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FISHTOWN Beer Runners and South Philly Striders Running Clubs continued their history of civic involvement this past weekend by teaming up to volunteer at Philabundance’s South Philly warehouse. FBR and SPS members included Fred Druding, Jr., Kelly Payne, Trish Houck, Jennifer Leung, Kerry Barrett, John Encarnacion, David Ignall, Jessica Clegg, Elka Easter, Anthony LoCicero III, and Leonard DeProspo, who collectively bagged 5,970 lb. of rice for families in need of food.

Port Brings In More Business CONTAINER ACTIVITY at Phila. Regional Port Authority’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal is climbing, as well other break-bulk shipments at Tioga Terminal, showing almost 33% increase for the past year. Story Page 2. www.Phillyrecord.com

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Cargo Fuels Continued Strong Port Growth Following on the heels of a very successful 2013 at the Port of Philadelphia, a year that marked the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth here, initial cargo figures strongly indicate that 2014 should deliver more of the same.

Despite record snow in the northeast and particularly in Philadelphia this past winter, the facilities of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority operated in business-as-usual fashion, and in fact saw several big increases in cargo.

“Last year the Port of Philadelphia handled 5,100,385 tons of cargo, a big

15% gain over 2012’s figures,” said Charles G. Kopp, Esq., chairman of the board of PRPA. “That also marked the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth at the Port. And now, as we are well into 2014, it looks like this year will continue our trend of the current year building on the last. These great numbers from this past winter, in conjunction with terminals that are bustling with activity on a regular basis, indicate that this will be yet another terrific year at the Port of Philadelphia.”

Highlights include the following:

Containerized cargo continued its upward trend.

60,713 TEUs were handled in January and February 2014 compared to the 45,517 TEUs handled during the same period of 2013, a 33% gain.

Counted as tonnage, this amounts to 384,115 tons of containerized cargo handled so far this year compared to the 318,117 tons moved that same period last year, a 21% gain.

Breakbulk cargoes (general cargo not shipped in containers) are so far up 17%, with 200,266 metric tons of cargo handled YTD 2014 compared to the 171,552 tons handled

during the same period of 2013.

This is largely due to a major increase in steel traffic: 73,115 tons handled YTD 2014 compared to the 17,489 tons moved during the same period last year.

Automobiles are also seeing big gains so far this year: 35,875 metric tons of automobiles (primarily Hyundai and Kia automobiles from South Korea) were handled in January and February 2014 compared to the 23,206 tons handled during the same period of 2013, a 55% gain.

Counted as individual units, 25,718 cars had been moved

by the end of February, compared to the 17,143 cars moved in January and February 2013, a 50%gain.

With 232,963 metric tons of liquid bulk cargoes handled in January and February 2104 compared to the 215,434 tons handled during that same period of 2013, liquid bulk was up a solid 8%.

Looking at the Port of Philadelphia’s total cargo tonnage in January and February, 853,219 metric tons of cargo were handled at PRPA’s facilities year-to-date 2014 compared to the 728,309 tons handled during the same period of 2013, a 17% gain.

Tropical ‘Salts’ Kept Our Streets Safe

by Mark Staples You probably heard the late-winter news reports.

After a dozen storms accompanied by the harsh temperatures of late 2013 and early 2014, supplies of rock salt used to treat Delaware and South Jersey roads during icy conditions were beginning to run out in many places.

One television news report featured a municipal official who said, “We probably have enough (salt), depending on what happens with the weather, but we’re waiting for a ship to come in with a fresh supply.” For this official, matters were getting rather dire.

Along the Delaware River, at least three Port of Philadelphia terminals welcomed ships bringing the region hundreds of tons of rock salt.

Welcoming the seamen aboard those ships was the Rev. William Rex, a Lutheran pastor on loan from Seafarers International House in New York City to Seamen’s Church Institute of Philadelphia & South Jersey.

Rev. Rex is an integral part of the mission to seafarers in Philadelphia. His work

LUTHERAN Chaplain William Rex with Clipper Belle 1st Engineer Ramon Hicarte of Manila in the Philippines. Rex runs errands for crewmembers detained aboard ship, one of many gestures of hospitality.

is made possible by the generosity of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

He gets his visiting assignments from SCI. Just prior to the last cold spell and snow blasting Delaware Valley and South Jersey, one badly needed delivery of rock salt took place at Riverside Terminal. The bulk carrier Clipper Belle, her five holds brimming with

28,000 tons of rock salt fresh from Brazil, was in its final of three days of offloading its welcome cargo.

Giant cranes aboard the ship were digging into each hold, extracting portions of the cargo, then lifting them to the dock where the heaping portions were dumped into large, dockside funnel-like receptacles. Each “funnel” load then was deposited on a long conveyor belt that carried the salt to an area where dump trucks were parked, awaiting their fill. The trucks then transported the salt to a loading zone growing more mountainous by the delivery – awaiting customer pickup.

The three-day operation had only one hitch, explained Gerold L. Golez, 38, the Master (captain) of the Clipper Belle, a two-year-old vessel owned by Clipperbulk of Denmark. In the middle of the operation, the conveyor belt broke down. The repairs took half a day, and, as with a breakdown of any kind, the lost time is costly for all concerned.

Golez and 1st Engineer Ramon Hicarte, key leaders for the Belle’s 21-member all-Filipino crew, admitted

they are not familiar, as Philadelphians are, with how all these tons of rock salt find their way to area roads, saving lives in the process. In the mountainous resort town of Baguio City on the Island of Luzon, the temperature seldom dips below 60 degrees, Golez said. In the Philippines, snowfall is not an issue.

As the tons of rock salt were being offloaded, Golez was a liaison between crewmembers and Rev. Rex concerning various kinds of electronics crewmembers

hoped to purchase. The crewmembers could not go ashore to buy the goods themselves because all but two of them were detained aboard ship, and because of tight security measures they could not even step out onto the dock.

So Rev. Rex did the shopping. When crew members are permitted ashore, Rev. Rex and other Seamen’s Church Institute chaplains and visitors escort them to shopping points like Walmart, Best Buy or an Apple Store.

ROCK SALT from Brazil is funneled to a conveyor belt, the first step in its journey to make wintry roads safer for area motorists.

