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Accused killer of trans woman continues to seek freedom By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

SHOWING HIS PRIDE: Philly Pride Presents’ Chuck Volz and Franny Price gave Gov. Tom Wolf a Pride pin Sunday at the Keystone Pride Conference in Harrisburg. The governor thanked the approximately 50 attendees at the annual gathering of Pride coordinators for their contributions to the local and state economies. After a few remarks, he walked around the room shaking hands and taking photos. For more coverage, see page 8. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Charles N. Sargent, accused of the gruesome slashing death of trans woman Diamond Williams, continues to seek his freedom. Sargent, 46, allegedly stabbed to death Williams in July 2013, after a sexual encounter. Sargent claims Williams demanded payment for oral sex, which Sargent refused to pay. According to Sargent, Williams became violent and he stabbed her to death in self-defense. Later, he dismembered Williams’ corpse with an ax and deposited her body parts in a nearby vacant lot in Strawberry Mansion. He’s accused of murder, abuse of a corpse and related offenses. According to published reports, Sargent had prior violent encounters with trans women in Philadelphia. But the alleged encounters weren’t reported until after Williams’ death.

Hearing delayed for two accused in Maya Young murder The woman and man accused of murder in the fatal stabbing of transgender woman Maya Young will face preliminary hearings May 3, after a hearing slated for March 23 was continued. Tiffany Floyd, 24, and Jose Pena, 19, both face charges of murder and conspiracy. They have been denied bail. Floyd remains in custody in Riverside Correctional Facility while Pena is in Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. He was moved from Summit Academy, a juvenile facility. Police charged Floyd and Pena in relation to the Feb. 20 fatal stabbing of Young in Frankford. Around 11:50 p.m. on that date, police responded to reports of a stabbing near 4900 Griscom St. When officers arrived, they found Young suffering several stab wounds to the neck and chest. They transported her to Aria Health Frankford, where officials pronounced her dead. n — Paige Cooperstein

Last month, Sargent filed a petition with the court, seeking his freedom. The petition is entitled “Justification Summary to Exonerate My Burden.” The petition indicates that Sargent continues to believe his actions were justified, and that he should be released from incarceration. The petition also cites numerous biblical passages, and claims to be sealed with the “holy spirit.” In prior filings, Sargent asked to be released on the basis that he’s been denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. A recurring theme in Sargent’s filings is that his actions with respect to Williams were justified under the circumstances. In one filing, Sargent indicated he’d like to speak with Williams if such an opportunity could be possible. As of presstime, Sargent’s request for freedom remained pending with Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Lillian H. Ransom. PAGE 16 In December, Ransom

Police seek entry into LGBT residence By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

BINGO BUDS: Keith Ockimey (from left), Kurt Douglass and Kevin Cotten were all smiles at AIDSFund’s annual Black Tie GayBINGO! March 19 at Loews Philadelphia Hotel. The event drew 270 guests and raised $50,000 for the agency, which disperses funding to HIV/AIDS organizations in the region. The event featured a silent auction, Bingo games, awards presentation, dinner and dancing. The next GayBINGO! is an 80s-themed event March 26 at Gershman Y. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Two members of an LGBT household have filed complaints against Philadelphia police after several officers attempted to gain entry into their residence without a search warrant. On March 18, Zena McDonnell and Angel Young filed complaints at the 16th Police District, which covers West Philadelphia. The incident occurred at 7 p.m. March 15 at their residence on the 4000 block of Haverford Avenue in Powelton. Multiple police officers attempted to gain entry, and shined spotlights into several windows on the first and second floors of the residence, according to McDonnell. McDonnell, 34, said she repeatedly refused the officers’ demands to gain entry, explaining to them that they didn’t have a search warrant signed by a judge. After about 30 minutes, the officers left. The PAGE 20 incident left residents

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PA Supreme Court to review SEPTA case Challenges to Sims’ By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com The state Supreme Court this week agreed to review a lower-court ruling exempting SEPTA from the city’s LGBTinclusive antibias rules. SEPTA is the region’s mass-transit system, serving more than 650,000 riders daily in Philadelphia, four surrounding counties and parts of New Jersey and Delaware. In August, Commonwealth Court issued a controversial ruling, allowing SEPTA to avoid compliance with the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance on the basis that SEPTA is a state agency. But the city asked the state Supreme Court to review the ruling and, on March 15, the court agreed to do so. Justice J. Michael Eakin, who recently resigned from the court due to his role in the “Porngate” scandal, didn’t participate in the decision. If SEPTA is exempted from local antibias rules, many LGBT riders and employees of SEPTA will lose important antibias protections, according to the city. The state Supreme Court said it will consider this specific question: “Did the General Assembly, when it gave Philadelphia general police powers as expansive as those of the General Assembly and specific authority to enact local anti-discrimination laws, intend to exempt SEPTA from compliance with those laws, when the consequence of compliance would not materially disrupt SEPTA’s core transportation function and the consequence of non-compliance would leave hundreds of thousands of Philadelphia passengers and employees without a remedy against many forms of discrimination?” The highly contentious litigation began in 2009, after trans woman Charlene Arcila complained to the city’s Human Relations

Commission about SEPTA’s placement of gender stickers on transpasses. Arcila died in April, and SEPTA no longer places gender stickers on transpasses. But Arcila’s complaint remains held in abeyance, due to the possibility that monetary damages will be awarded to her estate. After antibias complaints by Arcila and others against SEPTA, the transit agency filed suit in 2009, challenging the authority of the HRC, which enforces the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance. That law bans discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and other categories in employment, housing and public accommodations. A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge found in HRC’s favor, but SEPTA appealed to Commonwealth Court. In August, Commonwealth Court ruled that exposing SEPTA to complaints such as Arcila’s would be unduly burdensome on the transit agency. But the city contends it’s an urgent civil-rights issue for SEPTA to comply with the city’s LGBT-inclusive antibias rules. In a recent filing, SEPTA refutes the city’s position, referring to it as “hysterical.” “The city’s hysterical rhetoric about the dire consequences that will supposedly befall the residents of Philadelphia if this court does not [reverse the lower court] bears no basis in reality,” the filing states. Six years of litigation is long enough, it continued. “Stated plainly, after six years of litigation, it is time for this saga to come to an end. Accordingly, SEPTA respectfully requests that the [city’s] petition be denied,” SEPTA states. The filing also notes that SEPTA hasn’t been subjected to the city’s antibias rules for six years, and “catastrophic consequences” haven’t resulted. “[T]he city has managed to carry on

for the last six years, apparently without the supposedly catastrophic consequences envisioned by the [city], while the status of SEPTA’s coverage under the Fair Practices Ordinance has been in limbo,” the filing adds. “It stands to reason that if the consequences of exempting SEPTA from the Fair Practices Ordinance were as ominous as the [city] predicts, the General Assembly would have stepped in long ago to broaden the scope of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.” Additionally, the filing states that SEPTA isn’t opposed to expanding the state’s Human Relations Act so that it protects the LGBT community from discrimination. “As SEPTA has repeatedly stated, it takes no public position on the policy question of whether the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act should be expanded to include protection against categories not currently included. SEPTA also reiterates that it has no desire to engage in discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Rather, SEPTA opposes application of the Fair Practices Ordinance against it for the precise reasons that the Commonwealth Court found compelling in its analysis of the consequences.” In a March 18 email, Patrick M. Northen, an attorney for SEPTA, said: “SEPTA has no further comment at this time.” Rue Landau, HRC’s executive director, said she’s “thrilled” the court will review the case. “As the agency charged with protecting the civil rights of residents, employees and visitors of Philadelphia, we think it’s a very important issue,” Landau said. “And we’re optimistic the court will agree that SEPTA should abide by Philadelphia’s nondiscrimination laws. After riding the long and twisted road to justice, Philadelphia may finally see some relief.” n

LGBT groups to participate in 85th Easter Promenade By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com It might not be obvious to the casual observer, but LGBT leaders and organizations have played a crucial part in the Philadelphia Easter Promenade in its 85-year history. “Are they carrying rainbow flags? No. But they’re still having fun and being as gay as they can be,” said Henri David, who has marched at the head of the promenade since 1981. He also throws the annual Halloween Ball, a popular masquerade for the LGBT community. This year’s promenade steps off at 12:30 p.m at Fifth and South streets. The promenade ends about 45 minutes later down South Street. It’s free to attend and includes candy for the kids. Activities will continue at a stage at Second and Lombard streets

until 2 p.m. Franny Price, founder of Philly Pride Presents, which stages the annual Pride and OutFest events, has organized the promenade for several years. She enlisted volunteers from The Attic Youth Center four years ago to dress up as rabbits and perform the bunny hop dance. Alyssa Mutryn, director of development for The Attic, said about seven youth will participate this year. “It’s fun for our youth,” Mutryn said. She noted they don’t carry a banner for the organization, but they like to engage the kids on the street for the holiday and the start of spring. The Philadelphia Freedom Band also joined the lineup a few years ago. “All down South Street, we encourage people to join us in the bunny hop,” David said. “I do everything I can to keep it open and wild and fun.”

This year, there is a new competition to award the person who has the best-decorated bicycle. The competition also awards prizes for best-dressed girls and boys in various age groups, best-dressed woman and man, best-dressed family and pet, best Easter bonnet and best South Street Razzle Dazzle. Philadelphia City Councilman Mark Squilla, who represents the First District, including the Gayborhood, will serve as one of the celebrity judges. Specials for Easter brunch will be offered at the following restaurants in the neighborhood: Bridget Foy’s, Ela, Me N Mo Meatballs and More and Twisted Tail. Regular menus will be available at Brauhaus Schmitz and Pizzeria Stella. For more information on the promenade, visit www.southstreet.com or call 215-4133713. n

petitions dropped before hearing By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

Two separate challenges to state Rep. Brian Sims’ nominating petitions were withdrawn this week, the day before a scheduled hearing. Challenges were filed last month by Walter Spencer and Sunanda Ghosh and another by Michael T. Connor and Andrew Allison, who sought to question the validity of the nearly 600 voter signatures Sims submitted in support of his placement on the ballot next month. Candidates are required to submit 300 signatures from district residents. It is common that challengers will call into question a candidate’s petitions as a means to have him or her removed from the ballot. A judge had scheduled a hearing on the challenges March 23, but the filings were withdrawn the day before. A call to Sims’ office was not immediately returned. Sims has represented the 182nd District, which includes the Gayborhood, since 2012, when he became the state’s first openly LGBT elected state lawmaker. He is being challenged in the April 26 Democratic primary by Ben Waxman, Lou Lanni and Marni Snyder. Snyder’s nominating petitions were also challenged, but a judge this week rejected that challenge. In addition to running for re-election for his state seat, Sims had also filed to run against incumbent Congressman Chaka Fattah, but dropped out of that race last month. n

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16 ROOKIE ROSTER: City of Brotherly Love Softball League newbies showed off their batting, running and fielding chops at the league’s annual Skills Day March 19 at Palumbo Field. League organizers scouted new players to finalize this year’s roster of teams. After the event, CBLSL members and supporters hit up the Gayborhood for a St. Patrick’s Day-themed pub crawl. Season play will begin April 17. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Married by the mayor: Kenney’s first time officiating wedding is for same-sex couple By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com It was supposed to be a simple ceremony with two witnesses, but quickly turned into rows of people filling the Mayor’s Reception Room in City Hall. Surrounded by gilt-framed portraits of Philadelphia’s leaders, Rob Saxon and Blair Weikert married each other March 15 after nine years together. Sue Daugherty, CEO of the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, and her partner, Meg Paszko, stood as friends of the couple. Mayor Jim Kenney officiated the ceremony in his first time performing the duty as mayor. Twenty of his staffers joined the festivities. “It was nice to be a part of the beginning of their new life together,” Kenney told PGN. “The fact that they’re now officially married in the eyes of the commonwealth is a strong verification of the dignity of all people.” Saxon met Kenney on volunteer projects in the city and said Kenney’s longtime advocacy for LGBT rights made him and Weikert choose the mayor to marry them. In 2013 while serving as a city councilman, Kenney introduced a comprehensive LGBT-rights bill that called for gender-inclusive bathrooms in new construction on city buildings and transgender-health tax credits. “We love Philadelphia,” Saxon emailed PGN from the honeymoon Caribbean

cruise that he and Weikert embarked on after the ceremony. “What would be better than having Mayor Kenney officiate?” Saxon, director of external affairs at MANNA, said everyone hugged him and his spouse after the ceremony. “It was very special,” he wrote. “It made it even more memorable.” Saxon said he and Weikert, an infectious-disease doctor affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, were initially on the fence about getting married. They thought it wouldn’t change their daily lives as a committed couple. “But we felt we needed to legally be married to protect our rights and to be recognized,” Saxon wrote. “Honestly, I never thought I would see the day when gay marriage would be a reality and recognized by the state,” he wrote. “It seemed to happen fast, but in reality has been a long fight by so many that have come before us…We are reaping the rewards of their fortitude and determination to achieve equality.” Kenney said he didn’t have a plan to marry any specific couple for his first time officiating a wedding as mayor, but noted, “I was proud to do it.” He confessed he felt a little nervous. “I wanted to make sure I didn’t mess up, spoke at the right cadence and didn’t trip over any words. I think I managed it all right. “It was just nice to experience other people’s happiness,” Kenney said. n

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Wide array of priorities post-marriage for LGBT community By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com

fighting hard for gay marriage were kind of stepping on the rights of trans women, and trans women of color, so that they could As the only activist on a five-person advance marriage.” panel to discuss movement priorities in the Gonzales suggested a peer outreach prowake of marriage equality, Elicia Gonzales gram run by queer youth for queer youth, kept her talk locally focused on homeless- improved support systems in short-term ness among LGBT youth. She said some shelters for queer youth and sensitivity youth told her they’d rather engage in sex training for veterans of the police force, not work for survival than face discrimination just new cadets. Four other academics and 20 audience in shelters or foster care. “It’s a really complex issue when you’re members joined the 90-minute discussion talking about gay marriage as a success called “After Obergefell: What’s Next for the LGBTQ when that sucM o v e m e n t ,” cess comes on held March the backs of 22 by Gender, people who Sexuality and are still disWo m e n ’s proportionStudies at the ately impacted University of by poverty Pennsylvania. and injustice It yielded no to this day,” fewer than a said Gonzales, dozen sugformer execgested prioriutive director ties with recurof GALAEI: A rences around Queer Latin@ the ideas of Social Justice Organization. SERENA MAYERI (FROM LEFT), LISA DUGGAN, building alli“There was CRAIG KONNOTH, GARY MUCCIARONI AND ances with other some time that ELICIA GONZALES AT THE MARCH 22 PANEL social-justice and people who DISCUSSION ON LGBT PRIORITIES POST- groups for were really MARRIAGE EQUALITY Photo: Paige Cooperstein pushing

LGBT rights internationally. The other speakers included Craig Konnoth from the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Gary Mucciaroni, interim chair of political science at Temple University; and Lisa Duggan, associate professor of history and American studies at New York University. Serena Mayeri, professor of law and history at Penn, moderated the discussion. Duggan shared Gonzales’ complex view of marriage equality. She said it did not seem like the issue most worth fighting for because it does not impact the whole community. There are LGBT people who don’t want to marry, she said. “Many of us would’ve preferred a ruling more explicitly based on principals of, say, sex discrimination, sexual-orientation discrimination or even sexual freedom,” Duggan said, “and a ruling that would’ve applied more obviously to discrimination against LGBTQ Americans in areas beyond marriage.” Responding to a question about legal benefits for polyamorous relationships, she added: “Why did any of us ever ask the state to recognize our love and sexual practice? “What we need recognition for is material relations,” Duggan added, ticking off recognition for child dependency on parents, people with economic relationships in a shared household and next-of-kin medical

access. “You should be asking for the economic system and the tax system to recognize the interdependencies we have,” she continued. “The inclusive thing is to say it doesn’t matter about your identity or your sex or your love. It matters who you own a house with, who you have children with, and those might all be different people.” Mucciaroni said it made sense to pursue marriage equality. Among other things, it worked symbolically to disavow discrimination. “The state is the community,” he said. Konnoth focused on the future of litigating for LGBT rights. In what he called the “affirmative posture,” Konnoth said it bodes well that organizations like Lambda Legal have begun filing amicus briefs in court cases regarding the Affordable Care Act, immigration and racial justice. The broad social-justice work engenders allies, he said. It also avoids a single-issue focus that can stagnate a movement. He added work would be needed to secure affordability of HIV drugs and Medicaid coverage for gender-confirmation surgery. Konnoth said matters requiring a “defensive posture” include pushing back against those who would like to interpret the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act to mean people can discriminate against LGBT folks because of a religious belief. n

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DOJ seeks dismissal of inmate’s lawsuit By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

in his pleadings without offering facts to support them. “[P]laintiffs must plead non-conclusory The U.S. Department of Justice wants facts sufficient to allow the court to draw a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit of the reasonable inference that the defendant Kenneth J. Houck, an openly gay fed- engaged in the alleged misconduct,” the DOJ eral inmate who was severely injured in noted. The DOJ acknowledges that Houck is Philadelphia four years ago. In 2011, Houck was reading an LGBT acting as his own attorney, thus he should novel at the Federal Detention Center in be given some leniency regarding his pleadCenter City when two other inmates brutally ings. But the filing emphasizes that Houck’s assaulted him. As a result, Houck’s right pleadings fail to demonstrate that any of his leg was fractured in multiple places and he constitutional rights have been violated. underwent numerous surgeries to prevent its Regarding Houck’s claim that the BOP failed to provide adequate medical treatment amputation. Houck continues to walk with a limp and for him, the filing states: “A mere differhe’s in constant pain and discomfort, accord- ence of opinion between medical staff and the inmate as to appropriing to court papers. ate treatment is not enough The incident occurred Last year, Houck to show deliberate indiffershortly after Houck ence.” requested extra security filed suit against Houck also alleges that because fellow inmates the federal prison officials retaliated allegedly threatened him. But officials failed to pro- Bureau of Prisons, against him after he filed complaints vide the requested security, seeking $1.8 mil- administrative by refusing to transfer him according to Houck. to a facility closer to his rel Last year, Houck filed suit lion in damages. atives on the East Coast. against the federal Bureau of Prisons, seeking $1.8 million in damages. He But the DOJ’s filing argues that Houck alleges negligence, deliberate indifference, failed to show that the denial of his transfer cruel and unusual punishment and other mis- request was due to retaliation. Additionally, the DOJ argues that Houck’s conduct on the part of prison officials. But earlier this month, attorneys for the claim of medical negligence must be disU.S. Department of Justice asked U.S. missed because he failed to obtain a “certifiMagistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya to cate of review” from a licensed professional dismiss Houck’s lawsuit. The 22-page filing to support his claim. argues that Houck’s claims lack merit. It also As of presstime, Tafoya hadn’t ruled on suggests that Houck failed to support his the DOJ’s request to dismiss Houck’s lawsuit. claims with relevant facts. “[A]bsent factual enhancements, allega- In 2011, Houck, 40, pleaded guilty to tions of improper conduct are not entitled to one count of transporting child pornography. He’s incarcerated at a federal prison in the presumption of truth,” the filing states. The filing goes on to note that Houck Marion, Ill. Houck’s scheduled release date shouldn’t be permitted to draw conclusions is June 11, 2018. n

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Keystone Pride Conference connects organizers By Scott A. Drake scott@epgn.com Overcast skies and a bleak snow/rain mix forecast for the astronomical first day of spring weren’t enough to keep dozens of Pride organizers from trekking to the Pennsylvania state capitol for a day-long round table. The Keystone Pride Conference was held in a Capitol conference room, secured by out state Rep. Brian Sims, and it was apparent early on that the group had outgrown the facilities just in its second year — with the number of attendees jumping from 14 to 50. Philly Pride Presents senior advisor Chuck Volz kicked the day off with a welcoming statement and asked all participants to give their name, group and any special information about their organization’s plans. Through a series of round-table discussions, the participants talked about volunteers, entertainment, trans inclusion and youth participation while sharing experiences and offering tips to the newcomers. There was a very spirited exchange on youth and communicating with them through various traditional and newer social-media means both for youth attendance and involvement. A sidebar regarding usage of terms, such as LGBT versus LGBTQIA or LGBTQ+, echoed other conversations regarding inclusion. Several organizations are introducing

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new or special events for this year. Central Pride in Harrisburg is starting a Pride brunch. Reading Pride is adding a drag Bingo to its 10th-anniversary event this July. NWPA Pride in Erie is having a Pride picnic in June and a Pride Fest in August. Rowan University students are working with PRISM to coordinate an entire week of on- and off-campus events. Just two weeks ago, Rowan announced a new preferred-name policy as part of the university standards. Besides out-of-state participant Rowan, South Jersey Pride and Staten Island Pride augmented groups from across Pennsylvania. Representatives from Philadelphia, New Hope, Harrisburg, Erie, Reading and Northeast Pennsylvania were in attendance. Two newcomers are hosting their first Pride celebrations this year: Delaware County, led by Rachel Stephenson, and Schuylkill County, which is being planned by Matthew Hansley. Hansley said that much of the information on litigation, organization and planning were valuable, but most of all, he regarded the sharing of volunteer coordination as the jewel of the event. “I learned so much today about recruiting and keeping volunteers,” Hansley said. “They’re so important to have an event like we’re planning. There were so many great ideas brought up.”

