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Second defendant pleads guilty in murder of trans woman By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com A defendant pleaded guilty to the murder of a local transgender woman and a separate unrelated murder in a jury trial Tuesday. Jose Pena, 20, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, conspiracy and possession of an instrument of crime in the murder of Maya Young. His co-defendant, Tiffany Floyd, 26, pleaded guilty to the crime in February and would have identified Pena as her co-conspirator Tuesday afternoon. Those plans changed, however, when Pena’s attorney, James Berardinelli, spoke with Pena as the court broke for lunch. Berardinelli told PGN that Pena decided STRIPED SOCKS AND HIGH HEELS: Executive director of the Office of LGBT Affairs Amber Hikes (left) winds up for the Pride Night ceremonial first pitch Aug. 22 at Citizen’s Bank Park. Fans sporting rainbows on shirts and this year’s giveaway rainbow socks were spotted in small groups around the stadium during the afternoon and into the evening before storms rolled in and nearly caused a rain delay in the ninth innig. The Phillies continued their Pride Night losing streak, handing both games to the Marlins. Photos: Scott A. Dkare

Center City bar to remove dress-code sign By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Center City bar owner Teddy Sourias said he’ll remove a dress-code sign banning Timberland work boots at U-Bahn — after a complaint about the sign was conveyed to him by a PGN reporter. “The [dress-code] sign will come down today,” Sourias said on Aug. 21. “It was never our intent to be discriminatory or to offend anyone.” U-Bahn’s dress-code sign also banned sandals, flip-flops, “baggy or sagging jeans” and excessive jewelry on men. Sourias said hats will continue to be banned at U-Bahn, but not hats worn for a specific reason such as religious affiliation. Sourias, 36, said U-Bahn’s dress code was in place for about two years and always enforced in a reasonable manner.

Sourias owns four other Center City bars: Bru, Finn McCools Ale House, Uptown Beer Garden and Cinder. He said those establishments never had a dress code similar to U-Bahn’s. U-Bahn, 1320 Chestnut St., doesn’t specifically cater to the LGBT community. But Sourias emphasized that everyone is welcome, regardless of race, ethnicity, economic background or LGBT status. Sourias said he never received a complaint about U-Bahn’s dress code until one was conveyed to him this week by a PGN reporter. City officials never contacted him about U-Bahn’s dress code, he said. The issue of Timberland work boots inside Center City bars has been a controversial one. Two LGBT venues — ICandy and Woody’s — allegedly banned PAGE 18 the footwear. But the

to enter a guilty plea after seeing the evidence presented against him earlier that morning. “It was pretty clear that this case wasn’t going very well on our end so he decided to re-weigh his options,” Berardinelli said. The evidence Det. Thorsten Lucke served as an expert witness in digital recovery and analysis for the prosecution. Lucke presented surveillance footage from Feb. 20, 2016, the night of Young’s murder. Footage showed Young running across one side of Arrott Street. Assistant District Attorney Gwenn Cujdik told PGN that Floyd stabbed Young prior to what was presented in the video footage and that Young PAGE 20

In light of Charlottesville, state rep says there’s a ‘clear need’ for hate-crimes bill By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com A Pennsylvania state representative said there is “a clear need” for his LGBTinclusive hate-crimes bill in light of the Aug. 12 white nationalist riots in Charlottesville, Va. The demonstration resulted in three deaths and dozens injured. State Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-172nd Dist.) is the lead sponsor of HB 505, which seeks to amend the state’s pre-existing hatecrimes law to include sexual orientation and gender identity. It currently has 43 co-sponsors, including two Republicans: Rep. John Taylor of Philadelphia and Rep. Thomas Murt of Montgomery County. Boyle’s legislation is currently waiting to be voted out of the Judiciary Committee but has not made any moves forward since he submitted it in February. Boyle noted how demonstrators at the Virginia incident chanted anti-LGBT messages as they protested the removal of a statue memorializing Civil War Confederate Robert E. Lee. Videos surfaced on social media of protesters chanting, “Fuck you, faggots.” “I think it speaks to why my legislation is needed in the House and there’s an identical bill in the state Senate from Sen. [Larry]

Farnese,” Boyle said. “Both bills really need to be looked at and passed.” Sally Keaveney, a spokesperson for Farnese’s office, said the staff is making calls to move Farnese’s version of the bill, SB 96, forward. “We’ve seen the need for this type of legislation,” Keaveney said. “The reason we enacted hate-crime statutes 40 years ago was because of groups like the [Ku Klux] Klan and other race-based terrorist organizations for the exact same reasons. We feel we need PAGE 18 the same protections for

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By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com Young leaders last week met with the CEO of a Latinx nonprofit organization to discuss the agency’s ability to serve the community. Fifteen members of GALAEI, a queer Latinx organization, and Juntos, a community-led Latinx immigrant organization, met with Congreso de Latinos Unidos CEO Carolina DiGiorgio Aug. 16. DiGiorgio has faced criticism from several Latinx organizations after she appeared to be applauding in the front row at President Donald Trump’s 100day rally April 29 in Harrisburg, Pa. DiGiorgio was not immediately available for comment on this story but previously told Philly.com that she attended to support her husband, Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Valentino DiGiorgio. DiGiorgio told the youth 24 hours prior to the meeting that she would not discuss “politics” with youth, according to a statement from GALAEI and Juntos. The consensus was that the youth felt “disappointed” after the meeting and gave the CEO a “report card” on her stance of issues, which they displayed outside the agency’s headquarters after the meeting.

The youth gave DiGiorgio the following scores: • Health: 2 • Immigration: 0 • LGBTQIA Issues: N/A • Policing: 2 • Youth Engagement: 3 According to reports, the group did not get a chance to discuss LGBT issues. Felix Morales, 16, said in a statement that he did not agree with DiGiorgio limiting conversation topics. “If she is a leader in our community, she should be open to answering any questions we had,” Morales said. “There’s many issues that affect our lives, including Trump and his racist policies, that she seems to support. This isn’t politics, this is about our lives, our families’ lives. I hope in the future we’re able to have a real conversation with her.” Odalys Peralta, 15, added that the group was not satisfied with how DiGiorgio conducted the meeting. “We were expecting to go in and have an actual conversation with her but we were met with an almost-hour-long presentation by a huge team,” Peralta said. “We got a lot of information on the resources of Congreso, yes, but I felt like we were being talked ‘at’ and we weren’t able [to] actually have a conversation with her. I felt like she didn’t respect our intelligence.” n

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In Boxers suit, city accused of stereotyping LGBT bars By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Boxers PHL, a Center City sports bar, contends that city officials recently engaged in anti-LGBT stereotyping when ordering 11 LGBT bars to undergo antibias training. Boxers is embroiled in contentious litigation with the city, after officials ordered the removal of a roof deck over the rear portion of Boxers’ first floor. The popular LGBT venue is located at 1330 Walnut St. In a July 31 legal brief, Boxers blasts city officials for identifying LGBT bars in the Gayborhood and requiring them to attend antibias training. Boxers claims the same type of alleged anti-LGBT bias caused the roof deck’s removal. Wally S. Zimolong, an attorney for Boxers, told PGN he stands by the allegations made in the July 31 court filing. “The city said we didn’t provide adequate evidence of a pattern of unequal treatment of LGBT establishments by city officials,” Zimolong said. “So we amended the complaint and detailed the disparate treatment of LGBT bars in what the city calls the Gayborhood. City officials looked at a geographic area that they called the Gayborhood. Then, they picked and chose bars they felt catered to the LGBT community. The bars were ordered by city officials to attend a public hearing and follow-up antibias training. That’s outrageous.” Zimolong emphasized that he opposes racism anywhere. “Racism in general is antithetical to American values. Use of the N-word by a business owner is repugnant and repre-

hensible. That goes without saying. But there’s no evidence that my clients ever engaged in such conduct. Yet they were ordered [by the city] to attend a public hearing and subsequent antibias training. We believe that recent situation spotlights our underlying allegation of unequal treatment of Boxers regarding the roof deck.” An Aug. 8 defense filing by the City Law Department scoffed at Boxers’ allegations. “To the extent that [Boxers] argues the city harbors [anti-LGBT] animus because it investigated discrimination by bar owners, such an argument is frivolous. Investigating discrimination by owners of bars that cater to the LGBT community hardly suggests that the city has a bias against LGBT persons — but rather suggests that the city has gone out of its way to protect LGBT persons from illegal discrimination.” Andrew Richman, a spokesperson for the City Law Department, issued this statement: “The claim in the lawsuit trying to link the denial of a permit for a roof deck and last year’s outreach by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations to the LGBTQ community is misplaced … The [antibias] trainings that took place this year were the result of PCHR’s report addressing racism and discrimination in Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community. To suggest that the city’s efforts via the PCHR to deal with racism and discrimination in the LGBTQ community is evidence of discrimination is illogical and offensive.” As of presstime, Boxers’ suit remained pending before U.S. District Judge Juan R. Sanchez. The bar is requesting a jury trial. n

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Judge temporarily dismisses trans birth-certificate suit By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com A federal judge last week dismissed the antibias lawsuit of a New Jersey trans woman who seeks a birth certificate that matches her gender identity. But U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp said “Jane Doe” may file an amended complaint by Sept. 15. If an amended complaint isn’t filed by that deadline, Doe’s case will be permanently dismissed. Shipp’s Aug. 16 order didn’t specify a reason for temporarily dismissing Doe’s case. The twopage order was issued a day after Shipp held oral arguments on the dispute in Trenton. Doe reportedly suffers from gender dysphoria and seeks to change the gender designation on her birth certificate without undergoing surgery. New Jersey officials currently require proof of gender-confirmation surgery prior to issuing to a trans person a revised birth certificate with a different gender. Doe filed suit last year, alleging that requiring

surgery for a gender-accurate birth certificate is discriminatory and violates her constitutional rights. New Jersey officials requested that Doe’s suit be dismissed, contending Doe already has an accurate birth certificate reflecting her male anatomy at birth. The defendants were state Registrar Vincent T. Arrisi and state Health Commissioner Cathleen D. Bennett, along with the agencies they head: the New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics and the New Jersey Department of Health, respectively. A coalition of LGBT-related groups filed an amicus brief in support of Doe. The groups include Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom; Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders; Gender Justice; Intersex & Genderqueer Recognition Project; LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Center for Transgender Equality; National LGBT Bar Association; National LGBTQ Task Force; Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund; Trans United; and Whitman-Walker Clinic. Neither side had a comment for this story. n

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Employer pushes for dismissal of trans case By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Pottsville trans woman Kate Lynn Blatt benefited from a landmark ruling in May that allowed her to pursue an antibias case against her former employer under the Americans With Disabilities Act. But Cabela’s Retail, Inc., continues to push for the dismissal of Blatt’s case, claiming she was fired for valid reasons unrelated to her alleged disability. Blatt reportedly suffers from gender dysphoria, a disabling medical condition that U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. said could be protected under the ADA. The ADA protects persons with disabilities from discrimination in private employment, public accommodations and governmental services. But in an Aug. 1 filing, Cabela’s said it fired Blatt because she reportedly threatened to harm the son of a co-worker — not because of her alleged disability. Blatt denies the allegation. “[T]he decision to terminate [Blatt’s] temporary relationship with Cabela’s was justified by legitimate, non-discriminatory and non-pretextual business reasons,” the filing states. Cabela’s also contends Blatt was told to use a “family restroom,” because Blatt allegedly provided a book on trans issues that identified a “family restroom” as a reasonable option. Additionally, Cabela’s contends it supplied a nametag for Blatt identifying her as “Kate Lynn” once she produced evidence of a legal name-change. Between September 2006-March 2007, Blatt worked at Cabela’s outlet in Hamburg as a seasonal stocker. After she complained of mistreatment, Cabela’s retaliated by firing her, Blatt alleges. Jury selection tentatively is scheduled for 10 a.m. Dec. 26 at the U.S. Court House in Center City. After a jury is selected, the trial will take place at the U.S. Court House in Allentown, according to court records. Neither side had a comment for this story. n

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Phil Williams recalled his experience after telling a doctor he was gay around age 11. “I was looking for someone to talk to and the response that I got was that I could be referred to someone else, if I needed to talk to a mental health-care provider or something like that, which I’m sure was — to this provider — a way to try to connect me to the right person,” the 24-year-old said. “But it was perceived as, ‘This is a problem to be fixed’ when all I was looking for was a word of encouragement, being told, ‘It’s OK.’” Williams, along with his colleagues and LGBT allies Naveen Jain and Jun Jeon, aims to prevent LGBT patients from having negative experiences with SpectrumScores, a web-based application. The three developers, all of whom will enter their second year as University of Pennsylvania medical students in the fall, created the app to help patients find LGBT-friendly providers. Jain, 23, said users will find specific providers ranked based on “SpectrumScores,” a system made up of four different components: welcoming environment, inclusive policies, LGBT-specific knowledge and an aggregation of the other three rankings. Users can rate the providers based on aspects such as proper pronoun usage, unbiased interviews about sexual histories and overall knowledge on LGBT needs such as PrEP, hormone therapy and gender-confirmation surgery. This information will create a score from 1-5 to aid patients in their search. Additionally, patients can filter providers based on spoken languages and accepted insurance. Near the beginning of their first semester, the students visited an organization that tasked individuals to solve a problem in the medical field. Unable to find a problem they were passionate about, they formed their own team, Jain said. The three started discussing firsthand experiences and second-hand stories about LGBT health disparities.

“The more that we talked about it, the more we felt like it was something through thick and thin that we’d be really passionate about working on and that really formed the basis of why we got into SpectrumScores,” Jain said. Williams noted that his interaction with his health-care provider was “benign” compared to their findings in surveys of more than 100 LGBT patients throughout Philadelphia. He added that more than two-thirds of participants reported negative experiences with health-care providers based on their sexual orientations or gender identities. These experiences ranged from “well-meaning but uninformed” interactions like Williams’ to overt discrimination such as being denied care.

Users can rate the providers based on aspects such as proper pronoun usage, unbiased interviews about sexual histories and overall knowledge on LGBT needs such as PrEP, hormone therapy and gender-confirmation surgery.

The team intends to reach out to providers with low scores and provide concrete suggestions for how they can improve their LGBT competency. “We want to motivate those physicians to get on board with this idea, enlist themselves and maybe even change their viewpoint to meet the needs of a wider population who are clearly having a negative experience in certain regards,” Jeon said. The team has already begun winning accolades, such as the Audience Choice Award at Sling Health’s National Demo Day. The website is expected to launch by the end of summer, with a mobile app to follow. “We really see the primary purpose of the app to connect LGBT patients to not just [providers] who won’t be negative [toward LGBT patients] but to the best providers,” Williams said. “There are incredible providers out there. We have been working with a number of advisers at Penn who were true leaders in LGBT health but there’s, at this point, no effective way to connect the patients to those providers.” n Visit https://spectrumscores.kickoffpages.com/ for more information on SpectrumScores’ upcoming launch.

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Keep up the fight The appalling white nationalist violence in Virginia earlier this month, and our president’s unbearably terrible response, set off demonstrations by racial- and social-justice activists across the nation. Last week, thousands marched down Broad Street, with Philadelphians of every stripe and background together condemning white supremacy. Tens of thousands turned out Saturday in Boston to drown out the preaching of a group of racist demonstrators. Efforts are underway across the nation to remove vestiges of institutional racism, like Confederate flags and monuments to Confederate leaders. The tenor of the nation has instilled hopelessness and fear in many Americans but, as the past few weeks have shown, for every blow dealt to the progressive movement, there are ways to respond. Protests and demonstrations have become a normal part of many people’s routine, a new reality for many younger Americans, as well as for those who had never felt moved to action before. In addition to raising your voice, you can help raise funds and other resources for social-justice organizations. Go door to door and ask people in your neighborhood to contribute to agencies fighting for racial justice, LGBT equality and other causes. Share information on social media about organizations that are working to protect Americans’ rights. Despite the negative reputation social media sometimes gets, the reality is that it’s a shared space for many Americans; the more people who see the names, the work and the need for agencies like American Civil Liberties Union or other rights groups, the better. Targeting lawmakers is another way to fight back. Familiarize yourself with your local, state and federal representatives and their positions. To keep advancing his restrictive agenda, Trump will need the buy-in of elected officials. Pressure from the public can be integral in swaying lawmakers’ support, an idea we saw on display with the colossal failure of the Republican health-care bill. Even if your elected officials are on the side of progress, make sure any family and friends who may be represented by more-conservative lawmakers contact them with their concerns. Apart from lawmakers, have tough conversations with loved ones. We’ve likely all been tempted to avoid discussion and debate with those whose politics we disagree with, but that only contributes to the further political polarization of this nation. Even if you feel like you’re spinning your wheels in the mud, we can’t afford to give up. No matter how you choose to fight back, all that matters is that you keep doing it. n

Heather Heyer, 32, was murdered at a Well, if racism Nazi rally by a Nazi terrorist slamming his dared show its ugly car into a crowd. In America. In 2017. face in public with If you find yourself totally dumbstruck Obama as presiby this or saying, “This is not the America dent, under Donald I know!” I’m going to go ahead and guess Trump racism is that you’re white and of some kind of basically streaking Christian ancestry. Not that there’s anynaked through the thing wrong with being white, or even streets with impuChristian for that matter. It’s just that white nity, rubbing its Christians in America — especially the genitals on anything heterosexual male ones — have it real and everything. A good. white guy who a couple of years ago might So good that they can ignore racism and have limited his racist thoughts to memes anti-Semitism and write off white-supremposted in certain dark corners of Reddit acist Nazis as a fringe element that should now feels totally fine raising a blazing just be ignored. This is not as easy to do if pitchfork at a public rally in front of news you’re Jewish, say, or African-American. cameras. Then the evil shit coming out of the Trump’s election has given racists the mouths of Nazis is aimed directly at you. permission and recognition they’ve been You don’t have the privilege of ignoring it. longing for. While the white right is always crying Trump ran a racist campaign. Racist about being discrimpeople then voted for inated against in him. (Was everyone America, that’s total Well, if racism dared who voted for Trump bullshit. America racist? I can’t answer show its ugly face in has a long, deeply that. I can say that public with Obama as rooted racist history, in order to vote for president, under Donald which has never Trump you had to be at ended for people of not bothered by Trump racism is basically least color. Obama’s elecracism, which is kind streaking naked through tion signaled “the of a hard thing to be end of racism” only the streets with impunineutral about.) Trump for those for whom then brought racists ty, rubbing its genitals on into the White House racism was essentially already over. and the Department of anything and everything. Don’t get me wrong. Justice (Steve Bannon, Obama winning the Stephen Miller, Jeff presidency (twice!) was a historic victory Sessions, just to name a few high-profile and I don’t begrudge anyone their pride in white-supremacist faces). So it’s really not that. But the fact that so many white people a surprise that racists read this as a green were completely unprepared for a Trump light to go full Breitbart in public. So while Trump may not have driven the presidency is pretty telling. This is part of why there are so many car that killed Heyer and injured so many white people who said they believed that others, while he may not have held a lit racism increased under Barack Obama Tiki torch while screaming, “White lives (and why many of them even blame him matter,” make no mistake that Trump is the for it). Racism didn’t get worse. It just got Grand Wizard of this horrific nationwide more visible. White people, for whom the parade. n day-to-day racism had been largely invisiD’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian ble, suddenly started seeing it everywhere living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been in a backlash against our first black presiwriting about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow dent. her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.

