maker said. “He’s improving omore center Aaric Murray. Wanamaker tried to con- growing and figuring things and is very focused on his Murray, a 6-foot-10, vince Wayns to join him at out. He started the first 20 job. He’s improving every 250-pound NBA prospect, avPitt. He thought Wayns would games of this season, hurt his game.” erages 15.2 points, 7.7 refit Pitt’s style. forearm, and in a lineup This will be the first of two bounds, and 2.2 blocked “I wanted to play a couple change has come off the regular-season matchups be- shots. The 6-8 Williams avermore years with him,” Wana- bench for the last four games. tween Wanamaker and ages 13.8 points and 7.8 remaker said. Wayns’ minutes have not sig- Wayns. Beforehand, at the bounds, while the 6-6 GuillanWayns considered it, but he nificantly changed, and Davis Center across the deaux averages 12.7 points. had always wanted to stay Wright said the Wildcats street from the Pavilion, their home and play for Villanova, need him to play and play families will get together with like Kyle Lowry, another well to be successful. McNesby and other folks North Philly product. Against Rutgers on Wednes- from Roman, to celebrate and It has worked out for both day night, Wayns was 0 for 6 reminisce. players. Wanamaker emerged from the field and finished Wanamaker and Wayns last season as the Panthers’ with three turnovers, three as- will be opponents, but they key perimeter playmaker, sists, and only four points in will always be like brothers. starting 34 games at small for- a 77-76 loss. After what they did at Roward and leading the team in “It’s no biggie,” Wayns said man, that bond can never be assists and steals while aver- when asked about not start- broken. aging 12.3 points per game. ing. “It’s what’s best for the He has been equally produc- team. I just try to embrace Contact columnist Ashley Fox at tive this season, averaging my role and do whatever it 215-854-5064 or By Kevin Tatum 12.3 points and 5.1 rebounds, takes for us to win.” afox@phillynews.com. Follow her INQUIRER STAFF WRITER with 123 assists. And the PanIt sounded like something on Twitter: With painful losses to Harthers are 22-2, and 10-1 in the Wanamaker might say. www.twitter.com/AshleyMFox vard and Princeton behind them, the Penn Quakers move on for road games against Cornell on Friday and Columbia on Saturday. “You can’t overlook them thinking about Harvard and Princeton,” said Penn swingman Tyler Bernardini. “You have to take every weekend for what it is. If we lose these games this weekend, it doesn’t matter whether we won or lost those games.” Last weekend, Penn suffered a double-overtime loss to Harvard at home, and followed that with a defeat at Princeton on Tuesday that required an extra session. Penn is in fourth place in the Ancient Eight with a 3-2 record. The Quakers trail first-place Princeton (5-0), Harvard (5-1), and Yale (4-2), which Penn downed at home Jan. 28. Columbia is 3-3 in the league, and three-time defending champion Cornell is 1-5 with a new cast. ¢ He was the 2007 Inquirer Southeastern Pennsylvania player of the year. ¢ He ended his career with 1,306 career points and a 76-18 three-year varsity record. ¢ He averaged 17.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 2.1 steals as a senior.
Conference W L Pct. Xavier …………8 1 .889 Duquesne ……8 1 .889 Temple ………8 2 .800 Richmond ……8 2 .800 Rhode Island …6 4 .600 UMass …………5 4 .556 Dayton ………5 5 .500 G. Washington 5 5 .500 St. Bonaventure 4 5 .444 La Salle ………4 6 .400 Saint Louis ……3 7 .300 Charlotte ………2 7 .222 St. Joseph’s …1 8 .111 Fordham ………0 10 .000
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Overall L Pct. 6 .739 6 .727 5 .783 6 .760 9 .625 9 .591 8 .680 12 .500 10 .545 13 .480 15 .348 13 .435 17 .261 16 .273
“If all three play well, we are really good,” Giannini said.
Swish
Junior guard Earl Pettis has made his last 29 foul shots, dating from the second half of the Dec. 29 game against Towson. It is the nation’s longest active streak and fourth longest of the season. Pettis is shooting 91 percent (41 of 45) from the foul line.
Show canceled
The Dr. John Giannini Radio Show scheduled for Feb. 14 has been canceled because of the coach’s recruiting schedule. The next and final installment will air on Feb. 28 from the Ugly Moose in Manayunk on WHAT-AM (1340) from 7 to 8 p.m. Contact staff writer Keith Pompey at 610-313-8029 or kpompey@phillynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @pompeysgridlock.
CITYSIX Penn Notebook
After painful losses, the Ivy beat goes on
Donation decision not a surprise
TRANSPLANT from C1 school 400 miles away for a healthy kid, let alone for a kid on a dialysis machine,” Walter said. Walter volunteered to be tested after he learned of Jordan’s illness. As it became more likely that Walter’s kidney might be needed, the Wake Forest compliance officer checked with the NCAA to make sure there were no violations of the extra-benefits rule. Jordan’s mother and brother weren’t compatible for a transplant, and his father wasn’t eligible because he has high blood pressure. Walter, it turned out, was a match. Jordan was overwhelmed by his coach’s ultimate act of unselfishness. “I didn’t even ask him,” the player said. “He asked me.” Walter was the same when he was at the Hill School, those who knew him recalled. When he went to the boarding school to spend a year as a postgraduate, after graduating from Johnstown High in Western Pennsylvania in the spring of 1986, coach James Finn invited the catcher to watch one of the team’s indoor practices. Finn, still the Blues’ coach today, said that all the players had good first impressions of the newcomer. “When he first came here, we already had a starting catcher in Dave Willman,” said Chris Drown, then a sophomore. Willman went on to be all-Southeastern Conference at South Carolina. “But Tom moved to right field and pitched for us. Not many people of that caliber would do that.” Finn spoke to Walter by phone Tuesday, while he was
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Wake Forest’s Kevin Jordan (right) speaks as coach Tom Walter (center) looks on. Walter
donated one of his kidneys to Jordan in an operation earlier this week. still recovering at Emory. Finn told Walter how “moved he felt” and that he was “filled with admiration.” Walter told his former coach that he was blessed to be able to help. “He comes from an extraordinary family, and I’m not surprised because that’s the type of people they are,” Finn said. “He’s lived a life full of examples for his players.” Walter returned the sentiment, saying he will never forget Finn for the compassion he showed toward his players. “A lot of who I am as a coach is because of the way Doc
coached us at the Hill. He always cared about his players as people first,” Walter said. Before coaching the Demon Deacons, Walter was head coach at George Washington and later at the University of New Orleans. In the fall of 2005, Walter and his New Orleans team evacuated to New Mexico after their campus was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. They spent the fall semester trying to keep the program running, despite losing more than half their roster to transfers. “There were no grocery stores. The dorm rooms
weren’t fit to live in,” said Walter, who guided the Privateers to a Sun Belt Conference title in 2007. Walter enlisted his team to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity on their days off, rebuilding homes. “It’s meaningful for all, anytime you can see what you have and feel fortunate for it,” Walter said. Contact staff writer Matt Breen at 215-854-4550 or mbreen@phillynews.com. This article contains information from the Associated Press.
The play
Before Penn went down, 62-59, in overtime at Princeton, Quakers assistant Mike Martin drew up a tricky play that freed Bernardini for a game-tying three-pointer at the end of regulation. With all of the action on one side of the court, Bernardini sneaked away to the opposite corner. A crosscourt pass from senior Zack Gordon was right on the money, and so was Bernardini’s shot. “It was perfect, and I did the easy part,” said Bernardini, who knotted the score at 56 and made the extra period necessary. “They told me to get out of there. I set a down screen, and went over to the weak side. Everybody was
This Week’s Games ¢ Friday at Cornell, 7 ¢ Saturday at Columbia, 7
Penn Statistics No. Player G 01 Rosen ...........19 24 Eggleston ......19 04 Bernardini ......19 00 Cartwright ......19 44 Turley ............19 14 Dougherty .....18 34 Belcore ..........17 12 Schreiber .........8 31 Gordon ............5 23 Howlett ...........7 05 Smith ..............8 20 Jok ...................7 13 Loughery .........1 21 Gunter ...........11 22 Rennard ..........6 15 James ..............2 Team rebounds Total 19 Opponents 19
FG% FT% RPG APG Avg .446 .761 3.8 5.3 14.6 .545 .720 8.3 2.3 14.0 .410 .821 3.2 1.3 12.6 .409 .803 1.9 2.8 11.7 .520 .702 2.4 0.8 5.8 .528 .441 2.8 0.2 2.9 .395 .500 2.6 1.0 2.9 .667 .600 1.6 0.0 4.3 .429 .000 1.6 0.2 1.6 .273 .500 1.6 0.2 1.0 .143 .500 0.5 0.3 0.5 .000 1.000 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 .000 1.0 0.0 2.0 .000 .000 0.2 0.2 0.0 .000 .000 0.2 0.2 0.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 .453 .714 29.5 14.0 67.2 .460 .748 32.1 14.6 68.1
Ivy League W Princeton ……5 Harvard ………5 Yale ……………4 Penn …………3 Columbia ……3 Dartmouth………1 Cornell ………1 Brown …………1
Conference Overall L Pct. W L Pct. 0 1.000 17 4 .810 1 .833 16 4 .800 2 .667 11 9 .550 2 .600 9 10 .474 3 .500 12 8 .600 5 .167 5 15 .250 5 .167 5 15 .250 5 .167 8 12 .400
worrying about the strong side and the ball. It was a great play design. I was just worried about getting my feet set and staying in bounds.”
He won’t soon forget
It happens to the best of them, and Penn freshman Fran Dougherty had his turn when he failed to convert a wide-open layup that would have tied the Princeton game with six seconds remaining in overtime. The 6-foot-8 Dougherty, an Archbishop Wood grad, chipped in with seven points and seven rebounds to go with a block and a steal. “I came right up to him after the game and told him it doesn’t come down to that,” guard Zack Rosen said. “I missed a layup. He just so happened to miss one at the end, so it’s magnified. He played his butt off for us tonight.” Contact staff writer Kevin Tatum at 215-854-2583 or ktatum@phillynews.com.
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Staal lifts Penguins in OT
Jordan Staal scored the winning goal with 18.4 seconds left in overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. Neither team had scored since the first period, and it appeared a shoot-out was on the way. Staal ended that when he ripped a shot Thursday’s past Jonathan Quick for his fourth goal and gave the Penguins a win.
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Elsewhere: Ilya Kovalchuk scored at 4:36 of overtime and Devils coach Jacques Lemaire became the eighth coach in NHL history to reach 600 wins in New Jersey’s 2-1 victory over the host Toronto Maple Leafs.
Sid the Kid wants back on the ice
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Uncertainty hangs over Phils’ Blanton
PHILLIES from C1 when the Phillies signed Cliff Lee. Moments after the analysis of Lee’s deal began, Blanton’s name surfaced as a possible player on his way out of Philadelphia. But that has yet to happen and Blanton will report to Clearwater with the rest of the pitchers and catchers on Sunday. This week, the Phillies anxiously alerted reporters of a news conference Monday and included Blanton in the announcement. It could be somewhat awkward, but Blanton and the Phillies will do everything they can to avoid that. The soft-spoken Tennessee native is not one to start a controversy and likely won’t have much to say on the topic, other than: “Hey, I’m still here.” For how long is anyone’s
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FLYERS 2, Carolina 1 New Jersey 2, Toronto 1, OT Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 1, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Montreal 3, SO Buffalo 3, Florida 2, OT WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
The Predators have acquired forward Mike Fisher, who will be reunited in Nashville with his wife, country music star Carrie Underwood. The Ottawa Senators traded Fisher to the Predators for a first-round draft pick and a future conditional pick. Underwood lives in Nashville, and the couple married last summer in Georgia. Fisher, 30, has 24 points this season and had been tied for the Senators’ lead in goals with 14. “I’m sure there was a lot of places and a lot of teams that would’ve coveted Mike,” Nashville general manager David Poile said on a conference call Thursday afternoon. “But on the surface the fit for Nashville with his wife, certainly we’re hoping is going to be an attractive situation for Mike and his wife.” Fisher told SENS TV on the Senators’ website that news of the trade was a bit of a shock that he still was trying to process. Going to Nashville made it easier because he said he is excited about being a part of the Predators. “They’re a very good team, and it’ll be kind of like going home for me. I’m sure my wife won’t be disappointed, either. But I think it’s a great place for me and family and everything,” Fisher said. Underwood issued a statement, saying she and Fisher will miss Ottawa. “Mike has been such a big part of the community, and I will never forget how they welcomed me with open arms,” CHRIS PIZZELLO / AP she said. Predator Mike Fisher and his wife, — Associated Press singer Carrie Underwood.
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CENTRAL W L OL Pts Gls Detroit 32 16 6 70 177 Nashville 29 19 7 65 145 Chicago 28 22 4 60 172 Columbus 26 23 5 57 147 St. Louis 24 20 8 56 140 NORTHWEST Vancouver 35 11 9 79 186 Calgary 28 21 7 63 162 Minnesota 28 20 5 61 138 Colorado 25 23 6 56 166 Edmonton 16 30 8 40 134 PACIFIC Dallas 30 18 6 66 154 San Jose 30 19 6 66 155 Phoenix 28 19 9 65 159 Anaheim 30 21 4 64 150 Los Angeles 29 22 3 61 151 Two points for a win, one point an overtime loss. THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Trade brings Fisher closer to wife Underwood
Penguins 2, Kings 1
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Pittsburgh Captain Sidney Crosby said he expects to play this season after suffering a concussion, but there are no guarantees he’ll be able to make a comeback. Crosby visited the Penguins during the morning skate for the first time since leaving the team last week to visit his parents outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia. “I hope I’m back, and I hope I play this year,” Crosby said. “That’s the thing with [concussions], you don’t know.” Like any player returning from a serious head injury, Crosby is frustrated by the slow pace of recovery. “It’s out of my control,” he said. “You just hope with time, the quicker the better.” Crosby has missed 14 games for the Penguins with complications due to a concussion. He will not be allowed to return to the ice until he is symptom-free. He still leads the team with 32 goals and 66 points, and is fourth in the league in scoring. Crosby was sidelined after taking hits to the head in successive games Jan. 1 against Washington in the Winter Classic and Jan. 5 against Tampa Bay.
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guess. “Joe feels great,” said Jeff Berry, his agent. “He obviously loves pitching for the Phillies and certainly hopes that continues through 2011 and beyond. “He also understands the business aspects of this.” It promises to be an unusual spring for Blanton, who in three years has gone from solid midseason acquisition, to World Series hitting hero, to sometimes the brunt of jokes, and now to That Other Guy who could be a trade chip. His current role is that of fifth starter, and he could be the best one in baseball. If the Phillies continue to pursue a trade, Blanton’s value will only increase as the days pass — so long as the righthander is not injured or completely ineffective.
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Islanders won shoot-out, 1-0. First period: 1, Montreal, Pacioretty 9 (Desharnais, Spacek), 14:10. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 19, 16:35. Penalties: Pouliot, Mon (tripping), 2:37; Pacioretty, Mon (holding), 6:46; Hillen, NYI (tripping), 9:29; Subban, Mon (tripping), 10:13; Martinek, NYI (charging), 11:06; Subban, Mon (tripping), 12:48; Tavares, NYI (goaltender interference), 12:59. Second period: 3, Montreal, Pouliot 11 (White), 5:49. 4, N.Y. Islanders, Grabner 18 (Nielsen, Hillen), 17:10. 5, Montreal, Plekanec 19, 18:08. Penalties: Martinek, NYI (interference), 3:02. Third period: 6, N.Y. Islanders, Grabner 19 (Nielsen, Hillen), 4:08. Penalties: White, Mon (hooking), 5:56. Overtime: None. Penalties: None. Shootout: N.Y. Islanders 1 (Schremp NG, Nielsen NG, Parenteau NG, Okposo G), Montreal 0 (Gionta NG, Pacioretty NG, Plekanec NG, Pouliot NG). Shots on Goal: N.Y. Islanders 12-10-10-1–33. Montreal 9-20-10-1–40. Power-play opportunities: N.Y. Islanders 0 of 3; Montreal 0 of 4. Goalies: N.Y. Islanders, Koskinen 1-1-0 (40 shots-37 saves). Montreal, Auld 4-2-1 (33-30). A: 21,273 (21,273). T: 2:37. Referees: Gord Dwyer, Tim Peel. Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Pierre Racicot.
Sabres 3, Panthers 2 Buffalo Florida
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First period: None. Penalties: Timmins, Fla (tripping), 10:32; McCormick, Buf, major (fighting), 16:10; Hordichuk, Fla, major (fighting), 16:10. Second period: 1, Buffalo, Weber 3 (Pominville, Hecht), 10:22. 2, Florida, Bernier 5 (Garrison, Wideman), 18:38 (pp). Penalties: Gerbe, Buf (slashing), 16:59. Third period: 3, Buffalo, Vanek 22 (Pominville, Myers), 8:59. 4, Florida, Reasoner 11 (Wideman), 10:03. Penalties: Allen, Fla (hooking), 4:59. Overtime: 5, Buffalo, Myers 7 (Gerbe), 4:55. Penalties: None. Shots on Goal: Buffalo 8-7-9-3–27. Florida 5-12-6-3–26. Power-play opportunities: Buffalo 0 of 2; Florida 1 of 1. Goalies: Buffalo, Miller 24-15-4 (26 shots-24 saves). Florida, Vokoun 18-18-4 (27-24). A: 14,559 (17,040). T: 2:30. Referees: Wes McCauley, Brad Watson. Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brad Lazarowich.
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Flyers forward Jeff Carter celebrates his third-period goal off a feed from Mike Richards.
Carolina again falls to Flyers
Flyers Notes
Laviolette, Cole together again?
Carolina winger Erik Cole has heard the rumors that he FLYERS from C1 Late in the period, Boucher could be reunited with Peter Flyers had scored power-play stopped Erik Cole’s power- Laviolette — his coach when goals in just three of their pre- play drive from the left circle, the Hurricanes won the Stanvious 11 games. thwarting one of the Hurri- ley Cup in 2006 — in a trade with the Flyers. Forty seconds after Briere’s canes’ few early chances. Cole, 32, is taking it in team-high 27th goal — one From the outset, the Flyers more than Carter — Carolina flip-flopped wingers Nik stride, though he said he engot to within 2-1 as Tuomo Zherdev (one goal in his last joyed playing for Laviolette. Laviolette was “a coach who Ruutu scored on a rebound 11 games) and Andreas Nodl with 7:53 remaining. That end- (no goals in his last 16 games) believed in me as a player and ed Brian Boucher’s shutout in an attempt to change their what I could do. His expectabid. The Flyers are the only fortunes. Zherdev was with tions of me, at times, were NHL team without a shutout Richards and James van Ri- even higher than my own,” this season. emsdyk, and Nodl was with said Cole before Thursday night’s game against the FlyEarlier, Carter took a crafty Carter and Giroux. feed from Mike Richards and Giroux, having a breakout ers. “And sometimes when you fired a right-circle shot that season, was injured blocking have a situation like that, it deflected off the glove of goal- a shot early in the second pe- makes for a good opportunity.” A potential unrestricted ie Cam Ward. It was Carter’s riod and was in pain as he 26th goal, briefly tying him limped to the locker room for free agent after the season, with Briere for the team lead. medical attention to his left Cole would not be able to nix It was the Flyers’ third knee. The shifty center re- a deal. The trade deadline is Feb. 28. straight win, all in tight-check- turned later in the period. “It’s not like I have a noing, playoff-type games. They started their latest winning Contact staff writer Sam Carchidi trade clause or anything like that,” he said. “At the end of streak with a 3-2 victory over at scarchidi@phillynews.com. the day, this is a business, Nashville, followed by a 3-1 Follow on Twitter at and this is our job. We’re forwww.twitter.com/BrioadStBull. triumph over Dallas. tunate to do what we do, but Boucher, now 6-1 in his cathere’s always sort of an unreer against Carolina, made Flyers 2, Hurricanes 1 derbelly to everything. To 31 saves as he outdueled Ward (23 saves). Carolina 0 0 1 – 1 move and change cities and 0 0 2 – 2 change teams is not always “It was a tight game. It felt FLYERS like a game that would be in the First period: None. Penalties: Carson, Car the best thing, but it’s not al1:16; Carcillo, Phi (interference), ways the worst, either. Things playoffs — not much there,” (high-sticking), 17:54. said Boucher, referring to the Second period: None. Penalties: R.Carter, Car like that, you can’t control (roughing), 7:59; Timonen, Phi (interference), and you have to go out and lack of good scoring chances. 9:00; Richards, Phi (slashing), 14:38; Briere, Phi continue to perform.” The Flyers are 15-4-5 in one- (hooking), 17:41; Ruutu, Car (slashing), 18:41. Laviolette is high on Cole. So goal games. They have won Third period: 1, FLYERS, J.Carter 26 (Richards, :18 (pp). 2, FLYERS, Briere 27 (Giroux, their last eight one-goal deci- Pronger), Carle), 11:27 (pp). 3, Carolina, Ruutu 13 (LaRose), are the Flyers, sources said. 12:07. Penalties: Pronger, Phi (slashing), 1:28; The winger has 14 goals and 17 sions. Skinner, Car (charging), 5:20; Bra.Sutter, Car assists while averaging 18 min“The more you get in those (tripping), 10:11; LaRose, Car (roughing), 15:40. situations, the more comfort- Shots on Goal: Carolina 5-12-15–32. FLYERS utes, 4 seconds per game. For the moment, Cole said able you feel,” Boucher said. 7-7-11–25. Power-play opportunities: Carolina 0 of 5; his thoughts are directed to“And hopefully we’ll be even FLYERS 2 of 6. more playoff-tested when we Goalies: Carolina, Ward 23-18-6 (25 shots-23 ward helping Carolina earn a saves). FLYERS, Boucher 13-6-2 (32-31). playoff spot. The Canes entered get there.” A: 19,726 (19,537). T: 2:20. “I think we can play in Referees: Frederick L'Ecuyer, Dan O'Rourke. Thursday clinging to the eighth and last spot in the crowded those one-goal games, but I Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron. East, and he probably won’t be think we can play better,” Flyers Statistics traded unless Carolina falls out said Flyers coach Laviolette, of the playoff hunt. who was unhappy with his Not including last night's game. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP “We’ve got enough on our team’s sluggish second peri- SCORING Claude Giroux ...53 19 31 50 14 31 7 own plate. As my buddy says, od. “Instead of defending in a 28 17 Jeff Carter...........53 25 23 48 21 33 6 one-goal game, you should be 18 Mike Richards ...53 17 31 48 11 41 3 you’ve got to keep your eye looking for more attack in 48 Danny Briere .....50 26 19 45 14 65 5 on your own bobber,” he said 22 Ville Leino ...........53 13 26 39 19 14 3 your game.” 19 Scott Hartnell ....53 17 17 34 16 103 2 with a laugh. The first period was one of 44 Kimmo Timonen 53 3 23 26 15 24 1 Matt Carle ...........53 1 23 24 20 17 0 Breakaways the most boring 20 minutes of 25 21 J. van Riemsdyk.47 12 12 24 11 18 2 Goalie Brian Boucher, being the Flyers’ season. The teams 20 Chris Pronger .....38 4 17 21 9 32 3 combined for zero goals, 12 41 Andrej Meszaros 52 4 15 19 27 20 1 rewarded for his 3-1 win over 93 Nikolay Zherdev .46 15 4 19 7 20 1 shots, and little sustained ac- 15 Andreas Nodl ....44 9 9 18 10 10 1 Dallas on Saturday, started 6 Sean O'Donnell ...53 1 11 12 13 56 0 against Carolina. … Jeff Carter tion. 36 Darroll Powe.......53 4 8 12 0 31 0 had climbed to plus-21 enterWard made his best save 11 Blair Betts ..........53 3 7 10 4 6 0 when he stopped Giroux’s 5 Braydon Coburn .53 1 9 10 15 40 0 ing Thursday, placing him Dan Carcillo .......31 3 1 4 7- 81 0 tied for 11th in the league. … backhander with 5:08 left in 13 45 Jody Shelley ......44 2 2 4 4 108 0 the period. After a Jay Harri- 3 Oskars Bartulis.....12 0 0 0 4- 4 0 Claude Giroux had posted at son turnover, Carter fed Gir- GOALTENDERS W L T GA AVG. SOSAVE% least a point in nine of his last oux in front, but Ward made a 33 B. Boucher ...12 6 2 47 2.31 0 .919 10 games before Thursday. 35 S. Bobrovsky.22 7 3 79 2.48 0 .918 — Sam Carchidi sprawling save.
obviously a possible partner. They will go to spring training with two open rotation spots and a competition among Sergio Mitre, Ivan Nova, Freddy Garcia, and Bartolo Colon. But the longer the Phillies wait, the more desperate the Yankees could become and the more Blanton could net should other teams show a desire. There is also this overlooked fact: Blanton is still a pretty decent pitcher. Yes, he missed the first month of 2010 with a side-muscle injury that caused some first-half struggles. But after the allstar break, Blanton had a 3.33 ERA in his 15 starts and struck out 7.9 batters per DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer nine innings. The Phillies were 11-4 in those games. On the outside? Joe Blanton rests in the stands while (from left) Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Now the expectations are and Roy Oswalt stand on the field before Game 2 of the NLDS against the Reds in October. even fewer for the 30-yearBut until the July 31 nonwaiv- from changing if a team de- will not be as good as teams old. He’s not one of the Four er trade deadline (and even cides to eat a large sum of the expected. Just like it does ev- Aces, but life as That Other the Aug. 31 deadline), a poten- $17 million Blanton is owed ery season, the heaviest de- Guy is just beginning. It could tial trade will hang over the over the next two seasons. mand on the trade market will be a role made for Blanton. pitcher’s head. Phillies general There is no clear possible fall to starting pitching. manager Ruben Amaro Jr. has landing spot for Blanton as So why should the Phillies Contact staff writer Matt Gelb at repeatedly said he is not com- camps open across the majors, cash in that valuable chip be- 215-854-2928 or fortable trading Blanton. That but that hardly matters. Pitch- fore they have to? mgelb@phillynews.com. Follow doesn’t prevent his stance ers will be injured and others The New York Yankees are on Twitter @magelb.
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SportsInBrief Wambach, Lloyd lead U.S. Soccer Star forward Abby Wambach will return to the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team in preparation for the prestigious Algarve Cup in Portugal. Coach Pia Sundhage chose 24 players Thursday who will train for one week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Wambach is back from a heel injury that forced her to miss January’s Four Nations Tournament in China, which the Americans won. The Americans have won the Algarve seven times, including last year, when they beat two-time World Cup champion Germany in the final. The U.S. roster for the event that begins March 2 is stocked with veteran players, including captain Christie Rampone, Shannon Boxx, Carli Lloyd, Lindsay Tarpley, and Heather O’Reilly. Sundhage is taking four keepers to training camp. Goalkeeper Hope Solo will attend her ninth Algarve Cup, but is not yet cleared for game competition as she recovers from major shoulder surgery. 8 Major League Soccer has released a complete schedule for its 16th season, showing that MLS teams will play 34 games, up from 30 a year ago, and that many of the Union’s game will be on Saturdays. A highlight of the Union’s 17-game home schedule is a 7:30 p.m. match with David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy on May 11 at PPL Park. Each of the 18 teams will face each other twice, once home and once on the road. The Union will open their second season March 19, a Saturday, in Houston against the Dynamo. Game time is 8:30 p.m. The Union’s first home game is the following Saturday, March 26, at 4 p.m. against the expansion Van-
couver Whitecaps. 8 The Union beat the University of South Florida, 2-0, in an exhibition match in Deltona, Fla. It was the club’s first victory of the 2011 preseason. The scoring, by Sebastien Le Toux and Danny Mwanga, came in the first half.
LACROSSE: The Wings will
be out to avenge an earlier loss to Buffalo when they host the Bandits at 7 p.m. Saturday — on National Lacrosse League Cancer Awareness Night — at the Wells Fargo Center. Since losing, 9-6, to Buffalo, the Wings (3-3) have won three games and lost another. The Bandits are 3-2. The Wings will auction limited-edition pink game jerseys to raise awareness for pediatric cancer and the Four Diamonds Fund. Each of the 23 players will have a jersey in the postgame auction at the AT&T Pavilion. 8 The NLL has announced the reserves for the league’s 2011 All-Star Game later this month. The list includes Wings transition player Max Seibald. He will join teammate goaltender Brandon Miller, who was picked for the East squad’s starting lineup earlier this week. The All-Star Game, presented by the Oneida Indian Nation, will be held at the Event Center at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y., at 2 p.m. Feb. 27.
AWARD: For the second
straight year, Rowan has received the New Jersey Athletic Conference’s Award for Cans Across the Conference. The award honors the Rowan athletes who collected 2,060 cans of food for the conference’s community service project. The total for the conference was more than 6,500 cans, which were given to food banks and charities. — Staff and wire reports
Scoreboard Transactions
Soccer
Baseball Baltimore Orioles: Agreed to terms with OF Luke Scott on a one-year contract. New York Yankees: Agreed to terms with INF Ronnie Belliard on a minor league contract. Seattle Mariners: Signed RHP Manny Delcarmen to a minor league contract. Texas Rangers: Agreed to terms with OF Josh Hamilton on a two-year contract.
Football Baltimore Ravens: Re-signed FB Jason McMie to one-year contract. Green Bay Packers: Signed G Adrian Battles, T Chris Campbell, S Michael Greco, LB Cardia Jackson, S Anthony Levine, WR Antonio Robinson, DT Jay Ross, WR Chastin West and LB/DE Albert Young to reserve/futures contracts.
Ice Hockey Montreal Canadiens: Recalled C Ryan White from Hamilton (AHL). Ottawa Senators: Traded F Mike Fisher to Nashville for a 2011 first-round draft pick and a 2012 third-round pick. St. Louis Blues: Assigned D Tyson Strachan to Peoria (AHL). Tampa Bay Lightning: Recalled F Johan Harju from Norfolk (AHL). Toronto Maple Leafs: Recalled Vancouver Canucks: Called up RW Victor Oreskovich from Manitoba (AHL). Assigned LW Aaron Volpatti to Manitoba.
Lacrosse Colorado Mammoth: Signed F Jamie Floris to a one-year contract. Released T Nenad Gajic.
Colleges
Union Schedule Home games in BOLD Sat., March 19 at Houston 8:30 Sat., March 26 VANCOUVER 4 Sat. April 2 at Los Angeles 10:30 Sat., April 9 NEW YORK 7 (ESPN2) Sat., April 16 SEATTLE 4 Sat., April 23 at Real Salt Lake 9 Sat., April 30 SAN JOSE 4 Sat., May 7 at Portland 10:30 Wed., May 11 LOS ANGELES 7:30 Sat., May 14 at Dallas 8:30 Sat., May 21 CHICAGO 8 Sat. May 28 at Toronto 7 Sat., June 4 at Colorado 9 Sat., June 11 Real Salt Lake 4 Sat., June 18 at Vancouver 7 Wed., June 22 KANSAS CITY 7:30 Sat., June 25 CHIVAS 7:30 Sat., July 2 at DC UNITED 7:30 Sat., July 9 at San Jose 10:30 Sat., July 16 at New England 7:30 Sat., July 23 at Seattle 10 Sat., July 30 COLORADO 7:30 Wed., Aug. 3 at Chicago 9 Sat., Aug. 6 HOUSTON 7:30 Sat., Aug. 13 DALLAS 7:30 Sat., Aug. 20 at Columbus 7:30 Sat., Aug. 28 NEW ENGLAND 7 Sat., Sept. 10 PORTLAND 7:30 Sat., Sept. 17 COLUMBUS 7:30 Sat., Sept. 24 at Kansas City 8:30 Thurs., Sept. 29DC UNITED 8 (ESPN2) Sun. Oct. 2 at Chivas 8 Sat., Oct. 15 TORONTO 7:30 Thurs., Oct. 20 at New York 8 (ESPN2) All times and dates are subject to change.
College Football
Wrestling Delaware Valley 24, Shippensburg 20
Penn 2011 Schedule
Men’s Volleyball Philadelphia Biblical 3, Lancaster Bible 0
Tennis SAP Open Denis Istomin (5), Uzbekistan, def. Michael Russell, United States, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4). Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Kei Nishikori (8), Japan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Lleyton Hewitt (7), Australia, def. Brian Dabul, Argentina, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-1, 7-6 (1).
Home games in BOLD; times TBD Sept. 17 Lafayette Sept. 24 Villanova Oct. 1 at Dartmouth Oct. 8 Fordham Oct. 15 at Columbia Oct. 22 Yale Oct. 29 at Brown Nov. 05 Princeton Nov. 12 at Harvard Nov. 19 Cornell
Golf Dubai Desert Classic In Doha, Qatar FIRST ROUND Rory McIlroy, ……32-33–65 Sergio Garcia ……33-34–67 Thomas Aiken ……34-33–67 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 33-35–68 Danny Willet ………33-35–68 Steve Webster ……32-36–68 Victor Dubuisson ……34-34–68 Richard Stern ……32-36–68 Pablo Martin …………33-35–68 Todd Hamilton ………33-36–69 Brett Rumford ……33-36–69 Anthony Wall …………36-33–69 Mark Brown ………33-36–69 F. Hed …………………36-33–69 Peter Hanson ……34-35–69 Lee Westwood ………33-36–69 Martin Kaymer ……34-35–69 Anders Hansen ………36-33–69 Also Tiger Woods …………37-34–71 Miguel Angel Jimenez 38-34–72 Jose Maria Olazabal…37-36–73
Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
p-Pebble Beach Golf Links s-Spyglass Hill m-Monterey Peninsula Country Club Note: Due to different Par scores, scores are listed in par order. Steve Marino ……32-33–65 -7s D.A. Points ……31-32–63 -7m Alex Cejka ………31-33–64 -6m Tom Gillis ……32-35–67 -5p
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G. Woodland ……34-33–67 -5p K/ Bradley ……33-32–65 -5m Mike Weir ……31-37–68 -4s Kyle Stanley …31-37–68 -4p Rory Sabbatini 33-35–68 -4s Nick Watney …33-35–68 -4p Aaron Baddeley …34-34–68 -4s Bryce Molder ……34-35–69 -3p P. Harrington ……35-34–69 -3s Vijay Singh ………33-36–69 -3p Chris Riley ……35-34–69 -3s J.J. Henry ……35-34–69 -3p Joseph Bramlett 36-33–69 -3p Michael Connell…35-34–69 -3s Kevin Chappell 36-33–69 -3p Stuart Appleby 36-34–70 -2p Andres Romero 32-36–68 -2m Hunter Mahan …34-36–70 -2s David Toms ……34-34–68 -2m John Merrick …34-36–70 -2p Bill Lunde ……35-35–70 -2s Chris Stroud …34-36–70 -2p Matt Bettencourt 33-35–68 -2m Alex Prugh ……34-34–68 -2m William McGirt 36-34–70 -2s Nate Smith ………35-35–70 -2s Garth Mulroy …34-36–70 -2s Billy Hurley III ……35-35–70 -2s Sam Saunders 35-35–70 -2s Robert Garrigus …35-35–70 -2s Matt Jones ………35-35–70 -2s Kris Blanks ………36-34–70 -2s Jesper Parnevik 33-36–69 -1m Kevin Sutherland 33-36–69 -1m Tommy Gainey 34-35–69 -1m D.J. Trahan ……33-36–69 -1m Jarrod Lyle ……33-36–69 -1m Kevin Na …………36-35–71 -1p R. S. Johnson ……37-34–71 -1s
Steve Flesch …34-35–69 -1m Dean Wilson …36-35–71 -1p Brandt Jobe ……35-36–71 -1s Geoff Ogilvy ……38-33–71 -1s Matt Every ……37-34–71 -1s Scott McCarron 33-38–71 -1p Chris Baryla ……35-36–71 -1p Shane Bertsch …34-37–71 -1p Spencer Levin …34-37–71 -1p Joe Ogilvie ……35-36–71 -1s J.B. Holmes ……36-35–71 -1p K.J. Choi ………35-36–71 -1s J.P. Hayes ……35-34–69 -1m Tag Ridings ……34-35–69 -1m Sunghoon Kang 35-34–69 -1m Lee Janzen ……36-36–72 Ep Brett Quigley …35-37–72 Ep Bo Van Pelt ……37-35–72 Es Jonathan Byrd …33-37–70 Em Woody Austin ……37-35–72 Ep Johnson Wagner 33-39–72 Ep Jim Renner ……39-33–72 Es Sean O'Hair ………34-38–72 Es John Rollins………36-36–72 Es M. Thompson …35-35–70 Em Alexandre Rocha 33-37–70 Em Brendon de Jonge33-39–72 Ep Steve Elkington 35-35–70 Em Trevor Immelman 35-35–70 Em Paul Goydos …34-36–70 Em Charles Warren 36-36–72 Es Charlie Wi ………34-36–70 Em Peter Tomasulo 35-37–72 Ep Zack Miller ……38-34–72 Ep Chad Collins …34-36–70 Em Justin Hicks ……34-36–70 Em Jimmy Walker ……40-32–72 Es Davis Love III …33-37–70 Em Brian Gay ………38-34–72 Ep
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cal style can leave viewers sitting on their hands. His 2007 February is starting to beating of Rossy on ESPN2 seem like Philly Fighter may have been the last time Awareness Month. In coming he was truly a TV-friendly days, heavyweight contender fighter. So Showtime (11 p.m.) Eddie Chambers, cruiser- plans to televise two fights weight champion Steve Cun- from the Bally’s card, but not ningham, and homegrown Chambers-Rossy. prospects Mike Jones (welterJones, a Mount Airy native, weight) and Danny Garcia has a Feb. 19 rematch against (junior welterweight) will all Jesus Soto-Karass in Las Vegas. fight at locations around the HBO will televise it as underglobe. Locally, Israeli cruiser- card to a bantamweight champiweight Ran Nakash, who has onship between Nonito Donaire built much of his 25-0 record and Fernando Montiel. If you in Philadelphia rings, is slat- haven’t witnessed 118-pound ed to fight Bobby Gunn on guys smacking the Tastykakes Feb. 24 at Harrah’s Chester out of each other, this is a good Casino. And 154-pounders place to start. Gabriel Rosado and Jamaal Jones eked out a 10-round deDavis meet at Bally’s Atlantic cision over Soto-Karass at CowCity on Feb. 26. boys Stadium in November, in a Chambers’ last fight ended preliminary to the Manny Pacon a canvas in a Düsseldorf, quiao-Antonio Margarito wipeGermany, soccer stadium last out. Jones peaked early in that March when heavyweight one, then hung on. About two champion Wladimir Klitschko minutes into Round 2, he had knocked him out seconds be- Soto-Karass a little wobbly and fore the final bell in Round let loose a fury of punches, driv12. After getting his head to- ing the Mexican to the ropes gether, Chambers is back in but failing to wrap things up. the ring to take another The effort took its toll. Sotoswing with a lower degree of Karass started winning rounds difficulty. Friday at Bally’s in against a gassed Jones (23-0, 18 Atlantic City, he fights Derric KOs), who previously had been Rossy, whom Chambers al- known as a great finisher. Now ready knocked out in 2007. he’s been working on stamina It’s a confidence booster for with Danny Davis, the Joe Chambers (35-2, 18 KOs), but, Hand Gym trainer who also with the heavyweight division trains the enduring Bernard so sparse, it’s also an “elimi- Hopkins. nator” whose winner suppos“I’m going to box for 12 edly gets next in line to chal- rounds” this time, Jones promlenge Klitschko (again) for ises. (Hopkins, meanwhile, is the IBF heavyweight belt. looking at a May 21 rematch “This is an important against Jean Pascal, possibly in fight,” Chambers admitted. “I Québec City again.) have to prove I’m still there. Cunningham, a Germantown After a fight as tough as the High graduate and West Philly Klitschko fight was, I have to fixture, is the only Philadelprove I’m completely back phian whose wardrobe currentand determined to get back to ly includes a world title belt. the title.” Rossy, a former Bos- On Saturday Cunningham ton College defensive line- (23-2, 12 KOs) makes his first man, has become a decent defense of his regained IBF boxer (25-2, 14 KOs) and is cruiserweight crown against 11-1 since Chambers de- Serbian Enad Licina (19-2, 10 stroyed him. But he’s not KOs) in Mülheim, Germany. world class. As Chambers There’s no U.S. TV for this one, puts it: “He has a lot to prove either, but resourceful searchand nothing to lose.” ers might find it on the Web. Chambers’ defensive, tactiFOR THE INQUIRER
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Taylor Bessick and Keith Washington combined for 40 points in the quarterfinal win. By Rick O’Brien
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Frankford’s Taylor Bessick and Keith Washington are trying to make up for lost time on the hardwood. Bessick, a 6-foot-9, 200-pound center, did not begin playing organized hoops until he joined the JV squad as a sophomore. Washington, a 6-1, 180-pound point guard, said he sat out most of last season “to deal with personal issues.” The seniors made up quite a one-two combo in Thursday’s Public League Class AAAA quarterfinal playoff against Samuel Fels, teaming for 40 points and 14 rebounds in a 64-54 home triumph. Early in the third quarter, the two, with Washington feeding Bessick the ball on an inbounds play underneath and to the right of the basket, combined for a spectacular alley-oop dunk that brought spectators to their feet. “We run that play in practice,” Bessick said. “We’ve gotten baskets off it before in games, but I think this was the first time it was finished with a dunk.” Next for the third-place Pioneers is a semifinal date Monday at second-place George Washington, which cruised past seventh-place Central, 73-48, in the quarterfinals. Bessick, who came in averaging about six points, netted a career-high 23, collected 10 rebounds (six on offense), and blocked three shots. The erstwhile wrestler scored 19 points in the middle two quarters. “The kid has been playing basketball for only three years,” Frankford first-year coach Dave Huzzard said. “Some college has to see the
Frankford’s Keith Washington, who scored 17 points in the victory, drives past Fels defender Walter Thompson.
potential that’s there.” Washington, a lefthander, practically lived at the foul line, making 8 of 10 attempts en route to 17 points. He added four assists and four rebounds. Frankford was loaded with seniors last season, when it went 22-5 and reached the second round of the PIAA state tournament. As a result, Bessick saw limited playing time. “I knew that was going to be the case,” the 18-year-old said. “I was OK with it. My plan was to work hard, especially in practice, and pre-
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pare myself for this year.” Against sixth-place Fels, Washington had 14 of his 17 points before halftime. His four field goals, including a secondquarter three-pointer, came in the opening 10 minutes. Washington, a top student, has drawn interest from Arcadia, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Columbia, among others. “He’s been the rock of the team, no doubt about it,” said Huzzard, whose team overcame 21 turnovers. “With him, it’s like having a coach
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Frankford’s Taylor Bessick has his eye on the basket as he goes up for a shot. Bessick, a
6-foot-9, 200-pound center, led all scorers with 23 points in the 64-54 win by the Pioneers. on the floor.” The Pioneers (16-4) led, 38-28, at halftime. In the third quarter, a 7-0 spurt made it 49-34 and all but sent Mark Heimderdinger’s Panthers (10-11) packing. For Fels, which shot 5 for 33 from three-point territory,
Demario Jones hit three treys on the way to 11 points. Nijay Kelly (six rebounds) and sub Lester Mattox each scored 10. The Panthers committed seven turnovers in each of the first two quarters and 18 overall. Contact staff writer Rick O’Brien
at 610-313-8019 or robrien@phillynews.com. Samuel Fels Frankford
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SF: Walter Thompson 8, Demario Jones 11, T.J. Scott 4, Nijay Kelly 10, Kyron Connor 5, Lester Mattox 10, Danil Mateo 4, Hassan Young 2. F: Keith Washington 17, Kevin Lawson 11, Taylor Bessick 23, Omar Askia 2, Imire Taylor 5, Chris Lewis 5, Anthony Lockhart 1.
