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Groundbreaking local study points to HIV cure By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

PROGRESS FOR THE WORKPLACE: Surrounded by LGBT advocates, President Obama signed a historic executive order July 21. The measure extends the current nondiscrimination measure for federal employment to include gender identity. It also bans discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors. The first portion took effect immediately, while the contractor provision will become active next year. The executive order does not include a religious exemption, a move widely applauded by LGBT organizations and advocates, many of whom recently dropped their support for the long-stalled Employment Nondiscrimination Act because of its religious exemption. Photo: Patsy Lynch

Temple University School of Medicine this week released a groundbreaking HIV/ AIDS study that researchers say could bring the world one step closer to a cure. For the first time ever, researchers were able to completely eliminate latent HIV-1 virus from human cells in a laboratory setting. The study, led by Dr. Kamel Khalili, professor and chair of Temple’s Department of Neuroscience, and associate professor of neuroscience Dr. Wenhui Hu, was published July 21 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research team created molecular tools to erase the HIV-1 pro-viral DNA. The process includes nuclease, a DNA-snipping enzyme, and gRNA, a targeted strand of RNA, which find the viral genome and remove the HIV-1 DNA. The gene’s repair machinery then fuse together the loose ends of the genome, ultimately leading to virus-

free cells. Khalili said that, while the treatments for HIV/AIDS have evolved vastly over the past few decades, it is integral that attention is focused on finding a cure. “People were dying in the earlier months and years of HIV/AIDS and then people started expanding their lives living with HIV and people became comfortable with that idea,” he said. “However, HIV can be a ticking time bomb if you don’t take the drugs daily. And, on top of that, there is the mentality; people start questioning whether they took their pills today or what will happen to them if they didn’t. We want an AIDS-free zone and we are advocating for that.” Khalili, who has been working in the HIV/AIDS research field for more than 25 years, said the study started about four years ago. The National Institutes for Health has awarded the project a $1.16-million grant for the next three years. Khalili said his team hopes to eliminate every single copy of PAGE 9

Marriage bens. elusive for SEPTA union workers

Hearing set for Sargent By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

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A judge this week granted a delay in the preliminary hearing for a man accused of brutally murdering a local transgender woman. At a hearing Wednesday, Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Teresa Carr Deni granted a continuance for Charles Sargent. Sargent’s preliminary hearing will be held 9 a.m. Sept. 9 in Room 306 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. Sargent, 44, is charged with murder, possession of an instrument of crime and abuse of a corpse in connection to last year’s stabbing and dismemberment of Diamond Williams. Sargent’s lawyer, J. Michael Farrell, had requested a psych exam several months ago, but last week Judge Marsha Neifield found Sargent to be competent enough to proceed to a preliminary hearing. Farrell and Sargent were not present at this week’s hearing. ■

Two months after samesex marriage became legal in Pennsylvania, SEPTA’s unionized workers still cannot access workplace benefits for their same-sex spouses. SEPTA is the region’s publictransit system, with about 9,300 workers. The agency doesn’t offer domestic-partnership benefits. But now that Pennsylvania sanctioned marriage equality, some of SEPTA’s workers want their same-sex marriages recognized for the purpose of workplace benefits. SEPTA’s workplace benefits include health-care coverage, pension and death benefits and

BATTLING BACK FOR THE WIN: Members of Stogie Joe’s posed with their trophy after winning the 2014 City of Brotherly Love Softball League co-ed recreational division championship July 20 at Dairy Fields. Stogie Joe’s was seeded five out of 11 teams in the playoffs and went on to beat the first-, third- and fourth-seeded teams to claim the top spot. Playoffs and championship games for each of the divisions were held Sunday at the fields, and many of the teams congregated for a closing barbeque and to watch the championship match-ups. For more CBLSL championship coverage, see Get Out and Play on page 31. Photo: Mike Lowe

family-leave privileges. Jerri Williams, a SEPTA spokesperson, said the transit authority will recognize the same-sex marriages among its 2,000 nonunion employees. But she said an agreement must be formalized with SEPTA’s largest union, Transport Workers Union Local 234, before SEPTA can begin recognizing same-sex marriages of unionized workers. She said SEPTA has 17 labor unions, and TWU Local 234 typically sets the pattern for other labor contracts. TWU Local 234’s labor contract expired in March. Its 5,000 members are working under the old contract as talks continue. To expedite recognition of same-sex PAGE 12

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between July 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 (8477). Follow the Sixth District on Twitter @PPDBrianKorn. INCIDENTS — Between 8:45 a.m. July 7 and 7:30 p.m. July 8, someone entered an apartment in the 200 block of South 11th Street, possibly by jimmying the front door, and stole a laptop and jewelry. Sixth District Officer Witherspoon attempted to lift fingerprints. — Between 8:45 p.m. July 8 and 2:30 a.m. July 9, someone entered an apartment in the 1300 block of Spruce Street through a window off the fire escape and stole cash. Sixth District Officer Allen attempted to lift fingerprints.

— At 3:05 a.m. July 12, an intoxicated man was about to enter his residence in the 900 block of Pine Street when two males demanded and made off with his wallet. — At 7 p.m. July 12, someone snatched a Galaxy cell phone from the user’s hand outside 10th and Market streets. The robber was a 5-foot-8 thin black male wearing white poncho-like garb and a white hat. NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS — At 2:15 a.m. July 8, Sixth District bikepatrol Officer Hiller arrested a male outside 1200 Chancellor St. who was wanted for failure to appear for court. The 23-year-old suspect with a Collingswood, N.J., address was charged with contempt of court. — On July 8, Sixth District plainclothes officers made arrests for prostitution at 8:25 p.m. outside 13th and Locust streets and at 9:10 p.m. outside 300 S. 12th St. — On July 9, Sixth District bike-patrol Officers Erwin and Stone observed a male in the 300 block of South Camac Street who was walking and counting pills in his open hand. Upon investigation, the pills

were found to be narcotics for which the male did not have a prescription. The 21year-old suspect with a North Philadelphia address was charged with possession of narcotics. — On July 9, Sixth District plainclothes officers made arrests for prostitution at 10 p.m. outside 1300 Locust St., at 10:20 p.m. outside 254 S. 12th St. and at 10:30 p.m. outside 1200 Locust St. — At 8:05 p.m. July 11, the Sixth District Narcotics Enforcement Team arrested a male outside 245 S. 13th St. for a summary offense and found in his possession a quantity of crack cocaine. The 42-year-old suspect with a South Philadelphia address was charged with possession of crack cocaine. — Between 1:30-4 a.m. July 12, members of the Citywide Vice Unit made arrests for prostitution outside 200 S. 13th St., 300 S. 12th St., 1200 Locust St. and 1200 Spruce St., and made three arrests outside 200 S. 12th St. SUMMARY ARRESTS

cers issued a citation for a summary offense outside 215 S. 13th St. — On July 8, Center City District officers issued a citation for a summary offense at 11 a.m. outside Broad and Walnut streets, and Sixth District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 1:35 p.m. outside 1216 Walnut St. and at 10 p.m. outside 100 S. Juniper St. — On July 9, Center City District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 11 a.m. outside 1201 Chestnut St. and 11:25 a.m. outside 1306 Drury St., and Sixth District officers issued a citation for a summary offense at 10:50 p.m. outside 100 S. 12th St. — On July 11, Sixth District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 8:05 p.m. outside 245 S. 13th St. and 8:35 p.m. outside 400 S. Juniper St. — On July 12, Sixth District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 3:40 a.m. outside 1200 Chancellor St. and at 1:25 p.m. outside 100 S. 13th St. ■

— At 2:15 a.m. July 7, Sixth District offi-

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D. Bruce Hanes will be the person of honor in the one-year anniversary celebration of his marriage-license issuances.

9 GAY BOWL 101: At the July 21 Our Night Out party at the Four Seasons, out CBS3 consumer reporter Jim Donovan (left) listens as Greater Philadelphia Flag Football member Gary Isaacs explains the finer points of the conceptual field and vendor layout for the upcoming Gay Bowl. The annual flag football event, being held in Philadelphia during the weekend of OutFest, is expected to draw about 750 players from around the country. GPFFL was the beneficiary of this month’s ONO, which drew about 200 people. For more information on fundraising and sponsorship, visit gaybowl2014.com. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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The Attic Youth Center artists display their talents at the latest gallery show in the William Way LGBT Community Center.

6 — An anniversary for MontCo marriage licenses 8 — A peek back at Sand Blast 9 — The WWCC exhibits new Attic art

23 — Arts & Culture cover story: “Oblivious”: The faces of the victimized 30 — Dining Out: Grub at the Pub & Kitchen 31 — Get Out & Play: Gay Night at two baseball games

“I get all kinds of excited when I see Attic youth being able to express themselves in ways they may not be able to outside the safe walls of The Attic.” ~ Andy Paszkiewicz, on the latest art exhibit at the William Way, page 9

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Convicted killer of gay man pushes for freedom By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Frank R. Chester, convicted of the grisly slashing death of gay artist Anthony Milano, says his trial attorney was so dysfunctional, he had legal representation in name only. That’s one of many assertions made by Chester in an 88-page brief filed in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month. In 1988, a Bucks County jury convicted Chester and Richard Laird of first-degree murder and sentenced them to death. But Chester claims his former attorney, Thomas F. Edwards Jr., had multiple conflicts of interest during his trial, including a pending DUI charge. Edwards allegedly curried favor with Bucks County authorities to get leniency for his DUI charge by presenting a lame defense for Chester, according to the brief. Eventually, Edwards was placed in a diversionary program, enabling him to avoid a trial and mandatory jail time. The brief enumerates a litany of alleged malfeasance on Edwards’ part, including that he failed to properly screen jurors and ignored compelling evidence that Laird was the sole killer. In 2011, a federal judge voided Chester’s first-degree murder conviction due to improper jury instructions.

N ow C h e s t e r wants his remaining convictions voided, including second-degree murder and kidnapping. Chester’s brief acknowledges that he may have kicked or pushed Milano prior to the murder. ANTHONY MILANO But any blood on Chester’s clothing would have been due to Chester pulling Laird off Milano as he slit his throat, the brief states. Chester implies in the brief that Laird killed Milano due to homophobia. “As a child, Laird had been repeatedly sexually abused by his father, which would have explained Laird’s irrational intolerance and hatred of homosexuality and the explosive, uncontrolled rage with which he attacked and killed Mr. Milano,” the brief states. “Specifically, Laird’s father would force Laird, when he was a child, to perform oral sex on him. Edwards failed to conduct any investigation regarding this.” The brief also faults Edwards for failing to convey to jurors the extent of Milano’s inebriation. “Edwards failed to admit toxicology evi-

dence that would have refuted the kidnapping charge. The autopsy showed that Mr. Milano had a blood-alcohol concentration of ‘at least 9 and most probably approximately 13 drinks of an alcoholic FRANK CHESTER beverage,’ where a ‘drink’ was defined as one ounce of distilled spirit. This evidence proved that Mr. Milano was drunk when he left the bar and would have supported a claim that he left with Laird and Chester voluntarily and thereby refuted the charge of kidnapping.” The brief describes Edwards as “a drunk, tax cheat, twice-convicted criminal ultimately suspended from the practice of law.” It highlights the former attorney’s personal problems, including a terminally ill wife, being a named defendant in 17 civil suits, undergoing an IRS probe and having post-traumatic stress disorder due to military service in Vietnam. In an email, Daniel A. Silverman, an attorney for Chester, summarized the brief’s main points.

“Our appeal seeks to establish that Mr. Chester was represented at trial by an attorney who was laboring under a debilitating conflict of interest that compromised his ability to be a zealous advocate,” Silverman said. “This conflict resulted from the facts that he himself was simultaneously being prosecuted for his own criminal conduct by the same office then prosecuting Mr. Chester and was experiencing a host of crippling personal problems that would have made it impossible for any lawyer to discharge his duties faithfully. We look forward to a full review by the Court of Appeals of this important issue.” Edwards couldn’t be reached for comment. But in court papers, Edwards denied laboring under any conflicts during his representation of Chester. He said the pending DUI had no bearing on his performance. Edwards also denied signing an affidavit that was entered into evidence by Chester’s attorneys indicating that he acknowledged laboring under multiple conflicts of interest. Bucks County prosecutors have 30 days to reply to Chester’s brief. Chester, 45, remains on death row at a state prison in Graterford. Laird, 50, is appealing his conviction in the state Supreme Court. He remains on death row at a state prison in Waynesburg. ■

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One year after historic action, community rallies behind MontCo official of the public consciousness. “He put the issue of marriage equality into the public square,” he said. “Before, it One year after the Montgomery County was being discussed between lawyers and Register of Wills issued marriage licenses in court cases but, because of him, people to same-sex couples in Pennsylvania, those started talking about marriage equality couples and other supporters are coming who hadn’t talked about it before. They were weighing in on how together to thank him for they felt and the public his leadership. opinion boosted and I think P e n n s y l va n i a n s f o r that can partially be attribEquality, along with the uted to that bump, because newly formed Montgomery [Hanes] made it an everyCounty Gay Caucus, in day discussion topic.” conjunction with many of Hanes, a resident of the 174 same-sex couples Elkins Park, previously who received marriage served as a committeeperlicenses from D. Bruce son and later co-chair of Hanes last summer, will Cheltenham Township. He stage an anniversary celwas elected the county’s ebration and re-election Register of Wills and Clerk fundraiser July 30. of Orphan’s Court in 2007, D a n C l i ff o r d , c a u the first-ever Democrat to cus member, chair of the hold that office. He was reS p r i n g fi e l d Tow n s h i p elected in 2011. Zoning Hearing Board and On July 23, 2013, Hanes lead organizer of the event, announced that, based said it’s important to support a leader who took a D. BRUCE HANES upon the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturnstand for LGBT equality. ing the federal ban on “[Re-election year] 2015 is approaching and our concern is that same-sex marriage from a few weeks Bruce may be targeted by someone for his prior, his office had determined it would re-election by an opponent who will attack grant a local lesbian couple’s request for a him for supporting marriage equality,” he marriage license. Marriage licenses began said. “It is six months away from his re- being issued the following day. On July election and we wanted to get this on the 30, the state sued Hanes, and on Sept. radar of the LGBT community so they 12 a judge ordered him to stop issuing could come together to support him now licenses. Marriage equality became legal in rather than later.” Clifford said two of the first same-sex Pennsylvania on May 20, and the validcouples to receive a marriage license from ity of the licenses Hanes issued last sumHanes helped rally support for the event mer is still in question. When the decision from the other couples. The two couples came down in the spring, Hanes was the and Hanes will be recognized at the event only county clerk in the state who could not issue licenses to same-sex couples, as and provide remarks. The recently developed gay caucus it took several days for a judge to lift the — comprised of Abington Township previous order barring him from doing so. Clifford said the upcoming event will Commissioner Lori Schreiber, Norristown Council President William Caldwell, help generate support for a public official Bridgeport Borough Councilman Mark who is willing and ready to continue his Barbee and Clifford — was created to pro- support of the LGBT community. “We are excited to celebrate what we are vide awareness of and support for LGBT calling the landmark decision that Bruce candidates and their allies. “I think it is important to ensure that the made,” he said. “We want to financially advocates and allies of the marriage-equal- support him for next year and provide supity movement are retained in office and port back to someone who was willing to not become the subject of targeted cam- put himself in that position.” The celebration will be held from 6paigns from opponents on those issues,” he said. “Hanes has done an exemplary 7:30 p.m. July 30 at P.J. Whelihan’s, 799 job as Register of Wills. He is one of the Dekalb Pike in Blue Bell. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased people that took a stand on the right side at the door. For more information on the of history.” Clifford said Hanes helped bring the event, email Clifford at dclifford@wglaw. topic of marriage equality to the forefront com or call 610-272-5555. ■ By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

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News Briefing Trial delayed for former Colours head A trial set to begin last week in the embezzlement case against the executive director of a local LGBT organization was delayed. Ralph Godbolt was scheduled for trial July 17 at the Criminal Justice Center, but his defense attorney requested a continuance, which was granted by Common Pleas Court Judge Giovanni Campbell. Defense attorney Michael Benz told the judge that the high volume of paperwork in the case necessitated more preparation time. A new trial date of Oct. 23 was set. Godbolt, 40, became executive director of The Colours Organization, Inc., an LGBT group of people of color, in early 2012. He is no longer listed as executive director on the organization’s website. According to court records, Godbolt was arrested Jan. 9 for offenses that occurred June 20, 2012. Godbolt allegedly stole money from Colours, although the total amount in question is unclear. He faces charges of theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, receiving stolen property and theft by failure to make the required disposition of funds received. Godbolt took over as director of Colours after former director Robert Burns passed away suddenly at the end of 2011. Prior to Burns’ tenure, another director, Dorena Kearney, who served at the helm from 200107, was indicted for embezzling more than $130,000 from the organization. Kearney pleaded guilty in 2009 and was sentenced to one year in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Memorial set for Dignity member LGBT Catholic group Dignity Philadelphia will host a memorial next month in honor of the late Charlie Kinsky. The service will take place 7 p.m. Aug. 3 at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St. For more information, email rfomalley35@aol.com. — Jen Colletta

New deadline in Shephard case A new deadline has been set for an appellate brief to be filed in the Jason Shephard murder case. In 2008, a Delaware County jury con-

victed William F. Smithson of strangling Shephard while trying to rape him. But Smithson’s advocates say there’s no direct evidence linking him to the murder. They say Smithson’s conviction was largely due to homophobia and that police failed to investigate F. Bruce Covington, who was also inside Smithson’s home when Shephard died. Smithson is appealing his conviction in state Superior Court. His appellate brief was due July 17 but, at his request, the court recently extended the deadline to Sept. 15, with the caveat that no additional extensions will be granted. In a prior interview, Smithson said he was heavily drugged by Covington and passed out while Shephard was still alive. After Smithson’s appellate brief is filed, prosecutor William D. Toal 3d will have 30 days to respond.

