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Making One Dream A Reality Collecting for A Happy Meal A group of volunteers will be hoping to make some needy families a bit happier as they go on a food drive outside of a local McDonalds franchise this weekend.

A 24-Hour Canned Food-A-Thonat the Grays Ferry McDonald’s will take Saturday, Nov. 7 from noon until Nov. 8 at noon.

Freddie and Rosa Rosado, owners of the Grays Ferry McDonald’s at 2851 Grays Ferry Avenue, and Paul “Earthquake” Moore are asking you to bring canned goods and non-perishable items on Saturday, rain or shine!

Local businessman Matthew Erney of Ryder has generously donated the use of a trailer truck to be loaded with donated items. Items will be distributed to needy families in Philadelphia and Delaware Cos. on Nov. 21 at New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 7001 Woodland Avenue.

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by Rory G. McGlasson It might have been a wet and cloudy morning to have a groundbreaking ceremony in Grays Ferry, but the smile on Lois Fernandez’ face was enough to light the cloudiest of days. Fernandez, Founder of ODUNDE, Inc., said she wasn’t going to miss the realization of a modern day affordable senior home in her neighborhood. (Cont. Page 2)

‘Daddy Wags’ Marine Salute Set For Cookies Oregon Avenue will be closed off between 10th and 11th Streets to accommodate thousands of visitors, military and civilian, to salute Marines, and pay homage to our very own James R. “Daddy Wags” Wagner next Tuesday.

Hundreds will convene at Cookie’s Tavern to pay homage to vets and local hero Wagner, who worked tirelessly on behalf of veterans’ groups and the Marine Corps.

Wagner, who passed away in 2002, was the owner of Cookie’s Tavern at 10th & Oregon. He hosted the Marine Corps Birthday for over 30 years.

A Marine sergeant, Wagner served two tours in Vietnam, earning numerous decorations and a Purple Heart.

His two daughters, Joyce and Jamie, now carry on the annual Marine Corps birthday tradition.

Every month the South Philadelphia Public Record gathers a host of medical and health tips and services into a special Health Edition and then delivers it to your doorstep. This is that time of the month. Forty-five thousand copies of this issue are being distributed this weekend to every home in zip codes 19145, 19147 and 19148 … the heart of South Philadelphia.

That increased circulation is in addition to our regular 28,000 copies which you normally find at over 200 stops and news boxes, located in zip codes 19145, 19147 and 19148, as well as 19130 and 19146. It’s our community-service program designed to insure you get the best information on what’s available in medical care and top professional health givers in our neighborhoods as well as other nonmedical services offered by reputable businesses and professionals in your neighborhood. There is a growing need to present up-to-date medical information to you. South Philadelphia has lost three hospitals — St. Agnes, Graduate Hospital, Mt. Sinai, and hundreds of physicians from general internists through specialized surgeons. Gone are physicians of all specialties, from vascular surgeons to obstetricians, gynecologists and neurosurgeons.

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COUNCIL PRESIDENT Anna C. Verna and Universal Companies Chairman Kenny Gamble help break ground with Rahim Islam, president and CEO of Universal Companies, State Sen. Larry Farnese and State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson at Osun Village Senior Residence site, 2300 Grays Ferry Photo by Marty Regusters.

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Affordable Living For Seniors (Cont. from Page 1) Thanks to an alliance with music mogul and Chairman of Universal Companies Kenneth Gamble and Rahim Islam, its president and CEO, Fernandez joined the Universal High School Choir, who were all literally singing in the rain.

“Give praise to God, for Osun is finally coming to fruition. I thank God for Universal because their partnership is ensuring that this project will finally happen; it is long time coming,” said Fernandez.

Osun Village is a state-of-theart 16-unit apartment complex located on Grays Ferry Avenue in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of South Philadelphia and is scheduled to open in December 2010. These one-bedroom apartments are being built exclusively for low- to moderateincome seniors 62 years and older.

The Osun Village Partnership was the vision of Fernandez, and her daughter, Bumi Fernandez, CEO of ODUNDE, Inc. Gamble and Islam said when they heard of the project they jumped at the opportunity to partner with ODUNDE. “I have known the work of Lois and her organization since

LOIS Fernandez, founder, of ODUNDE, beams with delight at groundbreaking ceremony for Osun Village Senior Residence, at 23rd & Grays Ferry. Looking on are Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Gamble of Universal Companies who helped Fernandez’s dream become a reality. the inception, some 30 years ago Joining in the official groundand felt compelled to help her breaking will be Council Presimake the dream of Osun a real- dent Anna C. Verna, State Sens. ity,” Islam concluded. “I am Anthony Hardy Williams and honored to shoulder the initia- Larry Farnese Jr., State Rep. tives of two pillars in the African Babette Josephs, Deborah McAmerican community, Fernan- Culloch of the Office of Housing dez and Gamble.” & Community Development and The Osun Village partnership community and civic leaders. is a joint venture between UniVerna said she is happy to see versal Community Homes and it come to fruition. “This develSusie White, Inc., an affiliate of opment represents one of the few ODUNDE, Inc. Osun Village is opportunities left in the commua state-of-the-art 16-unit apart- nity to preserve affordable housment complex located on Grays ing and combine it with Ferry Avenue in the Southwest commercial space.

Center City neighborhood of Deborah McColloch, direcSouth Philadelphia and is sched- tor, Office of Housing & Comuled to open in December 2010. munity Development, said, “By These one-bedroom apartments creating Osun Village, Universal are being built exclusively for will help bridge the affordablelow- to moderate-income seniors housing gap for seniors.”

62 years and older.

(Cont. from Page 1) If you are interested in participating in the canned good drive, please contact Paul Moore at (215) 385-2696 or email him at earth_quake1@hotmail.com.

Monetary donations are also accepted for purchase of food. Checks can be sent to PO Box 5323, Philadelphia, PA 19142.

Turkeys Drive; Fresh Trimmings Philabundance is preparing for the holiday season, a time filled with celebrations of abundance and joy and unfor-

tunately a greater need for individuals and families struggling to get by in this tough economy. Philabundance is appealing to the generosity of the Delaware Valley to help neighbors in need this holiday season by participating in the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Roundup on Nov. 7.

In order to provide nutritious holiday dinners, Philabundance has a goal to round up 1000 more turkeys to make up complete meals for families in need during the holidays. Individuals and organizations can either make a donation toward the purchase of protein-rich turkeys or bring frozen turkeys with the receipt to one of Philabundance’s two locations in Philadelphia on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 3616 South Gal-

loway Street.

“The recession and record unemployment has resulted in 30-35% increase in need for food assistance in the Delaware Valley,” says Bill Clark, Philabundance’s president and executive director.

“We are looking to the community to help Philabundance provide holiday meals for people who are unable get the necessary fixings for a holiday meal. We hope the public will continue to support Philabundance through food drives, volunteering and financial donations because the need is growing every day, and not just during the holidays.”

For more information about Philabundance, call (215) 3390900 or visit www.philabundance.org.

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Local Nursing Student ‘Aces’ Her Diploma It only took 11 months, but a local student has fulfilled her dream of becoming a nurse.

Sara Meintel of South Philadelphia is a graduate of Drexel University College of Nursing & Health Professions Accelerated Career Entry Program for Nurses.

The College celebrated Meintel’s accomplishment recently with a pinning ceremony, marking the transition from student to professional nurse. The pinning ceremony is a 100-year-old tradition.

“This is a great time to be entering the nursing profession,” noted Dr. Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, associate dean for undergraduate programs, MSN programs and continuing nursing education.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA’s Sara Meintel with Dr. Gloria Donnelly, dean of Drexel University CNHP during a pinning ceremony last week at college.

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According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for nurses will continue to grow through 2014 with 120,000 job openings annually.

For more information on ACE or other programs in the Drexel University College of Nursing & Health Professions, visit http://cnhp.drexel.edu or call (215) 762-8479.

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Property Tax Rebate Extension State Sen. Larry Farnese reports homeowners and renters looking to ease their burdens now have until Dec. 31 to apply for the Pennsylvania’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program for seniors and residents with disabilities.

The rebate program benefits Pennsylvanians who are 65 years old and older; widows and widowers age 50 and older; and people with disabilities age 18 and older.

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Political Pipe Dream? A Small Legislature!

If passed, legislation announced by State Sen. Dave Argall, from Schuylkill Co., would reduce the size of the legislature at a rate of one Senate seat and 10 House seats per decade through 2053, ultimately leaving the size of the Pennsylvania General Assembly at a total of 45 Senate seats and 153 House seats.

Speaking at a press conference, Argall said the time is right to re-consider the measure, which has been floated unsuccessfully a number of times in the past.

While not a cure-all for Pennsylvania’s budgetary woes, he added it would show that legislators can “lead by example” in cutting costs.

Though the overall reduction would not be complete until the middle of the 21st

century, Argall said a gradual reduction is key to winning acceptance among lawmakers. Too abrupt a reduction, he indicated, and the measure would not stand a chance. Wanna bet?

Senators Fumo And Street: Philadelphia’s Odd Couple When former State Sen. Vincent Fumo made his way to a Kentucky Federal Prison, he had some idea of what faced him. He had a copy of Jim Tayoun’s Going To Prison guide.

When he arrived he found an even better guide, former State Sen. Milton Street. As expected, the two are working together to make life a bit pleasurable for both.

Milton is a vegetarian, Vince isn’t. So the two take all

that’s available on the prison menu, though normally they’d pass on some food items. That way Milton gets all the vegetables — yes, he’s a vegan now — and Vince gets the others. In addition, Vince, who was sorely missed this Columbus Day, has found enough Italian Americans to get them to build a bocce court and start a league.

Lentz Beefs Up Congress Team State Rep. Bryan R. Lentz took another significant step toward formally launching his candidacy for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional Dist. by announcing a former aide to Congressman Sestak, Congressional Campaign Manager and Capitol Hill Communications Director Vincent A. Rongion,e has signed on to manage his

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“We are very pleased to have Vince on the team,” Lentz stated. “He brings a lifetime of experience in Delaware Co. and an excellent track record both on Capitol Hill and on the campaign trail. As a former Airborne Ranger, prosecutor and current legislator from Delaware Co., I am confident Vince shares my spirit of service and determination to run a strong, positive campaign about important issues like creating jobs, cutting middle-class taxes and providing for our seniors and veterans.”

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Media Questions Campaign Checks Made Out To Cash The Scranton Times Tribune reports Senate Minority Leader Robert J. Mellow’s chief campaign committee paid more than $188,000 in checks made out to “cash” over the past nine years without disclosing who received the money and, in many cases, exactly for what the money was used – despite a State election law that specifically calls for complete disclosure.

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ments written to “cash” more than 1,600 times since Jan. 1, 2000, but Mellow led the pack by doing it 533 times. The Senator refused numerous requests by the Times Tribune to discuss the issue.

Abe Dyke Joins Florida Campaign Political consultant Abe Dyke has moved to sunnier skies to take over as a campaign manager for a rising candidate in Florida.

Dyke, who has worked in Philadelphia for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign and has helped with five other statewide Senate campaigns, has joined Democratic hopeful Kendrick Meek.

