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Arrest made in robberies of trans women, murder of man By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com

police say White attempted to rob a transgender woman, whose ad he also responded to on Backpage. Police say the woman’s friend, An arrest was made this week in connec- Barry Jones, 32, heard the commotion and attempted to confront White, who tion with robberies of transgender allegedly shot Jones in the head. women and the murder of a man last Jones later died. week. Police said White fled on foot On Jan. 15, Philadelphia police after stealing cash and a cell phone arrested Matthew White, 32, and from the woman. charged him with murder, aggravated “I am very grateful for the tireassault, possession of a firearm, robless effort of the Philadelphia bery and other related offenses. Police Department to arrest the perIn two separate occurrences, White allegedly responded to a trans womMATTHEW son responsible for these crimes,” an’s personal ad on classifieds-adverWHITE said Nellie Fitzpatrick, director of the Office of LGBT Affairs. “The tising website Backpage. During the Jan. 8 incident, police say White efforts to engage the public for assistance robbed three transgender women of cash and were successful in this case. This arrest does a cell phone in the Kingsessing area. White not bring back the life lost or erase the trauma fled the scene on foot and allegedly fired one inflicted upon the survivors, but one can hope shot from a handgun after one of the women it will bring a sense of peace and justice to those individuals and communities impacted.” attempted to follow him. The following night, 19th District Police A preliminary hearing for White is schedresponded to a call about a shooting in the uled for 9 a.m. Feb. 1 in Room 306 of the 5400 block of Girard Avenue. In this incident, Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. n

THE RESISTANCE: Equality Pennsylvania executive director Ted Martin and GALAEI executive director Nikki López were among local and national leaders who spoke out against the nomination of Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General during a press conference Wednesday at Marriott Downtown, where up to 4,000 people are participating in National LGBTQ Task Force’s Creating Change Conference. The speakers urged U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania to vote against the confirmation of Sessions, who has a record of opposing LGBT rights, as well as equality for people of color, Muslims and other communities. Casey announced later that day he would vote against Sessions and other Donald Trump nominees. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Philadelphia’s Congressional delegation is breaking with tradition and sitting out this week’s presidential inauguration. U.S. Reps. Bob Brady, Brendan Boyle and Dwight Evans, who represent Philadelphia, and Rep. Mike Doyle of Pittsburgh are among a growing number of federal lawmakers boycotting Donald Turmp’s inauguration ceremony Jan. 20. As of presstime, nearly 60 members of the U.S. House have said they won’t attend, a movement that gained speed after Trump took to Twitter to insult civil-rights icon Congressman John Lewis. After Lewis remarked that Trump’s presidency was not legitimate, Trump wrote on social media that Lewis was “all talk, talk, talk — no action or results.” He also criticized Lewis’ Georgia district as “crime-infested” in a series of tweets that came shortly before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Lewis is a longtime civil-rights activist who was an original Freedom Rider. He was also a lead organizer of the March on Washington, during which King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. “I had been considering [not going] but the John Lewis thing did absolutely tip me,” Brady told PGN. This is the first presidential inauPAGE 2 guration Brady is sitting out.

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Philadelphia’s LGBT health facility celebrated a $1.5-million investment at a press conference Tuesday. The Mazzoni Center received its largest one-time gift back in November through the state’s R e d ev e l o p m e n t A s s i s t a n c e Capital Program. The funds will support Mazzoni Center’s purchase of a new building at 1328-38 Bainbridge St., where all services will be combined this summer. Its Washington West Project will remain in the Gayborhood. MILESTONE MOVE: Michael Tambon shared his story of how State Sen. Larry Farnese, who Mazzoni Center helped him through his HIV/AIDS diagnosis at a championed the RACP application press conference unveiling the center’s future site Tuesday. Mazzoni in the Senate, and State Rep. Brian CEO Nurit Shein (from left) was joined by a number of lawmakers for Sims, who publicly supported the the event, including state Sens. Anthony Williams and Larry Farnese, grant request, were on hand to celstate Reps. Brian Sims and Maria Donatucci and City Councilmember ebrate the milestone. Bill Greenlee. Mazzoni will consolidate its services and programs at “I am really so, so proud to PAGE 2 1328-38 Bainbridge St. this summer. Photo: Scott A. Drake stand here

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Judge clears way for Farnese trial By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com A federal judge this week cleared the way for a jury trial for state Sen. Lawrence M. Farnese Jr., who faces criminal charges involving fraud, bribery and conspiracy. After a two-hour hearing Jan. 18, U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe said selection of a 12-member jury will begin Jan. 23. Farnese stands accused of buying the vote of Ellen Chapman in 2011, to help secure his election as Democratic leader of the Eighth Ward. He’s also accused of falsifying campaign-finance records. The Eighth Ward is a political subdivision, located largely in Center City west of Broad. It serves as a conduit to party leadership, and it’s a source of information during campaigns and elections. In the spring of 2011, Farnese allegedly diverted $6,000 from his campaign fund to help pay the college tuition of Chapman’s daughter. In return, Chapman allegedly agreed to vote for Farnese as Democratic leader of the Eighth Ward. At the time of the alleged incident, Chapman served as an Eighth Ward committee person, and continues to serve in that role. If Chapman and Farnese are found guilty of any offense, Rufe will impose their sentence, not the jurors. Both defendants face lengthy prison terms if convicted on all charges. Mark B. Sheppard, an attorney for Farnese, urged Rufe to dismiss the case. He said the college-tuition payment was a legitimate campaign expenditure. “My client didn’t bribe anyone, and he didn’t intend to bribe anyone,” Sheppard told the judge. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan I. Kravis said Farnese broke state and federal laws by allegedly buying Chapman’s

vote. Kravis said Farnese’s campaign fund was free to contribute to a worthy college, but laws were broken because a bribe was involved. Chapman and Farnese sat impassively in the courtroom and didn’t make any public statements. Rufe appeared sympathetic to Chapman’s defense attorney, Stuart M. Patchen, when he said: “This is not the kind of thing the federal government should be involved in.” At one point, Rufe asked Kravis: “Why does the federal government get involved in this?” Kravis said it’s important to hold public officials accountable when they engage in criminal activity, such as bribery. Also during the proceeding, Rufe approved a defense request that election-law specialist Lawrence J. Tabas testify as an expert witness during the trial. Tabas is expected to testify that Farnese’s payment was “consistent with Pennsylvania law allowing expenditures for the purpose of influencing an election as referenced in the [state] election code,” according to defense papers. Additionally, Tabas will testify that “the particular expenditure described in the indictment in this case together with the supporting documentation for the expenditure complies with Pennsylvania election law, both as to purpose and disclosure,” according to defense papers. Jury selection is set for 9:30 a.m. Jan. 23 in Courtroom 12A of the U.S. Court House, 601 Market St. The trial is expected to take about a week, with Tabas testifying on Jan. 30, attorneys said. In November, Farnese handily won re-election as a state senator. He has a strong record of support for LGBT causes, including a statewide LGBT civil-rights law and a new probe of the Nizah Morris case. n

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“To pick a fight with him after Donald Trump has been saying President Obama isn’t a legitimate president for eight years? Now all of a sudden he’s going to take offense to someone saying that about him? That’s bull,” the representative added. Brady said he considers Lewis a close friend and noted the 30-year Congressman is well-respected among both Democrats and Republicans. “John’s my friend and one of the classiest people I know in this business. He has more respect from both sides of the aisle than anybody in Washington,” Brady said. “It could’ve been good for Donald Trump to reach out to Rep. Lewis and say, ‘Look, maybe we can work some things out.’ John would’ve met and talked to him. Instead, he came out insulting and picking a fight. It’s a fight he’s never going to win.” That was a sentiment also shared by Evans. “I #StandWithJohnLewis. I will not be attending the inauguration,” Evans tweeted Monday, which was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Boyle followed, with a Facebook post in which he called Trump a “unique threat to the Constitution and to our country.” Boyle went on to note that he has long seen Inauguration Day as a “nonpolitical” event, but that, while he doesn’t challenge Trump’s Electoral College victory, he can’t “in good conscience” celebrate what he MAZZONI from page 1

with my good friends and neighbors from the Mazzoni Center as well as my colleagues from the city and state government to announce this major investment in the Mazzoni Center,” Farnese said. He noted that the expansion is “an investment in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” adding the commitment will allow Mazzoni to provide intensive outpatient programs, increased space for community meetings and an overall service expansion. “It’s more apparent more than ever how essential and how absolutely crucial it is to be a vocal ally and support not only policies but also investments that will grow a network of safe, reliable and understanding havens where services can be obtained in this community,” Farnese said. Sims commended the Mazzoni staffers whose work connects LGBT people with needed services, which he noted is especially important for a state that still does not offer statewide LGBT nondiscrimination protections. “In most parts of Pennsylvania, the conversations that we’re having right now could get us thrown out of this building, could get us thrown out of this municipality,” Sims said. “The hard work that so many of those people do could get them fired from their jobs in other parts of this state and yet, they come to work every single day at the Mazzoni Center.” Mazzoni CEO Nurit Shein said that since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, the number of uninsured patients the center

says is a “grave mistake.” “I accept the decision of the people. I respect it. But I will not celebrate it,” Boyle wrote. Philadelphia is the only major city whose entire Congressional delegation is boycotting the inauguration. The resistance will need to continue into the administration, Brady noted.

“It could’ve been good for Donald Trump to reach out to Rep. Lewis and say, ‘Look, maybe we can work some things out.’ John would’ve met and talked to him. Instead, he came out insulting and picking a fight. It’s a fight he’s never going to win.” “It looks like we’ve got a fight on our hands: a fight for LGBT issues, women’s rights, health care,” Brady said. “LGBT [people] should be really concerned about this guy. We’re in a fight. But we know we how to fight. And we’re going to keep on fighting.” n

serves has gone down. However, the future of the act is unclear under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. “I don’t know what the next year holds for us, so being able to expand from 13 exam rooms to 20-some exam rooms means a lot to the people we are going to see in the next few years,” Shein said. Another speaker at the press conference was Michael Tambon, a Mazzoni Center patient. Tambon was diagnosed with HIV on Jan. 23, 2012, and said he was scared and didn’t know where to go for help. Shortly after his diagnosis, Tambon heard about Mazzoni Center’s HIV support-group meetings. “I realized that I wasn’t alone in this process and that there’s affordable care for me offered by the Mazzoni Center,” he said. Tambon found a doctor he felt comfortable with and discussed treatment options. Now, he’s on medication and healthy, and his HIV status is undetectable. “This new building at Broad and Bainbridge is so important because all of these services can now be found under one roof,” Tambon said. “This makes it more convenient for over 35,000 individuals to rely on Mazzoni Center and their services. I would like to thank the state of Pennsylvania for your generous donation, which helps make this building possible.” Shein called it “a dream come true” to have all of Mazzoni’s services under one roof. “Keep talking to us and keep asking questions,” Shein said. “We are going to be here for many years to come.” n

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COMMUNITY IN ACTION: The crowd at the Team Bayard/MLK Day of Service cheered Monday for the Sister Cities Girl Choir, who performed at William Way LGBT Community Center. Throughout the afternoon, community members and allies assembled at the center for volunteer projects, such as organizing clothing donations for Philly AIDS Thrift, assembling safe-sex kits for The Colours Organization and a Gayborhood street-cleaning initiative. Speakers included U.S. Congressman Dwight Evans, Mayor Jim Kenney and state Rep. Brian Sims. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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William Way shows continued growth at annual meeting By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com Things are looking up at the William Way LGBT Community Center, which held its annual meeting last week to discuss new initiatives and funding. Elections were held for four positions on the board of directors, with all four nominees being awarded positions at the conclusion of the meeting. The new members are Deja Lynn Alvarez, Lauri Kavulich, Maryellen Madden and Meg Rider. Each candidate will hold a two-year term on the board. William Way Development Director Shana McMahan announced the efforts of the center’s fundraising campaigns during the meeting. A few days after Thanksgiving, William Way participated once again in #GivingTuesday, a national effort for organizations to raise funds through social-media marketing. William Way raised $10,800 from 73 households, which included 26 first-time donors. Additionally, its 2016 end-of-the-year campaign raised $23,395 from 160 households, which included seven first-

time donors. Nonprofits. With this program, there’s no exception,” McMahan The center also was awarded individuals utilizing a reusable joked. William Way Treasurer Anh grants from several organizations bag while shopping at Whole last year, including DVLF, Long Foods Market will have five cents Dang also shared the highlights Island Gay and Lesbian Youth, deducted from their bill, which can of the first quarter in fiscal year National Parks Service, the Public be donated to the nonprofit of the 2017. Grant income is currently up by $83,877 and individual givHealth Management Corporation shopper’s choice. “This week, bring your bags ing is up by $71,426. Meanwhile, and the Independence Community Foundation. Several special events and if you don’t have bags, we events and fundraisers are up by and fundraisers raised thousands are making William Way bags so $14,244 with the 2016 Indigo Ball of dollars for the center as well. Fundraising efforts will continue for William Way in 2017 with dates pending for a Valentine’s Day pop-up shop, the Philadelphia Gay Comedy Festival and a Gay Pride Fun Run. Confirmed events are: the Philadelphia Burlesque Festival April 6-9; the Homecoming Brunch June 10; and the Indigo Ball Oct. 14. A d d i t i o n a l l y, William Way will be a beneficiary WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Whole Foods CHRIS BARTLETT REVIEWED THE “STATE OF THE CENTER” AT THE Market’s Nickels for ORGANIZATION’S ANNUAL MEETING JAN. 14. Photo: Scott A. Drake

netting almost $40,000 more than last year. In addition to accomplishments by the center as a whole, Executive Director Chris Bartlett also celebrated the accomplishments of Laurie Ward, who held several leadership positions within the organization, including as interim executive director before Bartlett took over in 2010. After, she took positions on the board of directors and became a board co-chair in 2012. Bartlett presented Ward, who will be vacating her position on the board of directors, with a plaque. “I can’t express my gratitude with the huge difference you made in your six years of tenure here,” Bartlett said to Ward. “Thank you so much.” Overall, Bartlett said he is looking forward to continued development at the center. “I think we’re at a very exciting point where we’re seeing an increase of income, an increase of programs and increase in participation from the community,” he said. “I anticipate that we’re going to have continued growth, new innovation and a lot of work on the building.” n

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By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com When members of the LGBT community came forward to discuss issues of racism and discrimination, Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations Executive Director Rue Landau said she saw a clear pattern — that people were unsure of the city’s protocol for addressing these issues. “We heard from so many people from our public hearing, from follow-up testimony and from follow-up interviews about situations and instances that could’ve risen to the level of discrimination — complaints that could’ve been filed with our office,� Landau said about an Oct. 25 hearing in which community members addressed problems within the Gayborhood. “But the people didn’t file and we wanted to know why.� PCHR held a “Know Your Rights� training Jan. 11 to highlight how the commission can help the community in combating discriminatory acts, methods for reporting these issues and the different types of discrimination that could occur. Landau and PCHR Deputy Director Pam Gwaltney taught the workshop to about 20 participants. Landau said she heard from some people that they feared retaliation for reporting discriminatory acts, while others did not know they could file a complaint with PCHR. “What was really important for us was to come out, teach people about their rights, teach them about the city’s strong anti-discrimination law, the Fair Practices Ordinance, and hopefully get the word to spread about when they can come to us so we can combat illegal discrimination,� she explained. In addition, Landau said, “I think the training gave people the tools they need to identify illegal discrimination, certainly

know when to report to us and also know that they can just call us if they have questions or if they want to talk about a scenario to see whether or not it does rise to the level of discrimination.� Ernest Owens, editor of G Philly, has been reporting on allegations of racism in the Gayborhood and said he was unaware of PCHR’s protcol. “I wasn’t fully aware of what the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations could do, which is my disappointment with the Office of LGBT Affairs. They were not as proactive in informing the public of what they could be doing,� Owens contended, arguing that PCHR should be proactive in disseminating such information in the future. “Just as much as they say people should come to them, they should do a better job at coming to [us]. I think this [training] could’ve happened a long time ago.� Gwaltney said she hopes the event heightened awareness about the PCHR’s processes. “People can’t exercise their rights unless they know what their rights are,� she said. “What I think [the training] will do is give them a frame of reference upon which to build their knowledge of what their civil rights are in Philadelphia, and not only will it help them but it may help someone that they know.� Complaints can be filed with PCHR by mail, fax or in person. Support is available every weekday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, visit www.phila.gov/humanrelations or for questions and concerns, call 215-686-4670 or email PCHR@phila.gov. The PCHR will release its findings addressing Gayborhood racism at a press conference 10 a.m. Jan. 23 at the Mayor’s Reception Room in City Hall, 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd. n

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D.A.’s Office needs 30 days to research Morris request By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office last week said it needs 30 days to research whether 911 recordings pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident are publicly accessible. Morris was a transgender woman found with a fatal head wound in 2002, shortly after a courtesy ride from police. Her homicide remains unsolved. The police department lost its entire Morris homicide file in 2003, and it remains possible that Morris 911 recordings were lost at the D.A.’s Office. Since 2003, PGN has attempted to obtain complete 911 recordings for the Morris incident. Some Morris 911 recordings were released by authorities, but significant portions of them are inaudible. In November 2015, PGN filed an open-records request with the D.A.’s Office for all Morris 911 recordings in its possession. The request ensued for about a year, while both sides participated in mediation, which was unsuccessful. In September, the D.A.’s Office submitted an affidavit stating it doesn’t have “actual” Morris 911 recordings — appar-

ently referring to 911 recordings originating internally within the D.A.’s Office. On Jan. 3, PGN filed a new open-records request, clarifying that it’s seeking Morris 911 recordings originating at the police department, not the D.A.’s Office. The D.A.’s Office said Jan. 10 it needed to conduct “a legal review” to “determine whether the requested materials are records subject to access under the [state Right-toKnow Law].” A new deadline has been set for Feb. 9. In 2011, the city’s Police Advisory Commission issued a subpoena to the D.A.’s Office for Morris 911 recordings. In response, the D.A.’s Office told the PAC it could only locate Morris 911 recordings provided by PGN. In 2013, the PAC took an unprecedented step of recommending state and federal probes of the Morris case. Numerous LGBT organizations have called for an independent probe of the Morris case, including Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia, National Center for Transgender Equality, Mazzoni Center, Equality Pennsylvania, William Way LGBT Center, GALAEI, Racial Unity USA, Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition, LGBT Elder Initiative, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD and National LGBTQ Task Force. n

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Liberty City elects new co-chair By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com An LGBT-advocacy organization unanimously voted for a new co-chair last week. At a Jan. 9 meeting, the Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club board elected openly gay Malcolm Kenyatta, 26, to fill the vacancy created by outgoing Co-Chair Tony Campisi. Kenyatta and Co-Chair Anne Wakabayashi will work with the LGBT community to encourage involvement in the Democratic Party. Wakabayashi said she and the board value Kenyatta as a “young progressive voice.” “I think Malcolm is a really uniquely driven guy,” Wakabayashi said. “I think he has a lot of really great ideas about where he wants to take Liberty City. I think his voice is really valuable and he has distinguished himself, not just in the LGBT community but also in the Philadelphia community, as an advocate for all things Philadelphia and all things LGBT equality.” In addition to Liberty City, Kenyatta also serves on the boards of Equality Pennsylvania, Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse and the Philadelphia chapter of the National Organization for Women. Additionally, he was the former campaign manager for Sherrie Cohen, the first openly gay City Council candidate endorsed by the Philadelphia Democratic Party. Kenyatta said his grandfather, civil-rights leader Muhammad Kenyatta, inspired him

to get involved with political actions. “I can’t remember a time where I wasn’t interested in finding ways to get engaged,” he said. Kenyatta noted the “many fronts where [president-elect Donald] Trump and Republicans are going to be coming after” the LGBT community. “You can’t get weary. You can’t get tired. You can’t give up. You can’t say, ‘I’m tired of hearing it. I’m tired of watching what’s happening,’” he said. “We have to be actively engaged in this every single step of the way. We have to call them out on the carpet for every single atrocity.” Kenyatta urged others to call elected officials and “go back to grassroots organizing.” “We want everybody at the table and every part of this organization to make sure that we’re pushing together,” he said. “The work that we do, we’re going to have to take it into hyper drive.” The new co-chair would also like to engage new membership within the organization. At the next meeting, on Jan. 26, the club will discuss challenges for the LGBT community and how to forge a path forward. “We’re going to say, ‘If you care about affecting the progress we’ve made and if you care about building on the issues that we still have and if you care about securing the future, we want you to apply to this board,’” Kenyatta said. “‘We want you to be a part of what we’re doing.’” n

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Kenney reestablishes Police Advisory Commission By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Mayor Jim Kenney issued an executive order Jan. 12 reestablishing the city’s Police Advisory Commission, which was initially formed in 1993. According to Kenney’s executive order, the 13-member commission will help ensure lawful policing by reviewing citizen complaints of police misconduct. The PAC also will review police policies and procedures, with a goal of improving community relations. According to the order, “[The PAC will] focus on maximizing trust between the police and the communities that they serve.” The PAC currently has six commissioners, six staffers and an annual budget of about $300,000. A spokesperson for Kenney said he’ll appoint more PAC commissioners in the spring. Ronda B. Goldfein, chair of the PAC, expressed optimism about its future. “The mayor has clearly stated his intentions to support the commission and have a full com-

plement of commissioners by the spring,” she told PGN. “We’re optimistic and enthusiastic about the administration’s support.” Lauren Hitt, a spokesperson for Kenney, said the mayor is committed to supporting the PAC. “We are absolutely committed to making sure the PAC has the resources it needs to function effectively,” Hitt said in an email. “And that’s something we’re looking at as part of our budget process now. So I’ll have more to say on that in March. To date, the [Kenney] administration has increased the commission’s funding by nearly $150,000 and grown its paid staff by 50 percent.” The PAC reviewed the Nizah Morris case for about 10 years, between 2003-13. Morris was an African-American trans woman found with a fatal head wound in 2002, shortly after a “courtesy ride” from police in the Gayborhood. In 2013, the PAC recommended state and federal probes of Morris’ unsolved homicide. Kenney’s executive order pledges a commitment to “the ideals of openness, responsibility and accountability” within his administration. n

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CHORUS OF COLORS: The Philadelphia Freedom Band, along with the Anna Crusis Women’s Choir, performed “Chomaticity” Jan. 15 at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. The event celebrated the rainbow flag, with the theme incorporated into the performers’ attire and song selections, with pieces like “Purple Pageant” and “Love for Three Oranges.” The concert was conceived as a way to pay tribute to the victims of last summer’s mass shooting at an LGBT club in Orlando. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Peter Saunders Dunning died Jan. 4 from complications of to dementia. He was 79. Dunning earned his bachelor’s degree from Trinity College and his master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. He eventually taught math at Germantown Friends School before becoming a software developer. His son, William Dunning, remembers his passion for mathematics, referring to his father as a “math geek.” “He was always teaching me math as a kid and making me feel very special,” William said. “He always loved to talk about math and loved to be with other people who were students of math.”

