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Inside Today’s

SPIRITThe Local Lens

with Thom Nickels

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Ms. Know-It-Alls Quizzo Challenge

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S.T.A.R. Programat Lutheran

Settlement Housepage 4

RememberingOur Fallen

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A Salute To Hardworking Americans

Rallying Around A Neighborhood TreasureWalt Pomroy Needs Your Support!

Walt Pomroy (center) surrounded by his brother Billy, his Great Nephew Brian, and his dog Alana. /Photo: Jeffro Kilpatrick

by Jeffro Kilpatrick

Over the past few weeks, I am sure you have seen someone you know (if not several people) doing the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge”. For some reason, the wave of good spirit and generosity has spread like wildfire on the internet to help raise more awareness and money for the debilitating disease than ever before. Far too often, we see people following silly and senseless trends that accomplish nothing. It is inspiring to see people in droves recognizing and donating to a worthy cause. Riding this wave of generosity and positive vibes, I would like to request that we take some time to help a person close to home in the Riverwards - a one-man-army who has taken on a great cause for many years. Walt Pomroy, a lifetime Fishtowner, has been raising awareness, not to men-tion a great deal of money, for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) for 44 years. In 1970, a neighbor named Judy Leo suggested to Walt that he start collecting for the Jerry Lewis Telethon outside the house across from him at Belgrade and Oxford Streets. Walt accepted the challenge on a whim, and he never looked back. The house on the corner has since been torn down, but Walt now does his work outside of a lot on the very same spot. Every summer, Walt stations himself on that corner the week prior to the MDA Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon to raise funds and awareness for the disease. He sets up a canopy, grill and cooler, cooking hot dogs and giving ice-cold sodas to neighbors who donate to the cause. Walt has raised thousands upon thousands for MDA in his fundraising career. After the first year, a

see WALT on page 5

Many Americans see Labor Day on the calendar and immediately feel some mixed emotions. Though Labor Day is often a time to celebrate at a backyard barbecue with family and friends, to many people it also marks the unofficial

end of summer.But Labor Day is more than just barbecues and a sendoff for summer. Labor Day actually dates back to the

19th century, though its origins are still open for debate. According to the United States Department of Labor, recent research supports the contention that Labor Day was the brainchild of machinist Matthew

Maguire, who supposedly devised the idea in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. But some still feel it was Peter J. McGuire, a cofounder of the American Federation of

Labor and general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, who founded the holiday.Though the debate as to who founded Labor Day figures to continue, historians do know that the first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York. This was in accordance with plans from Maguire’s Central Labor Union, which would go on to encourage other states and cities to adopt the first Monday in September as Labor Day, and celebrate it accordingly just as it was being celebrated in New York.As labor unions grew, more and more cities started celebrating Labor Day, which McGuire suggested should be a day to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.”As the popularity of Labor Day grew, governmental recognition was not far behind. By 1885, municipal ordinances recognizing Labor Day had been passed, and from those eventually sprouted a movement to inspire state legislation. Though the holiday was first celebrated in New York, in 1887 the state of Oregon became the first state to pass a law recognizing the first Monday of September as Labor Day. New York, along with Colorado, Massachusetts and New

Jersey, followed suit that same year. As the 1880s drew to a close, Connecticut, Nebraska and Pennsylvania were recognizing Labor Day, and by 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday

to honor workers.But it wasn’t until June 28, 1894 that Congress would officially pass an act that declared the first

Monday in September of each year a legal holiday. This applied to all states as well as the District of Columbia.

Though Labor Day is now a time to gather with family and friends and possibly enjoy some time at the beach or at a barbecue, it’s important for Americans to recognize both the significance and the history of

this special day in September.•

THE SPIRIT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014

THE LOCAL LENSwith Thom NickelsThom Nickels

is a Philadelphia-

based author/journalist/

poet, film critic

and feature writer

for the Spirit Newspapers.

by Thom Nickels

see LOCAL LENS next page

While hospitals are gen-erally places for heal-ing, sometimes—unfor-tunately-- the reverse is true. An older woman friend of mine, for instance, talked about a lung bi-opsy she underwent in a large Center City mega hospital. For quite a while this friend had been hav-ing disagreements with her doctor on whether to remove half her lung or to treat her condition with antibiotics. Having half your lung removed is a life altering procedure, so there should be an iron clad reason for do-ing so. My friend felt that her doctor didn’t have a good enough reason for removing half her lung, so she kept telling him no thank you. In addition, she felt he was far too ‘knife happy,’ almost as if opening the human body and removing organs had become his obsession. In one instance, the knife happy surgeon even told her, “I’m going to get

your lung one of these days!” as if he were a vampire or a ghoul. Life occasionally takes unexpected turns, and that’s what happened when my friend under-went a lung biopsy by the surgeon in question. Now, a biopsy is just a mis-sion in search of a tissue sample, nothing more, so the idea of it didn’t seem complicated until some-one in the operating room made a mistake. During the biopsy, the surgeon, or his accom-panying resident, nicked her lung, meaning that another surgical proce-dure was needed to fix the problem. The operating room team knew about the nicked lung at the con-clusion of the operation because they wrote spe-cific instructions on the patient’s chart that she was not to have any solid food because another pro-cedure was immediately pending. Do you think the floor staff read the doctor’s instructions? My friend was fed solid food, and as

a result she could not be given an anesthetic for the second go-round but instead had to endure the feeling of a surgical knife cutting into her skin and into the skin’s deeper sub strata layers so that they could uncoil a tube inside her. The flimsy local anes-thesia that she did receive did nothing to mask the pain caused by the deep digging surgical knives. My friend described the pain as “unbearable.” But her odyssey didn’t end there. Once the pro-cedure was over, she told

me that she wasn’t given enough pain medication, and that she had start-ed to bleed all over the sheets. When she rang for a nurse to change the sheets and also to request more pain medication, nobody came. She waited for a time and rang again, but the response was still the same—nothing. Fi-nally, after giving it one more shot (she pressed down hard on the call button this time), she dis-connected herself from a wire holding her to the bed and walked to the nursing station herself, a

sight for sore eyes in her bloody hospital Johnny. Once at the nursing sta-tion she let the little circle of telephone yapping-folder filing personnel, have it. I will not repeat here what she said, except to say that the thunder and verve of her scolding got results fast. Suddenly, the nurses couldn’t do enough for her. Would she like to be escorted back to her room in a wheelchair? Would she like a Krispy Crème donut? And yes, her bed sheets would be changed immediately. Later, a nurse appeared at her bedside, practically in tears, apologizing for the neglect of the general staff and telling her that she would report the ne-glect to the floor supervi-sor. “This is awful, really awful,” the good nurse kept saying. “I’m so sorry. Heads will roll!” The hospital in ques-tion is a big city hospital. I remember this hospital from childhood, because a classmate of mine in the 8th grade died there. His name was Richard H., and he died of a brain tumor after being sick for what seemed like a short while. The tumor came on quickly. Richard had several surgeries, would come back to school with his head in bandages-- on the road to recovery, we thought-- but then in no time he’d be sent back to this hospital. One morn-ing, Sister Immaculata, our teacher, announced that Richard had died. His High Solemn Re-quiem Mass was one of the saddest experiences of my childhood. While I’m sure that the big city hospital in ques-tion was a much better place years ago, it’s almost a certainty that long time employees there even at that time suffered from the same condition that’s prevalent among hospital personnel today: occa-sional bouts of medical callousness. Like it or not, a basic cal-lousness to human suffer-ing comes from working in a hospital environment for too long a time. Hospi-tal workers may not even be aware of what has happened to them in this regard, either. During my time as an operating room orderly at age 21, I witnessed many things: Nuero- surgeons talking about their week-end golf outings as they drilled through a patient’s skull, or as they dug deep with gloved hands into a man or woman’s ab-