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The History Of Veterans Day Began As WWI Ended World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on Jun. 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”

In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…"

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SOLDIERS of the 353rd Infantry near a church at Stenay, Meuse in France, wait for the end of hostilities. This photo was taken at 10:58 a.m., on Nov. 11, 1918, two minutes before the armistice ending World War I went into effect. the celebration was for a day ning at 11:00 a.m.

The United States Conobserved with parades and public meetings and a brief gress officially recognized the suspension of business begin- end of World War I when it

passed a concurrent resolution on Jun. 4, 1926, with these words: “Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed, and “Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through

good will and mutual understanding between nations; and “Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared Nov. 11 to be a legal holiday: “Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Nov. 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in (Cont. Page 9)

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(Cont. From Page 7) schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples.”

An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as "Armistice Day." Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II and Korea, the 83rd Congress amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting in its place the word "Veterans." With the approval

of this legislation (Public Law 380) on Jun. 1, 1954, Nov. 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

Later that same year, on Oct. 8, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first "Veterans Day Proclamation" which stated: "In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose. Toward this end, I am designating the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs as Chairman of a Veterans Day National Committee, which shall include such other persons as the Chairman may select, and which will coordinate at the na-

Lawncrest Prepares To Honor Veterans The Lawncrest Community Association, along with help from the Office of Councilwoman Marian Tasco, the Rising Sun Lions Club and The Phil-Mont Kiwanis Club, will host a neighborhood cleanup of the Lawncrest Recreation Center area, also known as "The Grove”, this Saturday from noon till 2 p.m.

This event will precede the

annual Veterans Day Event Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Grove.

Bill Dolbow, president of the Lawncrest Community Association, says, “Ceremonies for Veterans Day will begin at 10 a.m. and will include a flag-raising conducted by the Rising Sun V.F.W. #2819 and the Crest-Lawn American Legion #832.”

They Did Their Share

by Joanna Fuchs desk; All of them did their share.

No matter what the duty, For low pay and little glory, These soldiers gave up normal lives, For duties mundane and gory.

Let every veteran be honored; Don’t let politics get in the way.

Without them, freedom would have died; What they did, we can’t repay.

We owe so much to them, Who kept us safe from terror, So when we see a uniform, Let’s say "thank you" to every wearer.

would encourage travel, recreational and cultural activities and stimulate greater industrial and commercial production.

Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holidays on their original dates.

The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on Oct. 25, 1971. It was quite apparent the commemoration of this day was a matter of historic and patriotic significance to a great number of our citizens, and so on Sep. 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-97 (89 Stat. 479), which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of Nov. 11, beginning in 1978.

River Wards To Rally For Wounded

by Phil Bowdren, Coordinator As Veterans Day and the Philadelphia River Wards Troop Rally approaches, I would like to talk about some of the things we are trying to accomplish to honor and support our Men and Women in Uniform.

Please come out to the Rally in Campbell Square on Veterans Day (Nov. 11.

6-8 p.m.), honor our Men and Women in Uniform (Military, Police and Fire) and support the efforts of the Wounded Warrior Project.

At the Rally we will be selling Yellow Bows and Ribbons as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon. The proceeds from these sales, as well as donations we will be collecting, are being donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.

The Wounded Warrior Project is a national nonprofit organization that got its start when a group of veterans were watching the evening news and were moved by the difficult stories of the first wounded service members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq. They realized then and there that something needed to be done for these brave indi-

viduals beyond the brass bands and ticker tape parades. The resulting objective was to provide tangible support for the severely wounded and help them on the road to healing, both physically and mentally. What had been initially viewed as a small contribution (compared with what the warriors had sacrificed while serving our country) has become WWP's signature program; WWP Backpacks delivered to the bedsides of our wounded warriors.

The mission of the Wounded Warrior Project is to honor and empower wounded warriors. Its purposes are to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members.

Wounded Warrior backpacks contain essential care and comfort items including clothing, toiletries, calling card, CD player, and playing cards, all designed to make their hospital stay more comfortable. They are provided to severely wounded service members arriving at

military trauma centers. A smaller version of the WWP Backpack, the Transitional Care Pack, is sent directly to Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate comfort during a warrior’s relocation to the US military trauma center.

From a US Air Force Nurse… “We are forever grateful for all the WWP packs you've donated for our wounded warriors that come through here to recover! I wish I could capture the expressions on their faces when we give them a Wounded Warrior Project pack with the basic necessities inside.... It truly is priceless! Some of them come with only the clothes on their back and may be here for weeks. So to have some personal items to make them feel like a ‘normal’ person makes a world of difference.

Again, 1,000 ‘thank yous’ could never cover the gratitude and appreciation from us and the wounded warriors.”

We are hoping to raise enough money at the Rally to pay for at least a dozen WWP Backpacks. A donation of $99 or more purchases a filled backpack for one soldier with much-needed comfort items such as toiletries and other personal goods.

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On Veteran’s Day we honor Soldiers who protect our nation.

For their service as our warriors, They deserve our admiration.

Some of them were drafted; Some were volunteers; For some it was just yesterday; For some it’s been many years; In the jungle or the desert, On land or on the sea, They did whatever was assigned To produce a victory.

Some came back; some didn’t.

They defended us everywhere.

Some saw combat; some rode a

PRESIDENT Eisenhower signing HR7786, changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day. On that same day, the Prestional level necessary planning for the observance. I am also ident Eisenhower sent a letter requesting the heads of all de- to the Honorable Harvey V. partments and agencies of the Higley, Administrator of VetExecutive branch of the Gov- erans' Affairs, designating him ernment to assist the National as Chairman of the Veterans Committee in every way pos- Day National Committee.

In 1958, the White House sible."

advised VA's General Counsel that the 1954 designation of the VA Administrator as Chairman of the Veterans Day National Committee applied to all subsequent VA Administrators. Since March 1989 when VA was elevated to a cabinet-level department, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has served as the committee's chairman.

The Uniform Holiday Bill (Public Law 90-363 (82 Stat.

250)) of Jun. 28, 1968 was intended to ensure three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. It was thought these extended weekends

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On this Veterans Day November 11, 2009

The Membership of AFSCME District Council 47 Proudly Honor Our Veterans

For the Sacrifices They and Their Families make for Our Country

Saluting The Philadelphia Multi Services Veterans Center for 29 years of outstanding of concern and care for our Veterans Founded in 1980 by Executive Director Edward J. Lowery

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Local 54 Ann Morrison Local 752 Toni Flowers Local 590 Howard Deck Local 810 Louise Carpino Local 1723 Paul Dannensfelser

Catherine G. Scott, Rita Urwitz, Yvonne Harris, Rozina McFadden, William J. Dougherty III, Bob McAllister, Kathy Black, Rich Morawski,

Local 1739 Fred Wright Local 2186 Mike Walsh Local 2187 Kahim Boles Local 3397 Cheryl Leone DC 47 Retirees Dorothea Wilson

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Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, will conduct a tour this Sunday at 2 p.m. to visit the final resting places of the heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Learn about the people who died in battle in the Revolutionary War, the Indian Wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, in Korea and in Vietnam. Their heroic exploits will be relived, explored and honored.

Cost is $15 per person; $12 for members; $8 for students; children are admitted free.

National Veterans Day Ceremony Set The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held on Nov. 11 at Arlington National Cemetery. At 11:00 a.m., a color guard, made up of members from each of the military services, renders honors to America's war dead during a tradition-rich ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns. The ceremony takes place inside the Memorial Amphitheater.

The Veterans Day National Committee also selects a number of regional sites for Veterans Day observances throughout the country.

From stirring parades and ceremonies to military exhibits and tributes to distinguished veterans, these events serve as models for other communities to follow in planning their own observances.

• Attending the National Ceremony • Proclamation • Regional Observances • Regional Site Application For questions and more information about Veterans Day Observances, please contact the Veterans Day Coordinator.

use of volunteers.

Volunteers provide many important functions throughout the Medical Center, Nursing Home Care Unit, and community based outpatient clinics. Its goals are to help make our patients' stay more enjoyable and to meet the needs of our veterans while meeting your interests, skills, and talents as a volunteer. Volunteers can perform a number of services. In addition to individual volunteers, there are many opportunities for organizational volunteering.

Voluntary service can provide you with specific group opportunities. These opportunities are only a few examples of what can be done for our veterans.

To volunteer, call or visit the Philadelphia VA Medical Center Voluntary Service Office. It will be happy to receive your application or discuss how you can help us in our mission to provide comfort and care to America's veterans.

Philadelphia VAMC accepts both monetary gifts and

and gifts-in-kind. Monetary gifts are placed in special accounts and are designated for use only for our veterans. The following are examples of how monetary donations are used: • Television Fund. Monies used to purchase TVs at the Medical Center and Nursing Home.

• National Games, Golden Age and Wheelchair Games. Sponsorship needed for veteran participants.

• Canteen Books. Funds used to purchase Canteen Books which patients can use to purchase items in the retail store. The books have a monetary value of $1.00.

• General Purpose. Funds used to purchase needed items for veterans, sponsor day trips, food events.

• Nursing Home General Purpose.

• Mental Hygiene Ongoing Therapy Program. Funds used to purchase tokens for the Homeless Veterans Program.

Returning Soldiers Fund.

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Philadelphia VA Medical Center depends on the goodwill of our benefactors and volunteers who wish to give something back to America's heroes. The Department plays a major role in formulating and interpreting hospital needs in order to effectively recruit, train, orient, and assign volunteers throughout the Medical Center, Nursing Home Care Unit, and Community-Based Outpatient Clinics. Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service is responsible for coordinating community resources within existing national and local policies and procedures.

Volunteer assignments are designed in cooperation with VA paid staff to supplement the Medical Center's human resources. Community resources are accepted to improve the quality of care to our veterans.

Voluntary Service interviews and screens volunteers and orients them to the Medical Center. VAVS also coordinates donations to the Medical Center. Medical Center staff training is provided on appropriate

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Veterans Day Let’s Remember The Sacrifice Of All Those Who Gave The Ultimate Price So We May Live Free

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Veterans Administration Role Important To Vets

VA's commitment to caring for veterans, spouses, survivors and dependents is long-lasting.

The last dependent of a Revo-

lutionary War veteran died in 1911. In May 2006, three children of Civil War veterans were still drawing VA benefits.

Of the 24.3 million veterans alive at the start of 2006, nearly three-quarters served during a war or an official period of

conflict. About a quarter of the nation's population, approximately 63 million people, are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans.

VA's fiscal year 2005 spending was $71.2 billion, including $31.5 billion for health care, $37.1 billion for benefits, and $148 million for the national cemetery system.

In fiscal year 2005, VA provided $30.8 billion in disability compensation, death compensation and pension to

3.5 million people. About 3 million veterans received disability compensation or pensions from VA. Also receiving VA benefits were nearly 560,000 spouses, children and parents of deceased veterans.

Among them are approximately 159,000 survivors of Vietnam-era veterans and 257,000 survivors of World War II veterans.

Since 1944, when the first GI Bill began, more than 21.3 million veterans, service members and family members have received $72.8 billion in GI

Bill benefits for education and training. The number of GI Bill recipients includes 7.8 million veterans from World War II, 2.4 million from the Korean War and 8.2 million post-Korean and Vietnam era veterans, plus active duty personnel.

