BRIDESBURG FISHTOWN KENSINGTON NORTHERN LIBERTIES PORT RICHMOND 1428 E. SUSQUEHANNA AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19125 • 215-423-6246 • www.spiritnewspapers.com December 30, 2014 • Vol. 11 No. 50 Port Richmond Resident AOH/LAOH Member [email protected]patricia m. dugan 215-634-2355 2662 EAST ALLEGHENY AVENUE Multi-Legal Services for Mature Adults WILLS • ESTATES • ELDER LAW ISSUES by Ryan Shellenberger In a small building in the annex of a hulking Ro- manesque Revival church facing the hustle and flow of Girard Avenue sits a glass box. The box houses the enshrined remains of St. John Neumann, first American male to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Stained glass windows stretch both walls, illuminating St. Peter the Apostle Church Renovated In Anticipation of Pope’s Arrival in 2015 the room to reveal the story of a man who immigrated to North America and found himself cherished in Philadelphia. Rows upon rows of pews stretch from wall to wall where people from all over the world come to see, sit and pray. The room is empty– which is rare– and the shrine is open to the public seven days a week; it is not uncommon for the shrine to host bus tours of Pilgrims from around the world. Pope John Paul II visited the shrine on October 4, 1979, his crest laid into mosaic in the floor where he stood. Just below the large church on Fifth Street, a corridor between the St. Peter the Apostle Church and School is being reno- vated to incorporate a vaulted atrium to be a more peaceful entrance into the church and shrine. “We wanted to construct a place where people could come that was tranquil and peaceful,” Rev. Alfred Bradley, pastor for St. Peter the Apostle Church, said. Bradley grew up in Fish- town where he worshipped at St. Peters. After joining the priesthood he was sent to the Caribbean for 14 years. “I remember when I was a teenager trying to decide if I wanted to become a priest…I would often pray in the shrine for guidance,” Bradley said. The project comes at a cost of $2.5 million with $300,000 coming locally from the parishioners. The difference was provided by the Redemptors, the Catholic organization of which Neumann was a member. The organization maintains the shrine and church to this day. The atrium will be com- plete and open to the pub- lic for the Saint’s feast day, January 4th and 5th. The event will include a ribbon St. Peter the Apostle Church (1019 N. 5th Street) is constructing a new atrium along Fifth Street, the first of four phases to renovate the building in anticipation of Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia in September of 2015. /Photo: Matthew Albasi see ST. PETER on page 4 A NEW YEAR IS ON THE WAY AND THE POSSIBILITES ARE ENDLESS.
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THE SPIRIT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014 PAGE 1BRIDESBURGFISHTOWNKENSINGTONNORTHERN LIBERTIESPORT RICHMOND
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Multi-Legal Services for Mature AdultsWILLS • ESTATES • ELDER LAW ISSUES
by Ryan Shellenberger
In a small building in the annex of a hulking Ro-manesque Revival church facing the hustle and flow of Girard Avenue sits a glass box. The box houses the enshrined remains of St. John Neumann, first American male to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Stained glass windows stretch both walls, illuminating
St. Peter the Apostle Church Renovated In Anticipation of Pope’s Arrival in 2015
the room to reveal the story of a man who immigrated to North America and found himself cherished in Philadelphia. Rows upon rows of pews stretch from wall to wall where people from all over the world come to see, sit and pray. The room is empty– which is rare– and the shrine is open to the public seven days a week; it is not uncommon for the shrine to host bus tours of Pilgrims from around
the world. Pope John Paul II visited the shrine on October 4, 1979, his crest laid into mosaic in the floor where he stood. Just below the large church on Fifth Street, a corridor between the St. Peter the Apostle Church and School is being reno-vated to incorporate a vaulted atrium to be a more peaceful entrance into the church and shrine. “We wanted to construct a place where people could come that was tranquil and peaceful,” Rev. Alfred Bradley, pastor for St. Peter the Apostle Church, said. Bradley grew up in Fish-town where he worshipped at St. Peters. After joining the priesthood he was sent to the Caribbean for 14 years. “I remember when I was a teenager trying to decide if I wanted to become a priest…I would often pray in the shrine for guidance,” Bradley said. The project comes at a cost of $2.5 million with $300,000 coming locally from the parishioners. The difference was provided by the Redemptors, the Catholic organization of which Neumann was a member. The organization maintains the shrine and church to this day. The atrium will be com-plete and open to the pub-lic for the Saint’s feast day, January 4th and 5th. The event will include a ribbon
St. Peter the Apostle Church (1019 N. 5th Street) is constructing a new atrium along Fifth Street, the first of four phases to renovate the building in anticipation of Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia in September of 2015. /Photo: Matthew Albasisee ST. PETER on page 4
A NEW YEAR IS ON THE WAY
AND THE POSSIBILITES
ARE ENDLESS.
