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Gay man attacked in South Philly

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A South Philadelphia resident reports being chased by men who hurled beer bottles and antigay slurs at him last week.

Peter Andrew Danzig was walking home near 10th Street and Oregon Avenue last Thursday night when he encountered a group of visibly intoxicated men, he told Philadelphia Magazine. The men were participating in a birthday celebration for the U.S. Marines at nearby Cookie’s Tavern.

One man reportedly asked Danzig where the closest “titty bar” was, and when Danzig replied he didn’t know, the group began harassing him.

According to a report police provided to PGN, as Danzig walked away, someone in the group threw a beer bottle at his right leg.

He turned toward them and, when several of the men started approaching him, he started running, the report said. Another beer bottle was thrown in his direction, which broke in the street.

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ELECTION AFTERMATH: More than 1,000 people amassed in Center City Nov. 10 for a candlelight vigil and protest in response to the election of Donald Trump as president. The Our 100: Philly Women in Formation event was the second protest in as many nights after the election. Participants gathered at Thomas Paine Plaza and marched to 30th Street Station, holding signs proclaiming messages of equality and chanting anti-Trump slogans. Protests continued in Philadelphia and cities across the country throughout the weekend. Photo: Scott A. Drake

More than 140 applicants for Commission on LGBT Affairs

By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com After a three-week period, the Office of LGBT Affairs closed applications for the city’s new Commission on LGBT Affairs on the Nov. 4 deadline.

After receiving 147 applications, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the Office of Public Engagement and the Office of the Mayor will be looking at the applications to make a decision on who will be the right fit for the Commission. The commission will include 15-25 members.

A timeline for decisions was not finalized as of presstime.

“We’re all over here working as diligently as possible because it’s something that is of critical need and will be an incredible source of continued advocacy, especially in this climate that we find ourselves in now,” said Nellie Fitzpatrick, director of the Office of LGBT Affairs.

A statement released by the city last

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month said the commission will “reflect the diversity of the LGBT community, including members who represent the transgender, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, queer, and intersex communities, as well as diversity in ethnicity, religion, race, gender, disability, profession, citizenship status, socioeconomic status, geography, housing status and age. The Commission will include or consult with experts in relevant fields, such as racial justice, housing, youth development, HIV prevention, mental health, business, law and policy.”

When it comes to selecting members, Fitzpatrick said the team is “looking for the true breadth of diversity not only in things such as race, national origin, ability, disability, religion, age, socioeconomic status, geographic location but also areas of expertise and what that can offer to the community as a whole in advocating within government structures.”

Fitzpatrick said they are looking to “increase lines of communication both into

government and in pushing information out of government.”

As for the issues the group will be tackling, Fitzpatrick said it will be the Commission’s decision to figure out which are the most important.

“I think it’s very clear that our community as a whole has a lot of work to do first and foremost in combatting the issues of racism, classism and sexism; and the various places that those dangerous “isms” find themselves and the barriers that they create,” she said.

Fitzpatrick noted there have been other advisory groups and committees within city governments in the past. However, this new initiative will be the first commission on LGBT affairs established after the Office of LGBT Affairs became a permanent part of government.

“It’s the next critical step in continued building of permanent structures to support and advance LGBT civil rights here in our city,” Fitzpatrick said. n

Donald Trump’s unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton has left many in the LGBT community wondering what the next presidential administration will mean for LGBT rights.

“Over time, Trump has given mixed messages on LGBTQ people,” said Rea Carey, the executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force. “On the one hand, he says, ‘I love the gays’ or ‘I don’t have a problem with gays.’ On the other hand, he chose as his running mate and presumptive vice president one of the most anti-LGBT governors in the history of this country [Indiana Gov. Mike Pence].

That’s the signal to our community.”

Here are the areas of most concern under a Trump presidency.

Marriage equality While Trump has vowed to elect Supreme Court justices who oppose marriage equality, the president-elect made a statement on the issue in a “60 Minutes” interview, which aired last Sunday.

“It’s irrelevant because it was already settled. It’s law,” Trump said in the interview. “It was settled in the Supreme Court.

I mean, it’s done. These cases have gone to the Supreme Court. They’ve been settled and I’m fine with that.”

Ted Martin, the executive director for Equality Pennsylvania, said the likelihood of the Supreme Court reversing marriage equality is “not impossible [but] is pretty improbable.” However, he voiced concerns about how spouses are considered for the purposes of health care and childcare.

“What I do think is very probable is that the new administration in Washington will do its best through rules and regulations to make the lives of LGBT people very difficult,” Martin said.

Carey also made the point that even if marriage equality were to be overturned, couples who were already married prior to the ruling would still be recognized under the law.

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William Way to host Trans Day of Remembrance event

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Members of the trans community and allies will gather this weekend to mourn trans lives lost to violence this past year, while also celebrating the community’s successes.

International Transgender Day of Remembrance will be marked from 6-9 p.m.

Nov. 20 at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. It is the sixth year for the event, and the 18th for TDoR. TDoR caps Transgender Awareness Week, which started Nov. 14.

Sharron Cooks, part of the Philadelphia trans leadership planning the TDoR event, said names of those lost to violence in the past year will be read during the program.

Organizers will also outline advances made for trans equality.

“Our particular goal is to really unify the trans community to not only remember our community members who have been killed by acts of violence but to also celebrate the successes and progress the trans community has made,” Cooks said, noting current events will also be at the forefront of the gathering. “We want to bring everyone together considering we are going to be living under a Trump-Pence administration.

We want to reassure people that we are going to be there for them throughout the duration of this struggle.”

She added that the event will include a call to action for transgender community members to “stand together in alliance with each other” moving forward.

The event will include a community portion that will allow participants to pose questions about any issues they or the community at large may be facing.

“Community members can voice concerns around name changes, what does [Trump’s election] mean for public facilities for trans people,” Cooks said. “There are a lot of social-justice issues we’ve been dealing with politically, so there will be an opportunity during the community time for people in the audience to ask those questions and we’re going to have people in the audience who can answer them. It’s a very uncertain time and people need to be reassured.”

Flowers, décor and refreshments are being provided through donations from Human Rights Campaign, William Way, Philadelphia Family Planning Council, Philladelphia FIGHT and Mazzoni Center.

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct. 31-Nov. 6. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Crime Analyst Officer Robert Savino. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686-TIPS. INCIDENTS — At 12:20 a.m. Oct. 31, a person standing outside Locust Bar, 235 S. 10th St., was shot by a paintball gun. The victim described the suspects as black males in a four-door black Chevy sedan. The bar also sustained some damage to the front door from the paint ball. An investigation is ongoing.

— At 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4, a man broke into the Jefferson Pain Center at 834 Chestnut St. and stole office equipment. He is described as black, in his 40s, 5-foot-10, 220 pounds, wearing a gray hoodie, a red and white Polo shirt, jeans, a striped black baseball cap with a white logo and white sneakers.

Central Detectives is investigating.

NON SUMMARY ARRESTS — A 9:24 p.m. Nov. 4, Sixth District Officers Burrell and Butler arrested a 40-year-old man in the 300 block of South Juniper Street who was wanted on a warrant for a probation violation.

— At 9:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Ninth District officers arrested a 49-year-old man in the 200 block of South 13th Street who was wanted on a warrant for a probation violation.

— At 1:13 a.m. Nov. 6, Sixth District Officer Brown arrested a 23-year-old man in the 300 block of South Eighth Street for driving under the influence of alcohol.

SUMMARY ARRESTS — At 10:45 p.m. Nov. 1, police issued a summary citation to a 45-year-old man for drinking from an open container of alcohol in the 200 block of South Juniper Street.

— At 2:43 a.m. Nov. 3, police issued a summary citation for harassment to a 29-year-old man in the 200 block of South Eighth Street.

— At 11:30 p.m. Nov. 4, police issued a summary citation to a 24-year-old man for drinking from an open container of alcohol in the 300 block of South 12th Street. n

News Briefing FBI releases 2015 hate-crime stats According to an annual report released by the FBI this week, Philadelphia Police reported three hate crimes based on sexual orientation, but no hate crimes based on gender or gender identity, in 2015.

Pennsylvania State Police reported 11 hate crimes based on sexual orientation, one hate crime based on gender identity and no hate crimes based on gender in 2015.

Nationwide, the FBI reported 1,053 hate crimes based on sexual orientation, 114 hate crimes based on gender identity and 23 hate crimes based on gender in 2015.

About 15,000 law-enforcement agencies and schools participate in the FBI’s hatecrimes reporting program.

— Timothy Cwiek

Churches in region to recall TDoR Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia will mark International Transgender Day of Remembrance this week.

The congregation will honor the lives of transgender individuals lost in the past year during its weekly worship service 11 a.m. Nov. 20 at 3637 Chestnut St. For more information, call 215-8735719.

At 7 p.m. that evening, the Unitarian Congregation of West Chester will host its own TDoR gathering. The event will begin with a candelight vigil, with remarks by local transgender people and allies.

The vigil will be followed by a community discussion, along with music and refreshments.

The event is sponsored by LGBT Equality Alliance, Mid-Atlantic Transperience Community, Sanctuary Counseling, LLC and Unitarian Congregation of West Chester.

For more information, contact Carrie Sandler (484) 354-7922 or SPRITSONG@ aol.com.

Holiday celebrated at new church Public-health nonprofit Bebashi: Transition to Hope is co-hosting a community meal to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

Thanksgiving on the Block will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at The Block, 2619 Indiana Ave. The Block is a new spirit-led, Gospel-centered church focusing on meeting the needs of the local community.

Next week’s event will feature a Thanksgiving meal along with free health screenings.

For more information, visit www.theblockchurch.org. RSVP by calling 267777-9978.

William Way to host holiday potluck William Way LGBT Community Center will host its annual Thanksgiving Holiday Potluck next week.

The event takes place from 1-3 p.m.

Nov. 24 at the center, 1315 Spruce St. Guests are asked to bring a dish to share.

RSVP with what you’ll be bringing to 215-732-2220.

— Jen Colletta

The Attic to host Queer Thanksgiving The holidays will be filled with thankfulness for LGBT youth. On Monday — three days before Thanksgiving — The Attic Youth Center will host its annual Fall Harvest Dinner, or Queer Thanksgiving.

While The Attic has always coordinated an annual dinner for LGBT youth ages 14-23, this is only the fourth year in which Dow Chemical Company will sponsor and prepare the event for attendees. GLAD, Dow’s resource group for LGBT and ally employees, as well as Harrah’s and Attic board members will donate main courses, side dishes and desserts.

Previous events have served between 75-100 people.

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Mazzoni receives $41K in donations, pledges as result of Trump’s election

By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com The election of Donald Trump may have instilled fear in the LGBT community, but that has not stopped charitable individuals from making their voices heard.

More than 300 people and organizations have pledged tens of thousands of dollars in donations to the Mazzoni Center, an organization dedicated to providing health and wellness services to the LGBT community.

As of Wednesday afternoon, a total of $41,076.60 was raised through immediate donations and pledges.

An article on Jezebel entitled, “A List of Pro-Women, Pro-Immigrant, Pro-Earth, AntiBigotry Organizations That Need Your Support” featured Mazzoni on a list of “a few organizations that work to fight for the rights of our most vulnerable populations, and ways you can volunteer or donate to make sure they are able to work harder than ever.” Many donors have cited

the Jezebel article, written by Joanna Rothkopf, as their reason for donating.

Perry Monastero, the director of development and marketing at Mazzoni Center, said the organization received $12,611.60 in immediate gifts from 316 people.

Most of these donations are coming from the U.S. and Canada and from new people who have never given to Mazzoni before.

Many of the donors have pledged to donate monthly recurring gifts.

“This is a big deal for us as we normally get only six gifts a week in the second week of November, typically totaling less than $700,” Monastero said in an email.

In addition to funds, Monastero has also received several volunteer requests, as well as resumes for potential employment at Mazzoni.

“It blew me away,” Monastero said of the donations and messages. “I’ve never experienced anything like this at any organization I have worked for. It’s a wonderful positive response to what many people are feeling

is an awful future in terms of policies toward our community, communities of color, women and people who don’t necessarily identify on the male-female binary.”

Monastero said the majority of these funds will go toward general operations for Mazzoni.

However, they have also received requests from donors to put the funds toward specific departments and Mazzoni has obliged if a department is not already fully funded.

“I want to thank all of these people [who donated],” Monastero said. “It feels like we’re doing good work. It’s exciting to be somewhere where folks are drawn to support the same cause.”

Rothkopf said she was “happily surprised” to hear about the funds the organization has raised.

