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Teens have a space of their own at Queen Memorial Library By Mark Zimmaro SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW

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A place for teens: Students who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Teen Space at the Queen Memorial Library were the first to settle into the new space that was opened to the public.

he Queen Memorial Library has always been a place of learning for all ages. Located at 23rd and Federal streets in the Point Breeze neighborhood of South Philadelphia, the building has a history of education as a former elementary school built in the late 1800s. It was later renovated into an apartment complex for seniors, and the lower floor became a library in 1995 with a split level separating adult and children sections. It never really had a designated space for teenagers. Until now. Last week, the library formally opened a new Teen Space at the library with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was a longtime vision of the Friends of Queen Memorial Library, which desired a place that local teenagers could call their own. “When I saw the little children and big children up there, together, I thought this is not going to work,” Friends of Queen Memorial Library president Betty Beaufort said. “We sat down for two hours every week and looked on the internet to see what different libraries were doing for teen space. We did a lot of research. It was a lot of work but it was worth it.” Children’s librarian Liz Gardiner also saw the void of a teen-specific area as a problem and didn’t want to lose children who enjoyed their time at the library. See LIBRARY, page 4>>

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Meals and activity space available for students during closures By Mark Zimmaro SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW

In response to the coronavirus outbreak and the closure of city schools, the School District of Philadelphia announced plans to provide meal service and drop-in activity space for students over the next two weeks while schools are closed. Philadelphia school district students will have the opportunity to get up to two grab-andgo meals at 30 schools across the city, Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and noon. According to the district, essential personnel, including a school police officer and other support staff, will be on-site to distribute meals to students and families. “We encourage any school district families interested in obtaining breakfast and lunch meals for their students to visit these meal distribution sites,” said Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. “We are eager to help support families during

this difficult time and urge them to take advantage of the resources provided throughout the city.” The city’s health department announced nine confirmed cases. The city is awaiting test results from an additional 44 cases. The district announced on Friday that all public schools would be closed through March 27. In South Philadelphia, students can visit Delaplaine McDaniel School at 1801 S. 22nd St., George Sharswood School at 2300 S. 2nd St. and Vare-Washington Elementary School at 1198 S. 5th St. for grab-and-go meals but are welcome at any of the city’s other locations, which can be found on the district’s website at phila.gov and a map is available at http://bit.ly/youth-meal-sites. In addition, the city will open 50 city-owned facilities, including gyms and recreation centers, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. over the next two weeks. The sites will provide safe spaces where students, 18 and under, can drop in for activities, and staff will offer limited meals at 3 p.m. These sites will be staffed by

Parks & Recreation team members, but officials warn they should not be considered a substitute for childcare. South Philadelphia locations taking part in this initiative include East Passyunk Recreation Center at 1025 Mifflin St., Guerin Recreation Center at 2201 S. 16th St., Hawthorne Cultural Center at 1200 Carpenter St., Marian Anderson Recreation Center at 740 S. 17th St., Murphy Recreation Center at 300 Shunk St., Palumbo Recreation Center at 725 S. 10th St., Starr Garden Playground at 600 Lombard St., Vare Recreation Center at 2600 Morris St. and Wharton Square at 2300 Wharton St. “No child should go hungry because they are not in school,” said Mayor Jim Kenney. “The city and school district will continue to do everything we can to make sure our students’ basic needs are met during this challenging time. I ask Philadelphians to continue looking out for one another by sharing resources like this with their loved ones and neighbors.” All Parks & Recreation sites not included on

the city’s full list, which can be found at https:// www.phila.gov/departments/philadelphia-parksrecreation/, will be closed to the public. It includes environmental education centers, Carousel House and ice rinks. Libraries are closed to the public, through March 29. The city’s six older adult centers will open on a regular schedule (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) for meal service. Residents with questions can call the Greater Philadelphia Coronavirus Helpline at 800-7227112. The free 24-hour helpline is staffed by trained healthcare providers and is for anyone in the Greater Philadelphia area, including the public and healthcare providers, to help answer all of their questions about the COVID-19 coronavirus. Residents can get COVID-19 updates sent to their phones. Text COVIDPHL to 888-777 to receive free alerts with information and updates from the health department. Information is also being updated daily on the city Department of Public Health’s webpage, www.phila.gov/covid19.

LIBRARY: Learning for all ages <<Continued from page 1 “All of the kids who did come to the library were getting older,” Gardiner said. “And now instead of dropping off the map, they’ve continued to come to the library. We’ve seen our teen population mature into that age, and with that, we come into issues that they can’t be sharing the same space with toddlers and pre-K. And yet there was nothing interesting for them down here in the adult area. We thought the perfect space needed to be made.” The planning, fundraising and grant-seeking began. Kate Goodman, community organizer for the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, helped the Friends group and the library secure about $4,000 in grants and private donations, with the largest portions coming from Bloktoberfest and local business owner Gary Patel. “She really helped to keep us on track for applying for grants and keeping government officials accountable with their promises,” Gardiner said. The staff and students then went to work, shifting the librarian desks and computers to a different side of the room and opening up a space for comfortable chairs, dry-erase tables, books, games and other activities. Twelve-year-old Micah Lincoln is a seventh-

grader at Edwin M. Stanton School at 17th and Christian streets and is a regular at the library. “All my friends are here and I get help with my homework,” Lincoln said. “I love picking out books to read, and the cooking class is fun and I really like the staff members.” Lincoln hinted at some of the programs the library provides, which include movie screenings, cooking classes for kids and music clubs. The library aims to give children the tools to build a strong foundation of learning. “I am very proud because our children need ownership,” Beaufort said. “Ownership can give them a new mindset. Once you have the right mind, you can live in this world and when you’re 15 or 16 years old, you’ll be able to face life’s challenges.” Beaufort said those attributes need to start early. “Once you plant the seed, it will grow,” she said. “But first they need to know who they are inside and know there’s something there, they can blossom. I know today a seed has been planted.” Interested event participants should check the library’s website at https://libwww.freelibrary. org/locations/queen-memorial-library for cancellations due to the coronavirus.

