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MAE MENTA, 99, of Wharton Street with centenarian citation.

Vol. V No. 23 (Issue 192)

Philadelphia Regional Port Authority official, and friend of South Philadelphia Public Record, Joseph Menta, dropped us a line to correct a small error in our May 19 edition. It seems that Joe’s grandmother, Mae Menta of 13th & Wharton Streets, did indeed attend Mayor Michael Nutter’s special luncheon for the city’s centenarians, which was held at Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall last month.

Mae will turn 100 later this year!

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Sending Out An SOS: Save Our Stiffel!

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Seniors Pray For Savior To Save Center; $200G Needed or Stiffel Closes June 30, 2011

by Rory G. McGlasson A last-ditch fundraising campaign to save the JCC Stiffel Center at 6th & Porter Streets has given its 400 members a sliver of hope.

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(Cont. From Page 1) Save Our Stiffel (SOS) has been created by Stiffel volunteers and staff in an attempt to keep the debt-ridden senior center open.

“We are scrambling to secure tax-free donations from caring individuals, philanthropists and corporations, with the pledge of future funds to ensure these aging seniors have neighborhood access to this unique and historic center,” said organizer, Laurel Katz.

May was “Older Americans Month”, but over 400 seniors – aged 65-95, from many ethnic and religious backgrounds – were dealt bad news: they might be forced to leave their senior center. The facility provides many with not only a daily hot lunch, but camaraderie, fun and over 20 programs and special events.

The historic Jacob & Esther Stiffel Senior Center, located in the heart of South Philadelphia since 1928, must raise $200,000 to offset its deficit by Jun. 30 or it will shut its doors. The area’s diverse, thriving senior community, including Jewish, Italian, Irish and Vietnamese, among others, will be greatly affected by its closing.

Katz and center Director Susan Hoffman formed the fundraising committee in May with the objective to raise enough funds to keep the senior center open. The SOS Fund has raised $20,000 thus far, but needs over $200,000 just to stay open.

News broke in spring 2011, the 82-year-old senior center would close. The center, which is run by the JC Klein group, and owned by the Jewish American Federation, has debts of over

$200,000. When the news was announced, its 400 members, which are as diverse a group of citizens as one could imagine were in collective shock, and tears.

Hoffman says the prediciment Stiffel is in is a reflection of the economic climate in the country. It has led to tighter purse strings, and contributions in general have

STIFFEL Center Director Susan Hoffman stands by the fundraising “SOS goal meter” that tracks total monies raised this far. She points to mark wherecenter needs to be: $200,000. been down due to the economic times, she says. Seniors have felt the pinch more than most.

Hoffman learned about the potential closure early this spring and informed the 400 members immediately. Contributions from friends have reached just under $20,000 – there is a goal meter stuck to the wall as you walk in the entrance way. The SOS campaign has a Web site (saveourstiffel.com) and social networking pages, such as Facebook. A fundraiser is planned later this month at the center.

The Stiffel Center needs another $180,000 to clear

debts, and then money to stay open the rest of the year, Hoffman says.

Hoffman has been at Stiffel for 19 years – seven years as its director and 12 years as a social worker. She said, “Our center should be used as a model ... in the State, we have one of the most Diverse memberships; Afro-Americans, Vietnamese, Irish, Polish, Italian.”

David Welsh has been a memeber since 1984, and Samuel Beiywiess a member since 1999, both of Jackson Street. Welsh said if Stiffel closes, “It would be a disaster for all of us. There are a few centers around, but nothing would compare to this.”

Beiywiess said, “We have a lot of memories here, most of us live alone.”

“This is very sad,” says Stella Pulsone, of 71st & Lindbergh Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia.

“We are at home here,” she says. “We feel like this is our home every day we walk through the doors.”

EVERY PENNY COUNTS! Stiffel members – many of whom are low-income seniors – are finding ways to raise money for building to stay open.

“We all do!” says Doris Lang. “At one time, there were a lot of Jewish people here, but I think there are about 160 Jewish people now,” said Lang, of 7th & Bigler Streets. “They count on this center for traditional kosher food. What will they do?”

Directors from other senior centers in the area have been giving seniors presentations of what they can offer, Hoffman says. Social workers are also helping seniors take tours of other centers, providing transport and chaperones.

If the center closes, there are rumors the Jewish Federation, who owns the building, will sell it to a developer.

Members of the Federation did not return calls before press time.

“The other senior centers have been welcoming,” Hoffman says. According to Hoffman, membership has grown over the last four years. In 2007, membership was 250.

2011 membership is 400.

Each member pays a $30-peryear membership fee. Many of its members, around 40%, are low-income seniors.

“We have a real sense of family,” Hoffman says. “We help our seniors to live independently and better.”

Even though it pains her to see her Stiffel family members contemplate moving elsewhere, Hoffman says, it’s the “sense of responsibility we have to take care of them, that is why we have to try and make a smooth transition for our seniors.” Hoffman added, “Hopefully, we will not have to.”

In the meantime, seniors are still joining in the center’s recreational activities, including chair exercise, gentle

S.W. PHILA. resident Stella Pulsone joins Mie Le, Millie Rodia, Jean Valenti, Doris Lang and Elaine Passano as they reflect on days of yore at Stiffel Center on Monday.

STIFFEL SENIORS David Welsh and Samuel Beiywiess join friends for lunch on Monday at Stiffel Center. Welsh said closing center will be “devastating to the area.” chair yoga, and stretch and strengthen – a part of the Silver Sneakers Fitness Program. There is a daily discussion group that reminisces about Stiffel led by a long-time Stiffel member, “Judy”.

Breakfast costs 25 cents, and a three-course lunch costs one dollar. The lunch is served by volunteers. According to one volunteer, who did not want to be named, he “does not know what he would do with his time if he never helped to serve lunch at Stiffel.”

“I cannot sit in an apartment, I’ll go insane,” added Doris Lang. “But that’s what

will happen to many people here. It's so sad.”

Elaine Passano, of 7th & Johnson Streets, predicts a tearful farewell, but is praying each day a savior will come and answer the SOS. She said, “Everyone was in tears when we found out Stiffel was closing, but we hope that miracles do happen, and the center will be saved; because it will be like a funeral the day this place closes.”

If anyone would like to make a donation or would like more information about the SOS program, please contact Laurel Katz or Susan Hoffman at (215) 468-3500.

Rite eco bags, and white Stroehmann Bread totes with free crayons inside. Bimbo Bakeries Field Account Mgr. Bob Kilpatrick was with Bimbo Bear, the company mascot. He told me Bimbo Bakeries was proud to be involved with the Partners In Sharing. The Keebler Elf, Scrunchy the ShopRite Bear and the Phillie Phanatic all contributed to the carnival-like atmosphere. Sneaker Pete Thompson and his sidekick Joe Joe provided four hours of music. 1st Dist. Council winner Mark Squilla worked the BIMBO BAKERIES’ Field Mgr. Bob Kilpatrick and crowd and the Phanatic the Bimbo Bear give free crayons to Summer Mancini worked over Squilla by rub- and Dana Klukiewski. Photos by Maria Merlino bing his head, doing the Mummer’s Strut and pantomiming goofy routines. The crowd went wild! Squilla told me he supports policies that help the needy and the organizations and agencies that help them.

ShopRite Partners In Caring is very aware you have many choices of where to shop, but consider this the next time you head to a grocery store – it makes a difference where you shop, to the hungry in our area.

Pennsport’s State Rep. Bill Keller has slammed House Republicans for continuing to introduce and pass legislation that would penalize and hurt working families during tough economic times.

Recently the House Labor & Industry Committee, of which Keller is Democratic chairman, approved legislation (HB 916) that would make a number of changes to the State'‘s unemployment compensation law, including making it harder for workers to qualify for benefits, cutting benefits for unemployed workers who do qualify and slowing the growth of benefits for future UC claimants. All Democrats voted against the bill.

“The changes to the UC system that are proposed in this legislation would do nothing more than penalize workers and attack those who are unemployed through no fault of their own,” Keller said.

“At a time when unemployment remains high and people continue to struggle to provide for their families, House Republicans want to kick them when they’re down.

People use these benefits to put food on their table and keep a roof over their head … not to get rich.”

Keller said the bill would not help Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund become solvent, as the bill’s supporters are claiming, and would only

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ShopRite Supermarkets are the heart of Philly. I mean, who doesn’t love their can-can sales?

The Colligas Family owns and operates the Snyder Plaza market and you’ll find a family member there every day. Jim & Susan Colligas and their daughter Jennifer Bond have a philanthropic philosophy. The family is very customer-oriented, but more importantly, they are participants in ShopRite Partners In Caring, a year-round, community-based, hunger-fighting initiative that works with more than 50 food-industry manufacturers to provide $2 million annually to more than 1,700 qualified charitable agencies in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Since its founding in 1999, the charity has donated $24 million to more than 1,700 charities, including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, child-care centers, batteredwomen’s shelters, senior-citizen programs, drug-rehab centers, programs for the mentally and physically disabled, after-school programs and other organizations that aid those in need.

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generate about $360 million annually. The fund is structurally deficient and has borrowed $3.8 billion from the federal government since 2009.

According to Keller, the bill does not increase employer contributions or the

need to earn each week to establish credit weeks for eligibility from $50 to $116.

Keller said to become truly solvent, the fund would need to take all sides of unemployment compensation into account: workers and employers. He said true reform would contain reasonably reduced benefits, contributions from workers and an increase in the taxable wage base for employers.

“Right now, and under this bill, Republicans are only willing to make changes on the backs of working people,”Keller said. “The employer contribution rate has remained the same for more than 25 years and is a significant contributing factor to our

solvency issues. Pennsylvania must find a solution that takes all sides and all contributing factors into account. Continuing to attack working people and middle-class families while the major cause of the problem goes unaddressed is unacceptable.”

Keller amended the bill with a provision that would make a technical change to the State’s UC law so that Pennsylvania could continue to qualify for federal extended benefits, the benefits available after claimants exhaust their regular State-funded benefits and federally funded emergency unemployment-compensation benefits.

The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.

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taxable wage base on which employers are taxed. Since 1984, employers pay UC taxes on a small percentage of the first $8,000 of an employee’s wages. He said the $8,000 wage base is one of the lowest in the country and a prime reason the fund is insolvent. If the wage base was indexed to when it was last raised in 1984, it would be more than $17,000.

