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THE SPIRIT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 PAGE 1

Inside Today’s

SPIRITTHE LOCAL LENS

with Thom Nickels

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Ms. Know-It-Alls Quizzo Challenge

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CLEAN PLATE:Kenzo Breadpage 10

PTSSD Offers Clarification onFACT Meeting

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SPICE HOUSESOUND

Making Music page 4

September 24, 2014 • Vol. 11 No. 37

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LEITHGOW FESTIVALSet to Rock the River Wards This Weekend

Friends of Cione to Host Family Festival

by Ryan Shellenberger

see LEITHGOW on page 4

see CIONE on page 12

Derek Dorsey, promoter and organizer of Leithgow Festival, stands at the corner of Girard and Leithgow where the three-day music festival will be held. /Photo: Ryan Shellenberger

Starting this Friday night and lasting until Sunday evening, The Fire (412 W. Girard Avenue) will be holding its 3rd annual Leithgow Festival. The festival will span three days and nights and features more than 25 different musical acts performing an eclectic array of music ranging from punk to funk to hip hop and reggae. Sponsored by a number of local businesses includ-ing The Spirit Newspa-

per, Philadelphia Brewing Company, Trios Trattoria and Las Cazuelas, this will be the first year that Leithgow Festival will be held in September. For the past two years the event had been held in October but according to promoter and organizer Derek Dors-ey issues with the weather created a less than ideal situation for the outdoor portion of the festival. This prompted organizers with the idea to push the festival up a few weeks. Performances on Friday

and Saturday nights will be indoors and age restricted to those over 21. Admission Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday is open to all ages. “We want Saturday after-noon to be family friendly,” said Dorsey with regards to the free outdoor all-ages portion of the festival. “I’ve never seen so many strollers outside The Fire,” Dorsey said after noting the success of previous Leithgow Festivals and the venue’s spring Sundrop Festival held over Memo-rial Day weekend. “A lot of young parents are able to bring their kids to see bands they like that would normally play an age re-stricted event.” Along with the music, Saturday afternoon’s fes-tivities will feature tables and vendors from around the area selling arts, crafts and goods, as well as family activities such as pumpkin carving. The festival starts Fri-day night at 9PM with three acts: Leana Song, Sugar Tongue Slim and Kid Haney. Kid Haney, whose real name is Chris McKenna, will be making his Philadelphia premiere. McKenna is a singer-song-writer act who finds his namesake in his great-great-grandfather, George “Kid Haney” Hesser. Hes-ser was born September 26, 1888, 126 years to the day before McKenna’s first show. As if that were not co-incidence enough, Hesser lived and grew up at 1017 Leithgow Street. Hesser was an acclaimed boxer at the Cambria Gym in Kensington and like many

of his time was born to im-migrants. Now, McKenna will perform one block and 126 years away from the very place the actual Kid Haney grew up. “Somehow, from a bunch of poor Irish, Italian, and German immigrants who came here over 150 years ago, I exist, and I’ve had a pretty great life so far. I feel lucky, and I’m indebted to the hard work of my ances-tors who lived in the River Wards,” said McKenna. McKenna is from Nar-berth and spent time in Philadelphia working as a math teacher. Since then he has bounced around the northeast corner of the country, splitting time between Maine, Brooklyn

and Pennsylvania. He is currently working on re-leasing a collection of 88 songs that he wrote earlier this year over the course of 88 days. Headlining Saturday af-ternoon is I Yahn I Arkes-tra, a group that has been based out of Fishtown for close to 20 years. Taking cues from renowned jazz bandleader Sun Ra, the group has taken to calling themselves not a band, but an “arkestra,” an inten-tional change to the spell-ing of “orchestra.” The arkestra moved to Fishtown from Old City in 1996 and made their debut performance at the Betsy Ross house as a part of the first ever Fringe Fest. IYIA

plays a mixture of reggae and dub and is as they call it, “music with a message.” Six members make up the group and they have just released a new album, From Shakamaxon. Derek Shawn (known as Ras Jah D), the band’s leader, says the album was recorded “in homage to the original na-tive American village and place of tribal council that resided along these banks and to the area that fuels our creativity.” Along with IYIA, Sat-urday afternoon will see eight other performances including Fishtown Beats, whose real name is Colin Dooley. Dooley has been in

Friday, Saturday, Sunday - September 26, 27, 28

by Max Pulcini

Persistence is a qual-ity some organizations lack. They strike up a seemingly great idea for a seemingly great cause, rally together and dream up big plans. But when push comes to shove, many of these groups and the causes they champion flame out thanks to a lack of ambi-tion, overextension and disinterest over time. How quick do people forget that some times it’s slow and steady ac-tion that wins the race? The Friends of Cione, on the other hand, are a neighborhood organi-zation that doesn’t lack persistence. Instead they embody that ideal—an ideal that they hope will

ultimately take the play-ground they represent and love a long way from where it is right now. “We’re looking forward to fostering community and having people com-ing to together at Cione,” Brian White, President of the Friends of Cione, said. “We want people to get back into the swing of things here and care about our playground.” The Friends of Cione is a community organization whose purpose is improve Cione Playground (Ara-mingo Ave. and Lehigh Ave.) and reestablish the large recreational space as a centralized commu-nity hub—a place where children can play, par-ents can congregate and neighbors can recreate. Already, The Friends of

Cione have made strides toward reaching that goal. Thanks to contri-butions from Olde Rich-mond Civic Association (ORCA) and Council-man Mark Squilla, Cione Playground has a brand new fence surrounding it. Friends of Cione also recently partnered with Joe Kotwicki and Lenny Lineman for a hugely successful hockey tour-nament at Cione’s rink that raised $3,000 while drumming up awareness that big things are in the works at the playground. Next on the docket is a community fundraiser event on Sat., September 27 from 11AM to 5PM that will feature Cow Chip Bingo and a grand

THE SPIRIT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

THE LOCAL LENSwith Thom NickelsThom Nickels

is a Philadelphia-

based author/

journalist/poet,

film critic and feature writer

for the Spirit

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by Thom Nickels

I’ve come to believe that only losers travel in large packs when they go bar hopping in the city. Those who need a lot of people around them whenever they go out on the town strike me as people who are stuck in a high school frame of mind. They are much like wolves, who also travel in packs. Then, of course, this infamous pack mentality is often described as crass and animal like. Bar hopping packs are plentiful in Cen-ter City, especially on (formerly sedate) San-som Street, which has become the city’s west end version of South Street. Sansom Street on a weekend night is more crammed than the Wildwood boardwalk, with most people travel-ing in groups upwards of 12. Most of these alcohol-fueled packs are not dangerous. There’s

nothing especially wrong with a bunch of people in a happy-clappy drunk mode as long as things don’t turn violent. Center City is a melt-ing pot of many dif-ferent groups: College students; young profes-sionals; elderly theater goers; geeks on bicycles; homeless people holding cardboard signs; raging maniacs in white robes (and crowns) preach-ing death to all light skinned people; the “happy hour” corporate executive with alcohol stains on his dress shirt; the lonely suburbanite looking for the address of a restaurant or bar; con artists; couples in love; lipstick and butch lesbians; gay couples; transgenders ; pros-titutes; an occasional Mennonite or Amish family, and women in burkas. This list only scratches the surface, but the message should be clear: If you can-not take Center City’s diversity—from women

