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U Bar, Tavern owner on ill-fated Philly flight

Former ICandy bartender dies a hero

Jes Metzger is credited with saving another driver’s life after steering a car she was riding in out of the way of oncoming traffic. The 26-year-old U.S. Air Force member was a Philadelphia native.

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There were some tense moments at Philadelphia International Airport last week as a US Airways flight nosedived during takeoff, and among the 149 passengers was the co-owner of Gayborhood locales U Bar and Tavern on Camac. Dennis Fee was traveling aboard Flight 1702 March 13 with two friends to his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for a weekend getaway. The plane began the take-off process around 6:25 p.m., about a halfhour behind schedule, and Fee said all seemed fine until the aircraft began to lift off from the ground. “We got to the point where we were getting off the ground and then we came back to the ground and the wheels sort of touched and then we went back up in the air,” Fee said. “On the second time coming down, that’s when the front hit the ground quite hard and the wheels broke off and we started skidding down the runway.” Officials say the pilots aborted takeoff for a yet-to-be-determined reason and upon touching back down, the front landing gear collapsed, causing the skidding on the nose. Fee said the incident was over in about 30 seconds, but it was a frightening 30 seconds. “There were people screaming and yelling and a bit of panic, which is natural I suppose,” he said. “I just held DENNIS FEE on and hoped the plane would stop at some point.” When it did stop, the pilot came over the speaker and first told everyone to stay in their seats and then ordered an evacuation. Passengers pulled open the emergency-exit doors and released the chutes, slid down and were ushered away from the plane. Two passengers were transported to area hospitals for minor injuries. PAGE 15 Fee said the passen-

The girl with the big smile. That is how friends and family members will remember 26-year-old Jes Metzger, a former bartender at ICandy who was killed last weekend. Metzger, a Philadelphia native, died March 15 in Wichita, Kan., from injuries sustained in a car accident. Police say Metzger died trying to save others. Metzger, who moved to Kansas last year, and three friends were out for St. Patrick’s Day and hired a transportation service so they could celebrate safely. Police say the driver, 39-year-old Andrew Montgomery, suffered a major medical event at the wheel and was rendered unconscious, which may have caused the car to speed forward, up to 80 miles per hour. Police say Metzger, who was sitting in the front seat, along with lone survivor Janell

Henderson, 34, took control of the wheel to avoid hitting another car, resulting in their vehicle striking a median and becoming airborne, hitting a wall and catching fire. Henderson was ejected and the four others were killed on impact. News of Metzger’s death spread quickly throughout the local LGBT community, where she had been an active figure. Metzger is a 2006 graduate of Central High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of the Arts. Friend and classmate Brianna Miller met Metzger during their first day of ninth grade, and the pair had been inseparable since. “She came in with a broken leg and I asked her why her leg was broken and she told me she was in a mosh pit,” Miller said. “She lent me $2 for lunch that day and I never paid her back until our college graduation.” Miller said Metzger’s smile was bright

enough to light up a room. “Everybody loved her immediately,” she said. “She walked into that class with crutches and a giant cast and a big old smile on her face.” Sophia Clark met Metzger at UArts when they worked as resident assistants. Clark, a junior at the time, said she wasn’t looking to make more friends — but then she met Metzger. “She and I instantly clicked on emotional, intellectual and artistic levels,” Clark said. Metzger was known for her love of music — including her talent for singing and playing the guitar and ukulele. “Jes was a musician. PAGE 16

Police group looks at gun, knife robberies in Gayborhood By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com A recent spate of violent robberies was the main topic of conversation at the monthly LGBT Police Liaison Committee. In the past few weeks, Spruce Street Video and Scorpio Adult Boutique were both robbed at gunpoint. Investigators have said the two incidents do appear to be linked. An arrest has not yet been made. There have also been knifepoint robberies, with two victims at the meeting, March 13 at William Way LGBT Community Center, to tell their stories. At 10:20 p.m. Feb. 21, a woman had just gotten off work and was walking along Locust, between 12th and 13th streets, when she was dragged onto Camac Street from behind. “I felt myself dragged back further and I tried to struggle and then I felt a knife on my throat and I got picked up by my neck with the knife,” she PAGE 12

SOFTBALL AND SHAMROCKS: The third-annual City of Brotherly Love Softball League Skills Day Bar Crawl wended through the Gayborhood March 15, stopping at locales like ICandy, where supporters included Bob Lenehan (from left), Jeff Jurges, Lauren Darkes and Caitlin Smith. The crawl, which drew about 150 people, followed the league’s Skills Day event, where new members took to the fields to demonstrate their softball abilities for team placement. CBLSL Commissioner Steve Mast said the event had an “amazing turnout” and that “great players and great sponsors made for a great night!” Photo: Scott A. Drake

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News Briefing Man pleads in gay-sex extortion case A Philadelphia man this week pleaded guilty to extorting money from a New Jersey man who responded to an online ad for gay sex. Steven Beisher, 42, pleaded guilty to theft by extortion March 17 in a Burlington County court. As part of his plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend Beisher be sentenced to five years in prison. A judge will hand down his official sentence in July. The case dates to August 2012, when Beisher placed an ad on Craiglist offering sex with a man. After the victim responded and sent a naked photo of himself, Beisher called and threatened to tell the victim’s wife and family about the ad if he didn’t pay him. In a series of meetings, the victim paid Beisher almost $2,000 before finally contacting authorities. Beisher has been arrested in the past for theft by extortion. — Jen Colletta

Lesbian inmate denied clemency The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has declined to recommend clemency for lesbian inmate Lois J. Farquharson. In a split vote March 13, the board declined to recommend that Gov. Tom Corbett commute Farquharson’s life sentence. A unanimous vote was required for the case to reach Corbett’s desk. Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley and Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane voted against recommending clemency. Victims’ advocate Louise B. Williams and corrections expert Harris Gubernick voted in favor of recommending clemency. Mental-health expert John P. Williams abstained. Farquharson was convicted in the 1971 shooting death of Leon Weingrad, a Philadelphia physician. At 88, she’s believed to be the oldest female inmate in Pennsylvania. Her advo-

cates say she should be released, noting that another person actually fired the shots. According to board regulations, Farquharson cannot reapply for clemency until December 2015.

Benefits case moves forward A Pittsburgh judge has declined to dismiss the lawsuit of a gay man who’s trying to extend his workplace health benefits to his domestic partner. On March 6, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Robert J. Colville ruled that the lawsuit of Bradley A. Ankney may move forward. Ankney, 48, is a math teacher for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, which is based in Homestead. Ankney claims the AIU is discriminating by declining to extend his workplace benefits to his same-sex domestic partner. He’s seeking a jury trial to prove his case. But the AIU recently asked Colville to toss out Ankney’s case, claiming it’s meritless. On March 6, Colville ruled in favor of Ankney. “My client is very happy that the case is going to move forward,” said Sara J. Rose, an attorney for Ankney, adding, “Of course we hope that one day Mr. Ankney will be eligible to get married in Pennsylvania. Until then, we think it’s important for employers not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, especially in jurisdictions such as Allegheny County, which prohibit such discrimination.” Anthony G. Sanchez, an attorney for AIU, had no comment for this story.

Vacancy on state HRC There’s a vacancy on the 11-member state Human Relations Commission, which has no openly LGBT representation. The HRC investigates bias complaints and takes public stands on equity issues involving Pennsylvanians. The vacancy has existed since June 2011, when openly LGBT commissioner Stephen A. Glassman resigned. The state HRC has six Republican commissioners, and Gov. Tom Corbett cannot nominate another Republican, according to state law. “The commission is nonpartisan, and no more than six members may be from one political party,” said Shannon Powers, a state HRC spokesperson. “Members are nominated by the governor and confirmed

by the state Senate. Anyone interested in serving on the commission should contact either their state senator or the governor’s office.” Glassman issued this statement about the vacancy: “It’s extremely important to have diversity in all of its forms represented on state boards and commissions. Since I left the PHRC as its chairperson nearly three years ago, there has been no LGBT representation on the commission, which has been reflected in the priorities of the agency. This is an opportunity for someone from the LGBT community to actively influence the direction of the commonwealth at a critical moment in its legislative history.” — Timothy Cwiek

Ballroom competition returns to Philly The seventh-annual Philadelphia Liberty Dance Challenge will be held 7 p.m. March 29 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The challenge is a one-day ballroomdance competition geared towards same-sex couples. There will be a matinee ballroom competition at 2 p.m. and a grand ball at 7 p.m. that will feature a competition and general dancing along with special performances and awards. For more information, visit www.Philade lphialibertydancechallenge.com.

Center to host health fair William Way LGBT Community Center will host a community health and wellness fair next week. PrideFit will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 29 at the center, 1315 Spruce St. The event is free to the public. It will feature discussions on aspects of healthy living, food and beverage samples, glucose and blood-pressure screenings and vendors offering information about everything from sports groups to holistic health to masseuses and chiropractors. Presenters include Dr. Serge Jabbour and Cheryl Marco from Thomas Jefferson University, certified personal trainer and coach JoEllen Marks from Optimal Sport Health Clubs and Mazzoni Center’s Dr. Andrew Goodman. For more information, visit www.pridefitphilly.org or email Michael Pomante at mpomante@waygay.org. ■ — Angela Thomas

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WOMEN’S WORLD: More than 100 people turned out to hear the personal and professional stories of some local leading ladies at the Women of Independence Business Alliance’s “Dynamic Conversation with Women Leaders of Philadelphia” event March 18 at Montgomery McCracken. The event was moderated by Christine Hahn-Proffitt (from right), vice president of sales and operations at Integrity Staffing Solutions, and featured panelists Tiffany Tavarez, corporate contributions manager at PECO; Sue Daugherty, executive director of MANNA; Deborah Cassidy, director of sales and family services at West Laurel Hill Cemetery; and Jaine Lucas, executive director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at Temple University. Other upcoming IBA initiatives include the annual LGBT Business Award. Applications can be submitted through April 11 for the $5,000 cash award, which will be given to a business that offers an exceptional plan for business growth. Lucas will host a free business-planning workshop from 5:30-7:30 p.m. March 26 at PNC Center, 1600 Market St. Visit independencebusinessalliance.com/pncaward2014. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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SUN-DAY FUNDAY: Lit Ultrabar was packed for the inaugural Bi at Sundown party March 16. The doors opened promptly at sundown — 7:04 p.m. — a tradition that will continue at the bi-weekly party, which is hosted by Bruce Yelk and George Lopez of NightlifeGay. The party included an open bar for the first hour, followed by drink specials and music by DJ Robbie Tronco and The Perry Twins. Miami-based DJ Traci Young will spin the beats at the next Bi at Sundown March 30. Doors open that evening at 7:18 p.m. Photo: Scott A. Drake

YHEP launches youth clinic By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

Philadelphia FIGHT’s Youth Health Empowerment Project recently opened the doors of a new clinic designed to provide primary health care to young people. The Y-HEP Family Care Clinic is located at the agency’s headquarters at 1417 Locust St., on the third floor. Y-HEP provides treatment and prevention services and other programs for at-risk and hard-to-reach youth. Clinic administrative manager Caitlin Conyngham said the organization has provided comprehensive sexual-education and reproductive health care for several years, but saw a need for primary care as well. “We would see young people coming to us for something relating to sexual health care and it would turn out they would need a referral for something like hypertension or something else that was going on,” she said. “We would refer them to another agency, but that could take a long time to get an appointment, or to the emergency room, which isn’t always appropriate. A lot of the young people we saw, we were their only point of contact with a medical provider, so we saw a huge need for this.” Nurse practitioner Meghan Bernetich, whose background is in pediatric and adolescent medicine, supervises the clinic, assisted by a nurse practitioner who focuses on sexual health care and gynecology, and auxiliary staff. The clinic is open from 1-9 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursdays. “One of the things that was important to us was to make sure we had hours that weren’t just 9-5,” Conyngham said. “It’s hard for someone who’s employed, in

school or occupied with young children to access services just during those hours.” FIGHT executive director Jane Shull said the clinic, supported by funding FIGHT received to become a federally qualified health center, is in its early stages and she expects growth in the coming years. “If we look at the timeline over the next couple years, I think this will be a fullfledged clinic meeting any primary-care need young people have, in addition to the family-planning services that have been available for years,” she said. Conyngham noted that the clinic will pair well with Y-HEP’s Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) program, an HIV-prevention initiative aimed largely at young men who have sex with men and transgender women. That program encourages holistic health, she said, as will the clinic. “This is not just a health-care clinic; it’s a clinic linked in with other services young people need,” she said. “Health care as an isolated thing might not meet all the needs of the city’s young folk. We’ll be working to also connect them with housing supports, access to food, comprehensive wellness.” Shull added that Y-HEP’s established connections with the local youth community will fuel the program’s impact. “We found a lot of young people come to Y-HEP and don’t really know where to go for their health-care needs,” Shull said. “And by our being able to open a clinic that is moving toward full service, there will be some place for this group of young people to go. At Y-HEP we see young people who may not have the best relationships with their families at this point in their lives and Y-HEP is a trusted place to go.” For more information, call 215-564-6388 ext. 358. ■

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A new monthly LGBT party will come to the Gayborhood to bring new flavor and diversity starting later this month. Candela Sabados, Philly’s new queer Latin party, will premiere 10 p.m.-2 a.m. March 29 at Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar, 200 S. 12th St. There will be a $5 cover charge and guests will get drink and food specials. Party co-founders Nikki Lopez (DJ NiiLO) and Carlos Aviles (DJ Loso) will host, along with New York-based emcee Tear Drop. Lopez and Aviles, both employees of GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization, founded the party to help create visibility for the queer Latino community. “We want to pay honor and homage to the community because Philly has a rich history of queer Latinos who were first in doing parties,” Lopez said. She said the idea developed from conversations she had with peers in the queer Latin community. “We wanted to have a space that showed the beautiful diversity of what it means to be Latin. As it stands right now, there is no venue that offered that kind of Latinidad. I have been DJing in Philly and I was like, ‘I

have to stop complaining about not having that space and create something.’” Candela Sabados will run every fourth Saturday at Tabu and will feature a new Philadelphia-based Latino DJ every time. Lopez said Tabu has hosted a wealth of diverse events and that the bar was the perfect location for Candela Sabados. “It just feels like a neighborhood bar,” she said. “You can get to know the bartenders and they host a number of events that reflected what we were looking for.” Lopez said the upstairs of the venue will offer dancing, whereas the downstairs portion will offer a more “relaxed” option for those who just want to lounge. Just as the offerings at the party will be diverse, Lopez said, she expects the crowd to be as well. “The LGBT community isn’t just one particular image. We wanted to bring that culture to the Gayborhood,” she said. “For me, doing social-justice work is tiresome and I think coming out to the event, we are here to celebrate all of our diversity — that makes us who we are. This is a chance to support people within our community and have a chance to let loose and be able to light the fire and have a place to celebrate the beauty that represents our community.” For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/586151451477178. ■

Pulse parties for animals By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Pulse Events will fuse partying with philanthropy next month. Pulse Party “for the” Animals will be held 9 p.m.-1 a.m. April 5 at Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 St. James St. Admission is $8 and all proceeds will go to HumanePA, a statewide animal-rights organization. This is the third and last in a series of Pulse parties benefiting the agency. The night will include special guest Rose Garcia from season one of “The Real L Word,” with music by DJ KAsh and Trish Silvestri. Pulse organizers Karina McIntyre and Gerry Rementer were inspired to get involved with HumanePA because a friend of theirs, Tara Loller, works for the national organization. “If you are around Tara, you are familiar with the organization,” Rementer said. “She is passionate about her job and gets her friends involved.” Pulse parties often have a fundraising component, Rementer said, and HumanePA seemed like a natural fit. “We give 100 percent of the money we raise to different charities and we try to keep them gay-friendly,” he said. “The only thing lesbians like more than their counterparts are their pets. This is a very pet-friendly community.”

