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A pitcher’s pitch A Phillies’ hurler continued his philanthropic crusade with an appearance before Sunday’s game. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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n two seasons as a Philadelphia Phillie, right-handed pitcher Roy Halladay has made many eyes marvel over his magnificence. He proved pleasing stomachs matters to him as much as embarrassing hitters Sunday. Before his team’s tilt against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner fraternized and took photos with nearly 200 fans outside Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way, in support of Philabundance, the latest entity to benefit from The See HALLADAY page 8
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Julia Parmisciano has been learning guitar on her own for three years. Last month, the teenager had a chance to play her instrument for pop music sensation Selena Gomez, who signed it after the two performed together.
A change of heart
S ta f f p h o t o b y G r e g B e z a n i s
A Lower Moyamensing teenager awaits a transplant that will resume her fun-filled life.
By Joseph Myers
Good day, mates
Local chess players scored multiple victories against a Center City lunch crowd. By Joseph Myers.............Page 32
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er respectful and playful nature has made Julia Parmisciano plenty of friends over the last 79 days, but the 13-year-old yearns for nothing more than a reunion with her closest cronies. When doctors at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia find her a heart, she will return to her house on the 2200 block of
South 13th Street to delight in her new existence. Until her helpers deliver the monumental news and the accompanying organ, Julia will rely on her steadfast faith and family to retain her resolute attitude. “Some days are good and some are bad,” she said Friday from her sixth-floor room adorned with prayer cards and posters of her music obsessions, Selena Gomez and the Jonas Brothers. Julia has had to call CHOP home since
May 18, when an episode at Epiphany of Our Lord School, 1248 Jackson St., led to her going into cardiac arrest. The dire day came three months after an echocardiogram revealed the worsening of her dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition that weakens and enlarges one’s heart and hinders the pumping of blood. “Julia was diagnosed when she was 4 See HOPE FOR JULIA page 10