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The Schuylkill County event is tentatively slated for the third weekend in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day. At present, anyone from that area who wants to attend must travel to Reading, Harrisburg, Lancaster or the Northeast Prides. Conversations are in progress to hold the first event at the Schuylkill Mall in Frackville. “We hope to have more than just a get-together to have fun,” said Hansley. “We hope it will be an informational and a whole community event where we can educate others about the diverse people in our

county.” Stevenson from Phoenixville called the conference “a fantastic day of collaboration.” The first Chester County Pride will be held noon-5 p.m. June 4 at Reeves Park in Phoenixville. Conference organizers are currently soliciting thoughts on the event through a questionnaire, which will be used by the Keystone group for potential future gatherings, meeting location ideas and content suggestions. Email keystoneLGBT@aol. com for additional information about this and other events. n

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Memories, music of ‘Dr. Henry Anonymous’ brought back to life By Ray Simon PGN Contributor The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will examine the role of music and religion in the life of Dr. John Fryer, an important local gay-rights activist, in a program called “The (Musical) Spark in My Life.” The program, part of an ongoing series called “Memories and Melodies,” takes place March 31 at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St. It begins at 6:30 p.m.; admission is $15 for nonmembers.

DR. JOHN FRYER (LEFT) Photo: Courtesy of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Fryer was instrumental in prompting the American Psychiatric Association to stop classifying homosexuality as a mental illness, but he also had a lifelong passion for sacred music. This event includes a conversation between Rebecca T. Alpert, a professor of religion at Temple University who knew Fryer, and Ain Gordon, an artist-in-residence at HSP. Gordon is writing a play inspired by Fryer’s papers, which are part of the HSP collection. In addition, members of the Arch Street United Methodist Church Choir will perform and Dr. Bruce Dorsey, a professor of history at Swarthmore College, will receive an award from the LGBT Religious Archives Network. Fryer, who died in 2003, is primarily remembered for a courageous speech he gave at the 1972 convention of the APA. At that time, the APA considered homosexuality a mental disorder. For a panel discussion, Fryer donned a mask and electronically altered his voice to appear as “Dr. Henry Anonymous.” Taking the microphone, he announced, “I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist. I, like most of you in this room, am a member of the APA, and am proud of that membership.” The audience was spellbound. The majority of Fryer’s colleagues were not used to hearing homosexuals, including their peers, speak openly and confidently about their sexual identity. “The fact that John had to put that paper bag over his head says everything about what the world was like in 1972 for gay people,” said Alpert, who is an LGBT scholar. The effect of Fryer’s speech was galva-

nizing. Roughly one year later, the APA removed homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The implications were momentous. “It really literally changed our world,” Alpert said. The effect of that change, she continued, enabled “people like me and other gay people who were alive at the time to think, Yes, I am not diagnosable. I am a human being. And this is not a psychiatric condition; it’s a human condition.” After appearing as “Dr. Anonymous,” Fryer went on to have a long and distinguished career as a psychiatrist at Temple University and in private practice. He also helped found the Philadelphia AIDS Task Force. But there was far more to Fryer than just his work. As the longtime organist and choirmaster at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Germantown, he had a positive influence among his fellow believers, especially from the late 1960s through the 1970s. That was a contested time for religious organizations, according to Alpert, who is also a rabbi. The church, like society at large, was undergoing major changes. Even liberal denominations were not as welcoming to women, people of color or LGBT people as one would hope. However, Alpert noted, it is also important to recognize that our contemporary perceptions don’t quite match the historical reality. “There wasn’t really this cultural assumption we have that the church and the synagogue, that religious organizations, were really antigay,” she said. “John’s life really disproves that in a lot of ways.” In fact, Fryer’s faith and the community he found at St. Peter’s were vital to him. It is no surprise, therefore, to learn that he tried to improve his church in much the same way that he tried to reform the APA. And he was largely successful. “John was a major force in the local church to get them to realize that they had to change their patterns and practices and open up more to people who were different,” Alpert said. Fryer’s influence continues to be felt today. His papers, which were donated to HSP by his sister, are available to visitors, scholars and artists, like Alpert’s interlocutor, Gordon. An Obie Award-winning playwright, Gordon is currently involved in a two-year project at HSP called “An Artist Embedded,” which explores the intersection of history and fiction. Inspired by Fryer’s collected papers, Gordon has been working on a new play called the “217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous,” which is scheduled to premiere in May at the Painted Bride Art Center. On this evening, the playwright will treat attendees to a brief preview. All in all, it’s a fitting tribute to Fryer, a man of integrity who improved the lives of untold numbers of people. n To learn more about “The (Musical) Spark in My Life,” visit www.hsp.org/calendar.

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Homegrown threat The latest ISIS terrorist attack not only struck fear in Europeans, but also in many Americans — as it illustrated what’s really at stake in our presidential election. The international community is dealing with the constant threat of terrorist attacks like the heinous act we saw in Belgium this week. Yet, one of the leading contenders to run this country, Donald Trump, doesn’t even know that Belgium is a country. In his remarks on Tuesday’s attack, Trump referred to Belgium as a city — a statement most fifth-graders would know is incorrect. Apart from demonstrating a serious lack of basic geography skills, Trump also fell back on his tried and true method of flinging insults as a means of proposing a resolution. He tore the “city” of Belgium, saying it is a “horror show” that has been infiltrated by terrorists. To curb that epidemic, Trump proposed increasing the threshold for torturing suspected terrorists, praising the power of waterboarding and said, if it were up to him, he’d sanction “a lot more” than waterboarding. It’s the same empty rhetoric Trump invoked to play upon Americans’ fears. He knows many in the country are racist, so his solution is to build a wall to block Mexican immigrants. He knows many in the country associate the Muslim faith with terrorism, so his solution is to ban all people who identify as Muslims. Now, he knows many in the country want to see ISIS terrorists stopped in their tracks, so his solution is to throw laws to the wind. But that’s a wholly self-serving proposal, as Trump is trying to promote the imagery of himself singlehandedly stamping out aspiring terrorists, playing into Americans’ fear for his own political gain. Apart from Trump’s overt racism, homophobia, xenophobia, sexism and the many other -isms he’s exhibited through this campaign, his sheer lack of foreign-policy experience and knowledge should alone be enough to steer voters away. This is a candidate who touts a foreign-policy advising team that includes a 2009 college graduate whose foreign-policy background includes a stint on his school’s Model United Nations team. The stakes are high for our country right now. At the least, let’s elect someone who could pass fifth-grade social studies. n

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A recent episode of “This American in the midLife” featured a gay teenager who was dle of his totally gay for Donald Trump. This kid’s sentences, parents were totally opposed to him much like being gay and he cited his number-one how a space issue as being marriage equality. He heater autobelieved wholeheartedly that Trump sup- matically ported marriage equality (he doesn’t). turns off if it And even after being confronted with gets tipped evidence that Trump has opinions to over. While the contrary, the kid basically said that this might Trump pretends to be antigay to score keep his points with conservatives, but that he brain from doesn’t really feel that way. catching on And maybe that’s true. But, as John fire, it also prevents him from making Oliver pointed out about Trump’s racism, any sense. he’s either racist or pretending to be — To be clear, Trump has never come out and after a while there isn’t any differin support of marriage equality. In fact, ence. The same goes for whether or not Trump has very recently asserted that if Trump is hostile to gays. You can only he were elected, he would appoint conpretend to be antigay for so long before servative Supreme Court justices with you’re antigay. the goal to overturn Obergefell, a point So why is there so much confusion he alluded to in the same press conferabout where Trump stands on issues of ence. LGBT equality? “Today I was thinking, for the first Well, for one thing, the contenders time really thinking about this. We lost for the GOP nomination are basically a great man,” he said of Supreme Court an anti-Pride parade. Justice Antonin Scalia, Especially Ted Cruz, who died on Feb. In all seriousness, I who can make any13. “He needs to be body standing next replaced, and you can honestly think that to him look like a only replace him with Trump’s brain kind rainbow flag-waving somebody truly great.” PFLAG member. Really? Trump had of resets itself in the never But there’s also really thought middle of his senthe fact that Trump about the implications doesn’t seem to be in Scalia’s replacetences, much like how of any hurry to quell the ment before? I doubt confusion. a space heater auto- it, but if true then During a March it’s further proof that matically turns off if 5 press conferTrump has no business ence, reporter David being president. Also it gets tipped over. Martosko asked Trump note that Trump says to clarify his stance on While this might keep nothing specific about marriage equality and his brain from catch- who he would like to Obergefell v. Hodges, see replace the notorithe Supreme Court ruling on fire, it also ously antigay Scalia, ing legalizing marriage prevents him from except that they be equality. “truly great.” And Trump wouldn’t making any sense. If you think that do it. Trump is LGBT “Well, I’ve made it very strong. We friendly, then I have some Trump Steaks have policy on it, and I’ve said it very, to sell you. Lesbian and gay rights have very strongly, and I think you know it,” come so far (still a lot of work to do Trump responded to Martosko. “And it’s when it comes to transgender rights), so all done and, you know, how many times fast. We can’t risk decades of advancedo I have to say it? It’s like, as an examment on the wink-and-a-nudge evasiveple, what is my position on 900 different ness of a megalomaniac. n things? I’ve said it 150 times. We’re not D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay here for discussing that. But everybody since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and knows how I feel on it.” Well, thank the Lord that’s cleared up. poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking It’s exactly his position on 900 different on the creeps of the world, she reviews things. Everybody knows! The end! rock and roll shows in Detroit with her In all seriousness, I honestly think twin sister and teaches writing at the that Trump’s brain kind of resets itself University of Michigan.

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Moving forward, looking back Jason and I went to a heterosexual wedand our rights as an island — and leave the ding last weekend. (I wonder if heterorest of the world far from our minds. sexuals say, “I went to a gay wedding last How far we have come in such a short weekend”?) Anyway, it was the first one time. My mind recalls that Thomas we’ve been to since our own wedding. We Jefferson, upon discovering that an offiwere honored to be asked to be a part of cer was caught committing “buggery” the ceremony itself; we got the with a common soldier at opportunity to watch the faces of Valley Forge, wrote George our friends, Jesse and Mark, as Washington to suggest the man they went through a monumental should be hanged. But then I change in their lives. smiled: How would Jefferson Watching them in all their hapor even Washington react if piness, and seeing them share they suddenly came back to that moment with family and life at the marriage of two men friends, in a tradition that has or women? Jefferson, who sugcontinued for thousands of years, gested that a revolution should was very reassuring. To think take place from time to time, that we in the LGBT community most likely would attempt to understand the changes in can now enjoy that same privisociety. And I somehow think lege amazes me, reinforced by Washington might just try to the happiness I saw on Jesse and Mark’s faces, which is similar to be diplomatic and not hurt the joy shared by LGBT people feelings with his own Mark Segal anyone’s in many places in this world. Yet, opinions. the activist in me thinks about The point is, we sometimes the places where marriage equality is not see marriage equality in current terms, and legal, and where LGBT people are imprisnot as just one point in a struggle that still oned or killed. moves forward. The struggle is not over. n I find myself dwelling on this issue more and more, especially when we in this coun- Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT try have some great success in our strugmedia. You can follow him on Facebook at gle for equality. It seems we forget what www.facebook.com/MarkSegalPGN or Twitter it took to get to this point in our very own at https://twitter.com/PhilaGayNews. history, and at times we think of ourselves

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Medical marijuana: How I see it Republicans and Democrats may continue to spar over the budget in Pennsylvania, but they have come together to pass medical marijuana. In a true spirit of bipartisanship, legislation that would help bring relief to tens of thousands of children, adults and senior citizens suffering from the effects of serious medical problems passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives overwhelmingly last week and — when enacted — will be the first time in the country a Republican-dominated legislative body has passed medical-marijuana legislation. This is an issue that is very important to me. I have introduced legislation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives each legislative session since 2009 to legalize medical marijuana. I am honored that my Senate colleagues, Sen. Daylin Leach and Sen. Mike Folmer, also saw the importance of this and introduced com-

panion legislation in the Senate to accomplish this purpose. We met with advocates and together stood up to the naysayers who said this couldn’t be done. I am most impressed with the efforts of the advocates who have worked tirelessly — who made many, many trips to Harrisburg to meet with me and my fellow colleagues on the importance of legalizing medical marijuana. They brought their children suffering from seizure disorders to educate us on the debilitating effects of the disease. Their message spread, and they kept coming back with their parents, friends and other advocates. Their efforts led to overwhelming public support, which in turn led to bipartisan legislative support, and clearly stands as a testament to the power of the people over the objections of the riches of the pharmaceutical companies and doctors opposing this effort. My initial legislation to legalize mar-

ijuana is vastly different from SB 3, which ultimately became the vehicle for this reform effort. It was an evolution of thought and public discourse, which led to this final version. An equally sensitive issue was legislation I introduced to provide for marriage equality. It became law in 2014 thanks to court intervention. Important here is that both efforts were a reflection of certain populations of individuals who had specific concerns and voiced them — tireless advocates. They spoke and we listened. The primary goal of legalizing medical marijuana is to provide people suffering debilitating diseases — such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, ALS, Parkinson’s, MS — with additional health-care options that could help to mitigate the harmful side effects of traditional medication. Secondarily, hopefully some revenue can be generated to help mend the budget gap between spending and revenue that we are

currently experiencing and may experience for some years to come. At the very least, the program as currently structured should be self-sustaining and not a liability to the taxpayers. It is a major step by forward-thinking law and policy makers. I look forward to the governor’s signature on SB 3 and implementation of this important program. I think that people deserve to have the opportunity to choose medical marijuana, in consultation with their physician, as part of their overall treatment program. I also look forward to working with the House Judiciary Committee in making improvements to the program over time — strengthen it and hopefully expand access to a wider array of medically needy people. My hope also is that legalization of medical marijuana will in time eliminate the black market for this drug and remove the criminal element associated with its distribution. n

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In January 2015, I was the heaviest and most unhealthy I have ever been. My clothes were all too tight, I was tired with low energy and it was a struggle even to bend over and tie my shoes. It was not a New Year’s resolution but a chance meeting with Unite Fitness owner Gavin McKay that provided the spark. His gym was hosting a “transformation challenge.” Several people signed up to compete for the largest reduction in body fat through physical training and nutrition advice. Although I was petrified to step into a gym, Gavin persuaded me to move forward and encouraged me that, while it was going to be tough, I could certainly do it. My goals at the onset were to lose weight and feel more comfortable in my body. I don’t think I initially set out to learn to love fitness, although now that I do, lifetime fitness is my goal. All my life, I have yo-yo’d in weight. In the past I was able to lose weight, sometimes even a substantial amount, through dietary changes. However, it was always fleeting because the diet wasn’t sustainable. This time I decided to add exercise to the mix. I’ll be honest, the first couple of Dr. weeks I came home and sprawled on the floor in pain swearing I’d never go back! But as I learned what my body was capable of and started to see positive change, I actually started to enjoy working out. I think the key to anyone’s success in fitness is finding something you enjoy doing, in an environment that is comfortable for you and finding a way to be held accountable. One important thing I did was sharing with my family and social-network world that I was determined to do this and to post on social media about it. If anyone saw me slacking off, they were instructed to call me out on it. I must admit at the beginning the visibility really kept me motivated. It was about six weeks before I started wholly doing this for me. I honestly didn’t expect to like exercise as much as I now do. I have never been an athlete before; I thought I just didn’t have that gene. Consequently, I had to learn pretty much every exercise (including proper running form) as a beginner. That can be very intimidating for people, and it certainly was a factor in keeping me out of the gym. For me, starting with one-on-one personal training was helpful at getting me started. And as I got more involved in the program at Unite, I found the friendly, competitive atmosphere there was perfect for my style. As the weeks and months passed by, I was encouraged by the changes I noticed — not just in my weight, but my energy level, and the way that I moved through my days. I found that tackling my health and fitness in a holistic fashion, paying attention to both diet and exercise, created its own positive momentum. This time I knew I was not turning back.

What have I learned along the way? When it comes to exercise, proper form is essential. Learn to exercise the right way to avoid injury. Although persistence is key to getting results, rest is just as important. At one point I was working out seven days a week and I hurt my shoulder in the process. Muscles need a recovery period too! With regard to nutrition, the best advice and most sustainable diet change I have made is to “eat clean.” This meant that most of my food is consumed exactly how it came out of the ground or off a tree. The proteins I eat are grass-fed, non-hormone animals — which incidentally taste a lot better too! I eat hardly any processed foods. Although I eat a well-proportioned amount of “good” carbs, the world is full of bad carbs, which I generally avoid. Finally, as I say to my patients with diabetes, everyone cheats now and then — and that’s OK. You just have to make it seldom and not overindulgent. Last but not least, social support is absolutely key. Share your goals with family and friends so that they can hold you accountable — even better if a partner joins in on the fun! Like many people, I have a stressRobert ful job that adds up to far more than 40-hour work week. For decades, Winn aI used this as an excuse about why I didn’t have time to be fit. The truth is I don’t have “extra” time. I made a decision to fit working out into my day right after work and before dinner. Sometimes that means I don’t get home until 8:30 p.m. There are only 24 hours a day and seven to eight are spent sleeping. I’ve traded my “relaxation” time, which before was sitting in front of TV eating bad food, for exercise time. It is my new stress reducer and it actually works better than anything I’ve ever tried. My advice for patients, friends or anyone who is interested in making a healthy change in your life: Don’t wait until you are 45 years old! I feel about five years younger now that I’m fit. I’m happier, more energetic, more productive and physically hurt less. I wish I had been bitten by the fitness bug a long time ago. But you should know that it’s never too late! In the beginning, I posted on social media for my own accountability, and it was truly helpful. Over time, the accountability became less necessary, because I became “addicted” to my workouts. But friends, family and patients were beginning to notice the change in me, and to ask how I did it, so I began to see the posts as a way of sharing the message that others could achieve the same kind of results. Over the past year I’ve heard from many patients and friends that seeing my transformation inspired them to start their journey. And that’s a great feeling. For so many years I’ve preached diet and exercise as a physician, and finally I’m leading by example. n

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De acuerdo con el Título II de la Ley de Americanos con Discapacidades de 1990 y la Ley de Accesibilidad de Votante para los Ancianos y los Discapacitados de 1984, la Ciudad de Filadelfia no discrimina a la gente con discapacidades al suministrar acceso para el proceso de elecciones.

Según estas leyes federales, se requiere que la Ciudad de Filadelfia asegure que su proceso de elecciones en conjunto sea accesible a la gente con discapacidades en todas las elecciones. Esto significa que los sitios de votación serán accesibles a los discapacitados de tal manera que haya locaciones accesibles disponibles dentro de cada distrito electoral. Los Comisionados de la Ciudad designan y enumeran la accesibilidad de los lugares de votación en grados variables. Los sitios de votación que cumplen en su totalidad con los criterios federales y estatales son designados con una "F" que indica que es un edificio totalmente accesible, y con una "H" que indica que hay estacionamiento para discapacitados.

Si un logar de votación no cumple en su totalidad con estos criterios federales y estatales, pero provee accesibilidad relativa con una pequeña ayuda en la entrada, entonces ese logar será designado con una "B" que indica que tiene una accesibilidad substancial.

Si no hay disponible un lugar totalmente accesible, que cumpla con todos los criterios federales y estatales (designados como “FH”), como sitio de votación en su División de elección, la accesibilidad para votar será proporcionada mediante el uso de una Boleta Alternativa de acuerdo con las directrices expedidas por el Secretario del Estado. Si usted es un votante registrado, que es discapacitado o tiene 65 años de edad o más, y no se le ha asignado un lugar de votación que haya sido designado como “FH”, entonces cumple con los requisitos para votar mediante una Boleta Alternativa.

SÓLO LOS CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN DE LOS DISTRITOS Y LAS DIVISIONES ELECTORALES QUE SE MENCIONAN A CONTINUACIÓN SE HAN DESIGNADO COMO “FH” O TOTALMENTE ACCESIBLES. SI USTED ES UN VOTANTE REGISTRADO EN CUALQUIER DISTRITO ELECTORAL DE FILADELPHIA, SALVO EN AQUELLOS QUE SE ENUMERAN A CONTINUACIÓN, Y ES DISCAPACITADO O MAYOR DE 65 AÑOS, CUMPLE CON LOS REQUISITOS PARA VOTAR DESDE SU HOGAR MEDIANTE UNA BOLETA ALTERNATIVA O EN LA SALA 142 DEL AYUNTAMIENTO EL DÍA DE LA ELECCIÓN MEDIANTE UNA BOLETA ALTERNATIVA DE EMERGENCIA: ESTE AVISO ESTA SUJECTA A CAMBIOS. PARA OBTENER INFORMACION ACTUALIZADA IR A WWW.PHILADELPHIAVOTES.COM

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Es posible obtener una Boleta Alternativa para cualquier elección, a través de una petición por adelantado de una Solicitud de Boleta Alternativa. En Filadelfia se puede pedir una Boleta Alternativa en la solicitud corriente de Boleta para Votar en Ausencia, señalando la casilla de “Discapacitado, 65 años de edad o mayor y a quien se le ha asignado un lugar de votación inaccesible”. Las solicitudes se pueden obtener en la Junta de Elecciones del Condado en Sala 142, del Ayuntamiento o llamando al teléfono (215) 686-3469 VOICE, o por TTY/TDD (Teletipo/Aparato de Telecomunicación para Sordos) a través del AT&T Relay System. Los usuarios de TDD pueden utilizar este servicio llamando al 1-800-654-5984 e informándole al asistente de comunicaciones que desean hablar con la Oficina de Elecciones de Pensilvania en el (717) 7875280. Las Solicitudes de Boleta Alternativa deben enviarse por correo a la Junta de Elecciones del Condado a más tardar siete días antes de la elección.