Organizers are hoping to raise up to $4,500 for HumanePA. While Pulse parties usually draw about 250 people, Rementer expects up to 350 for next month’s event, as it is the last benefit for HumanePA, and owing to Garcia’s large fan following. “[Garcia] was in season one of ‘The Real L Word’ and she has a broad appeal to a lot of girls across the country,” he said. “She still does appearances and sponsors parties throughout the country.” Representatives from Fireball Whiskey will be present for giveaways and there will also be a 50/50 raffle benefiting HumanePA. T-shirts for the event are also available at http://bit.ly/pulsetshirts. While the party’s philanthropic impact will be wide, Rementer said Pulse organizers try to maintain a community feel at the events. “We have a lot of leaders and people from the LGBT community come to the parties,” he said. “We try to do things like having Fran from Sisters Nightclub working the door to reach out to the community. Since the void of Sisters, we feel it is good to have a party for the girls that they can go to and everybody feels comfortable.” Pulse Party “for the” Animals will include drink specials from 9-11 p.m. including $4 domestic beers and well drinks and $1 Tecate beer. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/682903338428767. ■

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Judge mulls officer’s reimbursement request LGBTEI talks long-term care By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com A Philadelphia judge said last week she’ll review hundreds of court documents before deciding whether the city should reimburse a police officer for his legal bills stemming from an alleged sexual assault. On March 14, Common Pleas Judge Jacqueline F. Allen said she needs at least 30 days to decide whether Officer Michael Paige should be reimbursed for $189,991.55 in attorney’s fees. The fees were incurred by attorney Brian M. Puricelli, who defended Paige against allegations that he sexually assaulted James Harris in 2007. Harris claims Paige forced him to perform oral sex and digitally penetrated his anus in a secluded area of Fairmount Park. But Paige denies the allegations, and a Philadelphia judge cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing shortly after the incident. The officer claims Harris located one of his discarded condoms in the park and used its contents to frame him. Harris denies framing Paige with fabricated evidence, and in 2012, a federal jury awarded Harris $165,000 in damages. Paige contends the city should have defended him during his federal trial, and that he’s entitled to reimbursement for Puricelli’s services. During a 15-minute court proceeding last week, both sides briefly explained their positions. But they said the gist of their arguments are contained in hundreds of documents they handed to Allen. The judge said she needs time to “digest” the materials, which include the entire transcripts of Paige’s civil and criminal trial, and urged the parties to be patient.

“It’s unrealistic to think you’ll get a ruling in less than 30 days,” Allen said. City attorney Sean Kirby said he wants to submit more materials to Allen, and Allen gave him 10 days to do so. Outside the courtroom, Kirby expressed strong opposition to any city tax dollars used for Paige’s legal bills. “We believe the federal jury concluded that Officer Paige sexually assaulted Mr. Harris,” Kirby told PGN. Kirby said sexual assault isn’t within the scope of a police officer’s employment duties. Thus, Paige isn’t entitled to reimbursement from the city for attorney’s fees. But in court papers, Paige maintains he was providing a valid service to Harris during their 2007 encounter. The officer says Harris was in Fairmount Park after hours, partially clothed, and that he took the young man aside to counsel him. Harris, who wasn’t in the courtroom, is still waiting to receive his $165,000 jury award from Paige. Additionally, Harris’ attorneys say Paige owes them about $400,000 in legal fees. Those outstanding bills weren’t the focus of last week’s court proceeding, and it remains unclear if Harris and his attorneys will seek reimbursement from the city. Kirby said the city could appeal an unfavorable verdict by Allen to state Commonwealth Court. But he declined to predict whether the city would do so. Paige was dismissed as a police officer after his encounter with Harris, but an arbitrator ordered him reinstated in 2008. Kirby had no comment when asked if the city should have appealed the arbitrator’s decision. Paige had no comment for this story. ■

By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com The LGBT Elder Initiative will host a forum to tackle problems within the long-term-care system for older adults. LGBTEI will present Staying OUT in Long-Term Care from 10 a.m.noon March 22 at the United Way building, 1709 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. The program is free to the public and a light breakfast will be served. Staying OUT is part of the LGBTEI’s Conversations series, which consists of informative courses on topics surrounding the LGBT older-adult community. LGBTEI chair Heshie Zinman said long-term care is relevant to everyone in the community — whether they are planning for themselves or others. “LGBT folks care for their loved ones in their families of choice and have to make all kinds of plans for themselves and their loved ones with regards to long-term care,” he said. “We wanted to have a conversation so we could bring the resources and information necessary about planning for long-term care. We shouldn’t walk into situations blindly. Longterm care is another situation that we will come across in our lifetime.” Zinman said Staying OUT will include a presentation about individual rights and a panel discussion

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featuring five individuals who have experience in long-term care. There will also be a question-and-answer session. A recent study presented by the Equal Rights Center found that LGBT seniors in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are experiencing discrimination even before they enter the longterm facilities. Zinman said programs such as Staying OUT can help bring attention to needed statewide legislation to help prevent discrimination. “We know when you present yourself as a same-sex couple looking for housing, you have a 42-percent chance of being discriminated against in one way or more than one way. We wanted to educate people that you can be discriminated against and you need to advocate for the passage of House and Senate Bill 300.” That long-stalled legislation would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment and public accommodations. Staying OUT is supported by PGN and the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund and is presented by the LGBTEI in collaboration with the Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, Philadelphia LongTerm Ombudsman Program and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. To register for the event or for more information, email info@lgbtei.org or call 267-546-3448. ■

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Star speaker for QPenn Week By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com The University of Pennsylvania is gearing up to host a weeklong event to explore queer identities, and special guests will include one of the stars of breakout hit “Orange is the New Black.” QPenn Week, themed “Qtopia,” will include a series of events from March 23-30. The event is geared towards and hosted by LGBT and ally students and organizations. Co-chair Andre Ficerai, who is helming the event with co-chair Michael Lewis, said this year’s theme hopes to give a voice to all segments of the LGBTQ population. “The goal of the week was to engage the Penn and Philly community to celebrate queer culture,” Ficerai said. QPenn Week will include a keynote speech by “Orange is the New Black” star and transgender activist Laverne Cox at 7-9 p.m. March 25 at Meyerson Hall, B1. The event is sold out but a waiting list is being compiled. Lewis said Cox’s appearance on the hit show, as well as her

advocacy, have helped enhance visibility for trans people. “She has been open and her visibility has been important,” he said. “She has been able to speak eloquently and knowledgeably about what it is like being a trans woman of color.” The week will kick off with “Proclaiming Pride: 40 Years of Penn LGBT” from 4-7 p.m. March 23 at the LGBT Center, 3907 Spruce St. The new exhibit commemorates the past four decades of LGBT life on campus, as well as pays tribute to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminders at Independence Hall. From 6-8 p.m. March 27, the Center will stage Identity Mixer, hosted by Penn Non-Cis and Penn Aces, where guests can discuss gender identity, asexuality and other diverse identities. The Annual Drag Show, hosted by the Queer Student Alliance, will take place from 7-9 p.m. March 29. Admission is $5 and proceeds will be donated to a local LGBT organization. The Annual Penn Games will kick off at noon March 30 at High Rise Field, where teams will compete in fun-filled field-day

activities. Ficerai said the events are not limited to people who identify along the LGBT spectrum. “Historically, there has been a high level of attendance from the non-queer community, especially at annual Pride Games,” he said. “The goal this year is to get the straight community out to more educational events.” Ficerai said he hopes QPenn Week attendees walk away understanding more about the complexity of the community. “It is a varied, diverse community,” he said. “There isn’t one IN THE KNOW: Members of Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus term to sum everything up. We took the audience, via song, through stories of self-recogniwant people to understand it is a tion and acceptance in “When I Knew.” The event ran at the beautiful mixture of identities.” Prince Music Theatre March 14-15 and explored the concept Lewis agreed, noting that eduof embracing one’s uniqueness. The show featured music cation is important even within from everyone from Lady Gaga to Rodgers and Hammerstein the community itself. and included “Oliver Button is a Sissy” based on the children’s “Ideally, I would like to see novel of the same name. PGMC will perform the music of Cole the LGBT community get a betPorter in “Let’s Do It!” May 15-17. Photo: Patrick Hagerty ter idea of different facets of our own community and I would like to see the straight community feel more comfortable getting situated.” For more information on the week-long event, v i s i t w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / events/612706682098744. ■PGN ad_PRINT.pdf 1 1/21/14 7:43 AM

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FASHION, CIRCUS, SPECTACLE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY SCOTT HEISER MARCH 8 – JUNE 1, 2014 Scott Heiser’s (1949–1993) evocative photographs feature fashion runways, circuses, dance competitions, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, and famous faces of the 1970s and ’80s. This is the first retrospective for Heiser, a Wilmington native.

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Social isolation and aging in place Lifetimes of discrimination and stigmatization put LGBT older adults at risk for social isolation, generally considered to be an involuntary lack of contact with others. It may coexist with loneliness, but they are not the same. Loneliness is the feeling that you do not have enough contact, or meaningful contact, with others. Social isolation is a lack of social contact. Loneliness can occur even if you are not socially isolated. Staying connected is important for maintaining overall health as well as a sense of well-being. Although the exact reasons are unclear, it is believed that a lack of connection with others may have health risks similar to that of cigarette smoking. Some experts suggest older people derive health benefits through contact with others who may encourage healthy behaviors such as adequate sleep, nutrition and exercise. Also, access to social networks may connect individuals with information and needed resources. Finally, informal networks, which consist of family, friends, neighbors and volunteers, provide valuable support and care. The degree of social isolation is a factor in determining whether an older adult can maintain independence and “age in place.” Negative effects of social isolation frequently lead to the need for the elderly person to move to an assisted-living or nursing-home setting. Research indicates that older adults have a strong preference for remaining in independent-living situations. In order to remain independent, older adults need a variety of services. These include support with medical, legal, housing, spiritual, family, mental-health and social needs. LGBT older adults can experience social isolation for many reasons, such as the loss of a spouse or supportive friends, or physical or psychological disabilities. Some LGBT older adults may be particularly vulnerable. Many rely more heavily on their “chosen families,” particularly in situations where “coming out” negatively affected the relationship with a “family of origin.” Under these circumstances, loss of a partner or a close friend may be especially problematic because there are no siblings, children or other “relatives” to provide social connection and support. While there are supports that address the needs of the general older-adult population, many do not address the unique needs of LGBT older adults. Research indicates that LGBT older adults may fear discrimination, or may sense they are not welcome in senior centers, adult day care and other settings. Ironically, these environments are designed to increase socialization and decrease the potential negative effects of social isolation. Suggested future directions Training is needed to ensure that existing

social and other support services are competent and LGBT-sensitive. Research indicates many health-care and social-service providers lack adequate training to address the unique needs of LGBT older adults. Advocacy efforts must be strengthened. For example, LGBT older adults are not included in the Older Americans Act. LGBT older adults must be included in this legislation as a vulnerable population. States will then be required to collect data so that funds and services are provided to our communities on a proportional basis. Programs within the LGBT community should continue to be developed that meet the needs of the older population. Philadelphia is fortunate to have the William Way LGBT Community Center, providing a variety of social opportunities for older LGBT people. Check out MorningsOUT, Silver Foxes and Women’s Wednesdays, to name a few. New models for supporting aging in place are being pioneered, such as the Village to Village Network that utilizes a grassroots, self-governing approach to design communities that support older adults as they age in place. Penn’s Village, East Falls Village and Mutual Mt. Airy Village are in the Philadelphia area. Explore new communication technologies as a tool for staying connected with friends, family and your community. The LGBT Elder Initiative will present “Keeping Connected: Seniors & Technology” April 12 to help older adults use computers, smart phones and tablets as one way of avoiding isolation. While these technologies may serve a useful purpose in helping older adults access information and keep connected, experts agree that they do not substitute for direct human interaction. There may also be a need to educate LGBT older adults on the effective and safe use of newer technologies. Of particular concern is the potential for financial exploitation. “Keeping Connected” will explore how to maintain privacy and security while using these technologies and the ’Net. Call the EI for more information about this program at 267-546-3448. The LGBT older-adult population is growing rapidly. Most of these individuals equate a high-quality life with one in which they are able to age in place. In order to support this goal, the LGBT community will need to address issues associated with social isolation. Let’s hope that we are up for the challenge. ■ Michael Clark is chair of the LGBT Elder Initiative’s Advocacy and Policy Committee. The LGBTEI, headquartered in Philadelphia, fosters and advocates for services, resources and institutions that are competent, culturally sensitive, inclusive and responsive to the needs of LGBT elders in the Delaware Valley. To comment on this article, suggest topics for future articles or for more information, please visit www.lgbtei.org or call the LGBTEI at 267-546-3448 and watch for “Gettin’ On” each month in PGN.

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Honoring the right legacy News came this week that the former patriarch of the nation’s chief antigay cult is nearing the end of his life, prompting discussion among LGBT circles about how his passing should be marked — protest, celebration, silence? We think the last option is the way to go. But, just as his group’s protests have been countered by pro-LGBT fundraisers and events, let’s take this opportunity to not just ignore his passing but to honor the LGBT people who have gone before us and left much more valuable marks on our world. This week, a former Philadelphia resident, Jes Metzger, was killed in a car accident in Kansas. The 26-year-old former ICandy bartender moved to the state last year after enlisting in the U.S. Air Force. Metzger was out celebrating St. Patrick’s Day Saturday night, and she and her friends responsibly hired a sober-driving service to take them home. However, the driver suffered a medical emergency at the wheel, causing the car to speed forward, prompting Metzger to attempt to grab the wheel and steer it out of the way of oncoming traffic, saving untold lives. Metzger, the driver and two friends were killed on impact. It’s difficult to find sense in a tragedy such as this. But it’s lives, and deaths, such as this that we should be talking and thinking about — not that of someone who devoted his life to harming others. Even in her last moments, Metzger sought, successfully, to save others. She is being remembered from all corners of the local LGBT community as a strong spirit who always had a positive attitude. One friend recalled how she spent months tending bar on a broken ankle. She cared passionately about the ills of our community and society, participating in, among other initiatives, a photo project highlighting the diversity of the LGBT community in an effort to reach youth struggling with their identity. While she was a member of the U.S. Air Force, Metzger also had a very artistic side, studying at University of the Arts and pursuing her passion for music. By all accounts, Metzger is someone who loved life and lived hers to its fullest. It is people like her whose names we should all know, and whose stories we should all learn about. Keeping her memory alive — through efforts such as fundraisers that friends are already organizing — is one way to keep her spirit alive. And celebrating the spirit of people like Jes Metzger — and the innumerable other LGBT people who have left indelibly beautiful legacies of their own — is perhaps the best way to counter darkness in this world. ■

The Michigan marriage trial, officially known as DeBoer v. Snyder for plaintiff April DeBoer and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, has wrapped up in the courtroom and we’re all waiting for U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman to issue his ruling on whether or not Michigan’s lesbian and gay couples will remain second-class citizens. And even though I have my fingers crossed that the ruling will be in our favor, I’m still super-pissed about the so-called “experts” the state paraded out in order to slander gay and lesbian families using taxpayer money. This includes sociologist Mark Regnerus who claims that his study, funded by antigay money, finds that same-sex parents are bad for kids, even though decades of research has determined otherwise. Keep in mind that anyone with any credibility thinks the Regnerus study is bullshit. Oh, and the University of Texas, his employer, issued a statement on the day of his testimony that basically said, “We don’t want to be associated with this douche.” And then there was Loren Marks, a Louisiana State University professor who claimed that the American Psychological Association’s unanimous support of same-sex parents was actually proof that same-sex parents were bad since unanimous support is indicative of brainwashing. Joseph Price, an economist from Brigham Young University, actually said when asked why same-sex couples shouldn’t be afforded the same benefits as opposite-sex couples, “Women have a domesticating effect on men.” Canadian economist Douglas Allen took to the stand to declare that gays are going to hell. And Michigan’s Attorney General Bill Schuette’s office claimed that Allen’s religious beliefs don’t have any bearing on his testimony that same-sex marriage is evil. He’s just a serious expert witness being paid with tax money to cast demons into hell from the stand. Nothing to see here. Keep in mind that Michigan is a state

with one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, roads that have been in disrepair for years and have basically been reduced to rubble this winter, and the state’s largest city is in bankruptcy with Detroit’s pensioners facing draconian cuts. But those things are apparently not as important as keeping two women from getting married and allowing their three special-needs children to have two legal parents. That we can find the money for, because we must think of the children! At least, that’s the crux of the argument the state put forth during the trial against allowing same-sex couples in Michigan to get married. Never mind that same-sex couples are the only couples that have to prove they can be good parents before they can be legally recognized spouses. Doesn’t even matter if they ever plan to have kids. Because, my god, nothing is more important than making our children — our future! — safe. So argues the state, where a child “is abused or neglected every 16 minutes” according to the Children’s Defense Fund. So argues the state that has slashed education spending in order to give tax breaks to the rich. So argues the state that has an infantmortality rate higher than the national average. So argues the state that cut the Earned Income Tax Credit, which helps keep working families above the poverty line, by 70 percent in 2011. So argues the state with nearly a quarter of its kids living in poverty. You know what, Gov. Snyder? You don’t have much to show for all this “love the children” bullshit that’s all of a sudden so important to you. If the only thing you can “protect” kids from is loving same-sex parents, then you seriously suck at this and deserve to lose your job to Democrat Mark Schauer on Nov. 4. ■

You know what, Gov. Snyder? You don’t have much to show for all this “love the children” bullshit that’s all of a sudden so important to you.

