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December 17, 2009 • Volume 1 • Number 34
5275 Germantown Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19144 • 215-438-4000 • germantownnewspapers.com
Pastorius
Students Earn
‘Bucks’ for
Good Work
By PATRICK COBBS
Staff Writer
Joan Hill, owner of Agency Insurance
Service at 5637 Chew Avenue, arrived at
Pastorius School early in the morning on
Friday, November 20 to help reward students for a month of good behavior.
She and Valerie Hawes of the Infinity
Insurance Company set up a store where
students could spend all the “bucks” they’d
earned by doing things like coming to class
prepared, doing homework and listening to
teachers. It’s the rewards portion of the
school’s new Infinity Bucks incentive program.
Fifth graders Mikyra Glenn and
Markeese Williams-Kissi came with a
handful of “cash” and took their time deliberating among pens, pencils, modeling clay,
Frisbees and lots of other items, each with
different price tags. They can earn up to 55
“bucks” per month showing positive behavior in school.
“I came almost every day,” Glenn said. “I
came prepared. I did my work. I listened to
the teacher when she spoke.”
Williams-Kissi was on the same page. “I
worked hard in school and did my homeContinued on page 2
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Germantown Friends School’s (GFS) Shelby Tucker (left) drives for the basket as Penn Charter’s Brianna Butler comes in on defense in
last weekend’s Germantown Community Basketball Tournement, where boys’ and girls’ teams from five local high schools squared off on
the court at GFS. For a rundown on the action, see page 2.
Students Present Ideas on How to Revive Town Hall
By PATRICK COBBS
Staff Writer
As part of its ongoing quest to spur a community-oriented renovation of the shuttered Germantown Town Hall at 5928
Germantown Avenue, the Liberation Fellowship Community
Development Corporation hosted a forum for ideas December 8. It
was something Germantown residents have not seen since the
building closed in the early 1990s.
According to Nancy-Ellen Churchville, the organization’s president, creating intellectual and emotional investment in the building,
which is owned by the City of Philadelphia, is the first step to overcoming skepticism about developing it.
“The temperature is, ‘how you gonna do it? I don’t see how
you’re going to do it,’” she said. “More than money, energy - positive energy - is necessary. Money will come.”
To that end, Liberation Fellowship invited a master’s class from
the Philadelphia University School of Architecture’s Sustainable
Design Program to present their ideas about Town Hall in a poster
session at Vernon House, in Vernon Park, last Tuesday, December
8.
“The idea is that the students are doing the work,” said Professor
Rob Fryer. “To do all the background work, so that when [developers] go to do this project they will have all this information to build
off.”
Students looked at the building’s history, its assets and challenges
for green design, possible changes to the site plan surrounding the
building, likely uses for the interior space, likely community needs
for the space, and code upgrades. They presented their findings in a
series of posters, which local residents browsed and commented on.
“My approach was to see what was [already] in Germantown,”
said student Nicole Jui.
She made a map of all the business types in the Germantown and
Chelten Avenue area, and considered using the Town Hall as a business incubator aimed at growing a more diversified business base
for Germantown. She noticed a high concentration of certain types
of business in the area such as beauty-oriented uses, and a relatively low concentration of other businesses such as fresh, healthy
foods.
Jui’s architectural rendering depicted storefronts on the ground
level of Town Hall facing Haines Street, which has a wide visual
sweep from Germantown Avenue. This might be an ideal space for
an outdoor café, she suggested, and the large paved area in front of
the rotunda could be a farmer’s market.
Bethany Shiner and Jill Guinther took an overall look at the building and the site possibilities. Recognizing that things might have to
change dramatically around Town Hall to achieve what the community wants, they took some liberties. They eliminated the now
closed building next door at 5932-42 Germantown and built a large
green space surrounding Town Hall, which would help with storm
water management on the site and promote outdoor events, they
Continued on page 3
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December 17, 2009
The Germantown Chronicle
Germantown, Penn Charter Take Honors in 20th Community Tournament
By ZOE FEINGOLD
Guest Writer
The 20th annual Germantown
Community
Basketball
Tournament took place this past
weekend at Germantown Friends
School (GFS), serving as a fundraiser and host for friendly
Germantown rivalries. The gyms
at Germantown Friends School
were packed with fans from each
of the five tournament teams Bodine High School, Penn
Charter, GFS, Germantown High
School, and Roxborough High hoping to inspire their teams to
victory.
Friday night saw the Penn
Charter girls team move on to the
tournament championship game
with a whopping 28-point win
against Bodine. Penn Charter
would face the girls of GFS, who
fought their way to a decisive victory against Germantown High
School on Friday night with a 17point win. The girls’ consolation
match took place on Saturday,
when Bodine took the third spot in
the girls’ division with a blow-out
61-26 point game against
Germantown.
The boys progression was
almost opposite; in the first round
GFS suffered a home-team loss to
eventual champion Germantown
in a close, 56-51 game, while
Bodine pulled out a win against a
competitive Roxborough High
School team. Steal after steal kept
the fans of the boy’s consolation
game on their toes on Saturday,
when GFS and Roxborough battled an exciting overtime game,
ending in a victory for
Roxborough.
A heart-warming presentation of
the
annual
Germantown
Community
Basketball
(Left to right) Dominique Twiggs and tournament MVP Ramadan
Abdullah of Germantown High received spots on the all-tournament
team along with Baye Goodman of Bodine. Others named were Anton
Popov of Germantown Friends (not pictured) and Roxborough’s Anthony
Patterson (not pictured).
(Left to right) Honoree Officer Ernest Pollard of the Paley PAL Center;
Cathy Paulmier, Germantown Friends’ Head of Community Service; and
Madison Alig, GFS class of 2011 and head of the Community Actions
club at the school.
Community Service Award preceded the championship games on
Saturday as Officer Ernest Pollard
was honored for his “outstanding
service to the community of
Germantown.” Since 1993 the
tournament has carried the tradition of awarding a dedicated member of the Germantown community with a plaque and acknowledgement for their selfless service to
the community. Pollard attended
Roman Catholic High School and
went on to attend Temple
University where he was a star
player for the Owls under coach
John Cheney. Pollard has been a
Philadelphia police officer for 14
years and has served the Police
Athletic league for 10 years.
“It is fitting that Officer Pollard
should receive this award on this
20th year,” announced Kathy
Paulmier, head of Community
Involvement at GFS, who presented Pollard with the award. “I am
impressed with his leadership and
championship games. The GFS
girls faced a tough Penn Charter
team. GFS got off to a rocky start
in the first half and were never
able to catch up, suffering a 40point loss to Penn Charter, which
was led by tournament MVP
Brianna Butler.
The girls’ All-Tournament team
consisted of GFS Junior Julya
Loder, Penn Charter Sophomores
Brianna Butler and Dianna
Thomas-Palmer,
Sharnay
Ratchford of Germantown High,
and Bodine Senior Chikilra
Goodman.
Slam dunks and no-look passes
made for an enthusiastic crowd
during the match-up between
Germantown High and Bodine in
the boy’s championship game.
Germantown High led by only 3
going into the 3rd quarter, but an
outstanding performance by
Germantown High Senior and
captain Ramadan Abdullah saw to
it that Bodine could not cut the
dedication in serving the youth of
our community every afternoon.”
Pollard has worked at the Paley
PAL (Police Athletic League)
Center,
5330
Germantown
Avenue, for four years, where he
supervises an after-school program for kids while they play basketball, do their homework, or participate in various other activities.
“Being a police officer is my
job, and I’ve always wanted to
give back to the community,” said
the humble Pollard when asked
about his acknowledgement, “but
it felt really good to be recognized
for my work at PAL.” Pollard
loves basketball, and even though
his primary service at PAL is as a
police officer, he’s still able to
teach the kids a few things on the
basketball court. Pollard acts as a
big brother figure to the kids as
well as their mentor and supervisor.
After receiving the award,
Pollard joined the audience for the
lead any shorter. Germantown
ended with a 49-38 victory over
Bodine.
Dominique Twiggs and tournament MVP Ramadan Abdullah of
Germantown High received spots
on the all-tournament team, along
with Baye Goodman of Bodine,
GFS team captain Anton Popov,
and Roxborough’s Anthony
Patterson.
The excitement, however, was
not free of charge. A small fee is
required to enter the tournament
each year, and the money is set
aside for the funding of The
Germantown Friends Basketball,
Reading and Computer clinic, a
five-week summer program hosted at GFS.
The summer program, which
doubles as a basketball clinic and
summer-school, was started about
40 years ago by former GFS principal David Felsen. Felsen would
gather about 100 kids from
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Returning Soldier Receives ‘A Hero’s Welcome’
By SUE ANN RYBAK
Editorial Staff Intern
“The sound of freedom” is how Wayne
Lutz, the founder of Warriors Watch,
described the noise on Sunday evening,
December 6, at the rally to welcome home
Lt. Aaron Booker from Iraq.
Despite the bitter cold that evening, 30
members of the groups Warriors Watch
and A Hero’s Welcome gathered at Engine
66 Fire House, located near the
Philadelphia International Airport, to
escort Lt. Booker and his family home to
Mt. Airy. The groups are both non-profit
organizations whose mission is to honor
and welcome home solders returning from
war. The principal of Warriors Watch is,
“They have our backs over there. We have
their backs here at home.”