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Following In Gussie’s Footsteps Augusta Clarke Legacy Award

POLICE CHIEF Michael Chitwood joins James T. McDermott, Jr., Councilman Dennis O’Brien and Michael McDermott prior to ceremonies before a packed courtroom.

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ATTENDING ceremony dedicating City Hall Courtroom 653 as Justice James T. McDermott, Sr., Memorial Courtroom CHECKING in with Councilman Denny O’Brien, who spear- FLANKING portrait of Justice T. McDermott, Sr. in Courtwere former US Attorney Bob Curran, City Councilman headed memorial dedication, were, from left, Don Brennan room 653 are his daughter Suzanne McDermott Cunningham Dennis O’Brien, Penna. Chief Justice Ronald Castille and and Judge Jerome Zaleski. and son James T. McDermott, Jr. James T. McDermott, Jr.

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11 Legislative District Faces Court Challenges

by Joe Shaheeli Eleven Legislative Districts in Philadelphia were rocked with petition challenges, more than normal in a General Assembly primary. Some were decided Apr. 1, but most are strung out through the month of April. Many will be heard in Courtrooms 1 or 2 in the Widener Building, 1339 Chestnut Street Commonwealth Court challenges were filed against David Hall in the 179th by Jason Dawkins and Thomas Neilson;

by Danilo Burgos against State Rep. J.P. Miranda (D-N. Phila.), Juan Rodriguez and Edward M. Lloyd, Jr. in the 197th; by Humberto Perez vs.

Leslie Acosta, also in the 197th; by Michelle Syzlowski vs. Brendan Boyle in the 170th;

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Pamela DeLissio in the 194th;

by Jared Solomon vs. State Rep. Mark B. Cohen (DNortheast) in the 202nd; by State Rep. Angel Cruz (DKensington vs. Quetcy Lozada in the 180th; by Margaret McCall vs. John Connelly in the 198th; by Edward Harkins vs.

Jeffrey Voice in the 172nd; by Duncan Black, Shirley Smith and Charles Goodwin vs. Babette Josephs in the 182nd; by Terrence Devlin vs. Paul DeFinis and Arlen Curtis Larue in the 173rd; and by Raimon L. Artis and Melissa A. Scott vs.

Bobbie T. Curry in the 200th.

All those challenged had filed for the Democratic primary.

That situation could change some of the ballot positions, but for now it’s Tom Wolf heading the Democratic ticket for Governor and Mike Stack for Lieutenant Governor.

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LT.-GUV aspirant Mike Stack drew high-oc- PLEASED to help State Sen. Mike Stack tane crowd at his equinoctial funder at La Ve- were, from left, Joe Cascerceri, Sean Reilly randa on riverfront. Flanking Stack here are and Democratic Party Chairman CongressMike Meile and George Schools. man Bob Brady.

SHOWING UP Rochelle Friedman ruled in her for State Sen. favor.

Mike Stack were In Senatorial Democratic numerous influraces: 2nd- Danny Savage, ential business Tomás Sánchez, Christine M. people, among Tartaglione; 4th- Brian Gralthem, from left, nick, Art Haywood, LeAnna Liu Chang, Washington.

Zheng Jin, Stack Seven Democratic Repreand Adam Xu. sentatives in Philadelphia without opposition in the priState Rep. Maria Donatucci S. Phila.) in the 186th, State mary and general election are (D-S. Phila.) in the 185th, Rep. Ronald Waters (D-W. State Rep. William Keller (DState Rep. Jordan Harris (D- Phila.) in the 191st, State Rep. S. Phila.) in the 184th Dist., Louise Bishop (D-W. Phila.)

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Labor Leader Seeks State Senate Seat

Republican State Sen. Edwin Erickson’s (D-Delaware) retirement at the end of this session handed Democrats their likeliest pickup of the 2014 cycle.

Democrat John Kane, business manager for Plumbers Union Local 690, will face Republican Tom McGarrigle, the Delaware Co. Council chairman, for the 26th seat which covers parts of Delaware and Chester Cos. Based on the recent performance of statewide candidates in this district, any Democrat carries a 3-point advantage to win, even before other factors, such as personality and fundraising, are factored in. Kane’s $267,000 first-quarter fundraising haul didn’t hurt either and is expected to go over a half million by campaign’s end.

Kane is working hard because he knows the Democrats need that seat. “It’s an all-out war for this seat as far as I am concerned. No rest until it’s over,” he said.

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DOZEN labor unions hosted intimate lunchJOINING Councilman Mark Squilla, left, at eon for Councilman Mark Squilla, drawing Francoluigi’s Pizzeria in E. Passyunk were activists like, from left, Cement Masons’ attorney Mike Boyle, Ward Leader Roseanne William McQuilkin, Electricians’ Dan Stevenson and Gas Workers’ Mike McDonough.

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Clinton Should Bring Big gomery), physician Valerie Bill Greenlee and Jim Kenney, Bucks To Margolies Gala Arkoosh and State Rep. Bren- State Reps. Ed Neilson and It’s the Clinton magic again dan Boyle (D-Northeast) in Mike McGeehan (both D… and it doesn’t seem to be the Democratic primary for Northeast), and State Rep. wearing off. It’s not every day the reliably-blue 13th Dist. It James Clay (D-Kensington). you see a fundraising email go would be like Bill to telephone “I am proud to have the supout asking for $1,000 or his regrets to her competitors. port of such an accomplished $5,000 contributions. But if For this event, the Feds are and wide-ranging group of you want to reserve a spot at requiring background checks, leaders in our community as I Marjorie Margolies’ “old-fash- regardless of how big the vol- campaign for Congress,” said ioned person to person” untary checks are.

Boyle. “These endorsements fundraiser with President Bill Undaunted, Boyle believes are yet another example of how Clinton at the Prime Rib restau- his grassroots support will our campaign continues to rant in the Warwick Hotel on weather out a television blitz by build momentum, and of our Thursday, Apr. 10, you’d have Margolies. He reports nine shared vision for how to make to write bigger checks. elected officials from Northeast Northeast Philadelphia, from Margolies’ son Mark Philadelphia are backing his Mayfair to Somerton, a better Mezvinsky is married to campaign for the 13th. They place to live and work.”

Young Democrats Like Chelsea Clinton. Response to include brother State Rep. Wolf And Koplinski the solicitation is bringing in a Kevin Boyle (D-Northeast), The Pennsylvania Young host of one-to-one moments State Sen. Mike Stack, City for father-in-law Clinton.