Since the dependents program was enacted in 1956, VA also has assisted in the education of more than 700,000 dependents of veterans whose deaths or total disabilities were service-connected. Since (Cont. Page 13)

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tient clinics, 136 nursing homes, 43 residential-rehabilitation treatment programs, nearly 90 comprehensive home-care programs, and more than 200 Veterans Centers where approximately 2 million veterans have been served since the first center opened in 1979. In 2005 alone, Veterans Centers handled more than 1 million visits by nearly 133,000 veterans and members of their families.

VA manages the largest medical-education and healthprofessions training program in the United States. VA facilities are affiliated with more than 105 medical schools, 55 dental schools and more than 1,200 other schools across the country.

Each year, about 83,000 health professionals are trained in VA medical centers. More than half of the physicians practicing in the United States had some of their professional education in the VA health-care system.

VA's medical system also serves as a backup to the De-

fense Dept. during national emergencies and as a Federal support organization during major disasters.

VA research achievements have not only benefited veteran patients but have contributed to medical science as a whole.

Two VA researchers — Rosalyn Yalow and Andrew Schally — shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1977.

They top a long list of VA researchers who have been recognized for their advances in medicine and science.

In 2006, VA hired 100 Global War on Terrorism veterans to inform other returning veterans of VA services available to help deal with the stress of combat, including professional readjustment counseling for war trauma, family readjustment counseling, and other social readjustment problems. Already, they are averaging more than 13,000 outreach contacts each month with returning Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans and their families.

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(Cont. From Page 12) the Vietnam era, there have been approximately 2.3 million veterans, service members, reservists and National Guardsmen who have participated in the Veterans' Educational Assistance Program, established in 1977, and the Montgomery GI Bill, established in 1985.

In 2005 alone, VA helped pay for the education or training of more than 336,000 veterans and active-duty personnel, 87,000 reservists and National Guardsmen and 74,000 survivors.

VA's health-care system has grown from 54 hospitals in 1930 to 157 medical centers in 2005, with at least one in each state, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. More than 5.3 million people received care in VA health care facilities in 2005, a 29% increase over the 4.1 million treated just four years earlier.

VA operates more than 1,300 sites of care including nearly 900 ambulatory care and community-based outpa-

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By Proudly Honorong The Members of Our Armed Forces Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 John J. McNesby, President

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Dr. Nicholas DePace, M.d., FACC, has come back home after moving his practice to New Jersey several years ago. He had built a major practice in South Philadelphia where he cured hundreds, extending the lives of many cardiac patients.

Through those years, South Philadelphians traveled across the bridge to New Jersey to continue to come under his care. His record spoke for itself. It was a magnet. They knew he helped others. They understood he was internationally renowned as a noninvasive cardiologist who specializes in valvular heart-disease management and coronaryartery disease prevention and reversal (regression).

He understood the fact they had to travel from South Philadelphia to one of his two South Jersey offices, at times with great difficulty.

That practice has earned him the “best cardiac-care doctor in New Jersey”. So he made the decision to come back and open a third office, this one at 2047 Oregon Avenue.

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His reputation has been well earned. He integrates a high level of caring, the latest technology and the most effective techniques into treatment so his patients can lead active lives. Dr. DePace’s goal is to provide the most advanced heart-care resources available to area residents. His patients soon become disciples understanding the need for early detection and the treatments he advocates for each.

Dr. DePace received his MD degree from the prestigious Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1978. He began his Internal Medicine Residency at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, becoming chief medical resident in 1981. He com(Cont. Page 19)

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Dr. DePace said, “The need to travel out of town to access the bet heart care can be a cruel burden on patients and families. It comes at a time when added stress is the last thing you need. So it was time for me to return to my old base.” A Clinical Professor at Hahnemann Hospital, De Pace is able to bring the resources available there and the Drexel University of Medicine to help his patients.

Yes, he is dedicated to bringing the heart to recovery and he does it well. He is the co-author of the best selling Heart Repair Manual—The Philadelphia Formula For Preventing and Reversing Atherosclerosis.

He gives the book, authored by himself and Dr. Steven Dowinsky, to his patients.

That book is based on their experiences with over 10,000 heart patients.

Always solicitous of the

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active lives. What he does at his practice, Franklin Cardiovascular, PA, is all about you and your family. His whole team is dedicated to makingsure that you have access to the very best care, right here in South Philadelphia.

Services performed in Dr. DePace’s offices, located in Sewell, Cherry Hill and South Philadelphia on Oregon Avenue, include: Spiromentry/Pulmonary Function Testing Lipid Management Blood Pressure Management EKG T-Wave Alternans Testing Stress Testing 24-Hour Holter Monitoring

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Cardiac Event Loop Recorders Nuclear Stress Testing Echocardiography Stress Echocardiography Pharmacological Stress Testing Carotid Ultrasound Evaluation Peripheral Vascular Testing Dr. DePace’s goal is to provide the most advanced heart-care resources available to South Philadelphia residents. He is dedicated to providing each and every patient compassionate and innovative service in the prevention, early detection and treatment of diseases of the heart and circulatory system.

Mind Your Bs And Cs – Brings Key Vitamins To Heart – studies have shown that diets rich in Vitamin E protect against atherosclerotic complications in various types of heart disease. Several large-perspective studies using Vitamin E have failed to show it protects against heart attack, stroke or cardiac death. The deficiency of Vitamin E has mostly been associated with neurological problems and not with heart disease or cancer.

Vitamin C has been less well studied. A study by Rimm and others, in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrated healthy males up to the age of 40 and 75 years of age who took a significant amount of Vitamin E had less heart disease than those who did not.

However, a high rate of Vitamin C was not associated with lower risk of coronary heart disease in men in that study. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble vitamin that cannot be made in humans.

Supplementation of Vitamin C has been claimed to help the immune system, such as in combating viruses. It also has been touted to increase the healing of disease tissues and limit allergy reactions, and it has some cancer-protecting effects.

There has been some question that ascorbic acid may be helpful in the lipid management of atherosclerosis.

In terms of atherosclerosis, Vitamin C may be beneficial in that it helps in the secretion of cholesterol into the bile. It also decreases the oxidation of cholesterol acting as an anti-oxidant. It may decrease levels of lipoprotein(a), which may be a significant risk factor in atherosclerosis. Vitamin C may also assist in making calcium more soluble and could also make the cholesterol more soluble in atherosclerotic plaques.

Recently, data from the Physicians Health Study II have become available. Approximately 14,000 male physicians over the age of 50, primarily healthy, were given either Vitamin E, Vitamin C or placebo.

After approximately eight to 10 years, neither Vitamin E nor Vitamin C in supplement showed any protective affect in preventing heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death. In fact, Vitamin E may actually cause a higher incidence of bleedingtype strokes.

At the present time, we do not recommend Vitamin E to prevent heart disease or stroke.

by Dr. Nicholas DePace, MD, FACC There are two types of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Those that belong to the n-6 family are usually linolenic acid. Those that are of the n-3 family are often known as alpha-linolenic acid.

These fatty acids are essential for humans. The n-6 fatty acids are found in oils such as safflower, sunflower and corn oil. They tend to lower your bad LDL cholesterol and your good HDL cholesterol, but they also lower triglycerides. It is thought that these n-6 fatty acids are probably beneficial. The n-6 fatty acids, also known as Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, are thought to be beneficial in preventing heart disease based on epidemiological data. This may be because one of its metabolites, arachidonic acid, may be anti-inflammatory. Omega-3 fatty acids are extremely beneficial in lowering serum cholesterol.

The American Heart Association supports Omega-6 fatty acid intake of at least 5-10% of energy.

Omega-III fatty acids are often found in fish oils.

These n-3 fatty acids are effective in lowering triglycerides, but not as effective in lowering cholesterol as are the n-6 fatty acids. However, fish oil, which contains Omega-3 fatty acid, does decrease the clumping together of the platelets and also lowers serum-fibrinogen levels. This is thought to have a “thinning” effect on the blood. It may prevent thrombosis and clots from forming.

Also, these

– Which Is Beneficial To Heart? – Omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to have anti-arrhythmic effects; that is, they prevent harmful arrhythmias from occurring.

There is evidence that Omega-3 fatty acids prevent against sudden cardiac death.

A balance of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids is important in the diet.

Flaxseed oil, the richest source of the essential fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), is an Omega-3 fatty acid. However, in addition to containing approximately 60% Omega-3 fatty acids, flaxseed oil also contains about 20% Omega-6 fatty acids. Therefore, one gets a good balance of both types of polyunsaturated fat, Omega-3 and Omega-6.

The ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 in flaxseed oil is approximately three to one.

This is a very favorable ratio. Most individuals in the United States have a ratio of Omega-3 to Omega6 fatty acids ranging from 1:20 to 1:30; that is, they have too much Omega-3 fatty acid in comparison to Omega-6 fatty acids. Therefore, flaxseed oil may help reverse an imbalance between Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids.

Flaxseed oil should be used carefully in individuals who have bleeding disorders or who are on other blood thinners. In addition, it should be used with caution in diabetics who are on blood-sugar-lowering medicines, as in combination, it may lower blood sugar too much. Flaxseed oil may also lower blood pressure.

Flaxseed oil may also act

as a laxative. Individuals on lithium must be careful as flaxseed oil can increase lithium levels. Therefore, flaxseed oil is not an innocuous medicine and one should check with his or her doctor before taking this product on one’s own.

When my patients ask me if it is permissible to take Omega-3 fatty acids in the form of fish oils and to take flaxseed oil, which contains a combination of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, I generally tell them that this is acceptable in moderation.

If one’s triglycerides are extremely elevated, higher doses of Omega-3 fatty acids should be taken, preferably under the direction of one’s physician.

Flaxseed oil has been reported to be beneficial in many disorders, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, high-cholesterol disorders, arthritis, acne, constipation, menopausal symptoms, high blood pressure, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. There are some medical data to support these allegations; however, further research needs to be done with flaxseed oil to confirm its efficacy in any of these disorders.

As a practicing clinical cardiologist, I believe one has to be open-minded about the beneficial effects of many nutrients, vitamins and supplements. Obviously, natural products, if they are proven to be effective in many disorders, may be preferred to pharmacological regimens. However, patients should work with their physicians in regards to these issues.

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by Dr. Nicholas DePace, MD, FACC A healthy diet is a mainstay of treatment to prevent heart disease. The Mediterranean Diet is the one most often recommended. It brings to the body the vitamins most needed to prevent heart disease.

Vitamins are substances the human body needs but cannot make. We need to take them in orally in small quantities. They are important to prevent certain metabolic abnormalities. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin that has anti-oxidant properties.

This means that it protects the cell membranes from becoming destroyed and oxidized.

Vitamin E is found in many foods, including meat, eggs, leafy vegetables and some cooking oils. Vitamin E works as a free-radical scavenger and protects polyunsaturated fatty acids in some membranes from becoming oxidized and destroyed. The bad cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, appears to be taken up by a blood vessel more readily when Vitamin E is deficient.

Therefore, it is not good when LDL cholesterol becomes exposed to oxidative-type stresses. Many epidemiological

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He is prolific publisher and clinical researcher. He has published extensively in noninvasive cardiology.

His reputation has been well-earned by integrating a high level of caring, the latest technology and the most effective techniques into treatment so his patients can lead

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Local Food Chains All Involved In Meat Recall Fairbank Farms, an Ashville, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 545,699 lb. of fresh ground-beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the US Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service revealed this week.