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THE LOCAL LENS with Thom NickelsThom Nickels
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In the large field behind my parents’ home in Ches-ter County, a local farmer would plant corn in the summer months. The cornfield was where most of the neighborhood kids went to play. Walking among the stalks, some as high as eight feet tall, made us feel as if we were in another world. The sheer size of the maze, however, made us leery of venturing out too far. We had heard of how a few local boys had gotten lost in the corn. The story was that the boys had walked out too far and couldn’t find their way back. When they eventually surfaced several hours later, their pale white faces and hol-lowed eyes suggested that something bad was lurking somewhere in the maze. As children, we knew that nobody ever went into the cornfield alone. Not even the brash neighborhood bully who loved to chase me down and sit on my chest. Even he would pale
at the thought. The only way to navigate the maze was to stick together. When this happened—we would march into the corn like that gang of kids out of “Lord of the Flies”– we’d sit down among the stalks and listen to the quiet as a hawk or two circled over-head. In many ways we were “The Children of the Corn.” Our hiding places among the stalks caused some worry among the adults, especially when they’d call us home for dinner. Their calls did little good because all they could see were the tops of the stalks blowing in the wind. The adults knew that we were some-where inside the maze performing our childhood rituals. When you grow up in the country with its fields, streams, barns and forests, you develop your own style of play. There’s no street hockey, basketball, or side-walk hop scotch, but weird made up country games. One game was to visit the local red barn and play
among the bales of hay, which included jumping from the higher stacked bales and falling fifteen feet onto beds of softer ‘floor-board’ bales that acted as a cushion. Occasionally one of us would fall into a hay bale sinkhole or crev-ice and have to be yanked out. The barn was owned by a Mennonite farmer who allowed us to use it. Of special interest was the barn’s secret corridor of small rooms, where once we found stacks of risqué magazines hidden there by the farmer’s sons. As country kids, we knew that there’s nothing like a big red barn when it comes to harboring secrets. Cowboys and Indians was another game we played. Kids rarely play this today
because it’s become politi-cally incorrect for anyone but a Native American to put on an Indian head-dress. But this was not the case when I was growing up. In preparation for the game, we’d dislodge the hardest cornstalks and turn them into spears. Then we’d move to a part of the field where the corn did not grow so we could throw the spears in imitation of the Indians in Hollywood westerns. During one game a spear I threw was thrown back at me. It was thrown high into the air and hit me in the eye. I was wearing a full Indian headdress at the time and the blunt
force trauma caused me to fall on the ground. My attacker was a dark haired Irish kid named Carney pretending to be a U.S. Calvary officer. My nine year old cry went up in the air where the hawks were still circling. My mother asked Carney why he did what he did but Carney shrugged and said it wasn’t him who did anything– it was the Calvary officer instead. On the living room sofa in my house I held a warm towel over my injured eye and waited for the family doctor to arrive. When the doctor came with his medical bag, he stuck a light near the injured eye and asked me what I saw. “The US Calvary,” I said. The inflamed eye healed in plenty of time for the season of the scarecrows. Scarecrow Season was when the Mennonite farmer constructed a se-ries of stick figures with pumpkin or pin cushion heads, straw arms and potato-sized eyes. The scarecrows were lined up like small electrical wire towers. Having them lined up this way at sunset made the cornfield look twice as threatening. The scare-crows reminded us of the one thing that we all did without question: never enter the cornfield during or after sunset. We understood that go-ing into the cornfield at night would be like swim-ming in the ocean at night. The scarecrows gave us an idea around Easter time. A few of us found some large narrow boards and fashioned them in the form of a cross. We wanted to stage our version of a Pas-sion Play. True to the style of Passion Plays, we each took a turn being Jesus, even though being roped to a cross and raised up to be viewed put one at risk if the cross fell forward on the ground. Happily, that fear never became a reality. We did our best to mimic ancient Jerusalem: Dressed in Centurion capes (bed sheets) and aluminum foil helmets (Roman soldiers) meant living in the mo-ment. We even scrawled INRI on cardboard and nailed it to the top of the cross. Our parents, aghast at the display, ordered us to dismantle the cross and to leave “things like that” for church. “But don’t they do this in Spain?” one of us pro-tested. The venerable line of scarecrows in the cornfield seemed to define autumn
and Halloween, and made some of us think of “The Wizard of Oz.” One day my brother showed us a rubber devil’s mask he said he’d found in the cornfield. It was the kind of mask that scared young children. We took it and placed it over the pin cushion head of a scare-crow nearest our house. At sunset under a sky of heavy cumulus clouds the effect was alarming. The scarecrow had the look of a false idol in an old Poly-nesian film. The farmer came around to our house one night and asked about the new face. “The look of it,” he said, “I’d rather it be off.” The face was just too scary for birds. The next day we removed the devil mask, and in its place the farmer in-stalled an even larger pin cushion face that didn’t look scary at all. The devil mask wound up in a box in the basement before its transfer to a cabinet in the bottom of an upstairs bookcase. Its life did not end there (that’s another story), but after the devil came the discovery of the monkey paw. Monkey paws, after all, are not native to Ches-ter County. There are no monkeys in Chester Coun-ty. But one day our dog, Lucky, came out of the cornfield with a monkey paw in his mouth. It was just one more mystery to add to the other mysteries that we associated with the cornfield. The paw had a fossilized, leathery look as if it was from a taxider-mist’s shop. My mother insisted that we throw it away, or at least get it out of her sight. In the end, we decided to let Lucky use it as a toy, but our pup, as it turns out, had no time for the paw, but just wanted to bury it in the crawlspace. Even Lucky was afraid to go into the cornfield alone. Crawlspaces, of course, are essential parts of most split level and ranch homes. As spaces they are generally dark with a dirt floor hidden behind a complex array of heating ducts and hot water heat-ers. Because crawlspaces are out of sight, a variety of things can be stored or hidden there. Only my father entered our crawl-space, although Lucky knew it well. After Lucky buried the paw in the crawlspace, that was that. When autumn was over, the cornfield went bust and the ground became a field