Another interest William recalled was his father’s taste in classical music. He said his father had a CD rack with hundreds of classical-music albums. Dunning even wrote a piano concerto as a wedding march for when he married his former wife. He also loved to sing and participated in the Singing City and other choirs. William said his father was involved in LGBT rights for decades. Dunning publicly came out as gay in the early 1970s on a local public-access talk show and became involved in gay-liberation parades soon afterward. His son said he came out “before it was cool.” “They were pushing the envelope back then,” William said of his father and his friends. “[They said], ‘Hey look at us. We exist. We’re not going away.’ They flaunted

it and made themselves be known.” Additionally, Dunning was involved in the First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto and had interests ranging from camping and bike rides to listening to music and drinking wine. William said most people he talked to after his father’s death recalled how easygoing and happy Dunning was. “He was always smiling,” William said. Dunning is predeceased by his parents, Leighton and Laura Dunning; and his brother, Nicholas Dunning. Besides William, he is survived by another son, Robert; his grandchildren, Isabelle and Dale Dunning; and his former wife, Marion Scattergood Ballard. A gathering in memory of Dunning will be held Feb. 5 in Philadelphia. Interested attendees should call 610-5991170 for more information. n

By Angela Burns PGN Contributor More than 200 professionals in academia converged on Philadelphia for the 132nd MLA Annual Convention to discuss comparative literature, theory and teaching method, among many other topics. The conference, which took place Jan. 5-8, featured more than 10 sessions that discussed LGBT themes. On Jan. 5, Gershun Avilez, director of University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Program in Sexuality Studies and associate professor in the Department of English & Comparative Literature, moderated a “Queering the Civil Rights Movement” panel. The discussion included remarks from University of Pennsylvania Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies Salamishah Tillet, Soyica Diggs Colbert of Georgetown University and Dagmawi Woubshet of Cornell University. Tillet presented on her work, “White People Had Judy Garland, We Had Nina: ‘Mississippi Goddam’ and the Outing of Black Rage.”

Tillet talked about Nina Simone’s outrage at a 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., that killed four young black women and inspired Simone to write “Mississippi Goddam.” Tillet addressed the fear that gripped the community, which ultimately inspired Simone to make a gun out of parts around her home; when confronted by her husband, Simone decided to channel her emotions into her music. “What she did produce was more powerful than any gun. She wrote ‘Mississippi Goddam’ instead,” quoted Tillet. Tillet also noted Simone’s rescue and redemption of rage, a feeling that African-American women found so hard to show in public due to fear of being demonized. J. Ryan Marks, Ph.D. candidate at Penn State University, also presented on “Inappropriate Subjects in Valerie Solanas’s SCUM Manifesto (1967) and David Wojnarowicz’s Close to the Knives (1991).” For more information on the MLA Association, visit www.mla.org. n

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Creating change As PGN goes to press, up to 4,000 people are flooding into Philly to address LGBT equality. The timing couldn’t be more significant, as the nation braces for the inauguration of Donald Trump, whose administration is poised to actively turn the clock back on equality for LGBT people and many other communities. The National LGBT Task Force’s Creating Change Conference highlights the work that lies ahead. There are frank discussions happening right now at the conference about racial inequality, trans and bi erasure and lack of opportunities for our community’s youth, seniors and other marginalized populations. But with the atrocity happening just 140 miles away in the nation’s capitol on Jan. 20, it may seem hard to focus on anything other than how our country is going to avoid nuclear war if our next president is insulted on Twitter. But these deep, systemic issues need attention, debate and work. If the last two months have shown us anything, it’s that our nation has a tremendously long way to go until America can truly be a bastion of freedom and equality. We can’t control who sits in the Oval Office at this point, but we can work to root out the ills in both our community and our country — a process that can significantly shape who will helm the nation in another four years. Change didn’t come easily in the last eight years, during a presidential administration that fully embraced LGBT equality; the tremendous policy, programmatic and public-opinion wins we saw during the Obama administration were the amalgamation of intense legislative pressure, coordinated community campaigns and countless LGBT individuals across the nation who showed their family members, friends and loved ones what it means to be LGBT. The name of this national conference is exactly the spirit that needs to guide the LGBT community’s vision for the next four years: Change isn’t an abstract, intangible concept. It is an active process, one that needs to be nurtured and nourished. Surviving the next four years isn’t enough. Our community deserves to thrive — and to do that, we need to create change. n

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Something truly terrible happened in Minnesota. An elementary-school teacher and his husband were busted for having sex with underage teenagers and filming it. Once they knew they were caught, they fled and killed themselves. My takeaway: The whole story is sick and sordid and sad and I hope that all of the kids these guys hurt get the help and care they deserve and need. As for the abusers, at the risk of sounding insensitive, [string of expletives deleted]. Of course, some see it differently. Professional homophobe Gordon Klingenschmitt’s take is, “See! This is why gays shouldn’t be teachers!” It is, of course, a ridiculous argument. But then, Klingenschmitt is a ridiculous man. It’s important to note — though it will surely surprise and disappoint Klingenschmitt and his followers — that the vast majority of LGBT people aren’t pedophiles. They aren’t child molesters and never will be. Full stop. This is, of course, true for all humans, regardless of sexual orientation, but I feel the need to make the distinction since LGBT people have had to contend with the pedophile accusation since forever, in large part because there are folks who forget that they are, in fact, human. It is also important to note that the majority of child sexual-abuse victims are girls who are abused by men who identify as heterosexual. Does this in any way diminish the severity of abuse when it is committed by a man against a boy? No, of course not. But it would be just as illogical to point at a specifically heinous case and declare it evidence that heterosexual men shouldn’t be teachers. Or you could point to the various cases where heterosexual women teachers had sex with their underage students and declare ladies unfit for the classroom. And then you’d essentially have no one left to teach at all. But, of course, Klingenschmitt has a long history of being hatefully anti-LGBT and so he wasted no time once a case “proved” he’d been right all along. “These two men were deceived on so many levels,” Klingenschmitt said during his Jan. 9 online program, which he kicked off by putting the word “husband” in scare quotes because of how gays aren’t really

married and all. “Who is to blame for this spiritually?” Klingenschmitt asked, describing the gay men as people “who don’t know Christ, who are lost in their homosexual sin.” Klingenschmitt is deliberately equating the sin of abuse with sexual orientation as if they are one in the same. They aren’t. Can’t repeat that enough. “As a culture now, the demonic spirit of homosexuality has taken over and redefined marriage,” Klingenschmitt continued, “to tell these boys that it’s OK.” It is not clear to me who Klingenschmitt is referring to as “these boys.” Surely he doesn’t mean the two adult abusers. But it also doesn’t make sense the other way around. Is he saying that because of marriage equality the boys who were abused were taught to think abuse is OK? Just because marriage is legal for gay men doesn’t mean that abuse is. There’s a really big difference. But not to Klingenschmitt, who claimed that “the demonic spirit of deception” took over whomever hired this gay teacher in the first place. “If anything, they should have been disqualified immediately because of their immorality,” he said, which is something even Ronald Reagan disagreed with during his California governor days. “This is evil upon evil,” Klingenschmitt said. “It is our laws as a society that need to be changed to prevent and protect children from this kind of abuse in the future.” And he’s right! Sexual abuse is some evil shit. And there are definitely laws and aspects of society that need a-changin’! Except, what he would like is to see marriage equality erased, which would not protect children at all. But it would hurt gay people, which seems to be his ultimate goal. n

“As a culture now, the demonic spirit of homosexuality has taken over and redefined marriage.”

D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.

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Obama made us cool There is no other U.S. president who can munity, but one line in particular changed stand even close to the legacy of President the world. It brought us from invisibility Barack Obama on LGBT issues. In fact, to standing as equals on the battle for our you could stack all the LGBT gains accurights. And if the president could say it, so mulated from every president before could almost anyone. Obama together and they wouldn’t come That line is very personal to me and close to those made during his I’ve written about it and had a administration. No one column chance to thank the president could simply list all his achievefor it. Here I can now let out a ments on behalf of the LGBT secret. It’s not the line I wrote community but there is one for the president to include as that most of our community, part of one of his LGBT Pride seems to be blind to: Thanks speeches, but I must admit that to President Obama, it became was certainly something this cool to support LGBT equality. activist of almost 50 years now That might sound simple but would never had suspected as turn back the clock just a little an 18-year-old standing outside to Obama’s predecessor, who Stonewall. The line I’m referused our very lives and loves in ring to that changed America an ugly re-election campaign, was delivered by President by urging Republican states to Obama during his second inauput antigay-marriage initiatives gural address: “We, the people, declare on state ballot. Remember that? Mark Segal today that the most evident of While President George W. Bush attacked our community truths, that all of us are created almost daily, then-Sen. Obama was on the equal, is the star that guides us still, just as campaign trail speaking out for LGBT it guided our forbearers to Seneca Falls and equality in almost every speech. Now he Selma and Stonewall.” didn’t do that alone. His opponent in that And you must also admit lighting the White House in rainbow colors after the race for the Democratic nomination was Hillary Clinton, and they both spoke out Supreme Court ruled for marriage equality for our equality. That was a first. And once was pretty cool too. For those “cool” things to happen, it Obama won the nomination, he contintook many years. To achieve them, many ued to speak out on our issues and raised of us got hurt, were jailed and spoke up them as he fought and defeated Sen. John loudly at a time when it wasn’t cool to do McCain for the presidency. so. As I’ve often said, my 50-year battle Eight years ago where were we? As has been to fight LGBT invisibility. If the President Obama took office, we knew of few high-ranking out officials in the White new administration tries to roll back any House. There were no out LGBT people of our gains, maybe it’s time to show them in the military. Few states had marriage how visible and creative we can be. equality, and trans issues were talked about Now that will be cool. n in whispers, unfortunately even in the Mark Segal is the nation’s most-award-winning comLGBT community. mentator in LGBT media. His recently published mem As mentioned earlier in this column, it oir, “And Then I Danced,” is available on Amazon. would take pages to list all of Obama’s com, Barnes & Noble or at your favorite bookseller. LGBT achievements on behalf of our com-

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Street Talk Should Donald Trump visit the Pulse Nightclub site? "No. He'll just make the situation worse. Trump doesn't have sincerity. His visit would be an act, not from the heart. My Cameron Ogle personal graphic designer preference is Washington Square West that Trump doesn't go there. I think he's in over his head."

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Standing up to sit down We’re very clearly under attack. Buoyed by the Trump victory and control of all branches of the government — and in spite of the disastrous effect House Bill 2 has had on North Carolina and its former Gov. Pat McCrory (R) — states have been rushing to introduce anti-transgender laws. Many of the bills introduced have built on North Carolina’s effort, while also taking on new tactics designed to further marginalize trans people. After several months of work, Texas decided to go big. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) filed Senate Bill 6, dubbed the Texas Privacy Act. It, of course, does nothing for the privacy of transgender people in

restrooms. Rather, transgender women — it should be noted that there is specific language in the bill that says trans men will be allowed to use appropriate facilities — will be barred from using restrooms, locker/dressing rooms and showers in public buildings, schools and universities. It also allows private businesses to do the same if they so wish. Like many other bills, too, this essentially “deputizes” private citizens, asking them to report violations to the state, so that the Texas Attorney General can impose penalties on facilities not enforcing SB6. In Virginia, State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) introduced his own bill,

House Bill 1612, picking up on Texas’ language by naming it the Physical Privacy Act. As well as prohibitions against restroom use, it also includes a requirement for schools to contact parents or guardians if a student requests to be treated as a member of a gender other than their birth gender. It’s a Democrat taking the lead in Kentucky, with State Rep. Rick Nelson (D). His bill, House Bill 106, will require public buildings, schools and university restrooms to be “used by persons based on their biological sex.” Nelson also filed a “right of conscience” bill the same day, which would allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT customers due

to their religious beliefs. Washington is pushing House Bill 1011. It covers the same basic ground of the others, though specifying that gender-specific facilities be disallowed to people with “genitalia of a different gender from that for which the facility is segregated.” It is not quite clear how such genitalia would be determined within these facilities. What many of these bills do is involve the gender on one’s birth certificate, a document that few carry in their wallet, and in some cases cannot be altered. What’s more, Virginia’s HB 1612 specifies that sex is defined by one’s “original PAGE 16 birth certificate,” mean-

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An LGBT philanthropy organization is seeking nominations for community honorees. Each year, DVLF honors individuals and organizations for their work advancing the LGBT community at its annual HEROES event. On DVLF’s website, community members can vote for an adult, a person under 21, a straight ally, a nonprofit organization and a business for the 11th-annual event. DVLF’s Outreach & Grantmaking Committee will pick from

the nominees, with approval from the board of directors. Deadline for HEROES nominations is Feb. 17. Forms can be obtained at www. dvlf.org/heroes. The event will take place 12:30-3:30 p.m. April 9 at Hotel Monaco, 433 Chestnut St. — Jeremy Rodriguez

New Hope event to fundraise for Pride organization The New Hope Eagle Volunteer Fire Company will host the eighth-annual Fire and Ice Ball Jan. 21. Proceeds will benefit New Hope Celebrates, which organizes the town’s Pride festival in May. Guests are encouraged to wear retro or cocktail attire. There will be complimentary light fare, a cash bar, DJ, dance contests, fashion show, fire dancers and ice carving. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the

door. For tickets, visit winterfestival.net.

Clinic to address legal name changes Mazzoni Center’s Legal Services Department and the Philadelphia Bar Association will host a training next week to walk community members through the process of legally changing their names. The Legal Name Change Clinic will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. Volunteer attorneys will meet one on one with attendees to help them prepare the documents needed for a legal name change. The event is free, but pre-registration is required. Attendees will need to bring certain documents, such as a state-issued ID or birth certificate. To register, call 215-563-0657 or email legalservices@mazzonicenter.org. n — Jen Colletta

Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Jan. 2-8. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Crime Analyst Officer Robert Savino. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686TIPS. INCIDENTS — At 1:30 a.m. Jan. 4, two males approached a woman walking along the

200 block of South Camac Street and they told her to give them everything she had. They then went through her purse and took $12, and fled on foot. No description was provided. — There was one theft from a parked vehicle: outside 114 S. 12th St.

Walnut Street who was a fugitive from North Carolina. — At 10:17 p.m. Jan. 4, Sixth District Officer Marsh issued a summary citation to a 35-year-old man for drinking from an open container of alcohol in the 100 block of South 13th Street.

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By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A serendipitous email 10 years ago drastically shaped Drea Baldini’s career path. “I was working in a salon — a big corporate thing — and the manager didn’t really care too much about it; it was a constant fight for supplies. I thought, I didn’t sign up for this,” Baldini said between sips of coffee this month in the back room of André Richard Salon on Locust Street. “It was one of those ‘come to Jesus’ moments where I thought, I can’t do this anymore; something’s gotta give.” Dismayed, Baldini returned from work that night to an email from then-owner of 12th Street Gym Rick Piper inviting her to check out retail space he recently renovated and was looking to lease in the building. “The next day I looked at it and there was one chair and 200 square feet. I gave him a deposit that day. That’s where it all started.” In the last 10 years, Baldini went from being in business by herself to employing 10 stylists, three assistants and two receptionists at the flagship shop at 1218 Locust St., as well as in the satellite ARS Parlour at 204 S. 12th St. She estimated hundreds worked for her brand in the last decade. “This industry has such a high turnover, and at first I thought there was something wrong with me,” Baldini laughed. “There are people who go to beauty school then realize this really is a lot of work, it’s not as glamorous as they thought it was going to be, and move on.” Finding the right fusion of personalities, in a way that allows people to hone their individual crafts, has been one of the biggest challenges of building the business, Baldni said. “For however many human beings there are on this planet with hair, that’s how many different ways there are to do hair. You can be sharing space with God knows who, which can be hellish — and it has been at times. But I would say right now I have the best team I’ve ever had. No offense to the others … but girl, that’s a TV show,” she laughed. The workplace dynamic shifted about a year ago when Baldini transitioned from male to female. She said she was anxious about telling staff at first, but the majority of the staffers were very supportive, and those who didn’t mesh well with the transition have since moved on. “I thought, what if my entire team quits? I went through all of this in my mind, but it was like, I’ll have to just fig-

ure that out because I have to do this,” Baldini said. “I told them and they kind of ambushed me with ‘We’ve got your back, everything’s good.’ The core group is still here but I’ve had eight people move on and I think it was because the dynamic changed so much: Dad was no longer showing up, Mom was. Younger people related to me very differently. But I think it was one of those things where if you really clean up yourself internally, you clean yourself up externally too. We have less people who work here, but we’re still doing the same amount of business and things are calmer. I’m calmer.” With that energy, Baldini is moving into 2017 with a new focus on hair health. In the business’ beginning, Baldini offered scalp analysis for clients. “Everybody has different hair types but our scalp usually does the same thing:

either it’s dry or oily because of silicon build-up. If silicon builds up, your scalp can get flaky or, in the reverse, it can produce too much oil because it’s trying to balance itself, which can cause balding,” Baldini explained. “[Plant-based French line] PHYTO used to come in with a scope and magnify the scalp 200 to 500 times to see if there was a buildup. From there, you can use essential oils to relieve these issues and balance it out.” Over the years, the practice fell by the wayside. But Baldini recently launched a Scalp Analysis and Treatment Program, which uses a pen-like magnifying device called a Capilliscope, connected to a laptop, to identify any scalp issues. Once the analysis is complete, stylists treat the scalp and hair with PHYTO and Moroccanoil, infused with Argan. Treatments range from $60-$100. “Ultimately, you want to have crazy, fun-colored hair but it needs to be healthy,” said Baldini. “This is a way to keep your scalp and hair health in check.” She decided the renewed attention to hair health was integral to the business while reflecting on the 10th anniversary. In looking back, Baldini said she realized there are few things she would have done differently, other than “get a filing cabinet,” she laughed. “I don’t have any regrets. I’ve cultivated a great team and am going to concentrate on education for our assistants because they’re DREA BALDINI Photo: Scott A. Drake our future.” n

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Building a bodywork business from the ground up By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The field of bodywork has gone through a number of evolutions in the past few decades — changes that Freedom Massage has kept up with. The Malvern-based business is owned by LGBT community member Diane Matkowski, who founded the company in 1999. “Back when I started, there was no licensing at all in Pennsylvania so I actually studied under a mentalist at first,” she said. “Then I went to a massage school in Delaware because that was the only nearby state actually giving licenses.” Once it was available, Matkowski went on to become credentialed in Pennsylvania. She has continued her education as the field expanded, completing a Deep-Tissue Structural Release program in 2000, a Thai-Yoga Bodywork training in 2003 and programs at Ohashi Institute and the Integrative Institute of Nutrition in 2005. When Matkowski started training more than 20 years ago, there were just 137,000 massage therapists in the country; now there are over 350,000. “Back in that time period, there weren’t many of us,” she said. “Massage was more of an underground kind of society. It wasn’t

nearly as mainstreamed as it is now. You didn’t have chains, massage wasn’t in a lot of spas yet and chiropractors were just starting to introduce it.” After opening Freedom Massage’s doors, Matkowski said she worked hard to build a strong client base. “It was finding a handful people who understood the value and reason why they should receive bodywork and then networking. With that, we grew from one client to now over 7,000 in our database,” she said. “I learned a ton about the human body and massage and watched the whole business shift and change. I learned how to build a business from nothing to something.” Freedom Massage’s services range from the Swedish and deep-tissue to more specialized offerings like pregnancy and oncol-

Stick with it! ’Tis the season that everyone is winding down from the holidays and thinking about how to get that perfect beach body for this coming summer. Here are some ways to start and stick with your New Year fitness resolutions: Write down your measurable goal. When you write down your goal, you are making your decision more definite. Make sure it is measureable. Don’t simply say you want to lose weight. Specify how much weight or fat you want to lose and by when.

for you and will keep you accountable to your goals. What motivates you? Write a list of things that excite you — maybe places you will visit with your improved physique, food you want to reward yourself with, clothes you want to wear, etc. Keep these things close to you so you can look at them daily. If you have a hard time staying focused and motivated, really consider finding a trainer to keep you accountable.