Las Boletas Alternativas deben devolverse a la Junta de Elecciones del Condado a más tardar al momento del cierre de las urnas,a las 8:00 p.m. del Día de Elecciones.

Además, los electores registrados con discapacidades pueden pedir una Solicitud de Boleta Alternativa de Emergencia y depositar la boleta personalmente en la Junta de Elecciones del Condado, en sala 142, del Ayuntamiento, hasta el momento del cierre de elecciones durante el Día de Elecciones. Ademas, la Ciudad proporcionará materiales de inscripción en letras grandes en cada instalación de inscripción, y suministrará las instrucciones en letras grandes sobre cómo votar en cada sitio de votación.

Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre sus derechos o sobre las obligaciones de la Ciudad según estas leyes, o si necesita ayuda para determinar si su lugar de votación cumple en su totalidad con los criterios federales y estatales, comuníquese con la Oficina de Cumplimiento con la Accesibilidad, o la Junta de Elecciones del Condado. Oficina del Comisionado de la Ciudad City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Gay dad pens funny new memoir on international adoption 40 years ago in PGN PA Council for Sexual Minorities established Adapted from reporting by PGN staff Pennsylvania Gov. Milton Shapp established the long-awaited Council for Sexual Minorities in 1976, and named to its service 17 gay community representatives, eight state agency liaisons and seven at-large members. The action made gay activism an official part of the executive branch of state government, a first in the nation. The council grew out of the ad-hoc Governor’s Gay Rights Task Force, which first met in January 1975. Anthony Silvestre, a sociologist at Penn State University, was named to chair the council. He also participated in the Task Force and worked closely with top officials in the state Department of Education regarding rights of sexual minorities. Shapp said, “The charge … to this council is to clearly define the problems of sexual minorities throughout the commonwealth and to recommend ways in which discrimination against sexual minorities can be ended.” He added he wanted the council to give an opinion on legislation affecting sexual minorities. The Philadelphia members of the council included Barbara Gittings, PGN publisher Mark Segal, PGN political reporter SARGENT from page 1

permitted Sargent to act as his own attorney at an upcoming jury trial. She did so, even though Sargent acknowledged being diagnosed with schizophrenia that wasn’t being treated with medication. But in February, Ransom ordered a competency evaluation for Sargent. As a result, jury selection, which was scheduled for March 14, has been postponed indefinitely. This week, Shawn Hawes, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Prison System, said she didn’t know whether Sargent has been evaluated for competency. “I wouldn’t have access to that information,” Hawes said. But Hawes confirmed that Sargent remains in custody at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. As of presstime, court records indicate that Sargent hasn’t received a competency evaluation. Cameron Kline, a spokesperson for the

Harry Langhorne, Thomas Wilson, Frances Hanckel, Janet Cooper and Karin Martin. NOW nixes endorsement of candidate for antigay votes Adapted from reporting by PGN staff The state board of the National Organization for Women in Pennsylvania voted Jan. 18, 1976, to withdraw its support for state Sen. Jeannette Reibman’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Reibman, a Democrat, was the first female Pennsylvania state Senator. She represented parts of Lehigh and Northampton counties in the state Senate at the time. She was elected to her position in 1969. NOW said it revoked Reibman’s endorsement because she voted in favor of Senate Bills 196 and 743, which would bar gay people from certain state jobs. Reibman subsequently refused to change her stand on those bills in conversations throughout December and January 1976 with NOW members. Reibman did not win the U.S. Senate seat, which was vacated when Sen. Hugh Scott retired. She served in the state Senate until 1994. From 1955-66, Reibman also represented Northampton County in the state House of Representatives. She died March 11, 2006, in Allentown. n — compiled by Paige Cooperstein Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, was asked if prosecutors have a position on Sargent’s competency. “[S]ince this is an ongoing case it’s not appropriate to respond,” Kline said in an email. In December, Ransom assigned a standby attorney, J. Michael Farrell, to assist Sargent, should he stand trial for murder. But last month, Farrell was indicted in Baltimore for allegedly conspiring to launder drug proceeds in a major drug-trafficking operation. Farrell, 63, of Wenonah, N.J., was arraigned Feb. 12 in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. He pleaded not guilty to 12 counts, including conspiracy, money laundering, tampering with an official proceeding and witness tampering. Farrell remains free, but it’s unclear if he’ll be permitted to serve as Sargent’s standby attorney if a trial is held. Farrell didn’t respond to a request for comment for this story. n

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before Jackson arrived, they joined a A friend of Jeffrey Roach and Ken group of other parents, gay and straight, Manford once told them that, as the first who adopted from Guatemala. Each of gay dads many people had ever seen, their mothers later accompanied them “you’re ambassadors whether you like it or not.” Roach’s new memoir, “PopDaddy: to visit Jackson in Guatemala; their sisters provided constant support; and Marti Boy Meets Boy Meets Baby,” might thus remained a helpful presence in their lives. be considered a sort of ambassadorial Both sides of the family threw them communiqué, but with a hefty addition of baby showers, and descended again for humor and heart. Jackson’s first birthday. Roach gives us an approachable, downto-earth look at his and Manford’s path to Even the extended family members parenthood via international adoption. The whom Roach feared may be closedtwo were living in Texas in 2001 when minded were friendly toward the new dads they decided to start a family, motivated and their son. “I wonder if the parent card by the pregnancy of their straight friend somehow trumps the gay card?” Roach Marti. Manford always wanted speculates. “Before, I think kids, but had thought being gay people assumed our lives were meant he had to give up the a lot more exotic.” His is a “show me, don’t tell “white picket-fence dream.” me” approach to why we need Roach convinced him they equality. He does not dwell could have a baby — “well, I mean we can’t have a baby. on political or legal issues but There’s no way I’m putting on raises them when they impinge all that extra weight” — and on his parenting journey. He while surprised at his own willalso shares how becoming a ingness to consider fatherhood, parent led Manford to activism on behalf of other LGBTQ decided “this was the right families, becoming involved thing at the right time.” The road to adoption, howthe Family Pride Coalition Dana Rudolph with ever, “was long, complex (now Family Equality Council) and paved with paper.” In an and eventually taking a board attempt to add some humanity to the seat. impersonal process, Roach joked and “PopDaddy” is self-published, but Roach is a good-enough writer to pull it quipped his way through the home study, off, with a knack for dialogue and an eye the difficult choice among three eligible for the unintentionally funny moments of children, meeting with a lawyer, several family creation and early parenthood. trips to Guatemala and interminable delay before they finally brought their son home. The book is a good complement to The book takes us through the emoprevious gay-dad memoirs about adoptional ups and downs not only of waiting tion. Emmy Award-winning actor and for a child to become available for adopwriter Dan Bucatinsky’s “Does this Baby tion, but of the hurdles in bringing him Make Me Look Straight?” (2012) is more home after that. “The bottom line is that about raising kids than starting a famadoption is one long act of faith and devo- ily per se, with insightful observations tion,” Roach says. Their own devotion was about parenting and gender assumptions. tested not by animus towards gay dads, but Sex-columnist Dan Savage’s “The Kid” (1999) has a blunt and often racy style, because the Guatemalan judge who was which, while amusing, means you might assigned to their case took a sudden leave not want to share it with your own relof absence when his father died, putting atives to give them a glimpse of life as their case on indefinite hold. Roach also shows us how he and adoptive gay parents. (But if you do, more Manford navigated the systemic bias that power to you.) Both involve domestic, meant only one of them (Manford) could not international, adoptions, and are set in be the legal father of Jackson when they liberal states (California and Washington, adopted him from Guatemala in 2002. respectively), rather than the Texas of “PopDaddy.” (Roach then had to do a second-parent “PopDaddy” is a memoir of gay parentadoption once they brought Jackson to hood that takes readers to new places. It the states.) Manford made one solo trip should find fans among same-sex couples to visit Jackson while they waited on the Guatemalan judge. They made another hoping to follow in their footsteps. As an together and then Manford made a final ambassadorial missive, however, it should trip alone to bring Jackson home. also delight readers of all types looking Throughout the book, the support of for insight into the variety of families their family and friends shines through. today. n From their decision to adopt, to their trips to Guatemala, through the first year of Dana Rudolph is the founder and pubparenting and the epilogue of their wedlisher of Mombian (mombian.com), a ding in 2011, Roach makes it clear that GLAAD Media Award-winning blog and the proverbial village was at work. Even resource directory for LGBTQ parents.

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Supreme Court challenge to contraception care could impact LGBT community By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com History may repeat itself in the LGBT community as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments this week in Zubik v. Burwell, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act over contraception care. “A number of state legislatures do take their cues from what happens at the federal level in the Supreme Court,” said Rea Carey, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, during a conference call March 21. “Immediately after Hobby Lobby, we saw repercussions in the LGBT community.” Carey said the 2014 Hobby Lobby decision, which ruled family-owned corporations could deny contraception coverage based on religious beliefs, prompted the Indiana legislature to take up debate for a “religious-freedom” bill that was seen as a way to deny services to LGBT people. “In Indiana, we saw echoes of Hobby Lobby language,” Carey said. “LGBTQ people can’t afford this growing trend of religious exemptions.” Carey was joined on the call by Sara Hutchinson Ratcliffe, domestic program director for Catholics for Choice; Brigitte Amiri, senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union; the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; and Ann Marie Benitez, senior director of government relations with the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. The Zubik case represents a consolidation of seven court challenges filed against Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh is the lead petitioner. Religiously affiliated schools, hospitals and nonprofits are challenging the Affordable Care Act requirement that they notify the federal government if they don’t want to provide coverage for birth control to their employees or students. In those cases, insurers must step in to provide free, prescribed birth control. These institutions say they are still complicit, through the notification process, in enabling people to receive birth control. Amiri of the ACLU countered it’s not the opt-out form that triggers the coverage, but the Affordable Care Act. “The Task Force is especially interested in this case because of the significant impact it could have on LGBT people and our families,” Carey said, noting cisgender women, trans men and intersex people all have an interest in affordable access to family planning methods. Carey said a company might also use a religious exemption to avoid covering the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis, called PrEP, which is a daily pill regimen shown to be effective in preventing HIV. Caitlin Conyngham, who works on PrEP programs at Philadelphia FIGHT, has described PrEP “like birth control for HIV.” “This is a profoundly harmful interpretation of religious freedom,” said Hutchinson Ratcliffe of Catholics for Choice. She said the appeals by the Catholic dioceses could impact hundreds of thousands of people, noting Catholic schools in the country employ 153,000 lay teachers and Catholic hospitals employ 750,000 people. “Catholic nonprofits and hospitals are big businesses,” she said. More broadly, Hutchinson Ratcliffe said about 70 percent of American Catholics have used some form of birth control and support others in making their own contraception choices. A decision is expected in the Zubik case in June. n

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News Briefing Lesbian cop applies for pension Officer Claudia D. Carr, an openly lesbian police officer who was terminated by the Cherry Hill Police Department, has applied for a pension. Carr, 56, filed for a pension with the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits on March 15. Advocates are hoping township officials will ensure Carr begins receiving her pension benefits promptly. Carr was terminated from the force in 2014, after allegedly threatening a coworker, which she denies doing. Carr’s advocates say her termination is due to anti-LGBT bias within the Cherry Hill Police Department. Carr’s paychecks resumed in April 2015 because the dispute ensued for more than 180 days. But it remains unclear if the township will seek to recoup those funds. Carr’s attorney, Stuart J. Alterman, expressed optimism that the matter will be resolved. “This matter should be resolved with the parties cooperating with one another and with the town assisting Claudia Carr in securing her pension,” Alterman said, noting Carr is willing to end the dispute amicably. “The parties should be willing to shake hands, walk away from each other and recognize the service that Claudia has performed. There’s no reason for Cherry Hill to treat Claudia as a pariah and attempt to kill her as she walks out the door.” Township officials had no comment for this update.

Eakin’s pension remains in question On March 15, state Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin resigned, due to his involvement in the “Porngate” scandal. Eakin received and/or sent multiple emails with racist, misogynistic and anti-LGBT content. Eakin, 67, resigned under pressure, after the state Court of Judicial Discipline planned to hold a trial that would have examined the extent of his allegedly unethical behavior. Now that Eakin has resigned, it’s unclear whether a trial will be held. It is also unclear whether Eakin, 67, will receive a pension, which is estimated to be about $153,000 annually.

WOMEN AT WORK: Philadelphia Dyke March organizers got an early jump on planning for this summer’s event during an organizing meeting March 19 at William Way LGBT Community Center. The group is still recruiting for organizers, who will take an active role in programming the June 11 event. The march, now in its 19th year, brings together dykes and allies to promote visibility and empowerment. To get involved, visit www.phillydykemarch.com. Photo: Scott A. Drake

William C. Costouplous, an attorney for Eakin, couldn’t be reached. A spokesperson for the Court of Judicial Discipline declined to comment for this update.

Preliminary hearings slated in sex case Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for three former Franciscan friars who allegedly facilitated the sexual molestation of numerous boys. The defendants are former leaders of a Franciscan religious order based in Hollidaysburg, Pa. They allegedly knew that another friar, Stephen Baker, was suspected of molesting boys, yet failed to notify police. Anthony J. Criscitelli, 62; Robert J. D’Aversa, 69; and Anthony J. Schinelli, 73, are charged with endangering the welfare of children and criminal conspiracy. Their preliminary hearings are set for 9:30 a.m. April 14 before Magisterial District Judge Paula M. Aigner at the Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg. The charges, which were filed last week, resulted from a two-year state grand jury investigation. Baker committed suicide in 2013. — Timothy Cwiek

Drag show to benefit Mazzoni Center A student at the Community College of Philadelphia is reviving his school’s drag show to raise money for the Mazzoni Center. The show takes place from 6-8 p.m. March 25

at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. Eddie Malone said the college used to host an annual drag show, but interest waned in 2013. This year’s show is the first time proceeds will be donated to a community organization. “Mazzoni is a wonderful organization and has helped me a great deal in the last two years,” Malone told PGN. “The motivation was two-fold: I can help Mazzoni as well as try to help revive the drag show on campus and help a club that has been more or less dormant for the last few years come back full force to campus life.” There will be seven performers, including two professionals, three students and two amateurs. The professionals are Pissi Myles and Cyannie Famouz. Tickets cost $10.

Dr. Rachel Levine headlines Women in Business panel Dr. Rachel Levine, the state’s first transgender physician general, will headline a five-person panel March 29 as part of the Independence Business Alliance’s third-annual Women in Business discussion. The event takes place from 5:307:30 p.m. at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 118 N. Broad St. The theme is “From Partnerships to Power: Women In Business Today.” Tickets cost $30 for IBA members or $45 for non-members. Other panelists include Gail Ruopp, executive director of Flaster Greenberg; Jennifer Vrana, a 25-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department who helped form the Gay Officers Action League here; Katherine Sprissler-Klein, deputy director of comPAGE 20

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PRINCETON PRIDE: McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, N.J., hosted its Pride Night March 17 for its production of Agatha Christie tale “The Mousetrap.” Among the approximately 75 guests were drag star Pissi Myles and married couple Frank Mahood (left) and Chet Kabara. The couple attends each of the theater’s Pride nights in matching styles, which this month embraced the St. Patrick’s Day holiday. The theater’s next Pride Night is May 12 in celebration of its production of “All The Days” by Sharyn Rothstein. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between March. 7-13. Information is courtesy of Sixth 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 215-686-TIPS. INCIDENTS — At 1:45 p.m. March 7, a security officer working at 123 S. Broad St. requested that a group of homeless men encamped outside the building disperse, and the men allegedly severely beat the officer, who required hospitalization. The suspects were only described as white. Central Detective Division is assigned to the investigation. — At 8:20 a.m. March 8, someone stole a bike from the basement of Vedge, 1221 Locust St. There was no forced entry. — There were two thefts of a bicycle reported March 7-13: outside 200 S. Quince St. and 400 S. Eighth St. NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS — At 4:10 a.m. March 9, a resident in the 900 block of Spruce Street was awakened by an intruder stealing clothing and jewelry. The victim and her dog confronted the intruder, who dropped the items and fled. Sixth District Officers Macchione and Dilworth apprehended the suspect at 900 Irving St. The 26-year-old man was charged with burglary and related offenses.

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“shaken and upset,” McDonnell said. The officers said they needed to investigate whether anyone inside stole $30 from someone, which didn’t sound reasonable, according to McDonnell. “If anyone ran into our house with a handful of money, the first thing we would have done is to call the police,” McDonnell explained. No one in the house fit the description of the alleged thief, she added. McDonnell is a trans woman. She said none of the officers used anti-LGBT language. But she can’t rule out the possibility that the house was targeted because it has several LGBT residents. “At this point, we don’t know why this happened, and what they were looking for,” she said. She said one officer was particularly hostile. “The officer made idle threats and insulted us when we invoked our Fourth Amendment rights,” McDonnell said. According to McDonnell, the officer told residents: “Don’t call the police if someone points a gun in your face.” “No one — LGBT or otherwise — should be told something like that,” McDonnell said. “I certainly don’t want anyone else to be told: ‘Don’t call the police in the future because you invoked your constitutional rights.’ That’s horrifying and shouldn’t happen to anybody.” One of the officers said, “I can smell why you won’t let us in,” without elaborating, according to McDonnell. She said residents are concerned about the potential for future police abuse or harassment. “We’re concerned that we won’t receive police services when we need them. On the NEWS BRIEFING from page 17

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munity engagement with Philabundance; and Jazzy Gray-Sadler, consultant at GraySadler Enterprises and head of JazzyOne Productions. “Partnerships with other women in the workplace can really yield success,” said Zach Wilcha, executive director of IBA. “The panel features a diverse array of viewpoints from various professions.” For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.thinkiba.com.

Free health program for LGBT older adults Aging-services organization Center in the Park is sponsoring a free six-week health program for older adults. Classes run from 1:30-4:30 p.m. every Tuesday, from March 29-May 3, at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. The sessions will cover nutrition, exercise, relaxation techniques and communication with health providers. To register, contact Delores Palmer at 215-848-7722 ext. 305.

other hand, we’re concerned that we’ll be harassed by police when we’re just trying to live our lives as ordinary citizens.” McDonnell said a housemate expressed fear of retaliation if a complaint were to be filed. But McDonnell assured the housemate that complaints were necessary. “I’m convinced that no one should be afraid to walk into their police district and file a complaint when appropriate,” she continued. She said personnel at the 16th Police District were respectful when she and Young filed their complaints. “They were respectful at all times,” McDonnell added. “But the form I was asked to fill out was limited to the traditional gender-binary option of male and female. I hope the police will consider revising the form to be more gender non-conforming-friendly.” She also expressed hope that the incident will be thoroughly investigated, and that similar incidents don’t take place. “I’m keeping an open mind that police are taking this seriously, that we’ll get a decent outcome, and that some good will come out of this,” said McDonnell. Lt. John Stanford, a police spokesperson, said in an email: “[T]he issue will be investigated and addressed, and the appropriate action will be taken to resolve this matter.” Internal Affairs is investigating the incident, and the investigative file will be available to the public once the investigation concludes, police spokesperson Officer Tanya Little added. As of presstime, Little didn’t have a response regarding whether the citizen’s complaint form will be revised to include more gender options for complainants. n

LGBT film festival debuts in New Jersey QSpot LGBT Community Center will launch QFest New Jersey LGBT Film Festival, its first film and digital-media festival, April 1-3 in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, N.J. The community center expects it to become an annual event. The lineup includes feature-length and short films in genres ranging from documentary to animation. There are also categories for music video, mobile device app, video game and website. The work features LGBT stories and often is produced by LGBT people. “QSpot recognizes and salutes the contributions LGBT individuals make to film and digital media,” said John Mikytuck, QSpot executive director, “and believes QFest provides a unique way for them to be seen. QFest also creates an opportunity for the larger community to be exposed to important artistic, cultural and historic LGBT work.” For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.qspot.org. n — Paige Cooperstein

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Losing Forbes Under 30 Past failures seem to be creeping into new administration

f you want to “join Forbes as [they] bring together the world’s top leaders, policy makers, innovators, experts, and change makers, as we explore the ever-evolving landscape of today’s business,” you’re going to have to take the Acela north to Boston. Earlier this month, the Forbes Under 30 Summit abruptly pulled up stakes in Philly and announced its move north: a move that came just over a year after officials called Philadelphia the permanent venue for the invitationonly millennial gathering.