D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world, she reviews rock ’n’ roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister.

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A welcome return This column is my first after a two-week sports game, religious service, seminar or vacation. So, this morning was my first planning meeting for yet another expansion opportunity to look over the last two weeks of one of our current organizations, or to of Philadelphia Gay News. The first point plan for a new one like the proposed LGBT youth home. that was clear was the pride I So on my return, and after have in our staff who put out a looking over our community first-rate product and deserve through the pages of PGN, it their status as the nation’s best makes me swell with pride over local LGBT media. Then what what all of you have accombecame very apparent was the plished. The Human Rights vitality of our community. Campaign rated Philly as the We have more events going nation’s most LGBT-friendly on each week than in many city. You not only live up to that even-larger cities. Our local title, you’re trying to set a new activist groups have somehow bar. found a way to work with those Philadelphia, take pride: You who really aren’t interested in are the best! ■ politics. Our business community is booming. Our governMark Segal, PGN publisher, is ment is looking at new ways to Mark Segal the nation’s most-award-winincorporate our community into city projects and programs. ning commentator in LGBT There are so many events that one could media. He can be reached at mark@epgn.com. almost daily go to a fundraiser, banquet,

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Letters and Feedback In response to “Catholic conundrum,” March 14-20: Editor: In your recent editorial, you noted the positive incremental steps voiced by Pope Francis regarding LGBT issues. Thank you for noticing that the pope recognizes everyone as a member of God’s family, a view also attributed to Jesus. While there are many verbal Catholics who do not share the pope’s perspective (for example, Steve King, who was the “Creep of the Week” when your editorial was printed), there are many people and organizations who have been embracing a more

inclusive church for many years. Sister Jeannine Grammick and the late Father Robert Nugent and several members of our LGBT community established Dignity Philadelphia, which has been supporting LGBT Catholics on their faith journey for over 40 years. We continue to offer weekly liturgical services that are welcome to anyone. Other organizations such as Dignity USA and New Ways Ministry are among the host of organizations that work tirelessly to increase the dialogue between LGBT Catholics and the greater Catholic Church. I agree that any organization that continues to deny

rights and protections to LGBT people may not be living up to what it means to be Catholic. To facilitate a change, to increase the volume on that dialogue, more Catholics need to let their local parishes know their views. Many LGBT people who are born or raised Catholic abandon their faith on their journey to embrace who they are as LGBT individuals. It is not necessary to do that. LGBT Catholics should come out of the religious “closet” and be who they really are — LGBT people of faith. Mike Viola, President, Dignity Philadelphia

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Street Talk Is it appropriate for a non-trans actor to be cast in a transgender role? “Yes. Transgender actors don’t want to be limited, so why limit nontransgender actors? There may not be a large pool of Elise Beilin transgender communications actors to consultant choose from, Manayunk when the movie is being made. But I do think the [non-trans] actor should seek out a transgender consultant for assistance in doing a realistic portrayal.”

“It wouldn’t necessarily be inappropriate but my preference would be for a transgender actor to get Tyler Brown the part. advertising agent It’s more Port Richmond difficult for transgender folks to break into the business. There aren’t that many transgender roles to begin with. So when the opportunity arises, the transgender actor should get preferential treatment.”

“Yes. Acting is an art. If you’re a gifted actor and can captivate an audience with your performance, you shouldn’t Amanda Florian be turned student away because Charlotte, N.C. you’re not transgender. That’s reverse discrimination. Choose the actor who can play the role the best.”

“Yes, under certain circumstances. There may be some nontransgender actors who are right for Carrie Hansen the role. But store manager I thought South Philadelphia Jared Leto in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ exploited the transgender community more than he represented it. He wasn’t educated about transgender issues; at least, that’s the way it seemed to me. But if there’s a talented and capable non-transgender actor, they should be given a chance.”

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said. “He was rustling through my pockets. He then dropped me on my head and took off going towards Chestnut.” The woman said the culprit used his left arm to hold the knife to her neck. He stole $400 in cash. Although she didn’t see his face, the victim said the suspect was an African-American male wearing a “bomber”-type jacket. Two friends of hers called 911 and she said a Philadelphia Parking Authority employee also radioed in the incident. She went to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to be treated for injuries the following morning. Freelance photographer Patrick Hagerty said he experienced a similar assault, this time after 6 p.m. Feb. 24. Hagerty had been out with friends at the Starbucks at Broad and Pine streets. He was walking south on Watts Street, between Pine and Lombard, toward his apartment when he heard a crunching noise behind him. “Before I could react, a left arm came up behind me, shoved a knife against my throat and told me if I screamed, I wouldn’t have a throat left,” he said. Hagerty had been carrying a bag full of camera equipment, which the suspect demanded if Hagerty wanted to live. “He told me to walk straight, don’t look back and if I do look back, he would have my throat slashed before I could react,” he said. “I didn’t look back until I was past the cameras on my building. I figured that at that point, if he comes after me, they will see him. By the time I turned around, he was gone.” Hagerty said he was uncertain in what direction the attacker went, but described him as being at least 6-foot-1 and AfricanAmerican. No arrests have been made in either case. Sixth District Officer Joe Ferrero said there have been no more knife incidents since these two. Ferrero said police presence is always heavy throughout the 13th Street corridor but because of the frequent snow, it had been harder for bike officers to patrol the smaller streets in the Washington Square West neighborhood. “During snowstorms bikes don’t patrol, so we lost three to four cops and those are the ones down in the alleys,” he said. “A lot of the time when it does snow, we hardly get crime.” ■

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gers spent about 40 minutes waiting for bus transportation off the runway. It was in the 20s that day and many did not bring their coats off the plane in the panic. When they were transported back to the airport, they were cordoned off in a lounge and offered food and drink. “We couldn’t really do anything, we had to stay there. The police were at all the exits

around 3 a.m., Fee said, and the rest of the weekend was comparatively uneventful. “Once we got to the house it was fine. The rest of the weekend was quite nice,” he said. “It was a good way to avoid another snowstorm I suppose.” The trio returned Tuesday evening and the only problem they experienced was a 40-minute delay. Passengers were reimbursed for the flight

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and we couldn’t leave the actual lounge,” Fee said, noting he and his traveling companions decided to get a rescheduled 11:30 p.m. flight. “Some people opted not to go but we decided to continue on.” Their plane touched down in Florida

and given a $400 US Airways voucher. Fee said he frequently uses US Airways, and this experience won’t deter him. “I’ve been flying with them for years. It was quite an experience, but I’m happy it turned out OK.” ■

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Not in the ‘broody-hateful-songwritingmusician’ kind of way but in the ‘music is life and fills me up and lifts my spirit, and I love it so I do it’ sort of way,” friend Amanda Mae Hall said. “ It got her through some tough times when she was younger.” “She just loved music. She loved playing the guitar,” Miller added. “She did everything. She was always looking for new adventures.” Metzger’s outgoing personality benefitted her in her bartending experience. She worked as a bartender at ICandy from March 2011-March 2013 and was one of the first females hired. ICandy bartender Charlotte Ellis said Metzger seemed shy at first but came into her own when she started working during the ladies’-night event Temptress Tuesdays. “She was there in the very beginning and it didn’t seem like she would last,” Ellis said. “She eventually warmed up to every single person and really blossomed. They put her behind the bar with me and it was

her second gig ever behind the bar. It was kind of nice. We would have conversations about everything.” Sydney Roseberry said she and her friend Katie met Metzger during one of her shifts. Noticing a flirtation between the two, Roseberry encouraged her friend to leave Metzger her number on their receipt. “Looking back, it seems silly, but boy I’m glad I said that,” she said. “Had I not, she may never have formed a wonderful relationship with my best friend, and I would have never gotten the opportunity to create an amazing best friendship with her.” Tara Beth Robertson had been working at ICandy when she met Metzger. “She was incredibly smiley,” she said. “She was smiling all the time and a very talkative, super-sweet girl.” Robertson said Metzger was a favorite among patrons at ICandy and said she loved to flirt with customers. “She was really flirtatious, especially with some of the gay guys. She thought they were the cutest,” she said. “She was really

sweet to everyone and called everybody ‘babe.’ I remember a couple of times, she would bring my favorite candy into work because she knew I loved it.” Miller said being with Metzger at ICandy was like being with a celebrity. “She would take us to ICandy on her days off and she knew everybody. We never had to wait in line,” she said. Metzger was also a frequent face at other neighborhood bars. “I got to know her on a personal level,” said Tabu bartender Josh Schonewolf. “She was always so happy and optimistic, and would walk into Tabu smiling. The staff really loved her.” Long before she was a popular figure in the Gayborhood, Metzger was a “tenacious” yet quiet child with big dreams, according to her mother, Michelle Metzger. “She was so smart,” Michelle said. ”She was very loving and logical. She always knew what to say.” Michelle and her husband, Robert, encouraged their daughter to be unique.

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“We just let her be the person she wanted to be,” her mother said, noting that, while the family struggled at times, Metzger was always looking forward. “We were very poor — but we had a lot of love — but she didn’t let anything like that stop her from doing things.” Metzger was an established athlete, playing soccer and basketball and was the only girl on an all-male football team. She came out to her parents during her first year of college. “We always told her we just wanted her to find the right person to love,” Michelle said. “We wanted her to have a soul mate no matter what. It didn’t matter.” Metzger moved out of the city last summer after completing her Air Force basic training. She was employed as a KC-135 crew chief at the Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas before moving to another base in Kansas. She worked as a crew chief and also as a bartender at Our Fantasy Complex. Metzger’s father, Robert, spent nine years in the Air Force.

“I think she felt a lot of pride in me for doing that and I guess she looked up to me for doing that,” he said. “I think that steered her to think about going into the military.” Metzger originally planned to become

“Jes was such greatness. Once she found herself and accepted herself and who she was, she exploded. She let the world know that she was great.” — Michelle Metzger a helicopter pilot but was turned down because of her height. But because she had attained her college degree, she was offered the opportunity to become an officer. She

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decided to go through enlistment first and then transfer as an officer. “She wanted to show people that she was climbing the ladder up,” Robert said. Outside of her budding military career, Metzger’s passions were diverse and, in addition to music, included literature, politics and history, caring for her cat and relaxing with a drink of Jameson or Yuengling. Clark and Metzger did freelance modeling for photographer Kathy McLean’s “You Are Not Alone” project, aimed at providing support for LGBT people who don’t feel represented in the community. Clark said Metzger’s loyal friendship reached many people and her heroic last act took no one by surprise. “There’s more than a few of us who call her ‘best friend’ because that’s how much love she had, and her loyalty knew no boundaries,” she said. “She’s someone whose influence I always want in my life. My life feels less without her in it.” Roseberry added that Metzger was an inspiration to innumerable people.

“Her loyalty to her friends was so pure and unconditional,” she said. “She taught me so much in the short time we got to spend together, but what sticks out the most for me is her drive to do the right thing in every situation. She just had the biggest heart I have ever experienced in a person. Everyone that was close to her was impacted by her and I think we all strive to be better people, be more proactive in the community and keep her legacy alive through the things that mattered to her the most.” A memorial fund has been set up to help the family with services. For more information or to donate, visit http://www. gofundme.com/welovejes. A fundraiser to help with memorial costs will take place from 2-10 p.m. March 23 at ICandy. Admission is $5, and all proceeds wil go towards the Metzger family and to support causes Metzger supported. A funeral will be held at Hubert M. McBride Funeral Home, 2357 E. Cumberland St. A date was not set by presstime. ■

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between March 3-9. Information is courtesy of 6th District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686TIPS (8477). Follow the 6th District on Twitter @PPDBrianKorn. INCIDENTS — At 2 p.m. March 5, someone walked into an unlocked apartment in the 200 block of South 12th Street and stole a wallet from a chair near the door, while the resident was home. The suspect was described as a 35year-old black male, 5-foot-8, 150 pounds, wearing dark clothing. Sixth District Officer Stevens attempted to lift fingerprints. — Between 1-5:30 p.m. March 6, someone entered a room at the Parker/Spruce Hotel, 261 S. 13th St., without force and stole a handbag. Police were unable to lift fingerprints. — Between 9:15 a.m.-8 p.m. March 6, someone entered two rooms at the Marriott Hotel, 1201 Market St., without force and stole two laptops. The rooms were cleaned, so police were unable to lift fingerprints. NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS — At 4 p.m. March 2, a patron of Tabu, 200 S. 12th St., misplaced a credit card inside the bar. At 1:05 a.m. March 3, a friend of the complainant spotted a male using the credit card inside ICandy, 254 S. 12th St., and called police. Sixth District Officer Stone apprehended the suspect. The 26-year-old man with a Camden address was charged with theft and related offenses. — At 8 p.m. March 5, an employee of Blick Art Materials, 1330 Chestnut St., saw a male getting onto an employees-only service elevator. A check of the store room revealed that a laptop was missing, and the employee called 911. Sixth District Officers Ferrero and Grant responded and viewed a security video of the intruder and recognized him from previous contacts. The officers surveyed the area and saw the suspect in the 1300 block of Spruce Street and took him into custody at 9:30 p.m. The 45-year-old man with a Springfield address was charged with burglary and related offenses. — At 11:05 p.m. March 5, Sixth District Officer Romanczuk arrested a male outside 101 S. Broad St. who was wanted for failure to appear for court. The 59-year-old suspect with a North Philadelphia address was charged with contempt of court. — At 11:45 p.m. March 8, SEPTA police arrested a male outside 1300 Market St. who was wanted for failure to appear for court. The 38-year-old suspect with a West Philadelphia address was charged with contempt of court. ■

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Playing Small Ball Mayor’s “legacy” budget address underwhelms

rum roll please. On the eve of Mayor Nutter’s budget address, our peers at the Daily News Editorial Board teased the audience, writing “now is the time for Nutter to put his clear imprint on what he wants city government — and his legacy — to be.” Legacy. Someone inside the administration clearly wanted this tease. Daily News reporter Sean Walsh Collins wrote the day before: “A source said the proposal will be Nutter’s ‘legacy budget’ — how he wants to be remembered — as next year’s budget season will come in the thick of the race to choose his successor and likely receive less attention.” The problem with identifying a budget as defining one’s legacy in the mayor’s office is that your budget address should deliver, well, the legacy. By all accounts, it did not. Rendell’s legacy was Avenue of the Arts. Street’s The Neighborhood Transformation Initiative. W. Wilson Goode’s might have been transforming the skyline but for MOVE. Mayor Nutter now has six budget addresses under his belt. He has only two more to go. His legacy remains anything but defined, but he did give us some indication as to what he thinks it might be. This comes in the eight “working together” passages of his budget address. The legacy part of the speech was in trouble from the very beginning. Calling the mayor’s relationship with City Council “working together” is like saying after the last game of the Eagles season, the Eagles worked with the Cowboys to get into the playoffs. Note to the mayor’s speechwriters: a speech cannot change reality simply by calling it something that it is clearly not. Not even a casual observer of the mayor and City Council over the last few years would describe their relationship in these terms. And that is a threshold problem with a budget address trying to be a legacy definer; if you are going to set it up this way then you cannot premise it upon a fantasy for, in so doing, you undermine the credibility of the entire passage. Note: This is a trap the mayor has fallen into before. Trying to call a soda tax an anti-obesity tax did not make it so no matter how many times he tried. And now our take on the Mayor’s Seven Legacies. First, transformed the skyline. Particularly Comcast’s newly announced Innovation and Technology Center. Curious that the legacy he leads with is the one for which he was the least responsible. There is little evidence that but for Mayor Nutter’s efforts the Roberts family would not have transformed our skyline. We are pretty sure those towers would have been built no matter who occupied the second floor office in City Hall.