Get started! Here are some exercises you What lead goals will lead you can start with: to your ultimate goal? Megan Niño • Mountain climbers: three sets of 20 It’s easy to say you want to lose 15 pounds in three months, but if you • Plank: three sets of 30 have no direction, then you may be shoot- seconds ing yourself in the foot. An example of a • Dead bugs: three sets of 10 lead goal is: I will lose 5 pounds in four • Squats: three sets of 15 using your body weeks by eating healthier and having a weight structured routine. You can have multiple • Lunges: three sets of 10 lead goals. The trick is to be more specific • Woodchopper: three sets of 10 • Lat pulldown: three sets of 12 than the example. • Bridges: three sets of 20 n Find some guidance Megan Niño is a kinesiologist and personal trainer Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Find who trains out of 12th Street Gym. She is an energetic a personal trainer, or ask a friend. The and positive person, who prides herself on teaching advantage of asking a professional is he others to find empowerment in their lives through or she can prescribe you the best program fitness.

ogy massages. The business also offers childbirth coaching and a slate of therapy workshops. The quality of the product itself, Matkowski said, has been important in growing her business. “I’ve heard someone say that they’ve gone somewhere and gotten a massage and felt like they were just covered with lotion. To me, when you leave a massage, you should definitely want more. You should feel calm, yet invigorated. You should get off the table and feel a difference in your body. A lot of that has to do with how well the staff listened, if they hit on the notes we take during intake. I’m coming with more than 20 years of experience and I’m able to share with my staff the best ways to do that.” Matkowski’s staff of 10 is all women — which she noted was not intentional — and

who she said work seamlessly together. “I haven’t interviewed many male therapists in the last couple years actually; we just go by fit and what works,” she said. “It’s a harmonious little family. Everyone’s like, ‘Oh my God, you employ all women. What’s that like?’ I have never seen a group of women so supportive, respectful and loving toward one another on a daily basis.” With enhanced national attention on the field of wellness, Matkowski said it’s an exciting time to work in massage therapy. She noted, however, that public perception of the practice varies — an area in which she hopes to continue to affect change. “I once had a woman in my practice who was very skeptical and came in with a frozen shoulder but let me know point blank she didn’t believe I would help her. She’s now been coming to me since 1998 and is probably one of my biggest advocates,” Matkowski said. “I think it depends on the experience people have had, how diligent they’ve been in finding an experience that suits them and their body. But there are many people who see the good in bodywork, who’ve said it’s saved their lives.” n For more information on Freedom Massage, visit www.freedommassage.com.

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ing that even those who have changed all their paperwork and even their physical characteristics would still face discrimination in the stalls. With this in mind, too, let’s note a bill that was recently shot down out of Indiana. State Rep. Bruce Borders (R) penned House Bill 1361. It would have barred transgen-

der people in the state to make changes to the gender on their birth certificates. State Rep. Cindy Kirchhofer (R) blocked it. While these bills do indeed, on the surface, work to prevent us from using appropriate facilities, there is so much more to it. If you reduce us to our genitals, or our birth certificates or what have

you, you’ve taken a step towards dehumanizing us and delegitimizing our identities. If you’re making a barrier out of a birth certificate, and making it impossible to update or augment it, then you’ve made it clear that we can never have equal treatment under the law, and that our identity will be determined by your religion and morals.

These are only the first. And make no mistake: We will see these spread through additional states and likely even at the federal level. With G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board — a case involving the right of transgender student Gavin Grimm to use appropriate facilities in Virginia — heading for the Supreme Court, the issue of transgender

public-accommodation rights is only going to get bigger. We are the center of the culture war now — whether we wish to be or not — and our very right to exist is on the line. Barring a nuclear hellscape, worldwide economic collapse or other global calamity — and with the incoming president, I am not ruling out any of the above — we are going to

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be one of the big hot-button issues for 2017 and beyond. These lawmakers want to legislate us out of existence, falsely assuming that if they simply make our lives hellish enough, we’ll fall in line and be good little men or women living in our birth genders. It’s the same attitude they have used against practically every other minority. It is simply our turn, I suppose. We’re not a “fad” like many presume, but our visibility has opened the doors for many others who may not have felt they could explore options for their own gender identity or expression. We’ve reached a size where we are visible, where we cannot easily be ignored nor pushed aside, so now — like so many other groups — we have to face an onslaught of lawmakers attempting to use their power to drive us away. This is unacceptable. In the last several years, we have seen scores of bathroom bills come and go, and few have had any staying power. In spite of the slight of hand attempted by the North Carolina legislature, the state’s new governor, Roy Cooper (D), has made it a priority to repeal House Bill 2. Many of the “bathroom bills” mentioned above will likely not make it through their legislatures and to their governors’ desks, and fewer still will pass that hurdle. Even if they do become law, our allies and we will stand against them. We’re under attack, but still we rise. n Gwen Smith always uses the right facilities. You’ll find her at www.gwensmith.com.

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Hot tips for the winter blahs How to actually implement your resolution: It’s not too late! Do you greet the cold and snowy days of the new year with a smile or a frown? For those of us who don’t look forward to hitting the slopes or shoveling, here are some unscientific but effective strategies for self-care during the short days and long nights of our northern location. These suggestions are a mix of staying connected to other people and focusing on making yourself feel special — a balance that makes sense in any season. They don’t cost much to put into action. And they’re easy to do. Create something Winter offers a great opportunity to be creative. Play with some watercolors, make a collage of beach scenes with old photos or pick out a tune on the piano. Whatever you make will make you feel good.

place or the office to share the pleasure. Plan a trip You don’t have to actually go anywhere, as researchers say that anticipating a vacation can be the best part of a travel experience. Pick somewhere fun and plan the details, right down to the luxury hotel. It won’t cost you a cent.

Sit and breathe Even if you’ve never taken any kind of meditation instruction, it’s a simple pleasure to just sit quietly in a comfortable position, close your eyes for 15 or 20 minutes and just empty your mind. Set out a jigsaw puzzle Who can resist a puzzle that’s just difficult enough to be interesting and with a pretty picture to complete? Do it yourself or make it a communal project.

Make soup Enjoy the warmth of the Get in touch with an old pal kitchen, the savory smells and Go a step further than Carol Sadtler Facebook — call or write a the comfort of a hot meal that dear one, just to say hello. others will be more than willing to share if you invite them. There are Feel the glow you get from a lasting lots of easy soup recipes around, so even friendship. the most basic cook can make something Make a date with beauty delicious. You’re in a city with so many choices. Treat yourself and/or a friend to an art Cocoon with your blankie exhibition or concert that will uplift you Collect your comforter, a good video before, during and after the experience. series or book, and enjoy a cuddle by yourself or with your lover or friend(s). Don’t forget the hot tea. Take a walk If it’s sunny, you owe it to your healthy self to get some rays on your Put on your music and dance C’mon, you still got some moves. And head and take in some natural vitamin D. no one is watching but the mirror. Let it So get off your train or bus a few blocks all out! ahead of your stop to enjoy the fresh air. Or walk to and from your cozy nest on Clean out your junk drawer or closet an errand. At home or work, you have a spot that needs attention. And the new year is a Think spring perfect time to address the mess. Pick an The nice thing about a four-season climate is that there’s always the next one area small enough to ensure completion. … Oh, the satisfaction!

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Light candles Even though the holidays are over, it’s still the time to add light. Use candles in your sitting area, or around your hot bath. (Note: Check smoke alarms first.) Get cut flowers A few roses maybe, or a lily add a visual and olfactory treat to your living area. Or take some over to a friend’s

How do you take care of yourself in this season? Share your suggestions in the comments section below. n Carol Sadtler is a volunteer with the LGBT Elder Initiative and a communications consultant, writer and editor. The LGBTEI fosters and advocates for services, resources and institutions that are culturally competent, inclusive and responsive to the needs of LGBT older adults. For more information, visit www.lgbtelderinitiative.org or call 215-7209415.

It’s the third week of January. What resare needed and what method will be used olutions did you make this New Year? How before beginning the surgery, that surgery is many times have you thought about or in probably going to be a successful one. some way observed these resolutions in the Chances are your New Year’s resolution three weeks since you made them? isn’t a matter of life and death but why not If you haven’t given your Near Year’s res- apply the same principles? Try this: Identify olutions much thought since you set them, one thing you would like to improve upon don’t feel bad — you’re not alone! Some or change (trying to make multiple changes research indicates that as few as 8 percent at once is typically unsustainable) and begin of resolution-making Americans are sucby writing out what steps are necessary to cessful at achieving what they set out to implement the change. Be certain that you do. There are a couple of reasons are thinking small-scale here that so few people follow through and make sure there isn’t an with resolutions. First, resolutions expectation that every step be tend to fall flat over time because implemented all at once. It is a most of us set a resolution that better idea for step two to start sounds a lot like a goal. We’ll use a few weeks or even a month the all-too-common weight-lossafter step one and for step three related resolution as an example. to kick in a month or so after “I’m going to lose 10 pounds” is step two and so on and so on. a perfect example of a resolution In keeping with the losing-10pounds objective, a good step that is goal-oriented. The probone might be grocery shopping lem with this type of resolution is that most of us don’t put in weekly so that you can make place a process for losing those two or three healthy meals a day at home. After you have 10 pounds. Most of us simply say that we want to lose them. been able to keep with this rouKristina Furia tine for several weeks, step two Resolutions also have a low succan then be enacted. A realistic cess rate because we are setting step two may be to try out several types of ourselves up for failure. We often set resolutions that are too lofty and out of sync exercise classes to determine what form of with our lives, thus making them unrealisphysical activity you find most enjoyable. tic. The following month, step three may be to The issue with the setting of these unrethen attend your favorite class once a week. alistic goals every New Year is that we have Step four might then be to increase the frealso inadvertently set ourselves up for an quency with which you work out to twice a unnecessary blow to our self-perceptions week. And it can continue from there. Do you see how having a plan and going and possibly even our self-esteem (i.e., “I never finish what I start”). Ultimately, the one step at a time feels more sustainable? setting and accomplishing of resolutions By the time step four or five comes around, can be an unfair gauge for judging our own we’re already looking at April or May. performances over the course of a year, but Suddenly, it doesn’t feel so difficult to in setting and then not accomplishing the imagine that a New Year’s resolution could resolution, we — either unconsciously or still be in play by summer. It’s the third week of January. Don’t get consciously — observe ourselves as failing discouraged if you haven’t done a good job at something. It’s not difficult to figure that most of us of implementing or even remembering your set New Year’s resolutions because it is part New Year’s resolutions so far. Instead, grab of a societal norm and a good way to feel a piece of paper and take a few minutes to initially motivated about the year ahead and set a game plan for your resolution. Post the notion of a fresh start. Unfortunately, it on the refrigerator or set alarms on your this norm doesn’t include a good plan for phone so you’re alerted of when it’s time to implementation, which is really what is begin the next step towards reaching your required to accomplish any goal. Think goal. Good luck and don’t forget to be kind to about it: If a heart surgeon goes into surgery with a goal of unclogging an artery but yourself! n has no game plan for when he gets in there, Kristina Furia is a psychotherapist committed to workchances are the surgery won’t be successing with LGBT individuals and couples and owner of ful. On the other hand, if that same surgeon Emerge Wellness, an LGBT health and wellness center knows which artery is clogged, what tools in Center City (www.emergewellnessphilly.com).

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Playing games for mental health By Scott A. Drake scott@epgn.com We often forget that sports are about more than just competition. For parents of youngsters, sports are a way for diverse personalities to interact in a playful and stimulating setting. It’s also a setting for learning unity, equality, tolerance, diversity and uniqueness. Personal interaction and teamwork are hallmarks of almost every team sport. Even many individual competitions require a fair amount of those skills. There are so many sports opportunities in our area to help us connect with people, make new friends, learn new skills, share our free time and move past our little comfort bubble. Very few of the sports groups listed here require any more talent than being able to walk, swing, kick, run, bounce, throw, jump or dive. The only requirement is to show up, pay dues and have fun. Consider improving your personal relationship skills, your abilities to communicate and becoming more open and vulnerable through an activity that interests you in the first place. No one says you have to be great; just have a great time. The big bonus, of course, is that many of these groups also have copious amounts of social events after games and for special events and fundraisers. If one of your hopes for the New Year is to make friends or find a hottie, cutie or crazy to date, look into an organized activity that requires little more of you than some sneakers or cleats and a desire to

have fun. Following is a fairly comprehensive listing of sports at which you can try your hand or foot. This information can also be found inside the back cover of PGN every fourth Friday of the month. • Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club meets for practice at p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Greenfield Park, West Chester; www.brandywinerugby.org. • City of Brotherly Love Softball League serves the Philadelphia area with games on Sundays, beginning in April, at the Dairy and Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park. Fall Ball is in FDR Park; www.cblsl.org. • Frontrunners running club meets 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for a run and brunch at Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www. philadelphiafrontrunners.org. • Lez Run Running Club looking for new members; www.meetup.com/LezRun-Philadelphia/ • Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club, open to LGBT and allies, practices 8-10 p.m. Mondays and 2-4 p.m. Saturdays; www.falcons-soccer.org.

meets 8 p.m. Wednesdays SeptemberApril at South Bowl, 19 E. Oregon Ave.; 856-889-1434, philagaybowling@yahoo. com. • Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League plays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at FDR Park; www.phillyflagfootball.com. • Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club, open to players of all skill levels, meets 7:45 p.m. Thursdays at Columbus Square Park, 1200 Wharton St.; 215-913-7531, philadelphiagryphons.org, becomeagryphon@gmail. com. • Philadelphia Liberty Belles women’s semi-pro full-tackle football league holds fall tryouts; phillybelles.com. • Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association plays year-round in warmer weather at FDR Park in South Philly, all skill levels welcome; philadelphialibertytennis.com. • Philadelphia Firebirds women’s football team seeks players; www.philadelphiafirebirds.com.

• Philadelphia Fins Swim Team, open to male and female swimmers, meets 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Friends Select School and 10:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays; www.philadelphia-fins.org.

• Philadelphia Women’s Baseball League seeks players, all skill levels and ages. Practice is 7 p.m. Thursdays at Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 17th and Fitzwater streets,, phillywomensbaseball.com.

• Philadelphia Gay Bowling League

• Philly Gay Hockey Association

Philadelphia Phury seeks players; 917656-1936, phury@gayhockey.org. • Philly QCycle LGBT bicycling club promotes organized recreational riding for all levels in the Greater Philadelphia region; contact the organization via Facebook. • Rainbow Rollers gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Boulevard Lanes in Northeast Philadelphia; rainbowrollers.com. • Spartan Wrestling Club gay wrestling team meets 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; 215-732-4545, www.phillyspartans.com. • Stonewall Sports PHL umbrella organization encompassing kickball, dodgeball, volleyball, pool (billiards) and soon darts. Find on Facebook. Short Stops • Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club is looking for new and returning players for indoor scrimmages now through midspring. First visit is free. Learn some new skills or awaken old ones. Get more information at www.falcons-soccer.org. • Gay Games 10 take place Aug. 4-12 2018, in Paris. Registration is now open: https://www.paris2018.com/ n Email scott@epgn.com to share your organization’s upcoming tryouts, championship series, boot camp, tournament or fundraiser.

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Local author revises book about LGBT substance abuse By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Columbia University Press recently released “The Fundamentals of LGBT Substance Use Disorders,” a revision of the very first book on LGBT substance; it was considered a groundbreaking book when it was first written three decades ago by authors Dana Finnegan and Emily McNally. The pair personally chose Michael Shelton, author of “Gay Men and Substance Abuse: A Basic Guide for Addicts and Those Who Care for Them” and board member for the Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies to revise the book. Shelton noted that how society views and treats substance-abuse problems in the LGBT community has come a long way since the first edition of the book was published. “The first book came out in 1987 and at that point there was almost nothing on this topic,” he said, noting that research was specifically lacking on bisexual and transgender individuals. “I’m so happy that now in 2017, while the research is dwarfed in comparison to that of heterosexual individuals, there is so much more we have to go on in treatment demographics. We have the

basics now. We really do know how to help LGBT folks with substance disorders.” But the landscape is still far from perfect. For a lot LGBT individuals, finding help with substance-abuse problems can be complicated by issues like where they live — in the case of rural communities that are far from any treatment resources — or the idea that treatment facilities aren’t LGBTsensitive. “When I was on the board of NALGAP, part of its focus was to increase the number of treatment facilities catering to LGBT individuals,” Shelton said. “We realized that was going in the wrong direction. The money isn’t there and the interest isn’t there for a lot of folks. What we realized is that we need to shift our focus to every treatment facility in this country that works with substance abuse. They need to be competent in working with these folks. Obviously, we have a hell of a long way to go. Anybody in a rural area is going to have some major obstacles. Typically you have to travel an hour to get some kind of help. Thank God we live in Philadelphia because we do have so many resources in this city.

Almost all the programs in the city, even if they are not LGBT-specific, they are competent in working with our folks. So I’m so happy for that because we can’t say that for the rest of the country.” Shelton added that a lot of facilities may say they are well-versed in treatment for LGBT individuals with substance-abuse

problems but that isn’t always the case. “When I talk to the administrators and management of facilities, they say, ‘Yes, we are aware of this and we are focused on this issue and we’re going to prioritize these demographics,’” he said. “But when I talk to staff members, the folks that are actually giving counseling services, I often get a very different answer. They say, ‘We’ve got a long way to go and we’re not get any training on this, or the training we are getting is simply rudimentary.’ I think most places in Philadelphia are at least required to have training on LGBT demographics. Most of the LGBT folk that I talk to are not having horrendous experiences like I see in other parts of the country, particularly in rural areas.” Shelton also said that the Affordable Care Act, which the GOP is working hard to eliminate, was a good thing for people seeking help with substance-abuse problems. “So many LGBT people who did not have insurance were able to access mental-health treatment,” he said. “If that does get cut, that could have an impact on the availability of people to get services.” n “The Fundamentals of LGBT Substance Use Disorders: Multiple Identities, Multiple Challenges” is available now. For more information, visit https:// cup.columbia.edu/book/fundamentals-of-lgbt-substance-use-disorders/9781939594112.

