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June 25, 2009 • Volume 1 • Number 9
Germantown Newspapers • 5275 Germantown Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19144 • 215-438-4000 • germantownnewspapers.com
Germantown
Y Loses
Charter
By PATRICK COBBS
S taff Writer
As of June 11, the Germantown YMCA
isn’t a YMCA anymore - at least not officially. That’s because the YMCA of the
USA Board of Directors voted to terminate
the Germantown Y’s charter that day following an earlier recommendation by the
National Committee on Membership
Standards.
There may be a few changes to the building to mark the decision, such as in the way
of signs. “Once a Y is closed it must cease
using the YMCA names and marks,”
YMCA of the USA Spokesman Brad
McDermott said.
McDermott declined to give specific reasons for the decision, saying only that it
was “directly related to performance.” But he
did leave open the door for a new Y to form
in Germantown if the climate was right.
“Certainly if members of the
Germantown community were interested in
that they could attempt to start up a
YMCA, but this particular chapter for this
particular association has been terminated. It
would need to be a new association,”
McDermott said.
This comes as no surprise to the newly
formed Board of Managers, which was chosen at a general membership meeting on
June 16 and is still fighting for a seat at the
table with the sitting Board of Managers.
“We never had any illusion that it was
going to be different,” said Constance Billé
Continued on page 2
News In the
Northwest
Ghost Hunting......................2
No Bag Ban ............................2
Indie Film Festival................3
Opinion ..................................4
Letters......................................5
Community Calendar .........6
Avenue Update .....................8
Police Briefs ........................12
Religion.................................13
Classified ..............................15
There is much work left to done on the stretch of Germantown Avenue from Ashmead Street to Queen Lane but the rebuilt section
(above), the first in the Germantown phase of the project to reconstruct the Avenue, re-opened to vehicular traffic on Monday, June 22.
Now the project moves up the Avenue. For more information see page 8.
Wister Unveils Idea for Community Link Via TV
by PATR IC K C OBBS
S taff Writer
Last Friday, June 19, on the one sunny day in a gray week, the
Wister Neighborhood Advisory Council (NAC) held its annual
Open House and Picnic. A few things were different about the
event this year - different and exciting.
For one, it was a new location - at the corner of Germantown
Avenue and Ashmead Street - and there in little-used Gilbert Stuart
Park overlooking a still closed section of the Avenue it was clear
there were also new challenges for the organization overlaying the
larger work of lifting Lower Germantown up.
“I think we’ll have it out here from now on,” said Debra
Roberts, director of operations for Wister NAC. “As it was before,
you wouldn’t want to bring your kids there, you had to go through
about six or seven people drinking.”
Just getting the little postage-stamp park ready for families to
use for a day was emblematic of the one-challenge-begets-another
experience of Wister NAC. Police helped get the problem behavior moving along in a gentle way and after hours of cleaning, the
neglected space soon started to shine for a day of family fun.
Still, Wister NAC is well aware all that ails the park will not
be gone after a single day in the sun. As with most things it does,
reclaiming Gilbert Stuart will take time, just as much to get certain behaviors out of the park as bring others in.
“You have to work with people to help them change their behaviors and that’s what we’re trying to do,” Roberts said.
It was a statement that covers most of what Wister NAC tries
to do, actually, so why should the picnic and open house be a
day off?
Roberts never expected a rest. That’s why in addition to the picnic Wister NAC also hosted a soft introduction of its newest idea
for the Germantown Avenue Business Marketing Plan on Friday.
No one could miss it as soon as they entered the NAC offices at
5118 Germantown Avenue to get hot dog buns or napkins. It sat
there right in the foyer, flashing at them - a high definition digital
flat-screen TV wired to a custom local network geared toward the
needs of Germantown Avenue.
“Something like this we’re talking about having in the post
office,” Roberts explained.
Or anywhere there is typically a five-to-15 minute wait, preferably at four or five key locations just outside the closed section of
road. The hope is all that flash, plus good content, will really pull
people in.
“This is where the future is going – digital signage,” said Lillian
Hightower, co-owner of Hightower Communications, which
developed the system. “We want to bring this technology here to
the community.”
Lillian and Taylor Hightower’s Germantown business specializes in providing big Las Vegas casinos with casino-relevant news
and information on a managed network called Vine Six. The couple believes the application would be perfect for the needs of businesses along Germantown Avenue.
Mounted in the right places, the monitors could feature up-to-theminute detour and construction information, reminders to shop on
the Avenue, local business advertising, local news, locally relevant
mini-programs, and even mini-features produced by local businessContinued on page 7
Page 2
June 25, 2009
The Germantown Chronicle
Who You Gonna Call? Investigators Check Out Cliveden Ghosts
By Mark G. Hopki ns
t echt al k@ 19119. com
On Saturday, June 13 I returned
to Cliveden, 6401 Germantown
Avenue, to follow up my original
visit there [see “Do Ghosts Haunt
Cliveden’s Corridors?” issue of
June 4, online at www.germantownnewspapers.com]. It was a
dark and stormy night (I’m not just
saying that, it really was) which
seemed to fit perfectly the topic of
the evening … ghost hunting.
When I walked in I found a
meeting room filled to capacity
with people from all over.
Apparently, this topic is even
more popular than when I did it
years ago for another paper.
People were friendly and eager to
share. I was my usual skeptical but
logical self because I feel the paranormal can always use another
skeptic to balance things out.
That is where I found myself
shocked. The group that hosted
the event, Free Spirit Paranormal
Investigators
(FSPI)
(www.freespiritpi.com) had its
own skeptics onboard. Skeptics
who do paranormal investigations
are rare. Teams that have skeptics
are even rarer.
This instantly gave FSPI some
credibility in my book as they
appear to be interested in honest,
legitimate interpretations of whatever they encounter.
As the talk went on the FSPI
Anthony Vacca (left) and Frank Cassidy (In vest) of Free Spirit
Paranormal Investigators discuss readings they are getting of electromagnetic activity near a pillar in the foyer of Cliveden.
people went through their different
skill sets and explained the
processes they use to validate
information. It became abundantly
clear that they want to be as sure as
they can before they say something is something that they can’t
explain - they are really fixated on
explaining it.
They consider
everything, including solar and
lunar activity (during peak periods
of extended solar activity electrical
devices on Earth can be affected.)
They use sound recorders, digital
and video cameras, and check for
electromagnetic radiation as well.
After the talk broke up, we split
into two groups. One group went
to Upsala and the other to
Cliveden. Their goals were simple: to find anything unusual.
As we wandered the house I was
certain I heard something (25 people were in the place, mind you)
and upon investigating whispering
on the servants’ stairs I discovered
what looked like a small boy whispering. It turned out to be … a
small boy whispering. He was
trying to find ghosts also. At first
Germantown Y Loses Charter
Continued from page 1
of the outcome of the Y national
vote. Before being elected to the
new board Billé was a member of
a team formed in January to try to
help the YMCA hold onto its charter. The publisher of this paper,
Jim Foster, was also on that team
and also now sits on the new
board.
From Billé’s perspective the Y
national vote couldn’t have been
any different because things have
been going so badly at the Y since
it closed after an interior flood last
July.
Even though it doesn’t hold the
keys or the account numbers, this
new group still considers itself the
lawful board. The reason is that
Germantown Y by-laws seem to
support the call of a general membership meeting for the purpose of
new board elections when the sitting board fails to hold general
membership meetings for more
than a year and a half.
According to several former Y
employees the last general membership meeting called by the sitting board was close to three years
ago.
But if the sitting Board of
Managers is not willing to see the
insurgent board as full partners,
there at least seems to be some
good will. According to Billé and
sitting board spokesperson Derek
Green, there is an ongoing dialog
between the two groups about
holding a mediated meeting,
though none has yet occurred.
And as far a Green is concerned,
those with positive energy won’t
be turned away.
“To the extent that we can pull
the parties together to work
together, that would be a good
thing,” he said. “To the extent that
they are people willing to help to
get the Germantown Y open, [and]
willing to become a board member, I think that would be beneficial.”
To be sure there are some tender
footing between these two groups.
That partnership in January turned
up accusations of misconduct on
both sides as the two groups
worked to meet difficult deadlines
to submit a recovery plan to the
YMCA of the USA. Yet at least on
the question of whether the
Germantown Y can even call itself
a Y anymore both bodies seem
united.
Both Green and Billé noted that
the Germantown Y predates the
I thought maybe I was being hustled by a ghost but since they usually don’t carry flashlights I moved
on.
As I roamed I met people and
talked with them about their interest in the subject and was fascinated that everyone was just enjoying
looking for something different. I
can’t say that I believe or disbelieve in the paranormal, but I do
think that it’s both pompous and
illogical to assume that “we” are
“it” and there is nothing else. And
isn’t it nice to think there might be
more out there? On the basic level
that’s all these people are doing …
searching for more.
Perhaps they are searching for a
little light amongst the darkness
we get so much of through the
media nowadays, something to
bring back that bit of childlike
wondering and amazement, something to make us feel young and
innocent again, something that
might jump out and scare the living daylights out of us. I think
that’s the big secret. If something
ever manifested itself and didn’t
look like Casper or a Scooby Doo
ghost, I’d be the first one out the
door.
After talking to a few of the people who met at Cliveden I got the
impression they seemed to feel the
same way but were enjoying working at this. Perhaps through seeking out the dead some of us feel
more alive.