Controller Alan Butkovitz, 6th Democrats endorsed Tom Margolies faces State Sen. Dist. Councilman Bobby Wolf for Governor and Brad Daylin Leach (D-Mont- Henon, Councilmen at Large Koplinski for Lieutenant Gov-

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According to the Young Dems, the choice was difficult. Both former Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf and Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz

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MEMBERS of SpArc Phila. Art Exhibit Honorary Committee State Reps. Jim Roebuck and Michelle Brownlee joined SpArc CEO Laura Princiotta and board members Charmaina Roundtree and Michael Weingram at VIP opening reception at Temple University Administrative Services Building .last Thursday. Tony Stephens, a staff member of State Sen. Christine Tartaglione, also was present.

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Wanda Logan, who was crushed in her first effort to seek the Democratic nomination for the 190th District, believes she now has help from the Aligate aborted investigation. She demanded at her headquarters campaign opener at 5200 West-

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But that may not gather her traction with voters, since the only actual offense the sting uncovered – non-reporting of gifts – is a misdemeanor. The gifts themselves are legal. And we know the gifts are in the same category as $11,000 in gifts Gov. Tom Corbett’s wife rceived from business execs.

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(Cont. From Prev. Page) campaign” gave him the edge over Schwartz in the final vote between the 18 members of the executive board.

“I am proud to receive the support of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats. I am running to give our state a fresh start and I am working to build a future where our young people can be economically secure and feel comfortable building

their lives right here in Pennsylvania,” Wolf said.

The frontrunners in the endorsement for Lieutenant Governor were State Sen. Mike Stack and Harrisburg City Councilman Brad Koplinski, who got the nod.

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KIRK BERRY from People For People promotes Developing Active Dads at State Rep. Rosita C. Youngblood’s, seated left, Community Meeting at Heart Church Ministries.

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PHILLY LABOR.COM hosted Graphic Communications International Union at its monthly “meet and greet” session of labor leaders and management in the District Council 21 Painters and Glaziers Hall. Among attendees were Brian Dougherty, Phillylabor.com; Karen Ritter, Strategic Communications Consultants; speaker Curt Freeman, president of District Council 9; Joe Dougherty, Jr. Phillylabor.com host; Speaker Joe Inemer, business manager Local 16N (Inquirer & Daily News); Bob Wolper, SCC; and Sharif Street, Esq.

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FOREIGN-AFFAIRS expert Prof. Ed Turzanski, left, of LaSalle University delivered incisive critique of US policy toward Russia and Ukraine at Republican Breakfast Speaker Series at Racquet Club. He was thanked here by GOP organizer Mike Cibik.

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sit drivers, 12-4 p.m. at Jokers Club, 1602 S. 2nd St. Applicants must be 23 or older. Fo info (215) 271-9190 or Edens Transit (215) 992-8000.

Apr. 11- Joe DeFelice holds Benefit for Annie Havey at United Republican Cl., 3156 Frankford Ave., 7-10 p.m.

Tickets $40. Beer, wine, soda & food. For info (215) 5610650 or (215) 416-8366.

Apr. 12- Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell presents Community Wellness Day at 4508 Chestnut St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Free live music, health screenings, fun and exercise, facepainting, chair massages, lunch and giveaways. For info Healthy in Phila. (215) 8984998.

Apr. 12- Ducky Birts Fdn. and Keystone Mercy Health Plan hosts annual Health Fair, 12-3 p.m., and Gospelrama, 2-5 p.m. at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ, 6401 Ogontz Ave. Admission free. For info (215) 242-1220 or (215) 6057102.

Apr. 14- State Sen. Larry Farnese hosts Senior Expo at S. Phila. HS, 2101 S. Broad St., 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Medical experts, screening, refreshments and light lunch. RSVP

by Apr. 7 (215) 952-3121.

Apr. 15- Fundraiser for Mike Tomlinson for State Rep at Knights Of Columbus Ha., 3330 Knorr St., Knorr & Rowland Aves., 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Tickets $35. Includes beer, wine, set-ups, great food, DJ. Apr. 16- Winemakers Attention! 17th annual Winemakers Award Dinner at Spasso Restaurant, 34 S. Front St., $55 per person, bring your own wine. Make checks payable to Vendemmia Foundation, 1841 S. Broad St. For info Theresa (215) 465-8810.

Apr. 17- State Rep. Stephen Kinsey hosts Financial Funding Business Forum at Community Coll., NW Reg. Ctr., Rm. 216, 1300 W.Godfrey Ave., 9 a.m. For info (215) 849-6592.

Apr. 17- Grands As Parents hosts candidates night at Ethical Soc., 1906 Rittenhouse Sq., 6:30-8:30 p.m. For info (215) 236-5848.

Apr. 17- Candidates Forum hosted at Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Hear from gubernatorial and General Assembly candidates. Admission free. Discount Parking at 1845 Walnut

St. and EZ Park at 2101 Chestnut St. Apr. 22- 132nd Anniversary Dinner of Clover Club of Phila. at Union League, 140 S. Broad St., 6:30 p.m. Invitation only. For info Michael Cibik, Esq. (215) 735-1060.

Apr. 23- Rescheduled memorial service for Judge D. Donald Jamieson at City Hall, Rm. 446, 4 p.m.. Speakers will be former Gov. Ed Rendell, Judge James Fitzgerald, former President Judge Ed Bradley, Michael Meehan, Harold Cramer, members of Judge Jamieson’s family and Judge Brad Moss.

Apr. 24- State Sen. Larry Farnese’s SB 1095 anti-SLAPP legislation faces hearing at Phila. Bar Ass’n, 1101 Market St., 9:30 a.m. “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation” are used against civic organizations, individuals and various groups to deter them from speaking out on a public issue.

Apr. 24- Former Welterweight Boxing Champ and 2time Boxing Hall of Fame inductee “Rockin” Rodney Moore’s “Fight To Learn” Program Youth Charity hosts Dinner Banquet to support at-

risk children at UFCW Local 1776, 3031 Walton Rd., Bldg.

A, Plymouth Mtg., Pa., 6-9 p.m. Tickets $25. For info (215) 514-8748.