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Opening a place for teens: Kate Goodman, community organizer for the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Teen Space at the Queen Memorial Library. Betty Beaufort, president of the Friends of Queen Memorial Library, looks on.

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A case of 2 firings

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hey fired Chris Matthews and Christine Flowers recently. Matthews officially “resigned” before they could fire him. Who are “they?” They are the invisible tools of censorship — the corporate suits who have no core beliefs. And those viewers and listeners, souls aquiver, who shake and quake and flutter like a leaf in a storm and react with angry tweets -- the easily offended. The ones who believe that they have a constitutional right to NOT be offended. They claimed two more scalps last week, and we are the worst for it. You can’t find two more different voices than Chris Matthews and Christine Flowers. Matthews is an oldfashioned voice who not long ago would’ve been considered a reliable liberal. But it is distressingly easy to run afoul of the NEW liberals who dismiss him as an embarrassing anachronism. Matthews hosted HARDBALL on MSNBC from 1997 to March 2, 2020, the day he was forced into retirement. In recent years, he had gotten into increasing trouble for some admittedly inappropriate remarks. He’d been able to survive criticism until a recent chain of events culminated in his announcing his “retirement” on the air. Matthews’ recent troubles began when he made an unwise analogy comparing Bernie Sanders’ win in Nevada to the Nazi takeover of France. In the same week, he confused the identity of two black South Carolina politicians. But it was when Matthews was perceived as bullying Elizabeth Warren during a post-debate interview that he really became a target. Warren had vigorously attacked rival Michael Bloomberg during the presidential debate that night. She accused Bloomberg of lying about a comment he supposedly made to a pregnant female employee. Matthews fired several questions at Warren in his familiar rapid style, pressing her on why she took the woman’s version over Bloomberg’s. The coup de grace was delivered when GQ published a first-person story by journalist Laura Bassett. She charged Matthews with making inappropriate comments prior to her appearance as a guest on his show in 2016. I am not excusing Chris Matthews. But there are degrees of misbehavior. Not all transgressions are the same. Al Franken is not Harvey Weinstein. Neither is Chris Matthews. Our problem today, it seems to me, is in discerning that difference and responding accordingly. Matthews’ Nazi analogy was obviously over the top. Was Matthews’ offense that his remark seemed anti-Sanders or that he used the Nazi analogy? Is Chris anti-Sanders? Matthews is a commentator. He’d reacted on several occasions with incredulity to what he considers the cost of Sanders’ promises of health care for all and free college tuition. Welcome to the club. Regarding the use of the Nazi invasion of France as an analogy -- guys my age are prone to using images from

Tom

Cardella

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Nice to see good news during this time of crisis

With all the gloomy news overwhelming us from every direction, I looked at the March 11 SPR for signs of hope. I found two reports by Mark Zimmaro that meet that requirement. His front page report on the peanut butter collection at the two branches of the Christopher Columbus Charter School was especially heartwarming (“Spreading the love at Christopher Columbus Charter School”). Thanks to the dedication of teachers and their students from kindergarten to eighth grade, the school has amassed so far over 5,000 pounds of peanut butter to help feed hungry children. This community outreach is especially vital - since Gov. Wolf ordered the two-week closing of

all schools in the state to deal with the state of emergency caused by the coronavirus epidemic. Many poor children rely on their schools to provide breakfast and lunch during the school week. More than ever, as this emergency unfolds, families struggling with food insufﬁciency could use outside help. Another sign of optimism that touched close to home was Zimmaro’s report on the talented Anne Cecil (“Working with her hands to beneﬁt feet”). In addition to her many creative talents, including teaching part time at Drexel University and Community College, Ms. Cecil has mastered the art of shoemaking. Her story touched me, especially since both my maternal grandparents, whose house we shared, were custom shoemakers. I literally watched them craft fashionable shoes from all natural materials at their home workshop on Passyunk Avenue. My grandmother also made shoes at a

factory, where she worked for many years. This was mostly in the 1940s and ‘50s before plastic became popular. I did not think too much of it at the time, but my twin brother and I, children of blue-collar workers, were wearing custom-made shoes as toddlers up until we started school. My talented mother also hand tailored most of our clothes. We walked around dressed like millionaires. Didn’t everyone? Anne Cecil would have enjoyed meeting my crafty family and sharing ideas for homemade products. Many thanks to Mark Zimmaro for sharing these upbeat stories. They give me hope for the world. Gloria C. Endres See LETTERS, page 7>>

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CARDELLA:

Two Firings

<<Continued from page 6 World War II as frames of reference. Hitler and Nazism are the baseline experience of our lives. Yes, we do it too often. But if that’s a mortal sin, you might as well condemn all of us over 70 to hellfire. Regarding the mistaken identity incident where Matthews confused South Carolina Senate candidate Jamie Harrison with Republican Sen. Tim Scott, it’s embarrassing, yes. But Chris Matthews is surely not a racist. I watched the Warren interview. Matthews was tough on her. He is a notoriously tough interviewer. But if you’ve watched his interviews over the years, you know that Matthews hammers males as well as females. That’s his style (the show IS called HARDBALL). Ask Bernie Sanders about his unhappy 2016 experience with Matthews trying to explain where the money would come from to pay for his promises. Or then-candidate Donald Trump, who withered under questioning by Matthews on the subject of abortion. In that interview, Trump famously asserted that the woman as well as her doctor should be punished. And then there was the GQ article by Laura Bassett that apparently sealed Chris Matthews’ fate. How is the firing of conservative columnist Christine Flowers related to the fate of Chris Matthews? Flowers wrote for the Inquirer and Daily News for 17 years. The brutally clumsy ax that was leveled on Flowers is another effort to silence a controversial voice. Not that it matters, but I rarely agreed much with Flowers. Note: I had a minor spat with her in the pages of this newspaper a few years ago. I criticized Flowers for something she wrote in one of her columns. I had gotten my facts wrong. Flowers corrected me in a response printed in the Review. I apologized. But again, none of that matters. Though I didn’t agree with Flowers, I always read her column. She provoked me. Often made me angry. But she caused me to examine my own views. Flowers’ column was a necessary counterpoint to the liberal columns in the Inquirer and Daily News. Her views deserved to be read. Why was Christine Flowers fired? I read both Christine’s account and her employer’s response on the matter. Flowers admitted to violating the terms of an agreement with the newspapers that she should discontinue commenting via Twitter and Facebook. If Flowers crossed the line on her Facebook page, I never sensed it. Yes, she violated the agreement. But, why not suspend Flowers and Matthews, rather than fire them? (Note — Technically, Matthews resigned. He obviously wanted to go out on his own terms before he was fired). Both were successful. They had very large followings. But both Flowers and Matthews had become an inconvenience to their employers. Both attracted lots of angry complaints. Supporting dissent can be so messy. Political correctness has once again extracted its pound of flesh. Without Matthews and Flowers, our world has become a less interesting place. •• Follow Tom Cardella on Facebook.