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If your weight is threaten-ing your health and limit-ing your life, the New Year is a great time to see if surgical weight loss options are right for you. Learn more about life-changing bariatric surgery options and support services at Nazareth Hospital during a free information session. Information sessions are held from 6 to 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month in the hospi-tal’s Marian Conference Center. Nazareth Hos-pital is located at 2601 Holme Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19152. The next session takes place on Jan. 12. Nazareth Hospital has re-launched its bariatrics pro-gram with the addition of Mercy Bariatrics surgeon E. Adam Goldenberg, MD, to its medical staff. A grad-uate of Ponce School of Medicine, Dr. Goldenberg completed his graduate medical training at New York Hospital Queens and a fellowship in endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery at the Emory University Endoscopic Unit in At-lanta, as well as a bariatric surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Goldenberg is board certified and specializes in laparoscopic bariatric surgery. He is interested in providing successful weight
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stretching on as far as the eye could see. When winter came, the field was transformed into Russian tundra, making it an ideal place to walk in our hooded up par-kas and pretend that we were characters in “Doctor Zhivago.” When sp r ing came around again, we’d spot the farmer and his sons on their tractors tilling the soil. “The corn is coming,” we said. “The corn is com-ing.” •
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cutting and dedication at 3:30 PM on the 4th and the building will be blessed by Rev. Bradley at 12:15 PM on the 5th. The construction of the atrium along Fifth Street is the first of four phases to renovate the building in anticipation of the visit by Pope Francis to Phil-adelphia, scheduled for September of 2015. The addition of an elevator, a wheel chair ramp and more accessible bathrooms are among other changes. Another update to the facility is the widening of the confessionals– the church hears close to 100 confessions a week and the new one will also feature equipment for the hearing impaired. “I tried to calculate the number of visitors we had last year,” said Sister Joanne Manns. She is the coordinator for the shrine and manages the tours through the museum. Her calculations put the count at over 120,000 visitors, this number came from those who signed the guest-
St. Petercontinued from page 1
Students at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School sign their names onto beams which will be hung in the new atrium at 5th and Girard. The goal is to mimic names written in various places around the church, some dating back to the buildings construction in 1848. /Photos: Ryan Shellenberger
In front of St. Peter’s, along Girard Avenue, is a statue of St. John Neumann flanked by children on both sides. /Photo: Matthew Albasi
book and registered tours. “That’s a conservative es-timate,” continued Manns, “people walk in and out all day…we don’t have a per-son with a clicker sitting in the back.” “We haven’t been told for sure whether the Pope will visit the shrine,” Rev. Bradely commented, stat-ing that with or without a papal visit he is expecting pilgrimage to increase this year in anticipation of his celebration on the park-way. “When Pope John Paul II visited in 1979 one million people attended mass on the parkway.” The stone work of St. Peter the Apostle church is granite, a material specific to Catholic churches of that time in Philadelphia. Setag Construction of Col-legeville, Pa., is installing granite to the atrium that has been salvaged from other Catholic churches in Philadelphia of this vintage. Inside the atrium will display a larger-than-life hand carved wooden statue of St. Michael the Archangel. The statue, estimated to be at least 150 years old, was origi-nally in Baltimore at the St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church, where St. John Neumann was a priest prior to his move to Philadelphia. Some other historical pieces that will be added includes small wooden al-tars which Neumann had celebrated mass at. The wood used in the ceiling of the atrium was supplied by Lancaster Timber Framing. Dur-ing the framing process, the students at St. Peter’s signed their names on beams to be hung. Many names and dates have been found inscribed in various out of the way places in the church, including one
inside the church bell, most of these dating back to the church’s construction. “Inside the church’s bell, written in chalk is the name of the man who rang the bells…he signed his name and dated it the day he left for World War II,” said Bradley. “He is very much a ‘Philadelphia Saint’,” said Manns and Bradley, almost in unison, “much of the work he did in his time here, resonates to this day,” continued Bradley, not-ing that Neumann’s work focused on education and aid to working class im-migrants. “Many of our students are Latino,” con-tinued Bradley also noting that a Spanish Mass is held at the church. The school itself is a testa-ment to Neumann’s legacy as he is known unofficially as the Father of Parochial Education. He helped ful-fill the desires of Catholic Philadelphians who wished to have their children edu-cated alongside Catholic bibles, instead of the Prot-estant bibles used in Phila-delphia’s Public Schools at the time. Across Lawrence Street, at Girard Avenue, next to St. Peter’s is a warehouse which was once used to store umbrellas. This was recently purchased by the church and will be the site of the next phases for renovation. The building will soon hold archives for the church as well as a wel-come center for the shrine museum and church. This also is scheduled to be completed by the end of the summer to accommo-date the visit of the Pope in September. “I am very excited for the construction to finish,” Manns said emphatically, “it’s going to be an oasis in the city.” •
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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 experiences and stories. Personal contact is an important element in the healing process. The meetings provide strength and hope for families and friends of addicts. If you are worried about a loved one with any type of addiction, this meeting will help you. Everyone is welcome to attend. Anything that is shared at meetings stays there. Al-Anon Meet-ings are free, anony-mous and confidential.
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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 discus-sions. As always, every-one is welcome.
Richmond Library ProgramsP r e s c h o o l S t o r y -time is every Wed. at 10:30AM. This program is intended for children from one- to four-years of age and their care-givers. Siblings are al-ways welcome. Daycares should call for separate appointments. Richmond Library, 2987 Almond St. 215-685-9992.