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What did America do on its summer vacation? It’s the last week of August — or what comfortable. And the symbol of that was are known as the lazy, hazy last days of Hillary Clinton. Noted, she had baggage, summer. Soon schools will open and, as but that baggage was no different than any many of us will recall, many male politician’s baggage. Yes, teachers will ask their assemsexism was a part of that equabled students, “What did you do tion, and the proof could be with your summer vacation?” seen last Sunday from the Rev. Well this summer has been Jerry Falwell, Jr. — of Liberty somewhat different for many University, son of Jerry Sr., who of us. Let’s see … We came founded the Moral Majority, a perilously close to a nuclear religious right-wing organizawar. As a country, we stuck tion that was antigay, pro-life, our noses up at the rest of the anti-climate … You get the idea. world and walked out of an On Aug. 20, Falwell tweeted international agreement on cliin support of Trump’s remarks mate control. Our Republicanregarding Charlottesville. When controlled Senate and House asked why he continued to supcouldn’t agree on any meanport Trump, he stated that it was ingful legislation. And this his message during the camMark Segal paign that was “anti-P.C.” was all, of course, littered with tweets. Then to top it all off, Anti-politically correct is code for all the issues “those people” feel Charlottesville. Let me be very clear on two points. First, we elitists have pushed, the so-called libanyone who marches with a Nazi flag is eral or progressive agenda. So on one side you have the Republicans not a good person. Second, this empowfanning the flames that now have empowerment of Nazism and the KKK (I won’t ered the KKK and Nazis. Then you have simplify and call them “white supremacists,” as they stand more for hate than just the other side, a group calling for more racism) has been created by eight years tolerance and understanding of our differences — simply put, inclusion and of Republican values. Yup, I said it: This is cause and reaction of Republicans, and diversity. And then we have a man in their support for those hate groups. Want Charlottesville plow his car into a crowd, proof? After the president’s remarks about killing a woman who was peacefully “nice people” among the Nazis and KKK, demonstrating for tolerance. Let’s make only 54 of the 292 Republicans spoke out this clear: Her blood is on the hands of against that view. That, as John Oliver each and every Republican who did not noted, was less than 20 percent. decry this violence. n My position on the election, which Mark Segal is the nation’s most-award-winning comstarted this downfall into hell, was that mentator in LGBT media. His memoir, “And Then working-class Americans view those of I Danced,” is available on Amazon.com, Barnes & us in the urban bubble as elitist, always Noble or at your favorite bookseller. pushing a cause with which they weren’t

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Street Talk Will you read Hillary Clinton's new book about the election? "Yes. I'm not a huge fan of hers but I'd like to hear what she has to say about the election. It was such a shame that she Bridgett Alberta didn't win. I student couldn't vote Glassboro, N.J. for her due to work obligations but at least I can buy her book, to show my support."

"Absolutely. I find her to be a warm and compassionate person. I'd love to hear her side of the story. I don't think it's been told at all. I hope she runs for president again."

"No. She hasn't done a lot to connect with people, and I certainly don't feel connected to her. So why would I Noah Kernan read a book sales associate written by Mt. Laurel, N.J. someone I don't relate to? I voted for her because I'm against Trump. But I'm not particularly interested in her."

"Yes. I'll probably read excerpts if not the entire book. I was incredibly disappointed that she didn't get elected. The Wendy Nickerson election social worker results were Queen Village traumatizing. And I relive that [trauma] every day in the news. Trump and the people in his cabinet offend my core values every day. I can hope that in her book, Hillary stands up for the values I hold dear."

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Is it enough to have merely survived the epidemic? The year 1998 was significant for me; I had lost my mother in June after a long struggle with breast cancer, and I saw the end of a wonderful 16-year relationship that same year. I also met a man who would change my life forever. I met Steven at Folsom Street Fair in September 1998, and he came into my life at a pivotal time of loss and transformation. He was Canadian and lived in Amsterdam, and we began what some might call the ultimate long-distance relationship. He visited me several times here in the states, and I went to visit him in Amsterdam in the spring of 1999. Steven was full of life, humor and gregariousness. He helped me come into my own and find my own path, and for that I will always be truly grateful. But Steven

had his own demons, and would sometimes grow dark and moody. We eventually broke up after less than a year together, but we somehow remained friends and stayed in touch with each other through social media, and would always remember to email each other on our birthdays. But this year he didn’t respond when I emailed him in March, which was unlike him, so I followed up again a few weeks later thinking that maybe he had never received my email. The next day I got the news from his friend Gareth that his body was found in his apartment, after neighbors became worried and contacted authorities. It seems that Steven had lost the will to live after losing his partner and love of his life, Robbie, to cancer a few years ago. PAGE 20 He could no longer ride

Letters and Feedback Editor: Earlier this year, Donald Trump failed to name Jews in his speech on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This was interpreted by many people, including progressives, as being anti-Semitic. Now, the National LGBTQ Task Force, a major LGBT progressive organization, has done essentially the same thing as Donald Trump. In a mass email sent to its email list in response to the Charlottesville protest and violence, the Task Force named seven groups as having been under attack but did not include Jews, although the Nazis in Charlottesville specifically targeted Jews. This mass emailing by the Task Force, along with the lesbian march in Chicago in June — which banned from the march a rainbow flag displaying a Star of David, a Jewish symbol — is another example of the anti-Semitism that unfortunately pervades today’s progressive movement. — Hal Tarr Philadelphia

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Recap’s Corner reaches out to LGBT gaming geeks By Beth Boyle PGN Contributor On Tuesday nights, a dozen dedicated board-game enthusiasts gather at West Philadelphia gaming store Redcap’s Corner for the long-running LGBTQIA Board Game Night, one of the few LGBT gaming events in the city. Now, Events Manager Kris Zwack is also hoping to engage the women-identified community with Women, Trans and Femme (WTF) Magic Night. “I started working here two years ago, and I kept suggesting so many events they eventually made me events manager.” Zwack said. “I asked the owners if I could hold an LGBTQ-oriented game night and they loved the idea. After that, it just really took off. “I’ve become close friends with a lot of the people who come here regularly,” Zwack added. “I’ve met so many good friends; I even met my drag parent here.” Redcap’s Corner has been a West Philadelphia staple since opening its doors in 2009. The shop specializes in board games, fantasy role-playing and tabletop games. The Lancaster Avenue space boasts miniature painting and play space alongside the extensive collection of games and gaming accessories for sale on the first

floor. The second floor is the primary play space — a sunny room full of long, sturdy tables and shelves full of board games available for free play, with free gaming events almost nightly. At an average LGBTQIA Board Game Night, a dozen regulars sit down with games ranging from strategy-heavy “Europeanstyle” challenges like Castles of Burgundy to sillier, more social games like Love Letter and Sushi Go. Some gamers bring snacks to share, and there is no entrance fee. Zwack emphasized the importance of running a respectful and inclusive event. “We always try to make sure when we break off into groups everyone introduces themselves with their names and pronouns because it’s important to make sure everyone feels safe.” Although most players are serious gamers, including one who keeps multisided dice in an impressive handcrafted leather and wood box, the atmosphere is friendly. Through the night, people stand up and ask, “Is anyone not playing a game? Want to join us?” By the end of the evening, this reporter hwas invited to a Vampire: the Requiem group. William Way LGBT Community Center also holds a regular board-game night for the LGBT community, though Redcap’s

Corner offers an enormous selection of games that are difficult to find anywhere else in the city. Benn Roe, one of Redcap’s Corner’s two owners, said that diverse programming has been a goal for the store since day one. He and his partners always envisioned Redcap’s as an event space for Philly gamers to meet. “We started [Redcap’s Corner] with the goal of being a homebase of the city’s gaming community,” he said. “There are a lot of geeky sorts in the LGBT community, but there’s also a lot of general prejudice, so I understand that people are looking for a welcoming place. We haven’t always been as successful as I’d like to be, but that is one of our primary goals. “It is such a welcoming community, it even astounded me,” Roe added. “You can just sit down and people say hi, ask your name, your pronouns and it’s just such an encouraging sort of environment. And I say that as a heterosexual guy! I still appreciated it.” Rev is one of the gamers who has been coming to LGBTQIA Board Game Night since the beginning. “When my partner and I moved to the city, we didn’t know anyone in Philly. We started coming to Redcap’s to get out of the house and make friends. We’ve met so

many great people. Kris has worked so hard to carve out a friendly space in our community.” Zwack’s and Redcap’s Corner’s next goal is to grow Women, Trans and Femme (affectionately nicknamed WTF) Magic Night into another regular Tuesday event. “We were going to start WTF Magic at our Baltimore location, but sadly that had to close,” Zwack noted. “So, we know it’s a little more of a niche program than Board Game Night, but we’re excited and hopeful about it.” Rev added, “The gaming community, in general, is so cis-white-man-centric, being here is such a nice break from that.” “Coming to [LGBTQIA Board Game Night] is great alternative space for socializing,” Zwack said. “I know for me personally, a lot of LGBT events are in bars or clubs where things are loud and crowded. That’s just totally not what I’m looking for in a social experience, so I came up with this event to be a counterpoint to that whole scene.” n Redcap’s Corner holds LGBTQIA Board Game Night and Women, Trans and Femme Magic Night 6 p.m. Tuesdays. For more information, or to suggest inclusive events at any Redcap’s Corner location, email Benn Roe at redcapscorner@gmail.com.

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City seeking deputy director for LGBT office By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com For the first time, the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs is seeking a deputy director. According to the position description, the individual will work alongside Executive Director Amber Hikes on identifying, training and establishing LGBT department liaisons and will participate in speaking engagements, panels and lectures. The deputy director will also collaborate with the director of training and recruiting while serving as the LGBT competency training coordinator for the city’s workforce. On an internal level, the individual will assist in managing social media, databases and building policies. “City Council is aware of the work that’s been coming out of the office and the really important initiatives that we’ve been tackling,” Hikes told PGN. “They want to make sure they’re supporting

that work so we’re able to continue to serve and even better serve LGBT Philadelphians.” Since Hikes replaced former director Nellie Fitzpatrick, the office has been involved in several initiatives such as the addition of black and brown stripes to the LGBT Pride flag and hosting community conversations. Hikes said she’s looking forward to bouncing ideas off the deputy director to “come up with innovative and strategic solutions to some incredibly complicated problems.” “This is truly my second-in-command and a person that would really help shape some vision for the office, moving forward,” she said. Hikes, who will be involved in the hiring process, said the position will be open “for the next several weeks” and the Mayor’s Office will begin interviewing candidates in October. Visit http://bit.ly/2uJmtJS to apply for the position. n

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News Briefing Fishtown event to fundraise for The Attic The This month’s Out in Fishtown social event will raise funds for The Attic Youth Center. The Aug. 31 event will be held from 5:30-8 p.m. at Fishtown Brewpub, 1101 Frankford Ave. Tickets are $10, with proceeds benefitting the LGBT youth center. Out in Fishtown launched last year to bring together the growing LGBT and ally residents in the river wards. For more information, visit http://bit. ly/2xlEWJB.

Before PTHC, Chipolte event supports trans org.

porters are invited to a fundraising event from 5-9 p.m. Sept. 6 at Chipotle, 1200 Walnut St. The effort is being organized by Point of Pride, which provides services for transgender individuals around the country, including a surgery fund. Fiftypercent of food sales during the event will be donated to Point of Pride. Guests will also have the opportunity to meet Point of Pride staffer Aydian Dowling and learn about the organization’s programs.

Philly AIDS Thrift to stage annual block party Philly AIDS Thrift, which donates its proceeds to local HIV/AIDS causes, is celebrating its 12th anniversary with a block party. The festivities will be held from noon-6 p.m. Sept. 16 at the store, 710 S. Fifth St. New this year is a beer and wine garden, with drinks from Whetstone Tavern. The event will feature food trucks, games, a dunk tank, magicians, music and more. For more information, visit www. phillyaidsthrift.com. n — Jen Colletta

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Perseverance. Strength. Power These three words are the theme of the trans-led groups, nonprofits, medical pro16th Annual Philadelphia Trans Health viders, corporate allies and more. This year, the Sept. 7 free public opening-night Conference. These words honor the transreception will be at the African American gender community, which continues overMuseum in Philadelphia. Also at this coming obstacles and moving forward. year’s reception, organizers will present Some of those obstacles are of a personal the second-annual Charlene nature and may involve self, Arcila Pioneer Award, which relationships, families or health. celebrates the hard work of For others, they may be related a trans, genderqueer or gento age, ability, ethnicity or der-nonconforming person in race. Gender identity and genthe community. The profesder expression, along with our sional mixer will happen again diverse individual characteristhis year for those who will tics, can and often do, call on attend the Professional Track, our reserves of strength and and the community room this power to preserve as we move year will feature community forward. activities including a barber When you attend the who has given up time to offer Philadelphia Trans Health haircuts. Kids camp returns for Conference, you will see that the younger ones, and youth there is nothing but perseverwill be back for the older ance the moment you walk Sean Laughlin space ones. We are proud to feature so through the Pennsylvania many activities throughout the Convention Center doors. The conference for all ages that will be engagPhiladelphia Trans Health Conference is ing and insightful. the largest free conference in the world This year, the conference will deepen its focusing on serving the needs of trans engagement of diverse, intersectional trans communities and allies. It has grown from communities. The spirituality offerings of a one-day conference with five presenters many different faiths will be highlighted and 70 attendees in 2002 to a three-day in a space that we call the Contemplation national conference with more than 250 Space. Hosted by Trans Faith, the space workshops and 4,500 attendees in 2016. will allow for prayer, meditation, art and The Philadelphia Trans Health other acts of mindfulness and intention Conference is trans-led. The conference through the duration of the conference. It co-chairs are trans, gender-queer/genwill also feature activities and workshops der-nonconforming-identified and the around spirituality. all-volunteer global conference planning “As a trans and queer faith leader, I’m committee is made up entirely of trans, especially excited about all the Spirituality gender-queer or gender-nonconforming Track offerings, a few of which I’m members. The Philadelphia Trans Health co-presenting,” Masada said. “As an ally in Conference provides a space for trans people and our allies, families and providers to the fat community, I’m very happy to see some offerings at the intersections of trans come together to re-envision what health and fat identity and justice. I think this will means for trans people. Attendees of the be my best conference yet!” Philadelphia Trans Health Conference will This year also marks the fifth of the have fun, learn, teach, meet new people, catch up with old friends and carry home a Professional Track at the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference. The track offers positive experience. comprehensive training courses for proMycroft Masada has attended sevfessionals to assist them in providing eral past Philadelphia Trans Health trans-competent services. Unlike the genConferences and is excited to be a part of eral conference, which is free to attend, this year’s event. “I’ve attended in 2012, the professional track has a registration 2014, 2015 and 2016; I wish I had gone fee and offers continuing education credevery year, and plan to go every year,” its for a variety of licenses and credits for Masada said. “This year I’m bringing my partner for the first time, and we’re co-pre- medical providers, behavioral-health professionals, lawyers and, for the first time, senting a workshop.” They are among the hundreds of present- educators. As the conference has grown, the planers who will be facilitating a workshop this ning committee and Mazzoni Center have year. Every workshop for the past 16 years garnered increasing financial and volunhas been created and facilitated by the trans community and allies who have taken teer support from a broad range of spontime out of their busy schedules to come to sors. 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Parenting in the wake of Charlottesville As a child, there were two things I thought were unfathomable and absolutely morally wrong: nuclear war and Nazis. To see both in the news again as real threats to our country sickens and appalls me. But while nuclear war felt like a broad threat against all humanity, Nazism felt more personal. It was hate largely directed against a group — Jews — of which I was part. (It was only later in life that I added “queer” to that list as well.) My family was not particularly observant, but I was very aware of our cultural heritage and our difference from most families in the predominantly Christian town where we lived. My brother and I ate plenty of hamburgers and fish sticks like our peers, but we were two of the very few kids in town who had ever tasted gefilte fish or latkes. Dana Nazis, although they did not harm me or my family directly, harmed people who were like me. I could immediately relate to that and understand why such hate was wrong. I was lucky enough, however, not to face overt anti-Semitism while growing up — just an underlying systemic favoritism towards Christian holidays and representation in my schools. It was hurtful in its own way, but did not put life and limb at risk. But I have also walked through this world as a white person and as someone not immediately read as Jewish. (My red hair makes most people guess Irish.) I could, if I choose to, ignore the existence of racism and anti-Semitism and probably get on fine for most of my days; that’s a privilege I carry. Of course, ignoring such things because they do not harm me would be the height of selfishness. And they do harm me, for they harm any society in which they fester. Aside from direct harm to the people they target, which is bad enough, they separate rather than unite us, strain friendships and potential friendships and limit our ability to work with, learn from and love others. Perhaps the neo-Nazis and white supremacists have done us a warped sort of favor, though. The neo-Nazis champion a broadbased hate that hits people of color, immigrants, Jews, LGBTQ people and many more. Maybe this resurgent threat across multiple identity groups will finally spur us into a united action towards a more just society. That takes leadership, however, and if the Trump administration has demonstrated anything in the aftermath of Charlottesville, it is that it is sorely lacking in that department. The burden, then, is on each of us to take leadership in whatever way we can — whether that means attending rallies, speaking up when we hear biased remarks, donating diverse toys and books to our children’s schools or making sure our own children have them on their shelves. We can also keep pressure on our other elected officials and business leaders to make sure

they know that we will not tolerate support for those who espouse racist or other hateful ideas or actions. And those of us who have privilege of any kind, by virtue of being white, male, Christian, straight, cisgender, able-bodied or anything else, should think about how we can use that privilege to be an ally to others in times like these. As a queer Jew, I am angered and frightened by what has transpired in Charlottesville and beyond. I hope there are allies out there who will support me and others who share my identities. As a white person, however, I know that the danger is worse right now for people of color, regardless of religion or LGBTQ status, and I hope I can be an ally in turn. Rudolph My identity as a Jew gave me an initial awareness that some people are hated, oppressed and targeted by violence simply for being who they are. My identity as a lesbian added another layer to that understanding. I cannot in good conscience, then, turn away from any other group that is similarly targeted. Those of us who are white should start, perhaps, by reaching out to friends and neighbors of color to ask if there is anything we can do to support them personally. On a wider scale, we can listen to what people of color are saying about the events of the past few weeks and the impact of both systemic and overt bias in their lives, seeking out readings or videos from publications like “The Root” or “Colorlines” (without presuming that those publications represent the full spectrum of views and opinions of people of color). We can weave that information into what we know of privilege and oppression from our own identities, and use that to guide our actions. And we can help our children understand, in age-appropriate ways, the implications of race in our society; Google “how to talk with your kids about race” for a slew of tips from a variety of sources. When I first learned about the Holocaust as a child, the other thing that shocked me, aside from the pure horror of the genocide, was that the United States took so long to take action, even after reports of the atrocities began coming out of Europe. Let us not make that mistake again as the same underlying hate gathers renewed strength on our very shores. In the end, though, the so-called “Greatest Generation” of Americans fought the Nazis during World War II and won. We must now unequivocally do the same against the neo-Nazis and their white-supremacist ilk, or we will have no cause to speak of our country being great ever again. n