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Lower Merion wins Central League title By Joe Fite
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Lila Jones made sure that Haverford High would not spoil a perfect Central League basketball season for By Joe Fite Aquil Younger led a balFOR THE INQUIRER Lower Merion Thursday. anced Gratz scoring attack If there is any question as with 14 points and the BullJones struck for 23 points, to why teams play basketball dogs went on to beat visiting and the Aces went on to beat games on the floor and not on Overbrook, 68-40. the host Fords, 49-42, to paper, the Communications Washington outscored visitclinch the league title. Tech-FitzSimons Public ing Central in the second Lower Merion (19-3 overall, League playoff game should half, 48-25, and cruised past 16-0 league) grabbed a 17-10 serve as Exhibit A. the Lancers, 73-48. Kendall lead in the first quarter to set The Phoenix beat FitzSimo- Truitt scored 20 points for the the tone of the game. ns, 74-62, on Jan. 13 after run- Eagles. Coley Ricci picked up 11 ning out to a 12-0 lead. So In Class AAA quarterfinals: points and lifted Garnet ValCommunications Tech should Nadir Stukes collected 13 ley past host Conestoga, have eased past the Rams. points and Engineering & Sci28-26. Right? ence held on to beat visiting Bridget Scott scored 19 The host Phoenix (19-4) University City, 55-54. points as Strath Haven rallied needed a layup with six secBasir Fulmore hit a halfDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer to beat visiting Harriton, onds left to beat FitzSimons, court buzzer-beater to force Basir Fulmore of Dobbins, who scored 17 points, brings the ball 59-51. 51-50, in a Class AA quarterfi- overtime and led Dobbins upcourt in the first quarter. His buzzer-beater forced OT. Denise McKeown collected nal game Thursday. past visiting West Philadel16 points and helped Marple Basil Malik connected for phia, 77-70. dom. in a quarterfinal match Friday. Newtown beat host PennCentral. Marquis Baker the game-winning layup off a Fulmore’s shot tied the In another second-round crest, 49-35. pick-and-roll pass from David game at 62-62; he scored 17 chipped in with 16 points and match, District 12 champion Jessica Crawley-Rich Johnson. Malik shared team points, including four points helped Harriton beat visiting La Salle got a 5-3 overtime struck for 14 points as Upper scoring honors with Tony in overtime Jerrell Wright Strath Haven, 48-45. win by Kolby Stein at 119 Darby downed visiting RidParker, as each tallied 11 added 26 points. Ian Campbell scored 20 pounds and beat District 4 ley, 46-30. Catholic. Chanel Brooks points. The Rams (10-14) Devante Chance picked up points and propelled Penn- champion Shikellamy, 37-24. missed a 19-foot shot at the 22 points and led Philadel- crest to a 47-44 win over host The Explorers will meet Dis- notched 14 points as Bishop buzzer. phia Electrical to a 72-55 win Marple Newtown. trict 3 champion Central Dau- McDevitt clinched a playoff Del-Val. Devonte Glasper phin, a 48-12 winner over Dis- spot with a 57-43 win over visIn other Class AA quarterfi- over visiting Germantown. nals: Maurice Watson scored 27 scored 14 points as Glen Mills trict 1 runner-up Norristown, iting Hallahan. John Longo drained a three- points for Boys’ Latin in a got past host Chichester, in a quarterfinal match FriMarissa Manning scored 16 pointer with three seconds 74-50 win over visiting Rox- 60-58. day. points and was one of 10 CarFriends Schools. Ari Yamagu- dinal O’Hara players to score left and gave Prep Charter a borough. 46-44 win over visiting DelIn Class A quarterfinals: chi brought Westtown back in a 64-20 win over visiting Wrestling Val Charter. Paul Robeson got 22 points from a 3-0 deficit with a pin Conwell-Egan. District 1 top seed Council in the second bout of the day Longo scored five points from Marquise Richards and Alex Heck scored 15 points and Abraham Massaley add- 23 points from Andre Wash- Rock South earned a bye into and sparked the Quakers to a as Archbishop Wood dised 18 points for the Huskies. ington and beat visiting Park- the second round of the PIAA 52-18 win over visiting Ger- patched visiting Neumann-GoClass AAA team tournament mantown Friends in a semifi- retti, 61-22. Shawn Williams dropped in way West, 77-72. 22 points and helped Vaux World Communications got and took advantage with a nal playoff match. Ryan Fiascki collected 13 beat visiting Freire Charter, 23 points from Shon Phillips 43-23 win over Kiski Area, the Yamaguchi decked Luke Fu- points as Archbishop Carroll 78-54. and beat visiting Lamberton, No. 3 seed from District 7, at rukawa in 4 minutes, 37 sec- routed visiting Little Flower, the Giant Center in Hershey. onds to give Westtown the 68-22. Imhotep got 11 points each 58-45. Earning pins for the Golden lead for good, 6-3. Inter-Ac. Penn Charter from Tyhiem Perrin and Tamir Bolger poured in 19 Ameen Tanksley and tripped points and boosted Constitu- Hawks were Trey Balasco In the other semifinal, Dav- opened the second half with a visiting Mastery Charter tion to a 67-54 win over visit- (112 pounds, 1:25), Matt Rap- id Weiss pinned in 51 seconds 20-5 scoring run and went on po (135 pounds, 3:20), Matt at 152 pounds and helped to beat host Notre Dame. North, 67-26. ing Palmer. Brianna Butler paced the In Class AAAA quarterfiJeremiah Worthem paced Martoccio (145 pounds, 18 sec- Friends’ Central beat visiting Quakers with 18 points. nals: Math, Civics & Science with onds) and Tim Riley (215 George School, 42-28. Suburban One Continental. Darrell Robinson scored 20 20 points and led the Mighty pounds, 2:04). South will wrestle District 3 Contact Joe Fite Souderton got 18 points from points and lifted Bartram Elephants to an 82-42 win Bianca Picard and beat visitpast visiting Lincoln, 66-60. over visiting Sankofa Free- runner-up Cumberland Valley at rallysports@phillynews.com.
ing Central Bucks West, 41-31. Del-Val. Jenera Handy scored 27 points and was one of three 20-point scorers for Chester in a 78-44 win over visiting Academy Park. Ches-Mont. Sun Valley rallied from a 15-10 halftime deficit and won its fourth league title in 10 years with a 38-24 win over visiting Oxford. Alie Alkins paced the Vanguards with nine points. Bicentennial. Ali Morganstein scored 13 points and led Lower Moreland to a 33-29 win over visiting Christopher Dock. Phil-Mont Christian scored the last eight points of the second quarter and handled host Jenkintown, 31-24. Jana Goodman scored 16 points for Phil-Mont. Stacey MacArthur scored 13 points as Delco Christian upended visiting New HopeSolebury, 43-31. Christine Byrd poured in 19 points and lifted Girard College to a 49-27 win over visiting Plumstead Christian. Kievanna Lacey paced Morrisville with 21 points in a 42-25 win over visiting Bristol. Catholic Academies. Villa Joseph Marie broke a 17-17 halftime tie with an 11-4 scoring effort and got 12 points from Megan Leadwith to beat host Merion Mercy, 35-23. Nonleague. Alyssa Marchunsky scored six of her 20 points in overtime to spark Pennridge to a 64-58 win over host Owen J. Roberts. Brooke Mullen came through with 12 points and led Boyertown past visiting Padua Academy (Del.), 45-32. Alex Wheatley dropped in 16 points as Council Rock North tripped visiting Wissahickon, 51-22. Contact Joe Fite at rallysports@phillynews.com.
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PW’s Lapent commits to Bridgeport, in gymnastics By Don Beideman
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Michaela Lapent held off on the decision as long as she could. The Plymouth Whitemarsh senior’s dilemma: choose from among numerous scholarship offers to compete in gymnastics or diving. She recently accepted one for gymnastics at Bridgeport. “I love both sports, and I didn’t want to give one up,” said Lapent, who added that the social aspects of gymnastics won out over diving. “Diving is separate [from the swim team] in college, whereas you’re family with the 20 or so girls on the gymnastics team.” She dives for Plymouth Whitemarsh. By choosing gymnastics, Lapent also will have the opportunity to train under Byron Knox, who has coached Bridgeport to two straight USA Gymnastics collegiate national titles. Lapent, who began gymnastics at age 3, became a top, Level 10 gymnast two years ago. Lapent initially expected to join her sister Chelsea, who is a member of the Temple gymnastics team, but then received the scholarship offer from Knox. At 5-foot-7, Lapent acknowledges that she’s taller than most gymnasts. She has a busy week ahead in both of
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STATE CLASS AAA SECOND ROUND Council Rock South , Kiski 171: Shane Gilmore, C, dec. Cody Conroy, 9-0. 189: Matt McCutcheon, K, pinned Jared Rosen, 1:27. 215: Tim Riley, C, pinned Bill Emerick, 2:04. 285: Tom Trampe, C, dec. Shane Kuhn, 5-2. 103: Billy Rappo, C, tech. Ryan Hardaway, 15-0, 4:18. 112: Trey Balasco, C, pinned Steve Stramanski, 1:25. 119: Danny Martoccio, C, dec. Jacob Ardellitz, 9-0. 125: Colin Landowski, K, dec. Mack Moore, 4-2. 130: Shawn McGowan, K, dec. Brian Heckman, 3-2. 135: Matt Rappo, C, pinned Jimmy Bistline, 3:20. 140: Connor Moore, C, dec. Zach Musco, 4-2. 145: Matt Martoccio, C, pinned Zack Urik, 0:18. 152: Kyle Skelly, K, pinned Brian Greco, 1:36. 160: Mitchell Robinson, K, tech. Forester Somsanith, 17-1, 4:39. Cumberland Valley 30, Central Mountain 25 Greater Latrobe 27, McDowell 22 Easton 48, Big Spring 10 STATE CLASS AA SECOND ROUND Ridgway 54, Lower Moreland 21 103: Seung-Gyu Rim, LM, pinned Cody Stahl, 1:02. 112: Kyle Baker, LM, pinend Ricky Javier, 3:27. 119: Corey Bush, R, pinned Jon Aurit, 4:41. 125: Timmy Yu, LM, pinned Trevor Delhunty, 0:29. 130: Mike McKenna, LM, dec. Dakota Dahler, 6-4. 135: Slade Horner, R, tech. Hank Campbell, 16-0, 6:00. 140: Zac McKnight, R, pinned Yoni Alush, 1:36. 145: Kyle Caggiano, R, dec. Dominic Scirrotto, 8-0. 152: Steven Mitchell, R, pinned Jesse Goldstein, 3:46. 160: Jake Himes, R, pinned Matt Terrenzio, 1:52. 171: D.J. Skraba, R, tech. Rashan Chanyothi, 16-1, 4:09. 189: Seth Stahl, R, pinned George Zisis, 0:51. 215: Chad Quail, R, dec. Nick Brunswick, 11-2. 285: Jesse Sheasley, R, pinned Andrew DeRocini, 0:41. Burrell 35, Pen Argyl 27 Bedford 39, Elmer Myers 21 Huntingdon 50, Muncy 17 Fort LeBoeuf 38, Boiling Springs 20 Reynolds 41, Chartiers-Houston 21 Bethlehem Catholic 52, Biglerville 29 Towanda 32, Claysburg-Kimmel 24 FRIENDS SCHOOLS LEAGUE SEMIFINALS Westtown 52, Germantown Friends 18 130: Nathaniel Rabin, GFS, dec. Nick Sawyer, 5-4. 135: Ari Yamaguchi, W, pinned Luke Furukawa, 4:37. 140: Ben Balin, W, dec. Nick Davis, 9-7. 145: Ethan Fye, W, dec. Hilyard Nichols, 13-4. 152: Zephyr Zink, W, won by forfeit. 160: Jim Hall, GFS, won by forfeit. 171: Clay McKey, W, won by forfeit. 189: Zach Cope, W, won by forfeit. 215: Chris Farrow, W, dec. Anthony Clark, 10-5. 285: Roger Matias, W, won by forfeit. 103: Elliott Attenburger, GFS, won by forfeit. 112: Habeeb Onitiri, W, won by forfeit. 119: Alex Becker, W, pinned Mat Reed, 1:06. 125: Andy Reed, GFS, dec. Sam Flagler, 7-5 (OT). Friends’ Central 42, George School 28 171: Will Keith, FC, pinned Jesse Lax, 1:41. 189: George Keith, FC, pinned Tom Hellmuth, 0:53. 215: D.J. Kim, GS, dec. Andrew Feldman, 11-10 (2 OT). 285: Fernando Parnes, FC, won by forfeit. 103: Cassidy Ferrell, FC, won by forfeit. 112: Aidan Greer, GS, tech. Olivia Logiurato 15-0. 119: Cyrus Vakaili, GS, dec. Ben Kahn, 4-2. 125: Chris Alden, GS, dec. Andrew Nadkarni, 6-4 (OT). 130: Ramzi Lodge-Yanez, GS, won by forfeit. 135: Cary Snider, pinned Peter Verner, 1:42. 140: Alex Mitts, FC, pinned Eric Rosario, 2:57. 145: Tommy Lodge-Yanez, GS, dec. Sonjay Singh, 14-12. 152: David Weiss, FC, pinned Jack Ford, 0:51. 160: Rex Roskos, GS, tech. Jamal Sample, 24-8.
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Last weekend at the Armory in New York, the 4x400 foursome of Josh Swift, Macey Watson, Tevin Smith, and Will Taylor ran a Pennsylvania state-record 3 minutes, 16.6 seconds, bettering the old mark of 3:18.7 set by Glen Mills in 2002. The Ghosts beat DeMatha for first. It’s the best time so far this season in the country. Standout miler Kyle Moran anchored the Ghosts’ winning 4x800 quartet to a PennsylvaMichaela Lapent also excels in nia record of 7:45.93, also at diving, where being 5-foot-7 is the Armory. North Penn had set the old mark of 7:47.45 at usually not a hindrance. the National Scholastic Inher favorite sports. She will door Championships in 2008 dive Wednesday for the Colo- at the Armory. He was joined nials at the Suburban One by Smith, Watson, and Taylor. League American Division The same foursome ran the championships, then leave country’s fourth-fastest time the next day for a gymnastics in the distance-medley relay. meet in Ohio. She competes Abington’s 4x200 girls’ for Spirit Gymnastics in team of Rachel Strother, North Wales. Nicole Grasty, Jordan Matthews, and Leah Nugent ran Speedy Ghosts. How fast can the fastest time this season they go? That’s the question by a Pennsylvania school. being asked around Abington, The four covered the distance where three boys’ indoor in 1:42.82. track relay teams are leaving the opposition behind in Scramble on the ice. With the record fashion. regular season winding down, The boys’ 4x400- and a number of teams could 4x800-meter and distance- skate off with top honors in medley relay teams have set the National Division of the some of the fastest times in Ches-Mont Hockey League. Unionville (9-4-2) and West the state and nation so far this indoor season. Chester Rustin (10-3-0) are
tied for the division lead with 20 points each, and West Chester Henderson (9-3-1) is right behind with 19. The Indians have just one regular-season game left, a date with Methacton (second in the American Division) on Feb. 25. Rustin has three left, including one against Kennett on Friday. Henderson also has three remaining, including one vs. Perkiomen Valley on Friday. “It’s been an awesome year for the league,” said Rustin coach Nick Russo, whose Golden Knights are the defending Flyers Cup A champions. “We split with Henderson and Unionville, so it’s going to be interesting coming down the stretch. “I also expect the league to do well when it comes to seeding for the Flyers Cup.” Downingtown East’s Ryan Urban leads the league in points with 33, on 20 goals and 13 assists, followed by Ryan McNamara of Methacton with 28 (12-16). Rustin has three players in the top 10: Ben Kinch (11-11-22), Matt Gosik (9-13-22), and Jeff Nelson (8-12-20). Contact staff writer Don Beideman at 267-815-0733 or dbeideman@phillynews.com.
Senior Michaela Lapent says she enjoys the social aspects of gymnastics, where she feels like she is part of a team.
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L. Merion wins Central League title By Joe Fite
run, including 23 points from four seniors, and held Lila Jones made sure that a 34-5 lead at halftime. Haverford High would not Marissa Manning scored spoil a perfect Central 16 points and was one of 10 League basketball season O’Hara players to score. Inter-Ac. Penn Charter for Lower Merion Thursday. Jones struck for 23 points, opened the second half with and the Aces went on to beat a 20-5 scoring run and went the host Fords, 49-42, to on to beat host Notre Dame. clinch the league title. Brianna Butler paced the Lower Merion (19-3 over- Quakers with 18 points. Ches-Mont. Sun Valley ralall, 16-0 league) grabbed a 17-10 lead in the first quarter lied from a 15-10 halftime to set the tone of the game. deficit and won its fourth Catholic. Cardinal O’Hara league title in 10 years with stunned visiting Conwell- a 38-24 win over visiting OxEgan in the first quarter and ford. ripped the Eagles, 64-20, on Alie Alkins paced the VanSenior Night. guards with nine points. Bicentennial. Ali MorganThe Lions opened the game with a 25-2 scoring stein scored 13 points and FOR THE INQUIRER
Devante Chance 22, David George 8, Carrington Ward 15, Jai Williams 6. Engineering & Science 7 9 16 23 — 55 University City 6 14 7 27 — 54 E&S: Brandon Brown 10, Dijon Eggleton 9, Tahjere McCall 1, Wendell Moore 10, Kenneth Murphy 12, Nadir Stukes 13. UC: Rafeeq Bush 7, Joshua Fenwick 4, Gary Gordon 6, Parrish Grantham 5, Diante Lunsford 10, Marcus Lyles 20, Derek Williams 2. Public League Class AAAA Quarterfinals Overbrook 7 18 8 7 — 40 Simon Gratz 16 17 14 21 — 68 O(: Hakim Andrews 5, Brandon Fulton 5, Dante Glover 5, Matthew Gregory 11, Zenas Henry 3, Raymond Mills 11. SG: Daquan Bryant 7, Nigel Caldwell 5, Tyrek Gary 11, Bruce Hanner 4, Charles Merritt 3, Andrew Moye 10, Jon Owens 4, Nasif Streeter 6, Devon Walker 4, Aquil Younger 14. Lincoln 13 20 12 15 — 60 Bartram 13 17 13 23 — 66 L: Michael Bowlers 15, Jack Ferguson 10, Devin Jones 6, Nahjir Robinson 2, Ronald Rollins 14, Rickey Savage 10, Desjohn Wade 3. B: Barry Brockington 13, Jarmal Brown 12, Jared Bryant 4, Shaquille Ford 2, Darrell Robinson 20, Rasheen Singletary 15. Central 8 15 11 14 — 48 Washington 20 5 19 29 — 73 C: Donte Bennett 2, Burt Bivings 6, Romario Dorlas 1, Ben Hamilton 2, Clinton Johnson 5, Kadin Marshall 2, Sam Montgomery 2, Justin Potter 9, Thomas Tinsley 19. W: Kawaun Chavis 19, Nafeece Edwards 11, Wanya Ferguson 2, Courtland Gilliam 5, Darnell Green 7, Keith Richardson 9, Kendall Truitt 20. Bicentennial League Lower Moreland 14 18 19 12 — 63 MaST Charter 7 9 12 8 — 36 LM: Ryan Abel 14, Jake Cohen 2, Jeremy Geiger 2, Brendan Kennedy 5, Leventhal 4, Jared Licht 6, Mike Mangan 17, Rick Weintraub 1, Dimitri Zoubroulis 12. MC: Cody Hocker 5, Jamear Seals 11, Andrew Torres 5, Anthony Vazquez 2, Eric Williams 7, Rasheed Young 6. Central League Conestoga 20 21 11 19 — 71 Garnet Valley 7 8 23 21 — 59 C: Harry Beimer 8, Sam Bevan 12, Dexter Bridge 7, John Grib 5, Mackenzie Lavender 4, Jared Seltzer 15, Danny Shine 5, Brandon Thompson 9, Joe Viviano 6. GV: John Blair 14, Alex Jones 1, Ryan Padden 19, Jules Raucci 7, Joe Schiavo 3, Noah Scott 7, John Vandenberg 8. Strath Haven 8 11 14 12 — 45 Harriton 10 17 13 8 — 48 SH: Jacob Enterlin 5, Chazz Fisher 5, Chris Keenan 11, Christian Martin 4, Omar Randall 13, Charles Walton 7. H: Michael Allen 6, Marquis Baker 16, Andre Dixon 11, Ryan Kelley 8, Samir Muhammad 2, Matt Sherman 3, Evan Soloff 2. Haverford High 10 11 16 10 — 47 Lower Merion 14 21 20 19 — 74 HH: Pierre Charles 29, Eric Falasco 4, Kevin Gladstone 3, Miles Mansell 5, Patrick Morgan 4, Greg Rotzell 2. LM: Luke Chambers 10, Yohanny Dalembert 4, Colin Eisenstaedet 3, Eric Green 12, Raheem Hall 4, Darius Hall 8, B.J. Johnson 10, Jones 4, Mark Krantz 1, Matt McKenna 10, Peterson 4, Darryl Reynolds 2, Mike Robbins 2. Penncrest 12 4 13 18 — 47 Marple Newtown 6 9 15 14 — 44 P: Andy Ayars 2, Ed Baxter 8, Ian Campbell 20, Ben Davis 11, Al Mercer 6. MN: Andrew Brandt 2, Ryan Furst 17, Kurt Johnson 11, Joe Kelly 6, Pat McGee 6, Rote 2. Upper Darby 11 14 10 13 — 48 Ridley 13 9 10 15 — 47 UD: Terrence Bridges 7, Kevin Everett 11, Davon Harris 12, Brandon Hashim 12, Yusef Ross 1, Ishmael Walls 5. R: Sean Church 14, Derek Dawson 7, Norm Donkin 2, Kevin Garling 14, Tom Manning 4, Dan Staiber 6. Radnor 9 9 6 18 — 42 Springfield (D) 16 14 20 15 — 65
R: Cameron Dunsen 6, Eric Eichenger 5, Alex Fischman 2, Kyle Furtaw 2, Evan Lessin 5, Rob McCurdy 8, Mitch Sheridan 1, Peter Wallace 8, Connor Walsh 5. S: Dave Carpenter 8, Chris Devinney 3, Zack DeVito 10, Matt Fox 8, Mike McKale 2, Brendan McNamee 6, Eric Pollock 3, Dan Rutecki 7, Adam Washington 18. Ches-Mont League Great Valley 11 3 16 5 — 35 West Chester Rustin 13 8 12 8 — 41 GV: Ryan Aker 7, Shakore Grant 17, Tim Shackleton 5, Brad Sherry 4, Lee Stover 2. WCR: Corey Blake 16, Matt Moyer 2, Dan Myers 10, Anthony Nash 9, Ethan Ridgeway 4. Unionville 4 9 12 16 — 41 Kennett 12 13 9 14 — 48 U: Matt Christopher 10, Garrett Geiger 4, Ross Kim-McManus 2, Doug Ott 8, Brandon Rusinique 1, Mike Sundry 9, Beck Tuvesson 7. K: Luke Alicknavitch 8, William Garrett 2, Spencer Hyland 6, Kenshi Kobayashi 3, Maalik Rochester 5, Brock Sheets 8, Samuel Tavoni 16. Downingtown West 9 9 8 10 — 36 Downingtown East 7 16 7 12 — 42 DW: Andrew Bargman 12, Tony Calamarro 2, JaShawn Fontanez 15, Matt Maguire 5, Mark Nelson 2. DE: Corey Miller 11, Andrew Murner 6, Colt Saska 3, Dahmir Simmons 12, Eric Speller 5, Max Truchan 5. Del-Val League Glen Mills 14 13 16 17 — 60 Chichester 9 13 17 19 — 58 GM: Markeese Askew 11, Kadeem Coates 10, Devonte Glasper 14, Rahem Harvey 8, Austen King 7, Stefron Poole 10. C: Casey Burke 8, Robert Mack 6, Rob Pitman 24, Brian Pryer 2, Shawn Thomas 18. Pioneer Athletic Conference Owen J. Roberts 5 7 7 13 — 32 Perkiomen Valley 10 11 18 24 — 63 OJR: Matt Crider 5, Mark Henry 10, Ryan Kent 2, Tyler McGrath 2, Ryan Megay 10, Andrew Rajtik 1, Brett Sorber 2. PV: Nick Balestra 2, Ivan Bernabe 3, Steve Conboy 8, Erik Ragusa 8, Ian Rykaczewski 5, Jake Schlichter 10, Rashaan Stewart 2, Chris Stewart 11, Terrance Thinna 4, Marcus Williams 6, Purnell Wilson 4. Tri-County League Wyncote 9 6 14 12 — 41 Barrack Hebrew 14 20 16 15 — 65 W: Najeer Barfield 8, Maajid Forrest 5, Harvey Jones 2, Jarel Seay 22, Jared Wallace 4. BH: Joshua Ackerman 7, Ron Gabbay 6, Dan Gabbay 25, Yakir Gola 4, Eliyahu Korn 4, Daniel Parmet 6, Daniel Saltz 5, Joshua Stein 8. Collegium Charter 8 4 10 15 — 37 Phelps 11 5 24 16 — 56 CC: Dihmer Gardner 8, Abass Koroma 6, Jamal Pettigrew 6, Ansu Sarnor 2, Diamond Williams 7, Sean Woods 8. P: Ryan Alfred 4, Jakob Batycki 4, Isaiah Gans 15, Zach Hagan 5, Shawn Valentine 4, Will Watts 2, Damien Williams 22. Nonleague Plumstead Christian 14 11 12 9 — 46 Friends Select 15 15 18 12 — 60 PC: Jon Ciotta 1, Dan Coach 4, Max Drake 7, Jose Figueroa 18, Steve Rosenthal 4, Josh Sharik 1, Brad Wisler 11. FS: Ben Holl 17, Alex Hughes 2, Brett Nagle 26, Craig Presant 15. C.B. East 13 12 16 14 4 4 7 — 70 Phoenixville 17 15 16 7 4 4 4 — 67 CBE: D.J. Beausejour 16, Eric Montanari 2, Ryan O’Neil 12, Lou Pannella 5, Scott Shields 9, Matt Stauffer 21, Steve Topley 3, Justin VanHouten 2. P: Harrigan 6, Greg Hughes 14, Mike Jones 15, Jordan Kelly 10, Lawson 9, Jim Riggins 13. Solebury School 14 16 17 8 — 55 Camden 9 8 13 16 — 46 SS: Blake Bozeman 16, Julian Copeland 2, Mark Granville 4, D’Andre Hogan 2, Chris McNaughton 2, Danny Paulson 2, Jeremy Schulkin 20, Phil Walker 7. C: Takwail Bailey 12, Joshua Devine 1, Thomas Harper 7, Travaris Headen 8, Ajwan Leaming 3, Moore 2, Cyre Rachon 6, Hubert Simmons 7. Cumberland Christian 11 1 4 11 — 27 Christian Academy 12 27 13 15 — 67
led Lower Moreland to a 33-29 win over visiting Christopher Dock. Phil-Mont Christian scored the last eight points of the second quarter and handled host Jenkintown, 31-24. Jana Goodman scored 16 points for Phil-Mont. Stacey MacArthur scored 13 points as Delco Christian upended visiting New HopeSolebury, 43-31. Christine Byrd poured in 19 points and lifted Girard College to a 49-27 win over visiting Plumstead Christian. Kievanna Lacey paced Morrisville with 21 points in a 42-25 win over visiting CC: Echevarria 2, C. Fitting 2, B. Fitting 10, Gandy 2, Hawkins 3, Johnson 2, Mangual 6. CA: Andrew Boykin 8, Mike Evans 16, Kyle Gibson 12, Tray Jones 8, Trevin Jones 12, A.J. Moore 2, William Norris 2, Daniel Walker 3, Andrew Wisneski 2, Adam Zahner 2. Valley Forge 11 13 19 8 — 51 Germantown Friends 6 17 16 13 — 52 VF: William Boyer 8, Mike Krispel 12, Thomas Moyer 7, Kip Patton 14, Daymar Rosser 5, Andrew Sawyer 5. GF: Tyler Clausen-Wolf 8, Clay Fairbanks 6, Hank Goldenberg 4, Gilman Myran 26, Will Randall 6, Nick Rittler 2.
Girls’ Basketball Boxes Bicentennial League Bristol 11 3 5 6 — 25 Morrisville 7 8 9 18 — 42 B: Taylor Cullen 3, Morgan Cullen 5, Nicole Cullura 6, Danielle Reilly 10, Shyday Wessells 1. M: Katherine Brown 8, Cassandra Gainey 11, Crosby Knott 2, Kievanna Lacey 21. Christopher Dock 6 6 7 10 — 29 Lower Moreland 4 14 6 9 — 33 CD: Denali Althouse 7, Jenessa Derstine 9, Shea Neal 8, Laura Swintosky 5. LM: LaSell Campbell 2, Stefania Incollingo 8, Ali Morganstein 13, Demi Morganstein 2, Angie Nocella 8. New Hope-Solebury 8 9 6 8 — 31 Delco Christian 13 13 9 8 — 43 NH: Theresa Deppenschmidt 1, Tess Frelick 10, Elise Kalinovich 8, Grace Massimino 2, Erin Moss 8, Annie Sumichrast 2. DC: Jocelyn Chavous 6, Emily Evans 6, Emily Homan 8, Stacey MacArthur 13, Carley Neal 10. Phil-Mont Christian 6 10 7 8 — 31 Jenkintown 6 3 7 8 — 24 PC: Jana Goodman 16, Carly Johnson 3, Jen Khoo 2, Katie Siebert 9, Young Yoon 1. J: Emma Dillon 6, Sarah Flood 5, Madison Kimball 2, Kelsey Rice 8, Ruby Westkaemper 3. Plumstead Christian 6 10 9 2 — 27 Girard College 10 18 12 9 — 49 PC: Hope Caracappa 15, Paige Gresham 2, Alex Petrie 7, Keri Roberts 3. GC: Christine Blye 19, Krystle Cook 6, G’Mrice Davis 5, Shaquira McCottry 2, Dahlia Moncrieffe 10, Taschet Murphy 2, Joyce Randolph 5. Catholic Academies Villa Joseph Marie 8 9 11 7 — 35 Merion Mercy 11 6 4 2 — 23 VJM: Christine Gorrell 4, Megan Ledwith 12, Sara Madden 2, Mary Newell 3, Melissa Poderis 9, Courtney Shaw 1, Lexi Stershic 4.
Bristol. Catholic Academies. Villa Joseph Marie broke a 17-17 halftime tie with an 11-4 scoring effort and beat host Merion Mercy, 35-23. Megan Ledwith converted a trio of three-pointers and scored 12 points for the Jems. Nonleague. Brooke Mullen came through with 12 points and led Boyertown past visiting Padua Academy (Del.), 45-32. Alex Wheatley dropped in 16 points as Council Rock North tripped visiting Wissahickon, 51-22. Contact Joe Fite at rallysports@phillynews.com. MM: Meg Andruszko 2, Julianne D’Orazio 2, Natalie Dicocco 2, Catherine Moretto 4, Martha Pannepacker 10, Courtney Whelan 3. Catholic League Neumann-Goretti 2 3 5 12 — 22 Archbishop Wood 16 16 13 16 — 61 N: Maureen Fiocca 5, Nichelson 1, Omowumi Rafiu 8, Adriana Sciascia 8. AW: Victoria Arnao 2, Rachel Day 2, Alex Heck 15, Aubrey Howland 3, Taylor Kaminski 11, Steph Keyes 9, Caitlin McCartney 4, Grace Mirack 2, Jackie Pierson 4, Laura Trisch 2, Christine Verrelle 7. Little Flower 2 5 5 10 — 22 Archbishop Carroll 25 16 17 10 — 68 LF: Julie Deegan 2, Megan Kelly 2, Erin Keyes 7, Morgan Power 3, Caitlin Wartman 6, Courtney Weidner 2. AC: Mary Victoria Barr 8, Jen Carney 7, Amanda Censullo 5, Meghan Creighton 3, Sarah Curran 4, Olivia DeRogatis 2, Emily Fazzini 7, Ryan Fiascki 13, Nora McGeever 7, Rachel Pearson 9, Shannon Shields 3. Conwell-Egan 2 3 9 6 — 20 Cardinal O’Hara 25 9 15 15 — 64 C: Brittany Liszewski 5, Janet Petrino 7, Kelli Piell 6, Kait Ralph 2. CO: Nicole Daly 12, Lia Disciascio 6, Mia Farmer 3, Carly Hazinsky 7, Shanice Johnson 3, Libby Lannon 6, Maureen Leahy 4, Marissa Manning 16, Emily McPeak 3, MacKenzie Rule 4. Hallahan 11 17 5 10 — 43 Bishop McDevitt 9 23 10 15 — 57 H: Kaitlyn Brookins 6, Tiffany Cahill 4, Danielle Madrak 22, Myeshia Matos 9, Molly McCloskey 2. BM: Kamilah Berrian 6, Chanel Brooks 14, Savannah Davis 9, Asha Davis 12, Kassandra Ford 9, Julie Kostic 7. Central League Garnet Valley 7 7 10 4 — 28 Conestoga 7 11 2 6 — 26 GV: Alaina Bradley 3, Allyson Heavens 3, Missy Koscinski 9, Emily Mallon 2, Coley Ricci 11. C: Ali Grundy 3, Taylor Kenan 4, Trish Kovach 3, Kate Nalevanko 6, MacKenzie Orr 3, Caroline Scherer 3, Maddy Tessier-Kay 4. Lower Merion 17 10 11 11 — 49 Haverford High 10 12 10 10 — 42 LM: Sheba Hall 10, Lila Jones 23, Jesse Porter 5, Carli Swartz 6, Carmen Torres 2, Tessa Wade 3. HH: Chelci Asbury 9, Moira Corrigan 5, Jaclyn Gantz 10, Maura O’Connell 5, Caroline Price 7, Jill Root 6. Marple Newtown 17 13 13 6 — 49 Penncrest 7 10 10 8 — 35 MN: Maiya Brown 4, Madison Collins 12, Melissa Levy 6, Denise McKeown 16, Devon Miller 7, Jen Rogers 2, Suzanna Talento 2.
P: Liz Chiocco 12, Patrice Coleman 3, Colleen Daly 2, Lauren Huggins 5, Alyssa Moat 5, Megan O’Brien 6, Christy Sassaman 2. Springfield (D) 6 14 11 14 — 45 Radnor 7 9 16 8 — 40 S: Alyssa Abbonizio 2, Rebecca Bennett 2, Kelsi Chazin 3, Chimera Dennis 10, Tori Grossi 8, Olivia Kane 10, Alex Poplawski 8, Nicole Ward 2. R: Jesse Cunilio 2, Leah Gallagher 12, Chandler Lally 12, Hannah Rose Nussbaum 11, Jackie Price 3. Ches-Mont League West Chester Rustin 11 4 12 11 — 38 Great Valley 15 12 10 8 — 45 WCR: Amanda Chobany 2, Mikayla Doane 3, Adashia Franklin 2, Emily Hubley 6, Miriah Powell 17, Sam Zang 8. GV: Maddie Buettner 4, Logan Curley 7, Karen Davison 4, Amanda Germer 12, Kim Hooven 8, Rachel Kalick 10. Kennett 5 7 10 6 — 28 Unionville 12 15 9 7 — 43 K: Taylor DeVoe 4, Sophie duPhily 2, Kristina Gallivan 2, Katherine Hanick 2, Faith Kolman 4, Stephanie Maciag 1, Alessandra Piscitelli 6, Rebecca Welcher 7. U: Sydney Hughes 8, Alison Lewis 2, Kelsey McDonald 6, Moira McEvoy 2, Jill Murray 3, Susie Pancoast 19, Cami Redfern 3. Oxford 10 5 5 4 — 24 Sun Valley 3 7 16 12 — 38 O: Naya Delancey 8, Liz Peabody 2, Judy Reinhardt 5, Jasmine Stone 2, Kristen Walters 7. SV: Alie Alkins 9, Jenna Crowley 8, Gia DeAngelo 6, Larissa Green 1, Amanda Gummel 5, Katie Maloney 7, Shana Orr 2. Coatesville 14 11 10 17 — 52 Bishop Shanahan 10 14 8 16 — 48 C: Chimeera Boggs 3, Elisa Gaffney 15, Ashley Morales 9, Autumn Smith 4, Samira Strand 7, Hannah Timmons 13, Martianna Wilson 1. BS: Grace Capuzzi 14, Kelly Haggerty 5, Kelly Harlan 4, Erica Keen 5, Caroline Kuchinsky 4, Christine Lawrence 3, Jordan Ogden 13. Del-Val League Academy Park 16 10 9 9 — 44 Chester 26 15 17 20 — 78 AP: Abria Allen 3, Brianna Macauley 11, Jordan Matthews 5, Kayla Peay 5, Mercades Vaughn 20. C: Georria Clark 25, Kadesha Dix 4, LaQueena Ferguson 2, Janera Handy 27, Maya Nelson 20. Inter-Ac League Penn Charter 12 11 20 15 — 58 Notre Dame 16 9 5 15 — 45 PC: Brianna Butler 18, Aleesha Powell 5, Danielle Sienko 16, Stokes 5, Dee Thomas-Palmer 14. ND: Molly Borgese 9, Kristen Carr 7, Kathleen Fitzpatrick 8, Morgan Jennings 5, Megan McGurk 14, Colleen Olinger 2. Tri-County League Del-Val Friends 4 2 2 0 — 8 Perkiomen School 16 15 8 0 — 39 DF: Olivia Cabry 2, Grace Carey 2, Catherine Martsolf 2, Elizabeth Moran 2. PS: Gillian Albanese 2, Maddy Faraco 4, Mindi Gallagher 2, Abbi Kiel 2, Lindsey Manferdini 11, Nicole Pupillo 13, Tong 4, Alexa Turner 1. Nonleague Princeton Day 8 3 22 8 — 41 Council Rock North 30 26 9 10 — 75 PD: Goldman 1, Hannah Levy 2, Rachel Maddox 2, Tiffany Patterson 12, Molly Rubin 8, Janie Smukler 16. CRN: Megan Cunningham 8, Alyssa Dumont 12, Helena Gemmell 8, Lauren Gold 8, Devin Gold 9, Emily Grundman 12, Alyssa Jett 4, Ally Mangogna 5, Melissa Moller 5, Melissa Rowland 2, Dana Storjohann 2. Pennridge 13 7 12 18 14 — 64 Owen J. Roberts 14 11 13 11 9 — 58 P: Nici Bonacci 5, Shannon Chynoweth 4, Jenny Cooley 10, Dinneh 5, Jessie Dominic 3, Alyssa Marchunsky 20, Jordan Rimmer 17. OJR: Bri Benton 11, Caroline DeAngelo 4, Marielle Derstine 7, Anna Janisch 23, Julia Sbat 13. Padua (Del.) 6 7 5 14 — 32 Boyertown 14 12 8 11 — 45 P: Boyd 7, Christopher 2, Donnelly 8, Kirker 2, Matthews 3, Panella 3, Weiss 3, White 4. B: Kaitlyn Eisenhard 8, Kelly Furman 8, Brooke Mullen 12, Krista Schauder 7, Jess Schlesman 10. Wissahickon 3 3 11 5 — 22 Council Rock South 17 13 10 11 — 51 W: Casey Bill 6, Dominique Earland 9, Shannon Howard 2, Rachel Stone 5. CRS: Brooke Beidler 2, Courtney Brown 10, Taylor Dillon 2, Alexis Hofstaeder 8, Taylor Hunt 4, Caitlin Jackson 2, Rachel Jacob 2, Kara Riehl 2, Kady Schley 3, Alex Wheatley 16.
22 area teams in squash tourney The Baldwin squash team will be out to improve on its fourth-place finish of a year ago when it begins play Friday in the girls’ bracket of the U.S. Squash High School National Tournament at Yale. The tourney runs through Sunday. The Bears are among 22 area teams, boys and girls, competing in the tournament, said to be the largest high school squash competition in the country. Baldwin won its second straight Inter-Academic
League championship by going 8-0. The Bears also won a Middle Atlantic Squash Association crown this season. They are seeded second in their division at Yale. The Bears won the MASA title by beating Episcopal Academy, 9-0, in the final. They had reached the final by beating Lawrenceville, 6-3. Joining Baldwin in Division I for the girls at Yale will be Episcopal, Penn Charter, and Germantown Friends. Springside, Ship-
ley, and Lower Merion are in Division II, and Conestoga is in Division III. Boys’ entries include Episcopal, Germantown Friends, Chestnut Hill Academy, and Haverford School in Division I. Haverford School and Episcopal also have teams in Division II, along with Shipley. Conestoga A, Penn Charter, Chestnut Hill B, and Lower Merion are in Division III. Conestoga B, Malvern Prep, and Hill School are in Division IV. — Don Beideman
Friday, February 11, 2011
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Snow and other accumulations cost airlines With storms adding to cancellations caused by the rule on tarmac backups, winter may take a nearly $400 million bite, an expert said. By Linda Loyd
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The winter storms that have grounded thousands of flights this season will cool the industry’s bottom line. Just how much is the question. Vaughn Cordle, chief analyst at AirlineForecasts L.L.C., estimated losses ranging from $308 million to $396 million for 61,504 canceled flights from De-
cember through Sunday. “It’s a best-guess range, because even the airlines don’t know until they get the final accounting,” Cordle said. Airlines are now quicker to cancel flights well ahead of bad weather because they can be fined $27,500 per passenger under a federal rule that since April has prohibited planes from waiting on the tarmac for more than three hours.
“Airlines are canceling flights like crazy because of the tarmac rule,” said Helane Becker, an airline analyst with Dahlman Rose & Co. “If you look at the cancellation rate, it’s higher than it’s ever been.” “It used to be they’d at least get you to where you were going,” she said. “They might get you there three or five hours late. Now they just say, ‘It’s an ice storm. We are canceling everything tomorrow.’ ” In Philadelphia, although the 38 inchSee AIRLINES on D5
Economics of Canceled Flights
Number of canceled flights and potential monetary losses.
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$107
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When appraisals get in refinancing’s way Conditions on some loans can keep the best option out of reach.