FSIS became aware of the problem during the course of an investigation of a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses. Working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State Health and Agriculture Depts., FSIS determined there is an association be-

tween the fresh ground-beef products subject to recall and illnesses in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts.

The following products are subject to recall: Trader Joe’s one-pound packages of ground beef, beef patties, meatloaf, ground beef chuck and beef

chuck for chili.

Also subject to recall are Acme’s Lancaster Brand and Wild Harvest ground beef, Wild Harvest angus ground beef, Shaw’s ground beef and variety of ground beef, including one-pound trays of “Lancaster Brand 96/4 Extra Lean Ground

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Each package bears the establishment number “EST. 492” inside the USDA mark of inspection or on the nutrition label.

These products were packaged on Sep. 15 and 16 and may have been labeled at the retail stores with a sell-by date from Sep. 19-28 unless otherwise noted above.

Consumers should ask at their point of purchase if the products they have are subject to recall. The products were sent to distribution centers, intended for further distribution to retail establishments in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Cases of 10-pound “Fairbank Farms Fresh Ground Beef Chubs”: Each case bears the establishment number “EST. 492” inside the USDA mark of inspection; has package dates of Sep. 14, Sep. 15 or Sep. 16 and sell-by dates of Oct. 3, Oct. 4 or Oct. 5.

These products were dis-

tributed to retail establishments in Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia for further processing.

However, these products at retail will likely not bear the package dates and sellby dates listed above. Customers with concerns should contact their point of purchase.

E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacterium, which can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and, in the most severe cases, kidney failure. The very young, seniors and persons with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to food-borne illness. Individuals concerned about an illness should contact a physician.

FSIS advises all consumers to safely prepare their raw meat-products, including fresh and frozen, and only consume ground beef or ground-beef patties that have been cooked to a temperature of 160° F. The only way to be sure ground beef is cooked to a highenough temperature to kill harmful bacteria is to use a food thermometer to measure the internal temperature.

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Ward Off Alzheimer and their physical activity (sum of weekly participation in various physical activities, weighted by the type of physical activity [light, moderate or vigorous]; categorized into no physical activity, some, or much, also low or high), separately and combined. A higher score for diet was obtained with higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and fish; lower consumption of meat and dairy products; a higher ratio of monounsaturated fats to saturated fats and mild to moderate alcohol consumption.

Individuals were followed up for an average of 5.4 years, during which a total of 282 developed Alzheimer’s disease. In considering only physical activity, the researchers found that more physical activity was associated with lower risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.

“Compared with physically inactive individuals, report of some physical activity was associated with a 29-41% lower risk of developing AD, while report of much physical activity was associated with a 3750% lower risk,” the authors write.

When considered simultaneously, both physical activity and Mediterranean diet adherence were significantly associated with Alzheimer’s-

disease incidence. According to the researchers, “Belonging to the middle diet adherence tertile was associated with a 2-14% risk reduction, while belonging to the highest diet adherence tertile was associated with a 32-40% reduced risk.

Similarly, compared with individuals with no physical activity, individuals reporting some physical activity had a 2538% lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease, while individuals reporting much physical activity had a 3348% lower risk for AD.” The authors also write, “Compared with individuals with low physical activity plus low adherence to a diet (absolute AD risk, 19%), high physical activity plus high diet adherence was associated with a 35-44% relative risk-reduction (absolute AD risk, 12%)…. Absolute AD risks declined from 21% in the group with no physical activity plus low diet adherence to 9% in the group with much physical activity plus high diet adherence.

“In summary, our results support the potentially independent and important role of both physical activity and dietary habits in relation to AD risk. These findings should be further evaluated in other populations.”

and the sensations of needing to gasp, which lets air into the lung section, that are important. An individual need not receive mouthto-mouth breathing, or even artificial breathing, from an Ambu bag. In fact, intubation in the field is no longer being recommended since it may delay precious time when chest compressions are needed.

If an individual is resuscitated within five minutes, the prognosis is excellent. This is why in casinos, airports and other public facilities, defibrillators are so effectively given when administered early on to a collapsed patient in the proper setting when no bloodpressure pulse in the appropriate rhythm is present. It should also be noted that when an individual collapses and is gasping, this does not mean that they are still having proper circulation and are breathing.

Any individual interested in learning how to do CPR should learn to do the appropriate number and type of chest compressions, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and breathing is no longer employed. Witnessing a patient who collapses and being able to administer chest compressions effectively can be lifesaving until trained help arrives.

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Elderly individuals who were physically active and who had a diet that included higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereal and fish, and was low in red meat and poultry, had an associated lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study in the Aug. 12 issue of JAMA. In a second study, higher adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with slower cognitive decline, but was not associated with a decreased risk of dementia.

Research regarding the effect physical activity can have on the risk of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia has shown mixed results, as has the effect of dietary habits.

Their combined association has not been investigated, according to background information in the article.

Nikolaos Scarmeas, MD, of Columbia University Medical Center in New York, and colleagues examined the association between physical activity and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and also the effect of physical activity and adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet on Alzheimer’s-disease risk. The study included 2 groups which consisted of 1,880 community-dwelling elderly residents of New York City without dementia at the start of the study, for whom there was both diet and physical activity information available. Standardized neurological and neuropsychological measures were administered approximately every 1.5 years from 1992 through 2006.

The participants received measurements of their adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet (scale of 0-9; categorized as either low, middle or high)

by Dr. Nicholas DePace, MD, FACC Cardiac arrest is the most dreaded complication.

The chances of an individual surviving from a cardiac arrest are significantly dependent on their receiving CPR within five minutes. Oftentimes, medical personnel cannot arrive that quickly, and therefore, a trained bystander or lay person will be instrumental in supporting the person that has collapsed before medical help arrives.

It is very important to assist an individual who has collapsed suddenly with loss of blood pressure and heart rate as soon as possible. In the past, lay individuals were apprehensive about administering CPR (which stands for “cardiopulmonary resuscitation”) because of their fear of doing mouth-tomouth resuscitation. Therefore, “bystander” CPR, which is most important, was not being performed frequently.

Recently, in the pig/animal model, it was known that chest compressions in animals would support them even if the animal was not presented to them with concomitant breathing. This has led to more experiments.

Now we understand that is the compressions

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This Kal and Lucille Rudman scholarship program, one of many sponsored by the Rudmans, was begun at Holy Family University in December of 2001. Over 30 years ago, Holy Family University recognized the need to provide a continuing-education opportunity for fire-service professionals. It is the only university in this region offering such a program.

Speaking at the award ceremony were Sister Francesca Onley, president of Holy Family University; Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers; Local 22 IAFF President William Gault and Kal Rudman.

Rudman’s contributions to fire safety have been phenomenal. He has paid for thousands of lithium batterypowered smoke detectors and sponsored fire-safetyawareness billboards around the City annually.

PHILANTHROPIST and humanitarian Kal Rudman is honored by Holy Family University President Sister Francesca Onley, Fire Fighters Union Chief William Gault and Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers.

CONGRATULATING Kal Rudman on his award, from left, are Lt. Frank Squillace, Deputy Chief Joseph Picozzi and radio personality Bob Pantano.

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Kal Rudman couldn’t say “no” last week when Holy Family University, the Philadelphia Fire Dept. and Local 22 of International Association of Fire Fighters honored him as their choice for Public Safety Champion.

The well-renowned philanthropist and humanitarian found himself the recipient of their combined efforts in ceremonies at the Fire Dept.

Headquarters, 3rd & Spring Garden Streets.

Kal was honored for the Scholarship in Fire Science and Public Safety Administration program, sponsored by the Kal & Lucille Rudman Foundation. The program awards scholarships to City firefighters and paramedics who are pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in fire science and public safety administration at Holy Family University. Recipients of the Rudman Scholarships are students who have completed their first two years of coursework at a community college. They then transfer to Holy Family University to complete their degrees.

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ATTORNEY DAVID OH is serving notice he’ll have support of over 20 Chinese and Asian American groups, whose leaders gathered in Chinatown last week to launch his “exploratory” campaign to seek Republican nomination for City Council in 2011 primary.

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Dillon Hosts 66th Ward Party McGeehan Hosts Halloween Party

GREATER N.E. ward politicos are well represented at Shawn Dillon’s 66th Ward Party at Chickie’s & Pete’s. State Rep. John Sabatina, Jr., Local 401 Iron Workers President Joe Dougherty and Ward Leaders Bill Dolbow and Daniel Savage join their host for this group shot.

FRANK DILLON, father of host Ward Leader Shawn Dillon, enjoys company of DA candidate Seth Williams at his son’s fall Ward fundraiser.

COUNCILMAN Bill Green is flanked by James “Turnpike Man” Browne and host JUDGE Dan Anders and 55th Ward Leader Shawn Dillon at 66th Ward party in N.E. Robert Dellavella are lucky to be in company Phila. last week. of lovely Donna Woelpper.

STATE REP. Michael McGeehan hosted his annual Halloween Party at Casper’s Restaurant, bringing in VIPs, including Judge Pat Dugan, STATE REP. Michael McGeehan finds himself right, and AFL-CIO President Pat Ei- surrounded by fellow legislators, ward leaders and Photo by Lee Buchanan Photo by Lee Buchanan labor supporters. ding.

MASCO Clean Up MASCO (Mantua 39th & Aspen Community Organization), founded 30 years ago by Norman Ellis, far left, is joined by Warren Bloom, far right, candidate for State Rep. in 195th House Dist. spring primary. At cleanup, but not in photo, were Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell and Attorney Sharif Street. Photo by Kathy Whitmor

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PAC ATTACK! Tom & Joe Forkin drive "Friends across the Keystone PAC" at Phila. fundraiser at Finnigan’s Wake. Tom is on Democratic Executive Board of 55th Ward. Joe is running as a Democrat for a local office in Borough of Rockledge, which is in Montgomery Co. bordering Phila. Both are involved in social and community organizations. Joining Forkins here are Jim Donnelly and Adam Beloff.

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ALL SMILES AT 39B Ward Party is Judge Joseph O’Neil, John Sabatina, Sr. and Bill Green.

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39B WARD LEADER Matt Myers knows how to throw a good party in his S. Phila. Ward. Just ask our new DA, Seth Williams, and dozens of local Carpenters unionists, pictured here at Galdo’s Catering.

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HOST MATT MYERS is joined by District Attorney elect Seth Williams at 39B Ward Party at Galdo’s Catering in S. Phila.

MAYOR NUTTER’S key advisor, Terry Gillen, who is executive director of RDA, talks shop with Councilman Bill Green at Matt Myers’ 39B Ward Party.

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Laborers Host Candidates And Phillies

RYAN BOYER, leader of Laborers Local 332, joins State Sen. LeAnna Washington, Councilwoman Marian Tasco and State Rep. Jewell Williams is pressing get-out-the-vote effort for DA candidate Seth Williams, under banner.

ALL THE WAY from Hawai’i, Maui Councilman Michael Victorino (yes, Shane’s father) strides into Seth Williams’ campaign rally to greet a surprised candidate.

VOWING close cooperation with DA’s Office in new administration is State Rep. Jewell Williams, chatting here with Laborers Local Business Mgr. Ryan Boyer.