in burkas to transgender women in stilettos-- then you had better not come into Center City at all. By all means, stay home with your microwave popcorn and be com-fortable. But if you do happen to venture into Center City, please keep your ‘editorial’ disapproval of certain people in check: Don’t sneer at women in burkas; don’t make rude comments to elder-ly, barely-able-to-walk white haired couples coming out of the opera;

don’t eyeball hipsters; don’t shout “Get a job” at panhandlers sitting on the sidewalk. Think what you want to about these people and bitch in the car or bus on the way home—“Why isn’t the world the way I want it to be? Why isn’t every-one like ME!”—but you have no right to get in anyone’s face about who or what they are. No right at all. I’m thinking of that male and female twenty-something pack out on the town who attacked

a gay male couple last week. This isn’t some-thing you expect to see in Philadelphia— this is a city of tolerance founded by William Penn. And yet it did happen. It was doubly shocking to read that many of the attackers were Archbishop Wood grads, ideally people who should know better. Think about it: what about the catechism les-sons these Wood grads must have heard about loving your neighbor as yourself ? What about the morality of physi-cally attacking someone to such a degree that there’s a risk of breaking the Commandment—Thou Shalt Not Kill? The most important lesson any religion class should teach is the value and worth of every hu-man person, whatever their status, orientation, unpopularity, or per-ceived “sinfulness.” It’s hard to get into a bashers mind. Maybe this pack was looking for an excuse to beat up any-body. Perhaps if anyone else had crossed their path, the results would have been the same. Anti-gay prejudice used to be called the last ac-ceptable prejudice, but that has changed. De-spite societal advances, some still believe that being gay is a major sin. Although one can believe this and still be respectful of homosexu-als as people, the con-cept can become twisted in the minds of rabble rousers. The quaint say-ing, “Hate the sin but love the sinner” may sound good on paper but the concept never quite works in reality. In real life, the “hate” part always filters down, like leaky battery acid, into the so called sinner him-self. The sinner becomes the sin, despite the bad theology that tries to do otherwise. What some self righ-teous bashers don’t re-alize is this: If you are going to hate the sin so much that there’s an overflow into the “sin-ner,” then you had better be prepared to be tested under scripture’s repeat-ed warnings against spir-itual pride, considered the worst sin of all. As soon as anyone basks in feelings of spiritual su-periority over others, he or she is doomed. Saint

Maximos the Confessor once wrote that the spiri-tually advanced who, on becoming puffed up with pride in their spiri-tual progress, are then “rightly handed over to hardship and suffering for the express purpose of humility.” Years ago, at age 23, I went out in West Ches-ter, sat at a bar and or-dered a beer. I’d driven over from my parents’ house in Frazer, where I was visiting temporarily. As I sat at the bar, a guy sat next to me and start-ed up a conversation. He asked what I did for a living. At the time I was writing for The Drummer, a Philadelphia under-ground newspaper. The guy mentioned that he had seen the latest issue of the paper that carried a feature about Center City’s underground gay nightlife. “You’re part of that scene, aren’t you?” he asked, a touch of hostil-ity in his voice. “If I said I was, would that matter?” I replied. “The Drummer is an un-derground paper. The editorial policy is to cover every scene in the city.” “I saw the way you were looking at me.” “Actually, dude, I was looking at that mounted stuffed moose head over your right shoulder.” When I went to leave the bar, I felt something queasy in my stomach. My stool mate had gone to the back of the bar where he talked with friends. I paid my bill and left, walking casu-ally to the exit and out onto the sidewalk when I heard the rush of foot-steps behind me, four or five guys in hot pursuit. Luckily, I managed to get to my car in time, but while driving away I saw them cursing and raising their fists through the rear view mirror, their faces crunched up as if they’d been hit by a spray of… battery acid. •

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An article in The Spirit on September 10 described September’s Fishtown Ac-tion (FACT) meeting at Holy Name Church Hall. At that meeting, Kevin Kelly of the Penn Trea-ty Special Services Dis-trict (PTSSD) spoke to FACT members about the PTSSD, it’s voting board and how to apply for PTSSD grants. Rick Angeli and Rich Levins, who are both on the PTSSD Board, reached out to the Spirit to clear up some misstatements made by both Kelly and FACT in order to dispel some confusion and concern that may have surfaced. Levins was the volunteer President of New Kensing-ton CDC (NKCDC) at the time NKCDC and FACT negotiated the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Sugarhouse Casino.With Regards to the Appointment of New Members to PTSSD Inaugural Board There was a concern expressed by FACT that certain bylaws in the CBA had been changed in order to appoint new members to the PTSSD Board: “There was no change to the bylaw on the is-sue [of appointing voting board members],” Levins said. “There were seven inaugural board members appointed, five by FACT and two by NKCDC. The bylaws that FACT and NKCDC drafted state that

The Penn Treaty Special Services District Offers Clarification on

Recent FACT Meetingin the event of a vacancy of the voting board of directors, ‘The Board shall promptly appoint a quali-fied candidate for a voting director according to the qualifications set forth in section 5.4c, who upon appointment shall serve the remaining term of the vacating voting director. The majority of the voting board of directors shall make the appointment. The candidate eligible to replace must live in the same neighborhood.’” Section 5.4c of the CBA simply states that an ap-pointed board member must be a US citizen and live in the community he/she represents for at least five years. Angeli and Levins want to clear up any suggestion by FACT that the appointment of Angeli and South Kens-ington board member Marilyn Cruz happened behind closed doors. Both vacancies were published online and in the local newspapers for at least three consecutive weeks and residents of South Kensington and Northern Liberties were encouraged to send in their resumes to the PTSSD. “Here’s a situation where Joe Rafter resigns and John Moore resign from the PTSSD Board…” Levins explained. “As a board and under the bylaws origi-nally drafted by FACT and NKCDC we could have just unilaterally ap-

pointed [anybody from those respective neighbor-hoods] but we didn’t do that. Instead, we decided to publish the vacancy [in newsprint] for three consecutive weeks to give everyone in those neigh-borhoods the opportunity to be considered for the vacant positions. In re-sponse to our advertise-ments, we received about seven or eight resumes from Northern Liberties and Rick [Angeli] was one of them. I had never met Rick before in my life, and the board didn’t know Rick. However his past services in Northern Liberties demonstrated an extensive record of volun-teerism in many different organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association.” Angeli would also like to clear up a quote from the FACT meeting that said that he was unhappy with his appointment as Board Chairman. He also wants members of the commu-nity to know that his title as Chairman doesn’t grant him additional power over the board and the votes. “I’m one of seven board members, equal votes all around,” Angeli said. “Each board member is active in their own com-munity as they should be. Everyone represents their community and should be accessible, but as Chair-man it’s not my job re-sponsibility to go to every community meeting in the various neighborhoods. It’s my job to organize our meetings, not to attend every other community meeting.” “I’m proud and very happy to remain chair-man as long as the board wants me there,” he added. “This whole idea that I don’t want to be the chair-man is totally untrue and contrary to my past record of volunteer service in my community.” Angeli also says that he has met with FACT before, contrary to a quote made by FACT member Maggie O’Brien at the meeting. “That is totally untrue,” Angeli said. “I actually did meet with [FACT’s] Board, it was one of the first things I did as the Chairman. Saying that Maggie wouldn’t know me if I was walking by her on the street is totally false.”With Regards to Who Can Apply for PTSSD Grants Another focus of the FACT meeting was clear-

see PTSSD on page 11


Leithgowcontinued from page 1

Fishtown for several years making hip-hop beats and working with rappers to produce music. “I’ve lived in Fishtown for a couple of years and have really enjoyed it, as well as the River Ward community in general,” said Dooley. Saturday evening’s per-

formance will be the pre-mier of the Songwriter Series at The Fire, with performances on every Saturday night through October that will showcase several local artists. The premier event features Kim Edwards, Anjuli Josephine and Angel Snow perform-ing on the indoor stage. The Songwriter Series begins at 7PM and will be followed by an evening of hip-hop beginning at 9PM.