Council Votes Down
Plastic Bag Ban
by PATRICK COBBS
S taff Writer
Will this landmark sign be coming
down? “Once a Y is closed it must
cease using the YMCA names
and marks,” says YMCA of the
USA spokesman Brad McDermott.
organization of the YMCA of the
USA and both saw that fact being
a possible point of traction against
having to relinquish everything Yrelated. Officially Green classified
the matter as “unsettled,” saying it
has been referred to the Y’s attorney for clarity and investigation.
It was a good night put on by a
good group of people who are serious about their craft. If you’re
looking for tinfoil hats this is not
the place to come to. They take it
seriously.
That said, I must add that I didn’t “encounter” anything. I did,
however, get a couple of pictures I
am submitting to FSPI for explanation. Ghost have a way of manifesting themselves in reflective
surfaces in that house, I am told,
so I still have a have a couple of
questions.
In a later interview Free Spirit
investigator Frank Cassidy said
that the gathering at Cliveden was
Free Spirit’s first workshop like
this. “Usually we’re investigating
private houses or businesses,” he
said.
The group is a new one, formed
in December 2008 according to
Cassidy, but all its members came
from other groups.
Cassidy said that during the
event at Cliveden, its recorders
picked up what sounded like
British officers speaking. And, he
said, ” Myself and another investigator saw a soldier standing on the
second floor landing. And it was a
British soldier. At the time we saw
it there was nobody on the second
floor.”
For more information about
Free
Spirit
Paranormal
Investigators visit www.freespiritpi.com.
On Thursday June 18 City
Counsel almost made Philadelphia
a more sustainable place to shop.
Almost. But plastic bag ban bill
co-sponsors Councilmen Frank
DiCicco (1st District) and James
Kenney (At-Large) learned an old
lesson… it just ain’t easy being
green.
“This isn’t about people throwing plastic bags in the street. It
goes way beyond that. Plastic bags
never go away,” said DiCicco following the bill’s 10-6 defeat.
The bill that was up for consideration called for an outright ban
on plastic shopping bags in the
city within two years. Council
faced heavy lobbying by the
American Chemistry Council and
supermarket companies opposing
the ban. According to Kenney and
DiCicco, a late personal blitz by
Jeff Brown, the owner of 11 area
Shoprite stores, swayed the majority on council.
Eighth District Councilwoman
Donna Reed Miller was one who
voted against the ban but said she
was not influenced by last minute
calls from Brown, who she spoke
to three weeks ago. Instead, she
said, she made her choice after
“talking to constituents.” Her preference on the plastic bag question
is for manufacturers to come up
with biodegradable bags, she
explained.
“I’m waiting for the industry to
come up with a replacement bag,”
she said. “It’s not that I’m totally
against it.”
Yet the industry, or at least Jeff
Brown’s portion of it, has made no
efforts to further biodegradable
bags, and it has no plans to do so
in the future, according to Karen
Melleta a spokesperson for the
Wakefern Food Corporation,
which owns Shoprite. “We don’t support the use of
biodegradable bags,” she said.
The main reason is that these
bags could contaminate the plastic
bag recycling programs the stores
already have in place, Melleta said.
According to Shoprite numbers
customers have reused over 20
Continued on page 11
June 25, 2009
Page 3
NW Resident Steve Greenbaum is Film Festival’s Man-Of-All-Work
There are several other film festivals in Philadelphia. What convinced Greenbaum and his colleagues that there was enough of a
market to support another one? He
answers, “Everyone loves film and
Philadelphia is a film city,”
adding, “We have some fun film
festivals here in Philadelphia and
we are just thrilled to be part of it.
The more film festivals the better.”
People often debate what constitutes an independent film.
Greenbaum defines them as being
“Way outside the Hollywood studios, where filmmakers spend
every weekend shooting and editing their projects while they’re
working other jobs and racking up
the credit card debt.”
He also cites another component
of indie filmmaking as “A do-ityourself style, where director, writers, producers, crew, actors, and
call 215-240-1749 or e-mail to
[email protected].
Nathan Lerner, the director of
Davenport Communications, sees
over 200 feature films a year. He
welcomes feedback at [email protected].
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because they love the script, and
they love the process and have the
passion and determination to do
good work.”
Greenbaum praises this city,
saying, “Philadelphia is a great
place to live, work, hike, play, and
shoot film. It’s my hometown and
I have a lot of friends here. The
businesses and our neighbors are
supportive, our neighborhood
association is helpful, and the city
encourages fun events that bring
people in.”
Greenbaum cites the “bad economy” as the biggest challenge of
mounting the festival. However,
he, insists, “People still like to
watch movies.”
Greenbaum delineates some of
the mitigating rewards of running
the festival as “Meeting the filmmakers, satisfying sponsors, and
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preferred sports to movies. After
graduating high school in 1983,
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matriculated
at
American University, where he
majored in Business with a focus
on Real Estate and Urban
Development. While there, the
now 43-year old Mt. Airy resident
took a film class and developed a
newfound respect for the genre. “I
really grew to appreciate the effort
that goes into making film,” he
says.
However, it wasn’t until 1997
that Greenbaum became involved
with film on a professional level.
He became a principal with Media
Bureau, an internet technology
solutions firm.
Greenbaum
says,
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involved with a start-up webcasting company was the reason and
natural progression of my involvement with the Philadelphia indie
film and the entire creative community.” He continues, “Running
a multi-media network with studio
production has enabled me to work
and produce Indie film, music
videos, and live event production. “
In 2008, Greenbaum’s partner at
Media Bureau, Ben Barnett, conjured up the idea of starting the
Philadelphia Independent Film
Festival. According
to
Greenbaum, “We all worked on it
and implemented it together with a
lot of help from friends, family,
volunteers, and local businesses.”
The festival drew approximately
1.500 people, certainly impressive
for a first-time venture.
This year, Greenbaum has been
elevated to co-director of the
Festival. This year it’s expanding
to show nearly 200 films at nine
venues, all of which are in the
Northern Liberties section of
Philadelphia.
Greenbaum describes the scope
of his duties as, “Everything and
anything that needs to get done.”
This includes budgets, contracts,
sponsor development, venue selection, writer, editor, proofreader, and
perhaps most importantly, motivator.
Greenbaum explains, “Large
events like these cannot be done
without the help of a lot of dedicated individuals working really
hard.” He says, “Our team has really worked well together and that
makes a world of difference.”
Greenbaum gives the reason of
the Philadelphia Independent Film
Festival by saying, “We are here to
encourage, engage, and network
with our diverse local and international indie film community. We
felt the do-it-yourself indie filmmaker was not being represented
enough outside of some genre-specific film festivals.” giving our filmgoers and community a fun four days.”
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Thursday, June 25 to Sunday, June
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Independent Film
Festival is “Like
Dandelion Dust,” a
tense family drama
starring Mira Sorvino
and Barry Pepper (at
right), and Cole Hauser.
It will screen Thursday,
June 25, 9 p.m. at the
Yards Brewery; and
again on Friday, June
26, 8:13pm at
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June 25, 2009
Yesterday in the German Township …
Editorial
SEPTA’S Plans for
Germantown and the R7
A few weeks ago I wrote an editorial entitled “Your Station in Life” wherein
I wondered how the use of public money seemed disproportionately connected to SEPTA stations that are near interests of the politically-connected
and their projects, while other stations in the area are so deplorable and
uninviting that one would be loathe to use them in daylight. (The three worst
stations in the entire SEPTA system are the three in Germantown on the R7
Chestnut Hill East Line: Wayne Junction, Wister and Germantown itself.)
The Philadelphia Inquirer had also recently reviewed these projects and
charted who got money, who did not, and in what amounts. When SEPTA contacted our editor and invited this paper to a private presentation of what was planned for the Northwest stations on R7 and R8 we
were pleased to make ourselves available. Five SEPTA experts addressed both
myself and our reporter with details, charts, and financial summaries. Bear in
mind that I had contacted SEPTA in March and asked specific questions
about what funding was in the plans for the R7 in Germantown and the R8
stations in Germantown and Mt. Airy. The only two mentioned at that time
that had certain plans and funding were Queen Lane and Allen Lane on the
R8, funded for a total of totaled $15 million. The others were listed at zero
dollars, or so I was told.
Imagine my surprise when our meeting last Thursday, June 18, included
information about definite plans to spend $28 million on Wayne Junction
starting in 2009 and another $2.5 million on other R7 stations in
Germantown, as well as significant portions of another $3.8 million on stations in Germantown and Mt. Airy on the R8, also in 2009 and 2010. This
does not include the $15 million for the other two stations.
I don’t have any criticism of the engineering and finance departments of
SEPTA for what they told us. I know that management makes urgent decisions and priorities might change quickly to satisfy some particular public
relations need. Then we always have those influential calls from politicians
who grease the funding streams. I believe we were the recipient of some information that followed from those priorities. But now they are committed and we will follow up on the pages of the
Chronicle and Independent.
Next week, I’ll take a look at larger strategic plans promised for Germantown
transit-oriented development.
James Foster
Publisher
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These photographs of Stewart and Sarah Jellet were taken in 1898 at the home of Stewart’s brother,
Edwin C. Jellett, at 118 Herman Street. “Yesterday in the German Township” is presented in conjunction
with the Germantown Historical Society to give a look back a the way life was once lived in Germantown,
Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, the old “German township.”