LABORERS 332 leader Ryan Boyer, left, had a good time at Laborers luncheon Election Day rally with Pedro & Juan Ramos.

Hannah Helps Seth Specter Welcomed By Dems

PULLING hard for DA candidate Seth Williams in the stretch was Charlie Hannah, left, who organized fundraiser at White Horse Tavern in W. Phila. With him, from left, are David Shadding, Williams and Msgr. Federico Britto.

FUNDRAISER for Sen. Arlen Specter at Union League was organized by Jennifer St. Hill. Guests included, from left, Derrick Stokes, State Rep. Jewell Williams, State Sen. Shirley Kitchen, Specter, Jacob Adams, former City Rep. Michael Horsey, St. Hill and Greg Thorpe.

DEEP IN conversation for much of the evening were State Rep. Jewell Williams, State Sen. Shirley Kitchen and US Sen. Arlen Specter (all of whom represent Specter’s East Falls home).

Raising Dollars For Foundation Unions Pushed For Votes

ANOTHER successful annual fundraiser for Megan Simpson Burke Education Foundation found Jimmy Simpson, center, 41st Ward, greeting hundreds, including Deputy Managing Director Jim Conway and Traffic Court Judge Hon. Robert Mulgrew.

LABOR was much in evidence at polls, especially rank-andfile members from building trades. From left were Tom Yeager, John Luzar and Roger Evert, from Carpenters.

AMONG invitees to exclusive Union League soiree were, from left, Joe Hoffman, Jr., Deborah Giles, 1st Ward Leader Joe Hoffman, Jr. and David Shadding.

Offenders Need Jobs

LEADING workshop on job-seeking for individuals with criminal records – an urgent problem – is State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas at Lenfest PAL in Hunting Park.

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Lokoff Child Care Event Pa. Breast Cancer Honorees Ending 32 Years With SEPTA

TERRI Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation held gala called to honor advocates for early care and education. Attending, from left, are State Rep. Tim Briggs; Kay Lokoff, founder of Lokoff Foundation; honoree Harriet Dichter, deputy secretary of child development and early learning; and State Rep. Jim Roebuck, chairman of House EducaPhoto by Bonnie Squires tion Committee.

STATE SEN. Vincent Hughes and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz received Pink Ribbon Awards from Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition at statewide conference in Harrisburg. Seen here at luncheon are, standing from left, State Rep. Rick Taylor; Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz; and, seated, State Sen. Vincent Hughes and Pat Halpin-Murphy, founder and president of Photo by Bonnie Squires PBCC.

ELAINE COVINGTON, seen above, has retired from SEPTA after 32 years of service. Starting with SEPTA on the 23 trolley, Elaine, affectionately known as “Covie” to her coworkers, is retiring to Anson Co., N. C., close to Dad. Her final assignment was cashier at 52nd & Market El station.

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Giardello Statue Nears Finish Line The effort shown by LeVotch in bringing this work to life is truly inspirational.

The Giardello statue is sure to become not only a major cultural attraction along Passyunk Avenue, where it is scheduled for installation at Mifflin Street in the spring of 2010, but a popular tourist destination as well.

The statue will be a true gift to all those who come to see it while serving its original purpose of honoring Giardello and the legacy he left on our City.

There is still time for you to get involved. In fact, the project needs your help to cross the finish line. This Sunday, a fundraiser will be held at the Waterfall Room, located at 2015 S. Water Street in South Philly from 3 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $50, which includes a scrumptious buffet and open bar, and can be purchased by calling Fred Druding, Jr. at (215) 462-8111.

Mrs. Joey Giardello gives artist Carl LeVotch her approval of miniature clay figure of her husband, on which final fullsized bronze monument will be based.

or older, a widow or widower 50 years of age or older, or a disabled person 18 years or older. Homeowners who have annual incomes of $35,000 or less and renters with annual incomes of $15,000 or less could qualify.

The good news is that only half of your annual Social Security or SSI income is counted toward the income guideline. This application must be filed by Dec. 31, 2009. For more information, call (215) 923-1900.

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The Joey Giardello statue-project took another major step in its development when Mrs. Joey Giardello gave artist Carl LeVotch her approval of the miniature clay figure on which the final full-sized bronze monument will be based. With a single glimpse, one immediately realizes that the work being produced by LeVotch is emerging as a major piece of art that will clearly take the City of Brotherly Love by storm.

The roots of this undertaking come from both a love of boxing and affection for a man who is one of Philadelphia’s favorite sons.

The simple but graceful figure of Giardello sits atop a complex cartouche. The base will not only tell the story of the man it depicts, but it will also offer commentary and history of Philly boxing and the neighborhood where it resides.

Polish American Social Services is assisting those who are eligible for Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program.

There are new guidelines, which will permit individuals who qualify to receive a rebate between $250 and $650 from property taxes or rent paid last year. Funding for this rebate program is made possible from the Pennsylvania State Lottery Fund.

To qualify, you must be a senior citizen 65 years of age

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UNICO Honors Ciaruffoli

The Greater Philadelphia Chapter of UNICO, an Italian American service organization that engages in charitable works, will present its Community Leadership Award to Robert J. Ciaruffoli, CPA, CEO of ParenteBeard LLC, at its annual dinner Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Crystal Tea Room in the John Wanamaker Building. Tickets are $150.

The funds from this dinner are used to endow scholarships at local high schools and colleges as well as fund the organization’s annual events, specifically an annual turkey-basket food drive to help local families in need and a Christmas party for 100 under privileged children and their families.

“We are pleased to honor Bob Ciaruffoli,” stated Mark T. Celoni, president of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of UNICO. “Bob’s tremendous commitment to community activities is gracious and empowering, and serves to make the world a better place for us all.”

Ciaruffoli is responsible for operations of the $170 million accounting practice, including direction of the firm’s 172 partners and 1200 team members. He served as Chairman and CEO of Parente Randolph, one of the legacy firms that combined to create ParenteBeard.

Under his direction, Parente Randolph experienced rapid and consistent growth and expanded its service offerings to include a variety of advisory and specialty services.

Ciaruffoli, a 33-year veteran of the accounting profession, is an active member of both the state and national accounting industry professional organizations, and serves as a board member for the International Board of Baker Tilly International. He holds leadership roles in several Philadelphia civic and community organizations.

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Well Done, Phillies

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As our paper rolled off the presses last night, we were rooting as we watched, along with Phillies fans everywhere, our National League champs battle for yet another win to stay in the World Series. Whatever the result, we must congratulate the Phillies for the great joyride they’ve given us all.

Not only did they give us good news much of the season, but they united this city by bringing its citizens together under a common umbrella, devoid of tensions, recriminations and fear. Everyone was truly a brother and sister, all united under the Phillies banner.

All Who Serve

Whether on active duty, or in the reserves, or National Guard, or retired, all those who have served in our military forces must know we appreciate their service and what it has meant to all Americans. Though we are reminded to recognize their achievement and sacrifice on the one day dedicated to their memory, whatever the time, the date or the occasion, we should single out those veterans in our groups for a special mention or recognition.

The Next Big Race

Move over New Jersey and Virginia, the next big Governor’s race, sure to get national attention, will be our own. Who will replace Gov. Ed Rendell, a man who created an era in government from his career as District Attorney, to Mayor, to head of the Democratic National Committee, and finally to the Mansion in Harrisburg?

His boots will be hard to fill. But there are a good number of candidates anxious to fill them. Whether their ambitions go past the state party caucus nominations will determine if we get to enjoy an exciting primary. If not, the General will definitely be a fight to watch and in which to take part.

Of course, if we get low turnouts, as we did this past week, then we all will have something serious to worry about.

Nov. 6- Nat’l Bar Ass’n Town Hall Mtg. examines housing and Federal stimulus with State Rep. Jewell Williams and Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown at City Hall, Mayors Reception Rm., 9-11 a.m.

Nov. 6- Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown hosts Bringing City Government to Senior Citizens at

JCC’s Stiffel Sr. Ctr., 604 W. Porter St., 10 a.m.-12 m.

Nov. 7- St. Maron Beef & Beer at Church Hall, 1013 Ellsworth St. $30 donation.

Free parking. Chinese auction. DJ. Beer and set ups provided.

Nov. 7- Women’s Veterans Day Tribute at The View, 800 N. Broad St. honoring several elected officials. For info (267) 385-1939.

Nov. 7- Fundraiser for State Rep. Nick Miccarelli at Mill Creek Tav., 42nd & Chester Ave. Nov. 13- Councilwoman

Blondell Reynolds Brown hosts Bringing City Government to Senior Citizens at Phila. Sr. Ctr., 509 S. Broad St., 10 a.m.-12 m.

Nov. 15- Daryl La Fountain fundraiser for State Rep campaign at Fire Fighters Hall, 5th & Willow Sts., 2-4 p.m.

Tickets $25. For info (215) 253-8911 or visit darylfor175.com.

Nov. 16- Metropolitan Regional Council Of Carpenters hosts cocktail reception for Mayor Michael Nutter at 1811 Spring Garden St. Donation $500. RSVP (215)

569-1634. Checks payable to Nutter for Mayor may be mailed to MRC, 1803 Spring Garden St., Phila., PA 19130.

Nov. 19- Jewish Labor Committee hosts Labor Human Rights Award reception honoring Sen. Robert Casey and Greg Rosenbaum at 22 S. 22nd St., 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Nov. 20- Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown hosts Bringing City Government to Senior Citizens at NewCourtland Sr. Ctr., 1701 W. Lehigh Ave., 10 a.m.-12 m.

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A recent announcement by the State Attorney General of indicting two of Philadelphia’s campaign consultants or brokers serves one more time to warn those who do their job in an honorable fashion to be extremely wary of how they keep their books. It’s easy to trip up anyone not minding the store.

In this business of politics, there are many who envy the successful achieved by many of these consultants and they’d easily lend themselves to bringing some of them down.

We do expect a jolt from the new, soon-to-beannounced list of Republicans who may be indicted by the Attorney General as he continues his Bonusgate probe of the General Assembly. He has taken down some Democrats, and his long delay at zeroing in on the Republican side of the aisle has earned him much criticism.

That is expected to end, since he has to show he’s also drawing some Republican blood in his probe, which is based on a new set of rules, ignoring the political traditions which for generations were practiced and seen as legal by those elected to the House.

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Senator Tina Treats Seniors

MATT MYERS and Lou DiRenzo of RegisSTATE SEN. Tina Tartaglione greets Maria ter of Wills get together with State Sen. Tina Campos at her lavish Senior Expo at Com- Tartaglione at her well-attended Senior Expo on E. Erie Avenue. munity Academy in Juniata Park.

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Building it right for a better and stronger community!

Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and vicinity is comprised of four unions: Local 135, Daniel L. Woodall, Jr., James Vail Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee Local 332, Samuel Staten, Jr., Vincent Primavera, Sr. Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee Local 413, James Harper,Sr., Fred Chiarlanza Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee Local 57, Walt Higgins Harry Hopkins Business Manager L.E.C.E.T. Management Trustee Laborers District Council, Ryan N. Boyer, Business Manager.

Samuel Staten, Sr., Business Manager Emeritus of the Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and Vicinity and Local 332.