This segment of the event is 21+ and comes with a $10 admission fee. Four groups will perform includ-ing Reef The Lost Cauze, Mic Stewart, Blacastan and Kuf Knotz. Sunday has two perfor-mances, the first being three indie/punk rock acts, Bad Heat, Picture Perfect and Nobody Yet. This show will begin at 4PM and cost for admission is $10. It will be followed at

8PM by the final perfor-mance of the festival in five acts, Bok Nero & Bounce-boyz, Matt Ford, Robbie Casablanca and Calogero GNVRLY. The admission price for this show is $8. Leithgow Festival is the third and final music fes-tival of the year put on by The Fire. The neigh-borhood cornerstone also organizes the Northern Liberties Winter Music Festival, held every Febru-

ary and just celebrated its tenth anniversary this year, as well as the Sundrop Festival, which is held on Memorial Day weekend. The focus of these fes-tivals is to help promote music and creative arts in Fishtown/Northern Liber-ties/Kensington while also supporting local businesses and artists. Dorsey has a very sim-ple, but profound, vision for Leithgow Festival, “I

wanted to embrace cre-ativity and grow it within the community,” Dorsey said.• The first performance of Leithgow Festival will begin at 9PM on Fri., September 26 at The Fire. It will continue outdoors on Sat., September 27 at 2PM, before moving inside at 7PM. The festival will con-clude Sun., September 28 with two indoor shows starting at 4PM and 8PM respectively.•

Leana Song helps kick off Leithgow Festival at The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) 9PM on Friday night.

Yahn I Arkestra will be performing their unique brand of “music with a message” on Saturday afternoon. Saturday’s outdoor concert event kicks off at 2PM and admission is free. /Photos courtesy of The Fire

see SPICE HOUSE on page 8

Spice House Sound: Ready To Make Music in Fishtownby Matthew Albasi

Santilli in the control room with a view of the adjacent live room. /Photo: Matthew Albasi

Nestled right in the heart of Fishtown is a nondescript door. Behind it are many things—cir-cuits, wires and micro-phones of all shapes and sizes. But most impor-tantly there is potential behind that door. Years ago, when he was around twelve years old Alex Santilli heard Re-volver by The Beatles. It’s the first time he remem-bers ever hearing music. Coming from what San-tilli describes as a “music-free household” the sonic landscape created by The Fab Four offered a stark contrast. “It’s not something I could have ever fath-omed existed,” Santilli said of the experience. “It’s like seeing a sky-scraper for the first time when you’ve seen only houses. It’s just so mind blowing.” The reason music be-came important to San-tilli is simple, he says “it communicates a human experience in a way that only that kind of media can.” A few years after hear-ing Revolver, Santilli be-gan a decade long quest to create the perfect lis-tening experience. He found that better speak-ers allowed him to be more immersed in the music, so Santilli began building his own and pushing their sonic ca-

pabilities as far as he could. Eventually he hit a wall. Once I got to a certain level I realized that records just stop sounding bet-ter the more I upgrade,” Santilli said. “The more I’d build new things; the more I’d come up with new ideas. And I was like, ‘I should probably start making records. I think I know how to do that better [too].’” These experiences led him to his seat in a chair behind this unremarkable door. The chair is sat in

front of a console that Santilli found, face down, unloved in the first record-ing studio he worked at. He was tasked with fixing it. “Of course I had no idea how to do it but I was like ‘I’ll do it,’” Santilli said. “I worked hard on it and I read everything I could and it took a while before I got it up and running. Then I spent years rebuild-ing it and modifying it and making it even better than it was.” Just as Santilli saw the potential in that console he

sees the same thing here in Philadelphia, particularly in Fishtown. “This is a fantastic place for artists to live. I tell peo-ple that Philadelphia, and Fishtown especially, are the best places for them to live,” Santilli said. “That’s why I say it’s a cultural rev-olution going on. There is absolutely amazing artistic stuff coming out of Philly. That’s so awesome and exciting. I can’t wait for the next couple of years. It’s just going to be growing and growing and growing.”

Potential can be a dirty word in a neighborhood like ours. It’s filled with connotations and implica-tions. It brings to mind tearing down to build anew. It draws thought to displacing what is current so that it can be done bet-ter. It doesn’t have to mean an improvement on what is already there, it can be an awakening of the talent, skills and potential of all of the people already there. Look at the way Santilli thinks of the equipment he restores.

“The way I like to look at it is if they had infinite time to design any piece of equipment it would be the most incredible thing ever. But they’re limited by time and budget,” Santilli said. “So I like to imagine that I take the [original engineer’s] idea of what it should have been and try to bring the piece of equipment to that.” He is not just replacing parts indiscriminately. He re-approaches the object with more tools and less constraints than the original creator. That allows him, not to find the potential in an unsatisfac-tory piece of equipment, but to elevate it to the place it should have been in the first place. That is the true power of potential— not a blatant destruction of the past but, instead, a reimagin-ing of what was into what should have been. This chair in front the console behind the non-descript door lies at the heart of a state of the art recording studio, Spice House Sound. For merly an empty garage space, the space has been transformed. With the help of world-renowned architect John Storyk, Santilli created a space that is at once intentionally perfect and imperfect. The equip-ment, most of which San-


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MEETINGSPort Richmond CommunityGroup MeetingPort Richmond Commu-nity Group will meet on Thurs., Sept. 25 at 7PM at Our Lady Help of Chris-tians Church Hall in base-ment on Allegheny Ave. at Gaul St. Guests: Rep. John Taylor will be there to provide Neighborhood Updates. PhillyRising pro-gram - for those who live on the following blocks we will implement that pro-gram on Sat., Oct. 18 with a clean up kicking off at 9AM. 3000 to 3100 Janney, Weikel, Tulip, Memphis, Aramingo and 2300 East Allegheny to Ann. If you have quality of life issues, license & inspection is-sues or police issues please come with specific address-es and written problem so we may provide this to the PhillyRise coordinator Jay Marquez. It can be given anonymously. If you wish to be the contact person for your street - please attend this meeting. Supplies from the city will be provided the morning of the clean up to the contact person for that street. Bring any other quality of life issues you may be having so we can help to get them addressed. Please provide exact ad-dress for submission to appropriate agency. Email: [email protected].

PROPAC and Port Richmond Town Watch InfoThe next meeting for PRO-PAC and Port Richmond Town Watch will be held on Wed., Oct. 1, 7PM, at Columbia Social Club located at 3529 Almond St. (between Venango and Tioga). A PSA 3 crime update will be presented by the Police Department, along with a Neighbor-hood Update and Zoning issues. For further updates regarding this meeting please check our PROPAC facebook page.

