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Center City gay bashers to stand trial

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

QUOTA OF QUEENS: Local drag queens readied to smash a world record Dec. 12 at “Night of 100 Qweens.” More than 80 queens performed at the Trocadero Theatre, upending the record for most drag queens to perform on one stage, which previously stood at 55. Peformers, who hailed from around the region, each carried a number across stage, demonstrating the size of the cast. The information is now being processed by Guinness World Records for inclusion. Proceeds from the event, hosted by Brittany Lynn, were donated to Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance and Out Philadelphia Athletic League. Photo: Scott A. Drake

A judge this week upheld all charges against three people accused of physically and verbally attacking a gay couple in Center City this fall.

After nearly three hours of testimony Tuesday morning, including from one of the victims, Judge Charles Hayden ordered a trial for Kathryn Knott and Philip Williams, 24, and Kevin Harrigan, 26, who face aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and criminal-conspiracy charges. Attorneys for all three requested the aggravated assault and conspiracy charges be dropped, but Hayden said he was “satisfied” with Assistant District

Attorney Michael Barry’s case, and held all charges for trial.

The three defendants, free on bail since shortly after their Sept.

24 arrest, will be arraigned 11 a.m. Jan. 6 in Room 1104 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. They are accused of assaulting Zachary Hesse and Andrew Haught Sept. 11 at 16th and Chancellor streets, an incident that drew international headlines and motivated the city’s new LGBT-inclusive hate-crimes law.

However, they can’t be charged under the law since it was enacted after the incident.

Hesse, 28, testified for about an hour Tuesday. He said he and Haught, who have been a couple for more than six years, got fro-

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Trans Temple student files federal complaint

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com A local university has come under federal investigation after a trans-identified student filed a complaint alleging the school created a hostile environment, among other things, in the wake of her on-campus sexual assault.

Harmony Rodriguez has filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights against Temple University, alleging that Temple permitted a hostile environment to exist by failing to address multiple incidents of sexual harassment, including harassment based on her gender-nonconformance. She also contends Temple retaliated against her by threatening to remove her from a university student group because of her

reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment.

The OCR confirmed in a Nov. 19 letter to Rodriguez that they would investigate her allegations.

Rodriguez also alleged that Temple failed to promptly and equitably respond to her report of sexual assault. OCR is already investigating the same allegation against Temple under a different case that includes the time period during which Rodriguez asserts she reported her assault.

Therefore, Rodriguez’s case with the OCR will not include this allegation.

OCR has jurisdiction over this matter under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as retaliation, by a recipient of the departPAGE 2

zen yogurt around 10:30 p.m. the night in question and were heading to get a piece of pizza. They were walking east on Chancellor Street, about a foot apart from one another, and came upon about a dozen people heading north on 16th Street. Hesse said he and Haught were about 4 feet away from the group when Harrigan, unprovoked, said, “Is that your fucking boyfriend?” Hesse said he replied, “Yes, he’s my fucking boyfriend. Do you have a problem with that?”

Hesse identified Harrigan in the courtroom.

“He said it looking right at me.

He said it like it was a joke, to poke fun,” Hesse said, adding that Harrigan continued, “So you’re a dirty, fuckPAGE 9

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CHEVY CRUISE: Santa Claus and his helpers cruised into town in the bed of a ’69 Chevy Dec. 13 outside Philly AIDS Thrift.

The annual holiday gathering featured photos with the big guy in red and his assistants, as well as a book sale at the store, which donates its proceeds to HIV/AIDS causes. PAT announced this week that it is launching a new grantmaking program for HIV/AIDS organizations. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Philly AIDS Thrift announced this week that it is launching a formalized grant program, the first time for such an undertaking in its nearly 10-year history.

PAT, which donates its proceeds to HIV/AIDS causes through grantmaking agency AIDS Fund, will disperse up to $100,000 to organizations throughout the region that offer direct services for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Previously, PAT distributed funding to such organizations through its monthly donation to AIDS Fund. PAT will continue its monthly $20,000 donation to AIDS Fund, said PAT co-founder and co-owner Tom Brennan.

Brennan said store organizers considered undertaking their own grantmaking program when they opened in 2005, but weren’t in the position at the time to do so.

“It is a lot of work to give money away; we learned that when we first opened nine years ago and we decided where to send our first check,” he said. “Which is where [AIDS Fund executive director] Robb Reichard and AIDS Fund stepped in and gave us the perfect solution — they would take whatever we sent them and divide it equally among all their recipient agencies. We were just too busy keeping the lights on and making the store happen to devise a good system of our own for giving away what we made. So now we PAGE 19

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News Briefing Former Mazzoni CFO waives arraignment The former finance head of Mazzoni Center last month waived his arraignment on dozens of charges connected to a series of DUI incidents.

Nicholas Chaban will next be in court for a pre-trial conference Jan. 26.

Chaban was arrested five times for DUI and drug charges from DecemberSeptember; bail was granted in each case but revoked in September. He has since been in Montgomery County Correctional Facility. Several new DUI-related charges were added to the case last month.

Chaban was employed by the LGBT health facility in some capacity for nearly 20 years and was dismissed by Mazzoni Center in September.

The agency has since hired Racquel Assaye as its CFO. Assaye worked in the organization’s finance department since October 2009 and has more than 20 years of accounting experience.

— Jen Colletta

HIV-bias suit continues The plaintiff suing a Lancaster County TEMPLE from page 1

ment’s federal financial assistance.

Temple spokesperson Brandon Lausch said, “Temple University fully cooperates in any OCR investigation.”

According to the complaint, on Aug. 24, 2013, during her first semester at Temple, Rodriguez went to Maxi’s Pizza, Subs & Bar to celebrate becoming a Temple student. After a few drinks, she says a student approached her, they chatted and he invited her back to his room. Rodriguez then bought herself another drink, and then the male bought her a drink. She admits she was drunk at this point, and that the male again asked her to come to his room.

Rodriguez says she told him she was transgender and he acted surprised, but said it didn’t matter. She then suggested he come back to her room at Temple Towers, where they managed to sign the male in as a guest without the officer noticing that Rodriguez was drunk.

When they got inside Rodriguez’s apartment, they went into her living room where, Rodriguez alleges, the male took off his shirt and jeans and forced her to perform oral sex on him, and later forced her to engage in anal intercourse. After he finished, Rodriguez says she remembered he said something about AIDS, then she

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medical practice for dismissing him and his family upon learning his HIV-positive status is requesting anonymity in the case.

The motion was submitted Dec. 2 by Ronda Goldfein, co-counsel at AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, on behalf of her client, who has been identified in court papers as “Husband Jones.” The filing states that Jones is requesting pseudonyms for himself, his wife and his daughter in order to protect his daughter’s identity.

The motion stated that Jones fears that widespread knowledge of his HIV status might lead to further stigma and discrimination against his daughter. Further, the motion states that the Joneses would not be likely to pursue this litigation individually and on behalf of their daughter unless they are permitted to proceed under pseudonym.

The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has granted pseudonyms to HIVpositive plaintiffs in the past, recognizing that such plaintiffs “are in a highly sensitive position and therefore should be allowed to proceed anonymously,” according to Roe v.

City of New York.

ceeding has been postponed until early next year, due to scheduling conflicts.

In a related matter, Sargent recently sent a letter to the court, according to court records. But Lerner said he hadn’t yet received the letter, and didn’t know its contents.

According to a statement Sargent allegedly gave to police, he admitted inviting Williams to his Strawberry Mansion residence during the early-morning hours of July 14, 2013.

Sargent claims he stabbed Williams in self-defense, after she demanded a pre-arranged payment of $40 for having sex with him — which he says he refused to pay since she had male genitalia.

Sargent, 45, is charged with murder, abuse of corpse and possessing an instrument of crime. He remains incarcerated at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.

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A pre-trial status conference in the homicide case of transwoman Diamond Williams has been postponed until next year, the presiding judge said this week.

Charles N. Sargent stands accused of stabbing to death Williams, then dismembering her body in July 2013.

A pre-trial status conference in the case was slated for Dec. 18. But Common Pleas Judge Benjamin Lerner told PGN the pro-

A settlement conference has been scheduled in the case of Patricia Evasew, who claims her son’s molestation by his Scoutmaster contributed to his suicide.

Earlier this year, Evasew filed suit against Charles “Chris” Morris and the Boy Scouts of America Chester County Council in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.

Evasew claims Morris, a former Scoutmaster, repeatedly molested her son, Thomas, while he was a teenager in the 1980s. In February 2012, Thomas, 38, shot and killed himself in the parking lot of a building where his Boy Scouts troop met.

Morris, of Paoli, couldn’t be reached for

blacked out. When she woke up, she says, the male was masturbating on the floor and proceeded to leave semen on her shirt.

Rodriguez escorted her assailant downstairs to sign him out per Temple policy, but she says the security officer noticed she was drunk because she was unable to say her last name. The officer, who according to Rodriguez works for a private security firm, was speaking with the male when Rodriguez bumped into a resident assistant, and she fell back and was unable to get up, prompting the RA to alert other RAs and Temple University Police.

“When the officer arrived, the security, RAs and the cops let my assailant leave and he ran out of the building,” Rodriguez said. “Nobody asked about [him] at all that night.”

She was then taken to Hahnemann University Hospital for alcohol-intoxication treatment. According to Rodriguez, a rape kit was not performed and no one asked if she wanted one.

The next day, Rodriguez began to remember more from the night of her assault, including that the male mentioned AIDS. At that point, she asked her own doctor at Mazzoni Center for help, out of fear she had contracted the virus. Rodriguez said she was prescribed Truvada post-exposure

prophylaxis as a precaution.

On Sept. 3, Rodriguez was cited with a violation of the student conduct code for underage consumption of alcohol by Kerby Vincent, the coordinator for student conduct and coordinator of residential life, to whom she reported the rape the next day.

That was the same day she also attended her student conduct hearing, over which he presided. Rodriguez says Vincent told her, “RAs aren’t trained to handle [rape allegations].”

A Temple University police officer was sent to Rodriguez’s dorm Sept. 6 when, after she retold the account, she says, she “shut down” and did not press charges that day. Rodriguez met with Shondrika Merritt, the assistant director of residential life for student behavior, Sept. 11 to tell her what had transpired. From there, Rodriguez says details from the rape report she gave them were passed to Nu’Rodney Prad, assistant director of residential life, who, on Sept.

12, approved the disciplinary action, which included a $250 fine, an online and in-person alcohol class and probation, determined in her conduct hearing and the rape report, according to Rodriguez.

Rodriguez contends that Temple should have tried to identify the assailant instead of punish her for an alcohol violation.

Williams court date delayed

Settlement conference set in Scouts case

comment.

In court papers, Morris acknowledged being a Scout leader for BSA Troop 67 of the Chester County Council between January 1987 and December 1992.

But he denied molesting Thomas or contributing to his death in any way.

The settlement conference is set for 9 a.m. June 1, 2015, in Courtroom 246 of City Hall, with Common Pleas Judge Mark I. Bernstein presiding.

Evasew is seeking more than $50,000 in damages, according to court records.

Judge assigned in cop case On Dec. 10, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Linda A. Carpenter was assigned to rule on the city’s request to dismiss the case of N. Melville Jones.

Jones is an openly gay Philadelphia police officer who alleges pervasive antiLGBT workplace bias. Jones filed suit against the city last year, alleging extensive harassment and discrimination due to his sexual orientation.

He also claims that a supervisor outed him throughout the police department after seeing him leave a gay bar in Washington, D.C. But the city claims Jones’ lawsuit is meritless, and wants it dismissed.

At presstime, Carpenter hadn’t ruled on the city’s request.

Efforts to settle the case have been unavailing and, if Jones’ complaint isn’t dismissed, a non-jury trial is expected in September 2015, according to court records. n — Timothy Cwiek Later that month, The Temple News published an article titled, “After drinking crackdown, CSS links alcohol with sex crimes,” in which Rodriguez’s incident was mentioned and, according to her, created an atmosphere of bias. “I felt like school officials were blaming alcohol consumption by victims as the reason for the rapes. I had a mental breakdown.”

“Kerby Vincent told The Temple News the explicit details of my rape, beyond what is legally required of her, without my knowledge or permission,” Rodriguez said in her complaint. “The op-ed pieces that were published over the next few weeks contained more details than I think would be possible if they had not gotten them from administrators. It was excruciating to have people focus on drinking as a cause of rape rather than rapists.”

Rodriguez said she felt suicidal after reading the initial article, and after telling an RA this, voluntarily admitted herself to Temple University Episcopal Hospital’s Crisis Response Center. The next day, she says, she was transferred to Friends Hospital in Northeast Philadelphia. Rodriguez said her medical records from the Friends visit indicate recent sexual trauma. n This story will be continued next week.

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Hillary Lassoff may be young, but she’s already making a name for herself.

10 ELVES AT WORK: FACT Bucks County staged a sold-out holiday-themed bingo event Dec. 10 that raised more than $12,000 for the HIV/AIDS agency’s work. In addition to the games, the event featured a 50-50 raffle, drawn on stage by volunteer “elves” (pictured), an ugly-sweater competition and turkey dinner provided by The Raven. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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“Things got kind of messy. There was screaming, cursing.

There were six or eight people surrounding me. I was trying to swing back, but I don’t know if it connected with anyone.

I was terrified.” ~ Zachary Hesse, gay-bashing hearing testimony, page 9

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Local Pride org. protests policy of international group

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON: Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus member Reese Revak tickled the ivories during LGBT Night Dec. 11 at The Nutcracker Market. The second-annual, four-day market featured more than 75 artisans and merchants across three levels at The Kimmel Center. As guests perused the exhibitors, PGMC performed, Pennsylvania Ballet members were available for a meet and greet and visitors dined on Jose Garces fare. The PA Ballet is staging “The Nutcracker” through the end of the month at The Kimmel. Photo: Scott A. Drake

The Philadelphia Gay News staff wishes everyone a great holiday season!

The organizers of the local LGBT Pride festival convened last week to address what they say is discriminatory language in the bylaws of its parent organization.

Coordinators for Philly Pride Presents met before the group’s general membership meeting Dec. 10 to remediate a policy they contend discriminates against trans people in the bylaws of InterPride, the International Association of LGBT Pride Coordinators.

InterPride bylaws provide for six executive-committee positions on its board: one “male-identified” and one “female-identified” president, and two male and two female vice presidents.

A motion to include a “trans-identified” executive position was defeated at InterPride’s general membership meeting this fall.

“It is a two-year process to change the bylaws,” explained Philly Pride Presents senior advisor Chuck Volz. “The motion passed the first year with 57 percent of the vote, but the second year required a super majority to pass it, 67 percent, and it only got 63 percent.”

Last week, Philly Pride adopted a res-

olution, which Volz dubbed the “Trans Need-Not-Apply Resolution,” calling for the policy to be revised. The organization will withhold payment of 2015 dues and future annual dues to InterPride until at least one of three stipulations is satisfied: A “trans-identified” executive position is approved for inclusion in InterPride bylaws; all sex-identified executive positions are removed from InterPride bylaws; or other remedial action is taken to resolve the matter.

Philly Pride is the first LGBT organization to formally protest the language.

“I think male- and female-identified roles are something of the past,” said Volz.

“None of us like the whole alphabet-soup thing, you know, but this trans-inclusive motion had momentum but failed because it’s cumbersome to change the bylaws.”

Volz said the dues-withholding protest is the only chance Philly Pride has of effecting the desired changes. Next year’s Inter Pride meeting will be held in Las Vegas, and the year after that in France — events Volz says Philly Pride will not be able to afford to attend.

“You have to attend the meetings in order to vote. There is no absentee vote,” he said.

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Cops who allegedly abused gay man didn’t have LGBT training

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Philadelphia police officers Michael Gentile and Robert Tavarez, who allegedly mistreated a gay man, never received any LGBT-sensitivity training prior to the incident, according to a recent legal filing.

Luis A. Berrios 3d says the officers falsely arrested him in December 2010, after a neighbor summoned police to help calm a domestic dispute involving Berrios and his then-boyfriend.

Gentile is a seven-year veteran of the force, while Tavarez is a 13-year veteran.

According to a federal lawsuit filed by Berrios, Gentile repeatedly called him a “faggot,” hurled profanities at him and handcuffed him in a manner that injured his wrists.

Additionally, both officers allegedly conveyed misleading information to detectives, resulting in a “malicious prosecution” of Berrios, according to his lawsuit.

After his arrest, Berrios was charged with simple assault, reckless endangerment and possessing an instrument of crime. But all of the charges were eventually withdrawn.

In depositions released earlier this month, Gentile and Tavarez acknowledged they never received any LGBTsensitivity training prior to the Berrios

incident.

But both officers emphatically denied mistreating Berrios.

In September 2006, the Philadelphia Police Department began offering a twohour LGBT-sensitivity seminar to all new recruits.

Last year, Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey declined to implement a recommendation from the city’s Police Advisory Commission to expand the seminar to 12 hours and offer it to all members of the force.

But this week, a police spokesperson said the department’s LGBT-sensitivity training isn’t limited to new recruits.

“Throughout various years, there are a number of different diversity topics that have been addressed and taught through municipal police officer certification training, which is done annually,” said Lt. John Stanford. “The most recent year [2014] contained a block which addressed policy changes in which our latest policy on interactions with transgender individuals was reviewed and explained to every member within the department. As far as future training, our department is always reviewing policies, procedures and training opportunities to address all issues of diversity, involving all people, that our officers will experience daily. To be specific, the department is looking into particular training for next year focused on

bias policing, which again would encompass all people, genders, races, sexual orientations, etc.

“The department holds the right to send officers to any training it deems necessary for the performance of their duties in a professional and respectable manner.

Therefore, if an officer needs to be disciplined, then that will take place. And if they need to be provided with additional training, whether internal or external, then that will be done as well.”

City attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones 2d to dismiss Berrios’ lawsuit as meritless.

But in a 13-page brief filed Dec. 2, attorneys for Berrios said the case should go to a jury.

“The city has long had a policy of failing to properly train and/or punish police officers who brutalize, assault and make derogatory statements to members of the LGBT community,” the brief states. “The city has for well over a decade continued to let officers harass, wrongfully arrest, assault, beat, call names and otherwise fail to respect members of the LGBT community, and treat them the same as non-LGBT persons.”

At presstime, Jones hadn’t ruled on the city’s request to dismiss the case.

Efforts to settle the case with a modest payment to Berrios have been unavailing.

Equality pays in PA A national LGBT thinktank has released findings on the economic impact of same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania.

The Williams Institute, in partnership with Credit Suisse, found that extending marriage to same-sex couples in the Keystone State will generate up to $92 million for the state and local economies over three years, with a $42-$58.9-million boost in the first year alone.

“Same-sex couples and their out-of-town guests spend money to celebrate weddings,” said study author M.V. Lee Badgett. “As we have seen in states that already extend marriage to same-sex couples, this spending boost can lead to an influx of tourism dollars that benefit local businesses and an increase in state and local tax revenue.”

The study said the boost in Pennsylvania will include $4.2-$5.8 million in sales-tax revenue to state and local coffers, while approximately 812-1,142 jobs will be created. Direct wedding spending is estimated to generate $51-$72 million and out-of-state guest spending between $5-$19 million, for a total of $65$92 million in combined spending.

The study said Southern states lagging behind in marriage equality stand to gain up to $733 million.

Of the 22,336 same-sex couples in Pennsylvania, up to 11,168 planned to marry within three years of it becoming legal in the commonwealth, according to Census data. n

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Morris 911 transmissions hold key information

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com When advocates for Nizah Morris mark the 12th anniversary of her death next week with a Center City march and vigil, one of their demands will be the release of all 911 transmissions connected to the case.

It’s believed the missing 911 transmissions hold answers to key questions about the Morris incident.

During the early-morning hours of Dec. 22, 2002, police were dispatched to investigate Morris outside the old Key West Bar, where she was extremely intoxicated.

Rather than allowing medics to assess the situation, police gave Morris a “courtesy ride” to the area of 15th and Walnut streets.

Morris didn’t live in that area, nor did she have family or friends there available to assist her.

Shortly after the ride, the transwoman was found by passing motorists at 16th and Walnut streets with blunt-force trauma to her head.

She died two days later, and her homicide remains unsolved.

Local authorities say they don’t have any Morris 911 transmissions aside from those released to the public in 2003. But it remains unclear how comprehensively they’ve searched their files.

Partial 911 transmissions released In 2003, local authorities released cassette tapes containing 911 transmissions by three officers involved in the Morris incident: Kenneth Novak, Elizabeth Skala and Thomas Berry.

The tapes contain two transmissions by Novak, four transmissions by Skala and six

transmissions by Berry.

Years later, after computer-aided dispatch records were released, it became evident the officers said more about the Morris incident over police radio than was released in 2003.

The missing transmissions pertain to three murky aspects of the Morris case: the voiding of Morris’ original tracking numbers; an unrelated vehicle stop initiated by Skala while still assigned to handle Morris; and a visit by all three officers to Jefferson University Hospital, where Morris was clinging to life.

Tracking numbers voided Local authorities haven’t explained why Morris’ initial police-tracking numbers were voided at the 911 call center, despite repeated requests for an explanation.

It’s a pointed question, because voiding those numbers cleared the way for officers to avoid documenting the courtesy ride and Morris’ subsequent head injury.

Police-tracking numbers, also known as district-control numbers, help local authorities track various incidents, including incidents involving the need for police to provide transportation.

According to dispatch records, at 4:02 a.m. Dec. 22, 2002, Skala said something to her dispatcher over police radio that caused Morris’ initial tracking numbers to be voided.

Exactly what Skala said to her dispatcher hasn’t been divulged by local authorities.

In 2006, the city’s Police Advisory Commission showed the dispatch records to Skala. But she indicated that she didn’t know why the tracking numbers were voided.

Skala initiates a vehicle stop Novak and Skala were dispatched to investigate Morris outside the old Key West Bar near 13th and Walnut streets, where Morris was staggering and stumbling.

Skala arrived first, and says she agreed to take Morris home, after Morris indicated she lived at 15th and Walnut streets.

For reasons not clear in the public record, Skala initiated an unrelated vehicle stop near 13th and Market streets while still assigned to handle Morris.

Local authorities have released partial dispatch records for the vehicle stop, but no 911 transmissions for it.

Missing 911 transmissions at 3:29 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. could clarify the priority level that Skala conveyed to her dispatcher about the vehicle stop.

Those missing transmissions are noted on dispatch records released in 2006, but local authorities haven’t answered any questions about them.

Skala and Novak remained at the vehicle stop for about 70 minutes, rather than responding to Morris after her head injury at 16th and Walnut streets.

If Skala and/or Novak responded to Morris at 16th and Walnut, her initial tracking numbers couldn’t have been voided, because they were still actively linked with Skala and Novak.

But Berry responded to Morris at 16th and Walnut and, even though he knew about the courtesy ride, he failed to promptly inform Skala of its aftermath.

Instead, Berry placed a jacket over Morris’ face as if she were dead, failed to preserve the crime scene and did nothing to ensure Morris’ prompt transfer to a hospi-

tal, according to eyewitness accounts.

Skala and Novak didn’t respond to Morris until two hours later — well after Morris’ initial tracking numbers were voided at 4:03 a.m. and no longer actively linked to Skala and Novak.

Officers go to Jefferson Hospital Also missing are 911 transmissions pertaining to a visit by Novak, Berry and Skala to Jefferson University Hospital later that morning, where Morris was brain-dead but still breathing.

Concerns have been expressed that the officers’ visit was a pretext to “launder” their paperwork, rather than an opportunity to investigate what caused Morris’ head injury.

According to patrol-activity logs, at 5:38 a.m. Novak went to Jefferson after medical personnel summoned police because they thought Morris was an assault victim.

When Novak arrived at Jefferson, he reportedly didn’t realize the person in intensive care was the same person he was dispatched to investigate outside Key West Bar. After contacting the 911 center for more information about persons transported by medics that morning, Novak summoned Berry and Skala to Jefferson.

There, all three officers concluded that Morris was probably a slip-and-fall “hospital case” originating in the Ninth Police District, not an assault victim originating in the Sixth Police District.

Their conclusion avoided the need to reactivate Morris’ initial tracking numbers and document the ride, which originated in the Sixth District.

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By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com Hillary Lassoff turned 24 on the day of PGN’s visit to her workplace.

In just the two years since she graduated college, Lassoff has launched her own apparel company and landed a position at one of Philadelphia’s top marketing and advertising agencies.