Judge mulls cop request Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Jacqueline F. Allen continues to review the request of Officer Michael A. Paige, who wants the city to reimburse him for legal fees totaling $189,991.55. The fees were incurred by attorney Brian M. Puricelli, who defended Paige against allegations that he sexually assaulted James Harris in 2007. In March, Allen presided over a brief trial pertaining to Paige’s reimbursement request. Earlier this month, she said she needed more time to make a decision. Harris claims Paige forced him to perform oral sex and digitally penetrated his anus in a secluded area of Fairmount Park, but Paige denies the allegations. He was cleared of criminal wrongdoing shortly after the incident. The officer claims Harris located one of his discarded condoms in the park, and used its contents to frame him. Harris denies framing Paige and, in 2012, a federal jury awarded Harris $165,000 in damages. Paige contends the city should have defended him at his federal trial, and should reimburse him for Puricelli’s services. — Timothy Cwiek

Pride set for Delaware The Delaware Pride festival will be held Aug. 2 in Dover. The event returns after having been cancelled last year. This year’s theme is “Reflections of Pride: Stonewall 45,” which speaks to the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the impact the battle for equality has on the LGBT community worldwide. The festival will take place from 11 a.m. -5 p.m. in the capital city in front of the historic Legislative Hall. For more information, visit www.delawarepride.org. ■ — Matty Bennett

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UP, UP AND AWAY: The Atlantic City beaches, bars and casinos rolled out their rainbow welcomemats last weekend for Sand Blast. Now in its 13th year, the weekend of LGBTthemed parties, outings and activities moved south from its previous digs in Asbury Park. Thousands are estimated to have attended the festivities, which were capped with a Saturday afternoon dance party on the beach, complete with live entertainment and performers. That night, the ladies of Sand Blast congregated at Borgataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mixx Nightclub for the White Party (right), staged by girlNATIONnyc and Danielle Presents. Sand Blast began as a way to promote LGBT culture in Asbury Park but, with a growth from a few-hundred guests to several thousand since its inception, organizers this year decided to move the festivities to a larger locale. Sand Blast was among a number of LGBT initiatives taking place in Atlantic City; earlier this summer, openly gay Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian and tourism officials desginated a segment of the beach as LGBT-friendly, while the city is gearing up for the first LGBT business expo in September, which coincides with the annual Missâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D America pageant. Photos: Brooke Lutz

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HIV-1 from the patient but said researchers have to develop a method to deliver the therapeutic agent to every single infected cell. The treatment may also be catered to each patient’s unique viral sequences. He hopes to work with small-animal models in Temple’s laboratory to further develop the study. “I started getting responses from patients who have approached us and asked us about the study and when it will be in clinics,” Khalili said. “We are at the early stage and there are so many steps we have to do, but I think we should be able to get this into clinics not far from today. It is exciting.” Robert Winn, medical director at Mazzoni Center, welcomed the news as an important step in the search for a cure. “Any advances in the field of HIV that suggest new ways to prevent, treat or eliminate the virus are welcome and exciting,” Winn said. “To date, treatment has been mostly aimed at suppressing HIV. These results from Temple researchers give us hope that eliminating HIV, the virus that has been so devastating to our communities, might be a future possibility.” Winn noted that “it is a long way from one cell to an entire human, but we are closer now than ever. Until then, prevention and treatment are keeping people healthy and making their lives near normal.” The study was also supported by researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and West China Medical School at Sichuan University. ■

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Center showcases queer youth art exhibit By Matty Bennett PGN Contributor For the next month, the William Way LGBT Community Center will display work created by artists from The Attic Youth Center in an exhibit titled “Proud Exposures: Youth Identities and Icons.” For this year’s exhibit, organizers of The Mural Arts Program, which unites artists and communities through collaborative processes, invited printmaker and activist Leah Girardo to work with students at The Attic. Students collaborated with Girardo to creatively explore their identities through extensive discussion and studying artistic craft. Students developed their own identity symbols in reaction to restricting binaries. These invented symbols were used to form frames around introspective self-portraits that represent how the young artists see themselves as LGBTQ youth in society. With the help of Girardo, students made these frames by learning print and photography techniques. According to Tara Rubenstein, a program coordinator at The Attic, about 15 students worked in collaboration with the Mural Arts Program to learn all kinds of techniques in making art. In addition, Attic Graffix, a silkscreen design group at the center, completed T-shirt and poster designs and also contributed pieces to the

show. “They’ve been working on pieces all throughout the year,” Rubenstein said, “and it’s a great way for students to explore and develop their own artistic skills while also learning business skills as well.” Andy Paszkiewicz, a Drexel University senior studying film production, has photography in the exhibit of the Sweethearts and Red Hots drag show, held at the William Way in February. Paszkiewicz said he wanted to be able to again showcase the talented youth performers from the show. “I get all kinds of excited when I see Attic youth being able to express themselves in ways they may not be able to outside the safe walls of The Attic,” Paszkiewicz said. “With my work, I just wanted to capture that so that they know they are being seen and that it’s wonderful.” Paszkiewicz originally got involved with The Attic Youth Center when he came to Philadelphia for school. He said Rubenstein and others at the center pushed him to get involved in more activities there, and he’s been thankful ever since. “I think it’s beyond great that these queer youth are able to showcase their work and be proud of how that work came about,” Paszkiewicz said. “I think, more importantly, other queer youth that may not know about the safe space The Attic

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D’Anne Witkowski

Bob Frey

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Justice delayed The alleged killer of Diamond Williams was in court twice in the past week, and his ultimate trial date is hopefully inching closer. Charles Sargent is accused of brutally murdering the local transgender woman — stabbing her multiple times and then dismembering and disposing of her body in an empty lot. At the recent proceedings, a judge thankfully found that Sargent is competent to stand trial. The next big test is going to come in how the court, and a jury, treats a potential trans-panic defense. Sargent has reportedly told investigators the stabbing stemmed from his discovery that Williams was transgender. While that claim itself is specious, even if that were to be accepted as the source of the argument, there can be no room to give credence to the concept that it’s a conceivable quick jump from learning one’s gender identity to committing a violent homicide. Just like the gay-panic defense, the trans-panic defense, employed too many times in too many cases of vicious hate crimes across the country, cannot be allowed to stand. It remains to be seen if Sargent may attempt to incorporate this argument into his defense but, regardless of which tactic he takes, it’s important for the community to show the court that Diamond’s life and death cannot be minimized into a moment of “panic.” Hundreds rallied after Diamond’s death to call for justice for her and the countless other victims of violence, and that same spirit should be brought into the courtroom when Sargent comes before a judge and jury. Having a solid show of support can communicate to the people deciding Sargent’s fate the profundity of the loss — not everyone in the local LGBT community personally knew Diamond, but this case goes beyond this one victim. For years, the local community has grappled with the homicides of many transgender women — Nizah Morris, Stacey Blahnik, Kyra Cordova and others — that remain unsolved. The killers of each of these women may be out on the streets, while their victims are gone. Here, however, is one instance where the person believed to be responsible for claiming the life of one in our community could actually be brought to justice. So when Sargent is brought to trial, the benches at the Criminal Justice Center should be full — of people who want to show that violence against any member of society, regardless of one’s sexual orientation or gender identity, affects all members of society. ■

Bob Frey, a Republican candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives, was recently in the news for saying some really unhinged, not to mention scientifically inaccurate, things about how AIDS is transmitted. When it comes to homos, Frey told the MinnPost: “It’s not about the gay agenda but about the science and the financial impact of that agenda. It’s more about sodomy than about pigeonholing a lifestyle.” Now, whenever a Republican claims to be concerned about the “science” of anything, especially sodomy, you know shit’s getting real. As in real crazy. So allow Frey to explain. “When you have egg and sperm that meet in conception, there’s an enzyme in the front that burns through the egg,” Frey told MinnPost. “The enzyme burns through so the DNA can enter the egg. If the sperm is deposited anally, it’s the enzyme that causes the immune system to fail. That’s why the term is AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.” Got that? Each little sperm is like a tiny burning torch ready to incinerate its way into some lady eggs, but if that sperm ends up in a butt, well, it’ll burn an immune system to the ground. Hence the acronym AIDS, which stands for, in the case of Frey, “Am I Dumb? Sure.” Frey continues to explain: “It’s about sodomy. It’s huge amounts of money. AIDS is a long-term illness, causing pain, suffering, death, a long-term illness that’s very expensive to treat.” In other words, Frey is running on the “Cost of Gay Sex is Too Damn High” platform. And it’s true. AIDS is expensive to treat. But Frey is treating gays like they are no more than gaping orifices on the prowl for sex rather than, you know, human beings capable and worthy of love. Sometimes the apple doesn’t fall very far from the tree. And sometimes both the tree and the apple are equally obsessed with, and totally ignorant about, anal sex and AIDS. That’s where Mike Frey comes in. You see, Mike, also of Minnesota, is Frey’s son. And last year, Mike testified in front

of a legislative committee in opposition to a marriage-equality bill in the state, saying the same loony thing about sperm enzymes and gay sex and AIDS. It was wrong then, and it is still wrong now. Which leads one to wonder, where did the Freys get this crazy idea? And why, after Mike vomited this garbage into a microphone last year, is Frey spewing the same shit now? The answer: the liberal media. It’s got to be. Folks like Rachel Maddow and Anderson Cooper are conspiring to keep secret the awful truth about blowtorch sperm. One need look no further for evidence of sperm’s destructive tendencies than our nation’s sperm banks. There’s a reason why sperm banks keep their “donations” stored in liquid nitrogen tanks. It’s not to keep the sperm from dying — it’s to keep the sperm from exploding out of the specimen jars and igniting the carpet and window treatments on their search for eggs to penetrate. Will no one think of the curtains? And then there’s the warning stickers on gas pumps: Shut off engine, extinguish cigarettes, turn off cell phone, zip up pants. You can never be too careful. So let’s thank Bob and Mike Frey for the many lives their crusade against gays will undoubtedly save. To be this brazenly ignorant, it takes balls. It certainly doesn’t take brains. ■

Hence the acronym AIDS, which stands for, in the case of Bob Frey, “Am I Dumb? Sure.”

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

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Playing TV catch-up Summer is upon us and, with summer of In just one series, we have the issues of course, comes the dry rot of the television homeless gay youth, battered gay youth and season. But if you’re like me, you might prostitution, all handled in a way that was realistic. have a lot of old TV shows from last season On NBC, a summer-replacement show stored up on your DVR. called “The Night Shift” takes place in a Recently, I unfortunately have had to spend some time at home on hospital in the Southwest and these beautiful days of summer focuses on veteran Army docdue to a broken arm. But that tors. What’s unusual about this time seems to have been wellshow is that one of the doctors is in the closet and, in one of spent because I discovered something that sort of has amazed the last episodes, his boyfriend, me: a change in the portrayal an active soldier, is rushed into of LGBT characters on scripted the hospital and is in danger of television series. having his leg amputated. This prompted emotional scenes If you read this column earlier between the two of them and the this year, I wrote about “Glee” exploration of whether or not he and how the characters in that should come out of the closet, show usually are almost cara question that is rarely seen toonish — one character always on a network drama. The situawearing a bow tie and the other tion aptly painted the picture of one always being fashionably so deeply in the closet, dressed and somewhat stereotypMark Segal someone the anger that that closet creates ical. But, to give credit to “Glee,” for him and the emotional toll of the show took on serious LGBT issues, such as hate crimes in New York City trying to deal with the possible loss of his and bullying in our schools. But, on network partner while every single person he works with watches this emotional scene. and cable television, for the most part, the So what we see is television beginning programs haven’t taken on such topical and pressing issues. to come of age and to really look at draLaying on the sofa and going through matic issues of our life in reality rather than my DVR choices, I decided to check out through the cartoonish figures on “Will and two shows, both of which I’ve enjoyed in Grace,” “Glee” or even “Modern Family,” past episodes but hadn’t been able to watch where we are still stereotyped. It’s easy to during the season. The first was “Major picture a gay man as a Los Angeles lawyer, Crimes” on TNT. It is a spinoff from a but here we see a doctor who was in battle show called “The Closer” and deals with a in Afghanistan and his partner the squadron major-crime unit in the Los Angeles Police leader, or a kid who’s been abandoned by Department. The show began with a young his mother and living on the streets, dealing homeless boy who had to prostitute himself with his sexuality. What this makes clear is to survive on the street. In a manner only that the general public will see us as people with real problems rather than just as a fitting for TV, the captain of the department laugh. ■ becomes his guardian and takes the boy in when he becomes a witness to a crime. Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s And over the last two seasons, the captain most-award-winning commentator in LGBT has been nurturing him but we didn’t really media. You can follow him on Facebook know if the boy was gay or not. And, in one at www.facebook.com/MarkSegalPGN or of the final episodes of the season, he literally comes out to the entire police station. Twitter at https://twitter.com/PhilaGayNews.

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Street Talk Should our country celebrate Equality Day? “Yes. I love the holidays. You get a chance to be with family. But Equality Day should be for everyone, not just the LGBT Paige Harris community. student Everyone Havertown should be treated equal. August would be a good month for [Equality Day.] There’s no other holiday in that month.”

“Yes. There can never been too many holidays. It should be combined with Martin Luther King, Liam Kelly Jr. Day. student Rename Upper Darby that holiday Equality Day, to show that we’re all equal. I like the sound of Equality Day.”

"Yes. There’s a lot of history and struggle to honor and remember. I think having Equality Day in this country would be James Kirkland program coordinator very fitting. There should South Philadelphia always be more holidays, especially if you get off of work!”

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The long, hot summer On June 3, the body of Kandy Hall, a 40-year-old transgender woman of color, was discovered in a field on the northeast side of Baltimore. While police have been tight-lipped with details, we know that she was stabbed, and her body experienced severe trauma. Then, on June 12, the body of Zoraida Reyes was found behind a Dairy Queen in Anaheim, Calif. The 20-year-old Hispanic transwoman was a local activist. There were no signs of foul play, but her death is still being investigated as suspicious. Another week passed and, on June 19, Yaz’min Shancez, a 31-year-old transwoman of color known to her friends as

“Miss T,” was found burned to death. Her body was disposed of behind a Dumpster at a Budget Truck Rental in Fort Meyers, Fla. Police are investigating it as a homicide, but are not yet considering it a hate crime. One more week, one more death: On June 26, Tiff Edwards, a 28-year-old transwoman of color, was found dead. She was discovered in the middle of the road by a sanitation worker in Walnut Hills, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. She was shot to death. Most recently, on July 16, the body of 26-year-old Mia Henderson was found on the northwest side of Baltimore. Like Hall, Henderson was a transwoman of color.

Her murder also bore other similarities to that of Hall — although police are not yet ready to directly connect the two murders. That’s five transgender deaths in just a bit more than a month. Four of them have been declared homicides, and it sounds like the fifth is as well. All are transgender women of color. I want to be more shocked, but I also know that this is not nearly as uncommon as it should be. I’m sure there were plenty of others between June 3-July 16 — particularly outside of the United States. All of these women ended up dead and discarded. They were tossed behind a Dumpster, left in the middle of the street

or dumped in a field. Whoever was responsible for these deaths had little respect for their victims in death, and clearly had no respect for their lives. Over the last few months, we have seen transgender visibility explode. Laverne Cox, a recurring cast member of the hit show “Orange is the New Black,” has been spotted on the cover of TIME magazine and is currently nominated for an Emmy. Janet Mock has topped the New York Times bestseller list with her autobiography “Redefining Realness.” All of a sudden, we’re seen everywhere. Yet even with this visibility, we’re dying PAGE 21 at an alarming rate —

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Rodney Payne By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Rodney Payne, a longtime employee of Ritz Movie Theatres, died July 16. He was 46. Over the past decade, Payne worked his way up through the company and most recently served as an assistant manager at Ritz East. Payne was a native of Philadelphia who graduated from Overbrook High School and studied visual arts at Community College of Philadelphia. He began his tenure with the theater company about 10 years ago at the Ritz Bourse and later moved to Ritz East. Fellow Ritz East assistant manager Melissa Morales said Payne was an exemplary employee and supervisor. “He was excellent, always available to guide staff. He would listen, give advice,” she said. “A lot of our employees are younger and he had so much experience, so

they looked to him for advice and guidance. He was a patriarch figure.” Ritz East general manager Sean Knowles said Payne was a perfect fit for the company. “He was a fantastic employee, always very friendly and very personable,” Knowles said, noting Payne’s honesty and integrity stood out. “He always had a positive thing to say about everything and everyone.” Bob Strohm, a former Ritz employee, said Payne brought his affable nature to the workplace. “He was outgoing, charming,” Strohm said. “He was so incredibly personable. My last day last year, he came over and gave me a hug and said, ‘I’m so glad to have worked with you, it’s been a pleasure. We’ll have to get together.’ He was just that type of person, always right there, wanting you to know he was there for you.”

“He was a wonderful guy,” added Morales. “He had so many friends; just an all-around great guy.” Apart from being a movie buff, Payne was an avid comic-book fan, and enjoyed attending Comic-Con events and all things superhero. He had been battling cancer in the past few years but was in remission. Payne took his own life. Morales said the loss has devastated coworkers. “Ritz is a very, very close-knit family. All three Ritzes are within blocks of each other and we get together a few times a year for parties and movie nights. We’re all extremely close, so this is a major, major blow. Everyone’s just reaching out to one another and trying to comfort each other and figure out where to go next. There’s going to be a big void without his presence.” ■

marriages, SEPTA hopes to enter into an interim agreement with TWU Local 234, Williams said. “We will do this [marriage recognition] for the union workers as soon as we can,” she said. “We do believe it’s a benefit that all employees should have.” Williams emphasized that “SEPTA has always had the belief and goal of treating all of our employees equally.” She said SEPTA’s legal advisers haven’t cleared the way for management to begin recognizing the unionized workers’ same-sex marriages and providing the workplace benefits, without something in writing from TWU Local 234. “We’re looking at our options, to see how we can implement this without upsetting the status quo or appearing to unilaterally set new terms and conditions of employment,” she added. Willie Brown, president of TWU Local 234, expressed concern that SEPTA officials aren’t recognizing the same-sex marriages of unionized workers.

“I don’t know what’s going on,” Brown told PGN. “I thought management would give out the benefits when Gov. Corbett said he wouldn’t fight the [marriageequality] ruling.” Last week, Brown said, an attorney acting on behalf of SEPTA conveyed to him that he would have to sign some type of letter to expedite the process. “I haven’t gotten the letter yet,” he added. “I’m willing to sign a letter, if that’s what needs to be done — as long as it doesn’t have any unfair restrictions. The law is the law. We want this done yesterday.” Brown also questioned why SEPTA officials believe revised language in labor contracts is necessary. He noted that current labor contracts don’t rule out the possibility of same-sexmarriage recognition. Williams said the agency is committed to honoring the marriages of all its workers. “This is an issue that [SEPTA General Manager] Joe Casey feels very strongly about. So we’re going to try to figure out how to make this happen,” she said. ■

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How the makers of D&D won my family’s heart I played the original “Dungeons & Dragons” game in high school, back in the early ’80s. I’ve been delighted to see it is experiencing a resurgence — and capturing my son’s interest as well. A recent encounter made me love the game, and the company behind it, even more. Beginning the Adventure

Perception Check Sitting in our hotel room, I launched Google Maps to find a nearby place to eat — and shrieked. By complete coincidence, Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes D&D, had its headquarters on the same block. I looked out the window. Across the parking lot, gleaming in the sun, was their building. I quickly brought up the Wizards’ website (wizards. com) to see if they gave tours. Alas, no, but they did boast of a dragon named Mitzy in the lobby. We decided that we would at least go snap some photos with Mitzy.