Port Richmond Community Group MeetingCommunity meeting at Our Lady Help of Chris-tians Church. Rep. John Taylor will be there to provide Neighborhood Updates. In addition, the PHILLYRISE Program will be implemented on Sat., Oct. 25 with a clean up kickoff at 9AM on the following blocks - 3000 - 3100 Janney, Weikel, Tu-lip, Memphis, Aramingo & 2300 E Allegheny to Ann. For Quality of Life, License & Inspection is-sues or police issues please write specific addresses/problems to submit for resolution.

Al-Anon Meetings at Holy Name Church HallAl-Anon Meetings are held every Monday night from 7 to 8PM at Holy Name Church Hall, Berks and Gaul Sts. Members share their personal experi-ences and stories. Personal contact is an important element in the healing pro-cess. The meetings provide strength and hope for fami-lies and friends of addicts. If you are worried about a loved one with any type of addiction, this meeting will help you. Everyone is wel-come to attend. Anything that is shared at meetings stays there. Al-Anon Meet-ings are free, anonymous and confidential.

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Cione Playground ActivitiesCione Playground (Ara-mingo and Lehigh Av-enues) is now taking registrations for the fol-lowing Fall/Winter activi-ties: Tumbling, Gymnas-tics, Peewee Soccer, Arts and Crafts, Chess Club, Tot Rec and Bike Polo. For more info call 215-685-9880.

PRO-ACT Family Addiction Education Program Serves PhiladelphiaEach month PRO-ACT (Pennsylvania Recovery Organization–Achieving Community Together) hosts a Family Addiction Education Program to help individuals and fam-ily recognize and address an addiction problem in a spouse, parent, child or other loved one. Facilitated by trained volunteers who have been in the same situ-ation, these information and support programs run one evening a week for three consecutive weeks at three locations in Philadel-phia. Sessions are held on the first three Thurs-days from 6:30PM to 8:30PM at the PRO-ACT office in Northern Liberties (444 N. 3rd St #307). Ses-sions are free and confiden-tial—first names only. Pre-registration is required. To register, call 800-221-6333, weekdays 9AM through 5PM or visit http://coun-cilsepa.org/programs/pro-act/family-education-program/.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ing dramatically. Santilli knew from the start that he would need a way to make one room sound like everything from a large hall to a small, intimate room. To accomplish this Santilli and the designers at Wal-ters-Storyk Design Group outfitted Spice House with a lot of tools. Most of the walls open like cabinets and can be set up to either reflect or dampen sound. There is a one of a kind ceiling cloud above the space to shrink the sound even more when it is in place or allow the reso-nance of the full 16,000 cubic feet when it is not in use. There are other recording studios in Philadelphia. I’m not sure if they are as good or better than Spice

aspirations of something larger are very possible. John Storyk, one of the people responsible for the design of the studio, brings with him a special pedigree. Storyk was responsible for the design of Electric Lady Studios, a Greenwich Village recording studio started by Jimi Hendrix. While Hendrix himself only recorded there briefly before his death the space was later used by musicians like Bob Dylan, The Clash and even Philadelphia’s own Hall & Oates. By no means is pedigree alone enough to create something great. All the lineage and education in the world can still falter. But now Fishtown and Philadelphia has no excuse. Behind that nondescript

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House. That’s not for me to say. But Santilli’s vision and the location of the studio may be what gives them a leg up. “[There] wasn’t a place where everyone in Philly could go and make a world class, amazing recording where the sky is the limit. And that’s what I wanted to give everybody,” San-tilli said. “If I built this anywhere else I feel like it wouldn’t be as appreciated. Here, It’s like accessible to just about anybody” “Especially in this first year or two I really want all of my favorite people to come in here so we can be like, ‘this is amazing. Here it is, World.’ I want this to become a conduit to something larger.” It is possible that Santilli’s

door a stone’s throw away from Saint Laurentius Church lies our potential. Santilli and Spice House

Sound provide the tools for the musicians of our city to create something amazing. We have no excuses. •

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CLEAN PLATE: Kenzo Bread

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1. What federal holi-day is on November 11th every year?

A. Election Day B. Columbus DayC. Presidents Day D. Veterans Day

2.According to the nursery rhyme, what is Wednesday’s child full of?

A. Dreams B. WoeC. Laughter D. Cinnamon and Spice

3. True or False? The band U2, whose list of hit songs includes “Beautiful Day”, re-cently released a new album that was sent for free to every iPhone and iPad whether the device owner wanted it or not.

A. True B. False

4. In the classic bed-time children’s book “Goodnight Moon”, the main character who is saying good-night to everything is a what?

A. Mouse B. BunnyC. Puppy D. Kitten 5. Who co-wrote and directed the f i lm “Staying Alive,” the sequel to John Tra-volta’s break-out film “Saturday Night Fe-ver”?

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Each September, Joe and I attend the New-town Beer Festival with my friend Kate, her husband and their family. They live close to the location of the event and graciously host an after-party that’s always more fun for me than the actual beer sampling cel-ebration, complete with plenty of food to absorb a few hours worth of sam-ple-sized brewskis, a great playlist, a bonfire and, of course, more beer. Things have drastically changed for Kate and I: she is expecting her first baby and, as for me, car-ing for a two-month old and all-day beer sampling aren’t a good combina-tion– especially the follow-ing day. This year, Kate served as designated driver and we both hung at her house as the rest of the group celebrated the an-nual “tour de beer.” We didn’t exclude our-selves, however, from the awesome menu typically served at Kate’s house. She and I spent the day eating, chatting and enjoy-ing the beautiful weather on her back porch as Joey was lulled to sleep by the gentle breeze. In the spirit of tradition, I made an easy bread with the help of a bottle of Kenzinger, which was the perfect companion to Kate’s ap-ple laced, fall salad.

Kenzo Bread5 oz. sharp cheddar cheese, half shredded and half cut into cubes3 cups all-purpose flour3 tablespoons sugar3 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon cracked black pepper1-12 oz. bottle of Philadel-phia Brewing Company Kenzinger1 tablespoon unsalted but-ter, melted Preheat oven to 375 de-grees. Grease an 8”x4” loaf pan and set aside. In a large bowl with a standing or hand mixer, mix together cheese, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and pepper. With the mixer running, slowly pour in beer and continue mixing until just moistened and a dough forms. Transfer dough to the loaf pan and brush top with melted but-ter. Bake 50 to 55 minutes

until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes then remove to a wire rack. Slice and serve. This homemade bread is especially easy and ex-ceptionally quick; thanks to the lack of yeast, there’s no fuss with rising or rest-ing times. The base is un-complicated (flour, sugar, and baking powder) and its increments of three make this recipe one you can make from memory. The sharp cheddar works well with the slightly bitter taste from the beer and Kenzinger’s flavor may be even more obvious than that of the cheese. The bread is soft and moist and delicious served with soft butter as an accompani-ment to a main dish. If you like to experiment, switch up the cheese and beer to create your own version.•

6. What is the alterna-tive term for mem-bers of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints?

A. Puritans B. MormonsC. Evangelicals D. Quakers

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A. Jump over other piec-es B. Move in any number of spaces C. Capture the KingD. Free the Queen 8. At just seven years of age at the time, who holds the title as the youngest celebrity to host Saturday Night Live?