Lassoff has not only “learned the ropes” at Neff Associates in the six months since she started, she has mastered them — it’s apparent from observing her work throughout the day and her interaction with colleagues, not to mention the confidence and trust that Neff CEO and president David Neff has in her.

The Bucks County native coordinates ad purchases for the media arm of Neff.

She begins by planning a year-long ad campaign for each client that timelines all radio, TV, print and outdoor (transit, billboard) ads for each month and how much they will cost.

“We typically do year-long campaigns,” Lassoff explained. “But it varies from client to client, and according to budget.

Sometimes we have to adjust based off certain industry standards as well.”

Her clients include United Tires; Hutchinson Plumbing, Heating & Cooling; Serafino Jewelers; and a regional financial institution.

These media flow charts are sort of like a year-at-a-glance calendar for the client.

When Lassoff makes a proposal for a client, she compiles the flow chart and puts together a recommendation packet that is full of “sales-ey copy,” she said.

After the client reviews the proposed campaign and any adjustments are made, they sign off on it, giving it their stamp of approval. If all goes well, Lassoff can implement the campaign line by line throughout the year without issue, a relatively easy procedure, she says.

“We love the days when we can get the clients to sign off on something and be done with it for a while.”

But, as she is wont to admit, every day is different, which is also part of the job’s appeal.

“Sometimes a client will call up and say, ‘I want to be on the radio in two days,’ and it wasn’t in the original plan,” Lassoff said. “That’s when it gets fun.”

A couple of quick phone calls later and the radio ad has been purchased and developed. After updating the numbers on the campaign spread sheet, it’s on to the next task.

Lassoff will also do the occasional lunch meetings with client reps or potential clients. She thrives off the direct interaction.

“I love the one-on-one,” she said.

To borrow one of Lassoff’s expressions, “on the daily,” she begins with the usual

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a media coordinator, Hillary Lassoff and oft-tedious email sorting upon arriving at 9 a.m.

“Standard email stuff,” she says.

“Some days we will come in and have a lot to do right away, catching up on late client emails from the night before; others are slower.”

On average, Lassoff says she manages about five to six clients each day.

Back-and-forth phone calls seem to comprise a large share of what Lassoff does.

She attributes that to being direct with clients, calling them rather than sending emails, as one reason why she has picked things up so quickly.

“I was just thrown into the job and I just had to learn it,” Lassoff said. “I love talking to people on the phone, so I just call the client instead of emailing them. It’s enabled me to get to know the clients, build rapport with them and just get things done quicker.”

Her grasp of the position has not gone unnoticed my Neff higher-ups, especially to CEO and president Neff, who has even nicknamed her Eddie Haskell, “a world-famous brown noser from ‘Leave It to Beaver,’” Neff said jokingly, a reference to Lassoff’s trademark sycophant humor.

But not everyone in the office gets a nickname, which underscores the trust Neff places in Lassoff after only six months on the job. During a recent meeting with the CEO, Lassoff and her colleague, Rhea Weaver, submitted media campaigns they

drafted to Neff for his input and approval.

With almost all of the work done already

by Lassoff, Neff’s edits are minor, and he approved most of what she did without second thought.

In fact, the scene more resembles a team effort than a traditional vertical boss-em-

ployee relationship.

Neff is very receptive to feedback from Lassoff and vice versa — a conversation between equal peers instead of oneway dictation.

They discuss fees associated with the campaign, the effectiveness and impact of Pandora ads and e-newsletters — always trying to maximize the client’s budget.

“We always avoid ‘spitting in the wind’ with regards to expenditures versus impact within the budget,” Neff said.

Throughout the meeting, there are constant (and hilarious) exchanges between Neff and other employees in the office that take place by hollering over divider walls. During these impromptu conversations, Lassoff could have been Neff’s personal assistant. She was so readily able to fill in gaps in Neff’s memory on a project, offer a piece of advice or connect details, it was easy to see why Neff hired her.

Lassoff says Neff saw her entrepreneurial spirit in her hiring interview, and that helped earn her some respect right off the bat.

“I told him about my golf apparel line and everything I had done with that in Florida,” she said, “and I think he really respected that about me; he saw my inner businesswoman.”

Lassoff played on the varsity golf team at the Florida Institute of Technology as an undergrad. After graduating in 2013 with a degree in advertising, the scholarship-athlete also started a women’s golf apparel line called LOAG. “Golf is a passion of mine, Lassoff said, “and Life of a Golfer is a product of that passion.”

LOAG is currently “on hold,” and is in the investment phase, according to Lassoff.

“My business partner and I decided to put it on hold and raise more capital, even though we did get as far as purchase orders. I definitely plan to pick up where we left off as soon as we can.”

Several of Lassoff’s family members also own their own businesses.

“I guess it runs in my blood,” Lassoff said.

And coming out to her family in college never affected their strong support for any of Lassoff’s future business ventures.

Their support, as well as a very welcoming

environment at FIT, made it possible for Lassoff to proceed with confidence.

“I wish I had a more grandiose story,” Lassoff said. “I never knew that I was gay in high school, but I think there was something missing. But when I finally went to college — it was a really small school — it worked out perfectly. There actually turned out to be a lot of gay and lesbian students there. There was a senior on the golf team, a lesbian, who I really took to, and I thought, OK maybe I am?

“From there, I was totally free and open, and started dating someone my freshman year. It was a very welcoming environment.”

While a little nervous at first, Lassoff came out to her mother via email, then talked about it over the phone.

“My mom was a little thrown by it in the beginning,” Lassoff said, “but now my family is totally open and perfectly fine with it.”

At Neff, Lassoff was 100-percent open

from the beginning, but thinks no one really knew until she ended up coming out to Neff himself one day.

Lassoff’s family has a shore house in New Jersey and, as it turns out, is just a couple blocks away from Neff’s shore house. One day this past summer, Neff asked Lassoff for a ride to the shore.

“We started talking on the ride over, and he shared something very personal with me,” Lassoff said. “So I thought it would be a good opportunity to share that I was gay, and I did.”

After which, Lassoff said, she encountered nothing but support from her colleagues and felt comfortable talking openly about her girlfriend of over a year.

“I don’t feel any pressure,” she said. “I just see myself as normal, not necessarily lesbian. Of course I am proud to be one, but just not in a wear-it-on-your-sleeve type of way.”

Lassoff said she planned to celebrate her birthday by going out to dinner with her girlfriend that evening. And, after the workweek, she and her family were planning a trip up to New York to visit her twin sister, Rachel. n

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ing faggot?” to which Hesse said, “Maybe I am a dirty fucking faggot,” as both continued walking toward one another. At that, he said, Harrigan pushed him and Hesse returned the push, prompting Harrigan to punch him on his left cheek.

“Things got kind of messy,” Hesse testified. “There was screaming, cursing. There were six or eight people surrounding me. I was trying to swing back, but I don’t know if it connected with anyone. I was terrified.”

After Harrigan’s initial punch, Hesse said another member of the group pinned his arms to his side as he attempted to break free, off and on for about a minute.

Geoff Nagle, who witnessed the incident from his third-floor apartment overlooking Chancellor Street, t e s t i fi e d t h a t h e saw Hesse being held in a headlock by a man in a blue button-down shirt, although he couldn’t identify the individWilliams (from ual. Hesse, however, top), Harrigan did not recall being and Knott held in a headlock.

Hesse said a blonde woman in a white dress approached and, from about a foot away, began “pawing” and “swatting” at his face. He identified the woman as Knott in the courtroom.

“She hit me in the face and just kept calling me a ‘dirty, fucking faggot,’ ‘faggot, faggot,’” Hesse said.

He said he pushed Knott’s hand back from his face. On cross-examination, Knott’s attorney, Louis Busico, pressed Hesse about his arm movement and suggested his stature — 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds — should have caused him to not react to Knott.

Fortunato Perri Jr., Williams’ attorney, suggested Knott was the victim.

“You didn’t see [Haught] strike a female?

You’re the only one who did that, right?”

Perri questioned Hesse, to audible reactions from the packed courtroom. Perri later said his client was “coming to the aid after a female was assaulted.”

Nagle’s vision of Hesse’s interaction with Knott was somewhat obstructed, but he testified that a woman, whose hair color and clothing he couldn’t see, “wagged her finger” in Hesse’s face. He said a hand pushed the woman’s hand away and there did not appear to be physical contact with the woman’s face or any other part of her body.

After he pushed Knott’s hand away, Hesse testified, Williams, whom he also identified in court, ran from behind Knott and punched him in the face, then punched Haught, who was slightly behind him, at

least five times, knocking him to the ground.

Haught’s “arms were flying” in defense, but Hesse said he wouldn’t characterize it as punching back.

After the woman’s hand was pushed, Nagle said the group moved several feet to the left. He heard three or four punches and saw the man who had been in a headlock “thrown drastically back,” and then saw another man laying on the ground, at which point he called police and hurried outside.

Hesse said the entire incident lasted fewer than three minutes. He said he heard the word “faggot” at least 10 times, from both males and females in the group. Nagle said he heard the phrase “fucking faggot” multiple times from inside his apartment.

The group dispersed north on 16th Street, leaving Haught on the ground.

“He was laying in a pool of blood,” Hesse testified. “He had a laceration, about 4 inches, from his nose to his mouth. It was open, just gushing blood, and around his eyes was swelling and getting black.”

He said Haught was in and out of consciousness and asked for his glasses, dropped in the attack, and his bag, which was picked up in the melee and later found in the possession of a homeless individual.

The couple was transported to Hahnemann University Hospital. Hesse had lacerations on his face and black eyes and Haught had broken cheekbones and had his jaw wired shut for almost eight weeks.

After both men testified, the three defense attorneys, who also included Josh Scarpello for Harrigan, argued that the incident was two distinct encounters — Harrigan’s confrontation with the couple and the confrontation with Knott that prompted the encounter with Williams — and thus, conspiracy charges were unwarranted.

“We don’t have a wolfpack or a group of kids seeking out people to beat up in Center City,” Perri said, urging the judge to look beyond the “hysterics” surrounding the case — presumably the intense media scrutiny and public response.

However, Barry contended that the language used during the attack suggested the conspiracy charges were appropriate.

“This was one continual event,” he argued. “[Harrigan] was not curiously inquiring [the couple’s sexual orientation].

He was intimidating, mocking them, who they are. They were repeatedly called faggots, by men, by women. They were surrounded, physically menaced and terrified.”

Conspiracy charges are often supported solely by circumstantial evidence, he added.

“Smart criminals invoke and use others,” Barry said. “One gentleman had to have a mouth on him: Harrigan started this. Knott reached in and called them faggots and Williams finished it, finished it violently.”

None of the defendants reacted throughout the testimony or upon Hayden’s ruling.

Prior to the hearing, they sat between their respective parents and were surrounded by nearly 30 family and friends, who took up nearly four rows in the courtroom.

The D.A.’s LGBT liaison, Nellie Fitzpatrick, state Rep. Brian Sims and Caryn Kunkle, who has served as the spokesperson for the couple, were also present. n

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EDITORIAL PGN

Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

Stacy Swimp

Editorial

What is your holiday wish?

Carol: My Christmas wish is that my granddog Julie’s cancer goes into remission. She’s an important member of our family. Also continued good health for my family and all my friends. On a lighter note, I wish that I hit the jackpot at The Borgata.

Prab: Love, joy and continued success for both my PGN family and my biological one.

Don: To have a great holiday season surrounded by the things you love!

Stay safe in the New Year.

Sandy: No more massacres, anywhere in the world. Make that no more death. At all. Amen. (At least a moratorium on tragedy?)

Greg: Continued health and happiness for my friends and family and more back issues of The National Enquirer from Tim. Jen: Happiness and fulfillment for all my loved ones. And that my house guest, Gus the mouse, finds a new home soon.

Jen J.: Health, happiness and longevity for everyone I love (and everyone else).

Larry: My holiday wish is for more people to focus more on friends and family, and being happy in the moment, than accumulating material possessions.

Mark: My wish is simple: that the United States Supreme Court makes marriage equality the law of the nation.

Ryan: Happy holidays to all my friends, family and colleagues. Stay warm and enjoy the company of loved ones.

Sean: My holiday wish is for health and peace for all of my family and friends.

Scott: I would like more closet space, an updated bathroom, new floor coverings, the woodwork refinished, more kitchen counter space, the basement organized and the hall tiles fixed. But I’ll settle for a press-only bike rack on Camac Street. Oh, and world peace.

Tim: Healing and closure for all friendships that ended on a sour note. And a pair of goggles that don’t fog up when I swim. n

LGBT people aren’t covered under Michigan’s anti-discrimination law, meaning you could, for example, be fired for being gay and your employer would be perfectly in his or her rights. Your legal recourse would be, to use a technical term, jack shit.

For a minute it looked like that might change. The Michigan House was poised to vote on a bill to add sexual orientation (but not gender identity) to the law. The Commerce Committee heard testimony about the bill, including the testimony of Stacy Swimp, president of the National Christian Leadership Council.

Before he began speaking, he promised to shorten his remarks so that he would not “regurgitate” what others had already said during the hearing. “Regurgitate” was an excellent word choice, since his words were basically ignorant hate vomit.

“This proposed legislation is yet another step in the assault on religious freedom,” Swimp began. “I ask the Commerce Committee today, and the Michigan legislature, can you begin to clearly define sexual orientation? Do you truly know what you are potentially aligning yourselves with?”

Swimp doesn’t attempt to answer these questions, though I can’t help but guess that he has some sinister picture in his mind of lesbian sister wives triple-gay-marrying during a Wiccan handfasting ritual.

He says that protecting LGBT people from discrimination has “resulted in Christian churches, pastors and church members being discriminated against, fired, fined, expelled from school and pressured to violate their conscience and moral opposition to homosexual marriage and homosexual behavior itself.”

In other words, if we protect the queers, then there would be consequences for not discriminating against them, as such discrimination is a sacred right for Christians.

As examples he uses Julia Ward, an Eastern Michigan University student who was expelled from the counseling program after she refused to counsel a gay kid on the grounds that her religion forbade her from treating gay people like human beings deserving of compassion. He also refers to Crystal Dixon, fired from the University of Toledo after writing an antigay op-ed in the Toledo Free Press. Both of these women, as he makes sure to mention, are black.

Which is important because civil rights are only for black people, obviously.

“As a minister of the Gospel, and as a

black American whose parents participated in the Freedom Rides — my ancestors were slaves in plantations in the states of South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana and Mississippi — I [sit] here today rather offended.”

As he should be! I mean, who wouldn’t be offended while recounting his family’s direct connection to our nation’s deep racist history? Not to mention the continued oppression of people of color in America.

Ah, but that’s not what he’s talking about. He’s talking about the comparison between “gay rights and black civil rights.”

“Lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender Americans have never been denied their voting rights, nor have they been denied the right to assemble,” he continues. “No one from the LGBT community has ever had fire hoses turned on them by the police department, they have never had to drink out of an LGBT water fountain. There is no public record of LGBT [people] being forced to sit at the back of the bus in an LGBT section. Black Americans were publicly lynched and specifically excluded from moving into neighborhoods, prohibited from sitting on a jury and denied the right to sue others.”

I doubt he sees the irony in mentioning being denied the right to sue considering he is, in fact, arguing that LGBT people should continue to be denied the right to sue for discrimination. But he is right — the black civil-rights movement and the LGBT civil-rights movement have been different in some ways, and the treatment of black people in this country has been deplorable and continues to be.

But using that history as evidence to support discrimination against gay people is wrong. Swimp apparently thinks that civil rights are a rare commodity and there just aren’t enough to go around; he’s pitting black people and LGBT people against each other as if there is no overlap between the two groups.

There’s a whole lot of hate to go around in this world. More than enough. If no one is free while others are oppressed, those who want a pass to oppress others are in a jail of their own making. n

In other words, if we protect the queers, then there would be consequences for not discriminating against them, as such discrimination is a sacred right for Christians.

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

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No one’s Mister Sister Kate Pierson, long a member of the seminal new-wave group The B-52s, is releasing a new album called “Guitars and Microphones” in early 2015 — and the first single was released this month. The song — a catchy tune with a great beat and memorable hook — is what one might expect from an artist known for hits dating back to late 1970s.

While I am a longtime audiophile with hundreds of vinyl records and compact disks to my name — not to mention MP3s and other digital releases — this column is not a music review. While it is as solid a track as one might expect for a musician with Pierson’s pedigree, it’s the lyrics this time that raise an eyebrow.

The song in question is named “Mister Sister,” a title that should already raise some red flags for many who are transgender. Pierson herself has high hopes for the track, telling the Huffington Post, “I hope it becomes a trans anthem, but it’s really meant to empower anyone who feels ‘betrayed by the mirror.’”

Much like reducing transgender people to someone “betrayed by the mirror,” the lyrics read like a virtual smorgasbord of transgender clichés and tropes. For example, lines about, “They make you play with toy soldiers,” or “You raid her closet for fishnets.” The whole song reads as a

simple story of someone who escapes the tribulations of life to blossom into “Debbie Delicious” and end up on “everyone’s party list.”

Then there’s the chorus: “You hear the words, ‘you make a beautiful girl, a beautiful girl.’ Nothing hurts when you’re a beautiful girl, a beautiful girl.” It’s hard to take this in any way seriously, given that a whole lot of things can hurt for transwomen — “beautiful” or otherwise — and to make such a light message of this all feels hollow at best.

Now I’m not expecting something deep out of a pop song, and there’s decades of vapid, clichéd tunes out there. Honestly, it would be silly to expect great depth on such a song. I do, however, expect that when someone claims their tune is a “trans anthem,” that it is not quite so problematic.

For one, this “trans anthem” seems blind to anything but male-to-female identities.

You’ll find no equally clichéd lyrics about young transmen getting stuck with Barbie dolls or trying on their dads’ ties. There’s nothing beyond a fairly simple notion of transforming into that “beautiful girl.”

At the same time, I can hardly say that the tune treats male-to-female gender identities in a very affirming fashion — and that starts from the very title of the song.

“Mister Sister” sounds like “She-Male” or

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Street Talk What would you like to say to the pope when he visits Philadelphia?

"Love is love. Keep up the good work. People can't help how they feel. We're all God's children. And I'd thank him Deanne Drago for making Student positive Washington Square West statements about the LGBT community."

"I would thank him for being publicly supportive of the LGBT community.

It means a lot to people.

I'd also try Alex Tripodi to slip in a student plug for gay Center City marriage. I don't think he has the ability to bring about same-sex marriages within the Catholic Church, but it's worth a try."

"Everyone deserves equal rights.

I'd also tell him I'm an atheist. Part of the reason why I'm an atheist is because Christian Lordi of my student experience East Norriton with the Catholic Church. I'd tell the pope that the church should be nicer to people and he'll get more followers. I might even come back into the fold, if major changes are made."

"I'd congratulate him for being one of the more progressive popes. I'm not LGBT, but I'm an LGBT sympathizer. Jennifer Fernandez I'd tell him student that I'm very Chinatown encouraged by his progressive stands.

Although the Catholic Church has a long way to go, he's taking tiny steps towards increasing LGBT acceptance."

“He-She,” both of which are considered offensive by many in the transgender community. Likewise, lines about digging in closets for fishnets make this sound like artifice, not identity — a disguise one is putting on to end up on those party lists.

I cannot talk about the song, too, without discussing the video. It largely features Pierson singing against a white background, as well as comedian Fred Armisen and a number of others such as Alyson Palmer. Armisen, known for his roles on “Portlandia” and “Saturday Night Live,” spends much of the video admiring various items of traditional feminine attire, including some large drop earrings and a slinky, too-small red dress. The others mime into mirrors, spread makeup on their faces or simply dance about.

As another transgender activist notes, the inclusion of Palmer is also problematic, given her response to transgender activists who called for a boycott of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival in 2013. I doubt

Palmer’s inclusion was a deliberate slap in the face at these transwomen and others, however — more that she is probably a friend of Pierson, and wanted to lend her support and have some fun in front of the camera.

This has been a year where great divisions have crept up between the transgender movement and drag culture. The battle over “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and its use of “she-male” on the show — and RuPaul’s vehement defense of it, as well as the word “tranny” — still stings for many. Both sides of this particular kerfuffle are not yet willing to give the other much ground.

This song may do a lot to reignite this debate, intentional or not. In short, a “trans anthem” that treats transgender people as those who only want to be called a “beautiful girl” and be on party lists is no anthem at all.

This is the problem with the whole track in a nutshell. I feel as if everyone was, in PAGE 19 their own way, well-meaning.

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Alzheimer’s and the lGbT communities Dick and Carol and Bruce and Jim have all recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or some other cognitive-disease state. They are our spouses, friends, partners, parents and family members. What the heck is going on here? All of a sudden it seems there are so many people around me being diagnosed with some type of memory disorder. Something is happening and we need to deal with it.

While there are no scientific or medical differences between LGBT and non-LGBT people with cognitive-disease states, there are significant differences in the social, legal and financial Heshie support structures between the two populations. For LGBT people, those differences can be major obstacles to care and support, not only for the patient but for the caregivers as well.

In 2013, 15.5-million caregivers provided an estimated 17.7-billion hours of unpaid care valued at more than $220 billion. For LGBT people, caregiving looms even larger as an issue than these statistics might indicate.

Most LGBT older adults live alone, and have no life partner or children. Many are also estranged from their biological families. As a result, LGBT older adults rely on their “families of choice” for support and care and, generally, they are in the same age range and face their own challenges as they age. Because we are not always able to care for our LGBT friends and loved ones, LGBT older adults rely more heavily on services provided by outside agencies.

Relying on outsiders for care and support raises the ongoing issue of fear and mistrust of the medical establishment and care services we need as we age. So what do we need to do to make sure that we receive the proper care when we need it?

The LGBT Elder Initiative met with several care providers in the aging-services network who also work in LGBT communities. We wanted to know what questions we need to ask of care providers to make sure our friends and loved ones will get the most sensitive, competent care possible while navigating this challenging issue.

Alzheimer’s is a person-centered disease. Having someone come into your home is a very personal situation and you want to make certain that the agency/ caregiver is capable and LGBT culturally competent. You want to be certain the person/agency you engage with is sensitive to your unique needs as an LGBT person/ couple and whether their staff is trained in LGBT cultural sensitivity. According to Cathy Warshaw, executive director of Innovations Home Care, “cultural-competency training” is necessary because “you can’t provide services to anybody unless

you understand their culture.”

Few can afford in-patient “memory unit” care from longterm-care facilities.

Most rely on friends and family and a combination of adult day care, home care and, for caregivers, respite-care services. But again, many LGBT people are cautious about these types of services because of past discrimination and negative experiences with the health-care system.

There are some basic steps that we can take to determine if a care provider is safe and welcoming to LGBT patients and their caregivers. Innovations’ Warshaw says, “If you call Zinman somebody and don’t feel comfortable, call somebody else and call somebody else and call somebody else. Follow your gut.”

Mindy Mozenter, director of community outreach for Home Instead Senior Care, said most providers “see a human in need” and give the best care possible with no concern about sexual orientation or gender identity. Mozenter recommends that word of mouth, a personal recommendation, is one of the best ways to determine the quality of a care provider and if he or she is LGBT-sensitive. She also recommends answering the following questions about providers before accessing their services: • How many years have they been in existence?

• Are the home-care workers employees of the agency or just temporary workers?

• How much training do they receive before they see their first client?

• What follow-up supervision is given after a caregiver starts a first assignment?

• What is the quality-assurance evaluation process?

• Do they have an assessment process to match the client with the appropriate caregiver? What is that assessment process?

• Are they licensed, bonded, insured, and do they offer workman’s comp and require employee drug testing?

For more information and care and support resources about Alzheimer’s, dementia and other cognitive-disease states, contact the Alzheimer’s Association at 800272-3900 or Philadelphia Corporation for Aging at 215-765-9040. n

Gettin’ On

Heshie Zinman is chair of the LGBT Elder Initiative, which fosters and advocates for services, resources and institutions that are competent, culturally sensitive, inclusive and responsive to the needs of LGBT elders in the Delaware Valley and beyond.

To comment on this article, suggest topics for future articles or for more information, visit www.lgbtei.org or call the LGBTEI at 267-546-3448 and watch for “Gettin’ On” each month in PGN.