Apr. 26- Ducky Birts Fdn. hosts Medallion Scholarship Banquet at 3801 Market St., 610 p.m. $65, two for $125.

For info (215) 242-1220 or (215) 605-7102.

May 2- Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee holds annual Contest & Open House at Training Facility, 10401 Decatur Rd., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Five categories. Chosen graduating apprentices compete in general carpenter, interior finish carpenter, floor layer, mill/cabinetmaker and millwright.

Many exhibitors. Bring family! For info (215) 824-2300.

May 3-4- State Rep. Mike O’Brien holds free Document Shredding at Penn’s Landing Festival Pier, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

May 4- Overbrook HS Classes of 1954, January and June, hold Reunion at Bala G.C., 2200 Belmont Ave., 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Theme: “Taste of Philadelphia”. RSVP OverbrookHS@aol.com for January class or mel.gerstein@ gmail.com for June class.

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Apr. 3- Councilman Kenyatta Johnson receives Farnese Humanitarian Award at Galdo’s Catering, 1933 W. Moyamensing Ave., 5:30 p.m.

Apr. 4- State Rep. Brian Sims hosts annual Job Fair at Peirce Coll., 1420 Pine St., 10 a.m.2 p.m. For RSVP and info (215) 426-1501.

Apr. 4- Gov. Tom Corbett receives Spirit of Port Award at Sheet Metal Workers Ha., 1301 S. Columbus Blvd.

Cocktail reception 11 a.m., luncheon.

Apr. 4- Fundraiser for GOP Legislative candidate Mike Fleck hosted at 1511 S. 13th St,. 6-7:30 p.m. Tickets $100 and up. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. For info Joseph J. DeFelice, Eaq. (215) 7564158.

Apr. 4- Philipinne American Chamber of Commerce presents Drinks & Tapas Philippine Style at Bellevue Hotel, 200 S. Broad St., Su. 700, 6-8 p.m. Tickets $40. RSVP baldiab@gmail.com.

Apr. 4- Councilman Mark Squilla is honored at Nat’l Italian Museum fundraiser at Spasso Restaurant, 34 S. Front St., 7 p.m. Tickets $50. RSVP

by Mar. 31 Anna DiNardo (215) 820-5840. Silent auction, entertainment.

Apr. 5- Pentecostal Clergy marks 14th anniversary with prayer and fellowship breakfast at The View, 800 N. Broad St. Tickets $35 per person. For info and ticket sales Dorothy Sturgis (215) 9919830 or Bishop Leonard C. Goins (215) 738-9739.

Apr. 9- Zarwin Baum Law Office hosts fundraiser for State Sen. Larry Farnese, 1818 Market St., 13th fl., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Contribution levels: $$250, $500.

RSVP Kkroll@zarwin.com or by calling (215) 569-2800.

Apr. 10- President Bill Clinton is featured guest at Fundraiser for Marjorie Margolies, 13th Congressional Dist. candidate at Prime Rib, 1701 Locust St. inside Warwick Hotel, 12 m.

For info Fran Katz Watson or Colleen Browne (202) 5460474 or Linda August (610) 659-5878.

Apr. 10- State Rep. Bill Keller sponsors job fair for paratran-

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Four legislators whose names have surfaced in what is now an aborted sting, are being dragged through the coals by print and telecast media.

Patterned after Abscam, where phony Arab sheiks (who couldn’t speak Arabic) were offering bribes as good-will overtures, the Ali-Scam that was abandoned by Attorney General Kathleen Kane continues to bring those legislators to the surface as though they were outright criminals.

Forgotten by the media is the four, if guilty, have not committed any felony that would disbar them from office. At the most, each would be guilty of a misdemeanor for failing to file the “donation” given each.

The four have a history of legislative service, which includes serving their districts and this city well. There should be little doubt they deserve reelection.

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by Michael P. Boyle, Esq. If you receive an unfavorable decision from an ALJ in a disability or SSI case, you may request review by the Appeals Council (AC).

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prospective clients) about the social stigma of filing bankruptcy. That is probably the primary reason people who need the protection bankruptcy offers wait too long to file, or don’t file at all. Many

people struggle with overwhelming debt for far too long, exhausting their resources (and often the resources of family members as well) because of their perception of bankruptcy.

Some people need bankruptcy because of bad financial advice, others because of an illness and resulting bills, or because of the loss of a job, or a

divorce, or a combination of those things. Some people need bankruptcy simply because their income has dropped, or just hasn’t kept pace with the cost of living. Given that there are so many factors that are out of your control, why should the perception that bankruptcy is a dirty word keep you from seeking the protection that you need?

I think of bankruptcy like

surgery. I don’t know anyone who wants to have surgery.

(From that statement you will conclude, correctly, that I don’t know any celebrity plasticsurgery addicts. Thankfully.)

But if you are sick, or in pain, and surgery will correct a problem, or give you a better quality of life, or save your life, how many of us would refuse?

Bankruptcy is financial sur-

gery. You eliminate the bad stuff, and start over fresh without a financial tumor weighing you down. Without the stress of billcollector calls. Without trying to decide which bill to pay when your paycheck just won’t stretch anymore. Without worry over foreclosure or repossession.

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quests for review. The average time it takes the AC to deal with a request is 364 days. The bad news, if you are seeking review, is that the AC denied almost 77% of the requests it processed in FY 2013 and dismissed over 4% of the requests received.

Just over 17% of the requests resulted in a remand for a new hearing, and only 1.45% resulted in a fully or partially favorable decision.

This means just under 19% of the requests filed yielded a favorable result for claimants.

For the first three months of FY 2014 (10-1-13 to 12-3113), the AC received a little over 35,000 requests for review, and disposed of almost

33,000 requests. Just under 160,000 requests were awaiting action by the AC as of 1231-13. So be prepared for a long wait and most likely an unfavorable result if you request AC review.

If the AC denies you, the next stop is federal court. For FY 2013, claimants filed close to 19,000 civil actions seeking review of an SSD or SSI denial, an increase of more than 14%

from FY 2012. Just over 4,600 federal court appeals were filed for the first quarter of FY 2014.

While precise numbers are not available for FY 2013 about how federal courts rule, my personal experience is that appeals to federal court are more likely to result in a remand for a new hearing.