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e never liked the idea of retrofitting a rundown hotel in the parking lot of The Linc as the ideal solution to our second casino vacancy. As revenue to the city would be based upon revenue to the casino, the space limitations — 2,500 slot machines when the law allows a maximum of 5,000 — with no capacity for future buildout seemed to place a hard cap on income our city desperately needs. Mayor Nutter failed to impress on the state’s Gaming Con-

The collateral damage in this game of stall-ball happens to be the schoolchildren and taxpayers of Philadelphia… trol Board that there was another viable casino applicant only a stone’s throw from the PhillyLive! site: a proposal that promised to be up and running in six months with a full 5,000 slot machine capacity. Our city’s failure to be proactive when it comes to casino licensing is a failure to recognize, and maximize, the income potential

of these casinos; a failure that is nothing more than a lost opportunity to capture millions of dollars of annual revenue at no cost to the taxpayer. Today, we sit over two years later from when PhillyLive! was awarded a license and there isn’t even a shovel in the ground to start its construction. While the blame surely cannot be placed at the footsteps of Jim Kenney, who was not even a candidate for mayor at the time, it is time for Mayor Kenney to engage with the process and get this casino built. To help him get started, we suggest he reviews what is taking place. As written in Billy Penn: “Stadium Casino, LLC, the group that controls the casino project, is waiting on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to rule on a lawsuit challenging whether or not the state Gaming Control Board should have awarded a license to Stadium. That suit was filed by SugarHouse Casino, the other casino in Philadelphia and a competitor of any second casino in the city, and a group that lost out for the license. It was filed by not only SugarHouse, but also Market East Associates, one of four groups that also applied for a casino license and, in November 2014, lost out to the Stadium Casino group. The plaintiffs claimed one of the primary beneficiaries of the Live! Philadelphia proj-

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ect, Watche “Bob” Manoukian of Greenwood, would have an ownership interest that’s above the threshold allowed under state law. Details of the business transactions he made that are in question were mostly redacted from court filings. In June 2015, the state Supreme Court — in what was somewhat of a win for the plaintiffs — sent the decision for the approval of the casino license back to the Gaming Control Board. … A year later, the Gaming Control Board said it still stood by its decision: The casino license

and the ownership structure of Stadium Casino, LLC was kosher. Since then, both SugarHouse and Market East have continued to object, including to how the Gaming Control Board went about its subsequent investigation without holding additional hearings. Final arguments to the judge were due in October, and the last movement in the case was Dec. 2 when lawyers notified the court they’d submitted and received necessary documents.” Continued on page 2 JAN. 15-22, 2017

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Philly Crapping Out on Second Casino Continued from page 1 So what we have here, Mr. Mayor, is a group of millionaires and billionaires —read Sugarhouse partners, super-lawyer Dick Sprague and Chicago casino magnate Neil Bluhm — successfully stalling out our last casino in the courts for as long as they can, so that they can maintain a monopoly on gaming in the city. The collateral damage in this game of stall-ball happens to be the schoolchildren and taxpayers of Philadelphia who would benefit the moment PhillyLive! opens its doors. C’mon Mr. Mayor. You had

no problem shaming a group of our city’s wealthiest businessmen when you cast your voodoo on the purveyors of soda in order to pass your sugar tax — and that was so you could raise taxes on Mountain Dew purchasing Philadelphians. At the very least, it is about time you shame Sprague and Bluhm and tell them to withdraw their lawsuit. Unlike the soda tax, shaming these rich guys won’t cost city taxpayers a dime. And really, Mr. Mayor, the face of Big Soda, Harold Honickman, at least lives in the city. The Sugar House guys can’t even say that.

Penn Wood in Transition Continued from page 12 we do it with discipline. Our culture is pretty much the same. We play hard, fast, defend, rebound and are an unselfish basketball team.” The results are predictable for an up-and-coming team. So far the Patriots are 3-4. A blow out win over West Catholic is the season’s highlight so far, as well as an overtime loss to power Archbishop Carroll. “For a senior led group that has never really had to be accountable before, or responsible for what we do, since we had exceptional leaders like Malik Jackson and Josh Scott in recent years, I think we are right where we thought we’d be,” he added. “But we are improving all the time and getting where we need to be. We are improving a lot in the process of the season. We think we can make a District 1 AAAAA state run. We really do. Guys like (Jay) Fitzgerald,

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Vincent Smalls, and Sharif Goff are playing well and stepping up. We’ll be in the thick of things come February. We will be really scary.” One measuring stick will, of course, be Chester. The Clippers, a Del Val League foe, are always the biggest game on the schedule for Penn Wood in the regular season. The two will play in late January. “Chester is an inspiring game because they have a great basketball tradition. They have won [eight] state championships. They have years of winning, so we look at ourselves as competitors who want the top spot. So, with that being said, we’re going back and “orange hunting,” a battle of mental and physical toughness. For us this game is always the one where we can see where we stand and what we have to do to be an elite team.”

Hard work coming to fruition for area activist Patrick Duff’s effort to rescue former Camden residence of Martin Luther King Jr. materializing by Sheila Simmons

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ctivist Patrick Duff’s schedule is getting really busy. This week, he will address students and faculty of Camden school St. Anthony’s of Padula about his work on landmarks related to Martin Luther King Jr. in South Jersey. Following that, he’ll be traveling to Rutgers University to give a presentation on the same topic. Duff’s successes on such landmarks was recognized earlier this month by the Camden Courier-Post as one of its “10 big changes to expect in South Jersey in 2017,” and Duff recently did a photo shoot for a New York Times story scheduled to run Jan. 18. “I feel that this is just the beginning for both myself and for the two projects I have been working on,” said the former Philadelphia resident from his current home in Haddon Heights, N.J., “one being the plaque in Maple Shade and the other being the home in Camden.” Unbeknownst to many, King spent some important young adult years in South Jersey. While a student at the Crozer Theological Seminary 1948 to 1951, he lived in Camden at 753 Walnut St., a gray stucco building, now scarred with graffiti and years of decline. King’s civil rights activism was sparked from discrimination — and having a gun pulled on he and his friends — at a tavern in Maple Shade, a site which Duff hopes to distinguish with a marker. “I see the home becoming a center for civil rights education and the starting point for the redevelopment of the Begen Square section of the city,” Duff said. His vision is finally catching on. For over a year, Duff’s application for the home to be included in the National Register of Historic

(from left) Patrick Duff, local historian, U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, Jeanette Lily Hunt, property owner, U.S. Rep. John Lewis and Camden mayor Dana Redd stand outside home where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. resided during the 1950s. Photo courtesy of congressman Donald Norcross.

Places sat in limbo at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. Then, as the effort built regional media attention, it gained support from Camden’s NAACP, Mayor Dana Redd, civil rights legend John Lewis and perhaps most importantly, N.J. Congressman Donald Norcross. “This house stands as a link to Dr. King’s life and legacy, and preserving it will affirm his rightful place in Camden’s history, and our country’s history,” Norcross wrote in his own appeal to the historic preservation office. Duff is no stranger to activism, having spent some years in California as Rev. Patrick of the Hemp Plus Ministry, which dispensed, and provided information about, marijuana. When a Philadelphia resident, he sued the city in federal court, regarding city council’s rules on public comments. “I am of the belief that when a person thinks to themselves, ‘Something should be done about that,’ that they should be the first one to apply for the job.” Duff says. He offers, “I am not a rich man, nor am I a well educated man, but I am a father. And, I want my son to believe that it doesn’t take either of those two for a person to be able to make a positive change in the world.”

JAN. 15-22, 2017

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First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The Sheriff reserves the right to reject any certified check, attorney’s check or money order that on its face has an expired use date and is presented for payment of the deposit. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be set by the City of Philadelphia. In no event will the successful bidder be allowed to settle on the property unless all the Sheriff’s costs are paid notwithstanding the final bid. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the

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Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly. No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-6861483 and to its website philadox. phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006 NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a

Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter. The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

PROPERTY Shytia HowardSmith C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03079 $96,210.83 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-304 6660 Erdrick St 19135-2602 55th wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA#552265700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George M. Bradley C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01164 $100,005.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-305 2956 N 24th St 19132 38th wd. 1140 Sq Ft OPA#381005500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nikole Fitzpatrick C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04167 $94,952.49 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-306 5845 Rodman St 19143-1943 3rd wd. (formerly the 46th wd.) 990 Sq Ft OPA#032126500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leroy J. Spence, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of Clara Spence, Deceased; Maxcene Spence, in Her Capacity as Heir of Clara Spence, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Clara Spence, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02236 $66,378.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-307 2261 N Van Pelt St 191324821 16th wd. 1526 Sq Ft OPA#162191100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jenel S. Odom C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02617 $98,492.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-308 542 Rising Sun Ave 19140 42nd wd. 1258 Sq Ft BRT#432231800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Isla Properties & Investments, LLC c/o Nelson Cuello, Managing Member Isla Properties and Investments, LLC C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 03304 $192,765.33 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-309 6215 Palethorp St a/k/a 6215 N Palethorp St 19120-1514 61st wd. 896 Sq Ft OPA#611040400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dhafir Gilbert, in His Capacity as Heir of Anthony Johnson, Deceased; Maya Johnson, in Her Capacity as Heir of Anthony Johnson, Deceased; Courtney Gaskins a/k/a Courtney Bender, in Her Capacity as Heir of Stephanie Johnson, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Stephanie Johnson, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Anthony Johnson, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 02918 $78,874.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-310 2618 S 65th St 19142-2813 40th

wd. 1236 Sq Ft OPA#406002700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debrah Sterling C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 00722 $68,916.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-311 6138 Morton St 19144 59th wd. 2133 Sq Ft BRT#592201100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Marquitta V. Woods a/k/a Marquitta Woods C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02468 $113,096.44 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-312 411 Shurs Ln 19128-3502 21st wd. 974 Sq Ft BRT#212043200; BRT#091N13-0237 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Scott P. Burke C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02083 $110,970.20 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-313 9277 Angus Pl 19114-3411 57th wd. 1404 Sq Ft OPA#572197646 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Claudia Pinto C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00572 $135,162.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-314 3030 Livingston St 19134 25th wd. 718 Sq Ft OPA#251324800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colleen F. Dodds, Administratrix of the Estate of Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Deceased Mortgagor and Last Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 000949 $68,327.58 Lauren Berschler Karl, Esq. 1702-315 2234 S 70th St 19142-1138 40th wd. 1170 Sq Ft OPA#403213000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terrence Williams a/k/a Terrence L. Williams C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03323 $77,951.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-316 5641 N 10th St 19141 49th wd. 1544 Sq Ft OPA#492171500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raemarie Coleman, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of the Estate of Raymond Blocker a/k/a Raymond P. Blocker; Clarice Blocker, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Raymond Blocker a/k/a Raymond P. Blocker; Raymond Blocker, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Raymond Blocker a/k/a Raymond P. Blocker; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Raymond Blocker, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 04544 $115,426.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-317 3616 Decatur St 191363011 64th wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA#642291200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Peter P. Prete, Jr.; Lori Prete C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02303 $121,266.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1702-318 5623 Gainor Rd 191311330 52nd wd. 1368 Sq Ft OPA#522108500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pashen Solomon C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 01474 $95,575.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-319 313 W Albanus St 191203828 42nd wd. 942 Sq Ft OPA#422146400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Renata Martello; Jose J. Fagundes a/k/a Jose Fagundes C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00014 $76,607.84 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-321 2629 Reed St 19146-3803 36th wd. 1295 Sq Ft OPA#362112400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael McLish, in His Capacity as Heir of Byron S. McLish, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Byron S. McLish, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00318 $33,249.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-322 3441 Ella St 19134-1659 7th wd. 1140 Sq Ft OPA#073079600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jesse Lee Pierson C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00257 $42,791.43 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-323 12240 Rambler Rd 191541712 66th wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA#663211100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patrick Hayden; Julia L. Hayden C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03948 $169,162.33 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-324 5751 Woodcrest Ave 191312224 52nd wd. 1708 Sq Ft OPA#522156300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alexis Harden a/k/a Alexis Thomas, in Her Capacity as Heir of Ida Harden a/k/a Ida Mae Harden, Deceased; Alexandria Harden a/k/a Alexandria Thomas, in Her Capacity as Heir of Ida Harden a/k/a Ida Mae Harden, Deceased; Fred Harden, in His Capacity as Heir of Ida Harden a/k/a Ida Mae Harden, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04336 $26,996.03 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-325 7820 Michener Ave 19150-1317 50th wd. (formerly the 42nd wd.) 1328 Sq Ft OPA#501118700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charan Chase C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00269 $64,220.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-326 4943 D St 19120 42nd wd. 1271 Sq Ft BRT#421477700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shirley Evans C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02988 $64,700.37 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather

www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, February 7, 2017 1702-301 1565 Beverly Rd 10th wd. 1593 Sq Ft BRT#102169100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire as Personal Representative of Daryl M. Earley a/k/a Daryl Marshall Earley C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00708 $144,338.47 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-302 614 Wises Mill Rd 21st wd. 5495 Sq Ft BRT#214064200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Constance S. Wells, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02716 $184,016.47 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-303 359 E Wister St 19144 12th wd. 1620 Sq Ft OPA#121057100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

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Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1702-327 7018 Walker St 55th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the Northwesterly side of Walker St beginning at a point 225 ft Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of Tyson St OPA#552319300 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/D GAR 2 STY MASONRY John G. Beatty C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03584 $185,534.18 Daniel J. Capecci 1702-328 5063 Whitaker Ave 19124 23rd wd. 1568 Sq Ft BRT#233084400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jean R. Cantave C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00261 $97,076.12 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1702-329 6019 N 3rd St 19120-1805 61st wd. 1118 Sq Ft OPA#612390800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ping Cao C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03317 $74,759.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-330 12039 Sewell Rd 19116 35th wd. 7500 Sq Ft BRT#58-2-587800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING William E. Egenolf C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 03805 $155,566.17 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-331 4412 Unruh Ave 19135-2736 55th wd. (formerly the 41st wd.) 1344 Sq Ft OPA#552150600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathleen M. Carels C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00576 $109,017.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-332 6220 N 3rd St 19120 61st wd. 1410 Sq Ft OPA#611056800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dawn S. Banks C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01220 $149,116.26 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-333 7221 Charles St 19135 41st wd. 3376 Sq Ft OPA#412242400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mitchell J. Silva and Gail S. Silva C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02814 $73,551.24 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1702-334 5860 Stockton Rd 191381902 59th wd. 1210 Sq Ft OPA#591221400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leonard Campbell C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00013 $91,922.45 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-335 6010 Cobbs Creek Pkwy 19143 3rd wd. 2215 Sq Ft OPA#033162700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenise L. Alkhatib C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 00135 $91,255.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-336 5860 Woodcrest Ave 191312232 52nd wd. 1534 Sq Ft

OPA#522148000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dennis Greene C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02540 $131,921.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-337 7139 Ditman St 19135 41st wd. 2034 Sq Ft OPA#412365900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Susanna Rydberg and Gregory A. Rydberg a/k/a Gregory Rydberg C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00573 $121,411.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-338 3153 S 18th St a/k/a 3153 18th St 19145 26th wd. 1424 Sq Ft OPA#262075800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marc A. Dinoia as Administrator of the Estate of John Dinoia a/k/a John DiNoia, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00339 $58,359.98 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-339 1850 Georges Ln 19131 52nd wd. 1108 Sq Ft OPA#521354900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kirt T. Flowers as Administrator of the Estate of Ella Flowers, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00876 $137,706.51 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-340 7223 Cottage St 19135 41st wd. 2973.30 Sq Ft OPA#412-2949-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Abdelaziz Mohamed C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01068 $158,572.25 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1702-341 3679 Belgrade St 19134 45th wd. 1003 Sq Ft OPA#451330265 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Guy Helder C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02482 $183,689.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-342 2305 Oakmont St 19152 56th wd. 3449 Sq Ft OPA#561380400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard O. Falcon a/k/a Richard Falcon C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03458 $69,327.95 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-343 8103 Fayette St 19150 50th wd. 1616 Sq Ft OPA#501040600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harold E. Purnell C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03058 $150,808.90 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-344 4213 Adams Ave 19124 23rd wd. 1034 Sq Ft OPA#234022200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kireema Sprowal C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03502 $86,132.10 KML Law Group, P.C.

1702-345 3432 Princeton Ave 19149 55th wd. 1760 Sq Ft OPA#551388400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bruce A. Lewis and Wendy J. Lewis C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01619 $92,928.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-346 4844 Unruh Ave 19135 41st wd. 1160 Sq Ft OPA#871562900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alexander J. Zivkovic C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00640 $151,502.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-347 8623 Gilbert St 191502703 50th wd. 1211 Sq Ft OPA#502139400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sharyn B. Holloman a/k/a Sharyn L. Barrett, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of the Estate of Anna E. Gibson; Thea Johnson, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of the Estate of Anna E. Gibson; Earl Lewis, in His Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Anna E. Gibson C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01338 $100,134.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-348 4019 Stirling St 19135 55th wd. 1154 Sq Ft OPA#552052200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ashik Ahmed C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 04073 $147,680.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-349 220 Delmar St 191284501 21st wd. 1368 Sq Ft OPA#212303675 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Matthew T. Giannone C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00355 $189,555.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-350 1541 Morris St 191451533 36th wd. 1923 Sq Ft OPA#365387100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lagracia H. Jones a/k/a Lagracia D. Jones C.P. April Term, 2007 No. 02722 $134,028.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-351 1213 W Airdrie St 191403706 43rd wd. 1664 Sq Ft OPA#432211200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ramona Poole C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 03500 $89,621.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-352 1204 Mount Vernon St 191233203 14th wd. 1998 Sq Ft OPA#141266500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vernon Williams; Judith Williams C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02237 $208,155.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1702-353 1827 Strahle St 191522322 56th wd. 1210 Sq Ft OPA#562167200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Riji P. Rajan a/k/a Riji Rajan; Sophy Rajan C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00249 $151,503.65 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-354 3421-23 Amber St a/k/a 3423 Amber St 19134 45th wd. 1558 Sq Ft OPA#452230900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tiffany Escobar C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00033 $92,374.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-355 1307 N 61st St 19151 34th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#342239300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sarah N. Curry C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02493 $96,214.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-356 5113 Tulip St 19124-2223 62nd wd. 1350 Sq Ft OPA#622463100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Heather Busk; James Busk C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00221 $69,632.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-357 3322 N Uber St 19140-4810 11th wd. (formerly the 38th wd.) 1298 Sq Ft OPA#112277400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Esther Sandy Mickeals C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02596 $93,800.14 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-358 1217 Overington St 191243136 23rd wd. 1216 Sq Ft OPA#234079900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeffrey Tabarez C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 00562 $55,003.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-359 2746 Pierce St 19145 36th wd. 968 Sq Ft OPA#364261400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shamyra Gunn C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02494 $66,055.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-360 8129 Pine Rd 19111-1821 63rd wd. 1470 Sq Ft OPA#631033300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maryann Davis a/k/a Mary Anne Davis C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02339 $59,427.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-361 3109 Hartville St 19134 7th wd. 668 Sq Ft OPA#071550500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Antonio Molina and Margarita Vega C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01878 $67,615.70 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-362 4233 Chippendale St a/k/a 4233 Chippendale Ave 19136 65th wd. 1146 Sq Ft OPA#651125000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elizabeth McDonough and Dennis McDonough, Jr. C.P. April Term,

2016 No. 03172 $75,877.76 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-363 2718 W York St a/k/a 2718 York St 19132 28th wd. 992 Sq Ft OPA#281246500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Willie Reed, Deceased; Andrew Reed, Solely in his Capacity as Heir of Willie Reed, Deceased; Joseph Reed, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Wilie Reed, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03551 $29,985.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-364 2064 Kingston St 19134 45th wd. 1068 Sq Ft OPA#452138800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chrisoula Filosoglou C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03488 $25,520.83 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-365 2033 S Salford St 19143 40th wd. 1282 Sq Ft OPA#401076400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maggie Adams Davis C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01816 $62,190.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-366 4115 Whiting Rd 191542806 66th wd. 1296 Sq Ft OPA#662595100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harry Serad C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 02251 $224,173.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-367 554 W Clapier St 19144 13th wd. 1562 Sq Ft OPA#133061300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole M. Bruce C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02185 $86,084.50 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-368 1106 W Master St 19122 14th wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA#141461900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of John H. Artis, Jr., Deceased; John Artis, III, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of John H. Artis, Jr., Deceased; Timothy Artis, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of John H. Artis, Jr., Deceased C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02859 $133,360.55 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-369 7624 Burholme Ave 19111-2411 63rd wd. (formerly 35th wd.) 1176 Sq Ft OPA#631009800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gail Kingman Jones C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00159 $245,653.18 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-370 422 E Mechanic St a/k/a 422 Mechanic St 19144 59th wd. 1920 Sq Ft OPA#592022000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rasheta Padgett C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01888 $80,100.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-371 7447 Ruskin Rd 19151-2925 34th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#343166500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Doreen I. Forde a/k/a Doreen Forde;

Stanley Forde C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00709 $61,633.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-372 4423 McKinley St 191353216 55th wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#552034800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael E. Davis a/k/a Michael Davis C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00359 $135,994.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-373 524 W Eleanor St a/k/a 524 Eleanor St 19120 49th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#491104100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gloria M. Underwood C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02794 $101,696.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-374 10811 Proctor Rd 19116 5th wd. 873 Sq Ft OPA#582546200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christina M. Rushton and George M. Wood C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02959 $206,068.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-375 1337 N 56th St 19131-4225 4th wd. 1236 Sq Ft OPA#041345900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sean D. Bryce, as Trustee for Margaret A. Smith C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04329 $36,549.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-376 6315 N Norwood St 19138-2529 17th wd. 1138 Sq Ft OPA# 172475800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marina Polyachenko C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02385 $71,131.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-377 420 Wellesley Rd 19119 9th wd. 1158 Sq Ft OPA#092034600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark Ford, as Co-Administrator of the Estate of James F. Ford, Deceased; Michelle Glover, as Co-Administrator of the Estate of James F. Ford, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00280 $119,032.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-378 525 E Brinton St 19144 59th wd. 2951 Sq Ft OPA#592173000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Brenda Douglas, Deceased; Samantha Douglas-Moore, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Brenda Douglas, Deceased; Tracey Douglas-McLeod, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Brenda Douglas, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02088 $199,859.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-379 2535 S Clarion St 39th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the E side of Clarion St at the distance of 246 ft Southward from the S side of Porter St OPA#394448400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Giulio Apadula C.P.