UC is historically an employer-funded benefit. Pennsylvania is one of only three states where workers also pay taxes into the fund, and workers pay a rate on their entire wages, not just the first $8,000 like employers. HB 916 also would raise the amount of wages workers

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Thomas On Anti-Violence Campaign

Primary Spending Could Hit $15 Million

by Joe Shaheeli Come Jun. 15, Philadelphians will learn how much was spent in the city’s Democrat and Republican primaries for its various offices.

Would you believe it could top $15 million?

That could be the final figure, based on those who continually watch the dollar stream, election to election.

They believe their call will be substantiated when the Jun. 15 final report is turned in by all candidates for those offices.

As of the Jun. 2 finance filing, a total of $7,741,228.49 was raised for all the contested offices, of which $6,099,689.67 was spent.

Here is the breakdown for that period: For City Commissioners – $232,259.25 was raised with $144,268.68 spent; City

Council – $4,425,827 was raised with $,475,319.23 spent; Common Pleas Court – $1,274,226.47 was raised, with $844,845.94 spent; Commonwealth Court – $77,695 raised with 53,868.74 spent; Congress (not running, but reporting) – $42,658.42 raised and $39,202.99 spent; Mayor – $816,388.17 raised and $785,268.93 spent; Municipal Court – $372,916.27 raised and $287,954.76 spent; Register of Wills – $86l,922.08 raised and $55,346.98 spent; State Representatives (not running, but reporting) – $58,258.75 raised and $80,344.35 spent; State Senators (not running, but reporting) – $168,227.00 raised and $177,707.23 spent; Sheriff – $106,074.68 raised and $84,868.15 spent; Traffic Court – $67,900.10 raised

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Political Action Committees reported raising $11, 875.27 and spending $5,505.11.

Total raised by all came to $7,741,228.49 and spent to $6,099,689.67.

“What If?” A Key Question In 2nd

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a yes-or-no answer to her “What If” question: What would have happened with the final tally if Damon Roberts’ name had not been taped over, as it was, contrary to a court’s order?

She asked that question at a Commissioners Certification meeting last week.

Her second question was, “Why did City Commission’s Diane Wallace issue instructions to election boards to whom she was distributing

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election-day boxes to tape over the Roberts name contrary to Judge Alan Teresko’s Court Order not to do so?”

Ward 40B Democrat Leader Anna Brown identified Wallace as the employee who ignored the court order.

Capozzi had asked her lawyer to ask the court to allow her to inspect all machines, saying she had reports the tape coverup was predominant in polling places in the 36th Ward as well.

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The reason she wants answers is Roberts had campaigned hard in these wards.

His name was known and would have drawn some votes away from victor State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson (D-S. Phila.).

She believes Roberts suddenly petitioned the courts, through his attorney, to strike his name from the voting machines because he knew he was a loser. She said he did so (Cont. Page 5) Councilman Bill

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Dems Endorse Eubanks For MC Position In Nov.

Former Judge Joyce Eubanks was endorsed by the Democrat City Committee at a special meeting this week to run for a vacant position in the Municipal Court in November.

Eubanks, well known in political circles, was the unanimous choice of the ward leaders. A vacancy occurred due to the withdrawal of one of the judges slated for retention.

Murphy Raises $500K For His AG’s Race

He’s in for the kill, according to members of the Patrick Murphy campaign team seeking to end the long lock of the Republican Party on the State office of Attorney General. A lot of Democrats have tried before but failed. But former Congressman Murphy has raised $500,000 for that purpose after announcing his intention to take the Democrat primary and win the General Election.

The primary should be tougher, since going up against him are expected to be Philadelphia based Dan McCaffery, who ran second in the DA race, and former longtime DA Lynne Abraham, as well as Northeast Pennsy prosecutor Kathleen Granahan Kane. McCaffery has campaign literature ready to go.

This will probably be the best opportunity for the Dems to wrest control of that office from the Republicans, left open by Gov. Tom Corbett.

No Republican have announced for the race to date.

Rubin Declares ‘No’ To Soda Tax

If Democrat candidate Bill Rubin unseats the well-entrenched 10th Dist. incumbent in the General Election, he

has declared in a letter to Council President Anna Verna he will be an anti-sodatax Council vote as well as a Councilman intent on conducting a close investigation into how Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has been conducting her responsibilities at the School District.

He added, “The issue of a budget shortfall was discussed at a meeting I attended in my District at Fitzpatrick School, where we were told these types of meetings had taken place all over the City for many weeks. This issue of a shortfall in the school budget is not new and for City Council to now be put in a position of providing funds to a mismanaged entity is in my opinion, irresponsible.”

1 Pennsylvanian In Presidential Primary

We’ve seen more of former Sen. Rick Santorum in the last weeks than we had when he was our US Senator. Even before he announced he will compete in the Republican Presidential primary, we understood he’d be giving state Republicans a chance to root and work for a favorite son.

Locals see his campaign as one way to increase voter registration.

He made it official this week, saying, “I am now seeking the Republican nomination for president – not as a rankand-file party member, but first and foremost as a conservative.”

Zogby Poll Shows President Slipping

President Barack Obama’s approval rating has dropped two percentage points from last week, but the number of people who think he deserves to be reelected remains the same.

These results come from

Zogby’s Jun. 2-6 interactive poll of 2,022 likely voters.

Obama's approval fell to 46% after being at 48% on May 31, but the percentage of voters who think the president deserves to be reelected stayed at 41%. Those feeling that the US is off on the wrong track spiked four percentage points from the previous poll to 61%, while the respondents who think the country is headed in the right direction remained the same at 29%.

Mayor Nutter Launches Phila. Works Mayor Michael A. Nutter and new Board Chairman Joseph A. Frick announced a reorganization of the City’s workforce-development system with the creation of Philadelphia Works, Inc., replacing both the Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp. and the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board.

The new organization, which will be created during the next year, will reform the workforce system, making it a source of “one-stop shopping” for both employers and employees.

“Our existing workforce system provided many services to employers and potential employees, but it needs to be easier to navigate and better aligned with our economic development initiatives,” Mayor Nutter said. “By connecting policy more clearly to program and implementation efforts, we’ll be able to maximize our funding resources, improve services to adults and youth and create a more effective, user-friendly system.”

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(Cont. From Page 4) in order to direct his votes to Johnson. Roberts announced, after petitioning the court, he was endorsing Johnson. But his attorney wasn’t able to remove his name when he petitioned the court. The judge’s order, however, was violated.

Capozzi’s question will never be answered to anyone’s satisfaction, but the mere 40 votes now separating winner from loser underlines the need for the judges who sat in place of the City Commissioners to come up with a commentary explaining why nothing has been done to date to move on Capozzi’s requests. She, and many in that District as well, want to know who pressured whom to controvert Judge Teresko’s order.

If investigation finds that happened, who pays the penalty?

In the meantime, the 186th House Dist. seat which Johnson is leaving to take on his 2nd Dist. Council seat has drawn a good deal of interest.

Seeking it already is Damon Roberts, who is grass-rooting for votes with a weekend cleanup campaign in his 36th Ward. Also interested is Albert Littlepage, who has made his intentions known to the ward leaders in the District.

Look for some of them to come up with a favorite of their own. The wards are 2, 30, 36, 48, and 51.

Littlepage, who is being honored at a dinner celebrating his college graduation and his 50th birthday hosted by his wife Nakisha at the Stanza Restaurant, 20th & Oregon, Jun. 25 at 8 p.m., is asking “no gifts, instead checks made out to Friends of Albert Littlepage in support of his campaign in 2012.” For details call (267) 972-8307.

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Brady Puts 10th Grader In Arts Contest

Congressman Robert A. Brady has selected the artwork of Juan Delgado, a 10th grade student at the Kensington Business and Finance High School, to represent the First Congressional District in the 30th annual Congressional High School Art Competition.

15th POLICE DIST. Advisory Board President Mike Tait, He is also awarding Ceralong with Capt. Frank J Bachmayer, presents State Rep. tificates of Special CongresKevin Boyle with appreciation award. The award is for sup- sional Recognition to top port he gave men and women of 15th Police Dist. throughout elementary- and middlePhoto by Harry Leech year.

school graduates in the 1st Congressional Dist. in Philadelphia and Delaware Cos. was based on the recommendation of the schools.

“As these students in our public, charter, parochial and private schools reach this important academic milestone, it is important that they are recognized for their scholastic excellence and good citizenship. They have worked hard and I personally want to ac-

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To date, 96 of the 222 schools in the district have responded and 202 certificates have been processed to be presented at graduation. It is not too late to request the certificates and the office will process requests until Jun. 20. For more information contact Special Assistant Lillian Visalli at (215) 3894627.

Delgado’s pastel medium drawing is a portrait of leaders, including Presidents Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln, who were and are important in the Black struggle for human and civil rights in America. It will be displayed with the work other students from across the nation in a 10-month exhibition in the US Capitol.

The nationwide art showcase, An Artistic Discovery, provides Members of Congress with the opportunity to showcase the talents of creative young artists in their Districts.

“The level of artistic talent in the 1st Congressional Dist. is exceptional,” Brady said.

“I am proud the work of Mr. Delgado will be on display with the best young artists in the country. These young artists will have their work seen by hundreds of thousands people from across the country and around the world who visit the US Capitol. The exhibition not only encourages young artists, it also makes the overwhelming case regarding the importance of arts education in our schools.”

Delgado is a resident of the Fairhill section of North Philadelphia.

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Employees of the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies and its Philadelphia-area Medicaid managed-care plan, Keystone Mercy Health Plan, left their offices on May 26, picked up toolboxes and went to work building a much-needed playground for the children of the Colwyn Elementary School in Delaware Co. The new playground for the students of the kindergarten-through 6thgrade school was the tenth built in the Philadelphia area by the employees since Keystone Mercy established its Safe Playground program in 2007.

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KIDS rush to try out new Keystone Mercy playground, the tenth of its kind erected around Greater Phila.

playground, like all those that have been built by the AmeriHealth Mercy and Keystone Mercy employees, is aimed at getting

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILADELPHIA COUNTY CIVIL ACTION - LAW Term No. 110302035 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. PLAINTIFF vs. The Unknown Heirs of William Cummings, Deceased & WILLIAM CUMMINGS JR., Solely in His Capacity as Heir of William Cummings, Deceased, Mortgagors and Real Owners, DEFENDANT TO: The Unknown Heirs of William Cummings, Deceased, MORTGAGOR AND REAL OWNER, DEFENDANT whose last known address is 1427 Magee Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111.