Lawyers generally carefully screen AC denials and file appeals to federal court only

where the ALJ’s decision contains an obvious and harmful error of law or the ALJ failed to discuss or give compelling reasons for disregarding key medical evidence.

For greater detail, see http://www.socialsecurity.gov /appeals/DataSets/07_AC_Requests_For_Review.html; NOSSCR Social Security Forum, February 2014, vol.

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Last Thursday the Philadelphia Republican Party hosted its monthly breakfast series, “A Red State of Mind” at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. March’s guest speaker was EDWARD TURZANSKI. Turzanski, a regular on Channel 6ABC’s Sunday-morning political talk show “Inside Story”, spoke on the crisis in Ukraine. He also addressed other foreign policy issues, including the Middle East and tragic deaths of four Americans in Benghazi.

Typically speakers at the breakfast series focus on Philadelphia and/or Pennsylvania issues. However, given the prominence of the Ukrainian crisis in the news and fact that Pennsylvania has the second-largest ethnic Ukrainian population in the United States, the organizers determined the topic was timely.

Also, the presence in Philadelphia of an expert on the issue made the decision a no-brainer. Turzanski is the Templeton Fellow and Co-Chair of Center for the Study of Terrorism at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is a Scholar in Residence at LaSalle University where he was a longtime professor of political science and history. Turzanski served in intelligence postings throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe during the Reagan Administration.

He was a member of the Justice Dept.’s Anti-Terror Advisory Committee during the GEORGE W. BUSH administration.

The United Republican Club held its wildly successful annual Shrimp Night on Saturday. The event had to be the best (Cont. Page13)

And then, there were four.

I spent Friday night at Temple University watching a candidates’ forum featuring the four remaining Democrats vying for the right to face off with Gov. Tom Corbett in November.

The forum was sponsored by the College Democrats of Pennsylvania and moderated by political scientist G. Terry Madonna. All of the folks-Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, State Treasurer Rob McCord, former Dept. of Environmental Protection Secretary Katie McGinty and former Revenue Secretary (and current front-runner) Tom Wolf – were in attendance.

All the candidates championed public education, said that they’d keep a tighter eye on charter schools and fund education fairly; they’d consider medical marijuana, but aren’t really big on legalizing weed; and they’d initiate a tax on drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

This forum featured two questions that hadn’t come up before. One was a question about unionizing college athletics. The other was related to bipartisanship: Can you as a Democrat work with a legislature that will likely remain in Republican control?

Schwartz and Wolf began the discussion by saying it has to begin with leadership.

“In order for [bipartisanship] to happen, you have to have leadership and vision, something that’s not happening in Harrisburg right now,” Wolf said.

“We have to find common ground and we have to find a way to work together,” Schwartz said.

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Yo! Here we go again with this comparison — Friends vs. Italian Friends: Friends: Move out when they’re 18 with the full support of their parents. Italian Friends: Move out when they’re 28, having saved for that nice house and are a week away from getting married ... unless there’s room in the basement for the newlyweds. Friends: When their mom visits them she brings a nice Bundt cake and you sip coffee and chat. Italian Friends: When their mom visits them she brings three days’ worth of food and begins to immediately tidy up, dust, do the laundry or rearrange the furniture.

Friends: Their dads always call before they come over to visit them and it’s usually only on special occasions. Italian Friends: Are not at all fazed when their dads come over, unannounced, on a Saturday morning at 8:00am and start pruning the trees with a chain saw or renovating the garage. Friends: You can leave your kids with them and you always worry if everything is going to be OK, plus you have to feed them after you pick them up. Italian Friends: No problem, leave the kids there and if they get out of line the Italian friend can set them straight ... plus they get fed.

Friends: Always pay retail and look in the Yellow Pages when they need something done.

Italian Friends: Just call their dad or uncle and ask for another dad’s or uncle’s phone number to get it done ... cash deal, know what I mean? Friends: Will come over for cake and coffee and expect no more. Italian Friends: Will come over for cake and coffee and expect an antipasto, a few bottles of wine, a pasta dish, a choice of two meats, salad, bread, potatoes, a nice dessert cake, fruit, coffee and a few after-dinner drinks ... time permitting, there will be a late lunch as well.

Friends: Think being Italian is a great thing. Italian Friends: Know being Italian is a great thing. Friends: Never ask for food. Italian Friends: Are the reason you have no food.

Friends: Will say “hello.” Italian Friends: Will give you a big hug and a kiss. Friends: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs. Italian Friends: Call your parents mom and dad. Friends: (Cont. Page15)

It has been called a sting. Others say ALI-GATE. After a week of blasting the State Attorney General, media rarely mentioned Ali in depth. After that hell week finally came an in-depth feature on the man. WOW! How a deal was struck with a fellow charged with 2,088 counts, including misuse of your taxpayer money, seems incomprehensible (?). What about credibility when the lawmakers’ cases would have been argued? This feature PROVES BEYOND A DOUBT that KANE made the right decision.... To hear some media liquid logic on the Kane matter, makes me thank God we have JUDGES to explain the law! It must be frustrating to conduct a “sting of the century” which could bring fame and glory, and have it shot down. But Ed RENDELL, a former PROSECUTOR, said Kane made the right call. We ELECTED HER to make these decisions. Some critics have not yet been elected even as Dogcatcher (Animal Control Officer).

And to infer there was some connection between Common Pleas Judge McCAFFERY is obtaining the gift of GAB without kissing the Blarney Stone - having it instead at birth....

A writer explained what John DOUGHERTY said of the four lawmakers. It read like the Local 98 chief meant the destruction of the city Democrats’ family. STRETCHING it, I thought. I am looking for a used car. I will give Kane CRITICS cash to press into Ali’s hand to buy me said car.

Joe INEMER, Business Manager of Local 16N (Inquirer and Daily News printers), was guest speaker at the (Cont. Page 15)

Who is the mysterious challenger of STATE REP. BRENDAN BOYLE’S nominating petitions? Boyle, who is unchallenged for reelection to his seat in the state legislature, received a challenge to his nominating petitions but the person who did so is not well-known in political circles. Nonetheless, Boyle was able to defeat the challenge on the ground that the staff member who notarized his petitions was not on state time at that moment.