During July Fourth week, my spouse, son and I went on a cruise from Seattle to Alaska with her family and my mom. Our son spent most of the time playing D&D with his cousin and some other kids they met on the boat. After the cruise, my spouse, son, mom and I visited Seattle for a few days, staying at Marriott’s Springhill Suites Dana Rudolph Charisma Roll in the suburb of Renton. We’d Mitzy loomed on the left never been to that hotel before, as we entered the reception area. Shelves but chose it for availability, reasonable along the walls held D&D books and sets price and location near (but not too near) the airport. for Magic the Gathering, the company’s Our son was less interested in the Space trading card game. I explained to the Needle than in finding a miniature elf receptionist, Angela, that my son and I wizard figurine for his D&D game. We were D&D players, and we couldn’t let the coincidence of our hotel location pass us perused a couple of Seattle’s many game by without a visit. Our son said that he’d shops, but to no avail. Little did we know that powerful magical forces were at work. just spent hours playing the game on our cruise. She seemed amenable to having us

take some photos, so we did. My mom noticed, however, that there was a line of D&D figurines along the reception desk. She asked Angela if she knew a nearby place to purchase them. (Wizards doesn’t sell things from its headquarters.) She said no, and then excused herself to head down the hall.

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handed our son a bag full of D&D goodies — pencils, stickers, books, T-shirts, some polyhedral dice (every player’s key accessory) and a pre-release copy of the Starter Set for the long-awaited “D&D Version 5,” which wouldn’t officially come out until July 15. My son’s eyes got about three sizes bigger. They went beyond just giving him corporate swag, however. Shelly told us that she had told the D&D product team in the back that there was a boy in the lobby looking for an elf wizard miniature. Since the team members were also long-time players, they each had extensive personal collections of figurines at their desks. One found an elf wizard for us — a gesture that touched us all. Shelly also took a photo of our whole family with Mitzy, which we said we would use on our family holiday card this year. We thanked her and Angela profusely before leaving. Bonus Roll

RUDOLPH (SECOND FROM LEFT) WITH HER MOM, SON, SPOUSE AND MITZY

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Introducing a New Bois Club I’ve been involved in Philly’s queer and struggled to come up with a name because trans* communities for a long time, and I wanted it to reflect as much of the transover the years I have noticed there are parmasculine spectrum as possible!) When I ticular needs that are very specific to peostarted to think about how cisgender men ple who were born female and later came in Philadelphia connect, I often think of into their masculinity. Transitioning into Philly as an “old boys club,” so I decided a more masculine identity and to play off that concept. presentation forces us to look at This group, which launched July 21, is a free drop-in group dynamics of masculine privilege and is open to anyone who and how this shift can be disorienting, especially if someone was assigned female at birth chooses to begin medical tranand identifies along the transsition and may begin to “pass” masculine spectrum. This also includes people who were born as male-born. While everyone intersex and assigned female. across the trans* spectrum experiences similar shifts, I found The transmasculine spectrum that the struggles and opportuniis incredibly diverse, ranging ties that arise for transmasculine from those who identify as folks are distinctly different women and are exploring their from those of our trans* sisters. masculinity to those who idenWhen I learned that WeXist (a tify as FTM from a very binary longtime FTM group at William I believe that we Jasper Liem perspective. Way) was no longer meeting, I can all learn from each other’s wanted to make sure there was experiences and explore what still a space for the transmasculine comit means to be masculine as people born munity to come together and share the female and socialized to be heteronormawealth of knowledge that comes from peer tive and sex/gender-conforming. experiences. As a therapist working at There are a whole host of questions, Mazzoni Center, I am lucky to be in a posi- challenges, experiences and stories I can tion where I can help make that happen. imagine the group addressing. One particular area I see the trans* community That’s how the idea for Mazzoni’s newstruggle with is race. It’s impossible for est weekly support group, New Bois Club, us to talk about gender and not recognize came about. (I have to confess, I really

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that gender identity, both in and out of the LGTBQ communities, varies greatly based on our experiences with race. Being a black man has very different social connotations than being a Latino or Asian man, while coming into masculinity as white brings up different issues around privilege. Nowadays, we are fortunate to have access to various forms of community; through social media and other online forums, people who identify as trans* have new access to information, connections and conversations. This is a significant positive development, particularly for those who feel isolated due to geography or other circumstances. But having a facilitated, in-person support group gives us a safe space for everyone in which we have less risk of damaging our relationships when having these difficult conversations. A lot of times we don’t have difficult conversations with our friends, even those with shared experience, because we are invested in protecting that relationship. On the flip side of that, there are lots of Internet groups in which the impersonal nature of that space makes a group perceptible to “flame wars” and heated emotional reactions that can cause splintering within that community. Moderators are often either not equipped to navigate these conversations or do not have the time and resources to keep up with the high frequency of posts and comments. I think there’s a real value in having face-to-face conversations, which require us to be truly present and accountable for our words and expressions, in a way that can sometimes get lost online. In a facilitated group, we can have an intentional, neutral space with guidelines in place, as well as a trained professional to keep the space supportive and safe. What I’ve learned through facilitating other support groups, including Mazzoni’s Living with HIV group, is there are certain discussions that just need a safe space

to be shared. It is a truly humbling and rewarding experience to be part of that process. I have found that, when we are given the right space and supports, we can all learn from our different experiences and come together as a community. I encourage people who might be interested to check out New Bois Club. Because this is a new group, there’s an opportunity to be part of defining it, to help shape the conversation and make sure we are addressing your needs. We are always open to suggestions. You don’t have to be a Mazzoni client to attend, but I do suggest showing up a little early to get in and meet people before the group starts. I’m looking forward to seeing what develops from this idea — and most of all I look forward to meeting everyone! New Bois Club meets from 6-7 p.m. Mondays at Mazzoni Center, 21 S. 12th Street, eighth floor. For more information, contact jliem@mazzonicenter.org, call 215-563-0652 ext. 292 or visit www.mazzonicenter.org. Additional resources TMAN (meets 7 p.m. every other Monday at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St., and is not affiliated with Mazzoni Center) is another group specific to the transmasculine community. Mazzoni’s weekly group Evolutions meets 6-7 p.m. Thursdays at 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor, and is open to anyone who identifies along the trans* spectrum. Both groups are also free and drop-in. Sisterly L.O.V.E. is a program developed for transwomen, by transwomen that meets monthly to offer support, resources and educational and leadership development opportunities. For more information, contact Laura Sorensen at 215-563-0652 ext. 232. ■ Jasper Liem, MSS, LSW, is a therapist at Mazzoni Center.

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International Singapore won’t destroy gay-themed titles Two children’s books dealing with gay subjects won’t be destroyed after all and will be restored to Singapore’s public libraries, an official said July 18. Minister of communications and information Yaacob Ibrahim said in midJuly he supported the state-run National Library Board’s decision to pull three books deemed to have inappropriate content. But many people in the conservative Southeast Asian city-state objected. “I understand these reactions, which reflect a deep-seated respect in our culture for the written word,” he said in a statement. He stood by the decision to remove the books from the children’s section of the libraries, but said he instructed libraries to place the books in their adult sections. One of the titles, “Who’s In My Family?: All About Our Families,” was already disposed of. The books he ordered not to be removed are “And Tango Makes Three,” a real-life story about a male-male penguin couple in the Central Park Zoo, and “The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption,” which involves a lesbian couple. In recent months, religious conservatives in the wealthy, multi-cultural citystate of 5.4 million have become more vocal in opposing gay rights. On paper, gay sex remains a criminal offense in Singapore, although authorities rarely enforce the British colonial-era legislation. Last month, Singapore witnessed its largest LGBT-rights rally with 26,000 in attendance.

Indian gov’t awaits top court decision India will take no action on amending a law banning same-sex sexual activity until its Supreme Court rules on the matter, a government minister says. A curative petition by the Indian government, requiring a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court to intervene in the appeal of Section 377, is still pending. Section 377 bans “sex against the order of nature,” which is widely interpreted to mean same-sex sexual activity. The penalty stipulates 10 years in jail. Prosecutions are rare but not unknown. On July 15, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said the government would be waiting for the court to issue a response.

“The matter is subjudiced before the Supreme Court. A decision regarding Section 377 of IPC can be taken only after pronouncement of judgment by the Supreme Court,” Rijiju said in a statement. In December, the court overturned a previous High Court judgment that said Section 377 of India’s penal code was unconstitutional. The decision caused outrage among LGBT activists and many of the county’s politicians. Previous attempts to reverse the Supreme Court ruling have so far failed. Seven men were arrested under suspicion of breaking Section 377 in Bangalore last month.

Italian Catholic school fires teacher A Catholic school in Italy has allegedly dismissed a teacher for failing to deny being a lesbian, saying it needs to “protect the school environment.” The teacher, who gave the name Silvia, claimed that Sacro Cuore school near Trento let her go because she refused to confirm or deny rumors that she was a lesbian. She said: “What happened to me is medieval. Maybe I’m a lesbian, maybe I’m not. But asking me about my sexual orientation as a condition for renewing my contract is unacceptable.” She also said that Sister Eugenia Libratore, headmistress and Mother Superior, “told me she was willing to turn a blind eye if I was willing to ‘solve the problem.’ Homosexuality is a problem?” Silvia said she had worked at the school for five years and lives with her partner in Trento. Earlier this month, Libratore admitted she chose not to renew the teacher’s contract after hearing rumors that she was a lesbian, despite laws prohibiting such discrimination in the workplace. She said: “I told her that I had heard these rumors, and that I hoped they were only rumors. Catholic schools have a certain set of educational and moral aspects, and to us it seems that we have to defend these at all costs.” Stefania Giannini, Italy’s education minister, said she would investigate the matter and “act with due severity” if the allegations were found to be true. The case was also criticized by Ivan Scalfarotto, one of the country’s first openly gay politicians and vice president of the Democratic Party. He said: “The fact that this institute receives government grants makes this sad story even more unbelievable.” On July 21, 20 senators from the governing Democratic Party formally called for Giannini to intervene. Discrimination on the basis of sexuality has been illegal in Italy since 2003. ■ — compiled by Larry Nichols

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Work It Out

Ellen Olstein

Starting your weight-loss journey More than six years ago, I made the decision to completely alter my life and get healthy. At 247 pounds, I was very ashamed that I’d let myself go the way I had — which not only drastically limited me physically, but the weight gain also opened me up to certain medical conditions that run in my family, like Type 2 dabetes and heart disease. After a move from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in 2005, I was very disappointed that I couldn’t explore my new city the way I wanted to, due to the excessive weight gain. Therefore, I decided to take matters into my own hands. As a busy woman who worked anywhere from 40-60 hours per week, my biggest initial challenge was finding the time to exercise. Regardless, I decided to join 12th Street Gym, and this decision forever changed my life. I dedicated at least one hour each day to my workouts, five-six days per week, and limited my calorie intake. At 110 pounds lighter, I remain passionate about health and wellness. The following is a list of tips that I applied to my own life throughout my journey and that I hope will help other “busy, working people” such as myself in starting and continuing an exercise program, as well as a healthier lifestyle. 1. Schedule your workout time just like you would schedule anything else that’s important to you. Don’t give yourself an option of “canceling.” The likelihood of you canceling on an important work meeting or your best friend’s birthday party is slim, so treat your workouts with the same level of importance.

2. Remind yourself, daily, that YOU are the most important person in your life. This might sound a bit selfish — but it’s not. One of the greatest lessons that I learned through my journey is that if I don’t feel good about myself, then I can’t be of any good to anybody else. 3. Hire a personal trainer at a gym like 12th Street or 12FIT on the fifth floor of the Loews Philadelphia Hotel. They can show you how to work the machines at the gym, give you workout plans that will help you to meet your goals and provide you with the support that you need. 4. Count calories with a fitness app, such as Lose It! or MyFitnessPal. 5. Write down a list of the healthy foods that you like to eat on a regular basis, and build your breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners around those foods. Prepare meals in advance so that you’re not scrambling to find healthy meal options before, during or after work and social functions. 6. Finally, seek the support of your family, friends, coworkers and others in your community. Let them know that you’re serious about your goals and the journey that it will take you to get there. You might even get a workout buddy out of it! ■

Ellen Olstein is a certified cycling instructor/marketing and business coordinator at 12th Street Gym. For more information about 12th Street Gym, visit 12streetgym. com.

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Media Trail Colo. court halts Denver marriages Yahoo News reports Colorado’s Supreme Court on July 18 ordered the Denver and Adams County clerks to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples while the state’s ban against the unions remains in place. The two-page ruling noted that a judge who ruled the state’s ban on same-sex unions was unconstitutional put his decision on hold pending appeal, meaning the 2006 marriage-equality ban remains active. Denver Clerk Debra Johnson, one of three clerks in Colorado who began issuing licenses to same-sex couples recently after a string of legal victories for gay marriage in the state, responded on Twitter: “Disappointed, but respect ruling.” University of Denver law professor Nancy Leong, however, said the ruling does not apply to clerks elsewhere. “The court can only do what the plaintiffs ask them, and these plaintiffs only asked them to stay Denver/Adams,” she said. Boulder and Pueblo, the two other counties issuing same-sex marriage licenses but not named in the suit, said they would continue their practice.

U.S. appeals court tosses Okla. marriage ban According to the Washington Post, a U.S. federal appeals court ruling July 18 that Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional spurred celebration among gay-rights activists, but sparked sharp anger among Republican leaders in a conservative state that prides itself on being the buckle of the nation’s Bible Belt. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver upheld a federal judge’s ruling striking down Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage, which had been approved by more than 75 percent of voters in 2004. The court put its 2-1 ruling on hold pending an appeal. The decision marks the second time the federal appeals court has found the U.S. Constitution protects same-sex marriage. In June, the same three-judge panel ruled that Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the Constitution, a decision that is also on hold. That was the first time an appellate court determined that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act meant states couldn’t deny gays the ability to wed. ■ — compiled by Larry Nichols

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and while all transgender people are affected by anti-transgender violence, we cannot ignore that the most vulnerable amongst us are transwomen of color. Meanwhile, the mainstream transgender community is focused elsewhere. We are still arguing over the use of a term that is alternately an antitransgender slur and a term of affection. Some have taken this argument into even-further toxic territory, claiming one group is focused on “victimhood” while others are turning it into a generational battle between activists of the 1990s versus those of today. There’s more, too. We’re in the midst of scores of cross-community and intersectionality issues facing the transgender community and its allies today. This column is just too short to delve deeply into the many types of mire we are stuck within. But, none of those arguments saved a single one of the lives listed above. Indeed, they seem to only keep us distracted and provide additional fuel for those who seek to harm us. We urgently need to look at what we are doing to each other. We need to learn to focus on what is important here. Can we get outraged over who said what about whom? Sure, I suppose. Can we argue about who said what to whom? Why yes, if that flips your switches. But we need to look beyond all of this. We need to consider that what someone calls us is irrelevant in the face of death. We need to worry less about how one should be a transgender advocate and more about doing the work. We need to educate our allies and help them help us — not automatically slap their hands away. Five more people get to be honored at Transgender Day of Remembrance in November — five more out of hundreds. This is what we should be outraged about. This is what we should be focused on. We need to amplify the voices and the needs of our transwomen of color. We need to speak out about their deaths and look for ways to avoid it happening all over again. It’s a long, hot summer — and it’s only halfway over. It’s time for us all to move forward, and it’s time for us to all get to work. ■

Gwen Smith is really, really tired of death. You can find her at www.gwensmith.com.

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Wherefore Art Now Part 2 History Museums Sucking Wind on Independence Mall

ast week we discussed the troubling clouds circling over the Avenue of the Arts as two of its anchors — the Prince Music Theater and the Suzanne Roberts Theatre face foreclosure. Travel fewer than ten blocks east and you will see those same clouds circling over Independence Mall.

“Fewer than 400,000 people bought tickets for the National Constitution Center, which is right next door to the visitor’s center.” Ten years ago the region’s one percenters came together around a pretty good idea (or at least so they thought at the time): invest capital in historic tourism to drive more visitors to Philadelphia and more days per visit. Within a few years, Independence Mall boasted a brand spanking new Independence Visitor’s Center and the National Constitution Center, extending the tourist footprint north to Arch Street. Then the Liberty Bell Pavilion was constructed, the National Museum of Ameri-

can Jewish History took the corner of Fifth and Market and within the year we will see yet another museum spring up The National Constitution Center needs more visitors. at Third and Chestnut: the National Mu- Photo by J. Smith for Visit Philadelphia seum of the American Revolution. AxisPhilly (we miss them) addressed the future of been made in a less scientific drive your attendance numthese institutions and found some disturbing signs: in way than they should have bers down. So let us provide two ag2013, “Fewer than 400,000 people bought tickets for the been.” Steve Rosenberg, vice National Constitution Center, which is right next door president for communications gressive measures designed to the visitor’s center (total visitors to the center totals at the National Constitution to turn around this downward 828,000 because the count includes people who attend Center (NCC), told Axis, “It’s spiral. The Jewish History Munon-ticketed events and lectures). The Jewish History not like walking around the Museum, housed in an elegant new building just one mall in D.C., where you can seum should transform itself block to the east, drew barely more than 100,000 visitors just walk in and out of every into the National Museum — less than half the number originally projected when museum for free. We’re still for Immigration and Indethe museum opened two years ago. And the more estab- really trying to define our au- pendence. It should take the African American Museum lished African American Museum, which is two blocks dience.” C’mon, guys. Take the collection and add Latino and away at Seventh and Arch, got just under 65,000 people opening year attendance Asian collections and make — so few it’s now open only four days a week.” As with their cultural counterparts to the west on the numbers for the Jewish His- it a museum that celebrates Avenue of the Arts, these struggling institutions seem to tory Museum, cut them in immigration across many be looking around and asking themselves what happened. half and start there. NCC, cultures. That way, the famYael Eytan, director of marketing and communica- stop crying into your beer and ily from China visiting the tions for the Jewish History Museum, told AxisPhilly: come to terms with the fact Liberty Bell might decide to “We’re still trying to figure out exactly what our opti- that charging money for what shell out $100 for a museum mal and realistic attendance numbers are. In the past, you have when Independence that speaks to their culture Continued on page 2 there have been some cases where these projections Hall is free is always going to J U LY 2 0 - 2 7 , 2 0 1 4

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when there is much less of a shot for their dollars to walk into a museum that only celebrates Jewish history in America. For the NCC, it should become the repository for famous original documents related to the American Revolution. We are encouraged that the NCC has started to figure this out, having plans to add one of the 12 surviving copies of the original Bill of Rights — a move they expect to boost attendance by 10 percent by the end of

the year. The NCC should go one step further. Get one of the original copies of the Declaration of Independence, called the Dunlap Broadsides (there are currently three in Philadelphia), put it on display for free in the lobby and see what happens. These moves may seem a bit bold but we are talking about securing Philadelphia’s rightful claim as the birthplace of the nation. A claim that bold demands actions equally bold to back it up.