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE DEBT. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 110302035 wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 1427 Magee Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111 whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia.

NOTICE You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you.

YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES, INC. Law Center North Central 3638 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19140 215-227-2400 or 215-981-3700 PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION One Reading Center Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-238-6333 Michael T. McKeever Attorney for Plaintiff Goldbeck McCafferty & McKeever, PC Suite 5000, Mellon Independence Center 701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-1532 215-627-1322

Welcome Home, Matt McSorley Motorcyclists joined police and others in honoring the grandson of retired detective Charles McSorley when he arrived and was greeted at the Philadelphia International Terminal by Warriors Motorcycle Club. He was saluted for serving three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.

Involved in the greeting arrangements were the club’s Bob Scott, the Philadelphia Highway Patrol and the Lower Moreland police and firemen.

Matt’s overseas tours include Kuwait, Iraq (Fallujah) and Afghanistan, and deployment to Indonesia during the tsunami of 2004/2005, as well

as serving on the Mexican border during 2005 to prevent illegal immigration.

As a Marine, he has traveled to Ireland, Australia, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Diego Garcia, Hawaii, and Guam.

Matt, now 26, enlisted in the USMC after graduMatt McSorley and ating from Frankhis wife Katrina....busy tours ford HS in 2003, where he was a member of the ing with rank of detective, and then creating a nonprofit which ROTC. Grandpop Charles McSor- for years helped police retirees ley is well known for serving 22 who had “fallen through the years on the police force, retir- cracks”.

Reynolds Brown Wins Obermayer Award

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (D-at L.) was the 2011 recipient of The School District of Philadelphia’s Leon J. Obermayer Award, which is presented annually to a distinguished

alumna or alumnus of a District high school.

She received the award at the 27th annual Celebration of Excellence in Education Jun. 6 at The School District Education Center’s Second Floor

TO: “Irving” last name unknown A Petition has been filed asking the court to put an end to all rights you have to your child Baby Boy Earley Crawford, who was born on 3/25/11, at Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA as well as any rights V. E. C. has to Baby boy Earley-Crawford. The court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights to your child. That hearing will be held on July 7, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. at Court Room 14, One Montgomery Plaza, Orphan’s Court Division, Swede Street, Norristown, PA 19404 before Judge Ott. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child as well as the rights of C. E. C. to that child may be ended by the court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help. An important option may be available to you under Act 101 of PA Law that allows for and enforceable voluntary agreement for continuing contact following an adoption between an adoptive parent, a child, a birth parent and/or a birth relative of the child, if all parties agree and the voluntary agreement is approved by the court. The agreement must be signed and approved by the court to be legally binding. You are also warned that if you fail to file either an acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to 23 Pa. C.S.A. Section 5103 (d) relating to acknowledgment and claim of paternity, and fail to either appear at a hearing to object to the termination of your rights or file a written objection to such termination with the court prior to the hearing, your rights may be terminated under Pa. C.S.A. 2503(d) and 2503(c) or 2504 of the Adoption Act. Lawyer Referral and Information Service 100 West Airy Street, P.O. Box 268, Norristown, PA 19404 (610) LAW1

Auditorium at 4:30 p.m.

The Councilwoman was recognized for her consistent support for public education and for the leadership roles in the creation of the Philadelphia Youth Commission, the Phillies and Eagles-supported Fund for Children, and “The Celebration of Moxie Women,” which focuses on The Potential of Girls, The Promise of The Next Generation of Women Leaders, and The Power of Women.

The namesake of the award served as the President of the Board of Education and also was deeply involved in many civic endeavors during his lifetime. The law firm which bears his name, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, endows the award.

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHILADELPHIA COUNTY CIVIL ACTION - LAW Term No. 110402390 NOTICE OF ACTION IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE FANNIE MAE (FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION) Plaintiff vs.

The Unknown Heirs of Alex Sapozhnikov, Deceased, LENNY SAPOZHNIKOV, Individually and as Heir of Alex Sapozhnikov, Deceased, STEVEN SAPOZHNIKOV, Individually and as Heir of Alex Sapozhnikov, Deceased & ZINAIDA SAPOZHNIKOV, Individually and as Heir of Alex Sapozhnikov, Deceased Mortgagors and Real Owners, Defendant TO: The Unknown Heirs of Alex Sapozhnikov, Deceased, MORTGAGOR AND REAL OWNER, DEFENDANT whose last known address is 3445 Keim Street Philadelphia, PA 19134.

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT OWED TO OUR CLIENT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING THE DEBT. You are hereby notified that Plaintiff FANNIE MAE (FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION), has filed a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint endorsed with a notice to defend against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, docketed to No. 110402390 wherein Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on the mortgage secured on your property located, 3445 Keim Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134 whereupon your property will be sold by the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

NOTICE You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after the Complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you.

YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES, INC. Law Center North Central 3638 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19140 215-227-2400 or 215-981-3700 PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION One Reading Center Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-238-6333 Michael T. McKeever Attorney for Plaintiff Goldbeck McCafferty & McKeever, PC Suite 5000, Mellon Independence Center 701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-1532 215-627-1322

Checking Out Our Drinking Water

STATE REP. Mike McGeehan is joined by Water Commissioner, Howard Neukrug and staff members of Samuel S. Baxter Water Treatment plant as they host tour of students from Father Judge and Franklin Towne Charter HSs. Students learned firsthand the exacting process of providing clean and safe drinking water to city.

Dems Sell Walnut St. Headquarters Long considered a must place for candidates to visit and pay their respects, the half-century headquarters of the Democrat City Committee at 1421 Walnut Street has been sold.

The sale was made to a development firm which owns buildings adjacent to the present site.

Party Chairman and Congressman Bob Brady made the announcement to ward leaders at a breakfast meeting yesterday morning at Finnigan’s Wake.

He pointed out the window to the adjacent building east of Finnigan’s Wake and said, “That is going to be our new headquarters!”

The acquired building, a garage, will be leveled and a two-story building, with offices on the 1st floor and a meeting room on the 2nd, will be erected in its place.

The new facility will afford free parking in front and behind the building, said Brady, “a long-time priority for us.”

He said, “1421 was too costly to renovate. We had asbestos problems and other

REMINCING over history of former headquarters at 1421 Walnut St., were, from left, staffers Charlie Bernard, Chairman Bob Brady, Attorney Steven Kaplan, Anne Brown, and Lou Farinella.

52ND Ward L e a d e r M a y o r Michael Nutter as among those checking in with Chairman Bob Brady prior to the meeting. problems with the building, and it was well we sold it.”

The purchase price was recorded at $2 million.

In the interim, the Democrat City Committee has set up temporary headquarters at 2301 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Approximately 50 years

ago, the building was purchased by the Democrat City Committee.

Frank Smith was its chairman at the time. Major forces behind its purchase were then-Congressman Bill Green, Sr., and James Clark, who was the Party treasurer.

SEPTA Approves Transpass Payment Delay Sixty thousand students need not worry about the availability of Transpasses aboard SEPTA for the coming school year.

SEPTA and the School District of Philadelphia have established a basic framework to continue providing Transpasses for the school-

children of Philadelphia for the upcoming school year.

SEPTA has offered to delay payment by the School District until September of 2012, for Transpasses purchased during the 2011-2012 school year, as a means of easing the District’s budget crisis.

Both entities are working

on a one-year arrangement which would maintain access to Transpasses for the students. This aspect of the District’s proposed budget cuts would have clearly impaired access to reliable transportation. It is hoped a final agreement will be reached within the next few weeks.

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We’re not for soda-pop taxes, real-estate taxes or a hike in fees (which have gone up astronomically in the last four years) to balance the City and the School Board’s budgets.

But we ask all of us to rally around the Mayor and support cuts he will have to propose in lieu of the above. Cuts can be made in administrative offices and in many of the School District’s areas where temps are used when they needn’t be, but have become norm because the money was there.

Now the money is not there. We ask our City and State legislative bodies not to heap any additional tax burdens on us, especially the businesses that have tried to hang on in this city’s poor business climate.

Some areas of government can be supplemented by citizen volunteers. One such area is the Parks & Recreation Centers. Notwithstanding the hullabaloo as to how good is the agency running these important contributions to the quality of life, we can find whole parks and centers where a call for volunteers would do well. In the near future, we will ask for such a call to our citizens to help one sorely tested park, where the grass gets mowed, but the plastic debris continues to choke off its waterways. Citizens would be glad to dive in and clean up, since present efforts show little in the way of maintaining as pristine an environment as possible.

Letters • Letters • Letters One Nation

Nawash, Josef Avesar, Mazin Qumsiyeh, Tsvi Misinai and Ali Abunimah, to name a few.

We understand that Jews and Palestinians have a right to live in Israel/Palestine and that it is inherently unfair that an American Jew can move to Israel and become a citizen while a Palestinian who emigrates from Jerusalem is not allowed to return.

Unity can work. Israel’s population includes 1.5 million Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship. Despite complaints of discrimination, they have lived with Jews in peace since the creation of Israel. Another example is the Old City of Jerusalem. It includes Muslims, Jews, Christians, Armenians and various ethnicities.

They live in harmony.

We are Palestinians and Israelis, Jews, Christians and Muslims who want to live together as brothers and neighbors in Israel/Palestine. We have dreams of creating a new Promised Land. We want to drive to Jerusalem for breakfast and Amman for lunch. We don’t want to destroy Israel

nor do we want to persecute or torment the Palestinians. We want a better Israel that joins with Palestine to form a more perfect union of hope and an example for mankind.

We know that our vision will prevail because a twostate solution will never lead to peace.

Kamal Nawash, President of the Free Muslims Coalition, Washington, D.C. Yehuda Schwartz, Founder of www.pa-il.org, Israel

A Deadly Fight Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of all the cancers tracked by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute that still has a five-year survival rate in the single digits (6%). There are no early detection tools and no effective treatments.

Despite these facts, the federal government has no longterm comprehensive research strategy to combat pancreatic cancer. The best way to fight this disease and change the status quo is to pass the Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act (S 362/HR

733). The bill would require the NCI to develop a longterm comprehensive strategic plan to combat the disease.

Unfortunately, our very own members of Congress have not yet signed on to this critical legislation. I would encourage everyone to join me and thousands of other pancreatic-cancer advocates from across the country on Jun. 14 for a National Call-In to Congress asking that they co-sponsor the Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act. Go to www.knowitfightitendit.org to learn more.

