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Sweetening a bitter situation Having fought a deadly disease for the last 15 years, a local woman is using a classic beverage to increase awareness. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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heila Kendall smiles with such eagerness and laughs with such passion that one might suspect she lacks any cares. Since 1995, however, the Pennsport resident has carried a plethora of troubles, combating the effects of hepatitis C. As the disease has attacked her liver, it has wrought no damage on her resolve. Since last Friday, she has been displaySee KENDALL page 12
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Lcoal 1291 longshoreman drove about 3,400 Hyundai and Kia automobiles from a vessel docked at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Aug. 9 where all of the South Korean car manufacturer’s mid-Atlantic business has been consolidated. S ta f f P h o t o b y G r e g B e z a n i s
Steered in the right direction Business and jobs began to roll into the port this month with more shipments from a Korean car manufacturer arrivinng this week.
Local tykes based at 18th and Johnston finished first year of competitive ball with two tournament titles. By Joseph Myers................Page 34
By Amanda L. Snyder R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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ore than 10,000 shiny, new vehicles have been packed and shipped on approximately 12-story vessels from South Korea and unloaded at the port for last-minute preparations prior to shipping them to dealerships. And there are many more on the way. Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors began
delivering to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, Packer Avenue and Columbus Boulevard, with five shipments already here and two more expected to arrive tomorrow and Saturday bringing in more than 17,000 automobiles to prepare for sale this month alone. “Contracts have been negotiated between various parties as the facility has been built out and when we were finally ready with contracts secured and a proper
facility, we have begun to receive vessels,” Robert C. Blackburn, senior deputy executive director of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, said. The first vessel, Hyundai 203, arrived Aug. 2 with crews unloading 1,811 vehicles the following morning at 8. About 3,400 were unloaded Aug. 14 plus 1,500 more the next day. About 2,500 cars on avSee HYUNDAI page 8