“I’m just really happy that people responded to the article and that Jezebel can be a resource for people who are looking to help,” Rothkopf said. “The response to the article was very heartening.” n

SEEKING SUPPORT: Emerge Wellness hosted a support group Tuesday night for community members to regroup after the presidential election. More than a dozen people participated and shared concerns and fears about what a Donald Trump presidency will mean for the LGBT community and allies, addressing such issues as family, workplace and community safety. Emerge Wellness, helmed by Kristina Furia (left), offers a comprehensive slate of wellness services, including its LGBTQ Counseling program. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Obituary David Adamany, former Temple president, 80

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com David W. Adamany, former president of Temple University, died Nov. 10 after a brief illness. He was 80 and lived in Center City.

A d a m a ny, described by relatives as “a proud gay man,” held several high-profile posts in government and academia before serving as Temple’s eighth president from 2000-06.

At Temple, Adamany was credited with doubling the school’s net assets, diversifying the student body, increasing academic standards and facilitating the construction of a student center and faculty center.

“David Adamany pushed Temple University to be its best self,” said Temple board of trustees chair Patrick J. O’Connor.

“But David never forgot his own roots and made sure Temple remained true to its mission of being affordable, accessible, diverse and high-quality — all at the same time.”

After stepping down as Temple’s president, Adamany took a sabbatical, then returned as a professor of law and political science. He taught at Temple until recently.

Prior to heading Temple, Adamany served as president of Wayne State University in Detroit from 1982-97. In that post, he initiated a capital-improvement plan that helped establish the school’s reputation as a top research institution. A library on campus is named after Adamany.

Never one to shy away from a challenge, Adamany also had a brief stint as chief CEO of the Detroit public-school system from 1999-2000, during a state reorganization of the system.

Born on Sept. 23, 1936, in Janesville, Wisc., Adamany received a full scholarship to Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in government and a law degree. He went on to earn master’s and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of Wisconsin.

Friends say Adamany’s early career was marked by a strong commitment to public service. In Wisconsin, he was employed as special assistant to the attorney general and as pardon counsel to the governor. In 1963, at age 27, Adamany was appointed to Wisconsin’s public-service commission, the youngest person ever in that role.

In the mid-1970s, Adamany was a special advisor to Wisconsin Gov. Patrick J. Lucey, and Wisconsin’s secretary of revenue.

He also taught at Wesleyan University, the University of Wisconsin, California State University at Long Beach and the University of Maryland.

An obituary prepared by his family stated: “David W. Adamany was widely recognized as a community leader and stalwart civil-rights advocate. He was a longtime member of the American Civil Liberties Union and, as a proud gay man, a strong supporter of equal rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities.”

Adamany served on numerous governmental, civic, corporate, hospital and professional-association committees and boards of directors. He also received many honors throughout his career.

In 1997, Adamany was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Award from Detroit’s Plymouth United Church of Christ. In 1998, he was recognized with a Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Council. In 2000, the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services honored Adamany as “Arab American of the Year.”

Stephen A. Glassman, former chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, worked closely with Adamany during his time at Temple.

“I spent a good deal of time discussing civil-rights and civil-liberties issues with him, particularly around expanding nondiscrimination policies at universities and our efforts to pass statewide equality legislation,” Glassman said. “David offered a helpful perspective from the standpoint of pragmatism and policy development.”

Michael J. Gallagher Jr., a close friend of Adamany, issued this statement: “David was an inspiring, kind, loving friend with a terrific sense of humor and wit. He touched many lives and impacted generations. He was a trailblazer who not only paved the way but also guided many down their path.

Many of us are who we are because of him.

And as a result, his life continues.”

Arthur M. Kaplan was another close friend.

“David was a great friend to the LGBT community,” Kaplan said. “He had a strong interest in Project Home’s ongoing effort to provide housing and services to homeless LGBT youth. In recognition of David’s personal commitment, his estate has suggested that contributions in his memory be made to Project Home — which will earmark all memorial donations to housing and services for LGBT homeless youth.

David will be sorely missed by his many friends.”

Adamany is survived by two sisters, a brother, three nieces, three nephews, a grand-niece and six grand-nephews.

A memorial service was held Nov. 17 at Temple University’s Feinstein Lounge.

Memorial donations may be made to Project Home, 1515 Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19130 and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, 207 E. Buffalo Street, Suite 325, Milwaukee, WI 53202. n

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Hate-crimes report questioned

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com It was a crime that shocked the nation.

In August 2009, George Sodoni opened fire inside an LA Fitness Center near Pittsburgh, killing three women and injuring nine others. Sodoni then committed suicide.

Sodoni’s writings indicated a deep-seated hatred for women, and local police eventually reported the incident to Pennsylvania State Police as a hate crime. But for reasons that remain unclear, the incident is categorized as an “anti-gender-nonconforming” hate crime on the state police website.

No contemporary media accounts indicate that Sodoni’s victims were gender-nonconforming, nor that Sodoni perceived them to be.

According to Sodoni’s pub-

“I deal with agencies all the time that try to make anti-LGBT discrimination invisible. Are the police doing the same thing with the LA Fitness massacre? Are they trying to make an anti-female hate crime invisible?” lished writings, he wanted to strike out against all women due to his lack of a romantic relationship. Police say he didn’t personally know his victims.

Some LGBT advocates say the incident should be categorized as an “anti-female” hate crime.

The massacre occurred in Collier Township, near Pittsburgh, and was investigated by local police, who were assisted by the Allegheny County Police Department.

Coleman McDonough, superintendent of the Allegheny County Police Department, said in an email his agency did the “lion’s share” of the investigation.

McDonough acknowledged the department found evidence of an “anti-female” hate crime, but referred additional questions

to the Collier Township Police Department.

Craig Campbell, chief of the Collier Township Police Department, didn’t return phone calls and emails for comment.

Justin F. Robinette, a local civil-rights attorney, said law-enforcement agencies should accurately track and report all hate crimes against targeted groups.

“Labeling the L.A. Fitness massacre ‘anti-gender-nonconforming’ does a disservice to everyone dedicated to accurate hate-crimes reporting,” Robinette told PGN. “The report in its current format gives no indication that women were targeted [by Sodoni]. That’s outrageous.”

Robinette added: “In my law practice, I deal with agencies all the time that try to make antiLGBT discrimination invisible.

Are the police doing the same thing with the LA Fitness massacre? Are they trying to make an anti-female hate crime invisible?”

Nancy Baron-Baer, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said the organization’s initiative, “50 States Against Hate,” seeks to improve the country’s approach to hate crimes. In an email, she cited four main goals: stronger laws, enhanced training for law-enforcement, improved data collection and reporting and community education.

“Pennsylvania’s hate-crime law does not include gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability,” Baron-Baer said.

“We also want to improve hatecrime identification, response and reporting. Many cities in the U.S. either did not report any hate-crime data or reported zero hate crimes. Community education can build trust and advance police-community relations.”

As of presstime, a state-police spokesperson had no comment about whether the categorization for the incident will be revised.

On Nov. 4, PGN filed an open-records request with Collier Township officials for a copy of their submission to the state police, which resulted in the anti-gender-nonconforming hate-crime report. On Nov. 14, township officials denied the request, saying no such record could be located. n

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Ushering in a new era I have never fielded more phone calls, issue would again need to be brought emails and Facebook messages than since before court. The most likely possibility the passage of marriage equality as I did would be for a state to defy Obergefell vs. this week. That’s because everyone in the Hodges and pass a law barring or inhibLGBT community is concerned about the iting marriage rights for gay couples. An state of their rights. For those wondering attempt to do so just failed two months how actively President-elect ago in Tennessee, but there is Donald J. Trump wants to roll desire to do so again in states back LGBT rights, this is the like Indiana, Arizona and first in a series of columns outAlabama. lining the possible ramifications The anti-LGBT arguof his administration on the ment post-marriage equality progress we’ve made. has been that Obergefell vs.

The first signal came disturbHodges has curtailed the First ing early on the day after the Amendment. Chief Justice election, when the New York John Roberts, along with Times reported that Trump’s the other three dissenters, first priority for America was to breathed new life into all of the select a conservative nominee Religious Freedom Act (RFAs) for the Supreme Court vacancy.

Amid the “bakery,” Angela cases.

With a vacancy on the Supreme “pizza” and “wedding-gown” Giampolo cases where LGBT individuCourt and three judges who voted to legalize same-sex marals were denied services and/ riage — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony or products for their weddings based on Kennedy and Stephen Breyer — at the private business owners’ religious beliefs, ages of 83, 80 and 78, respectively, tipping more than 200 anti-LGBT bills were introthe scale towards an anti-LGBT Supreme duced in 29 state legislatures — all based Court is scarily within reach. around religious freedom. In addition to Legal scholars say that to actually bills allowing business owners to deny reverse Obergefell vs. Hodges, the case services, bills were passed or introduced that gave us marriage equality nationwide, in several states condoning discrimination it would take a myriad of confounding against LGBT prospective adoptive and events. If the makeup does change, the foster parents.

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The proposed federal RFA is called the First Amendment Defense Act and Trump has pledged to sign it if it is passed by Congress. The bill was introduced in the House in June 2015, and would legalize anti-LGBT discrimination among employers, businesses, landlords and health-care providers as long as they claim to be motivated by firmly held religious beliefs. It would also act to overturn the executive order signed in 2014 by President Obama prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination among federal contractors.

A statement on Trump’s website reads: “Religious liberty is enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution. It is our first liberty and provides the most important protection in that it protects our right of conscience. Activist judges and executive orders issued by [p]residents who have no regard for the Constitution have put these protections in jeopardy. If I am elected president and Congress passes the First Amendment Defense Act, I will sign it to protect the deeply held religious beliefs of Catholics and the beliefs of Americans of all faiths. The Little Sisters of the Poor, or any religious order for that matter, will always have their religious liberty protected on my watch and will not have to face bullying from the government because of their religious beliefs.”

While the Human Rights Campaign,

Lambda Legal and American Civil Liberties Union have all pledged to sue the federal government immediately upon the passage or repeal of any bill aimed at discrimination, religious-freedom laws are difficult to fight in court because they are intentionally vague. Critics say that, in recent years, politicians have championed RFAs precisely for their ambiguity, not in spite of it. RFAs allow legislators to effect change from a safe distance. The law instructs judges to take religious rights more seriously, but doesn’t tell them how to rule. Anti-LGBTQ advocates can hide behind RFAs saying they are not discriminating; they are just restoring religion’s place in society.

The way to undo or dull the effects of Obergefell vs. Hodges without a reversal is through a combination of the First Amendment Defense Act and, on the Supreme Court side of things, through the recent Hobby Lobby decision. In Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court was asked to strike a balance between a woman’s right to obtain contraception from an employer’s health-care plan and the company’s religious freedoms. In doing so, with an opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court ruled that “closely held corporations” can decline to provide coverage for birth control in the health-care plans they offer to their female employees

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if the coverage would violate the owners’ religious beliefs. When the decision came down, a firestorm erupted between religious groups and LGBT-rights advocates and, within days, President Obama received a letter signed by more than 100 religious leaders asking him to “respect this vital element of religious freedom” by exempting religiously affiliated groups from adhering to the LGBT antidiscrimination protections contained in his executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

It is safe to say that, with the people Trump has surrounded himself with, along with FADA and the Hobby Lobby precedent, LGBT rights are in danger during the next presidential administration. The following is what Trump could attempt to do, and what I will address in more detail in future columns: • Reverse or nullify the effect of marriage equality • Rescind all of President Obama’s executive actions protecting LGBT people, including nondiscrimination protections for federal contractors and all of the guidance protecting transgender workers and students under federal law • Pass the Civil Rights Uniformity Act (ironic name) which would ensure that no federal law offering protections on the basis of “sex” includes transgender people • Pass the First Amendment Defense Act, a bill that would extend a nationwide license to businesses, landlords, health-care providers and others to to deny service to same-sex couples • Codify the Russell Amendment, which allows any federal contractor or recipient of federal funding to discriminate against LGBT people • Resume U.S. aid to countries that openly oppress their LGBT citizens and effectively prevent LGBT asylum seekers from finding refuge in the U.S.; • The “repeal and replacing” of Obamacare, including its protections for transgender people and women.

I implore the LGBT and allied community to remember that love does trump hate and now more than ever. Our youngest generation has grown up believing in equality, and knowing that allows me to sleep a little better at night. They know that bigotry disguised as religious liberty is still bigotry. With that said, this is our America. We got ourselves here, and now, it’s time to mobilize and get ourselves out using the tools of rule of law, empathy, love and kindness. n Angela D. Giampolo, principal of Giampolo Law Group, maintains offices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and specializes in LGBT law, family law, business law, real-estate law and civil rights. Her website is www.giampololaw.com, and she maintains a blog at www.phillygaylawyer. com. Reach out to Angela with your legal questions at 215-645-2415 or angela@ giampololaw.com.