Lt. Booker deployed last year with
Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 66th
Armor, 172 Infantry Brigade Combat
Team to Wasit Province, Iraq in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was awarded
Among those at the welcoming ceremony at Philadelphia International Airport were (left to
right) Rev. Anthony P. Booker, father; Lt. Aaron Paul Booker; Wayne Lutz, founder of
Warriors Watch; Sheila D. Booker, mother; Mike Cotter, Warriors Watch member; Margaret
Chadrick, grandmother; Helen Antoinette Booker, sister; Madeline Chatman, godmother;
Daniel Chadrick, cousin.
an army commendation for his meritorious
service. Booker, 24, was recently named
executive officer of his unit. He is a Mt.
Airy native who graduated with honors in
2003 from Central High School and a
2007 honors graduate with a bachelor’s
degree in Political Science of Hampton
University, Hampton.
“I was surprised,” said Lt. Booker about
the welcoming ceremony. He was shocked
so many people would be there to welcome him home at midnight. “Knowing
that they [solders] have people back home
who love and support them ... it helps. It
really does matter,” he said.
He added, “We need a strong military to
help and protect this country. As far as I
am concerned, anyone who volunteers
their time and service deserves respect and
honor, not just people wearing an uniform.”
“I knew some people were going to
there,” said Rev. Anthony Booker, Aaron’s
father. “It exceeded my greatest expectation. While I personally don’t believe we
should be in Iraq, we shouldn’t blame the
military personnel. They are the ones
dying and suffering. I hope we learned that
lesson back in Vietnam. We should
encourage and support our troops.
Continued on page 3
December 17, 2009
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Philadelphia U. Students Present Ideas on How to Revive Town Hall
(Above left) Philadelphia University master’s student Jill Guinther (left)
points out features of her ideas for Town Hall to fellow student Bethany
Shiner. In the rear, student Nicole Jui stands by her display. The rotunda
at Town Hall (above right) has unexpected possibilities for future uses, students discovered.
Continued from page 1
said. And to help with parking,
they suggested knocking down the
vacant and roofless building on the
other side of the 14th Police
District and installing a new lot
there, paved with porous pavement – also to help with storm
water.
Shiner and Guinther also noted
the need for numerous building
code upgrades to Town Hall, such
as adding an elevator and fire stairway, possibly in a rear addition to
the building.
Leah Brown and Ashley
Johnson looked at internal uses for
the building based on a wish list
provided by Liberation Fellowship
CDC. They found that space constraints will force some tough
choices.
“When we really started examining the spaces we realized there
was no way [the suggestions] all
were going to fit,” Johnson said.
So they came up with three
floor plans that could be intermixed. All three versions have a
combination of public and private
uses, like police functions or the
offices of elected officials along
with private businesses.
“I think that’s how it would be
most successful,” Johnson said.
In all three versions Brown and
Johnson suggested using the top
floor for a “co-working” space.
Drawing on the business incubator
idea, this would be a space where
a number of small start-up businesses could rent office space in
non-traditional leases, and share
office equipment to save money
until they became established
enough to move into their own
dedicated offices.
As they were researching Town
Hall this pair seemed to gain some
insight to why Germantowners are
so attached to the building. “In this
building there’s all these great little opportunities,” Brown said.
One was in the rotunda that
dominates the front of the building
and houses World War I memorial
plaques. No matter how the building is developed, that portion of it
must remain open to the community. But Brown and Johnson discovered that, by removing two
partitions in the rotunda area that
are used to house huge antique
radiators, a wide outer ring could
be opened up to community use
for things like public art displays.
Another opportunity is the huge
three-pane transom windows that
allow light and air to spill from the
offices into the extra-wide central
hallway inside the building. This is
a green feature of the building
because it can increase lighting
and cooling efficiency, Brown
said.
Workshop for Small Businesses
The Greater Germantown Business Association,
Inc.’s January 12 meeting will feature a special presentation by U. Harold Levy, Eastern Regional representative of the PA Department of General Services. This
GGBA meeting is specifically designed for small businesses, minority- and women-owned businesses that
want to sell products and services to the state. The purpose of the workshop is to not only explain the state
certification process, but also to help businesses fill out
the appropriate paperwork and complete the other steps
necessary for certification.
Levy will walk business owners through the state’s
certification application line-by-line. By the end of the
workshop, serious business owners will have completed most of their applications and be well on their way
to being certified to do business with the state of
Pennsylvania.
The “Certification Made Simple” workshop will be
held Tuesday, January 12, 8:30 - 10 a.m. at the Canvas
Soup Beauty Lounge, 6143 Germantown Avenue.
Spaces are limited, so please R.S.V.P. as soon as possible to John Churchville at [email protected]
or leave a message at 215-848-8511. The Department
of General Services has received stimulus funds to be
used in Pennsylvania. Learn what to do from the
source.
Community members talked
with the students about Town Hall
and some left their suggestions on
Post-It notes stuck to their displays. “Farmers Market,” “Arts
Festival” and “Greenhouse
please” were among the suggestions.
“All this stuff makes a whole lot
of sense,” said Reverend LeRoi
Simmons, director of the Central
Germantown Council, as he
looked over the posters.
“Everybody wants the police sta-
tion to be in there. We’ve got a
state rep and City Council person
who could be in there, but nobody
wants to spend any money.”
According
to
Liberation
Fellowship
CEO
John
Churchville, that is the next step.
In addition to more student architectural presentations, Liberation
Fellowship CDC will begin working with business students to
develop a financial plan for identifying possible money sources to
bring Town Hall back to life.
‘A Hero’s Welcome’
“I am very proud of my son.
He is very tenacious. He never
gives up. He stays with something until he reaches his goal.
He is a very determined young
man. You always see stories
about when the whole unit
returns. It is rare to see a story
about an individual solder returning home.”
“My husband and I were so
overwhelmed to have all these
people welcoming him home,”
Sheila Booker said. “ We were
impressed with the men and
women of Warriors Watch and A
Hero’s Welcome. Their commitment transcends all economical,
racial, and political lines. They
are all so dedicated to welcoming
all service men and women.”
Sheila Booker said she found
out about Warriors Watch from
Lutz. “We used to work together
at St. Paul Lutheran Evangelical
Church,” she said.
Lutz, a Vietnam veteran, started Warriors Watch in the spring
of 2008. Since its inception,
Warriors Watch has grown rapidly with chapters in 38 states.
Prior to creating Warriors Watch,
he was a member of an organiza-
tion that honored solders by
attending their funerals.
“I recognized a wider need to
support returning solders and
their families,” Lutz said. “The
best way I believe we can honor
the dead is by supporting our
men and women in the military.”
“It’s addictive,” said Lutz,
describing seeing families welcoming their sons and daughters
home from war. Lutz refers to the
solders as “Our Heroes.”
Charlie Becker, coordinator of
A Hero’s Welcome and also a
Vietnam veteran, recalled how in
the summer of 1969 a saleswoman refused to wait on him when
he tried to buy some t-shirts. His
buddy, he said, was returning
home wounded in uniform and a
young woman began beating on
the bus he was on, shouting
“baby killer” and screaming “you
should be dead!”
“That is why I do this,” Becker
said. “Because every returning
solder deserves ‘A Hero’s
Welcome.’ ”
For more information about A
Hero’s Welcome visit aheroswelcome.org/about_us.
For
information about Warriors
Watch, visit warriorswatch.org.
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December 17, 2009
Editorial
Yesterday in the German Township …
Williams’ Major Challenge
Our newly-elected District Attorney is only days away from taking office.
Committed and likable, Seth Williams succeeds Lynne Abraham, whose politics
and popularity rating always seemed to outpace her performance.
Last Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer expose on the performance of the city’s criminal justice system paints a distressing picture of just what Williams faces in a city
where, it is claimed, 2 in 3 individuals accused of violent crimes walk free, 1 in 10
defendants in gun-assault cases are found guilty, and 1 in 5 violent-crime prosecutions ends in a felony conviction. The story tells a tragic tale: that Philadelphia
has the lowest conviction rate for felony crime of 39 urban areas studied in a 2008
report.
We learn that more often defendants are freed on administrative or procedural
failures by the court or prosecutorial systems than by being found not guilty. The
system of turnstile justice that returns many violent felons to the street to terrorize, threaten and often kill eye-witnesses has a lot to do with why many walk from
justice. We are told that Philadelphia leads the country in violent crime, with
1,441 homicides, rapes, assaults and robberies per 100,000 population in a 2008
study.
An increasing court backlog as the crime level increases is part of the problem, but
major administrative failures in getting police to courtrooms, meeting set deadlines for trial, and ongoing system breakdowns let many clearly guilty defendants
walk. Of 10,000 defendants who went free on violent-crime cases in 2006-07, an
incredible 92 percent had their cases dropped or dismissed; only 8 percent were
found not guilty at trial. Massive problems with a broken bail system, coordination with the Police Department, and improperly prepared cases seem to be continuing issues.
Outgoing DA Abraham denied the accuracy of the Inquirer statistics on 31,000
city court cases, but claimed her office kept no statistics so she could not offer
rebuttal information.
Adding to the challenges Williams will face are some members of the politicallyelected judiciary who often dispense something less than blind or informed justice. Second-tier business activity and personal issues seem to cloud professional
standards of some of those on the bench.