Opinion: The Dugout Exemplifies Diversity
by MARK GOODMAN
When you look at pictures of major League Baseball
players before 1947, all you see is white faces. We all
know the story of Jackie Robinson breaking the color
barrier in baseball and opening the door to black athletes. The 1950s saw an influx of Latino ball players,
and in the 1980s and 1990s, Asians began to join
major league rosters. If you look at photos of most
major league baseball teams today, you’ll see a diverse
group of men unimaginable in the 1940s.
Although the majority of Philadelphia Phillies players, coaches, and executives are white, the team has a
healthy mix of ethnic backgrounds. Two of their stars,
Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins, are African
American as are outfielder John Mayberry and coach
Milt Thompson.
Their Latin American contingent includes many
different countries and cultures. Of the players, Pedro
Feliz and Antonio Bastardo are Dominican, Carlos
Diaz is from Panama, Raul Ibanez is of Cuban
descent, Greg Dobbs’ mother is Peruvian, and J. C.
Romero is Puerto Rican. Venezuela is represented by
newcomer Sergio Escalona, and General Manager
Ruben Amaro, Jr. has a Mexican father and a Jewish
mother.
Fleet center-fielder Shane Victorino is a native of
Hawaii and has earned the nickname “The Flyin’
Hawaiian.” Pitcher Chan Ho Park is Korean.
There is diversity among the white Phillies as well.
Pinch-hitter extraordinaire Matt Stairs is Canadian,
first base coach Davey Lopes is of Portuguese descent,
and third base coach Sam Perlozzo is Italian
American.
So why is this a big deal? For the Phillies, it’s important because they have not always had a positive record
of including so-called minorities into their program.
They were the last National League team to have a
black ballplayer, ten years after Jackie Robinson joined
the Dodgers.
The team’s diversity is also important because it
serves as a model of the value and power inclusion.
The more that young people (and others) see this type
of diversity reflected in society’s major institutions sports, politics, entertainment, business, education,
the professions, and so on - the more “ordinary” and
acceptable and desirable it becomes.
In neighborhoods such as Mt. Airy and
Germantown, diversity may not seem that unusual.
However, most neighborhoods have neither the blend
of people or the positive attitude toward diversity and
inclusion that we find in our neighborhoods.
So the next time you go to a Phillies game at
Citizens Bank Park, enjoy the game as you watch men
from different countries and cultures perform together as a cohesive unit.
Opinion: Invest City Pension
Funds Locally
by COLEMAN POSES
When the next round of contract negotiations
between the City and the municipal workers unions
occurs pension plans will surely be a topic of discussion.
Although many city taxpayers feel that this benefit
should be pared in order to address Philadelphia’s current fiscal crisis, I believe that these plans offer the residents and businesses of this city a valuable opportunity:
an opportunity to invest in small local businesses.
No doubt the current fund includes investments in
some of the region’s larger businesses, but what if the
pension fund invested in smaller businesses that had the
potential for significant growth? What would be the
effect on the city? I would imagine that it would be very
beneficial.
For example, imagine investment in a single restaurant
in Philadelphia. All things being equal, city workers
would be more likely to eat at such an establishment
since their pension is dependent upon its success. Other
taxpayers would have also an interest in the profitability
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June 25, 2009
Page 5
Letters to the Editor
Water Department Made Misleading Statements
Editor’s note: the following is a copy
of a letter sent to Mayor Michael Nutter.
To Michael A. Nutter, mayor, City of
Philadelphia:
A flippant report entitled “Let’s talk
feces …” recently appeared in the
Chestnut Hill Local. Making light of
the persistently high levels of pollution
in the Monoshone creek, it attributes to
an official spokesperson for your Water
Department many false or misleading
assertions which I wish to correct.
There are six, not seven, storm
sewer outfalls that discharge into the
Monoshone. During dry weather two
of these are dry, one carries water that
does meet recreational clean-water
standards, and two are continuously
polluted.
Swimming, as a matter of public
safety, is prohibited by park rules.
Polluting, as a matter of public health,
is prohibited by federal law. Safe for
recreational use means safe or human
skin contact.
The Monoshone is being continuously polluted by a Water Department
that fails to get its wastewater safely to
sewage treatment and swears up and
down that it doesn’t know what the
problem is or, for that matter, what all
the fuss is about. Their phony crossconnections program has been blowing smoke in the public eye since
1995 and has never, ever produced a
measureable reduction of pollution in
the Monoshone.
The limit of “200 per 100 mil-
lliliters” applies to a sampling protocol
that the Water Department has never,
ever, followed.
Stringent warm weather pollution
standards apply from May 1 through
Sept. 30, not just the summer months
from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The City is required to inspect its
434 separate storm sewer outfalls at
least once during each 5-year period.
Stating that the city is “required by
law” to inspect them “once only”
twists the truth.
Of these 434 only a fraction have
dry weather flow requiring regular
sampling. Two of these, as I have mentioned above, are continuously polluting the Monoshone and require, the
last time I checked the rules, sampling
Opinion: Invest City Pension Funds Locally
of the establishment. In a sense they
would be co-owners. Since this
business is local, it would also be
more closely scrutinized than a large
business in a faraway city. If the
restaurant in question were to slip in
the quality of its food or its service,
word would return sooner to pension managers, who could either terminate their investment, or use their
shareholder power to effect changes
in the business. It seems that in such a situation
everyone would stand to benefit
economically. Workers would keep
their defined benefits plan, while
local businesses in need of investors
would thrive from an infusion of
cash. Taxpayers/investors would be
citizens/consumers and they would
directly enjoy the fruits of their
investments. Greater oversight from
the citizenry would help the pension
managers to make the right investment decisions.
These investments would also act
as a local economic stimulus package,
which would eventually attract more
businesses to the city, which would
therefore increase the tax base, which
could eventually help to lower the
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business and wage taxes in the city.
Another advantage in local investment is the amount of free advertising investors would get for their
money. Since a number of nonprofits such as the Sustainability
Business Network and the
Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture conduct
“Buy Local” marketing campaigns
throughout
Southeastern
Pennsylvania, such investments get
an even bigger bang for the buck.
From an environmental standpoint it also makes a lot of sense.
Since local investment should promote local consumption, less fossil
fuel is consumed in getting those
goods and services to and from the
marketplace.
One objection to local investment
might be that the pension board
could not possibly manage investments in such a large number of small
enterprises. The board, however,
could outsource that function in the
same way that it outsources the management of their other investments.
According to the Pension Board’s
latest annual report, 16 percent of its
equity portfolio goes toward international enterprises. If the fund
managers invested at least half of
that amount regionally, wouldn’t we
be economically and environmentally a healthier city? With taxpayers, businesses, and the municipal
workforce standing to gain, hasn’t
the time come for the city to start
investing in itself. FRED’S MT. AIRY MOTORS
Mt. Airy’s One-Stop Car Care Center
each and every month with quarterly
reports and an annual summary report
submitted to the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Protection within 45 days after the
end of each testing period. Why your
administration has adamantly refused
to make all of these data readily available to the public in a timely manner
raises dark suspicion. Dribbling out
hit-and-miss numbers four months
after the fact casts doubt on your loud
claims of “transparency.”
Massive waterwater surges in the
Monoshone are caused by what your
sewer maintenance people call
“chokes.” “Chokes happen,” they shrug
cheerfully. Not true. Backups and
massive spills of human wastewater
into the Monoshone Creek are caused
by an ancient, flawed and crumbling
sanitary sewer system that is being
neglected at the same time that an estimated $360 million per year in water
revenue is diverted away from the
essential services of water supply and
sewage disposal. These millions are
used for many things not accounted
for in the city budget.
Monoshone water customers and
water
customers
throughout
Philadelphia are paying first-class
water rates but get only shabby cutrate service from their mayor and his
spineless water commissioner.
Charles Parsons
President
Philadelphia Watershed Alliance.
Over-Impaction in Germantown
To the editor:
In 1986, as we saw old houses
mismanaged and razed, row houses
with missing “teeth,” institutions
spreading and parking lots growing,
driveways being built and asphalted
and community stores disappearing,
Toni Rose Kippen was the first
Penn-Knox neighbor to illustrate
impaction with a big map, big and
easy to read. She was the spark plug
for a succession of maps created and
used over many years.
Toni decorated her map with
appropriate cutouts in many colors;
it didn’t “bleed” with just red. After
that display, many people reported
information for successive maps,
which showed more and more
impaction as green land disappeared
under big buildings (red) and
asphalt (black). Some few made
their own maps: Tina Lecoff made
one, Hal Sawyer did West Side,
Betsy
Franklin
did
East
Germantown across from PennKnox. They varied in size. City
Planning has not seen them all.
Paul Curran is right: they are outdated. Right, but with a twist –
newer maps would be redder still
and blacker, despite location over
top of the Schuylkill-Wingohocking
watershed.
Over-impaction
continues,
despite unfair city distribution, in
one of the most historically valuable
areas of the whole United States.
To the advantage of whom?
Catherine K. Franklin
Germantown
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Community Calendar
THURS DAY 25
JAKE’S WOMEN
Stagecrafters, 8130 Germantown
Ave. 8 p.m. Final production of
Stagecrafters’ season is “Jake’s
Women,” off-beat comedic fable by
Neil Simon. June 25-27. Tickets
$15, two for $20 on Thursdays,
students with ID $13. Info/reservations:
215-247-8881
or
www.thestagecrafters.org.