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Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

Tony Perkins

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Picking ourselves back up It’s been quite a week for America.

People dealt with the fallout of the shocking presidential election in myriad ways. Maybe you took your aggression out on Trump-backing friends, family or strangers on social media. You may have broken out your posterboard and taken to the streets with thousands of other protesters.

Or maybe you drowned your sorrows at the local watering hole, or shed a few tears on your own couch as Kate McKinnon crooned “Hallelujah” on “Saturday Night Live.”

However you coped, you’re entitled.

Peace- and equality-loving Americans were dealt a very rough blow with the election of Donald Trump.

With each staffing appointment, we’re left with more questions about what a Trump administration is going to mean for LGBT rights — but the reality is we won’t really know much until it happens. Trump is like no president-elect we’ve ever had before, so forecasting his moves at this point is pointless; if we’ve learned anything over the last week, it’s that there are some things we can’t control.

But that doesn’t mean we’re powerless, not by any means.

Keep protesting. Keep calling your elected officials and urging them to challenge every questionable staff selection, policy change and who knows what else Trump makes. Keep sharing authentic news stories on social media to educate those who don’t grasp the gravity of a Trump administration. And keep telling your

own story.

One of our community’s most visible wins in the last few years was national marriage equality. That issue was propelled forward because the tenor of the country changed — and that was a direct result of the LGBT community being visible and vocal. Research found that people who knew out LGBT individuals were much more likely to support LGBT equality.

The same idea applies here. The potential damage that Trump could do can be limited by opposition from American voters, and that opposition can be grown by putting a personal story, a face, to the consequences.

For many, Trump’s election dashed our hope and faith in our fellow Americans. We wanted to believe they would prioritize defeating racism, sexism, xenophobia and homophobia over their own interests, and they did not.

We’ve seen in the last week that there are some Trump supporters who celebrate their prejudices, but we have to believe that there are also others who are simply so sheltered from diversity that they were blinded by their privileges. Those are the people we need to be engaging with.

The next four years are not going to be easy. But we need to look to our LGBT elders at this point, and take some hope from them. They lived through presidents who helmed the country at a time when oppressing LGBT people was a widely celebrated practice. At least now, we’ve got a majority of Americans on our side. n

Bill Maher had a great piece on his show almost as if Perkins recently giving Donald Trump credit for knows, deep down, exposing the hypocrisy of the religious that Trump is an right. The fact that so many Christians who immoral creep and have been claiming moral superiority for that the best thing years supported Trump, one of the most he can hope for immoral men to ever run for the presifrom him is disdency, is proof that the religious right is tance. full of shit.

And yet Perkins A shining example is Family Research has attached himCouncil President and professional self to the horhate-monger Tony Perkins, who has a ror show that is major Trump boner that he has been strokTrump. ing with increasing fervor and intensity.

One of the biggest things at stake in Before the election, Perkins said that, if the election was, of course, the Supreme Trump didn’t get elected, Hillary Clinton Court. And Perkins is perfectly happy to would snuff out Christianity in America see an Utz cheeseball covered in dryer right quick. lint elected president so that he can “Our nation is hanging by a thread over appoint right-wing justices that will overa raging fire,” he told Ohio pastors during turn pesky rulings like marriage equality a conference call. “And and abortion rights.

I’m not saying Donald And according Trump is the answer, but Throughout the camto Perkins, Trump has been more than I am confident he will paign, he dangled happy to let Perkins give you and I the space scrawl his hateful as Christians to exercise the country over his anti-anyone-who-isn’tour freedoms in such a gaping maw in hopes a-heterosexual-whiteway to win the hearts that people will vote Christian-man on the and minds of men, GOP platform, making women and children to dive right in, and this year’s platform the with the gospel of Jesus they did. America most antigay ever.

Christ so that we might “I have had to fight transform this nation will now spend the every Republican and turn it back to God campaign, includagain. That, I believe, is next four years travGeorge W. what is at stake in this eling through Trump’s ing Bush’s campaign, election.”

That’s right. The man digestive system and John McCain’s, Mitt Romney’s, on the platwho said “grab ’em by eventually getting spit form over life issues, the pussy” is going to turn the nation back to out through his colon. marriage issues, human sexuality,” Jesus.

But it’s true that Perkins said. “I’ve had to fight every campaign except Donald “our nation is hanging by a thread over a Trump’s campaign.” raging fire,” and that raging fire is inside Embracing hate is, of course, not the of Trump’s hell mouth. Throughout the same thing as espousing Christian idecampaign, he dangled the country over als, but Perkins, who heads a hate group, his gaping maw in hopes that people will vote to dive right in, and they did. America wouldn’t know the difference anyway.

And Trump, bigoted and ignorant, will now spend the next four years travwouldn’t either. So I guess they really are eling through Trump’s digestive system perfect for each other. n and eventually getting spit out through his colon.

D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and come It’s interesting that Perkins said that dian living in Michigan with her wife and son.

Trump is going to give Christians “space.”

She has been writing about LGBT politics Isn’t that what your girlfriend gives you for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @ right before she breaks up with you? It’s MamaDWitkowski.

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Trump as easy as 1, 2, 3 1. Trump is President-elect. If that I know the staff well. When I arrived, a angers or frightens you, don’t get upset, get staffer said to me: “Last week [referring involved. to the Trump election], I felt really sad 2. What are the signs we in the LGBT for myself and my family. That’s nothing community should be looking for? Trump compared to what your community must has already made the statement that marfeel.” The words just flowed out of my riage equality is already the law mouth: “Thank you, but we’ve of the land (in a “60 Minutes” been here before and we know interview last Sunday). But how how to fight back if necessary. about the Equality Act so that We were here and fought back members of our community during Nixon, Reagan and are not discriminated against?

Bush. We’re stronger now and The reality is that, unless the more organized.”

Republican Congress decides Which led me to understand it’s on their list, it will die why I and I’m guessing all — unless that organization I those in our community over mentioned above begins to con50 years of age and older look centrate on those Republicans. at this a little differently. We What about all those execremember when we were invisutive orders that President ible, we remember feeling helpObama signed to give our comless. We then organized, and munity what relief he could we did it well. Powered with without the Equality Act? The new openness and visibilMark Segal the President-elect had promised ity and more importantly the during the campaign to undo radicalization brought by Gay all of Obama’s EOs on the first day. Does Liberation Front, the president no longer he actually do that, or do he and his staff had our silence. Most important of these understand that some of the orders have was Reagan, who during the early days of value? The same holds true for department HIV/AIDS felt that sting of ACT UP and directives issued under the Obama adminthe organized pressure of newly formed istration. This is where whom he appoints organizations to sustain that battle.

And that is the answer: Get involved. If affects all of us. this shock creates one thing, it might very Will there be any LGBT appointments to high-level positions in a Trump adminwell end the apathy of our community and istration? Or are we to be invisible again the realization that our struggle is not simin government? And what about the small ply having cocktail parties and chatting things like Pride? Will there be an LGBT with office holders. It’s doing what this Pride reception in June in the White community did well, but no longer does: House? That might sound silly, but I must Getting in their faces and not allowing admit as one who has been fighting against them to forget us. That is the lesson of endour community’s invisibility for almost ing invisibility.

50 years now and who has been at a num We are an incredible community. Have trust in each other, and get involved. n ber of those receptions, I almost felt like we were no longer invisible, as we were before our struggle gained momentum after Mark Segal is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media. His recently pubStonewall. Which brings me to: lished memoir, “And Then I Danced,” is avail 3. The other day I went to pick up my able on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or at your favorite bookseller. lunch from a place I often visit and where

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Street Talk Will you consider Trump your president?

“No, I will not. How could I? I'm everything he opposes. I'm a woman, an immigrant and MiddleEastern.

Trump Maryan Captan won't act writer/poet in my best West Philadelphia interests. So how could I consider him to be my president?

"No. He's the antithesis of everything I look for in a president.

He's always talking shit.

I don't trust him as a person, let Kevin Grant alone as bicycle courier president.

Rittenhouse Square I can tell you these next four years are definitely going to be interesting."

"Yes. I don't care for Trump, but I'm not totally against him.

He's going to be our president.

That's the James McShane reality of the student situation.

Telford I'm not going to have a violent outburst because he's in office. Instead, I'll make the best of it."

"No. If Trump isn't for everyone, then he can't be for anyone.

That's really how I feel.

As far as I'm concerned, he Olivia Sullivan has no reality customer-service in my life. I associate see him as an Lansdowne imposter. He shouldn't be leading anything, least of all the country."

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Dr. Daniel Kaser

The modern family: LGBT paths to parenthood must not be obstructed As a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist, my day-to-day work, and indeed my passion, is to help individuals and couples alike start or grow their families through fertility treatment. As a gay physician, a particularly satisfying aspect of my job is working with LGBT patients who otherwise may not be able to have their own biological children.

With the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which protects the fundamental right to same-sex marriage, taking effect just over a year ago, a natural progression from working to ensure the legal status of gay marriage to improving access to options for gay parenting has begun.

It wasn’t until I began having these same conversations with my husband, Dana — also a physician — that I fully appreciated just how foreign these waters must be to members of our community. Adoption and foster parenting are well-known and viable parenting options for LGBT individuals and couples, but what if you want to have your own biological children?

Gay men have the option of egg or embryo donation combined with gestational surrogacy. While it’s only possible to use the sperm from one man to fertilize any given egg, many gay couples often choose to do a split insemination, in which half of the eggs are put with one man’s sperm and the other half are put with the

other man’s sperm. They can then choose to implant two embryos (one from each father), or to transfer just one and freeze the others for later use. This process requires a considerable investment of time, energy and money, not only for the medical treatment, but also for the legal contracts for the involved parties.

Lesbian women often choose sperm insemination, either with an anonymous donor or a friend, at home or at a fertility center. While an at-home insemination may at first seem convenient and preferred, I encourage gay women to complete this process at the practice for several reasons.

Working with a team of physicians and nurses can help you through the process of

donor selection by discussing the option of genetic testing; reducing the possibility of contracting an infectious disease; telling you about the sperm quality and concentration; ensuring the insemination occurs at the correct time and location to optimize pregnancy rates; and finally, preventing future legal issues with the donor over parenting rights and obligations.

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is an option for women with fertility issues, as the conditions associated with infertility do not discriminate between gay and straight. IVF also allows partners to share in the process of pregnancy through an approach called co-IVF or reciprocal IVF. Here, eggs are extracted from one PAGE 20

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Day in the Life of ... Liberty Britton, development manager for Morris Animal Refuge

By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com Liberty Britton does not hesitate when asked if she enjoys her job at Morris Animal Refuge.

“I love this job,” the 24-year-old Philadelphia resident said. “I love this organization. The people that work here are just incredibly passionate. They know what they’re doing and they do it well.”

Britton started working part-time as an administrative assistant for Morris Animal Refuge in January and was promoted to the development-manager position in March. With this job, she handles fundraising through grant writing and putting together mailings requesting donations.

However, even though she does this work from a small office, it does not stop the self-confessed cat lover from getting hands-on with the actual animals her fundraising supports.

“I have two kittens that are living in here currently,” she said, referring to a cream Siamese named Skippy John

and a black domestic shorthair named Malec hiding behind her filing cabinets.

“Whenever cats are getting really tired of being in the cages downstairs, I let them come in here for a couple of days.”

Britton describes the kittens as “semi-feral” but it doesn’t scare her away from having them roam her office. She said the two kittens have recently started coming out to eat food while she is in the room whereas they would have previously stayed hidden.

“They might need to be barn cats or something like that where they don’t have as much human contact,” Britton said.

“This is how we’re going to get to know that. Do they really come out of their shell and become cuddly cats or do they need to become barn cats where they can live, have fun, be free, catch mice and not have much human contact?”

Britton, who identifies as queer, said, “There is something to be said for the fact that animals will love you no matter how you identify and what you look like.

“There’s something so beautiful about the way animals will never discriminate against you for any identity that you hold,” she said. “That is a thing I appreciate about animals and about working with — and for — them.”

In addition to having hands-on interaction with the animals, Britton said she loves how she gets to put her “hands in a lot of other cookie jars.” One particular event where she said she had “a lot of fun” was at a Sia concert at the Wells Fargo Center. The singer-songwriter is known for having adoption drives at her concerts where local shelters can attend to present dogs for adoption. While Britton said she wished she could have met Sia, her focus was still on the three dogs they had available for adoption.