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An enduring poem on addiction In light of the public’s outcry surrounding safe injection sites and the opioid epidemic, I feel compelled to share my opinion and this poem entitled, “Little Miss Heroin.” I strongly agree that we need to take action to alleviate this crisis. However, I’m not a proponent of safe injection sites. We must help people with addictions to have better lives through education, enforced drug laws, rehabilitation and treatment centers. Telling addicts to go ahead and shoot dope because it’s “safe” and they will be injected with Narcan is ludicrous. What if it doesn’t work? There is no 100% money-back guarantee and research studies support this fact. People with diabetes, cancer, depression, etc. get treatment with the goal to improve their health. If a person is suicidal, we don’t hand them a gun. We wouldn’t give a diabetic a box of chocolates. We don’t tell them to go ahead and eat it anyway, we can just inject you with insulin. We teach them about diet, exercise and offer other alternative treatments to manage their disease(s). We certainly wouldn’t condone a behavior when it’s going to sicken the person even more. This powerful poem was published in the Philadelphia Bulletin almost 50 years ago. My mother cut it out and gave it to me. I was in high school at

the time, and marijuana and other “illegal” drugs were very popular in the ‘70s. It was my understanding that they still are “illegal” to buy and sell. One would think that after 50 years, things would be better and yet they are worse. This poem was so powerful that it instilled a fear in me like no other. I still get goosebumps when I read it. I would like to see it published and distributed in as many places as possible. The opioid epidemic our country is experiencing is painful to watch. The loss of so many lives, mostly young, is alarming and overwhelming. I hope that by sharing this poem, it will in some way make a difference and have a lasting impact on everyone who reads it. If one life can be spared the heart-wrenching pain of either living with someone with addiction or losing them to it, it will have been well worth publishing again. Anita Delquadro SO NOW LITTLE man you’ve grown tired of grass, LSD acid, Cocaine and Hash And someone pretending to be a true friend Said “I’ll introduce you today to Miss Heroin.” Well, Honey, before you start fooling with me, Just let me inform you of how it will be For I will seduce you and make you my slave, I’ve sent me stronger than you to the grave. And once I have entered deep down in your veins, The craving will nearly drive you insane. You’ll need lots of money (as you have been

told) For darling, I’m much more expensive than gold. You’ll swindle your mother and just for a buck You’ll turn into something both vile and corrupt. You’ll mug, you’ll steal for my narcotic charm And feel warm and content when I’m in your arm. THE DAY YOU realize the monster you’ve grown, You’ll solemnly promise to leave me alone, And if you think you’ve got a mystical knack Then sweetie, just try getting me off of your back. The vomit, the cramps, your gut in a knot, The jangling nerves screaming for just one more shot; The hot chills, the cold sweat, the withdrawal pains Can only be solved by my little white grains. For there’s no other way, and there’s no need to look For deep down inside you’ll know you are hooked. You’ll desperately run to the pusher and then, Welcome me back in your arms once again. And then you’ll return (just as I foretold) I know you will give me your body and soul; You’ll give up your morals, your conscience, your heart, And you will be mine, TILL DEATH DO US PART. ~~Author Unknown~~

BRIEFS Bingo at Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, 2329 S. 3rd St., will hold bingo on Thursday, March 26, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. The cost is $30, which includes 12 games of bingo and one “coverall bonus” game, a hot dog and choice of water or soda, and coffee and tea. Prizes will be gift cards. Tickets will be sold after each Mass. Or, call 215-334-7766.

Keystone Comic Con coming to Convention Center

Comic book enthusiasts, artists, writers, publishers, cosplayers, sci-ﬁ fans, collectors, dealers and celebrities are coming to the Pennsylvania Convention Center from Aug. 28-30 for Keystone Comic Con. Single-day and three-day tickets, including new premium ticket packages, are on sale at https:// www.keystonecomiccon.com/Buy/Tickets/. The event will feature panels, autograph sessions, the Keystone Championships of Cosplay, family-friendly activities, Star Wars Fan group experiences, a Gaming Zone and professional wrestling.

