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Germantown Chronicle
January 7, 2010 • Volume 1 • Number 37
5275 Germantown Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19144 • 215-438-4000 • germantownnewspapers.com
Girard College
is MLK Day of
Service
Signature
Project
By PATRICK COBBS
Staff Writer
This year Girard College, in Fairmount,
will host Philadelphia’s annual Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Day of Service signature
event on January 18, for a reason that is
linked to the school’s history and is close
to the hearts of many area residents.
The private boarding school serves
low-income students, the majority of
which are African American and female.
But that wasn’t always the case. Fortyfive years ago Dr. King came to Girard to
join what would become one of this city’s
defining Civil Rights struggles – the fight
to integrate the school that until then
served only white male youth.
“We stayed there seven months and 17
days,” recalled Nicetown resident and
activist Kenneth Salaam. “At the time it
was the longest protest in the United
States.”
Salaam, or “Freedom Smitty” as he was
then called, was one of thousands who
Continued on page 9
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Above, Jennifer Barr of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission addresses residents who gathered at Happy Hollow Rec Center
on December 15 about upcoming zoning changes that could affect the entire lower Germantown area. For more, see story on page 8.
2009: The Year That Was in Germantown – Part 2
September 3
WATCH YOUR SPEED
That’s the message the 14th Police District was sending to local
drivers. The 14th began a stepped-up watch for speeding drivers
along Lincoln Drive, Walnut Lane and Stenton Avenue (notorious for speeding and a high number of accidents) thanks to a
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration grant targeted
for speed enforcement.
FIX IT, LIGHT IT
At the first ever community meeting held at the Washington Lane
R7 train station, residents raised concerns about safety and accessibility at the station to SEPTA. One major complaint: the isolated, dark passage that outbound riders must make along the edge
of Awbury Arboretum, and under the train trestle before reaching
Washington Lane and Chew Avenue.
September 10
PERSISTENTLY DANGEROUS
The State Board of Education released its Persistently Dangerous
Schools list and two Northwest Schools – Germantown High and
Roosevelt Middle School – were on it. Good news: Martin Luther
King High School was off the list for the first time since it was
begun in 2003.
‘PLANT PIXIE’
Colorful flowers that appeared on both sides of Rittenhouse
Street near the R8 railroad overpass and the Emperion
Apartments were the work of longtime Germantown resident and
retired teacher Sheila Eddy, dubbed the “plant pixie” by her
friends.
September 17
‘SCARY STATION’
SEPTA held a special meeting Wednesday, September 9 to give
an update on improvements scheduled for the Wister Train
Station in Germantown set to begin early next year. The isolated
station suffers from low ridership despite being located only a
few blocks from La Salle University. “I’ve got about 4,000 kids
in about a five-minute walk of this place. If it were clean, safe and
well-lit, they would use it,” said Edward Turzanski, La Salle’s
assistant vice president of government and community relations,
who said that students called it “Scary Station.”
FREE SOLAR IN NW?
On Wednesday, September 9, members of the Awbury Arboretum
Neighbors Association heard a pitch from Urban Eco Electric on
free rooftop solar panels the company would install to provide
them with electric power. Residents would lease the panels based
on their monthly PECO bill, and some were eager to sign up.
September 24
A ROYAL WELCOME
The new Depaul House men’s shelter at 5725 Sprague Street held
a “royal” convocation on September 16. The Duchess of Norfolk,
along with Mayor Michael Nutter, graced the opening celebration
Continued on page 2
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January 7, 2010
The Germantown Chronicle
District City Councilwoman
Donna Reed Miller’s office.
Germantown was named a “Classic Town” by the Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission. The Classic Towns of Greater
Philadelphia marketing initiative is aimed at revitalizing and supporting
the region’s older suburbs and urban neighborhoods. Here, Betty Turner
(left), co-founder and executive director of Germantown Community
Connection, and Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller stand before the
poster proclaiming Germantown as one of the nine new Delaware Valley
“Classic Towns.”
Continued from page 1
of the first U.S. project of United
Kingdom-based
Depaul
International.
RAMADAN ENDS
Thousands of local Muslims
marked the end of Ramadan, a
month of fasting, prayer and selfreflection, on September 20 in
the largest gathering in Vernon
Park since the appearance of
then-Presidential
candidate
Barack Obama in 2008.
October 1
NO AUDITS, NO MONEY
The city of Philadelphia cancelled
contracts
with
Germantown Settlement totaling
a million dollars annually, saying
that it had not received necessary
financial audits from the nonprofit for more than three years.
The cancellation forced the closure of several Settlement programs that served community
families.
NOT SO FAST
The Zoning Board of Appeals
declined to issue a zoning variance for a proposed women’s
alternative correctional facility,
New Directions Inc., at 4969
Wakefield Street in order to give
near neighbors more time to formalize their objections, despite
support for the project from the
4900 and 5000 blocks of
Wakefield, Wister Neighborhood
Advisory Council, and 8th
Thousands of Muslims gathered in prayer September 20 during the
Eid ul Fitr ceremonies marking the end of Ramadan in Vernon Park.
The gathering was the largest the park had seen since then-presidential
candidate Sen. Barack Obama appeared there in October, 2008.
October 8
WE ALREADY KNEW IT
The Delaware Valley Regional
Planning Commission named
Germantown a “Classic Town,”
adding it to its Classic Towns of
Greater Philadelphia marketing
initiative aimed at growing, revitalizing and supporting the
region’s older suburbs and urban
neighborhoods.
GOODBYE, ALDEN OFICE
A full house of clients packed the
Alden District Philadelphia
County Assistance Office at 5853
Germantown
Avenue
on
Thursday, October 1, while
motorists stopped to collect discarded office equipment. The
office was merged with the
Lehigh Office at a new location,
5201 Old York Road, that will be
called Glendale.
October 15
ThEIR DUMpSTERS
OvERFLOWETh
Residents near the Queen Lane
Station pressured the Water
Department about flooding on
Queen Lane and to protest overflowing dumpsters at nearby
apartment buildings.
October 22
ON FOOT, ON GUARD
30 new police officers have been
patrolling parts of the 14th Police
District, giving street-level contact between police and the
neighborhood on a new program
that may last into the winter.
Residents
welcomed
the
increased
public police presence.
VICK SPEAKS AT GHS
Eagles quarterback and convicted
dogfighter Micheal Vick spoke at
Germantown High about the
evils of dog-fighting. Vick spoke
quietly to the hundred or so students in the school’s auditorium.
“I got to keep people like you
from ending up in the situation
that I ended up in,” he said.
October 29
NOT IN COMpLIANCE
The Board of Trustees of New
Media Technology Charter
School declined to comply with
School Reform Commission
(SRC) mandates calling for a
replacement of the school’s leadership. The SRC had voted in
August to renew New Media’s
charter for five years, despite
ongoing investigations brought
on by allegations of financial
mismanagement and conflicts of
interest involving school management.
BEARS ROAR
The Germantown High Bears
Broken windows mar the exterior of the former Germantown YWCA
building at 5820-24 Germantown Avenue, which has stood vacant for
more than three years. The Redevelopment Authority gave Germantown
Settlement, owner of the building, an extension of time before it repossessed the property. Other problems the financially-troubled social services agency had to contend with included cancellation of Settlement
social service contracts with the City because of lack of financial audits,
and a lawsuit by city and state for alleged non-payment of employee
withholding taxes.
trounced Lincoln 30-12 in the
title game of the Public League’s
White Division and earned a trip
to the unified Public League
playoffs.
November 5
ZONING ChANGES FOR
GERMANTOWN
The Philadelphia City Planning
Commission announced its desire
to institute a series of rapid-fire
zoning
improvements
to
Germantown intended to encourage development and protect
neighborhoods surrounding tran-
sit resources in four neighborhoods: Chelten Avenue between
Germantown Avenue and Morris
Street, 4700- 4900 blocks of
Wayne Avenue, Stenton Avenue
where it intersects with
Germantown and Windrim
avenues, and the area surrounding Wayne Junction.
LOCAL hERO
Victoria Greene of Germantown
was recognized by Bank of
America as a “Local Hero” in the
bank’s annual Neighborhood
Excellence Initiative.
Continued on page 3
Following months of work to locate a new store location for the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s (LCB) Wine and Spirits Shop now
at 135 West Chelten Avenue, and at times loud opposition to a suggested new site at DeBeary Square, the LCB decided not to pursuit that
location. Results of a recent survey about the move ran cool to mixed
from affected community groups, and the proposed location would have
put the new and expanded store directly adjacent to the Whosoever
Gospel Mission, which runs substance abuse programs. The LCB said
it would seek an alternative location.
January 7, 2010
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JOBS COME FROM?
Northwest state representatives
John Myers and Dwight Evans
organized a summit on a key
question facing the local economy: how can more jobs be created here? No quick solutions were
in evidence but one key theme
emerged: better education was
needed for the workforce.
The Martin Luther King Cougars and the Germantown Bears went
head to head on their 33rd Thanksgiving Day game on November 26.
And while scoreboard said it was all Germantown (the Bears prevailed
36-0), there was plenty for both sides to enjoy at the annual showdown.
In 1997 Greene’s 20-year-old son
was murdered; she started Every
Murder is Real (EMIR), 5213
Germantown Avenue, which
strives to educate about drugrelated violence and counsel
those who have lost loved ones to
homicide.
November 12
SETTLEMENT SUED
A civil suit filed October 27 by
the City of Philadelphia held the
top management of the non-profit Germantown Settlement personally responsible for the organization’s alleged failure to pay
city wage taxes on behalf of its
employees for the 2007 and 2008
tax years.
