Philadelphia Daily Record

Vol. II No. 123 (283)

Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia

August 17, 2011

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Danmark Calling

MAJESTIC TALL SHIP “Danmark” will pay a visit to Port of Phila. Next month. This vessel has a long association with US Navy. Story page 4.

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Aug. 18State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown holds Job Fair at HS for the Future, 4021 Parkside Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Job-seekers come with resume in appropriate business attire. For info Josh Parsons (717) 772-9946.

Aug. 18Congressman Bob Brady and Ward Leader John Dougherty host fundraiser for Democrat 1st Dist.

Council candidate Mark Squilla at La Veranda, 31 N. Columbus Blvd., 5:30-7:30 p.m. For info squillaforcouncil@gmail.com.

Aug. 18Stu Bykofsky’s 21st Candidates Comedy Night at Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Sts., 7:30 p.m. Tickets $75. Order by calling Variety (215) 735-0803.

Aug. 20State Rep. Rosita Youngblood hosts 2011 Back to School Community Resource Fair at Burgess Ctr. (rear parking lot) at 200-220 W. Chelten Ave. (cor. of Wayne), 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Register K through 8th-graders for free school supplies by calling her office (215) 8496426 before Aug. 12 while supplies last.

Aug. 20State Sen. Shirley M. Kitchen hosts Community Health Fair on Master St. from 15th to 17th Sts., 1-5 p.m., in partnership with Shiloh Apostolic Temple, National Temple Baptist Ch., AME Union Ch., Bible Fellowship Ch. of God, Holy Trinity Deliverance Ch., Hope Matters, 10th Memorial Baptist Ch. and Juanita Rowe Foundation. All invited free.

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Legislators Announce Measure To Help Emergency Natural Gas Responders A press conference is scheduled for tomorrow morning at the Gas Workers Union Hall, 9190 Marshall Road, at 11 a.m. Attending will be State Sen. Mike Stack; State Reps. Brendan Boyle, Kevin Boyle and John Sabatina; City Councilman Jim Kenney; Craig White, president and CEO of Philadelphia Gas Works; and family members of Mark Keeley, a

PGW worker killed while responding to a natural gas leak.

They will explain new legislation, to be introduced in General Assembly, which would provide death benefits to natural gas responders’ loved ones.

The legislation is in response to the January natural-gas explosion in Tacony that killed PGW worker

Mark Keeley. Stack and Brendan Boyle will introduce legislation that will add natural-gas responders who work for a city naturalgas distribution operation and who respond to a natural-gas leak or threat of a natural-gas leak to the class of employees covered under law. Stack and Brendan Boyle worked with PGW to craft this legislation.

George E. Thorne Development Center Presents Financial Empowerment Series While many people agonize about building a more secure financial future, few actually change their financial behavior or do anything differently to ease the agony.

GETDC’s financial empowerment series can be the first step in training for a healthy financial future.

Sessions for the Financial Empowerment Series will be held at 1300 W. Godfrey Avenue at Community College of Philadelphia. The next workshop, estate planning will be held Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, 6-8 p.m.

The Financial Empowerment Series is a fiscal program designed to help participants begin to get in shape for their financial futures.

The series consists of five twohour sessions comprised of engaging exercises intended to help participants achieve their financial goals.

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From the budgeting and credit management planning, tax, investment and retirement planning to estate planning, this series will empower participants to take a more active role in managing their finances, positively impact their fiscal well-being and to build a solid financial foundation.

The Estate Planning session will be lead by Sharon Wilson, the managing partner of Wilson & Wilson LLP. Wilson specializes in business and estate law and participants will have much to learn from her experience with drafting wills, trusts, deeds, powers of attorney, estate planning, preparation of estate tax returns, and dispersing and disposing of estate assets. Wilson also councils the Temple Small Business Development Center on legal matters and provides counsel to entrepreneurs.

Participants will learn from the some of the most knowledgeable and experienced professionals in finances who will guide them in drafting an effective plan to build a successful financial future.

The introductory price is $20 per session. For more information or to register for the estate planning session visit www.financialempowermentseries.eventbrite.com and to inquire about future sessions call (215) 635-1025.

The George E. Thorne Development Center is a 501(c)(3) not-forprofit corporation whose mission is to empower individuals to control their destiny by equipping them with the essential tools needed in the areas of education, healthcare, finance and related issues.