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Internet gambling suit filed against 6 The group, charged with distributing overseas winnings, was involved in a telemarketing fraud earlier. By Harold Brubaker
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INQUIRER REAL ESTATE WRITER
A year or so ago, Casey Jones and Samantha Klein Jones fell in love — with a three-bedroom, one-bath, ranch-style house in Kennett Township. It sat on a modest 0.17 of an acre, but “it was the property of our dreams,” she said. “The first day, we couldn’t get inside but wanted to put in an offer, based on just the lot.” An inspection uncovered plenty of faults: The house needed a new roof; new windows; new paint; repairs to the bathroom, “which had chunks of wall falling into the tub, because it was just painted, no surround or water-resistant material,” and more, said Klein Jones, 24, a chemistry doctoral student at Bryn Mawr College. She and her husband, 35, plant manager of the Ice Butler in Wilmington, were willing to do what was needed. And when the work was finished, the home’s appraisal value increased to $177,000. But now that they want to refinance, that appraisal value
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Casey Jones and Samantha Klein Jones hit a stumbling block in their attempts to refinance the
three-bedroom home that they purchased last year in Kennett Township. is getting in the way — a problem homeowners commonly face these days. The couple hope to refinance the $170,000 balance on their streamlined 203K Federal Housing Adminstration mortgage, designed to help buyers tap into cash for repairs. They want to bring their 5.625 percent interest See HOME ECONOMICS on D5
Mortgage rate tops 5%, a 10-month high By Alan J. Heavens
INQUIRER REAL ESTATE WRITER
The interest rates for 30-year fixed mortgages rose to 5.05 percent Thursday, the highest since April, as the economy continues to improve. “Bond yields jumped on positive economic data reports, pushing up rates,” said Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft. The 30-year rate fell below 5 percent late last spring and continued to spiral downward until reaching 4.17 percent in mid-November. Higher interest rates are a concern to homeowners hoping to refinance and to prospective homebuyers who might be shut out.
Some real estate agents suggest, however, that rising rates create a sense of urgency and can get folks off the fence and into homes. “Showings on listings are increasing,” said Diane Williams of Weichert Realtors, in Blue Bell. “I have four settlements this month and more listing appointments.” Sellers are ready to move forward because of pent-up demand, she said. About a year ago, real estate agents and builders were talking about a sweet spot in mortgage rates, 4.5 percent, that would start the home-buying ball rolling again. It didn’t. See RATES on D5
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia filed criminal charges Thursday against six operators of a Bucks County business that allegedly distributed $44 million in overseas gambling winnings to U.S. citizens in 2005 and 2006. The same group, led by Donald Hellinger, played a central role in helping telemarketers defraud elderly victims of $60 million over 11 months ending in February 2006, when their Newtown company, Payment Processing Centers L.L.C., was closed by a federal judge. The alleged illegal Internet gambling activities described in the indictment, which resulted from more than four years of grand jury proceedings, happened at the same time as the telemarketing fraud. “We, of course, intend to fight it,” Hellinger said of the indictment in a brief telephone interview Thursday. “Other than that, we have no comment.” He declined to say if he was still president of Nylon, a New York fashion magazine. Hellinger, who was born in 1956 and now lives in New York, according to the U.S. attorney, has since the 1980s run a string of businesses that have led to run-ins with regulators and law-enforcement officials. “Several of those businesses may have been on what was felt at the time the cutting edge in industries where there was little if any regulatory guidelines or history,” Hellinger said in a 2009 e-mail. Internet gambling fits that bill. Prosecutors alleged that Hellinger and his codefendants illegally transferred and laundered money. Also facing those and other charges are Ronald Hellinger, Michael Weisberg, Randy Trost, Jami Pearlman, and Michele Quigley. If convicted, they face maximum sentences of 91 years in prison and a fine of up to $4.25 million, the U.S. attorney said. Contact staff writer Harold Brubaker at 215-854-4651 or hbrubaker@phillynews.com.
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modest job growth. But they would need to dip consistently to 375,000 or below to indicate a significant and steady decline in the unemployment rate. — AP
In the Region Area home prices fall 1.7% in 4Q
The typical Philadelphia-area home declined in value by an average of 1.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 from the third quarter, according to Philadelphia economist Kevin Gillen, vice president of Econsult. Since the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit last spring, prices have fallen by an average of 7.2 percent in the region. Gillen said the city’s fourth-quarter decline was 4.2 percent; the drop in the surrounding counties was 0.8 percent. With these changes, the region’s house values have fallen by a cumulative average of 16 percent since the housing bubble burst in 2007, he said. — Alan J. Heavens
Warsh to leave Federal Reserve Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh, who helped engineer the central bank’s strategy during the financial crisis, will step down near the end of March. He was appointed to the post in 2006 by President George W. Bush. Warsh, 40, has voted largely with Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on economic policy, including the central bank’s $600 billion bond-buying program, despite reservations about how much it would help the economy and concerns that it could spur inflation. His departure will create a second vacancy on the seven-member board for President Obama to fill. — AP
January’s ‘casino win’ falls in N.J.
January’s brutal snowstorms contributed to a 29th straight month of revenue decline for Atlantic City’s casinos. Last month, the resort’s 11 gambling halls generated $255.4 million in “casino win” — the net amount won by casinos — a decrease of 13.2 percent from January 2010. Revenue from slot machines, which comprised 65 percent, or $164.9 million, of January’s total revenue, declined 15.6 percent. Table games revenue, which made up the rest, decreased 8.3 percent. Gov. Christie recently began a state-run overhaul of the struggling resort to help revitalize tourism and gaming. — Suzette Parmley
N.J. pension funds to see fee cuts
New Jersey’s pension-management division negotiated at least $40 million of fee reductions and expense cuts for the next five years with managers of alternative investments such as private-equity funds, real estate, and commodities. Continuing negotiations may boost the savings to $50 million, said Timothy Walsh, director of the state Treasury Department’s Investment Division. It paid $125 million last year in investment fees and expenses. — Bloomberg News
Burlington Coat to sell $1.4B in debt
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Burlington Township, said in a regulatory filing that it wants to raise about $1.4 billion of new debt financing to reduce its current debt and pay a distribution to its equity holders. The clothing-store chain is owned by Bain Capital L.L.C., which
U.S. deficit hits $49.8B in January
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Big Lots Inc., which operates discount stores such as this one in Clifton, N.J., may reward
shareholders with a windfall of more than $1 billion as demand for discontinued and overproduced goods has lifted its profit to a record. Big Lots is exploring a possible sale. Using a multiple of 10.2 times EBITDA, Big Lots’ equity would be worth 52 percent more than its market capitalization, according to Bloomberg. would receive the distribution. The debt it wants to replace consists of two series of notes, one paying 111/8 percent interest, the other paying 141/2 percent. The notes total $404 million. — Roslyn Rudolph
Spirit of Philadelphia being upgraded
The Spirit of Philadelphia, part of Entertainment Cruises — the largest harbor-cruise company in the United States — announced a $1.5 million renovation plan this week. The ship renovation, to be completed in April, is the final part of a two-phase improvement project started in January 2009. It is aimed at enhancing Spirit of Philadelphia’s service, entertainment, menu, and the overall dining and cruising experience, said general manager Steve Dutcher. — Suzette Parmley
Enrollment grows at Nobel schools
Enrollment at Nobel Learning Communities Inc. schools grew in its fiscal second quarter for the first time in more than 21/2 years, the West Chester company said. It attributed the increase mostly to a
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reduction of student withdrawals, which had risen during 2008-09, and new enrollments. For the quarter, which ended Jan. 1, Nobel’s net income was $1.9 million, or 17 cents a share, compared with $1.0 million, or 10 cents a share, in the second quarter a year ago. Nobel operates 180 elementary and secondary schools and preschools in 15 states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey. — Paul Schweizer
Elsewhere Jobless claims fall to low since ’08 The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged in the week ended Feb. 5 to the lowest in nearly three years, boosting hopes that companies will step up hiring this year as the economy strengthens. Applications sank by a seasonally adjusted 36,000 to 383,000, the lowest point since early July 2008, the Labor Department said. Applications below 425,000 tend to signal
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Boeing CEO: 737 may be replaced Boeing Co. chief executive officer James McNerney told analysts the Chicago company is leaning toward building a new airplane to replace its 737, rather than putting new engines on the 737. Boeing builds more 737s than any other model. Airlines have been watching to see whether Boeing would upgrade it with new engines or build a new plane. The company, which has its helicopter division in Ridley Township, said it expected to clarify its intentions by midyear. — AP
Breast pumps OKd for tax breaks Breast pumps and associated supplies will be considered medical equipment eligible for the same tax breaks as contact lens solution, bandages, and prescription drugs, the IRS said. — Bloomberg News
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The federal budget deficit rose in January to $49.8 billion from $42.6 billion in January last year, the Treasury Department reported. Spending was up 11 percent last month, while revenue grew 10 percent. The compromise reached in December between President Obama and congressional Republicans that extended Bush-era tax cuts, renewed emergency jobless benefits, and reduced payroll taxes may push the budget shortfall for the full fiscal year to a record, surpassing the $1.4 trillion reached in 2009. The government’s fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. — Bloomberg News
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Willard Coefield Hometown: Bristol Profession: Warehouse worker, phlebotomy and electrocardiology technician Experience: Assembled front and rear trailers according to weight for stability and performance. Staged trucks for loading and unloading. Operated forklift. Worked as a supervisor, trainer, payroll administrator, and quality-control lead in a paint factory. Ran machinery required to produce finished wet and dry products. Staged materials for wet and dry detergents. Education: Philadelphia Biblical University, bachelor’s degree in theology.
When Willard Coefield lost his warehousing job in 2009, he did what all the experts MARK LENNIHAN / Associated Press advise — go back to school, even at age 56, and learn a The Dow Jones industrial average lost 10.6 points, nearly nothing but enough to end a string of new trade. positive closings. Stocks in New York traded lower despite positive news on unemployment. Coefield, of Bristol, learned two new trades. He acquired a certificate as an electrocardiography techDow Jones industrial average. nician and another as a phleLast four weeks: +4.24% botomy technician. But he is still unemployed. 13,000 Thursday “With this economy, you are 12,229.29 going to take a job wherever Down 10.6 12,500 E-mail address: willardcoefield22@comcast.net you can find one,” he said. Until 2009, Coefield For a resume, audio clip and more, go to 12,000 worked 15 years at the Federwww.philly.com/jobless60. al Express Corp. warehouse 11,500 in Croydon. But he said the Jan. 13 Cisco’s struggle to stay comcompany was moving to- the experience?” he said. types of atmosphere,” he By Chip Cutter 11,731.90 11,000 petitive, not necessarily ward making everyone a Over the years, he’s had a said. “You had to keep an and Matthew Craft ASSOCIATED PRESS weakness in the technology driver, and he did not want lot of jobs, but he most loved eye on it.” JAN. FEB. 10,500 NEW YORK — Stocks fin- industry. to be on the road in inclem- the 20 years he spent as an In the health field, he 17 24 31 7 ished flat on Thursday, Akamai Technologies fell ent weather. operator and supervisor in finds the same idea fascinatYear to date: +5.63% dragged down by Cisco Sys- 15 percent after the compaThen, too, the chemical in- ing — how external factors tems Inc. and Akamai Tech- ny said competitors were warehouse work dustry for Penn- affect the body’s electrical 2011 high: 12,239.89 (Feb. 9) nologies Inc. Both issued forcing it to offer lower priccan be tough on walt Corp. and system. 2011 low: 11,637.45 (Jan. 10) weak earnings forecasts, rais- es for its Web streaming serthe body. “That’s for Heucotech Coefield earned a college ing concerns about business vices. Akamai was the weakwhy I looked in Ltd. degree in theology from the The Philadelphia Inquirer and technology spending. est stock in the Standard & the health-care Even though Philadelphia Biblical UniThe Dow Jones industrial Poor’s 500 index of large change. Volume was one bil- field,” he said. there are formu- versity in Langhorne. He average ended an eight-day U.S. companies. lion shares. “There is more las for mixing leads a weekly Bible study, winning streak, entirely a reWhole Foods Market Inc. Stocks traded lower much wear and tear chemicals or but he finds that unemploysult of Cisco’s 14 percent rose 12 percent in after the of the day despite positive on the mind paints, the expe- ment is a test of his faith, drop. Other indexes managed natural foods grocer reported news on jobs. The Labor De- t h a n o n t h e rienced opera- especially when he has bareslight gains. a 79 percent increase in first partment said 383,000 people body. tor has to take ly enough money to make IN Cisco, the world’s largest quarter net income. It had applied for unemployment “I wanted to into consider- the rent. networking-equipment mak- the biggest gain of any stock benefits for the first time last g e t i n t o a ation other “I believe in Christ Jesus,” er, had the largest fall of the in the S&P 500. week, the lowest level in near- growth field — changing fac- he said, “but at the same time 30 stocks that make up the Sprint Nextel Corp. rose 5.7 ly three years. Economists where you can tors, such as hu- Christ Jesus [himself] is not Dow. The company said late percent after the company in- say applications would need c o n t i n u e to midity or tem- going to give me a job. It’s the Wednesday that its fourth- creased its subscribers under to fall to 375,000 or below on grow in the job as you grow perature, he said. faith factor, and the faith is quarter income slid 18 per- contract for the first time in a consistent basis before the into older age,” he said. “You “It’s kind of like baking,” what is keeping me looking cent because of lower sales to about four years. unemployment rate will de- can continue to work from a he said. “We’re both cook- forward. government agencies, a probThe Dow lost 10.6 points, or cline. physical point of view be- ing the cake. We use the “It is going to get tougher lem that could worsen over 0.1 percent, to close at The Commerce Depart- cause you are able to handle same ingredients, and they and tougher,” said Coefield, the next few quarters. 12,229.29. The S&P 500 rose a ment also reported that busi- your workload.” are in the oven at the same who lives by himself. “I have “Cisco is stumbling,” said point, or less than 0.1 per- nesses at the wholesale level Coefield finds himself in time, but yours comes out to be optimistic that someRob Lutts, president and cent, to 1,321.87. The Nasdaq increased their inventories in the same boat as a youngster better. thing can happen in the next chief investment officer of composite rose 1.38 to close December even though de- fresh out of school — train“In workplaces now, they 60 days.” Cabot Money Management. at 2,790.45. mand for their products ing, but no experience. have controlled tempera“When you’re No. 1, it’s Rising stocks narrowly slowed. The hope is that in“Everybody asks for experi- ture, but back in the day Contact staff writer Jane M. Von hard to stay there.” Lutts outpaced declining ones on creased demand will keep fac- ence, but if you just get into when I learned, you were al- Bergen at 215-854-2769 or said the weak results reflect the New York Stock Ex- tories busy. something, how do you get ways dealing with different jvonbergen@phillynews.com.
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the property and it could be $190,000,” he said. But even if the necessary value to refinance was there, the JoneContinued from D1 pend on comparable sales. ses “could fail in their atrate closer to the current 5.05 “There may not be much tempt due to current lending percent. we can do in that case to add factors beyond the control The mere fact that the value,” she said. of the consumer and the apJoneses bought a house with Is there a way to boost the praiser.” flaws makes them rare appraisal value to get the refiHarry Pecci of Prosperity among first-time buyers nancing deal they want? Mortgage, in Doylestown, these days. The consensus among sev- said that given their current An online survey by Cold- eral local experts inter- mortgage rate, 5.625 percent, well Banker Real Estate, the viewed: Probably not. depending on the loan results of which were reJerome Scarpello of Leo amount, “it may be difficult to leased Tuesday, showed that Mortgage, in Montgomery refinance and justify the total first-timers want places with County, said the Joneses are closing costs.” a little less “room for improve- stuck unless they add square “During the first 12 months ment.” The firm queried 300 footage or upgrade the kitch- of owning a home, going to a people around the country en and bath, as they are con- conventional mortgage refiwho had purchased their first sidering. nance, they will use the origihouses in the last year, and 87 The home’s original apprais- nal sales price, not the appercent replied that finding al may have hinted at renova- praised value, to determine “a move-in-ready home” was tions that would raise the val- the loan-to-value” ratio, Pecci important to them. ue now, Scarpello said — “con- said. What helped the Joneses dition of bath,” for example. If it has been a year and make the fixes their house “Short of some outrageous the house has been totally needed before they moved event, such as the original ap- renovated, “the only thing in was the fact that their praiser missing the upstairs that could boost the appraismortgage allowed them to fi- or some clear mistake, they al numbers, in my opinion, nance up to an additional are going to probably have to would be adding an addi$35,000 to pay for property wait until the market rises — tion or some amount of tanrepairs or improvements, es- and that will be some time,” gible square footage,” he pecially those identified by a he said. said. home inspector or an FHA Daniel Drelich, president of That, along with comparaappraiser. the New Jersey chapter of the ble sales higher than when The FHA made getting a American Guild of Apprais- the previous appraisal was 203K mortgage sound like a ers, said that “first and fore- done, Pecci said, “is really snap, but as Klein Jones ob- most,” the appraised value their only hope.” served, “What a process!” in- should reflect the house’s curvolving “90 days of anxiety.” rent market value. Contact real estate writer Alan J. The couple worked with a “It’s possible that the extra Heavens at 215-854-2472, contractor who knew how to improvements the homeown- aheavens@phillynews.com, or do 203K jobs. “We got an esti- ers made did add value to Twitter: @alheavens. mate for necessary repairs, and we closed on June 14, 2010, at 7 p.m. “[We] have been loving our home and homeownership ever since,” she said, though the renovation costs ran higher than they anticipated and some items on the work order had to be removed as a result. Under FHA rules, the couple are eligible to refinance because they have been paying their loan for at least six months. They have been given three refinancing scenarios: 8 An FHA fixed-rate loan at 4.75 percent, which would GENE J. PUSKAR / Associated Press take $75 off their monthly pay- Homes for sale, such as this one in Mount Lebanon, Pa., could ment. Because of changes in be in more demand even though interest rates are rising. FHA’s requirements, howevThe Mortgage Bankers Aser, their mortgage-insurance sociation reported Wednespayment would rise to $119 a day that interest rates inmonth from $77. creased last week as many 8 An FHA 5/1 hybrid loan, in economic indicators continwhich the rate is set at 3.25 Continued from D1 ued to show stronger-than-anpercent for the first five “Buyers weren’t buying be- ticipated growth. years, then rises 1 percentage “Refinance volume continpoint annually for up to 10 cause prices were still falling, years. The monthly savings in mortgage applications were ues to be low, as fewer homethe first five years would be still being denied, and the owners with equity have any economy was still contract- incentive to refinance,” said $200. 8 A conventional fixed-rate ing,” said Econsult vice presi- Michael Fratantoni, vice mortgage, which removes the dent Kevin Gillen. “Now, president of research and insurance and would save we’re near the bottom of economics for the group. price declines, credit is being “Purchase volume remains them $125 a month. Scenario No. 3 would be loosened up, unemployment weak on a seasonally adjustperfect, Klein Jones said, call- is down from its peak, and ed basis.” the economy has resumed In general, lower interest ing it “my dream.” rates did not translate into acBut the option is “too good growing.” It is more likely that the per- tual home purchases, industo be true,” she said: To qualify, the house must be ap- ception of an improving econ- try observers said. “As an economist, everypraised at $190,000 or higher. omy, not rising interest rates, thing I’ve been taught tells The couple are wondering is motivating buyers. The National Association of me that when the price of what they can do to the house to boost its appraisal value Realtors reported Thursday something goes up, demand now that, Klein Jones said, that home sales rebounded in for it should go down,” said “the condition is better than 49 states in the fourth quarter Gillen. “So, if the price of average — dare I say good.” of 2010, and that prices rose credit — interest rates — goes up, I’d be curious to see They are considering extra in many metro markets. In the Philadelphia region, what type of economic model square footage or adding a half-bath. They don’t have including Wilmington, medi- says that demand for credit money for an addition, but an prices climbed 1.4 percent should also go up. “But hey, if Realtors want the house has six rooms, with year over year, to $231,000 kitchen and dining room from $215,500. Sales were up to tell themselves that, then counted as one. They are 11.5 percent from the third that is their right,” he said. thinking about building a wall quarter in Pennsylvania and to separate the spaces, creat- 9.7 percent in New Jersey, but Contact real estate writer Alan J. still down 33.4 percent and Heavens at 215-854-2472, ing a seventh room. Klein Jones said she under- 27.1 percent, respectively, aheavens@phillynews.com or stands that appraisals de- from the same period in 2010. Twitter: @alheavens.
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He estimates the three-day storm last week forced at least 13,000 to 14,000 flight cancellations, costing the industry $150 million to $182 Continued from D1 million. es of snow this season has not “If weather cancels a flight, yet approached last winter’s will the person not fly again? 78.7 inches, the storms have That’s where the airlines been multiple and significant. would lose revenue,” Alukos “This winter, storms have said. “My estimate is 30 perbeen continual,” Becker said, cent of the people would not “and combined with the tar- rebook immediately, 70 permac rule, there have definite- cent would.” ly been more cancellations US Airways Group Inc. canthan usual.” celed just over 5,300 “mainBlizzards snarled air travel line” and commuter flights in in Europe before Christmas January. “We aren’t prepared and at Northeast U.S. air- to put a number on first-quarports later in December, re- ter financial impact,” spokessulting in more than 21,000 man Todd Lehmacher said. canceled flights with a poten- “We are still in the middle of tial economic impact of $133 winter.” million, said Cordle, who creUS Airways said the impact ates financial models for in- of December storms on vestors. fourth-quarter earnings had If the rest of February is been about $5 million. relatively storm-free, the imCanceling flights saves airpact may be no worse than in lines fuel and some labor other winters. Every year, air- costs, such as overtime. lines account in advance for a Passengers often still fly on certain number of weather-re- a subsequent flight. With lated cancellations. planes 80 percent full, “they “Some people think the have enough excess capacity storms won’t cost that much,” to accommodate most of said Basili Alukos, an airline those passengers,” Cordle analyst with Morningstar Inc. said. So the “net loss,” be“I’m in the camp that it will cause airlines save on fuel be a little more expensive and most people rebook, is than what people are expect- not as great as one might ing.” imagine.
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Regional jets have increased in the last decade, and commuter airlines cancel “double the number of flights” that the large network carriers do, Cordle said. Airlines benefit financially when they cancel 50-seat regional jets and consolidate passengers on one larger plane that can hold 150. “When airlines cancel flights, they keep their overtime down and save on fuel and passenger facility charges,” Cordle said. “They don’t have to pay a landing fee if they reduce the number of landings. Preemptive cancellations are similar to reducing capacity. They increase the load factors.” In January, U.S. airlines canceled 22,888 flights, up from 12,833 in January last year. If February has decent weather, cancellations could be in line with last year. “Cancellations are still higher than usual so far,” Cordle said. “I attribute that to two things” — the prevalence of commuter flights and regional jets, which airlines cancel more quickly, and the tarmac rule. Contact staff writer Linda Loyd at 215-854-2831 or lloyd@phillynews.com.
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Nun Preap at Our Lady of Hope Church last year in Logan, where he and other seniors cultivate a “refugee garden.”
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n just a few weeks, dozens of hardy lettuce, kale, and spinach seedlings will go into the still-chilled ground at Our Lady of Hope Church in Logan, marking the start of a remarkable garden’s second season. It is remarkable not so much for the crops grown,
though some are unusual. It’s more the growers, themselves a hardy bunch. They’re 65 to 85 years old, survivors of repression, poverty, war, and displacement in their home countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. As different as their languages and narratives may be, howevSee GARDEN on F4
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f you had walked into the Javits Convention Center during the New York International Gift Fair, you’d have been jostling with 35,000 buyers from 50 states and 85 countries — all looking for the perfect products to carry this spring and summer, from Lucite trays and picture frames to portable fireplaces and step stools. With 2,800 companies — including big names Alessi, Jonathan Adler, John Derian, and Michael Aram — the twice-yearly Gift Fair, New York’s largest trade show, is one of the must-gos 1 for boutique owners, and its massiveness can be overwhelming. 2 The picker: Alexis But seasoned showgoPew, lead designer, ers know how to naviBusybee Homestore gate the aisles and & Design Center, 734 zero in on the trends. South St. Standouts at the show Best in show: Feather included a resurgence Headdress ($550) by of brass and gold; cardKiondo African board pieces that come Imports and Landon flat-packed; an emphaChandelier ($850) by sis on craft; crayon and Stray Dog Designs. neon colors; and high shine. The goods: “The “Seventies glam was feather headdress everywhere,” said Philafeels so unique and delphia-based Hello unexpected. It is a Home owner J. Lamangreat conversation cuso, who attended the piece and makes a five-day show last week. bold and authentic “Lacquered furniture is statement in any room. super trendy for the The papier-mache spring. High gloss mixed chandelier is whimsical with wood furnishing and playful, but it is also was all over.” totally eco-friendly. Every Alexis Pew, lead designmaterial used in the er at Busybee Homestore product is recycled — from & Design Center on South the papier mache … to the Street, noticed neon. metal … to the glass.” “Neon shades of pink, Inventory check: The green, and orange,” she headdress is in-store said, “on everything from now; the chandelier furniture to lighting to acarrives in early cessories.” She also April. tracked an increasing focus on sustainable, repurposed items. So what did the Philadelphia proprietors take home? We asked a handful 4 to name their favorite giftfair buys, and why: See GIFT FAIR on F4
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Best in show: Mimoco’s USB flash-drive series “Wish Come True” ($24.95), and Keep Leaf’s reusable snack and sandwich bags ($5 to $6). The goods: “We started as a jewelry store, and I kept telling myself that USBs were not in our product mix. But Mimoco now makes these “cozies” — little plush outfits for your USBs — they even have ears. You can wear these adorable USBs as necklaces. They’re practical and charming. As for the Keep Leaf bags, our customers really responded to our insulated lunch-bag collections. We think people are thinking about their diet, their budget, and about being green when they pack their lunches. These bags come in great patterns and will cheer up any brown-bag day.” Inventory check: USB cozies available mid-March; baggies in late March.
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Love, lust … and social justice
Love is a lot like death: Cupid doesn’t discriminate. And, it seems, he has struck again: US Weekly claims Scarlett Johansson, 26, is “smitten” with Sean Penn, who at 50 is 24 years her senior. This comes just weeks after ScarJo split up with hub Ryan Reynolds (whose dad, by the way, was with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). Guess both are on the rebound: Sean, not so long ago, re-broke-up yet again with the divine Robin Wright after 14 years of marriage. Sean and ScarJo were drawn together by their shared hobby, fighting for world peace and justice and feeding the poor. “Scarlett first reached out to Sean when she was planning to visit Haiti with Oxfam,” an Anonymous Insider tells the mag. “She knew Sean was living there in a tent and turned to him for advice.” The frisson between global do-gooders — who also happen to be beautiful — must be so very explosive! Veritably nukelar!
at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It’ll be totally like buttah because Babs told organizers not to tell her the roster of celebs scheduled to honor and worship her. “I wanted to be surprised,” she tells USA Today. Oops, guess she won’t be: Confirmed artists include Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, LeAnn Rimes, and stars from Glee. Babs, already set to sing at the Grammys, also will warble a tune. Song-and-dance-man turned hyper-hirsute superhero Hugh Jackman isn’t above taking tips from a less acclaimed thesp. Hugh needed to gain 40 pounds for the next Wolverine, so he turned to The Rock for advice. “I got the diet from Dwayne Johnson,” Hugh tells FoxNews.com. “He put on 25 pounds for his last film and I saw him and was like, ‘Wow,’ so I called him up and he gave me his exact diet.” Ready? Ingest 6,000 calories a day.
Odds ‘n’ ends …
January Jones: Sans toit ni loi
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She’s a free spirit, without roof or law, to use a French expression. A wandering soul. (And ludicrously, absurdly sexy.) She’s January Jones, superhero. “I’ve had to be kind of a vagabond,” the Mad Men star tells USA Today. The Sioux Falls, S.D., native recently has vagabonded from New Orleans to Berlin and London. “That’s the only thing I struggle with.” (Wish I had such agony!) Jones will play the inimitable Emma Frost in Matthew Vaughn’s June release X-Men: First Class, described by USA Today as a celebration of Emma’s “bodacious curves and indestructible powers.” Jones tells MTV News she was all agog when she saw her superhero outfit, a “sparkly bikini-top thing. … I’m in that a lot.”
Actress Scarlett Johansson, at the Golden Globes last month, apparently has the hots for Sean Penn. She’s 26, he’s 50. A Morrow rep has declined comment.
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Hangover star and all-around demi-raffish sexy guy Bradley Cooper has ditched comedy: He’s signed to star in The Words, by Tron: Legacy writers Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, which was hullabalooed at the Sundance Screenwriters’ Lab, says Variety. It’s about an acclaimed author who steals another novelist’s work. Jeremy Irons is in talks to costar. Charlie Sheen, who is confronting his inner demons in rehab, has offered to pay the crew from his CBS hit sitcom Two and a Half Men for the wages they are losing while the show is on hiatus, An Anonymous Insider has confirmed to Deadline.com in response to a TMZ report. CBS has yet to comment. Sometime funny guy Norm Macdonald is creating a Daily Show-ian show for Comedy Central dedicated to fake sports news: Sports Show With Norm Macdonald. Barbra Streisand, 68, will be crowned MusiCares Person of the Year at a super-duper celebs-congratulating-themselves gala Friday
Bristol’s literary musings?
Given her position on the world stage and her many accomplishments in the fields of dance, reality TV, and high school hookups, it’s no surprise there are rumors that Bristol Palin, 20, is writing her memoirs. The Associated Press confirmed the reports Thursday when it discovered an online spreadsheet for publisher HarperCollins that lists an “Untitled Bristol Palin Memoir,” to be published by Harper imprint William Morrow on June 21. (Moved up, it seems from Aug. 16.)
Antiques/Art/Crafts 14th Annual Fisherman’s Flea Market — Palmyra Fire Department Features new and used equipment, fresh and saltwater gear. Info: 856-786-0718, 609-605-6728 or 856-829-0805. Charles Street School, 100 W. Charles St., Palmyra. $3; $10 early admission at 8 am. 2/13. 9 am-3 pm. S 24th Annual Peddler’s Village Quilt Competition and Display The quilts are on display in the Gazebo on the Main Green. Peddler’s Village, Rtes. 202 & 263, Lahaska; 215-794-4000. 2/11. S 39th Annual Daylesford Abbey Art Show 87 juried artists showcase paintings, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, stained glass. Daylesford Abbey, 220 S. Valley Rd., Paoli. 2/13. Antique Gems Show Benefits Abington Township Public Libraries. Abington Free Library, 1030 Old York Rd., Abington. 2/13. 2-4 pm. S Celebrating Nature’s Beauty in Stitches: A Quilt Show A variety of work by local quilters. Jenkins Arboretum, 631 Berwyn Baptist Rd., Devon. 2/11. Do-It-Yourself Floral Design Create floral design pieces. Newtown Floral Co. — Green Orchid Design Studio, 17 Cambridge Ln., Newtown; www.newtownfun.com.
$25; $20 residents. 2/17. S Fiber Revolution Contemporary art quilts. West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Rd., Princeton. 2/12. S Flea Market Downingtown Library, 330 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown. Proceeds benefit library. 2/11. S Knitting Work on your projects or watch and pick up tips in this weekly series. Wissahickon Valley Public Library, 650 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell; 215-643-1320. www.wvpl.org. 2/14. The Glass Slipper: 2011 Bachelor’s Auction Benefiting The Kennedy Art Initiative Hors d’oeuvres, art, music and some of Philadelphia most desirable and eligible bachelors. 215-668-8171 or e-mail: info@thephoenixpr.com. Vivant Art Collection, 60 N. Second St.; reservations required: http://theglassslipper.eventbrite.com. $50. 2/12. 7-10 pm. S When Someone You Know Becomes Someone You Knew Designs/illustrations by Philadelphia artist Stephanie Kao. Topstitch Boutique, 311 Market St., second floor. 2/11.
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Michelle Obama tells Today her husband doesn’t dye his hair. But she does admit that President Obama “is pretty gray.” She adds, in jest, “if he had known he would be president, he would have started dyeing his hair like 10 years ago.” Speaking of world leaders, Lady Gaga is all atwitter, on Twitter, about her photo shoot for Vogue. (She’s the March cover girl.) “They used to call me rabbit teeth in school,” Her Gagaship tweets, “and now I’m a real live VOGUE BEAUTY QUEEN!” Coincidentally, LG’s new single, “Born This Way,” is out Friday.
The swath cut through history …
That’s actor Meryl Streep on her latest role, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in director Phyllida Lloyd’s political biopic The Iron Lady, which costars Jim Broadbent and Anthony Head. What does it feel like to inhabit the soul of one of modern history’s most controversial, even hated, leaders? “The prospect of exploring the swath cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting … challenge,” Streep tells USA Today. “I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervor, and attention to detail as the real Lady Thatcher possesses.” Cripes! This article includes information from Inquirer wire services and websites. Contact “SideShow” at sideshow@phillynews.com.
Spouse won’t admit secret pal
Question: Is it OK for a husband or wife to have a secret friend of the opposite sex? I have found proof within our computer’s history that contact has been going on for at least three years. They met at work. Whenever I try to broach the subject, I get screamed at and told that I have no idea what I am doing with a computer, therefore I am wrong. Coincidentally, whatever proof I found gets deleted after our conversation. I check the history the next day. They are probably just friends, but I don’t know what to do. I have become moody, paranoid, stressed ... the irony is, my spouse keeps complaining about my mood. I have found myself not believing my spouse in other instances, like why s/he is home late from work. My spouse might be telling the truth — but I can’t get past the secret friend. Is it OK for a spouse to have a secret friend? Answer: How much more of the truth, exactly, do you feel you need to hear? You know your spouse is hiding someone from you and lying about it; would rather scream at you and malign your competence than dignify you with the truth; isn’t trustworthy; is complaining about your role in the marriage while steering substantial attention outside of it. You know you’re a wreck. So you know that secret friends aren’t “OK,” and that, even if there isn’t one, the way you’re being treated isn’t “OK.” Stop snooping, and say: “I’ve seen how much contact you have with X, so please don’t pretend you’re not close. I ask that you dignify me with the truth, so I can see whether I need to find a good therapist or a good attorney.” If you just get screamed at again, then get both. E-mail Carolyn at tellme@washpost.com.
Neighbors might put up a stink over polyurethane By Alan J. Heavens
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Question: Having removed all the wall-towall carpeting throughout our home, we are not only trying to decide if we should replace with same or go with area rugs, but find ourselves with spruce floors that are badly in need of staining and urethane finishing. Are there products that can be applied easily and that will dry in a short time? It would be helpful if we could have our workers do this while we are away for a week. Also, is there a right or wrong answer regarding quarter-round molding along the baseboard? Should this molding be added to the baseboard before or after wall-to-wall carpeting is put down? Answer: There are products on the market that require one coat and that dry to the touch in an hour if the conditions are proper. If the floors were refinished on a summer day of high humidity, it would take longer. Some stains also seal, and you might wish to look into that, as well as at products with low or no volatile organic compounds that could reduce the quality of the indoor air. Your address indicates you live in a part of the city where brick party walls separate your living spaces from your neighbors’ on one or both sides. Any odor produced from staining and polyurethaning will probably seep through the gaps in the walls into your neighbors’ houses. The odor may be history by the time you return, but your neighbors might be waiting for you with something other than a welcome-home basket. Choose wisely. Although I have never been able to detect a difference, some readers have told me that low-VOC polyurethane — typically, but not necessarily, water-based — doesn’t afford the protection of the oil-based. These are questions you’ll need to ask the flooring contractor you employ. The other question: You lay the carpet first.
Feedback. We recently had a question from a reader about insulating a crawl space. The space between the joists is fully insulated with fiberglass, but the
floor still gets cold. He wondered if he should add some kind of Styrofoam panels to the concrete walls and floor joists. This response from Cherry Hill engineer/home inspector Harris Gross: “The latest approach to crawl spaces is to seal the exterior vents and insulate the walls. “The crawl is then conditioned, not to the extent of the interior, mainly by duct leakage and/or open to the basement so air circulates. “The question is where to draw the thermal envelope to gain the most efficiency. By drawing it at the exterior walls, you prevent cold air from going beneath the floor, which will find pockets of uninsulated subfloor, and from contacting duct work — really knocks down the 100-degree to 120-degree air temperature — and plumbing.”
Turn up the heat. It may be too late for
some of us, but Napoleon Fireplaces offers a couple of things to consider when shopping for a furnace: 8 One of the most important factors when buying a furnace is to have a professional installer examine the size of the house and then determine the size of the furnace necessary for the space. A furnace that is too large leaves gaps in temperature as it turns on until it overwhelms the thermostat. The house ends up cooling down until the next cycle, creating an inconsistent temperature. A furnace that is the right size for the space will be able to better regulate a constant temperature. 8 Always be sure to ask a professional installer, contractor, or reputable salesperson about annual operating costs for whatever furnaces you may be considering. While there are a variety of factors to weigh, price should not necessarily be number one. Efficiencies, however, can vary drastically depending on price, which means that if you pay more up front now, you’ll still enjoy lower heating bills 10 or 15 years later. 8 Any reputable installer or manufacturer will be sure to not only include the purchase agreement and warranty information, but also explain exactly what you are getting. Don’t be afraid to ask. Questions? E-mail Alan J. Heavens at aheavens@phillynews.com or write him at The Inquirer, Box 8263, Philadelphia 19101. Volume prohibits individual replies. He is the author of “Remodeling on the Money” (Kaplan Publishing).
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LifeStyle Make your home truly your own with these customizable pieces. — Caroline Tiger
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Alice Supply Co.’s Toolbox in white ($62) is a blank slate, meant to be personalized by the handyperson at its helm. Available at alicesupplyco.com.
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eading Grow the Good Life: Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise by Michele Owens (Rodale Books, $24.99) brought to mind a public relations person who tried to pitch a story to me a while back. With what sounded like a straight face on the other end of the phone, she breathlessly insisted I’d be missing a great story were I to ignore this new gizmo she was promoting — a device you stick in the ground to figure out whether your plants need watering. “Can’t I just stick my finger down there and see if it’s dry?” I asked. “I guess that would work, too,” she replied, sounding deflated. Yes, there are worthwhile garden products out there, but there’s no shortage of stupid and unnecessary ones or people getting paid to inflict them on us. It’s emblematic of how our ravenous consumer culture has penetrated even the world of backyard gardening. But I’m not buying and I don’t think Owens is, either. No need. Her 18 years of experience in the backyard tells her gardening is not rocket science, but it does require some effort. Why do so many balk at that? Look at the hours we spend on Twitter. I ask you: Did a tweet ever produce a fresh tomato? Owens’ name may already be familiar to many of you. She’s cofounder of the popular blog “Garden Rant” (http://www.gardenrant.com/). She has also written three business books, and is a former political speechwriter. Now she has penned a paean to vegetable gardening that’s the sort of book you’d expect your grandparents to write. It’s practical, thematically and linguistically clear, and devoid of the annoying hyperbole that characterizes so much garden writing. Like most things in life, gardening is enriched by experience. Yours will be enriched by this book, which is due out Tuesday. — Virginia A. Smith
Ticktock
These letterpress-printed Color in Clocks with Crayons ($34) come in four different motifs — butterflies, cupcakes, robots, and trains — to spark your creativity. Available at 9spotmonk.com.
Let there be light
Pick your shape, color, shade, finial, and size, and Mottega will craft and send your desired lamp ($600 to $840) in two short weeks. Available at Luxe Home Philadelphia, 1308 Chestnut St., and luxehomepa.com.
Home renovation
Poetic license
Express yourself with a pithy phrase or a whimsical picture on Ricardo Saint-Clair’s Chalkboard Bud Vase ($40), which even has a built-in hole for the included chalk. Available at momastore.com.
Dutch design firm Kidsonroof masterminded the MobileHome White ($33), a cardboard dollhouse (or superhero HQ) that packs flat and can be customized to its homeowner’s tastes. Available at Millesimé, 1001-1013 N. Second St., and hipfromholland.com. Caroline Tiger is a Philadelphia writer. Visit her design blog, design-phan, at www.carolinetiger.com/design-phan.
Singing in the rain
Use BRELLImarkers ($19.95) to decorate the biodegradable BRELLI Umbrella ($50). The colors won’t wash out in the rain. Available at thebrellishop.com.
Auctions
For sale, one couple’s dizzying Disney collection By David Iams FOR THE INQUIRER
William H. Bunch Auction and Appraisals has parlayed the success of its November sale of Disney memorabilia into the sale of another singleowner collection of Disneyana. Beginning at 10 a.m. Feb. 22, the Chadds Ford gallery will offer 450 lots of Disney memorabilia collected over 30 years by Ed Mercer and the late Carol Mercer. Carol Mercer’s specialty was Tinker Bell figures and others from Lady and the Tramp. The Tinker Bell figures include a Giuseppe Armani porcelain figure of the Peter Pan character with a presale estimate of $200 to $400, according to the online auction catalog at www.williambunchauctions.com. Ed Mercer’s specialty was the Three Little Pigs, derived from his years in Blue Bell in the brick business. “It was a natural,” said Mercer, who now lives in Rock Hall, Md. Along with a vintage 1930s ashtray and planter figurines, decorated plates, and a Disneyland model of a Three Little Pigs bakery is a Big Bad Wolf rubber mask and adultsized costume that Mercer acknowledges he “was known to wear at Halloween.” It has a presale estimate of $100 to $150.
A Tinker Bell figurine in
porcelain by Giuseppe Armani is expected to bring $200 to $400 in Bunch’s sale.
A Big Bad Wolf mask and
costume that the collector sometimes wore at Halloween could fetch $100 to $150.
“Seaside Heights” by Katherine Hood McCormick is one of the works of local interest in Monday’s session of Freeman’s winter estate sale. It has a presale estimate of $500 to $800.
More memorabilia. The auc-
tion also offers scores of salt and pepper shakers, watches, lighting, holiday ornaments, and books. While most lots will bring low-three-figure prices, at least four should bring $1,000 or more: a mid-1950s character rug with the Three Little Pigs, Mickey, Minnie, and the rest of the gang ($1,000 to $2,000); two production cels, one a limited-edition sericel ($1,000 to $2,000), the other a framed, hand-painted The Fox and the Hound production cel that was photographed during the making of the movie ($1,500 to $2,500); and an acrylic-on-board painting titled Pixies, of Tinker Bell and other wee folk
A character rug depicting Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and others has one of the highest estimates, $1,000 to $2,000. ($1,500 to $2,500). The painting is unusual because it was done in 1994 by Disney artist Darren Hunt on the back of a 1993 Disneyana Convention sign, according to the catalog description. Mercer was also interested in “concept art,” colored drawings done before the actual cartooning began, such as a 16-by-13-inch drawing of Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice for Fantasia ($100 to $200).
Previews are from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 18; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 21; and 9 a.m. to sale time on Feb. 22 at the gallery at One Hillman Drive, off Route 202 just south of its intersection with Route 1. For further information call 610-558-1800.
Furniture, artwork at Freeman’s. Freeman’s continues its winter estate sale, which begins Friday with jewelry; a second session beginning at
10 a.m. Saturday is devoted to furniture and decorative arts; and a third session beginning at 11 a.m. Monday is devoted to paintings, prints, and sculpture. About half of the 570 lots in Saturday’s session are Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Southeast Asian art. They include two of the sale’s top pieces, according to presale estimates in the online catalog at www.freemansauction.com: a Han Dynasty Chinese pottery figure of a seated musician ($2,000 to $3,000), and an 18th-century Japanese painted six-panel screen signed Okyo ($3,000 to $5,000). Second in number are American pieces, including furniture, sterling, and some American Indian and pre-Columbian crafts. Most have three-figure presale estimates, although a pair of 7-foot-tall 20th-century reproduction Philadelphia mahoga-
ny chests should bring $1,500 to $2,500, and a George IIIstyle oak slant-front desk has a presale estimate of $2,000 to $3,000. Among the more unusual items is a 3-by-6½-foot turnof-the-20th-century Rio Grande blanket, woven to resemble a Mexican flag ($300 to $500).