Storytime at Fishtown LibraryPreschool Storytime will be held on Wednesdays at 10:30AM. Fishtown Community Branch of the Free Library (1217 E. Montgomery Ave.).
St. Anne Weekly NovenaSt. Anne weekly Novena Thurs. evening ser-vice, 7:30PM. Church of Saint Anne, Memphis St. and Lehigh Ave.
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ChurchServices for the CommunityAlpha and Omega Fel-lowship now streams its church services for the community. For those persons who are dis-abled, homebound, no transportation or just have a busy schedule. You can watch from any mobile device or computer. The stream-ing time is on Sundays at 4PM at the follow-ing link: new.livestream.com/alphaandomega-fellowship. Viewers can also sign up for the text mobile club to receive service and event in-formation. Visitors can come to our service loca-tion at 2341 N. 7th St. Call 215-792-6668 for more information.
Bridesburg Rec Center EventsREACH OUT AND READ: Bridesburg Recreat ion Center (4625 Richmond Street) is collecting new or gen-tly used children’s books for the Reach Out and Read program. This program collects books for children who are patients at doctor’s of-fices associated with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Please bring your dona-tion to Bridesburg Rec-reation Center, week-days 9AM – 9PM. ZUMBA: Classes of-fered year-round. Mon. and Thurs from 7-8PM, Zumba toning on Wed. from 7 -8PM. $4 walk in . SCRAPBOOK-ING: Held year round on Wed. evenings from 6:30-9:30PM. $5 each time you attend. All you need is your photos and a book, everything else will be provided.L A D I E S B O W L -ING LEAGUE: Tues. mornings, 9AM at Erie Lanes. All ladies are invite to join.Call Miss Jackie at 215-685-1247, 533-6448, or 331-9417 for more information.
MDG’s Returning Home ProgramAre you a Catholic who has been away from the Church for a while? Have you thought about returning to Church or renewing your relation-ship with God? Mother of Divine Grace would like to welcome you back home. Consider participating in Mother of Divine Grace’s Cath-olics Returning Home program. It is a 6 week session consisting of 6 small group sessions.
They will be held in the Rectory, 2918 E. Thompson St., starting the first Sunday in Janu-ary - Sun., Jan. 4 after the 10:30AM mass. At these sessions, a person can ask questions, vent dissatisfaction, gain helpful information, and clarify what the Church really teaches on a variety of subjects. If anyone is interested, just call the Rectory at 215-739-0353 or send an email to [email protected].
PRO-ACT Family Addiction Education ProgramSessions begin week of Jan. 6 in North Philadelphia, Northern Liberties and Northeast Philadelphia. When someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol, the disease affects the en-tire family. Each month PRO-ACT (Pennsylva-nia Recovery Organiza-tion–Achieving Com-munity Together) hosts a Family Addiction Education Program to help individuals and family 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 situation, these information and sup-port programs run one evening a week for three consecutive weeks at three locations in Phila-delphia.Sessions in Northeast Philadelphia meet on the first three Tuesdays of the month, from 7-9PM, at CORA Ser-vices.In North Philadelphia, sessions are held on the first three Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30PM at the Philadelphia Recov-ery Community Center.Sessions are also held on the first three Thurs-days from 6:30-8:30PM at the PRO-ACT office in Northern Liberties. Due to the New Year’s holiday, the Northern Liberties program will begin on the second Thursday of the month instead of the first. Ses-sions are free and con-fidential—first names only. Pre-registration is required. To regis-ter, call 800-221-6333, weekdays 9AM through 5PM or visit http://councilsepa.org/pro-
see CALENDAR on page 15
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One of the highlights of having large dinner parties is the potential for leftovers. Though I’ll always prefer eating a sev-eral course meal the first time around if it means sharing it with some of my favorite people, some dishes taste better the second time. Our latest family dinner featured an all-hands-on-deck lineup of my Dr. Pepper-glazed ham complimented by my sis-ter-in-law’s carrots, my mother-in-law’s string-bean casserole, and my mom’s mashed potatoes.
My fear of running our of food with a house full of hungry people was evi-dent and we had extra of just about everything. But I wasn’t complaining– not only was I able to indulge in a repeat of my ham and sides, I had enough mashed potatoes leftover to supply another recipe with its main ingredient.
Duchess Potatoes3 cups leftover mashed potatoes1 egg, plus one egg yolk1 tablespoon chopped chivesSalt and Pepper, to taste¼ cup heavy cream
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together potatoes and egg. Fold in chives, salt and pepper. Fill a pastry
bag with potato mixture and pipe ¼ cup dollops onto a parchment lined baking sheet Bake for 15 minutes, then remove and
brush gently with heavy cream. Return to oven and bake for approxi-mately 15 more minutes. With the help of a flat
spatula, remove and serve warm. Reheated reincarna-tions of many dishes are
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The Matthew Holmes Scholarship Fund is prepar-ing to commence the distribution of their scholar-ships to students entering into High School in 2015.
Five $2,000.00 scholarships will be awarded to se-lect students based upon the criteria listed in the application along with essays submitted to the com-mittee by January 16, 2015.