A. Jody Foster B. Macaulay Culkin C. Drew BarrymoreD. Fred Savage 9. “Night Moves” was a hit for what 70’s singer/songwriter Bob Seeger and his band. What was the name of his band?

A. The Delaware De-stroyers B. The Silver Bullet Band C. The RippersD. The Heartbreakers 10. The song “Day by Day” is from what musical?

A. Rent B. GodspellC. Hair D. Grease

11. In the classic TV sitcom “One Day at a Time”, an aspiring singer, Alice, takes a job at Mel’s Diner after her car breaks down. She winds up staying and making a life for herself and her son Tommy. In what state did the show take place?

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1 2 . S a n d r a D a y -O’Connor was the first woman to do what?

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ing up who exactly can apply for a PTSSD Grant. There was confusion as to whether only 501c3 non-profit organizations could apply for a grant. Accord-ing to Angeli and Levins, this issue is something that will be addressed at their next PTSSD Board meet-ing.

According to counsel the PTSSD received, “the easiest and cleanest option from an IRS compliance perspective is to say that we only grant money to 501c3’s from an IRS rules and regulatory perspec-tive,” Angeli said. “There’s inherent dan-ger in giving grants to individuals as opposed to established non-profits in the community,” Levins added. “Individuals are not regulated as a non-profit and there is a certain threshold and standard that you have to meet as a non-profit, such as rec-ognition from the IRS. It’s risky if someone comes up to us asking for $2000 for an event or equipment and they are not affiliated with any organizations. To give that person a check is po-tentially problematic and there could be significant tax consequences and pen-alties to both the PTSSD and the individual recipi-ent of the grant.” “We are, as a Board, going to revisit our grant requirements at our next meeting,” Angeli said. “The hope is that we agree to a final resolution, fol-lowed by an attorney final review we’ll have a new launch on our website that we’ll publicize. Levins added, “It is im-portant to note that the vast majority of organiza-tions who have come to the PTSSD have not had any issues or problems submit-ting a grant or sponsorship application. If there are questions about the grant process we are available to immediately respond.” Ultimately, the Angeli and Levins want to reas-sure the community that the PTSSD will continue with its mission to serve the entire community in a completely open and trans-parent manner. Ever since its inception, Levins said, “the PTSSD has been 100 percent transparent and its records are open to anyone who wishes to examine first hand where every nickel has been awarded and spent.” The PTSSD also invites any community member to come out to their public meetings held on the third Wednesday of each month in the confer-ence room of the Sugar-

House Casino offices (1080 North Delaware Avenue, 8th Floor) at 6 PM. “We spread this grant money around to a l l of these different orga-nizations,” Angeli said. “Whether it’s children groups, senior groups, veterans groups, athletic groups, art groups and cultural groups, you will find that we have distrib-uted [the grant money] very broadly and not limit it to special segments of the community. And when you’re doing wonderful things, I feels a bit disheart-ening to be criticized when I know that in my heart my board is doing awesome things for the entire com-munity.” For any questions on the PTSSD please visit the organziations website at http://penntreatyssd.com/•

26th District Crime Report

September 3, 2014- September 16, 2014

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

• Zero (0) homicides, rapes, aggravated as-saults reported during this time.

• One (1) robbery-point of gun during this time: 1100 Leopard (9/8)

• Two (2) robberies oth-er weapon during this time:1800 Front (9/9), 2600 Livingston (9/16)

• One (1) aggravated assault other weapon during this time: 2600 Kensington (9/10)

• Fourteen (14) residen-tial burglaries during this time: 2300 Gaul (9/3), 2500 Sergeant (9/5), 1900 Albert (9/5), 400 E Flora (9/8), 2500 Cumberland (9/9), 2300 Emerald (9/10), 2400 Emerald (9/10), 2600 Salmon (9/10), 2200 Ser-geant (9/10), 2600 Sepviva (9/11), 2400 Kensington (9/12), 1200 Day (9/16), 2200 Blair (9/16), 1200 E Colona (9/16)

• Thirteen (13) theft from autos during this time: 1700 Blair (9/5), 1400 Marl-borough (9/6), 2500 Ara-mingo (9/6), 2400 Amber (9/7), 1300 Front (9/8), 2500 Aramingo (9/8), 2500 Jasper (9/9), 1400 Front (9/10), 1300 Front (9/12), 2100 Hagert (9/15), 2500 Firth (9/15), 2600 Kensing-ton (9/16), 2000 Trenton (9/16)

• Eight (8) stolen vehicles during this time: 1100 Susquehanna (9/6), 2500 Cedar (9/10), 2300 Hazzard (9/10), 1300 Montgomery (9/11), 200 E Lehigh (9/13), 2500 Cedar (9/16), 1000 Montgomery (9/16), 2100 Firth (9/16)

• Five (5) thefts during this time: 2600 Thompson (9/3), 1200 Hope (9/5), 400 E Wildey (9/9), 1100 Frank-ford (9/13), 2300 Emerald (9/16). •


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The Friends of Cione Park, a neighborhood organization whose focus is to restore, improve and preserve their beloved playground, have planned for a fundraiser event on Sat., September 27. The event will feature music, food, games and Cow Chip Bingo with a $10,000 cash prize. /Photo: Max Pulcini

prize of $10,000. The event is being held thanks to the support of 27 spon-sors that includes local businesses and politicians. “Cow Chip Bingo is an idea we got from a few different places that have been running them for years,” White said. “It seems like a great way to get the community together, have fun and raise some money for a good cause, all things the playground is about.” For those unfamiliar with Cow Chip Bingo the rules are simple: “There are 1,600 blocks, one square yard each,” explained Don Gould, president of ORCA, said. “Then the cow comes in, takes his business, and we look out our board that corresponds to the field. We’ll pick the tickets out randomly and place them on our board the night before the event. If your ticket is on that magic block you win $10,000.” A donation of $20 gets you a ticket good for one block and a chance at the cash. In addition to the Cow Chip Bingo, the event will feature live mu-sic, food trucks, a moon bounce for kids, as well as the raffling of a 51-inch television. Additional tickets for kids entertain-ment will be sold for $5, which gets playtime on the moon bounce, a hot

dog and drink, and tickets for games. “It’s an affordable way for parents to bring their families out, bring their beach chairs, listen to music, and eat food as they wait for the cow and enjoy themselves” Sue Gallagher of the Friends of Cione said. Bands set to perform include The Nines, Rock-fish and A1, while food will be provided by trucks like Vittels, Dieters Pizza Truck and Jack & Jill Ice Cream. In addition, the neighborhood’s own Mike Marko will be tak-ing pies to the face for $5 donations— if that’s not reason enough to come to the event then I don’t know what is. Tickets for the fundrais-er and bingo squares can be purchased at the Mem-

phis Market, Eileen’s Hair Salon and Fishtown Auto Tags. You can also contact Friends of Cione directly on Facebook and get your tickets that way. All proceeds generated by the fundraiser will benefit Friends of Cione and ORCA and will go toward future beautifica-tion projects at the play-ground. “The next big project is the sidewalk, which Mar-la Marko, Don Gould, Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation Mike DiBer-nardinis and Councilmen Squilla have met about and should be getting done with shortly,” White said. “Now that the fence is up, we are really look-ing forward to getting the baseball infield done so it will drain properly.

