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strong prospects for 2012 Olympics. He, along with another local up-and-comer,

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T h e P h i l a d e l p h i a P u b l i c R e c o r d C a l e n d a rAug. 26—

State Sen. Shirley Kitchen and Rep.

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and Argyle from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free

health screenings, breakfast and lunch

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Aug. 26-

Golf Outing fundraiser for Democrat

candidate for 10th Dist. Council can-

didate Bill Rubin at Juniata Golf

Course, 1392 E. Cayuga St., registra-

tion 12:30, shotgun start 1 p.m. $80 in-

cludes green fees, cart, refreshments

and barbecue. For info Tom Dooley

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Aug. 27-

State Rep. Michelle Brownlee hosts

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Strawberry Sq. Mall, 2901 Dauphin

St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free school sup-

plies, health screenings, entertainment.

For info (215) 684-3738.

Aug. 27-

Mantua Community Improvement Ctr.

hosts Family Day Festival at 34th &

Mantua Ave., 12-7 p.m. Loaded with

family activities. Event is supported

by Councilwoman Jannie L. Black-

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Pa. Misses Key Federal Sex

Offender Deadline

Pennsylvania missed a federal deadline for revamping

its sex-offender registration laws and risks becoming a

“safe haven”.

The Adam Walsh Act, enacted in 2006, mandated a

more-comprehensive, nationwide system to track sex

offenders. It gave states five years to adjust their laws

to conform with new guidelines. Fourteen states made

the July deadline.

Soon after Gov. Tom Corbett took office in January, he

directed his staff to work on the changes needed to

bring State law in line with the Adam Walsh Act, said

spokesman Kevin Harley. “It’s the Corbett administra-

tion’s intention to bring Pennsylvania into compliance,”

he said.

Lawmakers Set To

Redraw State’s Political Map

For political junkies, the once-a-decade redrawing of

Pennsylvania’s legislative District lines is a board-game

geek’s paradise: It’s “Risk”, “Stratego” and “Battle-

ship” all rolled into one, with the balance of power for

the next 10 years as the prize. And as the five-member

Legislative Reapportionment Commission starts its 90-

day sprint to come up with a preliminary map by this

fall, there’s no shortage of pieces to move around the

board.

This much is known: In general, western Pennsylvania

has lost population. Eastern Pennsylvania has gained.

And lawmakers have to create Districts with “ideal”

populations of 62,573 constituents for each House seat,

up from 60,498 a decade ago, and 254,048 constituents

for each Senate seat, up from 245,621 a decade ago.

Mayor, Citizens Bank

To Pack 15,000 School Bags

Hundreds of volunteers from Citizens Bank, Cradles to

Crayons and other local organizations will converge on

the Philadelphia Zoo on Thursday, Aug. 25, for the

largest-ever backpack-a-thon in Philadelphia. Approx-

imately 15,000 new backpacks will be stuffed with

school supplies and prepared for delivery to school stu-

dents across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

As part of its Gear for Grades initiative, the Citizens

Bank Foundation donated $35,000 to Cradles to

Crayons in July to help the nonprofit organization ex-

pand its services and reach its goal of 15,000 back-

packs. In addition, Citizens Bank collected school

supplies in all of its bank branches across Pennsylvania,

New Jersey and Delaware. Those supplies were do-

nated to Cradles to Crayons for the backpack-a-thon.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and executives

and volunteers from Citizens Bank and other local or-

ganizations will sort school supplies and stuff back-

packs during the daylong event.

Cradles to Crayons and Citizens Bank will donate the

backpacks to more than 200 agencies that serve chil-

dren and families in need across the tri-state region.