“We adopted out a dog there,” she said with a smile. “Two of our other dogs

After working for the shelter for less than a year, Britton said she likes how her “day never looks the same.” One project she has enjoyed working on and hopes will become an annual effort is Morris’ new calendar, Fierce and Furry: Drag Queens and Dog Kings. The fundraising calendar features the Philly Drag Mafia posing with the shelter’s dogs, with Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar providing the venue for the photo shoot. Supporters of the shelter can receive the calendar by donating $25 or more on the website.

The idea for the calendar came about when Britton discussed attending a drag

didn’t get adopted that night but people we met there ended up adopting them [later on].”

Britton also said the shelter sold T-shirts featuring a graphic of Morris Animal Refuge’s logo and a pitbull wearing a Sia wig standing over the hashtag, “#SiaLovesDogs.”

“We sold every shirt that we had and all of those proceeds obviously went straight to us to help care for our animals,” Britton said. “We got a lot of really great exposure there and our dogs had the best time.”

brunch with Dana Bronzino, the events and volunteer coordinator for Morris Animal Refuge. It started as what Britton calls “a silly conversation” but turned into a real-life project, with Bronzino designing the calendar.

“I love the chance that we’re able to do something so unique and something that I think will have a very powerful message,” Bronzino said.

Britton said she feels “amazing” to be able to combine the LGBT community with what she does at the shelter.

“It’s the best of both worlds,” Britton said. “I love animals. I’ve always had animals and always adopted them from shelters. And to be able to find a way to merge my personal life and my work life is really gratifying.”

In the future, Britton said she would like to partner with other LGBT nonprofits in the city so portions of the proceeds can be split between the shelter and the LGBT community.

“That’ll be my way to push even more so to help the LGBTQ community with this fundraising project,” Britton said.

She’s also looking forward to the expansion of the shelter. The goal is for the refuge to expand to another building, where it can have roaming-cat rooms and a larger wellness center with low-cost spaying, neutering and vaccines.

Prior to joining Morris, Britton said it was hard for her to figure out what she wanted to do as a career. A 2014 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Grinnell College, a small liberal-arts college in Iowa, Britton never had a set career path. One obstacle she faced was deciding in what direction she wanted to go.

Nowadays, Britton seems content with how her life led her to Morris Animal Refuge.

“This is the first place where I felt like my talents were recognized and wanted and people were [asking me], ‘What else do you want to do?’” n

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The journey of a PAWS animal, from the street to the home

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

As Rich Island wends his way through aisles and aisles of cages at Animal Care & Control Team headquarters on Hunting Park Avenue, he seems immune to the setting: He talks calmly over the tremendous din of barking dogs, and splashes seamlessly through puddles from frequent floor hosing.

Neither distract him from his practiced and measured method of evaluating the animals to see which would be a good fit for adoption through Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, where he wears several hats as PAWS’ dog-rescue coordinator, kennel manager and enrichment coordinator.

Each animal that lands at ACCT has his or her own story — surrendered by owners who couldn’t afford them, found wandering the streets or taken away from their owners by authorities — and Island connects one on one with them to try to learn those stories.

“Talking, loose, body language, that’s great,” Island said as a wiggling pit bull ran up to the front of his cage to greet him.

The dog was one of at least 75 he interacted with the day of our visit as he evaluated which were ready to be moved out of the city’s shelter — which last year euthanized nearly a quarter of the animals brought in —and start their path toward adoption.

PAWS is the city’s largest no-kill shelter, rescuing animals from shelters where they could face euthanasia, providing medical care and matching them with foster and adoptive families. It also operates two lowcost clinics for pet owners.

Some may think of the rescue journey as: find a puppy, post its picture, send it off to a loving home. But for PAWS, the process is a multi-faceted one that keeps the animal’s best interests at the forefront.

“You don’t ever want someone to bring the dog back to a shelter,” Island said, noting that PAWS has a very successful 4-percent return rate.

PAWS had a banner October, adopting out 290 dogs and cats, a record for the organization, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. In the last decade, intake at ACCT is down by 30 percent, and lifesaving is up from 11 percent to 78 percent.

Island visits ACCT every day, combing through the dozens of cages of adoptable dogs and cats to search for animals to fill PAWS’ kennel. At each cage, he stops and interacts with the animal in what seems to be a casual manner, but what is really a series of targeted tests.

Island tries to approach each dog cage like he is an inexperienced handler — which he says helps the animals feel looser and can show how they might react to non-trained pet owners. He first evaluates their cage presentation, looking for signs of any immediate aggression like snarling or teeth-baring. As he goes up to say hello through the bars, dogs who run up and seek

to “engage” with him are given a green undertook a food test, filling a bowl with a light. Island runs his hands along the cage mixture of dry and wet food, smearing the in different spots, seeing if the dog follows latter all around the edges with his hands. and is interested; the more social the dog is, He carefully leashed the dog up through the the easier time it will have being adopted cage door and sat the bowl down, repeatout. edly restraining the dog and then letting Island also looks through papers tied her charge at the food, only to restrain to the cage — containing any known his- her again, testing to see if she would act tory and medications the dog may be on, aggressively toward his hand. among other information — while doing She passed with flying colors, so Island his own visual check for any obvious med- moved on to see how she reacted with other ical issues.

If the dog has passed all of Island’s initial checks, he may try a leash test, opening the cage and looping the leash on and off the dog’s neck. Once the cage is open and they’re interacting, Island can also get a better read on the dog’s level of fear.

A fearful dog, he noted, does not disqualify it from adoption; Island actually prefers working with such animals.

“Unsure, nervous, shy, fearful,” he said about a small THE ENRICHMENT SCHEDULE AT PAWS’ GRAYS Pekingese mix in the Small Dog FERRY CLINIC Photos: Jen Colletta Rescue Room that presented well but was hesitant to interact with him. “This will be a dog I’m going to dogs, marching her up and down the rows take an extra step with. I love scared dogs. and rows of cages to test if she would return That’s the best project in the world. That the aggression many of the dogs were can help me show everybody how scared he throwing out from behind their cage bars. was and eventually he’ll be walking around When one dog in particular was barking and throwing itself at the cage door, she “I love scared dogs. That’s looked up at Island as if questioning how to handle it, which he said was a sign of the best project in the previous training.

Island next took her to one of ACCT’s world. That can help me fenced-in play yards. Instead of riling her show everybody how up, he sat on the yard’s bench, evaluating how interested she was in interacting with scared he was and evenhim as opposed to exploring on her own, an tually he’ll be walking area he determined she needed another day or two of work before she became a PAWS around like a champ.” dog.

Dogs that come to ACCT as strays have like a champ.” to wait 48 hours before Island or other res Island usually takes no more than three cue workers can take them, so they can get dogs per day — smaller dogs are often up to date on vaccinations. more adoptable, though Island loves being That day, one pup was ready to head out able to take pit bulls — and, for many, he with him: Beans, a Puggle. After filling comes back and visits day after day to keep out paperwork in the ACCT office, Island working on any issues he’s noticed. loaded Beans’ crate into the back of the “I’m not saying that’s a reason to not PAWS van and headed to PAWS’ Spay/ take her,” he said, pointing to one older dog Neuter Wellness Clinic in Grays Ferry. whose back legs had urine stains on them, When animals arrive at that location suggesting a medical issue. “But if you’ve from ACCT or another shelter, one of the got dogs that can go already, take those first first stops is in the foster coordinators’ because they’ll move quicker. Pay attention office, where they’re given a chance at to her, don’t take her off your radar, but fig- interacting with a cat and socializing with HONESTY • INTEGRITY • PROFESSIONALISM ure out all her medical issues, get her out the staff. Island fills out the new arrival’s of that cage, have her interact with big dogs paperwork, including tagging the dog with and small dogs, see how she does with cats a “level” — 1 for dogs who will require and see if you can then move her.” little enrichment and are perfect candidates A large black and tan mutt housed in for adoption, 2 for those who might need a the larger-dog section was another such little preparation and so on. candidate. On the day of our visit, Island Then it’s off to a meeting with the PAWS performed all of his initial checks and then vets, who give the animal a full evaluation

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and come up with a plan of care. Some may require medical attention — like a cat who recently had a bulbous growth on her face removed — or need to be spayed or neutered; others get a clean bill of health and move right onto enrichment programming.

The PAWS kennel room is like night and day from ACCT’s; the bottom half of each cage is enclosed so the dogs aren’t enticed by their neighbors, and soothing music is piped throughout the room.

Each day, volunteers and staff work one on one with the animals, taking them for walks, playing skills games like puzzles and sometimes taking them for motorcycle rides in a nearby parking lot. The dogs are exposed to new smells in the kennel — vanilla, cinnamon, lavender — to get them accustomed to the many scents they may encounter in their new home. A wipe board on the kennel wall dictates that day’s activity, like treat-filled kongs and “pupsicles,” which make the dogs work for their reward while having fun.

The more the animal is kept to a routine, the more comfortable it becomes.

“It’s all about repetition and consistency,” Island said, as he opened a cage to let out a small dog who’d been having issues warming up to people. He stood in the same spot and used the same tone of voice he’d been using during all of their interactions as she jumped into his arms.

PAWS also houses dozens of cats at the

clinic; all have small towels tied to their cages, which Island explained they rub against as a means of comfort. Each is given toys suited to their needs; the day of our visit, Island ripped a few holes in a cardboard box for a cat and her kittens in which to play and seek privacy.

As the animals get accustomed to their surroundings, the foster-care team posts their photos and info online for potential adopters, before they make their way to a PAWS’ adoption centers or into foster care.

Foster parents work with the animals on behavior issues and house-breaking, and the experience gives them more opportunity to socialize with both people and other pets, said PAWS foster-care and dog-adoption manager Sara Davidson.

“There’s a lid for every pot,” she said about the adoption application-screening process. “Thankfully we live in a huge city with so many personalities and people with different backgrounds and experiences with animals. We get such a wide range of both applicants and animals, so the adoption and foster departments are all about matchmaking. I take what Rich presented to me, my interaction with the animals and then interact with the public and connect it all.”

If a match isn’t made right away, potential adopters can be put on a “wish list,” and PAWS will notify them when a certain animal comes in, such as a hypo-allergenic, kid-friendly dog.

Right now, the team is putting 16-22 dogs a week into foster care and adoption.

“We’re working at a really good pace but we have to walk a very fine, thin line,” Davidson said. “The public isn’t necessarily dog-savvy but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a pet; they just have to be trained, they have to learn and be educated to be savvy. And it all starts with picking animals that we know will live up to the standards of Philadelphians and going the extra mile and giving an extra boost to the ones who might need some more work.” n

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By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com While the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) has always been reactive, the organization’s Humane Education program seeks to be proactive in preventing future animal cruelty. This initiative accomplishes this task by reaching grades K-12 while also incorporating workshops for adults.

Since its launch in 2013, the Pennsylvania SPCA has provided interactive workshops and classes to educate students about humane treatment for animals. The Humane Education program started out as one-time classes and has grown to include yearlong partnerships for individual schools.

Currently, the project coordinates more than 90 presentations for groups ranging from 20-35 students.

By signing up on the PSPCA’s website, schools can decide what areas of interest their students will need. This can include animal welfare, animal safety and other topics geared toward pet care and veterinary sciences.

“In our presentations, we focus on ideas, activities and projects that make a direct impact on the animals in our shelter, homes and community,” said Mandy Hood, manager of Humane Education and Outreach.

“Taking steps where students see the change they are creating firsthand motivates them to become social change-makers in society.”

These presentations also allow students to take field trips to the PSPCA headquarters, where they can explore animal-welfare jobs in different parts of the shelter.

Recently, Build-a-Bear Workshop and the Petfinder Foundation awarded a $7,500 Youth Humane Education Grant, which

allows the PSPCA to provide mini grants to students ages 6-14 to offset transportation costs for schools.

Hood, who identifies as queer, grew up in a conservative town in southern Florida where she frequently saw intolerance. She said she used to create volunteer opportunities for herself to challenge these injustices.

Through her work, Hood said her queer identity helps her show students how to build tolerance.

“I want everyone to respect each other’s rights and their needs no matter how they might feel about each other,” Hood said.

She mentioned how it’s OK to not like all types of animals. For example, she said, some people may be afraid of snakes, but they still need to recognize the snakes’ needs and existence.

“We have to learn about their needs, why they’re important and why they exist in our community,” Hood said. “The basic thing that we need to do is respect them.”

Gillian Kocher, director of public relations and marketing for the PSPCA, said the overall goal of the program is to teach young people about animal care and to prevent animal cruelty in the future. She said, “The best day will be the day when [the PSPCA] close our doors” because it means the organization and program are no longer needed.