This will help make the football field ready so that St. Anne’s football team can play home games here. We are also push-ing for some state of the art cameras that will help deter crime and vandal-ism, which is obviously important to keep the playground area nice and safe.” Friends of Cione has applied for its 501c3 non-profit status and its members are steadfast in their pursuit for a clean, updated and, most of all, safe place for children in the neighborhood to come and grow, no matter how long it takes. “The playground will m a k e s o m e m o n ey through this fundraiser and we’ll spend it wise-ly,” Gould said. “None of us [Board Members] draw a salary here, ev-erybody donates their time and we’re in it for the same thing—a better playground and a better community overall. It’ll take some time but it’ll be good. We just have to keep the course, be persis-tent and gracefully squeak to where we want to be sooner rather then later.” While it will be a cow milling around the field of Cione Playground on Saturday, the Friends of Cione are taking a page of the tortoise’s playbook as he pursued the hare— slow and steady, always keeping your eye on the prize.•


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Senior Expo 2014

State Rep. John J. Taylor’s Annual Senior Expo will take place on Fri., Oct. 10 from 10AM-12 Noon at Cohox Recreation Center, Cedar and Cambria Sts. This event will provide a “harvest of information” for seniors about government programs, local services and health information. Open to all citizens 55+, their family and caregivers. Free admission. More than 60 exhibitors. Door prizes.•


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and Richmond) at 6PM. No one gets in without a ticket and seating will be limited, so act now! Tickets can be purchased at the clubhouse, Chatham and Ann St., Mon. thru Fri., 6:30-8PM. For more info call Tom Mack at 215-275-8838.

Cione Playground Family FestivalSat., Sept. 27 from 11AM - 5PM. (Raindate: Sun., Sept. 28). Cow Chip Bin-go! Grand prize $10,000. $20 a ticket. See “Friends of Cione Park” Facebook page for rules. Music, games for kiddies, moon bounce. Throw a pie in Mike Marko’s face for only $5. Win a 51 inch TV! Chances are $5 each; 5 for $20. Hungry? We are having Food Trucks!!! All proceeds will benefit “Friends of Cione” and “ORCA”. Win or lose, this day will be “LOADS” of fun for the entire family!

Autism CarnivalAutism Carnival to take place on Sat., Sept. 27 at 2PM at 1127 Highland Ave., Bensalem, PA 19020. Contact Billie Suarez 215-796-5524 or email [email protected]. $5 donation. Games,

face painting, sand art, raffles, 50/50, etc.

MDG Designer Bag BingoDesigner Bag Bingo at Mother of Divine Grace Catholic School, Sat., Sept. 27. 2612 E. Mon-mouth St. Tickets are $30, 10 games, door prizes, 50/50. Call 215-813-0129 for tickets.

Area Clean Up: Front & Girard T he in t e r s e c t i on o f Front & Girard joins Northern Liberties with South Kensington and Fishtown. The intersection also has a major trash problem. Come out on Sat., Sept. 27, from 10AM -12Noon for a cleanup sponsored by the Fishtown Neighbors Association. Cleanup supplies will be provided, all you have to do is show up! Contact [email protected] with any questions.

Fishtown Community DinnerOn Sat., Sept. 27 the First Presbyterian Church in Kensington will be hosting its monthly FREE commu-nity dinner. Dinner will be served from 4 PM - 6 PM. Everyone is welcome. The meal is completely free, no strings attached. This is a time for all the neighbors to join each other at a dinning table and be in fellowship. 418 E. Girard Ave (be-tween Columbia Ave and Palmer St). For more info call 215-739-5695.

Youth Playwriting WorkshopUsing oral histories to in-spire plays, youths ages 10-14 are invited to join for a playwriting workshop on Sat., Sept. 27 from 2-4:30 PM at the Northern Liber-ties Community Center (700 N. 3rd Street). Some exceptions may be made for older/younger youth. $40-$60 sliding scale.

Designer Bag Bingo at MDG ParishMother of Divine Grace Parish will be holding a Designer Bag Bingo on Sat., Sept. 27 at Mother

of Divine Grace Church Hall, 2918 E. Thompson St. Doors open 6PM; Bin-go starts at 7PM. Coach ~ Kate Spade ~ Michael Kors. Tickets: $30. Door Prizes ~ Raffles ~ BYO Snacks & Drinks. Extra boards and bingo mark-ers will be available for sale. To purchase tickets please contact Frank Val-entino at 267-408-4926; Anthony Valentino @ 215-813-0129. Thank you for your support of Mother of Divine Grace Parish.

Open House for Girlchoir NorthIf you like to sing and perform, Sister Cities Girlchoir is the place for you! Open to girls in 1st-8th grades, the Girlchoir rehearses weekly on Satur-day in Northern Liberties and is FREE for partici-pants. Register for a year of musical fun on Sat., Sept. 27 from 10AM-12PM at Walter Palmer Charter School (910 N. 6th St.) - Food - Meet the Teachers - Tours -Games - Music.

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

Event at Fishtown LibraryThe Wagner Free Insti-tute of Science presents “Extinction: Life on Earth and Human Impact” for 6 Tuesdays, Sept. 30 to Nov. 4, 6:30PM to 7:45PM at the Fishtown Community Branch of the Free Library (1217 E. Montgomery Ave.) The course will be presented by Professor Greg Cow-per. No preregistration re-quired. Call 215-685-9990 for more info. Preschool Storytime will be held on Wednesdays at 10:30AM. The Amazing Mr. Q is coming on Sept. 30 at 3:30PM. He will present his very funny Genie in a Bottle program. For more info, call 215-685-9990.

Adaire Playground Visioning SessionThe first of three meetings the Friends of Adaire are hosting to collect commu-nity input about what kind of play area/playground should come to the big concrete lot at Thompson and Palmer. The meeting is on Tues., Sept. 30 from 5:30-7PM. At Alexander Adaire K-8 School (1300 E. Thompson St.). For more information, www.friendsofadaire.org

Nazareth Hospital’s 5th Annual Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Event with the Ladies of Port RichmondNazareth Hospital pres-ents its 5th annual Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Event, funded by a grant from the La-dies of Port Richmond, on Wed., Oct. 1. The event will be held at Rich-mond Hall (2619 E. Indi-ana Ave.) and will include dinner, giveaways, raffle tables, and resources from the American Cancer So-ciety. Event check-in will begin at 4:30 PM. Guests will be seated by 5:15PM. Admission is $10. Space is limited, and registra-tion is required. Call 1-866-NAZARETH (1-866-629-2738) to reserve your seat today.

Counting AnimalsHave you ever wondered how you could advocate against animal cruelty? Or how animal agricul-ture impacts all of our lives? If so, you might have heard of “Counting Ani-mals”, a blog that gathers and presents quantitative information on the ani-mal advocacy movement. Harish Sethu a Professor of computer sciences at Drexel University and founder of the “Counting Animals” blog will take us inside the animal advocacy movement and show us how we are quantifying our impact. On Thurs., Oct. 2, he will be giving a presentation, from 6-7:30 PM at The Rotunda in University City, appro-priately named “Who We Eat”, where he will survey and examine the main fac-tors driving factory farm-ing. If you have seen the posters throughout Phila-delphia, you have seen that it has been described as an animated infographic presentation on animal agriculture. Mr. Sethu’s presentation is sponsored by The Humane League, a non-profit organization headquartered in Philadel-phia that works tirelessly to educate people about

factory farming and it’s impact on our lives (www.humaneleague.com).