Paintings. The 240 lots in
Monday’s session of paintings, prints, and sculpture open with a variety of prints, by some of the best-known artists in the sale. They include a half dozen saucy Louis Icart etchings and Rembrandt’s Beggars Receiving Alms at a Door ($3,000 to $5,000). Other top prints include an artist’s proof of an untitled Georges Braque lithograph from his 1961 Descente aux Enfers series ($3,000 to $4,000) and a 72-inch-square, signed, hand-dyed, hand-tuft-
ed limited edition of Robert Indiana’s Chosen Love/Classic Love, No. 50 of 150 ($2,000 to $3,000). Among paintings of note are The Smiling Girl by the French artist Charles Alexandre Coessin de la Fosse and George Washington Nicholson’s Fishing Boats in Stormy Water (each $1,500 to $2,500); Monhegan Coast by local artist Antonio Pietro Martino ($1,000 to $1,500); and Seaside Heights by Katherine Hood McCormick. One of six McCormicks in the auction, it has a presale estimate of $500 to $800. Previews are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the gallery at 1808 Chestnut St. Doors will open Monday about an hour before sale time. For more information, call 215-563-9275. Contact David Iams at daiams@comcast.net.
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Bright and shiny spring things
It’s Time to …
Sow seeds of petunias, tender geraniums, impatiens and begonias indoors. Warmth is essential — 75 degrees day and night is recommended. Good light is necessary, too. A system of fluorescent lights that can be moved up and down is best. Try to keep the tops of the seedlings 3 inches from the lights; as they grow, raise the lights. (Alternate strategy: Place the seedlings on a stack of bricks or cigar boxes; as they grow, remove a layer at a time.) Sow leek seeds in a flat. Cool potting medium is OK. When seedlings are an inch or so tall, thin to an inch apart. Some growers like to trim the leaves to promote root growth and compensate for indoor spindliness. Place orders for seeds that don’t need a head start, but unless you have a true hothouse, resist the temptation to plant now, or you’ll have weak seedlings. For most seeds, aim for indoor sowing around April Fool’s Day. Study perennial catalogs with care. Nurseries in the interior West list hardiness zones that seem perfect for the Northeast, but many such plants prefer more alkaline soil and less humidity than we have. Pacific Northwest natives often suffer in our hot summers. Catalogs arriving from the South may entice you with plants that can take most, but not all, of our winters. Delicately rescue shrubs still weighed down by snow. The concern is not the cold (snow is a good winter mulch that mitigates against wide swings in temperature). With the volume of snow we received, the peril is that, as it compacts, it will pull already strained branches lower and lower, to the breaking point. This is of most concern with small plants — say, a young holly or azalea planted last year. Waterproof gloves with a warm lining are recommended: Much of the work will be gently digging and probing with your hands. With snow and ice removed, allow columnar evergreens to straighten up on their own, which may take several weeks. But once new growth begins in spring, bad posture must be corrected with stakes and/or tethers so misshapenness is not permanent. Prune wisteria to encourage a shy bloomer to set flower buds. Before the plant resumes growth, cut back all lateral shoots, leaving two or three dormant vegetative buds. The second round of pruning is in midsummer. Err on the side of ruthlessness if yours is overgrown, aiming for a spare, well-balanced, much-reduced plant. But if the wisteria is under control and was pruned last summer, cut the side shoots back to within an inch or two of their bases to convert them into short flowering spurs. — Michael Martin Mills
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The picker: Barry Terris, coowner, Manor Home & Gifts, 211 S. 17th St., and manorhg.com. Best in show: Mariposa Paper Towel Holders ($74). The goods: “People have been asking us to find decorative paper towel holders since we opened eight years ago. ... With the emphasis on green living, people really appreciate that Mariposa is made with recycled aluminum.”
Room Service’s Retro Mod Throw Pillows bring a bold pop
of color to a room. Coming to Hello Home, 1004 Pine St.
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A lot for a little The picker: J. Lamancuso, owner, Hello Home, 1004 Pine St., and shophelloworld.com. Best in show: Room Service’s Retro Mod Throw Pillows. The goods: “These pillows allow people to give a new look to their rooms without redoing everything. They also lend an interesting color story to a room.” Inventory check: Available late February to early March.
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In the garden, immigrants share a global language
GARDEN from F1 er, they have one important thing in common: They were farmers, field workers, or gardeners living off the land in earlier lives, skills that lay fallow in the years between then and now. “Being in Philadelphia, there is not much land for them,” says Da Lam, a Cambodian refugee who works part time as translator and unofficial social worker for the gardeners and others at a senior center run by the Nationalities Service Center (NSC) in another church, about 10 blocks from the garden. (The nonprofit NSC, based in Center City, works with refugees.) And so, like foreign-born newcomers all over the country, they’ve created a community garden for themselves, one that offers all the usual benefits — camaraderie, fresh air and exercise, delicious vegetables — and then some. Refugee gardens, as these projects are called, also “become a way for people to express who they are in terms of national identity or cultural identity. The gardens can be a source of pride,” says Amy Stitely, an urban planner at M.I.T.’s Community Innovators Lab, who has studied refugee gardens in Boise, Idaho; Lewiston, Maine; Lowell, Mass.; and Utica, N.Y. The Logan gardeners, who include some American-born seniors, have 42 densely planted, raised beds tucked into three plots on the lawns of Our Lady of Hope. There, as city traffic roared up North Broad Street last summer, they quietly cultivated organic bitter melon, which looks like a warty cucumber and is a mainstay of Asian cuisine; tomatoes, greens, bok choy, and other Chinese cabbages; peppers of all kinds; and popular culinary herbs like Italian and Thai basil, chives, mint, lemongrass, and rosemary. Every morning, Seng Hay, the senior center cook, would survey the garden, see what looked good, and plan her lunch menus accordingly. “She made simple, fresh meals. Delicious,” recalls Tara Schwartzendruber-Landis, the center’s program director, who rounded up a
$27,000 nutrition grant from the state to build the garden. One memorable meal destined to be repeated this summer consisted of a fresh green salad with heirloom tomatoes and steamed fish topped with a Southeast Asian salsa. Another treat: Hay’s spicy Cambodian stew made with green vegetables. She also cooks with eggplants, bitter melon, Chinese cabbages, and the leaves of tomatoes and peppers, which she insists sauté up like spinach. “I use almost everything in my dishes. Even Vietnamese and Chinese like it,” says Hay, who, with Lam interpreting, explains that she left the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh in 2001. Fourteen years earlier, Lam and his parents, brother, and sister also fled Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge genocide was officially over, but Lam says his father, a teacher, had been accused of being a spy. After 23 days on the run, sometimes through mine fields, Lam says his family made it to a refugee camp in Thailand. A Lutheran church sponsored their resettlement in Camden in 1994. Now 30, Lam is the youthful exception to this grayhaired gardening group, which he came upon by chance. Several years ago, he dropped his mother-in-law off at the senior center, housed in the basement of Holy Trinity Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, only to discover that no one on the staff spoke Khmer. So he began volunteering, eager to help people whose stories he understood. A former Marine who served in Iraq and who hopes to graduate from La Salle University this spring, Lam helped get the seniors’ garden up and running. Like them, his growing experience was a while ago now. But he was no greenhorn. “My mom was a farmer. She worked in a rice paddy,” he says, “and I used to help her grow vegetables.” Schwartzendruber-Landis also was no neophyte. She grew up on a farm in Indiana, worked one summer on an organic farm in Michigan, and even now, at her Overbrook
Seng Hay, senior center cook, planned lunch menus around what looked good in the garden. She used “almost everything.” home, she plants according to the phases of the moon and the Farmers’ Almanac. The idea for the Logan garden actually came from the seniors, but there was no l a n d a t t h e c e n t e r. Schwartzendruber-Landis mentioned this to the pastor at Our Lady of Hope — he’s Filipino, and a gardener himself — and he offered the church lawn. Schwartzendruber-Landis snared her grant, rounded up a crew of volunteers who put in about 1,000 hours, and contacted David Green, president of Primex Garden Center in Glenside. He sold her tools, soil, and mulch, along with regular raised beds and elevated, ergonomic ones that, at 32 inches high, are more accessible to seniors and those with handicaps. Green calls the pace and volume of his garden deliveries “all rather extraordinary,” and by the end, he says, “I was tripping over myself to help Tara.” Whatever it takes, it’s worth it, says Raechel Hammer, chief operating officer at Klein & Stiffel Jewish Community Centers in Philadelphia, who promotes community gardens in senior centers. Although seniors may initially protest that they can’t bend, lift, or stand anymore, she says, there’s something for almost everyone to do in — and get from — a garden. Gardening can increase strength and flexibility, promote restful sleep and healthy appetite, as well as help prevent diabetes, osteoporosis, and heart disease.
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director at the senior center, won a state grant to build the garden at Our Lady of Hope.
“Gardening is nontraditional therapy. It’s good for health and mental health,” Hammer says, citing the stresses many seniors face from living alone, having money and health problems, and, in the case of immigrants, not speaking English. Last year’s garden “therapy session” lasted until mid-December, when the last of the cabbages and greens were harvested. Over the winter, Schwartzendruber-Landis has been mulling the lessons of that first season and thinking about her second. She hopes to invite school groups to the garden, share raised beds with other nonprofits, and encourage mental-health organizations that work with immigrants to host actual garden-therapy sessions there. Other ideas she’s considering: adding a medicinal herb bed, since many immigrants use herbal remedies; and compiling a garden-to-table cookbook, with the seniors’ recipes, to raise money. With donations and seedlings provided by Primex, the Growers Alliance of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and others, season No. 2 of the Logan garden is on track to debut in early March. Once that happens, the 10 languages spoken at the senior center will, once again, dissolve into one in the garden. Most of it will be unspoken, understood by all. Contact garden writer Virginia A. Smith at 215-854-5720 or vsmith@phillynews.com.
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The parking authority’s plans to rebuild its 810-car garage beneath Robert Indiana’s sculpture doesn’t jeopardize LOVE, and may make JFK Plaza more inviting to strollers and tourists.
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scheme to create a downtown of the future, with offices and retail integrated into the underground transit system. In keeping with the values of the time, the plazas were arranged to set off views of new towers, like the modernist campanile Kling built to house city services. In theory, the plazas should have been great places for downtown workers to lunch alfresco, but their high walls, multiple staircases and limited entry points made them challenging to access. Because people couldn’t easily see into the plazas, they felt The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3 unsafe. As maintenance p.m., NBC10) — Actor Samuel slipped, people were further L. Jackson; Ricky Martin per- put off. One reason that skateboarders were able to move forms. en masse into JFK Plaza in The Oprah Winfrey Show (4 the 1990s is that no other conp.m., 6ABC) — Whoopi Gold- stituency claimed it. Now the city has a chance berg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, at a real transformation. Because the parking authority and Barbara Walters. needs to rebuild its crumEntertainment Tonight (7 bling, 810-car garage below p.m., CBS3) — Lady Gaga, JFK Plaza, it must raze the Katy Perry and Lady Antebel- surface — obliterating the lum; Grammy predictions; Va- last traces of Bacon’s vision, nessa Hudgens and Alex Pet- as well as the beloved skateboard course. Those losses tyfer.
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SKYLINE from F1 core, transit network, convention district, and an emerging residential neighborhood all come together. The projects are moving at an unusually fast pace. Designs for the Dilworth project, which is being managed by the Center City District, will be submitted to the Art and Historical Commissions next month. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Parking Authority just advertised for a design team to reconstruct JFK Plaza, and city planners have drawn up design guidelines for the project. From the looks of the available designs, the proposed plaza improvements will almost certainly make it easier to navigate the area around City Hall. The real trick, however, will be to create spaces where people — residents and tourists alike — also want to linger. Tourists already are on the city’s mind. Next month, the Convention Center will complete a massive expansion that relocates its front door to Broad Street, just a block from City Hall’s freshly scrubbed facade. At the same time, owners of several nearby condo buildings are clamoring for improvements that would enable the plazas to evolve into amenities like Rittenhouse and Washington Squares. While there may be no magic formula for transforming the dreary plazas into beloved public parks, there is little disagreement about why these spaces failed in the first place. For starters, there are too many in the same place. Conceived by legendary planner Edmund Bacon, and executed by Vincent Kling’s firm, the trio were part of the grand
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Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture, the round, Googie-style visitor center and the flower beds on the west side must all be retained. The issues with Dilworth Plaza are more complex. Kling’s original design, based on Rome’s Piazza Navona, is more inviting and has moments of real beauty. Some in the city design community believe that its problems stem from poor maintenance, and argue it should be rehabbed rather than redesigned. They’re also upset that the new design, by Olin and KieranTimberlake, hasn’t been subjected to the same level of public back-and-forth as a city-run project. Center City District President Paul Levy said he plans to present the $55 million design to neighborhood and design leaders later this month, but that’s
cause most subway riders enter from the west side of 15th Street, it looks like these transit amenities are there for show — and to help attract federal transportation money for the project. In many ways, the approach to redesigning the three plazas is an extreme reaction to their conception. In the ’60s, Bacon imposed his single vision on the group. Now city planners are merely offering input for Dilworth and JFK Plaza. At least they still call the shots at the Municipal Services Building. They’ve prepared conceptual drawings to show how a hotel could be placed on the plaza, and are weighing how to market the site to developers. The MSB tower was meant to stand in splendid isolation on the plaza, so there are potential design problems that will have to be overcome if another building is placed next door. But filling in that big void would do wonders to activate the dead frontage on Broad Street. One of the sobering lessons to come out of the Independence Mall renovation is that original design sins are not easily overcome. Yet, the way things are going, two of the three plazas could be torn up for construction by late 2012. That doesn’t allow much time to figure out how to repair a 50-year-old mistake.
just days before the hearings at the Art and Historical Commissions. Levy’s vision for Dilworth is a clear reaction to the fussiness of Kling’s 1976 design, with its excess of stairs, level changes and ornate balustrades. Olin’s design calls for a simple flat surface, featuring a lawn at the south end, a cafe at the north, two transit headhouses and a programmable water feature. The advantage of the concept is that it could serve as a plain backdrop for any event, from a farmers’ market to an orchestra concert. While that makes sense, questions remain about the need for the two curving headhouses and an elaborate underground “transit room.” They’re meant to elevate ac- Contact architecture critic Inga cess to the subways into a Saffron at 215-854-2213 or grand experience. But be- isaffron@phillynews.com.
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Happy Birthday This year, you cannot confirm plans and conversations enough. A haze surrounds you, sometimes making it difficult to communicate. You will recharge well at home. Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Pressure builds, as at the last minute there are unanticipated changes. You could be deceiving yourself about a money matter. Tonight: Hang with a pal or loved one. Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★ Although you believe you are on the correct course, you do hit obstacles, especially with a boss, parent or someone you must answer to. You keep running into the same brick wall. Tonight: Your treat. Gemini (May 21-June 20) ★★★ Don’t distort a situation by overthinking it. You could have yourself convinced that your way is the only way, even if the perceived result is far from good. Stop with this story and center yourself. Go for a walk. Tonight: On top of the world. Cancer (June 21-July 22) ★★★★ Zero in on your priorities, as uncomfortable as it might be. Listen to what is being shared. Know what you want. A meeting proves to be more supportive than a loved one. Tonight: Take some personal time.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★ Pressure builds with a respected person in your life. Whether there is a distortion in your perceptions of each other doesn’t make a difference. You can take off your rose-colored glasses, but you cannot force another person to do the same. Tonight: Surrounded by fun. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ You will be challenged to grow past the obvious and understand what is happening behind the scenes. Pressure from a daily associate or another issue keeps building. Tonight: In the limelight. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ Your ability to relate emerges, though you might not be seeing certain facts clearly. Your imagination plays out and can be a great source of happiness. The problem is the lack of realism in the long run. Tonight: Take off quickly. Scorpio ( Oct 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★ Let others take the lead, rather than have a conflict. You cannot talk someone out of his or her idea; therefore, step back. A family matter or domestic issue might be distracting you more than you realize. Tonight: With a favorite friend. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★ Pressure builds around you. You might have difficulty
accomplishing everything that you want. Perhaps you need to clear out some confusion through a conversation. Tonight: TGIF. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★★ Let your creativity flourish and come forward. Your way of handling a matter could change radically as a result of opening up to some experimenting. Tonight: Choose something relaxing. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★ You might want to stay close to home if possible. You have a lot on your mind. Though you are clear in your mind, you might sound confusing to others. Tonight: Allow your sense of humor to bubble up. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ Keep expressing your concerns in a meaningful way. You have a sense of confusion or perhaps a slant on a situation that really doesn’t work. Center yourself and try to clear out any judgments. Tonight: Homeward bound. Born on this date Actress Jennifer Aniston, former governor Sarah Palin, singer Sheryl Crow
I was in the lounge with my friend the English professor when a player cited today’s deal. “My partner claims he was unlucky.” “Use ‘claim’ only when there is an issue of a right or title,” the prof growled. “Say ‘assert’ or ‘state.’” At three no-trump, South took the 10 of diamonds and led a spade to the king and ace. East returned a diamond — queen, king — and South won the third diamond, led a heart to the dummy and took the Q-J of spades. When West discarded, South led a club, but West won and cashed two diamonds. Down one. “Partner said he’d have been safe if the black aces were swapped.” I claim that South erred. He should lead a heart to the dummy at trick two and return a club. If East had the ace, he would have to duck, else South would have
nine tricks. If South’s king won, he could lead a spade to the king (and if it won, another club) for at least nine tricks. If West captured South’s king of clubs, he couldn’t continue diamonds, and South would have time to force out the ace of spades.
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In celebration of Black History Month, Super Heroes Who Are Super!, a theater group that delivers word-for-word staged readings of comic books, will perform Jungle Action. Described as the first comic-based play to feature a black superhero as the leading man, Jungle Action will have an entirely African American cast. The play begins at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Plays & Players Third-Floor Skinner Studio, 1714 Delancey Place. Admission is $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Information: www.savesthedayproductions.org.
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Saturday-Sunday Two for Valentine’s weekend Singer and bandleader Eddie Bruce will offer two options for celebrating Valentine’s Day this weekend. At 8:30 p.m. Saturday, he will perform a show titled Other Love Songs at Bob Egan’s New Hope, 6426 Lower York Rd. (Route 202). On Sunday, Bruce will perform at 4:30 p.m. at the Top of the Tower, 1717 Arch St., 50th floor. Bruce on Bennett … A Loving Tribute to an American Music Treasure includes an open bar with hors d’oeuvres, dinner, dessert, and musical performance. Tickets for the New Hope event are $25 plus an additional $25 for food and drink. Tickets for the Philadelphia event are $270 per couple. Information: www.eddiebruce.com.
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Poet Russell L. Goings, opera singer Clinton Ingram, and actress and singer Sherrie D. Strange, along with West Chester University students, will perform a dramatic interpretation of The Children of Children Keep Coming: An Epic Griotsong. The poem, which tells the story of the black experience in America, is presented in three parts — “Taking the Train to Freedom,” “Jubilee,” and “Celebration of Survival” — beginning with the flight of the enslaved and culminating with a gathering of famous African American leaders. The free performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Emily K. Asplundh Concert Hall, 700 S. High St., West Chester. Information: 610-436-3235.
Sunday Good Luck Animals Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens Family Jams presents Good Luck Animals, in honor of Joy Harjo’s book The Good Luck Cat. The event will offer hands-on activities related to the animals featured in the mosaic, and children will be able to make Valentine’s Day gifts for pets and family members. Good Luck Animals will be presented with the Free Library of Philadelphia beginning at noon at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, 1020 South St. Admission is free for children age 5 and younger, $2 for children ages 6 to 12, and $5 for adults. Information: 215-733-0390; www.phillymagicgardens.org. Contact staff writer Dana Vogel at 215-854-2737 or dvogel@phillynews.com. Friday, February 11, 2011
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Scotland, A.D. 120: The Eagle has flown By Carrie Rickey
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n the barrens of upper Britain circa A.D. 120, the occupying forces of Rome’s Ninth Legion, 5,000 strong, marched north of Hadrian’s Wall — and vanished. Likewise disappeared their standard, a gilt eagle, insignia of the empire. Were the legionnaires slaughtered by Film the Picts, the painted Review and tattooed tribes living at the ends of the known earth in Caledonia, what we now call Scotland? And what happened to the Romans’ precious insignia? So begins The Eagle, a muscularly entertaining adventure inspired by Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical fiction The Eagle of the Ninth, hugely popular in middle schools in the mid-20th century. The story of an occupying army, which assumes natives will defer to its military might, has obvious parallels to American forces in Vietnam and Afghanistan. When centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives at a Roman outpost near Hadrian’s Wall 20 years after the Ninth’s vanishing, he has a simple to-do list. Namely, find what happened to Dad’s legion; restore family honor by recovering eagle. After a skirmish with restless Cale-
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Channing Tatum stars as Marcus Aquila, a centurion dispatched to
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donians (who embed blades in chariot wheels), Marcus proves his valor. In this collegiate version of Gladiator, director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) similarly has a simple to-do list. Namely: Tell the rousing prehistory of his native Scotland; show how antagonists can be allies. He succeeds on both counts. Though not deep, the movie is diverting. While nursing battle injuries, Marcus rescues a wiry and wily
Caledonian, Esca (Jamie Bell), from almost-certain death when the youth is thrown into a gladiatorial match with a combatant easily three times his size. In exchange, Esca will be Marcus’ slave and accompany his new master into Caledonia on a reconnaissance mission to find the missing members of the Ninth and their standard. The craggy landscapes (shot in Scottish Highlands and in Hungary), beautifully captured by cinematographer Anthony Dod Man-
tle, have more intrinsic drama than the quest of the searcher and his slave. Much of the time Tatum and Bell resemble the captain of the college football team and the head cheerleader of the rival team locked in an uneasy alliance. On Caledonian soil the shifting balance of power gives dimension to their flat characters. Esca can communicate in Caledonian dialect. What isn’t he telling Marcus? The film, rated PG-13 for relatively restrained combat scenes, has more of a survivalist rather than a gladiatorial thrust. Contact movie critic Carrie Rickey at 215-854-5402 or crickey@phillynews.com. Read her blog, Flickgrrl, at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/flick grrl/.
Lothario meets The One in flimsy rom-com farce By Steven Rea
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perfect storm (although perfect is definitely the wrong word) of potty jokes, sex jokes, breast-implant jokes, bratty-kid jokes, and sheep-CPR jokes, Just Go With It stars Adam Sandler as a Beverly Hills lothario Film who pretends to be marReview ried — unhappily — thereby winning the sympathy and physical consolation of attracSee GO on W6
Just Go With It ii (out of four stars) Directed by Dennis Dugan. With Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker, Nick Swardson, and Nicole Kidman. Distributed by Sony Pictures. Running time: 1 hour, 56 mins. Parent’s guide: PG-13 (sex, profanity, adult themes) Playing at: area theaters
“Just Go With It” stars (from left) Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler, and Brooklyn Decker. Nicole Kidman has a giddy extended cameo.
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Even Bard’s tragic tale can’t save these lawn ornaments By Steven Rea
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t’s a sorry spectacle, watching garden gnomes being robbed of their dignity. This diminutive legion, many in dapper beards and pointy hats, can be found in just about every corner of Film the world, lolling on Review well-tended lawns, propping up wheelbarrows amid flowers and shrubs. And they can be found, too, in Gnomeo & Juliet, a computer-animated iteration of Shakespeare’s tragic romance in which a boy and a girl from warring clans fall in love, only to discover that old quarrels can have daunting, and sometimes dire, results. A clever conceit, to be sure, but one that has been botched badly. If second-rate puns, hackneyed scenarios, and an overdose of hoary Elton John tunes are your idea of fun, rush to the multiplex. And be sure to pay the extra bucks for the 3-D glasses. (The most thrilling stereoscopic experi-
Gnomeo & Juliet ii (out of four stars) Directed by Kelly Asbury. With the voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Jason Statham, Ashley Jensen, and Jim Cummings. Distributed by Walt Disney/Touchstone. Running time: 1 hour, 24 mins. Parent’s guide: G (cartoon mayhem, domestic discord) Playing at: area theaters
ence in Gnomeo & Juliet? When Disney’s sub-brand imprimatur, “Touchstone Pictures,” floats across the screen. Several tots in the preview audience actually Oooh!-ed in delight. From thereon in, however, the 3-D effects are decidedly unspectacular.) One indication that something is rotten on Verona Avenue — yes, that’s the address of the sideby-side gardens of the Capulets and the Montagues, populated, respectively, with red-garbed and blue-garbed gnomes — is the screenplay credit. Not counting
the Bard himself, there are nine names cited, a portentous number that suggests this concept was fussed over and story-conferenced to a state bordering on comatose. Directed by Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2), himself one of the cowriters, Gnomeo & Juliet does boast a formidable — and mostly British — cast of voice actors. James McAvoy and Emily Blunt do the honors for the title characters, and Michael Caine’s identifiable London timbre emerges from Lord Redbrick, leader of the red gnomes. Maggie Smith is his counterpart, matriarch of the blues. And Jason Statham supplies the voice for Tybalt, who, in this version, is an ethically challenged cutup who cheats at lawnmower racing. But this estimable bunch of thespians is given nothing to work with. If the folks at Pixar justifiably pride themselves on their scripts and stories, the Gnomeo & Juliet folks should just slink away quietly. “Let’s go kick some grass!” ex-
Justin: Baby to ‘Baby baby baby … ’ By Carrie Rickey
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ake a C with your left hand, make a backward C with your right; put them together and point thumbs south. If Never Say Never is an accurate thermometer, then Bieber Fever — the pubescent-female passion for popster Justin Bieber — is North America’s happiest epidemic. From Bieber’s modest beginnings in Stratford, Ontario, almost 17 years ago to his Madison Square Film Garden concert last Review August that sold out in 22 minutes, Never Say Never is one part backstage biography, one part concert film charting the roots and meteoric rise of Justin II, successor to that supernova surnamed Timberlake. Bypassing the Disney and Nickelodeon machines that reliably mold disposable teen sensations, Bieber got attention via YouTube videos of him singing Chris Brown tunes. One of these DIY videos caught Friday, February 11, 2011
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never iii (out of four stars) Directed by Jon Chu. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. Running time: 1 hour, 45 mins. Parent’s guide: G (nothing unsuitable for children) Showing at: area theaters
the eye of Atlanta-based entrepreneur Scooter Braun. Braun introduced him to R&B star Usher and to producer L.A. Reid, who shrewdly assesses Bieber as “the Macaulay Culkin of music.” (Bieber shares with child stars Culkin and Leonardo DiCaprio those tousled blond locks and that rosebud mouth.) What the 3-D film lacks in cinematic charm and ingenuity is compensated for by its subject’s high-wattage charisma and lowkey earnestness. This is not A Hard Day’s Night, even if Bieber has a Beatles haircut and shakes windswept locks like puppy emerging from tub. Replete with home movies of
Baby Justin banging drums, kindergartner thwacking T-ball, and preteen strumming an oversize guitar, Jon Chu’s film bounces to the Tiger Beat. Bieber fans describe their crush object in words like adorable. Chu, who directed Step Up 3, has fun with the 3-D effects here, most of which involve JB pointing his finger at the audience, creating the illusion that he is pointing directly at you. (Cue high-pitched shrieks.) In scene after scene, we see that the hardest-working 16-yearold in show business is still an ordinary kid who likes pizza and shooting hoops and still has to hit the books (he’s tutored on the road). Bieber is buoyed by what his voice coach “Mama Jan” calls a “functional dysfunctional family,” costumers and cheerleaders and dance coaches who help him make good choices, e.g., canceling a performance when his vocal cords are inflamed. But the movie also acknowledgSee JUSTIN on W9
claims Gnomeo, as he leads a sortie over the wall to take on the enemy. “I am not illiterate! My parents were married!” says another gnome, indignantly. “You look like a fun guy,” someone quips to the ceramic garden mushroom. Fun guy. Fungi. Get it? And then there’s the Terraferminator, a Transformer-like power-mower that belongs in an altogether different movie. And midway through, along comes a pink flamingo — a plastic pink flamingo. Featherstone has a Cuban accent and a backstory: He was left in a garage after the couple who lived in the house divorced. Cut to a gloomy montage: shadowy silhouettes of a husband and wife, a moving truck, voices of domestic discord. Great stuff for the kids! Still, even the lamest of films in which garden gnomes figure has to have its redeeming moments. And in Gnomeo & Juliet, that moment comes, as in Toy Story, when the animated inani-
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garden-gnome clans fall in love. mates have to freeze in their tracks as a human being runs by. This happens once or twice. Contact movie critic Steven Rea at 215-854-5629 or srea@phillynews.com. Read his blog, “On Movies Online,” at http://www.philly.com/philly/ blogs/onmovies/
Oscar short-film lineup full of British, Irish youth By Steven Rea
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ritish and Irish youths dominate the field of contenders for this year’s Academy Award for live-action short film. From a surprisingly dark look at a children’s prank gone terribly awry, to Film a boy’s crush on his Review schoolteacher, to the story of a 15-year-old with a malignant tumor hoping to lose his virginity before he dies, the 2011 Oscar candidates don’t exactly encompass a wide demographic. Even the lone American entry, “God of Love,” about a geeky Brooklyn hipster who croons vintage jazz and throws darts (that’s his act), has a decidedly adolescent feel. Which leaves Ivan Goldschmidt’s “Na Wewe,” set in Burundi during the civil strife of the mid-1990s, to add a global, multi-
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Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Live Action iii (out of four stars) “The Confession” directed by Tanel Toom; “The Crush” directed by Michael Creagh; “God of Love” directed by Luke Matheny; “Na Wewe” directed by Ivan Goldschmidt, and “Wish 143” directed by Ian Barnes. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Running time: 1 hour, 46 mins. Parent’s guide: No MPAA rating (adult themes) Playing at: Ritz at the Bourse
generational element to the mix. But even here, in this snapshot drama about a group of people caught in the deadly conflict between Hutus and Tutsis, it’s a frightened boy who figures as the central character. Although this isn’t the stronSee SHORTS on W9 www.philly.com
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through the throes of new love, old love and no love at all; there’s a loose, vérité vibe, and times when they root down deep to deliver something resonant and true. But this modern-day kitchen sink drama is ultimately too painful, too labored to care about. 1 hr. 52 R (sex, nudity, profanity, domestic violence, adult themes) — S.R. The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader ii1/2 Maybe it’s the postproduction 3-D enhancements, but in this effects-laden Odyssey for tweens, sometimes humans and beasts seem more wax-and-paint than flesh-and-blood. Director Michael Apted deftly handles the elements of Christian allegory; it’s the infernal digital effects that prove to be beyond his capacity. 1 hr. 55 PG (violence) — C.R. The Company Men iii John Wells’ intelligent, involving film about the effects of corporate layoffs on an executive (Tommy Lee Jones), a middle manager (Chris Cooper) and a salesman (Ben Affleck) at a Boston shipbuilding conglomerate, is about how each responds to being thrown overboard. Will they sink, or swim? Kevin Costner is excellent as the film’s stealth hero, a guy initially contemptuous of those who have resumés instead of tangible skills. R (nudity, profanity) — C.R. Country Strong ii1/2 Gwyneth Paltrow stars in this Nashville romantic quadrangle set at the fork between the roads to redemption and ruin. With the Heath Ledgerish Garrett Hedlund, Taylor Swifty Leighton Meester and Tim McGraw, a complete cipher. 1 hr. 51 PG-13 (sexual candor, alcohol abuse) — C.R. The Dilemma i1/2 Vince Vaughn and Kevin James are best buds, Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder the respective girlfriend and wife, in this Ron Howard-directed infidelity comedy
distinguished by its resounding unfunnyness and emotional dishonesty. 1 hr. 58 PG-13 (profanity, violence, adult themes) — S.R. The Fighter iii1/2 Based on the real-life career, and comeback, of welterweight champ “Irish” Micky Ward and the relationship with his wacko half-brother, erstwhile prizefighter Dicky Eklund, this roiling, colorful film is great in the ring, and great outside the ring, too. Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale are the pugilist sibs, Melissa Leo their mom, Amy Adams is Micky’s bare-knuckle barkeep girlfriend. 1 hr. 5 R (violence, profanity, drugs, sex, adult themes) — S.R. Forces of Nature This Imax documentary looks at the havoc wrought by natural disasters. Not previewed. The Green Hornet i1/2 Seth Rogen co-wrote and co-stars in this superhero spoof that aims for irreverence and settles for irrelevance. Director Michel Gondry fails to put his surrealist stamp on the material. Only Jay Chou, as the Hornet’s sidekick who is really his superior, emerges with any personality. PG-13 — C.R. Gulliver’s Travels i1/2 Jack Black is the big doofus who stumbles on little Lilliput in this brain-dead reworking of the Jonathan Swift satirical classic. With Amanda Peet, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, and Billy Connolly. It’s murderously unfunny, and includes, for want of anything better, a noisy face-off between Gulliver and a towering, Transformer-like robot. 1 hr. 25 PG (mild profanity, cartoon violence, adult themes) — S.R. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 iii Rather than breathlessly race from one set piece to the next, this Harry Potter adventure gives its characters and audience time to inhale and process the gravity of the situation.
Unprotected by family or teachers, the wizard and his two best friends drop out of school to save Hogwarts and themselves from the evildoing of Voldemort. 2 hrs. 26 PG-13 (suspense, violence, unsuitable for children under 10) — C.R. The Illusionist iiii Full of bittersweet whimsy and gorgeous hand-drawn animated tableaus, this gem from the director of the Oscar-nominated The Triplets of Belleville follows an aging magician as he ekes out a living, and runs into an innocent girl who changes his life, and he hers. Inspired by Jacques Tati, and adapted from the French comedy great’s unproduced screenplay. 1 hr. 20 PG (adult themes) — S.R. The King’s Speech iiii Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush star in this rousing odd-couple comedy, drawn from real life, about King George VI, a stutterer, and his speech therapist. 1 hr. 51 R (profanity, but otherwise family-friendly for those 12 and over) — C.R. Legends of Flight The Imax-formatted documentary looks at the history of flight. Not Previewed Little Fockers ii Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller return as the suspicious father-in-law who places unreasonable expectations on his daughter’s spouse. Sporadically funny, with Viagra jokes that don’t so much provoke laughs as cringes. 1 hr. 38 PG-13 (sexual candor) — C.R. The Mechanic ii Terse, tough Jason Statham and twitchy, angsty Ben Foster star in this solemn remake of the 1973 Charles Bronson B, about an ace assassin and the protege he reluctantly takes on. Lots of things go kaboom. 1 hr. 40 R (violence, sex, profanity, adult themes) — S.R. No Strings Attached iii Affable comedy with Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman as friends with benefits. She’d like to keep the arrangement strictly physical, but his emotions keep getting in the way. 1 hr. 48 R (sexual content, profanity, drugs) — C.R. 127 Hours iii1/2 Gripping true story of a mountain climber (James Franco) who is trapped for five days under a boulder in a Utah canyon before taking drastic steps to survive. 1 hr. 37 R (profanity, disturbing violent content, bloody images) — C.R. The Rite ii1/2 A young American priest experiences a crisis of faith and then goes to Rome to study under a highly unorthodox Catholic exorcist in this half-classy, half-loony supernatural thriller starring Anthony Hopkins. 1 hr. 53 PG-13 (violence, disturbing images, theologisms, adult themes) — S.R. The Roommate i1/2 Thriller about a college student who becomes obsessed with her new roommate. Stars Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly lack the acting
er, Walter Matthau and Goldie Hawn’s Cactus Flower gets thrown into the mix, Dolph Lundgren’s name is batted around like a shuttlecock, and Jennifer Aniston finds another opportunity to show off her buffed and burnished bod. Directed by Dennis Dugan, who can be credited with (or blamed for) a slew of similarly sophomoric Sandler vehicles, the forgettably titled Just Go With It works off a flimsy screwball premise: Sandler’s Danny Maccabee meets the blond,
beautiful Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) and thinks he’s found The One — and he hasn’t scammed her with the usual line about an abusive, pill-popping wife. Palmer feels a connection, too, but then she finds a wedding band in Danny’s pocket and thinks she’s been had. In order to convince her otherwise, Danny, a successful plastic surgeon, recruits his longtime assistant — that would be Aniston — to act as his wife, or about-tobe-ex. When Palmer meets the
outgoing Mrs. Maccabee and sees that Danny was being honest with her (ha!), all will be right with the world. Toss in a pair of precocious Hollywood kids (Bailee Madison and Griffin Gluck, as Aniston’s single-mom munchkins) and add a bunch of complications and contrivances, and there’s enough going on to keep the seats filled for a couple of hours. Sandler, shambling and smirky, delivers another of those onetake performances of his — lik-
Ratings: iiii Excellent iii Good ii Fair i Poor Reviewers: C.R., Carrie Rickey; S.R., Steven Rea; T.D., Tirdad Derakhshani; W.S., Inquirer wire services.
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Also on Screens Another Year iii1/2 Mike Leigh’s meditation on why some people chase happiness and others radiate it takes the form of four seasons in the life of a couple for all seasons, shaggily played by Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen. 2 hrs. 09 PG-13 (profanity) — C.R. Arabia This Imax feature takes viewers to the annual hajj pilgrimage, where two million Muslims gather in Mecca, as well as some of the Middle East’s most historically significant and naturally beautiful sites. Not previewed Barney’s Version iii Excellent performances from Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Scott Speedman and Rosamund Pike elevate this unwieldy adaptation of the novel by the late Mordechai Richler into a moving character study about a reverse Midas — everything he touches turns to lead. 2 hrs. 12 R (nudity, profanity, drugs, sexual content) — C.R. Biutiful iii1/2 Javier Bardem in the (rightly) Oscar-nominated role of a Barcelona street criminal trying to put his life in order, take care of his kids, and make peace with the world, and himself, in his final days. Haunting, powerful stuff from the director of Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel. 2 hrs. 28 R (disturbing images, violence, profanity, drugs, sex, nudity, adult themes) — S.R. Black Swan iiii Natalie Portman in the performance of her career, as a fiercely disciplined prima ballerina struggling with the dual roles of Swan Lake, and with a newly recruited dancer (Mila Kunis) threatening to steal her part. Vincent Cassell, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder are on board for this thrilling, nutty psychodrama, from The Wrestler’s Darren Aronofsky. 1 hr. 43 R (sex, nudity, drugs, physical torment, profanity, adult themes) — S.R. Blue Valentine ii1/2 Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are a couple going
‘Go’ Continued from W4 tive women he meets in bars. But there’s more to it than that. To wit, Nicole Kidman, who bursts on the scene, giddily camping it up in an extended cameo. To wit, that resuscitated sheep. And, to wit, Hawaii, where the third act of this fairly witless rom-com farce takes place. One big fat lie leads to anothW6
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able and lazy, forever on the verge of cracking himself up. Aniston, taking her cues from her costar, doesn’t expend much energy either, but there are glimmers of comic brio. Now and then, she makes a face that suggests she might actually be having some fun.
Somewhere iii Sofia Coppola’s moody, graceful study of a Hollywood star (Stephen Dorff) whose plush, drug-and-booze-fueled world is upended when his 11-year-old daughter comes to live with him. Elle Fanning radiates intelligence and spirit in the role. 1 hr. 37 R (nudity, profanity, drugs, adult themes) — S.R. The Syrian Bride iii How do political disputes affect the lives of individuals? This drama looks at a Druze woman who is to bid her family farewell as she crosses the Israeli border into Syria for a prearranged wedding. Various languages with subtitles. 1 hr. 37 No MPAA rating (mature themes, nothing unsuitable) Tangled iii A fractured fairy tale in the spirit of Enchanted, Tangled is a boy-friendly version of Rapunzel, more of a hair-raising adventure than a yearning romance. 1 hr. 32 PG (mild violence) — C.R. Tron: Legacy ii With its Zen jargon, martial-arts moves and neon glow, the sequel to the 1982 cult picture that explored the inner life of video games demonstrates that you can teach an old dog new Matrix. But for the hipster ravings of Jeff Bridges the sequel would otherwise be merely a gaudy Nintendo prototype. 2 hrs. 06 PG (lots of flashing lights and loud noise) — C.R. True Grit iii1/2 The Coen Brothers adapt Charles Portis’ novel about a plucky girl who hires a bounty hunter to collect her father’s killer, and rides on the hunt herself, determined to see things right. With Jeff Bridges as the one-eyed, boozy gunslinger Rooster Cogburn, Matt Damon as a comically fussy Texas Ranger, Josh Brolin as the villain and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld as the impossibly composed and gumptious 14-year-old heroine. 1 hr. 5PG-13 (violence, cussing, adult themes) — S.R. Yogi Bear 3-D i A computer-animated Yogi and Boo-Boo inhabit a real-world Jellystone Park in this weak big-screen adaptation of the animated children’s character. Dan Aykroyd provides the voice of Yogi and Justin Timberlake is Boo-Boo Bear. 1 hr. 15 PG (mild rude humor) — W.S.
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From Steven Rea’s “On Movies Online” http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/ onmovies/ t’s not too late. Somehow, between seeing Jonah Hex three times, Grown Ups twice, and sneaking your Jack Russell terrier into Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (in 3-D, of course), you managed to miss a few of the nominees vying for the coveted best-picture Academy Award, to be handed out on Feb. 27. Well, luckily, AMC Theatres is doing its annual Best Picture Showcase again (the fifth year now), presenting all 10 contenders — five on Feb. 19 and five on Feb. 26 — so you can catch up on the ones missed, revisit the ones you did
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S/. Check out Toy Story 3, 127 Hours, The Kids Are All Right, True Grit, and The Fighter on the first Saturday. See Winter’s Bone, Black Swan, Inception, The Social Network, and The King’s Speech on the second. And then, fully informed and full of vivid images from all of the best-picture candidates, watch the awards telecast and try to make sense out of it. (127 Hours, best picture? Not going to happen.)
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“Julie & Julia.” The next creature she’ll dissect is Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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robably not since the 1930s when Paul Muni reigned as King of Biopics in The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Life of Emile Zola has an actor played as many notables as Meryl Streep, that one-woman portrait gallery. She has played activists (Karen Silkwood), writers (thrice: Isak Dinesen in Out of Africa, Nora Ephron in Heartburn, and Susan Orlean in Adaptation), chefs (Julia Child Friday, February 11, 2011
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in Julie & Julia), teachers (Roberta Guaspari in Music of the Heart), and now, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Streep is currently shooting The Iron Lady for Phyllida Lloyd, director of Mamma Mia!, Streep’s biggest hit (and with $600 million-plus grosses worldwide, the most successful movie directed by a woman).
I got a chill when I saw her in Thatcher drag (hat tip, Anne Thompson). You? As to why biopics, you know the answer: They’re consistent Oscar candidates (like three of this year’s nominees, The Fighter, The King’s Speech, and The Social Network). Which other figures would you like to see Streep portray?