Williams campaigned on the issue of the broken legal system, which he knew
from the inside. While he was criticized as exaggerating the level of failure, the
Inquirer article, even if only half accurate, proves the magnitude of the job facing
a new District Attorney. Williams has promised to regionalize the DA’s office and locate Assistant District
Attorneys and investigators in the neighborhoods, rather than having them all
centralized in Center City. That way, community members could more easily
reach them and become familiar with those who are responsible for fighting crime
and convicting felons. At the same time the Assistant DAs would become
acquainted with the individual communities and their specific problems. This
can’t happen too soon.
Williams should take a giant step back from the administrative and political system that he had to use to get elected, and realize that his charge is of greater magnitude than even he might have anticipated. The Inquirer article should be
required reading for all citizens, who should then demand a bottom-up overhaul
of the criminal justice system. A deterrent bail system must be reinstated, case
management needs professionals with the most current technology, integration
with the Police Department must improve, qualified Assistant District Attorneys
must be hired, and judges must fall under the most critical scrutiny when there is
reasonable evidence of professional failure.
Every appointment Seth Williams makes should be focused on reconstructing the
nation’s worst example of a failed legal system. This city has lost as many as
500,000 residents since 1970. Most of them moved because of safety, not jobs.
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This house still stands beside Grumblethorpe (seen in the background) at 5269 Germantown Avenue.
Anthony Gilbert, a blacksmith, lived there in 1809. After his death in 1817 it was the residence of his son
Charles. “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: Our Broken Real Estate Tax System
By BRETT MANDEL
What do they say? “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Then
when it comes to the system of real estate assessments in
Philadelphia they must say, “If it is totally broken, don’t
fix it and keep using it to victimize residents.”
I wandered down to watch assessment appeals at the
Board of Revision of Taxes to catch up on the latest
installment of the farce that is real estate assessment in
Philadelphia. Even though everyone realizes that the
assessments are so far from reality that the entire system
must be totally revamped, the city is actually using that
current system to force some residents to pay outrageous
tax increases. This goes beyond ordinary incompetence. This is
nothing short of theft - and every city official involved in
this crime must be held accountable.
For those who might have missed a few episodes in this
pathetic soap opera, here’s a quick recap. It has been
demonstrated conclusively that real estate assessments in
Philadelphia are woefully unfair, forcing some to pay too
much while others pay too little. Even though this situation has been bad and getting worse, most politicians
have shied away from fixing the problem because they
fear the wrath of those who would face higher values —
and higher tax bills — after the assessment mess is
cleaned up.
But Michael Nutter was bold as a candidate, promising
to take on this long-simmering issue and, as Mayor,
declared last summer that the system “needs to be
changed yesterday.” Even the unaccountable and
untouchable Board of Revision of Taxes, which actually
values properties for tax purposes, publicly initiated an
effort to get the values right once and for all. But, more
than a year later, and after millions of our dollars have
been spent to fund the program to correct the values, the
system remains as broken as ever.
After recent reports described the combination of
incompetence, shady dealings, and good-old Philly politics that combine to produce the fraudulent real estate
assessments we continue to endure, our leaders promised
action. But while the Mayor and City Council have been
spinning their collective wheels proposing “leadership”
changes and “governance” adjustments, the values are as
screwed up as ever.
Since he recently engineered a mayoral takeover of the
Board of Revision of Taxes, the Mayor has stopped talking about fixing the system “yesterday” and administration officials are now saying that a fair and accurate system of real estate taxation is probably years away. In the meantime, this bad situation has actually just
gotten worse. Even though everyone understands that
real estate taxation in Philadelphia is unfair and almost
certainly illegal (the law demands fairness and uniformity and our system is clearly neither), the city is still going
around and whacking residents with increased assessments.
Some residents have received notices that the assessed
value for their properties will increase - in some cases by
200 and 300 percent and more — resulting in doubling
and tripling of their tax bills. You read that right. Even
though the assessments of the Board of Revision of Taxes
have been exposed as a fraud and a sham, the city is still
wasting institutional time and energy cherry-picking certain homeowners and targeting them for tax increases.
At the Board of Revision of Taxes appeal hearings, one
aggrieved homeowner pointed out that in testimony
before City Council just months ago, the Board had
seemed to promise that there would be no new assessments based on the current - fraudulent - system while
the effort to correct all the values was underway. In
response, the Board employed the reverse-Nuremberg
defense (“we were only giving orders”), claiming that,
despite the Board’s position on not performing new
assessments, staffers were simply doing their jobs in continuing to evaluate properties and adjust their values.
Enforcing these new assessments is illegitimate and
amounts to an unlawful taking. All of the officials who
are perpetrating this crime should be held responsible - if
not in a civil or criminal court, then certainly at the next
election.
I encourage anyone who wants to review a more indepth and thoughtful presentation about our real estate
taxation mess and how to fix it, visitwww.philadelphiaforward.orgcitywide_reassessment, but here’s what has
to happen immediately:
First, the city must issue a moratorium on assessment
increases until the city is prepared to roll out a system of
fair and accurate assessments for all properties - justice
delayed for all property owners cannot result in justice
denied for some property owners.
Second, the city must move forward with haste to
complete a full citywide reassessment so that all property
assessments reflect actual property values - unfair values
is the problem that must be addressed above and beyond
any other issue at the Board of Revision of Taxes.
Finally, if the city persists in adjusting assessments and
delaying reassessment, every single taxpayer who is forced
to continue to pay too much should be due a refund for
Continued on page 5
December 17, 2009
Page 5
Letters to the Editor …
Demonstrate for Peace
To the editor:
On December 20, 23 peace groups
will hold a Fourth Anniversary Peace
Event, from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m.
near Senator Arlen Specter’s home
on West Schoolhouse Lane (at Vaux
Street) in Germantown. They want
Specter to cut off funding for the
U.S. occupation of Iraq and
Afghanistan and to bring the troops
home now.
On this date in 2005, protesters first
demonstrated near Senator Specter’s
home against the U.S. occupation of
Iraq. They wanted Specter to
endorse a bill which would cut off
Pentagon funding in Iraq except for
the safe return of all U.S. troops.
They also wanted the closure of all
55 Pentagon bases there. The
demonstrators later included an end
to the U.S. occupation of
Afghanistan.
The Fourth Anniversary Peace
Event has been endorsed by
Brandywine Peace Community,
Bucks for Progress, Catholic Peace
Fellowship, Chester County Peace
Movement, Code Pink Philadelphia,
Communist Party of Eastern PA and
DE, Delaware Valley Veterans for
America, Granny Peace Brigade
Philadelphia, Green Party of
Montgomery County, Green Party
of Philadelphia, Military Families
Speak Out, Northeast Philly for
Peace and Justice, Northwest
Greens,
Peace
Action
of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Buddhist
Peace Fellowship, Philadelphia
Regional
Anti-War
Network
(PRAWN), Philadelphia War
Resisters League, Physicians for
Social
Responsibility,
Saint
Vincent’s Peace and Justice Ministry,
Suburban Philadelphia Greens, Turn
Around America, Veterans for Peace,
Chapter 31, and Women’s
International League for Peace &
Freedom (Philadelphia Branch).
For more information please contact
[email protected] and 215843-4256.
Chris Robinson
Germantown
Peace on Earth?
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The Peace Prize to Obama?”
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With a tear in his eye.
“30,000 more troops,”
Said the commander-in-chief,
didn’t most of us think
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representatives at the city and state levels serving Germantown and Mt. Airy.
City Council
8th District: City Councilwoman
Donna Reed Miller. Office: City
Hall, Room 312, Philadelphia, PA
19107, phone 215-686-3424 or
215-686-3425, fax 215-686-1937;
home page
http://www.phila.gov/CityCouncil
/miller/
PA House of Representatives
198th Legislative District: Rep.
Rosita C. Youngblood, 5520
Wayne Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19144, phone
215-849-6426,
fax 215-849-5476; home page:
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200th Legislative District: Rep.
Cherelle L. Parker. District office:
1536 East Wadsworth Avenue,
215-242-7300, fax 215-242-7303;
home page
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201st Legislative District: Rep.
John Myers. District office:
5847 Germantown Avenue,
215-849-6896,
fax 215-560-1824. Home page:
http://pahouse.com/myers
Pennsylvania State Senate
3rd Senatorial District: Senator
Shirley Kitchen. District office:
1701 West Lehigh Avenue, Suite
104, Philadelphia PA 19132,
phone 215-227-6161; home page
http://www.senatorkitchen.com.
4th Senatorial District: Senator
LeAnna Washington. District
office: 1555-A Wadsworth
Avenue,
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December 17, 2009
WEEK OF
DECEMBER 17-23
THURSDAY 17
POINSETTIA SALE
Center in the Park, 5818
Germantown Avenue, Vernon
Park. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Friends of
Vernon Park Poinsettia sale, proceeds to benefit Vernon Park.
Info: 215-843-5007.
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: 215668-2227.
GUITAR AND POETRY JAM
Center in the Park, 5818
Germantown Ave., Vernon Park.
1 p.m. Guitar and poetry holiday
jam led by CIP guitar instructor
Monette Sudler Honesty. Free.
Info: 215-848-7722.