“The best day for us will be that day when there is no animal cruelty,” Kocher continued. “We don’t have to worry about that anymore and animals will all have homes and are treated well. I think this is part of getting to that dream goal someday.”

Teachers interested in having their own humane-education program at their schools can visit pspca.org/humane-education to fill out an interest form or email education@ pspca.org for more information. n

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LGBTs discuss three new breeds in National Dog Show Local drag stars shoot

By Paige Cooperstein PGN Contributor In honor of the American Kennel Club recognizing three new breeds that will feature in this year’s National Dog Show, PGN talked with LGBT dog owners about the American hairless terrier, pumi and sloughi.

The dog show takes place Nov. 19 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, 100 Station Ave., Upper Providence Township. NBC will broadcast the show on Thanksgiving Day. For more information, visit www.nds.nationaldogshow.com.

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groomer for 25 years and said she likes the low maintenance of the American hairless terrier. She got into showing her dog because she thought Kane was an especially good representation of the breed. She feeds him a raw diet and bikes with him for conditioning training. Kane competes in shows nearly every weekend, Smith said.

“The most rewarding part is really getting to work with your dog,” she said.

Pumi Betty June Farkas really wanted a dog in 2009. Her wife Rose wasn’t sure she wanted one. The couple always had cats. But eventually they came across the pumi, a Hungarian breed. Betty June has Hungarian ancestry through her father’s side.

The couple traveled to the Eastern European country that

track because there weren’t that many pumik in the United States.

Rose said the breed has increased in popularity since the beginning of the decade. There are pumik festivals every year hosted on alternating coasts. Rose said she and Betty June attended one recently in Delaware.

Now 7, Csini has won several ribbons. She no longer competes in dog shows. Csini had a litter of seven puppies in 2013.

The Farkases keep one other pumi in addition to Csini: a puppy named Istvan. They live in a retirement community in central Florida.

“Every day Csini has to go on a golf cart to go to the mailbox,” Rose said. “She just loves that.”

The weather was cold in Perry, Sloughi Georgia, in April when Patty Smith had her American hairless Wayne Ferguson, president of terrier try dock diving for the the Kennel Club of Philadelphia, first time. Smith saw other dogs talked with PGN about the sloughi performing the athletic task while (pronounced slew-ghe). her dog, Kane, was there Ferguson is a longfor a conformation show time St. Bernard owner, to evaluate breeding but as the “voice” of the stock.

National Dog Show, he’s “He was such a well-versed in the nearly trooper,” she said. “He 200 breeds that will pargot his first title at that ticipate. He introduces show. He’s now a senior each one in the ring. dock diver.”

The sloughi, also Smith owns Kane with known as the Arabian her friend Teri Murphy. greyhound, comes from She shared some tidbits North Africa. They can about the breed for folks have white, brown, in the audience at the black or gray coloring.

National Dog Show to Females should stand notice. between 28-31 inches Most hairless breeds tall while males can be lose their teeth, but a little taller.

American hairless terFerguson described riers maintain full denthe sloughi as extremely tation. They also have BETTY JUNE FARKAS WITH HER PUMI, CSINI fast with high stamina. smooth, soft skin. Smith “They were develsaid it has a velvety texture, rather than the leather tex- year and returned with a dog oped to hunt game as big as ture that’s common for other hair- they named Csinibaba. It means gazelle,” he said. “pretty baby” in Hungarian, and Ferguson called the dogs less dogs.

Ideally, an American hairless they call her Csini (pronounced “reserved” and said, “They’re not known to go up to strangers.” terrier will stand 12-16 inches tall Chini) for short. with black, tan or red coloring. “She rode in a little carrier in Sloughi tend to be shy and have The breed comes from rat terriers front of us on the airplane,” Rose to be introduced slowly to new that carry the hairless gene. The said. “She was so quiet. She was people.

Ferguson said it’s exciting to dog is usually born with a full a rare breed — still is, really.” coat of fur, which falls out around Pumik, the plural of pumi, are have three more breeds particifour to six weeks later. The breed herding dogs with smart instincts. pating in this year’s National Dog is hypoallergenic, and good with They respond well to their own- Show. He said it adds more variers. The dogs have distinctive ety, which is great for spectators children and other animals.

Smith said American hairless ears that would look at home on who can visit the dogs throughout the day of the show. terriers are active, funny and teddy bears. smart. She was introduced to “Some people say the pumi Founded in 1879, the National the breed when one came up looks like a koala bear or like Dog Show is one of the few for adoption at an animal-rescue Sally Field in ‘The Flying Nun,’” benched shows in the country.

That means when the dogs are organization 15 years ago. Since Rose said. then, she’s always owned this She added when her wife first not competing, they remain in the started showing Csini, she had arena for people to interact with breed.

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By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com

Morris Animal Refuge is teaming up with local drag performers for an upcoming fundraising calendar.

“Fierce & Fabulous” will feature 12 months of local drag stars, including Brittany Lynn, along with rescue dogs. Proceeds will benefit Morris, an area nonprofit rescue that provides a full range of preventive, protective and adoption services for abused and abandoned animals as well as quality care for cats, dogs and other small animals.

“They wanted to do something a little bit off the norm: drag queens and their dogs,” said Ian Morrison, Brittany Lynn’s alter ego. “There were two of us that had their own dogs but they really wanted focus on adoptable animals that are available there at Morris.”

The photoshoot took place over a full day recently at Tabu.

“They were bringing in dogs in shifts with their volunteer handlers and I gathered all the girls from the ’hood,” Morrison said.

“We tried to each pick our birthday month or a month that had special meaning to us. It was a ton of fun for everybody. The dogs were pretty cool. They didn’t seem to be bugged out or anything.”

Morrison said the local queens are used to committing their time and talent to the cause of animal

rescue.

“All of us do some kind of charity work with either Morris Animal Refuge or PAWS [Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society],” he said. “A lot of us work on fundraisers for them throughout the year. As soon it was brought up that we could do this for Morris, we jumped at the chance. Our goal is to not only get these dogs adopted but also create awareness for Morris throughout the year because they do such great work in making sure these dogs and cats get adopted all year-round.”

For the most part, the calendar will feature the queens with smaller dogs like pugs and yorkies, but Morrison said his dog isn’t a lap dog by any stretch of the imagination.

“I’m 6-foot-5 out of drag,” he said. “So once I’m in drag I’m close to 7- or 8-feet tall. I have a half-German shepherd, half-Bernese mountain dog mix that’s 5-foot-11 and 120 pounds. To me he’s tiny but to everybody else he might as well be Godzilla.

Mistress Ann has a small dog that is known throughout the Gayborhood because she brings him everywhere she goes. So it’s a cool aspect to not only show the love we have for adoptable dogs but for our own dogs as well.”

Fierce & Fabulous will be available in early December, with a launch party for the calendar at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. For more information, visit www.morrisanimalrefuge.org. n

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Many of the lesbian couples I speak with choose this shared path — we have even had patients come back for a second child and reverse who provides the egg and who carries the pregnancy.

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We still have a ways to go to make LGBT parenting widely available and are starting this effort by improving access to care, lobbying to make insurance plans equitable and non-discriminatory, and celebrating success stories in our own community. The most important thing is that we, as members of the LGBT community, now have the freedom to choose how and when we’d like to build our own families.

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avenue for people who are married now to have those marriages be invalidated,” Carey said. “If a marriage in this country is legal when it is entered into, it’ll stay legal. You cannot be unmarried. We really want people and families in particular to know that their marriages cannot be taken away.”

policies; the establishment of the Global Equality Fund; and the Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity Rule. Additionally, the re-interpretation of Title IX in May 2016, which included transgender students along with discrimination based on sex, is also an order that can be reversed.

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While the Supreme Court cannot necessarily take away marriage from same-sex couples, the executive orders put in place under President Barack Obama’s administration are still at risk.

“Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter” outlined “five actions to restore security and the constitutional rule of law.” The first item on the list called to “cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.” What Trump considers to be “unconstitutional” remains to be seen.

“I think we can take it on fact that executive orders pertaining to LGBT equality will be reviewed pretty quickly and probably dealt with in a fairly negative way,” Martin said.

LGBT-related executive orders include protections for LGBT people from discrimination in health care and insurance under the Affordable Care Act; LGBT inclusion in federal contracting nondiscrimination

When it comes to HIV/AIDS relief, Jane Shull, Philadelphia FIGHT’s executive director, said, “I don’t think we know yet” about what the president-elect could do for the cause.

In October 2015, C-SPAN recorded a press briefing where a college student asked if Trump would support former President George W. Bush’s 2003 initiative, President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief and “double the number of people on treatment to 30-million people by the year 2020.”

“Well, I like committing to all of those things,” Trump said at the briefing. “Those are great things. Alzheimer’s, AIDS — we are close on some of them. On some of them, honestly, with all of the work that has been done — which hasn’t been enough — we are not very close. But the answer is yes. I believe so strongly in that. And we are going to lead the way.”

Meanwhile, Pence has stated that fund-

In a statement from the William Way LGBT Community Center, executive director Chris Bartlett outlined steps the LGBT community should take from this point.

This included signing up for coverage at Healthcare.gov prior to Dec. 31 and updating your legal name and gender on federal documents prior to Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, B a r t l e t t a d d r e s s e d Philadelphia’s nondiscrimination laws.

“Please note that Philadelphia has LGBTinclusive nondiscrimination laws in place to protect our rights,” Bartlett said in the statement. “These laws supersede federal law and cannot be changed by the new administration.”

Relying on allies in elected office will also be key, Shull said.

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Within the first three days after Trump was named president-elect, Southern Poverty Law Center counted more than 200 incidents of “election-related harassment and intimidation across the country,” including several in the Philadelphia region.

The morning after the election, two swastikas were found graffitied on a South Philadelphia storefront. One had the sign incorporated as the “T” in “Trump,” and the other included the words: “Sieg Heil 2016.”

Also in South Philadelphia, a woman had “Black B****” spraypainted onto her car.

While on the way into work Wednesday, a PGN staffer was harassed by a man on a bicycle who yelled, “Trump won. F*** all of you Latinos.”

Incidents were also reported at local college and high-school campuses.

At Villanova University, a black woman reported being knocked to the ground by a group of white men who yelled “Trump” repeatedly. African-American freshmen at University of Pennsylvania were added to an online group chat that advocated for their lynching and used racial epithets. That incident was eventually traced to students at University of Oklahoma.

Racist graffiti was found at Lebanon Valley College’s Women’s Services and Gender Resource Center, a residence for women of color.

A Drexel University professor had her car, which had Hillary Clinton signs on it, keyed in South Philadelphia with the words, “It’s our p**** now, b****,” seem-

ingly referring to Trump’s now-infamous quote about sexually assaulting women.

At Council Rock North High School in Newtown, there were a number of reported acts of vandalism and threats, including graffiti targeting LGBT and Latinx people.

Council Rock administrators issued a letter to parents last week with details about the incidents and held a community meeting on Monday.

At York County School of Technology, several students carried Trump signs in the hallway and chanted “white power.”

Several students were subsequently suspended.

In a statement, Gov. Tom Wolf said he directed the state Department of Education to dispatch resources to the school and any others where such incidents occur. PDE deployed a crisis-management team to the school and is working with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the school on a plan to address racism and harassment, Wolf added.

Trump told Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes” that he hadn’t heard about any such incidents other than “one or two instances.”

When pressed about the issue, Trump said, “If it helps, I will say this, and I will say right to the cameras: Stop it.”

Trump was criticized by opponents for not issuing a formal statement about the seeming uptick in hate-crime incidents in the last week, though he has Tweeted criticizing those protesting the results of the election.

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him” in regard to his sexual orientation.

According to the police report, Danzig did not sustain any injuries.

He told Philadelphia Magazine he eventually lost the group as he ran down Oregon Avenue.

According to the police report, the three suspects are all white men of unknown ages. The first had brown hair and a brown beard and was wearing a red-checkered button-up shirt. Another had blonde hair in a buzz cut and was wearing a gray sweatshirt. The third had brown hair and was wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt.

Danzig did not respond to a request for comment.

He told Philadelphia Magazine it wasn’t clear if the attack was in any way related to last week’s controversial presidential election.

Mayor Jim Kenney issued a statement after the incident that read in part, “It is difficult to express the full extent of the devastation and anger I felt upon learning of this hate crime. To the victim, you have my sincerest apologies, both as the mayor of this city and as someone who resided in South Philadelphia for most of my life. I will do everything I can to ensure that neither you nor any other Philadelphian feels unsafe because of who they love.