Please tell us, Ms. Hitt, that we didn’t lose Forbes Under 30 because we couldn’t figure out on our own how many hotel rooms were filled… It’s not like we haven’t seen this movie before. In 2010 we almost lost the Dad Vail Regatta, one of the largest regattas in the country, to a town called Rumson in North Jersey. We almost lost the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic. Heck, we were 24 hours away

from losing the Democratic National Convention for failure to respond to an RFP (request for proposal) in time. But that was in the rearview mirror when we ushered in a new man, and a new vision, to 210 City Hall. Or so we thought. While Forbes has not laid out a full explanation for its departure, we can read something into their tea-leaved tweet: “Philadelphia will not host Forbes’ 30 Under 30 millennialfest this year, and probably not any time soon.” Probably a good idea they chose to communicate through a medium that’s limited to 140 characters. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes Conferences CEO, Randall Lane, later said in a news conference, “that Boston’s summit would triple in size … include young entrepreneurs worldwide … [and] hopes to keep the summit in Boston indefinitely.” Given the sass, we can start to see why Mayor Kenney may have decided to show Forbes the door, rather than roll out the red carpet for a third year. From the Kenney administration, it seems to come down to, well, what everything always seems to come down to. Money. Here’s where we start to get a little edgy. Here’s where “incompetence creep” seems to be affecting the new administration. Nutter and his crew could never give us a straight answer when it came to events from the Mummers Parade and the Cycling Championship to

The reasons why the young professionals summit left Philly for Beantown are not entirely clear. Illustration by LCP staff.

Made In America. Now in the first high profile event lost by the city under Kenney, we are getting a little bit of the same. As the Inquirer reported: “Forbes would not offer details about the conferences’ economic impact, according to Lauren Hitt, the mayor’s communications director. ‘If you can’t detail the economic impact, can you show us how this $2 million will be spent? We even asked how many hotel rooms were filled and they didn’t have the data …’ said Hitt. ‘We can’t keep taxpayers on the hook for $2 million without knowing how it will

move the city forward.’” Please tell us, Ms. Hitt, that we didn’t lose Forbes Under 30 because we couldn’t figure out on our own how many hotel rooms were filled during this conference in 2013 and 2014. Could we not get these numbers from the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association? What the heck are we paying a Convention and Visitor’s Bureau for if not to do this kind of analysis and communicate it to the mayor? What is more troubling are the reports out of Billy Penn and PhillyVoice Continued on page 2 MARCH 20-27, 2016

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Losing Forbes Under 30 Continued from page 1 that “Forbes organizers said they went out of their way to try and meet with Kenney to keep the conference in Philadelphia. After a phone call and sending in a proposal, they ‘heard nothing,’ said one person close to the negotiations.” Then this: “In its proposal to the city, dated Jan. 29, Forbes 30 Under 30 organizers wrote they were frustrated with the city’s response. ‘While we certainly recognize that a mayoral transition is an inherently hectic time, the lack of formal clarity about Philly’s interest in continu-

ing in the role of host has left us no choice but to begin to explore other locations.’” Mayor Kenney may have gotten it right: perhaps Forbes Under 30 wasn’t worth the investment. We get that privately funding events like this is not an easy lift for a new mayor, particularly at a time when all the focus is on the upcoming Democratic National Convention. What we don’t get is when we fail on issues of communication and process. We thought, and hoped, that was a failure of the past.

Reading Shocks Chester Continued from page 12 A key figure at Reading is also a young, inspiring coach, Rick Perez, who has borne the full pressure of an entire community and channeled it into taking his team to the state’s final four. Reading’s season ended March 15th with a loss to Pittsburgh stalwart Allderdice. “This was a great opportunity for our kids and community,” said Perez. “We are blessed to have such great people within and around this program. They deserved this moment. Loyalty, family and commitment are the base of everything we do. These young men are locked into one another, and willing to do whatever in order for them to keep being around one another.” Prior to this season, Reading had never beaten Chester. This year, the squad was able to do it twice: the second time with a bigger crowd than it drew in its own gym. “Our following is awesome, and can walk you through a step-by-step

of the tradition of this school and its basketball history,” he said. “So for them to be able to enjoy that is awesome. Our young men have worked hard to overcome any and every obstacle, and it just so happened Chester was one of them. With their storied tradition and great coaching by Larry Yarbray, it was great to see our young men climb that hurdle.” One of the reasons Perez felt his squad advanced so far is that they played Philadelphia area teams every year. This year’s games with Chester, Conestoga, Archbishop Wood, and Coatesville paved the way for post-season success. “We wanted to play athletic teams, and disciplined teams, and teams that are rich in tradition, and ones with styles we may see in the playoffs,” he said. “That was very helpful for our guys to see what the Philly area teams can do and to know how we needed to prepare.”

Tales from the heart of gentrification Grant recipient gathers stories from old/ new residents of S. Philly neighborhoods By Sheila Simmons

isa Nelson-Haynes is not trying to change the gentrification underway in the city’s Point Breeze and Graduate Hospital areas. She just hopes to bring about understanding. Her Redline Project, funded by a Leeway Foundation Art & Change grant, involves digital storytelling. She, and a team of contributors, hosted three curated story circles at various locations in those neighborhoods, where the residents shared personal accounts of how they have been impacted by the changing dynamics of their communities. Both areas were once primarily occupied by lower-income African-American residents, but now are attracting higher-income whites, many interested in three-story townhouses with luxury amenities. Audio and photographs of the storytellers will be featured on the project’s soon-to-be-launched website, blog and social media sites, as “a public record of what stood before gentrification, and the hopes and dreams of both longstanding and new residents.” One particularly telling account came from Point Breeze resident Amelia Longo: “Last week, on my way out to the bus, I saw a family I didn’t recognize getting out of a car in front of a For Sale sign. I said hi. The woman looked around, said “You live here?” “Yeah, right down there. Are you looking at this house?” “We just bought it. Do you like it here?” “Oh it’s a great block. When —” “It’s an investment. We’re not living here. Is it … safe?”

From left, Donnell Powell, project photographer, Alice H. Shockley, resident, and Lisa NelsonHaynes on the 1600 block of Wharton Street following a story circle. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

I cringed, flashed back to when I first moved in. The neighbors on the stoop across the street, “You bought this house? Are you really living here, or is it … an investment?” But long-time Point Breeze resident Alice Shockley offered, “When I moved to Point Breeze, it was 90 percent Italian. There were only three black families on the block. Once more blacks started moving in, the Italians started running out to the suburbs.” Another resident notes “more of difference between the older and new neighbors, as opposed to it being about black and white. The newer neighbors aren’t as friendly.” Nelson-Haynes is an award-winning storyteller and teacher. She is also Executive Director of Philadelphia Young Playwrights and former Associate Director of Painted Bride Art Center. She has facilitated digital storytelling workshops in Berkeley, Calif., and acted as curator of the Neighborhood Film Project at Philadelphia’s International House. Having a mother, grandmother and cousins who are all natives of South Philly, Nelson-Haynes says, “South Philly, that’s where I felt grounded.” Now she says of the old-timers and the new-comers, “They’re not talking to each other. There’s tension.” Nelson-Haynes hopes to publish these stories in book form, to further spread the understanding: “What happens is, things were here before you got here, they were working [even though] it may not look like it was working. Have some conversation, and you can understand.”

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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be a sum sufficient to pay all Sheriff’s costs including 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 lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-6861483 and to its website philadox. phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006

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

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs and Administrators of the Estate of Barbara E. Chamberlain C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 02855 $78,886.55 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-303 3130 Stirling St 19149 55th wd. 1040 Sq Ft OPA#55-1003900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Matthew K. Knoneborg; Melissa Knoneborg C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00265 $103,230.11 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-304 740 S 58th St 19143 3rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#033182100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carold Boyer-Yancy; Petion D. Evans C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01768 $102,222.18 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-305 518 N 67th St 19151 34th wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA#343145400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Diangelo C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01557 $113,952.28 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-306 1619 N 60th St 19151 34th wd. 1453 Sq Ft OPA#342195300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darien L. Thomas C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 04379 $63,846.78 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-307 5420 Gainor Rd 19131 52nd wd. 3125 Sq Ft OPA#522100600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher J. Adams; Nikole

Franklin C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01105 $165,297.65 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-308 6518 Windsor Ave 19142 40th wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#40-3081700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vernon Jackson C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02282 $59,897.41 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-309 6233 N 18th St 19141 15th wd. 1770 Sq Ft OPA#17-2268100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maggie Watson; David Watson, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00657 $78,585.84 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-310 2213 S Clarion St 19148 38th wd. 856 Sq Ft OPA#39-4443100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James Dru DeMarco a/k/a James D. DeMarco C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00235 $70,044.45 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-311 4211 Greenmount Rd 19154 66th wd. 1712 Sq Ft OPA#662459600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Regina Cummings C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01415 $93,826.31 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-312 206 W Sulis St 19120 42nd wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#422122700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George Autry C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03139 $38,926.28 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire;

Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-313 2148 Marvine St a/k/a 2148 N Marvine St 19122 20th wd. 1464 Sq Ft OPA#202248202 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeffrey B. Ross C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04027 $73,381.35 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-314 163 Rosemar St 19120 61st wd. 1050 Sq Ft OPA#611244300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Nix, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Richardson C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02382 $33,400.98 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-315 1713 N 28th St 19121 32nd wd. 2016 Sq Ft OPA#324143000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Calvin Snowden a/k/a Calvin R. Snowden C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03574 $107,019.10 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-316 4007 Pechin St 19128 21st wd. 1178 Sq Ft OPA#212170000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Steven Neiderer; Chad D. Masemer C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 02262 $153,783.95 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-317 2428 Memphis St 19125 31st wd. 870 Sq Ft OPA#312007300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine DeCarles a/k/a Catherine Decarles C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02062 $129,772.63 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire;

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www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, April 5, 2016 1604-301 8653 Temple Rd 19150 50th wd. 1539 Sq Ft OPA#501115200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Earl Polk, Jr. C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02672 $74,950.14 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-302 168 E Mayland St 19144 22nd wd. 1762 Sq Ft OPA#592126100 IMPROVE-

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Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-318 37 W Wyneva St 19144 12th wd. 1702 Sq Ft OPA#123027100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Warren Fluck C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 03599 $54,533.95 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-319 6209 Homer St 59th wd. 1679 Sq Ft BRT#592260600 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Chameer R. Moses C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01399 $112,421.91 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1604-320 1116 E Tioga St 19134 33rd wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#331208600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David R. Prado C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02602 $65,952.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-322 3246-3248 Kensington Ave 19134 33rd wd. 1040 Sq Ft BRT#871544520 and BRT#871544530 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Robert M. Mitchell C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 03659 $23,198.31 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1604-323 408 Naomi St 19128 21st wd. 962 Sq Ft OPA#212029300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sarah A. Gibbon C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 00200 $169,541.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-324 1512 N Frazier St 191313804 4th wd. 1216 Sq Ft OPA#043275700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or under do MAE WILLIAMS DECEASED C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01399 $50,839.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-325 6637 N Bouvier St 19126-2631 10th wd. 1262 Sq Ft OPA#101-0667-700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ericka Savage-Frazier, in Her Capacity as Adminsitratrix CTA and Devisee of the Estate of Pearl Duffy C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04446 $103,199.26 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-326 1829 Glendale Ave 191113402 56th wd. 1354 Sq Ft OPA#561283400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Christopher M. Dimichele; Meghan E. Ziegler C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02948 $176,194.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-327 12002 Medford Rd 191541833 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#663231900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Delores Parker, in Her Capacity as Administratrix Cta and Devisee of the Estate of James N. Dennis a/k/a James Dennis C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02800 $79,062.10 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-328 2435 S Garnet St 19145 26th wd. (formerly of the 48th wd.) 666 Sq Ft BRT#262133400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samantha Ricci C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02038 $247,612.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-329 1913 Carpenter St 19146 30th wd. 1734 Sq Ft BRT#301233300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cynthia Ford C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 03057 $156,370.40 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-330 1833 N Uber St 19121 32nd wd. 1336 Sq Ft BRT#321271502 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Deidra Meade C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00500 $120,333.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-331 6345 Overbrook Ave 19151 34th wd. 4290 Sq Ft BRT#344177400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Baxter C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03453 $287,188.53 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-332 1317 E Price St 19138 59th wd. 1764 Sq Ft BRT#591098100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lisa Clay C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00624 $127,225.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-333 7937 Castor Ave 19152 56th wd. (formerly of the 35th wd.) 6893 Sq Ft BRT#871244900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eun Ku Park and Jeong Soon Park C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00875 $263,527.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-334 3029 Aramingo Ave 19134 25th wd. 962 Sq Ft BRT#251459700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Julio N Casiano, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01660 $98,621.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-335 722 Kingston St 19134 7th wd. 1058 Sq Ft BRT#073285200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David B. Steiner a/k/a David Steiner and Karen M. Steiner a/k/a Karen Steiner C.P. November Term,

2014 No. 00253 $36,283.16 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-336 917 Church Ln 19138 12th wd. 1210 Sq Ft being the premises 917 Church Ln; 2768 Sq Ft being the rear of premises 917R Church Ln BRT#122048800 Being the Premises 917 Church Ln; BRT#122048900 Being the Rear of Premises 917R Church Ln IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Denise Tate C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00108 $32,124.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-337 509 E Queen Ln 19144 12th wd. 733 Sq Ft BRT#121132600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luria J. Hall-McCallough C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02163 $54,498.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-338 8226 Forrest Ave 19150 50th wd. 1890 Sq Ft BRT#502202500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bernice Draughn C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00404 $124,118.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-339 427 E Mechanic St 19144 59th wd. 810 Sq Ft BRT#592025600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jerrilyn C. Christian C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01382 $27,123.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-340 9337 Treaty Rd 19114 57th wd. (formerly 35th wd.) 1820 Sq Ft BRT#57-2-2744-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Marian D. Jordan C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 000465 $151,359.05 Craig H. Fox, Esq 1604-341 2631 Manton St 19146 36th wd. 1176 Sq Ft; Front: 14’; Depth: 52’ OPA#362033200 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY END ROW HOME; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Da Sky LTD a/k/a Dasky, LTD C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 00529 $282,575.14 Cory P. Stephenson, Esquire; Bielli & Klauder, LLC 1604-342 179 Tiber St 19140 42nd wd. 1260 Sq Ft; Front: 14’; Depth: 57’ OPA#422061300 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY ROW HOME; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Da Sky LTD a/k/a Dasky, LTD C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 00480 $282,575.14 Cory P. Stephenson, Esquire; Bielli & Klauder, LLC 1604-343 216 S 52nd St 19139 60th wd. 1530 Sq Ft BRT#602182300 IMPROVEMENTS: MULTISTORY OFFICE C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 03977 $116,807.75 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., and/or Kathryn L. Mason, Esquire 1604-344 269 W Fisher Ave 19120 42nd wd. 1140 Sq Ft

OPA#422255400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dinh Son, Administrator of the Estate of Nhon N. Son a/k/a Nhon Son C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01076 $67,063.37 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-345 1134 S 19th St 19146 36th wd. 1752 Sq Ft BRT#361170800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mohammad Arshad Chughtai C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00899 $79,662.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-346 3802 Manayunk Ave 19128 21st wd. 1436 Sq Ft BRT#211336800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James J. Dipretoro C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 03994 $174,270.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-347 7041 Buist Ave 19142 40th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#406254100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George Akanno C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01637 $55,955.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-348 3065 Weikel St 19134 25th wd. 756 Sq Ft OPA#252386200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jane Hughes, a/k/a Jane Lee Hughes C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00163 $29,478.96 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-349 514 Poplar St 19123 5th wd. 1503 Sq Ft OPA#05-6161545 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Crystal Marie Stephens C.P. September Term, 2009 No. 01470 $213,384.96 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-350 2911 Nicholas St 19121 32nd wd. 1050 Sq Ft OPA#324032600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna King C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00787 $11,180.12 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton,

Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-351 309 E Thompson 19125 18th wd. 1035 Sq Ft OPA#181392000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael C. Perkowski C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 02883 $147,587.22 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-352 3826 Lawndale St 19124 33rd wd. 975 Sq Ft BRT#332253000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tomasa Diaz-Ruiz and Maria E. Oliveras C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02311 $94,865.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-353 2417 N Myrtlewood St 19132 28th wd. 798 Sq Ft BRT#282040100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elaine Parrish C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02490 $41,201.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-354 397 Livezey St a/k/a 395 A Livezey St 19128 21st wd. 880 Sq Ft BRT#212341140 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dustin S. Bennett a/k/a Dustin Bennett C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01229 $140,767.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-355 6032 N Broad St 19141 17th wd. 2221 Sq Ft OPA#172009000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicholson Pericles C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02111 $91,338.69 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-356 6411 Clearview St 19119 22nd wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA#221270900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia L. Dawley a/k/a Patricia Dawley C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01281 $56,677.25 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-357 4626 Greene St 191446066 12th wd. 2560 Sq Ft OPA#123157900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Kathy C. Sibert C.P. November Term, 2006 No. 01098 $112,955.81 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-358 2027 E Monmouth St 191343612 25th wd. 1100 Sq Ft OPA#252132700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jose Vargas C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00216 $28,410.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-359 2342 W Cheltenham Ave 19150 50th wd. 2650 Sq Ft OPA#501269800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alice R. Spotwood C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02239 $167,973.81 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-360 11729 Stevens Rd 191162503 58th wd. 1332 Sq Ft OPA#582576900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Murphy; Angelique Murphy C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00708 $245,316.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-361 45 E Walnut Ln 191442002 59th wd. 2056 Sq Ft OPA#592069900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cynthia Way C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 04004 $119,827.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-362 3037 Disston St 191491902 55th wd. 1174 Sq Ft OPA#551309100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Haas; Eileen P. Fitzpatrick a/k/a Eileen P. Haas C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01937 $152,017.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-363 4001 K St 19124-5218 33rd wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#332323700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David Robles C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01525 $34,090.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-364 3030 N Bambrey St 19132 38th wd. 968 Sq Ft OPA#381131200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samuel Phillips C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00133 $28,645.52 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-365 4939 Boudinot St 191204306 42nd wd. 992 Sq Ft

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OPA#421427700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline P. Beard C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02858 $20,754.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-366 4730 C St 19120 42nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#42-1355100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maurice L. Marshall C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00169 $196,771.54 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-367 6453 N 16th St 19126 15th wd. 1532 Sq Ft PRCL#17-2133000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rejeana Perkins, as Administratrix of the Estate of Howard Lee Perkins, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 002518 $104,712.65 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-368 2130 Bridge St 19124 62nd wd. 1067.84 Sq Ft BRT#622107200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Leonard R. Stone C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01365 $70,410.84 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1604-369 2127 Bainbridge St 191461205 30th wd. 1686 Sq Ft OPA#302020700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosie Lee Ray C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 03796 $31,226.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-370 1958 Elston St 191382719 10th wd. 984 Sq Ft OPA#101330400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lizzie Shuford C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02516 $78,241.19 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-371 1810 S 20th St 19145 48th wd. 1216 Sq Ft OPA#481324100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Davita Elliott, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Betty Gordon-Elliott a/k/a Betty L. Elliott; David Elliott, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Betty GordonElliott a/k/a Betty L. Elliott C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02758 $74,242.19 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-372 612 Glenview St 191114309 35th wd. 1155 Sq Ft OPA#353149300 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yvette G. Prophet; Len E. Salley C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03751 $130,349.57 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-373 7024 Frankford Ave 19135 55th wd. 1495 Sq Ft of land area, Situate on the NW side of Frankford Ave (100 feet wide), at the distance of 34 feet 5 inches, SW, from the SW side of Brighton Street (64 feet wide) and 175 feet 5 inches N of Tyson Ave BRT#871241100; PRCL#138 N 14-256 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL/MIXED USE Ylli Gjeli C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01134 $137,122.42 Glenn M. Ross, Esquire 1604-374 6504 Linmore Ave 19142 40th wd. 1160 Sq Ft OPA#403180500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christian Diaz C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02062 $54,364.29 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-375 5129 Leiper St 191241917 62nd wd. 1072 Sq Ft OPA#621476800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hien The Huynh C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00222 $24,028.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-376 3365 Ridge Ave 191322831 28th wd. 1692 Sq Ft OPA#282271101 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William A. Chaney; Janet Chaney C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 03296 $51,959.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-377 6153 Hegerman St 19135 41st wd. 1420 Sq Ft OPA#411380300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Georgette S. Shay, Believed Heir and/or Administratrix of the Estate of Pearl S. Shay C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00004 $65,768.05 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-378 117 N Robinson St 191392313 34th wd. 832 Sq Ft OPA#341167600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lilieth Joy Harrison a/k/a Lilieth J. Harrison C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 04114 $74,504.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1604-379 1133 E Dorset St a/k/a 1133 Dorset St 19150-3116 50th wd. 1164 Sq Ft OPA#502378600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Walter Jefferson, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Sandra L. Jefferson a/k/a Sandra Jefferson a/k/a Sandra J. Jefferson a/k/a Sandra Lutresia Jefferson; Matthew E. Jefferson, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Sandra L. Jefferson a/k/a Sandra Jefferson a/k/a Sandra J. Jefferson a/k/a Sandra Lutresia Jefferson; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Sandra L. Jefferson a/k/a Sandra Jefferson a/k/a Sandra J. Jefferson a/k/a Sandra Lutresia Jefferson, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03449 $94,979.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-380 1654 Mohican St 19138 10th wd. 1515 Sq Ft OPA#102235400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robin Parrish C.P. February Term, 2011 No. 00818 $116,212.71 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-381 1733 N Robinson St 191513928 34th wd. 1246 Sq Ft OPA#342279700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kershaw P. Leatherbury, Jr. a/k/a Kershaw P. Leatherbury; Brenda D. Leatherbury C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01015 $80,048.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-382 6733 N 18th St 19126 50th wd. 1336 Sq Ft OPA#101085700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Claudelle V. Tyler C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01613 $31,015.06 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-383 1340 Greeby St 19111 53rd wd. 1237.5 Sq Ft (land area); 1152 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#531142600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Yi Cheng C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 04830 $36,749.96 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1604-384 2615 Folsom St 191302415 15th wd. 988 Sq Ft