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Superbugs: Preventing and treating MRSA and other infections in our pets Bacterial-skin infections … resistant unsure about any of your own symptoms, bugs … MRSA … The issue of superbugs or if you have even a mild skin irritation has been brought to public attention in the and your pet has been diagnosed with last few years due to the increased inciMRSA, you should consult your phydence of these infections in humans. But sician. However, keep in mind that not it may not be public knowledge that these everyone who is exposed to MRSA will infections can affect pets as well. develop symptoms. Most will clear the MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant organism without treatment or become Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus colonized without developing any sympaureus (S. aureus) is a type of bacteria toms. that is found as a normal component of What can you do to prevent the spread the bacterial population that resides on the of infection? skin of humans and animals. MethicillinIf you or your pet is diagnosed with resistant S. aureus is a strain of the bacteMRSA or another highly resistant bacteria that has developed resistance to a type rial infection, you can decrease the possiof antibiotic called Methicillin. bility of spreading that infecBacteria that are resistant to tion through steps such as: Methicillin are often resistant • Frequent hand washing.

This, as a general rule, is a to multiple other antibiotics as good habit to help decrease well. Treatment of these infecthe spread of multiple types tions can be extremely difficult of infection among humans, and is becoming an urgent probincluding MRSA. Thorough lem in both human and veterihand washing after contact nary medicine.

MRSA infection is typically with an infected dog or cat caused by direct physical concan help decrease the risk tact with an infected person or of spreading the bacteria to animal. However, it can also be humans, and decrease environmental contamination as well. spread by coming into contact Nicholle • If a pet has been diagnosed with a contaminated object or fomite, such as bedding, towels, Hommel, VMD with a MRSA infection, it is clothing, etc. It was originally important to avoid contacting thought that infection could the infected site. If a topical only be transmitted from human to animal, medication is required, it is important to but evidence suggests that infection can be wear gloves when administering the medspread in the opposite direction as well. ication, and to wash hands when finished.

MRSA infections typically involve the The site can also be covered with a sterile skin, and most commonly occur at surgical dressing, if recommended by the doctor, sites or wounds in the skin. However, they during the healing process. If the site of can also occur in the respiratory tract and infection is the nasal cavity or respiratory present as nasal or lung infections, includtract, avoid contacting the nose and nasal ing pneumonia. secretions.

If a MRSA infection is diagnosed in a • Frequent washing of bedding. Wash pet, it is important to take steps to avoid the pet’s bedding and fabric toys fretransmission to human companions. In quently in hot water to keep environmenaddition, if a human is diagnosed with a tal contamination to a minimum.

MRSA infection, any pets in the house In the case of a MRSA infection, should be evaluated for skin lesions, and extended courses of antibiotics will likely their veterinarian should be notified. be recommended, as well as follow-up Humans and animals with a compromised bacterial cultures. It is imperative to comimmune system, or who have been hospiplete medication courses as directed, and talized for surgery, are more susceptible. adhere to the doctor’s recommendations So when should you be concerned? for follow-up testing. Incomplete resolu If your pet has been treated for a skin tion of infection and noncompliance with infection that doesn’t seem to go away, or treatment are some of the reasons we have these “superbugs” in the first place. if it goes away and comes back again …

Our world is constantly changing. We and again … and again … you should be should remain vigilant and educated about concerned about the presence of a superour environment and the organisms within bug. A bacterial culture of your pet’s skin it. As always, if you have any concerns will likely be recommended by your vet if he or she has an infection that he just can’t about your pets’ health, contact your veterinarian, and don’t forget about your own kick. The same goes for wounds. If your pet has a wound that seems like it just health; if you have concerns, contact your won’t heal, he or she should be seen. A physician. That’s what we are here for! n culture would likely be recommended.

In humans, the effects of an infection Nicholle Hommel, VMD, is an associate veterinarian at Society Hill Veterinary with MRSA can range from minor skin irritations to severe wound infections, Hospital. For more information, visit socipneumonia and even meningitis. If you are etyhillvets.com or call 215-627-5955.

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do want to try that; we have board members willing to do the work. We’re established enough and we have the resources — human and financial — to get involved more directly in giving away some of the money we raise.”

Requests for applications were sent to about 20 organizations, and the application is posted on the organization’s website (phillyaidsthrift.com). Grants will range from $2,500-$10,000, with the average about $5,000.

“We don’t know how many applications we’re going to get in and how much we’ll give away in this first round,” Brennan said.

“We may give it all out but, if not, we’ll do it again during the year.”

Applicants must either be a certified 501(C)(3) nonprofit or sponsored by one.

Brennan said PAT is not just looking to fund large, established agencies.

“If there is a group out there that is like a fledgling organization, doesn’t have offices or staff but has a great idea, that would be really cool to be able to support them,” he said.

In addition to the application, interested organizations must submit supporting materials including a cover letter, project description, budget and timetable and other documents. Applications are due Dec. 31, and awards will be announced in February.

Next month, PAT will surpass $1 million in donations. Brennan said the store plans to celebrate the milestone, which will also include the first donation from PAT @ Giovanni’s Room, the new outpost that took over the location of the nation’s oldest LGBT bookstore. n

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tigation by detectives, at a time when crucial evidence such as Morris’ clothing was still available for analysis.

In 2006, Skala testified to the PAC that her then-supervisor, Sgt. Michael Dougherty, went over police radio and told her to go to Jefferson.

If that’s true, Dougherty’s 911 transmission has never been released.

I suspect that Pierson wrote a catchy anthem and used what she felt she knew about trans people to fill in the lyrics.

I really do feel she did this with good intentions, but lacked even the foresight to think that maybe some of her choices were bad ideas.

I’m not going to say that Pierson should have left making a “trans anthem” to, oh, actual transgender people. You don’t have to be transgender to understand where we’re coming from. Yet you cannot pen an anthem without at least understanding those you are supposedly writing it for.

The song itself, musically, isn’t bad.

At best, she may have made a great song for the drag community, replacing some very scratchy old recordings of “We Are Family” in the process. Heck, lyrically the song could work well in drag circles.

It is not, however, in any way, a trans anthem. n

The Justice for Nizah committee is demanding the release of all missing 911 transmissions, in addition to a state probe of the Morris case and a meeting with District Attorney Seth Williams.

The J4N march and vigil begins 5 p.m.

Dec. 22 outside the old Key West Bar, 207 S. Juniper St., and proceeds north on Broad Street to the D.A.’s Office, just south of City Hall.

Participants will carry candles to be placed in front of the D.A.’s Office.

Speakers will include trans activist Sharron L. Cooks, former state Rep. Babette Josephs and the Rev. Jeffrey A. Haskins of Unity Fellowship Church. n

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Gwen Smith thinks Laura Jane Grace could be an anthem writer. You can find Gwen on twitter at @gwenners.

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nd then there were three: Philly, Brooklyn and Columbus, Ohio. Yes, we have made it to the final three in the competition to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention. But let’s not spend too much time patting ourselves on the back.

Did anyone really think that Birmingham, Ala., was under serious consideration after Charlotte 2012 showed the flaws of a Southern city with too much ego and too little infrastructure to host a national convention? And Phoenix, Ariz.? A state whose governor-elect recently stated his intention to leave in place Gov. Jan Brewer’s executive order denying licenses to immigrants receiving deportation deferments under President Obama’s newest executive orders. Yep. Nothing like visions of a Democratic National Convention held in a state being boycotted by the largest growing segment of the Democratic Party.

...to date, we have seen little leadership from the giant on JFK Boulevard.

The smoke signals coming out of the DNC as they move toward a decision seem to point to financial capability as the key metric upon which this decision will be based. As former DNC Chair Howard

Dean said, “Symbolism matters, but it’s about third or fourth place. First is money. The second issue, infrastructure. How many taxicabs do they have?

How easy is it to get to the hotels and back? How fast can you build out the convention? Those are all the things that matter. The most important thing is: Do you have confidence in the host committee to be able to run this convention?” If finances are the main factor, New York could be chosen to host the convention because of its ability to raise money. Or as Congressman Robert A. Brady said, ‘New York is our biggest competition … they got a little deeper pockets than we do.’ ” Well, if this is gonna come down to financial capability, then it’s time for city leaders to get out the bat signal, paint a dollar sign on it, point it towards the top floors of the Comcast building and flip the switch. Up till now, leadership for Philadelphia’s DNC bid has rested with three politicians, Rendell, Nutter and Brady. It is now time to pass the baton to Comcast.

In 2008, corporate leadership for Denver’s bid was assumed by Qwest Communications, a company headquartered in Denver with over $13 billion in annual revenue. In 2012, Duke Energy led Charlotte’s bid, a company headquartered in Charlotte with over $19 billion in annual revenue.

Comcast’s cable company has 83,000 employees and 22 million subscribers. It brings in more than $64 billion in revenue a year. It is headquartered in Philadelphia in the city’s tallest building with plans

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to build another tower even taller.

It owns the Wells Fargo Center — the venue slated to host our convention.

Yet to date, we have seen little leadership from the giant on JFK Boulevard.

Contrast this to the CEO of Duke Energy, Jim Rodgers, in 2012 widely hailed as the moving force behind Charlotte’s successful bid. Rodgers and Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx co-chaired the Charlotte Host Committee and were the face of the bid. Rogers pledged to raise $37 million and donated about 50,000 square feet of office space downtown for the convention staff to use as its

headquarters. Thomas Williams, a Duke Energy spokesman, said, “Rogers has raised $10 million or $11 million for the convention from private donors.”

Rodgers played the role of booster at a time when such boosterism was not a slam-dunk for Duke Energy. His high-profile role led to attacks from both sides.

From the Right’s TownHall.com: “Rogers crossed the conflict of interest line when he used Duke Energy’s assets to back the financing for the DNC by establishing a $10 million line of credit…using Duke Energy as a bank for the Democratic Party is inconsistent Continued on page 2 DEC. 14-21, 2014

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From the Left: “It’s a little odd to have a company that is aggressively lobbying for a tax break involved” in the convention, said Matt Gardner, the author of a report on corporate taxes at Citizens for Tax Justice, a liberal group that has been critical of Duke and other corporations. ‘Duke has been staggeringly successful in paying nothing in federal income taxes”’ (Politico.com).

Given the controversy sur-

rounding the Comcast-Time Warner merger, we know that Comcast’s motivations for supporting the Philadelphia DNC bid will be questioned. We only hope that Comcast leadership sees beyond this, as Rodgers did, and fights as hard for our city as Jim Rodgers fought for Charlotte.

If they do not and Philadelphia fails in its bid, it will not be a failure of political leadership, it will be a failure of corporate citizenship.

Basketball Season Heats Up Continued from page 12 don’t practice for very often. They are so well coached.” Woods, who has picked up a scholarship to play for St. Bonaventure (NY) next season, is off to a terrific start after a great summer on the AAU circuit. “Derrick is just starting to realize his potential,” Coleman said. “He has to continue to put the effort in to get better. If he does, everyone will continue to see improvement.”

Pennsbury enters the season as a legitimate PIAA AAAA state championship team contender.

Last season, Coleman’s squad had a great regular season, lost to Chester in the District 1 AAAA final, before being upset by Martin Luther King in the second round of the state playoffs. “We learned from those losses that we have to be both physically and mentally prepared for an entire game. We can’t take plays off,” said Coleman. “The MLK game was extremely physical so hopefully our schedule prepares us for similar challenges this year.” The

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Falcons’ win helped lighten the mood in the Levittown area. The Falcons lost in the PIAA AAAA state semifinals to St. Joseph’s Prep in football Dec. 6. “Our football team had a great year in winning both the SOL and District 1 Championships,” said Coleman.

“They should be very proud of what they accomplished this year.

Of course, the guys were disappointed in hearing the football team lost, however they were excited to see that some of the guys showed up to support us at Philly U.” Lower Merion coach Gregg Downer was pleased with his team’s effort. Del-Val Friends transfer Asher Berry, who is expected to make a big impact on the front line, missed the game after spraining an ankle in a scrimmage a week prior. “It was a good effort by the Aces, I felt,” said Downer.

“We have a lot of growing to do and we’ll work hard to get better.

We lost to a good team.”

Rubber Soles, Carbon Footprint Local environmentalist contributes sneakers to world’s Affordable Clothing Market

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Ogbonna Hagins shows off some of his great recycle finds, including a painting by Andrew Turner. Photo by Sarah J. Glover

gbonna Hagins admits “people look at me crazy” when they see him kicking trash bags that are piled outside one house after another.

But he considers himself a sort of “modern-day Fred Sanford,” who collects 500 to 700 pairs of sneakers a week. Hagins offers, “That saying, ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure?’ I’m actually living that.”

For Hagins, the 48-year-old father of Masterman High School twins, this is his latest career. He’s also a retired teacher (Dobbins Tech), architecture designer, hip-hop magazine founder (Philly Word), radio broadcaster (“Philly Word Live”) and former candidate for state representative (182nd District).

He says for now you can call him “The Recycle Man.” And he’s a little more focused and more professionally attired than Fred Sanford. Hagins shows up for work each morning with gloves, recycled suitcases for holding the shoes, wire cutters and flyers advertising his craft. And his “junkyard” is actually part of an international network called the Affordable Clothing Market.

Entrepreneurs, like Hagins, or organizations, like The Max Cure Foundation and its World Wear Project, provide gently used shoes and clothing to merchants or distributors in “emerging markets” like Africa and the Caribbean, who then sell them at bazaars and flea markets.

On its website, A World Wear Project, based in Dallas, boasts that it has collected more than 2.5 tons of athletic shoes since starting in 2012.

For Hagins, it’s the work that occupies him eight to 10 hours a day — collecting sneakers from trash bags and donors. He delivers them to as many as a dozen local entrepreneurs who then feed them to merchants in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Senegal.

“Generally what people do is, they’ll buy sneakers of a certain style or color, and wear them a few times and then go buy more. Meanwhile in parts of West Africa, they can’t afford to buy sneakers new, because they don’t make that much.”

The potential for this Affordable Clothing Market is apparently massive.

Statistics from World Wear Project — backed by Hagins — say as many as 3 million pairs of sneakers are discarded each week. On its website, the Dallas World Wear Project complained that in landfills the sneakers take up to 50 years to break down, with their carcinogens inevitably finding their way into groundwater and atmosphere.

Sounding like a politician, Hagins begins criticizing government recycling efforts. “We’re not recycling,” he says, “We’re playing. We recycle all plastics and throw away clothes? The actual process of making sneakers travels so far. And the carbon footprint is devastating.”

“This to me has become what I do. It’s something I do every day, as an individual, to make some impact.”

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First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 10:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price.

Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff.

The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale.

The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be a sum sufficient to pay all Sheriff’s costs including advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price.

The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadel-

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phia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly.

No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine.

The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale.

All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale.

Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address.

Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-686-1483 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

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.

N.B. - For the benefit of our non-professional readers who do not understand the meaning of the letters and figures following the defendant’s names, we make the following.

EXPLANATION The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions.

The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ.

Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions.

Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him.

Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

884 Sq Ft BRT#311107300 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Virginia Berry, Executrix of the Estate of Robert Sides a/k/a Robert D. Sides, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04833 $53,165.05 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-301 5407 Arlington Street 19131 52nd wd. 1402 Sq Ft BRT#522062200 Residential Property Willie McCray C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04744 $115,618.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-302 5621 North 11th Street 19141 49th wd. 1092 Sq Ft BRT#492238100 Residential Property Karma Watson C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 02313 $110,156.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-303 2019 Watkins Street 19145 36th wd. 910 Sq Ft BRT#363134700 Residential Property Yusuf Wilson C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 00628 $108,579.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-304 6823 Clearview Street 19119 22nd wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#222214300 Residential Property Krystal M. Johnson C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01852 $100,026.77 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-305 216 West Fisher Avenue 19120 42nd wd. 1350 Sq Ft BRT#422244300 Residential Property Gloria Jerez C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01909 $89,271.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-306 2301 Cross Street 19146 36th wd. 1582 Sq Ft BRT#364052715 Residential Property Sean L. Williams C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05132 $86,310.07 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-307 4037 K Street 19124 33rd wd.

1056 Sq Ft BRT#332325500 Residential Property Ruben Rodriguez C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02951 $100,054.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-308 4309 Bennington Street 19124 33rd wd. 1393.56 Sq Ft BRT#332305400 Residential Property Darlene V. Chapman, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Sarah Chapman C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 1225 $80,824.83 Bradley J. Osborne 1501-309 1210 Fillmore Street 19124 23rd wd. 2915.25 Sq Ft BRT#234109600 Residential Property Steven Banes C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 001885 $125,343.95 Bradley J. Osborne 1501-310 531 West Tabor Road 19120 61st wd. 1680 Sq Ft

BRT#612005800 Residential Property Friko Fortune C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03263 $173,879.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-311 1109 East Mount Pleasant Avenue 19150 50th wd.

2790 Sq Ft BRT#502444400 Residential Property Kenneth J. Orange, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Willamae Orange, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 1822 $176,307.81 Bradley J. Osborne 1501-312 1912 East Wishart Street 19134 25th wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#252291500 Residential Property Yasmin Guerrero C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03041 $55,041.19 Bradley J. Osborne 1501-313 2950 North 6th Street 19133 37th wd. 875 Sq Ft BRT#372005400 Residential Property Nicholas Lomax C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 002129 $60,004.08 Bradley J. Osborne 1501-314 251 Devereaux Avenue 19111 35th wd. 2740.71 Sq Ft BRT#353002800 Residential Property Xian Xing Huang C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 2036 $78,099.91 Bradley J. Osborne 1501-315 544 South Conestoga Street 19143-1922 46th wd. 1215 Sq Ft OPA# 463182800 Residential Property John G. Morris C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01775 $41,022.19 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-316 511 Parnell Place 19144 12th wd. 1392 Sq Ft BRT#12-20164-00 Single Family Row Home Howard H. Crabbe C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 000403 $72,712.13 Craig H. Fox, Esq 1501-317 2653 South Lloyd Street a/k/a 2653 Lloyd Street 19153-2418 40th wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA# 404015400 Residential Property Sayheem Jones C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01047 $133,850.73 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-318 8801 Roosevelt Boulevard 19152 57th wd. 4679 Sq Ft BRT#571160100 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of John Sarnese C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00190 $235,037.06 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1501-319 3032 Hartville Street 191343033 7th wd. 980 Sq Ft OPA# 071539600 Residential Property Victor Madrigal C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02489 $13,264.65 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-320 495 East Penn Street 19144-5882 12th wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA# 122006600

Residential Property Kia C. Heard, in Her Capacity as Heir of Deborah Heard, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Deborah Heard, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02661 $53,059.39 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-321 8603 Williams Avenue 19150 50th wd. 1462.5 Sq Ft BRT#502279300 Residential Dwelling Angela Perymon C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01922 $152,301.20 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-322 3259 Knorr Street 19149 55th wd. 2648.8 Sq Ft BRT#551216600 Residential Dwelling David P. Kearney and Susan Kearney C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04934 $114,615.60 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-323 3657 Old York Road 191404229 43rd wd. 1650 Sq Ft BRT#432160100 Residential Property Veronica Ward C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 02289 $150,947.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-324 2079 Kingston Street 19134 45th wd. 1071.6 Sq Ft BRT#452141700 Residential Real Estate Christine Small f/k/a Christine Major C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 01976 $75,615.65 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-325 2414 N. 53rd Street 191312422 34th wd. 3060 Sq Ft BRT#521337200 Residential Dwelling Gary Dasent; Cydney Irving a/k/a Cydney Irving-Dasent C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01180 $235,146.67 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-326 6519 N. Woodstock Street 19138 10th wd. 1184 Sq Ft BRT#102075900 Residential Real Estate Nova Tucker C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03005 $102,736.71 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-327 403 West Wellens Avenue 19120 42nd wd. 1092 Sq Ft BRT#422238000 Residential Property Kevin P. Clark C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01426 $30,267.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-328 1211 South Millick Street 19143-2333 3rd wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#03-3-219400 Residential Dwelling Ayobami Ogunsola C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00884 $31,827.88 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-329 5243 Westford Road 19120 42nd wd. 1496.25 Sq Ft BRT#421408700 Residential Property Sadie Perez C.P.

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www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, January 6, 2015 1412-606 5850 North Fairhill Street 19120 61st wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1120 Sq Ft BRT#612301000 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Leonila Suarez a/k/a Leonila A. Suarez and United States of America c/o United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01323 $99,967.51 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-647 2618 Coral Street 19125 31st wd. Semi Det 2 Sty Masonry;

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August Term, 2011 No. 03915 $101,399.76 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-330 11710 Lanett Road 19154 66th wd. 1400 Sq Ft BRT#662034200 Residential Property James C. Herron and Jeanine L. Herron C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02397 $217,273.26 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-331 2351-53 South Swanson Street 19148 39th wd. 12600 Sq Ft BRT#884139061 Subject to Mortgage Tungsten Realty, LLC C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01426 $1,819556.62 Bonnie R. Golub, Esquire; Weir & Partners, LLP 1501-332 3741 South Hereford Lane 19114 66th wd. 1825 Sq Ft BRT#661270500 Residential Property Scott A. Garton C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03531 $140,931.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-333 1821 North 77th Street 19151 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#343356000 Residential Property Ana Young C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03088 $144,351.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-334 2105 East Lippincott Street 19134 25th wd. 840 Sq Ft BRT#252286100 Residential Dwelling Michael Shiffler C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03685 $44,641.43 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-335 2130 Bridge Street 19124 62nd wd. 1068 Sq Ft BRT#622107200 Residential Dwelling Leonard R. Stone C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01365 $70,410.84 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-336 1053 South 52nd Street 19143-4215 51st wd. 1300 Sq Ft OPA# 511036600 Residential Property Charles Gant C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 02878 $79,277.19 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-337 6142 Tackawanna Street 19135-3416 55th wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA# 552239800 Residential Property Bryan J. Galie C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00036 $38,853.30 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-338 7236 Whitaker Avenue 19111 53rd wd. 3502.83 Sq Ft BRT#532427300 Residential Property Agatha Daniel and Tabitha Daniel C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02767 $182,786.57 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-339 821 North 26th Street 19130-1851 15th wd. 2445 Sq Ft OPA# 151281100 Residential Property Frank J. Allen, Jr. C.P. April Term,

2010 No. 01404 $408,734.74 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-340 1851 East Pacific Street 19134 45th wd. 711.03 Sq Ft BRT#452170600 Residential Property Maria I. Romero C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 03069 $71,473.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-341 551 South Salford Street 19143 3rd wd. 1093 Sq Ft BRT#032211300 Residential Property Jerry C. Carr C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 3350 $57,560.68 Bradley J. Osborne 1501-342 11133 Drake Drive 19154 66th wd. 1450 Sq Ft BRT#662226700 Residential Property Thomas F. Kurtz and Lauren N. Tenaglia C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 000733 $127,974.78 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-343 1124 South 22nd Street 19146 36th wd. Land Area12240 Sq Ft; Improvement Area-2016 Sq Ft BRT#871548350 Commercial Property LEON HARLY C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01307 $234,271.35 Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kathryn L. Mason, Esquire; James D. Young, Esquire 1501-344 6539 North Uber Street 19138-3106 10th wd. 1096 Sq Ft OPA# 102020400 Residential Property Allene Capehart C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02468 $71,746.74 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-345 3339 Morrell Avenue 191141221 66th wd. 880 Sq Ft OPA# 661136900 Residential Property Nancy E. McNamee C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04356 $149,177.27 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-346 6209 Mershon Street 191493015 62nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA# 621580800 Residential Property John Redfern a/k/a John M. Redfern; Dawn A. Decampli a/k/a Dawn Ann Decampli C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01445 $58,408.19 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-347 4809 McKean Avenue 19144-4707 13th wd. 1283 Sq Ft OPA# 133146600 Residential Property Karen Hall Solebo a/k/a Karen Solebo; Abayomi Q. Solebo C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02493 $81,986.10 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-348 1324 Locust Street, Unit 530 19107-5604 5th wd. 319 Sq Ft OPA# 888115422 Condominium Arthur L. Brown C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00019 $148,437.28 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-349 3162 West Master Street

19121-4423 29th wd. 1230 Sq Ft OPA# 888290168 Condominium Gary Bowman C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04804 $250,617.55 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-350 5859 Upland Way 191313029 52nd wd. 1280 Sq Ft OPA# 522007300 Residential Property Tarnishe Tunstall C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00447 $136,324.24 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-351 951 East Schiller Street 19134-1314 33rd wd. 1176 Sq Ft OPA# 331196000 Residential Property Vernon Coyle C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 01887 $65,049.51 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-352 221 East Comly Street, a/k/a 221 Comly Street 191201104 35th wd. 1238 Sq Ft OPA# 352144700 Residential Property Troy A. Waller; Robin Atkinson Waller C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02657 $114,013.20 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-353 6822 Lynford Street 191492116 54th wd. 1172 Sq Ft OPA# 542188300 Residential Property Jagjit S. Chawla C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02886 $89,515.64 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-354 1340 Greeby Street 19111 53rd wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#531142600 Residential Property Yi Cheng C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04175 $45,244.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-355 1249 Magee Avenue 191114941 53rd wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA# 532009000 Residential Property Osney Bueno Da Rocha C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00782 $70,210.02 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-356 1116 West Moyamensing Avenue 19148-3616 39th wd.