domen. Some surgeons were like temperamental opera divas or restaurant chefs. If an action of a scrub nurse displeased them, they might throw a set of forceps across the room, or kick one of the floor waste buckets (they were on wheels) so that it went rolling across the room and slammed into a portable X-ray machine. Other surgeons screamed that they wanted “Nurse so-and-so to get the hell out.” Sometimes the sur-geon in question would walk out of the room himself (there were only a few female surgeons, but only the males had prob-lems with their temper). I don’t know whether this “walking off stage” ever put a patient’s life in jeopardy. My guess is that most often it did not because there was al-ways a resident (in scrubs) ready to take over when a surgeon misbehaved. Residents, in fact, were almost always on hand to observe and then, when asked, try doing the operation themselves. During most operations, the surgeon would do the opening incision and then maybe stick around for a few exploratory “digs,” but once the work be-came “mechanical,” an assistant would take over. The surgeon almost never hung around as the pa-tient was being stitched up before the transfer into the recovery room. At this point they were already in the surgeon’s lounge or in the small doctor’s lounge having a cup of coffee and eating a sticky bun. The stresses of meet-ing the demands of diva surgeons meant that many scrub nurses were ready for a laugh, and this sometimes took a bawdy turn, such as when a nurse or two would steal a peek under the cover sheet when an especially good looking young man was fast asleep on the operating room table. While these were very unethical peeping tom moments, I witnessed their occurrence time and time again and wondered what the guy who was be-ing looked at would do or say if he knew what was happening. As an OR orderly, I was expected to open all the operating rooms at 6:30 AM, set up the IV stands in the individual curtained cubicles and retrieve the patients for 8 AM surgery from the hospital’s upper floors. It


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was a huge responsibil-ity. If an OR orderly was squeamish about blood and guts, there were only two options available: quit, or find a way to get used to the gore. My job included taking specimens to pathology, including aborted fetuses from the many therapeu-tic abortions preformed at the hospital. As a twenty year old I didn’t

give too much thought about these procedures. I naively assumed that the abortions were per-formed to save the life of the mother until I got talking to an Eastern Orthodox nurse who said that this was not the case at all. She also told me that she was on record as refusing to assist in these “therapeutic acts of mur-der.” While I admired her for having the courage of her convictions, it made me wonder about all the Irish Catholic nurses (this

was Boston, after all) who didn’t seem to have any issues with abortion, but who would look very, very distressed when handing me the little fetus jars to take to pathology. These quick, gui lt-ridden “exchanges” re-minded me of Pontius Pilate washing his hands of the situation. Mastectomies and am-putations affected me the most, especially when a scrub nurse would put a still warm, wrapped in blue linen amputated leg in my arms, and ask me to deliver it to the morgue. Of course, when a pa-tient died on the operat-ing room table, the mood in the room turned sol-emn. Many scrub nurses became upset. Some ac-tually cried. The nurses were the ones who felt a death the most. The sur-geons, for the most part, were stoned faced. It was hard to know what they were feeling. It was always the nurse or the orderlies who stayed behind and cleaned up the room and washed the body of the deceased. For me, a death in the OR was always a shock, especially if I was the one who had escorted the patient to the operat-ing room earlier. Times like this, I’d think back and try to remember if the patient had said any-thing of note, or whether their behavior pointed to a premonition regarding their own death. After the washing of the deceased’s body, an orderly’s help was needed in moving the man or woman onto a special stretcher for the trip to the morgue. The silence in the OR room at this time was profound. People spoke only if necessary. There was certainly no talk of golf, or how great it would be to get drunk at the after work happy hour at the local pub. Wheeling the stretch-er with the covered up corpse on it to the eleva-tor nearest the operating room, and then getting to the basement morgue without anybody else coming on the elevator was hardly a guarantee. There’d be no emotional reaction if a nurse, doc-tor or resident got on the elevator at different floors, but if a non-medical visi-tor to the hospital saw the stretcher, he or she would step back as the blood would seem to drain from their faces. In conclusion, I’d say that long time hospital experience can either plunge you into a river of callousness, from which it may be difficult to return, or it can work to increase your human empathy skills. I don’t know where

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If I violate you, in any way, and then say I’m sorry, it’s over and done with, right? I’m forgiv-en? Wrong! Whether the violator is a family member or a significant other, that apology is merely a bunch of words that coat the surface of a lifetime of dam-age. While forgiveness might take place over time, “Saying I’m Sorry May Not Fix It.” A film by that name just won first place at the WorkReady Philadelphia Expo this summer. Not a shabby showing for the teens who wrote, directed, acted in and produced this film as the final project for their six week internship at the S.T.A.R. (Students Talking About Rela-tionships) Program held at Fishtown’s own, Lu-theran Settlement House (LSH). Thirty-five Philly public high school stu-dents got the opportunity to think critically about healthy vs. unhealthy

Saying I’m Sorry May Not Fix ItS.T.A.R. Program at LHS Brings in a Dialogue About Domestic Violence to Teen Dating Level

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Adjoa Agyeman, rising senior at Central High School. /Photo: Denise M. Krenski

relationships — both domestic and dating— and to practice the skills needed to become a peer mediator at their schools. Led by S.T.A.R. pro-gram instructors, Steph-anie Keene and Tony Enos, students delved into the reasons for vio-lence and attempted to find ways to stop it from proliferating. “We [wanted to give our stu-dents] the tools to go back to their schools to be peer educators and mediators,” Enos shared. “[It’s important for students to] feel com-fortable on the ground level.” This program, an ex-tension of LSH’s year-long Domestic Violence Program, is a community level/behavior interven-tion program in its purest form. With 31 students returning to their Philly high schools and four go-ing off to college in the fall, the goal is for stu-dents to go back to their schools, neighborhoods and homes and try to in-tercept unhealthy behav-

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representative from the or-ganization came and gave Walt his first official collec-tion can. Every year, Walt keeps account of every penny raised for MDA on his post, with letters from the foundation to prove it. Walt is as honest and good as the day is long. Unfortunately, some peo-ple have been harassing Walt over the past year, making him concerned for his safety. In May, shortly after Walt’s mother passed away, neighbors started hassling him. You would think these are the actions of a pack of weak-minded, ill-bred teenagers, right? Wrong. Sadly, the offenders are grown men right in the neighborhood. “It was horrible,” Walt recalled, “I was sleeping on the couch, and Alana (the dog) woke me up barking. I went to the door, and these guys were screaming in my windows. They threw eggs at the front of my house, my door, everything. I don’t know why. I don’t bother anyone. I was hav-ing a very hard time. My mom just died a few days before! I am still having a hard time.” Without even taking into account all the good that Walt does, this is simply a heartless and ignorant way to treat a man who just lost his mother. “Walt took care of my mom for many years,” his brother Billy said, “They were very close. We are all very close.” Bill tries to stop around to see his brother as often as possible, especially during Walt’s fundraising week. “I never got married, so I was very close with my mom,” Walt chimed in, scratching Alana’s head, “The first day I came out this year to set up, I just sat here and cried. She always helped me out. She used to call me from the house that she was coming over to help.” Walt motioned down to Alana, smiling, and said,