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y vote for Oscar’s best animated short? Glad you asked. I’m torn between the evocative “Madagascar: A Journey Diary,” an impressionistic sketchbook/audiobook of the African island’s people, places, and sounds, and “The Lost Thing,” a surrealFilm ist steampunk paraReview ble from Australia. All five contenders are screening at the Ritz at the Bourse. Total running time: 85 minutes. If you saw Toy Story 3, then you’ve probably caught Pixar’s entry, Teddy Newton’s “Day & Night,” a charming tale of mutual suspicion, curiosity, and growing respect. Writer/director Newton imagines Daytime and Nighttime as two distinct creatures, one sunny and optimistic, the other moody and skeptical, each fiercely protective of his time slot. During the course of this six-minute
gem, Day persuades his competitor of the advantages of the beach when people are frolicking on it, and Night demonstrates the beauty of the starry sky. Narrated and drawn in the retro-modern style of a 1950s educational film, U.S. animator Geefwee Boedoe’s satirical “Let’s Pollute” sings the praises of overconsumption. Rather than celebrate a “waste not, want not” ethos, the tongue-in-cheek film advocates a “want it?/waste it” approach to consumption. “Pollution is our heritage. It keeps our economy strong,” says the narrator, urging us to follow the “twice” rule: “Always buy twice what you need; never use the same thing twice; use twice as much as yesterday; never think twice about it.” I didn’t think twice about this strained satire. “The Gruffalo,” a German/British coproduction, is a pleasant Aesop-y fable of a mouse who, in his encounters with a predatory fox,
owl, and snake, uses storytelling to elude their respective claws, talons, and fangs. The mouse who outsmarts predators outsmarts himself when the imaginary creature he invents to avoid getting eaten turns out to be real. An Australian/British coproduction, “The Lost Thing” is based on a book by Shaun Tan, who codirected the short with Andrew Ruheman. This wistful memoir of a teenage boy’s encounter with an outsized, tomato-red hybrid machine/creature resembles a Hayao Miyazaki fantasia played out in the lonely urban landscapes of Giorgio de Chirico. The tale of a misfit boy befriending a misfit thing is strangely touching and unsettling. “Madagascar: A Journey Diary,” the French entry from gifted artist and animator Bastien Dubois, is the most vibrant of the nominees, immediate as a sketch and timeless as a picture postcard. Dubois frames his
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated iii (out of four stars) “Madagascar: A Journey Diary” directed by Bastien Dubois, “The Lost Thing” directed by Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruheman, “Day & Night” directed by Teddy Newton, “Let’s Pollute” directed by Geefwee Boedoe, and “The Gruffalo” directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Running time: 1 hour, 25 mins. Parent’s guide: No MPAA rating (suitable for ages 10 and older) Playing at: Ritz at the Bourse
11-minute film as a flipbook of a vacationing artist in Africa, celebrating the colors and funerary customs. On second thought, “Madagascar” definitely is my favorite in this program that might be called “Close Encounters of the Animated Kind.” Suitable for those 10 and up. Contact movie critic Carrie Rickey at 215-854-5402 or crickey@phillynews.com. Read her blog, “Flickgrrl,” at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/flick grrl/.
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Continued from W5 gest lineup of Oscar shorts to be seen in recent years, nor by any means the edgiest, there’s compelling work to be found. “The Confession,” Tanel Toom’s startling meditation on religion and responsibility, begins with a pair of schoolmates making mischief in a cornfield. It ends in death and tears. Lewis Howlett, who plays the boy Sam, is heartbreaking — watch the young actor’s face as he enters a church’s confessional, to unburden himself of the pain and guilt and horror he has experienced. This is my bet to win the Oscar. Michael Creagh’s “The Crush,” with the filmmaker’s son, Oran Creagh, wonderfully soulful as an 8-year-old Irish boy totally obsessed with his pretty teacher, also threatens to veer into violence and tragedy. Happily, it doesn’t. Ian Barnes’ “Wish 143,” which stars Sam Holland as a Leeds teenager with a terminal tumor,
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Continued from W5 es the 100-hour workweeks of this overnight sensation who made appearances at high schools and radio stations across the country to build his fan base and endear himself to disc jockeys. On stage variously with Boyz II Men, Jaden Smith, Miley Cyrus, and Ludacris, Bieber carries himself like a squeaky-clean homeboy with an angelic voice. On him, swagger looks sweet. Still, Braun and Bieber’s mother, Pattie Mallette, worry about the teenager’s intense professionalism. Braun recalls the Video Music Awards in 2009 at which Madonna eulogized Michael Jackson saying, “He never had a childhood.” “Don’t let that happen to me,” Bieber said to his father surrogate. Amen.
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Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-299-1000. www.ansp.org. Geographical Society of Philadelphia: Discovering the Dutch. $15; $7.50 students. 2/16. Ambler Theater 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler; 215-345-7855. www.amblertheater.com. The Wizard of Oz (1939) $4. 2/12. 11 am. National Theatre Live: King Lear. $18. 2/17. The Bellevue Broad & Walnut Sts.; 215-875-8350. www.bellevuephiladelphia.com. Pastoral: To Die in the Country (Japan, 1974) 2/16. 7-9 pm. Bryn Mawr Film Institute 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr;
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610-527-9898. www.brynmawrfilm.org. The Parent Trap (1961) $5; $4 children. 2/12. 11 am. Colonial Theatre 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228. www.thecolonialtheatre.com. Viva Cuba (Cuba, 2005) $5. 2/12. 2 pm. Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films. $5. 2/13. 4 pm. All About Eve (1950) $8; $6 seniors and students with ID; $5 children. 2/13. 2 pm. Community Education Center (CEC Meeting House) 3500 Lancaster Ave.; 215-387-1911. www.cecarts.org. The Connection: Black Love Lives (2011) 2/11. 7-10 pm. County Theater 20 E. State St., Doylestown; 215-345-6789. www.countytheater.org. Madagascar:
Escape 2 Africa (2008) $4. 2/12. 11 am. National Theatre Live: King Lear. $18. 2/13. Free Library of Philadelphia - Chestnut Hill Branch 8711 Germantown Ave.; 215-248-0977. www.library.phila.gov. Death on the Nile (U.K., 1978) 2/15. 7:30 pm. Mother Bethel AME Church 419 Richard Allen Ave.; 215-925-0616. www.motherbethel.org. Bishop Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom (2011) 2/13. 1 pm. Temple University - Tyler School of Art 12th St.; 215-777-9144. www.temple.edu/tyler/exhibitions. Surface Deposit Film Series: Nostalghia (Italy/Russia, 1983) 2/11. Noon-2 pm. Surface Deposit Film Series: The Fifth Element (1997) 2/14. 6-8 pm.
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CENTER CITY
4th Above Chestnut (215) 925-7900 DISCOUNT PARKING at ON-SITE GARAGE ($6.50 with validation when parking after 5pm)
THE ILLUSIONIST (PG) (1:00 3:00) 5:10 7:15 9:30 PM SOMEWHERE (R) (1:30 3:50) 7:20 9:50 PM THE COMPANY MEN (R) (12:55 3:30) 7:00 9:35 PM 127 HOURS (R) (1:20 4:00) 7:05 9:40 PM OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS (1:00 3:00) 7:30 PM OSCAR NOMINATED LIVE-ACTION SHORTS (NR) 5:10 9:30 PM
2nd St. Between Chestnut & Walnut Sts. (215) 925-7900 ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13) (12:30 3:30) 7:00 9:45 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (12:00 2:30) 5:00 7:30 10:00 PM
CENTER CITY UA RIVERVIEW STADIUM 17
Exit 20 off I-95 (Columbus Blvd.) (215) 755-2219 1-800-FANDANGO #(650) Additional Free Lighted Parking
I AM NUMBER FOUR Advance Tickets Now on Sale. BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Advance Tickets Now on Sale. UNKNOWN Advance Tickets Now on Sale. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: NIXON IN CHINA Advance Tickets Now on Sale. RISE Advance Tickets Now on Sale. THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:45) 4:50 7:35 10:25 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (1:10) 3:20 5:30 7:40 9:50 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:10 2:20) 4:30 6:50 9:00 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (11:50 AM 12:50 1:30 2:40) 3:30 4:20 5:20 6:20 7:20 8:00 9:10 10:05 10:45 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (12:40) 3:10 5:40 8:10 10:40 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (12:00 2:30) 5:00 7:30 10:00 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (12:20 1:20 2:35) 3:40 4:55 6:00 7:10 8:20 9:30 10:35 PM SANCTUM (R) (1:00) 3:50 6:30 9:20 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:00) 4:40 7:25 10:15 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (2:50) 5:25 10:20 PM THE MECHANIC (R) OC (12:30) 7:50 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (2:10) 5:05 7:45 10:30 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP (1:15) 4:15 7:15 10:10 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:05) 4:10 7:00 9:40 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:25) 6:40 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (12:05 PM) THE FIGHTER (R) (4:00) 9:45 PM
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BIUTIFUL (R) (12:10 3:15) 6:20 9:25 PM BLUE VALENTINE (R) (12:05 2:35) 5:05 7:35 10:00 PM BARNEY’S VERSION (R) (1:00 4:15) 7:10 9:50 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (12:20 1:20 3:00 4:00) 5:45 7:00 8:30 9:50 PM
THE RITE (PG-13) 2:30 5:00 7:30 9:45 PM SYRIAN BRIDE (NR) 3:00 5:05 7:15 9:30 PM
1619 Grant Ave. (215) 677-8019
1 Blk. W. of Bustleton Ave. 1-800-FANDANGO #(651)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:55) 4:55 7:20 10:00 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (1:30) 4:10 6:40 9:20 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:50) 4:25 7:30 9:55 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (2:00) 4:35 7:10 9:45 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:05) 4:40 8:00 10:15 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:10) 4:45 7:40 10:10 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (4:50) 10:20 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (2:15) 7:50 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:40) 4:30 7:25 10:30 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:35) 4:20 7:00 9:50 PM
UA MAIN STREET 6
3720-40 Main St., Manayunk (215) 482-6230 1-800-FANDANGO #(647)
GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) 12:30 2:40 4:50 7:00 9:20 11:20 PM JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) 1:20 4:20 7:20 10:00 12:30 AM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) 12:20 2:50 5:10 7:40 10:10 12:20 AM SANCTUM 3D (R) 12:00 2:20 4:40 7:10 9:40 12:10 AM THE MECHANIC (R) 3:50 9:40 12:20 AM THE RITE (PG-13) 12:40 6:50 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) 1:00 4:00 6:40 9:30 12:00 AM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:30 10:00 12:30 AM
★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) DP (2:05) 4:50 7:45 10:35 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:50) 4:35 7:15 10:15 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:35) 5:20 8:00 10:45 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:15) 5:00 7:35 10:05 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (5:10) 10:25 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (2:25) 7:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:55) 4:25 7:00 9:55 PM
BUCKS COUNTY
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JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) DP,DLP 11:40 AM 2:30 5:20 8:10 11:00 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) 11:30 AM 2:10 5:10 7:50 10:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) DP,DLP 11:55 AM 2:40 5:00 8:45 11:20 PM SANCTUM 3D (R) 12:40 4:10 7:30 10:20 PM THE RITE (PG-13) DP,DLP 12:50 3:45 7:15 10:10 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP,DLP 1:05 4:00 7:00 10:00 PM
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BUCKS COUNTY
BUCKS COUNTY
REGAL BARN PLAZA STADIUM 14
UA OXFORD VALLEY STADIUM 14
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (2:20) 5:00 7:40 10:20 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (2:10) 4:40 7:20 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (2:00) 4:50 7:30 10:10 PM PATIALA HOUSE (NR) (2:40) 6:10 9:20 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:40) 4:20 7:00 9:40 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:30) 5:10 7:50 10:15 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:25) 5:05 7:45 10:20 PM THE MECHANIC (R) 7:55 10:30 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (2:15) 4:55 7:35 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:45) 4:35 7:15 9:50 PM THE DILEMMA (PG-13) 7:05 9:50 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:30) 4:10 6:55 9:45 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (2:05) 4:45 7:25 10:00 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (1:55) 4:25 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (1:50) 4:30 7:10 9:55 PM TANGLED (PG) (1:35) 4:00 PM
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:50) 4:40 7:50 10:30 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (2:10) 4:30 7:10 9:40 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (1:30) 3:50 6:30 8:50 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:35 2:00) 4:20 5:00 7:00 7:40 9:50 10:20 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (2:20) 4:50 7:30 10:10 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:40) 4:10 6:50 9:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:30) 5:30 8:00 10:15 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:50) 5:20 7:55 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP (1:55) 4:25 7:25 9:55 PM THE DILEMMA (PG-13) (2:05) 7:05 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (2:15) 4:55 7:45 10:25 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (4:35) 9:40 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (1:30) 6:40 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (4:05) 9:20 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:45) 4:35 7:20 10:05 PM
Off Hwy. 611 and Easton Rd. 1-800-FANDANGO #(337)
(215) 491-4413
104 Easton Road 1-800-FANDANGO #(343)
(215) 918-1660
I AM NUMBER FOUR Advance Tickets Now on Sale. UNKNOWN Advance Tickets Now on Sale. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: NIXON IN CHINA Advance Tickets Now on Sale. RISE Advance Tickets Now on Sale. THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:30) 4:30 7:30 10:20 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (1:40) 4:20 6:50 9:20 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:10 1:00 2:30) 3:50 5:10 6:20 7:40 8:50 10:00 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (12:20 1:10) 3:20 4:10 6:30 7:10 9:30 10:10 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (12:40) 3:40 7:00 9:40 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (12:00 2:40) 5:20 8:00 10:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (12:05 12:50 2:20) 3:10 4:50 5:30 7:20 8:10 9:50 10:25 PM SANCTUM (R) (1:15) 4:15 7:05 9:45 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:45) 4:45 7:45 10:15 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (2:45) 5:00 7:50 10:00 PM THE MECHANIC (R) OC (12:25 PM) THE RITE (PG-13) 6:15 9:10 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:20) 4:00 7:15 9:55 PM ★ THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG-13) (1:05) 3:55 6:45 9:25 PM THE ILLUSIONIST (PG) (12:45) 3:00 5:25 8:05 10:05 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:35) 4:40 7:35 10:15 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (1:25) 4:05 PM THE COMPANY MEN (R) (12:35) 3:35 6:25 9:05 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (12:15) 3:25 6:10 9:00 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (12:55) 3:45 6:35 9:15 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (12:30) 3:30 6:40 9:35 PM
35 N. Landsdowne Ave.
484-469-0169
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REGAL EDGMONT SQUARE 10
Edgmont Sq. Shopping Center @ Rt. 3 (610) 325-8100 1-800-FANDANGO #(339)
LEO KOTTKE CONCERT (NR) 8:00 PM
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (2:15) 5:00 7:50 10:25 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:45 2:40) 4:50 7:20 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:15) 4:00 7:40 10:30 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (12:30 1:40) 4:20 7:00 9:40 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:50) 5:10 7:45 10:20 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (2:30) 5:15 8:00 10:40 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:30) 4:10 6:45 10:00 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (2:00) 4:45 7:30 10:15 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (1:50) 4:30 7:10 10:10 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:00) 3:45 6:40 9:50 PM
REGAL DOWNINGTOWN STADIUM 16
UA 69TH STREET
CHESTER COUNTY
Rt. 309 @ Richland Crossing (215) 536-7700 1-800-FANDANGO #(347)
REGAL WARRINGTON CR STADIUM 22
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
ADJACENT TO OXFORD VALLEY MALL (215) 750-3390 1-800-FANDANGO #(645)
REGAL RICHLAND CROSSING 12
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:40) 4:30 7:10 10:10 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (2:20) 4:50 7:20 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:50) 4:40 7:40 10:20 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:30) 4:15 7:00 9:45 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:30) 5:00 7:50 10:05 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:10) 4:45 7:35 10:15 PM THE MECHANIC (R) 8:00 PM THE MECHANIC (R) OC (2:15 PM) THE RITE (PG-13) 4:55 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP (2:00) 4:35 7:30 10:00 PM THE DILEMMA (PG-13) (1:55) 7:45 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:45) 4:25 7:15 9:55 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:25) 4:00 6:50 9:35 PM BLACK SWAN (R) 5:10 10:30 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:35) 4:20 7:05 9:50 PM
DELAWARE COUNTY
Phoenixville, PA www.thecolonialtheatre.com
610-917-1228
Rt. 30 & Quarry Rd./Lancaster Pk. (610) 518-3404 1-800-FANDANGO #(336)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (12:20) 4:00 7:30 10:10 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (12:30 2:50) 5:10 7:40 10:05 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:00 2:20) 4:40 7:00 9:20 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:30 2:10) 4:20 5:00 7:10 7:50 10:00 10:40 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (1:40) 4:30 7:20 10:15 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:00) 3:50 6:40 9:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:00) 5:20 8:10 10:30 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (12:45) 4:15 7:05 9:50 PM THE RITE (PG-13) 7:45 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP (12:50) 3:45 6:30 9:15 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (12:15) 3:20 6:10 9:00 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:50) 4:50 8:00 10:35 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (1:10 PM) THE FIGHTER (R) 3:30 6:20 9:10 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (12:10) 3:10 6:05 8:50 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (12:40) 3:40 6:50 9:40 PM TANGLED (PG) (1:20) 4:10 PM
UA EAST WHITELAND STADIUM 9
One Block From 69th St. Terminal (610) 734-0202 1-800-FANDANGO #(654)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:30) 4:30 7:30 10:15 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (1:15) 4:15 7:15 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:45) 4:45 7:45 10:20 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:00) 4:00 7:00 10:00 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:35) 4:35 7:25 9:45 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (1:20) 4:20 7:20 10:05 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:50) 4:50 7:50 10:25 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:05) 4:05 7:05 9:55 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (1:40) 4:40 6:50 9:15 PM
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Rt. 30, One-half mile East of Route 202 (610) 251-0413 1-800-FANDANGO #(641)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (2:00) 4:50 7:40 10:15 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (2:10) 4:40 7:30 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:40) 4:30 7:20 10:00 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:20) 4:10 7:00 9:40 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:30) 5:10 8:00 10:10 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:50) 4:20 7:10 9:50 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (2:20) 5:00 7:50 10:20 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:30) 6:50 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (4:00) 9:15 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:10) 3:50 6:40 9:20 PM
DELAWARE COUNTY
ANTHONY WAYNE CINEMA 109 W. Lancaster Ave.
222-FILM #(523)
JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) 12:00 2:20 4:40 7:00 9:30 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) 12:30 2:50 5:10 7:30 9:50 PM SANCTUM (R) 1:00 4:30 7:10 9:40 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) 12:10 2:40 5:10 7:40 10:00 PM THE FIGHTER (R) 12:00 2:30 4:50 7:20 10:00 PM
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ANOTHER YEAR(PG-13) Fri: 4:00 7:00 9:35 PM / TRUE GRIT(PG-13) Fri: 4:00 7:00 9:35 PM / THE KING’S SPEECH(R) Fri: 4:00 7:00 9:35 PM
824 W. Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr 610-527-9898 www.BrynMawrFilm.org Shows Vary Daily BLUE VALENTINE (R) 4:15 7:00 9:35 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) 4:15 7:00 9:35 PM
BALA THEATRE
157 Bala Ave. - Off City Line Ave.
222-FILM #(588)
GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) 4:15 7:15 9:20 PM ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13) 3:45 6:45 9:25 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) 4:00 7:00 9:30 PM
THE KING’S SPEECH (R) Fri: (4:20) 7:00 9:40 PM,Sat: (1:40) 4:20 7:00 9:40 PM,Sun: (1:40) 4:20 7:00 PM
JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) 11:20 AM 11:50 2:00 2:35 4:40 5:10 7:15 7:45 9:50 10:20 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) 11:00 AM 1:30 4:00 7:00 9:30 PM THE RITE (PG-13) 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:35 10:10 PM THE WAY BACK (PG-13) 11:00 AM 9:40 PM ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13) 11:10 AM 4:10 PM GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 3D (PG) 11:30 AM 4:30 PM COUNTRY STRONG (PG-13) 1:40 6:45 9:25 PM LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) 12:05 7:20 9:35 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) 1:50 6:50 9:20 PM TRON: LEGACY IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D (PG) 11:05 AM 7:10 9:55 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) 2:50 5:05 PM YOGI BEAR 3D (PG) 2:10 5:00 PM THE COMPANY MEN (R) 12:10 2:40 5:15 7:40 10:00 PM TANGLED (PG) 2:05 4:25 7:25 PM
JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (4:05) 7:00 10:00 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (4:15) 7:10 9:50 PM
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See it and the nine others in AMC Theatres’ Best Picture Showcase. see, and give it another go trying to figure out what’s happening with Leonardo “You need to go deeper” DiCaprio and that dream-extraction business. In the Philadelphia area, AMC’s Loews Cherry Hill, Hamilton, Neshaminy, and Tilghman Square theaters are participating in the Best Picture Showcase event. For schedule and ticket information, go to http://www.amctheatres.com/BP
S/. Check out Toy Story 3, 127 Hours, The Kids Are All Right, True Grit, and The Fighter on the first Saturday. See Winter’s Bone, Black Swan, Inception, The Social Network, and The King’s Speech on the second. And then, fully informed and full of vivid images from all of the best-picture candidates, watch the awards telecast and try to make sense out of it. (127 Hours, best picture? Not going to happen.)
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robably not since the 1930s when Paul Muni reigned as King of Biopics in The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Life of Emile Zola has an actor played as many notables as Meryl Streep, that one-woman portrait gallery. She has played activists (Karen Silkwood), writers (thrice: Isak Dinesen in Out of Africa, Nora Ephron in Heartburn, and Susan Orlean in Adaptation), chefs (Julia Child
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in Julie & Julia), teachers (Roberta Guaspari in Music of the Heart), and now, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Streep is currently shooting The Iron Lady for Phyllida Lloyd, director of Mamma Mia!, Streep’s biggest hit (and with $600 million-plus grosses worldwide, the most successful movie directed by a woman).
I got a chill when I saw her in Thatcher drag (hat tip, Anne Thompson). You? As to why biopics, you know the answer: They’re consistent Oscar candidates (like three of this year’s nominees, The Fighter, The King’s Speech, and The Social Network). Which other figures would you like to see Streep portray?
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y vote for Oscar’s best animated short? Glad you asked. I’m torn between the evocative “Madagascar: A Journey Diary,” an impressionistic sketchbook/audiobook of the African island’s people, places, and sounds, and “The Lost Thing,” a surrealFilm ist steampunk paraReview ble from Australia. All five contenders are screening at the Ritz at the Bourse. Total running time: 85 minutes. If you saw Toy Story 3, then you’ve probably caught Pixar’s entry, Teddy Newton’s “Day & Night,” a charming tale of mutual suspicion, curiosity, and growing respect. Writer/director Newton imagines Daytime and Nighttime as two distinct creatures, one sunny and optimistic, the other moody and skeptical, each fiercely protective of his time slot. During the course of this six-minute
gem, Day persuades his competitor of the advantages of the beach when people are frolicking on it, and Night demonstrates the beauty of the starry sky. Narrated and drawn in the retro-modern style of a 1950s educational film, U.S. animator Geefwee Boedoe’s satirical “Let’s Pollute” sings the praises of overconsumption. Rather than celebrate a “waste not, want not” ethos, the tongue-in-cheek film advocates a “want it?/waste it” approach to consumption. “Pollution is our heritage. It keeps our economy strong,” says the narrator, urging us to follow the “twice” rule: “Always buy twice what you need; never use the same thing twice; use twice as much as yesterday; never think twice about it.” I didn’t think twice about this strained satire. “The Gruffalo,” a German/British coproduction, is a pleasant Aesop-y fable of a mouse who, in his encounters with a predatory fox,
owl, and snake, uses storytelling to elude their respective claws, talons, and fangs. The mouse who outsmarts predators outsmarts himself when the imaginary creature he invents to avoid getting eaten turns out to be real. An Australian/British coproduction, “The Lost Thing” is based on a book by Shaun Tan, who codirected the short with Andrew Ruheman. This wistful memoir of a teenage boy’s encounter with an outsized, tomato-red hybrid machine/creature resembles a Hayao Miyazaki fantasia played out in the lonely urban landscapes of Giorgio de Chirico. The tale of a misfit boy befriending a misfit thing is strangely touching and unsettling. “Madagascar: A Journey Diary,” the French entry from gifted artist and animator Bastien Dubois, is the most vibrant of the nominees, immediate as a sketch and timeless as a picture postcard. Dubois frames his
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated iii (out of four stars) “Madagascar: A Journey Diary” directed by Bastien Dubois, “The Lost Thing” directed by Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruheman, “Day & Night” directed by Teddy Newton, “Let’s Pollute” directed by Geefwee Boedoe, and “The Gruffalo” directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Running time: 1 hour, 25 mins. Parent’s guide: No MPAA rating (suitable for ages 10 and older) Playing at: Ritz at the Bourse
11-minute film as a flipbook of a vacationing artist in Africa, celebrating the colors and funerary customs. On second thought, “Madagascar” definitely is my favorite in this program that might be called “Close Encounters of the Animated Kind.” Suitable for those 10 and up. Contact movie critic Carrie Rickey at 215-854-5402 or crickey@phillynews.com. Read her blog, “Flickgrrl,” at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/flick grrl/.
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Continued from W5 gest lineup of Oscar shorts to be seen in recent years, nor by any means the edgiest, there’s compelling work to be found. “The Confession,” Tanel Toom’s startling meditation on religion and responsibility, begins with a pair of schoolmates making mischief in a cornfield. It ends in death and tears. Lewis Howlett, who plays the boy Sam, is heartbreaking — watch the young actor’s face as he enters a church’s confessional, to unburden himself of the pain and guilt and horror he has experienced. This is my bet to win the Oscar. Michael Creagh’s “The Crush,” with the filmmaker’s son, Oran Creagh, wonderfully soulful as an 8-year-old Irish boy totally obsessed with his pretty teacher, also threatens to veer into violence and tragedy. Happily, it doesn’t. Ian Barnes’ “Wish 143,” which stars Sam Holland as a Leeds teenager with a terminal tumor,
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Continued from W5 es the 100-hour workweeks of this overnight sensation who made appearances at high schools and radio stations across the country to build his fan base and endear himself to disc jockeys. On stage variously with Boyz II Men, Jaden Smith, Miley Cyrus, and Ludacris, Bieber carries himself like a squeaky-clean homeboy with an angelic voice. On him, swagger looks sweet. Still, Braun and Bieber’s mother, Pattie Mallette, worry about the teenager’s intense professionalism. Braun recalls the Video Music Awards in 2009 at which Madonna eulogized Michael Jackson saying, “He never had a childhood.” “Don’t let that happen to me,” Bieber said to his father surrogate. Amen.
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THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:55) 4:55 7:20 10:00 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (1:30) 4:10 6:40 9:20 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:50) 4:25 7:30 9:55 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (2:00) 4:35 7:10 9:45 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:05) 4:40 8:00 10:15 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:10) 4:45 7:40 10:10 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (4:50) 10:20 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (2:15) 7:50 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:40) 4:30 7:25 10:30 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:35) 4:20 7:00 9:50 PM
UA MAIN STREET 6
3720-40 Main St., Manayunk (215) 482-6230 1-800-FANDANGO #(647)
GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) 12:30 2:40 4:50 7:00 9:20 11:20 PM JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) 1:20 4:20 7:20 10:00 12:30 AM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) 12:20 2:50 5:10 7:40 10:10 12:20 AM SANCTUM 3D (R) 12:00 2:20 4:40 7:10 9:40 12:10 AM THE MECHANIC (R) 3:50 9:40 12:20 AM THE RITE (PG-13) 12:40 6:50 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) 1:00 4:00 6:40 9:30 12:00 AM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:30 10:00 12:30 AM
★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) DP (2:05) 4:50 7:45 10:35 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:50) 4:35 7:15 10:15 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:35) 5:20 8:00 10:45 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:15) 5:00 7:35 10:05 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (5:10) 10:25 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (2:25) 7:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:55) 4:25 7:00 9:55 PM
BUCKS COUNTY
ravemotionpictures UNIVERSITY CITY 6 (FORMERLYTHE BRIDGE)
40th &Walnut 215-386-0869 4hr.Parking $3.00 withValidation www.ravemotionpictures.com
JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) DP,DLP 11:40 AM 2:30 5:20 8:10 11:00 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) 11:30 AM 2:10 5:10 7:50 10:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) DP,DLP 11:55 AM 2:40 5:00 8:45 11:20 PM SANCTUM 3D (R) 12:40 4:10 7:30 10:20 PM THE RITE (PG-13) DP,DLP 12:50 3:45 7:15 10:10 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP,DLP 1:05 4:00 7:00 10:00 PM
W12
www.philly.com
ANOTHER YEAR(PG-13) Fri: 4:00 7:00 9:30 PM / THE KING’S SPEECH(R) Fri: 4:00 7:00 9:30 PM
Showtime: ✓ candy ✓ popcorn ✓ drink
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BUCKS COUNTY
BUCKS COUNTY
REGAL BARN PLAZA STADIUM 14
UA OXFORD VALLEY STADIUM 14
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (2:20) 5:00 7:40 10:20 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (2:10) 4:40 7:20 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (2:00) 4:50 7:30 10:10 PM PATIALA HOUSE (NR) (2:40) 6:10 9:20 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:40) 4:20 7:00 9:40 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:30) 5:10 7:50 10:15 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:25) 5:05 7:45 10:20 PM THE MECHANIC (R) 7:55 10:30 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (2:15) 4:55 7:35 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:45) 4:35 7:15 9:50 PM THE DILEMMA (PG-13) 7:05 9:50 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:30) 4:10 6:55 9:45 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (2:05) 4:45 7:25 10:00 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (1:55) 4:25 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (1:50) 4:30 7:10 9:55 PM TANGLED (PG) (1:35) 4:00 PM
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:50) 4:40 7:50 10:30 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (2:10) 4:30 7:10 9:40 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (1:30) 3:50 6:30 8:50 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:35 2:00) 4:20 5:00 7:00 7:40 9:50 10:20 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (2:20) 4:50 7:30 10:10 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:40) 4:10 6:50 9:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:30) 5:30 8:00 10:15 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:50) 5:20 7:55 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP (1:55) 4:25 7:25 9:55 PM THE DILEMMA (PG-13) (2:05) 7:05 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (2:15) 4:55 7:45 10:25 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (4:35) 9:40 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (1:30) 6:40 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (4:05) 9:20 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:45) 4:35 7:20 10:05 PM
Off Hwy. 611 and Easton Rd. 1-800-FANDANGO #(337)
(215) 491-4413
104 Easton Road 1-800-FANDANGO #(343)
(215) 918-1660
I AM NUMBER FOUR Advance Tickets Now on Sale. UNKNOWN Advance Tickets Now on Sale. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: NIXON IN CHINA Advance Tickets Now on Sale. RISE Advance Tickets Now on Sale. THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:30) 4:30 7:30 10:20 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (1:40) 4:20 6:50 9:20 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:10 1:00 2:30) 3:50 5:10 6:20 7:40 8:50 10:00 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (12:20 1:10) 3:20 4:10 6:30 7:10 9:30 10:10 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (12:40) 3:40 7:00 9:40 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (12:00 2:40) 5:20 8:00 10:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (12:05 12:50 2:20) 3:10 4:50 5:30 7:20 8:10 9:50 10:25 PM SANCTUM (R) (1:15) 4:15 7:05 9:45 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:45) 4:45 7:45 10:15 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (2:45) 5:00 7:50 10:00 PM THE MECHANIC (R) OC (12:25 PM) THE RITE (PG-13) 6:15 9:10 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:20) 4:00 7:15 9:55 PM ★ THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG-13) (1:05) 3:55 6:45 9:25 PM THE ILLUSIONIST (PG) (12:45) 3:00 5:25 8:05 10:05 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:35) 4:40 7:35 10:15 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (1:25) 4:05 PM THE COMPANY MEN (R) (12:35) 3:35 6:25 9:05 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (12:15) 3:25 6:10 9:00 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (12:55) 3:45 6:35 9:15 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (12:30) 3:30 6:40 9:35 PM
35 N. Landsdowne Ave.
484-469-0169
Call Theatre for Show Information
REGAL EDGMONT SQUARE 10
Edgmont Sq. Shopping Center @ Rt. 3 (610) 325-8100 1-800-FANDANGO #(339)
LEO KOTTKE CONCERT (NR) 8:00 PM
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (2:15) 5:00 7:50 10:25 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:45 2:40) 4:50 7:20 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:15) 4:00 7:40 10:30 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (12:30 1:40) 4:20 7:00 9:40 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:50) 5:10 7:45 10:20 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (2:30) 5:15 8:00 10:40 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:30) 4:10 6:45 10:00 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (2:00) 4:45 7:30 10:15 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (1:50) 4:30 7:10 10:10 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:00) 3:45 6:40 9:50 PM
REGAL DOWNINGTOWN STADIUM 16
UA 69TH STREET
CHESTER COUNTY
Rt. 309 @ Richland Crossing (215) 536-7700 1-800-FANDANGO #(347)
REGAL WARRINGTON CR STADIUM 22
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
ADJACENT TO OXFORD VALLEY MALL (215) 750-3390 1-800-FANDANGO #(645)
REGAL RICHLAND CROSSING 12
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:40) 4:30 7:10 10:10 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (2:20) 4:50 7:20 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:50) 4:40 7:40 10:20 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:30) 4:15 7:00 9:45 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:30) 5:00 7:50 10:05 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:10) 4:45 7:35 10:15 PM THE MECHANIC (R) 8:00 PM THE MECHANIC (R) OC (2:15 PM) THE RITE (PG-13) 4:55 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP (2:00) 4:35 7:30 10:00 PM THE DILEMMA (PG-13) (1:55) 7:45 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:45) 4:25 7:15 9:55 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:25) 4:00 6:50 9:35 PM BLACK SWAN (R) 5:10 10:30 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:35) 4:20 7:05 9:50 PM
DELAWARE COUNTY
Phoenixville, PA www.thecolonialtheatre.com
610-917-1228
Rt. 30 & Quarry Rd./Lancaster Pk. (610) 518-3404 1-800-FANDANGO #(336)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (12:20) 4:00 7:30 10:10 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (12:30 2:50) 5:10 7:40 10:05 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:00 2:20) 4:40 7:00 9:20 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:30 2:10) 4:20 5:00 7:10 7:50 10:00 10:40 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (1:40) 4:30 7:20 10:15 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:00) 3:50 6:40 9:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:00) 5:20 8:10 10:30 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (12:45) 4:15 7:05 9:50 PM THE RITE (PG-13) 7:45 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) DP (12:50) 3:45 6:30 9:15 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (12:15) 3:20 6:10 9:00 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:50) 4:50 8:00 10:35 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (1:10 PM) THE FIGHTER (R) 3:30 6:20 9:10 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (12:10) 3:10 6:05 8:50 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (12:40) 3:40 6:50 9:40 PM TANGLED (PG) (1:20) 4:10 PM
UA EAST WHITELAND STADIUM 9
One Block From 69th St. Terminal (610) 734-0202 1-800-FANDANGO #(654)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:30) 4:30 7:30 10:15 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (1:15) 4:15 7:15 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:45) 4:45 7:45 10:20 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:00) 4:00 7:00 10:00 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:35) 4:35 7:25 9:45 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (1:20) 4:20 7:20 10:05 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:50) 4:50 7:50 10:25 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:05) 4:05 7:05 9:55 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (1:40) 4:40 6:50 9:15 PM
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Rt. 30, One-half mile East of Route 202 (610) 251-0413 1-800-FANDANGO #(641)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (2:00) 4:50 7:40 10:15 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (2:10) 4:40 7:30 9:30 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:40) 4:30 7:20 10:00 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:20) 4:10 7:00 9:40 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:30) 5:10 8:00 10:10 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:50) 4:20 7:10 9:50 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (2:20) 5:00 7:50 10:20 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:30) 6:50 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (4:00) 9:15 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:10) 3:50 6:40 9:20 PM
DELAWARE COUNTY
ANTHONY WAYNE CINEMA 109 W. Lancaster Ave.
222-FILM #(523)
JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) 12:00 2:20 4:40 7:00 9:30 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) 12:30 2:50 5:10 7:30 9:50 PM SANCTUM (R) 1:00 4:30 7:10 9:40 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) 12:10 2:40 5:10 7:40 10:00 PM THE FIGHTER (R) 12:00 2:30 4:50 7:20 10:00 PM
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
ANOTHER YEAR(PG-13) Fri: 4:00 7:00 9:35 PM / TRUE GRIT(PG-13) Fri: 4:00 7:00 9:35 PM / THE KING’S SPEECH(R) Fri: 4:00 7:00 9:35 PM
824 W. Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr 610-527-9898 www.BrynMawrFilm.org Shows Vary Daily BLUE VALENTINE (R) 4:15 7:00 9:35 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) 4:15 7:00 9:35 PM
BALA THEATRE
157 Bala Ave. - Off City Line Ave.
222-FILM #(588)
GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) 4:15 7:15 9:20 PM ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13) 3:45 6:45 9:25 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) 4:00 7:00 9:30 PM
THE KING’S SPEECH (R) Fri: (4:20) 7:00 9:40 PM,Sat: (1:40) 4:20 7:00 9:40 PM,Sun: (1:40) 4:20 7:00 PM
JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) 11:20 AM 11:50 2:00 2:35 4:40 5:10 7:15 7:45 9:50 10:20 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) 11:00 AM 1:30 4:00 7:00 9:30 PM THE RITE (PG-13) 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:35 10:10 PM THE WAY BACK (PG-13) 11:00 AM 9:40 PM ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13) 11:10 AM 4:10 PM GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 3D (PG) 11:30 AM 4:30 PM COUNTRY STRONG (PG-13) 1:40 6:45 9:25 PM LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) 12:05 7:20 9:35 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) 1:50 6:50 9:20 PM TRON: LEGACY IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D (PG) 11:05 AM 7:10 9:55 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) 2:50 5:05 PM YOGI BEAR 3D (PG) 2:10 5:00 PM THE COMPANY MEN (R) 12:10 2:40 5:15 7:40 10:00 PM TANGLED (PG) 2:05 4:25 7:25 PM
JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (4:05) 7:00 10:00 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (4:15) 7:10 9:50 PM
REGAL MARKETPLACE STADIUM 24
Off Rt. 422 and Egypt Rd. (610) 666-6564 1-800-FANDANGO #(341)
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: NIXON IN CHINA Advance Tickets Now on Sale. RISE Advance Tickets Now on Sale. THE EAGLE (PG-13) (2:20) 4:50 7:30 10:00 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (1:20) 3:30 5:40 7:50 10:10 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:20 12:50 2:25 3:00) 4:40 5:10 6:50 7:20 9:40 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:40 2:10) 4:20 4:55 7:10 7:40 9:50 10:35 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (12:00 2:30) 5:00 7:45 10:15 PM PATIALA HOUSE (NR) (12:15) 3:20 6:25 9:35 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:30 2:00) 4:00 4:30 6:30 7:00 9:00 9:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (11:55 AM 2:25) 4:45 7:05 9:25 PM SANCTUM (R) (12:05 2:35) 5:05 7:35 10:05 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:55) 4:30 6:55 9:25 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (12:45) 3:10 5:35 8:05 10:40 PM THE RITE (PG-13) (12:25 2:55) 5:35 8:10 10:45 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (12:35) 3:05 5:30 8:00 10:25 PM THE DILEMMA (PG-13) 4:05 9:20 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:05) 3:55 7:15 9:55 PM THE ILLUSIONIST (PG) (1:50) 4:10 6:20 8:45 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (12:00 2:50) 5:25 7:55 10:30 PM ★ TRON: LEGACY IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D (PG) 9:10 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) (12:10 2:15) 4:25 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (12:55) 3:40 7:25 10:10 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (2:05) 4:45 7:40 10:20 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (1:00) 3:50 6:35 9:45 PM TANGLED (PG) (1:35) 6:45 PM 127 HOURS (R) 6:40 9:05 PM
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REGAL CINEMAS
Center City 215-925-7900 REGAL CINEMAS
Warrington 800-FANDANGO #343
Oaks 800-FANDANGO #341
Northfield 609-646-3147
RITZ AT THE BOURSE WARRINGTON CR. 22 MARKETPLACE 24
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY REGAL PLYMOUTH MEETING 10
1011 Ridge Pike (610) 940-3893 1-800-FANDANGO #(335) STADIUM SEATING IN SELECT AUDITORIUMS
GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (2:50) 5:10 7:30 9:50 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (1:50 2:20) 4:10 4:40 6:30 7:00 9:20 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:10) 5:20 8:00 10:15 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (2:00) 5:00 7:40 10:20 PM THE MECHANIC (R) 4:50 10:25 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:25) 4:00 6:40 10:00 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (1:20) 4:05 6:55 9:55 PM ★ TRON: LEGACY IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D (PG) 9:40 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (1:40) 4:30 7:20 10:10 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (1:45) 4:20 6:50 9:30 PM HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 1 (PG-13) (1:30) 7:10 PM
UA KING OF PRUSSIA STADIUM 16 Located on Mall Blvd. across from The Plaza King of Prussia 1-800-FANDANGO #(644)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:30) 4:30 7:30 10:20 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (12:50 3:00) 5:30 8:10 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:10 2:20) 4:40 7:00 9:10 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (12:30 1:10) 3:30 4:10 6:40 7:20 9:40 10:15 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (1:20) 4:20 7:10 9:50 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (12:00 2:40) 5:20 8:00 10:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (12:25 2:50) 5:10 7:40 10:00 PM SANCTUM (R) (1:40) 4:45 7:15 9:55 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:50) 4:50 7:50 10:30 PM THE MECHANIC (R) 9:35 PM THE MECHANIC (R) OC (4:00 PM) THE RITE (PG-13) (1:00) 6:50 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:15) 3:50 6:35 9:15 PM ★ THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG-13) (12:45) 4:15 7:05 10:10 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (12:40) 6:45 PM THE FIGHTER (R) 10:25 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (12:20) 3:20 6:20 9:20 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (12:15) 3:10 6:30 9:30 PM
UA IMAX Located on Mall Blvd. across from The Plaza King of Prussia 1-800-FANDANGO #(644)
★ TRON LEGACY: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) (3:40) 9:45 PM
Friday, February 11, 2011
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New Jersey
CAMDEN COUNTY
Rt. 555 & (Crosskeys)-Tuckahoe Rd. (856) 262-9300 1-800-FANDANGO #(602)
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BURLINGTON COUNTY REGAL BURLINGTON STADIUM 20
250 Bromley Blvd. Across from Burlington Ctr. (609) 239-3500 1-800-FANDANGO #(259)
THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:00) 3:50 7:10 10:00 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (12:50) 3:10 5:40 8:20 10:35 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (12:00 2:30) 4:55 7:40 9:50 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (11:40 AM 1:10 2:20) 4:00 5:05 7:00 7:50 9:55 10:40 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (12:30) 3:40 6:30 9:20 PM PATIALA HOUSE (NR) (1:40) 5:50 9:25 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (11:25 AM 2:00) 4:40 7:20 10:05 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (12:15 2:40) 5:20 7:55 10:15 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (12:40) 3:30 6:40 9:15 PM THE MECHANIC (R) (2:50) 5:30 8:05 10:30 PM THE MECHANIC (R) OC (11:50 AM) THE RITE (PG-13) DP (1:15) 4:10 7:15 10:10 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (12:35) 3:35 6:50 9:35 PM THE DILEMMA (PG-13) (1:30) 7:35 PM THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) (11:30 AM 2:25) 5:15 8:10 PM BLUE VALENTINE (R) (1:20) 4:20 7:30 10:20 PM LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) 4:45 10:25 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:05) 6:45 PM ★ YOGI BEAR 3D (PG) (12:20 2:35) 4:50 7:05 9:10 PM THE FIGHTER (R) 4:05 9:30 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (12:45) 3:55 6:55 9:40 PM TANGLED (PG) (11:45 AM 2:10) 4:35 7:25 9:45 PM
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THE EAGLE (PG-13) (1:30) 4:30 7:30 10:15 PM GNOMEO & JULIET (G) (12:30) 3:30 6:30 PM ★ GNOMEO & JULIET 3D (G) (1:10) 4:10 7:10 9:20 PM ★ JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) (1:20 2:00) 4:20 5:00 7:20 7:50 10:00 10:30 PM JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER (G) (1:40) 4:40 7:40 10:10 PM ★ JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER 3D (G) (1:00) 4:00 7:00 9:30 PM THE ROOMMATE (PG-13) (2:10) 5:10 8:10 10:25 PM SANCTUM (R) 9:40 PM ★ SANCTUM 3D (R) (1:50) 4:50 7:45 10:20 PM THE MECHANIC (R) 8:15 10:40 PM THE RITE (PG-13) DP 3:10 PM NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R) (1:45) 4:45 8:00 10:35 PM TRUE GRIT (PG-13) (1:05) 3:40 6:20 9:15 PM YOGI BEAR (PG) DP (12:45) 6:10 9:10 PM THE FIGHTER (R) (12:40) 3:20 6:40 9:35 PM BLACK SWAN (R) (1:15) 4:15 7:15 9:45 PM THE KING’S SPEECH (R) (12:50) 3:50 6:50 9:50 PM TANGLED (PG) (12:55) 3:45 PM
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amaican-born writer-director Tanya Hamilton caused quite a sensation last year at the Sundance Film Festival with her feature debut Night Catches Us, an intense political-and-romantic drama set in Philadelphia. Anthony Mackie stars as Marcus, a former member of the Black Panther Movement who returns to his working-class neighborhood in 1976, many years after he left town as a very young man. Marcus is branded as a traitor by his former comrades. He’s offered comfort by his best friend’s widow, Patricia (an incandescent Kerry Washington), and her young daughter. Hamilton deftly traces Marcus’ emotional journey as he is forced to face ghosts from his violent past. The film also features Wendell Pierce (The Wire), Jamie Hector (Heroes), and Philly artist Tariq Trotter, whose band the Roots wrote the film’s original soundtrack. Night Catches Us is available from Magnolia Home Entertainment. (www.magpictures.com/; $26.98 DVD; $29.98; Blu-ray; rated R.)