SEARCh STARTS OvER
After a lengthy search for a new
store
location
for
the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Board’s (LCB) Wine and Spirits
Shop now at 135 West Chelten
Avenue, and loud opposition to
its suggested new site at DeBeary
Square, the LCB decided not to
pursuit that option and will look
for another location. The proposed site was next door to the
Whosoever Gospel mission.
November 19
BLOCKS FROM INDIA
Granite blocks used to repave
Germantown Avenue reportedly
came from India, where concerns
about human rights, child labor
and the environment are on the
rise in connection with rock
mined for export.
ShOWDOWN TIME
Germantown High’s Bears and
Martin Luther King High’s
Golden Cougars prepared for
their Thanksgiving Day football
showdown at Benjamin Johnson
Field. The annual rivalry sported
something new this year: female
player Michelle Grace playing
for the Bears.
November 26
YMCA REhIRES
FORMER DIRECTOR
The board of the YMCA of
Germantown, closed to the public for nearly a year and a half
after a 2008 flood, voted to hire
former director Pete Smith to
help get its community programs
up and running again.
IT’S OpEN! AT LAST!
The final stage of roadway reconstruction
on
Germantown
Avenue was finished as the ribbon was cut at the Avenue and
Queen Lane to mark the reopening of the Northwest’s main
street to traffic. Sidewalk and
utility work was still to be completed.
December 3
SCAMMERS
vICTIMIZE ELDERLY
At least four senior women have
been taken in by a con artist posing as an African immigrant with
money to be given to local
churches or charities. After convincing their victims to withdraw
their savings to add to the donation, they flee, leaving victims
with a bag full of torn up newspapers.
hEALTh CENTERS
TO BEGIN ChARGING
City health centers, including
Center #9 in Germantown,
announce that uninsured clients
will have to begin paying fees
from $5-20 with they are served.
December 10
IMpROvEMENTS
FOR WISTER
La Salle University hosted a
community meeting for residents
and SEPTA representatives at
which SEPTA disclosed that it
would use federal stimulus funds
to clean up the neglected station
and improve access.
WhERE WILL
December 17
IT COULD BE
A ShOWpLACE
Students from Philadelphia
University’s
School
of
Architecture presented their
ideas for how to revitalize
Germantown Town Hall, vacant
since the early 1990s. Among the
possibilities presented: a business incubator; mixed public and
private usage including police
functions and political offices;
and a farmer’s market.
hEAD TO hEAD
Boys’ and girls’ teams from
Germantown
Germantown
Friends, Bodine, Penn Charter,
and Roxborough high schools
squared off on court in the 20th
annual Germantown Community
Basketball Tournament held at
Germantown Friends. Winners
were Germantown High’s boys’
team, which downed Bodine, and
Penn Charter, which trounced
GFS in the girls’ final.
December 24
BACK IN ACTION GRADUALLY
At its first official membership
meeting in many months, the Y’s
Board of Directors announced
plans to have a phased reopening
of the facility beginning in March
2010, with programs coming
back in action in phases as the
facility is repaired.
SCAMMERS STRIKE
AGAIN
Scammers who seem to be targeting area senior women struck
again, conning a 77-year-old
Germantown resident out of
thousands of dollars. At least two
and possibly three con artists
were working together on the
confidence game, one of them
sometimes posing as an immigrant from Africa in need of
assistance.
December 31
JUNCTION ON hOLD
Political and budgetary disputes
at the state and federal levels
were forcing SEPTA to postpone
its planned multi-million-dollar
renovation of the Wayne Junction
transit hub, disappointing those
who had hoped to see renovation
used as a springboard for development in the area.
• • • • • • • •
Shelah Harper, founder of the Asia Adams Save OUR Children
Foundation, addressed a sizable crowd on Wednesday, November 18,
at Germantown Avenue and Haines Streets during the dedication of the
“Love? Speak for ME” mural across from Germantown High. The mural,
created through the city’s Mural Arts Program, uses shades of purple to
represent violence against girls. Harper’s daughter Asia Adams, 21, was
murdered five years ago by a man she had been dating; Harper started
the foundation in order to shed light on the problem of dating violence and
help girls and young women make good choices and live healthy
lifestyles. For more information visit AsiaAdamsSaveOURChildren.org.
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Editorial
Yesterday in the German Township …
The Road That Time - And The City - Forgot
Part of the charm of Northwest Philadelphia is how well it has maintained its
“you can’t get there from here” presence, segmented as it is from the rest of the
city’s combination of interstates, expressways and limited access roads. The
only way one can gain access to most of Germantown, Mt. Airy and Chestnut
Hill is by transportation systems designed and built in the 19th Century.
We do have some of the most comprehensive transportation with two commuter railroad lines, and surface routes that can get one almost anywhere, but
when it comes to direct highway access from downtown there is only one
route: Lincoln Drive.
Designed and built in an era when few folks drove into Center City, Lincoln
Drive from the Schuylkill River to Rittenhouse Street was a casual gravel pathway (see picture at right) for leisure access to the Wissahickon Valley that was
offered for recreation more than anything else. Following as it did the contour
of the waterway, and cut out of irregular land and rock formations, its rapid and
frequent use by automobiles was not a concern.
Although widened and paved over the years to the limited extent it could be
without massive excavation, Lincoln Drive is essentially the same road today,
morphed into a narrow fender-scraping four-lane two-way overused commuter
route, often traveled by impatient motorists at speeds over 50 m.p.h., although
it is clearly posted at 25 m.p.h. along its serpentine and undulating trek from
Ridge Avenue to Allen’s Lane. Taking the Drive on a clear dry day on off-peak hours is challenging. During
rush hour, it’s a white-knuckle experience as drivers tend to push their vehicles
to their handling limits. Sophisticated brakes and steering can only do so much
in bumper-to-bumper traffic that’s all racing to beat the clock.
It was even more scary before the lane divisions and guard rails existed, but few
were crazy enough to race around traffic to gain those few seconds each morning. Now, on the morning traffic reports, it has become a daily occurrence to
hear of an accident on Lincoln Drive during winter mornings when we are
dealing with slippery roads, or during rain at any time of the year. The city has
recorded more than 100 accidents from April 2008 to May 2009, often with
multiple autos involved.
When the issue was brought to my attention last week by a local resident that
there had been multiple accidents each morning, I decided to follow my usual
path and try to raise the issue with the only individuals who can get anything
done in this city promptly - - if they want to. That would be a City
Councilperson. Within their districts they can make it rain and have more
power than the mayor.
I then called the office of Curtis Jones, whose 4th District covers the portion of
Lincoln Drive – Kelly Drive to Rittenhouse Street - where these accidents most
frequently occur. I received a return phone call the next day. I explained that
apparently the past practice of salting or sanding the highway in advance of
each morning’s traffic when dealing with icy weather seemed to have been curtailed. I explained that accidents had seemed to occur at an all-time high in the
last few days but that this problem was really an ongoing one and needed to be
Continued on page 5
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This carriage is traveling along Wissahickon Drive opposite Indian Rock around 1902. “Yesterday in
the German Township” is presented in conjunction with the Germantown Historical Society to give a look
back at the way life was once lived in Germantown, Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, the old “German
Township.”
Opinion: Racial Bias in Philly Schools
By VICTORIA A. BROWNWORTH
The stand-off between Asian students at South
Philadelphia High School and the school’s administration ended after eight days. But the issues raised by an
attack on 26 Asian students at South Philly High in early
December have not gone away.
The attacks on Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambodian
students at the school drew widespread attention due to
the extent of the violence: more than two dozen Asian
students sustained injuries. This particular attack also
uncovered a pattern in which Asian students were repeatedly targeted by African American students at the school.
One in five students at South Philly High is Asian, a
majority of them recent immigrants to the U.S. Three in
five students are African American. The school services a
large and disparate Asian immigrant community and
Asian students have regularly been bullied with taunts
and physical attacks.
These attacks often occurred, as many Asian students
reported, while teachers and even school administrators
looked on, unresponsive.
Asian community leaders have stated that it was only a
matter of time before this pattern escalated into the fullscale attack that occurred in early December.
When 14 African American youths attacked two
Chinese students on December 3, followed by another
attack on 26 students several days later, Asian students
asserted that this proved they were in constant danger at
the school. They – and their parents and Asian community leaders – demanded action.
South Philly High has been listed by the state for the
past three years as “persistently dangerous.” Throughout
that period an influx of immigrant Chinese, Vietnamese
and Cambodian students has increased exponentially. After the December attacks, more than 50 Asian students refused to return to classes until something was
done by the School District to ensure their safety. In
2008, attacks on Asian students at the school were so
prevalent that student Wei Chen started the Chinese
American Student Association to help bolster solidarity
among Chinese and other Asian students at the school.
The group demanded more security for Asian students.
After the December assaults School District
spokesperson Michael Silverman said that assaults in the
school were down 50 percent since the previous year. But the School District and Nutter Administration
officials repeatedly characterized the December attacks
as not racial in nature. Yet if the assaults were perpetrated solely against Asian students, how could they not be
racially motivated, regardless of who was doing the
attacking?
The incidents at South Philly High made local and
national news, but it is regrettably not really new. Ethnic
intimidation and racism toward Asian students, particularly recent immigrants, have, according to Asian
American groups nationwide, been escalating in recent
years. The situation at South Philly High wasn’t an
anomaly.
Racism in the schools has traditionally been characterized as a white/black dynamic. But in recent years – particularly in urban centers where public schools are most
likely to be comprised largely of students of color – racial
conflicts have most often been between African
American students and either Asian or Latino students,
often from immigrant populations.