ART AT ARTIS TA
Artista Gallery, 7151 Germantown
Ave. 6 p.m. Exhibit of works by
jewelry artist Angela Duffin and
ceramic artist Sharon Bartmann.
Through June 27. Info: 215-2482450
or
[email protected].
S WING 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.
KEEP THE PINT
Earth Bread + Brewery, 7136
Germantown Ave. 6:30 – 8:30
p.m. Victory Brewing Company
comes to Earth Bread with new
brews and free pint glasses. Info:
215-242-6666.
FREES TEP 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.
•••
Week of June 25 through July 2
Local singer/songwriter Drew
Calvin will be performing a free
concert at the Mt. Airy Train
Station, Gowen Avenue and
Devon Street, on Wednesday
July 1, from 7-9 p.m. Drew,
whose rich baritone voice and
tasteful guitar finger-picking compliment both his own unique compositions as well as covers in the
tradition of country, Guthrie-Dylan
folk and blues, has been performing for 35 years and is well
respected in the folk community.
This is an outdoor concert so
bring a chair or blanket and a picnic. The rain date is Thursday
July 2. For questions call Walk a
Crooked Mile Books at 215-2420854. FRIDAY 26
GOS PELFES T
New Covenant campus, 7500
Germantown Ave. GospelFest
2009 presents three-day festival of
top gospel artists. Friday, June 26:
Artists Showcase 7-10 p.m.;
Saturday, June 27: Outdoor
GospelFest 1-7 p.m. ; Sunday,
June 28: Jazz on the Lawn, 1-6
pm. Free. Info: www.phillygospelfest09.com.
BIG BLUE POETRY
Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551
Carpenter Lane. 7:15 p.m. Poetry
Aloud and alive series presents
Diane Sahms-Guarnieri. Open mic
to follow. Free. Info: 215-8441870.
MOVIES AT VIDEO
LIBRARY
Tai chi
MaMa: Moving Arts Studio 215.842.1040
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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: “Waltz with
Bashir.” $6 includes popcorn. Info:
www.mtairyvideolibrary.com.
WRITING GROUP
Lovett Library, 6945 Germantown
Ave. 1:30 p.m. Lovett Library
Creative writing group meets
Fridays in June. Info: 215-6852095.
JAZZ AT CUBA
Cuba Restaurant and Gallery, 8609
Germantown Ave. Live Latin jazz
every Friday evening at Cuba.
Info: 215-967-1477.
•••
S ATURDAY 27
CHES S CLUB
Lovett Memorial Library, 6945
Germantown Ave. 2-4 p.m. Lovett
Library Chess Club meets every
Saturday, all ages welcome. Info:
215685-2095.
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•••
MONDAY 29
NINE S CULPTORS
Woodmere Art Museum, 9201
Germantown Ave. “Intention:
Nine Philadelphia Sculptors”
exhibit features works by Warren
Angle, Martha Gelardon, Warren
Holzman, Paul Hubbard, Jeanne
Jaffe, Scot Kaylor, Joe Mooney,
Barry Parker, Robert Roesche.
Through August 2. Info: 215-2470476 or www.woodmereartmuseum.org.
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.
•••
TUES DAY 30
DANGEROUS LIAIS ONS
Chestnut Hill Center for
Enrichment, 8431 Germantown
Ave. 1 p.m. Free screening of
“Dangerous Liaisons” (1988) starring
Glenn
Close,
John
Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Special introduction by Readers’
Theater Group at the Chestnut Hill
Center.
Info:
e-mail
[email protected] or 215-2480180.
TABLE TENNIS
Earth Bread + Brewery, 7136
Germantown Ave. 9 p.m. – midnight. Ping-Pong Night every
Tuesday at Earth Bread. Info: 215242-6666.
TEXTURE OF TREES
Morris
Arboretum,
100
Northwestern Ave. 10 a.m. - 4
p.m. “The Texture of trees” features work of photographer Andrea
Baldeck on trees in all their forms.
Free with regular admission.
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Lane (rear), Manayunk. “Within,”
photography by Pamela Martin
and new work by members of
Manayunk Artists’ Co-op. Exhibit
through June 28. Gallery hours
Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. –
4 p.m. Free. Info: www.manayunkartcenter.org or 215-4823363.
S INGLES S CENE
Unitarian Universalist Church,
6900 Stenton Ave. 7:30 p.m. 12:30 a.m. Weekly program for
mature single adults. Donation $7.
Info: 215-247-2561 (press 7).
•••
S UNDAY 28
POET-IFY
Germantown Church of Brethren,
Fellowship
Hall,
6601
Germantown Ave. 4:30 – 8:30
p.m. “Poet-ify” hosted by
Germantown poet RuNett Nia Ebo
features poetry, spoken word, lyricists, MTM Gospel and Jazz
Ensemble, more. Open mic available. $8, $10 at door. Info: 215495-8679 or 215-438-1809.
S ENIOR ARTIS TS
INITIATIVE
Germantown Ave. Fifth Biennial
Exhibition of Seniors Artists
Initiative features works by Nancy
Barch, Murray Dessner, John
Formicola, Lois Johnson, Hedi
Kyle,
Pat
Martin,
Mira
Nakashima, Harry Sefarbi, Sarah
Van Keure and Paula Winokur.
Also, exhibit of works by
Pennsylvania
impressionist
painter john Pierce barnes, native
of Germantown. Through August
30. Info: 215-247-0476 or
www.woodmereartmuseum.org.
JAZZ BRUNCH
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10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Jazz
brunch every week with acclaimed
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Wister Open House
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Through September. Info: 215247-5777 or www.morrisarboretum.org.
•••
WEDNES DAY 1
PAS TORIUS PARK
CONCERT
Pastorius Park, Lincoln Dr. and
Roanoke St. 7:30 p.m. Pastorius
Park free summer concerts. This
week: Katie Eagleson sings songs
from the American songbook.
Info: www.katieeaglesoncom.
OLDIES NIGHT
LaRose Banquet Facility, 5531
Germantown Ave. 8 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Oldies Night every Wednesday. 60s
and 70s DJ music, dancing, buffet.
Adults over 34. Proper dress
required. $5. Info: 215-844-5818.
JIM DRAGONI TRIO
Roller’s Flying Fish, 8142
Germantown Ave. Jim Dragoni
and trio perform live jazz every
Wednesday. Food, cash bar. $10.
Info: 215-247-0707.
•••
WOODMERE
WEDNESDAYS
Germantown Ave. Woodmere
remains open until 9 p.m.
Wednesdays. free. Info: 215-2470476.
The high-definition flat-screen TV on display at Wister NAC’s office. It
was developed by Hightower Communications.
es in Hightower Communications’
Germantown studio.
The Hightowers are most interested in working on that. “Local
businesses if they do specialize in
something, maybe a cooking
class, or yoga instruction, how to
breath better,” Lillian suggested.
Lots of questions still remain
before this new strategy can
become a part of the Avenue
Marketing Plan, not the least of
which is cost.
“We’re really willing to do whatever we can to make it happen,”
said Taylor Hightower on the subject, though he didn’t want to get
into actual numbers so early in the
discussion. Another big question is whether
local businesses feel the network
will really address their needs. To
determine that, Wister NAC has
given an open invitation to businesses to experience Vine Six in
their offices over the next week or
so. Attendees enjoy a rare break from this spring’s soggy weather at
Wister NAC’s open house in Gilbert Stuart Park.
But if the question is “will people notice?”, that much was easy
for Clifton Hayman and Angela
Duson, the past and current presidents of Trinity Lutheran Church,
to answer. The pair came in to
Wister NAC just before dinnertime
on Friday and noticed the Vine Six
right away. “I think this is a great idea,”
Hayman said to Roberts as he
shook her hand. “And we’d like to
get our church put on there. I think
it’s great for that.”
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First Section Reopens on Germantown Avenue
The schedule for the reconstruction of Germantown Avenue during the week of
Monday, June 22 through
Friday, June 26 is as follows:
Germantown Avenue reopened
to vehicular traffic between
Ashmead Street and Queen Lane
on Monday June 22. Construction
will progress north on the Avenue.
Germantown Avenue will be
closed from just north of Coulter
Street to Church Lane.
Ashmead S treet to Queen
Lane: Germantown Avenue has
reopened from just north of
Ashmead Street to Queen Lane.
The parking restrictions will continue along the north side of
Queen Lane to accommodate a
temporary two-way traffic pattern
from Germantown Avenue to
Greene Street. The contractor has
completed the roadway reconstruction in this area and will continue
to install the new sidewalks and
street lighting while the roadway
is open to vehicular traffic. The
contractor is scheduled to begin
the street lighting installations
along the west side of
Germantown Avenue and continue
with the sidewalk installations.
Parking restrictions and lane shifts
will be present during these operations. The contractor is scheduled
One down: After the paving of the stretch from Ashmead Street to
Queen Lane, now the work moves up the Avenue, from Coulter Street to
Church Lane, and from High Street to Walnut Lane (above).
to work Monday through Friday, 7
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Queen Lane to Coul ter
S treet: The contractor has completed installation of the inlets at
Penn Street. The work activities
and parking restrictions will be
limited during working hours. The
contractor is scheduled to work
between 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Coulter S treet to Church
Lane: Germantown Avenue will
be closed from just north of
Coulter Street to just south of
Church Lane. Vehicular traffic will
be able to access both Coulter
Street and Church Lane. Coulter
Street will be temporarily changed
to accommodate two-way traffic.