FREESTEP DANCE
Commodore Barry Club, 6815
Emlen St. FreeStep Dance Night
at Irish Center. Info: 215-3601850 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 18
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
[email protected] or
visit www.nacollective.com.
DECORATIVE ARTS
Allens Lane Art Center, Allens
Lane and McCallum St.
Decorative Arts Holiday Show
featuring crafts, jewelry and
wearable art items from more
than a dozen artists. Through
December 23. Gallery hours
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
or by appointment. Info;
www.allenslane.org.
MOVIES AT
VIDEO LIBRARY
Video Library, 7141
Germantown Ave. FridaySaturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Great movies every week in the
Little Theater at Video Library.
This week: Nora Ephron’s “Julie
and Julia starring Meryl Streep.
$6 includes popcorn. Info: 215247-3020 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 19
WISSAHICKON WALKS
9 a.m. – noon. Meet at Valley
Green Inn. Friends of the
Wissahickon Trail Ambassador
Scott Quitel leads nature walk
along Wissahickon Creek. Free.
Info: email to [email protected]. Then at 2 p.m., meet at
Kitchen’s lane entrance to park
for “Meandering in the
Wissahickon” with Shelly Brick,
park walk and stories. Children
ages 6+ welcome if accompanied by adult. Info: e-mail
[email protected].
HOLIDAY CENTERPIECES
Morris Arboretum, 100
Northwestern Avenue, Chestnut
Hill. 1-2:30 p.m. Ages 5-12
learn to make holiday decorations at Kids’ Holiday
Centerpiece workshop with floral educator Cheryl Wilks. $30
Glamorama
Hair Studio
201 Grange Avenue • Philadelphia
215.548.2200
Walk-Ins Welcome
$5 – $10 Off All Chemical Services: Tues & Wed
Walt’s Bike Shop
Barber Shop
Senior Citizen Special
$10.00
Holiday Special
10% Off New Bike.
We Sell All Bike Parts.
Mon. Tues. Thurs. Fri. Sat: 5 AM – 5 PM
Wed. Close at 2 PM
5128 Germantown Avenue. 215-849-4984
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conventional notions of lace.
Hours Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. –
4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4
p.m. Through April 3. Info: 215951-2860 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 20
On Friday, December 18, 5-8 p.m., a holiday arts and crafts show at High
Point Café, 602 Carpenter Lane, will feature local artist Lynnette Shelley,
as well as many other artists/artisans selling jewelry, original artwork,
prints, textiles and wearable items, and other handmade goods. Shelley
will have select originals, as well as matted prints and artist trading cards
(or ATCs) for sale. Shelley’s artwork has been displayed at various venues
across the Philadelphia metropolitan area, including the Philadelphia
Open Studio Tours (POST), and at the Academy of Natural Sciences.
Some of her creature drawings were featured in the animated short “The
Spider Is the Web” shown at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. More of
Shelley’s work at be seen at www.Lynnetteshelley.com. Above left:
Shelley’s “Ursa”; above right, “Gaia.”
members, $33 non-members.
Info: 215-247-5777.
ART GARAGE
542 Carpenter Lane. 10 a.m. – 6
p.m. Mt. Airy Arts Garage hosts
weekend Arts and Crafts Market
on December 19-20. Info: 215247-5309, e-mail [email protected].
NUTCRACKER
Plymouth/Whitemarsh High
School, 201 E. Germantown
Pike, Plymouth Meeting. 2 and
6:30 p.m. Tchaikovsky’s famous
ballet The Nutcracker performed
by Donetsk Ballet of Ukraine,
sponsored by Germantownbased International Ballet
Exchange. $18 students and seniors, $28 adults. Tickets: 215849-7950 or 1-800-849-4919.
SMALL WORKS
Manayunk Art Center Gallery,
419 Green Lane, rear. 10 a.m. –
4 p.m. “Small Works” holiday
exhibit features new artwork
from $75-200 by members of
Manayunk Art Center Co-op.
Saturday-Sunday through
December 20. Admission free.
Info: 215-482-3363 or
www.manayunkartcenter.org.
LACE IN TRANSLATION
Philadelphia University, Design
Center, 4200 Henry Ave. Lace in
Translation exhibit features work
MUSIC FEST
Allen Lane Train Station, High
Point Café. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Mt.
Airy-Nippon-Brayn-Cresheim
Town Watch holds 8th annual
Pre-Holiday Music Fest, with
blues, acoustic guitar, dulcimer
music and more.
GARDEN RAILWAY
Morris Arboretum, 100
Northwestern Ave., Chestnut
Hill. Morris Arboretum’s 9th
annual Garden Railway, with
quarter mile of track, fifteen
lines, made of all natural materials. Free with regular admission:
$14 adults, $12 for seniors, students and ages 13-18, $7 for
children under age 3 and members. Through January 3. Info:
215-247-5777.
SUNDAY EVE JAM
LaRose Catering/Social Club,
5531 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.
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Germantown Ave. MondayWednesday, 2 p.m. Little
Theater. Watch beloved classic
film “The Wizard of Oz” and
sing along with characters. Print
of film shows words to all songs
at bottom of screen. $6 includes
popcorn. Info: 215-247-3020 or
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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, email to [email protected].
BLUE MONDAY
LaRose Catering/Social Club,
5531 Germantown Ave. 6-9 p.m.
Jazz for everyone each Monday
with Tony Williams Quartet. $8.
Info: 215-248-1718.
PAPER WORKS!
City Hall, Northeast corner, second and fourth floors. Paper
Works! exhibit features work of
20 area artists, including Mt.
December 17, 2009
Germantown resident Isaiah
Price portrayed Charles
Dickens at the 2009 Dickens
Christmas Party at the Ebenezer
Maxwell Mansion, 200 West
Tulpehocken Street. Over
80 attendees enjoyed listening
to Charles Dickens, Louisa May
Alcott and the Ghost of Christmas
Present reading Christmas stories in the parlor. Christmas cookies and Victorian punch were
served. Children made
Christmas cards with art teacher
Antoinette. One special visitor to
the Dickens Party was Elisabeth
Bours, a desendant of Ebenezer
and Anna Maxwell. Ms. Bours,
age 92, drove from Wilmington,
Delaware for the festivities. Airy native Lesley Haas, working in medium of paper.
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Free.
TUESDAY 22
WINTER WONDERLAND
Germantown Historical Society,
5501 Germantown Ave. Special
exhibit “Winter Wonderland:
work and Play in Germantown,”
featuring historic toys, sleds,
clothing and other items used
here for winter work and play.
Through December. Tuesdays 9
a.m. – 1 p.m., Thursdays 1-5
p.m Info: 215-844-1683.
TABLE TENNIS
Earth Bread + Brewery, 7136
Germantown Ave. 9 p.m. – midnight. Ping-Pong Night every
Tuesday at Earth Bread. Info:
215-242-6666.
ACUPUNCTURE CIRCLE
Springboard Studio, 530
Carpenter Lane. 6-7:30
p.m. Acupuncture Wellness
Circle small group session offers
relaxed, comfortable space to
release stress.
$30/person, $75 for 3.
Reservations: 215-844-7675.
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: 215-2762260.
WEDNESDAY 23
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:
215-843-3127, e-mail
[email protected].
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The First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, 35 West Chelten Avenue,
will be hosting its second annual Christmas Festival on Friday, December
18, 6-9 p.m. This family-friendly event will feature a live nativity, light supper, gingerbread house construction and other crafts in addition to a
Christmas pageant and carol sing. Admission and refreshments are free,
with donations gratefully accepted. Off-street parking is available. For
information call 215-843-8811. Above: a youngster meets Santa Claus at
last year’s festival.
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December 17, 2009
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
report on crime east of
Germantown Avenue in the
area patrolled by the 14th
Police District.
The 14th Police District is
responsible for patrolling
Germantown
east
of
Germantown Avenue, in the
area bounded by Washington
Lane on the north and Wister
Street, Old Stenton Avenue and
East Collum Street on the
south, between Germantown
and Stenton avenues.
The following crimes were
reported between December 713, 2009 in that area.
December 7
100 block Herman St. – side door
to location kicked in. No entry
gained. Nothing apparently
taken.
5900 block McMahon St. – complainant was involved in verbal
altercation with acquaintance
when offender allegedly grabbed
her clothes, threw them outside,
doused them with lighter fluid
and set them on fire.
December 8
200 block E. Penn St. – check
and phone book taken from complainant’s residence.
Unit block E. Bringhurst St. –
complainant stated she was walking home in August and was
approached by five to six offenders. The offenders began touching her, dragged her behind a
dumpster and sexually assaulted
her.
December 9
100 block E. Chelten Ave. – wallet missing from complainant’s
purse, contained Social Security
card and IDs.
6100 block Gardenia St. – complainant got off bus and was followed and attacked in front of
location. Change purse and
leather case containing paperwork and ID taken.
5600 block Heiskell St. – complainant was making a delivery
when approached by three
offenders. Food taken.
December 10
200 block E. Haines St. – offender allegedly hit family member
with wooden block with metal
handle. Suspect arrested.
6200 block Baynton St. – rear
window to vehicle broken. Cell
phone charger and radio/CD
player taken.
600 block Locust Ave. – concert
tickets were delivered to house
by Fed-EX, but complainant
never received package.