JOHN KANE is the head of Local 690 in the Plumbers Union and is a candidate for State Senate in Delaware Co. Kane is running a tremendous campaign and is the odds-on favorite to replace Republican TED ERICKSON. Erickson is retiring after three terms and Kane will now take on the establishment Republican in the fall. The battlefield in that seat will be highly active in that MAJORITY LEADER DOMINIC PILEGGI sees this area as his backyard.

Pileggi can bring all the financial support that any Republican candidate needs. But Kane will have most of labor and much more business backing than most Democrats receive. He will also have the staunch backing of the Senate Democratic campaign committee. STATE SEN. JAY COSTA, the current Minority Leader, can sense a Democratic majority coming in the future. A linchpin would be Kane’s victory.

Word on the street is the Tartaglione vs. Savage vs. Sánchez blood feud was about to be resolved peacefully but wound up getting blown up. DAN SAVAGE, the former City Councilman, has been waging an aggressive campaign to unseat incumbent Democrat STATE SEN. TINA TARTAGLIONE. TOMÁS SÁNCHEZ, husband of COUNCILWOMAN MARIA QUIÑONES SÁNCHEZ, is an additional candidate in the primary. Savage’s greatest strength has been the backing of powerful labor leader JOHN DOUGHERTY. The Asian American Licensed Beverage Association held its annual banquet at Saigon Garden in South Philly. Among the VIPs in attendance were STATE SENS. ANTHONY HARDY WILLIAMS and MIKE STACK, along with COUNCILMAN MARK SQUILLA. RABBI SOLOMON ISAACSON held his annual congregation Beth Solomon charity ball at the Hilton on the same evening. Among the VIPs for the aforementioned Williams, who is running for Mayor, Squilla, who continues to impress, and Stack, who is likely the nominee (Page13)

diana, Penna. Asher and other family members own Asher’s Chocolate, located in suburban Philadelphia.

COUNCILMAN DAVID OH continues to introduce substantive legislation to improve Philadelphia’s fiscal health. Following his bill to cut the city’s Wage & Net Profit tax by $100 million over 10 years, the Councilman introduced a bill to speed up the delinquent tax-collection process aimed at collecting $150 million in outstanding taxes and fees. If his bill becomes law, it will prevent the City from amassing delinquencies like the current $500 million in uncollected taxes and fees.

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(Cont. From Page 12) deal in Philadelphia that night.

For $30, one could have had all the shrimp he or she could eat and an open bar. For the most part it was not a political event; however, Matt Wolfe, Republican candidate for City Council at Large in the May special election, was seen pressing the flesh.

The URC was the site of the monthly Republican Happy Hour on Tuesday night. Typically the event is on the third Wednesday of the month. However, this month the organizer, ANNIE HAVEY, selected Apr. 1. In honor of April Fool’s Day, the evening was turned into an amateur comedy-night competition. The winner was securityintelligence specialist BEN MANNES. Next month’s Happy Hour is expected to return to the third Wednesday and to be held at Paddy Whacks at Head House Square.

Monday night the Keystone Alliance held its annual cocktail reception and fundraiser at the Top of the Tower. The guest speaker was the Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives ERIC CANTOR (R-Va.). All 13 members of the Pennsylvania US House delegation and SEN. PAT TOOMEY were invited as special guests.

Keystone Alliance describes

itself as “a multi-candidate Federal PAC.” Its mission “is to support federal candidates that are committed to our core Republican values of promoting economic growth and limited government.” Keystone Alliance only donates to candidates for federal office and primarily for Pennsylvania Republicans.

BOB ASHER, one of Pennsylvania’s members of the Republican National Committee, was instrumental in forming the Keystone Alliance. The RNC has two members from each state (one male and one female).

The other Pennsylvania RNC member is businesswoman CHRISTINE TORETTI of In-

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(Cont. From Page 12) for Lieutenant Governor. In addition, the lovely TONYA STACK graced the podium. Also in attendance was former City Controller JONATHAN SAIDEL. Several Senators and big donors attended a fundraiser for STATE SEN. MIKE STACK’S lieutenant-gubernatorial bid. The event was sponsored by STATE SEN. LARRY FARNESE. Among the Senators who also attended were STATE SENS. SHIRLEY KITCHEN and VINCE HUGHES. Also in attendance was DAVID GLANCEY, the former City Commissioner and Democratic Party chair; former Congressman OZZIE MYERS; and his powerful ward leader brother MATT MYERS.

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LDC Hosts Conference For Trades With Sen. Hughes

STATE SEN. Vincent Hughes shares moment with host Laborers’ Local 135 Business Mgr. Daniel L. Woodall, Jr., and Plumbers Local 690’s Business Mgr./Financial Secretary-Treasurer John Kane, who is candidate in 26th Senatorial Dist. primary. Hughes told Labor Leaders at LDC Conference of problems facing organizedlabor’s efforts in General Assembly.

STATE SEN. Vincent Hughes discusses Democratic agenda in General Assembly flanked by 1199C’s Henry Nicholas and AFL-CIO’s Nick Alpers.

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With the UNIONS Letter to State Rep. Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and House Members of General Assembly from Emil Meyer, president/business manager, Local 614, IBEW. This local represents Exelon/PECO. “Truth be told, there is near-zero additional payroll expense incurred by the state or any other business entity that electronically allocates payments once such a system is put in place and that miniscule amount is negotiated, just as are all wages and benefits contained in a collectivebargaining agreement. But it is really a non-issue, given that payments instantaneously become the property of the men and women who earned them the very instant those wages are recorded as payment due for labor performed or services rendered.

“I admire a man of principle, but even more so I admire a man of principle who has the courage and conviction to sacrificially lead by

example. So, what will it be, Rep. Cutler; are you and all other publicly funded political supporters of HB 1507 (and vicariously SB 1034) willing to refuse your own salary on the same principle that it originates from electronic deductions, ‘using public assets for political purposes’?

“Perhaps, but to individually bill constituents for services rendered as you suggested public unions should do would be so overly cumbersome, time-consuming and burdensome. A reasonable person would never demand it of another. Unless, that is, they possessed the ambiguous ethics of a chosen few whose stated purpose is to ‘starve the giant’ while they lay siege to the families who have come together for mutual aid and protection against that other ‘giant’, collectively known as corporate greed and personal avarice....