“She was my mom’s baby.” Bill and Alana are not Walt’s only helpers during his MDA fundraising week. His great nephew Brian has been coming around to help him every day. Brian helps with setting up the tents, hauling soda cases, and any other help his Uncle Walt needs. They set up the tents and grill every day at 7AM, and close up when the sun goes down. Walt used to camp out in a tent and sleep outside for the week. However, he started to feel unsafe a few years back because neighborhood teens tore his tent down. Now Walt just mans his post during the waking hours. The neighbors harass-ing Walt have made the mistake of thinking that he is helpless and alone. Why else would they try to intimidate him? What they don’t know is that Walt Pomroy is not alone. He is not weak, and he is not helpless. Fishtowners love Walt. They recognize all the good he does not only for Jerry’s Kids, but in his day-to-day life. Angie Pote, who used to live on Almond Street, recalled Walt’s generosity back to her grade school days, “I remember being at Adaire School on “Pretzel Day”. He (Walt) would buy pretzels for the kids, me included, who could not af-ford them. No matter how far from Fishtown I go, when I think of Fishtown, Walt is synonymous with those memories.” Walt still volunteers at Adaire, where he was awarded for his work. Helen Marie Burke, a lifetime Fishtowner, spoke fondly of Walt, saying, “His presence year after year on Belgrade Street - raising money for Muscu-lar Dystrophy - without fail is inspiring, endearing, and admirable. I remember my mom, when she could still get around, always wanted to make her way to Walt’s stand to donate. He deserves all the special recognition he can get for

his sincerity and dedication year after year to such a worthy cause.“ Helen’s brother Billy Burke grew up with Walt Pomroy from the time he was a boy. He remem-bered Walt as a unique and quirky kid who marched to his own drum. “He would sing and dance on the cor-ner,” Billy recalled, “He didn’t care what anyone thought about him. And as we got older, I really grew to admire Walt with all the good he did for everyone. The neighborhood should really rally around Walt. We need to look after our people in the neighbor-hood.” These are just a few of the neighbors who reached out to me, singing Walt’s praises. I hope the neigh-borhood, and all River-ward neighbors, do rally around Walt Pomroy as Billy suggested. He is a treasure to the neighbor-hoods, and he deserves to feel secure in his mission. Walt has been doing his thing my entire life. I would hate to think of the corner of Belgrade and Oxford empty next year at the end of the summer. If you know Walt, stop by and see him. If you are one of our many new neighbors, please stop by the corner and introduce yourself. Sit and talk for a few minutes. Even if you don’t have a dollar in your pocket, stop and give Walt some moral support. Let him tell you about his cause. The more time good people spend rallying around him, the less time there will be for weak-minded troublemakers to harass him. We need more big-hearted, gener-ous neighbors like Walt. Let him know we appreci-ate him. Encourage his work and his generosity. Keep this wave of positiv-ity rolling forward. Walt Pomroy will be at the corner of Belgrade and Oxford Streets in Fishtown until the MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon ends on Labor Day. •

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Walt cooking up some dogs for the cause. /Photo: Jeffro Kilpatrick

LETTER to the Editor

To the Martyrs

of St. Laurentius

Church: I am getting fed up with the situation about the future of St. Laurentius church. Nothing is being said or done about the situation. We are being kept in the dark about any progress on the fate of our church. Add insult to injury, our 9:30AM Sunday mass at Holy Name Church for St. Laurentius parishioners is being taken away. We are being phased out. That WAS OUR MASS!! We had no say in the mat-ter. I do not like going to Holy Name Church, I do not feel welcome there. It is a cold feeling church. I want to have our 9:30AM mass again in our beautiful and historic church on Sundays. IT IS OUR HOME!!! The church has not fallen down yet and probably never will. IT IS OUR TREASURE. We are

literally being shoved out the door. We never have a parish meeting with the pastor to let us know the latest information on our progress. We want to be back in our beautiful church again. LET US RISE UP IN PROTEST TO GET OUR IDEN-TITY BACK!!! There is one portion of our church family who has already started a protest and I ap-plaud that decision. IT IS OUR HOME - BRING IT BACK TO US IN ALL OF ITS GLORY AND SPLENDOR! !!

Linda JakubowskiA Lifetime Parishioner

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FNA Zoning Remapping MeetingFishtown Neighbors As-sociation (FNA) and the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) are hosting a zoning remap-ping community meeting on Tues., Sept. 23 at 7PM at Fishtown Recreation Center (1202 E Montgom-ery Ave). The purpose of the meeting is to review the neighborhood’s zoning recommendations from the October 2013 remapping workshop, and to vote on the proposal developed by PCPC. This is our final op-portunity for input to City Council! For more infor-mation, please visit http://www.fistown.org or email us at [email protected]

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Bridesburg Rec News ZUMBA: Classes all year round. Mon. & Thurs. from & to 8PM. Zumba Toning – Wed. at same time. $4, walk-in.SCRAPBOOKING: held all year round. Come join! Wed. from 6:30 to 9:30PM. $5 each time you attend. You only need your pho-tos and a book! We have everything.LADIES BOWLING LEAGUE: Tues. morn-ings at 9AM at Erie Lanes. Interested? Just come any Tues. morning. All ladies invited to join. For more information call Miss Jackie at 215-685-1247, 215-533-6448 or 215-331-9417. BRIDESBURG REC CENTER TOT REC 2014-15Few spots are available for Tot Program. Pre K: Mon. & Wed. 12Noon to 2:40PM. Must be 4 by Sept. 1, 2014; Pre-School:

Thurs. & Fri. 12Noon to 2:40PM. Must be 3 by Sept. 1, 2014. Toddler Time: Mon. & Thurs. 9:30 to 11:30AM or 12Noon to 2:40PM. Must be 2 by Sep-tember 1, 2014. Call Miss Jackie at 215-685-1247. GYMNASTICS CLASS-ES: TAP, JAZZ, BALLET CLASSES. Registration and classes begin on Mon., Sept. 8. Deadline to join is Fri., Oct. 3. For more information call the Rec between 1 and 9PM week-days. 215-685-1247 or 215-533-6448. Bridesburg Rec is located at 4625 Richmond St.

Cione Tot RecProgramCione Tot Rec Program, Aramingo and Lehigh Aves., has a few open-ing for their 14-15 school year. Children need to be 3-1/2 years of age. For more information call 215-685-9950. A $15 non-refundable registration fee is required at sign-up. Morning classes only.

Tigers Tot-SoccerPort Richmond Tigers are currently taking sign-ups for Tot-Soccer for boys and girls, ages 3-1/2 to 6. Sign up at the Tigers Club-house, Chatham and Ann Sts., Mon. thru Fri from 6:30 til 7:30PM. For more info call the Clubhouse at 215-423-7611 or Tom Mack at 215-275-8838.

Fishtown Tot Rec Preschool Programat The Fishtown Recreation CenterReg i s t ra t ion fo r the 2014/15 School Year. Wed., Aug. 20, 6 - 7:30PM. 3 Year Class - Child should be three by Septem-ber 1st. Classes are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11:30 to 2:00.4 Year Class - Child should be four by Septem-ber 1st. Classes are held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 8:30 to 11:00.All children must be able to attend to their own bath-room needs. At the time of registration you will need your child’s birth certifi-cate, immunization record and a $20 non-refundable registration fee.

Kensington Community Food Co-opUntil the development of its future store, at Frank-ford and Lehigh Avenues, the Kensington Communi-ty Food Co-op continues its bi-monthly Marketplace, every 2nd and 4th Tues-day of the month, from 6-8PM on the 2nd floor of Circle of Hope, 2009 Frankford Ave. Members and non-members alike can purchase organic, sea-sonal produce and bulk dry goods such as beans, grains and granola. Bring your own containers and bags. For further information, www.kcfc.coop/market-place_is_back.

First Emmanuel Prayer PartnersPrayer MinistryFirst Emmanuel Prayer Partners Church, 711 W. Girard Ave. Prayer Min-istry. Looking for Prayer Partners. Everyone is wel-come to come pray with us every Tuesday night at 8PM. 215-456-9974 or 267-746-0448.

Kensington LibraryHumane Education Sum-mer Series. Mondays 2–4PM at Kensington Li-brary, 104 West Dauphin Street (at York-Dauphin Station). 22reasons is a humane education orga-nization working to raise awareness about animal welfare. Gigi Glendinning, founder and director of 22reasons, will present ani-mal stories with engaging activities at the Kensington Branch this summer.

Zumba Classesat Glavin PlaygroundFrank Glavin Playground is holding Zumba classes for adults on Tuesdays 7:45-8:45PM. $4 per class. 215-685-9898.