400 block E. Washington Ln. –
complainant
entered
her
unlocked room and found chili
thrown near her desk. Digital
camera, memory card and case
missing.
December 11
1100 block E. Stafford St. –
offender allegedly kicked in front
door to residence, made threats
and pulled out handgun.
300 block E. Ashmead St. – complainant and offender engaged in
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Over 100 Germantown residents
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verbal altercation. Later, offender
allegedly approached complainant with electric drill and
made threats. Suspect arrested.
December 12
800 block E. Chelten Ave. –
entry gained to location,
unknown items taken from
office.
800 block Church Ln. – Worker
at location reported drills, compressors, foaming gun, cordless
drills, saws and laser taken.
5800 block McMahon St. – back
door to residence and bedroom
door kicked in. Xbox, games, TV,
laptops, phone, DVD player and
computer screen taken.
300 block E. Tulpehocken St. –
complainant approached by two
offenders who put him in headlock, pointed gun at him and
demanded money. Cash taken.
December 13
Unit block E. Rittenhouse St. –
complainant witnessed offender
in driver seat of complainant’s
vehicle and approached him.
Offender fled.
Monthly townwatch meetings
are held at the 14th Police
District, 27 West Haines
Street., at 7 p.m. The dates of
upcoming meetings include
December 21, January 18,
February 15, March 15, April
19, May 17, and June 21.
If you have been the victim of a
crime and would like information or services, call Northwest
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Germantown Avenue, at 215438-4410. Their services are
free.
Northwest Zoning Hearings
The following hearings will be
held at the Zoning Board of
Adjustments, 1515 Arch Street, on
the 18th floor. All information is
according to the Community
Alerting Service of the Housing
Association of Delaware Valley.
Wednesday, December 23, 2
p.m. – 506 West Springer Street,
four use and four zoning variances. Permit for the relocation of
lot lines to create four lots from
one lot (506 West Springer Street)
and for the erection of a threestory semi-detached structure with
cellar, maximum height 35 feet,
for use as a single-family dwelling
unit with an interior garage on
each lot.
Wednesday, December 23, 4
p.m.: 7721 Germantown Avenue,
three zoning variances. Permit for
the relocation of lot lines to create
four lots to be as follows (lots A,
B, D, E and F) from five lots
(existing in four BRT Ac
Numbers) 7721 Germantown
Avenue retail sale of herbal nutritional supplements, second floor
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7723
Germantown Avenue for a beauty
shop on first floor, second floor
one dwelling unit, 7725
Germantown avenue, retail bakery
with food prep for take-out, one
dwelling unit on the second/third
floors, 7720-22 Winston Rd iron
shop with accessory parking of
cars, trucks with accessory office.
Mt. Airy Baseball Offers
Winter Clinics
Mt. Airy Baseball, beginning
its 25th year of providing baseball instruction and play in 2010,
announces that its Winter
Programs are now open for registration. The programs are open to
all children, even if they haven’t
played Mt. Airy Baseball in the
past.
The Mt. Airy Clinics provide
instruction in hitting, pitching
and catching to girls and boys 8
thru 16 years of age. There are
12 sessions, offering 4 ½ hours
of instruction over 3 days at the
low cost of $25 per session. No
child will be turned away for
inability to pay, but pre-registration is suggested.
The first sessions begin over
Christmas weekend (December
26-28) and are a great activity for
children on winter break.
Sessions continue through early
February. All clinics are held in
the gym at Mt. Airy Presbyterian
Church, Germantown and Mt.
Pleasant avenues.
Mt. Airy Baseball also offer
hitting workouts for players ages
10-13 at the Ambler Sports
Academy on Sundays from
February through March. Each
one hour session is $20 and players must be pre-registered.
You can download the registration form from the Mt. Airy
Baseball website at www.mtairybaseball.org
December 17, 2009
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Holiday Shopping and Entertaining 2009
Building Community at the Arts Garage
By LINDA SLODKI
Guest Writer
After completing our second
weekend of the Mt. Airy Art
Garage, we are all being struck
by an unexpected experience. It’s
not about how many visitors
crossed the portals of our doors.
It’s not about artists’ sales, and
it’s not about more holiday marketing ads to bring you in.
It’s about community.
We have been deeply moved
by the warm embraces of visitors
thanking us for what we are
doing. We become teary-eyed at
unexpected
(and
ongoing)
dropoffs of home-made food for
everyone at our festivities. We
are touched by the musicians
who have stepped forward to volunteer their time, for the love of
art, to add warmth to everyone’s
spirits in a cold Garage. We laugh
with our artists as they run
through the aisles in glee having
sold a painting of the highest caliber. Everything is offered with a
smile, or an embrace, and open
heart.
The crossroads of cooperation.
Weavers Way has embraced our
vision with their support. Our
brainstorm, our vision became
theirs, employees and managers
alike. They have provided us
with space, with opportunity,
with moral support.
Businesses in Germantown,
Mt. Airy, and Chestnut Hill have
stepped forward with food donations to feed the soul, provide
Holiday cheer, and add some
chocolate to the mouths of babes,
old and young alike. Some of the
businesses who have opened
their hearts to us include High
Point Café, Little Night Kitchen,
Bredenbecks, Baker Street
Bread, Point of Destination Café,
Mi Puebla, Platinum Grill, Urban
Café, Metropolitan Bakery, and
more. On our first weekend Meg,
owner of High Point Café, welcomed us into the neighborhood
with wonderful signs, coffee, and
scones for all. Neighbors come
by with baked goods, homemade treats, and cider!
Our Mt. Airy Art Garage musicians have come from all walks
of life, all volunteering their
time, professionals such as
Richard Drueding, Terri Rambo,
Barry Goldstein, Zak Stock, Jerry
Allender and his trio Slippery
Slope to name a few. And then
we are thrilled to have new,
emerging artists like Mark
Robinson, Ian Zolitar, and
Sondra Rodriguez — and that’s
for starters. Some have already
played, others will come soon.
Perhaps Barry put it the best this
past weekend when he said “This
place is really cool, and I am here
to play and be a part of it.” That’s
what it’s all about: cooperation,
making art happen, all for the
love of doing it.
So, wish us well for our final
weekend. We will have the
largest, most diverse offering of
fine art and handcraft yet, with
live music all day long! In 2010,
we move on to the next phase of
our vision and dreams — to cre-
ate an Artist Cooperative at 542
West Carpenter Lane.
The Mt. Airy Art Garage is not
a competition — we are an Art
Collaboration in its purest form.
We are artists, creating art for
you, our neighbors, our community. We are a magnet for energy,
support, laughter, song, and for
sharing. So join us, celebrate our
last weekend, this Saturday and
Sunday, December 19-20 from
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at 542 West
Carpenter Lane. We welcome
you with open arms.
Linda Slodki is a cofounder of
Mt.
Airy
Arts
Garage
(www.mtairyartgarage.org).
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Around 50 turned out for the Mt.
Airy Business Association
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Avenue. Among them were (at
left, left to right) Infusion coowner Josie Dye; MABA
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listed on the back of the certificate. Pick up a DecemberFest
receipt collection at local restaurants and retail shops and start
saving your receipts today. Shop
early and redeem often.
Certificates are available only
while supplies last, limit five per
household.
This year, the DecemberFest
Committee sponsored a Holiday
Decorating Contest. Participating
businesses were evaluated on the
following criteria: 1) Best use of
the DecemberFest theme “shop
local,” 2) best use of lights, and
3) best window display.
The winner of the contest will
be announced on Friday,
December 18.
Join us for fun and shopping on
Late Night Fridays in December
on the 18 of the month. Shops
will be open late to make sure
you have every opportunity to
shop local in Mt. Airy for the
Holidays.
Pre-Holiday
Music Festival
Come join the Mt. Airy-NipponBryan-Cresheim Town Watch for
its 8th annual Pre-Holiday Music
Fest on Sunday, Dec. 20, 11 a.m.2 p.m. at High Point Café, in the
Allen Lane Train Station. There
will be fantastic music with John
Colgan-Davis and members
of the Dukes of Destiny (blues),
Steve Hastie (high energy
acoustic), Allen Krantz (classical
guitar), Rusty Prall (mountain
dulcimer), MB Singley (pop) and
Helen Wendell (light opera).
Scrumptious delights will include
homemade pastries, sandwiches,
soups, desserts, coffee and
espressos. Purchase a food item
and get $1 off a beverage.
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Mt. Airy Calendars
Mt. Airy desk calendars are
now available at The Photo
Workshop, 8011 Germantown
Avenue. Each month features a different photo of Mt. Airy.
We received a total of 49 entries
and the final 12 images were chosen by local photographers Nick
Kelsh, Ron Tarver, and Nicki
Toizer. They include pictures taken
by Sol and Judy Levy, Melvin
Chappell, Barbara Bloom, Annette
Aloe, and John Barone.
Sales of these calendars will benefit the Make This Our Home fund
for Mt. Airy Learning Tree to buy
the building at Greene and Hortter.
Calendars cost $14.95/each or
$11.95/each (2-9 copies) or
$10.95/each for 10 or more copies.
You can also order calendars online
at www.thephotoworkshop.net.
These make great stocking stuffers.