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How loneliness could be affecting more than your mood highest among LGB older adults who had The need to belong is primal in human experienced minority stress factors. Older beings. Not belonging, or being in a state LGB adults who had experienced negative of loneliness, is detrimental to our overall treatment because of their sexual orientations, well-being. As many people age, they lose as well as aging LGBs who expected this partners and friends, which makes them susnegative treatment, had the highest levels of ceptible to being alone. For many LGBT elders who lose a partner or friends, the situa- loneliness. Interventions aimed at decreasing tion can be even more dire. Without the famil- feelings of loneliness among our elders should be focused on the enhancement of social ial unit that many heterosexual couples share, activities within our community. LGBT elders are often on their own in many situations, with no one to turn to. So how do we deal with loneliness? How do we move the needle toward the positive? Studies have identified that living alone How can we have an impact that will not only is a risk factor for loneliness later in life. affect LGBT elders’ mental health but also According to the U.S. Census Bureau, over their physical health? A recent study found one-third of adults over the age of 65, and that mutual support groups were one-half of adults over the age of an answer. The study followed 85, are living alone. The number of elders is also increasing. As the weekly discussion groups using population of seniors living alone topics chosen by participants and grows, so too will the epidemic of themes associated with music, loneliness. readings and photographs. Results Yes, I did call loneliness an suggested that mutual support epidemic. Loneliness does not groups have the potential to offonly affect an individual’s mental set loneliness, helplessness and health, but it also affects physical depression. health. Many of us can imagine A similar study among older lesbians in England that how loneliness can affect hyperexplored loneliness and isolatension or even diabetes, but it can tion found that a biweekly social even negatively impact outcomes with diseases like cancer. Michael Byrne group positively impacted such Many elders in our community feelings. Although the group did are long-term survivors of HIV and are dealnot completely alleviate loneliness, it proing with the comorbidities that come with vided a place of safety and offered sanctuary aging. When loneliness is added to the equawhere participants could be themselves and tion, we have even more negative health outwhere friendships and other groups were comes. Data suggests that focusing efforts on formed. Such groups can play a vital role in reducing HIV stigma and loneliness may have promoting older LGBT adults’ well-being and lasting effects in reducing major depressive offering protection against loneliness and isosymptoms and improving health outcomes lation as we age. If we can move the line on loneliness and isolation in the LGBT elder community today, If we can move the line on we stand a fighting chance when the numbers of LGBT elders explode over the next loneliness and isolation couple decades. One quote from the England in the LGBT elder comstudy was particularly striking: One of the participants, when speaking about being isomunity today, we stand a lated, stated that it was “the price you paid fighting chance when the for being a lesbian.” That is a weight that the younger generation of LGBT people does not numbers of LGBT elders carry. The belief that you deserve to be alone explode over the next cou- because of your identity as an LGBT person is stunning, and should be a call to action for ple decades. all of us. Our very own LGBT Elder Initiative is currently in the process of putting together a among older adults living with HIV. support group for any interested LGBT elders HIV stigma is not the only stigma that affects our community. As we all learned from for this fall. Please check www.lgbtelderinitiative.org for details after Labor Day, or send an recent events in Virginia, prejudice and intolemail expressing your interest in participating erance are still very much alive. Our elders in a group to info@lgbtei.org. n came of age at a time when you could be imprisoned for being LGBT in many parts of the United States, and they are even more senMichael Byrne currently serves as the board presisitive to that reality. dent of Philly AIDS Thrift, the co-chair of the LGBT Studies have found that LGBT elders are Mummers’ Liaison Committee and a volunteer with more apt to suffer from loneliness than their the LGBT Elder Initiative. Byrne is also an MSW candidate at Bryn Mawr College studying to be a therheterosexual counterparts. One study, which apist, focused on moving the needle on loneliness in unfortunately did not have any trans-identiLGBT elders. fied participants, showed that loneliness was

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International After 13 years, Nigerian lesbian granted asylum A Nigerian lesbian locked in a long-running dispute over her right to stay in Britain has been granted asylum by the Home Office. Aderonke Apata, 50, has argued for 13 years that her sexuality means she could be killed if deported back to her home country, but was accused of trying to “hoodwink the system.” Apata, who recently won an Attitude Magazine Pride Award for her LGBT work, said she had waited years for this moment. “I’m relieved, glad because 13 active years of my life have been taken from me and wasted. The treatment for people coming to claim asylum here is horrible. I have been accused of lying about my sexuality. It’s a difficult area of your life to disclose.” Apata said her current asylum permit lasts for only five years, and then she can apply for permanent residence. The activist runs the African Rainbow Family, a nonprofit that gives others fleeing persecution advice on their rights. She urged supporters to remember the thousands of gay people facing oppression and violence, adding the U.K. has a duty to “give them safety and sanctuary.” Apata said her work will continue focusing on altering the asylum process and “changing attitudes” in countries with harsh laws against homosexuality. A Home Office spokesperson said the office remained committed to improving the asylum process for people claiming on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

Danes charge imam for comparing gays to pedophiles Danish prosecutors have charged a 49-year-old imam for making public remarks against homosexuals, whom he

compared to pedophiles. Prosecutor Jan Reckendorff said the unidentified imam violated Denmark’s penal code in interviews in June 2016, following the attack at Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub, where 49 people were shot dead. Many Muslims consider homosexuality to be sinful. Reckendorff said Aug. 18 the remarks “were so rough” that a court of law must now decide whether Danish law has been violated. A trial date was not immediately set. The imam faces a fine or up to two years in jail if found guilty of making comments deemed threatening, insulting or degrading to a group of persons because of their race, color, national or ethnic origin, belief or sexual orientation.

Chile’s president announces bill for marriage equality Chile President Michelle Bachelet has confirmed plans to introduce a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry. The bill would change the language of the nation’s marriage laws to be more inclusive. “Marriage is a solemn contract by which two people, of the same or different sex, unite themselves, and for life, in order to live together, to procreate and to help each other,” the proposed new text would read. The bill is scheduled to be introduced Aug. 28; however, it is not known at this time if it will also include a provision to allow same-sex couples to adopt children. Bachelet is a longtime supporter of marriage equality and the country’s LGBT community. She is currently in her second stint as the country’s leader; she was previously president from 2006-10 and was elected again in 2014. The country’s laws do not allow someone to serve consecutive terms in the role. Between her terms in office, Bachelet worked at the United Nations heading UN Women. If the proposed changes are introduced, Chile will become the fifth country in South America to achieve marriage equality, following Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay. n — compiled by Larry Nichols

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prior to the November presidential election. “I think we’re living in an era of increased confidence on the part of hate groups,” Boyle said. “We’ve seen those statistics where we see an increase of attacks on minority groups — whether it’s racial or sexual minorities — and I think it drives home why we need my bill to become law. We as a society need to stop this because it can get worse. Unless we’re brave enough to stand together and protect more vulnerable populations from discrimination and abuse, our society is going to be further torn apart.” Boyle noted that in order for his bill to move forward, the LGBT community throughout the state needs to contact their state representatives and senators, especially if they live in a Republican district. “Get them on board with actually getting this through committee,” he said. “I think that if this bill were to be voted on up and down, it would pass and I think it would probably pass with close to half of the Republican members voting for it.” n

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Cops: Man threatened to rape NYC politician, kill gay police According to the Daily News, authorities say a man threatened to rape the New York City Council speaker, kill her family and kill all the city’s gay police officers. Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Silvera was arraigned Aug. 14 in Manhattan criminal court on charges including aggravated harassment as a hate crime. The threats were made in emails sent July 28 to City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and two police officers who serve in LGBT-outreach positions. The threats indicated that the sender knew where Mark-Viverito lived. Silvera is represented by The Legal Aid Society, which declined to comment Aug. 15. A spokeswoman for Mark-Viverito thanked prosecutors and said the “violent, dangerous threats” are “deeply disturbing.”

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NBC News reports a psychologist at a California prison facility is alleging she was twice locked in a room with a dangerous inmate in retaliation for reporting mistreatment of LGBT inmates. Lori Jespersen’s allegations against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are outlined in a lawsuit filed Aug. 14 in the U.S. District Court’s Eastern Division of California. Her suit says both she and LGBT inmates at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville were repeatedly abused, verbally and physically, by other inmates or staff members. Jespersen is a lesbian. Jespersen said her repeated complaints about discrimination went ignored and led to the retaliation against her. She now works in a mostly administrative role at the facility. Corrections press secretary Vicky Waters said the department does not comment on pending litigation.

According to the St. Louis PostDispatch, a Missouri school district is apologizing for removing the senior quotes that two openly gay students wanted printed under their yearbook pictures. Kearney High graduates Joey Slivinski and Thomas Swartz were surprised by the absence when they opened the newly printed 2017 yearbook. Both had included closet references in the quotes they submitted. Slivinski’s was, “Of course I dress well. I didn’t spend all that time in the closet for nothing.” The district described what happened as a “mistake” and said in a statement that its policy of not publishing potentially offensive quotes had the “unintentional consequence of offending the very students the practice was designed to protect.” The two graduates plan to make stickers to insert their quips into their yearbooks and those of their friends. n — compiled by Larry Nichols

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was “running for her life.” In the footage, Floyd was holding a butcher knife behind her back while Pena walked alongside her. The co-defendants crossed the street pursuing Young. Later footage showed Pena with Young on Penn Street. He previously confessed to investigators that he tried to console Young, telling her to get the wounds Floyd inflicted checked out. Afterward, Pena can be seen stabbing Young, who ran away after the encounter. It is unclear when or how he retrieved the knife from Floyd, who was not present during this interaction. Young died from stab wounds to the chest and back near 4900 Griscom St. in Frankford. Police arrested Floyd and Pena later that month. Previously, Floyd told investigators the stabbing stemmed from an argument over a man. She contended that Young was going to use “voodoo” to “cast a spell” on her boyfriend. Additionally, Pena previously said that Floyd told him to “finish” Young or she would have him killed. The sentence Pena will serve 40-80 years in prison and Judge Sandy L.V. Byrd recommended anger-management, job-training and therapy to help him re-enter society. “This is someone who is capable of redemption and being a productive citizen,” Berardinelli told the judge. Pena also pleaded guilty to the murder of then-20-year-old Jonathan Martel. In the April 25, 2015 incident, Pena was allegedly at a house on the 4700 block of Darrah St. with 24-year-old Angel Torres. The two allegedly sold drugs out of this house. Cujdik said Martel entered the house and engaged in a dispute with Torres. Torres allegedly gave Pena a gun to shoot Martel, to which he obliged. Cujdik said Pena then pursued Martel on a street outside the house and shot Martel twice. Officer Christine O’Brien from the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed to PGN in January that Martel died from gunshot wounds to his neck and back almost a month later, on May 23, 2015. Pena was not taken into custody for this crime until after investigations began for Young’s murder. Floyd was also a witness in this crime

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his beloved horses or teach yoga at a local AIDS organization due to his own health issues, and he ended up cutting himself off from all of his friends and decided to stop taking his HIV meds. I wish I could have been there with him to talk him through whatever he was going through. I was hoping to see Steven once more when I went to Amsterdam next year for the International AIDS Conference. But it wasn’t meant to be, and now he’s gone. It makes me wonder if it is enough to

and would have testified against Pena if he did not already plead guilty. “At the time that he encountered Maya, he already killed Jonathan Martel,” Cujdik told PGN. “You have this man who is young, smart and can come off as this charming, respectable young man and

JOSE PENA then, as you saw in the video, just turn [on the victim].” Forgiveness? The families of both victims spoke on Tuesday for Young and on Wednesday for Martel. Antoinette Bowens, Young’s sister, noted how Tuesday would have been Young’s 27th birthday. She said every year, they would get together to play pool, drink and host slumber parties. “I can’t call her and talk to her about my day,” Bowens said. “She was the person

“I hope that God will be able to forgive me one day. I understand that I hurt not only the victims and their families but also my own family.” ~ Jose Pena

have just survived the epidemic. What is it after all these years that makes us give up, and decide that life is no longer worth living? How can we reach out to each other to offer the support and guidance that’s needed for so many HIV long-term survivors living in isolation, financial uncertainty or mounting health issues? How do we create resilience and teach that resilience to others? Is there such a thing, as my friend Louis called it, as “resilience fatigue?”’ My heart is broken, but I will push for-

who was going to walk me down the aisle.” “I can’t forgive you,” Bowens told Pena through tears. “You took my sister away from me.” Young’s friend Tionna Frisby also testified to Young’s character. Frisby said she lost a “truly dear friend and sister.” “Every time I hear music that she used to listen to, I break down and cry.” “[Pena] really took a beautiful angel away from us,” she added. Jeanette Gonzalez, Martel’s mother, noted traditions she had on Martel’s birthday. “He was 20 years old when this happened. Every birthday, I would buy him a cake and sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to him. I can’t do that anymore,” Gonzalez said through tears, adding that she recently brought a cake to Martel’s grave. Pena’s sister, Smailya Pena, also spoke Wednesday. “Me and my family want to express our condolences to both families,” she said, adding that she will never be able to bring the victims back. Pena also spoke before the judge delivered his final sentence for Martel’s murder.

“I can’t forgive you. You took my sister away from me.” ~ Antoinette Bowens, Young’s sister He noted that he was “not in the right state of mind” and asked for forgiveness. “I hope that God will be able to forgive me one day,” he said. “I understand that I hurt not only the victims and their families but also my own family.” Up next Floyd previously pleaded guilty on counts of third-degree murder, conspiracy to commit third-degree murder and the possession of a weapon with criminal intent. She will receive her final sentence 9 a.m. Nov. 8 in Room 1105 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. n

ward. If you have a Steven in your life, reach out to him or her. Tell them that they are not alone, and that they have a place in this life no matter how bleak things may look. We always have an opportunity to reinvent our lives and find a purpose for living, a reason to say, “I’m still here.” n Jeff Berry is the editor of Positively Aware magazine, director of publications for TPAN and a member of the National Working Group of The Reunion Project (https://www.tpan.com/reunion-project) for HIV longterm survivors. Follow Jeff on Twitter @paeditor.

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ast month, it happened again. A press conference hosted by elected officials to announce some good government initiative broken up by the local leaders of Black Lives Matter. Here’s how CBS Philly described the affair: “Two Philadelphia men brought an early end to a news conference in the Mayor’s Reception room on Monday morning. The news conference was about the zero waste and litter initiative, but the men wanted to talk about the death of a civilian at the hands of police. Asa Khalif and Isaac Gardner of Black Lives Matter strolled into the reception room as Council President Darrell Clarke was speaking and aimed their anger over the fatal police shooting of 32-year-old David Jones of Germantown squarely at him. ‘Where do you stand on the shooting death of David Jones?’ asked Khalif. ‘Want to have a meeting?’ responded Clarke. ‘I want you to say it here in front of everybody,’ said Khalif. ‘You’re not going to dictate the terms of the discussion,’ Clarke shot back. ‘Well, then, we’re going to keep right here,’ said Khalif.

The disruption continued for about 10 minutes until it was clear there would be no resolution, other than to end the event. Khalif and Gardner have disrupted other public events and held protests since the June shooting.”

“The whole point of protesting, the whole point of shutting things down … is to eventually get to the table to make those changes.” Of course this set the pundit class into a tizzy of handwringing condemnation about the lack of decency and decorum in our political discourse. The conventional wisdom seems to be that there is a continuum: from bull-horning down Mayor Nutter’s budget address, to shutting down this past June’s soda tax hearing, to this most recent act of civil disobedience. Stu Bykofsky, launched his 500-

word diatribe with these words: “This is our summer of civic embarrassment. We have leaders whose cringeworthy spinelessness encourages self-righteous protesters to throw public tantrums and stop public business.” Byko takes the Rendell “Nation of Wussies” approach, by placing the blame for these disruptions on the elected officials who sit idly by allowing them to occur. “To Clarke’s right, Mayor Kenney was twisting in a thronelike chair, his chin resting on his right palm, his face expressionless. Here’s a pet Kenney project announcement being torpedoed, and what does he do? Nothing.” Byko ends by calling this behavior anarchy. Holy Patrick Henry, Batman. Philadelphia Citizen’s Larry Platt toned down the hyperbole a bit but sang the same tune. Ultimately, he pivoted, checked his “white male privilege” and gave the platform to Erica Atwood, formerly the city’s Director of the Office of Black Male Engagement — I confess I didn’t know we had one of those — to opine on the tactics of BLM. Attwood said, “What Asa does is problematic … There’s no strategy, just tactics. And it’s bullying.” In a phillymag.com interview, Asa

Black Lives Matter disruption techniques show results in city hall. Logo courtesy of Black Lives Matter.

Khalif defends these tactics: “There’s always an advantage if it gets you to the table, where you can actually sit down with your demands to help your community. The whole point of protesting, the whole point of shutting things down, is not just to get your name in the papers. The point is to eventually get to the table to make those changes. You cannot make changes unless you’re at the table. If you’re not at the table, then you’re out in the cold with a sign. The sign gets you into those meetings where you can make fundamental change for your community and have a list of demands that you can articulate and that you can negotiate. That’s why I do it.” Give Khalif his props. Disrupting a press conference on litter control to make a profound statement about race relations and the Philadelphia Police Department seems to be more than just tactics, it actually Continued on page 2 Aug. 20-27, 2017

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Black Lives Matter Bully Pulpit Continued from page 1 is strategic. Not only did news organizations covering the press conference devote space to explaining the David Jones case to the public, he got an official response as well. Khalif demanded that Councilman Clarke finally make a public statement on the shooting; and he did just that. His office issued the following statement an

hour after the press conference: “People knew this man, loved this man, and had hopes for his future. His death and the weeks following have been painful for all parties involved. The pain being felt by Mr. Jones’ loved ones must be honored and respected, no matter the outcome of this investigation.” We’re not denying that Asa Khalif is a bully. We’re just saying we understand.

Rumph Classic Still a Hit Continued from page 12 feel-good event. The players play so hard; and they do it to remember Danny and to try and make sure a senseless tragedy like his doesn’t happen again. These players really care. The event gives Philadelphia a little shine to it. Every time we get publicity we really appreciate it. The family appreciates it. And the city deserves it because these fans have been such a staunch supporter of what we have tried to do.” Morak plays a huge hand in attracting players to participate but he said, over the years, the NBA and former college stars from the city bring guys in as well. “It was the Morris twins who brought Harden last year. Another old head convinced John Cox, Kobe Bryant’s cousin, a former Engineering and Science graduate and a professional player in South America to come back for it. He played really well,” said Morak. “He was a guy I just met a month ago. I think he represented himself well and bought into the team like atmosphere and serious nature of what we do in raising

money for defilibrators.” Former NBA player Sean Singletary coached that team. He no longer plays competitively as he has battled hip and knee injuries in his 30s. Two others who made their mark according to Morak were former St. Jospeh’s star Isaiah Miles and former Imhotep star Brandon Austin. Both played for the 76ers summer league this July. “I think Brandon is the next local player to make his mark,” said Morak. “He looked really strong. I think he’s going to establish himself in the [NBA] at some point.” Like many promoters, Morak has already turned his attention to next year. “There’s a lot of things I’d like to do better and a lot of players we’d like to add to the rosters,” he said. ‘It’s always been a fun event. It’s humbling to see how much people care about it. I’d like to bring some more national people into it next year. I’m already excited.”