EKNA Annual Cookout Join us for the annual East Kensington Neighbors As-sociation (EKNA)cookout on Sat., Oct. 4 (rain date Sun., Oct. 5) from 12PM-4PM at Em-erald Park (Emerald & Dauphin). There will be live music, food, drinks, good times. Bring your own chair. Volunteers are still needed, email [email protected] if you can help with set-up, music, grilling, games, etc.

Palmer Cemetery Clean Up and MoreThere will be a clean up in and around Palmer Cem-etery on Sat., Oct. 4 be-ginning at 9AM. They will concentrate on the pave-ments around the outside of the cemetery and the paths inside. Old decora-tions left on graves are the responsibility of the fam-ily’s of those buried in the cemetery, and should be removed before they de-teriorate. The trustees of the cemetery appreciate all of you that take care of their family’s resting place while helping to care for and maintain our historic cemetery. The cost to maintain the grounds has increased this year, with tree work and the lawn care. Even small donations are appreciated to offset the cost to maintain the cemetery. Donations can be made to: Palmer Cem-etery c/o 1410 E. Palmer Street Phila PA 19125. Visit their website at Pal-mercemeteryfishtown.com for a link to contrib-ute through PAYPAL.

Pulaski Day ParadeOn Sun., Oct. 5, Polish Americans in the Philadel-phia area will participate in the 81st Annual Pulaski Day Parade on the Ben-jamin Franklin Parkway in Center City, sponsored by the Polish American Congress, Eastern PA Dis-trict. During October, Pol-ish Americans celebrate National Polish American Heritage Month and the Pulaski Day Parade is one of the opening events in the Philadelphia area. The parade begins at 12:15PM from 20th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Logan Circle. Everyone is invited to come out and view the Pulaski Day Parade or tune in to live television coverage on Channel 6 WPVI-TV from 12:30PM until 2PM. For additional information call the Polish American Congress office in Philadelphia at 215-922-1700 or visit PulaskiDayPa-rade.com.

St. Michaels Blessing of the Animals St. Michaels Lutheran Church (corner of Trenton Avenue and Cumberland

Street) will be offering a Blessing of the Animals Worship Service on Sun., Oct. 6 at 10AM. This ser-vice is given as a reminder to give thanks for all of God’s creatures. This is a special service (no com-munion or sermon) for blessing the special animals in your lives. Please note your pets should be leashed and/or in a container for the service. For more info contact Pat Walder at 215-425-6190 or St. Michael’s at 215-423-0792.

Portside Arts Center After School Arts ProgramHomework Help, Visual Arts, Theater Arts & Char-acter Education. Oct. 6, 2014 - June 16, 2015. Monday - Fridays 3-6PM. Ages: 5 - 11yrs. Cost: $15 per day. Must register for 1-month. Bus pick up for select schools. About the program: The Portside’s ASAP introduces children to the fundamentals of arts education through theater arts, hands-on visual arts and arts integration pro-gramming, as well as char-acter education. Parents will pick up their children from the Portside Arts Center at 6PM. Portside will provide bus service for...Our Lady of Port Richmond, St. Lauren-tius, Adaire, Hackett and Kearny. Children from other schools are welcome into program but they must provide their own transportation. Check their website…www.portside-artscenter.org for a list of their fall classes. Portside Arts Center, 2531 E. Le-high Ave., 215-427-1514.

Save the Date!State RepJohn Taylor’sSenior Expo 2014State Rep. John J. Taylor’s Annual Senior Expo will take place on Fri., Oct. 10 from 10AM-12 Noon at Cohox Recreation Center, Cedar and Cambria Sts. This event will provide a “harvest of informa-tion” for seniors about government programs, local services and health information. Open to all citizens 55+, their family and caregivers. Free admis-sion. More than 60 exhibi-tors. Door prizes. Hosted by State Rep. John Taylor.

Day at the Races at Elm Tree Post #88E l m Tre e Po s t # 8 8 American Legion will host a “Day at the Races” on Sat. afternoon, Oct. 11 at the Post home, located at 1414 E. Palmer St. Admission price is $8 and includes food and beverages. Horses are now on sale at $5 each with a return of $25 for winners. Seating in limited to 55 persons. Doors open at 3PM. First post is at 4PM.

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Ladies of Port Richmond Breast Cancer Breakfast/BrunchPlease come out and sup-port The Ladies of Port Richmond for their 3rd Annual Breakfast/Brunch in their fight for a cure for Breast Cancer at the SugarHouse Casino on Sun., Oct. 12 from 10 AM-2PM. Cost is $28. Contact Marylou Leuters at 215-427-3222.

Ladies of Port Richmond Breast Cancer 10th YearAnniversary MassThe LOPR will hold a Research, Hope and Cure, 10th Year Anniversary Mass on Sun., Oct. 19 at 10AM at Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Gaul & Allegheny Ave. Coffee and donuts after mass. Everyone is welcome to come and join us. For information call Marylou Leuters – 215-427-3222.

Frank Glavin Playground NewsHAUNTED HOUSE is coming back, due to the great reviews for the Fam-ily Night Out event. Save the Date for Fri. and Sat. evenings, Oct. 24 and 25. Food and snacks will be sold.ZUMBA CLASS-ES - Zumba classes for adults on Tuesdays 7:45-8:45PM. $4 per class. 215-685-9898.For more information, contact the office at 215-685-9898. Located at Almond and West-moreland Sts.

Campbell Square EventsSat., Oct. 25, HAL-LOWEEN, 1:30-3PM - go trick or treating in the park, balloon man, arts and crafts, face paint-ing, scary music! Parents must be accompanied by children; Tues., Nov. 11: VETERANS DAY -salute to our veterans, flag raising by Korean War Veterans PFC Stan-ley A. Gogoj Chapter #38. 11AM – 12PM. Fri., Dec. 12, Christmas Tree Lighting/SANTA! Starts at 6:30PM. Light refresh-ments will be for sale at all events. Rain date policy: While the Friends of Campbell Square will make every effort to re-schedule events cancelled by bad weather, we can-not guarantee that alter-nate dates will be sched-uled. The Friends of Camp-bell Square would like to thank all our local spon-sors, volunteers, Philadel-phia Parks & Rec and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Please call John Rajca at 267-304-2993 or Susan Ongirski at 215-426-3766

on event dates for possible cancellations. Volunteers are needed for gardening and main-tenance on Wednesday nights at 6PM.Campbell Square is located at Belgrade St. & East Allegheny Ave., in the heart of Port Richmond!

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

Halloween HoedownHalloween Hoedown will take place on Sat., Oct 25 from 12 to 2PM at Penn Treaty Park, 1341 N. Dela-ware Ave. Games, Face Painting, Free Pumpkin Patch, Prizes for Best Cos-tumers and more! Spon-sored by Penn Treaty SSD and Johnny’s Hots.