OPA#152174300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa Andracki a/k/a Theresa A. Andracki, in Her Capacity as Executrix of the Estate of Helen Jarosiewicz a/k/a Helen Mary Jarosiewicz a/k/a Helen M. Jarosiewicz C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00875 $335,503.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-385 6510 Hasbrook Ave 19111 35th wd. 1808.1 Sq Ft (land area); 1188 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#353192600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2STY MASONRY Valissa Tollerson C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02645 $203,481.69 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1604-386 3429 Shelmire Ave 191363524 64th wd. 1574 Sq Ft OPA#642178200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrew Dickson C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04444 $134,234.72 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-387 3243 Teesdale St 19136 64th wd. 1470 Sq Ft OPA#641167200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vincent A. Mickle C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00189 $164,171.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-388 3302 Gurley Rd 191541502 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#663114900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carol A. Morris C.P. April Term, 2010 No. 01978 $132,595.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-389 1022 E Haines St 191381511 59th wd. 1704 Sq Ft OPA#591164500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Schlonda Fowler C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02362 $100,356.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-390 2232 Kater St 191461139 30th wd. 1108 Sq Ft OPA#302018600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian P. Pawliczek C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00591 $208,510.69 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-391 4846 N Carlisle St 191412111 13th wd. 1452 Sq Ft OPA#132034300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jesse Reed, in His Capacity as Heir of William Lief Manney, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under William Lief Manney, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02066 $27,677.59 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-392 823 Marlyn Rd 19151 34th wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#344265300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL DWELLING Adil Mohommed C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02925 $128,483.03 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-393 6634 Walker St 19135 55th wd. 1296 Sq Ft BRT#552315100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mohammed Karim; Salma Karim a/k/a Salma A. Karim C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01654 $140,163.28 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-394 1411 E Weaver St 191502223 50th wd. 1188 Sq Ft OPA#501470300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joanna Johnson a/k/a Joanna Young C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00740 $47,698.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-395 1403 E Weaver St 19150 50th wd. 1320 Sq Ft BRT#501469900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Raymond Blue a/k/a Raymond F. Blue a/k/a Raymond T. Blue; Veronica Blue a/k/a Veronica I. Blue C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02829 $184,731.87 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-396 7244 Dicks Ave 19153 40th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#404337900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Zreda Milton C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01296 $55,591.81 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-397 6252 N 18th St 191411426 17th wd. 1140 Sq Ft OPA#172280400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Ca May Robinson, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 04660 $59,446.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-398 4103 E Roosevelt Blvd 19124 23rd wd. 1680 Sq Ft BRT#233015700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bruce A. Johnson and Syreeta M. Lyons C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03505 $150,212.70 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-399 2220 Cantrel St 19145 48th wd. 800 Sq Ft BRT#482085900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Percy A. Roland C.P. September Term, 2009 No. 03308 $53,766.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-400 4211 N Reese St 191402530 43rd wd. 1036 Sq Ft OPA#433229000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ivan Resto, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Victor Resto; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations

Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Victor Resto, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00031 $41,944.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-401 9949 Bridle Rd 19115 58th wd. 1170 Sq Ft BRT#581234900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lourdes Lopez and Wilmar Lopez C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02347 $260,941.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-402 5937 N 11th St 191413210 49th wd. 1744 Sq Ft OPA#492240500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elvera R. Honore C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01895 $155,845.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-403 311 Cheltenham Ave a/k/a 311 E Cheltenham Ave 191201602 35th wd. 1786 Sq Ft OPA#352000500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ruth Duany; Ruben Duany C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01157 $208,345.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-404 1970 Penfield St 191382727 10th wd. 1392 Sq Ft OPA#101376800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ashton Smith; Delores Smith C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04166 $195,080.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-405 7008 Reedland St 19142 40th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#406215600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa Bolton C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02924 $45,670.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-406 3915 J St 19124 33rd wd. 1034 Sq Ft BRT#332241500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Juan E. Lopez C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03504 $93,001.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-407 6326 Brous Ave 19149 62nd wd. 1308 Sq Ft BRT#621591200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mykola Vozynuk, Sr. C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02262 $116,796.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-408 421 W Grange Ave 19120 61st wd. 2500 Sq Ft BRT#612070300 Subject To Mortgage Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as Trustee for GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2005- AA1 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sokna Men; Sokphorn Randy Rin a/k/a Sokphorn R. Rin C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02458 $108,463.11 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-409 565 1/2 Alcott St 19120 35th wd. 1299 Sq Ft OPA#35-

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2077100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nikia Smith C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01410 $75,980.68 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-410 3528 K St 19134-1413 33rd wd. 2000 Sq Ft OPA#331392300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Morphew C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02112 $21,601.96 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-411 1921 S 2nd St 19148 39th wd. 1020 Sq Ft OPA#391270400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Michael Wray C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00189 $106,332.89 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-412 7927 Temple Rd 19150 50th wd. 1643 Sq Ft OPA#501093600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Mangum C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01530 $42,660.12 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-413 3809 Cresson St 19127 21st wd. Irregular; Situated on the Northeasterly side of Cresson St (38 feet wide) at the distance of 71’ 1/8” Northwesterly from the Northwesterly side of Salaignac St BRT#211214400 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Dawn M. Weems C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00268 $175,847.97 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-414 621 Fitzgerald St 19148 39th wd. On the N side of Fitzgerald St, 208 feet Eastward from the E side of Seventh St; Front 14’ Depth 52’ BRT#393109300 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Christopher Rosato C.P. February Term, 2009 No. 02981 $103,646.36 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq.

1604-415 7243 Lindbergh Blvd 19153 40th wd. Situated on the Northwesterly side of Lindbergh Blvd (158 feet wide) measured S 16 degrees 40’18” W along the said Northwesterly side of Lindbergh Blvd; Front: 17.946’ Depth: 92.769’ BRT#406559422 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Quinzell Summers C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02114 $226,278.01 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-416 1322 S 15th St 19146 36th wd. 2352 Sq Ft OPA#365054600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Velvita Grimes a/k/a Velvita Scuggs Grimes C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00017 $29,140.81 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-417 842 E Cornwall St 19134 33rd wd. 1176 Sq Ft OPA#33-11171-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gregory Stanislaus C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00873 $49,720.65 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-418 46 W Reger St 19144 12th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY BRT#123062900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marina Polyachenko C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02170 $96,819.98 Alicia M. Sandoval, Esquire 1604-419 247 W Mentor St 19120 42nd wd. 2520 Sq Ft BRT#422081200; BRT#124N20-125 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jessica D. Maya C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 00593 $73,383.63 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-420 8121 Crispin St 19136 64th wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#642024100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathleen Ditommaso a/k/a Kathleen Dorfman C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 00613 $182,374.20 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-421 6653 Cornelius St 19138 10th wd. 6250 Sq Ft BRT#102381600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Isabelle

Jefferson C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 03658 $98,769.45 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-422 2368 78th Ave 19150 50th wd. 1920 Sq Ft BRT#501436100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeffrey Ragsdale C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 03400 $165,281.41 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-423 4550 Sheffield St 19136 65th wd. 1374 Sq Ft OPA#651136400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daniel R. Ciarrocchi C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 04008 $148,527.93 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-424 613 Catharine St, Unit B 19147 2nd wd. BRT#888021762 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Che Green C.P. June Term, 2009 No. 00489 $1,193,732.42 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-425 9948 Woodfern Rd 19115 58th wd. BRT#58-1-2688-00/ BRT#151N2-187 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Hassan Jadidi C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02046 $169,035.22 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-426 1119 Overington St 19124 23rd wd. 1527 Sq Ft OPA#234076800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia A. Beynon C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01887 $43,684.61 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-427 6371 Magnolia St 19144 59th wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA#592255000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lynn A. Faust C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 02230 $61,362.07 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-428 4253 K St 19124 33rd wd. 1771 Sq Ft OPA#332331400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jose R. Milano C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04723 $74,067.45 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire;

Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-429 4145 K St 19124 33rd wd. 1283 Sq Ft OPA#332328500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Juan Pichardo C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01959 $101,560.46 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-430 2211 S Woodstock St 191453510 48th wd. 1036 Sq Ft OPA#481335700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Edward Lane a/k/a Joe Lane a/k/a Joseph E. Lane; Vashti SmithFoote; William P. Foote C.P. January Term, 2008 No. 01458 $71,803.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-431 5917 Cobbs Creek Pkwy 19143-3025 3rd wd. 1534 Sq Ft OPA#033154300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lynette Grimes, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of the Estate of Ethel Wake a/k/a Ethel I. Wake C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01370 $45,121.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-432 7118 Oakland St 191491211 54th wd. 1176 Sq Ft OPA#542381900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Antonio Perez; Carmen Perez C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 00027 $180,965.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-433 209 N 58th St 191391214 4th wd. 1250 Sq Ft OPA#042211600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles M. Harris, Jr. a/k/a Charles M. Harris C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02684 $24,311.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-434 1416 Friendship St 191114208 53rd wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#532300100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anne Edouard a/k/a Ann Edouard; Dimitri Joseph; Gina Joseph C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01713 $217,870.81 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-435 6528 Windsor St 19142-1320 40th wd. 1536 Sq Ft OPA#403082200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ellen M. Beres, In Her Capacity as Co-Adminstrator and Heir of the Estate of David Gilligan;

John Patton, In His Capacity as Co-Administrator and Heir of the Estate of David Gilligan; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under David Gilligan, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 01017 $71,002.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-436 10801 Modena Dr 191543915 66th wd. 1720 Sq Ft OPA#662059300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Cancelliere C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01155 $125,899.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-437 5332 N Camac St 191412922 49th wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA#493176900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Latania L. Colbert C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02666 $79,706.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-438 2232 S 65th St 191422222 40th wd. 1188 Sq Ft OPA#403013700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Os Clark, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01957 $56,904.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-439 4138 Fairdale Rd 191543612 66th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#662568300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher M. Somers; Victoria N. Somers C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00992 $99,267.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-440 159 W Tabor Rd 191202938 42nd wd. 1800 Sq Ft OPA#422288000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John R. McDermott C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01705 $147,082.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-441 6955 Hegerman St 19135 41st wd. 2200 Sq Ft OPA#412437600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lisa Pierce C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 03458 $183,974.40 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-442 2230 Hoffnagle St 191522512 56th wd. 2000 Sq Ft OPA#562110700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Lorraine Squares C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 00268 $184,381.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-443 6347 Hegerman St 191353301 41st wd. 1208 Sq Ft OPA#411384000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Van Johnson, Jr.; Merie Nickay Marcia Marcia C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03451 $117,298.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-444 7538 Brentwood Rd 191512103 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#343222100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hakim AbdusSalaam C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 02477 $184,665.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-445 6101 Magnolia St 19144 59th wd. 1799 Sq Ft BRT#592246500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Naomi Adams as Executrix of the Estate of Mary F. Short, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 003151 $57,791.64 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-446 7334 Ruskin Rd 191512203 34th wd. 1732 Sq Ft OPA#344073113 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph M. Morgan; Rogert G. Morgan C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01024 $85,140.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-447 5779 Stewart St 191313419 4th wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA#043219100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Monya Bell C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01570 $90,446.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-448 440 W Susquehanna Ave 19122-1537 19th wd. 1950 Sq Ft OPA#191393500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cameron Glenn C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02414 $81,817.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-449 44 W Pomona St 191441914 59th wd. 1919 Sq Ft OPA#593091900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Francis R. Bey; Lisa Dixon C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02461 $159,820.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-450A 131 East Gorgas Ln 19119 22nd wd. 4118 Sq Ft OPA#222113210 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary L. Martin C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 00690 $252,683.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-450B Rear of 125-127, East Gorgas Ln 19119 22nd wd. 1986 Sq Ft OPA#222113110 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

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PROPERTY Mary L. Martin C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 00690 $252,683.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-451 1100 S Broad St Apt 305B a/k/a 1100 Broad St #305B 19146-5029 88th wd. 687 Sq Ft OPA#888113656 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Todd Facenda C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 00583 $248,270.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-452 3111 Tasker St 19145 36th wd. 990 Sq Ft BRT#364251200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John F. Williams, III and Janiel M. Ruffin C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02278 $84,138.11 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-453 1006 Levick St 19111 53rd wd. 1611 Sq Ft BRT#531066600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Umar Khan C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03739 $145,726.13 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-454 5213 Oakland St BRT#621401200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gerard Gelin and Suzie Josma-Gelin C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01720 $33,688.61 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-455 5238 Addison St 19143 46th wd. 967.50 Sq Ft BRT#602144400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Leroy Nelson Brown C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03549 $37,970.58 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1604-456 1014 W Olney Ave 19141 49th wd. 1612 Sq Ft BRT#492064200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Buggs and Cynthia Buggs C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 000560 $27,798.27 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-457 5959 Loretto Ave 19149 53rd wd. 1400 Sq Ft BRT#53-13197-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith Jackson C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03299 $126,003.28 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-458 2301 W Somerset St 19132 11th wd. 1904 Sq Ft (improvement area) OPA#871515210 Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE KHFG Properties, Inc. C.P. July 2014 Term, No. 002028 $124,304.66 plus costs Lachall, Cohen & Sagnor LLP 1604-459 1912 N 31st St 19121 32nd wd. 1743 Sq Ft (Improvement Area) OPA#871542890 Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: THREE STORY ROW HOUSE KHF Properties, LLC C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 001342 $124,304.66 plus costs Lachall, Cohen & Sagnor LLP

1604-460 1529 Marcy Pl, Unit B 56th wd. BRT#888560534 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Richard J. Gaunce C.P. June Term, 2011 No. 01314 $143,144.58 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1604-461 7144 Limekiln Pike 10th wd. 1520 Sq Ft BRT#102071900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Terrance L. Hobson a/k/a Terrance Hobson C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03066 $157,203.17 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1604-462 9926 Haldeman Ave 19115 58th wd. 2000 Sq Ft OPA#888581837 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yuriy Mazik, Tatyana Mazik and Sergei Kochenskov C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 03451 $181,096.37 Brett A. Solomon, Michael C. Mazack 1604-463 506 Oak Ln a/k/a 506 Oak Lane Ave 19126 61st wd. (formerly of the 50th wd.) 26062 Sq Ft BRT#611421800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leora BryantSneed and Garfield Sneed C.P. September Term, 2008 No. 02227 $260,762.05 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-464 428 Comly St 19120 35th wd. 3145 Sq Ft OPA#352141100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tran T. Ngo; Thang B. Truong C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03714 $81,896.75 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-465 5815 N 7th St 19120 42nd wd. 1320 Sq Ft OPA#612248200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Herbert Alston; Marlene A. Alston a/k/a Marlene Alston C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01471 $145,278.30 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-466 550 W Duncannon Ave 19120 49th wd. 1073 Sq Ft OPA#492021400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eva D. Lewis; Amos A. Lewis C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01807 $82,640.04 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael

E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-467 6317 Callowhill St 19151 34th wd. 1814 Sq Ft OPA#343021700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Adebayo Adu; Abiodun R. Adu C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02391 $129,601.06 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-468 2614 E Ontario St 19134 45th wd. 1194 Sq Ft OPA#451037000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dana J. Christian; Brian E. Clark C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03296 $154,958.17 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-469 1963 Granite St 19124 62nd wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#622086200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bernice Stroman, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Martin L. Noble, Deceased; Francis Noble, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Martin L. Noble, Deceased; Phillip Noble, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Martin L. Noble, Deceased; Steven Noble, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Martin L. Noble, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01161 $41,187.19 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-470 1169 Anchor St 19124 62nd wd. 1262 Sq Ft BRT#621069900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Madeline Rodriguez C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03548 $142,712.10 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-471 1330 Orthodox St 19124 23rd wd. 4911 Sq Ft OPA#234059100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lamond Murray; Carmen Murray; United States of America C.P. February Term, 2011 No. 00353 $124,678.94 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-472 315 New St, Unit 615 19106 5th wd. 1034 Sq Ft

BRT#888056780 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Grace Fortuna a/k/a Grace K. Parazino, Successor Trustee and Beneficiary under the Joseph A. Fortuna Living Trust C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02643 $91,204.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-473 2034 Lansing St 19152 56th wd. 1306 Sq Ft BRT#561472900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robin Miller and David J. Miller, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 02080 $190,250.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-474 7638 Sherwood Rd 19151 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#343240600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Camille D. Bounds and Alton C. Strange C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02187 $141,163.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-475 4818 N 11th St 191413404 49th wd. 2162 Sq Ft BRT#491412300; BRT#123NO05-191 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mary E. Knox C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03007 $88,693.27 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-476A 441 East Washington Ln 59th wd. 2924 Sq Ft BRT#592149500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dolores M. McNeal C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01222 $101,348.77 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1604-476B 439 E Washington Ln 59th wd. 2922 Sq Ft BRT#592149400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dolores M. McNeal C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01222 $101,348.77 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1604-477 2407 N 50th St 52nd wd. 4336.09 Sq Ft BRT#521251800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Vida B. Mallory C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02505 $233,031.86 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1604-478 2630 Berbro St 40th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#404103500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Sheila D. Johnson a/k/a Sheila Delores Johnson a/k/a Sheila Johnson, Deceased and Stephen Piner C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01465 $97,419.16 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1604-479 3233 N 26th St 19129 38th wd. 880 Sq Ft BRT#381149700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Evelyn Harvey a/k/a Evelyn J. Harvey

C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03087 $14,170.37 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1604-480 7105 Oxford Ave 19111 53rd wd. 1850 Sq Ft BRT#532375915 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE John Kerr C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03940 $151,830.76 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1604-481 5921 Pine St 46th wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#032032000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Edward J. Cody, Sr., Personal Representative of the Estate of Murray Price, Jr. a/k/a Murray Price, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01911 $25,509.48 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1604-482 5538 Elliott St 51st wd. 952.5 Sq Ft BRT#513100500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Andrea A. Starks C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01459 $39,580.03 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1604-483 1463 Howell St 19149-3318 62nd wd. 3976.73 Sq Ft BRT#62-1-1273-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gary L. Wells C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01410 $66,377.17 BARBARA A. FEIN, ESQUIRE 1604-484 5826 Akron St (assessed as 5826 Akron St and 5826 Akron St #A) 19149-3402 35th wd. 1435 Sq Ft BRT#62-1-4250-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ericka Scott C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 02276 $176,653.96 BARBARA A. FEIN, ESQUIRE 1604-485 2639 S 10th St 19148 39th wd. 1110 Sq Ft BRT#39-34956-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James Gallo and Danielle Gallo C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 02059 $112,348.50 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-486 1221 Gilham St 19111 53rd wd. 1222 Sq Ft BRT#531170100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alla V. Kheyfets C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01901 $75,909.10 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-487 7112 Claridge St BRT#532401300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony J. Domenico C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02354 $180,947.50 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-488 523 Parlin St 19116 58th wd. 3521 Sq Ft BRT#582058600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hasi Dio Mundoe a/k/a Hasi D. Mundoe and Mai Monica Mundoe a/k/a Mai Monica Mundoe C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00547 $105,024.16 Shapiro &

DeNardo, LLC 1604-489 2310 Borbeck Ave 191523802 56th wd. 1169 Sq Ft OPA#561514400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phyllis Bresner C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01653 $131,508.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-490 1241 Passmore St BRT#531115300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jincy Joy C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04443 $58,523.03 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-491 1219 Princeton Ave 19111 53rd wd. 5750 Sq Ft OPA#532288900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janine Tucker C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 01530 $268,231.52 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-492 1838 S 55th St BRT#51-42048-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING William H. Ikard C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01265 $33,016.66 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-493 4704 St Denis Dr BRT#652461552 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephen E. Jauregui and Katherine H. Tomlinson C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02190 $237,737.54 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-494 3166 Chatham St 19134 25th wd. 1029.6 Sq Ft (land area); 1168 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#251419600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY Marianne Kubrak C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02603 $110,536.66 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1604-495 1316 W Ritner St a/k/a 1316 Ritner St 19148 39th wd. 930 Sq Ft BRT#394317300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dona Mari Young; Mary A. Young; Nancy Young C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02652 $119,344.33 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-496 6618 Ditman St 19135 41st wd. S/D W/D GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1280 Sq Ft BRT#411223600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Martin Rodriguez C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00224 $152,509.15 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-497 1838 Webster St 19146 30th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 730 Sq Ft BRT#301161900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ata Zandieh