Together, we can make a difference in the fight against pancreatic cancer.

Jo Ann Pasquarella

Our Apology

EDITOR’S NOTE: W. James Kernaghan is owed an apology by this editor.

Though he was not singled out as being stupid by our editorial headline (“How Stupid Can They Get?”, May 12), he could infer word was meant for him, since his was the action discussed in the editorial. We did create a bit of a tempest.

Jun. 9Hardy Williams Leadrship Institute Closing Ceremony, at Community College Center for Business & Industry, C3-5, 1751 Callowhill St., 6 p.m. State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson is speaker.

Jun. 10-12- Annunciation BVM Sch. Old Fashioned Family Carnival at 1150 Wharton St., rain or shine. All welcome.

Jun. 11- State Rep. Louise Bishop hosts Spring Fling Kids Health Fair at Universal Bluford Charter Sch., 5720 Media St., 4 p.m.

Jun. 12- Odunde African and African American Festival along South St. from 20th to 24th and along 23rd St. Jun. 13- Student Mayoral Forum for 7th- and 8thGraders with Mayor Nutter at Laboratory Charter Sch., 800 N. Orianna, 2 p.m.

Jun. 15- Oxford Circle Chapter of National Active Retired Federal Employees meets at Northeast Older Adult Ctr., 8101 Bustleton Ave., 12 m. City Controller Alan Butkovitz to speak.

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Most Israelis and Palestinians believe Israel/Palestine is indivisible. For many Palestinians, Palestine is not the West Bank and Gaza. It includes all of Israel. For many Israelis, Israel includes all of Palestine. And both claim Jerusalem. Thus, the two-state solution requires compromises neither side can ever make.

Consequently, an increasing number of Israelis and Palestinians understand separation is not the answer. It was not an answer in the United States, nor was it an answer in South Africa.

Rather, the answer lies in a shared future. The authors of this letter share this vision.

We have accepted the realty that we must live together and share Israel/Palestine as citizens and countrymen in a united country. We envision a confederation of Israel and Palestine where each state contributes 50% to the national parliament.

Among the more recent leaders of a shared future are Yehuda Schwartz, Kamal

Jun. 16- American Diabetes Ass’n honors Michael A. Rashid, president of AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Cos., as 2011 Father of the Year honoree at 1200 Awards Dinner at Loews Hotel, cocktail reception 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m.

Jun. 17- Annual Health Tech graduation at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, 3601 A St., 10 a.m. Funded

by Kal & Lucille Rudman Foundation. RSVP Barbara A. Liccio (215) 427-5398.

Jun. 29- PRO-ACT 2-hr. workshop on “How to Talk to Your Legislators & Get Them to Hear You, ” at 6 p.m. at PRO-ACT Recovery Training Ctr., 444 N. 3rd St., Suite 307. Again on Sat., Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. at the same location. Free. Call William Webb (215) 923-1661.

Jul. 10- Benefit for Women Veterans hosted by Cathy Santos at Mom’s Kitchen Table Garden Courtyard, 2317 Ridge Ave., 4-9 p. m.

For info Cathy Santos (215) 834-4228.

Jul. 25- Brady Bunch get-together at Keenan’s in Angelsea, Wildwood, N.J., 4-8 p.m. Tickets $35. For info Tommy (215) 423-9027 or Yolanda (215) 241-7804.

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On Union Front

NICETOWN CDC receives check from BRAVO Health Community Grant Program. Pictured here are senior block captains of Nicetown Michael Lynch, Pat Jamison, Barbra Ledbetter and Joe McFadden.

BRAVO Health rep Earline Smith presents check to Majeedah Rashid, COO of Nicetown CDC.

PICC Honors Trumka The Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition will celebrate the work of local and national advocates at their Heroes of the Community Awards Dinner on Jun. 15.

PICC will honor three tireless heroes of the immigrant rights movement: Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO; Maria Teresa Kumar, Founding Executive Director of Voto Latino and Mia-Lia Kiernan, Community Organizer with the One Love Movement.

The event, to be held at the Hibachi Restaurant on Pier 19 North at 6 p.m., will highlight PICC’s advocacy work across Pennsylvania as well as the organization’s role in the national debate on immigration. The event will be attended by many of the region’s political, business and community leaders.

Teachers’ Union Proposes Reforms The Pennsylvania State Education Association has released a list of “Solutions that Work,” ideas to reform public education, including some specifically for struggling schools.

The proposals for all schools: Speed the appeals process for dismissed teachers and principals, and reinvent the teacher and principal evaluation system.

Among the ideas for troubled schools: Invest in early childhood education; provide more learning time for struggling students; form strong leadership teams made up of people who know the students best.

Labor Lawyers Honored

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Nine labor and employment attorneys from Philadelphia union-side law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson have been recognized by Thomson Reuters, published annually in Philadelphia magazine, as 2011 Super Lawyers®. Attorneys named to the Super Lawyers list are those who have been identified by their peers as among the best in their practice areas.

Only 5% of all Pennsylvania lawyers achieve Super Lawyer status each year. Following the comprehensive selection process, which includes peer nominations and evaluations coupled with third-party re-

search, Deborah R. Willig, Alaine S. Williams, Stuart W. Davidson, Nancy B. G. Lassen, Ralph J. Teti, Deborah M. Lerner, Irwin W. Aronson, Bruce M. Ludwig and Michael G. Dryden were recognized as 2011 Super Lawyers.

Cruz Legislation Key To Photo ID State Rep. Angel Cruz (DKensington) is calling on the House State Government Committee to take action on his legislation (HB 647) that would provide for a government-issued Voter Registration Photo ID card.

The legislation would require each county registration commission to: Upon receipt of a voterregistration application, mail instructions to the registered elector regarding submission of the elector’s photograph to the County voter-registration commission; Upon approval of a voterregistration application and receipt of a registered elector’s photograph, prepare a wallet-sized voter’s identification card for the registered elector, which includes a high-quality copy of his or her photograph.

Under the bill, Pennsylvania residents would be required to present this mandated Voter Registration Photo ID before casting a ballot at the polls on Election Day. “My bill would help to ensure voter safety and reduce fraudulent activities on Election Day,” Cruz said. “I am urging the State Government Committee to take a vote on this legislation so that it can come up for a vote before members of the full House.”

Youngblood Seeking Property Tax Funding Although Pennsylvania residents have seen more than $2 billion in property tax re-

lief from casino gaming, State Rep. Rosita C. Youngblood (D-N. Phila.) said additional funding that would be used to reduce property taxes could be hindered if the General Assembly fails to act immediately to accelerate repayment of loans taken out of the Property Tax Relief Reserve Fund.

Youngblood said the loans, totaling nearly $64 million, were issued to help fund the initial costs of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board when slot machine gaming first came to Pennsylvania.

She added that the General Assembly’s intent, when issuing the loans, was to require the industry to repay the loans, and require the Board to devise a repayment plan once a sufficient number of casinos were operational and generating slot machine revenue.

“Pennsylvania’s gaming industry has contributed much to our economy, including billions of dollars for property tax relief for residents all across the Commonwealth,” Youngblood said. “But we are missing out on a large chunk of money that could be generating even more relief for property tax owners. We need to get these loans repaid as soon as possible.”

Last session, the Legislature amended the State’s Fiscal Code to require the Gaming Control Board to establish and approve a repayment plan no later than Jun. 30, 2011. However, the law also stipulated this repayment plan would not take effect until at least 11 licensed facil-

CCP Awards Jane Pepper

Photo by Martin Regusters, Leaping Lion Photography

The Community College of Philadelphia Foundation presented its highest honor, the Bonnell Award, to Jane G. Pepper, past president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Tuesday.

Under Pepper’s guidance, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and its Philadelphia Green program vastly improved the quality and number of green spaces in the region, educated

hundreds of neighborhood residents about the importance of horticulture and made Philadelphia a more vibrant place to live, work and play.

Pepper received the award during the College Foundation’s Fourth Annual Pathways Breakfast, at the Union League.. Penn Medicine and The John A. Hartford Foundation are major sponsors that are helping to make this event possible.

ities were operational. Since Pennsylvania currently has only 10 operating slot-machine facilities, Youngblood said there is some concern about the financial risk of waiting until the 11th facility comes online before requiring loan repayment.

School Advocate Bill AStep Closer A bill sponsored by State Rep. John Taylor (R-Kensington) to reintroduce the Safe Schools Advocate to Philadelphia’s public schools has unanimously passed the House and is now on its way to the State Senate.

“This is a major victory for the teachers, students and parents of the School District of Philadelphia,” Taylor said.

“Philadelphia’s public schools are in crisis. This shows that the legislature understands that our students are endangered and need someone to stand for them.”

Taylor’s bill funds the Office of the Safe Schools Advocate for the School District of Philadelphia and reestablishes it under the purview of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

The Safe Schools Advocate Office was first established in 2001 after an extensive legislative investigation led by Taylor found an epidemic of unreported violent crimes against students and teachers in Philadelphia public schools. Taylor also helped write the Safe Schools Advocate Law. The first of its kind in the nation, the office was placed under the Dept. of Education to assist victims of school violence and monitor the Philadelphia School District’s compliance with the mandatory reporting of all violent incidents. The advocate also

helped students, parents and teachers maneuver through the legal system.

The Rendell Administration closed the office in August 2009.

“The Rendell administration’s action was a violation of State law,” Taylor said. “It was an attempt to not only silence a watchdog, but also to control the legislatively mandated reports that exposed the true level of violence in our schools.”

Taylor believes placing the office under the Dept. of Education was a weakness in the law. His bill corrects this.

“By funding the office and placing it under the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, my bill gives it the necessary independence to perform its oversight duties and if necessary, force the School District’s compliance with all the provisions of the Safe Schools Act,” Taylor said.

Stack Pushes Divesting $$ State Sen. Mike Stack (DNortheast) said Pennsylvania is in the process of divesting funds from companies that do business with Iran and Sudan.

Stack’s legislation, which was signed into law last July (Act 44 of 2010) requires the State’s public “Four Funds” — Public School Employees’ Retirement System, the State Employees’ Retirement System, the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System and the Treasury Dept. — to divest from direct investments in foreign companies that conduct business with Iran and Sudan.

“This process will take some time, but I’m pleased Pennsylvania is taking the proper steps to divert any public funds from these rogue

nations,” Stack said. “Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has advocated wiping Israel off the map. In Sudan, oil revenues have been used to fund militias to carry out ethnic cleansing. We should not be supporting these countries in any way, and this law sends a clear message that Pennsylvania does not tolerate their actions.”