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The Penn Treaty Spe-cial Services Distr ict (Penn Treaty SSD) an-nounced contributions to the following recipients:• $30,000 to Lutheran Settlement House to build a modern community kitchen.• $3,500 to Shissler Advi-sory Council to cover the costs of the 2014 Fishtown Spelling Bee.• $2,420 to St Lauren-tius School for school trip transportation costs. The Penn Treaty SSD, incorporated in 2009, is a 501(c)(3) community-based organization that works to enhance the quality of life for residents of the immediate neighborhoods surrounding SugarHouse casino—including Fish-town, South Kensing-ton, Old Richmond and Northern Liberties—by enabling neighborhood activities, funding physical improvements and provid-ing financial support to neighborhood community organizations. Funding — which to date has totaled more than $2.6 million — is provided
Penn Treaty Special Services District Awards $35,920 in Grants to Local Neighborhoods
at their December Meetingby SugarHouse Casino through an annual pay-ment. Allocation of the funds is determined exclu-sively by the Penn Treaty SSD through a grant re-quest form and a review process. Beneficiaries thus far have included 12 Plus, a program that enables Penn Treaty High School students to graduate and apply to colleges. Fishtown Neighbors As-sociation received funds in support of their colorful Feed The Fish trash bin project, which addresses litter issues in the neighbor-hood in a fun, creative way.“We’re excited about really being able to do more,” said Rich Levins, who vol-unteers as a board mem-ber, “We have been able to fund so many organi-zations, events and really good programs by various community groups. But, the funding need is still there.” For more information on the Penn Treaty Special Services District, or to ap-ply for a grant, visit www.penntreatyssd.org.•
About Penn Treaty Special Services
District The Penn Treaty Special Services District (PTSSD) is a nonprofit organization formed by volunteers from the four neighborhoods named in the Commu-nity Benefits Agreement (CBA) reached with Sug-arHouse Casino in 2009. Contact: Katrina Mans-field, Secretary (215-574-9274) or [email protected] See also www.penntreatyssd.org.
About Lutheran Settlement House
Established in 1902, Lu-theran Settlement House (LSH) is a non-profit, community-based organi-zation who’s core mission is to empower individuals, families, and communities to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through an integrated program of social, educational, and advocacy services. Con-tact: Amy Gendall, Direc-tor of Programming at [email protected] See also www.lutheransettlement.org.
About Shissler Advisory Council
and the 2014 Spelling Bee
The neighborhood’s best young spellers competed at the Shissler Rec Center on Oct 30 in the 13th Annual Great Fishtown Spelling Bee, a community-orga-nized spelling competition for grades 2-8. The free competition was open to all students in the community. Contact: A.J. Thomson at [email protected] St. Laurentius ScoolSt. Laurentius School serves the children who are entrusted to our care by proclaiming and teach-ing the Catholic faith while providing a sound aca-demic education. Utiliz-ing a variety of resources, we provide opportunities for personal formation in a safe and caring en-vironment that meet the needs and challenges for future lifelong learners in a global society. Contact: Elaine Knight, Principal at [email protected] See also www.stlauren-tius.org.
About 12 PLUS In an effort to combat budget cuts that have plagued the Philadelphia public schools, 12+ opened the first Plus Center in the Kensington Health Scienc-
es Academy (KHSA) dur-ing the 2012-2013 school year and expanded their services to Penn Treaty High School. Since, 12 Plus has seen a resurgence in school pride as students witnessed many of their peers enroll in college. Seeing success among those who have come from similar backgrounds has instilled a newfound re-spect for education and a realization that college is within reach. Con-tact: Raymond Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder at [email protected] See also www.12plus.org
About Fishtown Neighbors Association
(FNA) The Fishtown Neighbors Association is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves the needs of the Fishtown neighborhood in Philadelphia. The FNA is run entirely by unpaid volunteers who’s mission is to serve our families and neighbors by promoting community activities, civic involvement, education, and safety and by foster-ing the smart growth of our unique and diverse riverfront neighborhood. Contact: Neil Brecher at [email protected]. See also www.fishtown.org.•
Clean Platecontinued from page 7
better than their first versions– pasta, meat sauces and soups are among my favorite day-old meals. Mashed potatoes, on the other hand, seem to need some resuscitation. They tend to get dry when refrigerated and lose some of their orig-inal luster reheated in the microwave. This dish gives them new life, thanks to a sec-ond whipping with rich eggs and fresh chives. The light brushing of heavy cream midway through browns the exterior as the potato dollops continue cook-ing. If you don’t have a pastry bag, substitute a large, plastic food stor-age bag and cut off on of the corners to pipe out the mixture. Mashed potatoes are truly delicious served fresh and hot from the oven; on the rare oc-casion you can’t finish them, save them to make duchess potatoes.
Casey Ann is a
local foodie and blogger.
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This message was donated at no cost to the Penn Treaty Special Services District.
As the year comes to a close, the Board Members of the Penn Treaty Special Services District (Penn
Treaty SSD) wish you a joyous holiday season and a happy, healthy New Year. With the challenging
economy, this year continued to be difficult for many families and organizations in our neighborhood.