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the best basketball player in the event next to Cleveland Cavaliers’ guard Dion Waiters, a native of South Philadelphia. Jackson scored 43 points and wowed the crowd with baskets and three-point shots, steals and hustle. Maybe if Chip Kelly had seen more of that hustle Jackson would still be an Eagle. Jackson was not available to the media but waved and acknowledged the crowd on a few occasions. “There are so many great people supporting me, even DeSean Jackson,” McCoy said. “Even though he’s not on the Eagles anymore, he’s still supporting me, and I will support him. Our friendship and bond won’t stop.” McCoy was caught on tape in the off-season touting himself as the best running back in the game, and it’s hard to argue that after the season he had in 2013. But he was acting more modestly at his event over the July 12-13 weekend. When asked if he was as good as Barry Sanders, he said, “That’s a difficult comparison. Barry Sand-

ers is someone I idolized. To be mentioned in that category is an amazing statement, and I am appreciative.” McCoy feels the Eagles will be much improved this year despite the loss of Jackson. He said that the “defense is looking really good and so much improved from last year. And Nick Foles is such a different quarterback. He is playing so confident. I feel he can make any throw. He knows how to play and lead and he doesn’t throw interceptions. He’s fun to play with. I have seen so many rookies in the OTAs and around the facility that also look like they are going to help us. I am ready for the start of training camp soon and ready for a good season. The expectations are high but I think we understand Chip Kelly a lot better and what he wants from us after last year. He is a great coach and I have a great relationship with him. I also had a great relationship with Andy Reid but we’re all excited.”

Local gun violence topic of TV’s ‘Our America’ segment by Sheila Simmons

ost of the nation’s focus around gun violence has centered on the city of Chicago. Why not? During its July Fourth weekend, 82 people were shot in one 84-hour window. Yet veteran journalist Lisa Ling, for her “Gun Crisis In America” segment of OWN TV’s “Our America” show, traveled to Philadelphia. Ling explained it is “a city where seven people are shot each day,” where she “meets crusaders who are determined to end gun violence on their streets” and where “citizens hope and pray that together, they can find peace.” Ling and her crew didn’t arrive in Philadelphia mere weeks before the July 10 broadcast of the segment. Working with the groups Mothers in Charge, Ceasefire Pennsylvania and primarily the Gun Crisis Reporting Project, the show began work on the series 16 months ago. Like us, the producers know gun violence has been a persistent problem in Philadelphia, and among the nation’s cities forced to confront gun violence regularly, Philadelphia is a city persistently on the list. On the day I write this, there are no Chicagolike calls for the National Guard to step in and halt a drumbeat of shooting tragedies here. But this is not a gun-violence-free day in Philadelphia. A local station reports on a man’s body found lying on a street in North Philadelphia. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Police had no suspects or motives.

Philadelphia Ceaseﬁre members pose for a photo after an 11-year-old boy was shot last April in North Philadelphia. Photo by Joseph Kaczmarek for Gun Crisis Reporting Project

From left: Jim MacMillan, Tom Kelly and Joe Kaczmarek of the Gun Crisis Reporting Project post with Lisa Ling last year in North Philadelphia. Photo courtesy of GunCrisis.org

This shooting is one small item on the night’s newscast, but an incident that makes a tremendous impact in the community in which it takes place. Powerful interviews by Ling help remind us of this — one with a 14-year-old girl caught in gun crossfire and who loses an eye, one with a mother who lost her college-bound son and another with a drug dealer turned nonviolence-activist who confesses, “We broke these streets, we have to fix them.” From gang rape in the Congo to bride burning in India, she has been fulfilling an assignment by the Oprah network to “cover vitally important stories that much of the world chooses to ignore,” Ling offers. And we do, sometimes, try to ignore the gun violence in Philadelphia. But just because it isn’t always “given the Oprah treatment” as one local newspaper remarked on the segment’s topic, does not dilute its damage. Online links to the show and to GunCrisis.org point to places of support, reporting, suggestions. Jim MacMillan, the Pultizer Prize-winning photojournalist and co-founder of GunCrisis.org, works to make the most of media coverage of Philadelphia gun violence: “We strive to dissuade them from adopting pejorative monikers such as Killadelphia or the Badlands. But we offer them every opportunity to engage the courageous groups and individuals working hard every day to stem gun violence in our city.” So, when the latest spotlight fades, progress from it shines on.

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First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 10:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE

Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned �� check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, �� of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at �� attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certi�� money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest �� within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly �� does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. �� each property shall be a sum suf��cluding advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadel-

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

(30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are �� thereafter. �� non-professional readers who do not understand the meaning of the �� defendant’s names, we make the following. EXPLANATION �� each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the �� of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 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

19120 42nd wd. 1152 Sq Ft �� C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 001822 $115,688.39 �� 1408304 3319 Saint Vincent Street 19149 55th wd. 1616 Sq Ft �� C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 001398 $190,590.39 �� 1408-305 4219 North 8th Street 19140 43rd wd. 1252 Sq Ft �� C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 001860 $58,288.04 Powers, �� 1408-306 754 South 60th Street 19143-2341 3rd wd. 1600 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Whitaker C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03375 $142,354.28 �� 1408-307 56 East Johnson Street 19144 59th wd. 12,041 Sq Ft �� February Term, 2012 No. �� 1408-308 5709 Drexel Road 191311203 52nd wd. 3,225.75 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Harris C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00374 $159,651.72 �� 1408-309 4250 Neilson Street 19124 33rd wd. 930 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Vivian Camacho C.P. February Term, 2011 �� 1408-310 �� 1840 62nd wd. 1616.55 Sq Ft �� dale C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02631 $114,418.61 �� 1408-311 4704 Tacony Street 19137 45th wd. 1600 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jacqueline Castillo C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02923 $104,531.83 �� 1408-312 213 East Wellens Street a/k/a 213 East Wellens Avenue 19120-3523 42nd wd. 2250 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� Mack C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02977 $114,995.87 �� 1408-313 1547 N. Wanamaker Street 19131 4th wd. 1336.49 Sq Ft �� C.P. February Term, 2014 �� 1408-314 �� 3214 63rd wd. 5625 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kellyanne P. �� 2013 No. 02453 $214,098.01 �� 1408-315 7730 Woodbine Avenue 19151-2723 34th wd. 2529.13 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Vernon Zachary Chestnut, Jr a/k/a Vernon Chestnut Siouda Chestnut C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01693 $106,654.71 �� 1408-316 6526 North 17th Street 19126-3514 17th wd. 1408 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� D. Nelson C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 03291 $129,755.49 Phelan Hal�� 1408-317 5716 Walton Avenue a/k/a 5716 Walton Street 191432428 46th wd. 915 Sq Ft �� December Term, 2013 No. 00167 $107,689.86 Phelan �� 1408-318 �� 62nd wd. 1027.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Miguel A. Sanoguel C.P. March Term, 2009 No. 03969 $59,841.99 �� 1408-319 8940 Krewstown Road Unit 311 a/k/a 8960 Krewstown Road Unit 311 191154551 63rd wd. 1250 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Ann Silver, in her capacity as Heir of Sylvia Silver, Deceased Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and all Persons, Firms, or Associations claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Sylvia Silver, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 03274 $100,725.10 Phelan Hal�� 1408-320 245 Hansberry Street 191444017 12th wd. 5182.32 Sq Ft ��-

�� PROPERTY Edward Mack C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 04913 $74,997.33 Phelan �� 1408-321 4307-09 Vankirk Street 19135-3927 62nd wd. 5000 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of the �� Her Capacity as Heir of the �� Her Capacity as Heir of �� pacity as Heir of the Estate �� Her Capacity as Heir of the �� Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under �� April Term, 2012 No. 02927 $74,445.87 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-322 425 West Rittenhouse Street 19144-3801 59th wd. 2149.52 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jennifer Rose C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01471 $124,841.50 �� 1408-323 5843 Addison Street 191431203 60th wd. 1016 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Teresita Izumi C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03927 $77,412.33 �� 1408-324 ��enue 19111-5724 35th wd. 1968.75 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title of Interest From or Under �� C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 00211 $98,759.65 �� 1408-325 8210 Temple Road 191502006 50th wd. 2613.60 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Damon R. Walton, is His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Charles

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www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, August 5, 2014 1408-301 333 North Robinson Street 19139 34th wd. 1154 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Eugene Way C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� J. Osborne 1408-302 1049 Edison Avenue 19116 58th wd. 11226.3 Sq Ft �� November Term, 2013 No. �� J. Osborne 1408-303 140 West Ashdale Street

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Walton a/k/a Charles Ray Walton Peggy J. Walton, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Charles Walton a/k/a Charles Ray Walton Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Charles R. Walton, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02075 $71,480.90 Phelan �� 1408-326 2227 South Opal Street 19145-3618 26th wd. 686 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� December Term, 2013 No. 00285 $128,759.58 Phelan �� 1408-327 �� 2626 42nd wd. 1500 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Michael Reyes Mirta Reyes C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 03641 $85,439.95 �� 1408-328 1117 Plane Road 191153714 63rd wd. 6523.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Thomas A. �� C.P. August Term, 2008 No. 03120 $223,433.35 Phelan �� 1408-329 5053 North 8th Street 19120-3105 49th wd. 950.55 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Spinks C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 03903 $77,463.62 �� 1408-330 6625 Sylvester Street 191492233 54th wd. 1243.60 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Shawnique Ham C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 01623 $70,402.99 Phelan �� 1408-331 3116 Miller Street 191345012 25th wd. 858 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kathleen Annuncio, in her capacity as heir of James D. O’Connell, Deceased Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under James D. O’Connell, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 04589 $133,023.71 �� 1408-332 6044 Pine Street 191431126 3rd wd. 1240 Sq Ft �� man C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00989 $49,121.25 ��

1408-333 6720 Dorel Street 191422607 40th wd. 1137.50 Sq Ft �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 00283 $120,278.00 Phelan �� 1408-334 4243 Westminster Avenue 19104-1427 6th wd. 1280 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Heir of the Estate of John �� in Her Capacity as Heir of �� Francine V. Williams, in Her Capacity as Heir of the �� Heir of the Estate of John �� Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under �� Emmett Vann, in His Capacity as Administrator of the �� June Term, 2013 No. 01755 $32,979.26 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-335 6332 Jackson Street 191353225 55th wd. 1630.80 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Mohamed I. Idrissi a/k/a Mohamed Isaili Idrissi C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 02764 $128,105.69 �� 1408-336 5372 Hazelhurst Street 19131-3342 52nd wd. 1242.40 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kim J. Riley C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 00766 $74,263.66 Phelan �� 1408-337 2409 South Hutchinson Street 19148-3725 39th wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Salazar C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00428 $182,583.83 �� 1408-338 4526 North 15th Street 19140-1102 1st wd. 888.07 �� 00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Shawn Tucker, in his capacity as Heir of Merrile D. Terry a/k/a Doris M. Wilson, Deceased, in his capacity as Heir of Merrile D. Terry a/k/a Doris M. Wilson, Deceased Jeffrey Tucker, in his capacity as Heir of Merrile D. Terry a/k/a Doris M. Wilson, Deceased, in his capacity as Heir of Merrile D. Terry a/k/a Doris M. Wilson,

Deceased Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest from or Under Merrile D. Terry a/k/a Doris M. Wilson, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 00963 $63,810.17 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-339 �� 1202 56th wd. 3368.40 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Jose Capela, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01609 $181,218.88 Phelan �� 1408-340 �� 19140 13th wd. 1199.66 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� King C.P. June Term, 2013 �� 1408-341 323 West Apsley Street 19144-4220 13th wd. 1600 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Shabazz C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02726 $59,032.88 �� 1408-342 6622 Walker Street 19135 55th wd. 1289.43 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY William J. Dearden Mary Ann Dearden C.P. January Term, 2008 No. 00536 $98,541.92 Phelan �� 1408-343 7938-40 Frankford Ave 19136-3016 64th wd. �� Mortgage Colman Kaplan C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 2765 $470,677.09 Weber �� neth M. Portner, Esq. 1408-344 �� 2507 40th wd. 1621.80 Sq Ft �� ton a/k/a Michelle EctonTho�� 2013 No. 03597 $177,914.20 �� 1408-345 2300 79th Avenue 191501406 54th wd. 2730.53 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Alicia R. Easley C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 03854 $118,894.64 Phelan �� 1408-346 4723 North 15th Street 19140 13th wd. 1342.56 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��

J. Scott C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 03119 $89,118.13 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1408-347 5485 West Montgomery Avenue 19131-3105 52nd wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 2013 No. 04041 $55,951.85 �� 1408-348 1948 East Monmouth Street 19134-4352 58th wd. 1152.75 ��ject to Mortgage IMPROVE�� PROPERTY Julio Rivera C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00283 $31,089.41 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1408-349 5413 Ridgewood Street 191434140 51st wd. 1000.12 Sq Ft �� ford C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00356 $73,214.36 Phelan �� 1408-350 5804 Malvern Avenue 191313003 52nd wd. 1296 Sq Ft �� ington a/k/a Cathern Washington C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03532 $110,287.97 Phelan �� 1408-351 2322 Vista Street 19152 56th wd. 1488 Sq Ft �� 2012 No. 00478 $281,269.24 plus continuing interest and �� 1408-352 �� 4337 25th wd. 1134 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and all Persons, Firms, or Associations claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under �� June Term, 2013 No. 00831 $38,985.34 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-353 3246 North Hope Street 19140 7th wd. 1036 Sq Ft �� res C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01500 $70,402.82 plus continuing late charges and �� Roberto 1408-354 5045 Walnut Street 191394250 46th wd. 2486.33 Sq Ft ��-

�� PROPERTY Cecilia Ann Roberts, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of the Estate of Edna Roberts a/k/a Edna Robert Chere’ Cunningham, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Edna Roberts a/k/a Edna Robert Patrice Cunningham, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Edna Roberts a/k/a Edna Robert C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 02216 $30,150.31 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-355 4525 Ashburner Street 19136-2808 65th wd. 2800 ��ject to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01769 $129,279.76 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-356 1250 South 15th AKA 1250 15th Street South 19146 47th wd. 2217 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� PROPERTY Jackiem Wright C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 3438 $339,022.48 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-357 4733 Vista Street 191364112 65th wd. 986.58 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� PROPERTY William Coleman C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 2458 $45,303.57 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., �� Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Car�� 1408-358 1210 Fillmore Street 19124 23rd wd. 2915.25 Sq Ft �� C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 001885 $125,343.95 �� 1408-359 7110 Devon Street 19119 22nd wd. 2936.62 Sq Ft

�� PROPERTY Vanessa M. Davis C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� Osborne 1408-360 3453 Cottman Avenue 19129 64th wd. 1597 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Mary M. Jones C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Osborne 1408-361 �� 19141 17th wd. 1480 Sq Ft �� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-362 �� 63rd wd. 3165.06 Sq Ft �� May Term, 2013 No. 03036 �� P.C. 1408-363 1836 South Hicks Street 19145 48th wd. 1284 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Aaron Stella C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� J. Osborne 1408-364 4718 Vista Street 19136 65th �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Rohena C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 02769 $92,579.00 �� 1408-365 740 South 58th Street 191432432 3rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� ion D. Evans, Mother and Son, as joint tenants with right of survivorship C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01768 $102,222.18 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1408-366 819 East Cornwall Street 19134 33rd wd. 1029.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Sam P. McConnell C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1408-367 7905 Marsden Street 19136 65th wd. 1212.78 Sq Ft �� Strange C.P. August Term,

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2008 No. 03731 $128,743.73 �� 1408-368 337 Avon Street 19116 58th wd. 3500 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Iouri Toukvatchinski and Natalya Toukvatchinski, husband and wife C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 01179 $227,646.66 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1408-369 6163 North 17th Street 191411955 35th wd. 1234 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Matthew S. Hawkins, as sole owner C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00011 $109,159.68 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1408-370 5862 Penn Street 191493418 62nd wd. 1574 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� vember Term, 2011 No. 0530 $26,212.17 Scott A. Dietterick, �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1408-371 2723 Orthodox Street 19137 45th wd. 1156 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Thomas Henry C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-372 1550 South Ringgold Street 19146-4008 36th wd. 714 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Hawkins C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 01068 $16,934.64 �� 1408-373 5920 Malvern Avenue 19131-3004 52nd wd. 1240 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Aviszelema McKenzie C.P. September Term, 2009 No. 03204 $132,997.53 Phelan �� 1408-374 �� 53rd wd. 1225.80 Sq Ft

�� PROPERTY Pedro J. Ortiz C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1408-375 2529 South 19th Street 191453703 48th wd. 1909.71 Sq Ft �� Rachel Martino C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 02537 $347,224.89 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-376 �� 35th wd. 2500 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Eric Webb C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 00567 �� P.C. 1408-377 5423 Erdrick Street 191241406 62nd wd. 1306.40 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Alain Sylla C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02651 $129,080.53 Phelan �� 1408-378 �� 35 19114-4359 35th wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Strockbine C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00036 $86,545.22 �� 1408-379 �� a/k/a 6825 E. Roosevelt �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Jackson C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01843 $82,096.46 �� 1408-380 1312 Weaver Street 191502518 15th wd. 1279.2 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Richard M. �� No. 02226 $198,337.49 Phelan �� 1408-381 947 East Stafford Street 19138 59th wd. 1216.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Janet Shaw C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-382 �� 3602 66th wd. 4397.64 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kenneth Allen Denise E. Allen a/k/a Denise E. Fulford C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 01740 $206,334.85 �� 1408-383 3535 Jasper Street 191342035 45th wd. 1049.22 Sq Ft ��

�� Jones C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04223 $30,677.90 �� 1408-384 219 East Upsal Street 191192346 22nd wd. 1666.40 Sq ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Small, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of �� ity as Heir of The Estate �� Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From ��ceased C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01244 $30,004.78 �� 1408-385 2718 C Street 191343402 33rd wd. 700 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Elsa M. �� 2014 No. 00400 $52,090.92 �� 1408-386 123 Tasker Street 19148 1st wd. 338.61 Sq Ft �� erty and Mary Dougherty C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� 1408-387 �� 19147 5th wd. 752 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01632 $11,113.09 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1408-388 5904 N. Park Avenue 19141 49th wd. 1935 Sq Ft �� April Term, 2012 No. 01798 �� 1408-389 859 East Mercer Street 19125 18th wd. 672 Sq Ft �� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01293 $106,774.32 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1408-390 1943 Plymouth Street 19138 10th wd. 1200 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Shelley Dixon C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 002372 $58,583.03 �� 1408-391 �� 19141 49th wd. 941.50 Sq Ft

�� PROPERTY Tisha Khakazi, as Administratrix of the Estate of Dianna Khakazi, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00086 $182,346.53 �� 1408-392 1415 South Franklin Street 19147 1st wd. 840 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Nina Cintron a/k/a Nina Iannella C.P. December Term, 2011 No. �� J. Osborne 1408-393 6814 Sylvester Street 19149 54th wd. 1261.28 Sq Ft �� 2STY MASONRY Matthew Masih and Afshan R. Masih C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01086 $124,929.47 Milstead �� 1408-394 ��ment 305 19107-5643 5th wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Pinkhasov Michael Dvorkin C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00015 $122,556.72 Phelan �� 1408-395 �� 2107 34th wd. 1867.5 Sq ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� E. Herbin C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 000673 $68,337.10 Powers, Kirn, & Javardian, �� 1408-396 278 South 56th Street 191393903 60th wd. 1280 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Attoh Moutchia C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01604 $56,139.83 Phelan �� 1408-397 1211 North 60th Street 19151 34th wd. 1290 Sq �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Ford and Chris Demarta C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 00612 $140,531.10 Pressman & �� 1408-398 �� 34th wd. 1867.50 Sq Ft �� Watson C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00122 $45,139.74 �� 1408-399 6438 Woodcrest Avenue 19151-2407 34th wd. 1598.24 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Dwan W. Niles Oreall C. Niles C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 05098 $172,564.44 Phelan Hal��

1408-400 107 East Courtland Street 19120 42nd wd. 1535.10 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Wannetta Halton C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 4757 $110,073.63 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1408-401 746 McKean Street 191482428 39th wd. 924 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Hattie R. Reese f/k/a Hattie Ruth C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00123 $80,818.00 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-402 3300 Rorer Street 191341730 7th wd. 1008 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Robert D. Wilson C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 1368 $43,369.03 Scott A. Dietterick, �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1408-403 �� 19138 12th wd. 773.82 Sq Ft �� Term, 2014 No. 03090 ��fices, P.C. 1408-404 2129 South 19th Street 19145 48th wd. 1140 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Carolyn Humphries, as sole owner C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 0931 $130,700.03 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1408-405 4222 Cottman Avenue 191351115 41st wd. 1981.79 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Dean Rossi No �� November Term, 2010 No. 00467 $212,040.84 Phelan �� 1408-406 1723 Wharton Street 19146 36th wd. 1593.75 Sq Ft ��

�� McFadden, Individually and Known Heir of Roosevelt Mickles Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under �� Record Owner Roosevelt �� C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00779 $45,122.13 Udren �� 1408-407 4518 North 15th Street 19140-1102 13th wd. 1224 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Harris and Charles Harris, h/w, as tenants by the entireties C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 0509 $30,580.24 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-408 5713 Erdrick Street 19135 62nd wd. 6600 Sq Ft �� and Maryann Torpey C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1408-409 4827 North 13th Street 19141 49th wd. 1638 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Julia A. Farlow C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1408-410 5131 North 16th Street 19141 17th wd. 1480 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Alberta Jenkins and Rosalind Jenkins C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-411 �� 35th wd. 11454.84 Sq Ft �� rin C.P. March Term, 2013 �� 1408-412 1433 N. 59th Street 19151 4th wd. 1152 Sq Ft �� Henry C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03557 $85,556.52 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1408-413 �� 2111 55th wd. 2000 Sq Ft ��

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PROPERTY Michael Young, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Nancy A. Young Mark D. Young, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Nancy A. Young Ray Young, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Nancy A. Young Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Nancy A. Young, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 00455 $118,455.17 Phelan �� 1408-414 407 South 63rd Street a/k/a 407 Cobbs Creek Parkway 19143 3rd wd. 1280 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Shelley Collins C.P. December Term, 2013 �� 1408-415 2015 East Firth Street 19125-1315 31st wd. 820.95 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 2013 No. 03079 $130,031.33 �� 1408-416 �� 19137 45th wd. 1120 Sq Ft �� C.P. December Term, 2013 �� 1408-417 �� 41st wd. 989.91 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Ana H. Vargas C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1408-418 261 East Fariston Drive 19120 61st wd. 2625 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Tyra Coles C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-419 6253 Homer Street 19144 59th wd. 1957.76 Sq Ft �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1408-420 �� 1403 64th wd. 1648.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY John T. Concan�� C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00979 $124,261.67 �� 1408-421 6032 North 12th Street 19141 49th wd. 1687.72 Sq ��

to Mortgage IMPROVE�� and Kenneth Stanley, adult individuals, joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03191 $141,171.18 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, �� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1408-422 �� 66th wd. 2367.54 Sq Ft �� MAS + OTHER Michael Hoch and Jennifer Hoch C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02208 $235,517.57 Milstead & As�� 1408-423 12202 Academy Road 19154 66th wd. 2000 Sq Ft �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1408-424 396 East Upsal Street 19119 22nd wd. 5578.41 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Taliba Holliday C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1408-425 838 North 28th Street 19130-1702 15th wd. 939.6 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Kromchad C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00249 $195,088.92 �� 1408-426 2363 77th Avenue 19150 50th wd. 1920 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Dennis J. �� 2013 No. 02547 $57,978.94 �� 1408-427 411 Fitzgerald Street 19148 39th wd. 691.88 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Walter Cywin�� Cywinski, Walter Cywinski, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Walter Cywinski �� in Her Capacity as Heir of Walter Cywinski, Deceased �� Solely in His Capacity as Heir of of Walter Cywinski C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-428 4600 Kraydor Street a/k/a 4600-4602 Kraydor Street

19136 65th wd. 2646.86 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� February Term, 2014 No. �� 1408-429 2147 North Stanley Street 19121 32nd wd. 700 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Martina Mapp C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-430 5814 Ashland Avenue 191433916 3rd wd. 2310 Sq Ft �� C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00132 $77,158.25 Phelan �� 1408-431 �� Unit 102 19114 65th wd. 816 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Fisher C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00722 $141,920.45 �� 1408-432 5408 Saul Street 19124 62nd wd. 1563.20 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY The Unknown �� Deceased Chantae M. Jones, Solely in Her Capacity as �� Deceased Kalim Haygood, Solely in His Capacity as �� in His Capacity as Heir of �� C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-433 533 West Tabor Road 191202723 61st wd. 2000 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Desiree Sommerville C.P. June Term, 2010 No. 01773 $178,768.84 �� 1408-434 5150 Ranstead Street 191393433 60th wd. 855 Sq Ft �� Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Dawn M. Walker, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03645 $30,623.49 Phelan �� 1408-435 3900 Ford Road, Unit 7C 19131 52nd wd. 1206 Sq Ft �� 12-20-5965 $11,553.24 Evan ��man Krekstein & Harris, P.C.

1408-436 �� 3529 62nd wd. 1260 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Donald Palka Jaqueline Palka C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00840 $71,933.38 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-437 5823 Springfield Avenue 19143 3rd wd. 1272 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Virginia M. Sample C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02283 $24,149.16 �� 1408-438 2235 South 71st Street 19142 40th wd. 1021.75 Sq Ft �� C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1408-439 5321 Charles Street 19124 62nd wd. 2325 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Tonia N. Davis C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-440 1503 Adams Avenue 191244505 23rd wd. 740.65 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Sonia Ruiz Raquel Ruiz C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00681 $80,823.30 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-441 5243 Wissahickon Avenue 19144 12th wd. �� PROPERTY Jada Pennick and Charles H. Pennick C.P. October Term, 2012 No. �� 1408-442 6524 North 4th Street 19126-3914 61st wd. 1800 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 2013 No. 01365 $207,254.83 Powers, Kirn, & Javardian, �� 1408-443 3324 Jasper Street 191342536 45th wd. 942.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Heriberto Rivera C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 04049 $38,850.66 �� 1408-444 140 West Albanus Street 19120-3407 42nd wd. 1200 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� White and Alethea White, as tenants in common C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 0984 $65,508.65 Scott A. Dietter��-

ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1408-445 126 Fern Street 19120 61st wd. 1188 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Montrell N. �� 2013 No. 01811 $81,408.13 �� 1408-446 2840 Willits Road 191361027 57th wd. 2422.42 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Darren Weklar C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 1522 $90,212.73 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-447 7624 Fayette Street 19150 50th wd. 1498.80 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Angel A. Mar��rero C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02949 $86,613.29 �� 1408-448 4610 Richmond Street 19137-2215 45th wd. 3924 �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� PROPERTY Damien Wilson C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 03515 $137,356.90 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-449 6644 Upland Street 191421614 40th wd. 992 Sq Ft ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� N. Kollie and Alice Kollie C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 02074 $36,196.62 Pressman �� 1408-450 �� 2013 45th wd. 1116.5 Sq Ft �� Moffitt, as sole owner C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 3138 $152,153.42 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh

�� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-451 3480 Helen Street 19134 45th wd. 1131 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Judith Perez C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-452 6331 Shelbourne Street 19111 35th wd. 2940 Sq Ft �� Perry C.P. March Term, 2013 �� 1408-453 �� 19138 10th wd. 1209 Sq Ft �� Williams C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03303 $61,031.15 �� 1408-454 3409 Tudor Street 19136 64th wd. 1616 Sq Ft �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-455 �� 52nd wd. 3125 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Terri Paulhill C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-456 3439 Reach Street 191341222 33rd wd. 1320 Sq Ft �� C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 03195 $32,549.20 �� 1408-457 946 East Tioga Street 19134 33rd wd. 1160.23 Sq Ft �� C.P. February Term, 2013 �� 1408-458 1625 East Mcpherson Street 19150-1009 50th wd. 2552.22 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kathy Cole Francis, Trustee of the Kathy Cole Francis Trust Date September 4, 2003 C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02744 $147,843.00 Phelan �� 1408-459 6013 Torresdale Avenue 19135-3715 41st wd. 3750

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��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Co-administrator and Heir of the Estate of Florence �� Her Capacity as Heir of the �� Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Flor�� Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Jeffrey Wilson, Deceased Jeffrey Wilson, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of Jeffrey Wilson, Deceased Heir of Florence �� 2013 No. 02372 $78,707.66 �� 1408-460 2375 Welsh Road 19114 57th �� 3-3811-25 IMPROVE�� WITH A ONE STORY, FREE �� C.P. August Term, 2011 No. �� 1408-461 119 North Wilton Street 19139-2634 44th wd. 922.5 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� K. Fuller a/k/a Shelly Fuller C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00781 $43,920.55 Phelan �� 1408-462 125 West Olney Avenue 19120-2431 61st wd. 2000 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Driggins Olga Iris Driggins a/k/a Iris M. Rosario C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00376 $113,527.81 Phelan �� 1408-463 5701 Vandike Street 191354118 41st wd. 1275.75 Sq Ft �� November Term, 2013 No. 00509 $69,528.90 Phelan �� 1408-464 2307 North 50th Street 19131 52nd wd. 1781 Sq Ft �� C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00017 $259,051.69 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1408-465 2716 Kirkbride Street 19137-2122 43rd wd. 997.80 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� Hawthorne Andrea D. Hawthorne C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03407 $83,227.76 �� 1408-466 7720 Thouron Avenue 19150-2516 50th wd. 1336.5 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Williams Valencia Williams C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 04006 $134,785.27 Phelan �� 1408-467 708 Marlyn Road 191513825 34th wd. 1303.76 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Stacey D. Moore C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 03845 $46,409.85 �� 1408-468 1116 Harrison Street 191242908 23rd wd. 1347.77 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kimberly A. Clark C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 01961 $157,969.96 �� 1408-469 407 Saint Vincent Street 19111 35th wd. 3291.50 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 2013 No. 00729 $133,160.97 �� 1408-470 6649 North Uber Street 19138-3133 50th wd. 1182.96 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Rashana D. Ceaser C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03874 $61,661.48 �� 1408-471 632 Pierce Street 19148 1st wd. 705 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY William J. Ciancaglini C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02143 $84,241.00 �� 1408-472 8809-8811 Rising Sun Avenue a/k/a 8809-11 Rising Sun Avenue 19115-4814 63rd wd. 14400 Sq Ft �� Marina Sklyarsky C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01387 $434,944.06 Phelan �� 1408-473 3409 Hess Street 19136 64th wd. 3231 Sq Ft �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1408-474 4621 Melrose Street 191371108 45th wd. 2266 Sq Ft ��-

�� PROPERTY Timothy M. Nogowski Carol Nogowski C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 02853 $164,983.71 Phelan �� 1408-475 4037 K Street 19124 33rd wd. 1120 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Ruben Rodriguez C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02951 $100,054.84 �� 1408-476 1334 Fanshawe Street 191114912 53rd wd. 1203.53 Sq Ft �� Evans C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01922 $105,070.33 �� 1408-477 715 West Fisher Avenue 19120-2725 49th wd. 1687.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Cherita M. �� 2013 No. 00310 $84,662.94 �� 1408-478 844 North 29th Street Unit 115 19130 15th wd. 1014 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� S. Ford C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02948 $359,692.43 �� 1408-479 5510 Pemberton Street 19143 46th wd. 900 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 00221 $63,931.51 Joann Needleman, Esquire 1408-480 4740 North 12th Street 19141 49th wd. 2037.50 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Sessoms C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 03200 $67,062.89 �� 1408-481 �� 36th wd. 630 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� PROPERTY Dorian & Teauntay Westbrook C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 00945 $129,158.97 Joann Needleman, Esquire 1408-482 �� 40th wd. 1120 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Anna Wilkinson C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1408-483 3929 North 17th Street 19140 38th wd. 1333.65 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire as Personal Representative �� 2013 No. 00903 $88,338.80 Powers, Kirn, & Javardian, �� 1408-484 2127 West 66th Ave 19138 10th wd. 1275 Sq Ft �� Armstead C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 00552 �� 1408-485 3106 North 25th Street 19132 38th wd. 901.20 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Francis X. Hueber C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� J. Osborne 1408-486 6106 Walker Street 19135 55th wd. 3352.5 Sq Ft �� December Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-487 2950 Hale Street 19149 62nd wd. 991.25 Sq Ft �� and Dorothy Prior C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00333 �� 1408-488 43 West Upsal Street 19119 22nd wd. 5829.62 Sq Ft �� August Term, 2012 No. �� Osborne 1408-489 7823 Michener Avenue 19150 50th wd. 1320 Sq Ft �� and Jacqueline Pleas (deceased) C.P. December Term, 2010 No. 01420 $96,450.60 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1408-490 1635 Creston Street 191493441 62nd wd. 2126.30 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Anita Frazier, in Her Capacity as Heir of Elizabeth Frazier, Deceased ��ity as Heir of Elizabeth Frazier, Deceased Joseph Frazier, in His Capacity as Heir of Elizabeth Frazier, �� in Her Capacity as Heir of Elizabeth Frazier, Deceased Kenya D. Taylor, in Her Capacity as Heir of Elizabeth Frazier, Deceased William Jones, in His Capacity as

Heir of Elizabeth Frazier, Deceased Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Elizabeth Frazier, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01424 $63,795.60 Phelan �� 1408-491 157 Widener Street 19120 42nd wd. 990 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Denisecia Porter C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� J. Osborne 1408-492 6004 North 19th Street 19141 49th wd. 1360 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 00515 $134,084.55 Powers, �� 1408-493 �� the Southwesterly side of ��easterly side of Miller Street; 15’2.5” from the southeasterly side of Miller Street; front 14’1” depth 59’0” �� Mortgage First Cornerstone �� 2013 No. 0585 $132,722.06 �� 1408-494 461 Vernon Road 19119 22nd wd. 2250 Sq Ft �� pard C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00832 $169,830.81 Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1408-495 �� 19141-1930 17th wd. 1959.6 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Pericles C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 02895 $86,710.16 �� 1408-496 3408 Tyson Avenue 19149 55th wd. 1640 Sq ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� J. Durie C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 00467 $104,324.91 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1408-497 5862 Chew Avenue a/k/a 5862 Chew Street 19138 59th �� 1-2047000 IMPROVE�� Hayes Traci W. Hayes C.P. May Term, 2007 No. 003381 $64,325.03 Mark J. Udren, Esq.

1408-498 3786 Richmond Street 19137-1414 45th wd. 1051.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Allen Starr, in His Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Stephen �� His Capacity as Heir of the �� Heir of the Estate of Stephen �� Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01586 $83,881.35 Phelan �� 1408-499 6023 North Phillip Street 19120-1815 61st wd. 1087.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Charles Thomaston Elizabeth Surratt C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02653 $37,340.68 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-500 �� 4702 51st wd. 1150.10 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Angela Murphy C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 03392 $96,096.11 �� 1408-501 1253 South 18th Street; 1255 South 18th Street 19148 36th wd. (f/k/a 26th wd.) �� Subject To Mortgage Origen �� IMPROVEMENTS: NONE �� Crusaders of America C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01547 $61,733.36 Robert J. Murtaugh, Esquire 1408-502 2638 South Muhlfeld Street a/k/a 2638 Muhlfeld Street 19142-1712 40th wd. 1193.44 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Denise T. Davis C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02072 $62,502.09 �� 1408-503 50 North 51st Street 19139 44th wd. 1792 Sq Ft �� Krantz a/k/a Abraham Krantz C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01037 $77,408.58 Udren �� 1408-504 6134 Morton Street 191441043 22nd wd. 2064.74 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-

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�� K. Franklin C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 00782 $67,013.15 �� 1408-505 6040 Ogontz Avenue 19141 17th wd. 1500 Sq ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Shvartsovskiy C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03015 ��fices, P.C. 1408-506 510 Harvey Street 191443800 59th wd. 4416.12 Sq Ft �� Ross a/k/a Janice Sykes �� April Term, 2013 No. 02083 $299,758.17 Phelan Hal�� 1408-507 8021 Elberon Avenue 191111806 63rd wd. 2880 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Timothy Magee Joyce Magee C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 03348 $116,352.24 Phelan Hal�� 1408-508 4281 Penn Street 191243938 23rd wd. 2909.28 Sq Ft �� Amin C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01602 $65,610.57 �� 1408-509 3524 East Crown Avenue 19114-1917 66th wd. 1716.8 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Stephanie A. Massey C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 03098 $174,898.00 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-510 6441 Malvern Avenue 19151 34th wd. 2989.00 Sq Ft �� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00312 $200,628.94 �� 1408-511 852 Carver Street 191241010 35th wd. 1262.80 Sq Ft �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00765 $41,809.67 Phelan �� 1408-512 3411 Ormes Street 191341621 7th wd. 644 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Cristy C.