“Now more than ever we must be focused finding unity and common ground with our fellow Philadelphians, not letting hate divide us,” Kenney continued, seemingly alluding to the national division stemming from the election of Donald Trump as pres-

ing for HIV/AIDS “should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior” in his 2000 campaign for Congress. Despite the unclear implications of Pence’s views, Shull remains optimistic.

“I think it’s important for people to remember we’ve done this before and if we have to, we will do it again,” Shull said, referring to the fight for AIDS recognition in the 1980s.

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eginning with California in 1996, 23 states, plus Washington, D.C., and Guam have passed laws making cannabis a medical option for young and old alike, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational marijuana initiatives earlier this month, and several other states passed medical marijuana provisions. This is turning out to be the biggest electoral victory for marijuana reform since 2012, when Colorado and Washington first approved the drug’s recreational use. However, a similar legalization measure in Arizona did not gain sufficient support to pass, with 52 percent of voters rejecting it.

On the medical side, voters in Florida, North Dakota and Arkansas have approved medical marijuana initiatives. Voters in Montana also rolled back restrictions on an existing medical pot law.

Reformers were jubilant.

If you do the math, it means Philadelphia should get at least ten grow processing enterprises.

“This represents a monumental victory for the marijuana reform movement,” said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, in a statement. “With California’s leadership now, the end of marijuana prohibition nationally, and even internationally, is fast approaching.”

Pennsylvania will become the 24th state to legalize marijuana for people suffering from various diseases, ailments and terminal illness.

A 149-46 vote in the Republican-controlled House came at 4:52 p.m. Wednesday after less than an hour of debate.

Philadelphia should get its fair share of medical marijuana grow facilities like this one.

The law establishes an application process, overseen by the Department of Health, that will review applications for up to 25 grow/ processor licenses around the state. According to Health Department draft regulations, published on philly.com, that will govern the cannabis grow processors, “[t]he state is now divided into six geographical regions, up from three, for the purposes of distributing licenses for grow houses and dispensaries. (The number of permits each region gets will be determined by local population, the number of potential patients and their medical conditions, and access to public transportation. Areas with a need for economic development — think depressed cities and coal towns — will get special consideration.)”

If you do the math, it means Philadelphia should get at least ten grow processing enterprises. We hope that the Mayor and City Council fight for all ten and not allow Harrisburg politicians — who continually show disdain to

all things Philadelphia — to do some voodoo math that denies us our fair share.

Why are we so concerned about getting our fair share of cannabis grow facilities? It’s not because we support the widespread use of recreational marijuana. To the contrary, while we are enthusiastic about the introduction of cannabis for medical conditions, we are equally enthusiastic about it being contained within this space until more research can be done on its properties and the consequences of use. As a Class 1 narcotic, marijuana research in the United States is very limited.

Our focus on getting our fair share is rooted in the sense that these grow/processing facilities have the capability of catalyzing economic development in some of the most distressed areas of our city. The language of the temporary regulations seems to recognize and reward citing these grow facilities in some of the worst neighContinued on page 2 N O V. 1 3 - 2 0 , 2 0 1 6

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Proceed With Weed Continued from page 1 borhoods of the city. And what’s wrong with that? Nothing.

Our review of marijuana grow applications in other medical marijuana states that have set up competitive application competitions shows highly sophisticated, well-capitalized applicants rise to the top of the class. So think of each successful application as a ten million dollar shot-in-the-arm to some economically distressed community in Philadelphia.

Mayors Street and Nutter dropped the ball the last time the state awarded licenses that could

catalyze economic development in this city — the awarding of gaming licenses. Their laissezfaire and/or antagonism for the process allowed high net worth private investors to pick and choose what sites to put into a casino application. Mayor Kenney should reject this hands off approach, demand we get our fair share of marijuana grow licenses, and begin to plan out which neighborhoods would benefit the most from their economic development potential.

Delgreco Wilson: Social Issues Master Continued from page 12 kids who are dealing with a difficult and pushy recruiting system.

“It started as a written blog,” he said of Black Cager Sports.

“Within a year, I was able to generate over 100,000 views. I just try to call balls and strikes as I see them. I want to give voice to the voiceless. If I played a small part in helping Jason Harrigan getting an interview [and ultimately the job] at O’Hara, I am extremely proud. I simply felt he was the best candidate for the job and encouraged him to apply.” His next venture is to start a black college basketball hall of fame in Philadelphia. “[Legends:] Claude Gross, Tee Parham, Ray “Chink” Scott, Dave Riddick, and Fred Douglas are friends of mine,” he explained. “These guys, along with John Chaney came of age during and era when the Big 5 was a Jim Crow institution. As great as they were on the court, they will never be memorialized

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in the Big 5 Hall of Fame. I just want to honor and thank them while they are still healthy and able to participate in the ceremony. Moreover, I want to introduce their legacies to the young people playing today. It’s important to help kids understand the history of those that came before them. I have always admired the way the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame does this for their great athletes. I want to do the same here.” He has also received praise for working with everyone in a competitive basketball climate.

“Youth Basketball has become commercialized,” he said. “The kids are viewed as commodities. I think this has had a distorting and detrimental effect on the game at that level. I just want to be the guy that tries to do the right thing as much as possible.” There’s little argument that he has been doing just that.

From tragedy to masterpiece Picasso Project arts education grant transforms school’s environment.

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haron Marino, principal at McClure Elementary School in the Hunting Park section of the city, knows about the ability of the arts to transform.

In 2012, a homicide took place in the yard of the school at 4198 6th St. “They reached out to us, and they wanted to transform the school yard,” says Tim Gibbon, project director for The Picasso Project, whose goal is “to increase arts education opportunities for students in the School District of Philadelphia and improve the capacity of schools to provide arts education experiences.”

With help from the Picasso Project, community partner CosaCosa and others, the playground has restored into a reading garden surrounded by mosaic butterflies.

“They were able to start a project which really shaped the environment to make it a positive and welcoming and hopeful place,” Gibbon said of the school.

Last year, the school installed mini libraries, reminiscent of birdhouses, containing both books and audio recordings of children narrating children’s books.

Today, Marino touts the value of the Picasso Project, which is seeking additional funds to help support arts in schools.

In a support letter for the program, she writes: “Each day hundreds of children come through the doors of my school and in each of them I see the promise of a great future. For so many, McClure Elementary School is THE only place in their lives

Images from the 2015 City Year Paint Day at McClure Elementary. Photos by Linda Fernandez.

that ignites their passion and zest for life.

“Over the years, I’ve learned that some students take to school once the love of reading gets into their bones, [for others] it’s the arts that awaken their imagination, curiosity and drive to excel.

“The Picasso Project makes it possible for visiting artists to work with our teachers to infuse the arts into our school day and school culture.”

The program awards grants of up to $5,000 to Philadelphia Public Schools for “projects that enhance and enrich the integration of the arts into the curriculum and classroom, often in partnership between school teachers, artists from the community and local arts organizations,” according to the website for Public Citizens for Children and Youth, which operates the Picasso Project.

With funding from individual donors, as well as foundations, corporations and event proceeds, Picasso has provided funds for more than 100 arts projects, reaching approximately 25,000 students in city public schools.

“With the current school funding environment, unfortunately, opportunities are limited for the arts,” Gibbon said. “Arts education can make a huge difference in the life of a young person. It can be the spark or the catalyst which helps to shape the school environment and engage students in creating and learning” For more information on The Picasso Project, go to www.pccy.org

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First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price.

Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The Sheriff reserves the right to reject any certified check, attorney’s check or money order that on its face has an expired use date and is presented for payment of the deposit.

The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale.

The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be set by the City of Philadelphia. In no event will the successful bidder be allowed to settle on the property unless all the Sheriff’s costs are paid notwithstanding the final bid.

The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the

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Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly.

No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine.

The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale.

All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale.

Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-6861483 and to its website philadox. phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property.

PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006 NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a

Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions.

The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ.

Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him.

Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lamonya Works, in Her Capacity as Heir of Macie Widamen, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Macie Widamen, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03511 $37,246.19 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-303 4732 Bingham St 191204512 42nd wd. 1139 Sq Ft BRT#421486500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APT 2 STY MASON Miqueas Santana C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03452 $23,928.13 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-304 12719 Minden Rd 191541419 66th wd. 1783 Sq Ft BRT#663335900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Alfred Naussner C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 03290 $225,819.52 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-305 2829 Winchester Ave 191361713 57th wd. 6000 Sq Ft BRT#571007400 IMPROVEMENTS: DET W/GAR 2 STY FRAME Michael E. Chatary and Susan M. Chatary C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01629 $376,446.84 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-306 2025 N Wanamaker St 191313020 52nd wd. 1137 Sq Ft BRT#522227300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Tyrone S. Howard, Original Mortgagor and Real Owner; Denise A. Howard, Real Owner C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02898 $99,384.26 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-307 3157-59 Richmond St 19134-5808 25th wd. 2669 Sq Ft BRT#251160201 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Salvatore A. Finazzo a/k/a S.A. Finazzo C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01026 $244,828.45 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-308 7138 N Mt. Pleasant Pl 19119 21st wd. 10,000 Sq Ft BRT#213259190 IMPROVEMENTS: DET 1.5 STY MASONRY+OTHER Janice Cofield and Rudolph Cofield C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00513 $355,463.16 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-309 169 Fern St a/k/a 169 W Fern St 19120 61st wd. 1020 Sq Ft OPA#612209200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gerald Mercier; Marie Michele Desir a/k/a Marie M. Desir C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02588 $100,327.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-310 1201 Stirling St 191115837 53rd wd. 1800 Sq Ft OPA#531054100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Marjorie PierreMerritt; Wade J. Merritt C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00348 $198,257.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-311 1421 Robbins St 19149 54th wd. 1740 Sq Ft OPA#541083900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shawn T. Amos and Celeste Bligen-Amos C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00395 $139,290.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-312 1100 S Broad St #204B 36th wd. BRT#888113632 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 5+ STY MASONRY William Rader a/k/a William Radar and Christian Richard C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 03106 $144,439.29 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-313 517 N 52nd St 19131 44th wd.

1493 Sq Ft OPA#442272600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Valerie Jackson a/k/a Valerie J. Jackson C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01268 $77,232.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-314 4804 Princeton Ave 41st wd.

2115 Sq Ft BRT#412050300 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY Michael Callahan and Heather Callahan a/k/a Heather McGregor C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01994 $164,009.19 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-315 4421 Knorr St 19135 55th wd.

1694 Sq Ft BRT#552162900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Flaton, III C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00400 $92,999.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-316 6539 Guyer Ave 40th wd.

1184 Sq Ft BRT#406308000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Robert P. Davis C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 03027 $57,109.42 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-317 261 E Fariston Dr 19120 61st wd. 2625 Sq Ft OPA#611384900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tyra Coles C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00324 $103,663.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-318 7134 Walker St 41st wd.

1286 Sq Ft BRT#412268800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY David Raab C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 03279 $162,095.81 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-319 2314 Pemberton St 19146 30th wd. 840 Sq Ft OPA#302041900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Jacqueline L. Banks a/k/a Jacqueline Banks C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04787 $197,456.04 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-320 2521 S 2nd St 39th wd.

732 Sq Ft BRT#391274800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Jesse Shemesh C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01685 $161,897.61 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-321 5281 Jefferson St a/k/a 5281 W Jefferson St 19131 52nd wd.

1215 Sq Ft OPA#521034100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Geraldine Simmons C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00201 $65,388.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-322 6024 Edmund St 19135 41st wd.

1728 Sq Ft OPA#411388800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Turhan Butler C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01395 $136,994.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-324 2131 W Passyunk Ave 191453414 48th wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA#482131000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nasser Albarouki C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01014 $172,452.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-325 7234 Glenloch St 19135 41st wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#412334300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lillian Naranjo C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02400 $92,584.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-326 2521 S 73rd St 19142 40th wd.

1120 Sq Ft OPA#404070600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robin Tucker C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01130 $81,996.97 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire 1612-327 2827 S Marvine St 19148 39th wd. 1431 Sq Ft OPA#395305100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas Cotter C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01476 $207,450.02 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire 1612-328 1533 N 27th St a/k/a 1531-33 N 27th St 19121 29th wd. 3150 Sq Ft OPA#291381100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald Lockman C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03698 $47,101.63 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-329 6117 Frontenac St 19149 53rd wd. 1504 Sq Ft OPA#531273300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Faith S. Rothkoff C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04470 $89,536.27 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire 1612-330 6652 Tulip St 19135 41st wd. Land Area: 1260 Sq Ft BRT#411436600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING John F. McNasby, III a/k/a John McNasby, III C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 01633 $57,124.53 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather

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1065 Sq Ft OPA# 871543110 Baldemiro Rodriguez C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00306 $150,000.00 Joseph B. Silverstein 1608-589B 4212 L St 19124 33rd wd.