In Philadelphia, with its continually growing Asian
and Latino communities, conflicts like those at South
Philadelphia High School are bound to arise. The question is, how are school officials handling these racial and
ethnic tensions?
If the South Philly experience is any indicator, the
answer is succinct: badly. How could it be that assaults at
South Philly High are down 50 percent from the previous year if in December 2009 alone there were 40 Asian
students assaulted in a matter of days? How many students need to be attacked before an individual school or
the School District itself takes the matter seriously?
In August 2009 the state released its list of the 25 most
“persistently dangerous” schools in Pennsylvania. Every
one was in Philadelphia. Philadelphia School District
officials said the increased number of schools on the list
– up from 20 in 2008 – was because of a greater effort to
report all violent incidents. But that only acknowledges
that many Philadelphia schools are violent - hardly comforting for parents or for prospective or current students.
What is the School District doing to address violence
in the schools? Sexual assault, for example, is on the rise
in both high schools and middle schools in Philadelphia.
And with ethnic and racial tensions like those at South
Philadelphia High and other schools in Philadelphia on
the rise, does the School District have a plan?
District officials point to greater accountability with
regard to reportage of incidents and stepped up security
and other interventions. But if the South Philly incidents
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atmosphere of suspicion and blame
to fester.
In Philadelphia, the School
District and the Mayor’s office need
to work in tandem to provide not
merely a semblance of safety for all
students, regardless of race, ethnicity,
gender or sexual orientation. They
have to address the source of the conflicts. Schools must hold forums
where students can speak out without fear of intimidation about the
ethnic and racial biases they are
either subjected to or feel toward
other students.
The South Philly incident should
have been a wake-up call for the
School District that serious problems exist not just at that one school
but are incipient in every school
where there is a complex ethnic and
racial demographic.
The Asian students at South
Philly High were right and courageous to stand up for themselves and
boycott a school with so little obvious concern for their welfare.
Conversely, school officials made the
situation worse by appearing to support the students who perpetrated
the attacks, thus inflaming racial tensions between the two groups. It’s
difficult to imagine that an attack on
26 black students by gangs of white
students would have been treated as
anything other than what it was:
racial intimidation. So why did
school officials pretend this was
something other than a racial attack?
The colors may have shifted in the
spectrum of racial tensions in the
schools, but what remains the same
is that children and teens learn from
the adults around them. If parents
and teachers are fomenting
racism–either
overtly
or
indirectly–then there are bound to
be clashes between students. Asian
parents fear for their children’s safety, but African American parents
need to be equally concerned that all
their children are being tagged as
violent racists. And violence begets
violence: the South Philly students
responded with a boycott, but the
next group of targeted students may
choose to retaliate with their own
assaults.
It’s easy to blame the students who
attacked the Asian students. Far
more difficult is examining what led
to the attacks and how those tensions can be diffused in future. The
adults at South Philly High and all
the other schools that didn’t make
the news for the same kind of attacks
are the ones who need to address the
problems. Kids don’t learn on their
own – and that includes tolerance of
difference. It’s 2010, not 1954.
Racial tension has no place in our
schools. It’s way past time the
schools to be accountable to all their
students, regardless of race. The Road That Time - And The City - Forgot
addressed as a priority.
But the staffer in Councilman Jones
office reply to my complaint was so
Philadelphia politics it needs to be on
the record. He stated that while the
road in question may actually be in
Jones’ District, few of those who lived
in the district actually used it, and
therefore it was not necessarily their
problem! At that point my politeness gave way
to sarcasm when I suggested that just
because his voters might not get hurt
on that road, some might see responsibility for the citizenry of this city
extending beyond Councilmanic borders and that he might just want to
mention this to the Councilman in
case he wanted to get some credit for
being broadminded. Good luck on
that one.
I would venture that the recent closing of a police district station on
Lincoln Drive very near the high accident area is a contributing factor, as
police patrols can spot problems and
can take appropriate and immediate
action.
expressway to the Northwest (that
was voted down years ago) but what
we do need is much better enforcement of speed limits, better traffic
controls, highway maintenance, and
folks in government who have some
interests beyond the superficial ones
that get them reelected.
Jim Foster
Publisher
This newspaper has covered issues
resulting from reckless and careless
high-speed driving on the upper portion of Lincoln Drive. They have
been the focus of neighborhood
groups’ activism, which have had an
impact. However, a trip down that
highway any morning between 8 and
9 a.m. is not for the faint of heart.
Better yet, take the R7 or R8 commuter train to Center City. It’s a lot
safer and likely faster (not to mention
greener).
Complex Story on Junction
To the editor:
I’m writing to let you know that I appreciated the very well-written article on
the Wayne Junction Plans in the 12-31-09 issue. It is a complex issue with a variety of facets and people involved, but Patrick Cobbs wrote it in a way which was
easy to follow. I thought you laid it out very clearly and thoroughly. Thanks,
Paul Mack
Mt. Airy
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The demonstrators want Specter to
endorse a bill which will cut off
Pentagon funding in Afghanistan and
Iraq except for the safe return of all
U.S. troops. They also want the closure of all Pentagon bases there.
The Dr. King Peace Event has been
endorsed by many groups, among
them Catholic Peace Fellowship,
Code Pink Philadelphia, Delaware
Valley Veterans for America, Granny
Peace Brigade Philadelphia, Green
Party of Philadelphia, Military
Families Speak Out, Northwest
Greens, Peace Action of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
Buddhist
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Fellowship, Philadelphia Regional
Anti-War Network (PRAWN), Saint
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are any indicator, principals, teachers
and other school personnel need
sensitivity training to better deal
with problems that might be unique
to their particular neighborhood or
student demographic.
Each year there are reports of bullied students deciding to fight back
against their attackers, often with
guns or other weapons, often with
tragic results. In 2010, no one can
pretend a lack of awareness of the
impact bullying and intimidation
have on students, either as individuals or as a group, be it an ethnic,
racial or sexual minority. Teachers
and school officials certainly cannot
be ignorant of these cause and effect
situations.
The South Philly incidents caused
relatively little damage only in that
the Asian students who were
attacked suffered no serious or lasting physical injuries. But these are
students who are relatively new to
the U.S. and whose experience of
their adopted country is increasingly
being characterized by violence.
These attacks will have a lasting
emotional and psychological impact
on them. What’s more, the characterization of all black students at
South Philly High as racists is far
from accurate. Yet in not addressing
the conflicts as they have arisen,
school officials have allowed an
To the editor:
On Jan. 17, 24 peace groups will
hold a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Peace Event, from 2-4 p.m. near
Senator Arlen Specter’s home on West
Schoolhouse Lane (at Vaux Street).
They want Specter to cut off funding
for the U.S. occupation of Iraq and
Afghanistan and to bring the troops
home now.
The Rev. Dr. King was a peace
activist. Here is what King said at the
time of the U.S. occupation of
Vietnam: “This business of . . . filling
our nation’s homes with orphans and
widows, of injecting poisonous drugs
of hate into veins of people normally
humane, of sending men home from
dark and bloody battlefields physically
handicapped and psychologically
deranged, cannot be reconciled with
wisdom, justice and love. A nation
that continues year after year to spend
more money on military defense than
on programs of social uplift is
approaching spiritual death.”
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Jazz guitarist and Philadelphia native Graham Keir (above left) is
teaming with Trio Slaye (above right) for a week of concerts in
Philadelphia, including Saturday, January 8 at the LaRose Club,
5531 Germantown Avenue. Keir has performed in the United States,
Cuba, China, Korea, Russia and Germany. Trio Slaye is a contemporary piano trio comprised of pianist Chris Ziemba, bassist Dave
Baron, and drummer Kevin McDonald. Ziemba has been featured
on Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz,” “The Late Show” with David
Letterman, and has performed in Carnegie Hall and at the Kennedy
Center. Baron was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Thelonious Monk
International Bass Competition and toured Russia with Carla Cook
and saxophonist Bill Evans. McDonald has performed with Michael
Davis, Robin Eubanks, Walt Weiskopf, Don Menza, Harold Danko,
and Lee Konitz. For showtimes and ticket prices call 215-844 5818.
WEEK OF JANUARY 7 - 13
ThURSDAY 7
SWING DANCING
Give and Take Juggling Studio,
6122 Greene St. 7-9 p.m. Series on
Lindy, Balboa and Charleston, DJ
dancing to jazz, 9 p.m.-midnight.
$5. Info: 215-668-2227.
FREESTEp DANCE
Commodore Barry Club, 6815
Emlen St. FreeStep Dance Night at
Irish Center. Info: 215-360-1850 or
www.freestepping.com.
WORD 4 WORD
Art Noir, 7175D Ogontz Ave. Art
Noir hosts “Word 4 Word” open mic
poetry every Thursday evening.
Info: 215-438-5366.
FRIDAY 8
GRAhAM KEIR
LaRose Catering/Social Club, 5531
Germantown Ave. 7-11 p.m.
Guitarist Graham Keir and
piano/bass/drum group Trio Slaye
perform their original compositions.
For showtimes and costs call 215844-5818.
SECOND FRIDAY
Mt. Airy business district ,
Germantown Ave. Shops stay open
until 9 p.m. in special promotion,
normally First Friday but delayed
one week because of New Year’s
Day.
ART + pEACE + pIZZA
Earth Bread + Brewery, 7136
Germantown Ave. Northwest Art
Collective holding holiday show of
14 artists, “Art + Peace + Pizza,” all
work priced at $199 or less.
Through January 31. Info: e-mail to
HYPERLINK “mailto:[email protected]”
[email protected]
or
visit
www.nacollective.com.
