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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Off-season troubles
An East Passyunk Crossing high school baseball coach allegedly supplied two minors with alcohol and sexually assaulted one of them. Amanda L. Snyder Review Managing Editor
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he head coach of the Ss. NeumannGoretti baseball team was arrested for allegedly supplying a minor with alcohol Monday and put behind bars the following night for an allegation of sexual abuse. Lou Spadaccini, 37, of the 2600 block of South Iseminger Street, allegedly picked up a 14-year-old boy from his home at 4:45 p.m. Sunday and checked into a hotel at the Holiday Inn, 900 Packer Ave., See SPADACCINI page 7
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Sandra Day O’Connor, who made history as the first female on the country’s highest court, helped nearly three dozen students to be likewise monumental by listening to their pledge to promote civility and fairness.
An honor from O’Connor
S ta f f P h o t o b y G r e g B e z a n i s
A former Supreme Court Justice inaugurated a Passyunk Square school’s rst student council.
By Joseph Myers
See you later, Red Raider
A South of South product is aiming to return a Texas school to prominence. By Joseph Myers.............Page 42
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fter lunch raised their blood sugar Friday, students at Andrew Jackson School, 1213 S. 12th St., had their heart rates increased courtesy of a rousing visit from former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The 81-year-old icon, already familiar with novelty through her time as the first fe-
male member of the federal government’s highest judicial body, swore in Jackson’s initial student council. She capped her stay by announcing a national civics contest the Passyunk Square school’s youngsters are eager to win. The revelry occurred a day before Constitution Day, a celebration of the 224th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Independence Mall’s National Constitution Center aims to promote
awareness and comprehension of the document and devised O’Connor’s journey to Jackson through the Verizon Foundation. “Last year we started putting emphasis on civics,” second-year principal Lisa Ciaranca-Kaplan, formerly of 21st and Ritner streets, said of enhancing her learners’ engagement through a couple courses. “I believe our action was a clincher for the See iCIVICS page 13