The current detour will remain in
effect for the next closure of
Germantown Avenue from Coulter
Street to Church Lane. The detour
begins at Seymour Street
continues to Wayne Avenue and
returns to Germantown Avenue by
way of Maplewood Avenue/Armat
Street. The SEPTA Route 23 bus
detour also uses Seymour Street
and turns onto Greene Street and
returns to Germantown Avenue by
way of Maplewood Avenue/Armat
Street. Additional information
is posted at the relocated bus
stops along Germantown Avenue.
The contractor will begin the
roadway reconstruction with the
removal of the existing trolley
tracks. The contractor is scheduled
to work from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Hi gh S treet to Wal nut
Lane: The contractor has begun
the installation of the granite
block pavers along the west side
of
Germantown
Avenue.
Pedestrian access is being maintained along the east side of
Germantown Avenue while the
contractor completes the installation of the granite block along the
west side of Germantown Avenue.
This work has resulted in lane
shifts and parking restrictions on
the east side of Germantown
Avenue. The work is scheduled
between 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Once
the work on the west side of
Germantown Avenue is completed, the roadway reconstruction
will progress to the east side of the
Avenue. A northbound road closure of Germantown Avenue will
be installed along with the associated detour. The anticipated northbound road closure is scheduled for
June 30.
Job Fairs for Fresh Grocer
Fresh Grocer will host a series of job fairs for their new location at
the Shoppes at LaSalle. Applicants with managerial experience are
invited to attend one of the following job fair sessions: June 30, July
1, July 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The job fairs will take place at LaSalle
University, One Penn Blvd (the former Germantown Hospital Medical
Office Building.)
The second job fair session is scheduled for July 22, July 23, and
July 24, 2-6 p.m., for clerks and cashiers.
G’town Restoration CDC will host pre-job fair workshops for
Germantown residents. Residents who attend and complete a workshop will be invited to attend an exclusive job fair for Fresh Grocers’
Philadelphia Partners. To register to attend a pre-job fair workshop
contact G’Town Restoration CDC at 215-991-4744.
These events are being supported by State Representative John
Myers, State Representative Dwight Evans, Councilwoman Donna
Reed Miller, State Senator LeAnna Washington, LaSalle University,
and G’Town Restoration CDC.
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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
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Neigbors 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.
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an ongoing partnership to
improve the lives of older
Americans, the National Council
on
Aging
(NCOA)
and
CVS/pharmacy will host a “Pack
Your Bag” community event at
Center in the Park, 5818
Germantown Avenue. This event
is one of more than 24 “Pack
Your Bag” events taking place in
Pennsylvania over the coming
months, and hundreds that are
happening nationwide.
According to CVS/pharmacy,
eight out of ten older Americans
have at least one chronic health
problem, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. 50 percent of
Medicare Part D participants take
an average of 8 or more prescriptions regularly. With increased use
of prescriptions, including nonprescription medications, comes
increased risk of adverse drug interactions and increased costs.
Created to address this impor-
tant issue, the “Pack Your Bag”
program encourages seniors to
pack a bag with their prescription
medications for review in one-onone consultations with a local
CVS pharmacist. The program
includes a presentation by a pharmacist on improving health
through medication compliance
and provides advice for seniors on
how to save money at the pharmacy.
In providing over 4,000 “Pack
Your Bag” consultations since
inception of the program in
2008, CVS pharmacists have
found: 7 percent of seniors were
taking expired medications; 14
percent were not taking medications as prescribed; 10 percent
were at risk for potential drug
interactions; 15 percent had the
opportunity to switch to moneysaving generics.
For more information call
Center in the Park at 215-8487722.
Cliveden Camp ‘Builds
Bridges’ to NW Historic Sites
Join Cliveden of the National
Trust this summer for its
Building Bridges summer camp.
The camp will run daily from
July 13 to July 17, 9:30 am to
3:30 pm, and will continue
“building bridges” between the
local youth and Historic
Germantown.
The Building Bridges summer
camp will introduce area youth to
historic
sites
around
Germantown. Children will take
daily field trips to local historic
sites
including
Awbury
Arboretum, the La Salle
University Art Museum, Wyck
and the Johnson House. The camp
will also feature an array of activities and lessons on Cliveden’s
historic 6 acre grounds.
The week will end with a trip
to the Philadelphia Zoo. While
there, the children will be treated
to a specialty tour of the animals
of Africa and Madagascar.
Campers will also have access to
the other sites at the zoo as well.
Cost of the camp will be $125
for the whole week. Children ages
7-12 are permitted.
For
information
contact
Cliveden’s Education Director
Richard Fink by email at
[email protected] or by calling
215-848-1777.
Further camp details can be
found at www.cliveden.org.
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June 25, 2009
Cleanup at Pastorius
Pastorius Elementary School, 5650 Sprague Street, will hold a
cleaning and greening day on Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m.
School grounds will be cleaned and “greened” with plants and a garden planted just inside the school yard. We will also be cleaning trash
from neighborhood streets and planting plants around the trees outside
the school.
All volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and be provided work
gloves. Come join us and help make a difference in the community.
Dress comfortably; long pants are suggested.
Bring sunscreen and a hat, something you don’t mind getting dirty.
How to get your word out
The offices of the Germantown Chronicle and Mt. Airy Independent are
located at 5275 Germantown Avenue (pictured above), between East
Penn and Bringhurst streets. Press releases and letters or opinion
pieces can be mailed to this address, dropped off here during normal
business hours, faxed to 215-754-4245, or e-mailed to [email protected]. Please be sure to include the name and phone
number of a contact person in case there are any questions about information in your announcement.
Register Now for Weavers
Way Farm Bike Ride
The Weavers Way Farm
Committee, in partnership with
the Young Friends of PHS and
Young Involved Philadelphia,
will be hosting the fourth Annual
Urban Farm Bike Ride on July
18 starting at 8:30 a.m. at
Weavers Way, 599 Carpenter
Lane (optional start at 10:30 a.m.
at Mill Creek Farm.) There is a
$15 suggested donation. You
must bring your own bike. To
RSVP, contact Weavers Way
board member and ride founder
Chris Hill at [email protected].
Stops include: the Orchard at
Woodford Mansion in Strawberry
Mansion; Weavers Way Coop
Farm at Awbury Arboretum; the
farm at Martin Luther King High
School (near the Coop Farm);
Mill Creek Farm at 49th and
Brown
streets
in
West
Philadelphia; Spring Garden
Community Gardens, overlooking the city skyline at 18th and
Wallace streets; the Teens for
Good farm at 8th and Poplar
strets; Greensgrow, the grandmother of urban farms in
Philadelphia, in Kensington; and
the
Philadelphia
Brewing
Company, just a short 5-minute
ride from Greensgrow, where we’ll
finish up with beer and pizza in its
great old tasting room.
A screening of Faces From The
New Farm, a video produced by a
group
of
women
from
Washington, DC about their
three-month bike tour of urban
farms from DC to Montreal, will
be held at the Brewery at the end
of the ride.
For more information visit
weaversway.coop/index.php?page
=300 and www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/events/youngfr
iends.html
Applications Still Open for
Settlement Music Camp
Space is still available for children ages 4 – 7 to learn at
Settlement Music School’s
Summer Arts Camp in July. The
arts enrichment classes in music,
visual arts and dance meet daily
during the ½ day session from 9
a.m. – 12:15 p.m., Monday to
Friday, from July 6 to July 31.
A healthy snack is provided each
day.
Settlement faculty members
are professional artists and have
additional training in early childhood education and include
George Alley, dance instructor,
and Carol Royer, visual artist
(who both teach in Settlement’s
award-winning
Kaleidoscope
Headstart preschool) and Cathy
Mazza, music instructor and Mt.
Airy resident. Class sizes are
kept small and the final session
on July 31 will feature an exhibition of the students’ artworks and
a recital of their musical and
dance achievements. Tuition includes all expenses
and financial assistance is available to families in need. To
receive more information or to
schedule a registration appointment, contact Settlement Music
School/Germantown
Branch,
6128 Germantown Avenue 215320-2610.
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Ella E. “Elsa”
Peters
Ella E. “Elsa” Peters, 81, of
Jonestown, Pa, formerly of
Germantown, died Friday, June
19, at her residence.
She was the widow of Hugh
P. Peters who died Jan. 13,
2002.
Born in Ridley Park, Pa, on
Oct. 10, 1927, she was the
daugter of the late LeRoy and
Ella (Madsen) Haller.
She attended the Peabody
Conservatory
of
Music,
Baltimore, Maryland, where
she studied vocal performance.
Elsa, along with her husband
Hugh Peters, owned and operated Peters’ Foster Care in
Jonestown where they cared
for more than 20 children during the last 25 years.
She was a member of the
Moonshine
United
Zion
Church, Jonestown, and
enjoyed gardening, collecting
dolls, drawing, writing poetry
and short stories, polka dacing
and music.