MOvIES AT vIDEO LIBRARY
Video Library, 7141 Germantown
Ave. Friday-Saturday 8 p.m.,
Sunday 7 p.m. Great movies every
week in the Little Theater at Video
Library. This week: “Laila’s
Birthday,” dark comedy set in
Israeli-occupied Ramallah. $6
includes popcorn. Info: 215-2473020
or
www.mtairyvideolibrary.com.
JAZZ AT CUBA
Cuba Restaurant and Gallery, 8609
Germantown Ave. Live Latin jazz
every Friday evening at Cuba. Info:
215-967-1477.
SATURDAY 9
NIM/NpIhN DANCE
Unitarian Society of Germantown,
6511 Lincoln Drive. 7:30-11:30
p.m. Community dance to benefit
Neighborhood Interfaith Movement
(NIM) and Northwest Philadelphia
Interfaith Hospitality Network
(NPIHN) featuring music of CTO
Heat. $10, children welcome 7:30-9
p.m. for free. Info: 215-843-5600.
ORChESTRA WIvES CLUB
Dawson St. Pub., Dawson and
Cresson sts., Manayunk. 10 p.m. – 2
a.m. Northwest musicians The
Orchestra Wives Club play jazz,
soul classics, funk, rock and more.
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A cast of thousands - or at least 10 musical groups or individuals - will
be performing in Walk-a-Palooza, a fundraising concert for the Mt. Airy
Train Station Summer concert series and for Walk a Crooked Mile
Books, organizer of the concert series. The extravaganza will take place
on Sunday, January 17, in the Brossman Center on the campus of The
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 7301 Germantown
Avenue, with the entrance to ample free parking on Germantown
Avenue between Gowen Avenue and Allen‘s Lane. It will start at 4 p.m.
with an hour of children’s music featuring Two of a Kind (shown above)
and several other performers, and run until 8:30 p.m. with performances by Tom Gala, Sharon Abbott and The Fretnoughts, Rockin’ Malaakas,
St. Mad Band, Art Miron, Acoustic Blender, Rhetta Morgan, Prose From
Dover, and Drew Calvin, all stalwarts of the concert series. There’s no
cover charge but a free will offering will be appreciated. For more information and a schedule of performers go to www.walkacrookedmilebooks.com or call Greg Williams at 215-242-0854
Info: 215-482-5677 or www.dawsonstreet.com.
BLACK AND WhITE
La Colombe Café, 4360 Main St.
Manayunk. Mt. Airy freelance photographer/writer Debbie Lerman
presents show on black and white
friends and family in Northwest
neighborhoods. Through January
31. Official opening January 3, 3-6
p.m. Info:
HYPERLINK
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e-mail [email protected].
LACE IN TRANSLATION
Philadelphia University, Design
Center, 4200 Henry Ave. Lace in
Translation exhibit features work of
three designers reconsidering conventional notions of lace. Hours
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.;
Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Through
April 3. Info: 215-951-2860 or
www.philau.edu/DesignCenter.
SINGLES SCENE
Unitarian Universalist Church,
6900 Stenton Ave. 7:30 p.m. - 12:30
a.m. Weekly program for mature
single adults. Donation $8. Info:
215-247-2561 (press 7).
SUNDAY 10
TANGO pARTY
Summit Presbyterian Church,
Greene and Westview sts. 4-7 p.m.
U2 Tango Milonga offers tango
dance party. All skill levels welcome.
$12.
Info:
www.u2tango.com.
SUNDAY EvE JAM
Germantown Ave. 7-11 p.m.
Sunday open jam session for all
instrumental musicians, singers,
spoken word, jazz poets. House
band provided by Rob Henderson
and HFactor features different
bassist and pianist each week. $5.
Info: 267-231-6779.
MONDAY 11
COLD hEART/WARM TECh
La Salle University Art Museum,
Olney Hall, 19th St. and Olney Ave.
Artist LiQin Tan exhibits installations “Lava + 6” and “Digitally
Bloodless,” exploring the relationship between humans, technology
and nature. Free. Through February
Continued on page 7
January 7, 2010
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How to Get Your Book Noticed
Color Book Gallery, 6353
Germantown Ave. 6:30 p.m. Author
workshop on how publicize and get
your books into stores nationwide.
$35. Info/registration: 215-5255851 or www.dhexenterprises.com.
ChESS pROGRAM
Concerned Black Men, Inc., 7200
N. 21ST St. 5-7 p.m. CBM Chess
Program teaches chess every
Tuesday and Thursday. Free. Info:
215-276-2260.
21. Hours 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday. Info: 215-951-1221
or www.lasalle.edu/museum.
SENIOR ACTIvITIES
Chestnut
Hill
Center
for
Enrichment, 8431 Germantown
Ave. CHAC has numerous programs each day for seniors, including exercise, crafts, games, workshops, discussions, more. Info: 215-
248-0180,
e-mail
to
[email protected].
BLUE MONDAY
Germantown Ave. 6-9 p.m. Jazz for
everyone each Monday with Tony
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The Northwest-based Orchestra Wives Club will perform at the Dawson
Street Pub on Saturday, Jan. 9, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., with a $3 cover.
“We’re three musicians with very varied backgrounds,” said Marc
Johnson, keyboardist. “And, as musicians, we continually strive to
become better players. With that in mind our interpretations of songs are
probably a little different. These are not your father’s version of standards. Who knows, we might even play a funk version of Glenn Miller’s
‘Kalamazoo’.” TWOC re-interprets soul classics, funk, rock, “smooth
jazz” and “straight-ahead” jazz standards. The three core members
have more than 100 years musical experience combined and have
played with Teddy Pendergrass, Angela Bofil, Dexter Wansel, Ben
Vereen, Toots and the Maytals, Slide Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Clarke
Terry, Philadelphia Orchestra, Ray Barretta, Ronnie Cuber, Odean
Pope, Grover Washington, Peter Nero, Charles Fambrough, Minas,
Monette Sudler, Patty Smyth…and Chubby Checker to name a few.
TWOC is (above, left to right: Charles Beasley, bass; Marc Johnson,
keyboards, steel drum and electronic wind instrument (EWI); Neil
Simpkins, drums. For more information call 215-482-5677 or visit
www.dawsonstreet.com. WEDNESDAY 13
TOASTMASTERS
New Covenant Campus, 7500
Germantown Ave., Founders Hall,
Room B-11, 2nd floor. Covenant
Toastmasters Club provides comfortable instructive environment for
developing public speaking and
leadership skills. Guests welcome.
Info: covenant/freetoasthost.us.
WISE/WILD/WONDERFUL
Sans Appelle, 7942 Germantown
Ave. 6-8 p.m. “Wise/Wild/Wonderful/ Women” discussion series features different speakers every week on
various topics. Info: 215-247-2929.
GARDEN CLUB
Cliveden House, 6415 Musgrave St.
6
p.m.
Cliveden
Park
Environmental Garden Club meets
every Wednesday. Info: 215-8433127, e-mail [email protected].
An author workshop on how to
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January 7, 2010
Zoning Changes Coming to Lower Germantown
By PATRICK COBBS
Staff Writer
Planned zoning changes to four
areas in Germantown took a step
closer to becoming a reality on
December 15 as residents
expressed comfort with the proposal at a community meeting
convened by the Wister
Neighborhood Advisory Council
(NAC).
“You want the area to be developed and we want everything to
be right when it is,” summarized
resident Ed Thompson.
Moses Briggs also saw the
meeting and the proposed
changes to zoning as a plus.
“Opportunity, that’s what this
represents,” he said. “And by us
coming together we have more of
a say-so.”
The proposed changes affect
four areas of Germantown: the
industrial buildings near Wayne
Junction;
Chelten
Avenue
between Germantown Avenue
and Morris Street; a portion of
the industrial area on Stenton
Avenue near the intersection with
Germantown
Avenue;
and
Wayne Avenue between the 4700
and 4900 blocks.
In most cases the zoning
changes are meant to protect the
property uses that already exist.
Because Germantown zoning has
not been updated in 40 years
many common uses are technically non-conforming, said
Jennifer Barr, planner for the
City Planning Commission.
These changes seek to fix that. In
other cases, like with Wayne
Junction, there is an effort to “upzone” to encourage new development.
At Wayne Junction many of the
abandoned warehouse buildings
will be re-zoned for commercial
use to attract private investors.
The hope is that with the planned
$29 million SEPTA renovation of
the station, (which is now on
hold, see issue of December 31),
Barr hoped, Lower Germantown
and Nicetown might one day see
a mixed use, transit-oriented residential/commercial renovation
of the historic buildings in that
area, perhaps similar to the
Sherman Mills project in East
Falls.
After a series of community
meetings on these changes held
in Germantown and Nicetown
over the last several months, the
Planning Commission’s next step
will be to ask Councilwoman
Donna Miller to introduce the
changes in the spring session of
City Council. Following that
introduction, there will be anoth-
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something needed to be done to
address the speeding problem in
the Wayne Junction area. “You
need to get a traffic study in the
area,” he said. “If you go there in
the morning, the speed that
they’re using is like they’re on
the expressway.”
Lorraine Harris was frustrated
about the level of community
outreach for the meeting. She felt
that she and others should have
known about the earlier meetings
on the proposed zoning changes
and the development plans for
Wayne Junction.
Wister NAC offered to help
organize a local business association as one way to better advocate for neighborhood needs, and
resident Pam Bracey suggested
that it was up to everyone in the
room to make a greater personal
effort to find out what is happening in the community and get
more involved.