Wheels of Change Philly-based coalition distributes free bikes to needy recipients in Africa By Sheila Simmons

uring a visit to Africa a few years ago, veteran public relations expert and owner of Millennium 3 Management, A. Bruce Crawley, asked a student there how long it takes her to get to school in the morning. “She said, ‘It takes me two hours, if I run.’” It’s a response that Crawley never forgot. The self-described bicycle enthusiast became determined to help students and others in Africa obtain bicycles for necessary transportation. Last month, the Philadelphia-based African Bicycle Coalition, which Crawley chairs, distributed its 140th free bamboo bicycle to students, teachers, small farmers and healthcare workers African Bicycle Contribution Foundation donates EcoRide in the West African country of Ghana. Last year, the former president of Ghana, Bamboo bikes in Ghana. Photo courtesy of African Bicycle ContriJohn Kufuor, in his capacity as United Nations bution Foundation . The impact of securing such transportation Special Envoy on Climate Change, was on hand should not be underestimated. Crawley points to to give away the first bike. A bicycle is something many Americans may empirical data from West Africa that says if a young take for granted. But it’s a big deal in struggling Afgirl gets access to a bicycle, her attendance to school rican countries. Youngsters travel long distances on increases 600 percent. densely trafficked rural roads to get to school. Some Such transportation also makes a big difference residents have to make 40-minute round-trip jourin the lives of farmers and healthcare workers. The neys on foot, just to collect clean water, four or five initiative has been so well received in Ghana that, at times a day. the most recent distribution ceremony on July 26 in A bicycle would seem like a cost-effective mode that country’s Brong Ahafo region, more than 400 of transportation for such travel. But Crawley says people showed up. they are economically out-of-reach not only for their Bernice Dapaah, CEO and founder of GBBI, cost, but also for shipping from Taiwan from where is scheduled to visit the U.S. next month, making they are usually imported. Buyers often must obtain stops in Philadelphia, New York City and Washmicro-financing loans to purchase their vehicles. ington, D.C., for a three-city awareness, economic With some research, Crawley discovered the development and fundraising tour that will include existence of the Africa-based Ghana Bamboo Bikes presentations to university business school students Initiative, which makes bicycles out of bamboo. and faculty, entrepreneurial audiences, and business Crawley’s bicycle coalition formed an affiliation organizations. with GBBI to custom-make bikes that would be The African Bicycle Coalition plans to distribute awarded to deserved and needy recipients. a total of 2,500 free bamboo bikes over a five-year “We said if there’s a great demand for these bikes period. These are rides that will change lives for then African people should make the money,” recalls many years to come. Crawley.

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on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at

First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE

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

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

South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter. The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

OPA#411248000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James Farmer, II C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02852 $62,018.71 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-303 4530 Cottman Ave 19135 41st wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. OPA#412070400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James Rollins, A/K/A James A. Rollins C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04058 $84,508.94 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-305 2038 W Tioga St 19140 11th wd. 2,990 Sq. Ft. OPA#112089900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gregory K. Burris; Claire L. Burris C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01486 $77,144.37 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-306 6305 Trotter St 19111 53rd wd. 2,088 Sq. Ft. OPA#531236200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrenor Richard, FKA Andrenor Mondelus; Brunette Richard, FKA Brunette Mondelus C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 01580 $56,918.02 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-307 1952 Elston St 19138 50th wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft. OPA#101330100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly Boone, A/K/A Kimberly M. Boone C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 03016 $112,387.30 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-308 1930 Medary Ave 19141 50th wd. 1,455 Sq. Ft. BRT#119N-7-12; OPA#171306900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Estate of Minnie Price a/k/a Minnie B. Price; Franklin Shields, Known Heir of Minnie Price a/k/a Minnie B. Price; Leslie Cooper, Known Heir of Minnie Price a/k/a Minnie B. Price; Renee Sharpe, Personal Representative of the Estate of Minnie Price a/k/a Minnie B. Price; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Minnie Price a/k/a Minnie B. Price C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00921 $83,109.66 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1709-309 2143 Brighton St 19149 54th wd. 1,796 Sq. Ft. OPA#542099400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yovana Bustamante-Arroyo a/k/a Yovana Bustamante C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 02398 $168,726.21 KML Law Group, P.C.

1709-310 2528 S Bellford St 19153 40th wd. 1,146 Sq. Ft. OPA#404146600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debra Mitchell a/k/a Debra M. Mitchell C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00323 $70,394.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-311 4509 1/2 Brown St a/k/a 4511 Brown St 19139 6th wd. 1,942 Sq. Ft. OPA#062009050 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Henry Young C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02824 $155,416.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-312 6314 Wheeler St 19142 40th wd. 975 Sq. Ft. OPA#402188100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward McCall C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00510 $52,140.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-313 5956 N 3rd St a/k/a 5956 N Third St 19120 61st wd. 1,702 Sq. Ft. OPA#612382900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alphonso Jett C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00751 $151,626.89 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-314 110 W Luray St 19140 42nd wd. 850 Sq. Ft. OPA#422047900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jonathan Rentas C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 03034 $88,498.38 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-315 6545 Walker St 19135 55th wd. 1,330 Sq. Ft. OPA#552331100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lawrence Brown C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 01640 $116,564.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-316 10217 Kilburn Rd 19114 66th wd. 1,805 Sq. Ft. OPA#661155300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian Connelly and Ashley Stine C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02298 $229,309.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-317 1526 S 20th St 36th wd. 1,024 Sq. Ft. BRT#363239000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Moshe Mizrachi and Gene Katsman C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 04988 $91,246.49 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-318 3036 Ormes St 19134 7th wd. 979 Sq. Ft. OPA#071409200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark Gasper, John J. Gasper, Known Heir of Charlotte Gasper, deceased and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Charlotte Gasper, deceased

C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00126 $13,202.87 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-319 3051 Martha St 19134 25th wd. 732 Sq. Ft. OPA#252423400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Igor Mirgorodsky and Irina Mirgorodsky C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00120 $36,987.45 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-320 3843 Frankford Ave 19124 45th wd. 2,070 Sq. Ft. OPA#452270200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas M. Cappo C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02441 $74,073.09 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-321 130 Fitzgerald St 19148 39th wd. 672 Sq. Ft. BRT#391121500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles F. McKenna and Jennifer P. McKenna F/K/A Jennifer P. Rutter C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02651 $76,859.13 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C.; Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esq; Heather Riloff, Esq; Tyler J. Wilk, Esq 1709-322 3879 Manor St 19128 21st wd. 838 Sq. Ft. BRT#211326600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Michael R. Sassa C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03022 $129,631.57 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-323 2810 Overington St 19137 45th wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft. OPA#453084200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melinda Lonergan C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 03041 $76,421.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-324 2744 Emerald St 19134 25th wd. 1,128 Sq. Ft. PRCL#252503200 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY PMP Assets, LLC C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 04652 $49,719.41 Brett L. Messinger and Ryan A. Gower 1709-325 5332 Priscilla St 19121 12th wd. 985 Sq. Ft. OPA#124135910 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bilgis Bassett a/k/a Bilqis Bassett and Michael Wallace C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 04221 $88,972.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-326 2036 Emily St 48th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the South side of Emily Street at the distance of two hundred and fifty-four feet six inches Westward from the West side of Twentieth Street OPA#481120500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY William J. Henry and Betty J. Henry C.P.

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SPECIAL NOTE: All Sheriff’s Sales are conducted pursuant to the orders of the Courts and Judges of the First Judicial District. Only properties that are subject to judgments issued by the First Judicial District are listed for sale. By law, the Sheriff’s Office cannot decide if a property can be listed for sale; only the District Courts can order a property to be sold at auction.

SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, September 12, 2017 1709-301 1218 W Fisher Ave 19141 49th wd. 1,785 Sq. Ft. OPA#493026300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ivy Winsome Farquharson A/K/A Ivy Willie; Kimberly Brown C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04281 $105,855.90 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-302 6140 Marsden St 19135 41st wd. 2,000 Sq. Ft.

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November Term, 2016 No. 01420 $32,803.56 Patrick J. Wesner 1709-327 5704 Keystone St 41st wd. 9,659 Sq. Ft. OPA#411453910 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: BUILDING Anthony Chima and Kelly Anne Chima C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01234 $187,393.46 Phillip D. Berger, Esq., Berger Law Group, PC 1709-328 204 Lockart Ln 19116 58th wd. 2,807 Sq. Ft. OPA#58-2137500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John B. Priadka C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00167 $244,604.86 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-329 3224 Kip St a/k/a 3224 N Kip St 19134-0000 7th wd. 1,020 Sq. Ft. OPA#073083800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lourdes Santiago C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02923 $81,529.62 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-330 1327 S 29th St 19146 36th wd. 1,128 Sq. Ft. OPA#362169300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darryl Gunther; Juanita Moment C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03627 $81,256.02 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-331 2807 Ryerson Pl 19114 57th wd. 1,800 Sq. Ft. OPA#572094623 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jessica Murao; Steven K. Murao, a/k/a Steven Murao C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02114 $204,698.72 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-332 12229 Sweetbriar Rd a/k/a 12229 Sweet Briar Rd 19154 66th wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft. OPA#663169800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Dunne; Karyn Mclaughlin a/k/a Karyn Dunne C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02276 $203,950.26 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-333 2649 Massey St 19142 40th wd. 1,240 Sq. Ft. OPA#406118000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joanne Brooks, a/k/a Joanne A. Brooks C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 04343 $96,651.33 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-334 1508 N 56th St 191313802 4th wd. 1,434 Sq. Ft. OPA#043268700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alonzo Pickron C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00353 $43,120.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1709-335 12055 Covert Rd 191542706 66th wd. (formerly the 58th wd.) 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#662162200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David M. Fernandez, Jr a/k/a David Fernandez; Tamara J. Fernandez a/k/a Tamara Fernandez a/k/a Tamara My C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01833 $138,743.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-336 2416 S Bancroft St 191454305 26th wd. 914 Sq. Ft. OPA#261304200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Georgeann Heller C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02976 $166,495.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-337 5228 N Front St 19120-3532 42nd wd. 1,920 Sq. Ft. OPA#422319100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Albert Wayne Christian C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04919 $73,080.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-338 5513 Beaumont Ave a/k/a 5513 Beaumont St 19143 51st wd. 974 Sq. Ft. OPA#513278900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Larry Douglas Dutton Jr a/k/a Larry D. Dutton Jr. C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01825 $77,842.83 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-339 553 W Duncannon Ave 19120 49th wd. 1,143 Sq. Ft. OPA#492027300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Verrica Clark a/k/a Verrica English C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02507 $91,629.02 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-340 3379 Holme Ave 19114 57th wd. 2,114 Sq. Ft. OPA#572040300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of David J. Mackle C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 00313 $105,571.63 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-341 1625 E Hunting Park Ave a/k/a 1625 Hunting Park Ave 19124 33rd wd. 1,306 Sq. Ft. OPA#332087600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymond D. McCray C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02226 $46,378.18 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-342 7300 1/2 Ridge Ave 191283231 21st wd. 1,320 Sq. Ft. OPA#212513520 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Guneet Aulakh C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03533 $349,788.10 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1709-343 5366 Charles St 19124 62nd wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#622280400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rickey Evans C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03656 $86,212.04 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-344 5464 N Marvine St 19141 49th wd. 1,260 Sq. Ft. OPA#493102400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gennie W. Carter C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02652 $27,701.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-345 6526 N 18th St a/k/a 6526 18th St 19126 17th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#172284000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary C. Sharpton C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01270 $128,405.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-346 4731 Umbria St 191271920 21st wd. 1,728 Sq. Ft. OPA#211471300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William R. Shafer a/k/a William Ray Shafer, Jr. C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03256 $326,018.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-347 1629 Foulkrod St 19124 23rd wd. 1,141 Sq. Ft. OPA#232178500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janice C. Cartwright C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 08216 $77,077.27 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-348 1820 N 76th St a/k/a 1820 76th St 19151 34th wd. 1,533 Sq. Ft. OPA#343313500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony J. Brittingham and Lakisha K Hardy a/k/a Lakisha K. Brittingham C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02036 $78,131.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-349 2719 Moore St 19145 36th wd. 1,450 Sq. Ft. OPA#364262800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tien P. Hua a/k/a Tien Hua; Humphrey Hua C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03254 $87,731.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-350 1202 Robbins St 19111 53rd wd. 1,313 Sq. Ft. OPA#531037200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward M. Robinson C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02575 $187,884.71 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-351 1828 S 19th St a/k/a 1828 19th St 19145 48th wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft. OPA#481285600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Nadine Taliver and Rodney C. Taliver Sr. C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00509 $98,802.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-352 113 E Mayland St 59th wd. 1,900 Sq. Ft. BRT#592129600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Elaine A. Richardson a/k/a Elaine R. Richardson C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04260 $76,991.53 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1709-353 6337 Burbridge St 19144 59th wd. 3,625 Sq. Ft. OPA#593161800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yvette De Carol Hamilton and Calvin Taylor Jr. C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01970 $172,007.68 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-354 4831 Mulberry St 19124 23rd wd. 1,113 Sq. Ft. OPA#232323500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of James Watts Deceased, Patrick Watts Solely in His Capacity as Heir of James Watts Deceased, Jeanette J. Watts Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of James Watts Deceased, Judy P. Watts Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of James Watts Deceased and Naomi Denise Watts a/k/a Denise Watts Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of James Watts Deceased C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00152 $34,096.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-355 1421 Robbins St 19149 54th wd. 1,740 Sq. Ft. OPA#541083900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shawn T. Amos and Celeste Bligen-Amos C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00395 $139,290.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-356 2050 Pickwick St 19134 45th wd. 756 Sq. Ft. OPA#452178000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sean H. McLaughlin C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01163 $53,792.33 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-357 6922 Theodore St 19142 40th wd. 1,211 Sq. Ft. OPA#406246300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vicki R. Ofori and Deborah Riley C.P. December Term, 2007 No. 02016 $69,455.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-358 4006 Claridge St 19124 33rd wd. 1,114 Sq. Ft. OPA#332337200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wilbur G. Nunez C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 03406 $82,438.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-359 1420 67th Ave 19126 10th wd.

1,299 Sq. Ft. OPA#101231707 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lashawn D. Farrar as Administratrix of the Estate of Jackie Hunter, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00277 $120,294.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-360 6558 N 18th St 19126 17th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#172285600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline L. Williams C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02817 $99,476.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-361 1508 W Seybert St 19121 47th wd. 729 Sq. Ft. OPA#471077000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lesley Nasir and Tarik Nasir C.P. August Term, 2008 No. 03061 $87,304.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-362 2004 Laveer St a/k/a 2004 W Laveer St 19138 17th wd. 1,135 Sq. Ft. OPA#171297900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Geneva Jones, Deceased, Michael Rhinehardt, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Geneva Jones, Deceased and Tamika Jones, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Geneva Jones, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 03315 $66,091.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-363 3018 W Susquehanna Ave a/k/a 3018 Susquehanna Ave 19121 32nd wd. 832 Sq. Ft. OPA#323167401 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian Wilson, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of John H. Burris, Deceased and Jonathon Burris, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of John H. Burris, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02126 $87,342.11 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-364 5018 N 10th St 19141 49th wd. 1,800 Sq. Ft. OPA#491357700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Malcolm N. Graham, Jr., deceased and Sheila Graham, Known Heir of Malcolm N. Graham, Jr., deceased C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00060 $23,218.36 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-365 29 Pelham Rd 19119 22nd wd. 16,077 Sq. Ft. OPA#223098000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donte Julia, Executor of the Estate of Freda L. Williams, deceased C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02943 $551,229.42 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-366 5529 Belmar Terr 19143

51st wd. 1,140 Sq. Ft. OPA#514092200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Georgia F. Anderson Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Georgia L. Roberts a/k/a Georgia Roberts, Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Georgia L. Roberts a/k/a Georgia Roberts, Deceased Martha A. Roberts Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Georgia L. Roberts a/k/a Georgia Roberts, Deceased and Romona Fitzgerald, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Georgia L. Roberts a/k/a Georgia Roberts, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00779 $98,869.71 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-367 1472 McKinley St 19149 54th wd. 1,552 Sq. Ft. OPA#541071700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jade A. Lee C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00610 $179,010.49 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-368 238 Queen St 19147 2nd wd. 1,135 Sq. Ft. OPA#888020613 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rochelle Segar C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01077 $256,509.42 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-369 2754 N 24th St 19132 28th wd. 882 Sq. Ft. BRT#281007100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lorene Wade C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01214 $53,223.58 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1709-370 2124 S 65th St 19142 40th wd. 1,256 Sq. Ft. OPA#40-3-012100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shaun Smith C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02823 $49,773.95 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-371 1304 68th Ave 19126 61st wd. 2,827 Sq. Ft. BRT#611429900 f/k/a BRT#61-1-4299-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Celestine M. Murray; Kenneth Murray C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00204 $142,765.70 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1709-372 9936 Jeanes St 19115 58th wd. 2,994 Sq. Ft. BRT#581217500; OPA# 581217500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Beatrice Fedarko C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02310 $187,572.72 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1709-373 7362 N 20th St 19138 10th wd. 1,926 Sq. Ft. BRT#10-1171600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Guy Twyman C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00491 $168,267.41 Udren Law Offices, P.C.

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1709-374 2650 Memphis St 19125 31st wd. 667 Sq. Ft. BRT#312015900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Maureen Miller C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 00876 $111,054.06 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-375 4621 Emerson St 65th wd. Land: 3,815 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,360 Sq. Ft. BRT#652030705 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Nicholas J. Gerace a/k/a Nicholas Gerace C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 1374 $187,076.97 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-376 8622 Jackson St 19136 65th wd. 2,076 Sq. Ft. OPA#652251100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jonathan R. Perrone C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00003 $122,664.80 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-377 6224 Washington Ave 46th wd. Beginning Point: Containing in front or breadth on the said Washington Avenue Twenty feet eleven inches and extending of that width in length or depth Southwardly between parallel lines at right angles to the said Washington Ave OPA#033124100 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 3 STY MASONRY Marcus Fountain and Soyini Mcclellan C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 1696 $121,267.39 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1709-378 713 S Alden St 19143 46th wd. 981 Sq. Ft. OPA#463253800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elizabeth Goodwin, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Deborah Goodwin, Deceased, Marcia Goodwin, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Deborah Goodwin, Deceased and Felicia Dawson, Individually and as Administrator for the Estate of Deborah Goodwin C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01735 $44,444.69 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-379 523 Emily St 19148 39th wd. 700 Sq. Ft. OPA#392040700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Ruby Mosley, Deceased, Andre Dolison, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Ruby Mosley, Deceased, Fred Dolison, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Ruby Mosley, Deceased, Michael Dolison, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Ruby Mosley, Deceased and Trellie Dolison, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Ruby Mosley, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01601 $199,210.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-380 5747 Reedland St a/k/a 5747 Reedland Ave

19143-6131 40th wd. 864 Sq. Ft. OPA#402192800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patrick Maruggi & Jeana Maruggi C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02686 $94,156.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-381 4238 N Franklin St 191402223 43rd wd. 1,222 Sq. Ft. OPA#433339800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robin M. Brown, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Audrey G. Brown; Melony Brown, in Her Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Audrey G. Brown; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Audrey G. Brown, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Timothy W. Brown, Deceased; Sandra Ann Austin, in Her Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Audrey G. Brown C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 00027 $47,011.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-382 5634 Hunter St 19131 4th wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. BRT#043192900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Catherine Byrd, real owner and Estelle Pringle, mortgagor and The Unknown Heirs, Executors and Devisees to the Estate of Bessie Carter C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00117 $23,232.42 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-383 11114 Templeton Dr 19154 66th wd. 2,625 Sq. Ft. BRT#662142800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marie T. Bakun, in her capacity as Heir at Law of Anne E. Coyle, Deceased and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Anne E. Coyle, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 03192 $218,129.87 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel P.C.; Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1709-384 4912 Knorr St 19135 BRT#412016100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ioslav Starikov and Svetlana Starikov C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01018 $75,073.26 Robert W. Williams, Esquire 1709-385 5946 Cedar Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1,755 Sq. Ft. BRT#032144800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Malika Jones C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04325 $149,579.12 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C.; Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire

1709-386 1009 Winton St 19148 39th wd. 644 Sq. Ft. BRT#394049400; OPA#394049400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sherrie L. Stone; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under William F. Cook C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00541 $91,020.15 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1709-387 819 W Stella St 19133 37th wd. 742 Sq. Ft. OPA#372409900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Willie Hampton, deceased C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00546 $15,274.98 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-388 4245 Tackawanna St 19124 23rd wd. 924 Sq. Ft. OPA#232344400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christina Ortiz C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01730 $57,950.35 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-389 5329 Lindbergh Blvd 191435829 51st wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#512115000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Walter Williams C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00411 $37,885.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-390 2909 S Sydenham St 191454922 26th wd. 1,076 Sq. Ft. OPA#261233300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Georgeann Heller C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00469 $180,497.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-391 6304 N 10th St 19141 49th wd. 1,520 Sq. Ft. OPA#492194200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nadia Darbouze C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03258 $101,002.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-393 2309 Cross St 19146-4102 36th wd. 1,016 Sq. Ft. OPA#364053100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Inez McKethean C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 03255 $96,644.04 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-394 5551 Catharine St 19143 46th wd. 1,320 Sq. Ft. OPA#463094700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Calvin Grant C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00863 $54,169.70 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-395 6408 N Park Ave 191263634 49th wd. 2,600 Sq. Ft.