The Four Funds informed 38 companies in which one or more of the Four Funds have direct holdings about the passage of Act 44 and provided the companies an opportunity to offer plans to end business activities prohibited by the new law. The Four Funds also informed 46 companies in which they do not have direct holdings that Act 44 prohibits the purchase of any of their securities.

So far, 21 companies have responded, 17 of which the Four Funds have direct holdings. Eleven companies have been either removed from the list or may be removed based on their responses. The four funds have $198 million invested in companies that may be subject to divestment.

“I appreciate the companies’ cooperation with our new law and I’m hopeful that the Four Funds will hear more responses soon,” Stack said.

PLCB Blasts Education Cuts State Rep. Ronald G. Waters (D-W. Phila.), chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus; State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown (DW. Phila.), PLBC vice chairwoman; State Sen. Shirley Kitchen, Democratic Public Health & Welfare Committee chairwoman; State Rep. (Cont. Next Page)

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Taylor Honored

By CDCs Here The Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations has honored State Rep. John Taylor with its Community Development Champion award for 2011.

In a statement announcing

THREE LAWMAKERS charged GOP-proposed budget cuts for day-care centers will devastate poor working families, even to the point some parents may be unable to maintain their jobs. From left, at Muir’s Little Scholars in Overbrook, were State Reps. Pam DeLissio, Ron Waters and Louise Williams Bishop; Omar Sabir, head of Muslim League of Voters; and day-care provider Lauren Muir. its decision, PACDC praised Taylor for his commitment to meaningful community development in neighborhoods throughout the City of Philadelphia.

“Rep. Taylor was selected for his leadership on the creation and expansion of the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund and providing new tools to address vacant property challenges confronting Philadelphia’s neighborhoods,” the statement read.

Taylor received the award during PACDC’s 2011Gala and Awards Ceremony honoring excellence in community development.

“This is a very special honor, especially since it comes from an organization that has played a fundamental role in improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods,” Taylor said.

In honoring Taylor, PACDC focused on his work to help Philadelphia raise money for the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund. In May, the House passed Taylor’s bill to amend a State law that restricted how much money Philadelphia could contribute to the fund. The bill awaits action in the Senate.

“Unfortunately, the State limits how much Philadelphia could raise by basing it on the cost of fees for recording mortgages as of Jan. 31, 2005,” Taylor said. “My bill removes that date from the law so we can fund the program based on the current fees for recording mortgages and similar documents.”

The HTF is funding proj-

ects such as HELP Philadelphia, which has $1 million to help house returning war vets who are single parents, and has $600,000 for apartments to house persons with disabilities.

“The Philly Housing Trust Fund has become a vital tool in blight prevention and in creating new housing opportunities,” Taylor said. “But due to the recession, income in the fund has decreased by almost 50% and this has occurred at a time when the demand for resources has increased.”

Taylor’s legislation could help Philadelphia generate another $4 million by Jun. 30, 2012.

Parker Makes Women’s Roll In recognition of her commitment to women’s human rights, State Rep. Cherelle L. Parker (D-Northwest) has been named to the Center for Women Policy Studies’ National Honor Roll of State Legislators.

Parker is one of more than 700 State legislators who have accepted the Center’s invitation to join its honor roll of lawmakers who have demonstrated their dedication to promoting women’s equality and empowerment. “We are honored to welcome Rep. Cherelle L. Parker to the National Honor Roll. I know that the women of Pennsylvania can count on her determination, knowledge, and political skills to improve the status and condition of Pennsylvania’s women and girls,” said

Abortion Bill Reforms Clinics The Pennsylvania House has passed legislation, cosponsored by State Rep. John Taylor, to hold abortion clinics to the same high standards as the state’s ambulatory surgical facilities.

“We all reacted with revulsion when we heard about the alleged crimes spelled out in the grand jury indictment against the Women’s Medical Society and Dr. Kermit Gosnell,” Taylor said. “It was critical that the legislature move quickly to make sure this never happens again. This bill is designed to protect women.”

HB 574, which passed the House 148-43, expands the definition of what an abortion facility is and holds such facilities to the same high standards as other health-care facilities in order to ensure that patients who use clinics for abortion procedures and other gynecological services are treated by trained personnel in a safe and sanitary manner.

The bill also holds abortion clinics to the same fire and safety standards, personnel and equipment requirements, and quality assurance procedures as other freestanding ambulatory surgical centers if

Josephs Named Education Friend State Rep. Babette Josephs has been recognized as a friend of world language education by the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Josephs received the citation recently for her support in helping the Northeast Language Conference to receive tax-exempt status from the Revenue Dept. Without that status, it would be more difficult for the conference to continue its mission of providing quality professional development at all education levels, from preschool to college, in the field of foreign languages.

“The conference is philanthropic in every sense of the word in that it provides services at no charge to teachers of languages throughout the year and disseminates information about languages and the teaching of them,” Josephs said.

Josephs said helping to promote education is particularly important this year as the governor has proposed $1 billion reduction in public-education spending and a 50% cut to higher education.

“In spite of the Governor’s negative view on learning, education benefits all of us, and should be valued as a means to succeed in life and

DeLissio Announces Lower Merion Grant State Rep. Pam DeLissio (D-Northwest) has announced a Commonwealth Financing Authority $363,022 grant to Lower Merion Township to assist with the replacement of a sanitary sewer force main.

“The quality of life in our communities depends so much on the condition of their infrastructure,” DeLissio said. “By providing funding at the State level, we can help local communities provide necessary services at reasonable rates and protect our environment.”

Lower Merion Township requested the grant to assist with the replacement of about 1,660 linear feet of 16-inch diameter cast-iron sanitarysewer force main from the Belmont Pump Station. “This length of pipe is susceptible to breaks because of high water pressure,” DeLissio said.

Sen. Washington Goes To Market

STATE SEN. LeAnna Washington poses with local farmer at Farmers’ Market in her District. Market is held on Fridays on Wadsworth Avenue.

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(Cont. from Prev. Page) James Roebuck (D-W. Phila.), Democratic chairman, House Education Committee; and State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-W. Phila.), Democratic chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee, are blasting the Republican budget cuts to public education.

“As members of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, we have grave concerns about the cuts to basic education that Gov. Tom Corbett and the House Republicans have proposed for the 2011-2012 budget.

“Our position is clear – we stand firmly in opposition to these cuts, which would be a detriment to our children and our future, and set back underprivileged children in this Commonwealth for years to come,” Waters stated.

“There is no question school districts throughout the Commonwealth will be hurt if we fail to invest in our children’s futures. What’s more, neither of these budget proposals, either the Governor’s or the House Republicans’, would distribute the pain evenly throughout Pennsylvania. Rather, low-income students and students of color would suffer disproportionately.

“Public education was not supposed to be this way,” concluded Waters. “State funding for education is designed to level the playing field, and bring less harm to those who need the greatest help. We should not impose more suffering on those children who are least able to bear it.”

Working its way through the legislative process is a bill that would require voters to provide valid photo identification each time they vote. The measure at issue (HB 934) was reported out of the House State Government Committee on a party-line vote, and is expected to pass the House this week.

State Rep. Babette Josephs (D-S. Phila.), Democratic chairwoman of the House State Government Committee, which reviews legislation related to election law, is against this bill. She says the alleged reports of voter fraud are all false hype. Now she’s taking action and asking both the US and Pennsylvania Attorneys General to prove it.

have a robust quality of life,” Josephs said. “It can make all the difference between poverty and crime, or a productive life and a valuable workforce. We should be making it easier for our children to receive an education, not harder.”

Each year, about 40 states and 10 countries participate in the annual conference.

This year’s conference was held in Baltimore for more than 2,500 participants, and plans are underway for the conference to be held in Pennsylvania in the future.

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Unless you’ve been in a box somewhere, you know the School District of Philadelphia is currently in the kind of budget vise that has made laying off 1,500 teachers a real possibility.

Because Gov. Tom Corbett made good on his threat to take, à la Machine, to the general education budget, the District finds itself behind a budgetary eight ball. Mayor Michael Nutter sprang into action, going to City Council and asking for more funding and revisiting the whole Sugary Drinks Tax thing.

(For those of you who don’t remember it, the Sugary Drinks Tax was a tax that was going to make such things as grape soda, Coca-Cola and other things so filled with sugar that you probably shouldn’t be drinking them anyway, just a little more expensive. As a diabetic who largely stays sugar-free, I thought the tax was a pretty good idea.)

One of the District’s programs that were going to get the ax was full-day kindergarten. According to every educational study known to man, kids who have access to full-day kindergarten do better in school in the long run. But when it comes to financing said kindergarten, that’s another story altogether.

Meanwhile, District Superintendent Arlene Ackerman was able to find the money to restore the program by juggling some Title I-Schoolwide Projects money. Only problem was, she forgot to inform the folks at City Hall.

That ticked Mayor Nutter off. So now, he not only wants to see the District’s books, he wants the City to have more oversight over the District’s budget.

Now, I have no problem with the City taking an active role in the School District’s finances. This is, after all, the City’s schools we’re talking about.

(Or at least they’re the city’s schools in theory. The State actually took over the School District. Dwight Evans and John Perzel saw to that.)

But my guess is the reason why Mayor Nutter wants to take a look at the District’s books has less to do with seeing where the money is going than with a feeling of annoyance on the part of Hizzoner.

When you’re sticking your political neck out to propose such things as a tax or a fee on someone else’s behalf, especially during an election year, it would be a really good idea if you and said person were on the same page.

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SNOOPER’S LAST SCOOP: Frank Talent, who has written the “Snooper” column for many years, has laid down his pen at last. Illnesses have beset both his wife and him this year, and he will not be returning to his post.

SNOOPER’S ‘BEEN THERE, DONE THAT’ FILE: Frank’s career in Philadelphia journalism and public relations goes back almost 40 years. He served as an understudy to Nate Frank, a man about town since the 1930s, and took over Nate’s beat after his death. Long before the Public Record was founded in 1999, Frank’s writings and his inimitable folksy style were featured in the Observer, the South Philadelphia Exclusive and many other tabloid weeklies around town. He knew everybody, had everybody’s phone number and would help anybody out.