“We have to come to meetings,” she said. “This [zoning] is
going to change. It is going to go
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James Foster (above right),
publisher of this newspaper, was
one of the guests at an event
celebrating the inauguration of
Philadelphia District Attorney
Seth Williams (above left).
Williams was sworn in as the
city’s first African American D.A.
on January 4 at the Kimmel
Center.
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forward and we have got to be
part of the program.”
A community meeting will be held on Thursday, January 7 at 7 p.m. at Mercy Vocational High School,
2900 West Hunting Park Avenue. Residents of Germantown, East Falls, Allegheny West, Nicetown and
Tioga are invited to learn about the City’s revitalization efforts for the 400-acre Hunting Park West area.
The study focuses on land use, zoning and potential reuses for such sites as EPPI, Tasty Baking, and the
Budd Company.
On January 19, 1 p.m., Center
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changes before Council makes its
decision. Look for green posters
in the area announcing those
hearings or check in with the area
groups
Wister
NAC,
Germantown
Community
Connection or Nicetown CDC.
But while there were no zoning
related complaints, that’s not to
say the meeting was gripe-free.
As with most of the meetings
related to this proposal, residents
made it clear that city services in
the area left much to be desired.
“I don’t want to see any more
stop-and-goes in the community
or any more Chinese restaurants
in the community because I think
that brings in riff-raff to the community,” said Toni Haskins. “So
anything we can do with zoning
to do that would be good.”
Alison Weiss said it seemed
strange to contemplate redeveloping the area when basic services like trash removal are not reliable in Lower Germantown.
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Trees will be chipped into a pile
which will then be available in the
spring as free mulch. Why?
Because it’s the right thing to do.
Trees are just like any other trash
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We are asking a $5 donation to
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Please contact Kim Miller,
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you have any questions or if you
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January 7, 2010
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Girard College is MLK Day of Service Signature Project
camped outside the school in
1965 and marched around its
great walls everyday. But the
protestors weren’t alone. Lots of
police were there too.
Ed Burnley was a rookie when
his entire academy class drew
duty as around-the-clock guards
outside the wall.
“They took me out of the
Academy directly there,” he
said. “I guess you could say we
didn’t even complete the
Academy before they sent us
there.”
Burnley came to police work
from the military. Salaam
dropped out of high school at the
age of 14 to become a freedom
fighter. Both men struggled
against racism. Yet for months
they occupied opposite sides of a
fight that took decades to unfold.
The push to integrate Girard
College began as early as 1950
when Raymond Pace Alexander,
a prominant African American
lawyer and Philadelphia City
Councilman, sought a court
order to open the school to nonwhites.
That legal battle continued for
many years, but a decade after
the landmark Supreme Court
Brown Vs. Board of Education
decision in 1954, which determined “separate but equal”
schooling was unconstitutional,
Girard was still for whites only.
In the spring of 1965 Cecil B.
Moore,
leader
of
the
Philadelphia
National
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Colored
People, decided to take direct
action. Salaam was a part of that
effort. The plan was to meet at
the school at dawn on the first of
May and go over the wall.
“No African American was
allowed in Girard College unless
they were doing menial work,”
Salaam recalled. [Going over the
wall would directly confront that
policy.] “But little did I know
there were people called informants.”
When he and the rest of the
dawn protest team got there,
there were a thousand police surrounding the school. The entire
wall was barricaded.
So the plan changed. And the
action became a seven month
standoff designed to raise awareness and put public pressure on
the Board of City Trusts, which
managed the school. The message was straightforward: it is
not okay to have a segregated
school in the middle of an
African American neighborhood.
“It became a national issue,”
Salaam recalled. “The idea was
to keep walking around the wall.
Keep walking around the wall
just to let them know.”
Ed Burnley came to his post at
Girard College after serving on
military bases in the south and
west where he experienced discrimination just doing his job.
He was refused service in restaurants in the south, he had to
watch a burning KKK cross from
his radar base in Nebraska, and
although his cohort at the
Philadelphia Police Academy
was largely African American,
dealing with the racism of some
white officers was part of the
job, he said.
For Burnley there wasn’t much
action at the Girard assignment
because the protestors were so
well organized and peaceful. On
the surface it was your typical
rookie experience – lots of joking and laughing. But as a neighborhood resident whose foster
mother and other family members were part of the protests, the
hardest part about the Girard
assignment was how much it
truly meant to him.
“My biggest problem was
crossing that marching line and
knowing that it was wrong,” he
said. “Because I grew up looking
at that college.”
And he might have gone there
but for the school’s admissions
policy.
When Dr. King came to Girard
College in August of 1965 he
spoke about how sad it was that
the school used walls to keep
non-whites out. And he said they
would crumble like the walls of
Jericho.
It wasn’t until 1968 that the
courts finally ordered Girard to
open its doors to non-whites, and
in 1974 Charles Hicks (son of
the late Marie Hicks of
Germantown) became the first
African American to graduate
from the school. Ten years later
another legal battle finally
opened the school to girls in
1984.
These days Girard is still experiencing firsts. In October the
school hired Autumn Joy Adkins
as its president. She is both the
first African American and the
first woman to hold that post.
In 2006 Salaam, who was
arrested close to 20 times during
the Girard College protest,
returned to the school. He was
invited back to speak to the students.
“I was sad. I had tears in my
eyes,” he said. “I told them that
the sacrifices that we made for
them left them no room to fail.
Failure to them is not an objective at all.”
Chestnut Hill resident Todd
Bernstein, the president of
Global Citizen, which runs the
Philadelphia Day of Service programs, thought Salaam and
Burnley’s story and the school’s
history made Girard College the
perfect place to headquarter the
Day of Service events this year.
Every year since the first Day of
Service in 1996, the Philadelphia
programs commemorating Dr.
King’s life and work have been
the most extensive in the country. Last year there were more
than 65,000 participants across
the city.
Salaam and Burnley and several others who were involved with
the 1965 protests will participate
in the Girard College events on
and around January 18. The
activities on January 18 will
include hundreds of community
service projects, a health fair and
a civic engagement exposition
aimed at spurring volunteer
action all year round. This is part
of a new program from Global
Citizen called MLK 365.
Salaam, who marched with
King across the state of
Mississippi in 1966, was especially encouraged by the yearround focus.
“They have taken Dr. King’s
dream and made it a reality,” he
said. “I love the 365 because Dr.
King didn’t fight for just a day, it
was his life.”
To sign up for the Day of
Service call 215-242-9070 or
visit www.mlkdayofservice.org.
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What’s Happening in Education
Apply Now for House Scholarship
State
Rep.
Rosita
C.
Youngblood (D., 198th), is
encouraging high school seniors
who
plan
to
attend
a
Pennsylvania college, university
or career school to apply for a
four-year scholarship provided
by the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives.
The deadline for application is
March 1.
Youngblood said students can
obtain applications by visiting
www.pahousescholarship.com or
by contacting her constituent
service office at 215-849-6426.
This is the sixth year that the
House of Representatives is pro-
viding the scholarship.
It is funded by private donations, including gifts from former
and current House members, and
does not use public money or tax
dollars.
The program is administered
by
The
Foundation
for
Enhancing Communities.
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Fitness Classes at Rec
Center for the New Year
Give yourself a gift: make
your New Year’s resolution to be
fit for life now.
Join our Healthy For Life Fit
Club at the Daniel E. Rumph II
Recreation Center, formerly
known as Mallery Recreation
Center, at Johnson and Morton
streets.
It will meet every
Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.
Our exercise classes will offer
easy exercises for all ages, dance
exercise, free healthy food and
snack samples, free coupons for
healthy foods and vitamins, free
pure water, free samples of
healthy drinks, free fruit and fruit
juice samples, and free healthy
smoothie sample drinks.
Classes are a suggested donation of $15 per class to cover the
cost of the sample healthy
snacks, foods and drinks.
Registration will be held on
January 13 at the center.
Registration is $5.
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Thursday, January 14, 8:45 a.m., Pre-K -12
If you are retired or semi-retired, love to learn, enjoy stimulating
discussions, then visit our OPEN HOUSE, January 18 or 19, 10:00
am or 11:30 am., 1515 Market Street, Suite 523, Philadelphia, PA.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Temple University offers over 70 daytime
classes in such fields as History, Art & Entertainment, Literature, Philosophy,
Music, Computer Science, Languages, Theater & Films and so much more.
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January 7, 2010
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What’s Happening in Education
New Classes, Activities at Enrichment Center
After enjoying a short vacation
over the holidays, the Chestnut
Hill Center Center for Enrichment
is welcoming the New Year with
classes and programs, and the
community is invited.
Have an interest in painting and
drawing? Join Alex Forbes’ Art
Workshop on Wednesdays at 9:30
a.m. in a brand-new bright and
large space; work from a different
still life each week, beginning
January 6.
During the second full week in
January, some favorite CHCE
classes are making a return. On
Monday morning, January 11
Steve Leonard embarks on ten
weeks of Italian II, and welcomes
all those with some prior knowledge of this beautiful language and
culture. Bill Farmer will be offering his 8-week Intermediate
Bridge course on Mondays at
noon for anyone who wants to
brush up their newly-learned or
long-unused bridge game. Both
instructors will also offer a
Beginning level of their classes
(Italian on Wednesdays, Bridge on
Thursdays) if there is enough
interest. Contact the Center for
Enrichment to register yours.
During these long weeks of winter, why not try a new activity to
awaken both mind and body?
Water
workouts
(Monday,
Wednesday, Friday) or Exercise
(Tuesday - Thursday) are held
with Kelly Kaiser. Three levels of
Tai Chi are led by Susan
Heineman. And yoga (both traditional and in-and-out-of-the-chair)
on Friday mornings with Grace
Perkins.
