Nutter Meets With Activists
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER K. Glenn Wrighten of Houston Center, left, invited Mayor Michael Nutter to meet with local civic and community activists at Dixon House last week. Mayor asked stakeholders present if they would act as bridge with their constituents as his Administration looks at ways to keep open libraries and recreation centers, amongst other services for South Philadelphia.
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Legislators To Help Bridge Education Gap South Philadelphia families will feel their own economic boost tomorrow as their students share an $186,000 in scholarship money. Representatives from the Bridge Educational Foundation will present them to families, 11 a.m. Friday at Epiphany of Our Lord School, 1248 Jackson Street. Grants will go to students from Annunciation BVM School, Children’s Village, Epiphany of Our Lord School, Holy Spirit School, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, Sacred Heart School, SS. Neumann & Goretti HS,
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St. Gabriel School, St. Monica School, St. Nicholas of Tolentine School, St. Peter the Apostle School, St. Thomas Aquinas School and Stella Maris School. “During this Black History Month, we will gather in South Philadelphia to support our future history-makers,” Williams said.“What we have learned from our new President is no matter what race, religion, or creed, education is the key to success — and programs like the Educational Improvement Tax Credit are vital to achieving it.”
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Our Kids Book Smarts by Rory G. McGlasson Despite Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to cut libraries, students at the new Audenreid HS are keeping up their book smarts. The new library at Audenreid was unveiled this week, with over 200 new books already stocked on the shelves. The 9th-graders at the newly developed school at 33rd & Tasker Streets are already rich in titles from Barack Obama’s Audacity of Hope to Elie Wiesel’s By Night, from Memoir of a Geisha to books on patriotism. “It’s important we keep our children on the cutting edge of technol-
ogy,” said Principal Terry Hargett. Audenried, which closed in 2005, reopened its new building in the fall of 2008 for a class of 9th-grade students. The school will ultimately hold 800 to 1,000, with upperclassmen organized into four career-specific academies. “We’re getting new shipments of books every day now,” said full-time librarian Alice Lee. The new high-tech library features a class-sized computer lab with LCD projector, wireless microphone and wall-mounted speakers. The library (Cont. Page 2)
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New Pol Opens Broad St. Office New South Philadelphia Represntative Kenyatta Johnson will hold a grand opening on Saturday at his new office. The freshman politician will be open for constituent business at 1610 S. Broad Street. His predecessor Harold James never had an office on Broad Street in his 20-year tenure. Johnson said he wants to meet all his constituents on Saturday. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m. For more information, please call: 267-324-5561. Brady Delays TV Switch Congressman Robert A. Brady has voted for the DTV Delay Act (SB 352) that allows for a one-time delay, through Jun. 12, 2009, for the analogto-digital television transition. The House vote was 264-158. The bill now goes to President Obama for his signature It was estimated nationally as many as 6.5 million households could have had their televisions go dark Feb. 17. Additionally, the Commerce Dept. estimates more than 2 million households are currently on a waiting list to receive almost 3.7 million coupons to help them buy digital TV converter boxes. Brady, who represents the 1st Congressional Dist., said there were 7,789 households in his District on the waiting list for the coupons as of Feb. 2. “Broadcast TV is more than entertainment to people in Philly. Many in the city, especially our senior citizens, rely on free TV to get their news, weather and important emergency alerts,” Brady said. The Digital Television Transition was mandated by law in the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act. It requires that television stations broadcast in digital rather than analog format by Feb. 17, 2009. The Act also created a coupon (Cont. Page 2)