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Starting a racket A Lower Moyamensing tennis event will offer instruction and opportunity for players of all ages. By Evan Jacoby review intern
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t’s never too early or late in life to pick up a new hobby, especially one that improves fitness and develops character. One of the few games that appeals to players of any age is tennis, the true sport of a lifetime. Tennis Night in America — a free, inaguaral event from the South Philadelphia Tennis Association — seeks to attract new players to the sport while also spreading the word about the game’s development locally 4 to 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Fels South Philadelphia Community Center, 2407 S. Broad St. See TENNIS page 12
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West Passyunk Neighbors Association president Andrew Pinkham, left, and community member Peter Curran kept trash from sullying their area as part of Saturday’s five-hour Philly Spring Cleanup
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The City’s fourth venture to eradicate litter featured aid from 25 local projects. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
No more agony for the Aggies Points were a breeze this year for a Point Breeze baller who led his school to its best season. By Joseph Myers................Page 43
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popular proverb notes “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” During Saturday’s Philly Spring Cleanup, thousands of volunteers tweaked the saying, proving that one man’s, woman’s or child’s rubbish is everyone’s nuisance. For five hours, more than 100,000 dedicated denizens enhanced their confines, taking to the streets to defeat debris. Representing almost 10 percent of the
City’s beautification sites, South Philadelphia had its residents’ civic pride fully revealed, with each of its sections tackling at least one task. A brisk morning evolved into a mild afternoon as participants spruced up their communities and explained the joys of recycling. Those tending to West Passyunk united to tidy up 18th to 24th streets along Snyder Avenue. Those blocks comprise part of the area’s boundaries, which run from 18th to 25th streets from Mifflin Street to Passyunk Avenue, and contain numerous
stores and remnants from those establishment’s offerings. With Andrew Pinkham, president of the West Passyunk Neighbors Association, at the helm, the helpers gathered at Café con Chocolate, 2100 S. Norwood St., to plot their endeavors. “West Passyunk seems like the last frontier for modification,” Tom Hawthorn of the 2100 block of South 18th Street said while Pinkham unloaded recycling bins. Hawthorne yearns for the area’s inhabitSee CLEANUP page 10