Sing Along with Oz Characters
Video Library, 7141 Germantown Avenue, will host special matinee
screenings of The Wizard of Oz Monday through Wednesday,
December 21-23, at 2 p.m. 70 years after its release, the classic film
is now available in a splendid print with sing-a-long words on the bottom of the screen to all the songs you love. And there’s an Oz contest:
when you come, tell us your favorite character and you might win a
free scoop of ice cream. Tickets (including popcorn) are $6. For more
information call 215-247-3020 or visit www.mtairyvideolibrary.com.
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Poinsettia Sale
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Thursday, December 17, 10 a.m. –
2 p.m., at Center in the Park, 5818
Germantown Avenue.
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of Vernon Park. The proceeds benefit your neighborhood park.
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Kwanzaa Festival
A Kwanzaa Festival and
Workshop will be held Saturday
Dec. 26, at the Cecil B. Moore
Recreation Center, 22nd and
Lehigh Avenue, from noon to 5
p.m. Activities include a candle
lighting ceremony, African cuisine,
African dance, poetry, and
make’em-take’em
workshops.
Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for
children under 18, free for children
under age 3. For more information
call Malika at 215- 849-3184 or
Phoenix at 215-739-4646.
The Residential Christmas Tree Recycling Program will run from
Saturday, January 9 through Saturday, January 16. Citizens who wish to
drop off their trees for recycling may take it to the Streets Department
Sanitation Convenience Centers, 3033 S. 63rd Street, Domino Lane and
Umbria Street, and State Road and Ashburner Street, during the one-week
program. The centers are open 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
There will be no curbside collection of Christmas trees for recycling purposes. Trees left at the curb will be considered as trash and will be picked
up on regularly scheduled trash days. For information call 215-686-5560,
visit www.phila.gov/streets, or call 3-1-1.
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Education 2009
Imhotep to Face Top Teams
in Villa Holiday Classic
Villa, the east coast’s leading
urban retailer and community
partner, will host its 3rd Annual
Holiday Classic, Sunday, Jan. 3,
noon-8 p.m., at St. Joseph’s
University, 5600 City Avenue,
showcasing 8 of the top high
school basketball teams out of
New York and Pennsylvania. Cosponsored by Nike, the 3rd
Annual Holiday Classic features
the likes of Bishop Loughlin
(Brooklyn)
power
forward
and
new
Villanova
recruit Jayvaughn Pinkston,
Strawberry
Mansion’s
guard Khyree Wooten, and the
2007-08 Pennsylvania Boys AA
State champions, Imhotep Charter
High School of Germantown.
Villa’s Holiday Classic was
started as a way to promote not just
fantastic basketball playing, but to
showcase young people who are
doing positive things. The Holiday
Classic provides an opportunity
for these players to connect with
other young people in the community, share their personal stories,
and offer encouragement - showing them what happens when you
choose to excel. What’s more, all
funds from the Holiday Classic go
to building a new Villa Teen
Center - an educational hub exposing teens to cultural, academic,
college and career preparatory programs, and multicultural experiences, all with the purpose of
developing young leaders and
bridging the gaps in education and
economic development in urban
neighborhoods.
This is the first year the Holiday
Classic is being hosted at St.
Joseph’s University, with attendance to top past figures of 3,0003,500.
This year’s matchups include:
Noon:
Friends’
Central
(Philadelphia)
vs.
Phelps
(Malvern, Pa). Friends’ Central is
one of the best teams in the country. Last year, the team made it to
last year’s Inaugural National High
School Invitational with a record
of 29 – 3.
2 p.m.: Girard College
(Philadelphia) vs. Harrisburg
(Harrisburg, Pa)
Last season, Girard College was
Pennsylvania’s Boys A State
Champions. They face perennial
Pennsylvania
powerhouse
Harrisburg High School
4 p.m.: Imhotep Charter High
School (Germantown) vs. Bishop
Loughlin (Brooklyn, NY). Last
season,
Imhotep
was
Pennsylvania’s Boys AA State
Champions. They face Brooklyn,
NY’s Bishop Loughlin, one of
NYC’s best basketball teams.
6 p.m.: North Catholic
(Philadelphia) vs. Strawberry
Mansion (Philadelphia). This is
North Catholic High School’s final
season, as the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia announced the school
will cease operations as of June
2010. North Catholic will face
Strawberry Mansion in a rematch
of their game during the 1st Villa
Holiday Classic - North Catholic
59 vs. Strawberry Mansion 54.
Tickets for Villa’s 3rd Annual
Holiday Classic are $10 and can be
purchased at any Villa location.
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GHS to Commemorate Victims of Violence
As the holidays approach, Germantown High
School is preparing to embark on a wonderful program in conjunction with Mothers United Through
Tragedy, Inc., to benefit students and families that
have lost loved ones to violence. The event,
“Germantown High School’s Stolen Dreams
Remembered,” will be held on Monday, December
21, at 5:30 p.m.
The event will benefit both Germantown High
School students and the surrounding community.
We will be collecting new, used and seasonally
warm shoes that will be placed on the steps of the
school to symbolize those lives lost to acts of violence. Shoes, sneakers, boots, slippers, etc. will be
collected through December 18. We will also
include names and/or photos of the victims. The
shoes will then be donated to a local shelter in the
name of Germantown High School and Mothers
United Through Tragedy, Inc.
We will be having a program in the auditorium as
well as a balloon releasing ceremony at the end of
the event to commemorate those lives lost.
World-Class Players Soccer Clinic
Two soccer players, World Cup
and Olympic veterans Chris
Albright and Ben Olsen, will conduct a clinic for the youth of the
Starfinder Foundation on Dec. 19
between 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at
Starfinder’s facility, 4015 Main
Street, Manayunk. Albright and
Olsen’s background as top level
professionals will allow for highlevel training in a fun, energetic
atmosphere. Native Eastern
Pennsylvania players, Chris and
Ben, look to promote the game of
soccer in their home state and provide training for those youth who
have a passion and desire to play
soccer.
Starfinder’s mission is to
enhance the personal growth of
underserved youth through soccer
and learning experiences that
engage, inspire and motivate.
Through participation in these
experiences, young people discover the “stars” in themselves and
strive to become agents of change
in their communities. Participation
in this clinic will also motivate
these young leaders and soccer
players to strive for personal success.
The clinic is also a preview of
the AO Pro Soccer Camp which
provides top-level training for
youth throughout the Eastern
Pennsylvania area and is open to
anyone who is interested in attending. The camp is held from
December 26-28 or Dec. 29-31 at
a rate of $225 per session. Chris
and Ben, along with other MLS
players, run every minute of these
sessions not only for elite male
players, but also for the elite
female players in the area.
The camp sessions simulate a
game-prep practice week at the
professional level and provides
training that is pointed, rigorous,
challenging and fun.
Information on the camp can be
found at www.starfinderfoundation.org.
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The
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Power session on Thursday,
December 17, 6:30-8 p.m. at New
Media Technology Charter
School, 8034 Thouron Avenue –
Sedgwick Street entrance.
If you are a high school student or
parent of a high school student
looking for the money to pay the
expensive cost of college tuition,
this session is for you. The
Pennsylvania Higher Education
assistance Authority (PHEAA)
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timeline for college and will help
you fill out the Financial aid
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Faith & the Community
Donations Sought for Food Cupboard
The Episcopal Church of the
Annunciation, located at the corner of Lincoln Drive and
Carpenter Lane in Mt. Airy, has
recently begun a weekly food cupboard for the purpose of serving
those in our community who are
in need.
The church has partnered with a
national organization called
SHARE and are looking to grow
as a local neighborhood service.
Since opening the cupboard,
we’ve discovered a tremendous
demand for food and we are struggling to keep up with the needs of
the many people who’ve come by.
In light of this, the church is
looking for local businesses in the
food industry who would be interested in partnering with it by helping its supply keep up with the
demand.
If your business is interested,
please contact Yvonne Lee at 215301-0069.
GAME Night at Reformation
Make plans to bring your family and friends to the Holiday
Celebration and GAME (God And
My Entertainment) Night at
Reformation Lutheran Church’s
Spirit Hall on Saturday, December
19, 5-8 p.m. The festivities will
include a buffet of specially-prepared holiday refreshments, dancing and board games for everyone.
Rev. Lamont Anthony Wells,
pastor, Reformation Lutheran
Church, cordially welcomes the
public to join members and
friends of Reformation Lutheran
Church for Christmas Eve services on Thursday, December 24.
“We will come together for a
Family Worship Service at 7 p.m.
featuring contemporary Christmas
carols, sacred music and hymns
performed by our Reformation
Lutheran Church Choir, followed
by the Christmas Vigil Service,
which begins at 11 p.m., and
includes the Service of Holy
Communion as well,” says Pastor
Wells.
Reformation Lutheran Church,
known as The Welcome Place, is
located at 1215 East Vernon Road.
For information on these activities, please call the church at 215548-4332. Established in 1942,
Reformation Lutheran Church is
an affiliate of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of America.
A Red Cross blood drive will be
held Sunday, December 20, 8:30 a.m.
– 2:30 p.m., at the Germantown
Jewish Centre, 400 West Ellet Street,
sponsored by the Men’s Club. Walkins are welcome but advanced registration is preferred. For information
on the above programs or to RSVP,
e-mail to [email protected] or call 215-8441507, ext 19.