First Presbyterian Bible Study GroupOn Wed. evenings at 7PM a Bible Study Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, 418 E. Girard Ave. Come and bring a friend for informative, exciting and lively open discussions. As always, everyone is welcome.

Richmond Library ProgramsPreschool Storytime is every Wed. at 10:30AM. This program is intended for children from one- to four-years of age and their caregivers. Siblings are always welcome. Daycares should call for separate appointments. Richmond Library, 2987 Almond St. 215-685-9992.

Free Kickboxing Classes for Girls at Joe Hand Boxing GymAges 10-17, at Joe Hand Boxing Gym, 3rd & Green Sts. Kickboxing instructors Erin Fennell and Brittani Warner, in conjunction with the Joe Hand Boxing Gym and Computer Lab, are offering free cardio kickboxing classes for girls aged 10-17, every Friday at 5:45PM at 547 N. 3rd St. Combine kickboxing to music with strengthening, cardiovascular condition-ing and toning exercises, while focusing on the girls’ self-confidence. Fennell, a certified kickboxing in-structor, sees the classes as a building block to help young girls increase their self-esteem. All necessary equipment will be provided for free by the Joe Hand Boxing Gym. If interested in joining the class, contact Fennell at 267-765-6592, or [email protected].

Come Join the Richmond Book Club!Monthly meetings of the Richmond Book Club are every third Thursday at 6:15PM at the Richmond Library. The selection for July will be John Adams by David McCullough. Cop-ies at the branch.

Farm to FamiliesEach week Farm to Fami-lies supplies families with boxes of produce from local farmers at a cost of only $10 or $15. Pick-up is every Thursday from 4-7PM at the Gar-den Center at the corner of Frankford and Berks (Entrance on Frankford Ave. ) How to order : Phone: Call 215-427-0350 x110, Email: [email protected]. In person: Visit our site (Berks & Frankford) Thurs. 4-7PM.Visit NKCDC at 2515 Frankford Ave be-tween 9-5PM M-F. All orders for the following week must be placed before 10AM on Fridays!

CSA Farm SharesArea nonprofit Philly Food-works is running a CSA, a farm share program of-fering weekly deliveries of produce. It runs now through October 23 and offers a wide variety of choices. In addition to vegetables, options include meat, dairy, fruit, bread, jam, honey, hummus, beef jerky, soup, condiments, and desserts. Pricing for the season franges from $396 to $625. Pickup is at Cafe Chismosa, NW corner 4th & Poplar. More info at the www.nlna.org.

Pearl Dance Studio RegistrationPearl Dance Studio will be holding registration for the 2014/15 Season TONIGHT - Aug. 27 from 6-7:30PM. They of-fer classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, cheerdance, lyrical and Irish dance. $20 registration fee (non-refundable). Pearl Dance Competition Team Au-ditions will be held on Sept. 3 & 4. Audition to be on the award winning dance team. Located at 3065 Richmond St. 215-688-7356 or email [email protected]. Like them on facebook.

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My husband, Joe, and I were blessed on Saturday, July 19, 2014 with the birth of our son, Joey. All of the emotions and excitement veteran parents said we would feel were exactly on point and I can only describe it as the best day of not only our individual lives but also our journey as a couple. Another bit of advice

Clean Plate: Double Chocolate Avocado Cookiesother parents shared with us was that time flies by, and to savor every minute; these past five weeks have become part of our history faster than we anticipated, and I’m already in awe of how many milestones Joey has accomplished. It makes time feel more precious when Joe and I realize the first smile, Joey’s first crack at “tummy time,” his first bath, and even as far back as his first night home are

all “firsts” for us, too. Last week, Joey techni-cally had his first experi-ence in the kitchen; since he’s now going through a phase where he wants to cuddle or be held, I’ve been taking advantage of a baby wrap to allow me to comfort and be close to him while allowing myself to use both hands and get some things done around the house. He was wrapped tightly to the front of my

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Double Chocolate Avocado CookiesFrom True Aim1 medium, ripe avocado3 tablespoons honey1 egg1 teaspoon vanilla extract½ cup peanut butter½ cup cocoa powder

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Preheat oven to 350 de-grees and line a baking sheet with parchment pa-per. With a hand or stand-ing mixer, cream together the avocado and honey until smooth. Add the egg and mix until there are no lumps. Mix in the peanut butter and cocoa powder, then stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Drop by the tablespoon only bak-ing sheet and bake for approximately 12 minutes. Cookies will look set in the center, not shiny. These aren’t the sweetest of cookies, but are perfect for dark chocolate lov-ers. The deep, decadent flavor is thanks to a larger ratio of cocoa powder to a smaller amount of sweet-ener. There is a very faint peanut butter flavor, which keeps the cookies soft and moist. I used smooth pea-nut butter, but crunchy peanut butter would work just as well and incorporate a crunchy texture. I think even the most sophisticated palate wouldn’t guess these cookies were made with avocado, which I’ve re-cently learned is a healthy substitute for butter in baking. It’s a little unap-petizing, at first, mixing the green pulp, but the cookies take on a dark cocoa color and are perfectly soft, tasty,

and just so happen to be gluten-free. Motherhood has been the most incredible expe-rience of my life, and we are so lucky to have such a wonderful baby. I feel the three of us are perfect for each other and just as Joe and I have been adapting to Joey, his schedule (or lack thereof !), and his discovery of everything around him, he’s been fitting into our lives and the things we like to do so easily. Morn-ing walks for coffee, a trip to the grocery store, and even a visit to the yoga studio take on a differ-ent meaning with Joey in tow. He seemed to enjoy his first recipe, as he was pleasantly snoozing away while wrapped tightly to my body; I’m looking for-ward to the days when he can perhaps help! •

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by Lisa Shaat (a.k.a. Miss Know-It-All)

Miss Know-It-All’s Quizzo Challenge:

1. Robin Williams was in the film “Good Will Hunt-ing”, which was about a young m a t h p r o d i g y who worked in what prestigious school?

A. Princeton B. M.I.T.C. Yale D. Harvard

2.Robin William played Mork in the TV si tcom “Mork and Min-dy”, which was a

Robin Williamsspin-off from what other show?

A. Happy Days B. SoapC.Chico and the Man D. Alice 3. Williams landed the role as Mork after doing what wacky thing at his audition? A. he showed up for the audition with a helmet made of tin foil.B. when asked to take a seat, he sat upside-down on his chair.C. he showed up in a miniskirt and go-go boots.D. In the waiting room, he told his competition to go home, because the audition was can-celled.

4. In the Robin Wil-liams movie “Mrs. Doubtfire”, what ac-

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A. Australian B. WelshC. Irish D. Scottish 5. W ho played Robin Williams mom in the film “The World Ac-cording to Garp”?

A. Ann Bancroft B. Doris DayC. Glenn Close D. Meryl Streep

6. True or False: Robin Williams was voted least likely to succeed by his fellow high s c h o o l c l a s s -mates.

A. True B. False

7. Robin Williams went to Julliard, where he became the best of friends

with his class-mate, who also found fame as an actor. Name that friend.

A. Christopher Walken B. Christopher ReeveC. Mel Gibson D. Billy Crystal 8. Robin Williams won his first Gold-en Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy or Mu-sical in 1988 for his role in which movie?

A. Jack B. FlubberC. Good Morning, Vietnam D. Patch Adams

9. Robin Williams was part of the first “Comic Re-lief ” fundraiser HBO special in 1986. Who were the comics raising money for?