�� 2013 No. 02716 $44,379.14 �� 1408-513 �� 19135 41st wd. 1312 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Scott Yusem C.P. December Term, 2013 �� 1408-514 6608 Kindred Street 191492201 54th wd. 1364.94 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Dionisios D. �� Term, 2013 No. 02235 $100,461.08 Phelan Hal�� 1408-515 6337 Marsden Street 19135 41st wd. 1104.48 Sq Ft �� Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� Ernst Janus, as sole owner C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 01172 $115,645.27 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-516 �� 57th wd. 5701 Sq Ft �� Term, 2013 No. 002343 $197,574.65 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1408-517 �� 58th wd. 1732 Sq Ft; �� 2013 No. 01273 $215,606.54 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-518 2556 South 68th Street 19142-2108 40th wd. 1260.05 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Josephine Johnson, as Sole Owner C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 2238 $50,942.18 Scott A. Dietter��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1408-519 4229 Sheffield Street 19136 41st wd. 1312 Sq �� -

�� Mathis Jr. C.P. January Term, 2010 No. 01615 $111,341.14 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-520 2436 South Darien Street 19148-3718 39th wd. 756 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 2010 No. 02098 $150,279.36 �� 1408-521 105 South 61st Street 19139 3rd wd. 1156 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� III C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01529 $103,615.58 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-522 1962 Plymouth Street 19138 10th wd. 1134 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� Known Heir of Vanessa Neal, Deceased Morgagor and Real Owner Nakia Neal, Known Heir of Vanessa Neal, Deceased Morgagor and Real Owner Corinne Neal, Known Heir of Vanessa Neal, Deceased Morgagor and Real Owner Unknown Heirs of Vanessa Neal, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner Amanda Neal, Known Heir of Vanessa Neal, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner Ronald Neal, Known Heir of Vanessa Neal, Deceased Morgagor and Real Owner Kevin Neal, Known Heir of Vanessa Neal, Deceased Morgagor and Real Owner C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00081 $63,406.70 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-523 2419 Carpenter Street 19146 30th wd. 1164 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� Crawford, Executor of the Estate of Jeannette Crawford, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 02786 $225,254.49 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-524 2244 South 66th Street 19142 40th wd. 1110 Sq Ft; �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� Jacob Hasis C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00410 $99,594.88 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-525 2123 President Street 19115 58th wd. 1720 Sq Ft; Semi/Det 2 Sty Mas + �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-

�� C. Yakatan and Mae Feldsher C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 03241 $254,602.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-526 428 Sigel Street 19148 39th wd. 1464 Sq Ft; Row 3 Sty �� ard C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01179 $107,947.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-527 7159 Andrews Avenue 19138 10th wd. 1194 Sq Ft; �� February Term, 2013 No. 021721 $123,905.73 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-528 3626 Calumet Street 19129 38th wd. 1786 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� Cordova C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01326 $243,268.82 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-529 624 North Moss Street 19139 6th wd. 1224 Sq Ft; �� Hill-Scott C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00801 $58,439.38 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-530 �� 19122 18th wd. 1464 Sq Ft; Row 3 Sty Masonry �� C.P. December Term, 2007 No. 02609 $112,539.38 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-531 425 Tasker Street 19148 1st wd. 1336 Sq Ft; Row 3 Sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Pheng Soun and San Sem C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02795 $46,291.34 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-532 �� 56th wd. 2280 Sq Ft; Apt 2-4 Units 2 Sty Masonry �� K. Rahman C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00767 $209,833.50 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-533 5825 Akron Street 19149 19149 62nd wd. 1244 Sq Ft; �� and Rochelle Jones C.P.

December Term, 2013 No. 00552 $151,335.38 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-534 5752 Pemberton Street 19143 46th wd. 1128 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� Schell, Executor of the Estate of Veronica Comegys, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02198 $55,394.63 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-535 7018 Forrest Avenue 19138 10th wd. 1310 Sq Ft; Row �� Jackson and Steven White C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 01639 $133,119.66 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-536 �� 19135 55th wd. 1084 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04084 $42,162.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-537 �� 62nd wd. 1368 Sq Ft; Row �� Portnoy C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01294 $79,373.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-538 �� 19145 26th wd. 1024 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� gant a/k/a David T. Sigrant C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 02322 $182,668.32 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-539 1008 Montrose Street 19147 2nd wd. 832 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� Diambrosio, Executrix of the Estate of Stella Jacovini, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02000 $254,073.18 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-540 36 North Edgewood Street 19139 34th wd. 1314 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01217 $63,637.29 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-541 1823 South Newkirk Street 19145 48th wd. 1100 Sq

Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� December Term, 2013 No. 00537 $121,562.90 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-542 4917 Olive Street 19139 44th wd. 1100 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03835 $62,646.93 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-543 2102 South 65th Street 19142 40th wd. 1344 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� August Term, 2013 No. 01887 $57,256.02 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-544 3107 Clifford a/k/a 3107 West Clifford Street 191212516 32nd wd. 1880 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Robert Martin C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 2523 $38,800.91 Zucker, �� 1408-545 4837 Walton Avenue 19143 46th wd. 2018.75 Sq Ft �� Talbot C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 04637 $176,513.43 �� Javardian 1408-546 �� 19125 31st wd. 1158 Sq Ft; Row 2 STY Masonry �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00831 $109,584.22 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-547 �� 19121 32nd wd. 1120 Sq Ft �� 2013 No. 04711 $59,208.75 �� Javardian 1408-548 1645 South Taney Street 19145-1223 2nd wd. 1512 Sq �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02234 $65,531.55 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq.,

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�� 1408-549 729 North Capitol Street 19130 15th wd. 1205 Sq �� Queen, Sr. a/k/a James McQueen C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 01495 $201,621.49 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-550 1816 Dickinson Street 19146 36th wd. 1394 Sq Ft �� single person C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02138 $139,606.54 �� 1408-551 4008 Reno Street 19104 6th wd. 1428 Sq Ft; Row �� C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01689 $46,253.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-552 7781 Hasbrook Avenue 19111-2407 63rd wd. 3756 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 2009 No. 01519 $257,211.04 �� 1408-553 1216 North 54th Street 19131-4206 52nd wd. 1440 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Turner C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02819 $73,213.77 �� 1408-554 �� 52nd wd. 1508 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Shunda E. Pitts, as Administratrix of the Estate of Will Solomon Pitts, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02998 $106,226.91 �� 1408-555 4905 North Penn Street a/k/a 4905 Penn Street 191242613 23rd wd. 2032.32 Sq Ft �� Donald, Deceased Matthew �� Donald, Deceased Kali Mac Donald, in Her Capacity as �� Deceased Casey A. Mac Donald, in His Capacity as �� Deceased Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under

��ceased C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03367 $44,963.00 �� 1408-556 �� 19103 8th wd. 2300 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Warren R. �� C.P. June Term, 2012 No. �� 1408-557 6528 Smedley Street 19126 17th wd. 1260 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Sheila M. �� Term, 2013 No. 000213 �� Osborne 1408-558 841 East Westmoreland Street 19134-1924 33rd wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Rodriguez C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03517 $59,304.94 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-559 1417 North Robinson Street 19151-4243 34th wd. 1490.32 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Dorothy Waumbeeka a/k/a �� Deceased C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 03541 $49,797.76 �� 1408-560 7355 Rockwell Avenue 19111 63rd wd. 1609 Sq �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Vazquez C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04501 $188,149.22 �� 1408-561 1111 Rosalie Street 19149 35th wd. 1160 Sq Ft; Row �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Mkrtichev C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01200 $105,061.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-562 3343 Conrad Street Unit 203 19129-1671 88th wd. Together with the undivided interest in the common elements of 10.3% interest for �� IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Paul D. Mascieri C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00124 $276,752.61 �� 1408-563 5919 Tackawanna Street 19135 41st wd. 1080 Sq Ft ��-

�� PROPERTY Anany Peralta C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� J. Osborne 1408-564 �� 66th wd. 4788 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Michele Dwyer and Timothy Dwyer C.P. November Term, 2009 No. �� 1408-565A 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-565B 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-565C 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-565D 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-565E 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-565F 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-565G 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-565H 8712 Frankford Avenue Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 ��

1408-565I 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-565J 8712 Frankford Avenue, Unit �� Sq Ft; front: 22.00’x depth: �� ary Term, 2014 No. 02081 �� 1408-566 1703 Anchor Street 19124 62nd wd. 1456 Sq Ft �� C.P. April Term, 2012 No. �� 1408-567 4715 Salmon Street 191372125 45th wd. 1070.3 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jennifer Roski James Minch C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 02006 $144,047.97 Phelan Hal�� 1408-568 1830 West Erie Avenue 19140-3523 13th wd. 1354.24 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Kevin R. Hudson C.P. March Term, 2009 No. 03235 $27,015.82 �� 1408-569 201-59 North 8th Street Unit �� IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Merle M. Singer Nathan Singer C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00939 $380,465.00 Phelan �� 1408-570 1233 West Hilton Street 19140 43rd wd. 1563.91 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� S. Russell, Personal Representative of the Estate of Harrison Harper, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1408-571 126 Jamestown Street 19127-1614 21st wd. 817.21 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� J. Wasko, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02305 $21,648.65 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-572 528 E. High Street 19140 59th wd. on the Southeasterly side of High Street 260’6” Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of Magnolia Street. Front:

22ft 10in; Depth: 124ft 0in �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� RESIDENCE Debra M. Cower C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02671 $82,676.59 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1408-573 �� 1417 55th wd. 1860 Sq Ft ��MENTS: RESIDEN�� Seabrooks, Jr. C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 03572 $91,126.51 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-574 �� 19124-5231 33rd wd. 1373.60 square foot �� PROPERTY Zoila C. Reyes a/k/a Zoila C. Pena a/k/a Zoila Reyes C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02466 $72,599.45 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-575 4214 Malta Street 191244809 33rd wd. 1739 Sq Ft �� 2013 No. 00452 $59,719.57 Powers, Kirn, & Javardian, �� 1408-576 1123 Faunce Street 191112703 56th wd. 2912 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY William E. �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02466 $202,023.41 Phelan �� 1408-577 8939 Haven Place 191521401 57th wd. 3564 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Anna K. Jackson C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02801 $239,017.80 Phelan �� 1408-578 4656 Shelbourne Street 19124-3833 42nd wd. 1138 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Akinola C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 04066 $61,532.23 Powers, Kirn, & �� 1408-579 1031 Disston Street 191114410 53rd wd. 2570.09 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Syeda A. Rahman a/k/a Syeda Rahman C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02656 $128,594.21 Phelan �� 1408-580 2833 S. Simpson Street 19142 40th wd. 1520 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. June Term, 2008 No.

04176 $128,194.32 Thomas A. Capehart, Esquire 1408-581 3810 Manayunk Avenue 19128-5108 21st wd. 1241.74 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Karen Tappeden C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01597 $10,865.85 �� 1408-582 364 Daly Street 191483307 39th wd. 700 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Cynthia C. Cross a/k/a Cynthia Cross C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 01952 $102,564.33 Phelan �� 1408-583 1107 Emily Street 19148 1st wd. 672 Sq Ft �� rino, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01403 $175,417.11 �� 1408-584 725 East Rittenhouse Street 19144 22nd wd. 1122 Sq Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� Executrix of the Estate of Idella Kitchen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 00670 $89,885.65 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-585 6742 Dicks Avenue 19142 40th wd. 1088 Sq Ft ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Katrakazis Cecilia Moss a/k/a Cecilia M. Moss C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02983 $61,119.94 Udren �� 1408-586 1260 South 27th Street 19146 36th wd. 1032 Sq Ft; row 2 sty masonry �� Francine Martin, Known Surviving Heir of Jessie Martin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner Alfonso ��ing Heir of Jessie Martin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner Jessie Mae �� Heir of Jessie Martin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real �� Known Surviving Heir of Jessie Martin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner All Unknown Surviving Heirs of Jessie Martin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02322 $23,964.95 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-587 43 North 52nd Street 19139 44th wd. 1832 Sq Ft

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�� C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 02144 $29,836.63 Udren �� 1408-588 2243 Mifflin Street 19145 48th wd. 1176 Sq Ft; Row 2 STY Masonry �� son C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01066 $97,804.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-589 3245 North Dover Street 19129 38th wd. 1263 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry �� Surviving Heirs of Eugene Williams, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Angela Williams, Surviving Heir of Eugene Williams, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 03412 $46,923.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-590 5256 North Hutchinson Street 19141 49th wd. 1230 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� man C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00196 $64,863.03 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-591 1828 Federal Street 19146 36th wd. 1440 Sq Ft; Row 3 STY Masonry �� berg, II C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01920 $256,555.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-592 2015 E. Fletcher Street 19125 31st wd. 819.28 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jonathan Flotron C.P. July Term, 2012 �� 1408-593 5616 Catherine Street 19143 46th wd. 1280 Sq Ft �� C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1408-594 �� 19138 10th wd. 1872 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Taneva C. �� nor, Solely in Her Capacity

as Executrix of the Estate �� Deceased C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02473 $112,076.96 �� 1408-595 1222 Elbridge Street 19111 53rd wd. 1080 Sq Ft �� C.P. December Term, 2013 �� 1408-596 2511 South Dewey 191423517 40th wd. 1096 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY William Washington C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01276 $32,679.93 �� 1408-597 6922 Theodore Street 19142 40th wd. 1210.75 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Vicki R. Ofori and Deborah Riley C.P. December Term, 2007 No. �� 1408-598 6753 Eastwood Street 19149 54th wd. 1255.50 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Rose W. Cohn, De�� Individually and as Heir of Rose W. Cohn, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-599 507 W. Hansberry Street 19144 59th wd. �� Deceased C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03894 $163,655.20 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1408-600 5029 Schuyler Street 19144 13th wd. 4125 Sq Ft �� Sutton C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1408-601 249 West Duval Street 19144 59th wd. 2219.8 Sq Ft �� C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� 1408-602 2211 North 52nd Street 19131 52nd wd. 11250 Sq Ft �� in her capacity as Executrix of the Estate of Shirley Cooley a/k/a Shirley Claudette Cooley a/k/a Shirley �� Montez A. Saldana, in his

capacity as Heir of the Estate of Angela Cooley a/k/a Angela Ellen Cooley, a deceased Devisee of the Estate of Shirley Cooley a/k/a Shirley Claudette Cooley �� in her capacity as Heir of �� capacity as Heir of James �� his capacity as Heir of James �� capacity as Heir of James �� Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and all Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from �� Deceased C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 02028 $188,651.18 �� 1408-603 7755 Oxford Avenue 19111 63rd wd. 1880 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Susan J. Ransom C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1408-604 �� 19124 23rd wd. 3948.43 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Hinton C.P. July Term, 2012 �� 1408-605 5634 North Camac Street 19141-4106 49th wd. 1344.80 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Maria Johnson a/k/a Maria Theresa Watson C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02744 $47,610.62 �� 1408-606 5150 Cedar Avenue 19143 46th wd. 1725 Sq Ft �� February Term, 2012 No. �� 1408-607 �� 4106 65th wd. 900 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Eniola O. Akinbo a/k/a Eniola Akinbo C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 01945 $55,450.36 Phelan �� 1408-608 7320 North 20th Street 19138 10th wd. 1512 Sq Ft; �� -

�� Averette C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00527 $158,198.25 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-609 1835 Fuller Street 19152 56th wd. 2379.85 Sq Ft �� December Term, 2012 No. �� 1408-610 1614 Naudain Street 19146 30th wd. 1710 Sq Ft; Row 3 Sty Masonry �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� Reilly C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 03184 $257,012.02 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-611 �� wd. 957 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� November Term, 2010 No. 04334 $89,568.17 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-612 �� 3107 55th wd. 1328 Sq Ft �� guez, as sole owner C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 0150 �� 1408-613 �� wd. 906 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� coln C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02162 $114,839.40 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-614 1609 West Nedro Avenue 19141 17th wd. 1920 Sq Ft �� Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� owner C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 1512 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-615 �� 40th wd. 992 Sq Ft; Row �� and United States of America

C.P. August Term, 2010 No. 05028 $100,070.48 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-616 1007 Cheltenham Avenue a/k/a 1007 East Cheltenham Avenue 19124-1027 35th wd. 1128.40 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jose Martins �� December Term, 2013 No. 02408 $24,325.47 Phelan �� 1408-617 �� N8 19116-1937 88th wd. The Unit Designation of the Unit being specifically set forth in the Declaration Plan and the Unit being generally described in the Declaration; including a proportionate undivided interest in the Common Elements appertaining and assigned to the Unit, as more specifically defined in the Declaration of .599% �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01442 $56,175.63 Phelan �� 1408-618 �� 19120-1829 61st wd. 1000 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Taylor, Individually and in His Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Keena D. �� Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Keena D. Taylor a/k/a �� Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Keena D. Taylor �� Deceased C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00023 $33,547.22 �� 1408-619 �� 2121 40th wd. 1040 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Millat Uddin C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01296 $67,968.50 Phelan �� 1408-620 2621 South Robinson Street 19142-3523 40th wd. 1096 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Everette C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00111 $71,152.78 �� 1408-621 4625 Fernhill Road 19144 13th wd. 1184 Sq Ft �� C.P. February Term, 2008 No. 04136 $64,681.29 ��

1408-622 853 Selmer Road 191163437 58th wd. 3400 Sq Ft �� Mejia Ermenilda Mejia C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01955 $219,212.05 Phelan �� 1408-623 3834 North 18th Street 19140-3508 13th wd. 1365 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Jenkins a/k/a Sondra Jenkins C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02682 $51,637.92 Phelan �� 1408-624 3911 North 7th Street 191403205 43rd wd. 1110 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Cheryl Cooper C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01436 $78,575.97 Phelan �� 1408-625 2211 South Woodstock Street 19145-3510 48th wd. 778.80 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Vashti Foote a/k/a Vashti R. Foote a/k/a Vashti R. Smith William P. Foote C.P. January Term, 2008 No. 01458 $71,803.78 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1408-626 �� 61st wd. 1381.25 Sq Ft �� C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01760 $154,256.44 Phelan �� 1408-627 110 North Felton Street 19139-2222 34th wd. 2000 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Junious C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 03430 $128,535.48 �� 1408-628 3437 Vinton Road 191542022 66th wd. 2000 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Dorothy �� C.P. August Term, 2010 No. 02599 $236,625.43 Phelan �� 1408-629 2838 Thompson Street a/k/a 2861 Mercer Street 19134 25th wd. Unknown �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� PROPERTY The Estate of Carol A. Moegen, c/o Edward Hoerst, Administrator C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00530 $98,762.86 Jef�� 1408-630 8634 Pickering Avenue 19150 50th wd. on the South-

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westerly side of Pickering Avenue 303ft 4in Northwestwardly from the Northwesterly side of Roumfort Road. Front: 16ft 0in, Depth: �� Ransford R. Wellington and Delores A. Wellington C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00254 $130,174.00 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1408-631 16 N. Dewey Street 191392306 34th wd. on the West side of Dewey Street at a distance of 110 feet Northwest from the North side of Markey Street. Front: 15ft 0in, Depth: 62ft 0in �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� RESIDENCE Mary Penn C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 02120 $49,896.62 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1408-632A 4228 Chester Avenue 19104 27th wd. 4412.5 Sq Ft �� Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: THREE ��

MIXED USE Hongwu Xu C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02156 $354,307.69 Joel S. Todd, Esquire 1408-632B 4230 Chester Avenue 19104 27th wd. 3212.5 Sq Ft �� Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: THREE �� MIXED USE Hongwu Xu C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02156 $354,307.69 Joel S. Todd, Esquire 1408-633 6919 Cottage Street 19135 55th wd. 1203.81 Sq Ft; �� C. Mann C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 04061 $14,400.66 Monica Mathews Reynolds, Esquire, Spector, �� 1408-634 3023 Devereaux Avenue 19149 35th wd. 1137.5 Sq Ft �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. ��

1408-635 �� 33rd wd. 1590 Sq Ft ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Rios, as sole owner C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 01486 $121,261.64 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinns�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1408-636 4909 Frankford Avenue 19124 23rd wd. 2343 Sq �� to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: STR/OFF+APTS 3STY Pu Jing Service, Inc. C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03744 $118,436.38 Jeffrey �� 1408-637 7307 Thouron Avenue 19138-1220 50th wd. 1014 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� 2013 No. 04268 $85,379.74 �� 1408-638 406 N. 63rd Street 19151 34th wd. All that lot or parcel of ground situate, lying and being in City of Philedelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, as more further described below, Situate on the West Side of 63rd Street, at the distance of 80 feet Northward from the North side of Callowhill Street in the 34th Ward of the City of Philadelphia. Containing in front or breadth on said 63rd Street 18 feet and extending in length or depth Northward between lines at right angles to said 63rd Street 81 feet including the free uninterrupted use of a certain 4 feet wide passageway which extends over and through the rear end of the ��

Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� of the Estate of Sylvester ��cord owner/mortgagor C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01944 $150,252.54 Emmanuel J. Argentieri 1408-639 316 Ripka Street 19128 21st ��ject to Mortgage Catherine Kownacki, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03839 $200,654.58 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1408-640 �� to Mortgage Nancy Quade, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 02027 $64,667.94 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1408-641 �� 5227600 Subject to Mort�� C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03669 $150,241.43 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire

1408-642 834 Princeton Avenue 19111 35th wd. 1186 Sq �� known surviving heir of Irma Hoffman, deceased mortgagor and real owner Mark Hoffman, known surviving heir of Irma Hoffman, deceased mortgagor and real owner Jill Collins, known surviving heir of Irma Hoffman, deceased mortgagor and real owner All unknown surviving heirs of Irma Hoffman, deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 02029 $150,721.87 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1408-643 918 West Rockland Avenue 19141 49th wd. 1266.35 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01802 $60,537.96 Stern & Eisenberg, PC

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Let Them Eat Tastykakes Philly celebrates another Revolution For 20 years, Philadelphia has staged a spirited and unconventional re-enactment of the French Revolution at Eastern State Penitentiary. Marie Antoinette, played by Terry McNally, co-owner of nearby London Grill, showered the crowd with Tastykakes after engaging with John Jarboe of The Bearded Ladies, as Marie’s nemesis Edith Piaf, and the Bearded Ladies cast. For the past three years, the entire French Revolution has been presented in an hourlong spectacle of song, dance and beheading for the penitentiary’s annual Bastille Day festival.

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1. A participant waits for the storming to begin. 2. Onlookers at the 20th Annual Bastille Day celebration at Eastern State Penitentiary. 3. Edith Piaf and the Bearded Ladies. 4. Ben Franklin and her Bells. 5. Tonya Harding and Marie Antoinette on top of “The Bastille.” 6. Crowds ﬁll the street outside Eastern State Penitentiary. Photos by HughE Dillon

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Philadelphia Man The Real McCoy Helps Nation’s Youth L Eagles star running back hosts a benefit to fund ALS research

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Former pro makes an impact both in sports and academics

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ret Cooper played football and track as a youngster, playing for Frankford High School, growing up in Mount Airy. He even played briefly for the USFL Philadelphia Stars with Irv Eatman, Kelvin Bryant and Chuck Fusina, where his engaging personality attracted those stars to be his friends. So it’s not surprising to see him become a national fixture in the high school football scene, helping kids achieve their goals in football and academics. His company, Bret Cooper Football, will be sponsoring a national combine for high school kids and middle schoolers, as well as a high school all-American bowl and junior academic all-American bowl game in Dallas on Jan. 3, 2015. “We’re excited about the work we’re doing,” said Cooper. “We are interested in providing exposure for junior high and 12th grade players who are looking for opportunities to play in college and to be successful in life. We are looking to make an impact to help studentathletes.” Cooper’s programs include assistance in SAT preparation, academics, dealing with colleges and recruiting, the NCAA Clearinghouse and finding scholarships for kids. Cooper’s high school game won’t have the top tier national players as do the U.S. Army or UnderArmour all-star games but “we’ll have the next level of players,” he said. “And the combine is for seniors who are unsigned, so hopefully

Philadelphia native Bret Cooper has built a company helping youth football players receive scholarships. Photo courtesy of BretCooperFootball.com

it will provide exposure for many of them. We try to use our relationships with colleges and coaching staffs to help them. We want to do right by the kids.” Cooper has many success stories. A few years ago, he made an impact in Antoine Pozniak’s life. At the time Pozniak had a 1.7 GPA and was not a college candidate. Cooper took him under his wing, helped him with tutoring, academic improvement and eventually saw him get a scholarship to a prep school and land a scholarship to South Florida. Cooper was also thrilled that four players from this area just got $50,000 scholarships to a prestigious New England prep school. “We are just hoping to make an impact in kids’ lives. These are things we’re proud to have helped happen.” Cooper personally worked with several high school players who eventually made it to the NFL, including local standouts Maurice Stovall, Mark Jones and Chafie Fields. For more information on Cooper’s games and programs check out BretCooperFootball.com.

eSean McCoy held a charity basketball game for the benefit of the ALS Association, called “Shades of Greatness” in honor of his grandmother, July 12 at Neumann College. The game raised money and awareness for his grandmother, who passed away two years ago from the disease. But more importantly, McCoy felt giving back to the fans of Philadelphia was the central theme of the weekend. “I miss my grandmother a lot,” he said. “She wasn’t always so wrapped up on how I did on the field, she was more impressed when I came to church in a suit growing up. But this was about giving up for sure and being accessible and doing something fun for the fans, too,” he added. “But I have been successful with the Eagles and this city has really supported me. It was fun to put smiles

LeSean McCoy traded in his pads for basketball shorts at his charity’s fundraiser. Photo by Mr. Schultz via Wikimedia Commons

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TEAM FINAL EXCELLING Aaron Burt is a former Camden High School star who has worked with studentathletes in a variety of capacities in the basketball world over the past 15 years. After watching former Camden star Dajuan Wagner terrorize opponents in the late 1990s, Burt became a staple in the AAU circles. He now coaches Team Final’s top teams. This year’s squad is loaded with talent: Malachi Richardson, Donte DiVencinso, Levan Alston, Trey Burke, Lamarr Kimble and Ahmed Gilbert are all huge scorers for their high schools. “Our team chemistry is the biggest surprise so far,” he said of his 14-2 team. “Having so many scorers giving up some of their game for the betterment of the team and to have a balanced scoring attack is a tribute to this team. Our strength is our defense and the guys want to win. They are unselfish and want to make a statement.” Team Final will play in Orlando, Las Vegas and Atlanta in some of the biggest summer events on the circuit this summer. Speaking of Gilbert, he landed a scholarship offer from South Florida this week on the spot at the Reebok breakout camp held at Philadelphia University. Gilbert averaged 16 points and 7 rebounds. Austin Harriot, one of the area’s real secrets, is transferring to The Hun School. He helped his new school to six wins in the Hoops Group’s team camp July 13 by averaging 16 points and 16 rebounds. Harriot played at Germantown Friends’ School last year but is moving on to the prominent prep school for more exposure, top academics and a chance to play a top schedule.

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Local artist focuses on victimized groups in new exhibition By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com

Cohen has amassed related to the subject matter. “There’s a couple different techniques and styles within it,” she explained. “The colorful Anyone who keeps up with the news can’t works are textiles that have been dyed and then help but notice the growing number of injustices hand-embroidered. Then there are some other against women, children and LGBT individuals. works that are paintings on paper. Some of [those For some, it’s just a sign of the times and maybe a depicted] are referencing news stories and picdistant cause for concern, but a local artist is try- tures that I found of people in the newspaper. I’m ing to change that mindset with her latest exhibi- going to have a book of all of those available at the exhibition with the articles. Some of them tion. “Oblivious,” which runs Aug. 1-30 at Muse are pictures of myself and my children because, Gallery, features artwork by Philadelphia artist in thinking about these children [who have been Carolyn Cohen that references the brutalization victimized], they could be my children. It’s really of women, children, gays and lesbians that are almost an accident of birth that it wasn’t my increasing becoming headline news both nation- daughter who was kidnapped in Nigeria. These children could be anyone.” ally and globally. Cohen added that there are layers to the techCohen said the inspiration for “Oblivious” niques she uses that came to her while she was give the art and the driving home from her messages a significant parents’ house in upstate depth. New York earlier this “I like that you can year. look at one small part “I’m an NPR junkie. of each piece and that is I listen to NPR all the abstract. I think that it time and it was one story can be symbolic of the after another,” she said. way things are in life. “A woman was gangYou need to see the big raped and set on fire in picture to see the big Bengal. A young woman picture. Some of the in Texas was expelled for colors and techniques lewd behavior and her are very beautiful. I lewd behavior was reportlike the juxtaposition ing her own rape. There of a beautiful color or was a story of a gay man technique used for a being flogged in Africa. It horrific subject matter. seemed I was being inunMy hope is that it will dated with story after story draw viewers in and, of people being discrimias you are admiring nated against in horrible the color and the techways.” nique, you become sort The exhibition was iniof complicit in the story tially going in a different direction, but the inundaCAROLYN COHEN’S PORTRAITS OF behind it and the abuse tion of stories about vicTHE VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION ARE of the person being timization prompted her to FEATURED IN “OBLIVIOUS” shown — because we all are somewhat comrevamp it. “As a result of that I changed the whole focus of plicit.” Cohen hopes her artwork will inspire viewers this exhibition to focus on discrimination against women, children and the LGBT community,” she to not only be more aware of the injustices that said. “As far as the LGBT community, I feel like inspired it, but to also take a more active role in the news in the United States in the last few years trying to prevent such incidents. “Hopefully in talking to the people that come has been so cognitive. But if you look at what’s happening in the world, it’s frightening. People to the exhibition I can stimulate people to get involved in any way,” she said. “I think it‘s so easy can actually be killed for being gay.” The exhibition features paintings, photographs for us to do nothing. For me, when I was drivand textiles based on articles and photos that ing home from Rochester PAGE 24

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“People will come in for the visual exhibition and then I’m hoping to hook them in to what’s behind the work,” she said. “So I’m going to have some information and more statistics about what is happening in the world and also some fliers that people can take with them. One is for an organization called AllOut.org. They are doing incredible work mobilizing people all over the world to stand up for the rights of the LGBT community. I’m going to have fliers for an organization called CamFed. org, which raises money for the education of women in various African countries. The reason I think that is so important is because to me education is key to changing people’s behavior and the way they treat other people.” ■

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and listening to NPR, I was crying while I was listening, but at the same time I knew I was going to go home and unload the car and cook dinner. Nothing in my life was going to change. All of a sudden that wasn’t acceptable to me. This is the way I chose to make a difference. Yes, I donate to charity and I donate to these different organizations, but at some point it feels very hollow. It’s so easy to send a check and make a donation but what else can we do? And that is something I struggle with. I’m not drawing any conclusions, but I’m hoping that, by showing these statistics, it will give people pause and have them thinking about what is happening in the world and what is happening in our own country. A lot of times people like to think, Oh, this is just happening in African or Muslim countries. It’s not us. Especially living in this area; Philadelphia is very liberal and open-minded and sometimes we forget that the rest of the world and the rest of the country are not like this.”

To that end, Cohen said she will have information available about charities and

organizations related to the issues at the heart of her exhibition.

Muse Gallery presents “Oblivious” by Carolyn Cohen, Aug. 1-30, 52 N. Second St. For more information, visit www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com or call 215-6275310.

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Jo-Ann McIntyre: Sisterly love, from the island to the campground How would you like to go on an allinclusive vacation, complete with three meals a day, live entertainment, an amazing assortment of workshops and classes — all designed to educate, enlighten or entertain — swimming, karaoke, parties and lots of women? All totaling $300-$400 on a sliding-scale fee — and less if you BYOT (bring your own tent). Contrary to the belief of some, SisterSpace is not a place for those who want to rough it. For glampers like me, they have cabins with electricity and hot showers. On my last weekend there, my cabin was the party cabin, complete with pumping music and a blender where I mixed our cocktail of the day. There’s truly something for everyone (almost everyone — sorry fellas, the weekend is for women only). The Art Space is filled with enough supplies to get your Georgia O’Keefe going. Join a pickup game of basketball or flag football or take a hike to the nearby Susquehanna. Cool off in the Olympic-sized pool or just hang out poolside and socialize. Hit the Saturday night dance party. You may find me hanging out at the late-night karaoke, and you can come sing a duet with me. Or if you want the spotlight to yourself, grab the open mic on Saturday and show everyone what you can do! Get lost in a movie at the video lounge. The workshops cover everything from financial planning to car maintenance to salsa dancing. The Sexuality Space returns for the third time, a safe space for anyone (over age 18) to discuss, explore, witness and participate in consensual erotic play. And for the first time, women can get married at camp! This week, we caught up with longtime camp-goer and SisterSpace board member Jo-Ann McIntyre. PGN: Tell me a little about your humble or noble beginnings. JM: I grew up in the Caribbean. I was born in Grenada but spent most of my time in Dominica and think of that as my home. My family moved to New York City when I was 11 and I spent a lot of time in New England after that because I went to high school boarding school there. PGN: That’s a big change. Do you remember the first time you saw snow? JM: Oh my God, yes! The first time we saw snow, my sisters and I got bundled up and went outside to play. We didn’t expect it to be as cold as it was. We made snowballs — well, in New York they were dirty snowballs — and had a good time. I was still young enough to be impressed and awed by the experience. But after boarding school in New England, I got tired of the snow pretty quickly! PGN: So tell me about growing up on a warm island.

JM: I come from a family of six: mother, father and three younger sisters. We moved around a lot because my father was a bank manager. They would send him to struggling banks to get them on their feet and once he got it done, they would send him to a different bank on a different island. We also did a lot of traveling so I’ve seen quite a lot of the Caribbean.

didn’t discover athletics until high school and then it was all in for me. At boarding school, both of my freshman roommates were into soccer. I thought it was so cool to see them walking around with a soccer ball so I tagged along and fell in love with the sport. I played soccer, then basketball, softball and lacrosse. Later in life, I coached all of those sports except softball.

PGN: What was it like being the oldest of four girls? JM: Being the oldest of four worked out for me. I’m a bit of an organizer; I wouldn’t say bossy but I like to take charge. Or maybe that’s just my personality because of my birth order. We’re all three to four years apart and we do everything together — family vacations, you name it. In addition to my sisters, I also had a lot of cousins and extended family. These days, everybody’s all spread out but we’re still very close.

PGN: While we’re on the topic of fun things to do, let’s talk about SisterSpace. When did you first start going? JM: I first went in 2000. I had done concert production in Ithaca for the lesbian performer “Suede” and loved working with her. I looked her up and saw she was performing at SisterSpace. I’d never heard of it but I volunteered for the stage crew. The second year I was there I became the lighting designer, and have gone for 13 years.