She is survived by daughters
Rebekah Arevello of Atlanta,
Georgia; Gillian, wife of William
Andersen of Portales, New
Mexico; Sarah, wife of Randall
Reynolds
of
Brentwood,
Tennessee; Mary Moyer of
Lebanon, Pa; Rachel, wife of
Scot Krissinger of Lebanon;
and sons Hugh V. Peters of
Lebanon and Harry D., husband of Alex Peters of
Lebanon; 16 grandchildren,
five great grandchildren, several sisters, brothers, nieces and
nephews. She was preceded in
death by sons Thaddeus
Peters and Lawrence Kelly and
daughter Melissa Peters.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at
Grose Funeral Home, in
Myerstown, Pa. Interment was
at Indiantown Gap National
Cemetery, Annville, Pa.
June 25, 2009
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City Council Votes Against Plastic Bag Ban
million bags in the more than ten
years the recycling program has
been in place, and last year reused
and recycled bags at Shoprite
amounted to a total of 90,000
tons.
But as good as those numbers
may seem, Christine Knapp, director of outreach at the environmental firm Penn Future, was still
skeptical.
“Some [supermarkets] do offer
plastic bag recycling but we know
on the whole plastic bag recycling
is pretty low,” she said in a phone
interview.
The Environmental Protection
Agency estimates about 1 to 2 percent of all plastic bags used are According to the Environmental Protection Agency, an estimated one to
recycled, and the plastic bag indus- two percent of all plastic bags used are recycled.
Before Council adjourned for the have penetrated what he called his
try says about 5 percent, according
summer Kenney worked to com- “newly imposed Zen-like calm”
to Knapp.
That’s not so great compared pose himself after the last-minute when he spoke directly to environwith the 90 percent reduction in defeat. Some frustration might mentalists.
plastic bag use nation-wide in
Ireland, which in 2004 implemented a 35 cent fee on customers who choose plastic bags,
Knapp said.
And consider National Public
Radio estimates of 5 million
fewer plastic bags used each
month in San Francisco since
that city imposed a ban in 2007,
and even the best of 8-state chain
Shoprite’s numbers look a bit
small.
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But even he complimented his
fellow City Council members on
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He was far from alone.
Numerous others on Council and
even some nay voters spoke up in
support of the environment and of
DiCicco and Kenney’s efforts, saying that something should be done
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June 25, 2009
Poetry at Big
Blue Marble
GHS Honors Music Students
The Germantown
High School Music
Department recognized music students
for their service and
dedication to the
school and to the
community at the Music
Director
Elisabeth
and
Alter
Germantown Music D’Alessandro
Awards on June 15. Memorial Award winner Akira
Trophies, medals, Campbell. Photo by Michele
and certificates were Grace.
presented to students who participated in the Concert
Band, Drumline, Rock Club, and Choir.
Germantown High School annually presents three
scholarships to graduating seniors. The John Philip
Sousa National Band Award was presented to Terrell
Glover. Glover participated in the Germantown High
School Band and Jazz Band, the All-Philadelphia High
School Band and Orchestra, the School District of
Philadelphia All-Star Jazz Band, the Adelphia Arts
Academy Summer Music Program, PMEA District 12
Band and Orchestra, and PMEA Region VI Band and
Orchestra. Glover, also the class valedictorian, will
attend the University of Pennsylvania.
The Grover Washington Junior Memorial Award was
presented to Kemon Lucas. The award was established
by retired Assistant Principal Bonnie Uditsky in memory of the long time Philadelphia resident and saxophone
player. Lucas participated in the Germantown High
School Band, Jazz Band, and Rock Club, and the
Adelphia Arts Academy Summer Music Program.
Lucas, the class salutatorian, will attend Drexel
University.
The Lawrence S. Alter Memorial Award was presented to Akira Campbell. The Alter Award, established in
honor of former Band Director and long time
Germantown resident Larry Alter, is presented to a student who demonstrates exceptional commitment and
dedication to the Germantown High School Music
Department. Campbell participated in the Germantown
High School Band, Jazz Band, Drumline, Girls’
Drumline, and Choir, and the Adelphia Arts Academy
Summer Music Program, and will attend Johnson and
Wales.
On June 26 at 7:15 p.m. the Big Blue Marble
Bookstore’s Poetry Aloud and Alive series presents
Diane Sahms-Guarnieri.
Currently the host of the Fox Chase Reading
Series, “2nd Tuesdays Poetry Open Mic”, and leader
of Center City Poets’ Workshop, Diane SahmsGuarneri will share her own award-winning work.
Her poems have appeared in various small printed
journals and in electronic publications of infinite
size.
A graduate of East Stroudsburg University, Diane
has done post-graduate work at Holy Family College
and has served on the Philadelphia Stories Poetry
Editorial Board. Diane is the current editor of The
Fox Chase Review. Her first full length collection
titled Images of Being is forthcoming.
The customary but unconventional open-mindopen-mic will follow, hosted by Mike Cohen.
The Big Blue Marble Bookstore is located at 551
Carpenter Lane. For more information call 215-8441870.
Enrichment at Beacon Center
Educationworks Germantown Beacon Center is
sponsoring a High School Enrichment Program for
students going to 9th grade through 12th graders.
The Beacon Center is located in Germantown High
School at 80 East Haines Street, across from
Fulton Elementary School.
Students can choose to participate in Performing
Arts or Music and Video Production/Media for the
summer. The program runs from July 6 to August
14, Monday thru Friday. Students can choose what
time they want to attend. Program hours are from
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. or 1:30-5:30 p.m. Students can
earn a stipend up to $150 for successfully completing the program. We have two other locations, at
Vaux High School and South Philly High School.
For more information contact Ms. Terry WardFilmore at 267-294-4195.
to
Germantown
Avenue
between Chelten Avenue and
Collom S treet).
June 16: Chelten Ave. and Baynton
St. – tag stolen from 2000 Chevy
Tahoe.
June 16: unit block Church Lane –
12-gauge shotgun removed from
bedroom.
June 17: unit block E. Schoolhouse
Lane. – 27” brown bicycle removed
from location.
S ECTOR F: (Triangle bounded by Wi ster S treet and
Chelten and Chew avenues).
June 15: Sprague and Wister streets,
9:15 a.m. – while waiting for bus,
complainant approached from
behind by offender who shoved item
in complainant’s back. Took cash,
MAC card, ID, then fled.
June 15: Chelten and Chew
avenues, 10:50 p.m. – while waiting for bus complainant approached
by two offenders who pulled knife,
took cash and ID, then fled.
June 17: 800 block Locust Ave. ,
10 a.m. – police responded to call
about man shot, found victim in
side yard at location bleeding from
head. Victim was taken to hospital
where he was pronounced dead.
June 18: 5300 block Chew Ave. –
offender took items off shelf without paying, ran outside to car and
fled in Chevrolet Caprice.
S ECTOR K: (Washi ngton
Lane to Chel ten Avenue
between S tenton and Chew
avenues).
June 17: 900 block E. Price St., 10
p.m. – offender pointed shotgun at
complainant’s acquaintance who
was sitting alone in complainant’s
car, forced acquaintance out of vehicle, took vehicle, fled.
S ECTOR Z: (Chew Avenue to
Magnol i a S treet between
Chelten Avenue and Wister
S treet).
June 17: 5600 block McMahon –
Samsung cellphone taken from
complainant’s bag while at location.
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older to participate. There will be no refunds unless
the center cancels the trip. No alcoholic beverage
s and no use of profanity are allowed on the bus.
For more information call Ann Brown at 215-8497288.
“PLAYS THAT MATTER”
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The 14th and 39th Police
Districts are divided into sectors for
patrol. There are 15 sectors in the
Courier distribution area. Reports
are presented for each sector on a
rotating basis.
If you have been the victim of a
crime and would like information or
services, call Northwest Victim
Services,
6301 Germantown
Avenue, at 215-438-4410. The
services are free.
The following crimes were
reported in Germantown from June
15 – 21 in sectors B, E, F, K and Z
in the 14th District.
S ECTOR B: ( Belfield to
Germantown avenues between
Ol d S tenton Avenue and
Collom S treet).
June 17: 200 block Shedaker St. –
vent window broken on 1992
Plymouth Acclaim. Taken were
handicapped placard, registration
and insurance cards. Ignition popped
in attempt to steal vehicle.
June 17: 4600 block Germantown
Ave. – 2007 silver Buick Lesabre
stolen.
June 17: 5100 block W. Shelden
St., 6:30 p.m. – while complainant
at location with offender, offender
allegedly pointed silver handgun at
complainant. Complainant gave up
cash, pocketbook with personal
items.
Ave. – license plate removed from
1994 Datsun, tires slashed, windshield smashed, wipers stolen.
June 20: unit block E. Wister St. –
offender allegedly tried to gain entry
to complainant’s apartment by
removing part of window. Suspect
arrested.
Ave. – air conditioning unit ripped
out to gain access to building, no
entry gained, gas line broken.
Ave. – entry gained to building by
removing air conditioner, cash
taken from register.
S ECTOR E: (Magnolia S treet
GSUS Sponsoring Casino Trip
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High Street, is sponsoring a trip to the Showboat
Casino in Atlantic City on July 9. The bus departs
324 East High Street at 9:30 a.m. and will leaver the
casino at 5 p.m., arriving back at the center at 6:30
p.m. The cost is $25, with $15 returned in coins and
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June 25, 2009
Three Days of Gospel Music at New Covenant
With summer just around the
corner, now is the time to mark
your
calendar
to
attend
GospelFest 2009, a spectacular
summer celebration with a
dynamic lineup of top gospel and
jazz artists. Regina Belle,
Tramaine Hawkins, Mary Mary,
Marvin Sapp and Denise King are
just a few of the great performers
who have graced the stage at
GospelFest in the past.