Second, the citywide property reassessment known as AVI. This should be voted most likely to succeed in defining Mayor Nutter’s legacy. He did it dragging City Council over the finish line. But the legacy may be as Mayor Michael Nutter. Photo courtesy of phila.gov sullied as Street’s NTI. Philly.com reported last week: “An untaxes in three consecutive years, Mayor precedented backlog of roughly 20,000 Nutter’s legacy will have nothing to do property-tax appeals is delaying millions with lowering them. of dollars in tax payments to the city and Sixth and Seventh: transforming the School District, the latest development waterfront, selling Love Park and renoin the ongoing warfare between the Nut- vating Dilworth Plaza. The real legacy ter administration and the Board of Revi- in transforming the waterfront will come sion of Taxes.” with the new capping of I-95, not in time Third and Fourth: Land bank and a for this mayor. All other transformations new zoning code. If anyone is to claim may pale on the legacy meter to lives lost a legacy for the city’s new land bank, it in the building collapse on Market Street is Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-San- and the firefighters lost in the Kensingchez who has spearheaded the effort for ton warehouse collapse. years. If zoning reform is your legacy Eighth, diversity in city contracts. you will have met the same legacy bar of Again, this pales in comparison to the Mayor Bill Green, meaning there is no lack of diversity on construction sites legacy at all. around the city. Fifth, lowering wage and business With two more years to go, Mayor taxes. File this under fantasy. We are Nutter’s legacy is taking shape. Unforpretty sure that, having raised property tunately it all seems pretty small. MAR. 16-23, 2014

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lies to develop and guide young females to a higher level with discipline, character, a high standard of academics and athletics to become productive young women in our communities.” But since Neumann-Goretti is still alive, there is no sense in losing a game now. Santarelli is working hard to prepare her team for more accolades and a possible perfect season. “This is time now for the preparation for the PIAA AAA Tournament: It’s Part II of the season,” she said. “At this time in the season, the coaches get creative at practice. Practices become shorter with instruction but keeping it competitive.” Like most coaches in this position and a pitcher with a no-hitter, the coach is succinct about her squad’s record. “We do not discuss the undefeated season.” She added an explanation: “We are only as good as our last

game. The team goes into each game prepared to beat their opponent and prepared to play as a team.” They understand their strengths and weaknesses as a team, looking to improve on weaknesses. They also understand the strengths and weaknesses of their opponent. “The first practice after winning the PCL and City titles, we discussed the team record is now 0-0, although we all felt a sigh of relief!” The coach’s message for her players in March included these sentiments: “ I challenge them,” she said. “Do you have what it takes to be … a great player?” A great teammate? A state champion?” So far, Neumann-Goretti has met all challenges. But there are potentially 4-5 more games to be played.

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Gamble Coming Home (Again) Music icon Kenny Gamble sells catalog to focus more on “community” by Sheila Simmons

s legendary songwriter Kenny Gamble explained the sale of his music catalog with talk of digital industries, expanded distribution and skirting administrative responsibilities, he mentioned a motivation that has long factored into the moves in his life. “My intention is to work a little closer now, and be more involved with Universal Companies, to be more involved in the community,” he said in a recent Fox 29-TV interview. It’s like it’s the 1970s again, and Gamble is coming back home. Of course, he barely left. At one time, Philadelphia International Records (PIR) was the second-largest African-American-owned music company in the country, behind Motown. In the 2012 PBS documentary “BrotherMen,” Gamble reflected on the start of his writing career, in the tumultuous late-‘60s and early ‘70s, when “People were looking for something. People were almost dead inside.” Writing partner Leon Huff says the duo “went on a creative rampage.” They quickly put up 25 pop and R&B hits in a matter

of months. With his earnings, Gamble and his family moved to the suburbs. But when driving through parts of Philadelphia, and even past the house of his childhood, Legendary songwriter Kenny Gamble. Gamble shared with writer Courtesy of Universal Companies Thomas G. Whittle in “Freedom Magazine” this es and everything else doesn’t observation: “Urban America has mean anything.” become a ‘vacant community’ Just how far will be the reach inhabited by America’s poorest of the “Universal community” citizens.” should be interesting to watch. So Gamble moved back into The firm has expanded from the then-ramshackle neighborGamble’s South Philly home hood of his birth and, with money base to establish charter schools from PIR earnings, began buying in West Philadelphia, Camden up abandoned houses around his and even Milwaukee. While 15th and Christian street area. Rahim Islam has long overseen By the 1990s he’d snapped up the business over at Universal more than 100. For his nonprofit as its president and CEO, more Universal Companies, Gamble recently the company has added established a construction arm a slew of former School District to rehab the properties. The nonof Philadelphia executives and profit also included a workforce managers to its education paydevelopment center, business roll, and made former top aide support center and finally a charto former Mayor John F. Street, ter school. George Burrell, its chief operat“To rebuild a community,” ing officer. he told Whittle, “in addition to So one of Philadelphia’s muthe housing you have to rebuild sical icons has chosen to no lonthe people, because the people ger wheel and deal in the recordare the community … And if the ing industry. But he’s still calling people in the community are not out, “Wake Up, Everybody.” restored, then restoring the hous-

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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 10:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE

Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned �� 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, �� 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 �� attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certi�� money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest �� 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 �� 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. �� each property shall be a sum suf��cluding advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price. 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 Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadel-

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phia 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 �� 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 �� discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration �� 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 �� 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

(30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are �� thereafter. �� non-professional readers who do not understand the meaning of the �� defendant’s names, we make the following. EXPLANATION �� 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 �� 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 �� 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

�� 2-2223-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 3 STORY MASONRY ROW HOME WITH 2 UNITS Riverside Properties & Investments, �� No. 001719 $108,340.74 Janet �� 1404-304 �� 1-3142-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 3 STORY MASONRY ROW HOME WITH 3 UNITS Riverside Properties & Investments, �� No. 001820 $103,197.13 Janet �� 1404-305 �� PROPERTY Darnell Russell C.P. September Term, 2008 �� A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-306 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Wakefield and Ruth Wakefield C.P. September Term, 2007 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-307 �� C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02439 $127,332.92 Joseph R. �� 1404-308 �� PROPERTY Antonio S. Iosue C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-309 1930 West Sparks Street 19141 17th wd. 1470 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY The unknown �� individually and in his capac�� deceased. C.P. January Term, �� 1404-310 �� PROPERTY Claudia Parks and Ronald James Parks C.P. ��

�� P.C. 1404-311 2446 West Toronto Street �� PROPERTY Karen Tucker C.P. March Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-312 3219 Friendship Street �� C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-313 1362 Fanshawe Street 19111 �� PROPERTY Wayne M. �� June Term, 2008 No. 04734 �� Group, P.C. 1404-314 3927 Elsinore Street 19124 33rd wd. 938.97 Sq Ft �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-315 �� 19120 42nd wd. 1469.68 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McTeague C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02278 $69,361.68 �� 1404-316 �� PROPERTY Veronica Ward C.P. December Term, 2012 �� 1404-317 613 East Willard Street 19134 33rd wd. 780.74 Sq Ft �� C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-318 �� PROPERTY Margaret S Her�� 1404-319 �� PROPERTY Nhashara Samuels C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-320 ��

�� PROPERTY Martin A. Janco and Mary C Janco C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� Osborne, Esquire 1404-321 �� PROPERTY Judith Quarles C.P. September Term, 2012 ��ley J. Osborne, Esquire 1404-322 1943 Georgian Road 19138 10th wd. 1664 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY John Neal and �� Neil C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� Osborne 1404-323 431 North 64th Street �� C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� Osborne 1404-324 ��enue 33rd wd. 1110 Sq Ft �� 2STORY MASONRY William �� 1404-325 �� 2630-00 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY Rochelle Sprouel aka Rochellee Sprouel C.P. January �� 1404-326 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Manjinder Kaur, solely in his capacity as administrator of the estate of Sohan Singh Sidhu C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03281 $127,688.82 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-327 667 Maris Street 19128 21st wd. 1622 Sq Ft �� heirs, executors and devisees of the estate of Frank P Esbensen C.P. September Term, �� Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-328 11 West Upsal Street 19119 �� Davis C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04677 $261,491.74 Stern & Eisenberg, PC

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www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1404-301 223 East Sydney Street 19119 22nd wd. 1023.31 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Enith A. Gaskin C.P. March Term, 2013 No. �� J. Osborne 1404-302 6337 Morton Street 19144 �� C.P. November Term, 2013 �� E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire 1404-303 ��

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1404-329 427 Regina Street 19116 �� ESTATE Oleg Sviatnenko C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1404-330 �� 3122 34th wd. 1198 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kali E Ra C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 02327 $114,083.31 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-331 �� 2329 7th wd. 1090.60 Sq Ft �� teros C.P. April Term, 2013 �� 1404-332 2331 North 19th Street 191324320 16th wd. 1634 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Tanya Kosh, as sole owner C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 0689 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-333 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McClendon and Creasie Ashe, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 4006 $101,726.41 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., �� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, �� 1404-334 �� PROPERTY Abdur-Rahiym Neequaye C.P. January Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., �� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, �� 1404-335 7428 Torresdale Avenue 19136 41st wd. 1260 Sq Ft IMPROVE�� PROPERTY William Sullivan C.P. March Term, 2011 No. �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, ��

1404-336 �� situate on the east side of �� of three hundred and eightytwo (382) feet southward from the south side of Girard Avenue IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY �� September Term, 2012 No. 03104 $72,611.42 Chandra M. Arkema, Esquire 1404-337 1901 Tomlinson Road �� PROPERTY Edward J. Mcnamee III C.P. September Term, �� 1404-338 �� Northwest side of Helen Street 186 ft 6 in southwest of Tioga Street; front 14 ft 6 in, depth 78 ft, 0 in Tamika Shannon C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02646 $93,331.38 Phillip D. �� 1404-339 �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Fox, Esq 1404-340 �� 41st wd. 1084.47 Sq Ft �� Cullough, Pamela McCullough C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1404-341 3320 Kip Street 19134 33rd wd. 862.2 Sq Ft �� 1404-342 �� PROPERTY Ruth Ann Weary and Rufus Edward Weary, as joint tenants with right of survivorship C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 1168 $16,264.12 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., �� Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-343 60 West Manheim Street AKA 60 Manheim Street 19144�� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ��ING Paula Jackson C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 03139 ��

1404-344 8716 Glenloch Street 19136�� PROPERTY Kormassa D. �� C.P. August Term, 2009 No. �� 1404-345 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� rero C.P. Feburary Term, 2013 No. 02331 $23,881.42 Richard �� 1404-346 4239 Salem Street 19124 �� 2013 No. 000728 $66,146.61 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire 1404-347 �� 1201 62nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Adamary Santana C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02297 $107,226.89 Phelan �� 1404-348 �� 0367-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Conyers C.P. July Term, 2013 ��tha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire 1404-349 4742 Tacony Street 19137�� PROPERTY Jeannette Knight C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� 1404-350 2626 South Daggett Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Greene, Michael Greene C.P. September Term, 2012 No. �� 1404-351 422 McClellan Street 19148�� PROPERTY Stephen Pettiway C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 02619 $104,873.07 Phelan �� 1404-352 �� PROPERTY Robert Coll, Cherrie Coll C.P. Febru��

1404-353 1923 Penfield Street 19138�� PROPERTY Kevin Wallace C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1404-354 �� PROPERTY Sheldon S. Ramcharitar, Rena Ramcharitar C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 01018 $104,944.87 Phelan �� 1404-355 �� 2733 44th wd. 1232 Sq Ft �� Tyese Smalley C.P. April Term, �� 1404-356 4747 Griscom Street 19124�� Karen M. Steiner C.P. August �� 1404-357 �� 2013 10th wd. 1600 Sq Ft �� $89,326.02 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-358 �� 19140-4023 13th wd. 910 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Shamsid-Deen aka Alimah Dean C.P. April Term, 2013 �� 1404-359 6631 North 3rd Street 191263121 61st wd. 8400 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jean S. Jeoboham C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� 1404-360 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��dina C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-361 3329 North Mascher Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Santiago C.P. February Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia,

Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ack�� 1404-362 �� 1927 41st wd. 2200 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Cortney Green �� tenants with the right of survivorship and not as tenants in common C.P. May Term, 2012 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-363 336 West Mount Pleasant Avenue 19119-2903 22nd �� cia Zapatero, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 2226 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-364 �� PROPERTY William Young, Jr., and Carol Young, as Tenants by the Entirety, their assigns, the survior of them and the survivor’s personal representatives and assigns. C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 3703 $163,813.88 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-365 �� PROPERTY Keith D. �� C.P. May Term, 2006 No. �� 1404-366 1910 Dalkeith Street 19140�� PROPERTY Joseph Haskins aka Joseph Haskin C.P. �� 1404-367 �� PROPERTY Marie A. Sadowy

C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 00024 $119,336.94 Phelan �� 1404-368 �� 2767 2708.08 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Shabina Gill, Peter A. Gill C.P. October Term, �� 1404-369 �� PROPERTY Carli R Jones C.P. November Term, 2009 �� 1404-370 8816 Ridge Avenue, Unit 1 19128 21st wd. 1848 Sq Ft; all that certain lot or parcel of land, aituate in the city and county of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bound and described according to a plan made for Wissahickon Construction Company, Inc, by DeCroce �� and Surveyors, dated April 24, 1987 as follows to wit: beginning at a point also a �� plan; said point of beginning �� minutes 06 seconds west 71.78 feet from the westerly side of Ridge Avenue (100 ft wide), �� minutes 06 seconds west 49.19 feet to a point, also a corner of lot 2; thence along the same passing thru a party wall �� a point in the line of Anthony ��able width; thence along the �� minutes 10 seconds east 48.81 feet to a point, also a corner �� minutes 36 seconds east 70.82 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning. �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� October Term, 2012 No. 04316 �� Esquire 1404-371 2212 North Salford Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Robinson C.P. January Term, �� 1404-372 14 Summit Street 19118 22nd �� 1293-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� $470,000.00 Craig H. Fox, Esq 1404-373 ��

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�� APT 2STY MASONRY P. Erik Pogwist aka P. Eric Pogwist C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-374 �� January Term, 2009 No. 02491 �� 1404-375 �� PROPERTY Robert G. Vaccarino and Maria R. Vaccarino C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-376 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1404-377 �� 19120 22nd wd. 2432.40 Sq Ft �� aka Paulina Abricah C.P. No�� $33,099.46 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire 1404-378 30 South 62nd Street 19139 3rd wd. 2219 Sq Ft �� November Term, 2010 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1404-379 �� Cloud, solely in his capacity as administrator of the estate of Wanda C. McCreary C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00928 $94,417.96 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-380 �� aka Nondas Davis C.P. September Term, 2007 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-381 126 North 60th Street 19139 �� PROPERTY Robert Calland, Jr C.P. July Term, 2007 No.

�� Group, P.C. 1404-382 �� 34th wd. 1389.19 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kia S. Sawyer C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-383 1113 Anchor Street 19124-1114 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� and wife, as tenants by the entirety and as dor the entire interest as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 3122 $90,244.99 Scott A. Dietterick, �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-384 �� 4261800 IMPROVEMENTS: �� ary Term, 2012 No. 3922 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-385 1606 South Newkirk Street �� PROPERTY Joseph Robinson, as sole owner C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 02824 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-386 �� 19121 29th wd. 1328 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY James E. Smith C.P. November Term, 2010 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-387 3438 Primrose Road �� C.P. December Term, 2010 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq.,

Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-388 �� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 2187 $121,980.66 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-389 4636 Wingate Street 19136�� PROPERTY Abel Fullman C.P. �� $133,212.69 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-390 �� area) IMPROVEMENTS: �� Sims C.P. October Term, 2013 �� Dill, Esquire 1404-391 �� 2-038700 IMPROVEMENTS: �� April Term, 2013 No. 02988 ��fices, P.C. 1404-392 �� PROPERTY Jeanine N. Gilbert-Wilson C.P. Novem�� P.C. 1404-393 �� PROPERTY Robert Tucker C.P. October Term, 2012 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-394 2422 South 3rd Street 191484027 39th wd. 966.28 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Toni Reed C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02382 $170,466.24 Phelan �� 1404-395 �� PROPERTY The unknown heirs of John Pope, deceased. C.P. May Term, 2013 No.