OPA#493243210 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hasheem Basil and Aliya Basil a/k/a Aliya Tasha Basil C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00858 $352,671.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-396 2068 Larue St 191242006 41st wd. 900 Sq. Ft. OPA#411009600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terry Ann Brenson, in Her Capacity as Heir of Beverly Brenson, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Beverly Brenson, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02374 $70,823.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-397 7122 Guyer Ave 191532406 40th wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#404352900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ephene Emmanuel & Yvrose A. Emmanuel C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01684 $63,524.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-398 6134 N Norwood St 19138-2412 17th wd. (formerly 49th wd.) 784 Sq. Ft. OPA#172487500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louise A. Nedd C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 03070 $102,591.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-399 5858 Stockton Rd 59th wd. 1,292.8 Sq. Ft. BRT#591221300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Levaris B. Jones C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03689 $82,967.96 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-400 3226 D St 19134-1704 7th wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft. OPA#073147600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lamar Robinson-King, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir to The Estate of Robert L. Robinson; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Robert L. Robinson, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02870 $29,812.19 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-401 5107 N 15th St 19141-1622 17th wd. (formerly the 49th wd.) 2,550 Sq. Ft. OPA#172041500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith Pearson C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03811 $195,133.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-402 1246 S 21st St 36th wd. Land: 1,110 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,110 Sq. Ft. BRT#361215005 IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-

DENTIAL REAL ESTATE 1246 Real Estate LLC C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 006975 $231,966.09 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-403 5314 Kingsessing Ave 19143 51st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,625 Sq. Ft. BRT#512021900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Elizabeth L. Reaves C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00698 $52,358.15 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-404 255 Shawmont Ave Apartment D 19128 21st wd. Land Area: 0 Sq. Ft. .95% undivided interest of, in and to the common elements; CONDOMINIUM BRT#888210486 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Diana Burton, and Leslie Grant and Cleveland E. Mair C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00809 $160,903.61 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1709-405 5838 Pentridge St 19143 3rd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,230 Sq. Ft. BRT#034065400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robert P. Thomas, Executor of the Estate of Felisa P. Thomas C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 00038 $70,338.59 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-406 2532 S Carroll St a/k/a 2532 Carroll St 19142 40th wd. 1,232 Sq. Ft. OPA#406108400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elvis Judu C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00797 $51,331.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-407 877 Marcella St 19124 35th wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft. OPA#351125700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chakieta D. Browne a/k/a Chakieta Browne C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00466 $94,941.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-408 2651 N Reese St a/k/a 2651 Reese St 19133 19th wd. 854 Sq. Ft. OPA#192233320 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yolicet Grin-Lopez a/k/a Yolicet Grin C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00378 $33,367.57 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-409 116 N Millick St 19139 34th wd. 1,016 Sq. Ft. OPA#341121700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stepan Kunitski and Yaroslava Kunitski C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01539 $78,114.32 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-410 616 Watkins St 19148 1st wd. 644 Sq. Ft. OPA#012127800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL PROPERTY Hear In C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02012 $25,652.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-411A 3408 H St 19134 33rd wd. 1,125 Sq. Ft. OPA#331347000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Antonio Rodriguez C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03532 $76,536.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-411B 3410 H St 19134 33rd wd. 1,125 Sq. Ft. OPA#331347100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Antonio Rodriguez C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03532 $76,536.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-412 232 Regina St 19116 58th wd. 7,137 Sq. Ft. OPA#582304374 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elba Dormoi C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01336 $253,442.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-413 1533 W Butler St 19140 13th wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#131084400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith A. King C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01874 $23,304.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-414 1722 S 4th St 19148 1st wd. 987 Sq. Ft. OPA#011433300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rafeeq Smith C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03535 $158,087.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-415 558 McKinley St 191115756 35th wd. 1,164 Sq. Ft. OPA#353010600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gladys Marie Valle C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01543 $90,764.59 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-416 616 W Olney Ave 61st wd. 242 Sq. Ft. BRT#871582360 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Beatrice L. Roberts C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 04928 $41,308.20 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-417 7047 Souder St 54th wd. 1,398 Sq. Ft. BRT#542325900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Benito Johnson C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02650 $264,485.42 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-418 2230 Hoffnagle St 191522512 56th wd. 2,000 Sq. Ft. OPA#562110700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lorraine Squares C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 00268 $184,381.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-419 3591 Nottingham Ln 19114 66th wd. Land: 5,074 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,260 Sq. Ft.; Total: 6,334 Sq. Ft. OPA#661242800 IMPROVE-

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MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kevin T. Bollard and Shari Bollard C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00395 $210,879.74 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1709-420 323 E Clarkson Ave 42nd wd. 1,583 Sq. Ft. BRT#421237600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ernesto D. Herbert, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ernest T. Herbert a/k/a Ernest Theodore Herbert, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00612 $76, 814.94 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1709-421 5549 Devon St 19138 12th wd. 3,192 Sq. Ft. OPA#122265910 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL Shahidah Ali Muhammad and The United States of America C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01500 $172,800.41 Jill M. Fein, Esquire 1709-422 8107 Lister St 19152-3107 64th wd. 1,025 Sq. Ft. OPA#641093200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary L. Starrs C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 04078 $150,164.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-423 62 N Peach St 19139 44th wd. 870 Sq. Ft. BRT#441185300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE The Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Devisees of the Estate of Elisabelle Lapommeraye C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01578 $62,274.90 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-424 1323 N 76th St 19151-2824 34th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#343300500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melinda Green C.P. March Term, 2003 No. 03420 $89,877.84 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-425 5108-10 E Roosevelt Blvd 19124 35th wd. 6,500 Sq. Ft. BRT#35-1028400; OPA#351028400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Wilton J. Francois also known as Wilton Jean Francois C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02427 $459,148.00 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1709-426 12715 Cabell Rd 19154 58th wd. 1,952 Sq. Ft. OPA#663301200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rose Anne Filshill, a/k/a Rose A. Filshill C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02212 $123,556.58 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-427 3471 Eden St 19114 57th wd. 3,373.5 Sq. Ft. BRT#572163143 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

DWELLING William B. Jenkins a/k/a William Jenkins and June M. Jenkins C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03164 $55,880.38 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esq, Heather Riloff, Esq, Tyler J. Wilk, Esq 1709-428 7220 Shearwater Pl 40th wd. 1,798 Sq. Ft. BRT#406650100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Theresa Paynter, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01890 $126,048.14 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-429 5807 McMahon St 22nd wd. 2,602 Sq. Ft. BRT#591198000 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 3 STY MASONRY Patricia P. Burkhart a/k/a Patricia Burkhart C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 00499 $208,890.73 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-430 225 Catharine St a/k/a Catharine St 19147 3rd wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#02-2-00320-00; PRCL#5S16-68 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Frank Reynolds and Jessica Reynolds a/k/a Jessica Little C.P. January Term, 2009 No. 01746 $1,141,028.70 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-431 113 W Thompson St 18th wd. 242 Sq. Ft. BRT#182159204 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Jose Juan Sanchez C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01312 $56,119.22 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-432 2659 N 17th St 19132 16th wd. (formerly part of the 28th wd.) 889 Sq. Ft. OPA#161161000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Ruby Murray Deceased and Harold Murray Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Ruby Murrary, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02820 $77,405.57 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-433 2922 S 62nd St 19142 40th wd. 1,190 Sq. Ft. OPA#402114000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Qualita Moore C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00717 $80,761.02 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-434 4833 Morris St 19144 13th wd. 2,511 Sq. Ft. OPA#133141600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joe Holmes C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02640 $197,581.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-435 2538 S 75th St 19153 40th wd. 1,865 Sq. Ft. OPA#404155000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Latoya Winkfield C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03400 $140,694.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-436 6012 Catharine St a/k/a

6012 Catherine St 19143 3rd wd. 1,980 Sq. Ft. OPA#033005500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ivra E. Davis C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02803 $68,676.51 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-437 4025 Mitchell St 19128 21st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; Improvements: 2,757,48 Sq. Ft. BRT#212201700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rita Kananavicius C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 00510 $230,904.33 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-438 4911 Woodcrest Ave 19131 52nd wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; Improvements: 1,435 Sq. Ft. BRT#521171100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nikole Shelton, Known Surviving Heir of Arline N. Jordan and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Arline N. Jordan C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01492 $113,982.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-439 210 W Rittenhouse Sq, Unit 1504, The Rittenhouse Condominium 19103 8th wd. RES. CONDO 5䤶 MAS䤶䤶; 1,037 Sq. Ft. BRT#888085151 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Barbara Alamia, as Known Surviving Heir of Heather Jones, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heir of Heather Jones, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00897 $422,103.48 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-440 2542 Webb St 19125 31st wd. 850 Sq. Ft. BRT#312150400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sara L. Schmidt a/k/a Sara Schmidt C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01039 $104,167.56 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-441 1436 W Louden St 19141 13th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,174 Sq. Ft. BRT#132400900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mitchell Smith C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01973 $84,766.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-442 4801-05 N Broad St 19141 MISC DAY CARE MASONRY BRT#882937355 Yolanda Edwards C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01352 $283,373.95 Robert W. Williams, Esquire 1709-443 1824 E Clementine St 25th wd. 1,098 Sq. Ft. BRT#25-2249100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Maria I. Martinez Bonilla a/k/a Marie I. Martinez-Bonilla a/k/a Maria I.M. Bonilla

C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02814 $21,079.53 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-444 1221 Gilham St 19111 53rd wd. 1,222 Sq. Ft. OPA#531170100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alla V. Kheyfets C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01901 $75,909.10 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-445 460 E Church Ln 19144 12th wd. 2,158 Sq. Ft. BRT#122036200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Kevin Scott C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 03144 $234,068.30 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-446 1818 Placid St 19152 56th wd. 3,272 Sq. Ft. BRT#562248200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Sergiy Zuyev a/k/a Sergiy Zuyeva and Lyudmyla Zuyeva C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01804 $135,756.03 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-447 439 S 46th St 46th wd. 3,190 Sq. Ft. BRT#461168100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David A. Kern C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01622 $120,142.43 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1709-448 6912 Woodland Ave 19142 40th wd. 2,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#403290000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shaun Smith C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02671 $60,233.54 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-449 12627 Calpine Rd 19154 66th wd. 2,095 Sq. Ft. BRT#663290200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE James W. Binder and Danielle Binder C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01633 $216,828.69 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-450 103 Fern St 19120 61st wd. 1,188 Sq. Ft. BRT#612212200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeannette Asper Administratrix of the Estate of Arnold E. Asper, Sr. a/k/a Arnold Asper, deceased C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 03197 $67,940.66 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-451 1507 N 57th St 19131 4th wd. 1,088 Sq. Ft. BRT#043278600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Ernest E. Paddy C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02816 $74,367.79 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-452 5829 Pine St 19143 60th wd. 1,558 Sq. Ft. OPA#604176400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under

Magnolia Proctor, deceased, Angelique Proctor, Known Heir of Magnolia Proctor, deceased and Shaunte Proctor, Known Heir of Magnolia Proctor, deceased C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02642 $75,238.11 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-453 1944 E Somerset St 19134 25th wd. 1,018 Sq. Ft. BRT#252017800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Hieu Ngo C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 03392 $64,166.10 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-454 2857 N Franklin St 19133 37th wd. 1,110 Sq. Ft. OPA#372064300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Angel Rivera, deceased and Providencia Rivera, Known Heir of Angel Rivera, deceased C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03063 $25,723.44 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-456 2813 S Franklin St 19148 39th wd. BRT#39-5-2093-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bruce Teal and Tracy Teal $73,366.15, together with interest at the fixed rate of 5.99% per annum ($11.48 per diem) and late charges from June 9, 2015 forward, attorneys’ fees, and collection costs Charles N. Shurr, Jr. Esquire; Kozloff Stoudt 1709-457 4118 W Girard Ave 19104 6th wd. Land: 1785; Improvement: 2,721 Sq. Ft. BRT#062168300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE KDM Properties, LLC C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 002547 $101,317.42 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-458 8626 Fayette St 19150 50th wd. 1,454 Sq. Ft. OPA#502304900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Verdenia Finger a/k/a Verdinia Finger Deceased, Jamie Y. Finger Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Verdenia Finger a/k/a Verdinia Finger Deceased, Tanya G. Finger Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Verdenia Finger a/k/a Verdinia Finger Deceased and Yolanda T. Finger Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Verdenia Finger a/k/a Verdinia Finger Deceased C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01210 $115,341.14 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-459 5344 Baltimore Ave 19143 51st wd. 2,290 Sq. Ft. OPA#511080300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine Bolton Irvin C.P. July Term, 2010 No.

00248 $45,599.40 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-460 3606 Calumet St 19129 38th wd. 1,241 Sq. Ft. OPA#383074700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Florita Howard a/k/a Florita M. Howard C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00285 $68,902.32 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-461 1721 67th Ave 19126-2622 10th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#101243700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lottie Dawson C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02585 $91,808.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-462 5449 Master St a/k/a 5449 W Master St 19131 4th wd. 985 Sq. Ft. OPA#041230400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thad J. Hyman and Minnie R. Hyman C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02559 $82,849.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-463 4523 Marple St 19136 65th wd. 1,117 Sq. Ft. OPA#651110700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna Prendergast and Michael Siemien C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02895 $65,429.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-464 3335 Hartel Ave 191363025 64th wd. 1,094 Sq. Ft. OPA#642266300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen Edward Hall a/k/a Stephen Hall C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02632 $100,877.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-465 3934 Wyalusing Ave 19104 24th wd. 693 Sq. Ft. OPA#243182800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Never Knight C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02411 $56,495.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-466 4453 Sherwood Rd 19131 52nd wd. 1,661 Sq. Ft. OPA#521198500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Antoinette Renee Byrd C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00191 $190,524.07 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1709-467 5536 Hunter St 191313507 4th wd. 1,472 Sq. Ft. OPA#041260900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Karl Wilson, in His Capacity as Heir of John Wilson, Deceased; Denise Allen, in Her Capacity as Heir of John Wilson, Deceased; Kirk Wilson, in His Capacity as Heir of John Wilson, Deceased; Kerry Wilson a/k/a Kerry Cottman, in His Capacity as Heir of John Wilson, Deceased; Kevin Wilson, in His Capacity as Heir of John

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Wilson, Deceased; Donna K. Wilson, in Her Capacity as Heir of John Wilson, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under John Wilson, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00055 $76,146.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-468 4336 Shelmire Ave 41st wd. 1,087 Sq. Ft. BRT#412220800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Jason White C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01188 $142,865.78 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-469 6434 Tulip St 19135-3325 41st wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#411430900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cleola Gould C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 00197 $148,689.84 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-470 4148 Markland St 33rd wd. 990 Sq. Ft. BRT#332494700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Dolores T. Johnson a/k/a Dolores Johnson, Richard Harley C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00454 $79,117.25 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-471 2725 Mercer St 31st wd. 938 Sq. Ft. BRT#312103900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Dolores Steer C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01902 $137,375.69 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-472 6820 N 15th St 10th wd. 1,892 Sq. Ft. BRT#101020500 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2.5 STY MASONRY Allen Johnson C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 01672 $128,623.45 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-473 2347 79th Ave 50th wd. 3,459 Sq. Ft. BRT#501457100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ BAR 2 STY MASONRY Mary R. Ellis a/k/a Mary Roberta Ellis C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00260 $83,581.52 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-474 1529 S 28th St 19146 36th wd. 1,244 Sq. Ft. OPA#364339600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dawn Marie Mitchell C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04265 $88,493.88 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-475 1312 Englewood St 53rd wd. 2,310 Sq. Ft. BRT#532352100 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/D GAR 2 STY MASONRY Kevin Xin Qiu C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02947 $120,807.52 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-476 6049 Washington Ave 46th wd. 2,259 Sq. Ft. BRT#033108300 IMPROVE-