A. American Home-

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3:30PM – Lara and Joe Show – Kids of all ages

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Port Richmond & Engine 28 Remember 10th Anniversary of Fallen Firefighters

The rain held out with just enough time to lay the wreaths at Engine 28’s Memorial Garden at Belgrade and Ontario Streets on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. That date marked the ten year anniversary of the deaths of Captain John Taylor and Firefighter Rey Rubio who both perished while fighting a house fire on the 3600 block of Belgrade Street on August 20, 2004. Over 100 res ident s jo ined the rank and file of the Philadelphia Fire Department in a memorial and prayer service organized by the Port Richmond On Patrol and Civic Association (PROPAC) and Por t Richmond Town Watch (PRTW) to honor the memory and sacrifice of the two Philadelphia Firefighters. Residents gathered at the house fire site on Belgrade Street where the majority of neighbors adorned their front doors, gates and porch lights with black, red and gold ribbons-a gesture they did ten years before in the aftermath of the fire. The bows were made at local craft shop Jean’s Crafts at Cedar and Allegheny. After a brief prayer from St. Anne’s pastor, Father Brady, a procession led by the Ph i l ade lph ia Police & Fire Pipes and Drums and Engine 28’s fire truck traveled along Belgrade three blocks to the firehouse where a wreath laying ceremony took place. PROPAC/PRTW provided residents with roses and carnations to place at the memorial site. Patty-Pat Kozlowski, executive director of PROPAC and one of the Spirit Newspapers staff writers organized the memorial service and spoke at the ceremony. This is a portion of her remarks: “In 2004 we stood at this same spot and dedicated this memorial stone and garden to Captain John Taylor and Firefighter Rey Rubio of Engine 28. Ten years later, we come back as a community to

remember the men we lost on the night of August 20, 2004. Has it been 10 years? In 2014 the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby. George Bush defeated John Kerry for President and Facebook wasn’t even invented yet. How did we communicate? How did we get over 1000 people marching peacefully along Belgrade Street carrying a steel Celtic cross from Engine 28 to Campbell Square as we laid the memory of Capt. Taylor and Firefighter Rubio to rest in 2004? S i m p l e . W E A R E PORT RICHMOND. PORT RICHMOND. Off the Allegheny Avenue exit of I-95. We have more playgrounds and church steeples than any other neighborhood in Philly. WE ARE PORT RICHMOND. When we dedicated this memorial stone ten years ago, the stone was cut and designed by Sanders Memorial in Bridesburg. This brick wall was built over a few days by Port Richmond guys named Dennis, Matt, Bob, Joe, Sal & Rocko who worked non-stop on this wall with pride and honor. They wouldn’t accept a dime. The local residents who worked at Home Depot donated their time and supplies to plant the garden in front of Engine 28. People sold red and black bows-made by Jean’s Crafts at Cedar and Allegheny to raise money for this memorial. We flew in Rey Rubio’s daughter and put her up in a hotel for the dedication. We cooked and baked. We dropped off platters and cakes, and fruit and pizzas to the crew at Engine 28. Ten years later, I think they still have a few bricks of Stock’s cake left over in the freezer. The Pilsudski Club across the street-now a vacant shell ready for apartments hosted a 500 person luncheon that day for all who came out to remember and thank those two men who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Because WE ARE PORT RICHMOND AND ENGINE 28 is ours. Months before their death, Engine 28 was on the chopping block with the brownouts. We were threatened with losing our pumper truck. Hundreds came out to protest, to rally. The hell you will close Engine 28! WE ARE PORT RICHMOND

AND ENGINE 28 is ours. And ten years later we all came back here to their firehouse and remember them and their ultimate sacrifice. Taylor and Rubio was ours. They were our guys. Our friends. Our heroes.” Captain James Williamson of Engine 28 also spoke, stating that he’d rather be in front of a burning building than try his hand at public speaking. He told the story of working that night ten years ago at another firehouse and hearing the call come over on the box. “As firefighters, we all l istened to the command center and it was apparent something was wrong,” Williamson said. “But Taylor and Rubio were firefighters and that is what we do.” With dark clouds above and an apparent rainstorm coming in, Father Brady led the memorial in reciting the Fireman’s Prayer and wi th Amazing Grace

August 20, 2004: a sad day in Port Richmond and for the City of Phila-delphia. Capt. John Taylor, a 32-year vet-eran (above), and fire-fighter Rey Rubio, a 12-year veteran (below), lost their lives fighting a rowhouse f ire on the 3600 block of Belgrade Street. A memorial and prayer service were held in their honor.

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everyone into Engine 28 for dinner, refreshments and of course, Stock’s pound cake.•

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26th District Crime ReportAugust 13, 2014- August 19, 2014

Below is a breakdown of crimes committed in the 26th District in the neighborhoods that make up PSA #3:

• Zero (0) homicides reported during this time.

• One (1) rape reported during this time: 2400 Sergeant (8/13)

• Zero (0) robbery-point of gun during this time.

• One (1) robbery other weapon during this time: 200 E Thompson (8/18)

• One (1) aggravated assault other weapon during this time: 2500 Edgemont (8/14)

• One (1) Aggravated Assault with a gun during this time: 2400 Emerald (8/19

• Five (5) residential burglaries during this time: 2100 Hazzard (8/13), 2500 Amber (815), 2600 Harold (815), 2600 Coral (817), 2400 Frankford (818)

• Ten (10) theft from autos during this time: 2500 Lehigh (8/13), 1300 Susque-hanna (8/14), 1000 Leopard (8./14), 1000 Delaware (8/14), 2000 Fletcher (8/16), 900 Frankford (8/17), 2000 Arizona (8/17), 1000 Leopard (8/17), 2400 Cedar (8/19), 800 Belgrade (8/19)

• Four (4) stolen vehicles during this time: 2300 York (8/14), 200 Richmond (8/15), 2600 Edgemont (8/15), 2000 Trenton (8/19)

• Seven (7) thefts during this time: 900 Frankford (8/13), 2600 York (8/13), 2100 Huntingdon (8/14), 2600 Emery (8/14), 2600 York (8/14), 1200 Front (8/15), 2300 Tucker (8/19).•

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Aries, exercise caution when expressing your needs. It can be difficult to stop when you are drumming up so much excitement. Now is not the time to take a risk.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, you may have overextended yourself this week. You didn’t realize you had taken on so much until it was too late, but there is still time to backtrack.

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Gemini, committing to a daily routine can have a strong impact on your overall health. Consider tailoring a new routine for yourself, and you’ll reap the healthy rewards.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Take things slow with a budding relationship this week, Cancer. You don’t want to go too fast and find yourself in over your head. Let things develop gradually.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, carefully consider any offer that seems too good to be true this week. While the person making the offer is not ill-intentioned, you still must exercise caution.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

Big ideas sweep in this week and leave you with a lot of inspiration, Virgo. Don’t get too lost in fantastical ideas, though. Wait a little bit before finalizing plans.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

Err on the side of caution with regard to spending this week, Libra. You have to save up for a bigger purchase that’s on the horizon, so try to save as much as you can now.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, only now do you realize how much you have on your plate. Think about postponing a getaway until your schedule is less packed and you can enjoy the trip even more.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, turn work into play and things will move along that much more quickly. Split up the tasks at hand with a friend or colleague, and the week will fly by.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, even though you don’t have much time for yourself, you feel compelled to spend more time with others. Make some time for yourself as well.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, you secretly enjoy when others come to you for advice. Think carefully before making any suggestions, and your friends will be more appreciative because of it.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Now is the time to further your studies, Pisces. Figure out how to finance a return to school and make the most of the opportunity.

