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Mind your manor
A Whitman nursing center has completed the first of four revamping phases. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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alf-finished products can make their overseers hesitant to permit inspection. Margaret Fullmer and John Wagner gladly count themselves as exceptions. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia employees beamed March 17 while revealing the expansion to St. Monica Manor, 2509 S. Fourth St. The addition will team with renovations to the Whitman location’s existing space to increase long-term care and short-term rehabilitation options for community members. Fullmer works as the director of marketing, and Wagner serves as the director of See ST. MONICA MANOR page 8
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Fond of Uganda
One of 30 teachers chosen to help a beleaguered nation, Amanda Bankert plans to spend six weeks abroad. S ta f f P h o t o b y G r e g B e z a n i s
A teacher at a Girard Estate school intends to spend part of the summer instructing in East Africa. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
A scrum-ptious stay
Prior to a weekend clash, two national rugby teams spent three days preparing at two local sites. By Joseph Myers................Page 36
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aving already won over her seventh graders at Girard Academic Music Program, 2136 Ritner St., Amanda Bankert soon will attempt to expand the minds of international children. The resident of the 1700 block of South Dorrance Street learned late last year she would need to adjust her summer plans, as Invisible Children Uganda’s Teacher Ex-
change program chose her to be one of 30 instructors who may spend six weeks in northern Uganda. A Temple University graduate, Bankert has left herself little idle time in two years at the esteemed school, teaching English and social studies to 65 pupils, offering dance tutelage to middle school students and serving as the high school’s cheerleading coach. From June 28 through Aug. 9, she hopes to lend her tireless drive to 100 students in an area that has been the target
of warfare since 1987. She became aware of Invisible Children, an 8-year-old organization, through Andrew “Koji” Shiraki, a musician whose shows bring attention to northern Uganda’s destitution. A 2003 documentary titled “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” also informed the Hanover native of the rampant plight. Connections enabled representatives See BANKERT page 12