Mad For Cow Chips; Win $20G At Festival
A COW PLOP in your square at first annual “Cow Chip Bingo” in Grays Ferry could yield you $20,000 bottom-line profit.
Vol. III No. 40 (Issue 104)
by Rory G. McGlasson If you are in Grays Ferry this Saturday, you could walk home $20,000 richer! Some lucky bingo player might be dancing all the way to the bank if their lucky cow comes home! That’s because the Grays Ferry Community council has teamed up with Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer charity and the Fralinger String Band to host a barn-dance festival for the community; which includes the original 1st annual Cow Chip Bingo Festival. “It’s all part of raising money to
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rehab the Lanier Playground and turn it into a memorial park,” said organizer Robert Gormley. The festival will feature a variety of food vendors, games, prizes, moon bounces & face painting for the kids, DJ and awards for Best Cow-theme dressed kids and adults. The highlight of the day is the Cow Chip Bingo. The incentive for a $20 donation is entry into the Cow Chip Bingo and a chance to win $20,000. The Cow Chip Bingo rules are simple: Each Cow Chip Bingo deed (Cont. Page 2)
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The Tweet Smell Of Success
Al Sharpton Lauds McDaniel School On Social Networking Site During Visit
TWEETING about South Philly school kids is Rev. Al Sharpton.
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by Rory G. McGlasson The Rev. Al Sharpton was so moved by 4th-graders during a visit to a South Philadelphia elementary school, he told the world all about it on the social network site Twitter Rev. Sharpton joined former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and US Education Secretary Arne Duncan as they visited Delaplaine McDaniel, as part of their “listening and learning” tour to find out what school strategies are working and why. One school that is working is Mc(Cont. Page 3)
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GIFT CARDS FOR GUNS in South Philadelphia was a big hit at Mount Enon Baptist Church! Celebrating its success are IBEW Local 98 Business Agent Jimmy Foy; Police Officers including Gary Hawkins and Thomas Gill; 4th Dist. Police Capt. Alan Clark; and Rev. Enos Mackey. Local residents traded hundreds of guns Sep. 26, receiving gift cards for groceries, Photo by Lee Buchanan thanks to sponsors, Local 98. (More pics page 22)
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Marzano Inspires Epiphany Half-Ball by Maria Merlino South Philadelphia’s favorite son John Marzano may no longer be with us in person, but his spirit still lives in each of our neighborhoods. Before Marzano left us, the former Phillies catcher brought the old HalfBall game back to life at the Italian Market Festival. Epiphany Festival organizers took inspiration from this and decided they would try it out as a charity tournament. And last weekend, Epiphany succeeded! Fourteen teams brought their sticks and balls to battle for bragging rights and in their struggle the HalfBall tourney raised over $1,400 for the parish and school. “We saw the positive note the John Marzano Half-Ball Tournament brought to the 9th Street Italian Festival and we thought it would be a good idea to incorporate for Epiphany’s celebration,” said Hugh Quigley, who organized the Epiphany Half-Ball charity game with his brother, Joe. He said, “Many of these guys played as kids and so we have a nostalgia factor. It’s also good camaraderie. We see it as our heritage and a great way to support the parish and school.” Half-Ball has come a long way since the days of playing with a discarded wooden broom handle, a bisected pimple ball and a three-story wall. “We had 14 teams sign up,” said coordinator Joe Quigley. “There are four members on each team; any age (Cont. Page 2)
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