SNOOPER’S COURT CASES: All that was on the side. By day, Frank toiled as publicist for the 1st Judicial Dist., otherwise known as the Philadelphia Court System. This huge, complex bureaucracy is hard even for attorneys and administrators to navigate. Frank knew every nook and cranny of it and, more important, every human face and every human story in it. He loved to tell these stories, and to help citizens respect the tough and conscientious work performed by these public servants under demanding conditions.

SNOOPER’S SPORTS DESK: Frank “passed judgement” in another walk of life as well.

That was the world of sports. As a veteran Commissioner for the Pennsylvania Boxing Commission, Frank presided over countless boxing and pro-wrestling matches. Once again, he knew all the characters and admired their labors and their code of service. He was always involved in amateur sports leagues in many parts of the city and did his best to promote and encourage them.

SNOOPER’S ‘HAVE A HEART’ AWARD: Frank was always looking out for the little man, the person on the street. He cared for their problems and would wade fearlessly into any situation to lend them a hand. He fearlessly confronted street criminals and took leaders in high places to task as the need arose. Equally valuable was Frank’s willingness to give credit where credit was due. Nothing made him happier than finding an “unsung hero” – and then singing his praises. Now it is the turn of the Philadelphia Public Record and its sister publication, the South Philadelphia Public Record, to do for Frank what he did for so many (Cont. Page 22)

Yo! Here we go again with an Irish ghost story sent to me by one of my readers, Rich R. He states this really happened a while ago in near Dublin, and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock story, he claims it is true.

Andrew reports that John Bradford, a Dublin University student, was hitchhiking on the side of the road on a very dark night and in the midst of a rainstorm. Very few cars were traveling on that road that night. It was raining so hard that he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him and then only when the lightning flashed.

Suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stop. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car on the passenger side and closed the door – only to realize there was nobody behind the steering wheel and also that the engine wasn’t running!

The car again started moving slowly. John looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray in a fearful whisper, begging for his life.

Then, just before the car went into the curve, a hand appeared through the open driver’s window and turned the wheel. John, paralyzed with terror, watched as the hand repeatedly came through the window, steering the car along the road, but it never touched or harmed him.

Shortly thereafter, John saw the lights of a pub appear down the road. So, gathering strength, he jumped out of the car and ran to the pub.

Soaking wet and out of breath, he rushed into the pub and excitedly started telling everybody about the horrible experience he had just had with the ghost car. A silence enveloped the pub when everybody realized he was quite serious – crying and not drunk.

Suddenly the pub door opened and two men rushed in from the stormy night. They, like John, were also soaked and out of breath.

Looking around, and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one of the men said to the other.... “Look Paddy ... there’s that freakin’ idiot that got in the car while we were pushin’ it.”

Could this really be a true ghost story or just how some ghost stories originate? I wonder.

The Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick enjoyed a successful golf outing with ideal weather for outdoor activities. It is now under the leadership of renowned Philadelphia trial lawyer FRANK MORAN, who performed his first official function in presiding over the outing.

The building at 1421 Walnut Street in Center City has been the home for over 50 years to the Democratic City Committee. A rumor holds it was sold for $2 million. The headquarters of the party is now relocating away from its current location to temporary digs further out on the Parkway towards the Philadelphia Art Museum.

It is interesting to see how early the field of horses for the presidential race of 2012 shapes up. Already, several candidates have withdrawn as candidates for President and it is narrowing down to, on the Republican side, MITT ROMNEY and SARAH PALIN. The Tea Party wing of the Republican conservatives, however, is more and more acting like Palin is its candidate, even though her protestations are to the contrary. It’s impressive to see the unswerving loyalty of the Tea Party Republicans to the principles of their version of the Republican Party. It is important for this wing of the Republican Party that it writes the platform which is adopted as the official position for the Republicans in the upcoming elections.

Exhibit A is the novel approach Palin takes to the American History of the Revolutionary War. Her latest novel interpretation is when Paul Revere rode to awaken every Middlesex county and town to make their concentrations of people who remained loyal to King George III aware the Colonial Army was on its way to surprise the British soldiers. In other words, Paul Revere was alerting the British Army that they were threatened by the Colonial Army of the new colonies. On the plus side of Sarah Palin is her great fortitude in maintaining her composure in the peak of the criticism by the media. She must be made of solid brass and have skin an inch thick to share off the criticism.

The closest comparison to where the national Republicans find themselves now would be the combination of events that allowed JIMMY CARTER to win his first the primary and then the General Election. There was a cover on the New Yorker magazine of a faceless man; inside, an article said the successful candidate for the Democrats will be somebody whom nobody knows. It may well be the same thing will happen to the Republicans in 2012, namely, the successful candidate has not yet emerged.

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summer, owners Francis Cratil and his wife Catherine Lee quickly scooped up Cicala to take over the reins at the four-year-old South Philly restaurant that specializes in the food of Abruzzo. Cratil and Lee began this project in 2005, but it took two years of navigating the City’s bureaucracy before they could open the restaurant. (The name Le Virtù, meaning “The Virtues,” is also the name of a traditional Abruzzese minestrone soup.) The Abruzzo region on the eastern coast of Italy, 50 miles east of Rome, is where the forebears of so many Italian Americans in the Delaware Valley came from.

“We have lived and traveled for extended periods in Abruzzo,” said Catherine.

“We stayed in small mountain villages and larger cities, and we have a love and passion for the people and culture of Abruzzo. We have even guided culinary tours of the region.” Since 2006, they have also been the North American representatives for DisCanto, a quintet which performs traditional Abruzzese music.

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It was a plate of profiteroles — flaky spheres of pastry filled with white chocolate mousse and drizzled with dark chocolate ($8.50). It is ultraindulgent and creamy and decadent.

Le Virtù has a small selection of wines by the glass and

an extensive selection of craft beers. A limoncello martini was too strong on the alcohol for our taste, but we definitely enjoyed an espresso martini ($10). One spectacular afterdinner drink is the Meletti Cioccolato ($8.50), an obscenely rich chocolate liqueur that makes Godiva seem like Hershey’s chocolate sauce.

Le Virtù can seat 60 indoors, 12 at the bar and 24 in a lovely outdoor garden overseen by a spectacular mural by local artist Brian Senft.

Parking is definitely an issue for any restaurant on Passyunk Avenue, but on weekends Le Virtù does offer valet parking for $8. For more information or reservations, call (215) 271-5626 or visit www.levirtu.com.

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cure their own pancetta, guanciale, salami and Abruzzesestyle sausages, and they get their pork from Berks Co., lamb from Lancaster Co. and poultry and produce from rural New Jersey.

An octopus appetizer was a refined luxury, beautifully presented in a crock kissed with a tomato sauce ($9), but we were disappointed in a plate of breaded, fried olives stuffed with braised pork shoulder ($10). The fried, breaded taste overwhelmed the taste of the olives.

I found 79 customer comments about Le Virtù on www.zagat.com. One woman said their “agnolotti was the best thing we’ve ever eaten.”

When we mentioned that to our server, he said he actually preferred the gnocchi, so we ordered both entrees. The agnolotti, filled with pork shoulder and perfumed with black truffles ($16), was rich and piquant, but we liked the potato gnocchi stuffed with lamb shoulder and pecorino ($16) even more. It’s a simple dish, but the vivid flavor contrasts allow the pristine ingredients to really stand out.

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by Len Lear Joseph Cicala, 28, who has been the executive chef at Le Virtù, 1927 E. Passyunk Avenue, for one year, knows how to deliver a perfect slap shot to a slab of beef in the kitchen. That’s because the suburban Washington, D.C. native once played professional ice hockey for the Lowell Loch Monsters and Manchester Monarchs of the

American H o c k e y League.

But Cicala decided he’d suffer fewer broken bones and concussions in professional kitchens than on a hockey rink, so he made a sharp U-turn on his skates and began a two-year apprenticeship with Michelin star Chef Pietro Rispoli at Ristorante Al Cenacolo in Salerno, Italy, followed by two years of training under other world-class chefs in the Washiongton area.

So when executive chef Luciana Spurio left Le Virtù last

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Laborers Raise Big Bucks For Charities Staten, Sr., Charitable Trust Raises LDC Charity Classic Raises $125,000 $140K At 12th Annual Golf Classic The Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust (formerly the Laborers’ District Council Charity Fund), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, raised over $140K at its 12th Annual Charity Golf Classic.

Samuel Staten, Jr., business manager of Laborers’ Local 332, presented honorees Daniel Woodall, Jr., business manager of Laborers’ Local 135; Walter Higgins, business manager of Laborers’ Local 57; Ryan Boyer, business manager of the Laborers’ District Council; and James Harper, Sr., business manager of Laborers’ Local 413 with the Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust’s “Making A Difference Award” for their longstanding commitment and dedication to working families.

The mission of The Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust, said Staten, Jr., "“is to provide a variety of services to the needy and otherwise underserved community members throughout the five county area of Philadelphia.

This mission is achieved through a variety of fundraising events and activities.”

The Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust illustrates the power of organized labor to make a difference in our community. The charity has raised over $1.3 million since its inception. It was known as The Laborers’ District Council Charity Fund until 2011. The name of the charity was changed to honor Samuel Staten, Sr., the man who founded the LDC Charity Fund through a purely un-

selfish act of charity during his time as business manager of Laborers’ Local 332 and Secretary Treasurer of the Laborers’ District Council of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and Vicinity.

Now retired, Staten, Sr. continues to work with the charity's Board of Directors to raise funds to assist a wide range of charitable organizations such as Jenkintown Day Nursery, Fox Chase Mesothelioma Fund, the Q’aid Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund and more!

The Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust recently launched its website, www.StatenCharitableTrust.o rg. Students can apply for a scholarship from the Q’aid Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund.

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STATE REP. Dwight Evans shows off bestselling book The Power of Social Innovation, which highlights revitalization of West Oak Lane in N.W. Phila. as a national example of neighborhood growth, during announcement of 2011 W. Oak Lane Jazz Festival. 12th annual festival will take place the weekend of Jun. 17-19, and will feature world jazz stars such as Chaka Khan, men of Soul and Chrisette Michelle. Looking on is Evans, OARC Board Member Sharmain Matlock-Turner and President Jeff Kitchen.

Praise The Lord! Says The DA 2ND CHANCE FOUNDATION and DA Seth Williams held Inaugural Prayer for Peace Breakfast at 1st Dist. Plaza. It provides funding to community and faithbased organizations that prevent crime, reduce recidivism and promote and improve the quality of life for neighborhoods. Pictured in this rare gathering of Mayors are, from left, Mayor Michael Nutter, former Mayor and Gov. Edward Rendell, Williams and former Mayor Wilson Goode. Photo by Leaping Lion Photography, Martin Regusters

The Laborers’ District Council’s 7th Aannual Charity Golf Classic raised over $125,000 to be distributed to various charities this week.