The Center for Enrichment also
invites the community to share
lunch (only $3) and special programs (free) on three Tuesdays in
January: January 12 showing the
2009 movie “The Taking of
Pelham 1-2-3; January 19 an information session on volunteer
opportunities and services offered
at Crossroads Hospice; January 26
a frank discussion of loneliness,
sadness and strategies to banish
them.
For information about these and
all other activities offered by the
Center for Enrichment (including
location and fees, if any) contact
Sue Davis or Mary Zell at 215248-0180, [email protected].
You may also stop in to the
Center’s headquarters, 8431
Germantown Avenue, Monday
through Friday between 9 a.m. and
4 p.m., and check our website at
www.chenrichment.org.
The Northwest EPIC (Equal Partners in Change) Stakeholders Group,
a community driven organization, invites the Northwest community to
attend the monthly Stakeholders Meetings. Our next meeting is Thursday,
January 21 at 1 p.m. at Martin Luther King High School, 6100 Stenton
Avenue (offices of Foundations, Inc) Our topic is the $30 million in
Recovery Act weatherization funding for Philadelphia. Attend this meeting and learn how these funds will benefit the community where you live.
For more information contact Nan Rhone, EPIC coordinator, at 215-5492686. EPIC Stakeholders groups are funded by Department of Human
Services, Community Based Prevention Services.
ESL Classes
Free ESL (English-as-a Second Language) classes for children and adults are held
each Monday and Wednesday, 7-9 p.m., at Won Community Service Center, 423
Abington Avenue, Glenside. Spring classes begin January 20. Early registration
will be held Wednesday, January 13, or by appointment. Students can enroll
throughout the year. For information call 215-884-8443, e-mail to [email protected], or visit www.woncommunity.org. Classes are supported in part by the
Verizon Foundation and Dollar General Foundation.
Mentoring Program
Choose to make a difference in a young person’s life. Connections Training
Services Mentoring Program is a program established to make an impact in the life
of a child whose parent is incarcerated. Support National Mentoring Month in
January by calling 215-430-0381, ext. 5554, for more information about becoming
a mentor or to place a child of an incarcerated parent age 4-18 with a mentor.
HOPE Charter High School
9th through 12th grades
• A tuition-free high school in West Oak Lane
• Student enrollment from all areas Philadelphia
• For the youth who needs extra help & small classes
• For information, 215-849-2112 ext 5112
• Or email [email protected]
HOPE CS is designed to give the underachieving high school student new
hope for a bright educational future and a career
We are accepting applications for the school year 2010-11
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January 7, 2010
Weavers Way Ends
Work Requirement
As of January 1, Weavers Way
Co-op is no longer requiring
members to do volunteer work
hours, and will now charge nonmembers the same shelf price paid
by
non-working
members.
Member work will still be an
important part of Weavers Way,
and working members will
receive a five-percent discount at
the register. The member work
share remains six hours per year
per adult in the household for
working members. Weavers
Way’s members voted to approve
these changes in July.
“We hope the vast majority of
our current and future members
will choose to do work hours, to
get the discount and to be a part of
Weavers
Way
operations,”
Weavers Way General Manager
Glenn Bergman said. “But we’re
also very excited to have nonworking members as well, to welcome those who want to be a part
of Weavers Way, but can’t do the
work hours.”
Although the discount will be
limited to working members, the
many other benefits of membership will be available to all members, including member-only specials, home delivery, special
orders, check cashing, patronage
rebates, business discount program, discounted notary service, a
vote in elections and referenda,
and eligibility to serve on the
board of directors and be a member lender. “Most importantly,
they are owners of a business that
is invested in their community and
their values,” Bergman said.
Member work can take many
forms, from working in the store
or on the co-op’s farms, to serving
on committees and offering workshops. Weavers Way sometimes
gives work credit for work outside
of Weavers Way entirely, like
working with the co-op’s nonprofit Weavers Way Community
Programs, helping Friends of
Carpenters Woods cleaning up the
woods near the co-op’s Mt. Airy
store, or assisting with programs
at local schools.
“Member work has been an
important part of Weavers Way
since the beginning, and we hope
it remains so,” says Weavers Way
Board President Nancy Weinman.
“But we’re also very happy to be
part of a Weavers Way that is even
more open and welcoming than
ever before.”
Weavers Way Co-op has more
than 3,200 members. For information call 215-843-2350.
Faith & the Community
Dance to Benefit NIM and NPIHN
Put on your dancing shoes and
join friends and neighbors at a
fantastic community dance to
benefit
the
Neighborhood
Interfaith Movement (NIM) and
the Northwest Philadelphia
Interfaith Hospitality Network.
A 9-piece band, CTO Heat
(pictured), which has played for
celebrities like Patti LaBelle, will
play from 7:30-11:30 p.m. at the
Unitarian
Society
of
Germantown, 6511 Lincoln
Drive, with the parking lot
entrance on Johnson Street near
Wayne Avenue. Admission is
only $10 a person. Children are
welcome 7:30-9 p.m. for free.
Soft drinks and snacks will be
provided; BYO wine and beer.
Also please bring a dessert to
share, and canned or packaged
foods to donate to the
Germantown Avenue Crisis
Ministry. The dance is made possible by a generous donor and
members of the band.
For more information call NIM
at 215-843-5600.
Bishop Stith to Speak at FUMCOG King Service
For over 45 years, The First
United Methodist Church of
Germantown has observed Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. This
year’s celebration will be held on
Sunday, January 17 at 11 a.m.
Retired United Methodist Church
Bishop Forrest C. Stith, Bishop in
Residence at Asbury United
Methodist Church in Washington,
will be the guest speaker. The
event includes a selection of spirituals and Freedom songs to honor
Dr. King, and the annual Racial
and Social Justice Award will be
presented.
For 26 years, Bishop Stith
served churches in Baltimore and
Washington. In “retirement,” at
Torah Study
Chabad-Lubavitch of Northwest
Philadelphia will be hosting Tea
and Torah, a women’s-only Torah
study group in honor of Rosh
Chodesh. Rosh Chodesh, literally
translated as head of the month,
marks the beginning of each new
month in the Jewish calendar.
A class to celebrate Rosh
Chodesh Shevat will be held on
Wednesday, January 13, at 7334
Rural Lane in Mt. Airy from 7:308:45 pm. There is no charge. To
RSVP or for more information,
please contact Pessy Gurevitz at
215-438-5327
or
visit
www.ChabadNWP.org.
the behest of the Council of
Bishops, he spent four years in
East Africa coordinating work
with refugees and assisting the
local Bishop, who is responsible
for five countries. Stith has also
been an adjunct faculty member at
the Wesley Theological Seminary
and is a founder and chairman of
the board of the African American
Methodist Heritage Center, located at Drew University, his alma
mater (he also received a degree
from the University of Nebraska
and did graduate studies at both
Princeton
and
Howard
Universities).
In addition to being very active
in the Civil Rights Movement, he
was actively supportive of the
Women’s Movement. He was cochair of the international committee on the “Ecumenical Decade of
Solidarity with Women.”
Bishop Stith’s wife Josephine is
an accomplished educator and
writer. They have a married
daughter, a Maryland attorney.
A reception in honor of Bishop
and Mrs. Stith will follow the
service. For more information,
see the church web site at
www.fumcog.org or call the office
at 215-438-3677. The church is
located at 6001 Germantown
Avenue, at the corner of High
Street. Limited parking is available off Germantown Avenue.
Men’s Day at Jane’s
On Sunday, January 17, the United Methodist Men of Janes
Memorial United Methodist Church, 47 East Haines Street, will celebrate its 60th Annual Men’s Day. Join them at 8 a.m. for their annual Men’s Breakfast, featuring delicious home-style specialties and the
esteemed guest speaker, the Rev. Dr. Gus Roman.
Tickets are only $15, available from any member of Janes United
Methodist Men, or call the church at 215 844 9564. Don’t miss the
10:45 a.m. Men’s Day Service with the word delivered by Janes
Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Andrew L. Foster 3rd.
For information call the church at 215-844-9564 or e-mail to
[email protected].
Mt. Ephraim Celebrates
Mt. Ephraim Baptist Church,
2nd and Tioga streets, the Rev.
Julius A. Renwick, pastor, will
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celebrate its 54th church anniversary on Sunday, January 17.
There will be a 10:30 a.m.
morning worship service with the
Rev. Cathy M. Johnson of
Triumph Baptist Church and
afternoon services at 3:30 p.m
with the Rev. James S. Hall of
Triumph Baptist Church. Please
come and celebrate with us.
For information call the church
at 215-226-2720.
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Sign Up for Mt.
Airy Baseball
This year marks the twenty-fifth
anniversary for Mt. Airy Baseball.
Through the work of dozens of volunteers, the program has grown to
include more than 625 children
playing on 45 teams and in five age
divisions.
There are three ways to register
for the 2010 season:
On-Line Registration: You can
register on-line at our web site:
mtairybaseball.org.
Walk-in registration will be held
the last four Saturdays in January January 10, 17, 24, and 31, - and
on February 6. All will take place
from 9 a.m. - noon at the Mt. Airy
Playground, Germantown Avenue
and Sedgwick Street.
Mail-in Registration: A registration form is available on the web
site mtairybaseball.org or by calling 215-552-8103. Registration is
on a first-come, first-serve basis.
There is a $10 discount for registering before January 31.