�� Group, P.C. 1404-396 �� PROPERTY Shanda S. Greene, individually and in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of Kim Warren aka Kim Martha Warren, deceased and Jaleel Warren C.P. April Term, �� 1404-397 �� PROPERTY Michael J. Nelson and Tanisha M. Nelson C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 002149 �� Osborne 1404-398 �� PROPERTY Harold Searles C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� J. Osborne 1404-399 2322 South Hemberger �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� April Term, 2012 No. 01946 �� 1404-400 �� Apt 48 19114-1938 88th wd. Together with all right, title, and interest being 1.1494% and undivided interest of, in and to the common elements as defined by the unit property act of Pennsylvannia and as more fully set forth in the aforementioned declaration of condominimum and plan ��MENTS: CONDOMINIUM Adriana C. Cugini C.P. �� $101,107.89 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-401 4763 Tacony Street 19137�� Donna Harvey C.P. March �� 1404-402 �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02466 $14,014.81 Phelan Hal�� 1404-403 1619 West Westmoreland �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� Term, 2013 No. 01449 $108,934.44 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-404 �� 2STY MASONRY Edith Alexander aka Edith V. Alexander C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-405 �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-406 �� 19143 3rd wd. 2404.08 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Sarah Scott C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Osborne, Esquire 1404-407 �� kaya and Aleksandr Savitskiy C.P. September Term, 2013 ��ley J. Osborne 1404-408 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1404-409 1830 East Airdrie Street �� PROPERTY Saul Montgomery Jr C.P. December Term, 2012 ��ley J. Osborne 1404-410 223 West Seymour Street �� 3STY MASONRY Granford ��lins, Jr. C.P. January Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-411 3323 Conrad Street 19129 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Jr. known surviving heir of �� mortgagor and real owner, �� deceaed mortgagor and real

owner, Clare Gibbons, known suriving heir of Clare C. �� and Real owner, all unknown surviving heirs of Clare Mal�� real owner C.P. March Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-412 6601 Chew Avenue 19119 �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� PROPERTY Tracey Alston C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 1112 $114,887.31 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & �� Esq. 1404-413 370 Tomlinson Place �� MASONRY Michael Gereaghty C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00974 $381,481.68 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-414 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� M. Arnold C.P. October Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-415 2638 East Thompson Street �� SONRY Christine Joanne Pomroy C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-416 626 East Raymond Street 19120 42nd wd. 800 Sq Ft �� SONRY Funmilayo Agun C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-417 �� 62nd wd. 2000 Sq Ft �� 2STY MASONRY Maria M. Vargas C.P. September Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-418 6816 Horrocks Street �� 2STY MASONRY Mary C Cavallaro and Edward P. Fields C.P. October Term, 2009 No. 00241 $208,017.74 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-419 ��

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4th wd. 1044 Sq Ft; row 2sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� November Term, 2009 No. 04331 $100,004.99 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-420 1908 Alter Street 19146 36th wd. 840 Sq Ft; row 2 masonry �� 03841 $188,626.19 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-421 1906 North 22nd Street 19121 28th wd. 2112 Sq Ft; row 3sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Alimah Shamsid-Deen C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-422 �� 34th wd. 1260 Sq Ft; row 2sty ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Oduwaiye C.P. June Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-423 4303 K Street 19124-4321 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Estrada aka Victor Manuel Estrada C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00364 $118,693.26 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-424 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Stinson and Sharon Stinson C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-425 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Goll C.P. December Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-426 1802 Dallas Street 19126 10th �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� April Term, 2012 No. 02819 $84,204.87 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-427 �� 19142 40th wd. 992 Sq Ft; row �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Walters and Gounquoi Domah C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 00841 $36,213.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

1404-428 4763 Shelmire Street 191364108 41st wd. 1280 Sq Ft; �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� Harry Tapia C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04604 $101,312.29 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-429 601 Anchor Street 19120�� PROPERTY Charlayne McFarland (a single person) C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 4246 $79,986.90 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-430 4644 A Street 19120-4440 �� 1289200 IMPROVEMENTS: ��ERTY Hon K. Huynh C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 1809 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-431 1021 Cross Street 191476313 1st wd. 990 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Evan Kaplan C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 0046 $282,746.64 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-432 �� PROPERTY Sokdary Mao and �� C.P. October Term, 2011 No. �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-433 309 East Thompson Street aka 309 E Thompson �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Michael Perkowski, as sole owner C.P. November Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ack-

�� 1404-434 1219 North 28th Street 19121 29th wd. 1896 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY James E. Smith C.P. December Term, 2010 No. ��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-435 1834 South Cecil Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Cooper and Donna M. Cooper, his wife C.P. January Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-436 �� Trafalski aka Katherine Trafalska C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 03479 $91,801.22 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-437 �� heirs, executors and devisees �� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01363 $99,838.36 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-438 4434 Ernie Davis Circle �� PROPERTY Melissa S. Tulin C.P. June Term, 2010 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-439 �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-440 1244-1246 S 20th Street �� administratix of the estate of Corns Moment, deceased C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� Osborne 1404-441 �� 19120 42nd wd. 2073.2 Sq Ft ��

�� fices, P.C. 1404-442 3712 President Street 19114 66th wd. 6000 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Stephen Cross and Kevin Cross, father and son, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 3189 $197,392.03 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-443 7319 Woodcrest Avenue �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Robinson C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1404-444 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� ceased C.P. March Term, 2013 �� Manuel-Coughlin, Esquire 1404-445 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Pasquarello aka John Pasquerello and Renee O’Connell C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 03807 �� Gregory Javardian 1404-446 1219 Princeton Avenue 19111�� PROPERTY Janine Tucker C.P. �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-447 226 Ripka Street 19127 21st wd. 2070 Sq Ft �� C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 2370 $282,327.87 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-448 ��

Daniel P. Emery, as sole owner C.P. March Term, 2011 No. ��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-449 434 North 64th Street �� PROPERTY Cordell Smith C.P. �� $96,142.94 Scott A. Dietterick, �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-450 3037 Disston Street 19149�� PROPERTY Michael J. Haas �� as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 0948 $164,673.68 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-451 2730 South Colorado Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Anthony Picuri, as sole owner C.P. February Term, 2012 No. �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-452 206 West Albanus Street 19120-3827 42nd wd. 1120 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Gincher and Zwi Weiss, as tenants by the entirety C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 0744 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-453 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Gerald, as sole owner C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 2388 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg ��

1404-454 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� ceased, Juanita Morales Reyes �� deceased and unknown heirs �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-455 �� 1211 17th wd. 1072 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Ayiesha N. Eldemire C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00479 $106,744.38 Phelan �� 1404-456 129 East Wyoming Avenue 19120-4429 42nd wd. 2261.60 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Nahrgang C.P. July Term, 2013 �� 1404-457 3323 Wellington Street 19149�� December Term, 2011 No. 01729 $119,386.80 Phelan �� 1404-458 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1404-459 �� 61st wd. (formerly 12th wd.) �� ft wide at the distance of 231 ft 6 in southeastwardly from northeast corner of intersection of 7th st. Front; 60 ft 0 in on a �� extending eastwardly along the said Medary Avenue on the same curve and radius a dis�� Subject to Mortgage Cheryl Davis C.P. March Term, 2011 �� P. Vitti, Esq. 1404-460 �� PROPERTY Wakida A. Williams C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03332 $143,149.30 �� 1404-461 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Nyarko C.P. December Term, ��

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Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ack�� 1404-462 6731 Magnolia Street 19144�� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 2230 $61,362.07 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-463 �� PROPERTY Robena Sheppard C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 3292 $71,193.24 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-464 �� 19124 23rd wd. 2604 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kenenth J. Haines, Sr. as sole owner C.P. September Term, 2011 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-465 1027 Chandler Street 19111 �� Gerard P. Duffy, Jr. C.P. �� fices, P.C. 1404-466 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Johnson, married & Todd Montague, married as joint tenants, not as tenants by the entirety or tenants in common C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 0719 $83,879.09 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-467 2127 Reed Street 19146��

C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02920 $131,481.48 Phelan �� 1404-468 10101 Wilbur Street 19116�� May Term, 2013 No. 00017 �� 1404-469 3323 Argyle Street 191341903 33rd wd. 602 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Gregory Stanislaus C.P. September Term, �� 1404-470 �� PROPERTY Randy Grubb aka Randall J. Grubb C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02617 �� 1404-471 �� PROPERTY Irena Petrovsky aka Irene Petrovsky C.P. �� $81,288.01 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-472 �� C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00760 $211,933.14 Phelan Hal�� 1404-473 1623 Griffith Street 19111 �� ESTATE William Wainwright and Kathleen Wainwright C.P. �� $267,390.08 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-474 2839 Ridge Avenue 19121 32nd wd. 1091.16 Sq Ft �� Inc C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-475 6603 McCallum Street �� PROPERTY Vincent Green C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 03799 �� P.C. 1404-476 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� August Term, 2013 No. 01844 �� P.C.

1404-477 �� PROPERTY Wendy Jackson C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-478 �� PROPERTY The unknown heirs of Dorothy M. McCall, deceased C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03117 $104,932.42 �� 1404-479 �� 122-16-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� HOME Frances Reddy C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03084 �� 1404-480 �� 62nd wd. 1623.04 Sq Ft �� C.P. November Term, 2010 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-481 1928 East Ontario Street �� PROPERTY Gina Rockmore and Erik Rockmore, her husband C.P. December Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-482 �� and Swee Ying Chen C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 1246 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-483 402 Parlin Street 19116 �� PROPERTY Mariamma Abraham C.P. December Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker-

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1404-484 �� executor of the estate of Annie Stewart, deceaed mortgagor and real owner, Quinton A. Towns and Annie K. Stewart, fka Annie K. Towns C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02908 �� & Conway, P.C. 1404-485 7817 Cedarbrook Avenue �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Akbar C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01841 $131,734.71 Richard M. Squire & Associ�� 1404-486 �� 19144 12th wd. 2412 Sq �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01249 $234,664.80 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-487 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� T. Mak C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02976 $177,240.84 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-488 2941 South 66th Street 19142 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-489 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Kennedy, Sr C.P. July Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-490 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� A. Pope, Jr C.P. July Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-491 2613 South 71st Street 19142�� PROPERTY Agnes Cooper C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 3928 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., ��

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M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-492 �� C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 2349 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-493 �� 19121 32nd wd. 984 Sq Ft �� Foster C.P. April Term, 2011 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Acker�� 1404-494 �� MENTS: PARKOMINIUM CONDOMINIUM Alan Stasson C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 1301 $30,883.63 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton �� Elia, Esq. 1404-495 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Arroyo aka Antoinette Abston C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00333 $32,870.71 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-496 �� 43rd wd. 1664 Sq Ft; row 2sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Delgado C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01417 $27,849.33 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-497 �� 1428 40th wd. 1260 Sq Ft; �� C.P. January Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-498 4674 Canton Street 19127 21st �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. June Term, 2009 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-499 ��

IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Rostick, adminstratrix of the estate of Antoinette M. Keller, deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 04176 $113,664.11 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-500 6129 Vandike Street 41st �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Morrison and Marcelina �� No. 02397 $91,477.00 Powers, �� 1404-501 2448 East Huntingdon Street �� ki Real Estate Partnership, aka Kile & Soboloski Real Estate Parntership C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02919 $131,067.40 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-502 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Hill C.P. August Term, 2011 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-503 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� of William C. Jones, known surviving heir of William Jones, deceased mortgagor and real owner and all unknown surviving heirs of William Jones, deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. April Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-504 �� wski C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-505 134 East Pleasant Street 19119 22nd wd. 1290 Sq Ft; row �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Dekhkanov C.P. July Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-506 �� 31st wd. 680 Sq Ft; row 2 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway,

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1404-507 2024 Carpenter Street 19146 30th wd. 1272 Sq Ft; row 2 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Singleton C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 00891 $272,196.13 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-508 �� Chowdhury C.P. August Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-509 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� September Term, 2010 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-510 �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: ��SONRY Giuliano Properites, Inc. C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� Fialkoff, esq 1404-511 149 N Robinson Street 19139 34th wd. 927.48 �� HOME Elijah Peterson, deceased and Octavia Peterson, deceased C.P. August Term, �� Craig H. Fox, Esq 1404-512 �� E. Hart, deceased and all known and unknown heirs, successors and assigns, representatives, devisees and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under estate Helen E. Hart, deceased. C.P. �� Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire 1404-513 1448 Alcott Street 19149 �� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire 1404-514 1316 Magee Avenue 19111 ��

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Foster, known surviving heir of Ester E. Foster, deceased mortgagor and real owner, Steven Ray Foster, known surviving heir of Esther E. Foster, deceased mortgagor and real owner, all unknown surviving heirs Esther E. Foster, deceased mortgagor and real �� known surviving heir of Esther E. Foster, deceased mortgagor �� Foster, known surviving heir of Esther E. Foster, deceased mortgagor and real owner. C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 02167 $117,071.98 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-515 3320 Malta Street 19134 33rd wd. 1442 Sq Ft; row 2 sty ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-516 �� 42nd wd. 2644.9 Sq Ft; �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: ��ING Ronald Fulton C.P. September Term, 2012 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-517 �� 34th wd. 1404 Sq Ft, row �� Newsome C.P. April Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-518 6437 Garman Street 191423022 40th wd. 1223 Sq Ft; �� and Patricia Harris, executrix of the estate of Ernest Dukes,deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02497 $96,433.98 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-519 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ��ING Ed and Sons, Inc. Edwin Santiago C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 00874 $211,306.37 Udren �� 1404-520 �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1404-521 7043 Torresdale Avenue ��

�� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ��ING James Macelroy C.P. �� fices, P.C. 1404-522 2732 North Garnet Street �� Neequaye C.P. January Term, �� 1404-523 3136 North Patton Street 19132 38th wd. 1140 Sq Ft �� March Term, 2007 No. 00881 ��fices, P.C. 1404-524 832 East Phil Ellena Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Maddox C.P. July Term, 2013 �� 1404-525 2833 Rosehill Street 19134 7th �� 423600 IMPROVEMENTS: �� August Term, 2013 No. 00094 ��fices, P.C. 1404-526 �� Manley, John Vincent Manley C.P. October Term, 2003 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1404-527 30 South 62nd Street 19139 33rd wd. 812 Sq Ft �� laria C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1404-528 11182 Hendrix Street �� C.P. March Term, 2008 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1404-529 �� Norma I. Esquilin, Elliott �� 1404-530 �� 62nd wd. (formerly part of ��

�� and Thomas K. Kane C.P. �� $77,647.28 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-531 �� ING Albert Geddes C.P. November Term, 2010 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1404-532 102 West Walnut Park Drive �� Ebo-Robey C.P. August Term, �� Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-533 6744 Guyer Avenue 19142 �� C.P. October Term, 2011 No. �� E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire 1404-534 7333 Sommers Road 19138 �� Nesmith C.P. October Term, �� 1404-535 �� Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: TWO-STORY �� Kim Anh Thi Nguyen C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 02040 ��ley, P.C. 1404-536 �� ton C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-537 �� C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1404-538 1309 Wellington Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Offices, P.C. 1404-539 464 E Comly Street 19120 �� -

�� ceased Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or �� 1404-540 224 East Cheltenham Avenue 19120 61st wd. 2600 Sq Ft �� Hall, Cheryl M. Hall C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 01748 ��fices, P.C. 1404-541 4211 Saint Denis Drive 19114 �� Danielle C. Kennish C.P. September Term, 2007 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1404-542 1983 Renovo Street 19138�� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Richard F. Nelson and Annette Nelson, his wife C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 3831 $122,181.33 Scott A. Dietter�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg �� 1404-543 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Derricks, Matthew Derricks C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1404-544 2224 South Rosewood Street �� C.P. November Term, 2011 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1404-545 �� C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1404-546 2424 South Camac Street 19148 39th wd. 679 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY John S. McKnight (Mortgagor) and Frances A. McKnight (real owner & mortgagor) C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 0491 $41,472.18

�� 1404-547 �� 66th wd. 3991 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Stanley Dubin Administrator on the estate of Jason Dubin and Kathileen A. Komarnicki Co-Administrator on the estate of Jason Dubin C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� Osborne, Esquire 1404-548 4132 North 6th Street 19140 43rd wd. 1379.12 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Maria Negron C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� Osborne, Esquire 1404-549 6733 North Woodstock Street �� 2078810 IMPROVEMENTS: �� ber Term, 2012 No. 03173 �� Gregory Javardian 1404-550 �� 1-209600 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Hala Hameid C.P. May Term, �� 1404-551 318 North Edgewood Street �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Calvin Sanders C.P. April �� 1404-552 1412 N 4th Street 191223709 18th wd. 841.2 Sq Ft �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1404-553 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Pamela Fuerst aka Pamela M. Fuerst C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01913 $466,779.78 Pow�� 1404-554 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� K. Wilkins C.P. June Term, �� Powers, Kirn & Javardian, �� 1404-555 1729 South 21st Street �� C.P. December Term, 2012 No. ��

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Offices, P.C. 1404-556 �� 19120 61st wd. 1140 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ��ING Somsak Suwannarat C.P. �� 1404-557 �� 1317800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1404-558 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Jennifer Caffey and the United States of America C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 1326 �� Esquire 1404-559 �� 19146 36th wd. 1102 Sq Ft �� & Manochi 1404-560 7 North Christopher Columbus �� IMPROVEMENTS: ��TATE Melonease Shaw C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1404-561 �� 1181-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Kaman and Catherine Kaman C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03910 $104,146.38 Pressman & �� 1404-562 1603 York Street 16th wd. Situate on the north side of York Street at the distance of 82 feet 10 inches westward from the west side of 16th Street. IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Teddy T. Yallah C.P. December Term, 2012 �� W. Cusick 1404-563 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Thelma A. Williams aka Thelma Ann Williams aka Thelma Williams C.P. October Term, �� 1404-564 7818 Provident Street aka �� Subject to Mortgage IM-