Fishtown Spelling BeeHere’s the buzz on the 13th Annual Fishtown Spelling Bee. It will be held on Thurs., Oct. 30 at 3:30PM at Shissler Rec Center, 1800 Blair St. at Berks St. Grades 2 to 8. Open to all students. Free refreshements. Prizes to all participants. Sponsored by Penn Treaty SSD.

7th Annual Mugė Lithuanian FestivalCelebrate Lithuania’s rich cultural heritage at the 37th Annual Mugė Lithu-anian Festival in Philadel-phia on Sat., November 1 from 12 to 8 PM and Sun., Nov. 2 from 12 to 6 PM. The festival will be at the Lithuanian Music Hall (2715 E. Allegheny Av-enue). Enjoy two incredible days of live music, folk dancing and family fun. Savor the tastes of Lietuva -- delicious balandėliai, kugelis, fried bread and the world’s best potato pancakes. Sip Lithuania’s favorite brews by Švyturys and Kalnapilis. Visit our newly renovated Cultural Center, learn about LT heritage and pin your an-

cestral home on our map. Shop for gorgeous amber jewelry and gifts.

Voice Of The Arts Awards - Dance BenefitJoin the Port Side Art Cen-ter on Fri., Nov. 14 from 8 PM-12AM for our first annual Voice Of The Arts Awards - Dance Benefit. This event will be held at the Skybox a t 2424 Studio’s (2424 E. York S t ree t ) . T icke t s cos t $20 and include beer, sangria & l ight Hors D’oeuvres. Live entertain-ment from the Don Jones Band & DJ Holly Sue spin-ning 50’s & 60’s rock-n-roll. This Dance Benefit Hon-ors State Representa-tive John Taylor & John Crowther for their contin-ued support of the Portside Arts Center. Portside will be awarding our honor-ees at 9 PM. All mon-ey raised goes towards Ports ide›s New After School Arts Program. You can purchase tickets online at http://www.portside-artscenter.org/.

North CatholicTurkey Bowl Football ReunionNorth Catholic Turkey Bowl Football Reunion to be held on Sat., Nov. 23 from 1 til 4PM. Chickie and Pete’s, 11000 Roo-sevelt Blvd., Phila., PA 19116. $30 for tickets or info call Len or John at 215-543-1051.

REUNIONS

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

Northeast Catholic Class of 1969 - 45th ReunionSat., Oct. 18 from 7-11PM at Paddy Whack’s Irish Pub, Roosevelt Blvd. at Welsh Rd. Cost is $45, includes open bar and food. For info contact Jack Devine at 215-287-8691 or [email protected].

Benefit For MOON MULLENSat., Oct. 18 at 7PM at Holy Name Social Hall, Gaul and Berks Sts. Tickets are $25.Please contact Kim Kadelski - 856-938-9731; Greg Fox - 215-301-9858. Email: [email protected]. Donations can be mailed to PFFCU, 901 Arch St., Phila., PA 19106. Check payable to Kim Kadelski, c/o Benefit 4 Vince “Moon” Mullen.

FLEA MARKETS

St. Michael’s Church Flea MarketSt. Michael’s Church, lo-cated at the corner of Trenton Ave. and Cumber-land (a block below Frank-ford Ave.), will be having a Flea Market on Sat., Sept. 27 from 10AM until 2PM. Vendor space avail-able around the outside of the church ( you must supply your own table) for a $20 fee. If interested kindly contact Pat Walder at 215-425-6190. No food vendors. The church staff will be sponsoring a snack bar for your eating plea-sure. When attending the Flea Market, please bring a canned food item to sup-port St. Michael’s Food Pantry that serves the com-munity.

Bridesburg RecFlea MarketSat., Oct. 4 from 8AM-1PM at Bridesburg Rec Center, 4625 Richmond St. Bring your own table. Spaces $20/2 for $30. For more info call 215-743-3972.

Flea Market at Historic Penn Treaty ParkHistoric Penn Treaty Park will host a Flea Market on Sat., Oct. 25 from 10AM to 3PM. $15 a table. Make check out to Tamanend Fund. Call Barbara More-head at 215-425-0393 for more information.

TRIPS

LOPR Breast Cancer Fundraiser Trip toResorts CasinoLadies of Port Richmond Breast Cancer is sponsor-ing a fundraiser at Re-sorts Casino in Atlantic City. The bus leaves from Campbell Square (Bel-grade & Allegheny Ave) at 11:30AM on Sun., Oct. 26. Price is $30, Return of $25 Slot Play. Please call Mary Lou at 215-427-3222 for more informa-tion.

LOPR Trip to Lancaster Ladies of Port Rich-mond Breast Cancer is running a trip to Lan-caster on Sat., Nov. 29, to the American Theater for a show called “Joy To The World”, following a trip to Rockvale Outlets and a Buffet Dinner at Shady Maple Restaurant. Round trip motorcoach

transportation and all taxes and gratuities are included (except driver). Cost is $105pp with a de-posit before hand. Depart from Campbell Square at Belgrade and Allegh-eny at 9:30AM and ar-rive at Rockvale Outlets at 11:30AM. Arrive home approximately 9:30PM. For more info call Mary-lou at 215-427-3222.

An Open Letter to All Who Read This Publication

A few short weeks ago [Sept. 10] I had written a letter in the Spirit Newspaper entitled, “An Open Letter to the Parishioners of St. Laurentius Church”. This letter was not meant to offend anyone, nor compare churches or their pastors. It was merely to extend sympathy and hospitality to the folks involved in this situation. That is why I am a bit shocked and confused at the response this letter generated. This letter is now being written to try to clear up some of the negative misinformation and possibly let the positive shine through. We at St. Anne’s are a friendly faith community who welcomes all visitors and new members alike. Our Pastor, Fr. Ed Brady, is an awesome human being, as well as a dedicated and caring priest who shepherds his congregation with much warmth and compassion. Fr. Ed was assigned here three years ago at a time when our parish was in a bitter uproar with financial problems, along with the closure of our beloved school. I do sincerely believe this man saved our parish by accepting this assignment. I must go on to say that in these past three years, many positive changes have been made. Fr. Ed has a lot on his plate, not only being pastor here, but also being a Chaplain, both for the Phila. Fire Dept. and the Pa. State Police, in addition to quite a few Irish organizations. It is not easy being on call 24-7 for officers injured, or pushed to the limit in stressful situations. Heaven knows how well we know that; our son served as a Phila. Police Officer for five and a half years, before his tragic death in February 2010. It has just been lately that we were sent a new resident priest, Fr. Livy and two visiting priests, Fr. Jim Daulton and Fr. Bill Nessler, who help out on weekends and also a great twenty-four member Parish Counsel. As for the times that Fr. Ed is unable to be around due to outside commitments, we have an excellent rectory staff who are prepared to help all who call for matters of business, faith and guidance during rectory hours. Fr. Brady has also made his cell phone number available for cases of emergency. Being a St. Anne’s parishioner for just about sixty years I must say our present administration is the best we’ve had for many years. I do not take the response to my letter [Sept. 10] personally, as I can see where the writer is speaking from anger and hurting at having her beloved church closed after many loyal years of attendance. I do understand and you are definitely in our prayers. Again, may I say, all are welcome with open arms into our Church of St. Anne’s. However, it is everyone’s own choice as to what they do, or where they wish to worship. Remember: we are all one big human family, headed by one God, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Peace and Love,Candy Lippincott-DiPietro

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