The heat and humidity didn’t stop the 217 golfers, a record turnout, from playing the challenging 18-hole Spring Mill Country Club Golf Course in support of the cause.

Proceeds from the event will benefit, among others, the Fox Chase Cancer Center Mesothelioma Fund, the Jenkintown Day Nursery, Q’aid Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund, The First Tee Philadelphia, and the N. Sabir Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Our past six events have raised over $500,000, enabling the Laborers’ District Council Charity Fund to donate $150,000 to Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Mesothelioma research, $90,000 to the Jenkintown Day Nursery and tens of thousands of dollars to other worthy charities during the event’s six-year history. This year, its list of charities has expanded to include The First Tee Philadelphia and it hopes to add more worthy charities to our list of recipients.

The Q’aid Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund was established the year Q’aid Staten, youngest son of Samuel Staten, Sr., business Mmanager of Laborers’ Local 332, was murdered. Its mission is to help defray the costs of tuition, books and housing of the sons and daughters of the members of the LDC who would not be able to attend these institutions without monetary assistance.

The scholarship fund has done just that for a number of those members’ children, but its funds have been nearly exhausted in doing so. Perry N. Blackman, CPA, the LDC's independent auditor, announced at the Awards Dinner that an ad book dedicated only to The Q’aid Staten Memorial Scholarship Fund will be added to next years tournament. Mr. Blackman and his family presented Staten with a $5,000 donation to the fund during the awards ceremony.

Supporters of the Laborers'

District Council, such as Louise Bishop, City Controller Alan Butkowitz, State Rep. Dwight Evans, Councilman Juan Ramos and Mario Mele, were in attendance along with LDC members and event sponsors.

Players had an additional opportunity to donate to the LDC Charity Fund by playing “Beat the Joey”, where they would try to hit a better shot than the pink-golf-ball-hitting Joey Haas, III who had won $10,000 for his hole in one in the LDC’s 5th Annual Golf Classic, play 50/50 Mystery Golf, and buy mulligans. Additionally, an auction run by auctioneer Joe Barilotti, Sr. of the Employing Bricklayers Association gave attendees the opportunity to bid on great sets of golf clubs and signed Phillies memorabilia. Tom McGoldrick, Joe Barollotti, Joel Trigiani and Mario Mele were all winning bidders. A raffle was held for a 27-inch flat-screen television and was won by Alan Parham, LDC Joint Benefit Funds benefit coordinator.

Every guest received a $50 gift certificate to the Philadelphia Diamond Co., gift bags from Soverign Bank, 25 dozen golf balls donated by Trust Company of the West, and door prizes in addition to lunch and dinner provided by the Laborers’ District Council Charity Fund.

First place, with a score of 16 under par, went to John Irey, Karen Segal, Martin Robinson and Tom McGoldrick. Second pace, with a score of 15 under, went to John MacDonald, Roc Irey, Samuel Staten, Sr. and Willie Bright. Third place, with a score of 14 under, went to Frank Lemare, George Werner, Mike Cabry and Mike Canale. Closest to the pin went to Joe Haas, Jr and longest drive went to Linda Jordan.

“We chose our charities based on how they relate to our members. Mesothelioma research is important because of the number of LDC members affected by the disease. Schol-

arship funds are important for the education of our youth.

The First Tee Philadelphia allows disadvantaged children to learn life values through the game of golf. Jenkintown Day Nursery brings adequate child care to parents who could not otherwise afford it,” explained “Today’s event was a magnificent success and we can only hope that the Charity Fund's successes will continue with this and other events in the future.”

When asked about the importance of Fox Chase’s research into mesothelioma, Pat Eiding, AFL-CIO Philadelphia president, explained, “Mesothelioma is a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma is not lung cancer but a cancer that attacks the lining around the lungs, heart or stomach. Each year, between 2,500 and 3,000 men and women in the US are diagnosed with mesothelioma. It is an extremely aggressive cancer that is very difficult to treat. Often, the cancer does not appear for 20 to 40 years after a person has been exposed to asbestos.

Even worse, exposure to even relatively small amounts of asbestos can cause mesothelioma.

Fortunately, researchers and doctors, like those at Fox Chase, continue to make new advancements and discoveries regarding mesothelioma. It is an issue close to our hearts because we were the asbestos removers.

The members of LDC that have been exposed and afflicted by this disease can truly benefit from our help.”

Corporate sponsors included Columbia Partners, LLC, Independence Blue Cross, Perry N. Blackman, C.P.A., and ROC Consulting Group. There were 28 Friends of the Council Sponsors, 14 Classic Sponsors and 31 Tee Sponsors.

The Laborers’ District Council Charity Fund’s goal is to raise funds to assist charitable organizations that provide services to the needy in the five-county area of Philadelphia.

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Inside Your Computer Avoid Defraud Efforts

by Peter Radatti, CEO CyberSoft Operating Corp.

In the past, I wrote about stealing money by ACH “wire” fraud via your computer. This happens when your computer is infected by a virus or Trojan horse and cybercrooks then use the information or control to transfer your money out of your account.

Recently, the FBI, US Secret Service, Internet Crime Complaint Center and Financial Services Information Sharing & Analysis Center issued a joint advisory to business on corporate account takeover, otherwise known as ACH fraud. They stated criminals are now targeting the financial accounts of owners and employees of small and medium-sized businesses.

They are also targeting local governments.

They stated that often these funds may not be recovered, while consumer accounts are protected by Federal law.

Some of the methods used to install the malicious software were opening email attachments, accepting fake

friend requests on social sites or visiting a legitimate but compromised website. Criminals often send mass emails, pop-up messages and advertisements in order to get to the victim.

There were several suggestions on how to protect yourself. Here are the highlights given by the advisory: Do not open attachments in unsolicited email; do not click on links in bulk email; do not respond to an email or popup with personal information; never use a link in an email to visit a financial website; always enter the site address by hand; have a good antivirus product installed and active.

You can get a free demo of a good antivirus product at www.cyber.com.

I have further suggestions.

Keep a separate computer just for your online banking. Turn off and lock up computers used for online banking when not in use. Install all security updates. Change all default passwords. Have hard-toguess passwords. Block all pop-ups.

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Ringside With The Shadowboxer

Hall of Fame GOP MAYORAL nominee Karen Brown is flanked by Frankie Davis and Michael Steiger as she works capacity crowd at Asylum Arena, where an exciting evening of MAA action took place.

T O P PHILLY prospect Dennis Hasson and lege n d a r y Kensington boxer Ant h o n y “ T K O ” Boyle were both ringside for MAA card.

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onds East, 65 feet, 4-13/16 inches to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

Being the same premises which Fannye Cristol a/k/a Fannie Cristol, widow by Deed dated 9/28/1977 and recorded 9/30/1977 in Philadelphia County in Deed Book DCC 1489 Page 313 conveyed unto Sherman Martin, Jr, and Alyce Martin, his wife, their heirs and assigns, as tenants by the entireties, in fee.

And the said Alyce Martin died on 11/24/04 The sale will be held at June 30, 2011 at 10:00 am at the steps located on Market Street of the Eastern District Courthouse, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $213,629.57 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 $213,629.57 as of July 29, 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.

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WHEREAS, on January 25, 2005, a certain Mortgage was executed by ESTATE OF SHERMAN MARTIN JR., as mortgagor in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, NA as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage Document#: 51115856; 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 12/17/2007 in Document#: 51822756, 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 July 29, 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 July 29, 2009 is $213,629.57 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 April 6, 2011 in Misc. Document#: 52333913, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at June 30, 2011 at 10:00 am at the steps located on Market Street of the Eastern District 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: SUBJECT TO A PRIOR MORTGAGE PREMISES "A" ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, SITUATE in the Fiftieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

BEGINNING at a point on the East side of Lawnton Avenue (sixty feet wide), at the distance of three hundred fifteen feet, five and three-eighths inches Southwardly from the Southerly side of Sixty-sixth Avenue North (eight feet wide) thence extending South seventy-eight degrees, thirty-nine minutes, East a distance of one hundred nine feet, one and one-quarter inches to a point; thence extending South eighteen degrees, fifty-six minutes, four seconds West a distance of sixty-five feet four and three-quarter inches to a point, thence extending North seventy-eight degrees, thirty-nine minutes, West a distance of one hundred five feet, two and three-eighths inches to the East side of Lawnton Avenue; thence extending North fifteen degrees, thirty minutes, fifty-six seconds East along the East side of Lawnton Avenue, distance of sixty-five feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING NO. 6511 Lawnton Avenue.

PREMISES "B" ALL THAT CERTAIN interior triangular lot or piece of ground in the 50th Ward of the City of Philadelphia, and described according to a Plan thereof made by Joseph F. Delany, Esquire, Surveyor and Regulator of the 5th District, dated November 9, 1951, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at an interior point, said point being at the distance of 109 feet. 1-1/4 inches measured on a bearing of South 78 degrees, 39 minutes East, from a point on the Southeasterly side of Lawnton Avenue, 160 feet wide and last mentioned point being at the distance of 215 feet, 5-3/8 inches Southwestwardly, measured along the said sidle of Lawnton Avenue from the Southwesterly side of 66th Avenue North (80 feet wide); thence extending from said point of beginning, South 12 degrees, 28 minutes., 15 seconds West, 41 feet, 2-1/2 inches to a point; thence extending South 11 degrees, 21 minutes, West 23 feet, 7-9/16 inches to a point; thence extending North 78 degrees, 39 minutes West, 7 feet, 9-7/8 inches to a point; thence extending North 18 degrees, 56 minutes, 04 sec-

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BRAVO Health Aids Kitchen Srs. Take Your Daily BRAVO Health awarded People Support Services, a nonprofit set up for special events produced by State Sen. Shirley M. Kitchen, a grant for a future seminar for seniors.

Kitchen is pictured here with seniors from the Lehigh Senior Center and BRAVO Health representative Earline Smith.

Pictured from left are, back row, Clarence Wright, Emma Askins, Joyce McKinney, Joyce Butts, Letta Scott and James Martin; Front row, seated, Laura Williams, Kitchen and Earline Smith, BRAVO Health.