�� 2011 No. 00194 $123,282.46 �� 1404-565 �� wd. �� 1820-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Hesser, Jr., aka John Hesser aka John Hesser, Jr., aka John �� Hesser C.P. April Term, 2013 �� 1404-566 �� IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNTS 2STY MASONRY Imran Chaudhary C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02690 $104,784.64 �� 1404-567 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Valerie M. Fruge and Justin F. Fruge C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00847 $107,739.79 Powers, �� 1404-568 4238 O Street 33rd wd. 1130.88 ��PROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Sergey Musheyev C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00318 $97,202.37 Milstead & �� 1404-569 143 North Wanamaker Street �� ROW 2 STY MASONRY �� Duldulao aka Jeffrey Duldao C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1404-570 7727 Rockwell Avenue �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� $236,271.19 Powers, Kirn & �� 1404-571 �� MENTS: ROW 2 STORY �� Jr. C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� 1404-572 �� 0130-00 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Anthony T. Chiavaroli and Concetta Chiavaroli C.P. October Term, �� 1404-573 6743 N Smedley St 10th wd. �� N-21-70 IMPROVEMENTS: �� To be sold as the property of Estelle Washington, aka

Denna Washington aka Donna Washington aka Donna Estelle Washington, solely as heir of Geraldine Washginton, deceaesd; Geraldine Washington, deceased, and all known and unknown individuals, heirs, successors, business entities, �� or claiming any right, title, �� the decedent; Joanne Roberta Washington, solely as an heir of Geraldine Washington, deceased; Payton Charles Jefferson, solely as heir of Geraldine Washington, deceased. C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� 1404-574 842 North 42nd Street 19104 6th wd. 1819.20 Sq Ft �� Holmes, Jr C.P. July Term, 2013 �� 1404-575 �� PROPERTY Tyesha Tilghman C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-576 1307 South Hicks Street 36th �� MENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Donnika Washington C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 00929 $103,428.27 Milstead & Associ�� 1404-577 �� PROPERTY Orn Ning C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� 1404-578 �� Term, 2013 No. 02807 $99,248.39 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-579 221 North 64th Street �� C.P. March Term, 2009 No. �� 1404-580 �� 2330 34th wd. 12880 Sq Ft �� $661,608.82 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-581 ��

19120-1862 61st wd. 1238.77 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Saunders C.P. June Term, 2007 �� 1404-582 1908 South Hicks Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Cooper, in her capacity as heir of Sharon Cooper, deceased. Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Sharon Cooper, deceased. C.P. �� $26,373.99 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-583 �� 40th wd. 828.36 Sq Ft �� C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-584 �� PROPERTY Stacey Foca and Michael T. Foca C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� Group, P.C. 1404-585 �� Term, 2013 No. 00177 �� P.C. 1404-586 �� 40th wd. Row 2 story masonry �� by deed dated November 6, 200 and recorded January 30, �� C.P. October Term, 2010 No. �� 1404-587 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Cooper C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01637 $64,160.66 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1404-588 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Green C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02213 $30,073.31 Richard M. Squire & Associ�� 1404-589 ��

�� PROPERTY Susan M. Troutner and Michael P. Troutner C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02821 �� P.C. 1404-590 �� IMPROVEMENTS: ��ERTY Antoine Palmer AKA Antoin Palmer aka Antonine E. Palmer, Dorcas White C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 00022 $267,364.47 Phelan �� 1404-591 9203 Torresdale Avenue �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Mathisen, Anna N. Mathisen C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02902 $47,224.49 Phelan �� 1404-592 �� 2026 66th wd. 1800 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Deborah Mattiacci C.P. March Term, 2012 �� 1404-593 �� PROPERTY Keenan Gordon C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� 1404-594 6813 Guyer Avenue 19142�� PROPERTY Jack Janes, Sr C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� 1404-595 �� terfield, Jr C.P. August Term, �� 1404-596 1229 S Markoe Street 19143 27th wd. 861.3 Sq Ft �� Garfield C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 2306 $29,844.22 Joseph �� 1404-597 1134 Unruh Street 19111�� March Term, 2012 No. 03060 $83,747.38 Scott A. Diet��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime

R. Ackerman, Esq., Zucker, �� 1404-598 1019 Christian Street 19147 2nd wd. 2496 Sq Ft �� Mortgage Defendant, Corrine C. Morgan C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 114036 $24,673.64 �� Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C. 1404-599 888 Scattergood Street 19124�� PROPERTY Michelle Gunter C.P. November Term, 2009 �� 1404-600 �� 3314 18th wd. 1131.86 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Ata Richard Zandieh C.P. June Term, 2010 �� 1404-601 �� personal representative �� Rosenbaum. Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or �� Rosenbaum, deceased. Rachel Rosenbaum, known heir of �� Jones, personal representative. C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02704 $187,719.79 Udren �� 1404-602 �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1404-603 �� 00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Estate of Frank E. Wyatt, �� Personal representative �� representative of Estate of Frank E. Wyatt. Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Frank E. Wyatt, deceased, estate of �� Henderson, personal representative Frank Andre Wyatt, Jr., personal representative of estate of Frank E. Wyatt. C.P. December Term, 2009 No. �� Offices, P.C.

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1404-604 �� ROW 2 STY MASONRY �� Finney C.P. April Term, 2012 �� 1404-605 �� PROPERTY Hashem Hamdallah C.P. February Term, 2010 �� 1404-606 �� PROPERTY Anthony Middleton C.P. April Term, 2009 No. �� 1404-607 �� 2168600 IMPROVEMENTS: ��ING Jean Hawkins C.P. �� Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire 1404-608 1416 West Grange Street �� Jennings in her capacity as administratrix of Estate of Howard W. Jennings C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04381 $9,014.88 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1404-609 �� May Term, 2013 No. 02734 $132,866.06 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-610 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��

�� 2013 No. 02274 $68,104.82 �� 1404-611 �� PROPERTY James J. Stevens C.P. February Term, 2013 No. �� 1404-612 �� 1120 62nd wd. 1376 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Cesselyn D. �� C.P. October Term, 2011 No. �� 1404-613 66 East Coulter Street 19144�� PROPERTY Jeffrey Duldulao C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03410 $142,779.24 Phelan �� 1404-614 2718 South Marvine Street 19148-4919 39th wd. 1191.93 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Stermel C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02623 $262,083.04 �� 1404-615 �� 2346 34th wd. 1309 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kysha Davis, Michael Davis C.P. June Term, �� 1404-616 6339 Algon Avenue 19111�� PROPERTY Danlette Nyanti, Korto Washington C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 02149 $146,102.46 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-617 ��

�� March Term, 2012 No. 02886 $344,839.72 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-618 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Carey C.P. May Term, 2012 �� 1404-619 �� PROPERTY James Edward Smith C.P. March Term, �� 1404-620 1728 Guilford Street 19111�� PROPERTY Joey Fang, Jingyi Wen, Yun F. Huang C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00614 $119,619.27 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-621 1217 South Clarion Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Dibella, Margaret Dibella C.P. February Term, 2010 No. �� 1404-622 �� 4346 4th wd. 1300 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Sherri Tate C.P. September Term, 2008 No. �� 1404-623 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� E. Jones C.P. April Term, �� 1404-624 ��

�� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 2013 No. 02063 $292,367.76 �� 1404-625 �� 88th wd. Together with all right, title, and interest to a 0.747% undivided interest of, in, and to the common elements, as more particularly set forth in the Declaration. �� C.P. December Term, 2012 �� 1404-626 4323 North 9th Street 191402226 43rd wd. 870 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jose Fernando �� 2008 No. 02489 $38,903.47 �� 1404-627 �� Rybicki Property Enterprises, �� No. 02078 $816,294.09 Everett K. Sheintoch, Esquire 1404-628 2720 Cambridge Street 19130-1207 29th wd. 612.48 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Rivera, Paula Rivera C.P. March Term, 2010 No. 00464 �� 1404-629 �� 2303 17th wd. 1318.12 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Robin Johnson aka R. Johnson, individually and in her capacity as heir �� Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest ��

deceased C.P. January Term, �� 1404-630 �� December Term, 2012 No. 01690 $30,148.79 Phelan Hal�� 1404-631 �� Jr. C.P. December Term, 2011 �� 1404-632 1307 Knorr Street 19111�� PROPERTY Eva Torok, Tibor Torok C.P. April Term, 2013 �� 1404-633 �� Roush, Nicklos T. Roush C.P. �� $41,414.32 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-634 84 East Ashmead Street 191442314 12th wd. 1092 Sq Ft �� August Term, 2012 No. 01372 $63,041.80 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1404-635 �� PROPERTY Charles P. Donato C.P. March Term, 2010 No. �� 1404-636 3682 Stanton Street 19129��

PROPERTY Carol Abt, in her capacity as Executrix of the estate of Thomas J. Schreiber C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� 1404-637 �� 1404-638A 1320-36 North Front Street Inclusive of 1237 North Hope Street 19122 18th wd. approximately 18,180 Sq Ft more or ��ject to Mortgage IMPROVE�� PROPERTY FixtureOne Corporation C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00466 $1,097,412.84 Scott P. Sheetman, Esquire 1404-638B 1338-1348 North Front Street 19122 18th wd. Approximately 12,000 sq ft more or less �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� FixtureOne Corporation C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00466 $1,097,412.84 Scott P. Scheetman, Esquire 1404-639A 6627-31 Haverford Avenue �� 1404-639B 2629 N 27th Street 19132 28th �� Sheppard C.P. July Term, 2013 �� 1404-639C �� 19132 28th wd. 1386.9 Sq Ft �� tober Term, 2012 No. 003672 ��

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Seeing Red Is Welcome At This Party Guests don “red tie” attire for the American Red Cross Gala The American Red Cross held its 14th annual gala Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park. More than 1,000 social, civic and business leaders attended the “red tie” event, which featured cuisine from 30 of the finest restaurants in our area. All proceeds from The Red Ball benefit disaster relief and the Red Cross House – Center for Disaster Recovery, a one-of-a-kind short-term housing facility in University City. Co-hosts for the evening were Deanna Durante and Keith Jones from NBC10; Leon LaRosa was the Red Ball chair, Judge Renée Cardwell Hughes, who serves as chief executive officer was on hand to greet the guests as they arrived.

1. Keith Jones, NBC10, and Francesca Rusio, Miss Philadelphia 2013. 2. Nicole Ziegler 3. Everett Gillison, Philadelphia deputy mayor and Elaine Gillison. 4. Tim Swan and Deanna Durante, NBC10. 5. Deadra Witt, National Ms. 2013, Richard and Karen McRory-Negrin. 6. Cara McCollum, Miss New Jersey 2013. Photos by HughE Dillon

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The Clippers (25-4) didn’t compete with as much fanfare this season but that doesn’t mean they may not

by Jeremy Treatman Old men wearing St. John Neumann shirts were hugging each other. Females chanting old songs and cheers from the old St. Maria Goretti High School were bellowing at the top of their lungs. Yes, this was a good moment. A very good moment! This was one of many terrific experiences for the Neumann-Goretti girls’ basketball program this season. This year’s Saints won its first ever girls’ Catholic League title with a decisive win over Archbishop Wood at the Palestra. And the alums of both schools (the two schools combined to be one school in 2005) were ecstatic. The boys followed with a win over Roman Cathollc two hours later. The girls also captured the city title and they remain undefeated, as they have also won their first two games in the PIAA AAA state tournament as well. “Winning the Catholic League was a long-anticipated accomplishment for the girls on the team, the girls’ program

achieve a similar result.

and the school,” said Letty Santarelli, the team’s coach. “The feeling at that moment when the Neumann-Goretti girls won at the Palestra was complete exhilaration and happiness. There was a sense of accomplishment and success that took a lot of hard work at practice, outside of

Santarelli is working hard to prepare her team for a possible perfect season. practice, examples traveling as a team to tournaments, team dinners, 76ers’ games and various outings,” she mentioned. “To create that chemistry on the team and to bring it to the court was special.” Santarelli shares an opinion with many in the Catholic School community that winning

Chester won its first round AAAA state playoff game easily over Hazleton March 7 and is a leading contender to win it all in 2014. This, during a rebuilding year! Say what? Yes, it’s true. After many key seniors including Neumann-Goretti girls basketball players Christina Abowora (left) and Felicia Alyeotan. Photo by Sarah J. Glover

superstar Rondae Jefferson graduated — he is now a starter for nationally ranked Arizona — the Clippers were supposed to take a hit. Sure, the Clips looked mortal this season, losing to Interboro, Academy Park, Imhotep

the league title is still more important than winning the state title. The Philadelphia Public League (2004) and Catholic League (2007) are relative newcomers to the PIAA and its postseason experiences. “Winning the Catholic League title is bigger than the city title, and in my opinion the state AAA title,” she said. “I believe our conference is toughest in the state, the athletes in the Catholic League are skilled and very competitive. In addition, the coaches are very talented in the Catholic League and I stress “Catholic” (coaches) a group of caring people, that dedicate their time away from their famiContinued on page 2

Charter and Neumann-Goretti. But Chester is cruising now. The Clips knocked off upstart Pennsbury in the District 1 AAAA final at Villanova and now are setting their sights on the AAAA title. The Clippers won it all in 1984, 1989, 1994, 2000, 2008, 2011 and 2012. The Clippers lost in the title game to Lower Merion a year ago. A key component to the postseason success is senior guard Conrad Chambers who is responsible for distributing the ball to senior transfers Mihar Johnson (19 ppg), Tyrell Sturdivant (17 ppg) and sophomore Marquise Collins (12 ppg). “I love playing for Chester,” said Chambers who spent his sophomore year at Friends’ Central where he played alongside current Duke standout Amile Jefferson. “I think we can win it all, I really do. I think we get better every March because we know the seriousness of the task at hand, and we get a hard sense of hunger for that state championship. It’s a whole different season for us and we want to continue the legacy.” Chester seemed to be shorthanded in talent until two former Chester residents — Sturdivant and Johnson — returned from Glasgow Delaware to play their senior years at Chester. Chambers was there to welcome them. “Mahir and Tyrell are essential to the success to the team,” he said. “They bring that extra leadership that I needed and that we needed as a team. They both were willing to learn and accept criticism when given. I love playing with both of them.” He added: “The adjustment adding them to the team and for them was not really hard. We just had to fine-tune the chemistry. As a leader and point guard, I had to find out what I could say to Mahir and Tyrell to get them going and play hard. I learned

Neumann-Goretti girls basketball team group picture. Photo by Sarah J. Glover

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“FROM HERE ON OUT” WRITER AND CREATOR TERRY RAY WITH ONE OF THE SHOW-WITHIN-A-SHOW’S CAST MEMBERS

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Gay television network Here TV will premiere its first-ever original sitcom, “From Here on OUT,” March 28. Written and created by actor Terry Ray, the new comedy goes behind the scenes at the LGBT premium-cable network following the adventures of aging gay writer Jimmy Randall as he tries to get his dream project made into a television series. After years of struggling, he finally sells his show, “Guy Dubai: International Gay Spy,” to an 18-year-old president of Here TV. Ask any gay writer and performer on or

off television and he’ll tell you that, these days, networks that cater to LGBT viewers would much rather air reruns of popular network sitcoms instead of producing original, scripted comedic content. But Ray, who has had success in independent films, said Here TV is taking steps to remedy that. “They’ve never done anything scripted that is a comedy before,” Ray said about Here. “I have been an actor and a writer for years — an actor forever but a writer more recently. I did a film called ‘Gaydar,’ which is a comedy that did really well in gay and straight film festivals. David Millburn is my producer and he is a friend of mine.

He saw ‘Gaydar’ and started reading other things that I wrote. He always liked my work and I was hopeful because he worked at Here TV and I was hoping to get something there, but they were never interested in doing a comedy. And then finally they were like, ‘Let’s do a comedy.’ They let me do something where I could spoof the network, which I thought was brave of them, to let me just go crazy and create something that spoofed the entire world of creating gay shows.” Ray praises Here TV for allowing him to poke fun at the inner workings and the politics that go on at gay-themed TV networks.