Taking place on the 38-acre
New Covenant Campus, 7500
Germantown Avenue, GospelFest
2009 is co-sponsored by WPPZFM (Praise 103.9), CLC
Ministry International, and New
Covenant
Church
of
Philadelphia.
A free event, GospelFest 2009
will have numerous activities for
the entire family to enjoy. Kids
will be able to orbit the earth on
the Moon Bounce, get their faces
painted, and play on the spacious
campus grounds.
Youth can
compete in an exciting 3-on-3
basketball tournament.
Arts, crafts and other items
will be available from local vendors, and a few vendor slots are
still available. GospelFest 2009
will also feature delicious food
from a selection of area chefs.
Come soak in the sounds,
smells, and sights while enjoying
three days of great music.
Events i ncl ude:
Friday, June 26, Artist
Showcase from 7-10 p.m.;
Saturday, June 27, Outdoor
GospelFest, 1-7 p.m.; and
Sunday, June 28, Jazz on the
Lawn, 1-6 p.m.
For more information contact
Jason
Henderson,
Isaiah
Entertainment Group, at 267257-1862, e-mail [email protected]; or Gillian
Grannum, New Covenant Church
of Philadelphia, at 215-247-7500
x105, e-mail
[email protected].
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HIV Awareness at St. Michael’s
St.
Michael’s
Lutheran
Church, 6671 Germantown
Avenue, will join Philadelphia
Fight (www.fight.org) to participate in National HIV Testing Day
on Saturday, June 27, noon-4
pm. Speakers, literature and onsite HIV testing will be available.
Other information will be provided including resources for people who are living with
HIV/AIDS, a healthy living table,
and information about the
SHARE food program.
A community barbecue will be
held. The event is free and open to
the public. Walk-ins are welcome.
The program is a part of the15th
anniversary of National HIV
Month during June. The theme this year is
“Prevention, Treatment and
Justice”: prevention because this
is still the only way to stop the
spread of HIV; treatment, because
HIV is not a death sentence; and
justice because HIV is caused by a
virus, but the epidemic is caused
by poverty, injustice and despair.
For more information, contact
the church office at 215-848-0199.
July Events at Germantown Jewish Centre
July Events of the Germantown
Jewish Centre, 400 West Ellet
Street, include: “Light Fell,” a
discussion with Israeli Novelist
Evan Fallenberg, on Thursday,
July 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Chestnut
Hill Coffee Company. Meet
Israeli-American author Evan
Fallenberg as he reads excerpts
from his first novel Light Fell, a
story about gay love in the
Orthodox Israeli world.
“Opera Under the Stars,”
Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m.,
rain date July 15. Join
Germantown Jewish Centre’s
Hazak (55+ Group) for “A MidSummer’s Night Dream” and discussion with GJC’s own “maestro” Sam Feinberg. Wine and
cheese will be served. Bring lawn
chairs, blankets and wine. “My Year in Israel: Study,
Growth and Challenge,” a panel
discussion with JTS, RRC and
HUC students, on Saturday, July
18, 12:30 p.m. Join Germantown
Jewish Centre’s Dorshei Derekh
and Masorti minyans for a potluck
lunch and panel discussion. Tisha B’Av program and service
on Wednesday, July 29 at 8 p.m.
Join Germantown Jewish Centre’s
Stein Rabbinic intern, Dina
Rosenberg, for a discussion,
Ma’ariv service and reading of
Eicha. Music and meaning of
L’Cha Dodi, Fridays, July 31 and
August 7 at 6 p.m. Study and
singing with HUC cantorial student Sarah Krevsky, followed by a
ruach-filled Kabbalat Shabbat service, and on August 7 only a
Potluck dinner. Israeli Dancing,
Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., June 24
through July 22. The GJC Israeli
dance group meets on Wednesday
evenings. $5 per session. M ANAGING YOUR O WN P ROPERTY C AN B E
HAZARDOUS TO YOUR W EALTH !
43 Years of management experience with one-family, two-family, multi-family …
any size property!
W E M AKE S URE T HAT YOU R ECEIVE
• Fair Market Rental
• Monthly Activity Reports
• Excellent Occupancy
• Aggressive Collections
• In-House Maintenance Staff
• Licensed Electricians, Plumbers, Carpenters
and Roofers on Call
• Extensive Screening for Quality Tenants
WE TAKE OVER WHERE OTHERS HAVE FAILED … WE GET RESULTS!!!
Gregory Holmes – Associate Broker, Sales and Rental Manager
CALL NOW (215) 242-3221
8229 Stenton Ave., Phila., PA 19150
www.RentalsbyMazer.com for full listings.
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June 25, 2009
Business Services Directory
Germantown Chronicle • Mt. Airy Independent
BERNIE
Do It Right
Drain & Plumbing
• DRAIN CLEANING
• Residential / Commercial
• City-Wide Service
• Repair or Replace BROkEN pIpES
24
7 Days
Cell: 215-869-8656
Emergency
Service
ELECTRICIAN
SMALL AD
SMALL PRICES
215-925-0606
Heating & a.C. RepaiRs
We Do it all!
Senior Citizen
DiSCountS
MARIO BROS.
LiCenSeD & inSureD #G00848
Cypress & Sons
Moving & Hauling
DELIVERY SERVICE
DAY or NIGHT
Convenient Service
LOW PRICES
FREE ESTIMATES
5493687
• Custom Kitchens & /Baths
• City Violations Corrected
No Job Too Small or Too Large • Licensed and Insured
We’ll beat anybody’s price
or we’ll take 10% off!
Lic. #0390
The Small Job Specialist
Electric Sewer & Drain Cleaning
• We install BATHROOMS
Hours
Cell
[email protected] License PAOAGHIC001932
• Drywall
• Brick Pointing
• Windows &
Doors
• Siding
licensed & Insured
Free estimate
CALL
215-913-9657
or
215-913-9662
Also Moving & Hauling
ree
Formerly Honest Roofing
or
Ca
•Skylights – Custom & Standard
•Drain Boxes - Downspouts - Gutters
•Metal Capping
•Windows • Doors • Siding
•Shingles - 30 Year Dimensional
Very Honest &
Reliable
• Ridge-Vent • Pipe Collars
• Felt Paper • Ice & Water Shield
• Roof Repairs and Hard-to-Find Leaks
• Roof Certifications
2153323913
ALL WORK
Fully Guaranteed
FREE ESTIMATES!
City of Philadelphia Electircal License #000868
Heating & Air Conditioning
Repairs
Outlets • Switches • Lights
100-200 Amp Circuit Breakers
Air Conditioner Outlets
Appliance Lines
Ceiling Fans
Doorbell Repairs
Dryer Lines
Real Estate Certification
FULLy INSURED
im
est
215-335-1448
Lic
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2
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s T Gen d &
od er
ay at In
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Us oof ed
Tom er
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b
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IG
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Ow No J
Same Day Repairs • Installations • Service Upgrades
We Will Beat Any Written Estimate
All Types of Roofing • Specializing in Rubber Roofs
(267) 816-5268
• wallpaper
AFFORDABLE ELECTRICAL SERVICES
ates
F
• Electric
bbb
Clean Out Specialist
Basement, Garages, Attics
Backyards, Apartments
Fallen Tree Removal
Oil Tank Removal
Free Estimates
• Plastering
www.buzzduzzplumbingheatingandair.com
Phillip’s Home Improvement
• kitchens
• Bathrooms
• Tile Floors
• Plumbing
• roofing &
Additions
• Cement
Lic. #G-68410
• Yard Drains
• Leaking Water Lines
• Curb Traps
• Clogged Drains
• Sewer Cleaning
24 Years Experience • Licensed • Insured • Fixed Right the First Time
• Clean Professional Techicians
“Our Prices Can’t Be Beat”
• City Violations
FREE ESTIMATES • FAST SERVICE • Garbage Disposals
215-533-7000
• Roofing
Reasonable Prices • (215) 748-6497
267-266-7078
Financing Available. Immediate Approvals
for Qualified Customers
• Painting
215-535-6990
Lic & Insured - Lic #000142
Voted
#1 Best
Electrician
Best of the
Northwest
2004 2006, 2007
FLAT RATE Prices Given
BEFORE Work Begins.
NO Hidden Charges
NO Per Hour Charges
AAA & AARP
CITy & UNION DISCOUNTS
CHURCH MEMBERS
SENIOR CITIzEN
DISCOUNT
No Coupon Needed to Get the Lowest Price!
215-927-1100
Affordable
Electric, Inc.
Prices Quoted Over the Phone
www.affordableelectric.com
We accept
all credit &
debit cards
robert Toczek
(“Toe-check”)
Handyman
215-990-3488
• Carpentry
• Drywall
• Plumbing & electrical repairs
licensed & Insured
references on request
You can download
a PDF of this issue
on our website.
Go to
germantownnewspapers.com
All Types of
Electrical Work
• Trouble Shooting
• 100/200 Amp Upgrades
• indoor/outdoor Lighting
• 220 Lines / AC Lines
• Doorbells / Ceiling Fans
• Fuse Box Repairs
• Dryer Lines
FREE
ESTImATES
SenioR
Citizen
DiSCount
Quality Work at Prices
You Can Live With!