Over the last five years, the volunteer members of the Penn Treaty SSD Board have worked with
SugarHouse Casino to ensure that members of our community are given the benefits from
SugarHouse’s annual donations made possible by the Community Benefits Agreement. To date, we
have been able to distribute nearly $2,000,000 to local organizations, as well as cultural, educational,
and art programs in our community. To date, grant recipients have included:
AOH Division 51 • Arab American Development Corporation • Back On My Feet • B. Someday
Productions—Walking Fish Theatre • Breaking Barriers • By My Side • Ceiba Tax Prep Workshops •
Elm Tree Veterans Post • Friends of Fishtown Library • Friends of Orianna Park • Friends of Penn
Treaty Park • Fishtown Action • Fishtown Athletic Club • Fishtown Spelling Bee • Five and One
Seniors • Friends of Palmer Cemetery • H&S Learning Center • Handcock Advisory Council •
Hetzell’s Advisory Council • Kearney Home and School • Kensington American Veterans • Kensington
South CDC • Kensington South NAC • LaSalle Academy • Lutheran Settlement House Programs •
a message from the penn treaty special services district
Board of Directors
Rick Angeli, Chairman
Tim Breslin, Vice-Chairman
Anne McKenna, Treasurer
Dolores Griffith, Secretary
Kevin Kelly, Board Member
Rich Levins, Board Member
Marilyn Cruz, Board Member
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Miss Know-It-All’s QUIZZO CHALLENGE:
1. Where were the 2014 Olympic Winter Games held?
A. Canada B. Switzerland C. Russia D. Germany
2. Which video was the first to reach 2 billion views on You-Tube in May of 2014?
A.PSY’s “Gangnam Style” B. Katy Perry’s “Roar” C. Justin Bieber’s “Baby”D. “Charlie Bit My Fin-ger!”
3. Which countr y banned Miley Cyrus’ raunchy Bangerz tour stating she was a public threat in September of 2014?
A. HaitiB.The Dominic Repub-lic C. FranceD. Greenland 4. Who headlined the halftime show at the 2014 Super Bowl?
A. Lady GaGaB. Justin Bieber C. Bruno MarsD. Pink
5. Who did Forbes Magazine name as the highest grossing actor for 2014?
A. Bradley Cooper B. Morgan FreemanC. Mark Wahlberg D. Jennifer Lawrence
6. In 2014, Belgium was the first country to legalize what?
A. An over the counter version of the drug Vi-agraB. Euthanasia for termi-nal patients of any ageC. The import of mari-juana from other coun-triesD. Small amounts of cocaine deemed for per-sonal use 7. In 2014, what American hip-hop band won a $1.7 mil-lion copyright vio-lation suit against the makers of Mon-ster Energy drink for unauthorized use
It All Happened in 2014
of their music in ad-vertising?
A. The Beastie Boys B. LMFAOC. The Sugar Hill GangD. The Black Eyed-Peas
8. Who won the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil?
A. Italy B. GermanyC. Mexico D. Greece 9. On April 1st, 2014 what country experi-enced an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.2?
A. Japan B. IcelandC. India D. Chile 10. TRUE or FALSE? Michael Jackson per-formed at the 2014 B i l l b o a rd M u s i c Awards.
A. True B. False
11. Who won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series?
A. Edie FalcoB. Melissa McCarthy C. Julia Louis-Dreyfus D. Amy Poehler
12. According to the website Salary.com, what was the average American surgeon’s salary in the year 2014?
A. $179,000 B. $229,000 C. $425,000 D. $348,000
See answers on page 15
by Lisa Shaat A.K.A. Miss Know-It-All
by Max Pulcini
On Tues., December 16, members of the Lep-rechauns Sports Associa-tion were treated to an early Christmas present with a surprise visit from Todd Herremans, Jason Kelce and Mark Sanchez of the Philadelphia Eagles. The three players were
Port Richmond Leprechauns Treated to Holiday Shopping
Spree with Eagles Players
available thanks to the Herremans Foundation and took the children in attendance on a Dick’s Sporting Goods shopping spree at the Cherry Hill, NJ location on Route 70. The Herremans Founda-tion exists to “help where help is needed” by provid-ing resources for various charitable organizations,
to effect positive change in our communities. “It’s the holiday and in the giving spirit we just wanted to promote some physical activity with these kids,” Herremans, an of-fensive lineman with the Eagles since 2005, said. “We just want to give them the tools to have an active lifestyle.”
Each Leprechaun player had a special opportunity to hang out with their idols as they strolled the store, placing items in their bags as they passed anything of interest, including balls, shoes, archery sets and other sporting goods. “At Dick’s Sporting Good, we’re really passionate about the community,” Dave Brown, Senior Com-munity Marketing Man-ager at Dick’s Sporting Goods, said. “Our niche is youth sports so tonight it’s really special to have the Port Richmond Lep-rechauns coming in. We’re treating them to a Chick fil A dinner before surprising them with three Eagles players and $100 to spend in store.” “Their program doesn’t have an enormous budget so what ever we are able to help them with they are very appreciative of,” Her-remans said, admitting that he never had anything like this happen to him when he was playing weight-ball as a kid. This wasn’t the first time that The Herreman’s Foundation has given back to the Port Richmond Lep-rechauns. “Last year, Todd and Jason came out to the clubhouse and donated footballs to our kids. They gave us fifty footballs that we gave out to as many kids as possible,” Frank Reinhardt, President of the Leprechauns Sports As-sociation, said. “This year they contacted us again for this event.” “I’m just having fun shop-ping with Mark Sanchez, Todd Herremans and Ja-son Kelce– it’s been awe-some. We got gloves, foot-balls… other kids got bas-ketballs and shoes,” Kevin Lonergan, one of the foot-ball players in attendance
One of the littlest Leprechauns trying to decide just want he wants in his bag during the shopping spree.
Above: Mark Sanchez poses with members of the Leprechauns Sports Association. Sachez filled in for regular starter Nick Foles this season but fell short of a playoff berth. Below: Mark Sanchez, Jason Kelce and Todd Herremans (left to right) presented each child with a $100 gift card to use in store. /Photos: Max Pulcini
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• Zero (0) homicides reported during this time.