“It’s a spoof of what it’s like at a little tiny struggling gay network,” he said. “When they did do original material, they did these super, uber-sexy things and it’s a spoof what it would be like and what it is like to make those kind of shows. We’re poking fun at every aspect of it, which is really especially exciting to me to make fun of myself and to make fun of everybody. They were so game about that. Every time I’d turn in a script I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, did I go too far? Did I push the envelope?’ and they were like, ’It’s funny, it’s great!’ I think they were brave to let me do it.” Ray doesn’t spare himself from satire in the show, as he said the strug- PAGE 20

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gles of Jimmy Randall closely mirror his own experiences as a writer and an actor. “I am a struggling writer and trying to get work done,” he said. “In the very first scene, my character is on a couch trying to get a job. That is the couch I sat on when I got the job. The room we auditioned the actors in for my fictional show is the room we auditioned the actors in. We are making fun of my age and trying to get a break at this point in my life and how many years I have struggled. Here TV wants to have nudity in the show and I would prefer not to, personally. I would prefer to focus on the story. But my job was to make the nudity funny. My character, I put the same thing in there. I put the network asking my character to have the nudity and my character struggling with how to do it. It was a situation that I was put in and I tried to put it back in the show, which I thought was fun.” Adding to the hilarity of the series is the fact that Jimmy must hire an openly gay leading man or the series will not go forward. He casts the sexy, talented Sam Decker, who is secretly straight. To keep their show on the air, Sam has to live publicly as a gay man and the two have to convince the network that they have become a couple. Ray said it’s a funny twist to create a character who is the opposite of what he sees in other actors today. “I don’t know anybody like that,” Ray said about the character of Sam. “He’s fictional for me. But his struggle as an actor doing what he needs to do to get the job, I can relate to in my world. That struggle is something that I wrote because I can speak to that. That was the twist for me. I wanted to make that the opposite of what people would expect. In this world, I’m surrounded by actors who are gay who are trying not to be gay. I’ve been to auditions for gay roles and everybody went out of their way to make it known that they weren’t gay but they were willing to play gay. Really? Do you have this speech before you go in for a murderer or rapist to make everybody know that you are not really a murderer or a rapist? I just kind of spoof those situations.” Ray said that with six episodes already

THE CAST OF “FROM HERE ON OUT” filmed and another six written, he hopes the new comedy will catch on with audiences both gay and straight. “I think we’re going to have 12 episodes and hopefully the audience will be there to justify making more,” he said. “What’s exciting also about this show is — and I think what appealed to Here TV — when I did ‘Gaydar,’ it was a gay-themed comedy, but it was very well-received by the straight community and played in over 100 film festivals, mostly straight. I think it was appealing to the network to have gay content that other people can enjoy. If you are gay-friendly — not to take away from the fact that this material is for gay people — comedy is comedy. So I’m hoping that it will be a nice way for them to expand their audience to people who wouldn’t normally watch the network. Not to dumb-down the fact that it’s a gay network and we’re making gay content, but just to me it’s appealing that other people would want to watch too.” Whether or not the series becomes a hit, Ray said “From Here on OUT” has opened doors for him and the network. “It’s already motivated Here TV,” he said. “They’ve got new stuff coming based on the fact that they’ve really enjoy this process. It has reinvigorated their desire to create material. I think it was a shot of adrenaline into that. “I’m writing a lot of TV movies right now,” he added. “I have been hired to write two TV movies at the moment and another movie as well for a different company. So I’m writing three movies at the same time.” ■ “From Here on OUT” premiers March 28 on Here TV. For more information, visit www.heretv.com.

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Brad Windhauser: Novelist, professor and Biblical analyst Brad Windhauser is a writer and professor at Temple University. His short stories have appeared in numerous papers and his first novel, “Regret,” is a gay-themed thriller set in Philadelphia. Last year he decided to read the Bible for the first time and write about it from a gay perspective. He is currently shopping his latest novel, “This Too Shall Pass,” set in the Graduate Hospital area. PGN: You do so much; what is your primary job? BW: I’m a professor at Temple. I teach creative writing, composition and this semester I’m also teaching a “Gay and Lesbian Lives” course. It’s one of the cornerstone courses for the LGBT Studies program. Students read nonfiction memoir, narratives, etc., from the 1950s forward. It’s designed to give them exposure to various spectrums through the ages of what we’ve been through. PGN: Is the class predominately straight or gay students? BW: It’s probably about a third gay, and the rest either “I’ve always been curious” or “I have gay friends.” PGN: What do they study in class? BW: A variety of things. I scanned a lot of excerpts from different memoirs, a lot of poetry and even song lyrics. PGN: What two titles would you pick for Oprah’s gay book club? BW: “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin and Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” PGN: Why “Dorian Gay”? That was a Freudian slip! “Gray.” If I recall correctly, it doesn’t have any overt gay content. BW: Overtly, no. Two reasons. One: because Oscar Wilde is so important to gay studies, i.e., what his trial did for gay visibility, unintentionally but still ... And second –—and I wrote a paper on this — that that book created the concept of the closet. Dorian Gray is basically this twink and he’s taken under the wing of two older male benefactors who have a thing for him. One of them is an artist who paints a picture of Dorian and his affections for Dorian come through in the painting. The picture ages but Dorian does not. The “real” Dorian is out and about in the world but the picture is kept hidden inside and gets moved into more and more secluded places. It puts forth the idea that what people see is not the true you; what people don’t see — the real you — is kept hidden away, that closet mentality. It’s not usually taught that way, it’s usually just treated as a Gothic novel, but that’s my take on it. If you think about it that way, it becomes a whole different book.

PGN: So do you have students coming out to you? BW: Yes. When I teach composition, it doesn’t come up as much, but I’m open with them in a “just so y’all know” way. In creative writing, it comes up a little more. As a teacher you don’t want to make the course about you, but at the same time it’s not something I hide. It’s something I’m proud of. [Laughs.] In the gay course it’s one of the first things out of my mouth. I think who’s teaching them is important in terms of point of view. PGN: Was there a particular student whose story stands out? BW: One of the composition courses was gender-themed for a while and I had a male student coming to terms with being trans. He was having a very difficult time of it. He wanted to transition to female but I think he was feeling very awkward about it. I told him, “Feel free to come as who you are.” He wasn’t there yet but I let him know that Philadelphia was a great city to come out in and that there were all sorts of resources even beyond the ones on campus, and there were people out there who would be welcoming and supportive.

Camden campus, and got a master’s in English. When I moved here, it immediately felt like home. PGN: So is the East Coast everything you thought it would be? BW: Yeah. People said Philly would be a little thick-skinned and the people might not be welcoming, but I’ve had the complete opposite experience. When I first got here, everyone asked me what I needed and told me all the places to go. PGN: Tell me a little bit about your family. BW: Both of my parents are remarried. They were/are both in business but now my mom is semi-retired. I have an older brother who’s a screenwriter. He lives in Santa Monica. My mom and stepdad live in Seattle, but they’ve been trying to get out since they moved there! It’s one thing to visit on a sunny day but living there when the other 364 days are gray can be a bit much. My stepdad was an LAPD detective. He worked the gang unit.

PGN: This is a great city; are you a native? BW: Nope, born and raised in Los Angeles. I’m a Valley boy. I went to college there and graduated from UC San Diego with a degree in literature. That’s where I came out. Aside from being one of the most beautiful places in the country, it’s a very laidback spot. The people on campus were really great and there is a really good gay organization on campus. A lot of my writing teachers were gay or — and I don’t mean this in a bad way — indifferent, as in “you’re gay, fantastic, now talk about your writing point of view.” That attitude rubbed off on my peers and when I wrote or read gay stories in class, there was never an issue with it. I also worked in restaurants, which is helpful if you’re going to come out because most people in that line of work are usually pretty laidback and not as button-downed. PGN: So how did you end up in Philly? BW: So, as beautiful as San Diego is, if you’re not a super-outdoorsy person, if you want something beyond the two options of “Let’s go to the beach” or “Let’s go lay out in the park,” it can start to get old. Granted, they have a great gay softball league there, but I wanted more options. I graduated college in 1997 and backpacked through Europe for five weeks. It taught me how to read a map and negotiate public transportation and all the stuff that you don’t have to do in Southern California. I was like, Wow, this is what I want. I always fantasized about living on the East Coast. So when I got back, I applied for grad school on the East Coast and got accepted to Rutgers,

PGN: The gay unit? BW: Gang unit! PGN: I don’t know what’s up with me today; everything sounds like “gay!” Let’s talk about your “Regret.” BW: Sure, that was my book that came out in 2007. It was actually something that started as an undergrad. I’d taken a class in sex and sexuality and one of the things we read in that class was about a scientist who had isolated the gay gene. I was just

coming out at the time and thought, Oh my God, what would people do with this if they got a hold of it? So that’s what the book is about: a religious group that decides that God’s “ways” are working too slowly in “curing” gays, so they decide to take matters into their own hands and enlist a medical researcher to help. PGN: Were you raised religious? BW: No, this is the funny part: My mom converted to Episcopalian to marry my dad, mainly to satisfy my grandmother who actually never went to church except for Christmas Mass. So until I went to college, I think I’d only been in a church maybe three times, not counting weddings. My dad was kind of anti-organized-religion until he met my stepmom when I was in high school and he became a bornagain. He probably wouldn’t categorize it as born-again, but when you’re baptized outside the church and everything ... PGN: So has your being gay been a problem? BW: It’s been challenging at times for him and my stepmom. They’re great people. [Laughs] They’re not trying to send me somewhere to fix me. They’re trying to understand.

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PGN: I too was raised without much of a religious background. Apparently I was baptized, but no one remembers in what church. BW: Ha! I have a similar story. One of my best friends was getting married. She called me and said, “Is there any chance that you are Catholic?” I said I was baptized Episcopalian. My mom happened to be in town and she said, “Well, that’s actually not true.” I was like, “What do you mean?” And she said, “I think you were baptized Lutheran.” I asked her why and she said, “You know, I don’t remember.” I was thinking, Isn’t this something someone should know?

PGN: Apparently neither of our parents took it seriously. BW: Apparently not! So, I kept working on my book throughout school — the book was my thesis. I graduated in ’02 and began working as an adjunct professor at Rutgers, Temple and Drexel and was still waiting tables at the same time. I wanted to make PAGE 26

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Bucks Co. playwright’s award-winning comedy comes to Philly By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com The Philadelphia Theatre Company is presenting “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” the Tony Award-winning comedy by openly gay Bucks County playwright Christopher Durang, through April 20 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. The story follows the titular characters — siblings Vanya, who is gay, and his sister Sonia — who have never left the confines of their childhood home in Bucks County, while their sister, Masha, has been traveling the world as a successful movie star. A surprise visit from Masha and her young stud of a boyfriend, Spike, throws all of their lives into comedic and emotional chaos. Durang named the main characters based on characters from the stories of Anton Chekhov and used some of the famed author’s themes in the play. But he said one doesn’t have to be well-read in classic literature to appreciate the humor. “I did my best to write it and enjoy it without knowing

Chekhov. It’s about three siblings in their 50s and one is a movie star and she has a young boy toy, which is unusual for her because she’s been through five marriages. So this is a new thing for her to have a young man. None of that is connected to Chekhov,” Durang said. “Their parents were professors and they love Chekhov so they named their children using Chekhov names. So it was very hard for them in school because everyone made fun of their names. I was inspired by some of the themes of Chekhov but other than that, people will be able to enjoy it without knowing his work.” “The sensibility is absolutely 21st-century,” Kraig Swartz, who plays Vanya, added. “The humor is really irreverent. There might be one or two references to Chekhov that are even funnier if you know, but you don’t have to have read a Chekhov play to enjoy this play.” The character of Vanya, who is somewhat of a peacemaker between his other siblings for most of the play, has his world shaken up by the presence of Spike.

“Vanya is an openly gay man but he’s also a WASP and kind of emotionally shut down,” Swartz said. “He hasn’t had any opportunity for a long time to express that part of himself. He also from an American culture that is famous for not talking about their feelings. Of course there is this perfect specimen of a man walking around in his underwear for half the play. It’s disturbing and reawakening to Vanya. When you have built your life around repression and then someone shows up who won’t allow you to be repressed anymore, it’s very disconcerting and hilarity ensues.” Durang said his version of Vanya was inspired by people he has known in his own life. “My initial inspiration in writing this play was, I suddenly realized I was the age of the older Chekhov characters,” he said. “One of the other things that struck me is I crossed paths with someone I went to college with and he’s been married for many, many years. I learned that he came

THE CAST OF “VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE,” INCLUDING DEIRDRE MADIGAN (FROM LEFT), KIANNE MUSCHETT, KRAIG SWARTZ, CLARE O’MALLEY, GRACE GONGLEWSKI AND ALEX SHAW Photo: Mark Garvin out when he was 55 and his wife was very furious at him and his daughters were more forgiving. I remember thinking to myself that I felt lucky that I did not fight the fact that I was gay and not wait until I was 55.” ■

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From the ‘outside’ in, with queer Latina poet By Ray Simon PGN Contributor Denice Frohman could have rested on her laurels after winning the Women of the World Poetry Slam last March. Instead, the queer Latina poet redoubled her efforts, embarking on a nationwide spoken-word tour, “Sister Outsider,” and releasing her debut album, “Feels Like Home.” As Frohman prepares to defend her title, she acknowledges how important that victory was. “It was an honor, and it built a larger platform for my work to be presented and introduced me to a wider audience,” she said. This year’s lyrical battle runs from March 19-22 in Austin, Texas. Over the course of four days, 72 of America’s fiercest female spoken-word artists will be vying for Frohman’s crown. Frohman is no stranger to competition, though. A former college athlete, she even played pro basketball in Puerto Rico. To sharpen her focus, she used to get quiet before a big game, a habit that continues when she prepares for a stage performance. B u t t h a t ’s where the similarities end. According to Frohman, poetry is more demanding that sports. “With poetry I’m shedding my skin on stage,” she said. “There’s a level of vulnerability that playing basketball doesn’t have. I think that, in one way, there are lots of ways that you can’t compare them, that they’re different. Stretching myself and telling my story is a scary thing. It takes being brave.” That courage is evident in her poem “Dear Straight People.” It begins on a humorous note but eventually shifts its tone: “Dear Queer Young Girl,/I see you./You don’t want them to see you/so you change the pronouns in your love poems to ‘him’ instead of ‘her.’/ I used to do that.” Video of Frohman reading that poem at last year’s tournament was uploaded to YouTube, The Huffington Post and Upworthy, directing a torrent of traffic to her website. As a result, Frohman, who is also an activist and educator, was inundated with emails from youth around the globe. “I get messages almost every day from LGBT kids, questioning kids, from England to India to Israel, Australia, New Zealand, around the world, where kids are grappling

and they say the work inspired them to come out. And that’s an incredible thing.” Frohman’s interaction with young people isn’t limited to the virtual realm. Since last October, she and fellow poet Dominique Christina, who won the Women of the World Poetry title in 2012, have visited more than 35 college campuses as Sister Outsider. The duo, which takes its name from a well-known collection of essays by the poet and theorist Audre Lorde, uses spokenword, performance art and activism to initiate conversations about gender, identity and otherness among college students. “The work that we do is really about telling stories of marginalized identities in a way that speaks more to resistance and reclamation of ourselves than anything else,” said Frohman. “It’s the idea that you say we don’t belong, and we say we’ve always been here. That’s what Sister Outsider does.” To a certain extent, the pair shares a common vocabulary and their subject matter overlaps, but Frohman believes their differences are crucial. “Dominique is speaking from a black queer experience,” she said. “I am speaking from a Latina, multicultural queer experience. She’s speaking about sexual assault and survival; I am speaking about language and home.” Those topics are central to Frohman’s new album, “Feels Like Home,” released in December. Its 11 tracks blend spokenword and music. Frohman worked closely with producer Larry E. of Dà Chù, a local studio. Listeners will notice a pronounced Latin flavor, courtesy of Josh Robinson and Jeremy Dyen of Alô Brasil, a Philadelphia band that plays Brazilian music. Frohman took her time with the record, working hard to ensure that the music fit the lyrics and had an organic feel. “I wanted something that people would listen to on their way to work, that people would play to their students, that people would play while they were cooking, while they were having conversations,” she said. Perhaps the biggest surprise is “Can’t Let You Go,” a catchy, upbeat tune complete with handclaps and Frohman’s singing. “Folks have been kind of responding, ‘I did not know that you sang. I did not know that you wrote songs,’ but I do, and I wanted to introduce people to that,” she said. Of course, the best introduction is seeing Frohman perform live. Good thing she’s already planning next fall’s tour. To learn more about Frohman’s album and Sister Outsider’s upcoming appearances, visit www.denicefrohman.com. ■

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enough money to put a down payment on a house in the Graduate Hospital area, back when you still could afford to do so. Fortunately, since 2006 I have been fulltime at Temple. PGN: So you have your house now and a full-time job and a partner? BW: Yes, we actually met on Facebook! It sent me one of those “we recommend that you meet this person” type of messages. I saw his picture and thought, Yes, I should. We had a lot of mutual friends and we’ve been together for about three years. PGN: Something great about him? BW: Oh, there are so many great things. He’s a psychologist. He went to college in Connecticut and grad school in Virginia and has good groups of friends in different parts of the country. They’re all really cool people and we like to get together on weekends at someone’s house to eat and drink and have fun. We like to travel and there are lots of good times. PGN: Tell me about your Bible project? BW: Last January, I read the Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament, for the first time and blogged about it. I did it in part to create an author’s platform, which is the new thing to do for writers, as well as wanting to do something useful, and I also did it as a way to bridge knowledge gaps with my dad. I wanted to be able to talk about the Bible from a gay perspective. I put up about 140-150 posts that I’m compiling into a book. PGN: What was your overall impression? BW: That it’s a book that has been misused for so long for political reasons, that people who might get a lot out of it won’t touch it. And that’s a shame because there

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finger them 17. Home st. of Maupin 20. Ethiopia’s Selassie 21. “___ Got You Under You Under My Skin” 22. Sitarist Shankar 23. Cowboy actor Jack 26. Get off the breast 27. Stonewall Jackson and others 29. Like an A-List gay 30. Oddly shaped testicle? 32. Bridge bid, briefly 33. Transfer of computer info 34. Unrefined metals 35. “Is so!” rebuttal 38. Initial sound,

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are some really great stories of interesting people and strong women who, for no personal gain, put their lives on the line to make a difference. There’s value in that regardless of your religious beliefs. Don’t get me wrong, there are parts of the Bible that are really, really boring, but I liked it more than I thought I would. PGN: What did you find surprising? BW: The Old Testament was more violent and God was more bitter than I had expected. And society was really dirty, and I mean that literally. A lot of the rules in the Bible had to do with cleanliness; restrictions against eating shellfish were because they didn’t know how to clean things properly and if they didn’t put it down in writing people would die. People didn’t wash their hands or bathe and a lot of things that would really skeeve you out. PGN: Are you going to keep going? BW: Yes, I’m looking to continue the project with other religious-themed books to keep the conversation going. PGN: What do you do when you’re not huddled over a Bible? BW: I play shortstop on a team in the Philadelphia gay softball league. PGN: What was your worst accident? BW: I’m actually very accident-prone. I’m “that one” in my family. I was born cross-eyed so I had that fixed when I was 2, had my tonsils out when I was 5, I broke my nose in three places when I was in second grade and had to have it reconstructed, I lost my middle finger — my brother cut it off in the front door — and got it put back, I had a thumb accident and had to have that reconstructed, stitches upon stitches, you name it. Oh, I’ve been hit by two cars.