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Jazz Festival at Memphis Street

AcademyRenai s sance Act ion National Network and PORT RICHMOND ACTION Community Association West pres-ents: Port Richmond/ Kensington 19134 Jazz Festival. Featuring Phila-delphia’s Original Del-phonics and more.Two stages of music. Sat., & Sun., Sept. 13 & 14 at Memphis Street Acad-emy, 2954 Memphis St. For tickets and info con-tact: Maurice Campbell at 215-526-8519.•

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CROSSWORD PUZZLEby Sue Senn

CLUES ACROSS

1. Chafe 7. Taps 11. Wild llama 13. “Taming of the Shrew” city 14. Israel Isidore Beilin 18. 12th Greek letter 19. ___ Lanka 20. Obsequious use of title 21. Failed in function 22. 1st workday (abbr.) 23. Sea eagle 24. Bamako is the capital 25. Mains 28. Body of water 29. Fern frond sporangia 30. Baseball implements 32. Peels an apple

33. Ingested 34. Coverage to cure & prevent 35. Satisfied 37. Having a slanted direction 38. Acts of selling 39. Pod vegetable 41. To lay a tax upon 44. Ancient Olympic Site 45. Gram molecule 46. Internet addiction disorder 48. Feline 49. 19301 PA 50. East northeast 51. AKA consumption 52. U.S. capital 56. 1st Mexican civilization 58. Police radio monitors 59. Give advice, explain 60. Drab

CLUES DOWN

1. Age discrimination 2. Donkeys 3. Deep narrow valley 4. Cuckoo 5. Newsman Rather 6. Heartbeat test 7. Cooking pot 8. Promotion 9. Ancient barrow 10. Citizens of Riyadh 12. Preoccupy excessively 13. Crusted dessert 15. Ireland 16. Ribosomal ribonucleic acid 17. Downwind 21. Issue a challenge 24. Brooding ill humor 26. Makes less intense 27. Repletes 29. Languages of the Sulu islands 31. CNN’s Turner 32. 21st Greek letter 35. Merchantable 36. Dismounted a horse 37. Catchment areas 38. Private subdivision of society 39. Piglet’s best friend 40. Norse goddess of old age 42. Yellow-brown pigment 43. TV journalist Vanocur 45. More (Spanish) 47. Openly disparage 49. Political funding group 52. Tiny 53. Greatest common divisor 54. Tobacco smoking residue 55. United 57. 7th state


KENSINGTON HIGH SCHOOL - 2014-2015 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL DATE OPPONENT HOME/AWAY Fri. 9/5 FELS HOME Wed. 9/10 RUSH AWAY 11081 Knights Rd. Fri. 9/12 MBA HOME Mon. 9/15 CAPA HOME Wed. 9/17 MLK AWAY Stenton & Walnut Ln. Fri. 9/19 DEL. VAL. HOME Mon. 9/22 LINCOLN HOME Mon. 9/29 FREIRE AWAY 2027 Chestnut st. Mon. 10/6 S. PHILLY HOME Fri. 10/10 AUDENREID AWAY 3301 Tasker Fri. 10/17 FLC AWAY 15th & Mt. Vernon Mon. 10/20 PKY WEST HOME Wed. 10/22 PLAYOFFS (1ST ROUND) Fri. 10/24 PLAYOFFS (2ND ROUND) Mon. 10/27 CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Wed. 10/29 CITY SEMIFINALS Fri. 10/31 CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Tues. 11/4 DISTRICT 12 FINALS

KENSINGTON2014 LADY TIGERS SOCCER SCHEDULE

DAY DATE AWAY HOME LOCATION

TH. 9-4 FKD KEN RHAWN & STATET 9-9 KEN KING STENTON & WALNUTTH. 9-11 BYE T 9-16 KEN FUR 11TH & BIGLERTH 9-18 FRE KEN RHAWN & STATE T 9-23 KEN MAST RHAWN & STATEF 9-26 DOB KEN RHAWN & STATET 9-30 KEN HS OF H TBAT 10-7 KEN OVB RHAWN & STATETH 10-9 OLN KEN RHAWN & STATE

KENSINGTON2014 BOYS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

DAY DATE TIME VISITOR HOME LOCATION S 8-16 10:00 MAST KEN FRONT & BERKSF 8-22 10:00 KEN PENN W 500 W. COBBS CREEK PKWYF 8-29 6:00 KEN DEL VAL SEDGWICK & LOWBERS 9-6 6:00 KEN BEN FR GERMANTOWN & HUNTING PARKF 9-12 3:00 KEN STR MAN COTTMAN & SUMMERDALES 9-20 1:00 KEN L. MERION 315 MONTGOMERY AVE.F 9-26 6:30 KEN PALUMBO 11TH & BIGLERF 10-3 3:00 KEN EDISON HUNTING PARK W. OF FRONTTH 10-16 6:00 KEN DOB GERMANTOWN & HUNTING PARKS 10-25 6:00 KEN OVB GERMANTOWN & HUNTING PARKF 11-14 4:00 KEN EDISON HUNTING PARK W. OF FRONT

COACHING STAFF: Head Coach: Sean Ryan; Assistant Coaches: Elwood Erb and Larry Arata

KENSINGTON2014 BOYS SOCCER SCHEDULE

DAY DATE HOME VISITOR LOCATION

W 9-3 FKD KEN LARGE & DYRET 9-9 KEN MASTER ARAMINGO & LEHIGHTH 9-11 KEN MLK ARAMINGO & LEHIGHT 9-16 KEN HS of F ARAMINGO & LEHIGHTH 9-18 KEN FURN ARAMINGO & LEHIGHT 9-23 KEN BEN FR ARAMINGO & LEHIGHT 9-30 BOYS L KEN BELMONT & CHAIMONIXTH 10-2 KEN E & S ARAMINGO & LEHIGHT 10-7 KEN FLC ARAMINGO & LEHIGHTH 10-9 KEN FKD ARAMINGO & LEHIGHT 10-14 KEN MASTER ARAMINGO & LEHIGH

COACH: James Hardy

2014-15 KENSINGTON HIGH SCHOOL MULTIPLEX SCHEDULES

Coach- M. Stubblefield

Meet the Lovely FEDORA!

She is a medium sized 4 year old terrier/pit bull mix. Poor Fedora finds herself back in the shelter after spending the last two years with a family. Despite her bad luck, she is a happy, fun-loving dog that loves to zoom outdoors and play with ev-ery toy in sight. This sweet girl is also very smart! She knows how to sit and shake paws; and she is also house-trained. She has lived with smaller dogs and she absolutely LOVES them. Come on down to meet her! If you have dogs of your own, you’ll need to bring at least one in to meet any potential dogs and make sure there is no major personality clash. Please also bring proof that you are allowed dogs/cats at your home if you rent. Fedora is located at ACCT -- 111 W. Hunting Park Ave, Phila., PA 19140. Phone: 267-385-3800 (ask for the Lifesaving Department!) Email: [email protected]. More about Fedora: Pet ID: A16284950 • Primary colors: Chestnut Brown with White markings • Coat length: Short. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FEDORA, PLEASE EMAIL [email protected].


Coach- M. Stubblefield

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see CALENDAR on next page

Calendarcontinued from page 6

WORD SEARCH ANSWERS

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS

Trivia Answers:Part One:

5 points each1. B. M.I.T.

2. A. Happy Days 3. B. when asked to take a seat, he sat upside-down on

his chair. 4. D. Scottish

Part Two: 10 points each

5. C. Glenn Close 6. A.True

7. B. Christopher Reeve 8. C. Good Morning,

Vietnam

Part Three: 15 points each

9. A. American Homeless 10. C. he was in advertising 11. D. Isaac Asimov 12. C. he was a street mime

Scoring: Under 50: Trivia Amateur; 50-85: Trivia Buff90-115: Trivia Whiz; 120: TRIVIA CHAMPION!

Come play Quizzo with me at The Bada Bing Sports Bar at 2372 Orthodox St, every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Want a daily fix of trivia? Just go like my NEW face-book page at https://www.facebook.com/missknow-itallsquizzo and get a fresh new trivia question every day! Feel free to send me your topic ideas, how you scored, feedback, or book me for your next quizzo party!

and four beer pairings. Tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/f a r m - t o - b a r - d i n n e r -tickets-10032791349.