Residential & Commercial
• Rubber Roofs
• Coatings
• Skylights
• New Shingle
Roofs
Roofing Sale!
Will Not Be
Undersold
2006
• Roof
Certificates
• No Job Too
Small
• Roof Repairs
Senior Citizens & Handicapped Persons Discount
25% OFF wITh ThIS AD.
FHA Financing • No Money Down
All Work Guaranteed • Lic. #00793
Serving Mt. Airy,
west Oak Lane
Germantown
215-722-7131
Licensed & Insured • *Up to 500 sq. ft.
June 25, 2009
Business Services Directory
Classified Advertising
BAILEY CONCRETE
•
•
•
•
Small Ad Small Prices
Concrete & Cement of All Kinds
Summer Special
Basement Waterproofing
15% OFF
Garage & Home renovations
With
This Ad
Power Washing
no Job too small
215-495-9336
samuel J. BaileY • geneRal ContRaCtoR• liC & insuReD
GOING GREEN/ORGANIC
WE HAVE A NEW COLUMN FOR YOU
DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO WANT
ENVIROMENTLY FRIENDLY SERVICES
AND PRODUCTS. EACH PERSON
WHO QUALIFIES WILL BE LISTED
ALPHABETICALLY UNDER
GOING GREEN/ORGANIC. PLEASE
CONTACT US TO INCLUDE YOUR AD.
Best Handyman Service
HSpackle
HPainting
HDrywall
HCeramic
HFloors
Ceilings
tile
HCeiling
Fans
HRepair Work
HCement work
H15 yrs. Exp.
RMP #4603
Senior
Discount
Lic & Ins. 057860
Fully Insured
JOSEPH’S AFFORDABLE
GROW ORGANIC PRODUCE
IN YOUR BACKYARD
Raised beds installed
***RON KUSHNER***
Garden Consultant
Call: 484-433-8846
PLUMBING & HEATING
• 24 Hour Service / 7 Days a Week
• City Violations Corrected
• Hot Water heaters Replaced
• Drain Cleaning Specialist
• New Gas & Oil Heaters Installed
• Certifications
DON’T WASTE WATER!
Water only the plants that need it…
Free demo and quote
(Costs less than you might think!)
***ANDY MC CURDY***
CALL 215-438-5633 or
Email: [email protected]
Registered 3rd Generation #3922
OFFICE: 2156737700 • 2156041728
CELL: 2679843088
termite inspections and extermination is Just a Phone Call Away
A GREENER APPROACH
TO YOUR PAINTING NEEDS
& Supply Co.
*** TOM SPERANZA PAINTING***
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Save 10%
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coupon
We Deliver
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bIRd • FlEA • SQUIRREl & ROdENT SpECIAlISTS
QUAlIFIEd TO MAKE FHA & VA CERTIFICATIONS
Local References
20 years Experience
Call: 610-832-9162
CoMPLete PeSt, inSeCt & MiCe ControL
24 HourS – 7 DAYS A WeeK
ProMPt, ProFeSSionAL SerViCe
Call Now
BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED HOME
Ready for Sale in Cherry Hill, NJ
Newly fin. hw flrs. thruout lead to
open-aired tiled kitchen overlking
lg. cozy fam. rm. Full LR, DR, finished
basemt. 4BR, 2.5 baths.
Freshly painted.
Expanded rec rm. w/wet bar, newer appl.
in kitch., nutone music in every rm.,
alarm system, built-ins in many BRs, tiltout windows, newer driveway, doggie
run, on a courtyd. Near new “Impacting
Your World” Christian Ctr.
$289,900. Motivated seller!
Call: 856-667-1615
cell: 856-986-8209
GERMANTOWN 3BR/1BATH HOUSE
Modern kitchen, rear yard,
full concrete basement.
Near transportation and shops.
$725/mo + utilities
Call: 215-421-2121
2159273656
Free Estimates
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4943 Wayne Avenue
215-849-7070
www.enterprisepest control.com
O ver 15 Y ears e xperience
D epenDable & r eliable
F ree e stimates
n O J Ob t OO s mall
GARAGE SALES/FLEA MARKET
HOUSE & GARAGE SALERS
Anyone planning house
or garage sales…
Advertise with us —
we reach over 32,000 homes!
We deliver our papers,
they do not sit in boxes
$15 for one paper; $20 for two
Call Sunny: 215-438-4000 or E-mail:
[email protected]
REAL ESTATE
MOUNT AIRY
BRAND NEW GARAGE
For rent or storage – 1 car size
Call:
267-226-0918
Germantown Newspapers
5275 Germantown Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19144
215.438.4000 • fax: 215.754.4245 • [email protected]
Classified Advertising Policy
Germantown Newspapers Inc. accepts classified advertising for listings including, but not limited to, Items or
Cars for Sale, Real Estate for Sale or Rent, Help Wanted, Services Offered and other categories. Germantown
Newspapers Inc. reserves the right to reject or revise the classification of any advertisement. It assumes no financial repsonsibility for typographical errors other than to publish a correction. Germantown Newspapers prints the
Germantown Chronicle and the Mt. Airy Independent.
COZY 2BR, 1ST FLR. DUPLEX
Private Entrance; owner occupied
Ideal for one or two—Blue Bell Hill area
Everything new throughout!!
$940/mo. + utilities (energy efficient)
Dir: Between Wissahickon & Walnut
Lane.
Call: 215-843-1025
[email protected]
BRIGHT, SUNNY, 2ND FLOOR
TRIPLEX
1BR, Porch, Yard, Off-street parking.
Large modern eat-in Kitchen
with 10 ft. counter!
Johnson St. overlooking Cliveden
Mansion
$700./mo includes heat
Call : Dr. Robinson 215-844-4953
GERMANTOWN VICTORIAN DUPLEX
In excellent quiet neighborhood
Large 2BR Apt. w/hw floors, use of yard,
off street parking, near all public transportation.
$675/mo + utilities
Call: 215-843-9883 or
917-312-2916 (cell)
LIVE IN HISTORIC VICTORIAN
CASTLE
Spacious 4rm apt., FP, HW flrs, huge
porch,1 blk to R8, Cen. AC, OSPreserved, laundry, $1150/mo
ref. req.; pets w/ref. Avail. June
Nr. Lincoln Dr. & Wayne Ave.
Call 215-469-0470
HELP WANTED
BSW/OR RELATED DEGREE
to provide Social Services
for homebound
older adults in NW Philadelphia.
Great working environment!
Full time, car necessary.
Send resume to
[email protected]
or fax to: 215-849-3195 EOE
SERVICES
LEARN FRENCH!
w/opportunity to travel to Paris,
France with teacher.
Monday — Thursday
9am to Noon
Contact: Marguitte 215-886-1215
(Lv. message if I don’t answer)
SUMMER SCHOOL, 2009
Individual Instruction
All subjects — All ages
Reasonable Rates
CALL: 267-303-6000
PRE-TEEN CULTURAL WORKSHOP
Summer Camp for Girls—Ages 9-12;
June 29 to Aug. 7
Cultural art/activities, fitness, workshops.
Individualized instruction.
Church of the Atonement, 6100
Greene St.
Call: 267-303-6000 or
215-886-0706
SADIOR, LLC
Residential/Commercial Cleaning
Carpet Cleaning • Window Cleaning
Light Handyman
Move-in, Move-out Cleaning
Reasonable rates,
Honest & Dependable
FREE estimates, Insured.
Call today:
215-247-7300;
[email protected]
PICTURE FRAMING
PREOWNED
OR WE PURCHASE TO SUIT.
Call: 215-849-9192
Avoid Foreclosure!!!
I can help you
keep your house
CALL NOW!!
L. Nash 267-505-9632
VIRUS REMOVAL,
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
for Home or Office!
Printer and Software installs,
training, crashes, laptops
Call: 215-284-6038 or
[email protected]
Your answer for computer services &
training.
PHILLYSECURETEK…
Your friendly neighborhood IT
Professional
Michelle deMansana
Certified Computer & Network Security
Specialist
Phone: 267-269-9936
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.phillysecuretek.com
MOBILE NOTARY SIGNING SERVICE
Licensed, Bonded, Certified
We Travel to banks, title companies,
Senior ctrs., convalescent &
Retirement homes.
Your Business or Residence!
Call: 215-548-5894 or
www.needmobilenotaryservice.com
Call Classifieds • 215-438-4000
Page 16
June 25, 2009
City of Philadelphia Electircal License #000868
AFFORDABLE ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Same Day Repairs • Installations • Service Upgrades
Heating & Air Conditioning Repairs
FLAT RATE Prices Given
Outlets • Switches • Lights
BEFORE Work Begins.
100-200 Amp Scircuit Breakers
NO Hidden Charges
Air Conditioner Outlets
Appliance Lines
Ceiling Fans
Doorbell Repairs
Dryer Lines
Voted
#1 Best
Electrician
NO Per Hour Charges
AAA & AARP
CITy & UNION DISCOUNTS
Real Estate Certification
CHURCH MEMBERS
FULLy INSURED
SENIOR CITIzEN DISCOUNT
Best of the
Northwest
2004 2006, 2007
No Coupon Needed to
Get the Lowest Price!
215-927-1100
Prices Quoted on the Phone
www.affordableelectric.com
We accept all credit & debit cards
Affordable Electric, Inc.

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