Black History Month picks
Marvel Knights: Black Panther. Kerry Washington also stars in a Black Panther story of another kind in this six-part animated TV series from Shout! Factory. Adapted by writer-director Reginald Hudlin from his comic book, it’s about a peaceful African nation targeted by would-be colonialists because of its immense stores of a rare ore. The sardonic action-adventure features Djimon Hounsou as the nation’s protector, Black Panther; Alfre Woodard as the Condoleezza Riceesque Dondi Reece; and Jill Scott as X-Men heroine Storm. (www.shoutfactory.com/; $14.97; not rated.) The Color Purple Blu-ray Book. This 1985 adaptation of the Alice Walker novel sparked as much controversy as accolades because of the film studio’s choice of director Steven Spielberg. By W14
fiant, and innocent black man (Juano Hernandez) from accusations he murdered a white man. Novelist and filmmaker Gordon Parks adapted his autobiographical novel for 1969’s The Learning Tree, the first film from a major studio helmed by an African American. Kyle Johnson stars as a young man who comes of age in a segregated Kansas town. The films must be ordered directly from Warner Archive. (www.wbshop.com/warnerarchive; $19.95 each; not rated.)
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Kerry Washington in writer-director Tanya Hamilton’s feature debut, “Night Catches Us.”
contrast, its stars — Danny Glover, Laurence Fishburne, and Whoopi Goldberg in her screen debut — received nothing but applause. Warner Home Video’s Bluray edition is packaged with a color booklet. (www.wbshop.com/; $34.99; rated PG-13.) Of Boys and Men. Actor-director Robert Townsend, who skewered racial stereotyping in the film industry in 1987’s Hollywood Shuffle, offers a more personal story in this moving, family-friendly drama from Warner. Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family whose world comes crashing down when his wife (Angela Bassett) is killed on the eve of their son’s college graduation. (www.wbshop.com/; $14.99; rated PG.) Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell ’Em I Said It. Scheduled to be released Feb. 22 by Paramount, this standup comedy special has the 42-year-old former Malcolm & Eddie star turn his sharp wit to racial stereotypes, Viagra, and Michelle Obama. (www.paramount.com/dvd; $16.99; not rated.) Intruder in the Dust and The Learning Tree. Warner Archive Collection offers two classics that address racism head-on. The 1949 William Faulkner adaptation Intruder in the Dust is a searing social critique about a young white kid (Claude Jarman Jr.) who defends an abrasive, de-
London-born actor Idris Elba, born Idrissa Akuna Elba, is the child of immigrants. His father is from Sierra Leone, his mother from Ghana. Elba, 38, who began acting in grade school, dazzled audiences in HBO’s The Wire and stood his ground opposite superstar Beyoncé in Obsessed. He stars in three recent releases. Luther. From BBC Video, the film features Elba as a police detective who returns to active duty after a nervous breakdown at the wrong time. His wife (Indira Varma) has left him and he’s caught in the crosshairs of a devilishly clever and sexy young physics prodigy-turned serial killer beautifully portrayed by a menacing, if flirty, Ruth Wilson. (www.bbcamericashop.com/; $34.98; not rated.) Legacy. Thomas Ikimi’s psychological thriller from Codeblack Entertainment is remarkably accomplished, given its micro budget. Elba stars as a black-ops soldier whose sanity begins to crack after he returns home after a botched operation in Eastern Europe. (www.codeblackentertainment.com; $19.97; rated R.) Takers. Elba costars with Jay Hernandez, Michael Ealy, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Paul Walker, and Hayden Christensen in director John Luessenhop’s diverting heist thriller from Sony Pictures. (www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/; $28.95 DVD; $34.95 Blu-ray; rated R) Contact staff writer Tirdad Derakhshani at 215-854-2736 or tirdad@philly.com.
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Friends, family matter By Rick Bentley McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Three new DVDs look at how friends and family can cause big changes in a person’s life. It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Grade B: The film, based on the novel by Ned Vizzini, follows Craig (Keir Gilchrist), a confused teen with thoughts of suicide. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the writing/directing team behind “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” use a delicate mix of smart writing, good acting and amazing visuals. Because they ask for empathy, not sympathy, for the characters, it’s easy to look at the players in the mental melodrama and see a little bit of ourselves in them. Some might have thought them mad for tackling such a tough subject, but they prove it was a very sane decision. Life as We Know It, Grade C-minus: Two single people (Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel) must deal with a baby who comes into their lives. Inconsistent characters, dark emotional jolts and predictable jokes break up the mirth meter and leave the movie a muddled mess. You Again, Grade C: A woman (Kristen Bell), who was tormented in high school, must face her old foe because of a wedding. The title is supposed
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to refer to what happens when high school rivals are brought back together, but it also describes how this comedy is old and familiar. Andy Fickman, who showed such a great directing style with Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, takes a lazy approach to telling this story. His shots lack energy and there’s no doubt when the next joke is coming. Everything looks recycled. Also new on DVD this week: Middle Men: A businessman gets pulled into a dark world during the early days of the Internet. Paranormal Activity 2: Prequel to the 2009 horror film. Beauty & the Briefcase: Hilary Duff TV movie about a magazine writer who finds love while working on a story. The Super Hero Squad Show: Vol. 3: Includes animated adventures of Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and other Marvel characters. The Guardian: The Final Season: A lawyer (Simon Baker) works as a child advocate. Columbo: Mystery Movie Collection 1991-1993: Peter Falk stars in the mystery movies. The Romantics: Katie Holmes stars as one of seven college friends who reunite for a wedding. Nickelodeon Favorites: Sisters and Brothers: Includes episodes of Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go! and other Nick series. See You in September: A beautiful woman’s afraid of commitment. Estella Warren stars. Eyewitness to Jesus: Matthew D’Ancona searches for evidence about a fragment of the papyrus believed to be the link to date the Gospel of Matthew. Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures: The DVD includes 14 cartoons. A Private Function: The comedy takes place during the extreme food rationing in England after World War II. Erich Segal’s Only Love: A man must choose between practical love and romantic love. Rob Morrow stars. Friday, February 11, 2011
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David Wax Museum at 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Tin Angel, 18 S. Second St. Tickets: $10. Phone: 215-928-0770. www.tinangel.com.
Martin Bisi / The Red Masque
This isn’t the first time uber-alternative producer Martin Bisi has played Philly, but it’s certainly the most fascinating. For the uninitiated listener, Bisi is a Bizarro-World (fictional planet in the comics) Daniel Lanois. Like that producer, Bisi has worked with Brian Eno on eerily atmospheric ambient stuff. But rather than go Lanois’ mainstream route, Bisi has opted for avant-everything by knob-twiddling for Material, Herbie Hancock, Sonic Youth, Swans, and John Zorn. Somehow, Bisi’s solo recordings have managed to sound like a guy at the apex of all that oddity: brutal and beautiful they are, his new EP Son of a Gun, in particular. On this night, cabaret-punk drummer Brian Viglione of Dresden Dolls plays with Bisi. That should be stark. Equally stark is the blast of Philly’s the Red Masque. The neo-goth/progressive band fronted by siren/painter Lynnette Shelley and multi-instrumentalist Brandon Lord Ross were always fascinating. Together since 2001, they sounded like Siouxsie meets Gong. But a new guitarist and frantic newer tunes have given their wifty complexities a blunt force by honing their femme-fronted sound to a King Crimson Thrak-era brand of bold attack. Kappow. They’ve got art shows. They’re working on a local film (The Hermits Glass Box, see it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6qbSJNR1wE). Get to this show early. — A.D. Amorosi
Martin Bisi with Brian Viglione (the Dresden Dolls) and the Red Masque play at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. Tickets: $10. Information: 215-787-0488, www.northstarbar.com. Friday, February 11, 2011
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David Wax Museum
Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum seems strangely inert when compared to David Wax, the Columbia, Mo., native and Harvard University grad who spent his summers working with the American Friends Service Committee in rural Mexico, schooling himself on South of the Border son traditions and the uses of a donkey jawbone as a percussive instrument. In the highly energetic Bostonbased David Wax ERIK JACOBS / Anthem Multimedia Museum, Suz Slezak plays that The band David Wax Museum. jawbone — known as a quijada — as well as fiddle and accordion, while Wax waxes eloquent and strums a guitar or Mexican jarana. It might all sound overly considered and academic, but on the band’s folkie debut, Everything Is Saved, and in performance, the Wax Museum brings a rowdy enthusiasm to bear on charmers like “Born With a Broken Heart” and “Yes, Maria, Yes” that is infectiously animated. — D.D.
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Wright returns to her spiritual roots By Steve Klinge FOR THE INQUIRER
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izz Wright grew up in Georgia, singing with her siblings in her father’s church and learning gospel songs from the elders in her family and congregation. Her career, however, has focused more on jazz and pop than pure gospel. She has paid tribute to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nina Simone; covered Neil Young, Joe Henry, and Led Zeppelin; and, on 2008’s The Orchard, demonstrated her own songwriting skills. But on the recent Fellowship, her fourth album, Wright returns to her spiritual roots, although she says that those roots have informed all her work. “The gospel music that I do — and gospel, period — definitely lends itself to the telling of stories from home and bringing people into the spirit of where I come from and my family. But I hope it’s inside of everything that I do, because it’s very much a part of who I am. So, I’m a super-duper cliché for you,” she laughs, on the phone from her North Carolina home. The excellent Fellowship is no clichéd gospel collection. It mixes traditionals that Wright sang with her family, such as “God Specializes” and “Sweeping Through the City,” with modern songs with a spiritual bent from Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Angelique Kidjo. Even the ubiquitous “Amazing Grace,” which closes the album, avoids a rut. This song is often turned into a heavyhanded anthem, but Wright sings it quietly, thoughtfully, and gracefully in her smoky, earthy alto. “ ‘Amazing Grace’ is the coziest, most well-worn couch in my life of a song,” she says. “I have my own walk with it, my own pictures and peace that it brings to me. I was
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Lizz Wright performs jazz and pop tinged with gospel, in a smoky, earthy
alto. “I’m having so much fun” on tour, she says, “I don’t know what to do.” only focused on that relationship, so I didn’t feel beholden to any arrangement or to any other history that anyone else has with it. I just love it.” At World Cafe Live on Wednesday, Wright will front a band that includes Ollabelle’s Glen Patscha on keyboards. The gospel spirit will infuse work old and new. “I’m having so much fun, I don’t know what to do,” Wright says about the tour. “I’m shocked by the depth of feeling and emotion that
Deerhoof
San Francisco’s Deerhoof is the cutest, cuddliest noise band in indie-pop. Deerhoof vs. Evil, the quartet’s 10th album, consistently delivers furious blasts of off-kilter, densely dissonant racket. But the intricately arranged, fastidiously executed din comes accompanied by a steady supply of instantly grabby melodies, plus front woman Satomi Matsuzaki’s sweet vocals, as she sings lyrics THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
the gospel is evoking. But it’s also sustaining. That’s something that I’m observing about gospel that I either forgot or just never noticed before, that it’s really feeding me as I share. I’m really having a good time.” Lizz Wright plays at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. Tickets: $39.50-$49.50 advance; $43.50-53.50 day of show. Information: 215-222-1400; www.worldcafelive.com.
whose kitschy goofiness can sometimes become cloying, as they do on songs like “Super Duper Rescue Heads!” and “I Did Crimes for You.” Philadelphia funk-pop band Prowler is on the undercard Friday at the TLA. — Dan DeLuca Deerhoof with Ben Butler and Mousepad, Prowler and Broadzilla DJs at 8 p.m. Friday at the Theater of Living Arts, 334 South St. Tickets: $15. Phone: 215-922-1011, www.livenation.com.
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In Concert Colonial Theatre 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228. www.thecolonialtheatre.com. Leo Kottke. $24.50-$38.50. 2/11. 8 pm.
Crossing Vineyards & Winery 1853 Wrightstown Rd., Washington Crossing; 215-493-6500. www.crossingvineyards.com. All That Jazz. $20. 2/11. 8-10 pm.
Electric Factory 421 N. Seventh St.; 215-569-9400. www.livenation.com. J Dr. Dog. $20-$28. 2/11. 8:30 pm.
First Unitarian Church 2125 Chestnut St.; 267-765-5210. www.r5productions.com. Wild Nothing. $10-$12. 2/11. 8 pm. Yann Tiersen. $20. 2/17. 8 pm.
House of Blues 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City; 609-236-2543. www.hob.com/venues/clubvenues/atlantic city/. Jimmy Eat World. $29.50-$39.50. 2/11. 9 pm. Pat Benatar. $35-$60. 2/12. 8 pm. Redemption Saturdays. $10; free for ladies. 2/12. Dru Hill. $29-$45. 2/14. 10 pm.
International House of Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut St.; 215-387-5125. www.ihousephilly.org/. Rhys Chatham Trumpet Trio. $12. 2/13. 8 pm.
Keswick Theatre 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650. www.keswicktheatre.com. J Connie Francis. $47.50-$59.50. 2/12. 8 pm. Dave Koz. $39.50. 2/13. 7:30 pm.
Kimmel Center Broad & Spruce Sts.; 215-893-1999. www.kimmelcenter.org. J Savion Glover. $33-$65. 2/13. 3 pm.
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818 N. Market St., Wilmington; 302-652-5577. www.TheGrandWilmington.org. WAR. $30-$38. 2/11. 8 pm. Hot Tuna. $29-$36. 2/13. 7 pm.
358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown; 609-324-0880. www.the-record-collector.com. The Grip Weeds. $10 advance; $12 day of show. 2/11. 7:30 pm. Lisa Bouchelle. $10 advance; $12 day of show. 2/12. 7:30 pm. Rosie Flores. $15 advance; $20 day of show. 2/13. 7 pm. Henry Cluney. $10 advance; $12 day of show. 2/17. 7:30 pm.
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Sellersville Theater 1894 Main St. & Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215-257-5808. www.st94.com. Cherish the Ladies. $25-$40. 2/11. 8 pm. Paula Cole. $35. 2/13. 7:30 pm. Bluegrass Jam With Ed Lick. S 2/15. Hot Tuna Blues. $45. 2/15. 8 pm. David Allan Coe. $39.50. 2/17. 8 pm.
Temple University Liacouras Center 1776 N. Broad St.; 215-204-2400. www.liacourascenter.com. J The Philadelphia FunkFest. $42.50-$73. 2/12. 8 pm.
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At the Franklin Institute, from left in left photo, Karen Richards, her daughter Alexa, son Adam, and cousin Christian Richards look at an interactive blood exhibit. At right, Phillip Moore and his son Daquan race each other to “pump” blood at an interactive exhibit. The African American Charles Drew invented a system to store blood plasma and established the American Red Cross blood bank. By Monica Peters
selected as ScienceMakers, the HistoryMakers’ media and educahe significant scientific tion initiative related to African and technological contriAmericans in science, technology, butions of African Ameriengineering, and math. cans will be highlighted James West, a professor at during a special program Johns Hopkins University, was inFriday at the Franklin Institute. ducted into the National InvenFour prominent African Ameritors Hall of Fame in 1999. can scientists, Sharon Haynie, “There are about 18 black inChad Jenkins, Edward Tunstel, ductees in the National Inventors and James West, will be featured Hall of Fame. I happen to be inin “The Color of Science,” a panel ducted [along with Gerhard M. discussion that already is reaching Sessler] for the electret microoverflow capacity, organizers say. phone used in everything that The program “grew out of the needs a microphone ranging clear lack of literacy and knowlfrom the cell phones to profesedge that persons of African desional equipment, including scent (and other traditionally unspace travel,” says West, who derrepresented groups) have conalso received the Franklin Institributed to important scientific tute’s 2010 Benjamin Franklin and technological innovations im- Karen and Adam Richards study an interactive video exhibit. Medal in Electrical Engineering. pacting societies around the If you have used a cell phone, throughout North America, the Caribbean, world,” says Frederic Bertley, the institute’s you likely have used West’s invention. At and Africa, Bertley realized it was time to vice president of science and innovation. the museum, visitors can use their cell start the series at the institute to increase phones to transmit signals that will illumi“This was further underscored by a rethe presence of science in everyday lives, nate LED artwork on a cell phone wall in cent trip to Senegal … where discoveries in especially for young people. In 2007, the the electricity exhibit. science and technology were showcased Franklin Institute created a series of from ancient African societies to modernThe institute has several exhibits that events called “Out of Africa,” designed to day science,” says Bertley of a recent concapture the work of black scientists, comcreate a dialogue about race. ference he attended, the Third World Festiplementing the new Black History Month This weekend’s event is presented in partval of Black Arts and Culture. exhibit “The Color of Science,” Bertley nership with the HistoryMakers, a nonprofit said. In the electricity exhibition, visitors Bertley wants the museum’s mission of organization based in Chicago that creates a education and enlightenment, through the explore a multimedia “electricity scrapvideo history of accomplished African Amerbook” and learn about lightbulbs. Some of Color of Science series, to extend beyond icans told in first-person narratives. The sciBlack History Month as part of youth outthe display stems from the creativity of reach throughout the year. After traveling entists featured on Friday’s panel have been Lewis Latimer, the only African American
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Derrick Pitts (left) and Frederic Bertley of the institute use their cell phones to light a wall of LEDs. James West, who is black, invented a microphone making cell phones possible. member of Thomas Edison’s engineering division of the Edison Co. And in The Giant Heart exhibit, visitors can learn about blood and the importance of the work of Dr. Charles Drew, a black scientist who found a way to preserve and store it. In the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, panelist Edward Tunstel loves to share information about his career to spark students’ interest. There
are very few African Americans in his field as well. “The percentage is low, in part, due to lack of exposure. I try to impart knowledge about which science, technology, engineering, and math professions are responsible for creating things around them such as cars, microwave ovens, video games, personal electronic devices, and theme park rides,” says Tunstel, who helped design
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and build both of the Mars exploration rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, while previously at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Tunstel also offers young students a science fact of special interest in this region. He notes that in 1876, Edward Bouchet was the sixth American to earn a doctorate in physics and the first African American to earn such a degree from an American uni-
versity, Yale. Bouchet taught at the Institute for Colored Youth, later renamed Cheyney University. Fellow panelist Chad Jenkins, a computer scientist and associate professor at Brown University, points out that many students are not aware of the high demand for scientists. “Students in computer science and robotics are highly sought-after for jobs,” says Jen-
kins, who was awarded the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for his work in human-robot interaction and robot learning. In 2007, Jenkins met President George W. Bush at the White House as one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his research on the development of methods for autonomous robot control and perception. Panelist Sharon Haynie, a research scientist at the DuPont Co., credits her support system for motivating her to pursue chemistry. “I grew up in a period where there were few people of color and women visible to me and I was encouraged by family, friends and educators,” says the chemist, who has been at DuPont since 1984. Haynie cites Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, from Columbia University in 1947, as someone she admires. “The Color of Science,” moderated by the institute’s chief astronomer, Derrick Pitts, will begin with one-on-one interviews with the scientists. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions. The event is also presented by the Partnerships for Achieving Careers in Technology and Science and is supported by the National Science Foundation. “The Color of Science,” 5:30 p.m. in the Franklin Theater, Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. Doors open at 5 p.m. for this free event. The theater is filled but seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis in an overflow room with a live simulcast. Information: 215-448-1200 or www.fi.edu. Contact Monica Peters at mpeters@phillynews.com.
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MilkBoy Coffee 2 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore; 610-645-5269. www.milkboycoffee.com. Steer Clear of Pedestrians. $6. 2/11. 8 pm. Quiet Storm. $8 advance; $10 day of show. 2/12. 8 pm. Jazz Open Mic. S 2/14. Adam Web. $8 advance; $10 day of show. 2/16. 8 pm. Adam Web. $8-$10. 2/16. 8 pm. The Rusty Nail 2580 Haverford Rd., Ardmore; 610-649-6245. www.thenail1.com. Connor Christian & Southern Gothic. 2/11. 9 pm. The Nail Live Radio Show. S 2/13. Alan Curtis. 2/17. 9 pm. The Note 142 E. Market St., West Chester; 800-059-4849. www.thenotewc.com. Rob Snyder. $8.
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Delicious Chef’s features, custom menu messages, flowers for your Valentine and more. PhiladelPhia 1 S. Broad St. Avenue of the Arts
(215) 568-6888
cherry hill 941 Haddonfield Rd.
At Garden State Park
(856) 317-1711
Online reservations: www.MccormickandSchmicks.com THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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Friday, February 11, 2011 8:00PM Sunday, February 13, 2011 2:00PM Arnold Bax: Elegiac Trio for clairnet, viola and harp Bernhard Garfield : Brief Interludes for bassoon and contrabassoon
Michael Glinka : Trio Pathétique in D minor for clarinet, bassoon and piano
Johannes Brahms: Quintet No. 2 in G major,
op. 111 for two violins, two violas and cello
Old Pine Street Church 4th and Pine Streets Tickets and Information: 215-542-4890
The Elysian Camerata with guest violinist: Fran Berge
music by Vaughan Williams, Beethoven and Brahms
Sunday, Feb. 13, at 3:00 PM
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill 8855 GermantownAve. Philadelphia, PA 19118 $15 free will offering suggested (215) 247-8855
www.elysiancamerata.org
Sony Online Entertainment
“DC Universe Online” enlists the likes of Superman, Batman, and Wonderwoman in the defense of Earth.
DC’s brand-name superheroes Sony PlayStation 3, $59.99 PC, $49.99 ii (out of four) By Derrik J. Lang ASSOCIATED PRESS
t’s been about a month since power-hungry billionaire Lex Luther — well, a futuristic version of Luther — unleashed scads of superpowers on the unsuspecting citizens of Metropolis and Gotham, turning everyday folks like you and me into superheroes and supervillains in order to bombard Brainiac, the intergalactic baddie intent on invading Earth. That explains why Superman and company have hundreds of new friends and foes in DC Universe Online, a massively multiplayer online game inviting gamers to craft their own characters to do battle in the virtual Metropolis and Gotham, as well as other places peeped over the past 70 years in DC Comics. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman provide newbie superheroes with their origins and inaugural missions, while those who side with the villains can choose among the Joker, Circe or Luther as their evil mentor. W24
Trade Winds from China
World premieres of new chamber works by Shih-Hui Chen, Chou Wen-Chung, Bright Sheng, and Huang Ruo
featuring the Network for New Music Ensemble Jan Krzywicki, conductor
DC Universe Online
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They’re not alone. For every marquee name, scads of esoteric characters, like sorcerer Doctor Fate and egg-shaped entity Chang Tzu, pop up in the game. Such star power obviously sets DC Universe Online apart from City of Heroes and Champions Online, the other major online superhero games. There’s nothing quite like soaring above The Daily Planet or Wayne Enterprises with your cape flapping in the wind. Of course, this is ultimately an action game, and luckily, there’s plenty of fast-paced endeavors. Superpowers stem from one of six fields — fire, ice, gadgets, mental, nature and sorcery — while an array of weapons, such as guns and swords, provide other ways to fight. The combat is crisp, and the smorgasbord of abilities is deep, providing players with plenty of options to create either completely unique characters or clones of preexisting DC legends. The missions themselves aren’t any different from other online games, ranging from tedious (rescue a certain number of bystanders, smash a particular amount of robots) to creative (become a gorilla and destroy a science lab, take down a giant demon in down-
town Metropolis). Investigations and races offer a welcome respite from the often repetitive action. It would be a dynamic experience if everything else about DC Universe Online wasn’t so buggy. During my time in Metropolis and Gotham, I witnessed citizens climbing the walls, servers going down without warning and the game crashing my system when I battled inside the Batcave. To make matters worse, the interface and chat system are wonky. Teaming up and communicating with other players is tough, especially in the PS3 edition. It’s entirely possible to plow through most missions without working alongside other heroes and villains, an unfortunate venture given that this is a massively multiplayer game with hundreds of other players working to achieve the same goals as your superpowered avatar. Such significant downfalls mean that DC Universe Online isn’t likely to be the next great massively multiplayer game, though die-hard DC Comics fans who have longed to fight alongside the likes of The Flash and Green Lantern and against villains such as Bizarro and Mr. Freeze will probably be delighted with this interactive excursion.
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Sunday, Feb 13, 7:30PM Settlement Music School 416 Queen St.
Tickets $10 - $25
www.networkfornewmusic.org
CLASSICAL MUSIC PRESENTS
the audience inCHOIRing
Fearturing the Duruflé Requiem, Bernstein’s The Lark, and a world premiere by Rollo Dilworth The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia/ Kurt Ollmann, Baritone / Bryan DeSilva, Countertenor Alan Harler, Artistic Director Don’t miss this chance to hear Philadelphia’s most historic chorus.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 at 4:00 p Tickets $25 General Admission For info and tickets, www.mcchorus.org
First Baptist Church of Philadelphia 123 S. 17th Street at Sansom, Phila (near Rittenhouse Square)
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra
Irving Ludwig, Music Director MENDELSSOHN: "Fingal’s Cave" Overture, Op. 26 MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313 Jessica Fennelly, soloist SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"
February 13 ∂ 3 pm $12-$15, Students $5 Call 610-622-1189 • www.udpac.org Upper Darby Performing Arts Center 601 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill, PA
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL STAIRS, organ LOUIS SCAGLIONE, conductor Brahms - Symphony No. 4 Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.3 Sunday, February 20 , 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Verizon Hall, The Kimmel Center Broad and Spruce Streets 215.893.1999 for tickets: $20 - $30
Friday, February 11, 2011
DANCE
MUSIC
+ 21-PC. ORCHESTRA
FEBRUARY 16-20
Spend Valentine’s Eve with
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 215.898.3900 AnnenbergCenter.org
Written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig &
and
SATURDAY - 8 PM!
Don’t miss two of New York’s most audacious troupes premiering two works in a shared program that is humorous, theatrically riveting and emotionally-charged.
CONNIE FRANCIS
TONIGHT & TOMORROW
HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 215.898.3900 AnnenbergCenter.org
DINNER THEATRE
Special Valentine’s Day Show Mystery Theatre
THEATRE FINAL WEEKEND! BOTH CLOSING SUNDAY! InterAct Presents Two New Dramas About Trauma, Healing & Spiritual Survival
MONICA BILL BARNES & COMPANY KATE WEARE COMPANY
THEATRE
ABBEY THEATRE OF IRELAND
DANCE CELEBRATION PRESENTS
DAVE KOZ
SUN., FEB. 13, 7:30 PM
TERMINUS by Mark O’Rowe A dark, supernatural odyssey set over one night in the city, TERMINUS will fully satisfy the appetite of theatre lovers through excellent acting and rich text.
TONIGHT AT 8PM!
FRI., FEB. 18, 8 PM
TAJ MAHAL TRIO + LOS LOBOS
Written & Performed by Jennifer Schelter InterAct Theatre Company Tickets $25-$32 • 2030 Sansom Street 215-568-8079• InterActTheatre.org
Coming soon! - Thurs at 7pm
SUN., FEB. 20, 7:30 PM
CLAY AIKEN
THEATRE
SYLVIA
comedy about a man and his dog
Feb 4, 5, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 8PM Feb 6 and 13 2PM
MURDER AT THE IRISH WAKE
THE "TRIED & TRUE" TOUR
Tickets $12 Res. 610-296-9245 or
SUN., FEB. 27, 7:30 PM
www.FootlightersTheater.com
Gift Certificates Available Hors d’oeuvres, Dinner & Show Fri. & Sat.
DAVID BROMBERG BIG BAND
Footlighters Theater 58 Main Ave., Berwyn
BISTRO ROMANO MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE 120 Lombard Street 215-925-8700 www.bistroromano.com
FAMILY
+ ANGEL BAND SAT., MAR. 19, 8 PM
TOWER OF POWER + AVERAGE WHITE BAND FRI. & SAT., APR. 15 & 16, 8 PM www.keswicktheatre.com 215-572-7650 800-745-3000 KESWICK THEATRE
Adapted for the stage by Laura Eason
610.644.3500 • PeoplesLight.org
PERF. ADDED 3/6 @ 7pm Sponsored by Stradley Ronon, Attorneys at Law NOW - MAR. 6 WALNUT STREET THEATRE 215-574-3550 or 800-982-2787 825 Walnut Street www.WalnutStreetTheatre.org
OVER 2,000 YEARS OF TRADITION!
Easton Rd. & Keswick Ave., Glenside, PA
20 mind-bending acrobats, cyclists, contortionists, jugglers & morea truly amazing spectacle
OPERA
Temple Theaters presents the comedy
ARABELLA / R. Strauss
Luke Housner, Music Director and Pianist
by Charles Mee directed by Jill Harrison
Feb 19, 22, 24, 26, Mar 1 @ 7:30 pm
February 9 - 20
Easton Rd. & Keswick Ave., Glenside, PA
Warden Theatre at AVA / 1920 Spruce St. 215 735-1685 or www.avaopera.org
JAZZ
Buy Tix: 1-800-838-3006 www.temple.edu/sct/theater Info/Groups: 1-215-204-1122
Opera Company of Philadelphia presents
TOMLINSON THEATER
THE PEKING ACROBATS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
SUN., MAR. 6, 3 PM
www.keswicktheatre.com 215-572-7650 800-745-3000 KESWICK THEATRE
Prez’ Day Weekend Latin Jazz Party!
JAZZ DOCTOR’S w/ PABLO BATISTA Fri- Sat Feb 18-19, 9 pm - midnight Roller’s Flying Fish 8142 Germantown Ave. (Chestnut Hill) Call 215-247-0707 www.myspace.com/the jazzdoctors
A VALENTINE JAZZ VESPERS The Ithan Chamber Jazz Society Is pleased to present recording artist
Song Stylist Suzanne Cloud
Sunday, February 13, 2011 7:00PM Christ Church, Ithan 536 Conestoga Rd, Villanova, PA 19085 Info: 610-688-1110 $5.00 per Person suggested free will offering
MUSIC
Friday, February 11, 2011
The Academy of Vocal Arts
BIG LOVE
ROMEO & JULIET
February 11, 13m, 16, 18 & 20m On Sale Now! 215-893-1018 • operaphila.org Academy of Music Broad & Locust Street
1301 W. Norris Sts. between 13th & Broad Sts.
The 21st Annual
Madrigal Dinner
Host Tony Braithwaite is "witty" & "spur-of-the-moment funny" -Howard Shapiro, Philadelphia Inquirer
ACT II PLAYHOUSE
THE MEDIA THEATRE One of Time Magazine’s 10 Best Musicals
February 25 & 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Tonight at 8pm Sat at 2pm & 8pm, Sun at 2pm 215.922.1122 • ardentheatre.org
Arden Theatre Company
40 N. 2nd St., Old City, Philadelphia
With Jennie Eisenhower and Marcus Stevens February 9-27
3141 Chestnut Street
THE MEDIA THEATRE
610-891-0100 www.mediatheatre.org
ADVERTISE IN THIS GUIDE CALL 215-854-5366 OR FAX 215-854-5780
Ekatarina Stetsyuk, soprano Sein An, violin Anthony Cornet, piano
Featuring the winners of the annual student soloists competition, including works by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Prokofiev and Sibelius.
Friday, February 11 at 7:30pm Luis Biava, conductor
Lew Klein Hall, Temple Performing Arts Center Broad Street and Polett Walk, Phila, PA
Sunday, February 13 at 3:00pm André Raphel, guest conductor Free admission. info: 215.204.7600
Laugh Away Your Winter Blues! OPENING TONIGHT AT 7:30p Penelope Reed & Zoran Kovcic star in
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Keyboard Kaleidoscope
Exploring keyboard literature for harpsichord, fortepiano and piano
Friday, February 18 at 7:30pm Bach Concertos for 2, 3 and 4 Harpsichords and Strings
Sat 4p (Sat 7:30p sold out), Sun 2p America’s First Repertory Theatre 64 Rose Valley Road, Media 610-565-4211 - HedgerowTheatre.org
The vintage classic - a delicious take on marital passions gone ballistic Winner of 2002 Tony award for Best Revival
û PRIVATE LIVES û by Noel Coward
Feb. 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 @ 8:00, Feb. 13, 20 @ 2:00
Tickets $16.00 Online, $20 At-door (Thu. 2-for-$25)
Performed by Boyer College students Coached by Joyce Lindorff and Nancy Wilson
Saturday, February 19 at 7:30pm Mozart and the Fortepiano
Foretpiano Quartets K 478 and K 493 and Sonata K 310 performed by Boyer College students coached by Charles Abramovic
Sunday, February 20 at 3:00pm Chopin and the Piano Concerto
Boyer College students coached by Alexander Fiorillo perform the 1st American performance of Chopin’s piano concerti arr. for string quartet
The Stagecrafters
Sunday, February 20 at 7:30pm
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Solo piano works performed by Mikhail Yanovitsky and duo piano orchestral and opera transcriptions performed by Maxim Mogilevsky and Svetlana Smolina
"Fine and fierce...an excellent production !" - Philadelphia Inquirer "Sure-handed and impeccably crafted!" - Philadelphia Weekly
by David Mamet directed by Scott Zigler NOW EXTENDED THRU FEB. 20TH! 215.985.0420•PhiladelphiaTheatreCompany.org Suzanne Roberts Theatre-Broad and Lombard St.
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Temple University Symphony Orchestra
Centennial Hall, Haverford School 450 W. Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA
8130 Germantown Ave. (Chestnut Hill) 215-247-8881•www.thestagecrafters.org
For tickets visit http://madrigal.westphal.drexel.edu More info: http://drexel.edu/madrigaldinner or call 215.895.2782
The Great Court, Main Building
"Powerful Theatre" -KYW
Now Playing Until Feb. 20!
Join us in 1611 for Renaissance fare, music and merriment. Dinner and concert $21.95
Directed by Matt Pfeiffer
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www.act2.org or call 215-654-0200 56 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, PA Drexel University Chamber Singers present
Eugene O’Neill’s American Masterpiece
Tkts. $15-20
Gounod’s A new, contemporary production Starring, Stephen Costello and Ailyn Pérez
PEOPLE’S LIGHT & THEATRE
Rt. 401 btw. Rts. 30 & 202, Malvern
Solos and Beyond (Transcriptions)
Rock Hall Auditorium Broad St. and Cecil B. Moore Ave., Phila, PA free admission. info: www.temple.edu/boyer
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Theater Professional/semi-professional A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugene O'Neill's companion piece to 'Long Day's Journey Into Night.' Closes 2/27. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. 2nd St.; 215-922-1122. $29-$48. Abbey Theatre: Terminus The tale of three very different individuals thrown into a fantastical world. Closes 2/20. Annenberg Center - Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-6701. www.abbeytheatre.ie. $25-$40. EgoPo: Artaud Unbound Four brand-new short works by Antonin Artaud. Closes 2/20. The Latvian Society of Philadelphia (Philadelphia Society of Free Letts), 531 N. 7th St. $30. Grease: National Tour Rockin' musical direct from Broadway. W/Taylor Hicks as 'Teen Angel.' Closes 7/19. DuPont Theatre, W. 10th St. at North St. Market, Wilmington; 1-800-338-0881. $50-$65. Great American Trailer Park Musical Trailer park residents are thrown for a loop when a stripper moves in. Closes 3/5. Montgomery Theater, 124 N. Main St., Souderton; 215-723-9984. $33-$37. Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium: The Empire Builders Dark comedy about a middle-class family being haunted by a strange & scary noise. Closes 2/27. Walnut Street Theatre - Studio 5, 825 Walnut St. www.idiopathicridiculopathyconsortium.or g. $20. Lidless Explores the blurry line between revenge & redemption. Closes 2/13. Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St.; 215-568-8079. $27-$32. Love Lessons From Abu Ghraib Jennifer Schelter's one-woman performance chronicling her personal journey healing former detainees. Closes 2/13. Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St.; 215-568-8079. $25. Love Letters Friendship & spiritual relationship of two characters explored as they read letters they wrote to one another over 50-year relationship. Closes 2/13. Eagle Theatre, 208 Vine St., Hammonton, NJ; 609-704-5012. $15; $13 seniors and students. Luna Theater Company: Blasted Luna presents dark side of humanity with the Philadelphia premiere of Sarah Kane's brutal work. Closes 2/26. Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St.; 866-811-4111. www.lunatheater.org. $25-$32. Nocturne Adam Rapp's story of how grief can unravel a family. Closes 2/26. Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St.; 215-665-9720. www.flashpointtheatre.org. $18-$20; $15-$18 students and seniors. Norman Thomas Marshall: John Brown Trumpet of Freedom One-man play on the experiences & mission of Harpers Ferry leader John Brown. Closes 2/19. Robin's Books and Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th St.; 215-735-9600. $20; $15 seniors and students. Parenting 101: The Musical Hilarious new musical about the many ups & downs of raising kids. Closes 3/6. Kimmel Center, Broad & Spruce Sts.; 215-893-1999. $35-$47. Peek-a-Boo Revue Philadelphia's premier burlesque show. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. www.peekaboorevue.com. $29-$34; $10 food and drink minimum for reserved seating. Philadelphia Theatre Company: Race A black lawyer & a white lawyer defend a white executive from charges he raped a black girl. Tensions mount. Closes 2/13. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420. $46-$59. Plaza Suite Neil Simon comedy about
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“The Great American Trailer Park Musical,” featuring (from left) Paul McElwee, Carly Brooke Pearlstein, Leah Walton, Rachel Camp, and Marissa Hines, continues through March 5 at Montgomery Theater, Souderton.
two married couples spending an evening in the same glitzy NY hotel. Closes 3/6. Hedgerow Theatre, 64 Rose Valley Rd., Media; 610-565-4211. $22-$25; $19-$22 seniors; $10 students under 18. Private Lives Noel Coward's satiric & sophisticated comedy classic. Closes 2/20. Stagecrafters Theater, 8130 Germantown Ave.; 215-247-8881. $16 advance, $20 day of show; $25 for two on Thu. only. Save the Day Productions: Super Heroes Who Are Super! Staged readings of classic comic books. 2d Saturdays 10:30 pm. Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St.; 1-800-595-4849 (4TIX). www.savethedayproductions.org. $12 advance; $15 day of show. Stomp: National Tour Lively show blends dance with percussion music played with buckets, brooms & other unusual "instruments." Closes 2/20. University of the Arts - Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-732-5446. www.stomponline.com/. $25-$75. The How & the Why An up-&-coming evolutionary biologist & an established expert verbally spar in a search for the truth. Closes 2/13. Princeton University McCarter Theatre, 91 University Pl., Princeton; 609-258-2787 (ARTS). $20-$65. The Last 5 Years Jason Robert Brown's bittersweet musical romance. Closes 2/27. Media Theatre for the Performing Arts, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100. $27-$49. Theatre Exile: The Lieutenant of Inishmore Black comedy about a man out for revenge after his cat is slain. Closes 3/13. Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St.; Reservations required: 215-735-0630 or 1-800-595-4849 (4TIX). theatreexile.org. $18. Waiting for Lefty Clifford Odets lays out the price paid by average people when a society falls apart. Closes 2/20. Waterfront South Theatre, 400 Jasper St., Camden; Box Office: 866-811-4111. $15.
Family theater Encore Performing Arts: Rosa's Ride Play based on the landmark bus ride undertaken by civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Closes 2/15. Keswick Theatre,
291 Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650. www.encoreperformingarts.com. $8.50. Lynn Trefzger Closes 2/12. Bucks County Performing Arts Center at Yardley Community Centre, 64 S. Main St., Morrisville; 215-493-3010. $10. 2/12. 3 pm. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Stage adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel. Closes 3/13. People's Light & Theatre Company, 39 Conestoga Rd., Malvern; 610-644-3500. $31; $20 children 17 and under. The Little Prince Stage adaptation of Antoine de Saint Exupery's beloved book. Closes 2/13. Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol; 215-785-0100. $31-$36; $10 students 25 and under. The Snow Queen Musical adaptation of the fairy tale. Closes 2/26. Hedgerow Theatre, 64 Rose Valley Rd., Media; 610-565-4211. $11; $9 children. Theatreworks USA: Click, Clack, Moo — Cows That Type Stage adaptation of the Caldecott Award-winning children's book. Closes 2/12. Appel Farm Arts & Music Center, 457 Shirley Rd., Elmer; 609-358-2472. www.theatreworksusa.org. $10.
