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JUNE 14, 2012
Pearl of wisdom
A Point Breeze basketball icon is promoting healthy eating for diabetes prevention and management. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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s a 13-year star guard for the Baltimore Bullets and the New York Knicks, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe focused on tallying points, steals and assists. Having dueled with Type 2 diabetes since 1998, the former resident of 26th and Manton streets now concentrates on recording his blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol. To tout his increasing success against the malady, the Hall of Famer enjoyed a Friday meal at Northern Liberties’ A Full Plate Café, furthering his three-year involvement with Diabetes Restaurant See MONROE page 8
Sports
Hoping to champion harmony, the Bok High School community reveled in the revelation of a photo collage mural.
Barrier breakers
S ta f f P h o t o b y G r e g B e z a n i s
Two murals are highlighting an East Passyunk Crossing high school’s intolerance of intolerance.
King’s aces
Prospective ball boys and girls attempted to impress a tennis legend at a Packer Park facility. By Joseph Myers..........Page 37
By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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hame on us if we can’t pass on a world of beauty,” the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Executive Director Jane Golden said June 6 from the auditorium of Edward Bok High School, 1901 S. Ninth St., touching on aesthetic and attitudinal applications of radiance.
Siding with her condemnation of neglect for pulchritude, her East Passyunk Crossing listeners cheered as the guest lauded their involvement with the Anti-Defamation League. The morning gathering celebrated the site’s designation as a No Place for Hate location, with the unveiling of two murals and the distributing of a comic book furthering the kudos. Golden’s 28-year-old entity oversees 3,663 murals and relished a chance to
deal with Bok, which the Anti-Defamation League and PECO adopted last year. The No Place for Hate philosophy of challenging “anti-Semitism, racism, hatred and bigotry in all forms” has aided area schools since 2005 and has come to include 200 regional facilities. Attendees of a diverse educational dwelling, the Bok learners accepted the task of proving that differences See NO PLACE FOR HATE page 10