MENTS: S/D W/D GAR 2 STY MASONRY Alyce M. Johnson C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01999 $130,372.95 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-477 5226 N American St 42nd wd. 1,425 Sq. Ft. BRT#422424100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW W/ DET GAR 2 STY MAS Roseline Balthazard C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03303 $29,229.94 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-478 4325 Comly St 55th wd. 5,625 Sq. Ft. BRT#552005900 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/ GAR 2 STY FRAME Franklin J. Sassa, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02215 $80,177.84 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-479 97 E Duval St 59th wd. 1,160 Sq. Ft. BRT#592163100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Juanita J. Cooper C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03177 $134,246.00 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1709-480 5044 Homestead St 41st wd. 1,275 Sq. Ft. BRT#411113600 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Magdalena Dejesus and Ramon Luis Rivera C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02944 $104,499.72 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-481 2823 Kirkbride St 19137-2207 45th wd. (Formerly 47th wd.) 1,380 Sq. Ft. OPA#453129700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dennis Ferguson C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01636 $228,384.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-482 1685 Harrison St 23rd wd. 1,830 Sq. Ft. BRT#232209200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Todd Saunders a/k/a Todd Saunders, Sr. C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01952 $104,955.84 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1709-483 5034 Florence Ave 191433319 51st wd. 1,624 Sq. Ft. OPA#511148900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY 5034 Florence Land Trust C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00937 $163,028.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-484 3232 Cottman Ave 19149 55th wd. 1,591 Sq. Ft. OPA#551512200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Scott Holiday C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02934 $134,403.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-485 6838 Oakley St, First Floor 19111-3915 35th wd. 1,280 Sq. Ft. OPA#353217400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John C. Dougherty, Sr C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03090 $137,534.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1709-486 6738 Blakemore St 19119 22nd wd. 1,395 Sq. Ft. OPA#222240200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole Arnold C.P. February Term, 2003 No. 02256 $46,298.01 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-487 753 S 60th St 19143-2340 3rd wd. (formerly 46th wd.) 1,460 Sq. Ft. OPA#033198500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Essie Coates a/k/a Essie Mae Coates C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02453 $77,051.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-488 6717 Cinnamon Dr 19128 21st wd. 1,920 Sq. Ft. OPA#212473731 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrew C. Stopani a/k/a Andrew Stopani C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01918 $249,359.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-489 2003 Glenview St 191492322 54th wd. 1,224 Sq. Ft. OPA#542024500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kofi T. Kodua C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01372 $107,847.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-490 3360 Hope St 19140 BRT#072025700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Darnel Carrazana C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00490 $51,420.16 Robert W. Williams, Esquire 1709-491 1432 N 56th St 191313801 4th wd. 1,240 Sq. Ft. OPA#043054600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Francis Kilson C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03079 $95,493.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-492 1427 Benner St 19149-3214 54th wd. 1,166 Sq. Ft. OPA#541022300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole Brown C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00007 $99,511.66 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-493 4128 Markland St 191245343 33rd wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft. OPA#332493700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria E. Delvalle a/k/a Maria Delvalle C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00015 $78,162.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-494 7104 N Broad St 191261726 10th wd. 1,496 Sq. Ft. OPA#101005800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ping Cao & Edward Cao C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 03267 $122,960.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1709-495 1218 N Taylor St 191214830 29th wd. 970 Sq. Ft. OPA#291322800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harry Cunningham a/k/a Harry Cunningham, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01375 $89,041.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-496 337 E High St 19144 59th wd. SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY; 1,650 Sq. Ft. BRT#592042400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Patricia A. Honesty, Known Surviving Heirs of William Erastus Honesty, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, William E. Honesty, Known Survivng Heir of William Erastus Honesty, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, Michele Honesty Young, Known Surviving Heirs of William Erastus Honesty, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of William Erastus Honesty, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02041 $125,909.92 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-497 7672 Woodcrest Ave 19151 34th wd. 1,320 Sq. Ft. BRT#343190300/BRT#3466N3-158; OPA#343190300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tara Brown C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01998 $173,018.99 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1709-498 404 W Queen Ln 191444607 12th wd. 1,408 Sq. Ft. OPA#123121800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gwendolyn Williams a/k/a Gwendolyn B. Williams C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00435 $93,510.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-499 1862 E Clementine St 191343150 25th wd. 1,076 Sq. Ft. OPA#252250800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jamie Pearlstein C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 00993 $32,830.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-500 4204 Hellerman St 55th wd. 1,303 Sq. Ft. BRT#552106600 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Jasmine Perez C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01518 $104,514.58 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-501 6035 Charles St 19135-4402 62nd wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#622303200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pablo R. Valle & Elisandra Malave Valle C.P. September Term, 2008 No. 04745 $98,095,35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-502 5326 Grays Ave 191435821 51st wd. 1,026 Sq. Ft. OPA#512111600 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Valerie Ann Nowlin C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00218 $50,862.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-503 1430 Dondill Pl 19122 20th wd. 1,602 Sq. Ft. OPA#202275800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George Fitchett; Cerssena Wilson-Fitchett C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01539 $126,223.61 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1709-504 6626 Hollis St 19138 50th wd. 1,188 Sq. Ft. OPA#102386200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Owen P. Lyons, a/k/a Owen Lyons C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02383 $72,550.36 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1709-505 6353 Reedland St 191422911 40th wd. 1,080 Sq. Ft. OPA#402204500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Aisha M. Ndaloma C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01927 $70,154.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-506 2074 E Atlantic St 19134 45th wd. 958 Sq. Ft. OPA#452133200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael F. Kubrak C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02418 $72,359.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-507 2241 S Carlisle St 191453924 26th wd. 1,008 Sq. Ft. OPA#261115600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Perry Petrongola, in His Capacity as Devisee of Last Will and Testament of the Estate of Emilia M. Framo a/k/a Emilia M. Dolly Framo; Mary Margaret Petrongola, in Her Capacity as Devisee of Last Will and Testament of the Estate of Emilia M. Framo a/k/a Emilia M. Dolly Framo; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Emilia M. Framo a/k/a Emilia M. Dolly Framo, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01739 $153,102.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-508 1912 Reilly Rd 19115 58th wd. 8,400 Sq. Ft. OPA#581091205 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lena Panich C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 05375 $450,693.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-509 2910 S Carlisle St 19145 26th wd. 741 Sq. Ft. OPA#261138800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Danielle Cunningham and Hugh Cunningham

C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02059 $273,902.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-510 319-321 S 3rd St 5th wd. 1,968 Sq. Ft. BRT#051058010 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Lisa Colton a/k/a Lisa G. Colton C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 00357 $753,423.57 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-511 522 Tree St 19148 39th wd. 697 Sq. Ft. OPA#392138200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Bernadette Breen Deceased and Charlene Ann Sabo Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Bernadette Breen Deceased C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 06017 $69,129.76 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-512 8808 Brocklehurst St 19152 57th wd. 3,045 Sq. Ft. OPA#571240600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Larry Bernstein Executor of the Estate of Edythe T. Bernstein and in His Capacity as Heir of Deceased and Randee A. Halvorsen f/k/a Randee A. Bates Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Michael Bernstein Deceased C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 00308 $62,970.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-513 3157 Birch Rd 19154 66th wd. 2,109 Sq. Ft. OPA#663009400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Richard John Crimmey a/k/a Richard Crimmey Deceased and Katherine M. Melnick Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Richard John Crimmey a/k/a Richard Crimmey Deceased C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02540 $150,687.87 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-514 4302 Deerpath Ln 19154 66th wd. (formerly part of the 58th wd.) 2,157 Sq. Ft. OPA# 662446000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harry J. Wexler a/k/a Harry J. Wexler Jr. C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01211 $158,533.98 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-515 344 Emily St 19148 39th wd. 644 Sq. Ft. OPA#392043400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donald C. Rogers and Catherine M. Rogers C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00366 $170,066.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-516 1669 E Hunting Park Ave 19124 33rd wd. 1,275 Sq. Ft. OPA#332089900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jose Antonio Gonzalez C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02527 $94,232.10 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-517 6100 Shisler St 19149

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53rd wd. 2,348 Sq. Ft. OPA#531281200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Mathew C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01648 $110,643.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-518 46 W Seymour St 19144 12th wd. (formerly part of the 13th wd.) 4,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#123049700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brenda Crawford a/k/a Brenda Crawford Kellum and Glenn F. Kellum C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01402 $46,065.89 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-519 6491 Woodbine Ave 19151 34th wd. 25,318 Sq. Ft. OPA#344136400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas C. Stafford C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 03437 $736,684.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-520 7242 Hegerman St 19135 65th wd. (formerly part of the 41st wd.) 1,129 Sq. Ft. OPA#651281000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rebecca H. Odom C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 03143 $98,030.10 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-521 1667 E Hunting Park Ave 19124 33rd wd. 1,275 Sq. Ft. OPA#332089800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ismael Adames C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00929 $110,057.26 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-522 502 Murdoch Rd 19119 9th wd. 6,608 Sq. Ft. OPA#091060400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Amy Craig Martiner a/k/a Amy C. Martiner and William James Martiner a/k/a William J. Martiner C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02858 $192,492.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-523 937 E Durard St 19150 50th wd. 1,720 Sq. Ft. BRT#502425400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Irene E. Hudson C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 00658 $195,156.06 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-524 10931 Templeton Dr 191544235 66th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. BRT#662149500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE William F. Roland C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00207 $62,257.37 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-525 2224 Trenton Ave 19125 31st wd. 1,478 Sq. Ft. OPA#311207500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenneth Bieber Solely in His Capacity as Heir of William J. Bieber, Sr., Deceased, Lois Steindel Solely in His Capacity as

Heir of William J. Bieber Sr., Deceased, Thomas Bieber Solely in His Capacity as Heir of William J. Bieber, Sr., Deceased, William J. Bieber, Jr Solely in His Capacity as Heir of William J. Bieber, Sr., Deceased and Diane Andrews, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of William J. Bieber, Sr. Deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01962 $126,543.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-526 1138 Marlyn Rd 19151 34th wd. 1,232 Sq. Ft. OPA#344287200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wynne M. Wheeler C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00471 $93,638.43 plus interest in the amount of $1,100.58 from 06/02/2017 Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire 1709-527 2001 Hamilton St., Apt 1006 8th wd. 0 Sq. Ft. BRT#888091736 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 5 STY MAS䤶䤶 Michelle J. Masters, Original Mortgagor, Michael M. Masters, Original Mortgagor and Shicheng Wu, Real Owner C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03483 $436,642.07 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-528 4846 N Franklin St 49th wd. 915 Sq. Ft. BRT#491239300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Denise Watson a/k/a Denise M. Poindexter C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02051 $80,969.67 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1709-529 8101 Fayette St 50th wd. 2,242 Sq. Ft. BRT#50-10405-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Brendell F. Brown-Crump, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Delores R. Brown, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00705 $162,868.31 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-530 2807 Aramingo Ave 191344203 25th wd. 1,060 Sq. Ft. OPA#251449800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Teresa Derr C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01693 $80,839.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-531 2002 Castor Ave 191342104 45th wd. 1,175 Sq. Ft. OPA#452199200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sergio Jacobs, in His Capacity as Heir of Theresa Jacobs, Deceased, Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Theresa Jacobs, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 03391 $49,699.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-532 2650 N 27th St 19132 28th wd. 832 Sq. Ft. (land area); 1,144 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) BRT#281076900 Subject

to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Colden Dwight Carroll and Erica Carroll C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 04462 $54,326.71 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1709-533 6405 Dorel St 19142 40th wd. 1,220 Sq. Ft. (land area); 900 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) BRT#406331900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Saleem Fields C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02280 $49,604.53 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1709-534 6309 Glenloch St 19135 41st wd. 942 Sq. Ft. BRT#411210200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Edwin Cruz C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03148 $105,369.19 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1709-535 4550 Tudor St 41st wd. 1,069 Sq. Ft. BRT#412134900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jimmy Jorge Espinoza and Raysa Abreu-Espinoza C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02408 $141,184.83 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1709-536 1902 Nester St 56th wd. 3,335 Sq. Ft. BRT#562281400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Patricia A. Nealis C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 03235 $187,256.06 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1709-537 1631 E Hunting Park Ave 19124-4419 33rd wd. 1,226 Sq. Ft. OPA#332087900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nydia Lopez C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 01876 $92,953.76 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-538 4622 Kendrick St 191362110 65th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#652069600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James R. Kitchen and Kelly A. Kitchen C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00706 $69,329.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-539 4608 Hurley St 19120-4531 42nd wd. 1,024 Sq. Ft. OPA#421437600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeffrey M. Mermelstein a/k/a Jeffrey Mermelstein and Pedro Miangala C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04188 $42,365.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-540 1556 Mohican St 191381124 10th wd. 1,250 Sq. Ft. OPA#102232400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Glen Downing a/k/a Glen E. Downing a/k/a Glenn E. Downing C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01853 $58,389.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1709-541 4214 N 7th St 19140-2514 43rd wd. 1,080 Sq. Ft. OPA#433314200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sandra Matos C.P. September Term, 2004 No. 03453 $51,558.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-542 1114 S Wilton St 191434207 51st wd. 1,470 Sq. Ft. OPA#511211400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Grant L. Palmer C.P. February Term, 2009 No. 02439 $95,175.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-543 1205 Cheltenham Ave a/k/a 1205 E Cheltenham Ave 19124-1031 35th wd. 1,110 Sq. Ft. OPA#352018500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brandi E. White C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02854 $68,072.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-544 2234 S 70th St 19142-1138 40th wd. 1,170 Sq. Ft. OPA#403213000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terrence Williams a/k/a Terrence L. Williams C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03323 $77,951.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-545 10730 E Keswick Rd a/k/a 10730 Keswick Rd 191544101 66th wd. 1,386 Sq. Ft. OPA#662097516 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anabel Guzman C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01863 $155,167.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-546 4648 Shelbourne St 191243833 42nd wd. 1,138 Sq. Ft. OPA#421624900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yoland ReyesFuentas C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02798 $45,479.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-547 5122 Glenloch St 191242105 62nd wd. 864 Sq. Ft. OPA#622413900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louise Annette Nedd a/k/a Louise A. Nedd C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03245 $99,106.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-548 4015 Green St 19104-1759 6th wd. 2,024 Sq. Ft. OPA#061040700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Earl Davis a/k/a Michael E. Davis C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00729 $313,210.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-549 126 E Pleasant St a/k/a 126 Pleasant St 19119-2144 22nd wd. 1,290 Sq. Ft. OPA#222063300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Rachel F. Reser C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02186 $91,519.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-550 7915 Rugby St 50th wd. 1,172 Sq. Ft. BRT#502096900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Chandra Andrews C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02995 $109,458.12 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-551 5922 Walton Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#032175400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donald Smalls C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 03334 $90,347.69 KML Law Group, P.C. 1709-552 7214 Valley Ave 191283220 21st wd. 1,548 Sq. Ft. OPA#214185000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly A. Viola C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02628 $136,057.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-553 3865 Jasper St 19124 45th wd. Land: 1,391 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 980 Sq. Ft.; Total: 2,371 Sq. Ft. OPA#452375100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph D. Kalita C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02968 $26,643.25 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1709-554 4916 N 4th St 19120-3825 42nd wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#422460900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Natosic Kim Walker a/k/a Natosic K. Amaker C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00712 $29,877.28 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-555 2366 77th Ave 19150-1810 50th wd. 1,536 Sq. Ft. OPA#501418600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lafayette Caffie, Jr C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04445 $109,751.26 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-556 5666 Morton St 19144 28th wd. Land: 658 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 980 Sq. Ft.; Total 1,638 Sq. Ft. BRT#122177100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline Farlow C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 03374 $97,070.82 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1709-557 3438 N Mascher 7th wd. On West Side of Mascher Street; Front: 13’6”, Depth: 86’8” OPA#072061500 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Gladys Bermudez and Liza Figueroa C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04551 $57,699.80 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1709-558 2450 N 59th St 19131 52nd

wd. DET 2 STY STONE; 2,072 Sq. Ft. BRT#522260400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING The Estate of Ruth F. Anderson C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 00355 $246,941.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-559 1239 N 54th St 44th wd. 1,536 Sq. Ft. BRT#73 N 12-120; BRT#44-2-3565-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lula P. Butler a/k/a Lulu P. Butler C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02502 $59,020.16 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-560 1641 N 26th St. 29th wd. 918 Sq. Ft. BRT#32-41027-00; PRCL#12 N 11-319 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Macie Widamen, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03511 $37,246.19 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-561 400-16 S 2nd St Unit 416A 19147 5th wd. 668 Sq. Ft. OPA#888030338 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dominic Diventura C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02340 $218,478.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-562 6603 Oakland St 191492230 54th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#541261800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gerald B. Whitters, Jr C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00065 $44,777.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-563 8011 Buist Ave 19153-1105 40th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#405755930 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Van B. Fields C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00699 $154,691.01 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-564 2240 Fitzwater St 30th wd. 1,088 Sq. Ft. BRT#302053900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Leon V. Hawes a/k/a Leon Hawes and Valerie Hawes C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00140 $244,102.30 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1709-565 918 E Schiller St 19134 33rd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,176 Sq. Ft. BRT#331188100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Maria Rosa a/k/a Maria S. Rosa and Thomas Herbert C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02806 $25,892.61 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-566 6833 Sprague St 19119 22nd wd. 1,453 Sq. Ft. - lot - house 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#222231100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Teresa Dean Ellis C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 1348 $6,756.58 plus

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costs and interest Howard A. Taylor, Esquire 1709-567 1916 Poplar St 19130 15th wd. 2,876 Sq. Ft. BRT#881809615 IMPROVEMENTS: MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL 1st Step Trust, a non profit tribal religious entity C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 3189 $391,385.67 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1709-568 109 Fern St 19120 61st wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,188 Sq. Ft. BRT#612211900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jamall Sedale Arttaway a/k/a Jamaal A. Arttaway, Known Surviving Heir of Valerie C. Arttaway, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, Roston R. Arttaway, Known Surviving Heir of Valeria C. Arttawway, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Valerie C. Arttaway, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02459 $47,734.84 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-569 4720 Upland St 19143 27th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,260 Sq. Ft. BRT#273135200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Janie Carter, Known Surviving Heir of Mamie L. Johnson, Ricardo Johnson, Known Surviving Heir of Mamie L. Johnson and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Mamie L. Johnson C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01074 $135,602.54 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-570 5527 Whitby Ave 19143 14th wd. 1,280 Sq. Ft. (land area); 1,444 Sq. Ft. (improvement

area) BRT#513119600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Robert L. Jones & Connie Jones C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03496 $67,058.86 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1709-571 1507 65th Ave 19126 17th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,416 Sq. Ft. BRT#171358200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Doris Jefferson C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02581 $103,495.73 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-572 422 N 64th St 19151 34th wd. 3,125 Sq. Ft. (land area); 1,376 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) BRT#343082800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: S/D CONV APT 2 STY MASON Anthony Redmond and Valerie Redmond a/k/a Valarie Redmond C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00609 $211,973.10 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1709-573 2020 Rowan St 19140 13th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,008 Sq. Ft. BRT#131357800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jeannette A. James C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02655 $45,437.06 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-574 5429 Christian St 19143 46th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. OPA#463129500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Simon Kalen C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01845 $92,732.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-575 3864 Poplar St 19104 24th wd. Row 2 STY MASONRY; 1,356 Sq. Ft. BRT#243196900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL DWELLING Johnnie Williams, Jr., Known Surviving Heir of Alice H. Evans, Eldenor J. Cooper, Known Surviving Heir of Alice H. Evans, Sharen Williams, Known Surviving Heir of Alice H. Evans and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Alice H. Evans C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00196 $70,085.28 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1709-576 2224 N Broad St 19123 16th wd. 1,700 Sq. Ft. BRT#161000700 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01902 $355,936.92 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., and/or Kathryn L. Mason, Esquire 1709-577 3049 N Sydenham St 191322330 11th wd. 1,134 Sq. Ft. OPA#111180000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gia N. Scott C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02300 $34,315.29 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-578 5139 Pulaski Ave 12th wd. On Northeasterly side of Pulaski Avenue; Front: Irregular Depth: Irregular OPA#881061355 IMPROVEMENTS: APARTMENT BUILDING Capital Systems Incorporated C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03870 $256,629.00 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1709-579 2625 S Daggett St 19142-2804 40th wd. 1,128 Sq. Ft. OAP# 406007100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Khalilah Felder C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01369 $80,726.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1709-580 5127 Chestnut St 60th wd. On North Side of Chestnut

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Circus School Under a New Big Top Big plans are in the works for Circus School campus By HughE Dillon Circadium and Philadelphia School of Circus Arts held a ground breaking ceremony for the new Philadelphia School of Circus Arts â&#x20AC;&#x153;circus campusâ&#x20AC;? at the former home of St. Madeleine Sophie Church. Guests experienced the first public walk through of the sanctuary space and learned about the plans for this coming fall. The grand opening festivities in the works for the first weekend in September include a circus parade, a weekend celebration, a ribbon cutting ceremony and other surprises.

1. Kyle Driggs. 2. Lily, Evie and Jean Neglia. 3. Sidney Mandel, Brett Mandel, Jennifer Neglia, Lily Neglia and Evie Neglia. 4. Ilka Cassidy (center) with Ani, Lotti, Annalena and Damian. 5. Shana Kennedy and Mary Kelly, both of Philadelphia School of Circus Arts. 6. Laura Graham and Macey Graham. Photos by HughE Dillon.