Guests can visit Cosplay Central, featuring cosplay enthusiasts posing for photos, and can attend cosplay workshops to learn new techniques and discuss building and designing their own cosplay connect with fellow fans. Pop Asia will feature anime, manga and K-pop. Guests are encouraged to attend the Comic Showcase, a gallery of artists’ works. Curated pieces will be available through an auction beneﬁting St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. There will be A Boy Meets World reunion featuring Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, Will Friedle and William Daniels. William Shatner, George Takei and Walter Koenig, of Star Trek, will be in attendance. The city and Keystone Comic Con are joining efforts to support the Police Athletic League, donating a ticket to PAL for every kids’ ticket sold and donating comic books to promote literacy within the youth population of Philadelphia. For more information, visit http://www.keystonecomiccon.com/. ••

Thomas Junior High holding a reunion

An all-class reunion for the former George C. Thomas Junior High School will take place on

Sept. 26, from 7 to 11 p.m. at Galdo’s, 20th Street and Moyamensing Avenue. Thomas opened in 1920 at 9th and Johnston streets. It became Mastery Charter School in 2009. Tickets for the reunion cost $75. Checks or money orders can be made payable to Karen Kelly-Mandl and sent to P.O. Box 87, Hainesport, NJ 08036. For more information, email Karen Kelly-Mandl at kmkthomas@outlook.com or visit https://www. facebook.com/events/753740381820658/?active_ tab=about.

‘Orphans’ starting run at Theatre Exile

Set in a dilapidated row home in North Philadelphia during the 1980s, two brothers with no family, direction or support lead a life where every day is a struggle to survive. Worlds collide when one brother kidnaps a mysterious, wealthy businessman who soon turns the table on the two brothers. In a strange and moving way, he becomes their long-lost father ﬁgure. The show begins on April 9 and runs through May 3 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Theatre Exile at 1340 S. 13th St. Tickets range $10-$40. For more info, visit: https://theatreexile.org/shows/orphans/.

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The chasm between medical professionals and some residents at last Monday’s meeting is at some level representative of the bigger picture. Despite observational opposition from Philadelphia residents, the medical community seems to be generally in favor of safe injection sites. But why? By Tom Beck SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW

n last Monday’s City Council hearing in front of the Public Health and Human Services Committee, testimonies from roughly 30 individuals in the debate over safe injection sites were

heard. The majority of these testimonies spoke in favor of the bill introduced by Councilmember David Oh, which would virtually ban safe injection sites in Philadelphia, with voices coming predominantly from city residents and civic leaders railing against Safehouse’s lack of communication with the South Philadelphia community before its decision to open a safe injection site inside of South Philly’s Constitution Health Center. But not all of the day’s testimonies came from city residents. Four, in fact, came from either credentialed medical professionals or academics who study public health. One of them came from the city’s health commissioner, Thomas Farley. The other three came from Alexis Roth, an assistant professor at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health; Bonnie Milas, a professor of clinical anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine; and Bill Kinkle, a registered nurse and cohost of the Health Professionals in Recovery podcast. All four testified against the bill. The chasm between the four medical professionals and some residents at the meeting is at some level representative of the bigger picture. Despite observational opposition from Philadelphia residents, the medical community seems to be generally in favor of safe injection sites. Most studies seem to show they save lives, promote safer injection conditions, reduce overdoses, increase access to health services and were associated with less outdoor drug use. The evidence doesn’t appear to show that these sites have any negative impacts on crime or drug use. For these reasons, safe injection sites have been endorsed - as Dr. Farley pointed out in the hearing - by the American Medical Association and the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

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Hot button issue: Supporters and opponents of safe injection sites gathered at last Monday’s council meeting. But residents still aren’t having it. “Why would we want to be the first to experiment on this?” asked Packer Park Civic Association president Barbara Capozzi in her testimony. “It makes no sense whatsoever. I’m full of compassion for [people suffering from drug addiction], but I’m more full of compassion for my residents and all the residents symbolized by these civic associations.” Capozzi’s sentiment was echoed in the testimony of South Philly resident Anthony Giordano, who represented a community group called Stand Up South Philly and Take Our Streets Back. “Safe injection sites are not safe,” he said. “Allowing people to consume illegal drugs of unknown composition in a so-called medical facility is beyond my comprehension. How is this safe? Helping people further harm themselves under the guise of a legitimate medical intervention just doesn’t make any sense.” The testimony of Milas, the Penn anesthesiology

professor, showed a perceived frustration within the medical community for its relative lack of influence over policy, at least when contrasted with that of residents’. “It amazes me that we’re sitting here talking about making a medical decision and we’re listening to public opinion,” she said. “We need to make this based on information like Dr. Farley suggested: medical consensus, meta-analyses and a medical opinion.” Milas was unique among the four medical professionals because the opioid crisis had affected her a bit more personally. She had two sons die of opioid overdoses - one was 27 and other 31, she said. “At the 100 legal supervised injection sites worldwide, there are no recorded deaths,” she testified. “Had my sons overdosed at a Safehouse-type facility, they would have had a 100 percent chance of survival.” Roth piled on. “The scientific evidence from peer-reviewed jour-

nals on these sites is clear,” she testified. “They reduce overdose mortality rates, HIV, environmental hepatitis risk, they improve access to health and social services, they help reduce substance use and help people enroll in treatment. Furthermore, they’ve helped improve community health and safety. In neighborhoods where a [safe injection site] exists, there are actually reductions in public injection and improperly discarded syringes, reductions in drug-related crime, and the demand for ambulance services for opioid-related overdoses goes down.” Wanting to show that there’s evidence against safe injection sites as well, Oh presented evidence of his own. A “very credible” study, he said, released this month by the government of Alberta showed evidence against the medical facilities. “People who are for safe injection sites will not like the results of this study,” he told Farley during his testimony. “It is a very impactful, very credible study done in Alberta looking at all of the safe injection sites there, raising a lot of issues and providing a lot of information that actually refutes a lot of what you said about earlier studies.” The study found, among other things, that 56 percent of people surveyed thought that walking in their neighbourhood after dark had become less safe since a safe injection site opened in their city. This study, however, has actually had its credibility publically called into question by numerous academics. “I would say that the only conclusion that a reasonable and fair-minded reader should draw is that the report is a political document and not an objective or scientifically credible evaluation of supervised consumption sites,” Cameron Wild, a professor at the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health, told the Calgary Herald. “It’s really impossible in the end to tell whether the results that appear (in the report) were cherry-picked to justify certain conclusions, or whether the results really fairly represent the diverse views that were obtained.” The same Calgary Herald report cited Jenny Godley, a professor who teaches at the University of Calgary’s Department of Sociology, who said the study’s