Campbell Square EventsTONIGHT - Wed., Aug. 27, Family movie night begins at DUSK. The movie is “FROZEN”, but the POPCORN is Fresh and Hot!; Sun., Sept. 14, Friends of Campbell Square Fall Flea Market, 8AM-1:30PM; Sat., Oct. 25, HALLOWEEN, 1:30-3PM - go trick or treating in the park, balloon man, arts and crafts, face paint-ing, scary music! Parents must be accompanied by children; Tues., Nov. 11, VETERANS DAY-salute to our veterans, flag raising by Korean War Veterans PFC Stanley A. Gogoj Chapter #38. 11AM – 12PM. Fri., Dec. 12, Christmas Tree Lighting/SANTA! Starts at 6:30PM. Light refreshments will be for sale at all events. Rain date policy: While the Friends of Campbell Square will make every effort to re-schedule events cancelled by bad weather, we cannot guarantee that alternate dates will be scheduled. The Friends of Campbell Square would like to thank all our local sponsors, vol-unteers, Philadelphia Parks & Rec and the Pennsylva-nia Horticultural Society. Please call John Rajca at 267-304-2993 or Susan Ongirski at 215-426-3766 on event dates for possible cancellations. Volunteers are needed for gardening and main-tenance on Wednesday nights at 6PM.•Campbell Square is located at Belgrade St. & East Allegheny Ave., in the heart of Port Richmond!.

Polish American FestivalThe 49th annual Polish American Festival at the national shrine of our Lady of Czestochowa, located on Ferry Road in Doylestown, PA, takes place during Labor Day Weekend, Sat., Aug. 30, Sun., Aug. 31 and Labor Day, Mon., Sept. 1 from 12 noon until 8PM each day. The Polish American Festival features carnival rides, live music and stage shows and ongoing entertainment on the main stage and in the Polish Village highlighting Polish and American food and refreshments. The $12 admission includes all events and carnival rides. The Festival will continue on Sat., Sept. 6 and Sun., Sept. 7. For more information, visit the Shrine’s internet site

at: PolishAmericanFesti-val.com or PolishShrine.com.

History of NL Exhibit Continues thru Aug 31There’s still time to see the wonderful History of Northern Liberties ex-hibit at the Philadelphia History Museum, 15 S. 7th St. (just below Mar-ket). Continued thru Sun., Aug. 31. You also can access videos, podcasts, a documentary about NL and more online, at the NLNA web site - www.nlna.org. Check it out!

PRO-ACT Family Addiction Education Program Serves Philadelphia Sessions begin week of Sept. 2 in Northeast Philadelphia, North Philadelphia and North-ern Liberties When someone is ad-dicted to drugs or alcohol, the disease affects the entire family. Each month PRO-ACT (Pennsylvania Recovery Organization–Achieving Community Together) hosts a Fam-ily Addiction Education Program to help individu-als and family recognize and address an addic-tion problem in a spouse, parent, child or other loved one. Facilitated by trained volunteers who have been in the same situation, these informa-tion and support pro-grams run one evening a week for three consecutive weeks at three locations in Philadelphia.Sessions in Northeast Philadelphia meet on the first three Tuesdays of the month, from 7-9PM, at CORA Services. In North Phila-delphia, sessions are held on the first three Wednes-days from 6:30-8:30PM at the Philadelphia Recovery Community Center. Ses-sions are also held on the first three Thursdays from 6:30-8:30PM at the PRO-ACT office in Northern Liberties. Sessions are free and confidential—first names only. Pre-registra-tion is required. To reg-ister, call 800-221-6333, weekdays 9 AM through 5PM or visit http://coun-cilsepa.org/programs/pro-act/family-education-program/.

New Date for Penn Home’s Fundraiser GamePlease note that Penn Home’s Fundraiser Game which was original ly scheduled for June 5 has been postponed to Fri., Sept. 5 at 7:05PM. Penn Home will earn $5 for each ticket sold for the Riversharks game against the Barnstormers. Tick-ets are only $12.To get your tickets, visit www.riversharks.com and select

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REUNIONS

50th Class Reunion 50th Class Reunion celebration for Simon Gratz High School. Looking for classmates from these four classes, January/June 1964, @ January/June 1965. Sat., Oct. 18. For more info contact Joyce Singleterry Burton 215-424-2968, Marjorie Washington Johns 215-247-6639, Charlotte Hatcher Conway 215-439-8686, Juanita Zeigler Stevenson 215-226-1773.

Northeast Catholic Class of 1969 45th ReunionSat., Oct. 18 from 7-11PM at Patty Whack’s Irish Pub, Roosevelt Blvd. at Welsh Rd. Cost is $45 and in-cludes open bar and food. For info contact Jack Devine at 215-287-8691 or idevine@george school.org.

Apartment for Rent - Port Richmond. 30xx Cedar St. 1BR, first floor, no steps. $775/mo.. + util. 215-425-3086.

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32xx Frankford Ave. -Efficiency - $550/mo. + elec.; Call 215-840-8399.

Port Richmond2 BR house, newly renovated, brand

new kit., bath, carpets, w/d, nice yard. $1100/mo.

Good credit a must. 856-243-2416 or215-207-5777.Leave message.

Efficiency apt. Lo-cated in Fishtown, Girard & Palmer. Easy access to Cen-ter City. Call John 215-783-8213.

APARTMENT FOR RENT

29xx Blk. Frank-ford Ave. 2BR; 1 on 2nd flr., 1 on 3rd flr. Credit check. Call 856-305-1556.

Newly ren. 4BR apt. in NE Phila., C/A, Wood Flooring,

Garbage Disposal, Dishwasher, Refrig., Stackable Washer/Dryer. $1200/mo. Joe 215-399-6251.

Kensington and Port Richmond - fully fur-nished, safe, utilities in-cluded. $300/mo. Call 267-475-3929.

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

FISHTOWN2 bdrm home - $1500/month215-425-3086

PORT RICHMOND2 & 3 bdrm homes

$900 & $1100/month.215-425-3086

ROOMSFOR RENT

30xx Frankford Ave., Priv. furnished. $375/month. 215-941-3000.

3 BR Rowhouse, 4xx Harlan St.

NL, liv. rm., din. rm., refrig.

$1000 mo. + util. 267-304-5151267-255-7563 House for Rent -

Harrowgate - 35xx Jasper St. - 2BRs, $700/mo. +util. 917-667-6013.

Bridesburg - Newly renovated 1000 sq. ft. 2 BR, 1 bath, h/w flrs, grnt cntp, grbg dsp, refrig, d/w, full w/d. $950 +. Call 215-399-6251.

REAL ESTATEFOR SALE

Fishtown - a com-plete rehab w/all bells & whistles! 3 lg. BRs, 1.5 ba., C/A, h/w flrs t/o, ss appl, grnt cntp, cer. tile flr, refrig., w/d incl. Rear bckyd w/Paver Blks for Pa-tio area. Lg. unfin-ished bsmt. $1500+. Call 215-399-6251.

HOUSEFOR RENT

House for rentPort Richmond30xx Janney St.

Nice 2bd/1ba. LR,DR, Kitch. $675/mth

Call 215-236-5473

House for rentPort Richmond30xx Janney stNice 2bd/1ba. LR,DR, Kitch. $675/mthCall 215-236-5473

2 weeks - july 23 and 30

Commercial Property - Vic. Front & Berks1st Floor Retail + 2 Story Apartment

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Notice of Public Sale Of Personal Property

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of the landlord at public sale by competitive bidding on Sept. 1st, 2014 at 10:30 am., Sergeant Storage, located at 2541 Gaul St., Phila., PA 19125. The personal goods stored in space No:

Purchase must be made in cash only and paid for at the time of sale. All goods are to be sold as is and must be removed at the time of pur-chase. Sale is subjected to adjournment.

SERGEANT STORAGE INC. (215) 739-9226

UNIT NAME 127 Jennifer Rivera

PUBLIC NOTICE


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“Riversharks Fundraising Log-In” located on the right-hand side of the page and enter our unique code: PENNHOME. Then simply select your seats and buy your tickets. Please note you must pur-chase your ticket through the “Fundraising Log-In” in order for Penn Home to receive the $5 dona-tion. If you do not have access to the internet or have any questions about purchasing your tickets, please call Kate Corrigan at 215-739-2522.