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Laborers’ District Council promotes a safe work environment, jobs completed on time and on budget, and represents union members, who are well trained, productive, professional, and take pride in their work. Union labor…building better and safer communities in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties.

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When I hopped on the computer Tuesday morning and saw the drivers for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA for those of us who use it to get around in Philadelphia, had decided to go on strike, I thought two things: First, who goes on strike at 3:30 in the morning? Are people even awake at that hour? And why didn’t you tell all of your workers that you were going out? Some of them came to work only to find that they weren’t going to be working that day. If I had gotten up at 1:30 a.m. to go to work, only to find that I didn’t need to be there, I’d have been mad.

And secondly, I thought about the clout it’s obvious Gov. Ed Rendell, Mayor Michael Nutter and Congressman Bob Brady no longer have when it comes to Transport Workers Union Local 234. While they were able to bring both sides to the table for a weekend-long marathon negotiation session that saved the city from looking bad during this weekend’s World Series games, they weren’t able to convince TWU to accept SEPTA’s latest contract offer.

According to the Philadelphia Daily News, SEPTA offered the TWU a contract that includes a $1,250 signing bonus, no raise in the first year, a 2.5% increase in the second year, a 3% increase in the third year, and an increase in the payments to the union’s pension from 5% to 11%. The contract proposal also calls for no increase in the health insurance contributions for union members.

Rendell said it “would have been one of the best contracts given out in these economic times.”

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There are two elections a year and this year was no exception. As expected, SETH WILLIAMS defeated his Republican opponent MIKE UNTERMEYER. ALAN BUTKOVITZ defeated his opponent AL SCHMIDT handily. One of the eight curiosities of the modern world was the reason given by one of the other newspapers in Philadelphia for supporting AL SCHMIDT. Apparently the black mark against Butkovitz was that he was a Democratic ward leader. That is one of 69. On the other hand, Schmidt was former Executive Director of the Republican Party in Philadelphia. There is only one of them in the area. Relatively, it seems Schmidt would be much more centrally political than Butkovitz.

But in this modern day and age, as is true in other walks of life, you do not have to be consistent. The turnout was light as predicted but the weather was mild and dry.

In a city with the population more than half Black, Williams represents the first African American to be elected to the office of District Attorney.

STATE SEN. MIKE STACK was the host for a banquet at which the Haym Solomon Award was given to MAJOR GEN. JESSICA L. WRIGHT. She is the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was a class affair held at the Rittenhouse Hotel and attended by about 100 dignitaries and guests. Among those in attendance were MIKE McALEER, the ward leader from the 66th Ward; HARRY ENGGASSER, the ward leader from the 45th Ward (Bridesburg); STATE REP. MARK COHEN; STATE REP. LARRY FARNESE; the head of the Floor Layers Union, JOHN McGRATH; Senior JUDGE GENE MAIER; retired Municipal Court JUDGE MICKEY ROSE and DR. RUTH HORWITZ and her husband ALAN. Stack’s district is believed to have, on a per-capita basis, more senior citizens then any comparable Senatorial district in the country.

COUNCILWOMAN BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN is City Council’s chair of the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. She has been very active in the merging of Fairmount Park and the Dept. of Recreation.

JOHN O’MALLEY, president of the Brehon Law Society, expressed satisfaction with the efforts of the Society to bring to the attention of the public the number of members of the Society who are running for judicial office.

JUDGE SANDY MOSS, who is in charge of the complex litigation center, has been (Cont. Page 35)

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Yo! Here we go again with this question – what is the most popular shirt in the world?

They were originally worn by longshoremen who loaded tea from ships in the 17th century.

Then they were just a piece of muslin with a hole cut in them for the worker’s head. They were used to protect the workers while handling the rough tea sacks. Who originated them is not known for sure, but those longshoremen gave rise to the name – tea shirts.

That is one theory. Another one is that the sailors in the British Royal Navy used them as ordered by the monarchy to protect their uniform shirts. The sailors were ordered to sew sleeves on these undershirts to spare the royalty the experience of seeing an armada of hairy armpits when they were not wearing the uniform shirt. With the mandatory sleeves attached these undershirts resembled the letter “T” hence the name.

The US military used them around 1913 as part of the issued uniform, but most Americans wore the sleeveless-style undershirt – with over the shoulder straps, a deep neck and totally exposed armpits.

In 1934 undershirts were dealt a serious blow when Clark Gable took off his shirt in the film It Happened One Night and he wasn’t wearing any undershirt. Almost immediately, all young men coast to coast stopped wearing undershirts. They wanted to be as macho as Clark Gable.

This simple act almost wrecked the undershirt industry. T-shirts changed in the 1930s.

Some shops began selling T-shirts with university logo on them to be worn as outer shirts.

But they were still considered undershirts. They were sold for 24 cents each in 1938 and even at this bargain price they still sold poorly, because of the Gable incident.

But World War II changed that. Each of the military branches issued T-shirts in their own color. Their use in the Pacific as virtually the only shirt that the military men wore because of the heat.

In 1951 Marlon Brando electrified audiences when he appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire wearing a skin-tight T-shirt –a new macho image. Elvis Presley helped the industry by wearing a T-shirt and leather jacket – another desirable image. James Dean also perpetuated the macho image by wearing a T-shirt and by the 1950s T-shirts had become a fashion statement.

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SNOOPER’S BIG STORY: NO, it’s not about the elections, but something more important, THE SWINE FLU EPIDEMIC. Here are just a few statistics that I was able to verify. To date, 92 children have died, 28 have died between the ages of 12 to 23 years of age; 72 adults have died also as the result of this SWINE FLU. We are in a very serious epidemic. Get your shots as soon as you can; they can help you in fighting this dreaded disease. Even THE PRESIDENT admits it’s a NATIONAL EMERGENCY. Hey, you can also get all your FLU SHOTS at any one of your favorite pharmacies. PARENTS, do it NOW! SNOOPER’S COMMENTS: Speaking about the recent elections, it was one of the lowest turnouts for a GENERAL ELECTION in this City. Let me tell you this, if your CANDIDATE didn’t win, SHAME ON YOU! There were NO SURPRISES. THE DEMOCRATS own this City and it’s tough for any other PARTY to win. THE SUPREME COURT will now change, also THE SUPERIOR COURT, because UPSTATE still rules.

SNOOPER’S SPECIAL NOTE: Today, THURSDAY, NOV. 5 in Courtroom 653 - City Hall, they will have the official unveiling of a special portrait of HON. MARVIN R. HALBERT, Senior Judge, Court of Common Pleas. His lovely wife MARCIA HALBERT tells us it will be a well done professional ceremony. Many of Judge Halbert’s friends will be there to witness this long-overdue recognition of this great Judge, and a great HUMAN BEING too. Yes, Judge Halbert still teaches a class at TEMPLE UNIVERSITY every day!

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French philosopher and author of “Democracy in America” ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE said in 1840, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” With the election of BARACK OBAMA and a radical leftwing Democrat congress that have been printing and spending money like drunken sailors, de Tocqueville’s prophecy foretelling the collapse of America is dangerously close. Having said that, the true character of patriotic America has always rejected leftwing nonsense, and loyal citizens historically rebuff advances by the left once they are unmasked and understood. A recent Rasmussen poll found 41% of voters think of themselves as conservative while only a paltry 12% say they are liberal with respect to taxes and the economy.

The blinding emotion and rhetoric of “Hope and Change” has quickly been replaced by the lukewarm recognition that we have a radical, inexperienced and economically ignorant man as our President. And as this realization sinks in, voters are finally waking up and taking matters into their own hands in Virginia and New Jersey. They’ve rejected big spending, big government, and freedom-killing liberalism that destroys the economy and creates a bureaucratic government monster. This tyranny of the state is exactly what our Founding Fathers rejected over 230 years ago and precisely what this past election cycle has confirmed our citizens still reject.

In Virginia, conservative Republican BOB McDONNELL wiped up the floor with Obama’s handpicked Gubernatorial candidate and fellow leftist, CREIGH DEEDS And in the blue state of New Jersey, as of this writing, con(Cont. Page 35)

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Hurt On Job? Let Employer Know Immediately

by Brian Steiner If you have suffered a work injury or believe you have suffered an injury, you or someone on your behalf must put your employer on notice as soon as possible.

Pennsylvania law provides wage loss to employees who cannot work as a result of an injury and medical benefits to employees who need medical care as a result of an injury.

Even part-time employees with no other benefits are el-

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Your employer is required by law to post the name of the company responsible for paying workers' compensation benefits. Your benefits could be delayed or denied if you do not tell your employer immediately about your workrelated injury or illness. The law allows you up to 120 days to notify your employer of your injury or illness, but you will lose your rights to

wage loss benefits for the period beyond 21 days after your injury or illness up to the day you notify the employer.

If you or someone on your behalf does not tell your employer of the work injury or illness within 120 days, you are not eligible for benefits no matter what is wrong with you and no matter how bad your condition becomes.

Therefore, it is vital to report the injury or illness as soon

as possible so you get the rights and coverage you need to protect yourself from workplace injuries.

The best way to do this is in writing. You should file an injury report or write a letter to your employer telling the employer that you suffered an injury, exactly what the injury was, and that it is affecting your ability to do your job. Always keep a copy of the injury report or the letter that you write in a safe place.

Even if you do not lose time from work, the injury must be reported and notice must be given. Remember, failure to give proper notice will mean that down the line, your workers' compensation claim will be denied by your em-

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The lawyers at Steiner, Segal, Muller, and Donan are always available to answer any questions about a work injury at (215) 769-8505, without any cost or charge to you!

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CYCLE’ for all those who need housing. FACT: Those who are fortunate enough to get “on the list” for housing from THE P.H.A. will wait at least 20 years to get to the top.

SNOOPER SIGHTING: Boss, I can’t believe I just spotted a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE up here near CARDINAL DOUGHERTY H.S. HON. SEAMUS McCAFFERY was there, giving one heckuva speech as to why this school MUST NOT CLOSE. The Judge himself stated, “I never ever forget I graduated from

CARDINAL DOUGHERTY.” The Justice offered many good alternatives for keeping this educational facility OPEN. SNOOPER’S COMMENT: DONNA FARRELL, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese, stated, “The decision to close schools which we already named is FINAL. These decisions to close them are very painful.

Schools we have spoken about are schools that are too large to cater to a ‘shrinking’ of students.” But JOE CONKLIN, well-known COMEDIAN and a member of Class

of 1980, stated, “It ain’t over.” To close these HIGH SCHOOLS is ludicrous and really makes no sense. After all, look at all the monies they made with their very high tuitions. When is all this madness going to end?

Waffleman (Cont. From Page 31) Today the T-shirt industry sells over a billion shirts a year. American men own about 20 T-shirts apiece on average. I know that I have more than that; how about you?

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made to pay for all the Phillies’ street rallies? After all, someone had to clean up after them and, I might add, all the Police that were necessary for these events.

SNOOPER’S FACT FILES: Project H.O.M.E.S., here in Philadelphia, really cares about all those who need housing. JENINE LASINSKI, V.P., stated, “We need at least 400,000 HOUSING UNITS here IN Philadelphia.

I must tell you only ONE in 19 people who apply for housing subsidies get it.”

