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Gear pressure Two local organizations will unburden worrying families with school supply distributions. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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t’s always good to start where you’re from,” Markeem Kendall said Monday from Fishtown’s Waterview Lounge. The 33-year-old, formerly of Seventh Street and Snyder Avenue, has owned the 1,900-square-foot space since June and has headed the nonprofit Stop the Madness Foundation for eight years. The latter will help the entrepreneur to continue to confer his community care when he hosts his first Back to School Block Party Sept. 1 on the 1900 block of South Sixth Street. See BACK TO SCHOOL page 8
Sports
The Anderson Monarchs have conquered many foes, including racism, in their 13 years. A notable filmmaker will look to bring their inspirational story to the masses next year with a full-length examination of their handling of all opposition.
Fete the feet
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A documentary will celebrate a West Passyunk-based girls’ soccer team.
Harry’s bronzed back to life More than two years after his passing, the Phillies unveiled a permanent tribute to the legendary broadcaster. By Tim Johnson.............Page 32
By Joseph Myers R e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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ain rushed the Soccer Sisters United Soccer Club off Smith Playground, 2100 S. 24th St., Friday evening, sending 17 sets of talented legs scampering. Securing shelter mattered more than converting kicks for one night, but the nation next year will learn the girls have forged quests with setting and netting
literal and figurative goals. A documentary will laud the AfricanAmerican youngsters, who have extended their predecessors’ legacy as gifted athletes hoping to overcome stereotypes and scarce resources to achieve greatness. Just more than a third of the players who receive year-round instruction from coach Walter Stewart, the competitors engaged in drills before their exodus. They share the West Passyunk space with teams from
other sports but will soon own the limelight courtesy of filmmaker Eugene Martin, one of many victims of their talents. “He approached us in late 2007 or early 2008,” Roxborough’s Stewart said of Martin, a Temple University graduate and a University of North Texas assistant professor of radio, television and film who once led a Chestnut Hill team. See SOCCER SISTERS page 9