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PGN: I hope you had a good insurance plan! Unusual job? BW: I started working when I was in eighth grade at a comic-book and usedrecord store. Part of what is so great about my life is that I always seem to end up in atypical situations. At the comic bookstore, I worked for credit and I worked with all adults. They treated me as if I were an equal and we would go to movies and concerts and taught me a lot about music and films and collecting. When I was in high school I got to go see Metallica because one of our customers was good friends with them so we got to go backstage and hang out. That kind of thing happened a lot. It was a great adventure for a kid. PGN: Silliest thing you ever lied about? BW: Well, it was sort of a lie by omission. My parents split when I was in ninth grade. My dad moved to Orange County and my mother was dating someone who lived in Arizona, so my brother and I were frequently in the house alone. We were very responsible, or so they thought; in actuality we had a lot of parties. One night a friend of ours got a little too drunk and put his foot through an 8-by-5-wide window leading out to the patio. This was on a Friday and we took his credit card and called a glass installer. By the time my mother got home Monday we had it fixed. It was like something out of “Ferris Bueller.”

collected “Star Wars” and Transformers toys. I have three display cases for them. My partner won’t let them upstairs. I’m also a big Pearl Jam fan. They do original artwork for each concert so I have 40 framed prints in my office. PGN: Back to your blog, what did you get out of it and what do you hope people will take from your experience? BW: I found some people, mostly gay friends, wanted me to be more antagonistic and some religious people said that I chose the wrong way to read and interpret it. But coming from a literary background, you can only make an argument based on what you can support with the text. People want to pick and choose but it doesn’t work like that. And there’s a lot of stuff in the Bible that just doesn’t hold up. We don’t want to have Biblical law guiding our actions, for instance. I don’t think that if you are a woman and you are raped in the city you should be stoned, yet if you are raped in the country, where no one can hear you to save you, it’s OK. On the other hand, there’s a lot in there about just being a good person and rules and regulations to do so, especially in the New Testament. If you need to go to church for that, why not? From a literary standpoint, it was interesting to find out the origins of a lot of things, like the peace dove and the rainbow, which both come out of the Bible, and many of the sayings we use every day.

PGN: Celebrity crush? BW: I had a thing for Sean Astin from “The Goonies” when I was a kid. He still looks good! And Joe Glenn, former pitcher for the Phillies. [Goes off with a “Star Wars” theme.]

Find out more about Windhauser at http:// bibleprojectblog.com and www.bradwindhauser.com.

PGN: [Laughs.] Were/are you a geek? BW: Oh yes, “Star Wars,” comic books and music. I played the bass in college. I

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Open invitation to annual PATH Pride Games Every spring, the QPenn team puts together a week-long celebration of all stuff Q at Penn, culminating with the Penn Athletes and Allies Tackling Homophobia Pride Games on the closing Sunday. The games have been very popular over the years, with LGBTs and a large number of allies tossing eggs, running obstacle courses, guzzling fruit punch and doing push-ups and more for bragging rights. Now the word is out to include even more LGBT athletes from around the area, with organizers soliciting Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League and the Falcons Soccer Club directly, and now they want you! Form your own team of seven or more or just show up and cobble together a team with others. This is not limited to college-age players! Anyone can participate. The fun starts at noon on High Rise Field, which is near the west end of Locust Walk near 40th Street. The final competition of the day is always a crowd

FASTER THAN A SPEEDING SOFTBALL: Rick Joslin showed power and determination while swinging at the City of Brotherly Love Softball League Skills Day March 15 at Palumbo Park. About 45 potential new co-ed players and a dozen women’s league newbies showed up for a much more pleasant tryout than in 2013, as temps were in the 50s, compared to last year’s snow flurries. CBLSL recreational play begins April 13 in Fairmount Park, with Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes invited to do the honors of the ceremonial first pitch. Photo: Scott A. Drake

favorite: the drag race. Run across the field and put on lipstick, clothing articles, etc., run back and remove and the next team member does the same. Hilarity rules. Event registration is at facebook.com/ events/231432573709455/ and contact elianaya@sas.upenn.edu if you have any questions. Rain moves the event indoors to Hollenback Annex at 3000 South St. This is a really fun time that has long been one of my favorites to attend, participate in and shoot. (That is until last year when biking to it I crashed and broke my wrist. C’est la vie.) What a great opportunity to get out and play! Rolling in right circles Slough off the winter doldrums and get crazy with the Philly Roller Girls this spring. These wild women inaugurate the 2014 season home play with the PRG Cheeseskates battling Strong Island Derby Revolution from St. James, N.Y., at 11 a.m. March 30 at Millennium Skate World in Camden. Two weeks later, there’s a double-header starting at 5 p.m., April 12 at Class of 1923 Ice Rink just off the South Street Bridge in University City. By recent estimate, about 75 percent of all competing teams have lesbian or transgender members and, in Philadelphia, LT women comprise more than a quarter of all team members. Let’s go support our fellow athletes and hit the beer garden while we do it! Got kids? No problem. PRG is family-friendly. Children 5 and under are always free and children 6-12 are just $5 per double-header. You can get tickets beforehand at Crash Bang Boom, 528 S. Fourth St.; 12 Steps Down, 831 Christian St.; and The Abbaye, 637 N. Third St., or at the door the day of the event. Visit Phillyrollerderby.com. Short stops • GPFFL final skills day is 9 a.m.-1 p.m. March 22 at FDR Park and spring registration closes 5 p.m. that day. Draft day is March 23 and the Meet Your Team party is 7-9 p.m. March 28 at ICandy. • Gryphons RFC 2014 spring season home opener is March 22 at Pepper Middle School. • Falcons Soccer moves back outside to Edgely Fields mid-April for pick-up play 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays until dark. ■ Countdown to Gay Games 9: 140 days. Got a spring fling? Share it with everyone. Email scott@epgn.com.

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 03/21 Loft23 presents The Game Loft The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts a game space geared towards gamers, 21-29, and is an opportunity to meet new people, play games and socialize outside of the bar/club scene, 6-8 p.m., 1315 Spruce St.; 215732-2220. Experience Hendrix A tribute concert featuring an all-star lineup of guitarists including Buddy Guy, Zakk Wylde, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dweezil Zappa, Eric Johnson and more, 7:30 p.m. at

Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-5727650. Lynn Godfrey The Broadway actor and singer performs 8 p.m. at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888-5961027. Shocker The 1989 Wes Craven horror film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223. Stimulus: Second Annual Spring Fling The monthly LBGTQ party

gets spring fever 10 p.m.-2 a.m. at Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 St. James St.; 215-735-5772.

Sat. 03/22 Queer Writer’s Collective A free group workshop and discussion to develop unique queer voices via the written word, 3-5 p.m. at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215732-2220. Shut Up & Dance The dancers of Pennsylvania Ballet perform a benefit show for MANNA, 8-10 p.m. at Forrest Theatre, 1114 Walnut St.; 215923-1515. Goumba Johnny The comedian performs 8 p.m. at the

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Fri. 03/28 Christine Havrilla & Gypsy Fuzz The out singersongwriter and her backing band perform 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-9941400.

WANDA-LUST: Out comedian Wanda Sykes returns to the area with her unique and riotously funny take on life and current events, 8 p.m. March 27 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave. For more information or tickets, call 215572-7650.

Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888-5961027.

Sun. 03/23 The Silence of the Lambs The thriller starring Jodi Foster is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Gary Numan The new-wave/synthpop pioneer performs 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Mindless Self Indulgence The electro-rock band performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-9221011.

Mon. 03/24 Free Quizzo & Board Game Night Roll the dice 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Philly Rising Showcase Local artists perform 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

The Bazemore Gallery is excited to share our space and love of art with the community. Our gallery design is based on our intuitive perception of the ﬁve elements of feng shui. The art on our walls is food for the soul. We aim to sell our paintings to new and seasoned collectors, interior designers purchasing for their clientele and buyers for corporate collections.

American Hustle The Oscar-nominated comedy film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

The Bazemeore Gallery is a boutique art gallery. We are proud to be located in the historic section of Manayunk, Philadelphia.

Lipstick Mondays A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-8622081.

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Tue. 03/25 Goldfrapp: Tales of Us A film inspired by Goldfrapp’s latest album is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888.

Wed. 03/26 4W5 Blues Jam Local musicians get down 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

The Burlesque Show The new event kicks off 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215545-4511.

Kelly Rabke The Broadway star and cabaret singer performs 8 p.m. at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888-596-1027. Marc Silver Band The out singersongwriter performs with his band 8:30 p.m. at Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St.; 215928-0978.

Miss Fish 2014 The search for the Fishiest Drag Queen in Philadelphia, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. at Tabu Lounge, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

Thu. 03/27 Dream Theater The hard-rock band performs 8 p.m. at Tower Theatre, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby; 610-3522887. Upright Citizens Brigade Tour Co. An evening of improv comedy, 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Wanda Sykes The out comedian performs 8 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-572-7650.

THEY‘RE STARING AT US: “Tales of Us,” a new ﬁlm inspired by ethereal synthpop group Goldfrapp’s latest album of the same name, is screened 8 p.m. March 25 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St. For more information, call 215-922-6888.

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Opening Cirque du Soleil: Michael Jackson, The Immortal The circus-theater troupe celebrates the pop icon’s work March 25-26 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-3899543. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Playwright Christopher Durang’s awardwinning comedic work centering on Chekhov themes, with a gay element, March 27-April 10 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420.

Continuing Arsenic and Old Lace Walnut Street Theatre presents the classic dark comedy through April 27, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. In a Relationship: Art, Science & Medicine The James A. Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of works by Richard E. Goldberg, M.D., joined by works from renowned sports photographer Howard Schatz and stained-glass artist Kenneth Leap, through April 13, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800. Marc Newson: At Home Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of furnishings by the influential designer through April 20, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Michael Snow: Photo-Centric Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works from the experimental filmmaker through April 27, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

THRILLING!: “Cirque du Soleil” celebrates the music of the King of Pop with “Michael Jackson: The Immortal” March 25-26 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-389-9543.

Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism The James A. Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of works from the designer and craftsman through June 1, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800. The Phantom of the Opera The thrilling classic horror story runs through April 13 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847. That’s So Gay: Outing Early America The Library Company of Philadelphia presents the exhibition exploring gay culture through Oct. 17, 1314 Locust St.; 215-546-3181. Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910 Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition devoted to art of the celebrated Joseon dynasty through May 26, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Where Children Sleep The James A. Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of photographs by James Mollison through June 29, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800. Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Media Theatre presents a bachelorette party where four ladies reveal the details of their love lives through March 30, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100.

Closing Brahm’s First The Philadelphia Orchestra performs through March 22 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Live Cinema/Fiona Tan: Inventory Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a multi-projection installation inviting viewers to consider museum collections as well

FUZZY FRIDAY: Out singersongwriter Christine Havrilla and her backing band Gypsy Fuzz perform 8 p.m. March 28 at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del. For more information or tickets, call 302-9941400.

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as the human compulsion to capture the transience of time and lived experience, through March 23, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Miss Richfield 1981: Play With My Poodle The outrageous comedic performer returns to Philadelphia through March 22 at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St.; 215-923-0210. ■

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Worth Watching LIVING THE DREAM HOUSE: Renowned designer Nate Berkus hosts NBC’s new reality-competition series, “American Dream Builders,” showcasing the talents of the most accomplished designers and home builders in the country. Catch the premier, 8 p.m. March 23 on NBC.

GOOD TO THE LAST DROP: “Drop Dead Diva,” the supernatural drama/ comedy featuring comedian Margaret Cho, starts its final season 9 p.m. March 23 on Lifetime.

BROOKLYN NINENINE: Out character Capt. Holt (Andre Braugher) is reluctant to help Jake in the season finale of the cop comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” 9 p.m. March 25 on Fox. Photo: Fox/Eddy Chen

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS GAYS IN VEGAS : The adults are Vegas-bound on a new episode of “Modern Family,” where Cam ducks out of a spa day with Mitch to join their friend’s bachelor-party shenanigans, 9 p.m. March 26 on ABC. Photo: ABC/Ronda Churchill

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12-step programs and support groups Al-Anon

■

Pennsylvania Al-Anon Alateen Family Groups: Events, meeting times and locations at pa-al-anon.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

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

Mondays at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce streets. ■ Community meets 8 p.m. Thursdays at Holy Communion Church, 2111 Sansom St. Gay and lesbian, but all are welcome. ■ 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. ■ Living Sober meets 8:30 p.m. Saturdays at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220. ■ No Other Way Out meets 11 a.m. Sundays at William Way. ■ Night Owl meets 11:30 p.m. daily at the William Way. ■ Sober and Gay meets 8:30 p.m. SundayFriday at William Way. ■ 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)

■ Meets 7 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday,

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

Mental-Health Support

■ 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.; 215-627-0424. ■ 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.

HIV/AIDS Mondays: ■ Positive Brothers, a self-help, support and empowerment group for sexualminority men of color with HIV/AIDS meets 6-8 p.m. at 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-851-1975. Tuesdays: ■ 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; 215-7693561; bebashi.org. ■ Encuentros, a group for HIV-negative Latino men who have sex with men, meets 6 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at 1201 Locust St.; 215-9853382. ■ 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. ■ A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Mazzoni Center, 21 S. 12th St.;

215-563-0652 ext. 235. Wednesdays: ■ 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: ■ A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope; 215-769-3561. ■ Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for those infected or affected, meets from 7-9 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St.; 215-848-4380, azaklad@craftech.com. Saturdays: ■ AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth support group meets during the school year at varying times and locations; 800-810-6776.

Debtors Anonymous

■ Meets 7-8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at

the William Way Center.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

■ Open meetings 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 7

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

S.A.R.A.

■ Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment, day

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

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

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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.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221 ■ 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 ■ The COLOURS Organization, Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison: Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-6869980, helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

■ Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies 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

of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833

■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org

■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 1-877-pride-2000

■ GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization: 215-8511822 ■ LGBT Elder Initiative: 267-5463448; info@LGBTEI.org ■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; ■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Parents, Families and Friends

■ 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: 215875-9288 ■ 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)

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

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

Health

Alder Health Services provides LGBT health services on a sliding-fee scale; 100 N. Cameron St., Ste. 301 East, Harrisburg; 717-233-7190 or 800-867-1550; www. alderhealth.org. Congreso de Latinos Unidos provides anonymous, free HIV testing with Spanish/ English counselors, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 3439 N. Hutchinson St.; 215-763-8870 ext. 6000. HIV treatment: Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents available 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1803. HIV health insurance help: Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available at 13-19 MacDade Blvd., Suite 109, Collingdale, N.J., no appointment needed; 610-586-9077. Philadelphia FIGHT provides HIV primary care, on-site lab services, clinical trials, case management, mental-health services and support groups for people living with HIV regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, 1233 Locust St., fifth floor; 215-985-4448, www.fight.org.

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.; 215763-8870. 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

■ 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 businesses and professionals; 215557-0190, www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com.

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. Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm. Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups ■ 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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