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C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 01448 $209,842.51 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-498 3206 Ancona Rd 19154 66th wd. 2640 Sq Ft BRT#157N24-0201; OPA#663075500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kristy McNamee; Mark McNamee C.P. October Term, 2007 No. 02046 $164,437.55 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-499 2946 N Taney St 19132 38th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 900 Sq Ft BRT#381197900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Garvester McNair, The Unknown Surviving Heirs of Garvester McNair and All Unknown Heirs of Alberta E. Harmon, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 02239 $49,848.17 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-500 6746 Limekiln Pike 19138 10th wd. (formerly part of the 50th wd.) ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1080 Sq Ft BRT#102066600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Surviving Heirs of Jane E. Forsythe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Kenneth Fitzgerald Forsythe, Known Surviving Heir of Jane E. Forsythe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Katrina H. Dennison, Known Surviving Heir of Jane E. Forsythe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Dalonzo M. Zepprinans, Known Surviving Heir of Jane E. Forsythe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03211 $67,602.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-501 1062 Allengrove St 19124 23rd wd. S/D W/B GAR 2STY MASONRY; 2080 Sq Ft BRT#234141200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gerold Gibson C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00865 $205,997.71 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-502 123 E Coulter St 19144 22nd wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1442 Sq Ft BRT#122024300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Karen H. Palmer C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02802 $70,806.03 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-503 530 Gerhard St 21st wd. Situated on the Northwesterly side of Gerhard St (50 feet wide) at the distance of 438 feet 4/38 inches Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of Ridge Ave; Irregular IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Anhony C. Esbensen and Dawn M. Esbensen C.P. November Term,

2014 No. 00183 $189,833.75 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-504 906 Griffith St 19111 63rd wd. DET 1.5 STY MASONRY OTHER; 1140 Sq Ft BRT#631263700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shirley T. Castillo and William D. Castillo C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03938 $229,578.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-505 5024 Keyser St 19144 12th wd. SEMI/DET 2STY MASONRY; 1188 Sq Ft BRT#123200700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Donna Bailey C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01651 $119,681.54 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-506 336 W Mount Pleasant Ave 19119 22nd wd. 1800 Sq Ft OPA#22-3185800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bradford W. Gallagher; Lucia Zapatero C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 02226 $165,741.98 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-507 832 Wynnewood Rd 19151 34th wd. S/D CONV APT 3 STY MAS�; 2710 Sq Ft BRT#344229000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Montess E. Trapp, Jr. C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01932 $167,758.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-508 7005-7007 McCallum St 19119 22nd wd. (formerly part of the 32nd wd.) APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY STONE; 5352 Sq Ft BRT#223231400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rhonda Alexander C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00233 $372,321.37 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-509 3541 Tudor St 19136 64th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1600 Sq Ft BRT#642137900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph D. Barclay and Kimberly A. Barclay C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01966 $158,352.51 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-510 5839 N Fairhill St 19120 61st wd. 1888 Sq Ft OPA#612312800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James N. Brooks, III; Myra E. Brooks C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02195 $8,119.31 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire;

Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-511 603 N 52nd St 19131 44th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 2641 Sq Ft BRT#442274000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Richard Martin and Juanita Martin C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 04447 $105,375.38 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1604-512 2817 Narcissus Rd 19154 66th wd. 5300 Sq Ft OPA#662511000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Speiser; Michelle Speiser C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01860 $171,280.70 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-513 1025 Tyson Ave 19111 53rd wd. 1506.83 Sq Ft OPA#532235600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Pamela French and Beth French C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 03451 $67,616.03 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1604-514 1432 Comly St 19149 54th wd. 1446 Sq Ft OPA#541002800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeanette M. Larson, Sr., Heir of the Estate of Robert M. Wynne, Sr.; Robert M. Wynne, Jr., Heir of the Estate of Robert M. Wynne, Sr.; Amanda K. Wynne, Heir of the Estate of Robert M. Wynne, Sr. C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 02387 $58,976.85 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-515 3906 Glendale St 19124 33rd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#332428200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Julio Jesus Martinez a/k/a Julio J. Martinez; Magdalena Natal a/k/a Magdalene Natal C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00354 $58,186.98 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-516 3122 Hellerman St 19149 35th wd. 1964 Sq Ft OPA#551041800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael A. Lombo a/k/a Michael Lombo; Shirley A. Lombo a/k/a Shirley

Lombo C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 03033 $146,840.55 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-517 4324 N 7th St 19140 43rd wd. 1033 Sq Ft OPA#433317800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Steven Cruz; Kathleen Cruz a/k/a Kathleen L. Cruz C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00022 $41,952.43 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-518 7822 Cottage St 19136 65th wd. 1528 Sq Ft OPA#65-1241900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James G. Costello C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00527 $103,393.30 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-519 4514 Aldine St 19136 41st wd. 1453 Sq Ft OPA#41-2117600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Kathleen Hollingsworth a/k/a Kathleen M. Hollingsworth; Kevin K. Hollingsworth, Believed Heir and/or Administrator of the Estate of Kathleen Hollingsworth a/k/a Kathleen M. Hollingsworth C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03573 $129,604.09 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-520 239 W Jefferson St 19122 17th wd. 729 Sq Ft OPA#182181800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Damon Lee; United States of America C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02645 $172,807.61 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-521 6816 Lincoln Dr 19119

22nd wd. 3613 Sq Ft OPA#223277600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tod L. Streets C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05733 $145,486.29 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-522 5504 Greene St 19144 12th wd. 3163 Sq Ft OPA#124107400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Francis Kilson C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 02579 $194,394.74 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-523 2331 N 19th St 19132 16th wd. 1634 Sq Ft OPA#162074500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tanya Kosh C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 00689 $43,513.11 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-524 3249 Aramingo Ave 19134 45th wd. 1204.72 Sq Ft OPA#451394200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Any and All Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under John W. Burton, Deceased Mortgagor and Last Real Owner C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 3462 $45,564.11 Lauren Berschler Karl, Esq. 1604-525 3228 Hartville St 19134 7th wd. (formerly part of the 33rd wd.) 630 Sq Ft BRT#073175800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Mary Layden C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00027 $29,308.66 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-526 3212 Aramingo Ave 19134 45th wd. 979 Sq Ft OPA#451398000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lewis B. Palmer, III; Thomas C. Liciardello C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 03542 $80,982.77 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire;

Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-527 7018 Elmwood Ave 40th wd. BRT#871189850 IMPROVEMENTS: 1ST FLOOR RETAIL, 2ND FLOOR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BR Management II, Inc. C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 03832 $60,819.11 Robert H. Dickman, Esquire 1604-528 7851 Lawndale Ave. 19111 63rd wd. 3000 Sq Ft OPA#631176918 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carla Slivinski, Heir and Co-Administratrix of the Estate of John Slivinski, Jr. a/k/a John Alfred Slvinski, Jr.; Geraldine Slivinski, Co-Administratrix of the Estate of John Slivinski, Jr. a/k/a John Alfred Slvinski, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04510 $200,016.87 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-529 6018 Spruce St 60th wd. 1504 Sq Ft BRT#03-2003500; PRCL#23 S 10-134 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ella V. Weston C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03433 $103,026.84 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-530 6350 Cherokee St 19144 59th wd. 1409 Sq Ft OPA#593139200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debra Tillman a/k/a Debra Y. Tillman C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01668 $59,488.23 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-531 6032 N 12th St 19141 49th wd. 1688 Sq Ft OPA#493148700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenneth Stanley; Barbara Tucker C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03191 $141,171.18 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-532 4695 Castor Ave 19124 23rd wd. 2750 Sq Ft OPA#234191400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

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PROPERTY Tracie D. Daniels a/k/a Tracie Daniels; United States of America C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01168 $69,735.88 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-533 1021 Bridge St 19124 23rd wd. 2500 Sq Ft OPA#23-4185600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Beth Anne Scott; Joseph Scott Kerrigan a/k/a Joseph Kerrigan C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00048 $59,271.68 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-534 5711 Whitby Ave 51st wd. On the Northwesterly side of Whitby Ave 118’ 9” Southwestward from the Southwesterly side of 57th St; Front: 23’9” Depth: 122’ IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Janet Collins Ridley, Solely in Her Capacity as Surviving Heirs of Harrison A. Ridley, Jr. a/k/a Harrison Ridley, Jr., Deceased; Jade WidemanRidley, Solely in Her Capacity as Surviving Heir of Harrison A. Ridley, Jr. a/k/a Harrison Ridley, Jr., Deceased; Unknown Heirs of Harrison A. Ridley, Jr. a/k/a Harrison Ridley, Jr., Deceased C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01547 $34,525.71 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-535 6429 Paschall Ave 19142 40th wd. 1920 Sq Ft OPA#401354300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tamika Royster C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01281 $131,382.61 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-536 1115 W Louden St 19141 49th wd. 1370 Sq Ft OPA#491100400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Reacy B. Hopkins, Doris J. Hopkins C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 03543 $85,267.65 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC

1604-537 4404 Hurley St 19120 42nd wd. 1122 Sq Ft OPA#42-1-4308-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shafiqual Islam a/k/a Shafiqul Islam C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02531 $43,496.79 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-538 140 Farson St a/k/a 140 N Farson St 19139 44th wd. 1128 Sq Ft OPA#441078000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marie Mitchell C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02049 $36,592.15 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-539 4215 Roosevelt Blvd 19124 23rd wd. 1728 Sq Ft OPA#233018800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Julie Varghese; Varghese John C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02373 $71,332.68 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-540 2620 S Daggett St 19142 40th wd. 1240 Sq Ft OPA#406010300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Denroy Henry C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04230 $58,201.56 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-541 2413 N 50th St 19131 52nd wd. 3713 Sq Ft OPA#52-1252100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andres D. Ethridge C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03321 $147,066.31 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-542 367 Ripka St 19128 21st wd. 2654 Sq Ft OPA#212258400 IMPROVEMENTS:

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald Clemson, Jr. a/k/a Ronald L. Clemson, Jr. C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 03827 $159,804.11 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-543 1425 S Patton St 19146 38th wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA#364448400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of William L. Scott, Sr. C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02711 $12,733.30 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-544 5612 Arbor St 61st wd. On the Westerly side of Arbor St 119’11” Northwardly from the Northly side of Olney Ave; Front: 17’11” Depth: 72’ IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Milca Beauvil C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 00652 $161,612.04 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-545 3516 Chippendale Ave 19136 64th wd. 1629 Sq Ft OPA#642203200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luis M. Camacho a/k/a Luis M. Camacho; Lisa Marie Camacho a/k/a Lisa M. Camacho C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04304 $165,877.97 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-546 1427 W Fisher Ave 191411638 17th wd. 2122 Sq Ft OPA#171075300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shakirah P. Bey a/k/a Shakirah Bey C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01035 $132,185.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-547 2025 N Woodstock St 32nd wd. Situated on the E side of Woodstock St at the distance of 222 feet 6 1/4 inches Northward from the N side of Norris St; Front: 15’ Depth: 56’ IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Angela M. Waller C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 03228 $101,872.54 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-548 2933 N 27th St 191321243 38th wd. 1184 Sq Ft

OPA#381205400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ingrid M. Smith; Mamie Smith C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03228 $46,892.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-549 5020 Boudinot St 19120 42nd wd. 1158 Sq Ft OPA#421422000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louise Charles; Guerino Pierre-Louis C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 00994 $66,162.34 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-550 6539 Reedland St 19142 40th wd. 1042 Sq Ft OPA#406208400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Amber W. Simpson a/k/a Amber Warren Simpson C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 02386 $85,778.00 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-551 1541 Morris St 191451533 36th wd. 1923 Sq Ft OPA#365387100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lagracia Jones a/k/a Lagracia Garcia Jones a/k/a Lagracia H. Jones a/k/a Lagracia D. Jones C.P. April Term, 2007 No. 02722 $134,028.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-552 402 Parlin St 19116 58th wd. 3170 Sq Ft OPA#582048300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mariamma Abraham; Biju Abraham C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 03304 $171,883.52 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-553 8109 Suffolk Ave 19153 40th wd. BRT#40-5195-200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Philip Briggs; Vanessa Briggs, Known Heir of Philip Briggs; Sabrina Briggs, Known Heir of Philip Briggs C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02667 $42,595.78 Udren Law Offices, P.C.

1604-554 1816 Dickinson St 191464660 36th wd. 976 Sq Ft BRT#363048600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sophia Brodsky C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02138 $139,606.54 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-555 5500 Haverford Ave 191381431 4th wd. 12867 Sq Ft BRT#041047465 Willard Fairweather C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00481 $69,058.52 Richard J. Weitzman, Esq.; Law Offices of Richard J. Weitzman, P.C. 1604-556 6014 N Lambert St 19138 17th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#172429000 Rodder Construction, LLC C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01862 $128,725.36 Richard J. Weitzman, Esq.; Law Offices of Richard J. Weitzman, P.C. 1604-557 4322 Wayne Ave 13th wd. On SW side of Wayne Ave 31’ 3/4” SE from the SE side of Rowan St; Front: 15’ Depth: 67’ OPA#13-1-4065-00 Margaret Ellison C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02734 $53,318.54 Louis P. Vitti, Esq. 1604-558 666 E Wensley St 191341828 33rd wd. 756 Sq Ft OPA#331130900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tisha S. Riddick a/k/a Tisha Riddick C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02552 $24,121.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-559 7441 Tulpehocken Rd a/k/a 7441 E Tulpehocken St 191381408 50th wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#501368500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Overby C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00285 $95,277.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-560 152 W Ashdale St 191203408 42nd wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#422171600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dawn M. Wright; Secure Investments LLC C.P. October Term, 2009 No. 00338 $46,869.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-561 1123 S 46th St 19143 46th wd. 2244 Sq Ft BRT#461173300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Estate of William Lakins a/k/a William E. Lakins a/k/a William Lakins, Jr. c/o Lauragene Dickason Executrix; Lauragene Dickason, Executrix of the Estate of William Lakins a/k/a William E. Lakins a/k/a William Lakins, Jr.; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under William Lakins a/k/a William E. Lakins a/k/a William Lakins, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03186 $496,079.20 Udren Law Offices, P.C.

1604-562 3921 Bennington St a/k/a 3921 Bennington 191245421 33rd wd. 1376 Sq Ft OPA#332296100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Juan Claudio; Maria Quinones C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02638 $109,573.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-563 4653 Boudinot St 191204520 42nd wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#421425700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward Negron; Elizabeth Negron C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02831 $37,763.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1604-564 3328 Englewood St 19149 55th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#551487100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Gurski and Siobhan Gurski C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02645 $244,244.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-565 5380 Chew Ave 19138 12th wd. 1733 Sq Ft BRT#122221300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sroeun Him and Savoeun Krich C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01096 $152,415.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-566 5333 Vine St 19139 44th wd. 2974 Sq Ft BRT#441041700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Peter A. Camps C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01556 $142,273.77 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-567 7404 Georgian Rd 19138 10th wd. 1240 Sq Ft BRT#101134300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Johneise Walker C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02234 $121,289.81 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-568 1228 E Mount Airy Ave 19150 50th wd. 1159 Sq Ft BRT#502484800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anna L. Townsville C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 01039 $50,000.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-569 727 N 2nd St 19123 5th wd. 4320 Sq Ft BRT#871297770 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Steward, III, Trustee for Xavier Steward, Siani Steward, Jade Steward, and Victoria Steward C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02684 $238,344.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-570 211 N Farson St 19139 44th wd. 1500 Sq Ft BRT#441071800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dinetta WaltonDays, as Administratrix of the Estate of Warner Days, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03109 $25,376.24

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KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-571 1304 Faulkrod St 19124 23rd wd. 2640 Sq Ft OPA#234095800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael D. Bennett, Heir and Administrator of the Estate of Tyrone Craig; Alexander Ruiz; Lisandra Liz Villafane C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01001 $127,842.59 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-572 1381 Dyre St 19124 62nd wd. 1344 Sq Ft BRT#621009500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Erin Keith English and Sean Nyle English C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01906 $62,709.20 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-573 2647 S Warnock St 19148 39th wd. 1070 Sq Ft OPA#394154600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Scuderi a/k/a Anthony Scuderi, Jr. C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00312 $90,280.62 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-574 138 N Lindenwood 34th wd. Situated on the W side of Lindenwood St at the distance of 292’ Northward from the N side of Arch St; Front: 15’ Depth: 65’ IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Jonathan M. Hurt and Karen Hurt C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00801 $31,600.29 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-575 8915 Rising Sun Ave 57th wd. On the SE side of Rising Sun Ave; Irregular Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Gary Drumheiser C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02325 $419,978.90 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-576 1860 Nolan St 19138 10th wd. 1264 Sq Ft BRT#102225100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Damon T. Walker a/k/a Damon T. Walker, Sr. C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 001381 $99,764.77 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1604-577 3041 Witte St 19134 25th wd. 678 Sq Ft (land area) BRT#252417800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Raymond C. Vandegrift a/k/a Raymond Vandegrift C.P. November Term,

2015 No. 01088 $58,803.70 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1604-578 4825 N Marvine St 19141 49th wd. 1320 Sq Ft BRT#491424310 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Judith Weinberg C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02990 $89,230.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-579 218 W Fischer Ave 42nd wd. 1660.64 Sq Ft BRT#42-2-244400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY William D. Burns and William D. Burns C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01466 $86,808.85 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1604-580 206 W Colonial St 19126 61st wd. 1184 Sq Ft BRT#611322000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kim T. Fuller C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00189 $116,322.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-581 2721 Meyer Pl 19114-3408 57th wd. 6000 Sq Ft BRT#571-1586-10 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nathan Harris C.P. June Term, 2010 No. 00086 $448,145.21 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-582 1112 S 56th St 19143 51st wd. 1278 Sq Ft BRT#513022200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ketleen Dormeus C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 000909 $56,097.44 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-583 4020 Mitchell St 19128 21st wd. 1400 Sq Ft BRT#212191100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David Peltzman a/k/a David J. Peltzman C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02195 $145,127.25 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-584 1212 E Mount Airy Ave 19150 50th wd. 1898 Sq Ft BRT#502484000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Josephine Reid and Anthony Reid C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 001305 $164,105.40 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-585 314 Gates St 19128-4617 21st wd. 4000 Sq Ft BRT#21-14464-00; BRT#93 N 13-26 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jonathan Barkat and Rebecca Brame Barkat C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02779 $192,765.69 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1604-586 5638 Wyndale Ave 19131 52nd wd. 2458 Sq Ft BRT#522127700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna M. Palmer C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 03508 $80,078.84 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC

1604-587 362 Stevens St 19111 35th wd. 1587 Sq Ft BRT#35-21843-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vanessa Gibson-Cooper as the Executrix of the Estate of Sandra E. Hall, deceased and Handy Home Services, LLC C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02174 $95,964.55 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-588 307 S Camac St 19107 5th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#053139800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Dale S. Penrod, Deceased; Gary Penrod, Known Heir of Dale S. Penrod, Deceased and John Penrod a/k/a Jack Penrod, Known Heir of Dale S. Penrod, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01114 $294,529.53 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1604-589 4703 N 3rd St 19120 42nd wd. 689 Sq Ft BRT#42-2-4291-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carmen Sierra C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02271 $42,433.31 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-590 7223 Cottage St 19135 Land Area: 1653.3 Sq Ft; Improvement Area: 1320 Sq Ft BRT#412294900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Abdelaziz Mohamed C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01068 $158,572.25 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1604-591 4122 E Howell St 19135 62nd wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#622174000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shareema Peterkin C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01673 $127,424.19 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-592 4041 N Marshall St 19140 43rd wd. 1050 Sq Ft BRT#433080300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Crystal A. Graham C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01994 $69,437.07 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-593 6512 Mascher St a/k/a 6512 N Mascher St 19120 61st wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#611025900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Althea E. Lucas C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01959 $59,344.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-594 3320 I St 19134 33rd wd. 1064 Sq Ft BRT#331378400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lillian Diviny C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02430 $44,889.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-595 4838 D St 19120 42nd wd. 1240 Sq Ft BRT#421456900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL PROPERTY Kelvin J. Walker C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 02296 $120,233.30 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-596 319 E Elwood St a/k/a 319 Elwood St 19144 12th wd. 1457 Sq Ft BRT#121010400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tynehl Wilson a/k/a Tynehl S. Wilson C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01751 $90,106.36 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-598 5829 Warrington Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA#034077900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darius Gerald C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 02388 $55,034.12 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-599 6409 Guyer Ave 19142 40th wd. 1276 Sq Ft OPA#406304400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph C. Kolavage, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 001970 $49,598.88 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1604-600 4316 Marple St 19136 65th wd. 1154 Sq Ft BRT#65-1-0913-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Elizabeth A. Lowry; Michael Metusec C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01264 $157,261.44 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-601 856 S Front St 19147 2nd wd. 720 Sq Ft BRT#02-2-120300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David D. Morgan; Gina D. Morgan C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03612 $161,062.47 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-602 6116 Edmund St 19135 41st wd. 1190 Sq Ft BRT#41-1390000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jean Lemaire C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 02833 $60,079.62 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-603 1416 N Felton St 19151 34th wd. 810 Sq Ft BRT#342343000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shatee Cooks a/k/a Shalee Cooks C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 02046 $55,623.03 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1604-604 2519 S 64th St 19142 40th wd. 1125 Sq Ft OPA#402134200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chuck Moody C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 02025 $84,647.08 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire;

Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-605 5611 Chew Ave 191381738 12th wd. 1666 Sq Ft BRT#871517480 IMPROVEMENTS: 3 STORY MASONRY ROW HOME WITH OFFICE Methuselah Z.O. Bradley V C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01643 $151,179.90 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1604-606 1510 W Louden St 19141 13th wd. (formerly the 49th) 1224 Sq Ft BRT#132402000 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW HOME Methuselah Z.O. Bradley V C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01643 $151,179.90 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1604-607A 429 W Girard Ave 19123 18th wd. 18’x98’ OPA#871290200 IMPROVEMENTS: THREE STORY MASONRY MIXED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carlos Sanchez C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 01715 $398,695.53 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-607B 431 W Girard Ave 19123 18th wd. 18’x98’ OPA#871290250 IMPROVEMENTS: THREE STORY MASONRY MIXED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carlos Sanchez C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 01715 $398,695.53 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-608A 2069 Carver St 19124-1628 41st wd. 14’1”x65’ OPA#411050800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-608B 1887 Wakeling St 19124-2856 62nd wd. 17’ 5-3/4”x71’ 6” OPA#622007000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-608C 1627 Womrath St 19124-4634 23rd wd. 17’ 6”x 86’ 4” OPA#232014000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-608D 1354 E Airdrie St 33rd wd. 16’x 60’ OPA#331238600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-609A 954 E Russell St 191341313 33rd wd. 14’ x 68’ 6” OPA#331177200 Subject to

Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-609B 5209 Hawthorne St 191241344 62nd wd. 15’ x 55’ OPA#622259700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-609C 253 Elkhart St 191342807 7th wd. 14’x 43’6” OPA#071265100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-609D 6510 Vandike St 191352826 41st wd. 16’x 65’ OPA#411334600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-609E 3561 Emerald St 191342033 45th wd. 14’3”x 76’3” OPA#452329100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-610A 2737 S 16th St 26th wd. Front: 34’ 7-7/8” Depth: 27’ 9-3/4” OPA#871535140 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND APARTMENT BNC Properties, LLC C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 003365 $210,704.35 Jerome R. Balka, Esquire; Reger Rizzo Darnall LLP 1604-610B 2739 S 16th St 26th wd. Front: 19’ 5-5/8” Depth: 24’ 2-1/4” OPA#871535150 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND APARTMENT BNC Properties, LLC C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 003365 $210,704.35 Jerome R. Balka, Esquire; Reger Rizzo Darnall LLP 1604-611A 1215 Adams Ave 19124-3901 23rd wd. 68’ 3-5/8”x 86’ OPA#234018800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-611B 2022 Bridge St 191242128 62nd wd. 21’1”x 90’ OPA#622102100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J.