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2017 Best of Philly Soirée 15,000 came out to honor this year’s Delaware Valley darlings By HughE Dillon Philadelphia Magazine held their annual Best of Philly Soirée earlier this month at Dilworth Park in the shadow of City Hall. Guests enjoyed food tastings from winners of the monthly magazine’s Best of Philly issue. There was also dancing and lots of photo booths for the guests to enjoy as well.

1. Janice Waitkus, Lagos and Bob Watkins, 2. Matt Dominy, Jennifer Sherloch, Ary Modesto and Gaffney S. Robert. 3. Paul Sharkey, Martha Sharkey, Chestnut Hill Business Association, Chris Magarity, Park Avenue Motor Cars and Pat Brady. 4. Owen Rothstein, Angela Val, Discover PHL, Joe Val and Priscilla Jimenez, Kline Spector. 5. Sandy Smith and Thom Nichols 6. Avante Edmonds and Rhoda Charles. Photos by HughE Dillon. Aug. 20-27, 2017

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Rumph Classic Still a Hit Fewer big names, but plenty of big excitement and great basketball By Jeremy Treatman

ike Morak knows just how difficult the event business is. He is aware of that fact even though his 12th annual “Daniel Rumph Classic,” named for his friend who passed away from heart failure during a pick-up game, is for charity. The Daniel E. Rumph II Foundation raises money to fight Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, for citywide installation of defibrillators in recreation centers, and to raise awareness of HCM in the community. HCM is the leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest. The tournament honors those who have been screened for HCM, and remembers those who have lost their lives to this disease. According to Morak’s website, the Rumph Foundation has been fortunate enough to work with many wonderful people through this event, but the unfortunate part is the impact that HCM continues to have on so many lives. Each year, about 100,000 young athletes die from cardiovascular disorders, including HCM. Of the 100,000 deaths, 45,000 play basketball. This is the reason the Foundation continues to spread awareness of the disease that took the life of Danny. Over the last few years, Morak, the founder and director of the nationally acclaimed and NBA sanctioned event, has had packed houses in various area gyms like Arcadia University and Community College of Philadelphia. Beyond the spectators, former NBAers with Philadelphia ties like Marcus and Markieff Morris, Wayne Ellington, Dion Waiters, and Maalik

(left) DJ Rivera takes a jump shot at the Danny Rumph Classic. (right) Organizers Mike Morak and Marcus Owens. Photos by Sarah J. Glover.

Wayns have performed at the Rumph Classic. Last year’s event had the biggest buzz ever when people heard that NBA MVP James Harden was added to a roster on championship night. This August, though, Morak was hit by a surge of bad luck. The NBA produced a promotional game in Africa that coincided with the Classic. Kyle Lowry, the Morris twins, and many others who had planned to play in the Rumph couldn’t attend. “There were some scheduling conflicts, unfortunately, so the only [current NBAer] to play was Lou Williams,” Morak said. “He had 36 and 43 points in two games. I think he’s one of the best summer pro players around. We were expecting Rondae Hollis Jefferson to play and [76ers star] Joel Embiid to stop by again, but they got involved with the game in Africa. It’s one of those things that happens. It was all good. We still had big crowds, great local games, and local players showcased, and still raised a lot of money, and fan interest was high.” Morak said highlights of this year’s games included Celtics’ coach Jerome Allen, the Morris twins and former 76er Thomas Robinson all showing up to watch. Last year, Embiid, Allen Iverson, and 76ers’ coach Bret Brown made appearances. Morak scheduled all five days of the event, August 1 to 6, at La Salle University. Getting a consistent host site is always a challenge, he said. One of the other highlights included the sight of local workout guru Chuck Ellis playing and leading his team to victory. Ellis’ prowess elicited oohs and ahs from the crowd despite being one of the two oldest players in the competition. “He was a really great coach and player and ambassador for the event this year,” Morak said of Ellis. “He had really good players. Of course, Hakim Warrick and Lou [Williams] played for him, as did a young Division III grad Marcus Thomas, who played as well as anyone.” Morak indicated that Warrick, a long-time NBA player and Friends’ Central graduate has played in all 12 years of the event. Warrick said he would never miss it because the event is what Philadelphia basketball is all about, combined with the fact that he played with Rumph before he collapsed. Former NBAer Flip Murray, a Strawberry Mansion graduate also played. “I just think it’s great that so many people give back,” Morak said. “So many people have made this a national event, a Continued on page 2

Sam Prescott (#7) drives the ball to the hoop at the Rumph Classic. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

CHARLOTTESVILLE EFFECT Violence in Charlottesville, VA caused Eric Dixon, Abington’s star center, to cancel his official trip to Virginia on August 15. Virginia is one of a dozen schools that the star player is considering. “It was really just for safety reasons because of the rioting,” he said. “I will still consider going there. I still think the coaches, players, and school is great. I am just postponing the trip for my personal safety after discussing with my family.” “I’m still keeping an open mind,” said Dixon. “This won’t change my opinion one way or another.” Dixon is also beaming since being named the MVP of this summer’s Chosen League for top area prepsters. “That means a lot,” he said. “I have been playing in it for years. It’s the best of the best of Philly players and its an honor. It’s been a great league for my development.”

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Summer, the time of year a lot of us love to death, is winding down once again. With the impeding changing of the season, musicians are taking their shows indoors and actors, dancers and artists of all stripes are coming out of their summer hibernations and suiting up to entertain us all in the darkening and cooling days ahead. Yeah, we know. You can stay home and watch the crazy unhinged circus that is America socially coming apart at the seams for free. But for the sake of your own sanity, break the spell, turn the TV off and get the hell off Facebook for a few hours every now and then and take in however many of the upcoming fall concerts, shows and events you can. Art & Literature E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Norman J. Ornstein The political columnists and authors of “One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate and the Not-Yet Deported” host a reading 7:30 p.m. Oct 10 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-5674341. Van Jones The CNN commentator and author of “Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-5674341.

Gabrielle Union The actor and author of “We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That are Funny, Complicated and True” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341. Old Masters Now: Celebrating the Johnson Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of European art by the likes of Botticelli, Bosch, Titian, Rembrandt and Monet Nov. 3-Feb. 19, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Dan Rather The longtime broadcaster, journalist and author of “What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341. Comedy/Humor Lewis Black The comedian performs 9 p.m. Oct. 6-7 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-3171000. Wyatt Cenac The comedian seen on “The Daily Show” performs Oct. 13-14 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555. David Sedaris The acclaimed humorist and author performs 8 p.m. Oct. 16 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Nikki Glaser The comedian performs Oct. 19-21 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555.

Michael Ian Black The comedian seen on “The State” performs Oct. 26-28 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001.

Judy Gold The out comedian performs 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027.

Jessica Kirson The out comedian performs 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027.

A John Waters Christmas The out filmmaker and kitsch expert entertains for the holidays 8 p.m. Dec. 6 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100.

Chris Rock The comedian performs 7 and 10 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609317-1000.

Dance BalletX Dance Affiliates and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts present the Philly-based contemporary dance company Oct. 6-7 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-8983900.

John Mulaney The comedian performs 8 p.m. Oct. 16 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Margaret Cho: Fresh Off the Bloat The out comedian performs 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-625-3681. Maria Bamford The comedian seen on “Comedians of Comedy” performs 8 p.m. Nov. 12 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-625-3681.

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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Dance Affiliates and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts present the world-class Chicago-based dance company, which returns to Philly after a 10-year absence, Oct. 20-21 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-8983900. Raphael Xavier: Point of Interest The Dance Affiliates and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts dancer expands the boundaries of hip-hop 2 and 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215898-3900 PAGE 28

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PHILADANCO: H-i-s-t-o-r-y The acclaimed Philadelphia dance company performs a show encompassing the incomparable legacy of African-American choreographers Dec. 15-17 at Perelman Theater, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847. Music Lady Gaga The singer brings her Joanne World Tour Sept. 10-11 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 Broad St.; 215-389-9543 Ms. Lauryn Hill and Nas The hip-hop icons perform 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 609-365-1300. Project Pabst Citywide Festival The daylong festival features The Menzingers, Peaches, Big Thief, Speedy Ortiz and more 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800745-3000. Arcade Fire The rock band performs 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543. Quicksand The alternative-rock band performs 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100.

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Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman The classic prog-rock band performs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Herbie Hancock The award-winning instrumentalist and R&B songwriter performs 8 p.m. Oct. 4 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Rock Allegiance The festival featuring Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Halestorm, In This Moment, Steel Panther and more starts at noon Oct. 7 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 609-365-1300. Kesha The pop singer performs 9 p.m. Oct. 7 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215625-3681. Guns n’ Roses The rock band performs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215389-9543. Bruno Mars The pop/R&B singer performs 8 p.m. Oct. 10 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215389-9543. The Psychedelic Furs The classic alternative/new-wave band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 10 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100. Andrew WK The rock singer performs 8 p.m. Oct. 11 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. Katy Perry The pop singer performs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215389-9543. Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull The Latin singer and the rapper perform 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543.

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Blues Traveler The jam-rock band performs as part of its 30th-anniversary tour 8 p.m. Oct. 13 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

The Breeders The alternative-rock band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-2322100.

Gary Numan The new-wave/rock singer performs 8:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100.

Musiq Soulchild The neo-soul/R&B singer performs 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000.

A Perfect Circle The alternative-rock band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 609-365-1300.

Ministry and Death Grips The industrial-rock band and the alternative hiphop groups perform 8:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-7453000.

Tegan and Sarah The out rock duo performs 9 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow streets; 610-3522887.

Theater & Arts A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum Walnut Street Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim’s classic Tony Award-winning musical Sept. 5-Oct. 22, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions The Mazzy Star singer performs with her solo band 8 p.m. Oct. 18 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215922-1011. Ben Folds The alt-rock pianist and singer-songwriter performs 9 p.m. Oct. 20 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215625-3681.

Periphery and Animals as Leaders The prog-metal bands perform 8 p.m. Nov. 11 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000. Janet Jackson The pop/R&B singer performs 8 p.m. Nov. 13 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-3899543.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel Media Theatre presents the classic American musical Sept. 20-Oct. 22, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100. A Period of Animate Existence Pig Iron Theatre Company presents the world premiere of the commissioned work contemplating a future of ominous environmental predictions and rapid techno-

to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Oct. 18-Nov. 5 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420. The Gap Azuka Theatre Company presents the world premiere of a dark comedy by Philadelphia playwright Rebecca Wright about family secrets, performing and sisterhood, Nov. 1-19, 1700 Sansom St.; 215-563-1100. Phantom of the Opera The classic stage drama comes to Philadelphia as part of a brand-new North American tour Nov. 1-12 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Annie Walnut Street Theatre presents the beloved musical about the charming orphan Nov. 7-Jan. 7, 825 Walnut St.;

Dracula’s Ball The goth-industrial event featuring performances by Lord of Acid, Combichrist and Christian Death, 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Gwar The theatrical horror-comedy-theme rock band performs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888.

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Dru Hill The R&B group performs 8 p.m. Oct. 29 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. Motionless in White The gothic metalcore band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000. Evanescence The hard-rock band performs its biggest hits backed by an orchestra 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow streets; 610352-2887.

Macklemore The Grammy-winning hip-hop artist performs 8 p.m. Nov. 13 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-625-3681. HIM The gothic-rock group performs as part of its farewell tour 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-625-3681. Puddles Pity Party The cabaret crooner in the form of really tall sad clown performs 8 p.m. Nov. 16 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650.

Flogging Molly The punk band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-7453000.

Squeeze The alternative-rock band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 17 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650.

Tori Amos The alternative-rock singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow streets; 610-352-2887.

Thrice and Circa Survive The hard-rock bands perform 6:45 p.m. Nov. 24-25 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-7453000.

logical change Sept. 22-24 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900. Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice The acclaimed film, television and stage actor brings her trademark voice to the American songbook, performing classic songs with her band, interwoven with personal anecdotes in an intimate cabaret setting, Sept. 25 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420. Kinky Boots The Broadway musical with music by Cyndi Lauper about how a drag queen’s sturdy footwear helps save a failing shoe factory, Oct. 3-8 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Wrestling Jerusalem Writer and performer Aaron Davidman’s acclaimed solo show that grapples with the complexities of identity, history and social justice in one American’s journey

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Polly Laurelchild-Hertig: A community in concert at SisterSpace The summer blockbuster “Wonder Woman” opened on a glorious scene of a land populated by a village of magnificent Amazons — a woman-only utopia that was a beacon of peace and female unity. I’m here to tell you such a place exists — well, for three days at least — just a stone’s throw away from Philadelphia. SisterSpace is a women’s festival that takes place the weekend after Labor Day. The three days are chock-full of workshops, music, sports, games, dancing and live performances from top-notch artists. Unlike some other festivals that require you to rough it, SisterSpace has cabins featuring hot showers and soft mattresses or, if you’re feeling a little more rugged, you can bring your own tent. Helping guide the multiple artists to their best performances is stage manager Polly Laurelchild-Hertig, who has volunteered her services as a labor of love for close to 15 years. PGN: Tell me a little about yourself. PLH: I’m from the Midwest, transplanted to Boston with a brief stint in Pennsylvania. We lived in the Pittsburgh area from age 3 to about the second grade. I have fond memories of the Allegheny School System and the Pittsburgh Public Library. They had a wonderful book mobile that came around regularly. Good memories. PGN: Were your parents involved in the arts? PLH: On the surface, no. My dad was a university professor and my mom was a pre-school teacher, but my dad was very musical and played a number of instruments: guitar, banjo and a humorous instrument called a Zingaboom; it was made from a washtub, broom handle and wire strings. He had a lovely voice and used to sing us to sleep at night. PGN: How many siblings? PLH: Just one, an older brother. PGN: I looked at your resume and you have quite the varied career! PLH: Yes, it’s been a long and winding road with no rhyme or reason to it from the outside. I started out as a pre-school teacher, inspired by my mother who was an amazing and wonderful person. At the same time, I’d newly moved to Boston and come out and was looking for community and someone told me to checkout the Boston Women’s Music Collective. This was the early ’70s so everything was a collective. The BWMC was a group of women who put together a monthly newsletter. This was before computers so it was written on a typewriter; if you made a mistake you had to back up and use Wite-Out and wait for it to dry,

then lay it out by hand, copy and staple it and put it in envelopes for mailing. It was very labor-intensive. We did interviews with musicians, we did a calendar of upcoming music events. We started getting musicians asking for help so we started organizing workshops and … not concerts, but musical events. That was my foray into the musical-production world. PGN: Speak a little about the importance of women’s music at the time. It seems like it was really the only place to find lesbian representation before Ellen and the mainstreaming of the community. PLH: It was very important on so many levels. It was during a rapidly growing time for the women’s movement. A lot of women were coming out and finding empowerment in their identity as women loving women and taking labels like “dyke,” which had been used to hurt us, and reclaiming them for ourselves. It was a time of building women’s institutions; in the Boston area alone, we had the Boston Women’s Health Collective, the Women’s Credit Union — where women could borrow money. We had women’s therapy collectives, books stores, three women’s bars, on and on. Women were doing a lot of conscious-raising about intersectionality — on classism and racism, imperialism, environmental trauma and, of course, feminism and lesbianism and oppression against women. Music was a very visible way of bringing women together physically and also a way to educate about the issues that was more palatable than being lectured to. [Laughs] I will say there was a lot of self-righteousness in those days; not that people weren’t right to be angry and infuriated by what was going on, but it could be a bit much. So music was a good way to get the message across to people who weren’t necessarily familiar with the content. It was also incredibly empowering to be in a room full of women and to be told that it was great to be a lesbian, instead of something to be feared or ashamed of. PGN: Powerful. PLH: It was pretty incredible. Later, a group of us from the collective started a secondary group, Allegra Production, to produce concerts in Boston. The concerts were a real organizing nexus. We had tables from different groups inviting people to participate and connect at each event. In towns all over the country, women’s music was bringing women together. I still remember my first women’s concert as if it was yesterday; it was very emotional. I was a young lesbian with a lot of selfdoubt, surrounded by the energy of joy and affirmation pulsating in the room. Not to mention the sheer wonder of finding out there were so many of us!

PGN: I read you have a master’s degree in law and diplomacy. You must be going a little nuts with this current administration. It seems to not know the meaning of the D word. PLH: No, not the meaning of the word or the law. We’re flouting a lot of international laws and they could not be doing more damage if they tried. I think a lot of it is by design from the high-level advisors, who wish to dismantle the existing institutions of government and diplomacy that have protected the environment and civil rights for years. They’re subverting whatever peace we have had and it’s a conscious strategy. The orange-faced fellow doesn’t have a clue other than feeding his ego, but the people around him are very intentional. It’s horrifying. PGN: You were the executive director of the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force, which provided assistance for people fleeing LGBT persecution in other countries. Was there one case that stood out?

have basically been targeted for extermination in their home countries just for being who they are. Women gang-raped, men being beaten and having their homes burned down with their partners inside is typical. It’s heartbreaking and each and every one has a story to tell but I’ll tell you about the first person I dealt with where I heard the story first-hand. Let’s call her Carrie; she was from Uganda and she’d been forced to get married against her will, which happened to a lot of LGBT people, both men and women, especially if the family suspected you might be gay. On the surface she had a good life: nice home, two kids and a very responsible job with an international children’s agency. But her husband was very abusive and her life was a living hell. He discovered that she had a relationship with a woman and beat the holy crap out of her. It’s illegal to be gay in Uganda so she and her partner were arrested. We can thank U.S. evangelical missionaries for that, as they were the ones who went over there when they couldn’t find a big-enough audience for their hate here and spent a lot of time convincing officials there that homosexuality was an American scourge that no African would have indulged in on their own.