“Any attempt to join what clearly appears to be a politically motivated strategic war

AMONG TRADE UNIONS attending LDC conference with State Sen. Vincent Hughes at its new headquarters on N. Broad Street were union reps Local 420’s Anthony Gallagher, Local 19’s Brian Bush, Local 420’s Jim Snell and Local 19’s Gary Masino.

LABORERS Eric Orre and Ken Washington were among attendees at meeting arranged by Omar Sabir with State Sen. Vincent Hughes.

MAJOR turnout of Building Trades locals was in evidence at conference with State Sen. Vincent Hughes.

Kill Anti-Deduction Bills plan under a false flag of moral and spiritual righteousness does no service to the Author of those spiritual laws or the authors of that plan.

Any claim of exemption from those very same principals by reason of an inferred privileged position is, well, to be polite, misguided and no different than any other virulent act of discrimination that targets a group based upon race, national origin, color or creed.

“One final comment to the men behind the curtain. On a level playing field it is all of society, not a self-appointed ‘chosen’ few, that determine whether our trades or professions should provide a form of compensation that enables us to continue on in society’s service. The desire to provide for ourselves and our families’ needs and comfort while in that service is nothing to be ashamed of or to avoid for it is a God given right.

I’m certainly not a saint and all organizations have

varying amounts of chaff mixed in with the wheat. But as we discussed, it might be wise to consider 1 Timothy 5:18: ‘For the Scripture saith, Thou shall not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn.

And the laborer is worthy of his reward,’ rather than be exposed to Malachi 3:5: ‘And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.’ My fervent hope and prayer is that all deeply consider the full counsel of God as you and your honorable peers contemplate your responsibilities to the people of Pennsylvania.” cc.

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The attractiveness of Council President Darrell CLARKE’S housing plan is that it is plain and simple, nofrills common sense. A university group cautioned against a bond issue to demolish derelict homes, citing Mayor John STREET’S program. Mostly it was critical of Street’s Office’s organization of the project. The truth is that Street’s plan WORKED. And we DO need a bond issue to finish the job.... The PAPAL VISIT could attract two MILLION visitors. A crowd-control issue. Our Mayor promotes the visit. Why not back the Democratic Convention in Philly, which will draw FEWER VISITORS! The latest edition of the

Waffleman (Cont. From Page 12) Have never seen you cry. Italian Friends: Cry with you.

Friends: Will eat at your dinner table and leave. Italian Friends: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing and just being together. Friends: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back. Italian Friends: Keep your stuff so long they forget it’s yours.

Friends: Know a few things about you. Italian Friends: Could write a book with direct quotes from you. Friends: Will leave you behind if that’s what the crowd is doing. Italian Friends: Will kick the whole crowd’s butt that left you.

Friends: Will ignore this.

Italian Friends: Will tell all their “friends”.

ECONOMIST – which is read worldwide – gives Pennsylvania a bad report in an Obamacare article, since we deny Medicaid to too many. Gov. “Corporate” saved money, but people are HURTING. Is it always decisions made by folks with a full belly and GUARANTEED pay checks?... One group that is pushing ahead to help the needy, with remarkable progress, is the Philly Access Center at 11th & Mifflin Streets. Their Bake Sale and Open House is on Apr. 12.

Check out their good works!

I see where the BUILDING TRADES back State Rep. Mark COHEN for reelection, and the local AFL-CIO will recommend State AFL-CIO endorsement of COHEN. A GOOD decision.... State Rep. John SABATINA was ap-

pointed to the State House RULES Committee – a powerful post reserved for moresenior members. If you meet him, you like him!

It was great to see Judge James DeLEON on Facebook, sitting still to play with new grandson JORDAN; congrats!!... BIRTHDAYS: Former city Prison Commissioner Leon KING, Esq. celebrates on Apr. 8. Quiet competence.

Then on the 12th, my Aunt Dianne CARUSO has her big day. Don’t let the vowel in her name fool you! Born in Dublin, she was – and a top 58th Ward Committeewoman, helping Mike STACK go for Lieut Guv. Joe RUSSO has his on 4/13. Russo was a SUPERIOR member of the Board of Revision of Taxes. He has extensive wisdom in this area and has future potential.

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APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES Applications for Carpenter, Mill/Cabinetmaker, Millwright, Wharf & Dock Builder, Resilient Floor Layer, Lather and Drapery Worker apprenticeships will be accepted by the Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee on the following dates May 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, Saturday May 17, May 19, 20, and 21 Applications will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. only. Applications will not be accepted on May 22nd . The test day is Friday, May 23rd, 2014. A non-refundable $35.00 administrative processing fee is required. Anyone interested must call 215-824-2303 for further details.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS The Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties admits students of any race, color, religion, gender, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan agreements, and any other school-administered programs. Information can be obtained by writing to the Carpenters JATC, 10401 Decatur Road, Phila., PA 19154, by calling 215-8242303 or at our web site www.carpentersofphila.com.

pretty open campus, so I’m pretty sure the public wouldn’t have been stopped at the doors of the Howard Gittis Student Center if it wanted to pop in.

And they should have.

All four people vying for the Democratic nomination claim they’ll fully fund schools, expand Medicaid, and do some other things that may make living in Pennsylvania easier. But in order to hold them to it, you need to be in the house.

In lieu of that, you have me.

And for the next few weeks, I’m going to be sharing interviews with these candidates with you, starting next week.

We’ll be starting with the current frontrunner, former Revenue Secretary Tom Wolf.

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(Cont. From Page 12) McCord touted what he’s already accomplished in the bipartisanship arena.

“I’ve already done it,” he said.

“I’ve gotten things done. I’ve developed relationships with Republican leaders and I know that I can

sell my plans to both sides.”

But while McGinty is ready to work across the aisle, she’s also ready to rumble.

“You have to be able to work together,” she said, “But you also have to be ready to fight.

Sure, you can share a vision, but you have to be willing to fight for what you believe in.”

In addition to proving I might need a life because I was watching a Democratic candidates’ forum on a Friday night on purpose, this forum illustrated the fact people aren’t getting into this primary election yet.

With the exception of the 123 young Democrats from across the state, there weren’t a whole lot of potential voters there. Temple University is a

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Fire Museum Will Honor Former Commissioner Joe Rizzo

Joseph R. Rizzo, former Commissioner of the Philadelphia Fire Dept. and director of investigative services at

Cozen O’Connor, will be honored at the Fireman’s Hall Museum, 147 N. 2nd Street, Apr. 24 at a reception starting

at 5 p.m.

