PhiladelphiaDaily Record

Vol. I No. 120 Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia December 17, 2010

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Mayor Michael A. Nutter

announced a Depart-

ment of Human Services

(DHS) pilot program to install vehi-

cle sharing and tracking technology

in 25 City-owned vehicles used by

DHS social workers. “Connect by

Hertz” provided the technology,

which will link to an automated

scheduling system that DHS social

workers can use to reserve vehicles

online. Global Positioning System

(GPS) tracking, an on-board naviga-

tional system and an in-car, hands

free telecommunication system will

be available to provide drivers with

additional safety and convenience

features.

Drivers of these newly equipped ve-

hicles will use an access card to fa-

cilitate entry and car keys will be

kept tethered in the vehicle. Drivers

can reserve cars with as little as one

hour of advance notice. The re-

served vehicle’s ignition will be dis-

abled until the reserving driver’s

access card is presented at the ap-

pointed time on the scheduled vehi-

cle. This technology will provide

round the clock security, 7 days a

week, with minimal administration.

Several drivers can reserve the same

vehicle on the same day with this

automated reservation system, thus

increasing the efficiency of vehicle

usage and making it possible for

more people to use the same vehi-

cle.

“Since the City launched its vehicle-

sharing program in 2004, nearly 500

employees have embraced vehicle

sharing as an efficient, effective and

sustainable transportation option,”

said Mayor Nutter. “This technol-

ogy will increase the accountability

and transparency of DHS work

while increasing the productivity of

employees who are travel to com-

munities around the city.”

“We will expand our service capac-

ity while providing DHS employees

with efficient technology that pro-

vides greater security and conven-

ience, said DHS Commissioner Ann

Marie Ambrose. “If a review of this

program shows that we’ve increased

our operating efficiency, we plan on

DHS Retools ItsFleet for Car-Sharing

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expanding this technology to serve

the entire DHS fleet of 107 vehi-

cles”.

“The average annual cost of operat-

ing a City-owned passenger vehicle

is approximately $5, 000,” said

Managing Director Rich Negrin.

“When we use car-sharing technol-

ogy to manage our fleet, we can take

advantage of opportunities to man-

age the city’s fleet more efficiently

and reduce its size.”

The City’s Office of Fleet Manage-

ment supports the expansion of car

sharing to facilitate more efficient

vehicle usage, which enables the

City to relinquish older, expensive

vehicles. Vehicle sharing enabled

the City to reduce its fleet reduction

by more than 400 cars since 2007.

The City’s vehicle sharing program

aligns with Target 12 of the Green-

works Philadelphia plan, which

aims to reduce vehicle miles driven

in Philadelphia by 10%.

City Throws A Grand Welcome For BlackHawks, ChargersMayor Nutter, City officials, team

members, coaches, residents and

community partners will partici-

pate in “The Caravan of Champi-

ons”, a celebration to honor the

North Philly BlackHawks and the

Frankford Chargers tomorrow af-

ternoon.

On Dec. 11, the North Philly

BlackHawks won the 2010 Na-

tional Super Bowl Championship

at Disney’s Wide World of Sports

Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

The Frankford Chargers won the

2010 Pee Wee Division One Cham-

pionship.

A procession will make its way

along N. Broad Street from 15th &

Market at 2 p.m. to the Play Field,

located at 11th Street & Cecil B.

Moore Avenue. Mayor Nutter will

then present the BlackHawks and

Chargers with citations to honor

their victories.

KOBE BRYANT, the

Lower Merion grad-

uate who jumped di-

rectly to the NBA,

seemed a bit over-

whelmed by the adu-

lation of thousands

of Lower Merionites

who came to cele-

brate the naming of

the new high school

gym in his honor.

Photo byBonnie Squires

Kobe In Lower Merion

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PRESIDENT’S

House was dedi-

cated in Inde-

pendence Hall

National Histori-

cal National Park,

with over 500 in

attendance made

up of local ac-

tivists and

celebrities. This is

approximate

shape and size of

home in which

President George

Washington’s

nine slaves made

their abode.

Photo by

Donald Terry

President Washington Holds An ‘Open House’

PERFORM-

ING duties as

M.C. was proj-

ect director

Rosalyn

McPherson,

who stands be-

side memorial

wall naming

slaves who

served Presi-

dent.

Photo by Don-

ald Terry

Dec. 17-

Laborers’ Local 331 hosts annual

Richard Legree Toys for Tots at

Union Hall, 1310 Wallace St., 3

p.m. Toys will be given to children

from Prodigy Day Care Ctr., Cun-

ningham Ctr., Woodstock

Women’s Shelter and Big Broth-

ers/Big Sisters.

Dec. 17-

Friends of Chris Vogler Winter

Warmup gala at SmokeEaters Pub,

7681 Frankford Ave., 7 to 10 p.m.

Tickets $40. For info call Bob

Cummings at 267-471-9607.