PGN: I’ve read about that. There’s one “evangelist” in particular who’s primarily responsible. PLH: Yes, and he’s from Massachusetts but I refuse to say his name. He helped create the “Kill the Gays” bill. So anyway, Carrie and her partner were imprisoned. The guards handed out vegetables to the other women in her cell and said, “This woman is a homosexual, you need to teach her a lesson.” The women had at her and raped her in every orifice to the extent that she had to have multiple surgeries to fix what they did to her. She was also repeatedly raped by Photo: Nora Baroody the male guards, as was PLH: They’re all moving. The people her partner, then beaten who managed to escape are fleeing and starved. To escape, she had to leave unimaginable violence and homophobia. her partner and her children behind and is They have to leave behind everything in agony every day over their welfare, as they’ve ever known: family, friends, even well as constant physical pain. Her partner children and all possessions. If they’re has the kids and she is being hunted by her lucky, they may have a suitcase. If they own family, as well as Carrie’s husband make their way across the globe to the and family and the authorities. If they catch U.S., they receive a very hostile welcome her, they will kill her. And yet, Carrie is kind as they try to put together a new life. and gentle and sweet. It’s hard to fathom The U.S. does not make it easy for asywhat she’s endured lum-seekers, even though most of them PAGE 36

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Patricia Dombrowski (Danielle Macdonald), the title character of the inspired comedy-drama “Patty Cake$,” which opened last week at area theaters, is a wannabe-rapper. The film introduces Killa P, as she likes to be known, in a fantasy sequence in which she is rapping with O-Z (Sahr Ngaujah). But reality comes down hard — and not just because her wake-up call is a bill collector. While Patti Cake$ sings, “My life is fuckin’ awesome,” her life is, in fact, anything but. On the harsh streets of New Jersey, where she lives, Patti’s name is “Dumbo.” Writer/director and lyricist Geremy Jasper has crafted a fabulous underdog story that will appeal to every misfit, outsider and dreamer. And the story, which involves 23-year-old Patti trying to get to O-Z — a rap star who enjoys a (wink, wink) emerald-green cocktail — is obviously a parallel with another motley crew that learns life lessons and self-acceptance by taking a journey that tests them. As the film opens, Patti is not quite living the dream as she goes to her lousy bartending job. It is a sad watering hole where her mother Barbara (Bridget Everett) frequently shows up, drinks too much, sings karaoke and then throws up in the ladies’ room, with Patti holding her hair. Her home life is further soured by having to care for her ailing wheelchair-bound Nana (Cathy Moriarity). Patti’s only friend is Hareesh, aka Jheri (Siddharth Dhananjay), a pharmacist with big rapper dreams. But Patti can really “spit” (rap), proving so in a street battle. She is determined to make it straight out of Jersey. To accomplish her goal, she meets “Basterd, the Antichrist” (Mamoudou Athie), a mostly mute musician who encourages her to “wake up the sheep.” Second, she gets a catering job that starts to pay some decent money. One afternoon, Patti, Basterd, Nana and Jheri all meet up at Basterd’s crib, dubbed “The Gates of Hell” because of its location near a cemetery. They form an act called PBNJ that records a catchy (and hilarious) rap song. The lyrics, like most of what is sung in the film, are fantastic, even for viewers who don’t love rap. The singing and rapping in the film is pitch-perfect and the delivery of music reveals much about the characters. If only the script for “Patti Cake$” was as strong. Jasper seems to be copying the blueprint of films like “Little Miss Sunshine” and hits too many predictable plot points. After every high point, there is an even lower one

to make sure the characters are grounded in reality. Hell, Patti can’t float down the street without a car pulling up behind her to break her out of her spell. But it is the sheer force of Patti in almost every scene that carries the film (and the

character) over this gritty film’s rough spots. When she is laying on her bed after a long night of catering, Patti’s exhaustion is palpable. When she isn’t feeling the beat in a session, her instinct is astute. Patti is such a sympathetic heroine that it is simply impossible not to root for her. This may be most fully realized when Patti meets a character who hears her voice, and might be able to give her a break in life. She is told, “You were not what I was seeing in my mind’s eye,” before being schooled on how to take a snapshot of an artist’s soul. “Patti Cake$” is a snapshot of Killa P’s soul, and that is what makes it so satisfying. The film is very much about believing in oneself and finding the inner strength to fight against the odds. PBNJ may get a CD-release gig at a strip club called “Cheeters,” but they really want their big break to occur at “Rookie Monster,” an amateur rap battle. Regardless of where she performs, anyone who isn’t moved by Patti’s big number in the big finale has a heart of stone. And give Jasper credit for the film’s absolute authenticity. The New Jersey where Patti lives and raps and yearns is full of strip malls and diners. There are references to the Jersey Devil and “Cookie Puss” that will amuse locals. The sadness only makes viewers want Patti to turn “tragic to magic” even more. Macdonald gives a fearless breakout performance. She so fully and vividly inhabits Patti that viewers might be surprised to learn the actress is Australian. As her co-conspirators, Dhananjay and Athie balance the crew with a nice, manic energy and a calm wisdom. Cathy Moriarity also steals all her scenes, getting some of the film’s biggest laughs. “Patti Cake$” certainly lets its freak flag fly, but that’s a good thing. This tough but tender film is a surefire crowd-pleaser. n

Theater & Arts Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 The superhero/sci-fi film is screened 8 p.m. Aug. 28 at The Trocadero Theater, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Other Desert Cities Bucks County Playhouse presents the award-winning play by Pulitzer nominee Jon Robin Baitz about Brooke Wyeth, who is returning to her parents’ Palm Springs home toting an explosive, aboutto-be-published tellall memoir, through Sept. 2, 70 S. Main St., New Hope; 215862-2121. Philadelphia Obon Festival The fifth-annual free event features live music, food, Japanese arts and crafts, a flea market and a traditional bon dance 11 a.m.4 p.m. Aug. 27 at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, Horticultural and Lansdowne drives; 215-878-5097. Ukrainian Folk Festival Enjoy Ukrainian music, homemade Ukrainian foods, baked goods and refreshments for all ages and tastes noon-8 p.m. Aug. 27 at Ukrainian American Sport Center, Lower State Road and County Line Road, Horsham; 267-664-3857. Victory Lap! Dance + Comedy Movement artist and comedian Rebekah Rickards performs a danceinspired sketch with an incredible cast 10 p.m. Aug. 26 at Good Good Comedy

‘AMERICA’S’ SWEETHEART: Transgender comedian and “America’s Got Talent” performer Julia Scotti is keeping busy in the days leading up to the release of her first comedy album “Hello Boys … I’m Back” with a performance 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at The Eagle Theatre, 208 Vine St., Hammonton, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-704-5012 or visit www.juliascotti.com.

Theater, 215. N. 11th St.; 215-3991279. Wicked The Broadway musical based on the popular book set in the land of Oz runs through Aug. 27 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-8931999. Wild: Michael Nichols Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the work of the legendary photographer, artist, technical innovator and ardent advocate for preserving natural habitats through Sept. 17, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Witness: Reality and Imagination in the Prints of Francisco Goya Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works by the artist who witnessed decades of political turmoil and social upheaval as court painter to four successive rulers of

Spain through Sept. 6, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100. The Woodmere Annual: 76th Juried Exhibition An exhibition featuring works in a wide variety of media from regional artists, through Sept. 4 at Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave.; 215-247-0476.

Music Matchbox 20 and Counting Crows The alternativerock bands perform 6:45 p.m. Aug. 26 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 609365-1300. Aretha Franklin The R&B legend performs 8 p.m. Aug. 26 at The Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215546-7900. Tamar Braxton The R&B singer performs 8 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow streets; 610352-2887.

Green Day The punk-rock band performs 7 p.m. Aug. 31 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 609-365-1300. I Love the ’90s: The Party Continues Tour TLC, Naughty By Nature, Montell Jordan, C+C Music Factory and Snap perform 6 p.m. Sept. 1 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 609365-1300.

Nightlife Glitter and Garbage Philly-based singer Shannon Turner performs at the filthy cabaret show 8 p.m. Aug. 25 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-5920656. Never Gonna Give You Up ’80s Dance Party DJ Robert Drake spins at this nostalgic party 8-11 p.m. Aug. 26 at Summit Presbyterian Church, 6757 Greene St.; 215438-2825.

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Guide to the Gayborhood

The Philadelphia Gayborhood is roughly centered at Locust and Camac streets. Look for the rainbow street signs at intersections and remember to be aware of your surroundings wherever you go. Boxers

Drag Your A** To Brunch! Brittany Lynn and The Philly Drag Mafia try their best to make you spit out your mimosas 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Aug. 27 at Bourbon & Branch, 705 N. Second St.; 215-238-0660. Sunday Tea — Summer’s Last Dance The party for LGBT folks is back for one last summer go-round 5-9:30 p.m. Aug. 27 at Positano Coast, 212 Walnut St., second floor; 215-238-0499. BiSpace: Ice Cream Social A safe place for bisexuals and allies to meet, vent, network and learn 7-10 p.m. Aug. 31 at William Way

Jerry Seinfeld The comedian performs 8 p.m. Aug. 25-26 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Donny and Marie Osmond The pop singers and TV stars perform 9 p.m. Aug. 25 at Caesar’s Atlantic City, 2100 Pacific Ave.; 609-348-4411. Smokey Robinson The classic R&B singer and songwriter performs 8 p.m. Aug. 25 at The Tropicana, 2831 Boardwalk, 800843-8767.

Kinsey Sicks The comedy “dragapella” group performs 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-5961027. Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals The eclectic blues/soul/rock band performs 9 p.m. Aug. 26 at Caesar’s Atlantic City, 2100 Pacific Ave.; 609-3484411.

Gabriel Iglesias The comedian performs 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-3171000. n

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206 S Quince St. 215.627.1662 Old-school men’s bar; pool tables, big-screen sports action; basement has enforced dress code

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Beth Malone The actor seen in “Fun Home” performs 7:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-5961027.

Monterey Pop The documentary about the music festival that epitomized the Summer of Love — featuring performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane and more — is screened to commemorate the concert’s 50th anniversary 2 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228.

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The Bike Stop

200 S. 12th St. 215.964.9675 tabuphilly.com Sports bar with light fare and shows upstairs

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Julia Scotti The out comedian seen on “America’s Got Talent” performs 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at The Eagle Theatre, 208 Vine St., Hammonton, N.J.; 609-7045012.

202 S. 13th St. 215.545.1893 woodysbar.com Includes attached Walnut Street bars Rosewood and GloBar

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LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215732-2220.

Tabu

Woody’s

1316 Walnut St. 215.546.8888 Festively lit women-owned bar complete with a “beer” pong table

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Sports Drag Party The Philly Falcons present the athleticthemed drag show hosted by Connor Michalchuk 9 p.m.midnight Aug. 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

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THE NOTORIOUS ’90s: The “I Love the 90’s: The Party Continues Tour” is back on the road this summer, with R&B, pop and hip-hop stars from back in the day including TLC, Naughty By Nature, Montell Jordan, C+C Music Factory, Mark McGrath and Snap performing their biggest hits 6 p.m. Sept. 1 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-3651300.

1330 Walnut St. facebook.com/ boxersphl Sports bar with a dozen huge TVs, pool table, brick pizza oven, sports teams specials

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William Way LGBT Community Writer’s Block Rehab Center 1342 Cypress St. 267.603.6960 A cozy, comfortable bar and lounge perfect for escaping the norm

1315 Spruce St. 215.732.2220 waygay.org A resource for all things LGBT

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1705 Chancellor St. 215.732.2700 stirphilly.com Fun two-bar lounge, DJ in the back, regular poker games and specials

The Attic Youth Center

255 S. 16th St. 215.545.4331 atticyouthcenter.org Safe space and programs for LGBTs age 16-23 weekday afternoons and evenings

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U Bar

ICandy

1221 St. James St. 215.735.5772 voyeurnightclub.com After-hours private club; membership required

1220 Locust St. 215.546.6660 Relaxing corner bar, easy-going crowd, popular for happy hour and window watching

225 S. 12th St. 215.925.1166 knockphilly.com Fine-dining restaurant and bar, outdoor seating (weather permitting), piano in back room

254 S. 12th St. 267.324.3500 clubicandy.com Three floors with a total of six bars; dance floor, lounge and rootop deck.

Tavern on Camac 255 S. Camac St. 215.545.8731 Piano lounge with upstairs dance floor; Tavern restaurant below is open late.

Pa. bars close at 2 a.m. unless they have a private-club license. Please drink responsibly.

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PORTRAIT from page 31

and continues to deal with: fear for her children and partner on top of trying to navigate the extremely difficult and stressful legal and financial landscape of being an asylum-seeker in America. Asylum is enshrined in Article 14 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the U.S. is a signatory on that treaty so we have a moral and legal obligation, but Congress has made it very difficult. A huge number of people like Carrie are rejected and sent back to their countries, which is pretty much a death sentence for LGBT folks. And now it’s even worse; people who’ve managed to escape can’t even get it. They’ve overcome terrible odds just to be turned away. PGN: Horrific. Let’s turn to something brighter: How did you get involved with SisterSpace? PLH: Back in the day, there was a woman named Emily who was involved with Allegra. She moved to Philadelphia to study medicine and got involved with SisterSpace. In the early 2000s, they were in dire need of a stage manager and she suggested me. After some conversation — because who were these people? — I said OK and have been hooked ever since. I also run the stage at the Phreak N’ Queer Arts and Music Festival in Philly. I was really impressed by what I found at SisterSpace. Boston is still not a racially integrated city in the way you’d like. But at SisterSpace, there were women of color involved at every level, from the top to the bottom of the organizational structure. It was something unique in my experience for it to be so organically multicultural and diverse in age and all sorts of ways. I was blown away by the spirit and thoughtfulness that had gone into everything. I’ve been to MitchFest and other larger festivals, but SisterSpace is unique. PGN: I agree, I found a much better vibe at SisterSpace than at any other festival. PLH: And as I get older, I also appreciate the cabins with electricity and Tempur-Pedic beds, hot meals and flush toilets! PGN: Don’t forget a heated swimming pool (clothing-optional), arts and crafts, a nightly bonfire, music, movies. I could go on! PLH: Yes, but in the end, I don’t go there for the amenities. I go down there because of the care that goes into the event. We have a tremendous time running the stage and working with the performers, presenting live music to an audience of women, which I think is something that we still need. PGN: Who are some of the performers this year? PLH: Women’s music icon Holly Near will be performing. The fabulous singer-songwriter from D.C., Be Steadwell, and Heather Mae will be debuting her new song, “I am Enough,” an ode to body-positivity. There’s also Fierce, a five-piece, all-girl band based out of Lancaster, and Philadelphia’s own Ashley Phillips. There’s also going to be spoken-word with poet Sha’lfa Mami Watu and laughs with comediennes Kia McCall-

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Barnes and Philly’s Di Hargrove. We also have three DJs for the nightly parties. PGN: And a few performers I’m very familiar with: the amazing singer Keisha Slaughter, radio host Debra D’Alessandro and performance artist Pandora Scooter, who have all been featured in this column! OK, impossible question: favorite act or memorable moment at SisterSpace? PLH: Oh my, there are so many memorable moments I wouldn’t know where to begin. I love seeing the variety and the creativity and energy and the beauty that women bring to the stage. OK, here’s one: I’m not normally a hip-hop fan, but we brought a group called Kin 4 Life and they blew me away. I became a hip-hop fan because of them. Well, women’s hip-hop with a positive message. It’s always a thrill to see someone new and talented that you never heard of before. PGN: I heard that there was one new talent that you helped launch in Boston … PLH: Oh my goodness. Well, yes. Susan Wilson was a writer from the Boston Globe and she heard a young woman singing at a café in Harvard Square. She called me to say, “You need to go hear her.” At the time, we had a lot of shows going on and I was really busy so I sent my co-producer to check her out. She came back and said, “Yup. She’s good. You should do something with her.” Our entire concert year was already booked but I had a concert coming up at the Strand Theatre with headliner Linda Tillery. Casselberry-Dupree was the opening act so I booked the kid as the opening act for the opening act! She came out on stage and just did two songs. She didn’t say one word; she came out on stage, did her first song and the hairs went up on the back of my neck. I knew at that moment that she was going to be something big. She was so shy, she didn’t say a word except “Thank you,” but she had a huge smile that lit up the stage. The place went crazy for her. A little while later, I was traveling in Portugal and I heard them play her song on the radio, “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman. She blew up quickly. PGN: Wow! What three people would be in your dream rock band? PLH: Joan Jett, she deserves star billing in any rock band. Aretha Franklin, and Terri Lyne Carrington as the drummer. PGN: So why should people come to the festival? PLH: Women’s space is really endangered. Festivals like this are hard to keep going; it’s not going to just be there by magic, people need to show up. And they’re so much fun, so much fun. It’s a chance to recharge your batteries in a unique way. And there’s something for everyone! n SisterSpace Weekend takes place Sept. 8-10 at Camp Ramblewood, 2564 Silver Road in Darlington, Md. For more information, visit http://www.sisterspace.org. To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.

Q Puzzle In the Nick of Time Across

1. Haul ass 5. Chocolate factory vessels 9. School of Marcel Duchamp 13. Poet Broumas 14. Bygone pump name 15. Word after “penis” 16. Closet opening 17. Cover for Adam’s privates 18. It goes before one’s time 19. Nick’s brother who just came out on Twitter 22. Doug Mattis, for one 23. Touched a vampire’s heart, like Buffy 27. Say “there, there” to 30. Egypt and Syr., once 31. Nice buns, for example 35. Prefix

with political 36. Woodcarver’s tool 37. Nick’s vocal group 40. You might see a polar bear there 41. Lube brand 42. Hoped for responses to come-ons 43. TV character from beyond Uranus 44. Gene Robinson’s office 46. Hoofing it 48. Queer one, to straights 53. Kids’ TV network where 19-Across made many guest appearances 56. Collette of _The Hours_ 59. “I Could ___ Danced All Night” 60. Nathan of “Modern Family” 61. Spread it on your muffin 62. It’s taken

over in a coup 63. Forbidden fruit site 64. Part of a hard head 65. Bear necessities 66. Like Easter eggs

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1. Bubbly drinks 2. Dracula accessory 3. Socrates’ market 4. Ouija alternative 5. “Zipperless zipper” 6. Cruising 7. Russian ruler of old 8. One dance style of Gregory Hines 9. Messing of the “Will & Grace” reboot 10. Singer DiFranco 11. Burned item 12. “Yes” in the navy 20. Homes for Nigel Finch and Hart Crane? 21. Sorbonne summer 24. Praise for Lammies, e.g. 25. “Straight

Outta Compton” rapper 26. Get decent 28. Shrek and others 29. Saw things 31. BBC sitcom 32. Late NASA astronaut Ride 33. Poohpooh 34. Just make, with “out” 36. “Guys and Dolls” co-creator Burrows 38. Imitated Samantha 39. Universal donor 44. “Unhappy” rapper Big

___ 45. Little hooters 47. Optional item between meat and bun 49. Sat on one’s bottom 50. Willing and able partner 51. Gift recipient 52. Erect 54. Funny lady Clinton 55. Wolfson of Freedom to Marry 56. Lover that you can’t get over 57. Arena cry, to Lorca 58. Name divider

DINING PGN OUT

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Southgate serves up sensory overload Food and Drink By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com East comingles with West at Southgate, a modern and cozy bar and restaurant in the Graduate Hospital/ Rittenhouse area that serves up a mix of Korean culinary staples and comfort dishes. If you are looking for traditional bar food, Southgate offers solid selections like the Bulgogi burger ($15) and “KFC” (Korean fried chicken, $12), the latter of which can be twice- or triple-fried, giving it impossibly crispy skin while keeping the meat tender and juicy. You can have your wings either soyglazed or spicy with gochujang. But the real excitement at Southgate is in its Korean dishes. The octopus confit ($15) has the perfect balance of hot and cool and sweet and spicy. The octopus has the perfect char, with a spicy dressing and juicy chucks of watermelon garnishing the dish. The smoked pork belly ssam ($11) is a lettuce-wrap dish that immediately starts hitting all your pressure points before it hits the table. The aroma is intoxicating with the promise of prime-seasoned pork. Once wrapped

in the gem lettuce and topped with the ginger scallion sauce, the dish becomes a vibrant classic. Southgate has an excellent banchan menu: spicy small dishes meant to add some color and flavor to rice dishes. The kim chi ($3) is the most traditional, but there are more adventurous offerings like the spicy melon ($3) and broccoli rabe with anchovy ($3). You absolutely, positively, without a doubt have to try Southgate’s bimbimbap ($12-$17), a Korean rice bowl available with vegetables, tofu or beef. You also have the option of the dolsot bimbimbap, which is served up in a hot stone pot. The is the best and most traditional way to enjoy the dish, as it is brought to the table still sizzling and radiating spicy heat. The rice on the bottom gets crispy and caramelized, the vegetables are steamy and crisp and when you break the yolk on the fried egg on top, it flows through and coats the rice, beef and gochujang as it cooks from the heat. Southgate is bringing some much-needed heat, both literally and figuratively, to the culinary scene in Philly. If you are looking for something exotic yet familiar, make sure you enter Southgate. n

If you go Southgate

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1801 Lombard St. 215-560-8443 www.southgatephilly.com Tues.-Thur.: 5-11 p.m. Fri.-Sat.: 5 p.m.-midnight Sun.: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.