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October Term, 2014 No. 01854 $165,570.67 Daniel J. Capecci 1702-380 587.5 Rosalie St a/k/a 587 1/2 Rosalie St 19120 35th wd. 1020 Sq Ft OPA#352040300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert H. Davenport and Keisha Davenport a/k/a Keisha M. Davenport C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01717 $49,239.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-381 5537 Crowson St 19144 12th wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#122216100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marice Rogers C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 04066 $65,309.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-382 2922 S 62nd St 19142 40th wd. 1190 Sq Ft OPA#402114000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Qualita Moore C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00717 $80,761.02 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-383 262 E Cheltenham Ave 191201012 61st wd. 1296 Sq Ft OPA#611473700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Aileen Tyson C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00090 $183,861.66 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-384 4430 Hurley St 19120 42nd wd. 1158 Sq Ft OPA#421432100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cheryl Y. Witherspoon C.P. September Term, 2009 No. 03355 $37,317.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-385 6140 Charles St 19135 55th wd. 1876 Sq Ft OPA#552219500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debralee Gurba and Peter W. Gurba a/k/a Peter J. Gurba C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02944 $54,323.61 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-386 517 N 56th St 19131 4th wd. 1175 Sq Ft OPA#041211700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marion L. Attaway and Robert L. Attaway a/k/a Robert L. Attaway, Sr C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02313 $46,302.94 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-387 2243 N 5th St a/k/a 2243 5th St 19133 19th wd. 728 Sq Ft OPA#191298700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sukhwinder Singh C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00862 $73,985.59 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-388 5818 Alter St 46th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#033128400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right,

Title, or Interest From or Under Bertha Washington, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02099 $68,658.34 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-389 1223 W Thompson St a/k/a 1223 Thompson St 19122 14th wd. 1736 Sq Ft OPA#141455800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stacy Gray, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Romas G. Gray, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02481 $150,292.88 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-390 3227 Tyson Ave 19149 55th wd. 1739 Sq Ft OPA#551341200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sharon Schmidt a/k/a Sharon K. Schmidt C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02459 $96,652.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-391 2455 N 33rd St 19132 28th wd. 961 Sq Ft OPA#282241200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Heather D. Busk; James D. Busk; Damian M. Ciarmella a/k/a Damian Ciarmella C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01779 $71,065.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-392 539 E Cheltenham Ave 19120 55th wd. 1739 Sq Ft OPA#352006400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Manuel A. Almonte C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02132 $127,151.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-393 1517 E Berks St 19125 18th wd. 865 Sq Ft OPA#181208300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Joseph Devine and Carolyn A. Flynn C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03490 $31,863.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-394 1457 N Redfield St 19151 34th wd. 1331 Sq Ft OPA#342164400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William T. Winston a/k/a William Winston C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02805 $42,740.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-395 1367 Dyre St 19124 62nd wd. 1462 Sq Ft OPA#621008800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Camilla Brown C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02127 $115,282.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-396 2934 W Allegheny Ave 19132 38th wd. BRT#381351000 Eugenia Turner C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00903 $82,784.95 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1702-397 143 S 2nd St a/k/a 121-55 Walnut St, Unit 503 19106 5th wd. 1790 Sq Ft OPA#888035222 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Barbara Caplan and Stanley Caplan a/k/a Stanley H. Caplan C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03326 $754,179.51 KML Law Group, P.C.

1702-398 8113 Crispin St 19136 64th wd. 1950 Sq Ft OPA#642023700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Rodriguez C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01846 $166,046.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-399 4419 Aberdale Rd 65th wd. 6000 Sq Ft BRT#652110500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James S. Freeland and Mary E. Sternberger-Freeland C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00425 $139,901.35 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-401 444 N 4th St Unit 519 19123 5th wd. 873 Sq Ft OPA#888093370 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yifei Liu C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03912 $202,783.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-402 9819 Bonner St 19115 58th wd. 2562 Sq Ft OPA#581470400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Atef Jelassi C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01611 $184,617.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-403 8818 Fairfield St 57th wd. 3668 Sq Ft BRT#571168200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony Rivera C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01804 $171,178.21 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-404 1124 Brill St 19124-1117 62nd wd. 2000 Sq Ft BRT#621034700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Martha C. Gans a/k/a Martha C. Alston-Gans and Gregory K. Gans C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02024 $121,166.13 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1702-405 114 Diamond St 18th wd. 1337 Sq Ft BRT#183211300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Miguel Santiago C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00465 $118,892.10 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-406 1825 McClellan St 48th wd. 658 Sq Ft BRT#481015500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robert Rose C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00427 $87,079.10 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-407 3878 Kipling Pl 66th wd. 2918 Sq Ft BRT#662288000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Cleary and Patricia Cleary C.P. October Term, 2007 No. 03220 $152,759.31 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-408 6328 Gillespie St 55th wd. 1381 Sq Ft BRT#552429800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carla Cantiello and Len Gradel C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00404 $95,294.58 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC

1702-409 2811 N 24th St 19132 11th wd. 1087 Sq Ft OPA#111441800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda Lee Solomon C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03378 $22,838.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-410 4113 Spring Garden St 19104 6th wd. 1112 Sq Ft OPA#061037100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Drusilla Grice, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Almeta Grice, Deceased; Sharon (Azizah) Grice, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Almeta Grice, Deceased; Joyce Reid, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Almeta Grice, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03017 $44,686.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-411 110 E Mayland St a/k/a 110 Mayland St 19144 59th wd. 1934 Sq Ft OPA#592123100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kaleena Davis C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01961 $104,135.65 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1702-412 9573 James St, Unit A 19114 65th wd. BRT#888651461 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 2 STY MAS㤱㤱 Jorge Fagundes C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00452 $195,787.49 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1702-413 546 E Godfrey Ave 191202121 35th wd. 1193 Sq Ft BRT#351092300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Fritzner Narcisse C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02402 $125,515.94 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1702-414 801-803 Hartel Ave 19111 63rd wd. 5438 Sq Ft BRT#631222400 IMPROVEMENTS: DET 2 STY MASONRY Patrick J. Kiely and Loretta Kiely C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01907 $294,013.91 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1702-415 1930 Berkshire St 191244619 23rd wd. 1396 Sq Ft BRT#232032300 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY Jermaine Williams C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01822 $61,645.17 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1702-416 2102 S 64th St a/k/a 2102 64th St 19142 40th wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#401175300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cedric Rivers and Pamela Rivers C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03367 $72,107.36 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-417 6615 N Uber St 19138 10th wd. 1183 Sq Ft OPA#102022000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pamela L. Weldon C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 03822 $82,551.85 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1702-418 2960 McKinley St 19149 62nd

wd. 991 Sq Ft BRT#621251500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gloria A. Hyduck a/k/a Gloria Ann Hyduck and Timothy J. Hyduck C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02977 $163,929.73 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-419 479 Devereaux Ave 19111 35th wd. 1220 Sq Ft OPA#353005100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luis Rafael Martinez C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02967 $111,586.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-420 6926 Grosbeak Pl 19142 40th wd. 1615 Sq Ft BRT#406588500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Everly Shirer C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 02452 $96,984.41 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-421 10202 E Keswick Rd 19114 66th wd. 2043 Sq Ft OPA#661058800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Covello, Jr. C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00974 $152,255.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-422 4670 Mulberry St 19124 23rd wd. 2042 Sq Ft OPA#232309800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia A. Hill, as Administratrix CTA of the Estate of Robert Williams, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02397 $77,860.85 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-423 4707 Frankford Ave 19124 23rd wd. 1574.28 Sq Ft BRT#871112250 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Indrawatie Parmesardian and Tariq Adham C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02356 $108,282.24 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-424 4622 Rising Sun Ave 19140 42nd wd. 1117 Sq Ft BRT#422350500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE The Unknown Heirs, Devisees and Executors to the Estate of Ana Keller C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00241 $41,914.29 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-425 1327 S 29th St 19146 36th wd. 1128 Sq Ft OPA#362169300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darryl Gunther; Juanita Moment C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03627 $81,256.02 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1702-426 916 Cambria St 19140 37th wd. 887 Sq Ft BRT#372376000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Linda Rivers and Charles A. Rivers a/k/a Charles Rivers C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02711 $32,638.38 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-427 3426 Vaux St 19129 38th wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#382224900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Maria E. Crespo a/k/a Maria Crespo C.P.

April Term, 2016 No. 01208 $150,662.28 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1702-428 8020-26 Lowber St 19150 50th wd. 13687 Sq Ft (land area); 2880 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#502050800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: DET W/D GAR 2.5 STY STONE William B. Saunders, Jr. C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02151 $227,128.72 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1702-429 3 N Christopher Columbus Blvd, Unit PL267 5th wd. 750 Sq Ft (no land area) OPA#888061334 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNIT Logan Baughn C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 002432 $18,553.66 Elliot H. Berton, Esquire - Benjamin F. Dill, Esquire 1702-430 933 E Gorgas Ln 19150 50th wd. BRT#502418900 Geraldine Dodd C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02526 $251,792.51 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1702-431 6741 N Smedley St 19126 50th wd. BRT#101036800 Franklin D. Washington and Deloris M. Washington C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00193 $118,413.22 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1702-432 68 E Penn St 19144 12th wd. BRT#121135200 Kimberly T. Daniel and Lindsey J. JohnsonDaniel C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01001 $257,397.27 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1702-433 4219 Stirling St 191353111 55th wd. 1272.39 Sq Ft BRT#552056700; BRT#144N20-174 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Linda Sheehan, as Administratrix of the Estate of Edward B. Sheehan a/k/a Edward B. Sheehan, Sr., Deceased C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01089 $94,191.76 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-434 2829 Welsh Rd 19152 57th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#571046600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Reinsel C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03174 $139,498.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-435 1800 68th Ave 19126-2626 10th wd. 1780 Sq Ft OPA#101252100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary L. Diggs C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02601 $127,225.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-436 4613 Vista St 19136-3723 41st wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#412214300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Galyna Yevdokimyva C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03432 $108,564.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-437 1934 Elston St 19138-2703 10th

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wd. 892 Sq Ft OPA#101329200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Geneva Ransom C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00629 $97,279.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-438 822 Brighton St 191114127 53rd wd. 1551 Sq Ft OPA#532245800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gina Frederique; Kevin Compton C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04335 $157,839.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-439 605 Robbins St 19111-5713 35th wd. 1374 Sq Ft OPA#353030800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cynthia Zamichieli C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00944 $131,388.52 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-440 768 Harshaw St 191461820 30th wd. 872 Sq Ft OPA#301405400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yolanda Human Sutton, in Her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Fred Sutton; Fred Brandon Sutton, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Fred Sutton; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Fred Sutton, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01684 $263,575.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-441 315 W Manheim St a/k/a 315 Manheim St 19144-4121 12th wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#123080400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edie Coleman, in Her Capacity as Heir of James Coleman a/k/a James G. Coleman a/k/a James G. Coleman, III, Deceased; David Coleman, in His Capacity as Heir of James Coleman a/k/a James G. Coleman a/k/a James G. Coleman, III, Deceased;Unknown Heirs, Sucessors, Assigns and All Person, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under James Coleman a/k/a James G. Coleman a/k/a James G. Coleman, III, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04315 $139,342.66 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-442 2503 S Alden St 191436119 40th wd. 845 Sq Ft OPA#402019300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Barbara McBride, in Her Capacity as Executrix of the Estate of Robin Davenport a/k/a Robin R. Davenport; Sheria Jones, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Robin Davenport a/k/a Robin R. Davenport; Nakisha Boone a/k/a Nakisha M. Boone, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Robin Davenport a/k/a Robin R. Davenport C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01841 $61,337.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1702-443 2419 79th Ave 19150-1413 50th wd. (formerly the 42nd wd.) 1532 Sq Ft OPA#501457500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bruce Michael Bailey a/k/a Bruce Bailey, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Courtney A. Bailey a/k/a Courtney Bailey; Maurice Bailey, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Courtney A. Bailey a/k/a Courtney Bailey; Shawn Bailey, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Courtney A. Bailey a/k/a Courtney Bailey; Gary Bailey, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Courtney A. Bailey a/k/a Courtney Bailey; Paulette P. Bailey, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Courtney A. Bailey a/k/a Courtney Bailey; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Courtney A. Bailey, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01168 $90,449.70 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-444 2737 N Garnett St a/k/a 2737 N Garnet St 19132 11th wd. 990 Sq Ft OPA#111228000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stacy Jackson a/k/a Stacy A. Jackson C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01482 $11,493.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-445 6125 Gardenia St 191441016 59th wd. 1280 Sq Ft OPA#592222200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Charlie M. Spann, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02026 $71,538.63 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-446 6214 Shelbourne St 191115634 35th wd. 1138 Sq Ft OPA#353198100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marcus Fulton C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01254 $95,169.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-447 4928 Princeton Ave 191352029 41st wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#412052500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph P. Dugan C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02347 $74,806.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-448 2634 S Sartain St 19148-4416 OPA#394220800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicholas J. Barna a/k/a Nicholas Barna; Kelli M. Barna C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00472 $171,589.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-449 248 E Haines St 191445701 59th wd. 1894 Sq Ft OPA#591155200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Donnell Copeland C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00702 $56,505.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-450 3247 Tyson Ave 191492013 55th wd. 1196 Sq Ft OPA#551342200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas G. Maida, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of Thelma Maida a/k/a Thelma H. Maida, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Thelma Maida a/k/a Thelma H. Maida, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01666 $130,022.82 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-451 8437 Williams Ave 191501920 50th wd. (formerly the 42nd wd.) 1141 Sq Ft OPA#502275100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lisa Wicks C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 01444 $176,806.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-452 605 Edison Ave B a/k/a 605 Edison Ave: Unit 605B 191161259 58th wd. 1040 Sq Ft OPA#888581350 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David Poli C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00809 $130,854.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-453 2235 Brighton St 19149 54th wd. 1801 Sq Ft OPA#542102400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela Rongione; Michael Spingler C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 01335 $162,734.08 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-454 4715 Tampa St 19120 42nd wd. 1917 Sq Ft OPA#421583600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luz Rivera C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00541 $66,345.41 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1702-455 4211 Tudor St 19136 41st wd. 1460 Sq Ft OPA#412138200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Craig R. Hechler; Joanne K. Hechler C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00929 $115,188.82 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-456 3329 N Mascher St 19140 7th wd. 1008 Sq Ft OPA#072052200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Francisco Santiago C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 03335 $45,901.90 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-457 4769 N 2nd St 19120 42nd wd. 840 Sq Ft OPA#422393000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carmelo Matias a/k/a Carmello Matias;

Ana Rosa Colon a/k/a Anna Rosa Colon C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01992 $6,933.24 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-458 1574 McKinley St 19149 54th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#54-1075900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Ferebee; Cassandra Ferebee C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02881 $126,468.25 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-459 5938 N 11th St 19141 49th wd. 6720 Sq Ft OPA#493076300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marquita McCarter C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 00714 $160,806.59 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-460 7616 Frontenac St 19111 56th wd. 3348 Sq Ft OPA#561153800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Karen Shaw; Eric P. Hanhauser C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00741 $130,149.18 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1702-461 321 S Camac St 19107 5th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#053140500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Clark M. McCutcheon C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02820 $823,563.60 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1702-462 1312 Narragansett St 19138 59th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#591144100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jonathan Scott C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01799 $33,080.73 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1702-463 4457 N 20th St 19141 13th wd. BRT#132228000 IVN Communications, LLC C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00007 $58,708.87 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1702-464 4147 Gilham St 19135 55th wd. 975 Sq Ft BRT#552135800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Deborah Peirce a/k/a Deborah Pierce C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01400 $83,470.51 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-465 2653 S 68th St 19142-2724 40th wd. 1112 Sq Ft BRT#406094200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Angela Keene C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00863 $51,518.95 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-466 4301 Disston St 19135-1710 55th wd. 2580 Sq Ft BRT#552188200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mariglen Spahiu C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01109 $142,049.14 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC

1702-467 1018 Tyson Ave 19111-4415 53rd wd. 1507 Sq Ft BRT#532220400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Henry Ramos C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02505 $144,508.14 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-468 4018 Magee St 19135-2523 55th wd. 2128 Sq Ft OPA#552137300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Fatmatta N. Kamara C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00207 $135,456.64 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-469 1908 Penfield St 19138 10th wd. 1106 Sq Ft OPA#101373700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark Powell Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Estelle L. Powell, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00286 $152,834.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-470 146-150 W Queen Ln 19144 12th wd. 3415 Sq Ft OPA#123117210 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael F. Coates C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 001265 $218,963.88 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-471 1643 N 61st St 19151 34th wd. 1350 Sq Ft OPA#342246200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Trena T. Clarke, Co-Administratrix of the Estate of Patricia L. Clarke, Deceased; Tanya T. Brown, Co-Administratrix of the Estate of Patricia L. Clarke, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00189 $140,162.05 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-472 5839 Ludlow St 19139 60th wd. 1304 Sq Ft OPA#604146400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tammi N. Washington C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 4487 $75,705.16 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-473 6011 Angora Terr 19143 40th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#03-4023800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robin Dickerson a/k/a Robin R. Dickerson C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01398 $39,645.13 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-474 10162 Ferndale St 19116 58th wd. 7500 Sq Ft OPA#582473700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Oluyemisi Owolana C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03996 $250,931.85 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-475 6737 N 17th St 19126 15th wd. 1240 Sq Ft BRT#101047000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Daryl McKeever, as Known Heir and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ruth McKeever a/k/a Ruth D. McKeever; Estate of Ruth McKeever a/k/a Ruth D. McKeever; Paulette McKeever, as Known Heir of Ruth McKeever a/k/a Ruth D. McKeever; Unknown Heirs, Successors,

Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Ruth McKeever a/k/a Ruth D. McKeever C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03498 $58,815.43 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-476 6023 Summer St 19139 34th wd. 828 Sq Ft BRT#34-1027300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ruth C. Tindall C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01481 $47,590.89 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-477 3429 Cresson St 19129 38th wd. 2000 Sq Ft OPA#383118000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony Cancelliere a/k/a Anthony Cancelliere, Jr. C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02807 $94,039.92 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-478 6707 N 11th St 19126 61st wd. 13600 Sq Ft BRT#61-127N20-56 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael A. Brown; Twannetta M. Brown C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02602 $220,415.59 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-479 3463 Princeton Ave 19149 55th wd. 1554 Sq Ft BRT#138N15-0410 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Glenn Menow, Known Heir of Glenn Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow, Sr.; Marian Menow, Known Heir of Glenn Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow, Sr.; Marian C. Menow, Individually and as a Known Heir of Glenn Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow, Sr.; Raymond Menow, Known Heir of Glenn Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow, Sr.; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Glenn Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow a/k/a Glenn R. Menow, Sr. C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03903 $223,275.26 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-480 3023 W Dauphin St 19132 28th wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#282299900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Aaron Horton, as Known Heir of Edward Richardson and in His Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Edward Richardson; Donald Richardson, Known Heir of Edward Richardson; The Estate of Edward Richardson c/o Aaron Horton, Administrator; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Edward Richardson, Last Record Owner C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03164 $61,382.32 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-481 3933 Elsinore St 19124 33rd wd. On the Southeasterly Side of Elsinore St; 271 ft Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of

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Pike St; Front: 16’4” Depth: 57’6” OPA#332217900 Quetsy Rodriguez C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 02743 $57,763.92 Lois M. Vitti, Esquire 1702-482 1426 W Sparks St 19141 1330 Sq Ft BRT#17-1-2682-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marciana J. Burress C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02795 $92,374.18 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-483 3505 Aldine St 19136 64th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1504 Sq Ft BRT#642118900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Laura A. Kelly and Joseph C. Kelly, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01722 $175,133.74 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-484 4721 Oakland St 19124 23rd wd. SEMI/DET 3 STY MASONRY; 2380 Sq Ft BRT#234237700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stanley A. Pelli, Executor of the Estate of Anna Krucylak C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00479 $134,476.90 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-485 1726 Bainbridge St, Unit A 19146 30th wd. ROW W/GAR 2.5 STY MASONRY; 1526 Sq Ft BRT#301058527 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Daryl Lawton and Charlene Falcone a/k/a Charlene Falcon a/k/a Charlene M. Hartenstine C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00759 $189,655.36 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-486 225 Delmar St 19128 21st wd. S/D W/GAR 3 STY MASONRY; 2442 Sq Ft BRT#212296040 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ronald P. Immesberger, Executor of the Estate of Jean Immesberger, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2011 No. 02097 $349,158.50 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-487 4430 Unruh Ave 19135 55th wd. 1496 Sq Ft OPA#871579180 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: S/D OFF/STR 2 STY MASONRY Aiman M. Elgazzar and Madeline Elgazzar C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00498 $64,067.91 Scott M. Klein, Esq. 1702-488 1536 E Walnut Ln 19138 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1188 Sq Ft BRT#102150100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lenora Bullard C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01687 $97,903.82 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-489 2609 S 11th St 19148 39th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#394186000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janie Frost C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 00307 $230,326.76 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC