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machines,” which has, in fact, begun to happen in Vancouver. Capozzi said that she couldn’t see herself changing her mind, in part because she thinks safe injection sites “condone” and “enable” drug use. “I cannot imagine what would convince me that enabling addicts and making it easier for them would actually help them in the long run,” she wrote. “Con-

data should be “taken with a grain of salt” and that it “wouldn’t pass my undergrad stats class.” An op-ed by University of British Columbia law professor Benjamin Perrin called the study “dangerously biased” and “methodologically flawed.” He added that it “explicitly ignores over 100 peerreviewed studies on the benefits of [safe injection sites].” The Review asked Oh’s office if Oh still stood by the study in light of the criticism. “The Alberta study is long awaited and highly credible,” Oh responded in an email sent by spokesman Tyler DeBusi. “It is backed by independent data and corroborated by eyewitness testimony and visible evidence. People can read it and decide for themselves.” The Review asked residents why they don’t support safe injection sites despite the evidence presented by the health community. In an email to the Review, Capozzi, who wasn’t willing to talk over the phone, disagreed with the premise. She argued that the split wasn’t so much between residents Tom Beck/South Philly Review and the medical community so much as it was among liberals and conser- Just say no: Safe injection site opponents Richine Antinupo (left) and Dennis Payne (right) protested vatives. against the city allowing the opening of a Safehouse “[A]lmost by definition academfacility outside of Kensington’s McPherson Library on ics are quite liberal,” she said. “The Saturday. divergent opinions are also the difference between people in the real world vs. people with doning drug use and making it easier, no matter what a whole lot more ‘book smarts’ than street sense or form it takes, is wrong, wrong, wrong.” common sense.” During Monday’s hearing, only Councilmember She also argued that the results of various studies Helen Gym, who voted against advancing the bill, completed in Canada weren’t necessarily representa- asked for more details on the science. tive of Philadelphia’s relatively poor community. “I don’t think any of us on Council have a medical “I have seen no evidence that this type of facility degree,” she acknowledged to Farley. “From a medical would work in Philadelphia, with its very poor popula- perspective, why does the AMA support these facilition,” she said. “SIS is a concept that has never, ever ties?” been tried in the USA with its very poor, and very di“Because they reviewed the full scientific literature verse urban populations. We are not Sweden, we are and looked into what they provide,” responded Farnot Canada.” ley. “And they acknowledge that opioid overdoses is At an anti-safe injection site protest outside of a common problem, that they reduce overdose deaths Kensington’s McPherson Library on Saturday, Phila- and that they potentially serve as a side to treatment.” delphia resident Richie Antinupo expressed similar The legislation proposed by Oh initially required concerns. 90 percent of a community’s approval within 1 mile “Show me the studies and where they [were con- of a proposed safe injection site before it could open ducted].” he said. and operate, a threshold many think can’t possibly be The Star informed him that they mostly had been met. However, at the end of the meeting, the bill was conducted in Canada. amended to lower the thresholds from 90 percent to “OK, well that ain’t here, is it?” he replied. “Just 80 percent and from 1 mile to a half-mile. It subsebecause it works somewhere else does not mean it’ll quently passed by a vote of four to two, advancing it work here, or vice versa.” out of committee. Councilmembers Cindy Bass, Isaiah Antinupo was also afraid that safe injection sites Thomas, David Oh and Bobby Henon voted in favor, were a slippery slope to things like opioid “vending while Gym and Kendra Brooks voted against.

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uneral services are not expected until at least early April for a Philadelphia police officer killed last Friday morning while serving a search warrant and fugitive arrest warrant for a murder suspect in Frankford.

Coronavirus precautions forced postponement of a viewing and funeral Mass scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Members of the SWAT team and a fugitive squad entered a property on the 1600 block of Bridge Street, right down the street from Frankford Transportation Center, at about 5:50 a.m. Officers were met by gunfire through a closed door on the second floor, authorities said. Cpl. James O’Connor IV, 46, was struck near his left shoulder blade area and left forearm. He was pronounced dead

at 6:09 a.m. at Temple University Hospital. “It’s a very sad day, not just for officers here, but it’s a very sad day for the family who was here and who was mourning and still trying to stomach all this now,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said outside the hospital. “It’s a tough job, and they do the best for us every day,” Mayor Jim Kenney said. “It’s just a bad day.” O’Connor, a 23-year veteran of the department, spent 15 years as a member of the SWAT team and was married with two adult children. His son, James V, is an officer in the 9th District, and his daughter, Kelsey, is an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force. “We certainly know when we put this uniform on, that it could be the last time that we see our loved ones,” Outlaw said. “It takes a special person to do this job, and that’s who this corporal was.” Police said another SWAT officer, Patrick Saba, returned fire, hitting two males, who were transported to the hospital in stable condition. O’Connor and the other officers were serving a warrant for 21-year-old Hassan Elliott, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Elliott, of the 800 block of E. Price St. in East Germantown, was not shot. He was arrested and charged with the March 1, 2019 murder and robbery of Tyree Tyrone, 33, on the 5300 block of Duffield St. in Frankford. That murder took place, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office, on the same day Elliott was in court on a cocaine charge. U.S. Attorney William McSwain described Elliott as a member of a gang called “1700,” which he said operates on Brill and Scattergood streets. Khalif Sears, 18, of the 6200 block of N. Lambert St. in West Oak Lane, one of the men shot