1134 Sq Ft OPA# 394110200 Residential Property Frank L. Casillo C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03270 $182,461.84 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-357 1159 Overington Street 19124-3134 23rd wd. 1164 Sq Ft OPA# 234078600 Residential Property David Bowens; Willamae Woodbury C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00555 $110,977.35 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-358 6527 Marsden Street a/k/a 6527 Marsdon Street 19135 41st wd. 1084 Sq Ft BRT#411275000 Residential Property Geralyn Fattore and Patrick M. Fattore C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00714 $78,512.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-359 7054 Lincoln Drive 191192542 22nd wd. 2292 Sq Ft

OPA# 223279500 Residential Property Timothy E. Rowe; Brian M. Green C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00033 $405,718.60 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-360 536 North 58th Street 19131-4836 4th wd. 1792 Sq Ft OPA# 043134100 Residential Property Chanel R. Drayton a/k/a Chanel Drayton C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02010 $62,215.35 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-361 1853 East Venango Street 19134-1521 45th wd. 1272 Sq Ft OPA# 452150000 Residential Property Antonio Santiago C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02858 $49,871.52 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-362 2547 Collins Street, a/k/a 2547 East Collins Street 19125-1724 31st wd. 778 Sq Ft OPA# 311202400 Residential Property David R. Burke; Kelly R. Burke C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00620 $121,236.79 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-363 3928 Haverford Avenue 19104-1808 24th wd. 1938 Sq Ft OPA# 242205800 Residential Property George Black C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00609 $69,830.43 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-364 838 Magee Avenue 191114812 53rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA# 531178100 Residential Property Chuntell Short a/k/a Chuntell L. Short C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 01016 $107,002.50 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-365 1547 South Mole Street 19146-4837 36th wd. 1072 Sq Ft OPA# 365099600 Residential Property Caridad A. Maranan C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02849 $27,791.60 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-366 6761 Dorel Street 191422606 40th wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#406341800 Residential Property David Mghensa C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02318 $92,843.67 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-367 236 Fairmount Avenue 19123 5th wd. 1452 Sq Ft BRT#055159800 Residential Property Sandra M. Frazier C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02725 $245,812.12 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-368 4200 I Street 19124 33rd wd.

1152 Sq Ft BRT#332153700 Residential Property Michael P. Hines C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02787 $72,584.16 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-369 2567 East Elkhart Street 19134 25th wd. 678 Sq Ft BRT#251103100 Residential Property Kimberly C. Bobb

C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02807 $85,565.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-370 4529 Milnor Street 19124 23rd wd. 1204 Sq Ft BRT#231045900 Residential Property Jennifer M. Plitt C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01725 $102,403.76 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-371 2324 North Howard Street 19133 19th wd. 1201 Sq Ft BRT#191036310 Residential Property Cydmarie Torres C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01441 $95,314.01 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-372 5222 Oakland Street 191241814 62nd wd. 1366 Sq Ft OPA# 621386500 Residential Property Crystal Anderson C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02670 $112,583.93 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-373 4915 Penn Street, a/k/a 4915 North Penn Street 191242613 23rd wd. 1676 Sq Ft OPA# 232424400 Residential Property John A. Primerano C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05393 $55,998.07 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-374A 5824-38 North 13th Street 19141-4121 49th wd. (formerly the 42nd wd.) 25536 Sq Ft BRT#881150537 Commercial Real Estate Marion Court, LLC C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02958 $427,633.16 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-374B 5840-50 North 13th Street 19141-4121 49th wd. (formerly the 42nd wd.) 21000 Sq Ft BRT#881150538 Commercial Real Estate Marion Court, LLC C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02958 $427,633.16 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-375 9217 Andover Road 191143818 57th wd. 1688 Sq Ft OPA# 572281100 Residential Property Patrick C. Parkinson; Anna Marie Parkinson a/k/a Anna M. Rosselli C.P. October Term, 2006 No. 04233 $152,700.38 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-376 339 Lemonte Street 191284546 21st wd. 1536 Sq Ft OPA# 212313900 Residential Property Eugene Butterfield, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02269 $296,366.68 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-377 1525 West Duncannon Avenue 19141-1636 17th wd. 2323 Sq Ft OPA# 171072500 Residential Property Leighton S. Perrins C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04577 $139,543.24 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-378 1936 South 21st Street 19145-2721 48th wd. 1220 Sq Ft OPA# 482137600

Residential Property Duane R. Bickford a/k/a Duane Bickford; Carlene G. Bickford a/k/a Carlene Bickford C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00568 $66,221.00 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-379 4630 Bergen Street 19136 65th wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#652085400 Residential Property Jessica Gruskin and Lee Gruskin C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 03884 $160,403.93 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-380 1421 Higbee Street 19149 54th wd. 1126 Sq Ft BRT#541014500 Residential Property Thomas Johnson, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Virginia Johnson, Deceased; Victoria Hartley, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Virginia Johnson, Deceased; Unknown Heirs of Virginia Johnson, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04026 $77,657.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-381 1815 East Tulpehocken Street 19138-1210 10th wd.

1290 Sq Ft OPA# 102219200 Residential Property Tamara L. Williams C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 03763 $24,401.44 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-382 2435 South 72nd Street 19142 40th wd. 1370 Sq Ft BRT#404004000 Residential Property Andrea C. Jones C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02396 $106,685.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-383 735 Stanwood Street 191112332 63rd wd. 1470 Sq Ft OPA# 631332506 Residential Property Deborah Ann Garvey a/k/a Deborah Garvey C.P. July Term, 2010 No. 02430 $169,774.39 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-384 4614 Hurley Street 191204531 42nd wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA# 421437900 Residential Property Osmaida E. Toro a/k/a Osmaida Toro C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01017 $77,416.85 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-385 1226 Adams Avenue 191243902 23rd wd. 1350 Sq Ft OPA# 234010000 Residential Property Roslyn Wright C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 00668 $68,111.82 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-386 5028 Cottage Street 191242137 62nd wd. 996 Sq Ft OPA# 622375500 Residential Property Carmen Maldonado C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03606 $66,317.53 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-387 6413 Belfield Avenue 191193907 22nd wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA# 221245700 Residential Property Elizabeth Webb C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00210 $114,658.62 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

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1501-388 5403 Tackawanna Street 19124-1410 62nd wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA# 622315600 Residential Property Demetrious Garrett C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01732 $76,326.38 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-389 1011 Griffith Street 19111-2616 63rd wd. 1041 Sq Ft OPA# 631270200 Residential Property Steven Drohomirecki C.P. July Term, 2010 No. 01078 $220,990.29 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-390 125 W. Roosevelt Boulevard 19120 42nd wd. Land Area--1760 Sq Ft; Improvement Area--2112 Sq Ft BRT#422105600 Commercial Property PHILADELPHIA BUILDING CO. C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02572 $130,737.97 Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kathryn L. Mason, Esquire; James D. Young, Esquire 1501-391 3016 Almond Street 191345028 25th wd. 1092 Sq Ft OPA# 251304000 Residential Property Lisa Marie Brady C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01935 $136,638.85 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-392 1043 West Russell Street 19140-5420 43rd wd. 1156 Sq Ft OPA# 431081500 Residential Property Jacqueline Parker C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02412 $19,443.17 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-393 140 East Walnut Lane 19144-2005 59th wd. 1512 Sq Ft OPA# 592058900 Residential Property Londyn McGuigan C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00006 $167,914.98 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-394 2224 Reed Street 191464225 36th wd. 1068 Sq Ft OPA# 364001100 Residential Property Regina Kozlowski; Thaddeus Kozlowski C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03048 $116,714.02 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-395 5811 Montrose Street 191433019 46th wd. 998 Sq Ft; Located on North Side of Montrose Street, 77 ft Westward of West side of 58th Street, Front: 15 ft, Depth: 62 ft OPA# 033072400 Subject To Mortgage of States Resources Corp., successor by assignment to Fleet National Bank, successor by merger to Summit Bank, successor to Accredited Mortgage Service Subject To Rent Ground Rent Eugene Peters and Marian Peters C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 03340 $63,835.25 Phillip D. Berger, Esq., Berger Law Group, PC 1501-396 2450 South Hutchinson Street 19148-3726 39th wd.

940 Sq Ft OPA# 393478600 Residential Property Michael C. Grimditch a/k/a Michael Grimditch C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00038 $50,556.77 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-397 6337 Morton Street 19144 22nd wd. 1760 Sq Ft BRT#592213037 Residential Dwelling Alonzo Pickron C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00474 $94,993.54 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-398 843 Jackson Street 191483107 39th wd. 1070 Sq Ft OPA# 393317100 Residential Property Sakhorn Lon; Mony Soeun C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02660 $83,454.42 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-399 5322 Turner Street 19131 52nd wd. 976 Sq Ft BRT#521047200 Residential Property Henry Moore and Peggy Thompson C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04862 $132,002.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-400 1006 70th Avenue 191262103 61st wd. 2048 Sq Ft OPA# 611444500 Residential Property Rochelle L. Reynolds C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00611 $278,345.09 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-401 1017 East Cliveden Street 19119-3919 22nd wd. 2262 Sq Ft OPA# 221054000 Residential Property Robert Hollomon; Velvet Hollomon C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 02383 $247,767.89 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-402 6825 Roosevelt Boulevard a/k/a 6825 E. Roosevelt Boulevard 19149 55th wd. 1368 Sq Ft BRT#551526500 Residential Property Derek Jackson C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01843 $82,096.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-403 3323 Wellington Street 191491615 55th wd. 1656 Sq Ft OPA# 551474500 Residential Property Betty Nicholson a/k/a Bettyann Nicholson C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 01729 $119,386.80 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-404 1212 Haworth Street 191242508 23rd wd. 1730 Sq Ft OPA# 234163300 Residential Property Carmen Rodriguez C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04809 $80,825.19 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-405 2651 South Carroll Street 19142 40th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#406106000 Residential Property Lawrence S. Taylor C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01685 $33,562.74 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-406 1508 Brown Street 191302906 15th wd. 2595 Sq Ft OPA# 152234400 Residential Property James Edward

Smith C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 03105 $314,819.62 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-407 6034 North 11th Street 19141 49th wd. 1664 Sq Ft BRT#493077500 Residential Property Zakiyyah SalahudDin C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 02768 $102,221.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-408 1527 Swain Street 19130 15th wd. 1552 Sq Ft BRT#152183900 Residential Dwelling Omar Jefferson and Kimberly N. McGlonn-Lucas C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00860 $342,623.90 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-409 5858 Chew Avenue 191381736 59th wd. 1297 Sq Ft OPA# 591203800 Residential Property Kelly Rozier C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00615 $66,201.92 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-410 727 West Rockland Street 19120-3746 49th wd. 1264 Sq Ft BRT#491123200 Residential Dwelling Mims and Mims Properties, LLC and Brenda Mims C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01549 $80,451.15 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-411 6504 Crescentville Road 19120 61st wd. 1164 Sq Ft BRT#61-1003700 Residential Dwelling Rosemarie M. Lee C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00889 $88,998.04 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-412 8437 Williams Avenue 19150-1920 50th wd. 1141 Sq Ft OPA# 502275100 Residential Property Lisa Wicks C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 01444 $169,422.71 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-413 580 East Godfrey Avenue 19120 35th wd. 1454 Sq Ft BRT#351094300 Residential Dwelling Willie Oteal Walton C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02053 $83,207.52 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-414 320 North 40th Street 19104 6th wd. 3439 Sq Ft BRT#88-1-1616-00 Residential Dwelling Gwendolyn Lewis a/k/a Gwendolyn V. Lewis; Rasheed Lewis a/k/a Rasheed J. Lewis C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04545 $280,159.63 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-415 5812 Washington Avenue 19143-3022 3rd wd. 1420 Sq Ft BRT#033113600 Residential Dwelling Ruby Baker Collins, Known Heir of Carl Collins, Last Record Owner; Unknown Heirs, Assigns,

and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Carl Collins C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01846 $89,047.15 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-416 2804 Fuller Street 191523103 64th wd. 1250 Sq Ft BRT#64-1-2282-00 Residential Dwelling John Sullick a/k/a John S. Sullick C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04320 $133,031.95 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-417 1210 West Jefferson Street 19122 20th wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#20-1011200 Residential Dwelling April Reeves a/k/a April V. Reeves C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02666 $124,535.37 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-418 2503 South Alden Street 19143 40th wd. 934 Sq Ft BRT#402019300 Residential Dwelling Estate of Robin Davenport a/k/a Robin A. Davenport c/o Barbara McBride, Personal Representative; Barbara McBride, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robin Davenport a/k/a Robin A. Davenport; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Robin Davenport a/k/a Robin A. Davenport, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 00444 $63,338.61 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-419 2944 Willits Road 19136 57th wd. 1040 Sq Ft BRT#57-2-0757-00 Residential Dwelling Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Irene Bruder a/k/a Irene S. Bruder; Irene Bruder a/k/a Irene S. Bruder, Last Record Owner C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02265 $146,621.46 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-420 12039 Sewell Road 19116 58th wd. 1412 Sq Ft BRT#58-2-587800 Residential Dwelling William E. Egenolf C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 03805 $155,566.17 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-421 2005 E Madison Street 19134-3222 45th wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#45-2-018940 Residential Dwelling Lynne A. Kourkoumelis a/k/a Lynne A. Kourkoumelis; Alexandros G. Koyrkoymelis C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03578 $46,720.03 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-422 6350 Brous Avenue 19149 62nd wd. 1308 Sq Ft BRT#62-1-592400 Residential Dwelling James W. Corcoran C.P. May Term,

2014 No. 03563 $25,465.85 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-423 7842 Gilbert Street 191502504 50th wd. 1084 Sq Ft OPA# 502112600 Residential Property Teena Coleman C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02654 $130,858.87 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-424 2022 South Garnet Street 19145-2803 48th wd. 962 Sq Ft OPA# 481299200 Residential Property Renata Hall C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05397 $147,895.16 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-425 1716 Fox Chase Road 19152-1814 56th wd. 1067 Sq Ft OPA# 562174500 Residential Property Tina Caulk C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02589 $195,518.56 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-426 307 Unruh Avenue 191114654 35th wd. 1365 Sq Ft OPA# 353126400 Residential Property Taikesha N. Moss C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 01844 $205,828.64 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-427 5932 Erdrick Street 191353912 62nd wd. 1380 Sq Ft OPA# 622344300 Residential Property Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Joseph Geiger, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01047 $55,034.03 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-428 525 Christian Street 191474003 2nd wd. 1698 Sq Ft OPA# 022105200 Residential Property Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Jacqueline D. Brown, Deceased; Nigil Moore, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of The Estate of Jacqueline D. Brown C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01913 $98,587.41 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-429 1223 South 49th Street 19143-4441 27th wd. 1392 Sq Ft OPA# 273050500 Residential Property Vincent Howell C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00119 $59,156.57 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-430 1307 Knorr Street 191114905 53rd wd. 1386 Sq Ft OPA# 532139200 Residential Property Eva Torok; Tibor Torok C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00616 $114,485.06 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-431 3115 Gaul Street 19134-4415 25th wd. 962 Sq Ft OPA# 251383000 Residential Property Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or As-

sociations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Michael J. McDermott a/k/a Michael McDermott, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04581 $78,962.13 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-432 2422 West Firth Street 19125-4126 28th wd. 798 Sq Ft OPA# 281280600 Residential Property Joseph E. Bennett; Mark C. Nuzzo C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 03916 $31,768.50 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-433 5945 North Lawrence Street 19120-1828 61st wd. 1316 Sq Ft OPA# 612353100 Residential Property Daniel Altidor C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02195 $46,641.37 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-434 161 West Grange Avenue 19120-2445 61st wd. 1290 Sq Ft OPA# 612073800 Residential Property Vanessa D. Avent C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01295 $24,181.34 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-435 3129 Stirling Street 191493117 55th wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA# 551006100 Residential Property Muhammad Mays C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01725 $111,441.13 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-436 7332 Briar Road 191381328 50th wd. 1086 Sq Ft BRT#501335800 Row B/Gar 2 Story Masonry Manolita I.M. Evans C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02585 $153,604.24 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-437 12628 Medford Road 191541448 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#663244100 Row B/Gar 2 Story Masonry Andrew Clark C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 01032 $232,104.55 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-438 8242 Williams Avenue 19150 50th wd. 1464 Sq Ft BRT#502246700 Residential Real Estate Octavia Rosser C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01909 $147,214.88 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-439 1712 North 55th Street 19131-3509 4th wd. (formerly part of the Fifty Second wd.) 2118 Sq Ft BRT#041319200 Residential Real Estate Seth Ntim Agyarko and Angela Odom C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02787 $50,010.72 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-440 904 Ripley Street 191112622 63rd wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#63-1-2865-00 Residential Property Lisa Colanzi C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00830 $186,642.76 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-441 3202 South 20th Street 19145-5706 26th wd. 2090 Sq Ft BRT#262166710

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Residential Property Martin A. Janco and Mary C. Janco C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 940 $496,691.46 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-442 833 Sanger Street 19124 35th wd. 1240 Sq Ft BRT#351219000 Residential Property Sunday E. Adeyemi and Bola Adeyemi C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01501 $32,737.29 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-443 6122 Catharine Street 19143 3rd wd. 1376 Sq Ft BRT#03-30088-00 Residential Property Nicole Godbolt C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 000791 $76,819.81 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-444 5844 Akron Street 191493402 62nd wd. 1084 Sq Ft BRT#621426000 Residential Property Venus G. Mouzon and Anthony Mouzon C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 000990 $163,478.26 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-445 1221 West Wyoming Avenue 19140-1248 49th wd. 1664 Sq Ft BRT#491071100 Residential Dwelling Shanek M. Copes, Personal Rep. of the Estate of Dorothy L. Comer, Deceased and Nakeeah Russell, Personal Rep. of the Estate of Dorothy L. Comer, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02139 $50,799.98 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1501-446 1428 South 27th Street 191463701 36th wd. 1070 Sq Ft BRT#364296200 Residential Dwelling John B. Hudome and Dan Nocella C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01402 $65,980.27 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1501-447 5219 Horrocks Street 191241811 62nd wd. 1318 Sq Ft BRT#621346500 Row B/ Gar 2 Story Masonry Richard Mitchell Sr. a/k/a Richard Miller, Original Mortgagor and Joselyn A. Mitchell a/k/a Joselyn A. Tinsley, Original Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01022 $166,595.78 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-448 9843 Bonner Street 191152303 58th wd. 1720 Sq Ft OPA# 581471600 Residential Property Svyatoslav Feltsan; Marianna Feltsan C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02369 $213,021.29 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-449 2443 East Clearfield Street 19134-4438 25th wd. 1530 Sq Ft OPA# 251121700 Residential Property Anthony Pizzaro C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 02626 $169,464.16 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-450 4536 D Street 19120-4525 42nd wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA# 421449800 Residential

Property Edwin Guilbe C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00567 $79,663.34 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-451 1223 Atwood Road 191513110 34th wd. 1262 Sq Ft OPA# 344329700 Residential Property Sebastian R. Rembert; Francine M. Rembert C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01882 $57,550.63 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-452 6173 Reinhard Street 191422427 40th wd. 924 Sq Ft OPA# 401278300 Residential Property Joel Ortner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03862 $30,195.74 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-453 1306 South Carlisle Street 19146-4811 36th wd. 1216 Sq Ft OPA# 365028500 Residential Property Andre Murray; Delores Murray; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Lillie Brown, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2007 No. 02516 $43,468.69 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-454 6909 Sherwood Road 191512324 34th wd. 2316 Sq Ft BRT#344170600 Residential Property Walter N. Dobbins III C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02960 $291,117.26 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-455 2146 Knorr Street 191492306 54th wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#542004000 Residential Property Randell Green C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04282 $97,007.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-456 6239 Walker Street 191353507 55th wd. 1136 Sq Ft BRT#552324700 Residential Property John S. Raziano C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01821 $109,250.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-457 3406 Disston Street 191492010 55th wd. 1330 Sq Ft OPA# 551301700 Residential Property Jason Smith C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00779 $89,241.10 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-458 3245 Tara Road 19154-3309 66th wd. 800 Sq Ft OPA# 662474700 Residential Property Joan Bear C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02810 $75,885.55 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-459 4118 Bennington Street 191245217 33rd wd. 684 Sq Ft OPA# 332287500 Residential Property Andrea Dempsey; Robert Dempsey a/k/a Robert W. Dempsey C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02817 $87,983.17 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-460 7161 Torresdale Avenue 19135-1327 65th wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA# 871585370 Residential Property Violetta

Noel; Willy Noel C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 00878 $161,745.60 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-461 7207 Ogontz Avenue 191381303 50th wd. 1386 Sq Ft BRT#501304800 Residential Property Unknown Heirs of Doris Tarboro, Deceased; Howard Tarboro, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Doris Tarboro, Deceased; Larry Tarboro, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Doris Tarboro, Deceased; Marsha Turner, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Doris Tarboro, Deceased; Priscilla Curry, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Doris Tarboro, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 02663 $94,975.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-462 2321 West Tioga Street 19140-3808 11th wd. 2829 Sq Ft BRT#112106900 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs of Irma J. Sanders, Deceased and Velvet Collado, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Irma J. Sanders, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00179 $65,483.33 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-463 2853 N. Bonsall Street 19132-2006 11th wd. 1050 Sq Ft BRT#111388200 Two Story Masonry Dwelling Terrell Moon C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02145 $52,671.39 Bernstein-Burkley, PC 1501-464 870 North 19th Street 19130-2022 15th wd. 2148 Sq Ft OPA# 151056400 Residential Property Gregory Hagan C.P. April Term, 2011 No. 01710 $407,695.72 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-465 5919 North Lawrence Street 19120-1828 61st wd. 1316 Sq Ft OPA# 612351800 Residential Property Joseph L. Brady, Jr. C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 01613 $68,312.37 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-466 1383 Anchor Street 191241203 62nd wd. 1132 Sq Ft OPA# 621071100 Residential Property Victor M. Perez C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00460 $126,779.23 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-467 2923 South Juniper Street 19148-4950 39th wd. 1376 Sq Ft OPA# 395354000 Residential Property Arthur P. Juliano, III; Renee Juliano C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01079 $139,763.23 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-468 7526 Brockton Road 191512825 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA# 343147700 Residential Property Willie B. Ford C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 02163 $126,773.23 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

1501-469 3850 Woodhaven Road #612 a/k/a 3850 Woodhaven Road Unit 612 19154-2752 66th wd. 880 Sq Ft OPA# 888660318 Condominium Miriam R. Robinson C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02069 $116,216.46 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-470 866 Bridge Street 19124 35th wd. 964 Sq Ft BRT#351145500 Residential Property Marquita R. Waites a/k/a Marquita Waites C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00177 $112,346.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-471 6922 Theodore Street 19142 40th wd. 1138 Sq Ft BRT#406246300 Residential Property Vicki R. Ofori and Deborah Riley C.P. December Term, 2007 No. 02016 $69,455.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-472 2235 South 71st Street 19142 40th wd. 1244 Sq Ft BRT#403217400 Residential Property Lisa Bookhart C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02786 $31,137.45 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-473 2452 Amber Street 19125 31st wd. 1630 Sq Ft BRT#311127800 Residential Property Shari B. Levine C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01735 $189,018.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-474 3338 Saint Vincent Street 19149-1624 55th wd. 1472 Sq Ft OPA# 551436700 Residential Property Patricia Ann Gadomski a/k/a Patricia Ann Gadomski-Rempp a/k/a Patricia Rempp C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 04554 $92,328.19 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-475 1027 East Chelten Avenue 19138-1833 59th wd. 1402 Sq Ft OPA# 591016000 Residential Property Yvonne M. Brown C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01557 $141,841.32 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-476 1931 East Cambria Street 19134-3519 25th wd. 1192 Sq Ft OPA# 252100700 Residential Property Carlos J. Pagan C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 03872 $54,983.19 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-477 4736 Large Street 191242947 23rd wd. 1280 Sq Ft OPA# 234202300 Residential Property Dominick Gibbs C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01049 $180,399.86 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-478 7015 Crittenden Street 19119-1330 22nd wd. 1802 Sq Ft OPA# 222269200 Residential Property Alonzo Pickeron C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00203 $275,312.46 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

1501-479 8616 Rugby Street 191502706 50th wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA# 502089500 Residential Property Leonard M. Wakefield a/k/a Leonard Wakefield C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 04366 $163,868.11 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-480 222 West Penn Street 191443904 12th wd. 2032 Sq Ft OPA# 124016000 Residential Property Joe W. Johnson C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01211 $122,785.93 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-481 1324 Locust Street, Unit 530 19107-5604 5th wd. 319 Sq Ft OPA# 888115422 Condominium Arthur L. Brown C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00019 $148,437.28 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-482 2325 West Huntingdon Street 19132-3625 16th wd. 1320 Sq Ft OPA# 162323100 Residential Property Renee Joyner C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02808 $61,324.27 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-483 1825 Harrison Street 191242852 23rd wd. 1338 Sq Ft OPA# 232212200 Residential Property Habiba Yate C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03094 $99,199.07 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-484 1032 North Orianna Street 19123-1549 5th wd. 2043 Sq Ft OPA# 057095420 Residential Property Joseph Steward, III; Sharon McPherson C.P. May Term, 2008 No. 03544 $436,757.89 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-485 54 West Pomona Street 19144-1914 59th wd. 1919 Sq Ft OPA# 593092400 Residential Property Nicholas Thompson, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Ethel Forrest; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Ethel Forrest, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01962 $147,311.73 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-486 219 Widener Street 191201840 61st wd. 1050 Sq Ft OPA# 612122800 Residential Property Erica Shubert C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03591 $75,980.42 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-487 4211 North 8th Street 191402212 43rd wd. 1244 Sq Ft OPA# 433350800 Residential Property William Casanas C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04582 $61,084.55 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-488 3436 Almond Street 191345313 45th wd. 948 Sq Ft OPA# 451299200 Residential

Property Zbigniew Sulik C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02840 $117,822.46 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-489 1115 Hower Lane 19115-4810 63rd wd. 2310 Sq Ft OPA# 632075200 Residential Property Bashiran Bibi; Shahbaz Khan C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02983 $383,909.96 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-490 12729 Medford Road 191541417 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA# 663261700 Residential Property Silvio M. Iannuzzi, III; Nancy L. Bossert C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03096 $169,344.55 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-491 330 North Salford Street 19139-1228 4th wd. 1050 Sq Ft OPA# 042263400 Residential Property Kenneth Morris C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 03250 $59,045.44 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-492 6020 N. 11th Street 19141 49th wd. 1664 Sq Ft more or less BRT#49-3-0768-00 Residential Dwelling Pauline Howard a/k/a Pauleen Howard C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 01502 $105,242.45 Scott P. Sheetman, Esquire 1501-493 6345 Horrocks Street 191492829 54th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA# 541235800 Residential Property Denise G. Dorsey, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of the Estate of Jeannette Dorsey; Gwendolyn Dorsey, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Jeannette Dorsey; Michael Dorsey in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Jeannette Dorsey; Maurice Dorsey, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Jeannette Dorsey; Sharon Calvin, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Jeannette Dorsey; Ronald Dorsey, Jr. in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Jeannette Dorsey; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Jeannette Dorsey, Deceased.