Frank Glavin Playground News Registration for instruc-tional programs will be held on Thurs., Sept. 11 from 7 to 8PM - $20 non-refundable registration fee per child is due at time of registration. Minimum age requirement for dance/tumbling instructional pro-grams is 4 years old. Prog rams o f fe red : Dance / Tumbling / Tai Kwon Do / Zumba / K - 12th grade Girl Scouts. Schedule for days / times of activities will be avail-able night of registration - Ms. Kirsten (Pearl Dance) and Ms. Kennedy will be returning as instructors. Monthly fees - $25. FLEA MARKET - Sat., Sept. 20 - 9AM-2PM- $10 rental space (2 blocks width) - Vendors must supply your own table. Vendor set up locations is FIRST COME / FIRST SERVE. No Food Vendors please. HAUNTED HOUSE is coming back, due to the great reviews for the Fam-ily Night Out event. Save the Date for Fri. and Sat. evenings, Oct. 24 and 25. Food and snacks will be sold. For more information, contact the office at 215-685-9898. Located at Al-mond and Westmoreland Sts.

Jazz Festival at Memphis StreetAcademyRenaissance Action Na-tional Network and PORT RICHMOND ACTION Community Associa-tion West present: Port Richmond/ Kensington 19134 JAZZ FESTIVAL. Featuring Performers: Philadelphia’s Original Delphonics, Philly Blue Magic, Breakwater, Ur-ban Guerrillas Orchestra, Philly Jazz Sensation Jeff Bradshaw and alot more.Two stages of music. Sat., & Sun., Sept. 13 & 14 at Memphis Street Acad-emy, (old Jones Jr High School), 2954 Memphis St. For tickets and infor-mation contact: Maurice Campbell at 215-526-8519.

Port RichmondSecond Saturday EventPort Richmond Second Saturday’s event will take place on Sept. 13 from 4-8PM. This community friendly street festival on the 3100 Block of Rich-mond St. consists of food, local performers, music, and vendors from our lo-cally owned small busi-nesses and food trucks. Browse local wares such as printed local pride t-shirts, and hand-made jewelry, crafts, and scented candles. This month’s event will feature entertainment from The Big House Band, plus Philadelphia’s Fire De-partment Engine 28, and classic cars will line up on Richmond St. We will also enjoy a performance from the students of Pearl Dance Studio. Lots of fun things to see and do for the whole family! Visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/portrich-mondsecondsaturdays for more details on performers and vendors that will be at the event.

Bethesda United Methodist Church Penny PartyBethesda United Meth-odist Church will hold a Penny Party on Sat., Sept. 13. Doors open at 12 Noon. Starting at 1PM. $5 for 60 tickets, includes dessert, tea or coffee. Lo-cated at 2820 E. Venango St. 215-739-7399.

Questions About Total Joint Replacement? Nazareth Hospital Has Answers During Information Classes Thinking about having a Total Joint Replacement? Scheduled to have a Total Joint Replacement? You and your family are in-vited to learn more about Total Joint Replacement at Nazareth Hospital. The classes will be held on the following: Monday Morning Classes Begin at 11:30AM: Sept. 15 (A), Oct. 20, Nov. 24 (A), Dec. 15 (A), Wednesday Evening Classes Begin at 6PM: Aug. 6, Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5, Dec. 3. Classes at Nazareth Hospital, located at 2701 Holme Avenue in Phila-delphia, in Marian Con-ference Rooms A and B. To reserve your seat, call 215-335-6313. You will be asked for your name, telephone number, num-ber of people attending, date of your surgery and the name of your surgeon.

Girl Scouts RegistrationIt’s that time again!! Girl Scouts at Holy Name Church Hall, 701 Gaul St. at Berks St., Tues., Sept. 16 from 6-7PM. Registra-tion fee: $15.

OBITUARIES

Bill Shiffler passed away on August 13th, 2014. He fought a long battle against Brain Cancer (GBM) and was a courageous and steadfast warrior. At the age of 72, surrounded by his family, Bill peacefully passed at home. Bill lived his entire life in Philadelphia, PA. Born in Kensington of Elmer Shiffler and Emma Barrett, he later moved to Port Richmond and finally, settled in the Parkwood area. His marriage of 36 years to his wife and other half, Helen Shiffler (Clayberger), was something to aspire to. They complimented each other in every way. A proud Teamster in Locals 107 and 470, Bill was a hardworking truck driver for 32 good years until retirement in 1991. While often compared to as the Man of Steel, Bill Shiffler related to the hometown spirit of Rocky Balboa. He ran “penny tours” through his childhood neighborhood of the Rocky movie sites. He aspired to ascend the Philadelphia Art Museum steps as an act of achievement & as part of his rehabilitation. With many fascinating stories to tell of his life, Bill would reflect on how a kid from Kensington could grow up to see so much of the world, most often with his family and friends. Bill was the quintessential family man: generous, loving and devoted. He is survived by his children Jennifer Assmann and William Shiffler, his 3 grand-children Roonagh, Raymond and Violet and his wife, Helen. He was known as the “Bow Man” from Jeans Crafts store on Allegheny Ave. You could see the many homes decorated with Bill›s bows around Port Richmond and beyond. Sightings of Bill dressed in various character costumes left kids and adults alike filled with joy. A friend of Bill Wilson, Bill and his sidekick Bob lived and carried the message of service, unity and recovery. If you were lucky enough to have known Bill Shif-fler, then you know how it feels to be lifted up by his generosity. With Bill in your corner anything was pos-sible. He made you feel proud. He is deeply missed. A memorial service in his honor will be held on Saturday, September 6th at 11am at Saint Da-vid’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 9169 Academy Road, Philadelphia, PA 19114. Mc ELVARR FUNERAL HOME

BillShiffler Known as the

“Bow Man” from Jeans Crafts store on Allegheny Ave.

Mary C. Goetz10/24/1933 – 9/2/2014

Got a picture of you I carry in my heartI close my eyes to see it when the world gets dark.

Got a memory of you I carry in my soulI wrap it close around me when the nights are cold.

If you ask me how I am doing, I’d say just fine, But the truth is if you could read my mind

Not a second goes by that I don’t miss and think of you.

After all this time you’re still with me. I can’t believe it has been ten years

since you went to heaven.You will live in my heart forever.

Love, Susan

In MemoriamJoe Steppo

Sunrise: 1/13/43 - Sunset: 8/28/13

Missing my best friend, after 33 years of memories. 1 year ago you were called to be an angel, 1 tough year passed. You’re always in my heart. I hide my tears when I say your name, but the pain in my heart is still the same. Though I smile and seem carefree, there’s no one who’s missing you more than Kat and Smoky.

The National Association of the Holy Name SocietyCommittee for the Cause of Canonization of Blessed John of Vercelli35th Annual Mass for the Cause for the Canoniza-tion of Blessed John of Vercelli, Founder of the Holy Name Society. Cel-ebrant: Most Reverend Joseph F. Martino, D.D. Sun., Sept. 21 at 3PM. The Holy Name of Jesus Church, 701 E. Berks St. (at Gaul St.) Sponsored by the PAHNU and the Na-tional Association of the Holy Name Society. For further information con-tact Sean Clarke, Chair-man – 215-830-9649 or email: [email protected].

Bingo Sunday at American Legion Post 821, BridesburgSun., Sept. 28 at 12PM at American Legion Post 821, 4404 Salmon St. (Brides-burg). $5 and receive 1 card, extra 50¢. Refresh-

ments will be sold. Bingo starts 1PM.

Save the Date!Taylor’s Senior ExpoState Rep. John J. Taylor’s Annual Senior Expo will take place on Fri., Oct. 10 from 10AM to 12Noon at Cohox Recreation Center, Cedar and Ann Sts.


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