1702-490 4631 Melrose St 19137 45th wd. 2000 Sq Ft OPA#453446900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elizabeth M. Miller C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03395 $135,409.38 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-491 1010 Race St 19107 5th wd. 695 Sq Ft OPA#88-8071680 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Serge Hychko C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03941 $206,352.13 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-492 9570 State Rd 41B 19114 65th wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#888651247 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric J. Williams C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03096 $128,545.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-493 1103 Faulkrod St a/k/a 1103 Foulkrod St 19124 23rd wd. 2113 Sq Ft OPA#234099100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles Smith and Michele Smith C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01142 $110,312.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-494 2524 N 29th St 19132 28th wd. 1302 Sq Ft OPA#282009100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yvette Johnson C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01782 $71,747.85 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-495 6226 Larchwood Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1074 Sq Ft OPA#032102900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jessica St. John C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01203 $115,816.90 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-496 1436 N Vodges St a/k/a 1436 N Vogdes St 19131 4th wd. 932 Sq Ft OPA#041323800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Milton V. Vaughan, Jr. (deceased); Deborah M. Vaughan a/k/a Deborah Valentine C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01232 $65,943.20 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-497 1112 Kenwyn St 19124 23rd wd. 2750 Sq Ft OPA#234172200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Branch C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02798 $167,903.77 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-498 909 Afton St 19111 63rd wd. (formerly part of the 56th wd.) 3529 Sq Ft BRT#631194700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph N. Terrey C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01105 $213,074.03 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-499 616 Burnham Rd 19119 22nd wd. 3140 Sq Ft OPA#223070500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lorraine

Mason and John W. Mason C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00876 $596,303.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-500 5009 Ogden St 19139-1642 44th wd. 1100 Sq Ft BRT#442023000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Thomas E. Murphy C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01022 $62,049.69 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-501 3657 Old York Rd 19140 43rd wd. 1688 Sq Ft OPA#432160100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Veronica Ward C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 02289 $150,947.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-502 2134 Unruh St 19149-2315 54th wd. 2300.1 Sq Ft BRT#54-1149700; PRCL#132 N 16-190 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ilham Sghyar and Touria Elkaeid C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02533 $177,313.01 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-503 5417 Gainor Rd 19131 3125 Sq Ft BRT#52-2-1060-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Terri Paulhill C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01327 $196,878.81 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-504 8840 Norwood Ave 19118 9th wd. 20299 Sq Ft (land area); 5325 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#091218840 Matthew B. Studner; Wendy A. Studner C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 1460 $795,040.13 Walter Weir, Jr., Esquire; Susan Verbonitz, Esquire; Jennifer Hiller Nimeroff, Esquire; Weir & Partners, LLP 1702-505 604 Walnut Ln 21st wd. Beginning Point: At a point on the Northwesterly side of Walnut Ln (70 ft wide) measured N 62 degrees 42 minutes 14 seconds E along the said Northwesterly side of Walnut Ln OPA#213085815 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Karen M. Browne C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01721 $398,200.86 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1702-506 190 W Lehigh Ave 19133 19th wd. 1350 Sq Ft OPA#871102250 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: STR/OFFô㤱 3 STY MASONRY Lovell A. BronsonDavis, III C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 004142 $313,942.58 Jennifer D. Gould, Esq.; Stark & Stark, PC 1702-507 2228 W Indiana Ave 19132 11th wd. 1005 Sq Ft BRT#11-1071000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mary L. McBride a/k/a Mary Lee McBride C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03905 $59,496.24 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-508 4921 Castor Ave 19124 23rd wd. 4531 Sq Ft BRT#234192500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Dorothy

A. Nazeley C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02042 $174,146.61 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-509 4426 Marple St 19136 65th wd. 1147 Sq Ft BRT#651094100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Stacey A. Anderson a/k/a Stacey Anne Anderson C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00117 $123,582.69 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-510 321 S 46th St 19143 60th wd. 2100 Sq Ft BRT#461165800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gordana Kostich C.P. June Term, 2008 No. 03959 $715,599.11 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-511 2244 S Hemberger St 19145 48th wd. BRT#482243100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Violet Garnett C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00662 $105,643.91 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-512 2533 S Sheridan St 19148 39th wd. 900 Sq Ft BRT#393149000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lidia Riccobene, Administratrix of the Estate of Rocco A. Maniscalco, Deceased; Nadine M. Riccobene, Administratrix of the Estate of Rocco A. Maniscalco, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00209 $107,754.23 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-513 354 W Duval St 19144 59th wd. 3971 Sq Ft BRT#593110900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Olivia K. Myers C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03426 $187,758.26 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1702-514 8436 Temple Rd 19150 50th wd. 1620 Sq Ft BRT#501079600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Barbara Jones, Known Heir of Eunice Harmon a/k/a W. Eunice Harmon; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Eunice Harmon a/k/a W. Eunice Harmon C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02214 $79,600.64 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-515 227 Sparks St 19120 61st wd. 1050 Sq Ft BRT#611263700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mirielle Charles C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 04301 $77,926.64 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1702-516 4559 Oakmont St 19136 65th wd. 1136 Sq Ft BRT#651082700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Fengbo Zhang C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 00497 $74,133.09 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire

1702-517 5648 Belmar Terr 19143 51st wd. 992 Sq Ft BRT#51-4106200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Genine Case a/k/a Genine D. Case C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02927 $57,680.57 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-519 2524 Marston St 19132 28th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#281089700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Henry M. West, Administrator of the Estate of Henry Davis, Jr., Deceased C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02304 $58,090.48 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-520 1611 Chelten Ave 19124 17th wd. 1224 Sq Ft BRT#171334500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Sylvia L. Cobb, Sylvia L. Lewis, Trustee a/k/a Sylvia L. Cobb, Trustee; Yvonne Lewis a/k/a Yvonne Pierce, Record Owner and Known Heir of Sylvia l. Cobb, Sylvia L. Lewis, Trustee a/k/a Sylvia L. Cobb, Trustee C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03120 $86,805.19 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-521 5607 N Park Ave a/k/a 5607 Park Ave 19141 49th wd. 2368 Sq Ft OPA#493225800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Broderick E. Jones C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01614 $70,965.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-522 4845 N 15th St 19141 13th wd. 1259 Sq Ft BRT#132050200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Curtis Mickeals, Known Heir of Susan Emma Mickel; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Susan Emma Mickel C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 02056 $66,370.76 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-523 543 N Paxon St a/k/a 543 Paxon St 19131 44th wd. 729 Sq Ft OPA#442257100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anderson Briggs Thomas, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased; Carrie Lee Briggs, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased; Ethel Parker, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased; Franklin Briggs, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased; Millie Frank, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased; Willene Shannon, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased; Elijah Briggs, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased; The Unknown Heirs of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased; Loretta Fulton, Solely in Her Capacity

as Heir of Huie R. Hampton, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00806 $51,489.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-524 3945 K St 19124 33rd wd. 1134 Sq Ft OPA#332323000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Susana Pacheco C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00004 $72,849.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-525 906 S 57th St 19143 46th wd. 1256 Sq Ft OPA#463252500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Deborah A. Rustin, Individually and in Her Capacity as Heir of Delores A. Innacone, Deceased; Donna Innacone, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Delores A. Innacone, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00684 $39,126.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-526 722 E Westmoreland St 19134 31st wd. 748 Sq Ft OPA#331095400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lonnie H. Spearman, Jr. C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03008 $74,317.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-527 5103 Brown St 19139 44th wd. 1350 Sq Ft OPA#441278600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shirl I. Williams C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02816 $39,856.55 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-528 2316 N Hancock St a/k/a 2316 Hancock St 19133 19th wd. 843 Sq Ft OPA#191095500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gail Shamberger C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00364 $64,078.31 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-529 5208-5210 Baltimore Ave 51st wd. OPA#882925226 (5208 Baltimore Ave); OPA#882925231 IMPROVEMENTS: TWO ONE STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS Kingsley Wright C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 2751 $124,325.32 Wendell K. Grimes 1702-530 6061 Callowhill St 19151 34th wd. 2450 Sq Ft OPA#341049300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stacey L. Taylor, As Administrator of the Estate of Quinntoyia K. Taylor, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 04008 $33,140.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-531 1845 E Albert St 19125 31st wd. 748 Sq Ft OPA#314205800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Neha Mistry C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00367 $53,446.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-532 4036 Lawndale St 19124 33rd wd. 896 Sq Ft OPA#332259200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Alice A. Wittmer, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01590 $50,755.44 KML Law Group, P.C.

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1702-533 2070 E Allegheny Ave 19134-3824 25th wd. 1040 Sq Ft BRT#252308200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Annamaria Foglia C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03451 $64,071.36 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-534 3452 Princeton Ave 191491622 55th wd. 1760 Sq Ft BRT#551389400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE John F. Fenningham C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 03576 $114,321.12 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-535 124 E Allegheny Ave 19134-2207 33rd wd. 1380 Sq Ft BRT#071-2989-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Maximo A. Marte C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01614 $68,902.58 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-536 561 Martin St 19128-1620 21st wd. 3152.04 Sq Ft BRT#213179400; PRCL#94 N 16-202 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jennifer D. Powers, As Administratrix of the Estate of Duane I. Large, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00794 $170,442.98 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1702-537 5414 Vine St 19139 4th wd. 2875 Sq Ft BRT#04-1-0303-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lottie Mae Segars C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01371 $98,766.10 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-538 7143 Rutland St 19149 54th wd. 1130 Sq Ft OPA#542178600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jerome Sackor; Naomi C. Sackor C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 00134 $97,775.35 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-539 5917 Chancellor St 19139 3rd wd. APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON; 1832 Sq Ft BRT#031073300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bianca R. White C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02626 $99,354.96 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-540 4548 Loring St 19136-4018 41st wd. 1072 Sq Ft OPA#412174200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrea M. Difazio a/k/a Andrea M. Defazio C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03270 $99,574.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-541 2114 Shields St 19142 40th wd. 812 Sq Ft OPA#403039300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christina Harris a/k/a Christina C. Bladen C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02806 $48,928.06 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-542 2632 S 66th St 19142-2702 40th wd. 1012 Sq Ft OPA#406020900

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly Mackason C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01612 $66,532.43 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-543 5639 Malcolm St 191434633 51st wd. 1038 Sq Ft OPA#513170100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keisha R. Paul a/k/a Keisha Paul C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03951 $76,960.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-544 735 E Locust Ave a/k/a 735 Locust Ave 191441311 12th wd. 1150 Sq Ft OPA#122074000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Deothia Stuart C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01164 $82,576.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-545 3428 N 22nd St 191404720 11th wd. 1608 Sq Ft OPA#112311300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Susan E. Holmes a/k/a Susan Holmes C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00357 $84,524.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-546 6013 Walnut St 19139 3rd wd. 1710 Sq Ft OPA#03-10573-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenneth J. Barnes and Sadie Perez C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03677 $55,769.61 Kristine M. Anthou 1702-547 8030 Ditman St Unit 27E 19136 65th wd. 0 Square Feet (Condo) OPA#888650927 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Harry R. Kenny a/k/a H. Ryan Kenny C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01118 $59,186.87 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1702-548 3712 N 19th St 58th wd. 2660 Sq Ft BRT#131278700 IMPROVEMENTS: MULTI UNIT RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robin Witts C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 1375 $84,846.02 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP; Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1702-549 3285 Morrell Ave 19114 66th wd. 2005 Sq Ft OPA#661134100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph F. Schiano, III; Leigh J. Schiano C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00025 $199,582.65 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-550 2955 N 26th St 191321202 38th wd. 1280 Sq Ft OPA#381142800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Willie Morris a/k/a Willie T. Morris C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 01399 $35,332.47 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-551 503 S 55th St 19143 46th wd. 1472 Sq Ft OPA#463186200

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Antoinette M. Edwards C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03448 $55,636.65 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1702-552 1101 N 41st St 19104 6th wd. 1800 Sq Ft BRT#88-1-8220-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 5 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING Alice Properties, LP C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01412 $168,831.15 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1702-553 3810 Mechanicsville Rd 19154 66th wd. 2196 Sq Ft OPA#663059475 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward A. Discount C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 04117 $120,913.02 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-554 439 Roselyn St 19120 61st wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#612184300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William L. McDonald and Terri L. McDonald C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03995 $10,124.40 plus interest in the amount of $161.70 from 8/27/16 Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire 1702-555 5602 N Sydenham St 191412320 17th wd. 1446 Sq Ft OPA#172102700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Octavia Danielson C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00576 $127,395.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-556 1619 Solly Ave 19152 (Land) 4185.46 Sq Ft; (improvements) 2240 Sq Ft BRT#562072700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; 2-4 UNITS, 2 STORY Elena Sklyar C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 1612 $49,760.34 Dana S. Plon, Esquire 1702-557 2340 S Franklin St 191483821 39th wd. 1000 Sq Ft OPA#393226700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melinda Brown C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01930 $69,420.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-558 5046 Franklin St a/k/a 5046 N Franklin St 19120 49th wd. 1053 Sq Ft OPA#491244900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darcia West a/k/a Darcia E. West C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01830 $71,961.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-559 1701 N 59th St 19151-3906 4th wd. 1408 Sq Ft OPA#043308500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald Brinson, Jr. C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00407 $76,586.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-560 3850 Woodhaven Rd, Apt 505 19154-2751 88th wd. 1133 Sq Ft OPA#888660299 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Joyce D. Rogers C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02752 $141,153.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-561 47 E Durham St 191191821 22nd wd. 1144 Sq Ft OPA#222160900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alton Kenan C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 04074 $137,498.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-562 7537 Malvern Ave 191512815 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#343171700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenya A. Lawhorn a/k/a Kenya Lawhorn C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03573 $55,213.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-563 312 Mifflin St 19148-1821 39th wd. 1100 Sq Ft OPA#392000800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lisa Ann Ciaston, Known Heir of Michael Burke, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Michael Burke, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 03168 $64,259.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-564 1739 N 53rd St 19131-3602 52nd wd. 1132 Sq Ft OPA#521331500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Moore, in His Capacity as Heir of Clarissa Moore, Deceased; Melinda Moore, in Her Capacity as Heir of Clarissa Moore, Deceased; Fredricka Moore, in Her Capacity as Heir of Clarissa Moore, Deceased; James Moore, in His Capacity as Heir of Clarissa Moore, Deceased; Patricia Moore, in Her Capacity as Heir of Ronald Moore, Deceased; Katrina Floyd, in Her Capacity as Heir of Ronald Moore, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Clarissa Moore, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Ronald Moore, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00601 $77,986.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-565 5500 Warrington Ave 191434721 51st wd. 1256 Sq Ft OPA#514058400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nathaniel Lark C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02222 $125,289.33 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-566 7108 Castor Ave 53rd wd. 25’x105’8-5/8” OPA#871239250 IMPROVEMENTS: MASONRY OFFICE BUILDING Mohammad Amir Chughtai C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01736 $180,924.45 Jay E. Kivitz, Esq.

1702-567 1603 W Cayuga St 191401825 13th wd. 1664 Sq Ft OPA#132344300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Frances Gould C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04193 $54,151.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-568 845 N 5th St 19123-2118 5th wd. 1906 Sq Ft OPA#056232500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sherri Kae Calkins C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02665 $311,778.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-569 12002 Medford Rd 191541833 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#663231900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Delores Parker, in Her Capacity as Administratrix Cta and Devisee of the Estate of James N. Dennis a/k/a James Dennis C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02800 $79,062.10 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1702-570 419 S Perth St 19147 5th wd. 1418 Sq Ft OPA#053105100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Michael Wiegand C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02038 $102,777.19 Scott M. Klein, Esq. 1702-571 1827 E Cambria St 19134 25th wd. 1575 Sq Ft OPA#252097800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jasmine Haskins C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02520 $67,416.28 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-572 1533 S Opal St 19146 36th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 920 Sq Ft BRT#363224200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Uriah O. Stewart a/k/a Uriah Stewart and Charlene Smith-Stewart C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04999 $55,036.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-573 3276 E Thompson St 19134 6th wd. 982 Sq Ft BRT#451243600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kathy Miller; Stephen Taylor C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02661 $106,562.20 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-574 1814 E Atlantic St 19134 45th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 740 Sq Ft BRT#452127200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael Kuders and Amanda Kuders C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01565 $49,131.21 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-575 123 E Mayland St 19144 22nd wd. 1900 Sq Ft BRT#592130100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Bernice S. Ford C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03953 $95,269.06 Udren Law Offices, P.C.

1702-576 1500 Widener Pl 19141 17th wd. S/D CONV APT 2 STY MASONRY; 1600 Sq Ft BRT#171178500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Olivia Myers C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00791 $131,636.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-577 12415 Sweetbriar Rd 19154 66th wd. APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON; 1360 Sq Ft BRT#663171700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING George E. Finan, III C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00401 $134,588.95 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-578 2543 S Camac St 19148 39th wd. 780 Sq Ft OPA#394339300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles D. Manni a/k/a Charles Manni C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02427 $168,315.93 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-579 7027 Rutland St 19149 54th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1106 Sq Ft BRT#542175200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Steven Weinberg a/k/a Steven J. Weinberg C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05388 $166,320.02 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-580 5814 Race St 19139 4th wd. 1050 Sq Ft OPA#04-2-056890 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jonathan Moore, as Administrator of the Estate of Deseidra Faye Jefferson a/k/a Faye Jefferson, deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01988 $75,975.35 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-581 5137 Spruce St 19139-4122 60th wd. APT 2-4 UNTS 2 STY MASONRY; 2400 Sq Ft BRT#602104800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sabrina Thigpen and Julius W. Thigpen C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03024 $249,857.15 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-582 1246 S Bucknell St 19146 36th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1212 Sq Ft BRT#361361200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nicole Knight C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00575 $114,628.49 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-583 3360 Kayford Circle 19114 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MAS㤱 㤱; 1560 Sq Ft BRT#661114600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lawrence Bradford Evans, Sr., Known Surviving Heir of Patricia Patkus; Patricia Ann Sullivan, Known Surviving Heir of Patricia Patkus; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Patricia Patkus C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02881 $178,724.41 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-584 1060 Welsh Rd 19115 63rd wd.