in the Bridge Street home, has also been charged in the 2019 murder. The other man shot was a 40-year-old who lives in the house. He is being held on unrelated charges. Two others were transported to the homicide unit, police said. Ten firearms were recovered from a second-floor middle bedroom. It’s not yet clear who fired the bullet that killed O’Connor, a North Catholic High School graduate. “These officers didn’t get a chance,” Outlaw said. “The gunfire happened immediately as soon as they walked in the door.” Bill Hunter, 58, a 29-year police veteran, spent about five years working alongside O’Connor on the SWAT team. “Jimmy was very easygoing. Even though he was the supervisor … you would never know. He was just a natural leader and just a fun guy to be around,” he said. “And, the one thing about Jimmy was, you were the most important person there. You and your safety were more important to him than anything else.” Hunter, who also attended North Catholic and was the former wrestling coach, spoke about the bond among SWAT officers in the city. “Other than my North Catholic brotherhood, being a part of the SWAT team is probably the most unique brotherhood I’ve ever been part of, outside of my own immediate family. We train together, we’ve seen this type of tragedy together, we hunt down murderers together,” he said. “You really bond when you do stuff like that. This hit really hard. I’m absolutely stunned. I’m numb.” O’Connor’s passing provided a moment of reflection, in many ways, for Hunter. “It really makes you reflect and look back and realize what’s important and what’s not important,” he said. “The most impor-

tant thing to Jimmy was family. He was a great father. I feel terrible for his family. Jimmy is a hero. He’s always going to be remembered as a hero, the way he should be.” From 1988 to 1992, O’Connor attended North, where he played soccer all four years, and lived on Coral Street in Kensington during his attendance, according to former head coach Tom Ciolko. “He was a quiet kid who enjoyed being around his teammates. He was a hard worker. And, he never complained about anything. He was a really nice kid,” Ciolko said. “We didn’t just lose another police officer. We lost a good man.” Jerry Brindisi was the assistant coach during O’Connor’s playing days. “He was a back and midfielder. He came down to Norphans Day years later,” Brindisi said. “He was just a great kid. I saw him at Byrne’s [Tavern] every once in a while. And, he was just your regular, blue-collar hero.” O’Connor is the first city police officer killed since 2015, when Sgt. Robert Wilson III was gunned down in North Philadelphia. Condolences for O’Connor’s family and friends poured in following his death. Archbishop Nelson Perez said, “I have asked the priests, deacons, religious and lay faithful of the Archdiocese to join me praying for the soul of Cpl. O’Connor, for the consolation and peace of his family, and for all those suffering as a result of his death. May the Lord pour His mercy upon them and hold them in His loving embrace.” “This morning’s shooting is a reminder of the dangers men and women in law enforcement face every day and the sacrifices they make to keep our communities safe,” Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement. O’Connor “was murdered for doing his job – serving

and protecting the people of Philadelphia,” U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said. “The monster who murdered Cpl. O’Connor must be aggressively prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And Congress needs to do more to keep guns out of the hands of violent criminals.” State Sen. Christine Tartaglione, whose district includes the 1600 block of Bridge Street, told residents it is time to unite as a community. “Words cannot express the grief I feel for the corporal’s family, colleagues, and loved ones,” she said on Facebook. ••

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Order of Police Lodge #5, 11630 Caroline Road, announced it is opening a memorial fund in memory of fallen Philadelphia SWAT Cpl. James O’Connor IV. O’Connor was killed in the line of duty on Friday while serving a fugitive arrest warrant for a murder suspect in Frankford. “The outpouring of support for James O’Connor IV, his family and Philadelphia Police Department has been overwhelming,” FOP 5 President John McNesby said in a statement. “Residents and police officers all across the region are looking to aid and support the family.” A Benefit for our Hero in memory of O’Connor that was planned for Friday has been postponed, as the FOP lounge is closed due to the coronavirus. Anyone wishing to donate to the fund can reach out to the credit union and make a donation. Information is below: Phiadelphia Police and Fire Federal Credit Union Corporal James R. O’Connor IV Memorial Fund 901 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-931-0300 800-228-8801 ••

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Johnson hosts meeting as homicide rate skyrockets By Mark Zimmaro

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esidents, police and elected officials convened last week at Shiloh Baptist Church on Christian Street to discuss the topic of gun violence in relation to a recent daytime shooting in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood of South Philadelphia.

The meeting was organized by City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, who lives in South Philadelphia and represents the 2nd District, covering parts of Center City, South Philly and Southwest Philly, and is the chairman of the Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. Johnson welcomed police representatives from the 17th Police District, South Detective Division, District Attorney’s Office and other elected officials to speak with concerned residents at the town hall meeting. “This last shooting took place in broad daylight about 1 o’clock in the afternoon outside a park that is frequented by young people,” Johnson said. “For me, that type of behavior is totally unacceptable. So we are taking a comprehensive approach when it comes to addressing the issue of gun violence.” The shooting occurred on March 5, as three gunmen jumped out of cars and chased 21-year-old Kahil Williams-Husky down Carpenter Street and fatally shot him near the intersection of 22nd and Montrose streets, adjacent to Julian Abele Park. The incident was captured on surveillance footage, and the homicide is still under investigation, according to Capt. Michael O’Donnell of the 17th District. “We’re still investigating, so we can’t get too deep into that,” O’Donnell said. “It is a homicide investigation that is very sensitive in nature but we have a lot of video that we’re going into, and the captain of South Detectives has some patrol

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Peace not guns: City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson speaks to residents at a town hall at the Shiloh Baptist Church on Christian Street on March 10. The meeting was in response to a fatal shooting in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood earlier this month.

alerts. They have a vehicle that they captured in the video as well as some pictures of the offenders, and we are looking for them.” The shooting has the community shaken, as it occurred in broad daylight during school hours. Johnson said it involves gang violence that has plagued the area for years. “A lot of these conflicts come from ‘Small Side,’ which is everything south of Washington Avenue,” Johnson said. “And this is ‘Big Side,’ which is everything north. This is nothing new. It’s been going on since I was a kid. There’s always been some type of conflict with turf wars. “A lot of these back-and-forth shootings over the past several months have

really revolved around two different groups of individuals that live on different sides of Washington Avenue. It’s totally nonsense at the end of the day.” Johnson says he plans to advocate for more funding for the detectives division at the city level. State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-1st dist.) said he would advocate for legislation at the state level. “We need to give law enforcement more than just cars and bullets and vests,” Farnese said. “We need to give them the legislative options they need to put these idiots behind bars right now and get these guys off the streets.” The town hall was held on March 10 and at that time, 68 homicides had been committed in Philadelphia in 2020.