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• Five (5) robberies oth-er weapon during this time: 1800 Front (12/15), 2300 Norris (12/20), 1800 Blair (12/21), 1800 Blair (12/22), 1800 Blair (12/23)
• One (1) aggravated assault with a gun dur-ing this time: 1900 Al-bert (12/17)
• One (1) aggravated assault other weapon during this time: 2500 Cumberland (12/21) • Nine (9) residential b ur glaries during this time: 2300 Am-ber (12/10), 2100 Albert (12/15), 700 E Girard (12/15) , 2500 Tul ip (12/18), 2600 Kensing-ton (12/18), 1300 Oxford (12/21), 1100 Montgom-ery (12/23), 2300 Mercer (12/23), 900 Penn (12/23)
• Twenty-Two (22) theft from autos during this time: 100 E Wildey (12/10), 2600 Sepviva
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• Six (6) thefts dur-ing this time: 1800 Front (12/11), 2600 Bos-ton (12/16), 800 Mercer (12/19), 2100 Sergeant (12/21), 1100 Crease (12/23), 1600 Hewson (12/23).•
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Virgo, you have been stuck on a problem but the solution is r ight around the corner. Per-haps you should change your perspective and go about it in a new way.
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Focus on the positives of a new venture even if you’re nervous about the outcome, Libra. If you let negative thoughts slide in you can quickly be over-whelmed.
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New possibilities seem to arise out of nowhere, Scorpio. Embrace the good fortune coming your way and make the most of these wonderful and exciting opportunities.
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It will take some energy to referee a situation at home, Sagittarius. Strong personalities can clash at times, but you have a way of working through the obstacles.
CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20
Don’t try to hide your emotions this week, Cap-ricorn. If others know just how you are feeling they will be more likely to offer a helping hand and some valuable advice.
AQUARIUS Jan 21/Feb 18
You have an infectious amount of energy this week, Aquarius. That will serve you well be-cause many things are piling up on your to-do list. You’re ready to meet
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PISCES Feb 19/Mar 20
Do you feel like you’re being pulled in too many directions, Pisces? Let up on accepting any new responsibilities for now.
and self-proclaimed huge Eagles fan, said. “We got to hang out with Sancho-Claus,” he said, joking about the Eagles quarterback’s name and the festive hat he was wear-ing. “You wouldn’t expect this [from a pro football player]. This isn’t an ev-eryday thing.” “The look on the kids’ faces were priceless. It makes it all the stuff we do worth it,” Reinhardt said. “If we can bring this joy to the kids every year, all the hard work all the long hours are worth it.” Currently, it’s basketball season for the Leprechauns at Cohox Rec on Fridays and Saturdays. Football wise, the organization is looking for coaches for next season. Anyone in-terested in signing up as a coach, regardless of prior coaching experience, is welcome to volunteer. You can check out the group’s Facebook page for more information.•
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Looking to add a happy new family member to your household in 2015? Meet Cherry! Cherry is a medium sized female terrier mix who is around 4 years old. Cherry is a total love, she’s timid, well-behaved, and af-fectionate. She has a gorgeous chestnut coat that feels like velvet. She appears to house trained, too. Cherry would love to find a new home for the New Year! If you have dogs of your own, you’ll need to bring at least one in to meet any potential dogs and make sure there is no major personality clash. Please also bring proof that you are allowed dogs/cats at your home if you rent.Cherry is located at ACCT -- 111 W. Hunting Park Ave, Phila., PA 19140. Phone: 267-385-3800 (ask for the Lifesaving Department!) Email: [email protected] More about Cherry: ACCT ID Number: A24407891. Primary colors: Chestnut Brown • Coat length: Short. If you have any questions about Cherry, please email [email protected]. Cherry and all of her friends at ACCT wish all their pet-loving Philly friends a Happy 2015! •
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by Ryan Shellenberger
A small unassuming building sits adjacent to the swanky Urban Out-fitters complex of build-ings and the unbelievably large battleships casu-ally rolling and ever so slightly listing in docks; it is the site of the Navy Yard’s newest restaurant. Building 623, located at 4920 South 15th Street, a former branch of the Navy Federal Credit Union, will be home to the Mercer Café at the Navy Yard, set to open in April 2015. The cof fee and ice cream shop has been serv-ing home-style meals for 14 years at the corner of Mercer and Westmore-land Streets in Port Rich-mond, nearly 10 miles north of the new loca-tion. Started by Thomas Woltjen in 2000 with the help of his daughter, Liza Bello, the two decided that a new location was next in the legacy of the Mercer Café. “About two years ago we started looking around Fishtown, Northern Lib-
From Port Richmond to the Navy Yard: Mercer Café To Open New Location
erties and Center City…nothing really jumped out at us,” said Liza, Co-Owner of Mercer Café at the Navy Yard. “The [Navy Yard] was kind of presented to us…it seemed like the perfect fit immediately.” Work started on the for-mer bank to update the 3600 square foot space into a fashionable and modern eatery. The res-taurants design came from Otto Architects, a firm local to Philadelphia operating in Jenkintown Pa. The firm recently did the design work for Girard Bruncherie and Brasserie on 300 E. Gi-rard Ave. “I’m looking at about a million dollars in renova-tions,” said Tom Woltjen Sr., owner of Mercer Café. Woltjen himself used to work at the Navy Yard as a sheet metal worker in the 1980’s. The facelift will include roof repairs and a new façade, as well as reno-vating the interior to ac-commodate the addition of a brick pizza oven. In addition to seated dining,
the restaurant will also of-fer take-out and delivery options. Expansion and renova-tion will leave the build-ing with the ability to seat 90 diners indoors and seasonally the restaurant will see an additional 30 seats outdoors. Bello ex-citedly informed, “We’re creating about 25 to 35 jobs with the new cafe.” The restaurant plans to maintain their fam-ily business attitude and atmosphere through the expansion, Woltjen Sr.’s brother-in-law are own-
Tom Woltjen and his daughter/business partner Liza Bello stand in front of the Mecer Café, at Mercer and Westmoreland Streets. The restaurant opened 14 years ago and is now closing in on their first expansion. /Photos: Ryan Shellenberger
Mercer Café owners and Managers stand next to renderings of the new location at the Navy Yard, which is opening with family members at Tacconelli’s Pizzeria.