1764 Sq Ft OPA# 332391600 Subject to Mortgage Baldemiro Rodriguez C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00306 $150,000.00 Joseph B. Silverstein 1612-301 6434 Montour St 191115323 35th wd. 2365 Sq Ft BRT#353293300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Michael Friel and Karen Friel C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02537 $148,946.91 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-302 1641 N 26th St 19121-2847 29th wd. 918 Sq Ft BRT#32-41027-00; PRCL#13 N 11-319

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Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1612-331 6121 N Fairhill St 19120 61st wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#611107700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Frank Roberts and Sopheap Roberts a/k/a Sopheap S. Roberts C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02231 $98,635.39 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1612-332 507 W Mount Pleasant Rd 59th wd. 2318 Sq Ft BRT#092008400 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 3 STY MAS+OTHER Rodger P. Selby, Sr. C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03241 $116,328.09 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-333 3431 Saint Vincent St 55th wd.

1503 Sq Ft BRT#551452300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Laura J. McCoy and Joseph J. Kennish, III C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00638 $181,628.76 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-334 6150 Argyle St 35th wd. 1659 Sq Ft BRT#352262900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Tamera Evans C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01023 $101,073.61 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-335 264 S Ithan St 19139 60th wd.

1040 Sq Ft OPA#604227500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Cynthia A. Ghee a/k/a Angel A. Ghee C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 01390 $76,414.73 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1612-336 1815 S 17th St 48th wd.

1088 Sq Ft BRT#481220600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Wannetta Williams C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03539 $45,728.52 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-338 2948 N 26th St BRT#381155900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bruce Carter a/k/a Bruce E. Carter C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01036 $46,921.32 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-339 12604 Calpine Rd 19154 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#663286900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Maureen A. Vansant C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02033 $174,392.60 Edward J. McKee, Esquire; Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1612-340 4037 Lawndale Ave 19124 33rd wd. 1096 Sq Ft BRT#332273000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Renee Turner C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 000425 $43,092.21 M. Troy Freedman, Esquire; Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-341 220 Rubicam St 42nd wd.

910 Sq Ft BRT#422205800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Sonya R. Outen

C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00341 $49,790.06 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-342 2220 N Melvin St 52nd wd.

1298 Sq Ft BRT#522252700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Keith M. Woodson and Lakeisha S. Adkins C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00433 $161,760.15 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-343 403 Sentner St 19120 35th wd.

2500 Sq Ft OPA#351231400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William M. Dixon; Joeann Dixon C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02932 $102,158.67 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-344 2126 Fernon St 36th wd.

658 Sq Ft BRT#363093300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Annie Chandler and Ronald Chandler C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04268 $79,356.88 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-345 5533 N Fairhill St 19120 61st wd. 2432 Sq Ft OPA#612305300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Loretta Hughes C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03047 $31,655.55 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1612-346 6963 Forrest Ave 10th wd.

1500 Sq Ft BRT#102530500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Shalyn Martin C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00005 $191,223.13 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-347 91 E Duval St 19144 59th wd.

1557 Sq Ft OPA#592162800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ivanette Carter; Charles A. Rivers C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01454 $55,862.09 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1612-348 5438 Wayne Ave 191443408 12th wd. 4857 Sq Ft OPA#124117800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Troy R. Warren, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Glenis R. Warren; Michelle Warren, in Her Capacity as Heir of Glenis R. Warren, Deceased; Daryll W. Warren, in His Capacity as Heir of Glenis R. Warren, Deceased; Kalhyll Warren, in Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Glenis R. Warren, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Glenis R. Warren, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01137 $283,271.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-349 2514 S Ashford St 19153 40th wd. 1107 Sq Ft BRT#404138700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Norma

Moseley C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00862 $91,728.68 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-350 5842 Kemble Ave 19141 49th wd. 2400 Sq Ft BRT#172330200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Philemon Enoch a/k/a Phillip Enoch C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04097 $147,455.55 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-351 1118 Tabor Ln 19111 56th wd.

2622 Sq Ft BRT#561467122 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Angela Burke and Barbara Khalid C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00934 $187,997.34 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1612-352 5232 N Front St 19120-3532 42nd wd. 2591.5 Sq Ft BRT#42-2-3193-00; PRCL#130 N 12-7 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sereyvorn Sok a/k/a Vorn Lay C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01708 $87,309.03 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-353 1221 Foulkrod St 191242930 23rd wd. 1808 Sq Ft BRT#234102100; PRCL#130N-16-0064 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Agnes Santiago and Gilberto Melendez, Jr. C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01070 $110,956.05 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-354 225 Catharine St a/k/a Catharine St 19147 3rd wd.

1600 Sq Ft BRT#022032000; PRCL#5S16-68 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Frank Reynolds and Jessica Reynolds a/k/a Jessica Little C.P. January Term, 2009 No. 01746 $705,493.73 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-355 3753 N Franklin St 19140 43rd wd. 900 Sq Ft OPA#432289300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carlos M. Padilla a/k/a Carlos Padilla C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02567 $78,383.19 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-356 924 Carver St 19124 35th wd.

943 Sq Ft OPA#351242600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Rollins C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03261 $121,064.67 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-357 1447 Lardner St 19149 54th wd. 987 Sq Ft OPA#541035100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sharita E. Oliver C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02140 $85,371.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-358 6138 Christian St 19143 3rd wd.

2310 Sq Ft OPA#033069400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brenda M. Brumadge C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 00494 $62,709.96 KML Law Group, P.C.

1612-359 4076 Creston St 19135 62nd wd. 917 Sq Ft OPA#622192500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Isabelino Llanot C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02409 $77,628.67 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-360 1423 Gilham St 53rd wd.

1215 Sq Ft BRT#531176100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Laquanda A. McCoullum C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00636 $144,139.82 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-361 6901 Valley Ave D-3, a/k/a 6901-29 Valley Ave Unit: D3 19128-1545 88th wd. 780 Sq Ft OPA#888211035 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Geoffrey Houston a/k/a Geoffrey Mark Houston, in His Capacity as Heir of Irby Houston-Davis a/k/a Irby Demaris Davis a/k/a Irby Davis, Deceased; Charlton Houston a/k/a Charlton Dwayne Houston, in His Capacity as Heir of Irby Houston-Davis a/k/a Irby Demaris Davis a/k/a Irby Davis, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Irby Houston-Davis a/k/a Irby Demaris Davis a/k/a Irby Davis, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01604 $91,845.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-362 828 Avon Rd 58th wd. 4601 Sq Ft BRT#582114800 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MAS+OTH Robert J. Farmer, Jr. and Darlene Swope-Farmer C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00228 $208,256.19 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-363 4846 N Franklin St 49th wd.

915 Sq Ft BRT#491239300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Denise Watson a/k/a Denise M. Poindexter C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02051 $80,969.67 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-364 5966 Palmetto St 35th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#352289800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Gilbert Tyree a/k/a Gilbert L. Tyree a/k/a Tyree Gilbert C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01897 $77,587.25 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-365 7324 Kinglet Pl 40th wd. 1792 Sq Ft BRT#406672400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Martino Fleming C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01959 $214,607.25 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-366 5423 Sylvester St 22nd wd.

972 Sq Ft BRT#621374700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Jamie Williams C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03878 $81,132.60 Milstead & Associates, LLC

1612-367 4527 Loring St 191364017 41st wd. 1078 Sq Ft OPA#412186000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eileen Harris a/k/a Eileen B. Harris C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 04121 $50,159.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-368 1809 Bridge St 19124 62nd wd.

1213 Sq Ft OPA#622116200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carol Ann Biello C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01831 $72,694.43 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-369 6405 Marsden St 19135 41st wd. 1444 Sq Ft OPA#411271200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria Roman C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02908 $92,907.61 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-370 1811 N 18th St 19121 32nd wd.

2598 Sq Ft OPA#321213700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Adina Mintz C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00844 $365,223.41 Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-371 5986 N Norwood St 19138 17th wd. 2508 Sq Ft OPA#172482600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis B. Stevens; Kim D. Stevens C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04025 $99,936.16 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire 1612-372 729 E Dorset St a/k/a 729 Dorset St 19119-1526 22nd wd.

2050 Sq Ft OPA#222022800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Hines C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01609 $227,198.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-373 5938 N 19th St 19141 17th wd.

1480 Sq Ft OPA#172348900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rozita J. Bolton C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01511 $133,929.55 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1612-374 1418 N Robinson St 19151 34th wd. 1316 Sq Ft BRT#34-2282500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Cora Nixon C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04701 $56,045.96 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-375 1224 S 12th St 19147 2nd wd. (formerly part of the 26th wd.)

1374 Sq Ft BRT#021596800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mary Collaretti; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Anna

Divanno C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01514 $364,951.02 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-376 2938 Normandy Rd a/k/a 2938 Normandy Dr 19154 66th wd.

1632 Sq Ft OPA#662495700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Teresa Rushton; Timothy J. Rushton C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00500 $116,965.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-377 335 E Sheldon St 191203519 42nd wd. 1212 Sq Ft OPA#421171100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kiera Hooks; Abner Roberts a/k/a Abner C. Roberts C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02536 $168,001.57 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-378 69 E Logan St 191443016 12th wd. 4250 Sq Ft OPA#121006000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Afia McKinley; Malcolm J. Musgrove C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00304 $378,316.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-379 1204 Sanger St a/k/a 1204 E Sanger St 19124-1107 62nd wd.

1280 Sq Ft OPA#621048400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Manuel DeJesus C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00441 $52,471.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-380 1619 North St 191303304 8th wd. 4500 Sq Ft OPA#084087820 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carmen Dicamillo C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00091 $697,285.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-381 5023 N 8th St 191203105 49th wd. 1092 Sq Ft OPA#491257700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kim S. Malone C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 03600 $77,131.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-382 4535 Loring St 191364017 41st wd. 1078 Sq Ft OPA#412186400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keesha Whittaker C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00053 $103,570.25 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-383 2339 College Ave a/k/a 2339 N College Ave 191214809 29th wd. 1734 Sq Ft OPA#291029900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Herman Keese a/k/a Herman Keesse, Jr. C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 02548 $18,745.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-384 2632 S 65th St 191422813 40th wd. 1236 Sq Ft OPA#406003400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

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PROPERTY Quianna Hunt C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00340 $92,933.81 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-385 5134 Parkside Ave 191314715 52nd wd. 2400 Sq Ft OPA#521093900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Derrick Francis, in his capacity as Heir of Ella Deans-Francis, Deceased; Janice Francis, in her capacity as Heir of Ella Deans-Francis, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Ella Deans-Francis, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00033 $162,710.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-386 534 Righter St 191283738 21st wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#213211000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Liam Kemmerley; Kimberly Yelland Kemmerley a/k/a Kimberly Y. Kemmerley a/k/a Kimberly Y. Kimmerley C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 04314 $250,371.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-387 5431 Chester Ave 191434913 51st wd. 1840 Sq Ft OPA#514128100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacob Hasis C.P. March Term, 2009 No. 01204 $142,300.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-388 4903 Rawle St 19135-2403 41st wd. 900 Sq Ft OPA#412010600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Lynne Ann Lewis, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00555 $47,455.19 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-389 941 E Church Ln a/k/a 941 Church Ln 19138-2314 12th wd.