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‘Rosemary for
Remembrance’
at St. Paul’s
Saint Paul’s Church, 22 East
Chestnut Hill Avenue, will offer
“Rosemary for Remembrance: A
Service When Christmas is a
Difficult Time” on Sunday,
December 20 at 5 p.m.
Individuals and families who
live with painful memories of
loss may join in this meditative
and soothing service of prayer.
In candlelight, sprigs of rosemary will be given as remembrances of those who are missed
at this season of Jesus’ birth.
Prior to worship a workshop on
grieving will be held in the
parish house from 2 – 5 p.m.
The workshop will include
strategies for coping with loss,
mindfulness meditation, storytelling, creative response and
quiet reflection. One can attend
the worship without going to the
workshop, or attend the workshop as a singular event. All are
invited to both. To register for
the workshop, please call 215242-2055.
The title for worship,
“Rosemary for Remembrance”
comes from Shakespeare’s play
Hamlet, Act IV, scene V:
“There’s rosemary; that’s for
remembrance./ Pray, love,
remember.” The herb rosemary
has, for centuries, held great
meaning as the symbol of
remembrance. Legend says that
the Virgin Mary, while resting,
spread her cloak over a white
flowering rosemary bush. The
flowers turned the pale blue of
her cloak, and from then on the
bush was referred to as the “Rose
of Mary.” The service is intended to help worshipers “pray,
love, and remember.” All are
invited to participate.
The staff at Samaritan
Counseling at St. Paul’s urges
anyone who has experienced a
loss this year to pay attention to
themselves. They advise: “Be
patient with yourself and take
care of yourself. Be realistic and
honest about your limits. What
traditions do you want to continue, or start, and which might be
too hard this year? Finally,
accept your feelings. Everyone
grieves differently. Ask yourself, ‘Where can I find peace?
What brings me joy?’ Finally, if
your find yourself overwhelmed,
don’t struggle alone. Talk to a
trusted friend, a family member,
or a counselor experienced with
grief and its effects.”
December 17, 2009
Page 15
In the Home & Neighborhood
See Germantown’s Past at Pilates Studio
Want to find photographic
images of Germantown? Try the
Germantown Historical Society
on Market Square. Youʼll find a
library full of them, indexed and
categorized. Or, visit Pilates in
Germantown at 5904 Greene
Street (near Rittenhouse) where
you will find over 50 images of
historic and street locations in the
lounge area of the equipment
training studio. The photos are
mostly enlarged post cards collected by studio owner, Jeff
Smith, over the past 10 years
from eBay auctions.
Views include several of the
Wissahickon valley including the
Robertʼs Mill,
Livezy House, Tedyuscung,
Valley Green and the Walnut
Lane Bridge.
Youʼll find an image of the first
fire
engine
to
service
Germantown (1730), an ad
for the Philadelphia Tobbagan
Co. (merry-go-rounds), the
springs behind the Johnson
House, and the formerly world
famous Thomas Meeham and
Sons Nusery.
Or, how about the Jewish
Orphanage and Asylum, the
Duncan Hines approved
restaurant at Alden Park, the
Wissahickon Inn (now Chestnut
Hill Academy) or Stapley Hall in
1906?
These and many more are on
display in the lounge area of the
Pilates studio.
Visitors are welcome during
hours when classes are not
scheduled. “Itʼs my ʻBarnes
Galleryʼ of Germantown photos,” Smith remarks.
Pilates in Germantown offers
group and individual training on
state of the art
Balanced Body Reformers. For
more
information,
visit
www.PilatesInGermantown.com.
Free Tax Rebate Help at Myers’ Office
State Representative John
Myers would like to remind senior citizens and other residents
who may be eligible for the
state’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate
Program that the December 31
deadline to apply for a rebate on
their 2008 property taxes or rent
is fast approaching.
This program provides a rebate
to income-eligible residents who
are 65 or older, 50 or older and
widowed, or 18 or older with a
permanent disability.
Myers’ office would be glad to
help you to determine if you qualify and help you fill out the application form. This can also be
done at senior citizen facilities.
Please note: some entities are
advertising that they will help
you fill out the form for a fee.
Don’t fall for that – bring it to
Myers’ office where you will be
helped free of charge.
For additional information
please
contact
State
Representative Myers office at
215-849-6592.
Forms and assistance are also
available
by
visiting
www.PaPropertyTaxRelief.com
online or calling toll free 1-888222-9190. You can check the status of a rebate claim after that
date by visiting the program Web
site or by calling 1-888-PATAXES.
Rep. Myers says, “If I can
assist you with this or any other
state government matter, please
do not hesitate to contact me.”
Volunteer to be Trail Ambassador
The
Friends
of
the
Wissahickon are looking for volunteers to work as Trail
Ambassadors in Wissahickon
Valley Park.
The application deadline is
Friday, January 15. Eight training
classes will be conducted in
February and March of 2010.
The application fee is $125, but
applications received before
January 1 will receive a $25 discount.
Trail Ambassadors are volun-
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$700 + Utilities
215-849-4984
teers who assist park users in the
Wissahickon by sharing information about flora, fauna, regulations, geography, and history of
the Wissahickon, along with
directions and first aid assistance.
Trail Ambassadors share their
knowledge by:
● Interacting with and providing assistance to park users while
walking the trails;
● Staffing information tables at
FOW volunteer days and events;
● Leading walks in the
Wissahickon Valley; and
● Conducting surveys of park
users and wildlife.
Ambassadors must be FOW
members or join the organization. The number of open positions is limited. For more information, program requirements,
and an application form visit
www.fow.org.
Contact FOW Volunteer
Coordinator Kevin Groves with
questions at [email protected] or
215-247-0417 ext 105.
Volunteers Green NW
with Tree Plantings
Members of the WMAN Streetscapes Committee, with the help of local
Girls Scouts, participate in a tree planting on November 21. Seated
(left to right): Jill Wolfe, Dave Tukey, Mia Mengucci. Standing (left to
right): Siena Childs, Shalah Ahmad, Hunter Baylor, Lisa Winder, Seane
Baylor. Photo by Mia Mengucci.
Over the past two years, 184
trees have been added to the West
Mt. Airy streetscape through the
efforts of the WMAN Streetscapes
Committee, dedicated volunteers,
and the TreeVitalize Program, a
collaboration among many groups
including the PA Department of
Conservation
and
Natural
Resources, the Fairmount Park
Commission,
and
the
Pennsylvania
Horticultural
Society.
Since its first planting in
November 2007, the Streetscapes
Committee has organized twice
yearly plantings each spring and
fall. In that period, 166 volunteers
have donated 880 hours to plants
these 184 trees.
Last month, the Streetscapes
Committee organized another successful planting. Volunteers convened at Allens Lane Art Center
and then branched out to various
locations within West Mt. Airy.
The Committee was pleased to
welcome two local Girl Scout
Troops, #978 led by Angela
Ahmad and #9445 led by Seane
Baylor, who helped with the tree
planting efforts. That day, 32 trees
were planted by 39 volunteers
who worked a combined 152
hours.
Future activities by the
Streetscapes Committee include a
series of pruning workshops
which will be led by Kevin Stutler
and Mia Mengucci at the Allens
Lane Art Center on Saturday,
January 30 and Saturday, February
6. Another bare root tree planting
will be held in March or April of
2010.
If you are interested in learning
more about how to apply for a tree
or the pruning workshops, please
contact Doris Kessler at
[email protected]
or
Dave Tukey at [email protected].
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Students
Earn ‘Bucks’
work every day,” she said. “It
feels great.”
The program came out of a
longtime desire on the part of Hill
and the Chew/Chelten Business
Association to help out the K-8
school. And new School Principal
David Bouie was just as excited as
Hill was about this year’s possibilities.
The timing is good. Pastorius
has been suffering lately. It has
never met federal No Child Left
Behind Annual Yearly Progress
(AYP) testing standards since the
standards began several years ago.
And because of a history of disconnection between the school,
parents, and the surrounding community it has had trouble turning
itself around, Bouie acknowledged.
“Until this coming school year,”
he said confidently.
New
to
Pastorius
and
Philadelphia, Bouie came on
board from New York this fall
looking for an incentive program
to offer the students that might
also help expand community
commitment to the school.
Infinity Bucks was a perfect
match.
“A program like Infinity Bucks
gives kids pride and self esteem,”
he said. ”And if kids have pride
and self esteem that goes to the
teachers… It starts small but it
builds momentum.”
Bouie plans a parade when the
school finally achieves AYP, and
he plans on holding it soon. That
kind of public showing, he hopes,
will also inspire more community
investment in the school. It’s
about building positive cycles.
“Everybody likes a winner,” he
said. “I don’t mind bandwagon
fans.”
A Pastorius alumna, Hill has
been eager to help the school.
Through the business association
she and Infinity have been working on other school projects
recently including a garden and a
backpack giveaway. Now she’s
excited to think that they can all
be part of making a real difference
in the school’s performance.
Once the school meets its AYP
goals, “I’m gonna feel over the
Moon,” Hill said. “We are going
to work really hard to set the bar
higher. We want the children
excited. We want them reading
books, we want them solving
math problems. It’s going to turn
around, we’re not giving up.”