ers of Port Richmond legendary pizzeria Tac-conelli’s. Vincent Tac-conelli, owner of the piz-zeria’s second location in Maple Shade, N.J., is the collaborating representa-tive for the new café. The Port Richmond pizzeria has been in operation for over 60 years, spanning five generations of the family. Known for dishes like chipped beef and mas-carpone French toast, Mercer Café is striving to maintain tradition within a modern family business.
“All [of] our recipes came from my mother or other family members,” said Bello, “and my dad does all of the supplying for the restaurant. He goes to the produce market three to five times a week.” The expansion of the restaurant comes less than a year after Bello gradu-ated from the “Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Busi-nesses,” a program run through Babson College that trains small business owners to grow their busi-ness successfully. “It’s great because a lot
of people start small busi-nesses out of passion and not a lot have the actual training to do that suc-cessfully.” While commenting on the program, Bello also noted that it allowed for her to create a network of support from other small businesses local and nationwide who are look-ing to expand their opera-tions: “We are excited to ex-pand the family business and bring a warm friendly place to eat to the Navy Yard.”•
“We are excited to expand the family business and bring a warm friendly place to eat to the Navy Yard.” ~ Liza Bello
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IN MEMORIAMIn Loving Memory of
William A. Howell, Sr.12/29/48 - 6/15/98
Happy BirthdayYour presence we miss,
Your memory we treasure.Loving you always, forgetting you never.
Love, Anna, Billy, Kevin, Justin, Gina and Dana.
OBITUARIESSCHMALFrancis J. “Frank”, December 8, 2014; be-loved husband of Margaret “Pat” (nee Golden); Proud father of Frank (Franny), Denise O’Connor (Jerry) and Katie; best Pop to 4 grandchildren, Frankie, Becky, Jerry and Katie; also survived by 5 great grandchildren and 1 great great grand-daughter and his sisters Alma Bradbury and Sr. Joan Schmal SSF and many nieces and nephews. BURNS FUNERAL HOMES
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Rizzo PAL Dance RegistrationThe Rizzo PAL Center will be holding it’s an-nual Dance program registration for girls ages 10-17, on Wed. night, Jan. 7 at 7PM. There are a limited number of openings, so this will be the only registration for this years program. For more information, please contact Officer Ernie at 215-426-6583.
Comedy Show To Benefit Palmer Cemetery Something funny is going on in Fishtown. Comedy Show to ben-efit Palmer Cemetery on Sat., Jan. 10 from 7-11PM at Holy Name of Jesus Church Hall, 701 Gaul St. $35 per person. Buffet, beer, door prizes and Chinese Auction. For tickets, please contact Nancy Bartelle at 215-426-4010 or John Lonergan at 267-207-0169. Visit the Palmer Cemetery website: http://palmer-cemeteryfishtown.com.
Upcoming Event at the Fishtown LibrarySnake Party: Learn all about snake behavior and habitats. Scott Pri-
or will let you get up-close-and-personal with some of his favorite live snakes. Tues., Jan. 14 at 4PM. Fishtown Com-munity Branch, 1217 E. Montgomery Ave.
Matthew Holmes Scholarship The Matthew Holmes Scholarship Fund is prepar ing to com-mence the distribution of their scholarships to students entering into High School in 2015. Five $2,000 scholar-ships will be awarded to select students based upon the criteria listed in the application along with essays submitted to the committee by Jan. 16, 2015. You must be an 8th grade student, a Philadelphia resident, preparing to enter into your first year of high school at a Catholic archdiocese or a private high school that has a Catholic affiliation. To apply or for more information, visit our website at: http://mat-tyholmesscholarship.org/.
PROPAC Presents Designer Bag BingoSat., Jan. 17 at Brides-burg Boys & Girls Club, 2901 Bridge St. (at Garden St. Tick-ets $30. Doors open at 6:30PM (first game starts 7:15PM). Please bring your own dab-bers. BYOB & Snacks.
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NC Alumni Association Looking for Alumni for St. Patrick’s
Day ParadeThe Northeast Catholic Alumni Association are looking for past alumni to participate in this coming years St. Pat-rick’s Day parade. The event will be held on Sun., Mar. 15. There will be transportation to the parade, as well as a party at the parade conclusion. Call the of-fice at 215-543-1051 for information.
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Thank you from the Ladies of Port Richmond
Mary Lou Leuters and the Ladies of Port Rich-mond wish to thank everyone for all they did for the LOPR in 2014. We appreciate your support of the various fundraisers we had throughout the year. The Ladies of Port Richmond raise funds to in-crease Breast Cancer awareness through educa-tion and help fund research to find a Breast Can-cer cure in our lifetime. Together we can make a difference. Looking forward to continuing our work in 2015.•
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