Community theater Absinthe Heroes A steampunk rock opera. Closes 2/13. Home Fine Art, 2 Church St., Mount Holly. absintheheroes.com. $15 advance; $20 day of show. An Evening of New and Emerging Female Playwrights A play directed by two Philadelphia-area professional directors. Closes 2/20. West Chester University, 700 S. High St., West Chester; 610-436-1000. $5. Bridge Players Theatre Company: Gypsy Musical based on the 1957 memoirs of burlesque diva Gypsy Rose Lee. Closes 2/26. Broad Street United Methodist Church, 36 E Broad St., Burlington; 856-303-7620. www.bridgeplayerstheatre.com. $20 includes dessert and beverage; $45 includes dinner at Cafe Gallery Restaurant. Curio Theatre: Great Expectations Curio Theatre Company presents Charles
Dickens' story of love, revenge, redemption & the discovery of self. Closes 3/5. Calvary Center for Culture & Community, 801 S. 48th St; 215-525-1350. www.curiotheatre.org. $10-$15. How I Learned to Drive Paula Vogel's emotionally gripping drama. Closes 2/20. Rowan University - Tohill Theatre, 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro; Box Office: 856-256-4545. $10; $5 seniors, non-Rowan students, Rowan staff & alumni; free for Rowan students. Marple Newtown Players - V-Day Swarthmore: The Vagina Monologues Proceeds from this performance will support S.A.F.E. (Safety from Abuse for Everyone). Closes 2/11. Swarthmore United Methodist Church, 129 Park Ave., Swarthmore; 610-328-1079. marplenewtownplayers.com. $10. Murder in the Cathedral Dramatization of the conflict that led to the 1170 murder & martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Closes 2/19. Villanova University, 800 E. Lancaster Ave., Villanova. $10; $7 students. Of Mice & Men Stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer-winning novel. Closes 2/19. Haddonfield Plays & Players, 957 E. Atlantic Ave., Haddonfield; 856-429-8139. $12-$20. Philadelphia Young Playwrights & InterAct Theatre Company: Young Voices High School Monologue Festival Professional actors present staged performances of 15 winning monologues penned by regional high school students. Closes 2/19. Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St.; 215-568-8079. www.PhillyYoungPlaywrights.org. $5. Recent Tragic Events Craig Wright's comedy about a blind date set in extreme circumstances. Closes 2/12. Players Club of Swarthmore, 614 Fairview Rd., Swarthmore; TheaterMania: 866-811-4111. $10. Sylvia Trouble ensues when a couple clash over a dog the husband wants to keep. Closes 2/19. Footlighters Theater, 58 Main Ave., Berwyn; Box Office: 610-296-9245. $12. The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov's final play tells the story of a formerly wealthy family on the verge of losing their home. Closes 2/20. Villanova University - Vasey
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Hall, 800 E. Lancaster Ave., Villanova; 610-519-7474. $23-$25. The Diary of Anne Frank Stage adaptation of the book about a Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis. Closes 2/20. Camden County College - Dennis Flyer Theatre, 200 College Dr., Blackwood; Mainstage Center: 856-227-3091. $13-$21. The Odd Couple Neil Simon comedy about a slob & a neat freak who wind up as roommates. Closes 2/27. Dutch Country Playhouse (DCP Theatre), 795 Ridge Rd., Telford; 215-234-0966. $12; $10 seniors and children under 12. The Savannah Disputation Two spirited Catholic sisters take on a visiting missionary who's trying to convert them. Closes 3/12. Off-Broad Street Theatre, Five S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell; Reservations required: 609-466-2766. $27.50-$29.50. Uncle Vanya Actors' NET of Bucks County presents Anton Chekhov's comic gem. Closes 2/13. Morrisville Heritage Center, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville; Reservations required: 215-296-3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. $20; $17 seniors; $10 children 12 and under. Woman Works An evening of emerging female playwrights. West Chester University - Goshen Studio Theatre, 125 N. Campus Dr., West Chester; 610-436-2533. $5.
Dinner theater Murder at the Irish Wake Comic murder mystery centered on an Irish wake, where the dear departed may have had outside help in taking his leave. Bistro Romano, 120 Lombard St.; Mystery Dinner Theatre Box Office: 215-238-1313. $42.95.
Classical Music
Orchestral/Chamber Music A Valentine's Classical Brunch Several Philadelphia Orchestra musicians perform w/pianist Natalie Zhu. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. $17. 2/13. Noon. Altenburg Brass Brass "supergroup," consisting of principal players of the Philadelphia Orchestra & top national freelancers. St. Mark's Church, 1625 Locust St. www.altenburgbrass.com. Donations accepted. 2/14. 7 pm. Bryn Athyn Orchestra Featuring the music of Wagner, Mahler & Strauss. Mitchell Performing Arts Center, 800 Tomlinson Rd., Bryn Athyn; 267-502-2979. www.baorchestra.org. $15; $12 seniors; $5 full-time students; free 12 and under. 2/13. 3 pm. Calvary Community Series: Serafin String Quartet & Grant Youngblood, Baritone Delaware-based string quartet & vocalist Youngblood perform works by Barber, Mozart & Beethoven. Calvary Hillcrest Episcopal Church, 304 Lore Ave., Wilmington. www.serafinquartet.org. Donations accepted. 2/13. 2 pm. Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia: Dirke Brosse, Conductor Featuring the music of Faure, Mendelssohn & Beethoven. Temple University - Temple Performing Arts Center (formerly Baptist Temple), 1837 N Broad St.; Liacouras Center Box Office: 1-800-298-4200. www.chamberorchestra.org. $28. 2/15. 7:30 pm. Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia: Mendelssohn/Beethoven Violinist Elena Urioste is featured in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto No. 2. Also works by Faure & Beethoven. Kimmel Center, Broad & Spruce Sts.; 215-893-1999. \www.chamberorchestra.org. $20-$58. Chamber Winds and Concert Band WCU Chamber Winds and Concert Band perform. West Chester University -
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Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, University Ave., West Chester; 610-436-2533. $10; $5 seniors and students. 2/13. 3 pm. Curtis Symphony Orchestra: Juanjo Mena, Conductor Featuring the music of Higdon, Hindemith & Shostakovich, w/soloists to include violinist Hilary Hahn. Kimmel Center, Broad & Spruce Sts.; 215-893-1999. www.curtis.edu. $5-$40. 2/14. 8 pm. Delaware County Youth Connection A youth connection group for teens in grades 8-12. Holcomb Health Systems Prevention Education Office - Corner S.P.O.T., 126 E. Baltimore Ave., Media; 484-444-0412. Free. Evening in the Colonial Kitchen Interact with food historians & historical characters while enjoying colonial cuisine. Cock 'n Bull Restaurant. Reservations recommended. Peddler's Village, Rtes. 202 & 263, Lahaska; 215-794-4000. peddlersvillage.com/dining/colonial%20kit chen%20dinner.htm. $19.95; $10.95 kids. Kennett Symphony Young Artists Junior Instrumental Competition Instrumentalists in grades 4-8 compete for prizes. Kendal-at-Longwood - Auditorium, 1109 E. Baltimore Pike, Kennett Square. Free. 2/12. 9 am. Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra: Valentine's Day Concert Featuring the music of Mendelssohn, Mozart & Schubert. Irving Ludwig conducts. Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, 601 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill; Box Office: 610-622-1189. www.lansdowneso.org. $12-$15; $5 students. 2/13. 3 pm. Leo Kottke Folk guitarist who often explores outside traditional harmony & rhythm. Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville. www.leokottke.com/. $24.50-$38.50. 2/11. 8 pm. Master Players Concert Series: David Kim & Marian Lee, Violinist & Pianist Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster Kim performs with UD faculty artist Lee. University of Delaware, 114 College Sq, Newark; 302-831-2204. $25; $20 seniors;
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$10 students with ID. 2/13. 3 pm. Mimi Solomon, Pianist Works by Schumann & Ives. Eastern University McInnis Auditorium, 1300 Eagle Rd., Wayne; 610-649-2517. www.tricountyconcerts.org. $18; $12 seniors; free for students and children. 2/13. Noon. Music Masters: A Tribute to the Piano Six pianists perform selections by Schubert, Dvorak, Lizst, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Brahms & David Brown. Music School of Delaware, 4101 N. Washington St., Wilmington; 302-762-1132. $10; $5 students and seniors. 2/16. 7 pm. Network for New Music: Trade Winds from China When the refined delicacy of Chinese performance practice joins with the traditions of European art music, the result is an exquisite blend of the familiar and the unexpected. The beautiful harmonies and intricate rhythms of aboriginal Formosan folk tunes inspire 'Our Names,' a major new work by Shih-Hui Chen, while the multilayered cultures of China and its peoples are reimagined in new music by Chou Wen-Chung, Bright Sheng, and Huang Ruo. Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford. networkfornewmusic.org/trade-winds-from -china. Free. 2/11. 8 pm. Also Settlement Music School - Mary Louise Curtis Branch, 416 Queen St.; 215-336-0400. $20; $15 seniors and students. 2/13. 7:30 pm. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Musicale West Chester University - Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, University Ave., West Chester; 610-436-2533. $10; $5 seniors and students. 2/17. 8:15 pm. Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble The oldest continuously performing chamber ensemble in Philadelphia. Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 412 Pine St. www.pce.libertynet.org/. $25; $5 students. Philadelphia Orchestra: The Thomashefskys The Orchestra & four singers bring to life the story of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas' grandparents, immigrants from Eastern Europe. Kimmel Center, Broad & Spruce Sts.; 215-893-1999. www.philorch.org. $25-$65. Philadelphia Orchestra: Tilson Thomas Returns Works by Schubert, Bernstein & Beethoven w/Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. Kimmel Center, Broad & Spruce Sts.; 215-893-1999. www.philorch.org. $20-$130. Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey: Winter Concert All-American program, accompanied by the Eastern H.S. Choirs. Eastern High School, 1401 Laurel Oak Rd., Voorhees; 856-779-2600. $25; $20 seniors and students. 2/13. 3 pm. Princeton Symphony PSO Pops!: The Broadway Concert Broadway hits that were later brought to the silver screen. Featuring Brent Barrett & Anna Bergman. Princeton University Richardson Auditorium, Nassau St. & University Pl., Princeton; 609-258-5000. www.princetonsymphony.org. $35; $20 students. 2/12. 8 pm. Sweet Romance Violist Victoria Voronyansky & pianist Yuko Izuhara-Gordon perform Romantic pieces, followed by gourmet chocolate reception. Anchor Presbyterian Church, 980 Durham Rd. (Rte. 413), Newtown. www.redviola.com. $20; $15 students and children. 2/11. 8 pm. Temple University Symphony Orchestra: Luis Biava, Conductor Featuring the music of Tchaikovsky & Sibelius. Temple University - Temple Performing Arts Center (formerly Baptist Temple), 1837 N Broad St.; Liacouras Center Box Office: 800-298-4200. Free. 2/11. 7:30 pm. The Absinthe Drinkers Philadelphia-based trio who play literature-inspired tunes in
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a variety of genres. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave.; 267-671-9298. www.theabsinthedrinkers.com. $7. 2/17. 9 pm. Vincent Craig, Pianist West Chester University - Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, University Ave., West Chester; 610-436-2533. $10; $5 seniors and students. 2/14. 7:30 pm.
Opera/Choral Absalom Jones Festival Liturgy and reception honoring Jones, the first African American priest in the Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Cathedral, 3723 Chestnut St. Free. 2/12. 9:30 am. Allentown Symphony: Carmen Semi-staged production of Bizet's popular opera. Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown; 610-432-6715. www.allentownsymphony.org. $25-$45. Amici Opera: La Boheme Dock Woods Community Center, 275 Dock Dr., Lansdale; 215-224-0257. $22 advance and seniors; $25 day of show; $15 students; $10 children 12 & under. 2/13. 2:30 pm. Center City Opera Theater: Maren of Vardo Music Workshop Jeff Myers & Royce Vavrek's 'Maren of Vardo,' a new opera based on witch trials of 17th century Norway. Ethical Society of Philadelphia, 1906 Rittenhouse Square www.operatheater.org. $10. 2/13. 3 pm. Cordus Mundi 16-member all-male a cappella singing group. 215-862-3982. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 877 Street Rd., Southampton. www.cordusmundi.com. $13. 2/13. 3 pm. WCU Concert Choir and Mastersingers WCU students perform. West Chester University - Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, University Ave., West Chester; 610-436-2533. $10; $5 seniors and students. Winter Choral Festival The WCU Choir presents the Winter Choral Festival at the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall. West Chester University - Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, Phillips Memorial Bldg., West Chester. $10; $5 seniors and students. 2/16. 8:15 pm.
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of romantic gypsy jazz w/Lower East Side Hot Club & live dancers. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-763-8100. Included in admission. 2/11. 5-8:45 pm. Atlantic City Ballet: Lover's Program Dance performance featuring the choreography of artistic director Phyllis Papa, Kristaps Kikulis & Paula Sloan. Lower Cape May Regional High School, 687 Rte. 9, Cape May; 609-804-1995. www.acballet.org. $27; $24 seniors 55 and over; $15 children 12 and under. 2/12. 3 pm. Bryn Athyn College Dance Ensemble: Winter Dance Concert Bryn Athyn College students perform. Mitchell Performing Arts Center, 800 Tomlinson Rd., Bryn Athyn. www.brynathyn.edu. Donation suggested: $3. 2/11. 8 pm. Israeli Dancing Informal weekly sessions. New dancers welcome. Germantown Jewish Centre, 400 W. Ellet St.; 215-844-1507 ext. 19. $5. Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers The company's choreography reflects a fusion of modern American & Asian traditions. Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St.; 215-925-9914. www.kunyanglin.org. $25. Monica Bill Barnes & Company & Kate Weare Company Two of New York's boldest dance companies participate in a shared program. Annenberg Center Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; Box Office: 215-898-3900. www.monicabillbarnes.com. $24-$48. Salsa Lessons & Dancing Lessons followed by open dancing w/DJ Rombero spinning salsa, merengue & baccata. Coastline, 1240 Brace Rd., Cherry Hill; 856-795-1773. Savion Glover Acclaimed dancer known for his hit production 'Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk.' Kimmel Center, Broad & Spruce Sts.; 215-893-1999. $33-$65. 2/13. 3 pm. Shahrzad Khorsandi: Persian Dance Demonstration. Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5372. Free. 2/13. 2 pm. Traditional Irish Music Session Features local set & step dancers & musicians. Those who play instruments are welcome to join in. Plough & The Stars, 123 Chestnut St.; 215-733-0300. Free.
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BCKSEET Productions: 7th Annual Valentine's Day Benefit Concert Concert of music from BCKSEET's forthcoming original show 'The Holy Wow.' L'Etage, 625 Bainbridge & 6th Sts.; 267-603-3533. www.bckseet.com. $20. 2/13. 7 pm. Celebrating Sondheim Concert featuring a selection of composer Stephen Sondheim's romance-themed songs. Tri-County Performing Arts Center, 245 E. High St., Pottstown; 877-772-5425 (CLICK). $17; $15 students and seniors; $13 children 12 and under. Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Philadelphia Drawing session turned cabaret event. Emcees, colorful costumes, contests & more. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. www.drsketchyphilly.blogspot.com. $15. 2/12. 2 pm. Eddie Bruce Cabaret musician with over 25 years experience. Bob Egan's New Hope Supper Club and Cabaret, 6426 Lower York Rd., New Hope. $25 cover; $25 food and drink minimum. 2/12. 8:30 pm. Karen Gross Versatile singer-songwriter, cabaret performer, vocalist & pianist. Bob Egan's New Hope Supper Club and Cabaret, 6426 Lower York Rd., New Hope. www.karengross.com. $20 cover; $15 food and drink minimum. 2/11. 8:30 pm. Puppet Theater with Marsha Parsha and Rabbi Rocky Part of Tifereth Israel's Mazel Tot service, this event is a fun way for children to understand the lessons of the Torah. Congregation Tifereth Israel, 2909 Bristol Rd., Bensalem. Free. 2/12. 11 am-noon. Somebody Loves Me: The Music of George Gershwin Vocalist Demetria Joyce Bailey & her trio perform a selection of Gershwin classics. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. $25; $20 ages 35 and under. 2/12. 7 pm. Valentine's Day Romance & Dance Cabaret performance by Eddie Bruce, a gourmet dinner and dessert buffet; dance the night away with a valentine. Top of the Tower, 1717 Arch St., 51st. Fl.; 215-567-8787. $270 per couple; $135 per person. 2/13. 4:30-11:59 pm.
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African American Heritage Museum 661 Jackson Rd., Newtonville; 609-704-5495. www.aahmsnj.org. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-3 pm. Barnes Foundation 300 North Latchs La., Merion Station; 610-667-0290. www.barnesfoundation.org. Gallery Highlights Tours. $30. $15 (reservations required). Thu.-Sun. 9:30 am-5 pm. Brandywine River Museum Rte. 1 & Rte. 100, Chadds Ford; 610-388-2700. www.brandywinemuseum.org. J Brandywine Heritage Galleries. Andrew Wyeth Gallery. N.C. Wyeth Gallery. Bayard & Mary Sharp Gallery. Romance in Conflict: N.C. Wyeth's Civil War. Guided Gallery Tours With Victoria Wyeth. $10; $6 seniors, students & children 6-12; free for children under 6. Daily 9:30 am-4:30 pm.
Chemical Heritage Foundation 315 Chestnut St.; 215-925-2178. www.chemheritage.org. Elemental Matters: Artists Imagine Chemistry. Free. Science on Tap. Free. 2/14. 6 pm. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm. Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Pkwy., Wilmington; 302-571-9590. www.delart.org. J Howard Pyle & His Students. John Sloan. American Art, 19th Century to the Present. The Copeland Sculpture Park. Cool & Collected: Portfolios of Photographs from the Museum Collection. Fred Comegys Photographs. Highlights Tour. Exhibition Tour. $12; $10 seniors; $6 students & children 7-18; free for children 6 & under; $25 family of 4; free for everyone on Sun.. Wed.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. noon-4 pm. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts 200 S. Madison St., Wilmington; 302-656-6466. www.thedcca.org/. The
Book: A Contemporary View. Free. Jackie Brown: Brain Fruit. Free. Jeffrey Stockbridge: Philadelphia. Free. Jennilie Brewster: We Are Our Stuff. Free. Linda Celestian: Waterways. Free. Closes 2/27. Drew Zimmerman. Free. Closes 2/27. Tue., Thu.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Wed. & Sun. noon-5 pm. The Fabric Workshop & Museum 1214 Arch St.; 215-568-1111. www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org. J Robert Pruitt, Jiha Moon & Jim Drain: New American Voices II. Donation suggested: $3; free for children under 12. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-6 pm; Sat.-Sun. noon-5 pm. Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S. 36th St.; 215-898-7108. www.icaphila.org. J Set Pieces. Free. Closes 2/13. Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry. Free. Whenever Wednesday: Weaving as a Metaphor Lecture Series - Architecture. Free. 2/16. 6:30 pm. PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Series: Mika Rottenberg. 2/17. 6 pm. Wed.-Fri. noon-8 pm, Sat.-Sun. 11 am-5 pm. James A. Michener Art Museum 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800. www.michenerartmuseum.org. J The Lenfest Exhibition of Pennsylvania Impressionism. Visual Heritage of Bucks County. Facing Out, Facing In. $10; $9 seniors; $7.50 students;$5 youth 6-18; free for children under 6. Tue.-Fri.10 am-4:30 pm, Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm. La Salle University - Art Museum 1900 W. Olney Ave.; 215-951-1221. www.lasalle.edu/museum. Benton Spruance: City Views. Free. Closes 3/4. Donations accepted. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm; Sun. 2 pm-4 pm. Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts 1048 Washington St., Cape May; 609-884-5404. www.capemaymac.org/. . Noyes Museum of Art - Hammonton Five S. Second St., Hammonton; 609-561-8006. www.noyesmuseum.org/hammonton.html . Tue.-Wed. 11 am-6 pm; Thu. 1 pm-9 pm; Fri.-Sat. 11 am-7 pm. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 N. Broad St.; 215-972-7600. www.pafa.org. J Tom LaDuke: run generator. Free. Closes 3/6. Anatomy/Academy. $15; $12 seniors and
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children 13-18; free for children 12 and under. American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed, Reloaded. Pictures of the Body. $10; $8 seniors & students; $6 youth 5-18; free for members & children under 5. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 11 am-5 pm. Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th St. & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-763-8100. www.philamuseum.org. A Glimpse of Paradise: Gold in Islamic Art. Monumental 'Miniatures': Large-Scale Paintings from India. Virtues & Vices: Moralizing Prints in the Low Countries, 1550-1600. Closes 2/27. Chinese Snuff Bottles. New York Dada. Informed by Fire: Highlights of American Ceramics. Threaded Adornment: Four Centuries of English Embroidery. The Montiers of Philadelphia. Isamu Noguchi at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. $16; $14 seniors 65 and over; $12 students and children 12-18; free for children under 12. Tue.-Thu., Sat.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm; Fri. 10 am-8:45 pm. Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building Fairmount Ave.; 215-763-8100. www.philamuseum.org. Tailoring Philadelphia: Tradition & Innovation in Menswear. Alessi: Ethical & Radical. The Peacock Male: Exuberance & Extremes in Masculine Dress. Mark Cohen: Strange Evidence. $7. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm. Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art 615 N. Broad St.; 215-627-6747. www.rodephshalom.org. Permanent Collection. Free. The Dura Europos Project: An Ancient Site Revisited Through 21st Century Eyes. Free. Free. Mon.-Thu. 10 am-4 pm; Fri. 10 am-2 pm. Rodin Museum Franklin Parkway at 22nd St.; 215-763-8100. www.rodinmuseum.org. J Donation suggested: $3. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm. Rosenbach Museum & Library 2008-2010 Delancey Pl.; 215-732-1600. www.rosenbach.org. J Hands-on Tours. Closes 2/27. $10; $8 seniors; $5 students & youth 5-18; free for children under 5. Tue., Fri. noon-5 pm; Wed.-Thu. noon-8 pm; Sat.-Sun. noon-6 pm; closed Mon. and holidays. The Temple Judea Museum 8339 Old York Rd., Elkins Park; 215-887-2027. www.kenesethisrael.org/mus.htm. Mon.-Thu. 9 am-5 pm; Fri. 9 am-8 pm; Sun. 9:30 am-1 pm. Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion 319 East State St., Trenton; 609-989-3632. www.ellarslie.org. Decorative Arts Collection. Free. Fine Arts Collection. Free. Historical Artifacts Collection. Free. The Art of Tom Chesar and Clifford Ward. Free. Closes 2/27. Ann Darlington: Photographs. Free. Closes 2/27. Donation suggested: $5; $3 seniors & students. Tue.-Sat. 11 am-3 pm; Sun. 1-4 pm. Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College Main St., Collegeville; 610-409-3500. www.ursinus.edu/berman. Donald E. Camp: Dust Shaped Hearts. Donations accepted. Spaces, Places & Identity: Robert Frank - Portraits. Donations accepted. The Urban Landscape: Ancient to Contemporary From the Permanent Collection. Donations accepted. Distinguished Artist Lecture: David Graham, Photographer. Free. 2/16. 7 pm. Donations accepted. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm; Sat.-Sun. noon-4:30 pm. Closed Mon. & college holidays. Woodmere Art Museum 9201 Germantown Ave.; 215-247-0476. www.woodmereartmuseum.org. Collecting Ourselves: Then, Now and Next. Free. John Folinsbee & American Modernism, 1920-1940. $10; $8 seniors; free for children and students with ID. Closes 3/6. Sam Maitin: Prints & Places. $10; $8 seniors; free for children and students with ID. Closes 3/6. Diane
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Burko & Richard Ryan: Voices in a Collaboration. Free. Closes 3/6. William Penn Charter School Student Exhibition. Free. Closes 2/27. The Cities, the Towns, the Crowds: The Paintings of Robert Spencer. $15; $12 members. 2/13. 2 pm. Free. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 1-5 pm.
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Philadelphia 3rd Street Gallery 58 N. Second St.; 215-625-0993. www.3rdstreetgallery.com. Philadelphia Community Exhibition. Free. Closes 2/27. Allens Lane Art Center 601 W. Allens Ln.; 215-248-0546. www.allenslane.org. Two Sculptors: Simone Spicer & Richard Weiner. Free. Closes 2/18. Art in City Hall 701 City Hall; 215-686-9912. www.phila.gov/artincityhall. Dysfunctional Furniture. Free. Closes 2/25. 11th National Arts Program Exhibtion at Philadelphia. Free. Closes 2/18. Artists' House Gallery 57 N. Second St.; 215-923-8440. www.artistshouse.com. Joseph Lozano: Oil Paintings. Free. Closes 2/27. David Graeme Baker: Oil Paintings. Free. Closes 2/27. Scott Jackson: Oil Paintings. Free. Closes 2/27. Susan Odessey: Oil Paintings. Free. Closes 2/27. The Arts Garage 1516 Parrish St.; 215-765-2702. theartsgarage.com. Artiphax. $5 after 11 pm. Closes 2/24. KrAzE KaRaoKe. $5. Closes 2/28. Asian Arts Initiative 1219-1223 Vine St.; 215-557-0455. www.asianartsinitiative.org. Rodney Atienza: Chinatown Live(s). Donations accepted. Athenaeum of Philadelphia 219 S. 6th St.; 215-925-2688. www.philaathenaeum.org. Colette Fu: Haunted Philadelphia. Free. AxD Gallery (AlwaysbyDesign) 265 S. 10th St.; 215-627-6250. www.a-x-d.com. Larry Wood: Woman/Object. Free. Closes 2/19. Center for Architecture 1218 Arch St.; 215-569-3186. www.philadelphiacfa.org. Walking Tour: Emergence of a Modern Metropolis. $15; $5 children under 12. Cerulean Arts 1355 Ridge Ave.; 267-514-8647. www.ceruleanarts.com. States of Place. Free. Closes 2/18. The Clay Studio 139 N. 2nd St.; 215-925-3453. www.theclaystudio.org/. Claymobile Creations. Free. Closes 2/27. Jessica Stoller. Free. Closes 2/27. Date Night. $130-$150. Closes 2/14. Crane Arts 1400 N. American St.; 215-232-3203. www.cranearts.com. Italian Video Today: Social & Individual Identity. Free. Closes 2/13. Melinda Steffy: Myth/Memory. Free. Closes 2/27. Inscrutable. Free. Closes 2/26. Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery 33rd St.; 215-895-2548. www.drexel.edu/westphal/gallery. Reiko Sudo: Nuno Circle. Free. Drexel University - Picture/Rincliffe Gallery 32nd & Chestnut St., 3rd Floor; 215-895-0480. www.drexel.edu/drexelcollection. Dong-Hee Lee: Photographs of Traditional Korean Architecture. Free. Closes 2/25. Dupree Gallery 703 S. 6th St.; 215-413-3884. www.dupreestudiosinc.com. James E. Dupree: Evolving Elements. Free. F.A.N. Gallery 221 Arch St.; 215-922-5155. www.fanartgallery.com. Al Gury: Recent Paintings. Free. Closes 2/26. Fleisher/Ollman Gallery 1616 Walnut St., Ste. 100; 215-545-7562. www.fleisherollman.com. Eugene Von Bruenchenhein. Free.
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Art Alliance has fun with design By Victoria Donohoe
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one are the days when combined contemporary craft and design shows “stole” respectability, seemingly just a missionary cause for true believers. The Philadelphia Art Alliance now hosts full-house shows combining contemporary product design and handcrafts several times a year. They take place in the 1906 Italian Renaissance-style townhouse Frank Miles Day designed for Samuel R. Wetherill. The Art Alliance, founded in 1915 by Wetherill’s daughter Christine, bought the Rittenhouse Square residence in 1926. Art has been its main motif ever since, but since autumn 2009 with a new, more specialized mission on behalf of contemporary craft and design. In this, the alliance seems to be responding to a widespread trend whereby institutions now refer specifically to art, craft and design. The city now hosts the ever-expanding international
DesignPhiladelphia festival, also launched in 2009 — the largest such event in the United States. “Kickin’ Back: Design for Leisure” is the alliance’s current large group show, organized by designer Andrew Dahlgren and featuring both invited and juried regional entries. The display has the crackle of the new about it, and the mood is light and frivolous. Yet it’s an air of serious frivolity, ranging from the swinging vitality of a Haley Tricycle carrying a heavy drum set and Francois Guillemin’s rideable wooden Rocking Crow to pieces by designers who show a willingness to confront the social realities of their time and mold them into artistic form. The latter include architects of a skateboard park, others trying to enhance ugly chain-link fences, and S. Casey Gleason’s Campfire Lite, which brings the warmth of a woodsy nighttime campfire to the urban home — symbolically. Most surprising for me was discovering that 220-year-old Hol-
Dylan Beck’s “Filigree Log” (2010) — porcelain, copper wash, and walnut — is in the alliance’s current “En Route Solo Exhibitions,” highlighting craft.
gate Toys, once located in Roxborough, employed Norman Rockwell’s brother Jarvis as a designer of its folksy wooden toys. (While the experience of boredom is foreign to this show, it helps to read the lengthy captions.) The alliance’s current “En
Route Solo Exhibitions” highlights excellence in craft, Dylan Beck in ceramics, Diane Pepe building slim structures of wood and brass. There’s a tension between Pepe’s attraction to the abstractly decorative and Beck’s best clay pieces. The latter cling more closely to an illusionistic,
Looking at a life’s art
The flow and rhythm of life are captured by Van Buren N. Payne, who is the subject of a retrospective show at the Delaware County Historical Society’s Chester Library/Museum during Black History Month. From a large family with deep roots in the educational life of Chester and rural Georgia, Payne has found success as an artist since his retirement from Sun Oil Co., giving talks about art and teaching several Chester-area art classes. His Chester Ferry oil is outstanding, but chiefly it’s his drawings and watercolors of people that are the most striking — especially the highly sensitive, emotionally truthful portraits of young black men and women. These have a certain power, pricking the senses and making inroads in one’s imagination.
Through a glass, twice
“Chester Ferry” by Van Buren N. Payne, the subject of a
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nature-based leafy shape that recalls traditional decorative motifs, with their satisfying pleasures. Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St. To March 25. Tue-Sun 11-5. Adults $5. Fridays pay as you wish. 215-545-4302.
and develop the new by etching found glass bottles with fine figurative traceries and creating new, imaginative stoppers for each. Jones, who studied art and architecture at Temple, has found his voice in dusky masks of glass and bright-hued takeoffs of 3-D early modernist patterning, layered and a bit shadowy.
Best known as founder/director of the glassmaking studio at Chestnut Hill’s Crefeld School, one of the few such programs in America for high school students, Aaron K. Wiener shares a glass exhibition called “Double Vision” with John Jones, a Crefeld program Aaron K. Wiener’s beneficiary, at Lans- “Inner Outer.” dale’s Water GalWater Gallery, 319 lery. Wiener’s inventiveness Dresher Arcade, Lansdale. To enables him to absorb the old Feb. 27. Thu-Sun 12-5, Fri 12-9. (Greek and Roman myths) Free. 215-260-6078.
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Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322. www.library.phila.gov. J More Than a Pretty Face: Masks of West & Central Africa. Free. Closes 2/25. The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design 20th St. & The Parkway; 215-965-4045. www.thegalleriesatmoore.org/. J Project 35. Free. Design/Lab 2010. Free. Closes 2/19. Introductions 2011. Free. Closes 2/19. Frances Trombly: Everything and Nothing. Free. Jenny Drumgoole: Real Woman of Philadelphia. Free. Mel Kadel: Spacing Awake. Free. Conversations: 2011 Annual Alumnae Exhibition. Free. Gallery51 51 N. 2nd St.; 215-413-3191. www.gallery51.net. Gallery 51 Collection. Free. The Gallery at Memphis Flats 1714 Memphis St.; 215-427-1100. www.memphisflats.net. Jonathan Eckel: Figurative Works. Free. Closes 2/27. Gallery Joe 302 Arch St.; 215-592-7752. www.galleryjoe.com/. German Marks. Free. Closes 2/19. Sebastian Rug: Drawings. Free. Closes 2/19. Highwire Gallery 2040 Frankford Ave.; 215-426-2685. www.highwiregallery.com. John Deblase Quartet. $6. 2/12. 8 pm. Hush Arbors. $6. 2/13. 7:30 pm. International House of Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut St.; 215-387-5125. www.ihousephilly.org/. The Basics Trilogy. Free. Closes 3/4. James Oliver Gallery 723 Chestnut St., 4th Fl.; 215-923-1242. www.jamesolivergallery.com. Query: Cora Jane Glasser. Free. Closes 3/5. Knapp Gallery 162 N. 3rd St.; 267-455-0279. www.knappgallery.com. Paint by Color. Free. Closes 2/27. Larry Becker Contemporary Art 43 N. 2nd St.; 215-925-5389. www.artnet.com/lbecker.html. John Zinsser. Free. Closes 2/26. Locks Gallery 600 S. Washington Sq.; 215-629-1000. www.locksgallery.com. J The Home Front: Jane Irish's Art of War. Free. Elizabeth Osborne: New Work. Free. Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center (MRAC) 419 Green La.; 215-482-3363. www.mrartcenter.org. Valentine's Show. Free. Closes 2/27. Muse Gallery 52 N. Second St.; 215-627-5310. www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com. Drew Zimmerman: Do I Amuse You?. Free. Closes 2/27. Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine St.; 215-925-9914. www.paintedbride.org. In My Body: Reworks. Free. Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers. $25. Closes 2/12. Pentimenti Gallery 133 N. Second St.; 215-625-9990. www.pentimenti.com/. J Kiki Gaffney: Object & Ornament. Free. Closes 2/19. Yu-Wen Wu: Listen. Free. Closes 2/19. Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 S. 18th St.; 215-545-4302. www.philartalliance.org. Kickin' Back: Design for Leisure. Dylan Beck: Yesterday's Tomorrow. Diane Pepe: Connections. Philadelphia Sketch Club 235 S. Camac St.; 215-545-9298. www.sketchclub.org. 27th Annual High School Students Art Exhibition. Free. Closes 2/20. Nancy Freeman Tabas's World. Free. Closes 2/28. The Plastic Club 247 S. Camac St.; 215-545-9324. www.plasticclub.org. New Members' Show. Closes 2/25. The Print Center 1614 Latimer St.; 215-735-6090. www.printcenter.org/. Stalking the Wild Asparagus. Free. Closes 3/5. Daniel Traub: Lots. Free. Closes 3/5. Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art 173 W. Girard Ave.; 267-519-3884. www.rebekahtempleton.com. Mauro Zamora: Anosognosia. Free. Closes 2/26.
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Rodger LaPelle Galleries 122 N. 3rd St.; 215-592-0232. www.rodgerlapellegalleries.com. On the Move. Free. Closes 2/27. Sande Webster Gallery 2006 Walnut St.; 215-636-9003. www.sandewebstergallery.com. Ron Tarver: Invisible. Free. Closes 2/26. The Tiberino Family: Kindred Spirits. Free. Closes 2/26. Seraphin Gallery 1108 Pine St.; 215-923-7000. www.seraphingallery.com. Kelly Wallace: Capital Savage. Free. Closes 2/13. Anne Canfield: No Match for My Tiny Fortress. Free. Closes 2/13. Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut St.; 215-701-4627. slought.org. John Cage: How to Get Started. Donations accepted. Snyderman-Works Gallery 303 Cherry St.; 215-238-9576. www.snyderman-works.com/. John Glick: Classical, Functional Ceramics. Free. Closes 2/26. Temple University - Tyler School of Art 12th St.; 215-777-9144. www.temple.edu/tyler/exhibitions. Surface Deposit. Free. Closes 2/26. Surface Deposit Film Series: Nostalghia (Italy/Russia, 1983). Free. 2/11. 12-2 pm. Surface Deposit Film Series: The Fifth Element (1997). Free. 2/14. 6-8 pm. Twelve Gates Gallery 305 Cherry St.; 267-519-2737. www.twelvegatesgallery.com. Contemporary Art of Afghanistan. Free. Closes 2/23. Faiz Centennial 1911-2011. $20. 2/12. 7-9:30 pm. Twenty-Two Gallery 236 S. 22nd St.; 215-772-1911. twenty-twogallery.com/. Harry Boardman: Best Art Show Ever. Free. Closes 3/6. University of Pennsylvania - Arthur Ross Gallery 220 S. 34th St.; 215-898-2083. www.upenn.edu. Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art. Free. University of Pennsylvania VanPelt-Dietrich Library Center, Kamin Gallery 3420 Walnut St.; 215-898-7555. www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt. Wharton Esherick & the Birth of the American Modern. Free. Closes 2/13. University of the Arts - Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery 333 S. Broad St.; 215-717-6480. www.uarts.edu/see-do/rwg.html. Angels Without Wings. Free. Closes 2/24. Vox Populi 319 A N. 11th St., 3rd Fl.; 215-238-1236. www.voxpopuligallery.org. Hell and High Water. Free. Closes 2/27. Wexler Gallery 201 N. 3rd St.; 215-923-7030. www.wexlergallery.com/. Divergent Affinities. Free. Closes 2/26. Wood Turning Center 501 Vine St.; 215-923-8000. www.woodturningcenter.org. Michael Peterson: Evolution - Revolution. Free. Closes 2/19.
Pennsylvania suburbs Abington Art Center 515 Meetinghouse Rd., Jenkintown; 215-887-4882. www.abingtonartcenter.org. 24th Annual "Touch the Future" Art Exhibit. Free. Closes 2/27. Eureka! Family Workshop. $5; free for members. 2/13. 11 am-3 pm. The Art Trust 16 W. Market St., West Chester; 484-467-1664. www.thearttrust.com. Art/Fashion/Art. Free. Bucks County Community College - Hicks Art Center Gallery 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown; 215-504-8531. www.bucks.edu/news/cultural/gallery/. Challenge VII: dysFUNctional. Free. Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art 77 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-862-5272. www.buckscountygallery77.com. Love Conquers All - Valentine's Day Gifts. Free. Closes 2/14. Chadds Ford Gallery 1609 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford; 610-459-5510. www.awyethgallery.com. Talk to the Animals. Free. Closes 2/25.
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Community Arts Center 414 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford; 610-566-1713. www.communityartscenter.org. IN PERSON: A Celebration of the Human Form. Free. Closes 3/4. Deena Ball. Free. Closes 3/5. Suzanne Hayward. Free. Closes 3/5. Darlington Arts Center 977 Shavertown Rd., Marcus Hook; 610-358-3632. www.darlingtonarts.org. Tim Corey: Drawing After Dark. Free. Closes 2/28. Haverford College - Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford; 610-896-1287. www.haverford.edu/exhibits. Sex Drive. Free. Closes 3/4. Main Line Art Center 746 Panmure Rd., Haverford; 610-525-0272. www.mainlineart.org. There's Always Room for Dessert. Free. Closes 2/24. Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S. Valley Forge Rd., Devon; 610-688-8332. www.mluc.org. Pat Boyer. Free. MCGOPA at SPP Galleries (Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists) Inquirer Building, Conshohocken; 610-292-6084. www.mcgopa.org. World of the Professional Artists #5. Free. Closes 2/19. Pebble Hill Art Gallery 320 Edison-Furlong Rd., Doylestown; 215-348-3428. pebblehillchurch.org/. Frank Jacobs: Photography. Free. Closes 2/27. Rosemont College - Lawrence Gallery 1400 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr; 610-527-0200. www.rosemont.edu/news/events/blogs/in dex.php/f. Philadelphia Women Working in Glass. Free. Closes 2/11. Wayne Art Center 413 Maplewood Ave., Wayne; 610-688-3553. www.wayneart.org. Teddy Bear Tea. $50 per child; $25 each additional child. 2/12. 1-3 pm. Expressions of Radnor. Free. Rob Cardillo: Chanticleer. Free. West Chester University - Mitchell Hall S. Church St., West Chester; 610-436-2755. www.wcupa.edu. Marcadas. Free. Echo Valley Art Group. Free. Department of Art Student Foundation. Free.
New Jersey Abstract Expressions Contemporary Art Gallery 70 High St., Mount Holly; 609-267-7513. ARTsisters. Free. Artists' Gallery 18 Bridge St., Lambertville; 609-397-4588. www.lambertvillearts.com. Love That Art. Free. Closes 3/6. Artworks 19 Everett Alley, Trenton; 609-394-9436. www.artworkstrenton.org. Past & Present. Free. Closes 2/19. Home Fine Art 2 Church St., Mount Holly; 609-261-8634. www.homefineart.org. Theaters of Dreams. Free. Closes 2/26. Absinthe Heroes. $15 advance; $20 day of show. Closes 2/13. Perkins Center for the Arts 395 Kings Hwy., Moorestown; 856-235-6488. www.perkinscenter.org. Photography 30. Free. Closes 3/6. Rago Arts & Auction Center 333 N. Main St., Lambertville; 609-397-9374. www.ragoarts.com. Walk-in Appraisal Day. Free. Closes 2/28. Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts 22 N. High St., Millville; 856-327-4500. www.riverfrontcenter.org. Under the Same Sun, Seeing Different Light. Free. Closes 2/12. Rowan University - Art Gallery 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro; 856-256-4521. www.rowan.edu/fpa/artgallery. J Acting Out. Free.
Delaware Delaware College of Art & Design 600 N. Market Street, Wilmington; 302-622-8000. www.dcad.edu. Fourteenth Annual Student Exhibition. Free.
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A Special Presentation about the Underground Railroad will be offered by Mary Dugan, president of the Kennett Square Underground Railroad, at 11 a.m. Saturday. Dugan will talk about area residents who risked their lives because of their opposition to slavery. The free event is at the Chester County Visitors Center, 300 Greenwood Rd., Kennett Square. Information: 610-388-2900. “Race” by David Mamet is presented by the Philadelphia Theatre Company through Feb. 20. The drama focuses on two lawyers who defend a wealthy white executive against the charge of raping a young black woman. Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday at the theater, 480 S. Broad St. Tickets: $46-$59. Information: 215-985-0420. “Reflections in Black: A Photographic Celebration of African American Life,” will be displayed through Monday during store hours at Macy’s Center City, Juniper Street near Market Street. The exhibit is from the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, in partnership with The Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News. The photographs are the work of Philadelphian John W. Mosley (1907-1969), who captured historical moments in midcentury African American culture. The exhibit was organized by the newspapers’ director of photography, Michael Mercanti. The National Constitution Center is offering a series of events this month. Visitors can use interactive exhibits to learn about the nation’s greatest African American leaders, the history behind the Emancipation Proclamation, and black history highlights in the nation’s constitutional history. In the “Art of the American Soldier” exhibition, the history of African Americans in the military is highlighted, from the slaves who fought for their freedom during the Revolution to the “Buffalo Soldiers” of the late 19th century and World War II’s Tuskegee Airmen. Events are free with admission to the museum, 525 Arch St. Admission: $12; $11 seniors; $8 children ages 4-12; free for children younger than 4 and military (audio tour $3). The center is open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Information: 215-409-6700.