Street, faces sentencing by Judge Glenn Bronson on May 28 for the incident that occurred on Jan. 5, 2019 at the park located at 6th and Wharton streets, the District Attorney’s Office announced last week. According to the DA’s office, the victim, Drew Justice, was walking his dog with his fiancee at the park and asked

Oropeza to leash his two dogs. Oropeza took offense and punched Justice, causing him to fall and hit his head and die from his injuries shortly after. The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office had ruled that Justice died from a blunt impact trauma injury to the head. “I want to thank Assistant District Attorney Danielle Burkavage for secur-

The number has risen to 79 through Sunday, including the tragic death of onduty SWAT officer Cpl. James O’Connor, who was shot and killed while attempting to serve a homicide warrant in the Frankford section of the city on Friday. Through Sunday, homicides in 2020 were up 23 percent from last year and the most to date since 2007. “My first priority is neighborhood safety,” Johnson said. “When I walk down the street, most folks won’t know, especially this generation, that I’m a council person. I walk with my two sons and my wife. They don’t know I’m an elected official so bullets don’t have any names on them. I’m just as vulnerable as the next person inside of this room.” ••

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Man pleads guilty in fatal dog walker confrontation A South Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for his role in a confrontation that ended in the death of a 38-year-old man who was walking his dog at Gold Star Park. Matthew Oropeza, 25, of South 6th

ing justice in this matter today. It is never acceptable to inflict violence, much less violence against a neighbor in a neighborly setting,” District Attorney Larry Krasner said. “May the loved ones of the deceased continue to find healing and support from loving neighbors, and may this defendant find rehabilitation and repair while serving his sentence.” ••

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MARCH 20

Photography Show - “Our Hidden Face.” Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. SPACE Art Gallery, 749 S. 8th St. Complimentary champagne, soft drinks and light bites, with live music from Otis and The Band. Continues through March 31. 215-279-7145. Small Favors XV: Expanding the Field - The Clay Studio, 139 N. 2nd St. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Continues through April 26. 215-9253453 or https://www.theclaystudio.org/exhibitions/small-favors-x-expanding-the-ﬁeld. Joshua Hebbert: Stargazing - The Clay Studio, 137-39 N. 2nd St. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Continues through April 26. 215-925-3453 or https://www.theclaystudio.org/exhibitions/ stargazing-joshua-hebbert.

MARCH 22

Chopin Concert - Sponsored by Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia. 2:30 p.m. Settlement Music School, 6128 Germantown Ave. $30, or $20 for students. Light reception to follow. 215-627-1391 or dziecko2@ comcast.net.

MARCH 26

Bingo at Our Lady of Mount Carmel - 2329 S. 3rd St. 6:30 to 10 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. $30, includes 12 games of bingo and one “coverall bonus” game, a hot dog and choice of water or soda, and coffee and tea. Prizes will be gift cards. Tickets will be sold after each Mass. Or, call 215-334-7766.

APRIL 1

Mind Carnival - Da Vinci Art Alliance, 704 Catharine St. Solo exhibition of works by

Baskets for Bambies - St. Hubert cafeteria, Torresdale and Cottman avenues. 7 to 11 p.m. More than 75 baskets and other high-end prizes. All-ages event. Free admission. BYOB, food and snacks. Soda, water and soft pretzels provided. DJ Mary Clifford. Need not be present to win. South Philly Health & Job Fair - EOM Athletic Association, 144 Moore St. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

APRIL 14

City All Star Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame Awards Banquet - Cannstatter’s, 9130 Academy Road. Inductees Craig Conlin, Lou DeCree, Dennis DeMayo, Joe Griesser, Joe Hand, Mike Hawkins, Steve Kane, Mike Koplove, Kathy Lonergan, Dave Mastropietro and Dr. Anthony Salem. $60 in advance and $65 at the door. 5:30 p.m. 215-601-7045 or jmcardle@ comcast.net.

APRIL 16

Youth Summer Job/City ID Card Initiative - Sponsored by 17th Police District. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. South Philadelphia Library, 1700 S. Broad St.

APRIL 17

Rep. Fiedler Mobile Office Hours - Whitman Council, 2455 S. 3rd St. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Get assistance with state-level issues and concerns, including Senior SEPTA ID card processing.

APRIL 18

Family Library, 2437 S. Broad St. 3-5 p.m. Get assistance with state-level issues and concerns, including Senior SEPTA ID card processing.

APRIL 24

Tribute to Sinatra Dinner Show with Joey C - Fran Lee Caterers, 4556 Almond St. $35, includes tax and gratuity. Cash bar. Doors open 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7, show at 8:30. 215-908-9006.

APRIL 25

Bean Bag Toss/Corn Hole Tournament Sponsored by North Catholic Alumni Association. 2 to 6 p.m. at Fireman’s Hall Museum, 2500 Lefevre St. $50 per player or $35 for non-players. Draft beer, wine, soda, hot buffet, cash bar, 50/50 and corn hole board rafﬂe. Reservation: 215-543-1051. Beef-and-Beer Fundraiser - 7 to 11 p.m. at St. Anne School hall, Memphis and Tucker streets, for Michael McKee, who is battling a rare form of appendix cancer. Tickets cost $35 and include a buffet, draft beer and a disc jockey. For tickets or to make a monetary contribution or a donation for the Chinese auction, call 215-338-2401 or email renie529@verizon.net. Community Flea Market - Marconi Older Adult Program, 2433 S. 15th St. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Free Food Box for Seniors - For low-income seniors. Pick up at Rep. Fiedler’s Ofﬁce, 2400 S. 9th St. 11 a.m. to noon. Call the ofﬁce if you might qualify to have a box reserved at 215-271-9190.