Project H.O.M.E.S. is doing its best to ‘BREAK THE

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(Cont. From Page 31) very reliable source, who has informed us GOV. RENDELL, after he leaves his office, wants to run for MAYOR, here in Philadelphia. Here’s one you won’t believe: This same Governor wants Philadelphia to help pay for any PHILLIES PARADE. No joke!

SNOOPER ‘UPDATE’: STEVE wanted me to know MARVIN “Buzz” BARNES, the gentleman we told you all about last week, won “THE HERB PENNOCK MEMORIAL AWARD” as THE BEST in The Pen-Del Baseball league. Steve stated, “This guy was incredible. He pitched more NO-HITTERS than any other pitcher here in

Philadelphia.” Let me tell all of you, CHIEF BENDER was in complete awe of Buzz’s 96mph fastball and “The Chief” also became his friend. He played SOFTBALL with another great ‘legend’, TOM GOLA. SNOOPER’S NEIGHBORHOOD ALERT: I want all our good friends and neighbors up there in the KENSINGTON-FRANKFORD area to know, because of our ‘one-term’ MAYOR NUTTER there will be no THANKSGIVING PARADE this year, as there has been for many years. You name it, this ONE-TERMER has done it. Yes, he has destroyed a long-time tradition in South Philly, THE COLUMBUS DAY PARADE. Mr. Mayor, were any of the radio stations

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, on September 30, 1992, a certain Mortgage was executed

by EDNA SEIDMAN and SAMUEL H. SEIDMAN, as mortgagor in favor of Boulevard Mortgage Company as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Book: VCS 325, Page: 431; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on September 16, 1999 in Book: 515, Page: 399, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage in that the payment due on June 30, 2009, was not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to currency; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of June 30, 2009 is $252,147.12 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on May 10, 1996 in Misc. Book: VCS 850, Page: 013, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at November 24, 2009 at 9:00 am at the Market Street Entrance of the United States Courthouse, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected.

SITUATE in the 52nd formerly part of the Thirty-fourth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, described according to a Survey and Plan thereof made by George T. Shegog, Esquire Surveyor and Regulator of the Seventh District on March 31, 1941 as follows to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the Southwesterly side of Lenape Road (fifty feet wide) at the distance of three hundred Twenty- three feet and four hundred Fifty-six one-thousandths of a loot measured along the said side of Lenape Road South Twenty-one degrees, Eight minutes, Five and one-tenth seconds, East from the Conshohocken Avenue (one hundred feet wide) (both extended): thence extending from said point of beginning along said side of Lenape Road South Twenty-one degrees, Eight minutes, five and one-tenth seconds, East Twenty-four feet and Three hundred, Seventy-seven one thousandths, of a foot to a point of curve: thence continuing along said side of Lenape Road on the arc of circle curving to the left, having a radius of two hundred forty-five feet, the arc distance of Twenty-two feet and Two hundred Five one-thousandths of a foot to a point: thence extending South Fifty-five degrees, Twenty-four minutes, fifty –nine seconds, West Seventy feet and Nine hundred Eighty-two one thousandths of a foot, crossing a certain Ten feet wide driveway which extends Northeastwardly and Southwestwardly into and from said Conshohocken Avenue to the Southwesterly side of proposed Ten feet wide driveway: thence extending North Thirty- one degrees, Six minutes, Twenty-four and one –tenth seconds, West along said Southwesterly side of a ten feet wide driveway, sixty-four feet, and Twenty-eight one-thousandths of a foot to a point: thence extending North Sixty-eight degrees, Fiftyone minutes, fifty-four and nine-tenths seconds, East recrossing said Ten feet wide driveway. Seventy-nine feet, and one hundred Eighteen one-thousandths of a foot to said Southwesterly side of Lenape Road, and the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING No. 2634 Lenape Road.

BEING the same premises which John A. Doyle Singleman by Deed Dated 5/16/41 and Recorded 6/5/41 in the County of Philadelphia in Deed Book

DWH 1272 Page 565 conveyed unto Samuel H. Seldman and Enda his wife, in fee.

UNDER AND SUBJECT to certain Condition, Building Restrictions, Rights and Agreements as of record.

TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the foresaid driveway as and for a passageway, driveway and water-course at all time hereafter forever, in common with the owners, tenants and occupiers of the other lots of ground bounding thereon and entitled to the use thereof.

SUBJECT, however to the proportionate part of the expense of keeping the said driveway in good order and repair.

The sale will be held at November 24, 2009 at 9:00 am at the Market Street Entrance of the United States Courthouse, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $252,147.12 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale.

The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $252,147.12 as of June 30, 2009, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

Elephant Corner

City Hall Sam (Cont. From Page 31) doing a bang-up job of cleaning up old cases and consolidating and bringing in new mass tort actions. This is a good move for the city, both financially and also for prestige in the legal community.

St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing got some good news when the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing granted a full license approval which gives it continuity into the indefinite future.

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century. Scozzafava was a moderate on social issues while Hoffman hewed to a hard-right social line that is not selling well in Northeastern states at this time.

So conservative principles by themselves do not win elections. Parties win elections, and they win them by reflecting the values, emphases and concerns of society as a whole better than the opposing Party does. Great work grayskins – we have much work ahead.

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(Cont. From Page 31) servative CHRIS CHRI STIE defeated limousinebillionaire incumbent JON CORZINE, despite being outspent by tens of millions and countless visits by our Community Organizer in Chief. The bloom is indeed off the Obama rose.

You see, despite the incoherent ramblings of MSNBC toady CHRIS MATTHEWS and his ilk, America is a center-right nation. Don’t pay any attention to their hysterical shrieks like “the Republican Party is alienating independents” and “Is the GOP purging itself of all moderate dissent?” You only need to look as far as this Tuesday’s election to see the conservative rescue has arrived; and its aim is to demolish the leftwing counterrevolution that has hijacked our politics of late.

The leftists’ stealth attack took hold while conservatives were busy working hard, creating jobs, and growing the economy in the

private sector. As we went about our free-enterprise endeavors, the radical left was busy creating a soft tyranny in academia, the media, and all levels of government. We made a big mistake as we overlooked public service while we engaged in the free market, allowing liberal Democrats and RINO Republicans to entrench themselves in political office. It was a big blunder on our part; one we will not allow to continue.

Remember, we stand on the broad shoulders of our Founding Fathers and the US Constitution; they stand on the weak shoulders of KARL MARX and MAO ZEDONG, both relegated to the trash-heap of history.

However, in New York’s 23 rd Congressional Dist., Conservative Party candidate DOUGLAS HOFFMAN shot the Republican Party in the foot by driving its endorsed candidate DEDE SCOZZAFAVA out of the Party. Result: Democrat BILL OWENS won a rural District that had voted straight Republican for a

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Port Loses A Good Friend: Dennis P. Latina Dennis P. Latina, vice president of Delaware River Stevedores, Inc., died one day after celebrating his 60th birthday.

Robert Palaima, president of DRS, said, “Dennis traveled the world representing

our company and our profession, but he carried with him the demeanor that made one like him immediately. He was an excellent ambassador of good will wherever he went.

Be it Brisbane, Berlin, San Diego, Capetown, he made

America look good. Dennis was a visionary who understood the importance of world shipping and its effect on this Port. Every one of his suggestions was taken to heart.

He was a man who never hesitated to cooperate when his

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA Sealed proposals will be received by the School Reform Commission at the School Administration Building located at 440 North Broad St., 3rd Floor, Office of Capital Programs, Philadelphia, PA 191304015, until 2:00 P.M., on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. A non-refundable fee for each set of bid documents is as scheduled. The School District will only accept bids from companies that have been placed on its current Pre Qualified Contractors List as shown at psit.org. All School District Project require MBE/WBE participation as shown in the specifications.

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The School Reform Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids and make the awards to the best interests of the School District of Philadelphia.

support was needed to promote the Port of Philadelphia.”

This sentiment was echoed everywhere along the Delaware River waterfront, including Camden and Wilmington. Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Executive Director James T. McDermott, whose Authority oversees all major Port facilities and terminals, said, “He was a decent and good-hearted man who was an important part of Philadelphia’s maritime community. His expertise and integrity will be greatly missed.”

Boise Butler, president of International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1291, said, “We will miss a good friend of labor. He understood the duties of longshoremen and was a willing partner in making sure they were given every opportunity to work.”

Latina was a native of Delaware, born in Wilmington. He graduated from the University of Delaware. He was easily recognized as he walked the docks of Tioga

Dennis P. Latina, seen here in happier days with DRS President Robert Palaima, will be sadly missed by friends, colleagues and family.

Terminal, which was oper- goes”. Tioga Pier, operated ated by his company by DRS, is the major EasternDelaware River Stevedores, Seaboard terminal for fruit Inc. He took a hands-on ap- shipped in from Chile and proach with all facets of the other South American ports. shipping industry, from workLatina is survived by his ing closely with crane opera- wife of 12 years, Natasha tors, longshoremen, shippers Allekseyeva, and sons Pasha, and international businessmen Sasha, Andre and Nikolai as from across the world. well as four brothers. DonaAn officer in the Port of tions in his memory can be Wilmington Maritime Soci- made to the Latina Children’s ety, Dennis was recognized as Education Fund in care of a “strategic thinker in world WSFS Bank, Branmar Plaza trade with and expertise in Shopping Center, 1812 Marsh terminal management with Road, Wilmington, DE perishable and project car- 19810.

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“I am grateful to Aimco for working with our community to clean up this lot,” said the Councilwoman. “It is corporate citizens, like Aimco, who in partnership with government, make this City and neighborhood strong and vibrant.”

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The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission announced it will provide up to $1.62 million in grants to support local development efforts in communities that implement municipal, county, State and regional planning objectives. The funding is being made available through the DVRPC’s Transportation and Community Development Initiative program.

“This program provides needed funding to some of the region’s older townships, boroughs and cities to support redevelopment efforts and stem the loss of population or jobs,” said Barry Seymour, executive director of the DVRPC. “It has been a tremendous success and since its launch in 2002, the TCDI program has provided $9 million in grant funding to more than 100 communities in the Greater Philadelphia region.”

Communities have utilized these funds for a wide range of redevelopment efforts, including creating Business Improvement Districts; updating zoning ordinances and comprehensive master plans; developing plans for transit-oriented development; inter-municipal planning; and prioritizing capital-transportation improvements. A full list of communities that have received grants during prior funding rounds, as well as a list of eligible communities, is available at the DVRPC’s website at www.dvrpc.org/TCDI/.

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SUCCESSFUL cleanup is celebrated by Aimco employees, seen here with Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller.

Aimco employee 10 paid hours annually to apply toward a volunteer activity, reflecting the company’s commitment to being a good corporate citizen.

It’s the fifth year for the volunteer program.

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(Cont. From Page 31) cause the transportation authority has the money, but has chosen to greedily hang onto it instead of paying workers a living wage.

My Significant Other, a man who will occasionally break out in a chorus of “The people, united, will never be defeated,” is totally behind the workers. While many of his Facebook friends can’t believe he’s championing striking workers in an economy where many of us (including him) don’t have jobs, he believes the reason why the gap between the haves and the have-nots is widening is because regular Americans aren’t sticking up for themselves when it comes to dealing with corporations.