Special Events Philadelphia Dinner Cruise Features a romantic four-course dinner for two including live entertainment, a complimentary glass of champagne and a rose for your sweetheart. Philadelphia Belle, Pier 3 at Penn's Landing; Reservations required: 888-868-7764. $99.95 per person plus taxes and fees. Closes 2/14. House Tours 19th-century home of the Rosenbach brothers. Ongoing. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-10 Delancey Pl.; 215-732-1600. Included in admission. In the Biz Night Evening of drink specials, pizza & live music for those in the hospitality business. Manayunk Brewery & Restaurant, 4120 Main St.; 215-482-8220. Closes 2/27. Love Jones in the City Evening with food, cocktails and pampering. 3rd Element Spa & Salon, 7175 Ogontz Ave. $15. 2/12. 7-10 pm. S Military Muster Children are invited to learn the art of marching & musket etiquette. Signers Garden, 5th St. historicphiladelphia.org.
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Naked at the Philadelphia Museum Scavenger Hunt Scavenger hunt focusing on art featuring nudity. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 1-877-946-4868 (GO HUNT). www.WatsonAdventures.com. $38.50; $34.50 college students with ID. Closes 2/13. Planetarium Programs New design optimizes viewing experience. The 2002 renovations included replacement of the original 40,000-pound-plus perforated stainless steel dome, built in 1933. The new premium seamless dome is lighter and is 60 feet in diameter. Check online for time and show details. Fels Planetarium, 222 N. 20th St. Included in admission. Rodin Museum Public Tours Commissioned by theater magnate Jules Mastbaum in 1926, this building is home to one of the largest Rodin collections in the world. Franklin Parkway at 22d St.; 215-763-8100. Included in admission. Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus: Fully Charged Dare-devilry, incredible stunts & imaginative performances all ages will enjoy. Wells Fargo Center (formerly Wachovia Center), 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-339-7600. www.ringling.com. $10-$90. Closes 2/20. S Trivia Tuesdays Weekly event hosted by bartender "Smarty Pants" Wil. Sisters Restaurant & Nightclub, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215-735-0735. Twisted Thursdays Dinner buffet, karaoke & DJs spinning '80s dance club mixes. Sisters Restaurant & Nightclub, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215-735-0735. $7-$10. Closes 2/24.
Pennsylvania suburbs S A2Z Promotions: Sports Card & Collectible Shows West Chester Inn & Conference Center, 943 S. High St., West Chester; 302-983-2636. 2/13. 9 am-3 pm. Annual Strong Kids Campaign Breakfast A fund-raising event for the YMCA sponsored by First National Bank. Lower Bucks Family YMCA - Fairless Hills Branch, 601 S. Oxford Valley Rd., Fairless Hills; 215-579-6200. 2/11. 8-9:30 am. S Hear Her Heart Expo: Go Red Heart expo upstairs, fashion show downstairs. Montgomery Mall, 230 Montgomery Mall, North Wales. 2/12. 10 am-4 pm. S Mazel Tot of the Month Part of the Mazel Tot service, there will be a parade led by the current month’s 'Mazel Tot.' Congregation Tifereth Israel, 2909 Bristol Rd., Bensalem. 2/12. 11 am-noon. S Socrates Cafe Discuss ideas or issues each week chosen by a group vote. Wissahickon Valley Public Library, 650 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell. www.wvpl.org. . Winter Lecture Series: What Plant for Which Bird? Lecture on how to target particular species of birds by using the right blend of native plants. Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Rd., New Hope; Registration required: 215-862-2924. $8-$10. 2/13. 2-3 pm.
New Jersey S AARP Tax Assistance Volunteer tax help for seniors. Cherry Hill Municipal Building, 820 Mercer St., Cherry Hill; 888-227-7669. www.aarp.org/taxaide. S Atlantic City, Playground of the Nation Displaying artifacts, costumes, posters, photographs, postcards, souvenirs & Miss America memorabilia. Ongoing. Atlantic City Historical Museum, Garden Pier, Atlantic City; 609-347-5839.
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n Saturday, the Opera Company of Philadelphia offers a day of fun for toddlers to teens at the Academy of Music. The PNC Arts Alive Family Day at the Opera will feature free children’s activities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. including a chance to go behind the scenes of the company’s production of Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, where they can learn about the art of the opera. Choreographer Charles Conwell will show children how they create the feuds featured in the production. Toddlers can enjoy their first experience at the opera and see the fairy tale of Mozart’s The Magic Flute with a performance of the song “Der Hölle Rache,” sung by the Queen of the Night. The day will offer 30-minute guided tours. Visitors can see the dressing rooms of the resident opera company and attendees can also walk the stage and sit in the orchestra pit. There will be an opera career fair from 12:30 to 4 p.m. for teens. Professionals from the in-
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Budding opera lovers can check out the Academy of Music stage during a tour at PNC Arts Alive Family Day. dustry including set and lighting designers, costume and make-up artists will talk about their careers and answer questions. Registration is required to partici-
Valentine’s Day Around the World
Kids can learn how Valentine’s Day is celebrated around the world on Sunday at Graeme Park. From 1 to 3 p.m. at the park’s visitors center, children can experience Valentine’s Day customs from countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Brazil and Mexico. Children will make crafts including Valentine’s bags and there will be snacks. Families can also take a tour of the park’s Keith House at a discounted price. Children must be accompanied by an adult for all activities. Valentine’s Day Around the World, 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the visitors center at Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham. Park hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Valentine’s Day Around the World workshop is $5. Tour of Keith House is $6, $3 for children. Tour fee for persons participating in Valentine’s Day workshop is $3 and free for children. Information: 215-343-0965 or www.graemepark.org
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Locust Streets. Event is free, and registration is required at www.operaphila.org/PNC. Information: 215-893-3600 or www.operaphila.org.
Wild at Heart, a zoo valentine
Celebrate the love of animals this weekend as the Philadelphia Zoo presents “Wild at Heart,” a Valentine’s celebration. Guests can take a special tour and learn about the zoo’s animal couples and families. Visitors will learn interesting and fun facts about some of their favorite creatures. Guests can take advantage of the various “Wild at Heart” tours with a zoo expert while watching the animal families and couples play in their habitats. Hot chocolate is included with some of the tour packages for families to enjoy. “Wild at Heart,” a Valentine’s celebration, Saturday and Sunday at the Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 W. Girard Ave. Zoo hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Feb. 28; and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning March 1. Tour package prices range from $20 to $50 and includes general admission. Tour tickets can be purchased online at www.philadelphiazoo.org or by calling 215-243-5235. General zoo admission is $14, free for members and children ages 1 and
S Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World Representations of documents, artwork & artifacts exploring the life & accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin. Camden County College Blackwood Campus, College Dr., Blackwood. Closes 2/25. Bulldog Kissing Booth The 3d annual booth benefits Heaven Sent Bulldog Rescue. The Promenade at Sagemore, Rte. 73, Sagemore Dr., Marlton. $1. 2/12. 11 am-2 pm. S Cookie Sale Girl scout cookie sale. Moorestown Mall, 400 Rt-38, Moorestown. Closes 2/13. Daily Animal Feeding See the aquarium residents being fed. Jenkinson's Aquarium, 300 Ocean Ave., Point Pleasant. Included in admission. S Group Wedding, Vow Renewal & Civil Union Ceremony Group ceremony, cake, champagne toast & photo opportunities. Boardwalk Hall, 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City; Registration required: http://www.atlanticcitynj.com. 2/14. 2 pm. Guided Tours of Emlen Physick Estate Check out 15 restored rooms, then visit the Carriage House gallery to see the current exhibit. Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1048 Washington St., Cape May; 609-884-5404. $10; $5 children 3-12. New Jersey Surf Museum Exhibit on the history of surfing in NJ. Pictures of Jersey surfers past & present, surfboards, memorabilia, info on beach conservation & more. Tuckerton Seaport, 120 W. Main St., Tuckerton; 609-296-8868. Included in admission. Patriot Pirates - Tales of Plunder & Privateers of Coastal NJ Exhibit based on the Revolutionary War Privateers of the Jersey Shore. Ongoing. Tuckerton Seaport, 120 W. Main St., Tuckerton; Registration required: 609-296-8868 Ext. 100. Included in admission. S Paws to Read Kids can practice reading aloud to a certified therapy dog. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. S The Atlantic City Experience Exhibit on the history of Atlantic City. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. www.atlanticcityexperience.org. S The Black Northside Empire Black History Month exhibit on Atlantic City's African American community during the '30s & '40s. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. Closes 2/28. Tours at Cape May Winery Tasting, tour & introduction to how wine is made. Cape May Winery, 709 Townbank Rd., Cape May. $20; $10 ages 16-20; free 15 and under. Closes 2/26.
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The Philadelphia Zoo will present “Wild at Heart,” a Valentine’s celebration.
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Bingo Mon. Banquet Hall Aetna Fire Hall, 400 Ogletown Rd, Newark. Cupid's Creatures Tour the zoo & learn about some of the world's seemingly least lovable animals. Brandywine Zoo, 1001 N. Park Dr., Wilmington. $3. 2/12. 1-2:30 pm. Simple Machines Exhibit on the six key components found in most complicated machinery. John Dickinson Plantation, 340 Kitts Hammock Rd., Dover; 302-739-3277. Donations accepted.
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Wee Have Fun Club: Bats! Programs offer a variety of nature, story & art activities for young kids. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd., Wilmington; Registration required: 302-761-6963. $3.
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S A Picture & Frame is Worth a Thousand I Love Yous Use a digital camera to photograph yourself, then print, decorate & frame the image. Supplies provided. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. 2/13. 2 pm. S Baby Bounce Stories, songs & movement activities for babies & very young toddlers. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. Bird Seed Princesses Create a seed treat to feed the birds. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd., Wilmington; Registration required: 302-761-6963. $5. 2/12. 1 pm. S Books and Babies Storytime for babies. Haverford Township Free Library, 1601 Darby Rd., Havertown. S Bouncy Booktime Children's Story Hour Different story each week. Lambertville Free Public Library, 6 Lilly St., Lambertville; 609-397-0275. S Can-Do Playground Integrated playground where both children with disabilities & enabled children can play together. Alapocas Run State Park and Blue Ball Barn, 1914 W Park Dr., Wilmington. www.candoplayground.org. S Children's Storytime Stories & crafts. Barnes & Noble - Rittenhouse Square, 1805 Walnut St.; 215-665-0716. S Children's Storytime Staff members read new stories weekly. Barnes & Noble Market Fair, 3535 Rte. 1, Princeton. S Circle Time Read a few short stories, practice rhymes and finger plays, and sing songs together. Haverford Township Free Library, 1601 Darby Rd., Havertown. S Comic Book Drawing Kids can learn how to draw their own comics. February's classes focus on African American superheroes. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. Closes 2/24. S Creative Corner Storytime and art time for preschoolers. Haverford Township Free Library, 1601 Darby Rd., Havertown. S Creative Craft Wednesdays Weekly program for kids. Supplies provided. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. S Cuentos y Canciones Early education program entirely in Spanish for childen under 5. Lambertville Free Public Library, 6 Lilly St., Lambertville; 609-397-0275. S Giggle Gang Twice-monthly programs featuring live entertainment, crafts or nature classes. Springfield Mall, 1250 Baltimore Pike, Springfield. Glory of Stories Children's storytime & craft activity. Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Pkwy., Wilmington. $3. Gustafer Yellowgold Projected animations accompanied by singer/songwriter Morgan Tayler's catchy story-songs. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-763-8100. www.gustaferyellowgold.com. Included in admission. Closes 2/13. Key Wilde & Mr. Clark Fun music paired with colorful illustrations. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
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$10; $7 children 1-12; free under 1. 2/12. 11:30 am. S Kids Yoga Valentine's Day Party Valentine-themed yoga for kids. Shanti Yoga Shala, 242 N 3d St. 2/12. 1-3 pm. Let's Make Music This class will offer a wide range of activities to bring music into your baby or toddler's life. University of the Arts - Gershman Hall (Gershman Y), 401 S. Broad St.; 215-446-3033. $90. Love: Aquarium Style Family-friendly Valentine's Day celebration w/opportunity to make a craft. Jenkinson's Aquarium, 300 Ocean Ave., Point Pleasant. $6. Closes 2/14. S Make & Take Craft Children can make and take a craft. Willingboro Public Library, 220 Willingboro Pkwy., Willingboro; 609-877-6668. 2/14. 3:30-5 pm. S Mazel Tots Toddlers and caregivers are invited to special Shabbat services. Congregation Tifereth Israel, 2909 Bristol Rd., Bensalem. 2/12. 11 am-noon. Milk & Cookies Variety hour for local performers who specialize in family entertainment. MilkBoy Coffee, 2 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore; 610-645-5269. $5. S Music With Miss Annie Weekly music & movement program for young The Lambertville Free Public Library, 6 Lilly St., Lambertville; 609-397-0275. S Pajama Storytime Family Pajama storytime. Haverford Township Free Library, 1601 Darby Rd., Havertown. S Preschool Rhyme Time Stories, songs, fingerplays & simple crafts. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. Read-Aloud Tours Storytime & related art project. Brandywine River Museum, Rte. 1 & Rte. 100, Chadds Ford; Reservations required: 610-388-8382. Included in admission. S Rock Band Saturdays Youth can rock out in the library's Teen Space. Must have a library card to participate. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. 2/12. 11 am. Saturday Morning Pajama Party Kids can wear their PJs to the Shop to receive a free breakfast entree. A paying adult must accompany. The Pop Shop, 729 Haddon Ave., Collingswood. S Story Hour & Sing-Along With Miss Michelle Children's stories & music. Wissahickon Valley Public Library, 650 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell; 215-643-1320. Closes 2/28. Story Time at the Zoo Monthly program of animal-themed stories. Brandywine Zoo, 1001 N. Park Dr., Wilmington. $2. S Storytime New stories read weekly. Barnes & Noble - Wilmington, 4801 Concord Pike, Wilmington; 302-487-9677. S Storytime New story weekly. Borders Books & Music, 4221 Concord Pike, Wilmington. Closes 2/22. S Storytime Part of Tifereth Israel's Mazel Tots service, this event includes snacks and more. Congregation Tifereth Israel, 2909 Bristol Rd., Bensalem. 2/12. 11 am-noon. Stroller Rollers Parents & toddlers can get some fresh air & exercise together. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd., Wilmington. $3. Stroller Tour Gallery tour for parents & caregivers with newborns & young toddlers. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-763-8100. Included in admission. Tea and Etiquette Day Children will drink tea and learn proper accompanying etiquette. Easttown Library & Information
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Center, 720 First Ave., Berwyn. $17. Closes 2/12. S Teen Advisory Group Teens can provide feedback on what services or programs the library should have. Atlantic City Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. 2/12. 2 pm. Temple Tots Program for younger community members & their families w/ focus on Jewish holidays & values. 1st Sunday, 1:30 pm. Temple Brith Achim, 481 S. Gulph Rd., King of Prussia. $160. Closes 3/3. The Ave Magazine Workshop Children, teens & adults can work together on art & writing projects for Tree House's magazine, 'The Ave.' Tree House Books, 1430 W. Susquehanna Ave. The Children's Reading Hollow & Discovery Den Children's playspace & reading nook. Briar Bush Nature Center, 1212 Edgehill Rd., Abington. $1. S Toddler and Preschool Storytime Listen to stories and sing songs for toddlers and preschoolers. Haverford Township Free Library, 1601 Darby Rd., Havertown. TowpathTown Interactive exhibit on the lives & skills of the people who lived & worked on the canals. Hugh Moore Historical Park & Museums, 30 Centre Sq., Easton. Included in admission. S Tutoring Time Free homework help for school-age children, followed by reading time & a collaborative creative project. Tree House Books, 1430 W. Susquehanna Ave. Valentine Candy Making Kids can learn chocolate-making techniques & make their own Valentine’s candy. Tamanend Park, 1255 2d St. Pike, Southampton; Registration required: 215-355-9781. $20; $15 residents. 2/12. 10-11 am. S Valentine Chocolate Tasting & Trivia Tasting and information session. Willingboro Public Library, 220 Willingboro Pkwy., Willingboro; Registration required: 609-877-6668. 2/14. 5:30 pm. Valentine's Day Around the World Children's party. Graeme Park, 859 County Line Rd., Horsham; 215-343-0965. $5. 2/13. 1-3 pm. Youth Lounge Creative workshops & open art studio. Asian Arts Initiative, 1219-23 Vine St.; 215-557-0455. Donations accepted.
Children's museums & attractions Camden Children's Garden 3 Riverside Dr., Camden; 856-365-8733. www.camdenchildrensgarden.org. $6; $5 ages 3-11; free 2 & under. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm. The Crayola Factory 30 Centre Square, Easton; 610-515-8000. www.crayola.com/factory/. Crayola Crayon Manufacturing. Crayola Marker Manufacturing. Crayola Chronology. Inside Out. Cool Moves. Crayola After Dark. Easton Press & Bindery. Crayola Color Carousel. Crayola Meltdown. Delaware Children's Museum 110 S. Poplar St., Wilmington; 302-654-2340. www.delawarechildrensmuseum.org. Stratosphere. The Power of Me. ECOconnect. Bank on It. Training Wheels. Structures. Daily 9 am-4:30 pm. Garden State Discovery Museum 2040 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill; 856-424-1233. www.discoverymuseum.com. J Down the Shore. Fleet Backstage Theater. Arts & Imagination. Inky's Newsroom. Best Friends on Main Street. Recycled Rhythm Shack. The Discovery Diner. The Rock Climbing Wall. News &
Weather. Storybook Castle. Little Discoveries. Valentines Around the World. 2/12. $10.95; $9.95 seniors; free under 1. Oct.-Apr.: Sun.-Fri. 9:30 am-5:30 pm, Sat. 9:30 am-8:30 pm. Insectarium 8046 Frankford Ave.; 215-335-9500. www.myinsectarium.com. Working Beehive. Cockroach Kitchen. $7; free under 2. Mon.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm. Kix & Giggles Children's Playground 9356 Old Bustleton Ave.; 215-677-4140. www.kixandgiggles.com. Kix & Giggles Attractions. $7. Wed.-Fri. 10 am-3 pm; Sat. 10 am-7 pm; Sun. 10 am-5 pm. Please Touch Museum 4231 Avenue of the Republic; 215-581-3181. www.pleasetouchmuseum.org. Access/ABILITY. 2/11. City Capers. Flight Fantasy. Roadside Attractions. River Adventures. Wonderland. Centennial Exploration. Liberty Arm & Torch. Woodside Park Dentzel Carousel. ShopRite Supermarket Exhibit. Space Station. Wellness Mamma. $200. 2/11. $15; free under 1 & members. Mon.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm; Sun. 11 am-5 pm. Smith The Kids' Play Place in the Park 33rd St.; 215-765-4325. smithkidsplayplace.org. Playhouse. S Tue.-Sun. 10 am-4 pm.
Top Regional Attractions Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-299-1000. www.ansp.org. Bizarre Beasts Past & Present. Flora Fantastica: The Whimsical Botanical Art of MF Cardamone. Butterflies! $2 fee in addition to admission. Dinosaur Hall. The Florence R. Foerderer Live Animal Center. Outside-In. Egyptian Mummies. Living Downstream. Marveling at Mollusks. Science at the Academy. Naturalist Shows. Geographical Society of Philadelphia: Discovering the Dutch. $15; $7.50 students. Closes 2/16. $12; $10 seniors, students, military, children 3-12; free under 3. 10 am-4:30 pm Mon.-Fri., 10 am-5 pm Sat.-Sun. African American Museum 701 Arch St.; 215-574-0380. www.aampmuseum.org. Audacious Freedom: African Americans in Philadelphia (1776-1876). Patience to Raise the Sun. $8; $6 children & seniors. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm.
documented by artifacts as well as archival & library materials. Historic Christ Church Tour. Donations accepted. Donation suggested: $3; $2 students. Mon.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm; Sun. 1-5 pm. Christ Church Burial Ground 5th & Arch Sts.; 215-922-1695. www.christchurchphila.org. J Final resting place of Benjamin Franklin & 4 other signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mon-Sat. 10 am-4 pm; Sun. noon-4 pm. Eastern State Penitentiary 22d St. & Fairmount Ave.; 215-236-3300. www.easternstate.org. The vaulted skylit cells of this prison once held many of America's most notorious criminals, including bank robber Willie Sutton & Al Capone. TowerCam! The William Portner Memorial Exhibit on Jewish Life at ESP. $12; $10 seniors; $8 students & children 7-12. Children under 7 cannot be admitted to the site. Daily 10 am-5 pm. Edgar Allan Poe National Historical Site Spring Garden St.; 215-597-8780. www.nps.gov/edal. Home of the author 1843-44. Free. 9 am-5 pm Wed.-Sun. Elfreth's Alley Second St.; 215-574-0560. www.elfrethsalley.org. $2; $1 children 6-18. Mon.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm. Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center 640 Waterworks Dr.; 215-685-0723. www.fairmountwaterworks.com. J Water in Our World. Science Saturdays. Sunday Movie Matinee. Free. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 1-5 pm. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia 100 N. 6th St.; 866-574-3727. www.philadelphiafed.org. Free. Mon.-Fri. 9:30 am-4:30 pm. Closed bank holidays. Fort Mifflin Fort Mifflin Rd.; 215-685-4167. www.fortmifflin.us. J $6; $5 seniors; $3 kids 5-12 & veterans; free under 5. Wed.-Sun. 10 am-4 pm. The Franklin Institute 222 N. 20th St.; 215-448-1200. www.fi.edu. Giant Heart. Space Command. Sports Challenge. The Franklin Air Show. The Train Factory. Sir Isaac's Loft. Franklin National Memorial. Changing Earth. Electricity. Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop. $24.50; $23.50 seniors; $17.50 children 4-11. Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop. $10; $6 children 4-11. Sci-Pass: $14.75; $13.75 seniors, students & military; $12 children. Imax
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show times vary. Permanent exhibits open daily 9:30 am-5 pm. Historic Philadelphia Center 6th and Chestnut Sts.; 215-629-4026. historicphiladelphia.org. Liberty 360. $7; $6 seniors, students, military and children under 12. . Independence Hall Chestnut St.; 800-537-7676. www.nps.gov/inde/independence-hall-1.ht m. J Guided Tour - Explore this historic example of Georgian architecture. Independence Hall Tour. S Daily 9 am-5 pm. Independence National Historical Park 6th & Market Sts.; 215-965-2305. www.nps.gov/inde/. Most sites free. Daily 8:30 am-5 pm. Independence Seaport Museum 211 S. Columbus Blvd.; 215-925-5439. www.phillyseaport.org. It Sprang From the River: Everyday Objects With Maritime Secrets. Home Port Philadelphia. On the Rivers, On the Shores. Olympia: Launching the American Century. Philadelphia & the China Trade. What Floats Your Boat?. Coming to America. Divers of the Deep. $12; $10 seniors; $7 children/students/military; free under 2. 10 am-5 pm daily. Independence Visitor Center N. 6th St. & Market St.; 800-537-7676. www.independencevisitorcenter.com/. Open daily 8:30 am-6 pm. Laurel Hill Cemetery - The Underground Museum 3822 Ridge Ave.; 215-228-8200. www.thelaurelhillcemetery.org. Outdoor sculptural garden, horticultural gem & unique historical landmark featuring over 75 acres of art & history. Til Death Do Us Part: The Love Stories of Laurel Hill. $25. 2/12. 2 pm. Free. Mon.-Fri. 8 am-4:30 pm; Sat.-Sun. 9:30 am-5 pm. Laurel Hill Mansion East Fairmount Park; 215-235-1776. www.fairmountpark.org/LaurelHill.asp/. Georgian-style mansion built in 1767 by Rebecca Rawle. $5; $3 seniors; $2 children 6-12. Liberty Bell Center 501 Market St.; 215-965-2305. www.nps.gov/inde. Home of the Liberty Bell & exhibits on its origins & role as symbol of freedom. Free. Mon.-Fri .9 am-5 pm; Sat.-Sun. 9 am-6 pm. Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania 100 E. Northwestern Ave.; 215-247-5777. www.morrisarboretum.org. $14; $12 seniors; $7 students & youth 3-17; free under 3. Hours vary throughout year. The Mutter Museum 19 S. 22nd St.; 215-563-3737. www.collphyphil.org. Over 200 wet & dry specimens, lantern slides, x-rays & more. Rarely Seen: Hidden Collections From the Mutter Museum. $12; $8 seniors, students, children 6-17; free under 6. Daily 10 am-5 pm. National Constitution Center 525 Arch St.; 215-409-6600. www.constitutioncenter.org. 1787 copy on display plus more than 100 interactive exhibits, Signer's Hall, The Story of We the People (Multimedia presentation featuring live actor, film & video projection, family-oriented exhibits) & more. Black History Month Programming. From the Absence of Many to the Presence of All. The "We the People" Mosaic. Audio Tour: Meet the Signers. Regular admission. Breaking Barriers Show. Decoding the Document: Emancipation Proclamation. The African American Soldier Experience. Regular admission: $12; $11
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seniors; $8 children 4-12; free under 4 & military (audio tour $3). Mon.-Fri. 9:30 am-5 pm, Sat. 9:30 am-6 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm. National Liberty Museum 321 Chestnut St.; 215-925-2800. www.libertymuseum.org. Coming to America. From Conflict to Harmony. Liberty Hall. Voyage to Liberty Through Faith. Heroes From Around the World. Independence Starts Here: Exceptional People. Heroes of 9/11. Education Center / Chihuly Gallery. Let Freedom Ring. Heroes of Character. Sweet Sunday. S 2/13. 1-4 pm. $7; $6 seniors; $5 students; $2 youth 5-17; free for members & children under 5. Open 7 days a week (closed Mon. fall, winter, spring). National Museum of American Jewish History 101 S. Independence Mall East; 215-923-3811. www.nmajh.org. J Only in America. $12; $11 seniors & youth 13-21; free 12 & under. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-5 pm; Sat.-Sun 10 am-5:30 pm. Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent 15 S. 7th St.; 215-685-4830. www.philadelphiahistory.org. Open for special programming only. Reopens September 2011. The Philadelphia Zoo 3400 W. Girard Ave.; 215-243-1100. www.philadelphiazoo.org. J Big Cat Falls. Children's Zoo. Rare Animal Conservation Center. Reptile and Amphibian House. Peco Primate Reserve. African Plains. Bear Country. Bird Valley. Carnivore Kingdom. Monkey Junction. McNeil Avian Center. Prairie Dogs. Small Mammal House. Wild at Heart. $20-$40 couples; $50 four pack. Closes 2/13. $18; $15 children; free for members & children under 2. Daily 9:30 am-5 pm. Polish American Cultural Center & Museum 308 Walnut St.; 215-922-1700. www.polishamericancenter.org. Free. Mon.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm. Ryerss Museum & Library 7370 Central Ave.; 215-685-0544. ryerssmuseum.org. Asian art & artifacts as well as generations of family heirlooms & paintings. Tours. Donations accepted. Crafty Kids. S 2/12. 1-2:30 pm. Donations accepted. Fri.-Sun. 10 am-4 pm. Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology) 3260 South St.; 215-898-4000. www.penn.museum. 3 gallery floors with art & artifacts from ancient Egypt, Asia, the Americas, Africa, and the ancient Mediterranean world. Pablo Helguera: What in the World. Righteous Dopefiend: Homelessness, Addiction & Poverty in Urban America. Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past & Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania. Year of Water 2010-2011. Fang! The Killing Tooth. Secrets of the Silk Road. Self-Guided Tour: Silk Road Highlights. Archaeologists & Travelers in Ottoman Lands. Peco World Culture Days. Paleontology Series: Exceptional Fossil Preservation. S Mummies: Through Time, Across Continents. Explore the Silk Road. 30th Annual Chinese New Year Celebration. 2/12. 11 am-4 pm. Donation suggested: $10; $7 seniors; $6 students & children 6-17; free under 6. Tue., Thur.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm; Wed. 10 am-8 pm. Wagner Free Institute of Science 1700 W. Montgomery Ave.; 215-763-6529. www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org. Founded 1855. Houses Wagner's natural history collection of skeletons, mounted animals, fossils. Guided Tour. $15; $10 seniors and students; $5 children. Donation suggested: $8. Office: Mon.-Fri. 9 am-5 pm.
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Woodford Mansion 33rd & Dauphin St.; 215-229-6115. www.woodfordmansion.org. Elegant 18th-century summer house furnished with period antiques. Guided Tours. $5; $3 seniors; $2 children 6-12. The Woodlands 4000 Woodland Ave.; 215-386-2181. www.woodlandsphila.org. National Historic Landmark District featuring the William Hamilton mansion & carriage house of 1789 & the continuously active Woodlands Cemetery founded on the remains of Hamilton's estate in 1840.
Pennsylvania suburbs American Helicopter Museum & Learning Center 1220 American Blvd., West Chester; 610-436-9600. www.helicoptermuseum.org. Helicopter Exhibit. $6; $5 seniors; $4 students; free under 2. Wed.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm. Beth Sholom Synagogue 8231 Old York Rd., Jenkintown; 215-887-1342. www.bethsholompreservation.org. Sun. 10 am-4 pm; Wed.-Thu. 10 am-2 pm. Brandywine Battlefield Historic Site Route 1, Chadds Ford; 610-459-3342. www.brandywinebattlefield.org. 52 acres of woodlands, meadows, Washington's headquarters, artifacts, weapons, uniforms. House tours: $5; $3.50 seniors; $2.50 children 6-17; free under 6. Park free. Tue.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm. Chadds Ford Historical Society 1736 Creek Rd., Chadds Ford; 610-388-7376. www.chaddsfordhistory.org. Chester County Historical Society 225 N. High St., West Chester; 610-692-4800. www.cchs-pa.org/. J Chester County: A View of the Past. Chester County Craftsmanship. Chilling Reality: Chester County's Arctic Explorers. $5; $4 seniors & students; $2.50 children; free under 6. Wed.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm. Elmwood Park Zoo 1661 Harding Blvd., Norristown; 610-277-3825. www.elmwoodparkzoo.org. Norristown Zoological Society operates the Zoo, an educational adventure in a fun, clean & family-oriented environment. Petting Barn. Animal Amore. $100 per couple. 2/12. 6:30-9 pm. $12; $9 seniors and children; free under 2. Dec.-Feb.: Fri.-Sun. 10 am-4 pm. Fonthill Museum E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-348-9461. www.fonthillmuseum.org. Animals in the Castle. $10; $9 seniors 65 and over; $8 children. 2/12. 10:30 am. $10; $9 seniors 65 & over; $4 children 5-17; free under 5. Mon.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm. Reservations recommended. Hopewell Furnace 2 Mark Bird Ln., Elverson; 610-582-8773. www.nps.gov/hofu. Daily 9 am-5 pm. Longwood Gardens Rte. 1, Kennett Square; 610-388-1000. www.longwoodgardens.org. J $16; $14 seniors (ages 62 & over); $6 students (5-22); free 4 & under. Daily 9 am-5 pm. The Mercer Museum 84 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-345-0210. www.mercermuseum.org. Animals on the Loose: A Mercer Menagerie. Can't Tell a Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie. 2/13. 2-3 pm. The Private Parts of Victorian Sexuality, Part II: Art, Literature & a Bit of Romance. $16. 2/17. 7-9 pm. $9; $8 seniors 65 & over; $4 children 5-17; free under 5. Mon.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. noon-5 pm. Pearl S. Buck International (Pearl S. Buck House) 520 Dublin Rd., Perkasie; 215-249-0100. www.psbi.org. $7; $6
seniors; free under 6. Tue.-Sat. at 11 am, 1 & 2 pm; Sun. at 1 & 2 pm.
veterans, seniors, ages 6-11; free active military in uniform, ages 5 & under.
Pennypacker Mills 5 Haldeman Rd., Schwenksville; 610-287-9349. historicsites.montcopa.org/pennypackerm ills. J Turn-of-the-century mansion & farm of Pa's 25th governor Samuel W. Pennypacker (1903-07). Wind It Up & Hear It Play. S Tue.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm; Sun. 1-4 pm.
Camden County Historical Society 1900 Park Blvd., Camden; 856-964-3333. www.cchsnj.com. Features exhibits on Camden County history, from the Lenni Lenape people through the industrial age. Pomona Hall - 18th-century mansion once home to the Cooper Family. Tours available. Tours of the Camden County Historical Museum. $5-$8; $4-$6 seniors and students. $5; $4 students & seniors. Sun. noon-5 pm; Wed.-Fri. 12:30-4:30 pm.
Pottsgrove Manor 100 W. King St., Pottstown; 610-326-4014. www.historicsites.montcopa.org. Guided Tours. Donations accepted. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. 1-4 pm. Richard Wall House Museum 1 Wall Park Dr., Elkins Park; 215-887-9159. Features 4 floors of exhibits, visitors' orientation center, springhouse, "Flapper" room, Victorian & Edwardian fashions & more. Sun. 1-4 pm. Tyler Arboretum 515 Painter Rd., Media; 610-566-9134. www.tylerarboretum.org/. $9; $8 seniors; $5 children 3-15. Daily 8 am-dusk. Valley Forge National Historical Park 1400 N. Outer Line Dr., King of Prussia; 610-783-1099. www.nps.gov/vafo. J Free. Daily 6 am-10 pm. Washington Crossing Historic Park/Memorial Building Auditorium 1112 River Rd., Washington Crossing; 215-493-4076. www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing. $5; $4 seniors; $2 children 6-17. Tue.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm. Wharton Esherick Museum 1520 Horseshoe Trl., Malvern; 610-644-5822. Guided Tours of the handcrafted home & studio of the "Dean of American Craftsmen." Mon.-Fri. (groups only) 10 am-4 pm, Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 1-4 pm.
New Jersey Adventure Aquarium 1 Aquarium Dr., Camden; 866-451-2782. www.adventureaquarium.com. Stingray Beach Club. The Creature Feature. Penguin Island. West African River Experience. Jules Verne Gallery. Shark Realm. Irazu Falls. 4D Theater. $22.95; $19.95 children 2-12. Seal Shores. Ocean Realm. Caribbean Currents. Touch-a-Shark. Rainforest Rendezvous. Feather Ridge. Aquarium Adventure: Secrets of Africa. $145. Swim With the Sharks. $165; $150 passport holders. Seals Up-Close. $145; $130 passport holders. Positively Penguins. $125; $115 passport holders. Feeding Fury. $150. Sea Turtles Up-Close. $125. $17.95; $14.95 children 2-11; free under 2. Daily 9:30 am-5 pm. Atlantic City Aquarium 800 N. New Hampshire Ave., Atlantic City; 609-348-2880. www.atlanticcityaquarium.com/. Dive & Dine. Storytime. Tropical Rainforest Exhibit. Shark & Stingray Touch Tank. $7; $5 seniors; $4 children 4-12; free under 3. Daily 10 am-5 pm. Battleship New Jersey Museum 62 Battleship Pl., Camden; 866-877-6262. www.battleshipnewjersey.org. Experience what life was like aboard our nation's most decorated battleship. City at Sea Guided Tour. $19.95; $15 seniors, veterans and children 6-11; free under 6 and active military. Fire Power Tour. $19.95; $15 seniors, veterans and children 6-11; free under 6 and active military. 4D Flight Simulator Ride. Tour admission. General Quarters Tour. $18.50; $14 seniors, veterans and children 6-11; free for active military and children under 6. $15-$19; $10.50-$13
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Howell Living History Farm 70 Wooden's La., Titusville; 609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. J 130-acre farm is an educational facility, open to the public, that preserves & interprets farming life & processes from the era of 1890-1910. Valentine's Day Rides. S 2/12. 10 am-4 pm. Free. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm; Sun. noon-4 pm. South Jersey Museum of American History 123 High St. E., Glassboro; 856-442-0688. Includes artifacts from the Pre-Columbian through the Colonial era, antique hand tools, glass & comprehensive political history exhibit. $4; $3 children. Thu.-Sun. 1-5 pm. Washington Crossing State Park 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Rd., Titusville; 609-737-0623. www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/park s/washcros.html. Includes 18th-century Johnson Ferry House (historic farmhouse & tavern site) & Visitor Center Museum featuring exhibits on the Continental Army's crossing of the Delaware River & the Battles of Trenton & Princeton. Wed.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. 1-4 pm.
Delaware Delaware Agricultural Museum & Village 866 N. DuPont Hwy., Dover; 302-734-1618. www.agriculturalmuseum.org. $5; $3 seniors & students; free for members & children under 6. Delaware Museum of Natural History 4840 Kennett Pike, Greenville; 302-658-9111. www.delmnh.org. Life-Size Model of a Giant Squid. Coral Reef Exhibit. Tarantulas: Alive & Up-Close. PNC Free Sunday Morning. S 2/13. 9:30-noon. $7; $6 seniors 60 and over; $5 children 3-17; free 2 and under. Mon.-Sat. 9:30 am-4:30 pm; Sun. noon-4:30 pm. Hagley Museum & Library 298 Buck Rd. East, Greenville; 302-658-2400. www.hagley.org. 19th-Century Patent Models: Innovation in Miniature. DuPont Science & Discovery. DuPont: The Explosives Era. Hagley Powder Yard. Workers' Hill. Easy Does It! How Machines Make Life Easier. Eleutherian Mills. Victorine's Valentine's Day. Closes 2/13. Nothing for Something: Retail Premiums & Consumer Behavior in 19th-Century America. S 2/17. 6:30 pm. $11; $9 seniors, students; $4 ages 6-14; free under 6. Daily 9:30 am-4:30 pm. Museum of Small Town Life 316 S Governors Ave., Dover; 302-739-4266. Donations accepted. Mon.-Sat. 9 am-4:30 pm; Sun. 1:30-4:30 pm. Rockwood Museum 610 Shipley Rd., Wilmington; 302-761-4340. www.rockwood.org. J Guided Tours. $5; $2 children 2-12; free under 2. Wed.-Sun. 10 am-3 pm. Winterthur Museum & Country Estate Rte. 52, Winterthur; 1-800-448-3883. www.winterthur.org. $15; $13 students & seniors; $5 children 2-11; free under 2. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm.
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Literary Calendar Signings & Readings Atlantic City Free Public Library One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City; 609-345-2269. www.acfpl.org. Turiya S. A. Raheem: Growing Up in the Other Atlantic City. 2/12. 2 pm. Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322. www.library.phila.gov. J Dambisa Moyo: How the West Was Lost. $15; $7 students. 2/15. 7:30 pm. David Remnick: The Bridge - The Life & Rise of Barack Obama. $15; $7 students. 2/17. 7:30 pm.
Free Library of Philadelphia - Wynnefield Branch 5325 Overbrook Ave.; 215-685-0298. www.library.phila.gov. Ron Alexander: Don't Tell Me What to Do. 2/16. 4-5 pm. Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library 680 Radcliffe St., Bristol; 215-788-7891. www.buckslib.org/libraries/Bristol/index.ht m. Book Discussion: To Kill a Mockingbird. 2/15. 6:30 pm. Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre 2111 Sansom St.; 215-496-8001. www.phillyshakespeare.org. Shakespeare Reading Group. Closes 3/10. The University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House 3805 Locust Walk; 215-573-9748. www.writing.upenn.edu/wh/. Susan Cheever. 2/14. 6:30 pm.
University of Pennsylvania - Penn Bookstore 3601 Walnut St.; 215-898-7595. upenn.bkstore.com. Michael Scheuer: Osama bin Laden. 2/11. 3-4 pm.
Poetry & Lectures Abington Free Library 1030 Old York Rd., Abington; 215-885-5180. abg.mclinc.org/. WWII Lecture Series. Closes 2/15. Camden County College - Blackwood Campus College Dr., Blackwood; 856-227-7200. www.camdencc.edu. Readers' Theatre Project of American Literature: Franklin In His Own Words. 2/17. 7 pm. Congregation Tifereth Israel 2909 Bristol Rd., Bensalem; 215-752-3468. www.tiferethisrael-pa.org. Oprah's Book Club: Pictures at an Exhibition. 2/13. 10 am-noon. David Library of the American Revolution 1201 River Rd., Washington Crossing; 215-493-6776. www.dlar.org. Christian Ayne Crouch: The Seven Years' War. 2/17. 7:30 pm. Dew Drop Inn 7A S Chester Rd., Swarthmore. Poets and Prophets: Valentine's Night Event. 2/16. 7 pm. Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322. www.library.phila.gov. J All I Know About Indigenous People I Learned From Hollywood. 2/16. 4:40 pm.
Free Library of Philadelphia - Philadelphia City Institute 1905 Locust St.; 215-685-6621. libwww.library.phila.gov/. Native American Culture Lecture. 2/16. 6 pm.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Keswick Theatre 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650. www.keswicktheatre.com. J Anthony Bourdain. $38.75-$49.75. 2/14. 8 pm. Mermaid Inn 7673 Germantown Ave.; 215-247-9797. www.themermaidinn.net. Bothy Open Mic. Closes 2/22. MilkBoy Acoustic Cafe 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; 610-527-0690. www.milkboycoffee.com. Open Mike Night. Closes 2/23. MilkBoy Coffee 2 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore; 610-645-5269. www.milkboycoffee.com. Open Mike. Closes 2/22. National Mechanics 22 S. Third St.; 215-701-4883. www.nationalmechanics.com. Science on Tap. 2/14. 6-7 pm. Plays & Players Theatre 1714 Delancey St.; 215-735-0630. www.playsandplayers.org. Azuka Theatre: I Love You, I Hate You. $10. 2/14. 5-8 pm. Swarthmore College - Scott Arboretum 500 College Ave., Swarthmore; 610-328-8001. www.scottarboretum.org. Nature's Narratives. 2/14. 5-6 pm. Temple Sholom in Broomall 55 Church Ln., Broomall; 610-356-5165. www.temple-sholom.org. Jews in China. 2/17. 7:30 pm. Temple University 1801 N. Broad St.; 215-204-7000. www.temple.edu/. Channeling Chavez: Community Media & the State in Caracas, Venezuela. 2/17. 12:30 pm. The University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House 3805 Locust Walk; 215-573-9748. www.writing.upenn.edu/wh/. Brunch With Author Susan Cheever. 2/15. 10 am. University of Pennsylvania - Penn Bookstore 3601 Walnut St.; 215-898-7595. upenn.bkstore.com. How Black Men Experience & Succeed in College. 2/15. 4-6 pm. University of the Arts - Hamilton Hall 320 S. Broad St.; 215-717-6120. www.uarts.edu. Tom Szaky: Redesigning the Throw-Away Culture. 2/15. 6-7:30 pm. Villanova University 800 E. Lancaster Ave., Villanova; 610-519-6000. www.villanova.edu. Cultural Film & Lecture Series: All the President's Men (1976). Closes 2/14. Walking Fish Theatre 2509 Frankford Ave.; 215-427-2822. www.walkingfishtheatre.com. Open Mike Night. Donations accepted. Wellington Square Bookshop 549 Wellington Square, Exton; 610-458-1144. www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com. Open Mike Night. 2/11. 7 pm. West Chester University - Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall Phillips Memorial Bldg., West Chester; 610-436-2739. www.wcupa.edu/cvpa/. Russell L. Goings: The Children of Children Keep Coming. Closes 2/13. World Cafe Live 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. www.worldcafelive.com. First Person StorySlam. $10. 2/14. 8:30 pm.
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