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Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-611C 5883 N 7th St 191201305 61st wd. 68’1”x 15’ OPA#612251600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-611D 3309 Gransback St 191341712 7th wd. 14’x 46’6” OPA#073163200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Sabato C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02296 $785,197.64 Robert S. Esposito, Esquire 1604-612 1415 E. Cheltenham Ave 19134 62nd wd. All that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected known as 1415 E. Cheltenham Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134 BRT#62-1-0801-00; PRCL#141N19-23 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING W/ RELATED IMPROVEMENTS Frank T. Borowiec a/k/a Frank Thomas Borowiec and Christopher J. Borowiec C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02110 Jeffrey G. Trauger, Esquire 1604-613 3501-49 Richmond St 19134 45th wd. 82321 Sq Ft OPA#884841100 IMPROVEMENTS: VACANT LAND INDUST ACRE Gryphin Coatings, Inc. C.P. September Term, 2006 No. 2667 $649,816.97 plus interest David M. Giles, Esquire; Spector, Gadon & Rosen, PC 1604-614 212 to 224 S 24th St, Units R-218 and P-44 19103 8th wd. Irregular PRCL#888085577 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE John

C. Laning C.P. February Term, 2009 No. 02981 $103,646.36 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1604-615 65 E Herman St a/k/a 65 Herman St 19144 59th wd. 1911 Sq Ft BRT#592087000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Derrick D. Outterbridge C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02420 $128,849.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1604-616 5324 Malcolm St 19143 51st wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#511100000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sandra Stewart Murray a/k/a Sandra Stewart C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03192 $39,025.20 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-617 5027 N Warnock St 19141 49th wd. 1561 Sq Ft OPA#491373900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Faye Penn C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01367 $60,375.37 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Kimberly J. Hong, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Karina Velter, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1604-618 159 W Logan St 19144 12th wd. 1902 Sq Ft OPA#123047000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James Sutton; Pamela Bradley C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 00576 $158,099.68 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner,

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There’s Something Funny Going on Here by HughE Dillon Seeso, NBCUniversal‘s brand spankin’ new comedy-streaming service hosted a launch party at Drexel University on Saturday, March 12. Launch parties were also held simultaneously in six other cities, including Austin, Texas at the wildly popular SXSW festival. The new channel features a unique, artisanal mix of new comedies, exclusive shows, classic stand-up performances and curated films. Favorite NBC comedy programs and late night shows will also stream just a day after they air on the network.

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MAGIC RUN IS OVER Del-Val Charter’s magic run is over. Imhotep Charter beat the Warriors for the third time in four years on March 12, ending Del-Val’s AAA state championship dreams. The school won its first public league and city championships this season, upsetting Imhotep, Martin

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Luther King, Constitution and Neumann Goretti along the way, “Looking back on our season, I would say that we had a great season,” said coach Jason Harrigan. “There were actually several teams throughout the Public League that had great seasons, which I think is great for our league. Besides going on tremendous streak of 19 games in a row, we were able to beat some of the area’s top teams. We’ve been striving to be in the conversation of elite teams in the area and now we have the wins and the hardware to back it up. I’m excited for our players, students, and school as a whole.”

Chester’s Khaleeq Campbell (#1) puts up a jump shot with Reading’s Lonnie Walker (#4) blocking. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

Clipper’s major comeback season ended by the Red Knights By Jeremy Treatman

he Chester Clippers have eight PIAA AAAA state titles, more than anyone else in Pennsylvania boys’ basketball history. After a subpar 2015 season, in which the team did not make the state tournament for only the second time in 23 years, this year looked bleak too. That was until the team improved upon a 2-5 start, to win 17 of its next 18 games. Suddenly, it looked like Chester may

Reading’s Khary Maurus (#3) sets up a play. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

be in the hunt for a title again. The Clippers were back-to-back champions in 2011 and 2012 and resumed playing at that level in recent weeks. The team made it to the final eight where it would “host” Reading at Temple University on March 12. However, Chester fans may have felt doomed from the start, as Reading brought close to 4,000 undaunted fans despite Chester being the local team, and having the pedigree in the state playoffs. Reading has never won the state championship and had only made one Final Four in its history, until now. Unfortunately for the Clippers, they could not stop Reading’s Lonnie Walker, a top-25 national junior with offers from Villanova and Penn State. He knifed his way through Chester’s full court defense for 30 points towards Reading’s win. Only a late Chester flurry even made it close. “I really thought we could beat Reading,” said Chester assistant coach Derrick Spence. “In the fourth quarter of the district championship game against Plymouth Whitemarsh, and parts of this game, we went back to being the team that started 2-5, that played as individuals. It’s a shame. Reading is really good and Roman and PW and [Allderdice] are really good, too. I just feel that if we had stayed together and followed the game plan we could still be playing.”

WHITEMARSH’S MALONE IS A STUD Jim Donofrio has a PIAA AAAA state title under his belt, and has produced many Division I players such as Jaylen Bond and C.J. Aiken, in his 18 years at Plymouth Whitemarsh. On paper, the 2015-2016 team didn’t appear — back in December — to be nearly as talented or potentially successful as many others. Despite that, PW played and lost to Roman Catholic on March 15, only one game short of their chance at the state championship. When Donofrio was asked last week about his then 28-2 team’s extraordinary achievement, and the efforts of his top player Xzavier Malone, he simply replied: “Two months ago I told the team that they needed to win the league and get to the district final four to even be considered in the conversation with our top 10 teams of all time,” he recalled. “Recently, I told them that when we won the district, however, they vaulted themselves straight into the conversation of our best teams of all time. In conjunction with that, hangs the reputation of individual players. In this case Xzavier. He has evolved from a naturally gifted but one dimensional scorer of a year ago, to a much more complete player who just so happens to bring a serious division one level of natural athleticism and scoring ability. With that, I can certainly put him in the category of Chuck Moore, Ronald Moore, and Whis Grant. If he wants to be looked at as the best of all time, however, I would have required him to have won a state title.”

ST. JOE’S PREP MAKES A STATEMENT The Hawks were knocked out of the Catholic League playoffs prematurely this year, losing them a chance to play in the Palestra or the state playoffs in 2016. But that didn’t stop the entire team from making an appearance in the Coaches vs. Cancer Annual Breakfast on March 14 at the Palestra. Head coach Speedy Morris has been heavily involved in the program since its inception and his players want to be a part of it. “One of my dad’s old players from Roman Catholic, Mike Lally, who has been an assistant with us here at St. Joe’s Prep for all but one year, has been battling [throat] cancer for years and beat it,” said assistant coach and Speedy’s son, Keith Morris. “This is something that all the players feel strongly about, in part to support coach Lally, and to support the program. I would confidently say that all the players were happy to get up at five in the morning to make this breakfast. It’s something that means a lot to a lot of people, St. Joseph’s Prep basketball included.”

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Local artist features images of LGBTQ activists in new exhibition By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Philadelphia artist Carolyn Cohen is focusing on the stories of gay activists in her latest exhibition, “Allowed to Love: Heroes and Martyrs in the LGBTQ Community,” which will be on view at Muse Galley April 1-30. Cohen said the exhibition’s name draws attention to the struggles LGBTQ individuals face. “There are so many people all over the world who are not allowed to love the way

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people coming in off the street might not know any of these people. They may not know anyone at all who is LGBTQ. The stories are really compelling.” Cohen said many of the stories and activists featured in the exhibition are from the transgender community. “Last year a young transgender woman, Leelah Alcorn, committed suicide,” Cohen said. “She was all over Facebook because she was a pretty woman and the suicide note that she left was so compelling as well. I picked the image that had been all over Facebook to use because I thought that was an image that people would recognize, which is what I wanted, and it went along with her story.” The exhibition will also feature activist Myles Geiger, a local transgender entrepreneur and businessman who will be speaking about trans issues at an April 10 artist reception. “Initially I had been thinking about doing an exhibition about transgender issues. I met him in the course of looking into that and we talked about doing something together and ultimately decided not to,” Cohen said. “I decided to pursue this exhibition that is a little bit more broad in scope. We had stayed connected and he’s very interested in being a part of this and getting his story out there and mentoring young people who may be questioning their sexuality and gender, and letting people know that it is OK and that he is a success story. One of the things that struck me as I was researching my last show, which was about social-justice issues, were the statistics regarding transgender individuals: 41 percent of all transgender people in America will attempt suicide at some point in their lives. It was statistics like that that sparked my concern and interest in doing this show.” In preparing for the show, Cohen said she was surprised that many people don’t have even the most basic knowledge about LGBTQ activists. “I thought that everybody would know certain names like Harvey Milk,” she said. “Take RuPaul for example. I just assumed everyone would know

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about. But these big names, I just assumed everyone would know who they were and it surprised me how few people did.” Cohen said the exhibition is timely given the politically charged climate in this country, where marriage-equality victories and the pending presidential election have pushed broader LGBT issues into the background. Cohen noted that LGBT people continue to face daily challenges, an idea she’s hoping to expose in her exhibition. “Shortly after I started preparing this exhibition, there was that horrible attack on a gay couple in Center City,” she said. “It just struck me at the time that we feel like we’ve come some far because we’ve gained marriage equality but yet there are still so many people against us and who don’t see the world the way that we do. So that was one reason that I became more determined to do this exhibition. A lot of people who come to the galleries in Old City, they are just coming in off the street, and I think it’s important to get these stories out there.” n Muse Gallery presents “Allowed to Love: Heroes and Martyrs in the LGBTQ Community” April 1-30 at 52 N. Second St. For more information, call 215-627-5310 or visit www. carolyncohenart.com.

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Classic musical is ‘Mame’ changer By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Renaissance Music Theatre Company is giving the classic musical “Mame” a makeover at Plays and Players Theater through April 2. The musical, about the fabulous riches-torags-to-riches life of the title character who takes in her orphaned nephew and leads him through the ups and downs of the roaring 1920s into the Great Depression, is being presented with an added twist: Lance Moore, the show’s choreographer, director and designer, is playing the titular, traditionally female-filled role. “We had several people audition for the role,” Moore said about how he ended up starring in the play. “We actually cast a few of them and it just didn’t work out. With two-and-a-half weeks left to open, we made the decision that I would just go in and do the role. It was more a case of circumstances and necessity than something I desperately wanted to do. This is the first time in many years that I am back on stage performing. Having said that, it has been an awesome journey for me.” Moore said he’s playing the role in the traditional sense instead of as a drag version of the classic character. “I’m playing it as a woman, not as a man in drag,” he said. “It’s been a rather challenging role for me to try and make sure that I can try and convince an audience I am not a man dressed as a woman. I’m playing her as honest as I believe she is, not as a man in drag.” Moore said that “Mame” still resonates with audiences today because the Mame

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Deborah Zubow: Fighting for minority rights on the front lines “I raise up my voice — not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard … We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” — Malala Yousafzai As we wrap up Women’s History Month, I thought I’d feature one of our own homegrown heroes. You may not have heard of Deborah Z., but you most likely stand on her shoulders. Z has been fighting for the rights of others since she was knee-high to a grasshopper and she’s not finished yet. PGN: Tell me a little about yourself. DZ: I was born in New York City, but I moved to Philadelphia when I was 20, 44 years ago. I’d consider myself pretty close to being a Philadelphian without having been born here. PGN: What was the household you grew up in like? DZ: I grew up in Queens, in a white, middle-class Jewish family. I have an older sister. Both of my parents were teachers; in fact, most of my relatives are or have been teachers. I somehow managed to escape it. I went to a big high school and was involved with a semi-professional drama company when I was in high school and into college. PGN: Do you think as you moved into activism that your theater background helped? DZ: [Laughs] It certainly helped me learn to project my voice! I think it helps you develop the ability to be able to stand in front of people and communicate. PGN: Were your parents activists? DZ: They had been to a certain point; they were both involved in organizing teachers’ unions. But when the Rosenbergs were executed it really shut them down. They pretty much said, “Nope, we can’t do this anymore.” PGN: Scary times, then and now. What was your earliest memory of understanding injustice in the world? DZ: I don’t ever recall not understanding about injustice. When you grow up in New York City, you are exposed to a diverse population. I went to school with people from all walks of life. I guess the lesson of having parents who lived through the Holocaust is that if you are in a place where everyone is the same, there is danger. The only way to be safe is to live in an area with all different kinds of people. And that’s not an intellectual understanding, it’s something I’ve always felt in my gut. It’s always been part of my temperament to seek out different types of people and that leads to a better understanding of oppression.

PGN: Yeah, it wasn’t until I moved to Radnor at 10 that I experienced anti-Semitism. Some kids were making derogatory statements about a Jewish neighbor and I said, “I don’t get it, aren’t you all white kids?” DZ: White is a very mutable thing; it only really exists in contradistinction to “not white.” There’s no reality to it so it can be anything you want. St. Patrick’s Day reminds us that when Irish people first came here they were not welcome or considered white. The same for Jewish people. It shifts as groups get to be accepted and then some people are considered white while others are not.

protesting the Seneca Army base where they were shipping nuclear cruise missiles to Europe. The groups got together to purchase a farm near the base and set up camp to put up opposition to the base. We had women who climbed over the fence and tried to sabotage the missiles and get the base shut down in nonviolent ways. There was a big media presence there around what was happening.

PGN: So what did you go to school for? DZ: I was an anthropology major at State University of New York at Binghamton and that was wonderful. There was an enormous sense of relief to realize that the way things are in this country are not the only way they can be. That was very important for me. I was like, OK, there is opportunity to live differently.

PGN: I think it also affirmed identities. Some of the first references I ever heard about women loving women were from artists like Holly Near and Meg Christian. It’s also what I used as code to find other lesbians. DZ: Yes, it created a culture and helped us do the work we needed to do. You

PGN: How was women’s music a part of what was happening? DZ: It was empowering. It was a community builder. It projected a message that was important.

PGN: How did you end up in Philly? DZ: I came to go to Penn but that was a mistake, it was a bad fit. At the time, it was very anti-Semitic and there were no women professors in the department. That was the first time I encountered institutionalized discrimination, which was bizarre for an anthropology department. I was young and took it personally instead of realizing that it was institutional. I left after a year.

PGN: What was the Women’s Encampment? DZ: It was an anti-war group. Women I knew at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and at the American Friends Service women’s program in Philly were working with people

PGN: One of the things I noticed is that you’ve always championed a variety of causes, not just gay or women’s rights. DZ: I’ve been pretty politically active all of my life. When I was about 10, my sister took me to the lunch-counter boycotts happening here in solidarity with the boycotts down South. As a teen, I did some farmworker solidarity work and later was a part of the Young Socialist Alliance in New York. When I was in college, before abortion was legal in New York, I volunteered transporting women and guiding them to get safe abortions. I was very lucky to have had very early experiences that way. My parents took me to the first March for Jobs, Peace and Freedom with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. PGN: Isn’t it ridiculous that we’re still facing so many of the same problems? DZ: Oh God, I just cannot believe it. You win something and then you have to win it over and over again.

PGN: What did you do from there? DZ: I made hoagies! That’s what you do when you have one year of liberal arts and no other particular skills. PGN: What was the first “formal” activism you engaged in? DZ: When I left school it was during the second wave of feminism and the development of a significant lesbian movement. The first place I got involved with was the Penn Women’s Center. There was a project called the Free Women’s School, which eventually left the university and moved into the community. It was a free university offering classes from consciousness-raising to cake decorating, taught by students and teachers we recruited to participate. It later became a literacy school that my housemate Sharon Owens coordinated.

roommate whom I fell in love with. We had a relationship and at first we thought, Oh no, we’re lesbians, this must mean we’re abnormal. We were terribly worried about what it would mean and after a few days, we were like, You know, what’s the problem? There really isn’t one. And that was that. But that ended and when I came to Penn for grad school, I didn’t know what was going to happen next, but over time I came out again in the context of the lesbian feminist movement.

need support when you’re embattled all around by the society you’re trying to change. It’s still true. I’m part of a community singing circle that meets at the Cancer Wellness Center to help people who are living through or have survived cancer. PGN: What was the coming-out process for you? DZ: I kind of came out twice. I’m eternally grateful for the State University of New York for matching me with my lovely

PGN: What are you doing now, what’s your work gig? DZ: I am the director of the Public Citizens for Children and Youth Child Health Watch help line. We advocate on an individual basis for kids who need health care and insurance. We do a lot of policy work. Currently we’re working on changing state laws so that undocumented kids can be covered. They’re about the only ones who can’t get some kind of coverage. It’s ridiculous, why should those kids be punished? It kills me to have to tell someone I can’t help them, to tell them that Pennsylvania is too backwards to provide insurance for their children. All I can do is apologize, then go take a walk to calm down. Luckily, I can help most anybody else. Right now we’re doing a “Give Kids a Smile” week and we’ve recruited 600 PAGE 34

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‘Marguerite’ filmmaker on finding your voice By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor Who doesn’t love a diva? In the satirical French film “Marguerite,” opening March 25 at Ritz Theaters, the title character (a superb Catherine Frot) is a wealthy music lover in 1920 Paris who fancies herself to be an opera singer. But she can’t sing a note — any note — in any key. However, no one — not her husband Georges (André Marcon), who makes up excuses for missing her concerts; her friends; or even her African butler, Madelbos (Denis Mpunga), who manipulates things behind the scenes — will tell her she’s talentless. Instead, Lucien Beaumont (Sylvain Dieuaide), a journalist, writes a review that encourages Marguerite to perform a concert. And Madelbos blackmails the gay Atos Pezzini (Michel Fau) to give the would-be coloratura (think Florence Foster Jenkins) vocal lessons. How “Marguerite” plays out is what makes this film fun. Writer/director Xavier Giannoli chatted with PGN about making “Marguerite.”

truth? Of course, when today politicians are selling illusion to the people; that’s a case where it’s important to tell the truth. But there are not such high consequences with Marguerite. PGN: The film is about finding your voice — literally and figuratively. How does this message resonate with you as a filmmaker? XG: Your voice is in the middle of yourself. When you are looking for your voice, you are looking for yourself. My film is about innocence. I still have, I hope, something innocent in myself. But there is always that terrible moment when you are with your illusions and you wake up in the violent, real world. Some people can’t handle reality. They use drugs or find theology, or become obsessed with something. PGN: Catherine Frot gives a very accomplished performance. How did you work with her on the role, and was there any diva-esque behavior? XG: No, Catherine is definitely

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PGN: If you were one of the members of Marguerite’s social circle, would you blindly applaud her performance, or sit her down and tell her she’s talentless? XG: This is the first time someone asked me that! I think we all need illusion to stay alive. I would never tell her the truth. It’s a matter of having respect for her and her illusion. But I will not take advantage of my lie — that’s the difference. She’s off key and out of tune, but there is something deeply honest about her. Besides, I also don’t want Marguerite to tell the truth about me! Is it important to say the

not a diva. I’m very happy she won her first Cesar in France. She’s an important French star, but she’s not a movie star; she’s not part of the star system. She’s a maverick. The same is true for Marguerite. She lives with an old-fashioned society, and she’s not part of it. She’s a maverick too. That’s why Catherine was perfect for the role. We worked on how she walked or the innocence and enthusiasm and her eyes. There were paradoxes about the character. PGN: Do you find Marguerite pathetic or sympathetic?