Several others have been a part
of the new Pastorius effort too,
including LaSalle University,
Continued on page 17
Students
Earn ‘Bucks’
Imhotep Charter School, Gtown
Restoration CDC, the Fresh
Grocer and Beneficial Bank. Hill
will call on each one to help
expand the incentive program
even as it rolls out for the first
time.
One example is the new Catch a
Dream Program, which will begin
this year as well. It will award the
student who earns the most
Infinity Bucks with a chance to
spend a day in his or her dream
job with a mentor who already
works in that field.
“Just so they can get a feel for
what their dream is,” Hill
explained.
But all dreams start with small
steps. And the first step is building
on the success Infinity Bucks has
already won – that means getting
students, parents, teachers and the
community to keep buying in to
Pastorius’ future.
“You guys have to be ambassadors,” Hill said to the first class as
they left their shopping period at
the Infinity Bucks Store. “You
have to go back to your friends.
Tell your teachers what happened
today.”
To help with Infinity Bucks
contact the Chew/Chelten
Business Association at 215-7130902.
Basketball
Tournament
schools in the Germantown area
to attend the camp each summer,
where daily basketball games and
skill-building drills were held.
Felsen would incorporate learning
into each day’s agenda by having
the kids read basketball-related
stories or by asking them to spell
and give the definition of a certain
word before taking a free-throw,
building their vocabulary and
free-throw percentage all in one
shot. Germantown Friends basketball coach and current co-director
of the clinic, Brandon Jones, says
that now, though a large part of the
day is still devoted to basketball,
there is an even greater emphasis
on the learning parts of the camp,
with the addition of a computer
class.
“The camp will not turn anyone
away who can’t pay,” says Jones.
The funds raised at the
Germantown
Community
Tournament make sure that each
summer,
hundreds
of
Germantown’s youth are offered a
fun, safe, and low-cost way to
spend their summers.
Zoe Feingold is a member of
the GFS Class of 2011.
December 17, 2009
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King Day of
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More than 65,000 volunteers and
hundreds of projects are being
sought for the 15th Annual Greater
Philadelphia Martin Luther King
Day of Service, to be held on the
Jan. 18, 2010 King federal holiday.
The Martin Luther King Day of
Service celebrates Dr. King’s legacy by transforming the holiday
from a day off into a day ON.
Individuals and organizations are
planning area projects across
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Delaware.
“What started fifteen years ago as
a project has become a growing
nationwide movement of celebrating Dr. King’s legacy by uniting
people of all backgrounds and ages
and turning pressing community
concerns into ongoing citizen
action,” said Todd Bernstein, president of Global Citizen and director
and founder of the Greater
Philadelphia King Day of Service
and MLK365.
Global Citizen, the non-profit
organization that leads the Greater
Philadelphia Martin Luther King
Day of Service, also runs MLK365,
which expands the King Day of
Service into a year-round program
that promotes sustainable civic
engagement and volunteer opportunities.
Signed into law by President
Clinton in 1994, the King Holiday
and Service Act calls on Americans
to honor Dr. King’s legacy through
volunteer action. Last January’s
Greater Philadelphia King Day of
Service was once again the largest
King Day event in the nation, with
some 65,000 volunteers participating in nearly 900 service projects
across the region.
Organizations are invited to host
service projects on January 18.
Examples of projects being planned
include starting a mentoring program, renovating and weatherizing
houses, organizing after school programs, beautifying schools and
recreation centers, creating safe
corridors programs, participating in
anti-violence initiatives, preparing
and distributing food at homeless
shelters, delivering meals to homebound seniors, reading with children about Dr. King, organizing
health fairs and legal clinics and
performing plays about Dr. King
and the Civil Rights movement.
Any individual, family, and
group interested in volunteering or
hosting a January 18 King Day of
Service project should call 215665-2475 or register online at
www.mlkdayofservice.org. All
organizations already planning to
participate should contact the King
Day of Service headquarters to register their project. Registered participants will receive a King Day of
Service T-shirt. Following each
project, discussion and reflection
will take place focusing on the legacy of Dr. King and the importance
of service.
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December 17, 2009
Germantown Newspapers Classified Advertising
SERVICES
WINDOWS–WINDOWS–WINDOWS
$250 Installed
BOB’S HOME IMPROVEMENT
BOB’S CELL 215-669-3752
NO SALESMEN.
NO DEPOSIT.
INSTALLED BY OWNER
IT’S TIME FOR THAT XMAS
KEYBOARD
Beginner Piano Lessons
Children & Adults
in your own home.
1st Lesson – 10% discount!
CALL: 215-350-1521
We have a classified listing for those of you who want environmentaly-friendly
services and products. Each person who qualifies will be listed alphabetically
under GOING GREEN/ORGANIC. Call 215-438-4000
Pet Happy Apartments
Carlton Park & Charlwin Apartments
2900 Midvale Avenue & W. Queen Lane
Hardwood Floors, Lots of Windows,
Walking Distance to
Public Transportation
½ Off First Month If
You Apply by January 31st
No Application Fee Required
Just a Few Left — Contact Pam Woodland
(215) 848-2100
REAL ESTATE
CHRISTMAS IDEAS
HELP WANTED
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HELP WANTED
MARTIN
ELFANT, INC.
Call Jeff Elfant @ 215-844-1200
GARAGE AVAILABLE
Double garage; can function as
storage or workshop.
$175/month
5812 N. 2nd ST.
2BR, 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
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.
$695/mo
FREE MONTH’S RENT ON ALL
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
7115 Stenton Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19138
Telephone: 215.927.7995 • Fax: 215.927.7980
PARAPROFESSIONALS
West Oak Lane Charter School has opening for a Paraprofessional.
SUMMARY 0F POSITION: Successful candidates will perform duties under direct
supervision of a teacher or other professional staff. Responsibilities may be instructional in nature and include delivery of direct services to students or parents to help
enhance student learning and development. Provides additional student supervision to
maintain an orderly school environment.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervise students in the classroom, halls, cafeteria, school yard, gymnasium, and on field trips. Participate as assigned to monitor
students during arrival and dismissal. Support the enforcement of school policies and
rules governing student conduct. Record assessment data as directed by a teacher or
other professional staff. Distribute text books and other instructional materials as
directed by a teacher or other professional staff. Prepare bulletin board displays,
exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations. Maintain professional competence through
appropriate professional growth activities. Perform related work as required.
KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES: Knowledge of adminstrative and clerical procedures and
systems such as word processing, data base programs, managing files and records,
designing forms, and other office procedures. Active listening skills and ability to give
full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points
being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate
times. Successful candidates must have the ability to communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of students, teachers, parents and administrators.
Position requires the ability to engage with and motivate young children. Should have
the ability to establoish and maintain effective working relationships with instructional
staff, administrators. and parents.
CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE: Associates Degree required. Three to five years’
of satisfactory work experience with children in a classroom or day care setting.
Please submit a current resume
to Ms. Mills via fax (215-927-7980) or E-mail to [email protected].
A Family Tradition of Excellence
Since 1937
AL JEFFERSON
215-849-4343
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
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December 17, 2009
When you come to Triple One Nail Salon, during our Grand Opening
Month, you’ll find offers for many free services along with
discounts that reduce your cost.
Triple One Nail Salon is a relaxing, enjoyable manicure and
pedicure spa where you can enjoy effleurage and friction massage
and have your nails serviced with utmost professionalism.
DURING THE GRAND OPENING MONTH P SPECIALS for Dec. 2009 and Jan. 2010
P EYEBROWS .......................................$5
P EYELASHES
(individual piece) - $20 (wholepiece) - $10
P EAR PIERCING
(1 hole) - $6 (2 holes) - $ 10
P PARAFFIN WAX (for hands)........$10
P JELLY SPA (for feet) .......................$10
P MANICURE.......................................$8
P WHITE TIPS ....................................$20
P BUBBLE NAIL.................................$20
P SCUPTURED NAIL .......................$25
P GEL ....................................................$30
P PINK & WHITE ..............................$35
P SILK WRAP .....................................$35
AND A LOT MORE...
P FULLSET $ 15
Free: American Manicures or French Manicures or One Design
P REFILL $ 10
Free: One Design
P OVERLAY $ 12
Free: One Design
P PEDICURE $ 20
Free : Two-Toe Design or French
P $55 or Up
Free: Paraffin Wax (for hands) or Jelly Spa (for feet)
P 10% OFF for GIFT CERTIFICATES
P 10% OFF for Seniors, children and Birthday
(Seniors: 65 years old and up. Children: up to l0 years old.
Birthday: a day before birthday or on birthday.
(Must have proof with photo ID for the discounts — no excuses)
Complete Nail Services
Complete Professional Nail Care, Pedicure Spa, Waxing and Art Designs for Ladies and Gentlemen.
Triple One Nail Salon is located on the
commercial strip of Chelten Avenue,
between Greene and Wayne Avenues
in Germantown.
It is convenient for pedestrians and
SEPTA riders from bus routes H, J,
K, XH, 23, 26, 53 and 65.
Open 7 Days a Week
Monday – Saturday 9 AM to 7:30 PM • Sunday 10 AM – 6 PM
111 W. Chelten Avenue • Germantown
215.848.2075
Walk-Ins Welcome!
Visit Triple One Nail Salon today; you’ll recognize the difference.
Our Goal is to Make Our Customers Satisfied and Happy!

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