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Refresher course
South of South neighbors are vying for a grant from a soft drink company to finish turning around a blighted park. By Amanda L. Snyder R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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he sign still reads “Neighborhood Park” inside the 975-square-foot fenced-off lot at the corner of 22nd and Catharine streets. Over the years, it had become an eyesore and that fence has kept the public out for about three decades. Two years ago, residents began changing that in hopes of reintegrating a family-friendly green space into the area. “I do all the little stuff,” Chris Fanelli, who lives across from the park that is
Girth control
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Sports
Audenried High was chosen as the site for Saturday’s three-hour workshop addressing childhood obesity. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
Shrining out An area team completed its seven-month season with a trip to Cooperstown.
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hiladelphia has an undeniable reputation as a top-notch location for fantastic food. Like any big city, however, it also has less-than-healthy alternatives to all of that fine dining. With youngsters especially susceptible to putting on excess weight, Charles Y. Audenried Senior High School, 3301 Tasker St., is partnering with the local chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Saturday for the workshop “Childhood Obesity: A
National Initiative.” According to an April report by Dr. Donald F. Schwarz, the City’s deputy mayor for health and its health commissioner, 57 percent of Philadelphians ages 6 to 11 were overweight or obese in 2008. That staggering figure helped prompt this weekend’s gathering. “Childhood obesity and its prevention are issues that are gaining recognition,” Florence Oliver, a member of the sorority’s Social Action Committee, said. “Some of the credit for that has to go to [First Lady] Michelle Obama.”
In February, the Treasury Department, Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services announced they would make available more than $400 million to President Barack Obama’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative. That same month, Oliver joined other committee members in Washington, D.C., to discuss creating a local event to spotlight the need for better eating habits. Funding came through the sorority’s Scholarship and Standards Committee, which assists See CHILDHOOD OBESITY page 9