He might be onto something with that, but I also have to agree with his friends on some level. I currently don’t have a job. I know a lot of journalists who are dealing with life after layoff. Sometimes, it’s been hard for me to get that $2.75 needed to get on the bus to go home

from work or school on SEPTA and there have been even more times where little things like a cup of hot tea are out of my price range … and that was when I had a job.

So I can see where it might look irresponsible for a group of workers to demand the right to pay next to nothing for their health care when there are people out there (like my Significant Other) who don’t have health insurance at all.

It’s especially irresponsible when you look at who is being most impacted by this impasse. It’s not the folks who hop on the PATCO line and visit our fair city from New Jersey. It’s not those who traipse down I-95 from Bucks Co. in their BMW 521i’s to their CEO of VP jobs at the Comcast Center or other Center City bastions. It’s not the corporate legal eagles whose sole job it is to find a tax shelter for their bosses.

It’s the folks who need to take the Broad Street Subway or the C bus to get to their jobs cleaning hotel bedrooms

and offices in Center City from their homes in North or West Philadelphia. It’s the folks who are having a tough-enough time paying their college tuition without having to deal with how they’re going to get there now they don’t have the bus at their disposal.

It’s not the haves being hit in the face with the SEPTA mud pie. It’s the have-nots.

Don’t get me wrong. I know the folks at SEPTA do a good job and deserve to be compensated for some of the nonsense they go through.

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But I really wish folks would take the needs of the whole into consideration when they do stuff like go on strike. While I can understand your need and right to be fairly compensated, you should also understand times are tough for everyone.

Let’s hope the happy medium that will make things better for everyone is found and soon. I don’t know how many choruses of “The People United…” I can take before I have to take matters into my own hands.

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After graduation, Gatti returned to the Philadelphia area and worked for several upscale restaurants, including City Tavern, White Dog Cafe, Twenty Manning, City Tavern and Audrey Claire.

He also worked for a consulting company that developed menus and did staff training for clients such as Shula’s Steakhouses, Sandals’ Resorts and Benchmark Hotels.

“Food is at the center of everything,” he said. “It nourishes and brings people together. It brought April and me together.”

“After deciding that we would open our own restaurant,” added April, “we looked at 20 locations over three years all over the Delaware Valley. There were other places we liked, but the rent was too high. We found this place in June, and everything about it was right. We could not afford a liquor license, which is all right because there are a lot of wine aficionados in this area, and

they love being able to bring their own favorite selections.

And we have no corkage fee.”

The interior of Avril is awash in warm, muted browns and black. Guests dine at black leather banquettes, at a chef’s table for eight or at romantic two-seat tables with Edith Piaf songs playing softly in the background. The menu, representing both Northern Italian and Southern French traditions, features plenty of fromscratch bready elements from Gatti’s background as a pastry chef — think refined presentations like profiteroles stuffed with lobster, foie gras atop brioche, corn pudding in a flaky round crust, etc.

“I’ve always said that our professions are very similar,” said former food scribe Lisante. “Newsrooms aren’t so different from kitchens. It takes a certain personality — and love and adrenaline.”

April hopes to collaborate with Gatti on a cookbook in the near future.

Len Lear During our visit in midOctober, an elderly man at the table to our right turned to a dining companion at the end of the meal and said, “Very nice choice of restaurant, Mr. Stein.” A woman at the table to our left (both tables had four diners), who identified herself as Miranda Kany, a New York native who now lives in Mt. Airy, said, “This is a beautiful little spot. The brisket and coq au vin were very good; the soup was delicious, and the desserts were fabulous. The brussel sprouts were not cooked enough, but everything else was great.”

We agreed with Kany about the brussel sprouts and found the soup, a roasted butternut squash bisque ($8), was divine but was not served hot.

Everything else was perfection, such as the zephyr-light pistachio gnocchi ($20 as entrée, but we had a half-portion as an appetizer), whose soft finish reverberated in waves of velvet for several seconds on my tongue. Also the beef brisket braised in red wine and sundried cherries and served in puff pastry ($22) and the amazing rice fritters appetizer ($12), which was supposed to come with shrimp and scallops (according to the menu), but there were no scallops. Both desserts we tried, crème brulée and chocolate molten cake, were heavenly.

Avril is open Tuesday to Friday for lunch; Tuesday to Sunday for dinner and Sunday for brunch. Sunday dinners are a collection of prix fixes ($25 to $40). For more information, call (610) 667-2626 or visit www.avrilbyob.com.

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by Len Lear There’s no doubt that first impressions are lasting impressions, and our first impression of Avril, the Italian/French BYOB that opened Aug. 5 at 134 Bala Avenue, directly across the street from the Bala movie theater in Bala Cynwyd (the previous occupant was Cafe Shira, a kosher restaurant), was very favorable, indeed.

At Avril (“April” in French), however, we were greeted by a beautiful woman with a big smile and a slinky, long black dress who welcomed us as if we were about to deliver a big check for winning the lottery.

“She looks very classy,” said my wife. “Already I like this place.”

The charming greeter turned out to be April Lisante, 36, co-owner of the

new restaurant along with Christian Gatti, 34, who is also the chef.

April definitely knows something about restaurants since she was the food editor at the Philadelphia Daily News from 2001 to 2008. (She is living proof that the term “charming food writer” is not necessarily an oxymoron.) The husbandand-wife team, who have three small children — Isabella, Sophia and Ethan — met in 2003 during a photo shoot for her newspaper, where Christian was featured as one of Philly’s “hot, young chefs.”

Although Christian studied creative writing and history at the University of Pittsburgh, it wasn’t until he was sitting in a windowsill at college reading MFK Fisher’s meditational essay about savoring a peach that he realized food was the place to turn to understand,

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Friendly Feline Found Roaming Marconi Plaza When my canine companion, Cheech, crossed The Rainbow Bridge more than a year ago, my heart went with her. My bereavement for my best friend continues and I haven’t been able to even think about a new pup. A neighbor assured me there will come a day when I’ll open my front door and a dog will be sitting there, waiting for me to rescue him. That statement was semiprophetic, as I just rescued, not a dog, but a cat, a red tabby.

I had just entered Marconi when two young teenage boys stopped me. One pointed at the big horse-chestnut tree in the middle of the park and asked me, “Miss, is that your cat?”

No, no, no, no, it’s not my cat; but I was compelled by the savior in me to check out the situation. As I inched closer, I could see that the she

had been in a fight. There was a chunk bitten out of her shoulder and her face had teeth punctures. I picked her up and surprisingly, she allowed me to carry her across the street toward the house. All of a sudden, she bolted. The two teens ran after her and engaged about a half dozen of their friends to help. I opened my front door, and as quick as a wink, one of the boys was at the step. “Hurry! Drop her in the vestibule!” I ordered, and then shut the door as fast as I could.

Now what? I had errands to run but was confident that she would be all right until I returned.

When I got back home she was hiding behind some Toys for Tots boxes. I’m sure she was traumatized. I had a dinner date with The Football Player and really couldn’t deal

…A HOME IS needed for this friendly feline. with my circumstances yet.

After leaving the restaurant, we stopped at the supermarket and picked up cat food and litter. I was distressed but I took responsibility for an animal and I had to buck up. Of course she was hungry and, hallelujah!, she was housebroken.

It’s been less than a week but the kitty is healing and re-

gaining her personality. She’s sweet, purr-y and likes to suckle. I can’t keep her, though.

I looked on all the internet sites for a missing cat and called the shelters. If she’s lost, I hope the owner will see her picture and come get her.

If she was dumped, well, this is a family newspaper and I will censor my remarks. If she is a stray, I’m hoping that one of my kind readers will consider adopting her. She spends her days sitting on a cushion, looking out the window.

Maybe she’s wondering where her humans are. I can only keep her a few more days, then I’ll have to give her up, as, emotionally, I’m not there.

If you are interested, call me at the paper, (215) 7552000. Let’s get together and find this pretty kitty a home.

Our News You Can Use! Dev. Fans Pt. Breeze Concerns (Cont. from Page 1) serving South Philadelphia today is Methodist Hospital, a branch of Jefferson Medical Group.

The South Philadelphia Public Record is in its second year of growth as a newspaper dedicated to keeping you abreast of what is behind the deterioration of these medical services. In addition, we enjoy providing you with stories of human interest and activities not found in the other South Philadelphia weekly.

We are also the only union-produced weekly available to you, which is why we

take pleasure in promoting articles about unions, their members, and especially their contributions to the community. The other weekly turned away from its union printer and moved to a non-union plant in New Jersey. We urge you to support our advertisers who support the union members who print this newspaper.

It’s easy to reach us. Your call to (215) 755-2000 gets answered by a live voice belonging to one of your neighbors.

Whatever your question, you get an immediate answer.

DISCUSSION got heated at times as Pt. Breeze residents listened to presentation by City Planners Richard Redding and David Knapton on that community’s redevelopment plan.

Letters Letters Letters Right Choice Dear Editor: For over the last 32 years of my life I have assisted victims and witnesses of crime here in Philadelphia, guiding them through a difficult and scary time of their lives while being involved with Philadelphia’s criminal-justice system. Our District Attorney’s Office truly needs to update its concept of today’s modern practices of prosecuting cases and implementing newer ideas and concepts of managing our criminal-justice system in an era of financial cutbacks in public offices, staffing and services.

Our current District Attorney has done a great job but 19 years as Philadelphia’s DA is far too long for any elected official to hold office while holding on to the “good old days concept” that just basically has not evolved under today’s modern standards of realistic criminal justice.

I have known Philadelphia District Attorney candidate Seth Williams for several years. Over those years Seth has worked hard in whatever job he held, making modern strides in improving the quality of service whether it was with the District Attorney’s Office, as a private attorney at law or bringing ethics to the Inspector General’s Office, Seth has always worked with ethical and moral standards in addition to developing modern concepts in improving public service in a cost-effective manner.

Philadelphia truly needs real honest, ethical and modern change in our District Attorney’s Office and the only person that can make that truly happen is Seth Williams as District Attorney.

Greg Bucceroni South Philadelphia

Pro Gardeners Dear Editor: Historic City Gardens would like to thank the South Philadel-

phia Public Record for including us in the Oct. 16 edition of the newspaper. We always appreciate your support.

May we clarify some of the additions to the article, “Green Thumbs in S. Philly”: The article calls us “amateurs.” Actually, we mostly are people who developed ourselves from home and community gardeners. In our gardens, we reach a “professional” horticultural level – both in design and approach.

Some of us even have developed to the professional level of being paid outside our project. Our approach is gardening rather than landscape architecture. However, we would include a landscape architect, should one wish to work with our approach.

Since we have volunteers, knowledgeable or not knowledgeable at various levels, research and training is ongoing.

Our steering-committee level is comprised of high-level professionals from various disciplines with functional specialties.

The article likened us to the gardens at the Philadelphia Flower Show. While true – we do themed gardens – the nursery people at the Flower Show force plants in greenhouses for a oneweek display. We, on the other hand, garden from season to season, often with changing displays as different plants hit their peak.

You state we have limited resources. Yes, we do have limited resources. This means we utilize our limited grant money and donations wisely and use our wits to acquire plant material to reach a high level of horticulture. Please “Google” our article, “Saving the Glory of Unusual Plants”.

Thank you again, Philadelphia Public Record, for getting the word out about our project.

Faye Deckter South Philadelphia

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