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STATE REP. Kenyatta Johnson honors Universal Cos. and Universal Family of Schools with State Citation

at 2nd annual Universal Community Day Festival at Stinger Square, 32nd & Reed Streets. At citation pres-

entation were Johnson; Rahiem Islam, CEO Universal Cos., Mayor Michael Nutter; and Glenn Ellis. Photo

by Martin Regusters, Leaping Lion Photography

Mayor Congratulates

Amateur Boxers Jesse Hart

And Damon Allen

Mayor Michael A. Nutter welcomed amateur boxers

Jesse Hart and Damon Allen, Jr. to City Hall Friday to

congratulate them on their participation in the US

Olympic Team Trials for Men’s Boxing in Mobile, Ala.

earlier this month. Both Hart and Allen are due to com-

pete in the 2011 World Championships in Baku, Azer-

baijan which runs from Sep. 22 until Oct. 10, with the

hope of continuing on to the 2012 Summer Olympics

in London.

Hart is a Middleweight Silver Medalist. Allen, a light-

weight, comes from a distinguished West Philadelphia

boxing family.

“It’s a pleasure to have you, your families and your

coaches here today,” said the Mayor. “As a City, it is

important that we take the time to recognize young

people who are doing positive, extraordinary things. I

am extremely proud that you are Philadelphians and

that you are inspiring your communities with your ac-

complishments. I know that your parents are proud of

you too. Congratulations and good luck at the World

Championships this fall.”

“I want to thank Mayor Nutter for inviting me here

today, and especially for keeping the City’s recreation

centers open, even in these difficult times,” said Hart.

“The recreation centers are important, especially to the

young people in boxing programs. Because I was able

to practice in the facilities the City provides, the pro-

gram made me who I am today. I am going to have the

chance to go to the Olympics because of my neighbor-

hood recreation center.”

Honoring Universal Family

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City Business Group Beats

LCB In Court

A Pennsylvania appellate court judge has recently ruled

in favor of a local Philadelphia business association

that sued the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and

City of Philadelphia to stop the enforcement of a con-

troversial four-year old State law aimed at preventing

the sale of take-out beer in Philadelphia.

The lawsuit, filed by the Asian American Business As-

sociation of Philadelphia, challenged the legality of the

State’s takeout beer law, known as Act 155 of 2006.

Following a final hearing on Jun. 22 in Harrisburg,

Senior Judge James R. Kelley of the Commonwealth

Court of Pennsylvania recently issued a ruling that

agreed with AALBA’s argument that Act 155 – which

was enforced only against Philadelphia retail liquor-li-

cense owners – violated the owners’ constitutional right

to due process.

Beginning in 2007, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control

Board enforced Act 155 by requiring Philadelphia busi-

ness owners – all of whom already owned and operated

retail liquor licenses for many years at the same loca-

tion – to apply for an additional takeout beer permit

every year if the owner wished to continue selling any

takeout beer at his business. The application also re-

quired the business owner to pay an additional filing

fee of $600 per year, half of which was paid to the City

of Philadelphia, and to secure an approval letter from

an administrative agency that was operated under the

City’s Dept. of Licenses & Inspections. In many previ-

ous instances, the City denied a business owner’s take-

out beer application while the PLCB approved the

renewal of the same owner’s liquor license.

In late 2007, AALBA filed a constitutional challenge

in the Commonwealth Court to discontinue the enforce-

ment of Act 155. In December of the same year, the

Court granted a temporary injunction in favor of

AALBA that temporarily discontinued the enforcement

of Act 155. The Court’s most recent ruling against Act

155 provides more permanent relief for AALBA and

all other Philadelphia business owners who wish to

continue selling takeout beer as authorized by their

state liquor licenses.

The Commonwealth Court also rejected the legality of

the City of Philadelphia’s controversial takeout beer or-

dinance by essentially ruling that the City gave itself

power over the retail sale of takeout beer that was far in

excess of the authority of the State’s Liquor Code.

AALBA, through its board of directors and Chairman,

Adam Xu, was represented by attorneys Stephen R.

Murphy, Esq. of the Law Offices of Stephen R. Mur-

phy, Esq., PC and Paul George, Esq., of McKinney &

George, PC.