MAY 3

Goatchella Yoga with Alpacas - East Passyunk Community Center Park, 1025 Mifﬂin St. Hour-long sessions from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $45. Bring yoga mat. https://www. eventbrite.com/e/goatchella-yoga-with-alpacas-tickets-91090150091.

Race Against Hunger - Navy Yard Philadelphia. 5K Run/Walk starts and ends at the Parade Marine Grounds. Music, small business table vendors, food trucks and activities for the whole family. Register in advance: $35 to run, $30 to walk. Event day: $40 to run, $35 to walk. Youth walkers: $5 ($10 on event day). Children under 5 take part for free. www.phillyhungerrace.com.

Rep. Fiedler Mobile Office Hours - South Philly Library, 1700 S. Broad St. 1-4 p.m. Get assistance with state-level issues and concerns, including Senior SEPTA ID card processing. Staff from U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans’ ofﬁce will be there.

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man Council, 2455 S. 3rd St. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Get assistance with state-level issues and concerns, including Senior SEPTA ID card processing.

MAY 31

East Passyunk Craft Beer Day - 11 a.m. Philly Beer Week kicks off with a full day of craft beer events. Over a dozen East Passyunk restaurants, bars and retailers will present opportunities to meet the brewers, try new craft beers and enjoy beer-infused and inspired foods. Free to attend, food and drink pay-as-you-go, select events may have tickets (see businesses).

JUNE 6

Health Expo - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jefferson Methodist Hospital, 2301 S. Broad St. Free health screenings, information and consultations. Free food and refreshments. Cartoon characters, face painting, balloon art. 215-952-9169.

JUNE 7

11th Annual La Festa Street Festival Features the much-anticipated South Philly spaghetti eating contest, live music, dancing, food, beer, wine, contests, prizes, vendors, shopping, wine-making demos, vodka water ice, and culinary displays, as well as children’s games. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. along East Passyunk Avenue on the 1800 and 1900 blocks and at the History of Italian Immigration Museum. Free to attend, food and drink pay-as-you-go.

JUNE 19

Boxing - 7:30 p.m. 2300 Arena, 2300 S. Swanson St. www.ragingbabe.com/phillyspecial.

JUNE 28

Free Neighborhood Chamber Concert - 3 p.m. East Passyunk Singing Fountain, 1904 E. Passyunk Ave. Games and giveaways at 1:30 p.m.

JULY 26

East Passyunk Car Show and Street Festival - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. East Passyunk Avenue, starting at Broad Street to Dickinson. Over 200 muscle, classic, antique, custom and show cars, trucks and motorcycles will line the avenue, with street vendors, rack sales, kids’ activities, live music and a craft show. Free to attend, food and drink pay-asyou-go.

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As the wait for sports continues, Philly stadium workers receive relief By Mark Zimmaro SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW

he recent rise of the coronavirus has left many things uncertain in the world of the National Hockey League. The entire league is left in limbo, as the regular season was due to enter its last dozen or so games before a two-month gauntlet known as the Stanley Cup Playoffs. As COVID-19 built momentum in North America, sports leagues quickly responded, shutting down operations in an attempt to flatten the pandemic curve. Was it the right move? Time will tell. Hopefully, things return to normal sooner than later and in a few years from now we’ll all have to Google what the heck a coronavirus was in the first place. We’ll likely remember the Flyers’ 2019-20 season as a big “what-if,” as the team was red hot at the time of the league’s suspension and Philly was a major threat to contend for its first Cup in 45 years. Even if things do resume, how will it affect the team going forward? This team typically doesn’t perform well after long breaks and oftentimes is slow out of the gate to start the season. This could feel like an entirely new season if things do get back on track. It’s a shame we’ll never truly know what could have been. On the bright side, humanity has taken the spotlight in the Philadelphia sports scene, as Comcast Spectacor, which runs the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia, vowed to pay its employees despite the suspension and possible cancellation of the Flyers, 76ers and Wings seasons. This includes those tasked with collecting tickets, ushers, security and cleaning crews that punch a time card at the 19,000-plus-seat arena. Many of them are South Philly residents. It seems like a no-brainer. But looking around the National Hockey League, it’s not quite a tapin from the edge of the crease. According to Washington Capitals blog Russian Machine Never Breaks, only 18 of the league’s 31 teams have solidified that promise to employees as of March 16. Some of the remaining 13 teams say they are working on a plan and some others are a bit more complicated, as not

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Travis Konecny (left) receives instruction from teammate Jake Voracek during a Flyers practice earlier this season. The NHL season is on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak. all teams own the arenas in which they play. In Calgary, the city-owned ScotiaBank Saddledome is leased to the Saddledome Foundation, a nonprofit that oversees operations, and the building is managed by the Calgary Flames. The Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp., which owns the Flames, the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen and the National Lacrosse League’s Calgary Roughnecks, originally sent a letter to employees last week stating it would not pay its part-time employees during the suspended season. On Sunday, the Flames changed their minds and released a statement. “We may not get everything right, out of the

gate, but we can assure you that we will continue to work hard to do what is right,” the organization said in a release. In other places where the help has been slow to arrive, players have taken the initiative. Boston’s Brad Marchand has started a GoFundMe page looking to raise $250,000. Several of his teammates have donated toward the cause. Former Flyer and current Florida Panthers goaltender Sergie Bobrovsky, who inked a seven-year, $70 million contract over the summer, has vowed to donate $100,000 to part-time workers at the BB&T Center in Sunrise during the hiatus.

The Flyers and Comcast Spectacor made it very clear how they feel about their game-day workers. Valerie Camillo, president of business operations for the Flyers and the Wells Fargo Center, said in a message to staff: “You are the team that makes our operation run seamlessly on a day-today basis, and we want to make sure you have a sense of financial security and value during these challenging times.” In a time of such uncertainty, it’s good to know some things remain certain.

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