Openings are still available in the
Winter Programs. Twelve clinics of
3 sessions/each will be held in
pitching and hitting. This year we
will also offer workouts at the
Ambler Sports Academy where
players can hit in indoor batting
tunnels. Mail in registration forms
for the Winter Instructional
Programs are available in the handouts section of the web site, mtairybaseball.org or call 215-552-8103.
Each year, Mt. Airy Baseball
sponsors tournament teams in several age groups for the more serious and competitive players. This
year we plan to enter teams in the
9,10, 11 and 12 year-old age
groups. The Senior League teams
will also enter several tournaments.
Tournaments begin after league
play ends in June. However, tournament team players practice or
scrimmage once a week from April
through July. These do not conflict with the regular season schedule. Players are selected based on
ability and availability. To be
selected for one of the 9-12 tournament teams, one must be available
to practice during the season and
play in tournament games between
June 18-July 29. Players will be
expected to participate in not less
than five of the six weeks of the
tournament season.
There will be open tryouts for
players who are interested in competing for a position on a tournament team. Players who have had
roster spots on these teams in the
past must try out again. Try-outs
are for tournament teams only.
There are no try-outs for the regular season teams. Every child is
placed on a regular-season team.
Once registered for the regular
season, players and parents will
hear more about these and other
developments over the next several
weeks. What parents must do now
is register their child to reserve a
place on a regular-season team.
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• We install BATHROOMS
• DRAIN CLEANING
• Repair or Replace BROkEN pIpES
We’ll beat anybody’s price
or we’ll take 10% off!
Cell: 215-892-2172
Sidings • Additions
Specializing in
Rubber Roofing
Before & After Pictures
12 yr. Warranty
10% Senior discount
Licensed & Insured
215-983-5321
Lic. #0390
Free Estimates
Fully insured
JOSepH’S AffOrdABle
senior
discount
plumBing & HeAting
philadelphia gas Heating
& Air Conditioning
Air Conditioning
• 24 Hour Service / 7 Days a Week
• City Violations Corrected
• Hot Water heaters Replaced
• Drain Cleaning Specialist
• New Gas & Oil Heaters Installed
• Certifications
sAlEs
Starting at
$1695
Registered 3rd Generation #3922
Heater sale
$1195
a/c
checkup
$80.00
Call Now 215.456.1300
fAst EmErgENCY sErViCE
Office: 215-673-7700 • 215-6041728
cell: 267-984-3088
$AVE ELECTRIC
Lowest Prices • FREE Estimates
• Trouble Shooting
• 100/200 Amp Upgrades
• Indoor/Outdoor Lighting
• 220 Lines / AC Lines
• Doorbells / Ceiling Fans
• Fuse Box Repairs
• Dryer Lines
O FREE O
troubleshooting
Emergency
O
O
Service
Do You have a
Service?
Are You in the
Business Directory?
EMAN/WMAN Meet
215-396-2804
Low Rates • Fast Services
Up Front Prices • 100-200 Amp Breakers
Troubleshoot Repairs
You Got a Friend in the Business.
Let’s Beat the Recession Together
“We Do It All!”
Bonded
A First Time Home Buying
Seminar will be offered by Clara
Glenn and Dawn Evans from
Prudential Fox and Roach
Realtors on Tuesday, January 12
at 6 p.m. at the Wadsworth
Branch
Library,
1500
Wadsworth Avenue. Ask about
the $8,000 stimulus credit, home
inspections and more. There will
be free dinner and door prizes.
Bring a friend. For information
call 215-685-9293.
Call Rachel and Put
ADVANCED ELECTRIC
SERVICES, INC.
License #17027
Covenant Toastmasters
Covenant Toastmasters Club will
meet
at
New
Covenant
Campus, 7500 Germantown
Avenue, Founders Hall, Room B11 (2nd floor), 7:30-9 p.m. on
Wednesday, January 13. Covenant
Toastmasters Club provides a
comfortable, instructive environment for developing public speaking and leadership skills. Guests
are always welcome. For information visit covenant.freetoasthost.us.
Meeting on Home Buying
Serving mt. airy, Germantown & West Oak Lane
215-768-6431
“Metamorphosis: Transforming
Lives and Communities” is a nonprofit organization that believes in
the power of the “Gospel of
grace” to transform lives and
communities. We work with volunteers to support and assist older
formerly incarcerated men transition back into society. We value,
integrity and hard work and are
committed to doing the highest
quality of work. We are truly committed to transforming lives and
communities.
We are holding an event at
Starbucks, 8515 Germantown
Avenue, on January 9 and 16, selling raffle tickets. First prize will
be a 50” flat-screen TV, second
prize is a 40” flat-screen TV, and
third prize is a $500 Marriott gift
certificate.
Metamorphosis is located at 6651
Germantown Avenue. For more
information call 215-609-2635, email to [email protected], or
visit
www.metatransforminglives.org.
Your Business in
Northwest Philadelphia’s
Largest-Circulation
Weekly Newspaper.
215.438.4000
Insured
On Tuesday, January 12, East Mt.
Airy Neighbors (EMAN) and
West Mt. Airy Neighbors
(WMAN) will hold the annual
joint EMAN/WMAN meeting in
Hagan Hall on the campus of the
Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Philadelphia, 7301 Germantown
Avenue. The meeting will start at
7 p.m. and will focus on proposed
changes to Philadelphia’s Zoning
Code. Members of the Zoning
Commission will be joining us for
a panel discussion and will be taking questions. The community is
welcome; please join us.
For more information call EMAN
at 215-242-4170 or WMAN at
215-438-6022.
January 7, 2010
Germantown Newspapers Classified Advertising
fOR SalE
REal
REal ESTaTE
ESTaTE
REal
REal ESTaTE
ESTaTE
REal ESTaTE
WEST JOHNSON ClaSSICS
86 W. Johnson St., 19144
215-438-4330
1. mOUNT aIRY
79XX RUGBY ST. 2BRs,
2nd Floor, $750/mo + utilities.
2. gERmaNTOWN
1XX W. MANHEIM ST.
Furnished Rooms, $90 up/wk.
Call: 215-849-4385 or
267-476-4942 (cell)
maRTIN ElfaNT, INC.
fURNISHEd ROOmS fOR RENT
8XX E. Church lane
1st floor, private bath,
completely furnished, very clean.
Microwave, refrig., w/w carpet.
Owner occupied, security camera.
$150/wk. Security deposit required.
Call 215-849-1000
SERvICES
WINdOWS–WINdOWS–WINdOWS
$250 Installed
fOR SalE:
1965 REd mUSTaNg
Convertible w/White pwr top,
V-8, Automatic, upgraded radio.
Complete restoration.
$25,000
BOB’S HOmE ImPROvEmENT
BOB’S CeLL 215-669-3752
NO SalESmEN.
NO dEPOSIT.
INSTallEd BY OWNER
1966 TRIPlE BlaCK CadIllaC
flEETWOOd,
Mint original, always garaged!
64,000 miles
$15,000
TYPINg
do you need a resume typed
or updated?
an Excel sheet created for your
customers/clients?
Book or memoirs edited/typed
and put on a disk?
Pamphlets, monographs,
short stories?
I type 100 wpm &
am computer literate.
Call: 215-753-0500, lv. message
1960 CHEvY ImPala
V8, duals, 2-tone
Excellent orig; garaged
$14,500.
1974 mgB ROadSTER
Red, Excellent-restored
$7,500.
1975 TRIUmPH TR-6
Maroon/Tan; Garage kept.
$8,500.
vIRUS REmOval- dON’T WaIT!
SavE YOUR PC
Pop-ups, nothing works right,
you’re infected! 215-284-6038
[email protected]
Your answer
for technical support & services.
1987 JagUaR XJ-S
Convertible; 50,000 miles.
Excellent throughout.
$14,000.
Other Collectibles &
Restoration projects available!
SPECIalTY & gENERal
CaR SERvICE avaIlaBlE
HElP WaNTEd
uQQn.com RECRUITINg
HaIR STYlIST WaNTEd
• Stylist w/ Following
• Licensed Cosmetologist
Reply via email
[email protected]
aRNETTE’S HaIR & NaIlS
LOOKING FOR
LICENSED HAIR STYLIST
w/some following, great personality,
ambitious & works well with others.
Call arnette at:
215-885-7608
Page 15
*** EQUal HOUSINg ***
All real estate advertised herein is subject
to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which
makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because
of race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitation, or discrimination.” We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the law. All persons
are hereby informed that all dwellings are
available on an equal opportunity basis
Call Jeff Elfant @ 215-844-120
CaRlTON PaRK &
CHaRlWIN aPTS. Of EaST fallS
Now Leasing 2 & 3 BRs,
starting at $895.+ utilities.
MOVE IN SPECIALS!
Please call Leasing Ofc. for
more info: 215-848-2100 or E-mail
[email protected]
gaRdEN STYlE
aPaRTmENT COmPlEX
IN MOUNT AIRY
NICE 1 & 2 BEDROOMS
Utilities included
except for electric.
lv. message
for Sprague Court
215-842-2500
2 BR, E. PRICE ST.
Tiled bath, Eat-in kitchen,
w/w carpet, ample closets;
secure building. No pets.
Good credit required.
$650/month
Call: 215-477-2188
5812 N. 2nd ST.
1BR, 1bth avail. w/w carpets
Off-street parking; w/d on site
$550/month
262 E. ClIvEdEN
2BR, 1bth, ww carpets. Very
spacious, off-street pkg.
W/D on site. fRee heAt!
$725/month
CRITTENdEN maNOR aPTS.
1 BEDROOM apartment available
in Mount Airy.
Utilities included except for electric.
Call: 215-842-2500
leave message for
Crittenden manor
HOUSE fOR RENT
2XX aPSlEY ST.