July Best Month Ever For Pa. Casinos July was the highest grossing month ever for Pennsylvania casinos.

The state’s 10 casinos took in more than $218 million from slot machines, and they raked in more

than $56 million from table games. Most of the casinos in fact saw a decrease in slots revenue from last year, but the addition of $14.5 million from the recentlyopened SugarHouse Casino in

Philadelphia made July a record month overall. On average, there were 1,500 more slot machines in active play this July than there were the year before.

Danmark To Visit Port The majestic, training ship Danmark, considered Denmark’s nautical ambassador will visit Philadelphia September 23-27, 2011, and dock at Penn’s Landing for public tours. This Tall ship has a proud history with the United States.

During World War II, Denmark became occupied on Apr. 9, 1940 while the training ship Danmark was on a routine training mission in US waters (Jacksonville, Fla.).

In agreement with the Danish Ambassador to the United States, the Honorable Henrik Kauffmann, Capt. Knud L. Hansen placed his training ship at the disposal of the US Government; however, neutrality prevented the acceptance of the offer until Dec. 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked.

From that point onward and until the end of the WW II, Danmark and Capt. Hansen served under the Stars and Stripes training some 3,000 US officer cadets. These young men received a first-class education in responsible seamanship under Capt. Hansen’s capable leadership and strict discipline; later they would serve in the US Navy. The First Officer of Danmark during the war was Knud 4|

Langevad, and he was in charge of training the US cadets. He also convinced US authorities of the value of learning seamanship on a tall ship, and following the war the US Coast Guard purchased its well-known tall ship the US Eagle, to replace the Danmark. This close Danish-American teamwork lasted until Sep. 26, 1945, when Danmark and her Captain were returned to the Danish Government with full honors. The Danish gesture is still remembered and appreciated in the USA.

Reflecting the special kinship between the Danmark and the US Eagle, Danmark sails as the first foreign ship behind the Eagle in official Tall Ship Parades.

This was the case on Jul. 4, 1986, when Danmark was honored with the number two position sailing behind the Eagle during the Parade of Tall Ships celebrating the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty, and again in 2000 when the Danmark sailed as the first foreign ship behind the Eagle during the Millennium Voyage of Tall Ships along the East Coast from Miami to Boston. Built in 1933, the DanTHE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD

mark is a steel-hulled, threemasted fully-rigged ship and property of the Kingdom of Denmark.

It has served as training vessel for young people seeking careers at sea.

The ship has 26 sails, 236 ropes, and a main engine is used in low wind conditions. The Danmark has a permanent crew of 15 consisting of: captain, chief officer, chief engineer, deck officers, doctor, chief steward, cooks and quartermasters.

The ship also has 80 trainees – young men and women ages 17-23 whose voyage is part of a basic training program to qualify for a career in the merchant navy.

Training aboard the Danmark consists of safety at sea, navigation, engineering, maritime technology, electro technology, seamanship, watch duties, hygiene and English.

Teamwork and co-operation are also important qualities developed to make the ship sail in a safe and efficient manner.

When signing on the Danmark, the trainees meet the challenge of living, studying and working in a maritime environment which is intense and challenging. They all sleep in hammocks during a cruise 17 AUGUST, 2011

which lasts 16 weeks. Their private life is limited to the hammock, a small cabinet and a small locker. The trainees perform nearly all the practical tasks; watch duties etc. on board under the supervision of the crew. They are also taught theoretical subjects by the crew members. The working hours can be very long – up to 1012 hours daily divided in watch duties, practical work and theory lessons.

The DANMARK forms an excel-

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lent teaching environment which combines theory and practice. The trainees achieve technical and social skills difficult to obtain in traditional training environments.

This year, Capt. Kurt Anderson and the crew of the Danmark are going to visit two ports at the US East Coast: Savannah, Sep. 13-17 and Philadelphia, Sep. 23-27. Arriving at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Sep. 23, they will open the tall ship to the public on Saturday, Sep. 24 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:30

p.m.; Sunday, Sep. 25 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Monday September 26 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.

The Danmark will depart the Philadelphia Waterfront on Tuesday, Sep. 27 and cross the Northern Atlantic to return back to Denmark. The Program of Free Events at Penn’s Landing is funded and produced by the Delaware River Waterfront Corp.