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Aspirin At Night Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic, suggests, “Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 a.m. and noon. Having one during the night, when the heart should be most at rest, means that something unusual happened.”

He adds, “If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night. The reason: aspirin has a 24-hour ‘half-life’. Therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the aspirin would be strongest in

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Aspirin lasts a really long time in your medicine chest for years. When it gets old, it smells like vinegar.

Keeping aspirin handy is about heart attacks. There are other symptoms of heart attack besides the pain on the left arm. One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, though these symptoms may also occur less frequently. Interestingly, there may be no pain in the chest during a heart attack.

The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up. If you do, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water.

Afterwards, call 911; phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by; say “heart attack!”; say you have taken two aspirins; take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door; wait for their arrival; and do NOT lie down.

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Car Checks Out Driver’s Heart pulses generated by the heart.

“Although currently still a research project, the heartrate monitor technology developed by Ford and RWTH Aachen University could prove to be a hugely important breakthrough for Ford drivers, and not just in terms of the ability to monitor the hearts of those known to be at risk,” said Dr. Achim Lindner, Ford European Research and Innovation Centre medical officer.

“As always in medicine, the earlier a condition is detected, the easier it is to treat and this technology even has the potential to be instrumental in diagnosing conditions drivers were previously unaware they had.”

Data collected by the sensors, for example, could be analyzed by medical experts or onboard computer software. Possibilities therefore abound, notes Lindner, from linking to remote medical

services and Ford vehicle safety systems to even providing real-time health information and alerts of imminent cardiovascular issues such as a heart attack.

The heart-rate monitor seat is the latest addition in the Ford research portfolio of possible in-car health-andwellness solutions aimed at helping people with chronic illnesses or medical disorders manage their condition while on the go.

The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association, are seeking Philadelphia metro area healthcare providers who are interested in patient care.

Working with electronic health-records providers from around the country, the pro-

gram will provide doctors with the tools to easily gather, access and report on important data that can ultimately lead to improved care and outcomes for patients.

The program, called The Guideline Advantage™, targets four of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States today, as identified by the Centers for Disease Control & Pre-

vention heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes.

The Guideline Advantage provides the basis for evaluating and improving outpatient treatment and prevention practices for these four diseases, which share many similar risk factors. Through the use of electronic health records, the program will also develop a rich database of information for

future heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes research.

The Philadelphia office of the AHA is seeking local outpatient practices interested in registering to participate in upcoming teleconferences offering more information on The Guideline Advantage. Registration for the teleconferences is free, and there is no obligation to commit to the program.

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by Michael A. Cibik, Esquire American Bankruptcy Board Certified Question: Can I give back 7 – where the car lender only my car in Chapter 13? gets the car back anyway and Answer: If you just filed a most other creditors get little Chapter 13 bankruptcy, then or nothing. you can propose in your plan It can be trickier, if you deto give back a car to the lender cide to make this change after instead of paying for it. The the court has approved a plan balance owed after the lender to keep the car through your sells it can be treated to be bankruptcy. One important paid the same amounts as your court – the 6th Circuit, covercredit cards and other unse- ing Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio cured debt. That could be little and Tennessee – ruled in 2000 or nothing. For many people, that the amount of repayment this is a huge saving, espe- to the car lender can’t be cially if they have reliable changed after confirmation.

You can give the car back transportation already.

This makes sense, because in Chapter 13 bankruptcy, but ultimately the money going to if you still owe $5,000 as a sepay for the car’s secured claim cured claim and they only sell is money that could be shared it for $2,000, your plan will with all the other creditors. If still have to cover the differthe payment has to stay ence in full with interest. higher, two things could hapNext week’s question: pen. One, the consumer will Why you shouldn’t reaffirm a end up converting to Chapter mortgage in bankruptcy.

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Ford engineers have developed a car seat that can monitor a driver’s heartbeat, opening the door to a wealth of health, convenience and even life-saving potential.

A joint project undertaken by experts from Ford’s European Research and Innovation Centre in Aachen, Germany and Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule at Aachen University, the seat uses six special embedded sensors to detect electrical im-

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Building, and the Liberty Bell Center is located across the street from the new hotel.

The 11-story Lafayette Building was one of the few early 20th-century office buildings built on what is now the Independence Mall, as that area was mostly industrial until the Mall was created in the 1950s.

It sits next to The Bourse, a former stock exchange built in the 1800s, which is now of-

fice space and shops. The building was used as an office building until a few years ago, when a developer bought it with plans to convert it to condos, with a modern addition, but has sat vacant since that plan fell through because of the recession.

The Hotel Monaco will have 271 rooms and 12,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 3,200-square-foot first-floor ballroom facing the

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Michael Kelly continues to clean up the image of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, blemished somewhat by the personal activities of its previous executive Director Carl R. Greene.

Now the federally appointed administrator, Mike Kelly has kept to his pledge to make PHA an open book. He did so recently by presenting a detailed plan of the vast Authority's $400 million budget.

The budget will see a strong effort at reducing costs in every area including outsourcing contracts for various functions that can be performed in house by staff.

In addition, Kelly has the PHA launched on a course that will help divest it of vacant land and properties now in its inventory, making it readily available to communities, developers, and individuals who would like to rehabilitate those properties.

That has been a major departure from previous policies.

Independence Mall.

It will have a 120-seat, chef-run restaurant, bringing more nighttime activity to the Independence Mall, right where it converges with the Old City restaurant row on Chestnut Street.

It will, also, be two doors down from the new National Museum of American Jewish History, which just opened up at 5th & Market Streets.

This will be Kimpton’s second hotel in Philadelphia.

In 2009, it opened a luxury boutique hotel at 17th & Sansom Streets, called Hotel Palomar, that includes the fancy Square 1682 restaurant. That building was also an adaptive reuse of an old office building, which is something that Kimpton speLAFAYETTE BUILDING soon to be Hotel Monaco. cializes in.

The Hotel Monaco renovation is already underway and is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2012, hopefully before July 4th and after the renovation of Independence Hall across the street.

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by Gabriel Gottlieb The historic Lafayette Building at 5th & Chestnut Streets, is about to be renovated into a luxury, four star hotel, by Kimpton Hotels, known as Hotel Monaco.

The former office building, built in 1906, has been empty for a few years. This will be the first hotel officially on the Independence Mall.

Independence Hall is cater-corner to the Lafayette

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Out & About (Cont. From Page 14) Since Mayor Nutter found out about the restoration of kindergarten at the same time that the rest of us did, and in the same manner that the rest of us did (in the newspapers), it would say to me that Superintendent Ackerman and he

City Hall Sam (Cont. From Page 14) It looks like in the local Republican mayoral primary, KAREN BROWN has bested JOHN FEATHERMAN, by 65 votes. However, the large

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might want to work on their communication skills.

Especially since Ackerman’s neck is on just about everyone’s chopping block.

To say that she’s worn out her welcome among a lot of people would be an understatement.

Most of the folks campaigning for City Council did so promising to get rid of

Ackerman. The teachers she supervises have nothing nice to say about her. While test scores are rising, the deficit that the School District has right now is a lot larger than the one that got former Superintendent Paul Vallas run out of town.

So it would be a good idea for Ackerman not to tick off one of her few allies … some-

thing that she did when she didn’t keep Mayor Nutter in the loop about full-day kindergarten.

Right now, the layoffs are on hold. But they probably won’t be forever. It’ll be interesting to see what happens next … and how shortchanged the kids in the city will ultimately be as a result.

vote MILTON STREET got does not bode well for MIKE NUTTER. Rather than votes of personal support, most pundits are viewing Street’s 28,000 votes as a largely protest votes. When you mix the protest votes with the regular Republican votes and the liberals who are unhappy with the Nutter way of governing, it looks like Brown has a pretty good chance of pulling the upset of decade.

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The City of Philadelphia has been songless for years, waiting for a melody that its citizens can identify with. Continuing from last week’s article, “Rendell Stiffed Composer,” here are reviews by qualified musicians that “America’s Mayor” also successfully stiffed: 1. “It’s (Philadelphia. The Place that LOVES YOU BACK) really a nice piece. . It has passion and poetry... It’s a contemporary jazz ballad.”

- Rachel Mondanaro (voice major), Curtis Institute of Music, Spring 1998 2.” It’s (Philadelphia. The Place that LOVES YOU BACK) is very beautiful...jazzy.”

- Renat Shaham (voice major from Israel), Curtis Institute of Music, Spring 1998 3. “It (Philadelphia. The Place that LOVES YOU BACK) is adorable...sweet...absolutely memorable.”

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Speaking from the perspective of my 50 years of experience in the music business and my position as Musical Director / Chief Arranger for the Philadelphia Legends of Jazz Orchestra, I think that your songs are excellent and just what The City of Philadelphia needs.”

Musically yours, Leon Mitchell, Musical Director Philadelphia Legends of Jazz Orchestra, 4.27. 01 Philadelphia is a cultural city controlled by a wealthy, tiny minority which recently built a nearby national museum*, and their puppets (the Democratic and Republican Parties) which also do not want it to be known that citizens are to remain forever voiceless—without a song.

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(215) 335-4884 Fax (215) 333-7793 In accordance with Chapter 73 of the Vehicle Code and authorization of the Department of Transportation, there will be a public auction of the below listed vehicles, THURS, June 9, 2011 @ 2:00 PM. The location: 7000 State Road, Philadelphia, PA. All sales final. Cash only.

STOCK# YEAR MAKE

2002 saturn SL24cyl.,auto.,full powers, tilt, cc, cd, sunroof, ice cold air,new pa. inspection, extra clean,special price $2,295. ask for Tom 215-332-9800

US-3848 US-3854 US-3861 US-3870 US-3873 US-3875 US-3879 US-3907 US-3924 SPV-8346 SPV-8653

1999 2001 1997 1995 1997 2000 1999 1998 2000 1997 2002

CHEVROLET FORD FORD MITSUBISHI PLYMOUTH MERCEDES CHRYSLER CHEVROLET DODGE NISSAN CHEVROLET

V.I.N. 1GNEK13R8XJ317665 1FTSS34L11HA11018 1FDLE4OF6VHB92068 JA4MR51M1SJD27009 2P4GP44R8VR107770 WDBLJ65G8YF161223 2C3HE66G7XH692876 1GNEK13R6WJ335760 1B3EJ46C9YN234620 1N4BU3117XVC202131 1GNCT18W52K147755

CTRL# 891108 890661 890660 890659 890656 891106 891109 891107 891105 890594 891104

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