XG: That’s the paradox. She’s both — as we all are, I think! [Laughs] PGN: The film features women, Africans and gay men who are seen as “freaks.” What can you say about the issues of difference in “Marguerite”? XG: There’s a connection between Marguerite and Madelbos: They are outsiders. They are not part of the game. They are sensitive and fragile. Of course, what was important for me — and the political dimension of the film — is to show the woman taking possession of herself. She has decided to leave the old-fashioned French world and taste freedom. That’s what moved me about this character. All of the characters around Marguerite are outsiders. PGN: You received considerable attention in France for a gay McDonald’s ad you made. Can you discuss that? XG: It was an important commercial for me to make. It was political and about society. When I read the script and — especially from McDonald’s — I was so happy about it. Its message was “come as you are.” Fox News made a comment that, after this gay-friendly commercial, McDonald’s will do an al-Qaeda one next. It may be about selling a Big Mac, but it’s the idea of difference. I made this commercial with this idea to deliver a message with humor and something classy. PGN: How did you find the tone for “Marguerite”? XG: That’s the way I see life. I’m very melancholic. I know what loneliness is, or when you fail at everything. I think there is something in life that is very emotional and difficult because we are sensitive people and there is something ridiculous and pathetic and funny in all the situations we have in work or in the people we love. Marguerite’s crazy voice is an inspiration. The first time she sings in her living room in front of traditional society, we, the audience, are laughing at her. But in the end of the film when she is on stage, you are not laughing, you are with her. She had a lot of courage. There is beauty even in this crazy voice. n

Theater & Arts Allowed to Love Muse Gallery presents an exhibition by Philadelphia artist Carolyn Cohen featuring a series of portraits of activists, artists and others within the LGBTQ community April 1-30, 52 N. Second St.; 215-6275310. Beautiful: The Carole King Story The Tony Awardwinning story of the successful songwriter through April 3 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-7905800. Breaking Ground: Printmaking in the U.S., 1940–60 Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the variety of ways in which artists in the 1940s and ’50s pushed the boundaries of printmaking March 26-July 24, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Drawn from Courtly India: The Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of masterful drawings from the royal courts of northern India through March 27, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Drew Lynch The comedian seen on “America’s Got Talent” performs March 31-April 2 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. The Fifth Element The sci-fi film is screened 8 p.m. March 28 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888.

LADY STRINGS THE BLUES: Grammywinning legendary blues singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt comes to town in support of her latest album, “Dig In Deep,” 8 p.m. March 25 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-7905847.

Freckleface Strawberry: The Musical The musical based on the children’s book about a young girl learning to love the skin that she’s in, March 31-April 16 at Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. Holly Trostle Brigham: Sisters and Goddesses The Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of works by Philadelphiabased artist Trostle Brigham featuring seven self-portraits in which she takes the guise of artists of the past, through May 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215340-9800. International Pop Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition chronicling pop art’s emergence as a global movement, migrating from the United Kingdom and the United States

to Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Japan, through May 16, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Jim Norton The comedian performs 8 p.m. March 31 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 1100 Canal St.; 215-6253681. Look Closer: The Work of Michael Newman and Stuart Alter The William Way LGBT Community Center presents a special exhibition of abstract paintings through April 29, 1315 Spruce St.; 215732-2220. Meredith Rainey Dance: (In)Visible Dance Affiliates and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts present the dance company founded by the Philadelphia choreographer and

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former Pennsylvania Ballet soloist April 1-2 at Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-8983900. Neil Simon’s Rumors Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the classic farce through April 17, 120 Radcliffe St.; Bristol; 215-3131575. Philadelphia in Style: A Century of Fashion The Michener Art Museum hosts a display of approximately 30 dressed forms and additional accessories spanning a century of high fashion through June 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215340-9800. Picture This: Contemporary Photography and India Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the work of four

contemporary photographers for whom India is an important subject or setting through April 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Plays of/for a Respirateur Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an installation by Joseph Kosuth that includes a selection of his work along with a group of seminal works by Marcel Duchamp through the fall, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Peter and the Starcatcher Walnut Street Theatre presents the grown-up prequel to “Peter Pan” through May 1, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn The Philadelphia Orchestra performs March 31-April 2 at

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Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847. Work on What You Love: Bruce Mau Rethinking Design Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of designs by the acclaimed commercial artist through April 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Music Everclear The alt-rock band performs 8 p.m. March 25 at Valley Forge Casino Resort Event Center, 1160 First Ave., King of Prussia; 610-2548118.

Spill the Tea Revue Morgan Wells, Gio Michaels and Hennestacia Beach lead a drag cavalcade 11 p.m.-2 a.m. March 25 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

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The Divas of Drag Mimi Imfurst, Wendy Ho, Milk and others perform 8 p.m. March 26 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. Bev’s Bitchfest Kasha Davis, Mora Love, Iris Spectre and more perform 10 p.m.-2 a.m. March 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. Happy Bear The bear-themed happy hour, 5-9 p.m. April 1 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

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G. Love & Special Sauce The alt-blues band performs 8 p.m. March 26 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 1100 Canal St.; 215-6253681.

Bruce Vilanch The actor and comic writer performs 7:30 p.m. March 26 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888596-1027.

Halestorm and Lita Ford The female-fronted rock bands perform 7:30 p.m. at Santander Arena, 700 Penn St., Reading; 610-8987469.

The Burning The summer-camp slasher flick is screened 9:45 p.m. April 1 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. n

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REIGNING SUPREME: Diana Ross pretty much was the blueprint for the careers of pop/R&B superstars like Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and many others who followed in their footsteps. Catch the legend in action when she performs 8 p.m. April 1 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-317-1000.

Drag In & Drive In Astala Vista hosts the drive-in theme movie party, at which “Spice World” will be screened with drag performances, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. March 25 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

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slots of free dental care so we’re really trying to reach immigrant communities who need it most. That’s when I love my job; well, most of the time I love my job. We’re able to get a lot done and help a lot of people. It’s nice to get the immediate gratification. With activism, you hope that maybe 10 years from now it’ll make a difference, but with this I can make a difference in someone’s life in a matter of days. And, through translators, I get to talk to all kinds of people in every language imaginable. Yesterday I talked to someone in Bambara. I didn’t even know that was a language! PGN: What’s the most hair-raising situation you’ve been in? DZ: One time I was going down to an anti-Klan rally in D.C. and the bus broke down in the middle of rural Maryland. We were not in a place where people of color felt safe getting off the bus. A number of the white and lighter-skinned people felt they’d be OK so they decided to hitchhike or find another way to the rally. The people left behind were not happy and felt like people were using their privilege to get out of the situation. Knives were brought out both in anger and fear that they might have to defend themselves and it got a little scary. My friend and I stayed and just tried to hunker down in our seats and pretend we were asleep. The bus company finally got it fixed and we made it there just as the rally was ending, and then we all had to take the same bus back. It was, needless to say, uncomfortable. PGN: What’s one of your best stories? DZ: It might be when we were protesting the Hardwick decision. A bunch of us went to the steps of the Supreme Court dressed as the Lesbian Court of Justice. We had lavender robes and each of us represented a different element of justice. I don’t know why but they took a very, very long time to arrest us. We were getting bored so we started to do the Hokey Pokey on the steps. When they finally put us in the bus, we sat there for so long we began to take each other’s plastic handcuffs off and then had really interesting, frank, amazing discussions with the gay men about what was similar and what was different about our lives. Eventually they took us to the courtrooms and, back then, most people didn’t give their real names, so the bailiff had to stand there at the arraignment and call out, “People v. Connie Lingus. We need Connie Lingus now,” while the Radical Fairies who had come out in fluffy tutu outfits skipped and danced around the courtroom. It was quite a scene. Even the court officers couldn’t keep a straight face. It was one of the funniest court experiences I ever had. PGN: How many times have you been arrested? DZ: I don’t know, maybe six? I don’t really do that stuff anymore. I’m getting a little too old to be arrested. I’m afraid I’d go to a sit-in and not be able to get up! But you never know. It could happen. PGN: What drives you? DZ: Well, I grew up Jewish and it’s an important part of my identity but I’m not a real religious person in the way I think about the world. Though certainly the values I got as a Jew growing up have informed who I am, but what I do

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believe is that it’s our responsibility to leave the world a better place than we found it. I can’t imagine why else I would be on the planet. It gives a lot of meaning to my life. I don’t sit and wonder what I should be doing. PGN: Despite bad knees, are you doing social-justice work now? DZ: I just joined a group called SURJ, Showing Up for Racial Justice. Two weeks ago, there was a nationwide presence to confront the “Three Percenters,” the group that took over the bird sanctuary in Oregon. My partner couldn’t go but she made me a sign that I took along. We also posted a sign of support and sent a card to one of the mosques in our neighborhood and asked them if they would like us to stand guard when all this recent anti-Muslim stuff got stirred up by Donald Trump. PGN: Yeah, as soon as I get a chance I want to take a plant to the mosque that got the pig head thrown at their door. DZ: It makes a difference. I was also involved in the early Ferguson protests and I’ve been doing a lot of environmental actions because, if we don’t have a planet, we can’t make it better. Almost forgot, I’m also doing some immigration work with the New Sanctuary project, which we got connected to through Rabbi Linda Holtzman. PGN: Ever faced direct homophobia? DZ: My partner and I were victims from some of the kids in the neighborhood and it was really hard because we’d put a lot of energy and time in with the kids. It was fine until they got older and the cool thing to do was to harass the homosexuals. There was one guy who was cognitively challenged and the kids egged him on. Things escalated and he broke into our apartment. It was in the summer and we were sleeping in no clothing at all and he came in and sat down, drank a beer and took his shoes off before coming into the bedroom where we were sleeping. Fortunately peacekeeper Z woke up first and I just got up, took his hand and led him out of the bedroom. Eventually, I was able to get him out of the apartment, locked the door and called the police, who he then told that we had stolen his shoes, which he’d left next to the beer bottle! We moved very quickly after that. It was sad because my partner had been very involved with community-building and it really shut it down. PGN: How long have you and your partner been together? DZ: Well, we got married last year but we’ve been together for 36 years [laughs], so one or 36 years, depending on how you want to look at it. Her name is Kathleen O’Donnell and she’s wonderful. We met at a Take Back the Night where we were both organizers. When we were first together, we were part of a triple. Because in those days, you couldn’t just have a relationship, you had to have all sorts of complicated combinations that were just exhausting. That lasted about two years but we continued. She was kind of an Internet librarian with the Institute of Scientific Information. She’s retired now but works part-time at the tool library. She’s a poet and a woodworker and a really good cook. n To suggest a community member for Family Portait, email portraits05@aol.com.

Q Puzzle Mark My Words Across 1. Barely beats 5. Stat for Richard Simmons 9. They’re tops on the beach 13. It can bear fruit 14. Morales of “La Bamba” 15. Wilde country 16. “Cabaret” mister 17. Mild oath 18. Once more 19. Start of Mark Hamill’s answer about Skywalker’s orientation 22. Coin of Foucault 23. Boob tubes 24. Memorial designer Maya ___ 27. Go gaga over Lady Gaga, e.g. 30. Restroom, for short 33. “Double Fantasy” artist 34. More of the answer 35. Sex attachment 36. E. Wolfson or R. Cohn 37. Came together 39. P-town’s

Crowne Pointe, e.g. 40. “May the ___ be with you” 42. More of the answer 44. Like a muscle Mary pumping iron 46. “At Swim, Two Boys” writer Jamie 47. Like some exotic fruit 50. End of the answer 54. He cruised for forty days straight 55. “Ed Wood” role 56. Blast furnace fuel 58. Stud fee? 59. Richard of “A Summer Place” 60. One of the Brewer models 61. Jethrene Bodine portrayer Max 62. Bianchi and Hulce 63. Material for Sylvia Beach?

Down 1. Ordinal for John Nash 2. Hot temper 3. “Frasier” actress Gilpin 4. Workers at the bottom 5. Bridge call 6. Twin to Jacob 7. Dogs do it

when they’re hot 8. Visit Judy Garland’s birthplace, e.g. 9. Billy and family 10. Button’s place 11. “We ___ Family” 12. Work under Edith Head, perhaps 20. “__-hoo! Fellas!” 21. Nurses stick these in 24. Sits on one’s bottom 25. Coming up behind 26. Cathedral word in gay Paree 28. California has a big one 29. Heart test 30. One of the Mario Brothers 31. Record in a queer archive

32. Record material 37. Part of MGM 38. Shore of Palm Springs 41. Position near Dave Pallone 43. Goes for 45. “Dang straight!” 46. Indian et al. 48. Rag alternative 49. Religion of Allah 50. Sometime Capote associate Chaplin 51. It has a fickle finger 52. “The Music Man” setting 53. It comes after fore 54. Snatch 57. Split one in the locker room

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on point too. The crab cakes ($14) had pleasLa Peg antly clean, 140 N. Columbus Blvd. uncomplicated 215-375-7744 flavor. The New http://lapegbrasserie.com England clam chowder ($9) Mon.-Thur.: 5-10:30 was robust with p.m. strong flavors, Fri.-Sat.: 5-11:30 p.m. without being Sunday: 5-10 p.m. super thick and Brunch: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. heavy. The oysSunday ters Rockefeller ($17) deliver CRAB CAKES Photo: Scott A. Drake the classic goods. On the night evening. If you’re looking for a nice place we visited, the restaurant hosted John to kick back with a nice view of the action Jarboe’s Get Pegged Cabaret Show, which on the Delaware River, see if La Peg is a added another layer of excitement to the good fit for you. n

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Activism/Politics

ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) meets 6-9 p.m. Mondays at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; 215-386-1981, www.actupphilly.org. Delaware Valley Chapter, Americans United for Separation of Church and State seeks activists and supporters of church-state separation. Holds monthly meetings and events; www.dvau.org. Equality Pennsylvania holds a volunteer night 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month, 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 605; 215-731-1447, www.equalitypa.org. Green Party of Philadelphia holds general meetings 7 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month, except August and December; 215-243-7103, www.gpop.org. Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club meets seasonally; www.libertycity.org.

Arts

Library Book Club meets to discuss a new book 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at William Way. Men On Tap, an LGBT group that performs with choirs, organizations and at the Fringe Festival, rehearses 8 p.m. Mondays at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St.; dale@ magicalfantasies.com. Philadelphia Freedom Band, an audition-free LGBT band that does concerts and parades, rehearses 7-9:30 p.m. Mondays; philadelphiafreedomband.com. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus rehearses 7-10 p.m. Wednesdays; 215-731-9230, auditions@pgmc.org. Philadelphia Voices of Pride, Philadelphia’s first mixed LGBT chorus, rehearses 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at William Way; www.pvop.org. Queer Writer’s Collective workshop and discussion group meets 3-5 p.m. the fourth Saturday of the month at William Way. Reading Queerly, open to all women and genderqueer/ trans people, meets 6:45 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.

Recreation

Gay Bridge Club non-beginners group meets Monday 2-5 p.m. at William Way; reservations required. Call 215732-2220. Gay-friendly Scrabble Club meets 5:30-10:30 p.m. at Abner’s Steaks, 38th and Chester streets; 215-382-0789. Humboldt Society: Lesbian and Gay Naturalists meets 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at William Way; 215-985-1456, www.humboldtsociety.org. Independence Squares LGBT square-dance club, modern Western square dancing hosts an open house and Tuesday classes in the fall at Lutheran Church, 2111 Sansom St.; philadances@gmail.com, www.independencesquares.org. Male Oenophile Group forming to discuss, appreciate and taste various wines. Will meet once a month to investigate the nuances and glories of the fermented grape; 267-2306750. Mornings OUT LGBT Senior Social activities for senior gay men are held 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesdays at William Way. PhilaVentures, Philadelphia’s LGBT outdoor group, meets for hikes in Wissahickon Valley and Valley Forge Park; philaventures.org.

Sports

Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club meets for practice at p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Greenfield Park, West Chester; www.brandywinerugby.org. City of Brotherly Love Softball League serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area with games on Sundays, beginning in April, at the Dairy and Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park; www.cblsl.org. Frontrunners running club meets 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for a run and brunch at Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www.philadelphiafrontrunners.org. Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club, open to LGBT and allies, practices 8-10 p.m. Mondays and 2-4 p.m. Saturdays; www.falcons-soccer.org. Philadelphia Fins Swim Team, open to male and female swimmers, meets 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Friends Select School and 10:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays; www.philadelphia-fins.org. Philadelphia Gay Bowling League meets 8 p.m. Wednesdays September-April at South Bowl, 19 E. Oregon Ave.; 856-889-1434, philagaybowling@yahoo.com. Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League plays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at FDR Park; www.phillyflagfootball.com

Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club, open to players of all skill levels, meets 7:45 p.m. Thursdays at Columbus Square Park, 1200 Wharton St.; 215-913-7531, philadelphiagryphons.org, becomeagryphon@gmail.com. Philadelphia Liberty Belles women’s semi-pro full-tackle football league holds fall tryouts; phillybelles.com. Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association plays yearround, all skill levels welcome; philadelphialibertytennis. com. Philadelphia Firebirds women’s football team seeks players; www.philadelphiafirebirds.com. Philadelphia Women’s Baseball League seeks players, all skill levels and ages. Practice is 7 p.m. Thursdays at Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 17th and Fitzwater streets, with games at 2:30 p.m. Sundays; 215-991-5995 (day), 301-919-1194 (evening), phillywomensbaseball. com. Philly Gay Hockey Association Philadelphia Phury seeks players; 917-656-1936, phury@gayhockey.org. Philly QCycle LGBT bicycling club promotes organized recreational riding for all levels in the Greater Philadelphia region; contact the organization via Facebook. Rainbow Riders of the Delaware Valley motorcycle club meets regularly; 215-836-0440, www.groups.yahoo.com/ group/rainbowridersdv/. Rainbow Rollers gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Boulevard Lanes in Northeast Philadelphia; rainbowrollers.com. Spartan Wrestling Club gay wrestling team meets 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; 215-732-4545, www.phillyspartans.com.

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AIDS Law Project provides free legal assistance to people with HIV/AIDS and sponsors free monthly seminars on work and housing at 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 600; 215587-9377, www.aidslawpa.org. BiUnity, Philadelphia-area social and support network for bisexuals, their family members and friends; http://biunity. org. Delaware Valley Pink Pistols, for LGBT people dedicated to legal, safe and responsible use of firearms for self-defense, meets 1 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at The Gun Range, 542 N. Percy St.; 610-879-2364; www.pinkpistolsdelval.org. Delaware Pride holds planning meetings 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the United Church of Christ, 300 Main St., Newark; 302-265-3020, delawarepride.org. Haverford College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance holds open meetings 10-11 p.m. Mondays during the school year in the lounge in Jones Basement at Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave.; 610-896-4938. Men and Women for Human Excellence support group meets from noon-2 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of the month at 26th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue; 267-2733513, cmoore8300@yahoo.com. Long Yang Club Philadelphia, social organization for gay Asians and their friends, holds monthly socials; www. longyangclub.org/philadelphia. Our Night Out, a casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, friends and colleagues, meets in a different Philadelphia hot spot each month. To receive monthly event invitations, email OurNightOutPhilly@gmail.com; more information on Facebook. Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Advice offered 5-8 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month; 215-238-6333. Philadelphia Prime Timers club for mature gay and bisexual men and their admirers meets regularly; primetimersofphiladelphia@yahoo.com. Philadelphians MC Club, for leather men and women, meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at The Pit at The Bike Stop, 201 S. Quince St.; philadelphiansmc.org. Rainbow Amateur Radio Association ARRL-affiliated, weekly HF nets, quarterly newsletter; www.rara.org. Silver Foxes, a social and educational group for gays and lesbians 50 and older, meets 3-5 p.m. the fourth Sunday of the month at William Way; 215-732-2220. SNJ Queers meets monthly for queer/queer-friendly folks in South Jersey to mix and mingle; 856-375-3708, wmf69@comast.net.

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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

■ 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

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

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

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

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

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

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

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318 ■ 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)

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

Health

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

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

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

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

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

Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com Mar. 25-31, 2016

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