4BR, 2baths, W/D hookup,
open porch, backyard.
Large family room.
$1200/mo. Available now.
Call: 610-287-9857
gaRagE avaIlaBlE
Double garage; can function as
storage or workshop.
$175/month
6628 N. 8th Street
1BR, 1bath.
Off street parking, w/d on site
$550/month
700 W. WalNUT laNE
2BR, 1bth, ww/carpets, W/D,
lots of closet space,
new windows, off street parking.
$650/mo
HOUSE fOR RENT
Cozy 2BR, 1 bath home, W/D,
dishwasher, modern kitchen & bath;
large fenced backyard.
Near all transportation points.
$775./month + utilities.
Call: 215-849-8721
ROOmS avaIlaBlE/gERmaNTOWN
Immediate Occupancy
Eat in kitchen, $500/month
(Includes all utilities)
Nr. R7, R8, bus rts: 22,53, K & XH
Call: 215-520-7752
INfORmaTION aNd PROBlEm SOlvINg
for 55+ in NW Philadelphia
Precious Babies Day Care
& New Pre-School
Day Care Directors
& Teachers
North Philadelphia Area
Director Requires 3–5 Years
AA Degree w/ 30 Credits in ECE
Teachers Requires 2 Years Experience
Writing Lesson Plans & Teaching
AA in ECE or CDA Preferred
Comp. Salary & Paid Vacation
Ken (215) 694-0916
Resources for Older Adult Living (ROAL)
215-843-5602
www.roalatnim.org
laRgE 1BR aPaRTmENT
Newly Remodeled,
Private parking,
Private entrance.
Washer/Dryer optional.
Call: 267-226-0918
gERmaNTOWN
6300 mORTON STREET
1BR, newly renovated,
semi-private entrance.
$600/mo + utilities; 1 mo. security.
Call: 215-438-0241
fURNISHEd ROOmS fOR RENT
8XX E. Church lane
1st flr., private bath,
completely furnished, very clean.
Microwave, refrig., w/w carpet.
Owner occupied, security camera.
$150/wk. Security deposit required.
Call 215-849-1000
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
JEWElS BY PaRK laNE
A Business Opportunity event
Sat. January 9th, 11 AM
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
aNNEX Bldg. behind the church!
110 W. Rittenhouse St., germantown.
PT hours, FT pay! No out of
pocket inventory costs.
Call: 215-206-6762
lEgal NOTICES
NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of Act of Assembly, No.
295, effective March 16, 1983, of the
filing in the office of the Department of
State of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, PA, on
November 16, 2009, an Application for
the conduct of a business in
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania,
under the assumed or fictitious name,
style or designation of Molly Monkey
Publishing with its principal place of
business at 124 West Phil-Ellena
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19119.
The name and address of the person
owning or interested in said business
is: Nathanial Ryland Fleischer, 124
West Phil-Ellena Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19119.
01/07/2010
lEgal NOTICE
NONPROfIT CORPORaTION CHaRTER
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application will be made to the Department of
State of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, Pa., on or
after Dec. 3, 2009, for the purpose of
obtaining a charter of a proposed nonprofit corporation to be organized under the
1988 Nonprofit Corporation Law of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, effective
October 1, 1989, as amended. The name
of the corporation is Mount Airy Baseball.
The purpose for which it is to be organized
are charitable and the promnotion of amateur youth athletics.
dan Winterstein,
Commissioner
Page 16
January 7, 2010
Police Briefs in Germantown
Editor’s note: each week the
Chronicle reports on crime in
Germantown, east and west of
Germantown Avenue on an
alternating basis. This week we
present information on crime on
the west side of Germantown
Avenue in the 14th District and
39th Police Districts.
The 14th Police District is
responsible for patrolling the
area bounded by Germantown
and Wayne avenues, between
Washington Lane and Queen
Lane. The following crimes were
reported in that area between
December 28 – January 3, 2010.
December 28
100 block W. Schoolhouse Lane –
offender allegedly observed taking
two purses, leaving, then returning
without them. Suspect arrested.
December 29
Unit block W. Penn St. – complainant alleged that employee at
location struck him in back of
head with board game causing
lump to complainant’s head.
December 30
No crimes reported.
December 31
No crimes reported.
January 1
400 block W. Walnut Lane – complainant alleged that offender went
into his pants pocket, took cellphone and wallet with cash and
credit cards.
5500 block Wayne Ave., 3:20 a.m.
– complainant approached by four
males from behind who pushed
him to ground and kicked him.
Complainant suffered leg fracture.
Offenders took shopping bag filed
with groceries and fled.
100 block W. Tulpehocken St. –
Dell laptop, flashdrive and modem
taken from complainant’s apartment.
100 block W. Schoolhouse lane –
GPS system taken from 2008
Honda, ignition damaged.
January 2
No crimes reported.
January 3
5700 block Germantown Ave. –
complainant stated that she and
offender got into verbal argument
after which offender punched her
in face, knocking out tooth and
cutting her lip.
The 39th Police District is
responsible for patrolling
Southwest Germantown. The
following crimes were reported
in that area between December
28 – January 3, 2010.
December 28
5100 block Greene St. – GPS system taken from unlocked 2003
Toyota Camry
4800 block Germantown Ave. 1988 blue Chevrolet 1500 truck
stolen.
December 29
4400 block Wayne Ave. – storage
unit broken into, 19” TV and
briefcase taken.
December 30
4500 block Greene St., 4 p.m. –
complainant allegedly stopped by
male offender who allegedly made
threats. Complainant ran into his
house. Offender allegedly tried to
kick the door down. Offender fled,
Suspect identified and arrested.
SEPTA police responded to report
of theft in progress, found automobile with copper wire in view.
Witness ID’d wire as SEPTA
property. Suspect arrested.
December 31
100 block Manheim St. – 1998 tan
Dodge Caravan stolen.
Unit block W. Rockland St. – legal
documents and ID taken from
complainant’s room.
two offenders entered location,
took chrome hot dog machine and
fled.
January 1
5200 block Schuyler St. – 2007
silver Nissan Versa stolen, contained leather coat, CDs,
Christmas gifts.
5400 block Wissahickon Ave., 8:
20 a.m. – while walking on
Wissahickon Ave., complainant
approached by male who asked
her a question, then grabbed complainant’s black coach purse containing cash, cellphone and credit
card, then fled.
4700 block Pulaski Ave. – 2005
red Ford Focus stolen.
January 2
5400 block Wissahickon Ave. –
license plate stolen from 2010
Nissan Sentra.
5900 block Lincoln Drive – front
passenger side window broken on
2007 Honda CRV, vehicle ransacked, nothing taken.
600 block W. Rittenhouse St. –
complainant found door to his
apartment unlocked; laptop, iPod,
video games and controller, books,
groceries, papers, DVDs and CDs
taken.
January 3
5000 block Wissahickon Ave. –
owner of business stated he hired
alleged offender to deliver food
for his business. Offender allegedly did not make deliveries or
return cash to business owner.
Monthly townwatch meetings
are held at the 14th Police
District, 27 West Haines Street,
at 7 p.m.
The dates of upcoming meetings
are January 18, February 15,
March 15, April 19, May 17, and
June 21.
A Family Tradition of Excellence
Since 1937
AL JEFFERSON
215-849-4343
The 14th Police District is having a series of community
meetings to explain the new
Police Service Area program and
to meet each lieutenant who is
assigned to each PSA. The coverage area for each PSA and the
meeting schedule is as follows:
PSA 1 area: Cheltenham to
Chew avenues between Vernon
Road/Gorgas Lane to 15th
Street/Wyncote Avenue/Wister
Street. The meeting will be held
Thursday, January 21, 6 p.m., at
the H & H Center, Limekiln Pike
and Haines Street.
PSA 2 area: Wister Street to
Gorgas Lane between Chew and
Germantown avenues. The meeting will be held Thursday,
January 21, 6 p.m., at New
Bethel
AME
Church,
Germantown
Avenue
and
Tulpehocken Street.
PSA 3 area: Germantown
Avenue to Wissahickon Creek
from Queen Lane to Allens
Lane. The meeting will be held
Tuesday, January 19, 7 p.m., at
the
Germantown
Home,
Germantown
Avenue
and
Sedgwick Street.
PSA 4 area: Northwestern
Avenue to Vernon Road/Gorgas
Lane/Allens Lane between
Cheltenham
Avenue
and
Wissahickon Creek.
For more information visit
www.14thppd.org.
BRICK &
stone
poIntIng
Alfred Jefferson is the number one contractor for the tri-state area. If you need
complete construction services for your home or business, then he is your go-to
guy!
Jefferson is the owner of Al Jefferson Brick & Stone Pointing, a family trade since
1937. His late father, Al Jefferson, Sr., initially taught him the business and the art
of brick and stone pointing and also wood graining, which is a unique technique of
transforming any door (wood or metal) into a beautiful work of art with the appearance of a wood-grained effect that is all done by hand. You have to see it to believe
it!
Neighbors in Mt. Airy thank him for giving their neighborhood a beautiful face lift
and great curb appeal! If you ride through the streets of Mt. Airy, Germantown or
West Oak Lane, you are sure to see his famous brick and stone pointing. His signs
are seen all over Mt. Airy, Germantown, West Oak Lane and South Philadelphia.
For more information, call 215-849-4343 and get a free estimate. You will be so glad
you made the call.
• Steps
• Patios
• Ext. & Int. Painting
• Concrete Walks
Also Custom Door Graining
• Rough Cast Cellar Walls
• Glass Block Windows

Germantown Chronicle Jan. 14

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