C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00157 $133,243.45 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-494 2324 South Franklin Street 19148-3821 39th wd. 1000 Sq Ft OPA# 393225900 Residential Property Jowanna Scott a/k/a Jowanna S. Scott C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02624 $48,761.33 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-495 1702 Kennedy Street 191241302 62nd wd. 720 Sq Ft OPA# 622156515 Residential Property Joseph E. Clinton a/k/a Joseph Clinton; The Marian Foundation C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02720 $26,735.07 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

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1501-496 1916 South 68th Street 191421214 40th wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA# 403188300 Residential Property Antoinette Marshall; Jonathan Cousins C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 03495 $66,503.97 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-497 2215 Melvin Street, a/k/a 2215 North Melvin Street 191312207 52nd wd. 1706 Sq Ft OPA# 522248900 Residential Property Clarence Harvey C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00289 $119,606.85 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-498 2808 Welsh Road A, a/k/a 2808 Welsh Road Unit A 191521505 57th wd. 1680 Sq Ft OPA# 571034866 Residential Property Vendredi Chea C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 03995 $246,131.47 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-499 8112 Lindbergh Blvd 191531606 40th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#40-5-8475-37 Single Family Row Home Tracy Bogans C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 000265 $133,572.11 Craig H. Fox, Esq 1501-500 1220 N. 51st Street 191314401 44th wd. 1309 Sq Ft; Beginning point: Situate on the southwest corner of 51st Street and Stiles Street; thence westward along the south side of said Stiles Street 69 feet 2 inches. OPA# 442253308 Row W/Det Gar 2 Sty Masonry Hiawatha Taylor (deceased) C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 03379 $76,450.50 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1501-501 8012 Lindbergh Boulevard 19153-1601 40th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#405847511 Residential Property Kifle Tessema, as sole owner C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03073 $180,170.86 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1501-502 2232 South Bouvier Street 19145 26th wd. 784 Sq Ft BRT#262053100 Residential Property William J. Doyle, Jr. C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00793 $145,162.33 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1501-503 3412 Saint Vincent Street 19149-1626 55th wd. 1480 Sq Ft OPA# 551438400 Residential Property Kevin M. Rawley; Donna Marie Mulholland C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01354 $127,283.04 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-504 2750 North 46th Street 191311529 52nd wd. 1578 Sq Ft OPA# 521231900 Residential Property Marisa S. BarnesHopkins C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 04323 $139,798.71 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-505 1422 Kerbaugh Street 19140-3033 13th wd. 992 Sq Ft BRT#132263600 Residen-

tial Property Allen Spearman C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01871 $31,606.51 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-506 243 North Alden Street 19139 4th wd. 1028 Sq Ft BRT#042205900 Residential Property Deborah Baker as Administratrix of the Estate of Martha S. Baker, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04721 $30,636.55 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-507 602 Longshore Avenue 19111-4313 35th wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#353155900 Residential Property Sudan A. Muhammad and Barbara S. Muhammad C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00163 $177,517.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-508 5848 Cedar Avenue 191431934 3rd wd. 1314 Sq Ft BRT#032141700 Residential Property Susan L. Rogers C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 04002 $87,569.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-509 6646 Greenway Avenue 19142-1629 40th wd. 950 Sq Ft BRT#403133600 Residential Property John Doe, Owner or Any Unknown Persons Having or Claiming an Interst or Title to the Subject Premises C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 03357 $151,344.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-510 212 West Sheldon Street 19120 42nd wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#422197300 Residential Property Dakota Rose Brooks, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Angela Jackson, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02268 $39,958.57 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-511 318 North Felton Street 19139-1103 34th wd. 1294 Sq Ft BRT#341258300 Residential Property Chantelle Nelson C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 04134 $58,482.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-512 311 East Price Street 19144 59th wd. 2928 Sq Ft BRT#591080600 Residential Property Terance L. Wilson C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01977 $168,469.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-513 1308 South Warnock Street 19147 1st wd. 1957 Sq Ft BRT#012471300 Residential Property Jonathan Shames C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00871 $310,101.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-514 2905 Brighton Street 19149 55th wd. 1224 Sq Ft BRT#551362300 Residential Property Wesley Jones and Deilia McLaughlin C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01750 $176,001.54 KML Law Group, P.C.

1501-515 6527 Belmar Street 19142 40th wd. 1080 Sq Ft BRT#403085800 Residential Property Olive Debleye and Yilleboe McCritty C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02142 $50,002.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-516 1865 Conlyn Street 19141 17th wd. 1432 Sq Ft BRT#171145700 Residential Property Jasmin D. Davis a/k/a Jasmin Davis C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02652 $85,371.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-517 851 North Woodstock Street 19130 15th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#151110500 Residential Property Portia Speakes C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02515 $305,957.53 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-518 1214-16 South Harmony Street 19146 36th wd. 2144 Sq Ft BRT#362357010 Residential Property George Xavier a/k/a George Smith, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02866 $282,248.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-519 5832 Malvern Avenue 191313026 52nd wd. 1217 Sq Ft BRT#522113400 Residential Property Heirs and Devisees of Leo B. Wallace, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01809 $28,047.08 Pressman & Doyle, LLC 1501-520 34 Ashmead Place South 19144 12th wd. 1314 Sq Ft BRT#12-3-083100 Residential Dwelling Alice Lashley; Kelvin A. Lashley C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 02933 $80,962.26 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-521 5933 North Hutchinson Street, Unit B 19141 49th wd.

1120 Sq Ft BRT#492156510 Residential Dwelling Wilburt E. James; Shakiela Clark C.P. February Term, 2011 No. 01760 $125,939.46 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-522 6519 Vandike Street 191352825 41st wd. 1056 Sq Ft BRT#41-1-3488-00 Jocelyn White C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04375 $135,455.61 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-523 1308 Wells Street 19111 53rd wd. 1213 Sq Ft BRT#532016000 Residential Dwelling Chui W. Cheng C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01931 $118,239.71 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-524 143 North Wanamaker Street 19139-2444 4th wd. 1224 Sq Ft BRT#04-2-095800 Row 2 Sty Masonry Joseph Klimczak and Jeffrey Duldulao a/k/a Jeffrey Duldao C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02768 $70,072.15 Milstead & Associates, LLC

1501-525 7310 North Bouvier Street 19126-1535 10th wd. 1481 Sq Ft BRT#10-1-0795-00 Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry Jorge Fagundes and The United States of America c/o the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00243 $110,165.74 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-526 5702 North Lambert Street 19138-2910 49th wd. 952 Sq Ft BRT#172423700 Row B/ Gar 2 Sty Masonry Dawn Y. Larry C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00954 $73,449.01 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-527 11704 Corry Road 19154 66th wd. 1400 Sq Ft BRT#66-2-038700 Residential Dwelling Suzanne Maier O’Donnell a/k/a Suzanne M. Maier C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02988 $181,452.23 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-528 948 East Price Street 191381720 59th wd. 1040 Sq Ft BRT#591069000 Subject to Mortgage Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry Karl Gamble, Executor of the Estate of Mary J. Marshall, deceased original mortgagor and real owner C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01436 $37,407.05 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-529 5939 Locust St 19139-3831 3rd wd. 1254 Sq Ft BRT#031-0847.00 Row 2 Sty Masonry Leonard M. Burnham and Lillie Joe Barber C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01300 $46,160.04 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-530 1421 Robbins Street 191492751 54th wd. 1320 Sq Ft BRT#541083900 Row B/ Gar 2 Sty Masonry Shawn T. Amos and Celeste BligenAmos C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00395 $139,290.42 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-531 6238-6240-6242 Catharine Street 19143 3rd wd. (formerly part of the 46th wd.)

1344 Sq Ft BRT#0-33-012810 Residential Dwelling Maria E. Perrin C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 03497 $53,207.38 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-532 5921 Pine Street 191431123 3rd wd. 1376 Sq Ft BRT#032032000 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Edward J. Cody, Sr., Personal Representative of the Estate of Murray Price, Jr. a/k/a Murray Price, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01911 $25,509.48 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1501-533 5819 Theodore Street 191436010 40th wd. 1445 Sq Ft BRT#402243000 Residential Real Estate Stephen Davis C.P. April Term, 2014 No.

03245 $64,563.40 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-534 6621 Lynford Street 19149 54th wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#541176500 Residential Real Estate Joseph F. Spedding and Michelle Spedding C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03018 $147,214.88 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-535 5524 Larchwoof Avenue 19143 46th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#463003300 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property Sukeyna Fillis C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 2039 $103,462.27 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. Bonner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh Levy Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., Brian Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1501-536 1003 E. Luzerne Street 19124-5205 33rd wd. 1206 Sq Ft BRT#332019800 Residential Real Estate Daisy Fleming C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00322 $154,751.64 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-537 1935 Tasker Street 191451429 36th wd. 720 Sq Ft BRT#363062500 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Charles P. Donato C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04142 $79,270.16 Thomas A Capehart, Esquire 1501-538 5760 Rodman Street 191431942 46th wd. 1408 Sq Ft BRT#463036500 Residential Property Ronald Maturin, sole owner C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 2038 $59,590.13 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1501-539 7836 Temple Road 191502110 50th wd. 990 Sq Ft BRT#501061600 Row B/ Gar 2 Sty Masonry Deborah Edwards and The United States of America c/o the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01812 $106,490.31 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-540 3251-63 Boudinot Street 19134 33rd wd. 10660 Sq Ft BRT#884341430 Ind. Lght Mfg Masonry Gau T. Ly C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02535 $274,240.86 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-541 5926 Spruce Street 19139 46th wd. 1330 Sq Ft BRT#032001200 Row 2 Sty Masonry Dorothy Keenan, heir of Minnie Davis, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under

Minnie Davis, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02471 $69,092.86 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-542 2807 Sebring Road 19152 57th wd. 1224 Sq Ft BRT#571058500 S/D W B/G 2S Frame Alberto Balio a/k/a Albert Balio and Yesenia Balio C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02829 $200,910.74 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-543 348 N Horton St 19139 34th wd. 1290 Sq Ft BRT#341203600 Row 2 Sty Masonry Kevin Nelson and Sheila Sherman a/k/a Sheila Nelson C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01386 $69,940.73 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-544 7844 Temple Rd 191502110 50th wd. 990 Sq Ft BRT#501062000 Row B/ Gar 2 Sty Masonry Jeannine Sloan C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01561 $165,956.81 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-545 443 South 51st St 19143 60th wd. 2930 Sq Ft BRT#60-2165200 S/D Conv Apt 3 Sty Masonry Robert W. Wilson C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01694 $135,695.36 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-546 3322 E Thompson St 191345309 45th wd. 1254 Sq Ft BRT#451244400 Row W/Det Gar 2 Sty Masonry Edward S. Podlaszewski, Real Owner and Original Mortgagor and Debra Podlaszewski, Real Owner C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01295 $188,164.64 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-547 3189 Aramingo Ave 191344421 25th wd. 1082 Sq Ft BRT#251466900 Row 2 Sty Masonry Edward Ditzel and Kathleen Ditzel C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04851 $28,012.13 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-548 406 West Queen Lane 19144-4607 22nd wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#123121900 Semi Det 2 Sty Masonry Thomas Morgan and Schell Morgan C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02265 $74,472.01 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-549 1507 North Frazier Street 19131-3803 4th wd. 956 Sq Ft BRT#04-3-2723-00 Row 2 Sty Masonry Danielle A. Jones C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02381 $48,738.21 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-550 5700 Florence Avenue 19143 40th wd. 1470 Sq Ft BRT#51-3-2731-00 Row 2 Sty Masonry Claude Devasty C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00941 $87,226.01 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-551 3341 Gratz Street 191404924 38th wd. 1379 Sq Ft

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BRT#11-2-2602-00 Row 2 Sty Masonry John Hall and Angela Hall C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00192 $52,113.56 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-552 5750-52 Rising Sun Avenue 19120-1626 35th wd. 3611 Sq Ft BRT#351315300 Det Conv Apt 2 Sty Masonry Rosenex Michel C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01596 $300,251.52 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-553 6525 Grays Ave 191422219 40th wd. 992 Sq Ft BRT#40-6-1856-00 Row 2 Sty Masonry Aaron Harvey C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02222 $98,190.23 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-554 7108 Theodore Street 19142 40th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#404256400 Residential Property Chervon Harvey C.P. July Term, 2010 No. 02107 $77,760.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-555 7662 Brentwood Road 19151 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#343227000 Residential Property James L. Hayes C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 01819 $44,462.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-556 2644 East Clearfield Street 19134 25th wd. 1193.50 Sq Ft BRT#251114200 Residential Property Danielle J. Moore and Ronald M. Swanson C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 02402 $62,890.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-557 5200 Duffield Street 19124 62nd wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#622239500 Residential Property Georgette Peterson C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00076 $90,869.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-558 6028 Angora Terrace 19143 3rd wd. 1220 Sq Ft BRT#034031200 Residential Property Allene Cannady C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00853 $38,782.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-559 249 West Duval Street 19144 59th wd. 2351 Sq Ft BRT#593118300 Residential Property Brandon Alston a/k/a Brandon David Alston C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 03720 $223,569.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-560 1404 South 28th Street 19146 36th wd. 1184 Sq Ft BRT#364343000 Residential Property Rose T. Brett C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 03944 $54,583.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-561 849 East Russell Street 19134 33rd wd. 1350 Sq Ft BRT#331180000 Residential Property Kimberly Cruz C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02369 $67,102.24 KML Law Group, P.C.

1501-562 881 Perkiomen Street 19130 15th wd. 1344 Sq Ft BRT#151374700 Residential Property Janet Friel, as Administratrix of the Estate of Alexander Friel, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00153 $220,877.45 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-563 1533 West Butler Street 19140 13th wd. 1199.66 Sq Ft BRT#131084400 Residential Property Keith A. King C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01874 $23,304.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-564 177 Linton Street 19120 61st wd. 990 Sq Ft BRT#612143500 Residential Property Valerie A. Smith C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01880 $104,085.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-565 5713A Erdrick Street 191353907 62nd wd. 2178 Sq Ft BRT#622350900 Residential Property Lance Torpey and Maryann Torpey C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02904 $187,114.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-566 583 Van Kirk Street 19120 35th wd. 1196.25 Sq Ft BRT#352117400 Residential Property Jhamika Dakar C.P. January Term, 2010 No. 01523 $125,857.76 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-567 229 Widener Street 19120 61st wd. 1050 Sq Ft BRT#612122300 Residential Property Noelia Andino-Toro C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 04034 $85,351.83 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-568 2625 South Daggett Street 19142-2804 40th wd. 1128 Sq Ft OPA# 406007100 Residential Property Khalilah Felder C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 03325 $73,313.98 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-569 4310 Lawndale Street 19124-4310 33rd wd. 720 Sq Ft OPA# 332265200 Residential Property Evelyn Sperduto; Robert Sperduto C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 02929 $90,718.51 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-570 9908 Bustleton Avenue, Unit G4 19115-2111 58th wd. 1203 Sq Ft OPA# 888580384 Condominium Unit Gwendolyn Thomas C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02462 $98,926.32 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-571 4414 Devereaux Street, a/k/a 4414 Devereaux Avenue 19135-3604 55th wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA# 552024600 Residential Property Ahsan Ullaha; Bibi Walima Ullaha a/k/a Bibi W. Khan C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01511 $138,889.32 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

1501-572 2433 South Garnet Street 19145-4227 26th wd. 1068 Sq Ft OPA# 262133300 Residential Property William Carbo C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00543 $47,700.23 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-573 1621 South 16th Street 191451503 36th wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA# 365124500 Residential Property Fang L. Ng a/k/a Fang Ly Ng C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04583 $99,022.06 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-574 1820 South 9th Street 191481660 1st wd. 1176 Sq Ft OPA# 012388500 Residential Property Carmen Velazquez; Marvin Velazquez C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 00417 $181,436.02 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-575 732 Brighton Street 191114028 53rd wd. 1551 Sq Ft OPA# 532244100 Residential Property Natacha E. Audain a/k/a Natacha Audain C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 03177 $120,860.35 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-576 1621 South Franklin Street 19148-1222 1st wd. 988 Sq Ft OPA# 012186100 Residential Property Cheryl McClashieGant C.P. October Term, 2007 No. 05072 $56,131.08 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-577 1823 East Moyamensing Avenue 19148-1944 1st wd.

2364 Sq Ft OPA# 011214200 Residential Property John E. McNamee C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 03408 $292,150.00 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-578 7722 Delphi Place 191531713 40th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA# 405858200 Residential Property Bryan Jackson C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00354 $151,166.97 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-579 5943 North 3rd Street 191201843 61st wd. 1118 Sq Ft OPA# 612389700 Residential Property Andrena L. Dixon C.P. April Term, 2011 No. 03124 $97,811.99 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-580 4927 Morris Street 191444713 13th wd. 1302 Sq Ft OPA# 133143300 Residential Property Yolanda R. Wansley, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of the Estate of Mary Wansley a/k/a Mary Ruth Wansley C.P. September Term, 2009 No. 00699 $90,913.64 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-581 2403 South Percy Street 19148-3729 39th wd. 990 Sq Ft OPA# 393443600 Residential Property Anna Caporali C.P. February Term, 2008 No. 01910 $66,373.24 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-582 440 Delmar Street 191284506 21st wd. 1184 Sq Ft

BRT#212309300 Semi Det 2 Sty Masonry Kimberly Rampone a/k/a Kimberly Marie Junio and Michael J. Rampone, Jr. a/k/a Michael J. Rampone C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02570 $247,909.98 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-583 12014A Tyrone Road a/k/a 12014 Tyrone Road, Unit A 19154-1829 66th wd.

900 Sq Ft BRT#663269900 Residential Property Richard A. Whitford and Norma B. Whitford C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 000880 $235,963.80 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-584 3034 East Street 19134 7th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#071556700 Residential Property Darlene Cash C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 002421 $30,144.71 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-585 3166 Reach Street 19134 33rd wd. 1064 Sq Ft BRT#331313700 Residential Property Dawn Williams C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 003253 $32,719.61 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-586 1118 Durfor Street 19148 39th wd. 1000 Sq Ft BRT#394096400 Residential Property Rita DiRaddo-Dellomo, as the Administratrix of the Estate of Frank J. Dellomo, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02002 $243,353.36 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-587 2839 North 12th Street 19133 37th wd. 2018 Sq Ft BRT#372251800 Residential Property Anthony Carbone C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 002624 $85,577.11 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-588 157 N. Vodges Street 19139 4th wd. 928 Sq Ft BRT#041184000 Residential Property Patrick N. Faulkner C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01996 $56,370.67 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-589 6956 Pawling Street 19128 21st wd. 1442 Sq Ft BRT#212451100 Residential Property John Scott Spencer as the Administrator of the estate of Debra Spencer C.P. August Term, 2014 001407 $248,280.45 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-590 7 North Chris Columbus Boulevard #119 19106 5th wd. 2243 Sq Ft BRT#888060140 Residential Property Melonease Shaw C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 002810 $477,203.24 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-591 7050 Van Dike Street 19135 41st wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#412423300 Residential Property Terrance Berkery C.P. July Term, 2014 No.

1303 $148,945.91 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-592 6605 North Gratz Street 19126 10th wd. 1320 Sq Ft BRT#101098100 Residential Property Georgia D. Goodman-Watson C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 1304 $132,399.83 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-593 5150 Chancellor Street 19139-4109 60th wd.