Commissioner Rizzo has been selected by the Philadelphia Fire Dept. Historical

Corp. and Fireman’s Hall Museum to receive the first Fireman’s Hall Museum Founders’ Award.

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE: WHEREAS, on September 21, 2006, a certain mortgage was Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at executed by Ida Ruth Daniels, as mortgagor in favor of Wells the sale. The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortFargo Bank N.A. as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of gagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County in Mortgage be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $67,476.56 as of Document #51540293 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the February 3, 2014, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage Mortgage encumbered property located at 2630 West Master had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage exStreet Philadelphia, PA 19121, parcel number 10N19penses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reason343(“Property”); and able road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure WHEREAS, the Property was owned by Ida Ruth Daniels as Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and custenants by entireties by virtue of deed dated February 4, 1976 tomary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the and recorded February 5, 1976 in Book: DCC D-1011; Page: necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure 202: and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the SecCommissioner for recording documents, a commission for the retary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in conDevelopment (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment nection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. There will recorded on November 30, 2009 in Document #52148898, in be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia County, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his Pennsylvania; and prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (b)(i)), as the Proptheir bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deerty ceases to be the principal residence of the Mortgagor; and posit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of February 3, forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check 2014 is $67,476.56 plus interest, costs and other charges made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this deaccompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the inposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the biddebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due ding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may deter1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, mine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This recorded on September 29, 2011 in Misc. Instrument #: amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of 52395684, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Philadela certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidphia County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that at April der, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful 8, 2014 at 9:00 am at at the Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other City Hall located at Broad Street and Market Street, Philadeltaxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of phia, PA 19107, all real and personal Property at or used in the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of connection with the following described premises (“Property”) title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsucwill be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: ALL cessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the messuage or grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remaintenement thereon erected. SITUATE on the Southerly side of der of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) Master Street at the distance of Eighteen feet Westwardly from days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for the Westerly side of Taney Street in the Twenty-ninth ward of each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee the City of Philadelphia. CONTAINING in front or breadth on shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashiers check made the said Master Street Seventeen feet and extending of that payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. width in length or depth southwardly between parallel lines at If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any right angles to the said Master Street Fifty seven feet to a cerextension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall tain three feet wide alley which extends Eastwardly into the be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable said Taney Street and communicates at its Westerly end with a to close the sale within the required period, or within any excertain other three feet wide alley which extends Southwardly tensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deand Southeastwardly and communicates with a certain other posit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the three feet wide alley which extends Eastwardly into the said direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Taney Street, (Being premises 2630 Master Street.) BEING Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to Parcel: 10N19-343. BEING known as: 2630 West Master the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of reStreet, Philadelphia, PA 19121. demption, or right of possession based upon a right of redempThe sale will be held on April 8, 2014 at 9:00 am at at the tion, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure Southeast Entrance of Philadelphia City Hall located at Broad completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The SecreCommissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon retary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $67,476.56 ceipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. of the sale as provided herein.

It was during his administration as Fire Commissioner that Fireman’s Hall Museum’s original small, cramped firehouse was transformed into a professionally designed museum with a new wing to accommodate collections and expanded educational programming. It reopened in 1977 and is considered one of the premier fire museums in the country today.

Rizzo was one of the found-

ing members of the reactivated Union Fire Co. He remains an unstinting supporter of the museum. Through his efforts and those of his successors within the Philadelphia Fire Dept. and the PFDHC, Fireman’s Hall Museum continues to function as a strong component of the PFD’s Fire Prevention Division.

Tickets are $60 and can be obtained by going online at www.firemanshallstore.com.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA OFFICE OF CAPITAL PROGRAMS ADVERTISEMENT FOR REQUEST FOR PREQUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS The School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Capital Programs is currently accepting Prequalification Applications for the following services: Prime Construction Contractors All prime construction contractors are required to be prequalified with the Office of Capital Programs in order to pursue Capital Improvement work (excluding emergency work) with the School District.

The application process is an open enrollment; however, formal School Reform Commission approval occurs every six months.

The current application due date is as follows: Prime Construction Contractor Prequalification Application Submittal Deadline – 5/30/14 by 2:00 P.M. SRC Approval Date – 9/18/14* * Prequalification approval typically occurs three months after the scheduled due date. Firms must receive written approval from the School District prior to pursuing work with the School District’s Office of Capital Programs.

To obtain a Prequalification application, go to the following website and click on appropriate application. http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/c/capital-programbids/policies—procedures/pre-qualification-process2 If you have any questions regarding the pre-qualification process, please contact Gerald C. Thompson, Contracts Manager, Office of Capital Programs at gcthompson@philasd.org Please Note – The above prequalification process applies to Prime Construction Contractors wishing to pursue Capital Improvement work with The School District of Philadelphia, Office of Capital Programs. Vendors wishing to provide goods and other services to the School District should visit The School District of Philadelphia, Office of Procurement’s website at: http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/p/procurement

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STATE REP. Tom Murt asked Gov. Tom Corbett at press conference at Upper Moreland HS to urge passage of additional $22.4 million he has asked for in his budget request. Funds would be used to provide community-based services for 1,000 citizens with intellectual disability who are now on a waiting list.

At conference were, from left, Michael Weingram, president of PDDC; State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf; Laura Princiotta, CEO of SpArc Phila.; Tanya Regli, executive director of The Arc of Phila.; Murt; and Corbett.

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Funding The Arts

EIGHTY-EIGHT organizations in Councilman Mark Squilla’s 1st Dist. received a grant from PCF, including Clara Group, represented by Garth Johnson and his daughter, Ramona, 2.

COUNCILMAN BOBBY Henon joins members of Mutya Philippine Dance group at City Hall on Monday to join Phila. Cultural Fund as they awarded grants totaling $1.63 million to 272 arts and culture organizations at its annual reception at Conversation Hall in City Hall.

COUNCILMAN Mark Squilla presents check to Alexis Gettings of Mütter Museum at PCF ceremony held at City Hall on Monday. “The Cultural Fund has allowed for the continued growth of the Arts in my District,” said Squilla. “It has helped to improve the quality of life of the neighborhoods surrounding these organizations.”

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