PGN: Any notables or famous relatives? JM: I don’t know if they would be famous to Americans but one of my cousins is the youngest person to become a Supreme Court judge in Canada or something like that. An uncle was a famous surgeon and basically restructured the health-care system in Dominica. A number of the other islands have adopted his system. When our island gained its independence, another uncle was the first prime minister and the ambassador to the United States through Reagan and the first Bush. He was also the longest-standing ambassador to England. He was at Diana’s wedding and went to Fergie and Andrew’s wedding and was seated at the table of honor for one of the queen’s big celebrations — 60th birthday or something. We’ve had relatives in positions of power in politics and medicine. PGN: What were you like as a kid, other than bossy? [Laughs] JM: Ha! Actually, I was pretty quiet because I liked to read books a lot. Oh! I forgot about my own celebrity moment! From ages 8-10, I was the co-host of a children’s radio show called “The Children’s Hour.” We would do reviews and talk about books. It was on every Sunday and pretty popular. I remember one time I was with the family driving out in the country and we got a flat tire. My father went to the nearest house to get help. He introduced us and the little girl in the house yelled, “JoAnn McIntyre! I know you!” So I had a few moments of celebrity. PGN: Any extracurricular activities? JM: Not really back then. I took swimming lessons and was a junior lifeguard but I wasn’t really into sports. Back then they didn’t encourage girls to get into sports on the island. Now they do, but I

PGN: What was a favorite moment? JM: A couple of years ago after the Saturday night concert, we were breaking down the stage. The crew was pulling up cables and taking down lights and we had music on, which we do to keep our energy

up since it’s 12 o’clock at night. Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” came on and every single stage-crew member dropped everything and started dancing in the auditorium. It was awesome. Just a moment of bonding, one of many throughout the weeks and years at SisterSpace. PGN: And what is your role there now? JM: I’ve been on the board of directors for the past two years and this year I am one of the two planning liaisons on the board.

PGN: So describe SisterSpace for someone who has never been. JM: It’s a weekend that’s filled with women having fun, enjoying being together. There’s always something to do — music, workshops, partying, relaxing. But the most important thing about SisterSpace is the friendships and relationships that you make. You leave having joined a larger community of women and you can’t wait to come back the next year to have that feeling again. It’s like being transported to a different world that’s free of the oppressions of the outside world for one weekend. PGN: Speaking of being transported, you are quite the traveler. JM: I worked for nine years at a therapeutic boarding school. In the summer of 2008, we took 11 of the girls and traveled the country in a van. We started in Massachusetts, went to Niagara Falls, came down through Pennsylvania, went all the way across the country on the top to the state of Washington, down California and back across the bottom of the states. It was awesome because we got to see so many incredible places and have amazing experiences. It was terrible because on our second day the air conditioning went down. We spent a lot of time stopping at gas stations and watering down every piece of fabric that we had, including stuffed animals! It was the summer after 9/11 so there were a lot of security issues we had to deal with. Going to see Mount Rushmore and the Hoover Dam proved difficult because we had a van with tubs of possessions on top of the van and they kept insisting we unpack everything. PGN: My neighbor just got back from Canada and said to me, “It was great, but coming back to Philadelphia I realize how beautiful this city is.” I don’t think we always appreciate our own country as much as we should. JM: I absolutely agree. Boston and Philadelphia are two of my favorite cities. I can’t drive into Philly without falling in love with it each time — the history, the tree-lined streets and brick houses, all of it. PGN: [Laughs] If you like Philly so much, how come the Red Sox and the Patriots are on your Facebook page? PAGE 32

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 07/25 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The hard-rock band performs 7:30 p.m. at the Skyline Stage at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, West Fairmount Park, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 800-745-3000. Darius Rucker The rock/country singer performs 8 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Jessie’s Girl The ’80s tribute band performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.;

302-994-1400. Kick it Out and Diamond Dogs The Heart tribute band and the David Bowie tribute band perform 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Art Garfunkel The singer performs 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Sat. 07/26 Under the Sun Tour The ’90s alt-rock bands Sugar Ray, Blues Traveler and Smash Mouth perform 7 p.m. at Mark

G. Etess Arena, 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-449-5150. Queen and Adam Lambert The classic-rock band and the out rocker perform 8 p.m. at Boardwalk Hall, 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-3487000. Weird Beard Revue The all-male burlesque show featuring Mistor Fahrenheit, Eric Jaffe, The Amazing Brettzo, Tasker Morris, Dany DeVil, Mika Eli and Dan Callahan perform 8 p.m. at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-5920656. Divas Live! A showcase of Philadelphia female singers 9 p.m.2 a.m. at Tabu

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Sun. 07/27 Quadrophenia The 1979 musical based on the rock opera by The Who is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223. Ziggy Marley The reggae singer performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

Mon. 07/28 A Concert for Teen Cancer America to Benefit CHOP Roger Daltrey performs The Who hits in a benefit concert featuring special guests Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, 7:30 p.m. at Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

GENERATING A BUZZ (LIGHTYEAR): The Philadelphia Orchestra performs some of the scores from beloved modern animated ﬁlms at “Pixar in Concert,” July 2526 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215893-1999.

Heavy Metal The 1981 animated sci-fi film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Lipstick Mondays A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215862-2081.

Tue. 07/29 Penn Lightbulb Café: “New realities of Latin American Migration to the U.S.” Emilio Parrado, director of University of Pennsylvania’s Latin American and Latino Studies Program, discusses current demographics and immigrationpolicy changes, 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215222-1400.

Wed. 07/30 4W5 Blues Jam Local musicians get down, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden The alt-rock bands perform 7 p.m. at Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856-3651300. Winery Dogs The rock power trio performs 8 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-5727650.

Thu. 07/31 The Burlesque Show The naughty fun begins 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Hedda Lettuce Movie Classics Interactive: “Mommie Dearest” The drag personality performs and hosts a screening of the film at 8 p.m. at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888-5961027.

burlesque show, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. at Tabu Lounge, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

Keyshia Cole The R&B singer performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

Shaun of the Dead The horror comedy is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

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Sammy Hagar The rock singer performs 8 p.m. at Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215-545-4511.

Fri. 08/01 Rockstar Energy Drink Festival Hard-rock bands Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium and more perform 1 p.m. at Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856-3651300.

WE LOVE ROCK & ROLL: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts join The Who singer Roger Daltrey in a concert for Teen Cancer America to beneﬁt Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. July 28 at Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-893-1999.

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Opening The Book of Mormon The Tony Award-wining musical comedy by the creator of “South Park,” July 29-Sept. 19 at Forrest Theatre, 1114 Walnut St.; 215-923-1515. Christopher Titus The comedian seen on “Titus” performs July 31-Aug. 2 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. Cooking with the Calamari Sisters Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the popular comedy show about life and food July 30-Aug. 3, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol; 215-785-0100.

In Dialogue: Wolfgang Tillmans Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of images by the European photographer through Oct. 26, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100. Jonathan Cohn Glass: Window Aquarium Installation Graver’s Lane Gallery presents an exhibition of one-of-a-kind, handblown glass pieces of high quality and creative design through Aug. 18, 8405 Germantown Road; 215-2471603. The Main Dish Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring how mod-

KITSCH IN THE KITCHEN: The Calamari Sisters return to the area with their popular comedy show “Cooking with the Calamari Sisters,” July 30-Aug. 3 at Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe St. in Bristol. For more information or tickets, call 215-785-0100.

Marvel Universe Live The live-action show based on the popular comic-book characters runs July 25-27 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543. Oblivious Muse Gallery presents an exhibition of paintings by Carolyn Cohen July 30Aug. 31, 52 N. Second St.; 215-6275310. Pixar in Concert The Philadelphia Orchestra performs the scores of various Pixar animated films July 25-26 at Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Continuing Artificial Light: Flash Photography in the 20th Century Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of diverse examples of flash photography, which gained widespread use in the 1920s with the invention of the mass-produced flashbulb, through Aug. 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

ern and contemporary kitchenware reflects attributes of the model homemaker through Sept. 28, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Making a Classic Modern: Frank Gehry’s Master Plan for the Philadelphia Museum of Art The museum presents an exhibition of the comprehensive design for its renewal and expansion by the internationally celebrated architect through Sept. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love Philadelphia Museum of Art pres-

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ents an exhibition highlighting the works of the famed fashion designer through Nov. 30, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Picasso Prints: Myths, Minotaurs and Muses Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s response to the world of classical antiquity in nearly 50 prints from four critical decades of his career through Aug. 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. That’s So Gay: Outing Early America The Library Company of Philadelphia presents the exhibition exploring gay culture through Oct. 17, 1314 Locust St.; 215-546-3181.

Closing Josh Wolf The comedian seen on “Chelsea Lately” performs through July 26 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. Leslie Jordan The out actor performs through July 26 the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888-596-1027. ■

SHREDDING IT IN NEW HOPE: Drag performer Hedda Lettuce performs and hosts her Movie Classics Interactive show with a screening of “Mommie Dearest,” 8 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road in New Hope. For more information or tickets, call 888-596-1027.

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DINING PGN OUT

Pub & Kitchen: Food and Drink Directory fine and dandy By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Judging from the number of patrons in scrubs crowding the bar after their shifts (we had to wiggle our way through a throng of medical professionals happily blowing off steam to get to the restaurant side), the pub part of Pub & Kitchen, 1946 Lombard St., is doing just fine. Also judging by the way the restaurant quickly followed suit and filled up, the kitchen portion is surely no slouch either. The restaurant lives up to its name with a homey, comfortable English charm that sets the mood for an evening of dining. The menu is playful and seasonal, featuring equal amounts go-to pub favorites and adventurous dishes. The pub snacks were delightfully good. The crispy squash blossom ($6) had a wonderfully unexpected bold flavor and texture. The smoked chicken wings ($10) were perfection, expertly cooked and with a tangy chili-vinegar sauce that makes it hard not to want more.

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The small plates, for the most part, upped the ante considerably. The Castelfranco Radicchio ($8) was a finely executed salad, bright and complex with chopped egg and salsa. The roasted squid ($14) was tender and tasty, wrapped around savory pieces of chorizo and bathed in an anchovy puree. The former ended up being the star of the dish over the squid but, still, we couldn’t argue with the results. The one awkward culinary moment was with the Fulper Farm ricotta gnocchi ($13), which tried hard but didn’t quite reach the greatness of the other dishes, mostly because gnocchi conjures up soft, pillowy expectations of silky pasta nirvana. This version, while gigantic and having some imaginative flavors of kale pesto and brown butter, also had a ricotta center that made for a less-thanuniform density that was almost too soft throughout. The dish probably would have worked better with a tomatobased sauce. The entrees were elegantly simple and excellent. The grilled prawns ($24) were absolutely delicious, with cucumber salsa and capers rounding out the dish nicely. The P&K cheeseburger ($10) easily ranks as one of our favorites in the city, as it is juicy and the perfect size, while being tasty without a mountain of condiments and toppings cluttering things up. Pub & Kitchen Whether you show 1946 Lombard St. up for the pub or the 215-545-0350 kitchen, you’ll be in www.thepubandkitchen.com good hands. But defiMon.-Fri.: 4 p.m.-2 a.m. nitely do both if at all Sat.-Sun.: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. possible. ■

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Rooting for the home team here and there Last call for Gay Community Night with the Phillies! If you’ve been putting it off, these are your last few days to get tickets in the LGBT seating sections. This year, the Astros are coming to town for the Aug. 5 game. If 500 tickets are sold, a community representative will get to throw out the ceremonial first pitch around 6:40 p.m. before the 7:05 p.m. start. As an organization, the Phillies must hate when we have these events because their record since the Gay Community Night’s inception is a miserable 1-10. But as accustomed as they seem to be losing this year, maybe that will switch around for us. And it’s not whether we win or lose, it’s all about the community turning out in numbers; phillygaydays.com. Want to do a Phillies gay double-header? On Aug. 4, the Reading Fightin’ Phils are having their second-annual LGBT night. Kind of like a warm-up game before the Phillies play on Tuesday. If you’re interested in going to that game, email me at scott@epgn.com for a pair of complimentary general-admission tickets. They do not guarantee a seat, but it’s Monday night so random seats might abound. Worst-case, you buy an upgrade. Game time is also 7:05 p.m. And if free admission isn’t incentive enough, the giveaway that night is a Fightin’s home plate-shaped doormat for the first

2,000 people! There is also an all-you-can-eat deck buffet from 6-8:30 for only $13. Come join in the fun both nights — Monday in Reading, Tuesday in South Philly (we’re in section 204) — and let’s get out and play! More afield Congratulations to Stogie Joe’s for the team’s co-ed recreational division championship win in this first year of City of Brotherly Love Softball League playoffs. A nine-game win streak to finish the season, including besting the first-, third- and fourth-seeded teams to win it all, is a huge accomplishment. Also in that division, the Mt. Airy Family Practice Homewreckers were tops in the regular-season play. In other standings, the Tavern on Camac Wolves took the regular season and tournament top spots in the open competitive division, but the Knock Outlaws should also get kudos for their 15-0 record during regular-season play. Kudos, indeed! In the women’s competitive division, Dogtown Ballers topped the regular season and Adobe Café Girls Like Us took the tourney. The intermediate division regular-season champion is the William Way Community Center Flying Monkeys and the recreational division regular-sea-

son champ is Simon’s 369ers. Another round of applause goes to Tavern on Camac Tailgaters. They finished in last place in the intermediate division during the regular season but came through to win the playoffs of the recreational division, which combined with intermediate. Well done, all, and enjoy some weeks off before fall ball. Short stops • Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League scored twice with fundraisers July 19 and 21, raising money for the Gay Bowl coming here in October, when an estimated 750 ballers will storm into Philly. For more info or to make donations, visit gaybowl2014.com. • Don’t forget to participate in the worldwide research going on regarding homophobia in sports at outonthefields.com. This survey is for everyone: athletes, nonathletes, gay or straight. Pass it on! ■ Countdown to Gay Games 9: 14 days. Looking for sports info across the field? Look inside the back cover of this issue, and every fourth week of the month, for all the sports and recreation listings. And don’t forget to send your organization info to scott@epgn.com.

EYE ON THE PRIZE: Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association member Seth Pamperin had the singles trophy in his webbing crosshairs during the final set July 20 at the Philadelphia Open. The third-annual event drew 70 participants from around the country and a couple from beyond the borders, with perfect weather making it all the more enjoyable. Regular tennis play continues in FDR Park through the fall; plta2014.ning.com. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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JM: Oh! Because I spent so many formative years in Boston. It’s hard to give that up. But the Philly teams are my secondary teams. I’ll root for the Eagles any time ... as long as they’re not playing the Patriots. PGN: When did you come out? JM: When I went on a visit to the boarding-school campus, this girl walked by. Somebody pointed her out and said, “Oh, that’s Eve and her girlfriend.” It was said so casually and no one raised any eyebrows. I was like, OK, that was interesting. Coming from the islands and a Catholic family, I never really thought about anything gay. You hear horror stories about Jamaica and Haiti and some of the homophobia, but in Dominica, they don’t really approve but no one makes a fuss. We have a really good sense of humor and take things in stride. It’s there but no one’s going to go beat someone up about it. But at school it was no big thing. The first time I realized I was absolutely gay was when I was sitting in the hallway after study hall and a senior walked in. She had been out in the rain and walked over and rubbed noses with me. My heart did that jump and my stomach did that flip and I realized I was gay. I never did anything about it until I got to college. Then I started hanging out with people in the gay student group and slowly started coming out to them. PGN: And the family? JM: While I was in college, I started writing articles and my parents noticed more and more gay content. Finally, my mother just asked me and I told her, yes, I was gay. She wasn’t happy but told me she loved me. It’s accepted and I’ve had girlfriends come to family functions but it’s not like you’re going to find them at a PFLAG meeting. My sisters were fine with it.

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person cooks dinner for the family. Even though we are close, I lived away from home from the time I was 13 until 2008, so it’s nice to all be back together again. PGN: What would be the title of your autobiography? JM: “You Can Always Turn Around.” It’s something I always say when people are facing a problem. Like if you find yourself getting lost and miss your exit, you can always turn around. It’s never too late to fix things. PGN: We really need to support SisterSpace Weekend or, like Sisters, we’re going to lose it. What are some of the new things designed to attract people back? JM: There’s a lot. On Friday night we’re having a meet-and-greet with speed dating for singles and a newlywed game, which should be fun. It will be nice to have everyone together to kick off the weekend. We have some great entertainment too: comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer, musician Christine Havrilla, international group Cocomama, performance artist Innocence Bello, Cassendre Xavier and much, much more! Please come and bring a friend ... or 10! ■ SisterSpace Weekend runs Sept. 5-7 in Darlington, Md. For more information, visit www.sisterspace.org.

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PGN: Tell me about your production work. JM: I originally studied TV and radio production and then switched to theater and sociology. At the boarding school, I did a number of things — residential-life stuff as well as being the technical theater director, athletic director, yearbook supervisor and coaching. In 2008, I decided to go back into theater and stage management with a focus on running lights. Most recently I’ve been working at the Penn sports network directing and running camera and with Bootless Stageworks in Delaware. PGN: Random questions. A sentimental item you wouldn’t sell for $1,000? JM: A big stuffed bear that I won at Great Adventure back when I was a sophomore in high school. It’s almost my height! PGN: Something fun with the family? JM: We are all back in the same area for the first time in ages, so every Sunday we all have dinner together. Each week we go to a different person’s house, and that

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Worth Watching GAME OF CLONES: In the new reality-competition series “The Quest,” 12 unsuspecting contestants are dropped into to an imaginative realm, where ogres run free in the forest, dragons stir and agents of a dark lord infiltrate with the help of state-ofthe- art projections, animatronics, prosthetics and art direction, 8 p.m. July 31 on ABC.

OUR TWO MOMS: Catch a new episode of “The Fosters,” a drama about a multiethnic family of foster and biological teenage kids being raised by two moms, one a dedicated police officer and the other a school vice principal, 9 p.m. July 28 on ABC Family.

WE’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER CITY: A freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished iconic sites in the premiere of the TV camp horror film “Sharknado 2,” 9 p.m. July 30 on SyFy.

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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 Gay Men’s Opera Club meets to share and listen to recordings 6:30 p.m. the last Saturday of the month; 215-732-7898. 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; 267-230-6750. 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 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays September-April at Brunswick Zone, 1328 Delsea Drive, Deptford, N.J.; 856-889-1434, www.philagaybowling.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.

Etc.

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 selfdefense, meets 2 p.m. the third Saturday of the month at Classic Indoor Range, 1310 Industrial Blvd., Southampton; 610-879-2364; www.pinkpistols.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; primetim ersofphiladelphia@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.

Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com July 25-31, 2014

Community Bulletin Board Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday. ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044, center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. MondayThursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221 ■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization, Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison: Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-6869980, helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

■ Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. Activities held 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays.

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

Key numbers

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

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

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

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-686-3318

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

■ 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

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.; 215981-0088, 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.; 215-685-1821.

■ 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 215-627-9090, 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

HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077. Mazzoni Center LGBTQ counseling and behavioral health services, HIV/AIDS care and services, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-5630652, www.mazzonicenter.org. Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, as well as youth drop-in (ages 14-24) 5-7p.m. Wednesdays; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.9 pm. Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups LGBT-friendly businesses and professionals; 215-557-0190, 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; 215-840-2039, www. philadelphiagaytourism.com.

Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com July 25-31, 2014

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