1200 Sq Ft; South Side of Chancellor Street 401’2-1/2” westward from the west side of 51st Street; Front: 15 ft 0 in, Depth: 62 ft 4-3/4 in BRT#60206900 Single Family Residence Matthew I. Mehrman C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00522 $71,689.87 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1501-594 646 E Ontario Street 191341228 33rd wd. 978 Sq Ft BRT#33-1-155200 Residential Dwelling Keith A. Davis; Wayne M. Davis; Juan C. Reyes C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 02859 $69,616.00 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1501-595 7343 Ogontz Avenue 191381305 50th wd. 1274 Sq Ft BRT#501309400 Residential Property Michelle Lamb, as Administratrix of the Estate of Maureen E. Lamb, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 02555 $39,131.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-596 7227 Jackson Street 191351220 41st wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#412324100 Residential Property Ieshia D. Neal C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01132 $124,725.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-597 2008 Lardner Street 191493526 62nd wd. 1176 Sq Ft BRT#621161200 Residential Property Jose Crespo and Vaneza Lauriano C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02618 $188,414.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-598 7200 Limekiln Turnpike 19138-1314 10th wd. 3120 Sq Ft BRT#102072200 Residential Property Jennifer Pearson C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01474 $242,007.15 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-599 2813 North Van Pelt Street 19132-2644 11th wd. 988 Sq Ft BRT#111291500 Residential Property Markitia Scott C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01085 $25,396.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-600 1213 West Airdrie Street 19140-3706 43rd wd. 1664 Sq Ft OPA# 432211200 Residential Property Ramona Poole C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 03500 $89,621.54 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-601 3549 North 7th Street 19140

43rd wd. 950 Sq Ft OPA# 432089600 Residential Property Diane Cain C.P. February Term, 2010 No. 00047 $64,713.34 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-602 1545 Stevens Street 191493310 54th wd. 1126 Sq Ft OPA# 541052900 Residential Property Tamika McDowell C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00906 $160,804.60 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-603 7910 Michener Avenue 19150-1321 50th wd. 1312 Sq Ft OPA# 501120800 Residential Property Mary Dearry C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04806 $130,222.30 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-604 6520 Torresdale Avenue 19135-2822 41st wd. 1408 Sq Ft OPA# 411298000 Residential Property Joseph L. Micsko a/k/a Joseph Micsko C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02913 $120,542.27 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-605 7118 Oakland Street 19149-1211 54th wd. 1176 Sq Ft OPA# 542381900 Residential Property Antonio Perez; Carmen Perez C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 00027 $166,036.42 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-606 1681 Dyre Street 191241369 62nd wd. 1722 OPA# 622044100 Residential Property Lashaun D. Webb a/k/a Lashaun Webb C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02664 $106,526.28 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-607 1114 South Wilton Street 19143-4207 51st wd. 1470 Sq Ft OPA# 511211400 Residential Property Grant L. Palmer C.P. February Term, 2009 No. 02439 $95,175.61 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-608 223 West Berkley Street, a/k/a 223 Berkley Street 19144-4201 13th wd. 1388 Sq Ft OPA# 133013300 Residential Property Michael Williams C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 03374 $67,787.72 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-609 2236 Tyson Avenue 191491920 54th wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#542083700 Residential Dwelling Bao Run Yu C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01603 $124,588.44 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1501-610 7914 Lawndale Avenue 19111-2640 63rd wd. Det W/ Gar 2 Sty Frame; 2092 Sq Ft BRT#631175708 Residential Dwelling Xiu Ling Jiang C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01576 $299,915.42 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-611 6619 Malvern Avenue 19151-2346 34th wd. 1428

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Sq Ft OPA# 344085800 Residential Property Kysha Davis; Michael Davis C.P. June Term, 2008 No. 04930 $185,855.88 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-612 3233 North Stillman Street 19129 38th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 956 Sq Ft BRT#381091200 Residential Dwelling Markeea J. Glenn C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00221 $61,358.04 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-613 6901 Valley Avenue Unit E1, a/k/a 6901-29 Valley Avenue #E1 19128-1530 88th wd.

780 Sq Ft OPA# 888211041 Residential Property Michael C. Osborne C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00617 $104,068.96 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-614 6725 North 7th Street 19126 61st wd. Det Conv. Apt 3 Sty Stone; 2205 Sq Ft BRT#611150100 Residential Dwelling Christopher Elsetinow and Lydia E. Elsetinow a/k/a Lidia Elsetinow C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03010 $56,309.91 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-615 8530 Verree Road, Floor 2 19111-1325 63rd wd. 1848 Sq Ft OPA# 632258400 Residential Property Edward Grelis a/k/a Grelis J. Edwards, Jr. C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01920 $143,251.90 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-616 1141 Dorset Street 19150 50th wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1164 Sq Ft BRT#502379000 Residential Dwelling Claudely Junior Charles C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00194 $93,697.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-617 10232 Selmer Plaza 19116 58th wd. S/D W B/G 2 Sty Masonry; 1354 Sq Ft BRT#582459600 Residential Dwelling Eugenia Girsh and Valery Girsh C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00245 $206,635.88 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-618 4524 Robbins Avenue, a/k/a 4524 Robbins Street 191353212 41st wd. 928 Sq Ft OPA# 411166400 Residential Property Raymond J. Talbot; Kimberly Talbot C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02457 $51,651.09 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-619 7023 Lincoln Drive 19119 22nd wd. S/D W Det Gar 2.5S Masonr; 1883 Sq Ft BRT#223270500 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Carl Howard Carter, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03100 $215,556.13 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-620 228 South 49th Street

19139 60th wd. Semi/Det 3 Sty Masonry; 1968 Sq Ft BRT#601091800 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Mary Ellen Jones a/k/a Mary E. Jones C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00691 $177,012.38 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-621 1923 Reed Street 19146 36th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1109 Sq Ft BRT#361135400 Residential Dwelling Lucas Chengula Mwagala C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00841 $137,633.56 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-622 3045 North 4th Street 19133 19th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1176 Sq Ft BRT#193094300 Residential Dwelling Joseph F. Lorenti a/k/a Joseph F. Lorent C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00585 $36,299.21 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-623 552 Marwood Road 19120 42nd wd. Row W/Det Gar 2Sty Masonr; 1140 Sq Ft BRT#421222000 Residential Dwelling Ronald Fulton C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03045 $139,898.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-624 110 West Meade Street 19122-4624 9th wd. 1477 Sq Ft OPA# 092194300 Residential Property David B. MacDonald a/k/a David MacDonald; Celia Cruz C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 03092 $156,972.73 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-626 3408 Tilton Street 191346020 45th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 920 Sq Ft BRT#451201400 Residential Dwelling Mariellen Hanlin C.P. July Term, 2013 03225 $51,486.57 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-627 6526 Cottage Street 19135 55th wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1170 Sq Ft BRT#552392300 Residential Dwelling Asma A. Khan, Administratrix of the estate of Shabed Khan, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01066 $87,181.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-628 7513 Torresdale Avenue 19140 65th wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1440 Sq Ft BRT#651263700 Residential Dwelling Jagdish Satra C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01796 $85,489.77 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-629 3034 Memphis Street 19134 25th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1036 Sq Ft BRT#252318200 Residential Dwelling Janet Smith and Shannon Smith C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 02793 $111,036.12 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

1501-630 1231 North 58th Street 19131-4108 4th wd. 1492 Sq Ft BRT#04-3127400 Residential Dwelling Anthony G.D. Lemmon, as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Samuel N. Lemmon, Deceased and Cheryl Lemmon, as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Samuel N. Lemmon, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00509 $84,402.93 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1501-631 6954 Ogontz Ave 191382012 10th wd. 1304 Sq Ft BRT#102012700 Residential Dwelling Lenora Riley C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02213 $78,717.44 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1501-632 2652 East Toronto Street 19134-4909 25th wd. 1108 Sq Ft BRT#251084400 Residential Dwelling Jeffrey M. Beebe C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02614 $103,780.32 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1501-633 4339 Boone Street 191284904 21st wd. 1467 Sq Ft BRT#21-1-2702-20 Subject to Mortgage Buildings and Improvements 4339 Boone Street, LP C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 04017 $269,509.00 Ashley L. Lerch, Esquire 1501-634 1735 South Taylor Street 19145-1812 36th wd. 984 Sq Ft BRT#36-4-1838-00 Residential Dwelling Ellen Regenbogen and Boni Wolf C.P. June Term, 2013 001623 $61,135.09 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1501-635 2904 Gerritt Street 19146 36th wd. 1020 Sq Ft BRT#364229200 Residential Real Estate Walter J. Fuller C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00081 $54,413.86 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-636 6036 Loretto Avenue 19149 53rd wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#531313300 Residential Real Estate Ronald Mathurin C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 02378 $125,413.65 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-637 4735 Whitaker Avenue 19120 42nd wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#421565100 Residential Dwelling Reginald Bates C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 00967 $64,421.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-638 2630 South 72nd Street 19153 40th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1024 Sq Ft BRT#404009100 Residential

Dwelling Bruce E. Lee C.P. April Term, 2009 No. 03346 $211,912.46 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-639 3339 Amber Street 19134 45th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1108 Sq Ft BRT#452228800 Residential Dwelling Naum Temchin C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01220 $58,611.10 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-640 6109 Marsden Street 19135 41st wd. S/D Conv Apt 2 Sty Masonry; 1260 Sq Ft BRT#411262000 Residential Dwelling Anthony Pizzaro C.P. December Term, 2006 No. 00791 $90,776.44 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-641 218 West Glenwood Avenue 19140 33rd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1280 Sq Ft BRT#193252500 Residential Dwelling Unknown Surviving Heirs of Aida Melendez, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Edwin Montez Melendez, Known Surviving Heir of Aida Melendez, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Cathy Montez Melendez, Known Surviving Heir of Aida Melendez, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01183 $40,579.21 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-642 1629 East Tulpehocken Street 19138 10th wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1212 Sq Ft BRT#102214400 Residential Dwelling Marqueta Smith C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 03200 $148,715.57 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-643 153 Wolf Street 19148 39th wd. Apt 2-4 Unts 2 Sty masonry; 1440 Sq Ft BRT#391104400 Residential Dwelling Louis A. Garozzo and Patricia Garozzo C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 01042 $133,336.48 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-644 725 North 44th Street 19104 6th wd. Row 3 Sty Masonry; 1620 Sq Ft BRT#061297110 Residential Dwelling Theresa Simpson and Lamar Simpson C.P. June Term, 2011 No. 02133 $127,877.45 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-645 5050 Oxford Avenue 19124 23rd wd. Det W/Det Gar 2 Sty Stone; 2880 Sq Ft BRT#234273200 Residential Dwelling Indrawatie Permesardien C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03321 $309,150.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-646 29 Pelham Road 19119 22nd wd. 5220 Sq Ft BRT#223098000 Residential

Property Freda L. Williams C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 002943 $387,256.74 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-647 3313 Sheffield Avenue 19136 64th wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1484 Sq Ft BRT#642222600 Residential Dwelling Gary Allen Link and Eileen M. Link C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00330 $178,771.21 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-648 947 N 5th Street 19123 5th wd. Row Conv/Apt 3 Sty Masonry; 2918 Sq Ft BRT#057134900 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Tanya Prime C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00020 $303,510.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-649 2411 South Sartain Street 19148 39th wd. 1040 Sq Ft BRT#394204900 Residential Property Kristofer Charles Kaufmann, as Administrator for the Estate of Joseph Sicuro C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 003660 $91,017.43 Christopher A. DeNardo, Esquire 1501-650 3012 North Stillman Street 19132 38th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 932 Sq Ft BRT#381099000 Residential Dwelling Kim L. Hatchett, Administrator of the Estate of Jessie Hatchett, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02792 $45,665.12 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-651 7544 Beverly Road 19138 50th wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1360 Sq Ft BRT#501366700 Residential Dwelling Ronald Crawford, Administrator of the Estate of Elaine Wright-Holloway a/k/a Elaine Holloway, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. July Term, 2014 00952 $61,822.85 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-652 1776 Plymouth Street 19126 10th wd. 1333 Sq Ft BRT#101305100 Residential Real Estate Sheniece N. Williams C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01425 $85,343.38 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-653 8568 Benton Avenue 19152 56th wd. S/D W B/G 1 Sty Masonry; 1026 Sq Ft BRT#562425800 Residential Dwelling Paul LaBrake C.P. July Term, 2013 03338 $141,419.09 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-654 3037 Fontain Street 19121 32nd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1136 Sq Ft BRT#323109400 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Unknown Heirs of Dorothy R. Young, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. October Term, 2013 No.

01009 $38,351.29 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-655 3437 Helen Street 19134 45th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 942 Sq Ft BRT#452349100 Residential Dwelling David Steiner and Karen M. Steiner C.P. July Term, 2014 04323 $40,872.13 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-656 1115 West Godfrey Avenue 19141 50th wd. 6250 Sq Ft BRT#493052100 Residential Real Estate Carol LaFortune a/k/a Carole LaFortune C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01326 $247,489.55 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1501-657 3927 Fairmount Avenue 19104 24th wd. Row 3 Sty Masonry; 1728 Sq Ft BRT#243016300 Residential Dwelling Sonya Shired C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 03153 $168,462.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-658 2730 North 46th Street 19131 52nd wd. Row W BAS, GAR 3 Sty Stone; 1354 Sq Ft BRT#521230900 Residential Dwelling Tamara L. Watkins C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00679 $148,294.72 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-659 6849 North 19th Street 19126 10th wd. S/D W B/G 2S Masonry; 1728 Sq Ft BRT#101109300 Residential Dwelling Jennifer Iacono, Administratrix D.B.N. of the Estate of Arthur J. Slater, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02796 $108,390.90 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-660 4613 C Street 19120 42nd wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#421366800 Residential Dwelling All Unknown Surviving Heirs of Anna Sliney, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Anna Sliney C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02188 $24,809.99 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-661 3948 M Street 191245519 33rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#332456200 Residential Dwelling Silvia M. Barreto C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01550 $69,555.89 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1501-662 1821 North Leithgow Street 19122 18th wd. Row 3 Sty Masonry; 1464 Sq Ft BRT#183164500 Residential Dwelling Ismael M. Jaber C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01928 $73,025.71 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-663 9725 Berea Street 191149114 66th wd. 2100 Sq Ft OPA# 661012622 Residential Dwelling Vincent L. Zam-

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pirri and Linda M. Zampirri C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01926 $296,680.13 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1501-664 5846 Woodbine Avenue 19131 52nd wd. Det w/Det Gar 3 Sty Stone; 3368 Sq Ft BRT#522174400 Residential Dwelling Beatrice O. Morris C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04526 $427,363.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-665 1115 Bridge Street 191241819 62nd wd. 1248 Sq Ft BRT#621027600 Subject to Mortgage Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry Millenium PMA, LLC C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03174 $80,601.67 Brett L. Messinger 1501-666 1539 Mohican Street 19138-1123 10th wd. 1250 Sq Ft OPA# 102244300 Residential Dwelling Rosalind S. Williams C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 003916 $111,774.13 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1501-667 424 E. Walnut Lane 19144 59th wd. 2200 Sq Ft; S/D Conv. Apt 3 Sty Stone BRT#592063300; PRCL# 52N23-272 Residential Dwelling Mary Montgomery C.P. December Term, 2010 No. 01588 $177,699.68 Federman & Associates, LLC 1501-668 3257 Cottman Avenue 19149 64th wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1416 Sq Ft BRT#641151400 Residential Dwelling Mary Rose Breiner, Known Surviving Heir of James J. Middleton, a/k/a James J. Middletone, a/k/a James J. Middleton, Jr., Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of James J. Middleton, a/k/a James J. Middletone, a/k/a James J. Middleton, Jr., Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01314 $68,511.94 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-669 567 Alcott Street 19120 35th wd. 1299 Sq Ft BRT#352077200 Residential Property Nana Amoh C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02361 $116,706.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-670 4832 Longshore Avenue 19135-2334 41st wd. 2625 Sq Ft BRT#871563410 Subject to Mortgage Row WOff/Str 2 Sty Masonry Mu Ming Zheng and Mei Yun Lin C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02833 $102,616.84 Brett L. Messinger 1501-671 4827 North 13th Street 19141 49th wd. 1590 Sq Ft BRT#491504200 Residential Property Julia A. Farlow C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01323 $34,975.96 KML Law Group, P.C.

1501-672 6042 Hasbrook Avenue 19111-5903 35th wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#352255200 Residential Property Pedro Castillo C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 01951 $139,840.02 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-673 532 East Indiana Avenue 19134 7th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#071241800 Residential Property Marilyn Rodriguez a/k/a Marylin Rodriguez and Lazaro Pedroso Saenz C.P. January Term, 2010 No. 02406 $56,501.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-674 1334 North 60th Street 19151 34th wd. Irregular dimensions OPA# 871155600 Residential Property Ruel P. Green a/k/a Ruel P. Green, Jr. C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01333 $78,042.41 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1501-675 542 West Luray Street 19140 49th wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1120 Sq Ft BRT#491042100 Residential Dwelling Unknown Surviving Heirs of Joan Rodriguez, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Charlene R. Johnson, Known Surviving Heir of Joan Rodriguez, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Miriam Rodriguez, Known Surviving Heir of Joan Rodriguez, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02805 $67,028.96 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-676A 1705-41 North American Street 19122 18th wd. 38219 Sq Ft BRT#88-4590800 Subject To Mortgage None other than the mortgage foreclosed by the Plaintiff, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor-bymerger to Wachovia Bank, N.A. Industrial Warehouse, approximately 15129 square feet Drexel Realty Partnership C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02831 $1,172062.28 Christine L. Barba, Ballard Spahr, LLP 1501-676B 1743-63 North American Street 19122 18th wd. 38219 Sq Ft BRT#88-4590830 Subject To Mortgage None other than the mortgage foreclosed by the Plaintiff, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor-bymerger to Wachovia Bank, N.A. Industrial Warehouse, approximately 15129 sq ft Drexel Realty Partnership C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02831 $1,172062.28 Christine L. Barba, Ballard Spahr, LLP 1501-677 7508-10 Dorcas Street 19111 56th wd. Det W/D Gar 2.5 Sty Frame; 1810 Sq Ft BRT#561108100 Residential Dwelling Julie Zhang C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01176

$209,041.50 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-678 4303 Deerpath Lane 19154 66th wd. 1488 Sq Ft BRT#662448200 Residential Property Paul J. Quali C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00786 $180,375.16 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1501-679 2908 Normandy Drive 19154 66th wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#662494200 Residential Property THOMAS G. MCANDREWS C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03743 $165,311.09 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., and/ or Kathryn L. Mason, Esquire 1501-680 1143 Marlyn Road 19151 34th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1218 Sq Ft BRT#344271700 Residential Dwelling Evelyn Edwards C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03437 $115,356.90 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-681 2624 Island Avenue 19153 40th wd. 1860 Sq Ft BRT#405750400; PRCL# 4050S1-16 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property Lornell Morris, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 03329 $89,720.12 Jeffrey G. Trauger, Esquire 1501-682 2838 Thompson Street, a/k/a 2861 Mercer Street 19134 25th wd. 3232 Sq Ft BRT#251254000 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property The Estate of Carol A. Moegen, c/o Edward Hoerst, Administrator C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00530 $98,762.86 Jeffrey G. Trauger, Esquire 1501-683 2804 Norcom Road 19154 66th wd. Det 1-1/2 Sty Frame; 1520 Sq Ft BRT#662533400 Residential Dwelling William Patrick Robinson C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02750 $274,493.08 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-684A 6 Bristow Place 19123 5th wd. 990 Sq Ft PRCL# 05-50326-60 Subject to Mortgage Single Family Row and Twin (3 story masonry) Northern Liberty Partners, Inc C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 001747 $481,298.45 Everett K. Sheintoch, Esquire 1501-684B 10 Bristow Place 19123 5th wd. 1309 Sq Ft PRCL# 05-50326-80 Northern Liberty Partners, Inc. C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 001747 $481,298.45 Everett K. Sheintoch, Esquire 1501-685 3760 Frankford Avenue 19124 45th wd. 1800 Sq Ft BRT#882967460 Subject to Mortgage 3760 Frankford Avenue C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 002774 $280,934.75 McGrath McCall P.C. 1501-686 11911 Millbrook Road 19154 66th wd. Row B/ Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1296

Sq Ft BRT#6622368800 Residential Dwelling Stacey McNally, a/k/a Stacey M. Paolantonio and Stephen McNally C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00412 $221,873.71 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-687 4074 Higbee Street 19135 62nd wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1068 Sq Ft BRT#622201000 Residential Dwelling Aron Gross C.P. January Term, 2014 02279 $48,381.05 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-688 6115 North 7th Street 19120 61st wd. Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry; 1536 Sq Ft BRT#611144800 Residential Dwelling Richard T. Brown, a/k/a Richard Brown C.P. March Term, 2014 03947 $98,902.09 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-689 1221 South 50th Street 19143 27th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1510 Sq Ft BRT#273076600 Residential Dwelling Kathy May C.P. May Term, 2014 Term No. 02487 $59,989.77 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-690 1219 Christian Street 19147 2nd wd. Row 3 Sty Masonry; 1432 Sq Ft BRT#022249510 Subject to Rent Residential Dwelling Janet Wilkins C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 00454 $134,718.49 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-691 3738 North 15th Street 19140 13th wd. Semi/Det 3 Sty Masonry; 2301 Sq Ft BRT#131148100 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Rhueneal McClary a/k/a Rhueneal Butler C.P. March Term, 2014 01703 $63,969.49 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-692 1425 Hollywood Street 19121 29th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 964 Sq Ft BRT#292247100 Residential Dwelling Adijat F. Solebo C.P. July Term, 2013 01741 $92,295.48 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-693 1925 South 20th Street 19145 48th wd. Row Conv/ Apt 2 Sty Masonry; 1760 Sq Ft BRT#481318100 Residential Dwelling Romeo Coscia and Rosalia Coscia C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00406 $102,539.76 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-694 3822 North Gratz Street 19140 13th wd. 1332 Sq Ft BRT#131267000 Residential Dwelling Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jessie Crawford, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01328 $62,798.70 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC

1501-695 327 Daly Street 19148 39th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1108 Sq Ft BRT#392140800 Residential Dwelling Lillian E. Sarcone, Known Surviving Heir of Robert Ruebin Brodman, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Sandra Mesete, Known Surviving Heir of Robert Ruebin Brodman, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Robert Ruebin Brodman, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Irene Del Campo, Known Surviving Heir of Robert Ruebin Brodman, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00170 $155,973.39 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-696 3304 Ashfield Lane 191141204 66th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#661163200 Residential Dwelling Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Patricia Stillwell a/k/a Patricia Ann Maldonado, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00602 $171,959.28 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1501-697 6242 North Park Avenue 19141 49th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1232 Sq Ft BRT#493241200 Residential Dwelling Addie S. Jones C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04705 $82,066.72 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1501-698 4545 Whitaker Avenue 19120-4631 42nd wd. 1328 Sq Ft BRT#421559900 Residential Dwelling Jadeyah E. Williams a/k/a Jadeyah Williams C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00126 $100,377.09 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1501-699 1813 E Willard Street 19134 45th wd. 1030 Sq Ft OPA# 452026900 Residential Property Ruth Ann Orr, solely in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Ann Orr and the Estate of Mary Ann Orr C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01048 $281,930.08 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1501-700 898 Granite St 19124 35th wd. 1776 Sq Ft BRT#871161100 Commercial Real Estate Christopher A. Williams C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 001819 $36,908.15 Kristofer B. Chiesa, Esquire 1501-701 5843 Florence Avenue 19143 3rd wd. Row 2 Story Masonry; 1510 Sq Ft BRT#034068300 Residential Dwelling Ethel E Edwards; Title is vested in Ethel E. Edwards by deed dated November 6, 200 and recorded January 30, 2003 as Instrument No. 50605243

C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 00464 $52,224.98 Federman & Associates, LLC 1501-702 6828 Chew Avenue 191191921 22nd wd. 1626 Sq Ft OPA# 222202100 Residential Property Joshua E. Pope, Jr; Sheila A. Pope C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 03712 $245,443.10 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-703 5045 North 16th Street 19141-2240 17th wd. 1314 Sq Ft OPA# 172115400 Residential Property Raymond T. Blue; Veronica I. Blue C.P. March Term, 2009 No. 02130 $75,325.00 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-704 1248 Passmore Street 19111 53rd wd. 1080 Sq Ft BRT#531106500 Row B/ Gar 2 Story Masonry Joseph Louissaint C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02948 $66,407.10 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-705 2864 Walnut Hill Street 19152-2125 57th wd. 1368 Sq Ft OPA# 571074100 Residential Property Nancy Harrigan-Lerro, in Her Capacity as Heir of John Lerro, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under John Lerro, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00804 $137,237.82 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-706 3430 Aubrey Avenue 191143602 57th wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA# 572154720 Residential Property Jeanne M. Fedorick C.P. February Term, 2009 No. 02976 $104,902.49 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1501-707 3021 C Street 191342901 7th wd. 1008 Sq Ft BRT#071446700 Row 2 Story Masonry Julio A. Hernandez and Midalia Feliciano Rodriquez C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04221 $76,474.63 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-708 367 West Hortter Street 19119-3107 22nd wd. 5916 Sq Ft; On the Northwesterly side of Hortter Street (sixty feet wide); Containing the distance of one hundred thirty-nine feet two inches Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of Greene Street, curve; thence extending further a distance on a line of curve to the left with a radius of fifty feet, the arc distance of four feet seven and three-quarters inches to a point of corner; thence extending North forty-six degrees thirty-nine minutes eighteen seconds West the distance of forty-six feet one-eighth inches to a point of corner; thence extending South fifty-four degrees

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twenty-eight minutes thirty-six seconds West at the distance of One hundred feet to a point of corner; thence extending South forty-eight degrees thirty-seven minutes fifty-three seconds East one hundred sixty feet ten and one-eighth inches BRT#775202000 Subject to Mortgage Richard Hwang a/k/a Kwang Pyo Hwang C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00988 $356,717.30 Dominic A. DeCecco, Esquire; Hartman Shurr Valeriano 1501-709 2830 Tolbut Street 191361021 57th wd. 1296 Sq Ft OPA# 572049115 Residential Property Larry Roberts C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00016 $80,295.82 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1501-710 315 New Street, Apt 302 19106 6th wd. 907 Sq Ft BRT#888056604 Res.Condo 5+Story Masonry Melanie A. Marchand and The United States of America c/o U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02288

$397,857.54 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1501-711 9201 Krewstown Road 19115 63rd wd. 5933 Sq Ft BRT#882748700; PRCL# 151N14-212 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent One Story Commercial Building with a one bay automated car washing facility, two auto servicing bays, a customer area, parking facilities, signage, and security lighting Krewsin Klean, LLC C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02057 $397,450.17 Jack, J. Seitz, Esquire; Zachary J. Cohen, Esquire; Lesavoy Butz & Seitz, LLC 1501-712 2101-2119 Market Street, Unit 2506 19103 8th wd. 1634 Sq Ft BRT#888094430 Subject to Mortgage Jacob M. Yaeger, as sole owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 205453 $11,728.46 Evan R. Bachove, Esquire, Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C. 1501-713 6337 North 18th Street 19141 17th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#172271500 Residential

Property James Dorsey III C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00723 $74,580.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-714 5261 Delancey Street 191431505 60th wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#602118000 Residential Dwelling Marnee Burnett, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ida A. Wilkinson, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02714 $17,856.42 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1501-715 8646 Agusta Street 19152 56th wd. 1066 Sq Ft BRT#562354100 Residential Dwelling Mark Terl C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02871 $130,232.27 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1501-716 1835 South 12th Street 19148 39th wd. 1836 Sq Ft BRT#394591300 Residential Dwelling Rosemarie Screnci a/k/a Rosa Marie Screnci and Carlo V. Screnci C.P. July Term, 2013 004455

$106,529.20 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1501-717 5680 Morton Street 191441330 12th wd. 994 Sq Ft OPA# 122177700 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property All Known and Unknown Heirs of Allen L. Gundy C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00463 $29,615.32 Brett A. Solomon, Michael C. Mazack 1501-718 629 E. Tioga Street 19134 7th wd. 1200 Sq Ft; Row Conv/Apt 2 Sty Masonry PRCL# 07-3-278400 Residential Dwelling Ivan Tirado C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 01235 $67,164.90 Federman & Associates, LLC 1501-719 2027 S. Alden Street 19143 40th wd. 1080 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry PRCL# 40-10145-00 Residential Dwelling Louis Karbedeh C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 002502 $65,159.53 Federman & Associates, LLC

1501-720 5893 Woodcrest Avenue 19131-2214 52nd wd. 1124 Sq Ft BRT#52-2-1617-00 Residential Dwelling Jestine Johnson C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04450 $79,011.58 BARBARA A. FEIN, ESQUIRE 1501-721 1328-1334 Unity Street; 4338-4340 Elizabeth Street 19124 23rd wd. 73091 Sq Ft BRT#884641402 Residential Property Unity Corp, 1328 C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 00926 $535,701.14 KML Law Group, P.C. 1501-722 3082 Tulip Street 19134 25th wd. 1184 Sq Ft; Row 2 Sty Masonry PRCL# 252373900 Residential Dwelling Pennington 189 Management, LLC C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 02696 $87,539.64 Federman & Associates, LLC 1501-723 201-59 North 8th Street, Unit 804 19106 20th wd.