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DET W/GAR 2 STY FRAME; 4476 Sq Ft BRT#632036402 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robin Gamburg a/k/a Robin Simmens C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00460 $539,900.73 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-585 5526 Matthews a/k/a Matthew St 19138 12th wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#122287900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Pansy L. Murray, Deceased; Charles Murray, Known Heir of Pansy L. Murray, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02380 $38,222.60 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-586 4555 Fernhill Rd 19144 13th wd. 1171 Sq Ft OPA#133125900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vaughn Moore, as Administrator of the Estate of Sandra Moore, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00127 $84,247.90 KML Law Group, P.C. 1702-587 501 N 63rd St 19151 34th wd. STR/OFFô㤱 3 STY MASONRY; 3660 Sq Ft BRT#871545590 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Larry McDonald C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02134 $145,910.51 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-588 3689 N Hereford Ln 19114 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MAS㤱 㤱; 1260 Sq Ft BRT#661258300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James F. Smith, Jr. and Jennifer A. Duffy C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00075 $150,623.51 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-589 3229 Memphis St 19134 45th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1071 Sq Ft BRT#451404500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Pennington 189 Management, LLC C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01317 $93,438.26 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-590 3536 Kyle Rd 19154 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 1 STY MASONRY; 850 Sq. ft. BRT#662352400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Edith Bebb C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02657 $155,585.12 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-591 5033 Schuyler St 19144 13th wd. S/D W DET GAR 3 STY MASON; 2763 Sq Ft BRT#133158300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony Wall C.P. July Term, 2008 No. 02738 $167,156.68 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-592 5242 Walton Ave 19143 46th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1380 Sq Ft BRT#462071900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Vir-

ginia Whitfield a/k/a Virginia W. Caldwell C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02285 $212,913.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-593 610 Gates St 19128 21st wd. DET W/B GAR 2 STY FRAME; 2080 Sq Ft BRT#213298800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Catherine M. Gallagher and Michael G. Gallagher a/k/a Michael F. Gallagher C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00033 $166,735.66 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-594 117 S 55th St 19139 60th wd. APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON; 2418 Sq Ft BRT#603163800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Antiwone M. Sanders C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01423 $116,941.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-595 2940 McKinley St 19149 62nd wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1278 Sq Ft BRT#621250500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Malcolm Clark a/k/a Malcolm E. Clark C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00459 $100,921.90 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-596 7657 Brookhaven Rd 19151 34th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1336 Sq Ft BRT#343219500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dwayne Dunham C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00681 $166,713.19 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-597 139 W Albanus St 19120 42nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#422140100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Londa Edwards C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03547 $78,643.68 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-598 7231 Oakland St 19149 54th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1242 Sq Ft BRT#542398900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Theresa McClellan, Known Surviving Heir of Theresa M. Diodoro and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Theresa M. Diodoro C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04992 $152,428.34 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-599 10931 Templeton Dr 191544235 66th wd. 1296 Sq Ft BRT#662149500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE William F. Roland C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00207 $62,257.37 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-600 4124 Decatur St 19136 65th wd. 2475 Sq Ft BRT#651209100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Lisa Y. Gonzalez a/k/a Lisa Gonzalez C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02568 $141,310.05 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-601 4333 N 17th St 19140-1839 13th wd. 1196 Sq Ft BRT#132140300

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Beatrice V. Martin and Denfield D. Martin C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02363 $6,279.27 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-602 842 Anchor St 19124 35th wd. 1044 Sq Ft OPA#351266700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luis J. Esteves and Alma C. Esteves C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03259 $45,712.15 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-603 230 Higbee St 19111 35th wd. 1296 Sq Ft OPA#352151900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sharon Holliday and Ruben Feagins C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 001252 $122,944.75 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-604 605 E Vernon Rd 19119 22nd wd. 7463 Sq Ft OPA#222039600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dereck Jones a/k/a Derrick Jones; Yvette M. Yancy C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01390 $200,237.33 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-605 2344 W Sergeant St 19132 16th wd. 922 Sq Ft OPA#162308100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Steven R. Dodson C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03950 $30,277.60 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1702-606 3030 Princeton Ave 19149 55th wd. (formerly the 35th wd.) Southwesterly side of Princeton Ave; 255ft 5 in Southeastwardly from the Southeasterly side of Battersby St; Front: 16’3” Depth: 106’6” OPA#551378152 Ugur Danis and Denise Danis C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00716 $148,756.07 Lois M. Vitti, Esquire 1702-607 7354 Rugby St 19138 10th wd. 1266.4 Sq Ft BRT#102455300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Patrick Paraison and Zetta Paraison C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01051 $87,366.91 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire; James French, Esquire 1702-608 3922 N Glendale St 191245510 33rd wd. 1050 Sq Ft BRT#332429000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marilyn Vazquez C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00199 $70,228.34 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-609 1112 S Ruby St 19143 51st wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#511062200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alvina E. Miller C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03013 $57,025.97 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-610 5317 W Thompson St 19131 44th wd. 1552 Sq Ft OPA#442133000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL PROPERTY Richard Blackmon C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01615 $48,799.44 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-611 344 N Simpson St 191391024 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#343105800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robert Briddell C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00414 $152,179.74 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-612 4126 Farmdale Rd 19154 66th wd. 3356 Sq Ft OPA#662602800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marybeth Shaffer, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Gerard M. Shaffer, deceased C.P. March Term, 2010 No. 02508 $174,531.73 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-613 4957 Rorer St 19120 42nd wd. 1613 Sq Ft OPA#421540500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nadine Nance C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01475 $69,077.16 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-614 3017 Disston St 19149-1902 55th wd. 1801 Sq Ft BRT#551308100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Alicia Biener a/k/a Alicia M. Wendowski and Philip M. Biener C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03510 $101,293.04 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1702-615 565 Jamestown St 19128 21st wd. 3209 Sq Ft OPA#213124110 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gerald Spearing and Lanore Spearing C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 02426 $50,123.98 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-616 275 W Sheldon St 19120-3318 42nd wd. On N side of Sheldon St; Front: 14’ Depth: 65’ OPA#422204400 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Brian D. Dennis C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03536 $69,146.72 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1702-617 1144 E Phil Ellena St 19150 50th wd. 1616 Sq Ft OPA#502354600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stafford Fearon, Individually and t/a Moonlight Groceries and Patricia Mundy a/k/a Patricia N. Mundy C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01145 $135,746.96 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-618 1254 Magee Ave 19111-4942 25th wd. On Southwesterly side of Magee Ave; Front: 18’2” Depth: 70’ OPA#531185900 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Hilda Mattos C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01769 $97,300.35 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1702-619 6230 N Mascher St 19120 61st wd. 1800 Sq Ft OPA#611025200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard K.

Ohliger C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 3076 $37,937.71 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-620 1522 Overington St 19124 23rd wd. 1697 Sq Ft OPA#232117500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alla Kheyfets and Sergey Ostrovskii C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 001262 $78,342.32 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-621 4602 Oakland St 19124 23rd wd. 1683 Sq Ft OPA#234227300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Manuel Oyola, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01211 $47,683.84 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-622 7404 Briar Rd 19138 50th wd. 1768 Sq Ft OPA#501336400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine Cain a/k/a Catherine L. Cain C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02629 $179,562.79 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-623 240 S 61st St 19139 3rd wd. On W side of 61st St; Front: 16’ Depth: 77’ OPA#031179100 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Stacey Lipscomb C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02862 $64,852.87 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1702-624 4627 N Camac St 49th wd. On E side of Camac St; Front: 15’2” Depth: 80’ OPA#491471100 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Sandra K. Muhsin a/k/a Sandra Khadijah Muhsin C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01890 $10,631.05 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1702-625 6307 Elmhurst St 19111 53rd wd. 1460 Sq Ft OPA#531219900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lorraine A. Sproul C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03768 $157,383.58 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-626 9310 Milnor St 65th wd. On Northwesterly side of Milnor St; Front: 25’ Depth: 100’ OPA#652426310 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Nancy Hunt C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02119 $194,983.77 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1702-627 5406 Woodcrest Ave 19131 52nd wd. 3750 Sq Ft OPA#52213770 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vincent Diggs C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03260 $201,816.23 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-628 856 E Chelten Ave 19138 12th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 2264 Sq Ft BRT#122118500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kurt Everett Munroe, Known Surviving Heir of George E. Munroe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Tony Javan Munroe, Known Surviving Heir of George E. Munroe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving

Heirs of George E. Munroe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00528 $72,345.11 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1702-629 4731 Rosehill St 19120 42nd wd. 1813 Sq Ft OPA#421345100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gerald A. Beaubrun a/k/a Gerald Antoine Beaubrun and Marie Abellard Beaubrun a/k/a Marie A. Beaubrun a/k/a Marie A. Abellard-Beaubrun C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01889 $96,659.55 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-631 5219 N 16th St 19141 17th wd. 1740 Sq Ft OPA#17-2-1190-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Conserve Hercules C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00882 $165,826.81 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1702-632 6147 Sansom St 19139 3rd wd. 1471 Sq Ft BRT#031041600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Donald P. Thompson, Jr. a/k/a Donald Thompson C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00385 $92,040.21 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-633 5402 Hawthorne St 19124 62nd wd. 1904 Sq Ft BRT#622253303 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Jessennia Colon C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02573 $122,094.31 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-634A 2312 E Thompson St 19125 31st wd. 840 Sq Ft BRT#312123300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carol J. Porter, Individually and as Known Heir of James J. Porter a/k/a James J. Porter, Jr.; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under James J. Porter a/k/a James J. Porter, Jr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00851 $11,750.46 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-634B 2314 E Thompson St 19125 31st wd. 840 Sq Ft BRT#312123400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carol J. Porter, Individually and as Known Heir of James J. Porter a/k/a James J. Porter, Jr.; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under James J. Porter a/k/a James J. Porter, Jr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00851 $11,750.46 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-635 1238 Alcott St 19149 35th wd. 1088 Sq Ft BRT#352068400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE German Lee and Anton Livshits C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00163 $115,397.48 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1702-636A 5412 Akron St 19124 62nd wd. 1209.45 Sq Ft OPA#62-14219-00 Subject to Mortgage

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IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2STY MASONRY Lot Real Estate, Inc. and Antonio Serrano, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 002806 $59,843.94 Suzanne DellaValla Jones, Esq.; William M. Shields, Esq.; McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LP 1702-636B 5414 Akron St 19124 62nd wd. 1209.19 Sq Ft OPA#62-14220-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: VACANT LOT Lot Real Estate, Inc. and Antonio Serrano, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 002806 $59,843.94 Suzanne DellaValla Jones, Esq.; William M. Shields, Esq.; McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LP 1702-637A 5250 N Marshall St 19120 49th

wd. 18’x53’ OPA#492119300 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phetsamone Vongnarath and Lone Ketphanh C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00659 $42,211.86 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-637B 429 W Ruscomb St 19120 42nd wd. 16’2”x107’ OPA#422168000 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phetsamone Vongnarath and Lone Ketphanh C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00659 $42,211.86 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-638A 257 W Wellens Ave 42nd wd. 14’x64’6” OPA#422235100 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE

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SHERIFF’S SALE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phetsamone Vongnarath and Lone Ketphanh C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 02293 $25,787.56 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-638B 315 W Ruscomb St 42nd wd. 18’6”x110’ OPA#422166100 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phetsamone Vongnarath and Lone Ketphanh C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 02293 $25,787.56 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-639A 236 Rubicam St 42nd wd. 15’x65’ OPA#42226600 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phetsamone

SHERIFF’S SALE Vongnarath and Lone Ketphanh C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 02267 $33,581.51 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-639B 4339 N 5th St 7th wd. 15’101/2”x70’3” OPA#072182400 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phetsamone Vongnarath and Lone Ketphanh C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 02267 $33,581.51 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-640A 2614 W Master St 29th wd. 15’x63’ OPA#291107100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith A. Jackson C.P. May Term, 2016 No.

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01597 $120,227.55 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-640B 4529 N Gratz St 13th wd. 15’1”x84’5” OPA#132192500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith A. Jackson C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01597 $120,227.55 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-640C 2519 S 62nd St 49th wd. 16’x70’ OPA#402103200 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith A. Jackson C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01597 $120,227.55 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1702-641A 1501 S 8th St 19147 1st wd. 1283 Sq Ft BRT#871031950

Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael L. Seccia C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00800 $187,845.70 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-641B 1503 S 8th St 19147 1st wd. 602 Sq Ft BRT#012095000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael L. Seccia C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00800 $187,845.70 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1702-642 2630 S 17th St 19145 26th wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#262009600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Karen A. Price C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02128 $264,005.69 Stern & Eisenberg PC

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Hair O’ The Dog Celebrates 23 years of Fun and Fundraising by HughE Dillon The glamorous Hair O’ The Dog annual event at the Fillmore kicked off the winter social season in Philadelphia. Over 1500 well-dressed guests walked the red carpet at the event before heading into the concert hall to be entertained by musicians and DJ’s including: Mr Hollywood, Lil Jon and EDM singer Vassy. Guests enjoyed top-shelf libations and gourmet fare by Wolfgang Puck Catering. Proceeds from the evening went to Bianca’s Kids.

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Saving Lives and Bringing Hope A gala honoring heroes of suicide prevention By HughE Dillon The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosted its annual Save A Life Gala 2017 held at Atrium at Curtis Center presented by Cescaphe Event Group. Guests enjoyed a delicious buffet during the cocktail hour before heading into the ballroom for dinner and a short program. Kevin Hines was honored with the Lifesaver of the Year Award and Andrew Bergman was presented with the first Young Friends of AFSP Award, which will be awarded annually. After dinner, guests filled the dance floor to the tunes of Second Vision and DJ Shawn T.

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and 6-foot-8-inch star player Nick Alikakos, who is sidelined with a wrist injury. “It hurts so much,” he said. “We were 6-1 and playing great as a team when I got hurt. We lost six of seven games since I have Play-by-Play Classics because they are so much fun, and played at Widener, and in front of crowds.

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been sidelined, and it hurts so much to not be out there for my team. I love playing in the Scholastic

By Jeremy Treatman onrad Kirkaldy and Matt Linderman knew they had big shoes to fill this year. Long time Penn Wood coach Clyde Jones, who won a state title in 2011, moved on to lead Girard College High School’s program in Philadelphia. The aforementioned pair has joined up to take over the Penn Wood program. Linderman stands on the sidelines as the head man, but Kirkaldy runs practices and logistics, making him a de facto head coach as well. “Our adjustment is coming along well,” Kirkaldy said. “We’re still a pressure team, we get out and run. We play that fast style we’re known for, but

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It was hard to sit there. We almost won so many of those games. I can’t wait to get back out there.”

HOPE CLASSIC Lower Merion basketball has appeared in five state championship games since 1996 and won three of them. There have been lots of celebrations and standing ovations over that time. But on Jan. 6, there was a one of a different variety. It was Aces’ assistant coach Kevin Grugan, joined by his daughter Hope, speaking in front of a sellout crowd at the Kobe Bryant gym, which elicited plaudits from the Harriton and Lower Merion community. Hope was diagnosed six years ago with Angelman Syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder that occurs in one of 15,000 births. The crowd was moved emotionally and inspired to donate financially toward supporting Angelman Syndrome sufferers and the Angelman Syndrome Foundation, which aids in therapy for those who have it. Hope was smiling ear to ear as coach Grugan addressed the crowd with an emotional thank you. “It means a lot. The community has embraced this game and this cause. My daughter and family were very happy. I’m very appreciative.” As for the game, the team knocked off rival Harriton. Lower Merion has not lost to Harriton since 2004. “It’s always a big game on the schedule. Bragging rights on the line in the community,” said Penn Wood’s #4 Vincent Smalls tries to drive to the hoop. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

Lower Merion’s Terrell Jones, who had 16 of his 19 points in the second half. “It’s always a tough game but I am glad we pulled through.” The Aces will be hosting a six-game showcase, three boys games and three girls games, on January 21 in the 9th annual Kobe Bryant Boosters Classic. The Boys will face Carlisle. The girls will face Springside-Chestnut Hill.

BARRACK MAKING ITS MARK Barrack Hebrew Academy graduated 12 seniors, many who played in the team’s 77-37 loss to topranked Westtown School last February in the Pennsylvania Private School Post-season Tournament. Not much was expected from the Cougars this year. But after a narrow loss to Perkiomen, a team that has beaten top-10 team Martin Luther King, and a two point loss to Collegium Charter on Jan. 9, the squad feels it has been overlooked. Senior Zach Lipstein is averaging 15 points and junior Gabe Bryant is looking like a Division III college prospect. He scores 20 points a game and takes down 10 rebounds a game. “I think we are better than we were expecting,” said Lipstein. “We lost a lot of guys but we play really hard and with poise and confidence. I think we came in not knowing what to expect. I think when we play some of the better teams the second time around, we will have a chance to beat them.” Said assistant coach Ben Falk, a former assistant to the 76ers and Portland Trailblazers in their analytic departments. “I think we started some of these games expecting to be blown out and we’ve Penn Wood basketball player Pernell Ghee #13 takes the ball to the hoop. Photo by Sarah J. Glover

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played really well. Our confidence is flying high that we can compete with really good high school teams.”

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Re-Possessed Dance company explores past and present in Philly By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com NextMove Dance is bringing acclaimed and award-winning choreographer Doug Varone and his dancers to town for a performance representing the company’s past and present, Jan. 18-22. The company will perform three pieces: 2015’s “Recomposed,” last year’s “Folded” and 1994’s “ P o s s e s s i o n ,” which is considered one of Va r o n e ’ s masterpieces. Va r o n e said he is looking forward to presenting more recent works alongside a piece from his past. “We’re celebrating our 3 0 t h anniv e r sary so it’s given me an opportunity to look back on the work and see where I am and want to go, and figure out how those are all connected,” he said. “‘Possession’ was created in 1994 and it in many ways is a nonlinear narra-

tive work. It uses images from source material to invoke emotion. It has a sense of implied nature to it. I haven’t created work l i k e that in a very long time.” Over time, the nature of h i s work became more specific, Va r o n e said. “The recomposed work that we are doing based on Joan Mitchell’s is about that,” he noted. “Here’s a much more specific approach to those visuals that feels much more pointed. The newer ‘Duet’ is in many ways about finding my way back to the original impetus of the type of work I used to create when I was creating ‘Possession.’ I feel like ‘Possession’ is the past, ‘Recomposed’ is the present and in many ways ‘Folded’ is the future — but it forms a circle all the way back to the beginning.” “Recomposed” is a work inspired by the artwork of abstract expressionist American artist Joan Mitchell set to Michael Gordon’s score “Dystopia.” Varone said certain works of Mitchell’s had an uncanny similarity to his own choreography. “I had known her oil paintings but I had never seen her pastels before,” he said. “I saw them at an exhibit in Chelsea and remember looking at them on the wall and thinking, These are my dances. This is exactly how I build my sense of choreographed chaos within my larger dances. So I began doing a little bit of research. The way she began speaking about her vision of drawing theses is identical to the way I speak about my work. It was that point that I decided I was going to use them as the inspiration for creating the group work. I joked that I feel like we’re separated at birth in a way. The visualizations that I place on stage are almost identical to the visualizations that she builds in her pastels.

T h e sense of structure that is underneath all the chaos is keen as well in my work. There’s a sense of form that pushes everything forward but it’s disguised in a way that allows you to feel as though the stage is being pulled apart.” “Folded” is a duet piece featuring either two male or two female dancers, set to the music of Philadelphia-born composer Julia Wolfe. The abstract dance explores relationships and the intimate interactions between two dancers falling in and out of sync. “I’ve always been drawn to creating same-sex duets,” Varone said. “It’s certainly part of my nature. This work is part of a suite of dances entitled ‘In the Shelter of the Fold.’ Each dance shares a different perspective on the concept of belief and faith, and how by challenging that, you are either elevated or defeated. The duet itself for me is very much a personal dialogue between self. The concept of having it performed by the same gender is for me really important.” When dance pieces have a strong underlying message or inspiration, there always is the chance that it won’t be fully appreciated or comprehended by the audience. But Varone said he isn’t too afraid of that happening. “I love that fear. We’re in the middle of this winter intensive with young artists and talking about the difference between narrative work and abstract work. I am a real firm believer that within abstraction is the imagination and allowing people access to that part of their imagination is more valuable that spoon-feeding them a narrative. I try to find ways to create work that allows people the access to that part of their imagination and empower them in some way to believe that whatever they are seeing is right, whether it has PAGE 28

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anything or nothing to do with the work that is on the stage. That is what art is about. It certainly is what abstract dance is about.” By presenting past works alongside current pieces, Varone gets to see the evolution of his choreography over the last two decades. We asked him if he had an idea of where his choreography will go in the next 10 or 20 years. “The larger question is, Will I be making dances in 15 years?” he said. “I’ve been lucky enough to create work over 30 years and to watch that process and the evolution of the art form within my imagination change and shift. So I never try to predict where I’m headed or where I’m going. I’m constantly inspired by things that are going on around me. There

are certain things that I want to achieve before I stop creating or don’t have the urge to create anymore. That for me is a driving force and I feel as if I’m constantly trying to reinvent what I know, whether I succeed or not. Sometimes that is about looking back to the past and relearning those skills and tools and putting them back into a work that you are making as an artist who has 30 years of experience. So I feel like it’s constantly a filter and re-filtering of the knowledge that I have and hopefully taking that into new territory.” n NextMove Dance presents Doug Varone and Dancers through Jan. 22 at Prince Music Theater’s Main Stage, 1412 Chestnut St. For more information or tickets, call 215-422-4580 or visit princetheater.org/next-move.

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Laura Hawley: The business of the mind, body Well, I’ve just seen a rare sight. Was it a glimpse of a UFO? Our president-elect saying something presidential? (I said rare, not nonexistent.) Me in running shorts? No, I just saw a Yelp review for a business that was 99.9-percent all positive comments. In this day and age of snarky remarks, that’s quite a feat. As we celebrate the New You in the New Year, I decided to shed a little light on a local LGBT business. Open City Healing Arts is a wellness practice that embraces body and mind to help clients achieve maximum potential. Founded by Laura Hawley, the practice combines acupuncture and psychotherapy to help patients integrate the mental and the physical. And it seems to work; the testimonials on her page made me feel all warm and fuzzy. PGN: Tell me about your practice. LH: It’s a unique practice. I work as an acupuncturist and also a psychotherapist. I work with physical and emotional pain and constriction and expansion. Basically, we tackle mind/body issues. PGN: Which came first? What did you study? LH: Well, I first went to Oberlin College and majored in English. After that, I went to Seattle and got a master’s in social work from the University of Washington and worked as an LICSW [Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker] in the Boston area. While I was doing social work in the mental-health field, I put myself through acupuncture school and have been practicing it ever since. PGN: And graduated with distinction, from what I read. You were awarded with the Tsay Fellowship, given to the student most likely to make a significant contribution to the profession. LH: Yes! I love what I do. PGN: Let’s go back. Where did you yourself start out? LH: I was born in Guatemala City. My parents were in the Foreign Service and about a month after they got there, I arrived. My dad was in the economic section of the Foreign Service so we traveled all over, mostly in Asia. I grew up in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. I went to high school in India, part of the time at least. PGN: Tell me a story about it. LH: Well, I’ll tell you something that’s recent. A friend of mine found me on Facebook and then we connected with another friend. The three of us used to have this club in Sri Lanka; we called ourselves The Terrible Three. We were supposed to investigate mysteries but the main thing we did was that we made our own rubber

stamp and stamped all our papers with it. It was a wonderful school. We spent a lot of time playing marbles and talking and making up stories. It was wonderful. PGN: In the U.S., we tend to think of everything as being substandard to us, especially schools, but what was your experience? LH: We had wonderful teachers and they taught us all kinds of things. They were very sophisticated; most of them were Sinhalese so they taught us Sinhalese history but they also taught us Shakespeare and other worldly things. It was different in that the school had more independence than the teach-to-the-test style here. All three of us remembered sitting under a tree outside and our teacher, Mr. Ederi Singha, asking us if we thought God existed and all of us having this whole beautiful conversation about it. It’s been over 40 years but we all still remember that conversation and talk about it. It was a very nurturing school.