Dec. 18-

Caribbean Night Happy Hour

fundraiser for Lawrence Clark for

City Council at Banana’s 876

Lounge, 5500 Rising Sun Ave., 6-9

p.m. Donation $10 includes food.;

donate blanket for homeless and

it’s $8. Make checks to

Clark4Change, P.O. Box 27154,

Phila., PA 19118.

Dec. 30- Friends of Council-

man Curtis Jones, Jrt., host year-

end fundraiser “Curt Ain’t Crying

the BLues” at Le Cochon NOIR,

5070 Parkside Av., Susite, 5100E.

7 p.m. to midnight.

Jan. 27-

Edward J. Lowry, founder of Phila.

Veterans MultiService & Educa-

tion Ctr., will be honored on retire-

ment at Waterfall Rm. in Plumbers

Local 690 Union Hall, 2791

Southampton Rd., Cocktails 6-8

p.m., followed by Tribute Pro-

gram. Tickets $65. Order by phone

(215) 238-8050. Event Chair Ed

Keenan, Board Chair Jim Mc-

Nesby and Exec. Dir. Marsha Four.

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Christmas Village in Philadelphia

will mark International Weekend

this Saturday and Sunday on the

west side of Philadelphia City Hall.

Until Dec. 24 vendors in small

timber houses sell European food,

sweets and drinks and offer a great

shopping experience with interna-

tional seasonal holiday gifts, orna-

ments, jewelry and high quality

arts and crafts.

On stage Saturday will be the

Swedish Museum Singers at 2:00

p.m. followed by the

Deutschschueler of Haverford

Hartford Christian School.

Taking to the stage on Sunday at

2:00 p.m. will be Chris Latzke and

Mary Scholz, followed by The

Janosik Polish Dance Ensemble

and then the Monique Legare Inter-

national Dance Co.

Christmas Village Marks International Weekend

by Adam Taxin

The Philadelphia Orchestra has

long been recognized as one of the

world’s finest. Readers of the DailyRecord really don’t need me, no

expert on classical music in the

first place, to make a misguided

poseur attempt to nitpick.

With that in mind, here are some

highlights of last night’s hour-and-

fifty-minute “Glorious Sounds of

Christmas” concert, named for the

Orchestra’s best-selling Christmas

album:

The concert began with a perform-

ance of “Hark! the Herald Angels

Sing,” arranged for orchestra by

Arthur Harris and based on secular

music written by the Lutheran-bap-

tized, Jewish-origin 19th-Century

German composer Felix

Mendelssohn. The vocals for

“Hark!” were

sung by the

150-member

Mendelssohn

Club of

Philadelphia,

which per-

formed during

various pieces

of the concert.

In addition to a

medley of ex-

cerpts from

Tchaikovsky’s

The Nut-cracker and or-

chestral

versions of well-known carols such

as “O Come, All Ye Faithful”,

“Silent Night,” “The First Nowell

[spelling that was used]” and

“Deck the Halls,” the concert fea-

tured less ubiquitous Christmas

music such as Gustav Holst’s

“Christmas Day,” Adolphe Adam’s

“O Holy Night,” and the 19th-Cen-

tury German composer Engelbert

Humperdinck’s “Prelude to Hanseland Gretel” (which, as, e.g., the

soundtrack for The Sound of Music,

falls into the category “Why ex-

actly is this considered Christmas

music?”)

Numerous audience members took

up the offer to stand and join in on

the Hallelujah chorus from Han-

del’s Messiah.

The orchestra, for the first time in

its history, performed “Twas the

Night Before Christmas”, arranged

by Bill Holcombe to accompany

the poem by Clement Moore. The

piece was narrated by Phillies play-

by-play announcer Tom McCarthy.

The latter part of the concert fea-

tured an appearance of another

“celebrity,” whose popularity with

Philadelphia sports fans has histori-

cally been more mixed than that of

McCarthy.* Santa Claus came on

stage, offered a large candy cane in

exchange for the baton of Rossen

Milanov, the Orchestra’s Bulgarian

associate conductor, and temporar-

ily assumed conducting duties.

The concert program will be re-

peated both tonight and tomorrow

night. (The program for Sunday af-

ternoon’s performance, the orches-

tra’s final concert of 2010, is

Handel’s Messiah.)

*One of the most tired-yet-true sto-ries cited especially by sportscast-ers about Eagles fans is aDecember 15, 1968 Franklin Fieldincident in which fans, frustratedduring halftime about the ineptplay of their 2-11 team, booed andhurled snowballs at Frank Olivo, a5’6”, 170-pound, 20-year-old last-minute substitute for a Santa whohad called in sick.

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Orchestra Offers ‘Glorious’ (And Fresh) ‘Sounds of Christmas’