1009 Sq Ft BRT#888037290 Subject to Mortgage Residential Condominium

Dwelling together with undivided 0.602% interest in common elements and parking space # 110 Mohammad Arsha Chughtai C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 01250 $52,793.79 Stark & Stark, PC 1501-724A 3517 North Front Street 19140 7th wd. Lots 24-25, Block 44N4, Tax Map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 640 Sq Ft BRT#073010500 Commercial Real Estate William J. O’Driscoll, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00350 $86,544.74 Kristofer B. Chiesa, Esquire 1501-724B 3519-3525 North Front Street 19140 7th wd.

Lots: 24-25, Block 44N4, Tax Map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 3840 Sq Ft BRT#073010600 Commercial Real Estate William J. O’Driscoll, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00350 $86,544.74 Kristofer B. Chiesa, Esquire

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Holiday Spirit on Passyunk

by HughE Dillon EPABID and Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC) held a kickoff to the holidays in the neighborhood! The free annual celebration started off with carolers from Alphabet Academy, music by students from Andrew Jackson School, then there was a visit from Santa Claus who lit the tree and took requests for Christmas wishes.

1. Renee Gilinger and Santa. Santa posed for photos with all the kids. 2. Kate Bilo from CBS3 was hostess for the evening. 3. The Joe King Trio playing holiday tunes for the gathered crowd in front of the East Passyunk Tree.

4. Chef and owner Christopher Kearse (Will BYOB) and Caroline Crispino. 5. Kristen and Nick Elmi, son Wesley and daughter Grace. 6. Jatolloa Davis, Bekah Nussbaum and Anna Napier.

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ome are old names. Some are new faces. And some are playing in new uniforms. Who are we talking about? Roman Catholic’s Tony Carr and Nazeer Bostick. Math, Civics and Sciences Nick Jones. Haverford School’s Cameron Reddish. Lower Merion’s Asher Berry. And Pennsbury’s Derrick Woods, just to name a few. These are players who impacted games in the first weekend of the basketball season in our region.

Pennsbury came from behind to beat Lower Merion 53-41 behind Woods’ 20 points and all-around defense in a featured game as part of the seven-game Scholastic Play-by-Play Tip Off Classic Dec. 6. For the first three quarters, it looked like the Falcons were going to lose to the shorthanded

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Aces, before Pennsbury’s defense turned it on, using a full-court press. Lower Merion had led for the first 23 minutes of the game.

“That’s really how we like to play,” said Pennsbury coach Bill Coleman. “We have good depth and good guard play and can play at that pace and try to create problems with the other team. Lower Merion is known for it and they are very good at it, but it’s part of our style, too.” Pennsbury stormed back early in the fourth quarter when Mehki Bryant and Juan Perez Jones made two jumpers each. “Our role players hit some shots which allowed our core guys to attack the basket,” Coleman said. “Lower Merion came out in a triangle and two on [Cameron Jones and Woods] and it threw us off. It’s something you Continued on page 2

Pennsbury’s Cameron Jones (#25) shoots two points at the Play-by-Play Classic tournament at Philadelphia University. Photo by Sarah J. Glover

ROMAN WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY

The Cahillites are again a state contender to win it all in the AAAA bracket. The team has been upset by Lower Merion in two of the last three state tournaments. This year, it could be different. Chris McNesby’s squad pulled out a heartwrenching 63-61 win over Haverford Dec. 7 at Girard College. Junior Tony Carr looks like he will be the city’s next great player. He scored 23 points and had six assists but also came up with a steal and layup to seal the victory. “He’s a great player,” said Aaron Burt, Carr’s AAU coach with Nike-based Team Final. “We have seen him really progress. I think he’ll have a great last two years at Roman.” Said Carr: “I feel like I can have a big season but I just want to show everybody I have improved.”

Newcomer Nazeer Bostick was the other headliner. He scored 14 points and grabbed 6 rebounds for his new team. He played for Math, Civics and Sciences last season but became a top prospect with a monster summer playing basketball. Bostick’s defense played a factor, too. He was one of the guards switching out to guard Temple-bound Shawn Alston, who scored a game-high 29 points. “He had a great start to the game, so we decided to switch on him and Cameron Reddish after that,” said Bostick. “I think we did a good job after that.”

Roman has a solid team with Bostick, Gemil Holbrook (Rider) and Carr as the guards with Manny Taylor and TreVaughn Wilkerson up front. “Roman has another great team,” said one recruiting expert who asked to be nameless. “They should win the AAAA state title but they have to prove that they can beat Neumann and Carroll in the Catholic League, and get it done in the state playoffs. It’s not an easy task as they have found out. They play in the best conference and the teams in the state tournament like Chester and Lower Merion and Abington have had more success recently navigating the field. I sure like their team though. Losing Shep Garner and Rashann London and maybe having an even better backcourt the next year is impressive.”

Haverford School’s Cameron Reddish is a true freshman who had 10 points in the win. He is pleased to be playing a large role in Haverford’s ridiculously tough schedule.

The Fords also beat Imhotep Charter but lost to Calvert Hall during this same weekend.

“I love the competition. I love playing against the great teams and players,” said Reddish. “I don’t worry about any hype about me. I’m pretty grounded. My coaches got me ready for these games. I just want to help Haverford win games.”

In MCS’s two wins so far, Nick Jones has contributed 23 points and 8 assists. Jones is at his third school in three years. He previously started for Archbishop Carroll and Lower Merion. Academic and off-the-court issues led to a new start for him at MCS this season. “I’m enjoying it here,” he said. “I think this is a good school for me.”

The Elephants star Samir Doughty has 50 points in two games and is an early candidate for area player of the year.

Said assistant coach Lonnie Diggs: “We had a big weekend going 3-0, with wins over W.T. Woodson (Va.), Annandale (Va.), and Life Center (N.J.). Our new team is really coming together as a family and are buying into the concept of Samir Doughty as our leader on the floor. Nick Jones’ arrival has been huge for us, he has been great on and off the floor. Many people have forgotten how good he is because he struggled with injuries last season. But he was 2nd-team all-Catholic two years ago at Carroll and I think he is one of the most underrated guards in the country. If we can continue to maximize our effort on defense and remain focused on our goals of winning a public league and state title we will be fine.”

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Superstars play around with old and new sounds on new releases

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com If you need one last item for your holiday giftees, or you’re just looking for a respite from the now-ubiquitous holiday tunes, check out these new songs from some of our favorite musicians.

Bette Midler “It’s the Girls” Warner Bros.

The only surprising thing about this collection of cover songs of classic girl groups is that Bette Midler didn’t do this sooner.

The Grammy Award-winning singer and icon sounds like a kid in a candy

store when she gets to play around with the vocal harmonies of classic girl groups like The Ronettes, The Andrew Sisters, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas and The Marvelettes, among others.

Classic big-band versions of pop standards like “Be My Baby” and “One Fine Day” are obvious highlights, but Midler also takes some welcome stylistic detours, like on her Hawaiian-tinged take on The Chordettes’ “Mr. Sandman” and her folksie bluegrass version of The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love.”

Milder is at her best when the arrangements are stripped down. Her piano ballad rendition of TLC’s “Waterfalls” is stellar, as is her sultry renditions of The DeCastro Sisters’ “Teach Me Tonight” and The Shirelles’ “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.”

Fans of Midler or classic girl groups

Last-minute gift ideas

Yeah, it’s the week before Christmas and we are all out of ideas too. Well, we’re not really out of ideas as much as we’re out of the funds necessary to make the stuff we’d like to give come true.

That Lexus with a bow on it sitting in the driveway? It’s not going to happen.

The trip for four to Disneyland? Nope!

That shopping spree at Five Below? Now we’re talking!

Anyway, if you, like us, are out of ideas for holiday gifts, take heart. We’ve cobbled together a list of interesting gift ideas for those of us who really need the inspiration.

Gaiam, a company that specializes in yoga fitness products, recently launched a new Athletic Yoga Collection for Men. Don’t fret, ladies — there are a gazillion more products available for you.

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If you have a foodie or a someone who frequents New York City on your list, you might want to drop a copy of “365 Guide New York City” into their stocking. Written by food host Monica DiNatale, the book is the most comprehensive guide to the best restaurant and bar deals in the Big Apple, from dive bars in the East Village to five–star restaurants in Midtown. Far from a compilation of Internet guide entries, DiNatale has personally visited every restaurant and bar in her book and includes seasonal “finds” and the best inside scoops on where to

will squeal like teenyboppers if they get this album for the holidays.

David Guetta “Listen” Atlantic/ Parlophone Superstar DJ and producer David Guetta pulls out all the stops on his latest full-length album, utilizing more live instruments and an impressive lineup of guest vocalists and collaborators.

The opening track, “Dangerous,” featuring up-and-coming singer Sam Martin, starts out as top-shelf electro-pop before descending into a seriously funky hybrid of disco grooves and ambient atmospher-

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Gas prices might be falling, but the price of razors is still hellishly expensive.

So who wouldn’t like a nice No7 Men Hydrating Shave Gift Set? The kit features a hydrating shave wash, shave balm and shaving cream to leave skin feeling smooth, plus a handy razor.

If you know someone who appreciates sophisticated sounds for the holidays, pick up Dave Koz and Friends’ “The 25th of December.” The out Grammynominated saxophonist invited a few famous friends to record some classic holiday songs, including Johnny Mathis, Eric Benét, Gloria Estefan, Richard Marx, Kenny G, BeBe Winans, India.

Arie, Fantasia and Stevie Wonder. This album will surely jazz up someone’s holiday.

ics. U.K. singer Emeli Sandé brings some soulful power to the up-tempo dance track “What I Did For Love.” Ladysmith Black Mambazo brings some world-music flavor to the joyous “Life Me Up” and Nicki Minaj and Afrojack do likewise on Caribbean-styled “Hey Mama.”

John Legend gives the tile track some classic piano-driven soul breakdowns between the driving choruses.

There’s also some finely crafted dance-pop anthems to be found to satisfy fans who want to stay on the dance floor all night, especially on tracks like “Goodbye Friend” and “Lovers on the Sun.” If you are looking for a dance record that is a cut above what most other producers are churning out these day, definitely lend your ear to Guetta’s latest effort.

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Another person getting into the holiday-album spirit is Idina Menzel with “Holiday Wishes.” The Tony Awardwinning singer and actor performs classic favorites like “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” She also duets with international superstar Michael Bublé on “Baby It’s Cold Outside.”

For more information, visit www.idinamenzel.com.

If you want to give the gift of laughter, check out the recently released DVD and Blu-ray “Reno 911: The Complete Series.” It features all 32 episodes as well as an hour of alternate scenes and commentary and two hours of outtakes from the cult comedy about a squad of outrageously inappropriate and cantankerous police officers. For more information, visit shop.comedycentral.com. n — Compiled by Larry Nichols

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Mary J. Blige “The London Sessions” Capitol Records For her 13th album, legendary R&B singer Mary J. Blige took some risks and wrote and recorded it in just 20 days in the United Kingdom, with producers and collaborators like Eg White, Emile Sandé, Naughty Boy and Sam Smith. And from the sound of things, it paid off big time.

It would be easy for someone with Blige’s track record of success to stay in her comfort zone of hip-hop-influenced R&B and neo-soul. But here, Blige takes the challenging and ultimately more adventurous road, and the result is some of her most brilliant moments in recent memory.

The album finds Blige exploring club-shaking Euro-pop on tracks like “Follow,” “Nobody But You” and “My Loving,” which are playful and breezy.

Blige also cranks out some psychedelic funk on tracks like “Long Hard Look” and trippy house vibes on “Right Now.” But “The London Sessions” really shines brightest and strikes the most resonant emotional chord when Blige digs deep on tracks driven by live instrumentation. The tracks seem to inspire Blige’s most soulful, confessional and compelling lyrics, especially on the soaring “Doubt,” the bluesy guitar-driven “Therapy,” the folksy “When You’re Gone” and, arguably the album’s finest moment, the emotionally raw melancholy of “Whole Damn Year.”

“The London Sessions” just might be one of Blige’s best albums to date.

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XTRMST “XTRMST” Dimmak XTRMST (pronounced “extremist”) is yet another side project from goth/punk band AFI’s lead vocalist Davey Havok and guitarist Jade Puget. XTRMST is the polar opposite of their other side project, the Depeche Mode-worshipping synthpop group Blaqk Audio. With XTRMST, the two are now cranking out short, efficient blasts of straight-edge hardcore that longtime fans might recognize as an early influence of AFI. The snarling, rabid, relentless aggression of the music and limitations of the genre mean this album might be a little too much for casual fans to digest, considering the polished punk leanings of AFI’s last handful of albums. But “XTRMST” has some stylistic hallmarks from their other projects still lingering about that help this project to transcend the rigid confines of the straightedge hardcore it wants so much to celebrate.

The musicianship, especially that of guitarist Puget, shines through. Technical finesse isn’t a hallmark of hardcore and Puget doesn’t have any interest in blunting his skills and progressive influences on the guitar for the sake of authenticity, which is one of the album’s saving graces, along with its relatively high-production values.

Hardcore recording usually boasts a lo-fi sound but “XTRMST” benefits from some relatively punchy and lush production, with the occasional electronic flourishes. Tracks like the title “Dirty Nails” and “Julietes” temper their ferocity with industrial-rock flourishes and soundscapes.

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The Rev. Dr. Tom Bohache: Preaching LGBT inclusion in the Garden State What better time to talk to a man of the church than right before Christmas?

The Rev. Dr. Tom Bohache is not your run-of-the-mill pastor. Since 2009, he has been the pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of Christ the Liberator, the only LGBT church in New Jersey. He touts an impressive curriculum vitae with master’s degrees in religious studies from the University of Virginia and Georgetown University, as well as a Doctor of Ministry in feminist-liberation theologies from the Episcopal Divinity School. He has most recently completed post-doctoral research at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Quite the literate fellow, the Rev. Bohache is also a published biblical scholar/theologian, having contributed to and co-edited “The Queer Bible Commentary” and authored essays in the “Journal of Theology and Sexuality,” as well as authored his own full-length book entitled “Christology from the Margins.”

His most recent book is a collection from MCC authors, which he co-edited and contributed to, entitled “Queering Christianity: Finding a Place at the Table for LGBTQI Christians.”

PGN: I understand that you’re originally a California boy.

TB: Yes, I am. From Los Angeles. I grew up in a Roman-Catholic family. We went to services every Sunday and were very active in the church. I attended a Catholic grade school and high school.

PGN: How many in the fam?

TB: I’m the youngest of three, two older sisters.

PGN: What professions were your parents in?

TB: My mom was a housewife and my dad was in the insurance business.

He started in the mailroom and rose to become the number-two person in the company. He was responsible for bringing computers into the insurance industry. I like to brag on my father because he was a very thoughtful guy. One of the reasons he was able to advance was because during World War II, he was one of the few men who didn’t go off to war.

The company didn’t want to promote any woman above typist and secretary levels, so he got fast-tracked. He didn’t think it was fair that he got an advantage just because he was male, so once he was in a position of power, he made it a point to promote women into management positions, which was pretty unusual for a guy in his day.

PGN: So were you a Cali beach boy or a wannabe film star?

TB: Oh, neither, I was very shy. I was

not interested in sports … at all. I was very studious and what people would call a sissy. I didn’t like being made fun of, so very early on I went into my shell and became an introvert. Even with the California climate, I preferred to be inside reading a book than outside playing. I did well in school, though; I got good grades and was an honor student.

Also, being in Catholic school, we were very insulated. Even though we lived in a big city, we were somewhat ghettoized because we didn’t really associate with anyone outside the church. I didn’t even know that Muslim people existed until I was an adult, and had never met a Jewish person until I went to college. My family basically associated with people who were just like us, so there weren’t a lot of opportunities for exploring diversity.

PGN: Then you grew up and went to UCLA and got a bachelor’s degree in classical languages. [Laughs] What were you planning on doing with that?

TB: I had no idea! Both of my sisters are teachers, so I thought I might do that.

My favorite subject was Latin, which we studied at Catholic school, so I took that and Greek and made a classics major.

PGN: So are you a spelling-bee and crossword and “Jeopardy” champ?

TB: [Laughs] I am good at spelling bees and I’m good at some “Jeopardy” categories, but I always joke that if I went on, with my luck I’d get all the sports and opera categories.

PGN: How did you end up on this coast?

TB: I was at UCLA in the early ’70s and after graduation didn’t really know what to do. I was also in the process of coming out so I sort of drifted. At 25, I started going to the Metropolitan Community Church and it inspired me to want to help people in the LGBT community, so I went to law school. I don’t know if it’s coincidence, but I know a lot of clergy who started off in law. I didn’t actually take the bar but I was working as a paralegal and, in the mid-’80s, I decided to go into the ministry. Eventually I got a position with a church in Roanoke, Va., which was a bit of a culture shock, and that’s what brought me across the country.

PGN: How do you think growing up Catholic affected your coming-out process? And was there a period where you became disillusioned with the church?

TB: Oh, definitely. Church was always very important to me and my family. We celebrated all of the holy days of obligation and all that. But when I was at the all-boys, high school, the priests made it very clear that any homosexual activities or feelings were unacceptable. This was

just as I was finding myself attracted to boys and men, so I got the feeling that it was something that you kept to yourself because it was very shameful. One of the negatives of growing up in a very-Catholic home was that my parents had instilled in me that priests and nuns were always right and spoke directly for God. So when they told me that God didn’t love people who were this way, I took it as gospel truth. I accepted that God hated me and stopped going to church. I was just a teen and it was hard because it had been such a big part of my life.

PGN: I’d guess that didn’t go over well with the family?

TB: Well, I didn’t tell them. I used to take the car out and drive around and tell them I’d been to services. Finally one day when I was about 19, my mother said, “Why don’t you just stay home and save the gas? We know you’re not going to church.” I don’t know how they knew, but their attitude was that I was grown-up

PGN: How did it come out?

TB: I’d decided to go into the ministry and I knew that they wanted to come hear me give my first sermon, so I thought I’d better explain what kind of church it was. I hemmed and hawed and finally my father said, “We already know about the MCC.” Turns out they’d already investigated it.

When I told them I was going into ministry and then was so evasive about it, they were afraid I was involved with some kind of cult! They checked out MCC but then kept the knowledge to themselves, figuring that when I was ready, I’d come out to them. They used to like coming to MCC and were very proud of me.

PGN: Tell me about the church in New Jersey where you are now.

TB: The Metropolitan Community Church of Christ the Liberator, I’ve been here for almost six years. They appealed to me because they were very much on the progressive end of Christianity.

PGN: I would have thought all MCC churches were liberal?

TB: Not really, each local congregation has its own flavor. It’s one thing that makes us different from other churches. We have a large diversity of theology; some are very evangelical in scope and some are more liberal. The founder of MCC was from a Pentecostal background and that influenced some of the early churches, but now there’s more of a diversity.

PGN: What’s wonderful about being a pastor?

TB: One of the things that’s the most exciting and challenging is that, now in 2014, things are much different then when I first started going in 1981.

There are many more mainstream churches welcoming LGBT people, so we have to be more than Photo: Suzi Nash enough to make my own decisions. just a one-issue church.

They didn’t know about the gay thing One of the things I like yet. I didn’t have anything positive that about Christ the Liberator is that people told me I could be open with them. I did here are willing to hear new messages tell one of my sisters and she told me that and try new things. I’m a believer that our parents wouldn’t understand and that our clergy should be well-educated and I should keep it to myself. I didn’t tell I’ve backed that up with my own educathem until I was about 32, and that was tion, studying and writing and publisha shame because they took it so well. I ing. It’s refreshing that this congregation regretted all the years I’d hidden it from is very open to new perspectives on spirthem; we could have had many more ituality and the Bible and new academic years of sharing and closeness. concepts.

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Johnnyswim blends musical stylings, histories

By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano are not your everyday married couple. They’re barely even your average musicians, what with Ramirez being one of Nashville’s most notable teachers and composers and Sudano being the daughter of guitarist/ songwriter Bruce Sudano and the late, great Donna Summer.

As Johnnyswim, though, Ramirez and Sudano have gone far beyond what’s expected of a Nashville session cat and a child of disco who spent school breaks singing backgrounds for her mom and dad. Instead, the duo — on albums such as 2014’s “Diamonds,” EPs such as “Johnnyswim” (2008), “Home, Vol. 1” (2012), “Heart Beats” (2013) and their brand-new “A Johnnyswim Christmas” — play a mix of scuffed-up, soft-spun folk, soul and country with lyrics surprisingly ripe with angst and avarice to go with its romantic display.

“We just write what’s in us, however it comes out,” said Sudano, fresh from a stretch of tour dates that will bring Johnnyswim to Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., on Dec. 19.

The Johnnyswim duo could have formed in 2005 in Nashville, where Sundano’s folks had settled, perhaps to be closer to

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the country musicians (Reba McIntire, Dolly Parton, etc.) that her parents were writing songs for. In reality though, Ramirez and Sudano first met after Sunday church service in 2001.