Australia when I was 5 and I remember my sister was shocked because there were no school uniforms and she wanted to wear one. Then we came back again when I was in high school. We’d been in India and it was a weird transition. It was a much bigger school and the kids seemed older. I was 13 and going around in these dykey little clothes — my grandfather’s hunting shirt and an Afghan hat — and I did not fit in at all. I felt very … I didn’t know what queer was, but I was it. PGN: It must have been hard being the one who was probably the most worldly and then being considered uncool because you wore clothes that didn’t fit it. LH: Yeah, and no one was interested in my story of where I’d come from or what I’d done. As is the nature of 13-year-olds, they were preoccupied with being teenagers. The good thing about it was that now I know what it feels like to be the outsider. Growing up overseas, we were always

PGN: That’s definitely something that wouldn’t take place in most schools here! LH: No! And I remember this great science teacher, Mrs. Desova. She’d wear a lab coat over her sari and she was such a smart, interesting woman. PGN: How many schools did you go to? LH: Oh, I can’t even remember, lots of them. In Afghanistan we traveled on a school trip to Bamiyan to see the carved Buddhas. I remember seeing the game of Buzkashi played. It’s a national game that they play on horseback. PGN: Kind of like polo right? LH: Yes, except it’s very elaborate, very fierce. It’s played using a carcass that they have to get into the opponent’s goal. Buzkashi literally means “goat grabbing” and traditionally it can go on for days, but now it’s more tournament-oriented with regulated time periods. Another memory in Afghanistan is going to the corner to buy naan — you know, the flat bread. They would dig into the ground and put coal on the bottom and baked it right there. You’d pull it out and have this delicious warm bread. [Laughs] We’d take it home and put Jif peanut butter on it. It was a multicultural experience! PGN: I love it! LH: Yes, it was a cool way to grow up and I was lucky because I have two sisters that are close to me in age, so no matter where we went I always had them with me. PGN: When did you move to the states, and was it a culture shock? LH: We came back to the states from

kind of special in our environments. I don’t think I would have learned to be as kind if I hadn’t had the chance to experience the bullying and isolation here. It made me more empathetic. PGN: What led you into the work you do? LH: When I was a social worker, I took care of other people, but neglected to take care of myself, so I got sick, physically sick. I was in my late 20s and was achy and tired all the time. I distinctly remem-

ber being at a gay Pride parade and just being exhausted. So I went to the doctor. They basically told me that I was achy and sick. They didn’t ask about stress or anything else. So I went to an acupuncturist and they immediately understood the connection between the mind and body and the pressures at work. I’d been sick for a year and within five sessions I felt better. I decided I was still young enough to switch professions and went to school to study acupuncture. I’ve been doing it for 20 years but the past five I’ve been really interested in integrating the mind-body practice, which is why I’ve been combining psychotherapy — which is a listening therapy — with the acupuncture. PGN: Give me an example. LH: When I first started working I had a patient who came to me with a pinched nerve, severe pain in her shoulder and numbness in her hand. I began to treat her for the physical problem and there was significant release for a while and then it would reoccur and she’d come back. One day I asked her to tell me about her work and specifically about her boss. I don’t know why I asked that but I did and she responded, “She’s a pain in the neck. She’s younger than me and it’s humiliating.” I realized that it was clear that there was a correlation between what was happening to her mentally that was having a physical effect. That kind of tension affects the breathing. It causes the body to constrict and causes imbalances. That’s where the listening can help because I can use needles to alleviate the immediate pain, but you also need help to acknowledge and solve the mental state as well. The body can tell you about your emotional and spiritual situations. PGN: What were the difficulties in starting your own business? LH: I was used to being a social worker so I was used to having administration be at fault for things that weren’t working, but now I don’t have anyone to blame for any deficiencies! PGN: In the beginning I understand you worked with a lot of HIV/AIDS patients. LH: Yes, that was really beautiful work. I learned so much from those folks and I still see one or two PAGE 34

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Theater & Arts Brandon T. Jackson The comedian and actor performs through Jan. 21 at The Punchline Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555. Broadway Up Close: Vanessa Williams The singer and actor comes to town for a live Q&A 8 p.m. Jan. 21 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Constellations The Wilma Theater turns the boymeets-girl story on its head as playwright Nick Payne launches it into the quantum multiverse through Feb. 5, 265 S. Broad St.; 215546-7824.

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com A new all-ages theater training facility is opening its doors in the Gayborhood. Music Theatre Philly is a full-service performing-arts center in Center City, established by co-founders and artistic directors Mindy Dougherty, a Philly native who has performed on Broadway, and Dann Dunn, an award-winning Philadelphia-based director and choreographer. Dougherty said she noticed that the resources for aspiring theater performers in Philadelphia were lacking back when she first started out; she started at Pennsylvania Ballet, got involved in musicals in high school and pursued musical theater in college. After working on Broadway for years and relocating back to Philadelphia, she was a bit dismayed to find young performers still didn’t have what they need in the city to adequately prepare them to pursue a career or education in theater. “When I got to college, I found that I knew nothing about musical theater. I didn’t know how to tap dance. I never took a musical-theater dance class. I was in a conservatory-style program with 10 other people who came in with a lot more knowledge,” she said, noting she learned about youth-focused arts training in Pittsburgh that provided the impetus for Music Theatre Philly. “Ever since then, it’s been a huge dream of mine to bring that sort of programming to Philadelphia.

There are places to take ballet and theater classes in the city but there is really nowhere you can go take a piano lesson, a voice lesson or a tap, jazz, acting or ballet class all under one roof, and be a part of a community in an environment that is led by mentoring. I really enjoy mentoring the child, not just as a performer but as a person.” Dougherty added that the training offered by Music Theatre Philly can help people develop skills that will be useful outside of the world of theater and performance. “Education is our top priority,” she said. “I view it as an essential part of developing character in children. Having a child sing or speak in front of a group, it helps with everything from reading to public speaking. All of those things in a fun way are honed and perfected in our company.” Dougherty said that once the theater school starts hitting its stride, it will start focusing on reaching out and developing more LGBT-youth participation in the classes. “That is definitely something that is on our horizon,” she said. “We would love to do that and also create some devised playwriting workshops with at-risk youth of any background. We offer scholarships for students who could use financial assistance. We’re very interested in developing the outreach aspect of the program.” n Music Theatre Philly is located at 1201 Spruce St. For more information, visit http:// MusicTheatrePhilly.com..

Having Our Say Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the story of 103-year-old Sadie Delany and 101-year-old Bessie Delany, who welcome us into their home to share an endearing true story, Jan. 27-Feb. 19 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-9850420. Hidden History Exposed Photography enthusiasts Tracy Buchholz and Jason Giordano present an exhibit highlighting friendship, photography and one very cold winter,

RETURN OF THE ‘KING’: New-wave rock and pop icon Adam Ant is celebrating the 35th anniversary of his landmark album “Kings Of The Wild Frontier,” playing it in its entirety on his latest tour, which stops in the area 8 p.m. Jan. 26 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave. in Glenside. For more information or tickets, call 215-5727650. Photo: Andy Gotts

through Feb. 24 at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Part Two Hedgerow Theatre presents the second installation of Douglas Adams’ original radio play through Jan. 29, 64 Rose Valley Road, Media; www.hedgerowtheatre.org. #IMomSoHard Performers Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley bring their comedic show about motherhood to town 8 p.m. Jan. 27 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick

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Ave., Glenside; 215572-7650. Irene Levy Baker The author of “Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad” hosts a reading 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341. Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an immersive installation and video projection by Mumbai-based artist Kallat, detailing a historical letter by Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler written just weeks before the start of World War II, through March 5, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. John Arden Theatre Company presents a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker

about spirituality, relationships and other scary stories through Feb. 26, 40 N. Second St.; 215922-1122. Korea Now: Contemporary Art Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of contemporary Korean art across all media through Feb. 23, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Last of the Red Hot Lovers Walnut Street Theatre presents Neil Simon’s classic comedy about a man trying to find love in the 1960s through Feb. 5, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550. Laughter on the 23rd Floor Walnut Street Theatre presents the Neil Simon play that gives the audience a peek into the

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IN THE COMFORT ZONE WITH VANESSA: Broadway Up Close brings acclaimed actor and singer Vanessa Williams to the stage for a live Q&A 8 p.m. Jan. 21 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 300 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-790-5800.

writer’s room of a hit 1950s television show through March 5, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550. Romeo & Juliet Media Theatre presents the classic Shakespeare tragedy Jan. 25-Feb. 19, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100. Todd Glass The comedian performs Jan. 26-29 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring how the Dutch company Vlisco became one of the most influential textile brands in West and Central African fashion through Jan. 22, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. What a Joke Fest: An ACLU Benefit On inauguration weekend, comedians raise money for the ACLU,

8:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at Good Good Comedy Theater, 215 N. 11th St.; www.goodgoodcomedy.com/whatajoke.

Music The Smithereens The rock band performs 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. David Uosikkinen’s In The Pocket The Hooters drummer and Philly native leads an allstar band playing Philadelphia tunes 8 p.m. Jan. 25 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Kris Kristofferson The actor and singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. Jan. 25 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-5727650. Adam Ant The new-wave singer performs

8 p.m. Jan. 26 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215572-7650.

Nightlife The Eric Jaffe Show The monthly live singing cabaret featuring musicians and singers 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Tavern on Camac, 243 S. Camac St.; 215-5450900. Beth & Ralph’s Porn Stash Local gay comedians Beth Eisenberg and Ralph Andracchio watch porn clips and converse with a panel of guests including business leaders, stand-up comedians and artists, 10:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Philly Improv Theater, 2030 Sansom St.; 267233-1556. Songbird 8 The singing competition returns with hopefuls vying to be crowned Philly’s best singer 8 p.m. Jan. 24 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215964-9675.

This Town Ain’t Pig Enough for the Two of Us Pig Iron Theater presents an evening of top-notch cabaret performers headlined by the one and only Martha Graham Cracker 8 p.m. Jan. 27 at The Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Baked Alaska A night of “high-larity” featuring performances by drag stars Aurora Whorealis, Lili St. Queer and Zsa Zsa St. James, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jan. 27 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

Outta Town Splintered Sunlight The Grateful Dead tribute band performs 8 p.m. Jan. 20, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Anina The animated kids film is screened 2 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. n

The Philly Home Show, the city’s premier home-improvement and remodeling show, is back, bringing the newest design trends, hands-on demonstrations and celebrity tips from experts from HGTV, TLC and NBC. Out interior designer and TV personality Vern Yip, seen on TLC’s “Trading Spaces” and HGTV’s “Design Star,” will be on hand promoting his new book “Vern Yip’s Design Wise: Your Smart Guide to a Beautiful Home.” Yip said he wrote the book to address the most common questions he gets asked as a design expert. “I did the book in response to almost two decades of being on television and writing columns for HGTV Magazine,” Yip said. “I was finding that I was getting the same questions asked to me over and over again by readers and viewers. It made me realize that there are common things that link all of us. It doesn’t matter if you live in an apartment or a grand house or if you are renting or buying. These are things we all have in common because these questions are based on proportion and dimensions.” The most-common question Yip encounters is along the lines of, “How high do I hang pictures?” In the book, Yip compiled common dimensions and practical tips on picture-hanging, as well as design advice. “There’s a lot of information about aesthetic components and picking out colors and styles too.”

With the increasing popularity of home-improvement, house-flipping and design shows on television, more and more people are out there wanting to take on renovation projects themselves. Yip said such folks have to balance their interest with a realistic appraisal of their goals, budgets and abilities. “Getting the information out there and then letting people do their own assessment and be honest with themselves is important,” he said. “We live in a real DIY culture. A lot of that is precipitated by people wanting to save money. If that is the end goal, a lot of times you are better off hiring somebody who is going to get it right the first time instead of tackling it yourself and doing it over and over again.” Yip added that the Home Show is more about letting people know resources are available instead on enticing them to chase the latest fashions in home design. “It gives people access to a broad spectrum of things,” he said. “I’d like to think we’ve moved away from just focusing on the trends and having that be the direction you want to take things in in your home. Instead, it’s encouraging people to have their home be a physical manifestation of who they are and being OK with that. It’s not about having your home look like the pages out of a design book. It’s about truly having your home tailored to you, functionally and aesthetically.” n The Philly Home Show runs Jan. 20-22 at Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St. For more information, visit www.vernyip. com or www.phillyhomeshow.com.

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of them on occasion. It was profound because at that time people were dying from it and I learned a lot about human nature: How people can know they’re dying and be very alive at the same time? People at that stage tell the truth, they don’t want to waste time. PGN: Was there a particular person who stood out? LH: I worked with a man who had Kaposi Sarcoma, which are lesions that form on the skin. It’s making me tearful now just thinking of the people who are gone, right? It’s still overwhelming. Anyway, he wasn’t participating in life; he walked around in long-sleeve shirts to hide the lesions and really kept to himself. He came to see me and brought a photograph of himself before he got ill so I could see how beautiful he used to be. He took his shirt off and I said, “I think you’re still beautiful.” I couldn’t do anything physical about the blotches, what they looked like, but I could profoundly change the way he felt about them. Soon he started working with people with HIV/AIDS at a clinic. It was really something. And I learned that it was OK to love people, that you could express love for them and still be appropriately professional. I remember I got off the phone with a client one day and a friend who’d been listening said, “You just called your patient ‘honey!’” And I said, “Well, he wasn’t feeling well and he needed that.” PGN: Does acupuncture hurt? LH: No, most people don’t even know that I’ve inserted a needle because they’re hair-thin. For reasons I don’t really understand, those little needles provide a deep relaxation, almost a euphoria. I can’t make it happen and it doesn’t always happen, though more often than not it does. It’s an invasive procedure but it’s so small that you get the healing properties but not the pain. It reminds the body to heal and balance itself. PGN: Biggest misconception? LH: That we treat the sensitive area where the pain is at that moment. So if you have a sore knee, the fear is that we’re going to stick something into the center of where the pain is, but we almost never do that. We might use the thigh or calf to treat the knee, because of the way that the body is connected. PGN: Good to know. LH: A metaphor I use is to imagine there’s a problem in Kensington. People may gather to protest downtown at City Hall in a large crowd that begins to clog up the area. Well, you wouldn’t help anything if you just clear the crowd at City Hall; you have to go to Kensington where it all started, fix the original imbalance or problem and then the crowd will disperse. You have to deal with the root of the problem, not the symptoms. It’s the body politics: The body is protesting that

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something is out of harmony. PGN: You’ve also studied herbal medicine. What’s the one thing everyone should have in their cabinet? LH: Ginger, everyone should have it. It aids in digestion and inflammation, and raw turmeric is useful for lifting the mood and lowering inflammation. And it’s delicious! PGN: Turmeric? I use it in smoothies and it’s awful! LH: [Laughs] You need to use raw turmeric, the powdered stuff is bitter. PGN: What are some of your extracurricular activities? LH: I have a book club for girls that I run through Mighty Writers. It’s a monthly club and we’re in our fourth year. We read everything from “Hunger Games” to Octavia Butler. They were 12 when we started and now they’re 16 and I think we’re really coming into our own intellectually. I look forward to it every month. I used to do Urban Exploring with an LGBT group in town. We’d climb around in abandoned buildings, including the top of the Divine Lorraine Hotel when it was empty. PGN: Single or partnered? LH: Married. By coincidence, we got married the week after the Supreme Court made it legal. It was really fun. My wife is an artist so we had the ceremony at Fleisher Art Memorial in South Philadelphia. They have a chapel there and my wife Chris wanted to eat in the same place that we had the ceremony because it made sense logistically, plus it was cheaper, but we had to figure out what to do with everyone while they were setting up. So we made piñatas filled with noisemakers like kazoos and whistles and had people bust them open. Then we had the whole party march around the block in our own little gay Pride parade! It was a great celebration. PGN: A treasured possession? LH: My wife carved a heart out of stone, which I’ve been carrying around recently. PGN: If you could disappear for a weekend, where would you go? LH: I’ve always wanted to go to the city of Lisbon in Portugal. PGN: What is your background? LH: Scotch, Irish and English. PGN: [Laughs] But you want to go to Portugal? LH: Hey, I’m curious about everyone. PGN: Motto? LH: Integrate and simplify. n For more information about Open City Healing Arts, visit www.acuphilly.com. To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.

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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

n Acceptance meets 7:30 p.m. Fridays and

Mondays at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce streets. n Community meets 8 p.m. Thursdays at Holy Communion Church, 2111 Sansom St. Gay and lesbian, but all are welcome. n GLBT Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7 p.m. Sundays and 8 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 100 W. Windsor St., Reading; 610-374-7914. n Living Sober meets 8:30 p.m. Saturdays at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220. n No Other Way Out meets 11 a.m. Sundays at William Way. n Night Owl meets 11:30 p.m. daily at the William Way. n Sober and Gay meets 8:30 p.m. SundayFriday at William Way. n Young People’s AA meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St.; 215-735-1416.

Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)

n Meets 7 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Friday and Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Thursday at William Way.

Mental-Health Support

n Pink and Blues, a free peer-run mental-

health support group for LGBT people, meets 7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; 215627-0424. n Survivors of Suicide Inc. meets 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at 3535 Market St., Room 2037 and the second Wednesday at Paoli Memorial Hospital, 225 W. Lancaster Ave.; 215-545-2242, www. phillysos.tripod.com.

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Community Bulletin Board Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday.

■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044, center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. MondayThursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. ■ Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Al-

HIV/AIDS Mondays: n Positive Brothers, a self-help, support and empowerment group for sexual-minority men of color with HIV/AIDS meets 6-8 p.m. at 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-851-1975. Tuesdays: n A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 1:30-3 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St., first floor; 215-769-3561; bebashi.org. n Feast Incarnate, a weekly ministry for people affected by HIV/AIDS, meets 5 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-387-2885. n A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Mazzoni Center, 21 S. 12th St.; 215563-0652 ext. 235. Wednesdays: n Project Teach, a peer-education and empowerment program for people living with HIV/AIDS, meets 3-5 p.m. at Philadelphia FIGHT, 1233 Locust St.; fight. org. Thursdays: n A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope; 215-769-3561. n Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for those infected or affected, meets from 5-7 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St.; 267-549-3676, fowallace@yahoo.com. Saturdays: n AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth support group meets during the school year at varying times and locations; 800-8106776.

Debtors Anonymous

n Meets 7-8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at the

William Way Center.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088

lies Youth Center Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. Activities held 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays.

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday-Friday Library: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Volunteers: New Orientation, first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Key numbers

■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377

■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215-7311447; www.equalitypa.org

■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 n The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330

■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Office of LGBT Affairs — Director Nellie Fitzpatrick: 215-6860330; helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-686-3318 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215-8759288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 ■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670

Health

Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870. ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088, www. actionaids.org. GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871, www.galaei.org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1821. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite

108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077. Mazzoni Center LGBTQ counseling and behavioral health services, HIV/ AIDS care and services, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652, www. mazzonicenter.org. Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, as well as youth drop-in (ages 14-24) 5-7p.m. Wednesdays; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Philadelphia FIGHT Comprehensive AIDS service organization providing primary care, consumer education, advocacy and research on potential treatments and vaccines; 1233 Locust St.; 215985-4448; www.fight.org. Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, rapid HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

n Open meetings 7 p.m. Fridays at

Hahnemann University Hospital, 245 N. 15th St.; 215-514-3065, www.oa.org. n Meets 11 a.m.-noon at William Way.

S.A.R.A.

n Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment, day

and evening hours; 215-563-0663 ext. 282.

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

n Meets 7:30 p.m.Thursdays at All Saints

Church, 18 Olive Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.; 302-542-3279.

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■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia Board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; free referral service at 215-6279090, www.galloplaw.org. ■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly busi-

Professional groups nesses and professionals; 215557-0190, www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com. ■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgja.org/ philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus Regional organization dedicated to promoting LGBT tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region, meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; 215-8402039, www.philadelphiagaytourism.com.

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