“I absolutely felt a spark and incredibly connected to Abner when I met him,” Sudano said. “We met in a personal setting and I had no clue that he was musical in any way, but knew I wanted to spend time with him. A little while after first hanging out, he invited me to a show and when I heard him sing, I knew how we’d be spending a lot of time from then on.”

Considering that one could hear elements of Emmylou Harris and Sam Cooke in the pair’s unified sound, you can’t help but wonder what it might be that influenced Johnnyswim to set pen to paper.

“Absolutely Emmylou and Sam Cooke, as well as Joni Mitchell, The Carpenters, Tracy Chapman, Otis Redding and Lauryn Hill on my end,” Sudano said. “Both of us loved Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Abner grew up listening to a lot of Cuban music, Dave Matthews when he was in high school, and got into R&B more once he left his original home in Jacksonville, Fla.” As their misty, moody vocals and equally dramatic music is tonally quiet, scratchy and subtle — a genuinely unique sound unto itself — it’s curious to think they arrived at birth with this supplely theatrical

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker The Pennsylvania Ballet performs its holiday show through Dec. 31 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.

The Glorious Sound of Christmas The Philadelphia Orchestra performs an evening of traditional holiday arrangements through Dec. 20 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-7905847.

The Human Condition Twenty-Two Gallery presents a collection of figurative paintings and drawings

by Laura Ancona that presents a subtle critique of the conditions of life through Jan. 4, 236 S. 22nd St.; www.twenty-twogallery.com.

Les Misérables Media Theatre presents the classic musical through Jan. 19, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-8910100.

Mary Poppins Walnut Street Theatre presents the musical based on the classic Disney film through Jan. 4, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

Messiah The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Hendel’s holiday classic 2 p.m. Dec. 21 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-7905847.

Outside Mullingar Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Tony Awardnominated romance set in rural Ireland through Dec. 28 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-9850420.

vibe. Oddly enough, Sudano said they had a lot of people telling the pair what they thought the sound of Johnnyswim should and shouldn’t be.

“We knew instinctively what we wanted to write, but felt a lot of outside pressure.

For a while, we weren’t sure. It wasn’t until we went to L.A. that our minds cleared, and felt like we could write whatever we wanted without those whispers. Our early recordings don’t necessarily sound harder or louder, but definitely poppier and cleaner.”

Still, when the pair wrote its first song, “Why’d You Do It,” on their first EP, Sudano jokes that Ramirez was playing a metal riff on the guitar, that Sudano found a rugged melody to sing over it. “We laughed and finished it quickly. We knew we’d found a good match at that point.”

Nearly 10 years later, they are doing likewise on songs such as their new EP’s sole original tune, “Christmas Day,” as well as “Diamonds”’ elements of discord.

The angst the pair embraces throughout “Diamonds” makes the epiphany and joy of “Paris in June” and “Home” stick out.

Johnnyswim simply doesn’t play at being a couple safe or sappily happy.

“The day we wrote ‘Diamonds,’ we were upset about things people said about us and needed a little pep talk, so in our anger we wrote that song,” Sudano said. “We both

lost a parent within a 10-month span, so a lot of the sad songs aren’t really break-up songs as much as they are songs of loss written in break-up language. We didn’t — and don’t — give ourselves boundaries.

Our goal was honesty.”

With that, Sudano must hate when people assume that every couple song they pen is about the twosome.

“No, in a way I’m glad they do. It means the songs are convincing,” she said with a laugh.

While it’s a shame Sudano shied away from conversation about working with her mom or Summer’s role as an icon of the LGBT community, the Johnnyswim songstress did however comment on the bonds of being married while performing together.

“We really don’t see any downsides,” she said frankly. “We love what we do and we love each other. It’s a win/win. Music and marriage is all about communication, so we find that one compliments and strengthens the other. And look, when we started, there were no duos. It wasn’t popular in any way and people told us it wouldn’t work. Our goal, though, was to do what we love with who we love for as long as possible, and I think loving what we do gave us stamina to keep going when no one cared, and probably will continue to give us the stamina long past when people care anymore.” n

Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a major critical figure in the history of modern art, photography and filmmaking through Jan. 4, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Stomp The hit percussive stage-dance production returns Dec. 26-30 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Vitra: Design, Architecture, Communication, A European Project with American Roots Philadelphia Museum of Art presents some of the most innovative designs from the family-owned Swiss company through April 26, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

STAY FROSTY MY FRIENDS: If you haven’t gotten enough of the juggernaut blockbuster animated film on screen and in merchandising, Disney on Ice is bringing a live-action version of “Frozen” to the area to the delight of kids and ice-skating enthusiasts alike, Dec. 25-Jan. 4 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-389-9543.

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Destination of the Year: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Every December, we look at destinations around the world to highlight the standouts for the LGBT traveler. This year, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., earned the “Destination of the Year” title.

With a beach-chic vibe, a new upscale foodie allure and the ultimate commitment to LGBT tourism, Fort Lauderdale has redefined “Where the Boys Are.” Greater Fort Lauderdale is much “greater” than before: a refreshing mix of sun, fun, culture, community and appreciation of the LGBT traveler (who spends more than $1 billion a year in Broward County). Long gone are the spring-break days and cheap hotels; today, there is a thriving gay guesthouse culture alongside posh beachfront hotels and a growing beachfront nightlife and dining scene.

Always ahead of the curve, Fort Lauderdale announced this month at the 15th-annual Community Marketing International Conference on Gay and Lesbian Tourism that, for the next three years, it will host the Southern Comfort Transgender Conference.

When it comes to culture, Greater Fort Lauderdale has one of the largest Pride centers and is home to the Stonewall National Museum and Archives. Next

year, ground will be broken on the $55-million LGBT-focused senior rental community Pineapple House, 92 units offering independent and assisted living.

Fort Lauderdale’s new “must visit” is the first World AIDS Museum and Educational Center (worldAIDSmuseum. org), an informative and empowering exhibition combining contextual panels, art and, soon, multimedia to the disease that transformed generations of our community. Don’t miss the weekend mixers.

R Family Vacations makes its weekend debut in 2015. (Philly was the first non-cruise R Family destination). RSVP and Atlantis Vacations have 2015 cruises departing from the bustling Fort Lauderdale port, and the city is increasingly gaining international status (especially with Brits and Brazilians).

A great deal of credit goes to local leadership, small businesses and the community. The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau, led by visionary president Nikki Grossman, has a dedicated LGBT market managing director, Richard Gray, himself an industry pioneer (and a mentor of mine). Since it began its LGBT outreach in 1996, the agency has been a true stand-out leader.

It helps that Fort Lauderdale boasts the highest concentration of same-sex-couple households in the United States, helping drive the renaissance, while new small businesses caterer to visitors, including boutique-clothing shops, bars and clubs.

Guesthouse and hotel Gay guesthouses define Fort Lauderdale’s gay travel experience. No matter your taste, price point or comfort with nudity, you will find a guesthouse experience just for you. (Of note: There is still no lesbian-focused guesthouse).

The Grand Resort and Spa (grandresort.net) is still a class act all its own.

The quaint spa is highly rated and offers affordable, friendly spa treatments. The Grand consistently lives up to its name.

Here, a couple’s massage assumes it will be two gay men and not the other way around. How refreshing.

A standout for Fort Lauderdale’s clothing-optional, all-male guesthouses is the luxury Pineapple Point (pineapplepoint. com). Centrally located between the beach and Wilton Manor, and in walking distance to the posh Las Olas Boulevard restaurants and shops, Pineapple Point sets a new standard on attentive service. With Dec. 21 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215222-1400.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra The holiday-themed rock ensemble performs 4 and 8 p.m.

Dec. 23 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215389-9543.

A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS ‘VINE’: Drag star Sherry Vine comes to town for “A Very Sherry Christmas,” an evening of drag performances by the likes of Brittany Lynn, Mistor Fahrenheit, Pissi Myles, Freddie Meggury and Marti Gould Cummings, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. For more information, call 215-964-9675.

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Music Nashville Pussy The rock band performs 9 p.m. Dec. 20 at North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar

The Seventh Annual HighKixMas Extravaganza The holiday variety show featuring musical guests kicks off 7:30 p.m.

Broadway Rox and Christmas Sox Celebrate the holidays Broadwaystyle 8 p.m. Dec. 23 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Rasputin’s Room Lil’ Steph presents a burlesque show 9 p.m.-midnight Dec. 19 at Ruba Club-Studios, 416 Green St.; 215627-9831.

Pissi Myles in Lipschtick!

The drag performer hosts a variety show 7 p.m. Dec. 20 at L’Etage, 624 S. Bainbridge St.; 215-592-0626.

Nightlife

Light the Lights R. Eric Thomas hosts a special holiday cabaret featuring Donald Harrison 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 22 at L’Etage, 624 S. Bainbridge St.; 215-592-0626.

Jingle Belles A holiday cabaret featuring local performers, 8 p.m.

Dec. 19-20 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

Oy To The World Xmas Eve Party Brittany Lynn hosts the festivities 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 24 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

26 units, including several “residences” (one with a private pool), Pineapple Point’s staff does not miss a detail.

Complimentary morning papers served with a continental breakfast and a daily, evening wine/beer and cheese cocktail hour are presented with a “whatever we can do for you” attitude. The guesthouse is immaculate. Our recent visit included the fresh-paint smell of December touch-ups before the busy season.

A foodie destination Fort Lauderdale is becoming a real foodie town. While Rosie’s Bar and Grill (rosiesbng.com) remains a constant for the community, it is certainly not alone.

Not to miss are S3: Sun, Surf, & Sand (s3restaurant.com) at the Hilton with a cool beach-party vibe and fresh sushi. The other hot spot is Dapur, Asian Tapas and Lounge (dapurkitchen.com), where chef Edi Mulyanto uses fresh herbs from an onsite garden to create fusion spirits and exotic herbs in the dishes. Stick around for a fun lounge scene. n Jeff Guaracino is the author of “Gay and Lesbian Tourism: The Essential Guide for Marketing.”

Outta Town Bad Santa The irreverent holiday comedy is screened 9:45 p.m. Dec. 19 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

BurlesqueA-Pades, A Christmas Shimmy!

Bells won’t be the only things jingling at this burlesque show, 8 p.m. Dec. 20 at World Cafe Live, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

A Christmas Story The holiday film is screened 2 p.m. Dec. 20 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

It’s A Wonderful Life The classic Christmas movie is screened 8 p.m. Dec. 23 at Sellersville Theatre, 24 W. Temple Ave in Sellersville; 215257-5808.

It’s a Wonderful Life The holiday film is screened 5 p.m.

Dec. 20 and 2 p.m. Dec. 21 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

The Sound of Music Sing-aLong The classic musical is screened and the audience can join the chorus 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26 at World Cafe Live, 500 N. Market St.; 302-994-1400. n

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‘The Imitation Game’: Breaking down Alan Turing

By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor Based on a true story, “The Imitation Game” is a slick but highly satisfying crowd-pleaser about the remarkable Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch). The film, which opens Christmas Day at Ritz Theaters, chronicles three distinct periods in the life of this great gay man who is famous for cracking the Nazi Enigma machine and saving an estimated 14-million lives during World War II. A pre-credit sequence features Detective Nock (Rory Kinnear) interrogating Turing, who has been arrested on charges of gross indecency. Turing recounts his efforts doing code-breaking work during the war at Bletchley Park to Nock, which forms the spine of the film. Periodically, the film flashes backs to Alan’s childhood, which depicts him learning cryptography and falling in love with his fellow student, Christopher (Jack Bannon).

“The Imitation Game” is very clear on showing how Turing, a mathematician and logician, has a great mind but very few social skills. An early scene where Commander Denniston (Charles Dance) interviews Alan for a top-secret job at Bletchley Park illustrates just how literal — and how brilliant — Turing was.

Alan claims that, while he is no good at German, he knows how to do crossword puzzles, and that should qualify him for the work at hand. Denniston is exasperated, but audiences will be amused and squarely on Turing’s side.

The mathematician’s quirky behav-

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (FROM LEFT, JOAN), MATTHEW BEARD (PETER), MATTHEW GOODE (HUGH) AND ALLEN LEECH (JOHN) HUDDLE AROUND BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH (ALAN) AND THE ENIGMA MACHINE IN “THE IMITATION GAME.”

sizes that Alan was beaten up for being “different.” Scenes during wartime have Alan under pressure to prove his expensive machine works. In addition, when he confesses to being a homosexual to a Bletchley Park colleague, his secret cannot be spread because being gay was illegal at the time. In the post-war sequences, when Alan had been chemically castrated — his punishment for “gross indecency” — he becomes a shadow of his former self.

These scenes are particularly sad moments that show how the once-great mind was undone simply because he was queer.

Significantly, “The Imitation Game” discusses Alan’s sexuality without ever showing it. This lack of physical samesex intimacy may be an effort to make his story play to mainstream audiences, but it really does not hurt the film. Even if Alan has been arrested for “trying to entice another man to touch his penis,” it is not necessary to show that activity to get the point across.

What is important is presenting the man behind the machine, which the film does beautifully. When Alan hires Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley) to assist in his efforts at Bletchley Park, a deep friendship — not CUMBERBATCH AS TURING BEING RESTRAINED IN unlike the one he had with THE MOVIE Christopher — develops.

He coaxes her to come ior extends to how he (mis)treats his work with him; she helps him become colleagues, Hugh Alexander (Matthew a bit more likable with his colleagues.

Goode) and John Cairncross (Allen The scenes of Alan and Joan together are Leech), among them. They find Turing terrific, and show some of the humanity insufferable, even if they respect his talunderneath this very-scientific logician. ents. They even support his instincts and Their reunion, years after the war had efforts to build a machine — a computer ended, is both powerful and incredibly — to help crack the Enigma machine poignant. despite Denniston’s reluctance.

“The Imitation Game” benefits greatly But just as Alan hopes to break the from Cumberbatch’s Oscar-worthy perforEnigma, the film constantly shows him mance. The actor, who may be best-known being broken down. A traumatic episode for playing that other brainiac, Sherlock of abuse from his childhood emphaHolmes, gets Alan’s stammers and tics

right. His performance never comes across as mannered even when Alan is being most irritating. Likewise, Knightley is superb as Joan, a woman who breaks into a man’s world, and has to continue to prove herself worthy of their company. A fight Joan has with Alan is one of the film’s best moments.

If this glossy drama has a weakness, it is for being heavy-handed at times. The syrupy

music by Alexandre Desplat tends to overemphasize what audiences should feel at a particular moment. Likewise, periodic cutaways to soldiers — often wounded ones — are used to remind viewers of human lives at stake. These elements feel manipulative, as if the filmmakers, director Morten Tyldum and screenwriter Graham Moore (adapting Andrew Hodges’ book, “Alan Turing: The Engima”), don’t trust the audience to put some of the obvious pieces together.

While “The Imitation Game” crackles with the code-breaking scenes — the film’s big, important moments are indeed thrilling — less exciting is an episode involving intrigue and blackmail following the discovery of a spy inside Bletchley Park. The film could have done more with its conspiracy-of-lies subplot.

Yet these are minor flaws in a fabulous film that emphasizes the tremendous achievements of Alan Turing. n

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PORTRAIT from page 25

PGN: Yeah, I’ve always found it suspect that anyone could become a mail-order pastor and suddenly everyone is supposed to heed their advice on a myriad of subjects.

TB: Precisely. I’ve always been inquisitive but when I decided to pursue this, that’s when I decided to get advanced degrees in various fields. I have two master’s degrees and then a doctorate degree from the Episcopal Divinity School.

PGN: You have quite a list of published works too. What is the “Queer Bible Commentary”?

TB: That’s an 800-page book edited by four of us, giving commentary on the Bible from a queer point of view. It did very well; SCM Press just named it as one of the 50 best books that they’ve ever published. As a result of its success, I was able to publish my own book, “Christology from the Margins.”

PGN: What were your most moving and toughest times as a pastor?

TB: It’s extremely moving to me when people get it that God loves them. I know that sounds simplistic but in my own experience, I was 25 years old before I discovered it. I mean, I thought it as a child but then I had that taken away from me. I was sitting in an MCC church just checking out the place when the female pastor said, “God really loves you,” and I heard it and believed it for the first time.

I can see when that light bulb goes off in people’s heads in my church. Even after almost 27 years of service, it still affects me when I see people peeling away the layers of homophobia that they’ve gathered through the years.

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PGN: Any particular person come to mind?

TB: This wasn’t as a pastor, but it’s what led me into ministry. In the mid-’80s my boyfriend died of AIDS. His mother’s priest had told him that God hated him and that he had AIDS because he’d been a prostitute and it was punishment from God. He knew I went to church and one of the last times I visited him, he asked me to pray for him. I told him, “You know you can pray too” and he said, “No I can’t. God hates me.” So I told him I’d pray for him.

The last time I went to see him, he pulled his mask away and said, “I did it.” I asked what and he said, “I prayed … ” It was so moving that I thought, if I could do that for him, maybe I could help others.

PGN: And so you have …

TB: By the way, the toughest part for me of ministry at MCC is that sometimes people don’t see us as a “real” church, even in the LGBT community — that we somehow don’t have the validity of a Catholic or Episcopal church. And even though I understand where it comes from, it’s also hard to see a lot of the anti-religious sentiment in our community. Fortunately, I have a lot of colleagues in the Methodist Church and the Episcopal Church and many others that are striving to be more open and welcoming.

PGN: And the new pope seems to be making waves as well.

TB: Yes, I’m very hopeful about that.

PGN: I understand you’re a married man.

TB: Yes, we’ve been together for 13 years and got married nine years ago, when I was going to school in Cambridge, Mass.

His name is Tom too, Tom Laughingwolf Simmons.

PGN: That sounds Native-American.

TB: It is, he’s Cherokee. He just completed his internship to become an MCC pastor as well. We’re hoping to do a kind of team ministry. Tom’s had a diversity of religious traditions, from Catholic to Protestant to Native traditions. He’s done a lot of seeking before deciding to join the seminary. He’s planning to be a hospital chaplain in addition to pastoral work.

PGN: And is there really only one LGBT church in New Jersey?

TB: Yes, but there are a lot of churches that are welcoming [laughs], or at least tolerating!

PGN: What was the best Christmas gift you got as a kid?

TB: I was given two ventriloquist dummies.

I made up little stories and scenarios with them.

PGN: What a great present for a shy kid, you could let the characters talk for you.

TB: Exactly. It was a neat gift.

PGN: What’s a favorite word or phrase?

TB: That’s printable? Actually one of the women in our church recently made “Pay it Forward” wristbands that she sells to raise money for Tent City. I like that concept and phrase.

PGN: I still can’t believe that I once …

TB: Was a ’70s disco queen! I was coming out of the closet and out of my shell and for a bit I was very big in the disco scene in Southern California. It’s still my favorite music to listen to.

PGN: What were your tallest platform shoes?

TB: Oh goodness, well, I’m 6-feet tall to start with, and I had a pair of orange and blue

platform shoes that made me about 6-foot-4.

PGN: Anything in store for Christmas?

TB: We’re having a joint service with the Methodist Church we rent space from. Our musicians are putting together a special program and my husband is doing a special Christmas message on Sunday and I’ll be doing my Christmas message on the 28th.

We’re very excited for the New Year because we’re moving to Hamilton Township, N.J., and we’ll be worshiping at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. We’re excited about the partnership between the two congregations and being able to service the LGBT community in that area. There are quite a few LGBT folks in that area but not really much for them, no bars or a Pride center or anywhere for people to congregate. Hopefully we’ll fill that gap. n For more information on Metropolitan Community Church of Christ the Liberator, visit mccctl.com.

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ADonIS CInEMA

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2026 Sansom St (located 3 doors up from Sansom St Gym)

215-557-9319 4 Small Theaters with Video & Dark Room Area

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7am-6am

(closed an hour for cleaning)

Friday- Sunday:

Open 24hrs

ADMISSION: $12.00

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THE BIGGER, BETTER & CLEANER CLUB IN THE CITY...

UNDER THE MISTLETOE Saturday, Dec. 20th Time: 11pm-3:30am WHAT TO EXPECT:

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Half Price Rooms (6am Sunday till 8am Monday) Members: $12.50 and Non-Members: $22.50

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Business Mans Locker Special (8am to 4pm) Members: $5.00 and Non-Members: $15.00

TUESDAYS

Half Price Rooms (6am till 12 Midnight) Members: $12.50 and Non-Members: $22.50

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Check out our website for our WEEKLY SPECIALS & JOIN OUR e-mail List to get the latest information on upcoming events....

Don’t forget to visit the Adonis Cinema right next door!! 2026 Sansom St/ PH: 215-557-9319

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12-step programs and support groups Al-Anon

n

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

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

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

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

Wednesdays at St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St.; 215-735-1416.

Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)

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

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

Mental-Health Support

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

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

HIV/AIDS Mondays: n Positive Brothers, a self-help, support and empowerment group for sexual-minority men of color with HIV/AIDS meets 6-8 p.m. at 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-851-1975.

Tuesdays: n A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 1:30-3 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St., first floor; 215-769-3561; bebashi.org. n Encuentros, a group for HIV-negative Latino men who have sex with men, meets 6 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-3382. n Feast Incarnate, a weekly ministry for people affected by HIV/AIDS, meets 5 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-387-2885. n A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Mazzoni Center, 21 S. 12th St.; 215563-0652 ext. 235.

Wednesdays:

n Project Teach, a peer-education and

empowerment program for people living with HIV/AIDS, meets 3-5 p.m. at Philadelphia FIGHT, 1233 Locust St.; fight. org.

Thursdays:

n A support group for HIV-positive men

and women meets 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope; 215-769-3561. n Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for those infected or affected, meets from 7-9 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St.; 215-848-4380, azaklad@craftech.com.

Saturdays:

n AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth

support group meets during the school year at varying times and locations; 800-8106776.

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Community Bulletin Board Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331; atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies.

Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday.

See the Youth section for more events.

■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044; center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m.

Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

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

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org.

Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m.

Monday through Friday Library hours: noon-9 p.m.

Monday-Thursday; noon-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

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

William Way Center.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

n Open meetings 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 7 p.m.

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

S.A.R.A.

n Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment, day

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

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

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

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

Health

Alder Health Services provides LGBT health services on a sliding-fee scale; 100 N. Cameron St., Ste. 301 East, Harrisburg; 717233-7190 or 800-867-1550; www.alderhealth. org.

AIDS Care Group/Sharon Hill Medical provides comprehensive HIV services in Delaware County, including primary and preventative medicine, dental care, STI and HIV screenings and treatments, women’s health care, drug and alcohol counseling and treatment and mental health counseling and treatment at 907 Chester Pike in Sharon Hill and 2304 Edgmont Ave. in Chester; 610-583-1177 or 610-872-9101; aidscaregroup.org or sharonhillmedical.org.

Congreso de Latinos Unidos provides anonymous, free HIV testing with Spanish/English counselors, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 3439 N. Hutchinson St.; 215-763-8870 ext.

6000.

HIV treatment: Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents available 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m.

Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1803.

HIV health insurance help: Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available at 13-19 MacDade Blvd., Suite 109, Collingdale, N.J., no appointment needed; 610-586-9077.

Philadelphia FIGHT provides HIV primary care, on-site lab services, clinical trials, case management, mental-health services and support groups for people living with HIV regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, 1233 Locust St., fifth floor; 215-985-4448, www. fight.org.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext.

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

Key numbers ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison:Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-686-9980, helen.fitzpatrick@ phila.gov ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org

■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 1-877-pride-2000 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com

■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK

■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288

■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658

■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833

■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

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

Health

Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215763-8870.

ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088; www. actionaids.org.

AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 1711 S. Broad St.; 215-629-2300; www.asiac.org.

Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871; www.galaei.org.

Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; 215627-9090; www.galloplaw.org.

■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, self-employed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city, invites speakers on various topics, partners with other nonprofits and maintains a website where everyone is invited to sign up for email notices for activities and events; www.gppn.org; 215-922-3377.

Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1821.

HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077.

Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652; www.mazzonicenter.org.

Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658.

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

Professional groups ■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly businesses and professionals. Visit www.

IndependenceBusinessAlliance. com for information about events, programs and membership; 215-557-0190; 1717 Arch St., Suite 3370.

■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association The Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgja. org/philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus A regional organization dedicated to promoting gay and lesbian tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region holds meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; P.O. Box 58143, Philadelphia, PA 19102; www. philadelphiagaytourism.com; 215-840-2039.

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