1148 Sq Ft OPA#122050200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gwendolyn A. Jackson, in Her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Nedator Cunningham; Barbara Cunningham a/k/a Barbara A. Cunningham, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of the Estate of Robert Cunningham C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03389 $13,568.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-390 815 N 6th St 19123-2103 5th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#056249407 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Benjamin F. Peterson, III a/k/a Benjamin F. Peterson C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02014 $110,485.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-391 2139 Magee Ave 191492314 54th wd. 1246 Sq Ft OPA#541138100 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Olga June Feldman C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 02590 $121,431.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-392 413 W Cayuga St 191402432 7th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#072253000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lucinda Snipes; Lulinda Snipes C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02616 $16,657.82 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-393 4738 “D” St a/k/a 4738 D St 19120-4536 42nd wd. 1650 Sq Ft OPA#421455900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Miguel A. Moreno C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01670 $40,626.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-394 2622 S Carlisle St 191454620 26th wd. 1110 Sq Ft OPA#261137300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phyllis M. Valentino a/k/a Phyllis M. Castelli C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03996 $79,585.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-395 5921 Belmar Terr 191435210 3rd wd. 1150 Sq Ft OPA#034104000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Barry Fitzgerald C.P. December Term, 2006 No. 02794 $38,294.62 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-396 400-16 S 2nd St Unit 416A 19147 5th wd. 668 Sq Ft OPA#888030338 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dominic Diventura C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02340 $218,478.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-397 1400 Kings Pl 191223415 20th wd. 1720 Sq Ft OPA#202223600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Preston Wakefield, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir and Heir of the Estate of Preston Wakefield, Sr.; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Preston Wakefield, Sr., Deceased; Leonard Wakefield, in His Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Preston Wakefield, Sr. C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 00269 $142,426.59 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-398 3051 N Bambrey St 19132 38th wd. 940 Sq Ft OPA#381116500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Fernando J. Press; Wanda M. Press a/k/a Wanda Maria Press a/k/a Wanda Maria Screen C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04923 $27,855.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-399 6239 Langdon St 191115806 53rd wd. 1296 Sq Ft OPA#531225900 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darryl Toliver C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03967 $65,408.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-400 5657 Boyer St 191381732 12th wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#122254400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Luther Allen, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03384 $47,039.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-401 1627 E Gowen Ave 191501007 50th wd. 1320 Sq Ft OPA#501492700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wanda Farlow C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00547 $105,660.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-402 3509 Sheffield Ave a/k/a 3509 Sheffield St 191363518 64th wd. 1432 Sq Ft OPA#642226900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ilham Draissi; Mounir Draissi C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00152 $176,498.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-403 41 E Walnut Ln 191442002 59th wd. 2056 Sq Ft OPA#592069700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leroy N. Brown a/k/a Leroy Brown C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04702 $175,331.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-404 4902 Woodcrest Ave 191312612 52nd wd. 1435 Sq Ft OPA#521169400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Evelyn Orji C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 03673 $119,646.79 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-405 1504 S 24th St 19145 36th wd.

1248 Sq Ft OPA#364142300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George J. Rechner, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02410 $47,539.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-406 907 Disston St 191114416 53rd wd. 1369 Sq Ft OPA#532204100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elena Pau; Steluca Bukur C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02452 $132,099.69 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-407 7513 Brentwood Rd 191512104 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#343228400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Salima Thompson C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00024 $104,025.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1612-408 2346 S Marshall St 191483849 39th wd. 840 Sq Ft OPA#393136700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Seth L. Maile C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02210 $116,595.10 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-409 425 Fern St 19120 61st wd.

1038 Sq Ft OPA#612204900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darnell R. Minus C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01877 $74,967.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-410 531 N Creighton St 19131 44th wd. 1001 Sq Ft BRT#442263200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Andrea Whitefield C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00476 $58,660.97 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1612-411 5929 N Warnock St a/k/a 5929 Warnock St 19141 49th wd.

1365 Sq Ft OPA#492204900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nikiya Newton as Executrix of the Estate of Harold J. Johnson, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01012 $81,213.02 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-412 5131 N 16th St 19141 17th wd.

1480 Sq Ft OPA#172117000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alberta Jenkins and Rosalind Jenkins C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02374 $38,380.04 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-413 1812 S Newkirk St 19145 48th wd. 991.2 Sq Ft OPA#482367200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kim Carter C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 04147 $50,351.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-414 7313 Pittville Ave 19126 10th wd. 1275 Sq Ft OPA#101059700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vernon Moore C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02495 $90,865.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-415 1860 Widener Pl 19141 17th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#171186700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cheryl Grandy C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02055 $121,930.99 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-416 5709 N 3rd St 19120 61st wd.

2500 Sq Ft OPA#612384900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leroy N. Brown, Sr. C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 03392 $118,013.72 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1612-417 135 E Westmoreland St 19134 7th wd. 1096 Sq Ft

OPA#073235200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Antonio Silva C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00425 $85,788.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-418 12603 Dunksferry Rd a/k/a 12603 Dunks Ferry Rd 19154 66th wd. 1825 Sq Ft OPA#663148800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles J. Shorten; Robin Shorten C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 03697 $209,242.19 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-419 6223 Revere St 19149 62nd wd.

1368 Sq Ft OPA#621558800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William J. Welch, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01260 $40,952.90 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-420 155 E Meehan Ave a/k/a 155 Meehan Ave 19119 22nd wd.

2179 Sq Ft OPA#222094400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jayne Marie Young C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 02965 $143,209.86 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-421 6545 Wyncote Ave 19138 10th wd. BRT#102091000 Christine M. Jackson (deceased) C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 02938 $192,175.10 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1612-422 750 W Cheltenham Ave a/k/a 6855 N Franklin St 61st wd.

Beginning Point: Situate on the Southwesterly side of Harrison St (fifty feet wide) in Frankford. OPA#611462800 IMPROVEMENTS: DET 2 STY STONE Lawrence Witherspoon and Michelle McDonaldWitherspoon C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01111 $279,381.83 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1612-423 1928 E Cambria St 19134 25th wd. 1520 Sq Ft BRT#252084300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Olabisi K. Laniya C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00273 $28,273.72 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1612-424 5523 N American St 42nd wd. 3250 Sq Ft BRT#42-24215-00;PRCL#123N8-80 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jorge V. Maldonado C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01745 $27,565.70 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-425 6069 Kingsessing Ave 40th wd.

1148 Sq Ft BRT#401255000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Sandra J. Smith a/k/a Sandra Smith C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00782 $50,772.45 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-426 2227 N 54th St 19131 52nd wd.

19200 Sq Ft BRT#521363300

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ramona Dereef C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02185 $326,388.58 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1612-427 7053 Reedland St 40th wd.

1110 Sq Ft BRT#406211700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Venus Gachelin C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01609 $34,152.61 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-428 4981 N 2nd St 19120 42nd wd.

943 Sq Ft BRT#422397800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY John G. Campbell C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03013 $72,276.05 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-429 2613 Southampton Rd 191161526 58th wd. 9360 Sq Ft BRT#583068400 IMPROVEMENTS: DET W/D GAR 1.5 STY FRAME Elizabeth Ortiz C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01354 $340,470.80 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-430 1409-13 N 76th St, Unit 4C 34th wd. BRT#888340015 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 2 STY MASONRY N’Neka Truehart C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01731 $59,237.52 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-431 4109 Salem St 19124-4624 23rd wd. 588 Sq Ft BRT#232501000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Michael Kuders C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00863 $40,958.90 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-432 507 Burgess St 58th wd.

6099 Sq Ft BRT#582242000 IMPROVEMENTS: DET 1.5 STY FRAME Randolph M. Hosear and Kristine M. Hosear C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00949 $219,468.59 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-433 6764 Marsden St 191352226 41st wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#41-2-3720-00; PRCL#115 N 5-409 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael Valentino C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00031 $69,252.72 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-434 5033 Knox St 19144-3637 12th wd. 2670 Sq Ft BRT#123179100; PRCL#47 N 23-240 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Magdalena Lebron C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03471 $129,221.68 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-435 698 Mayfair St 191202646 35th wd. 2658 Sq Ft BRT#351066400; PRCL#148N17-0130 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anh T. Lam C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00157 $57,269.07 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC

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Beginning Point: Situate on the Southwesterly side of Adams Avenue (100 ft wide) at the distance of seven hundred six feet eleven and one-half inches Northwestwardly side of Tabor Rd OPA#351006700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Tina Lloyd a/k/a Tina Lavette Morrison C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00491 $159,682.00 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1612-437 3442 Reach St 19134 33rd wd.

BRT#331315500 Lawrence Weinmann, Jr. (deceased) C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02320 $82,792.53 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1612-438 3825 Fairdale Rd BRT#662573000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Richard Gephart, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00524 $174,212.03 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-439 1915 S Norwood St 19145 48th wd. 722 Sq Ft OPA#482143800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wayne J. Waters, Sr. C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02036 $57,317.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-440 546 N Vodges St 19131 4th wd. 945 Sq Ft OPA#041194400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis Vicks C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00193 $64,107.74 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-441 4816 N Sydenham St a/k/a 4816 Sydenham Street 19141 13th wd. 1375 Sq Ft OPA#132095100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary E. Dearry C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01256 $58,361.32 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-442 4938 D St 19120 42nd wd.

ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1240 Sq Ft BRT#421459700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Virginia Betts a/k/a Virginia B. Betts C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00546 $84,671.28 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-443 6510 Allman St 19142 40th wd. 828 Sq Ft BRT#403104800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Daryl S. Douglas C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02866 $40,542.51 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-444 3973 Lankenau Ave 19131 52nd wd. 2100 Sq Ft OPA#521437600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kristine F. Peart a/k/a Kristine F. Ponds C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02183 $136,765.67 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-445 8640 Gilbert St 19150 50th wd.

1440 Sq Ft OPA#502123400

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James Mosley C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01575 $119,728.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-446 1223 Kenwyn St 19124 62nd wd. 1198 Sq Ft OPA#621013200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bernadette Y. Tanner a/k/a Bernadette Tanner and Willie James Taylor C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 03251 $78,518.33 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-447 4029 Maywood St 191245331 33rd wd. 900 Sq Ft OPA#332483900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maglyn E. Melendez C.P. November Term, 2007 No. 00227 $49,613.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-448 4357 O St 19124 33rd wd.

1600 Sq Ft OPA#332557700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anna McCready C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 05056 $86,959.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-449 12484 Sweet Briar Rd 19154 66th wd. 1930 Sq Ft OPA#663182900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christina M. Galanaugh and Daniel R. Galanaugh, Jr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04539 $238,410.26 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-450 3144 Unruh Ave 19149 55th wd.

1760 Sq Ft OPA#551142700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Albert J. Galzarano, III; United States of America C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02663 $97,722.40 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1612-451 2507 S 68th St 19142 40th wd.

1112 Sq Ft OPA#40-6090800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cherif Haidaraben C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02180 $106,967.93 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1612-452 6338 Leonard St 19149 62nd wd. 1511 Sq Ft OPA#621514400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christina J. Bauer a/k/a Christina Bauer; Robert C. Hilsee; Dianne Hilsee C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04009 $108,532.77 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1612-453 7036 Jackson St 19135 55th wd.

2246 Sq Ft OPA#552471400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria T. Haff, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Robert M. Budano, Deceased; Christy M. Skale, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Robert M. Budano, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02361 $70,574.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-454 1204 Unruh Ave 19111 53rd wd.

1731 Sq Ft OPA#532059400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Levi Benjamin C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 04407 $120,725.67 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-455 1451 Conlyn St 19141 17th wd.

1360 Sq Ft OPA#171139900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly Nelson, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Burrell Anderson, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02571 $108,812.49 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-456 269 S 57th St 19139 46th wd.

1296 Sq Ft (Land); 1484 Sq Ft (Improvement) BRT#604244000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Marilyn A. Hall Spivey and Elizabeth Spivey C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 003099 $106,949.41 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-457 2628 E York St a/k/a 2628 York St 19125 31st wd. 756 Sq Ft OPA#313151600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patrick Foster C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02629 $52,004.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-458 4512 Van Kirk St 191354035 41st wd. 1320 Sq Ft OPA#411091100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thamer Zaki Seoudi a/k/a Thamer Saki Seoudi; Arlene M. Seoudi C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01361 $42,461.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-459 540 E Walnut Ln 19144 59th wd. 1140 Sq Ft OPA#592067700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Priscilla Pettway C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01043 $83,325.33 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-460 8031 Mansfield Ave 191503526 50th wd. 1518 Sq Ft OPA#502020500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Loren Hackney a/k/a L. Hackney C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01066 $141,646.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-461 4662 Edmund St 19124 23rd wd. 1398 Sq Ft OPA#232387200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Madeline Hill, Deceased; Diane Morgan, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Madeline Hill, Deceased; Dorse Cottom, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Madeline Hill, Deceased; Juanita Gardner, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Madeline Hill, Deceased; Patricia Hill, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Madeline Hill, Deceased; William Hill, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Madeline Hill, Deceased; Merlin Hill, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Madeline Hill, Deceased;

Ann Lucas, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Madeline Hill, Deceased; John Hill, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Madeline Hill, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00471 $36,841.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-462 745 N 63rd St 19151-3804 34th wd. 2500 Sq Ft BRT#342359900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Maurice Thomas a/k/a Maurice R. Thomas C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02216 $193,556.63 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-463 1531 S 24th St 191464131 36th wd. 1536 Sq Ft OPA#364135900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Diane McDaniel C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01362 $104,555.11 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-464 5846 Washington Ave 19143 46th wd. BRT#033115300 Roland Green (deceased) C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02828 $122,163.75 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1612-465 5220 E Roosevelt Blvd 19124 35th wd. 1583 Sq Ft OPA#351030000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samera Ahmad a/k/a Samera S. Ahmad C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00983 $125,502.62 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-466 537 Carpenter St 19147 2nd wd. 972 Sq Ft OPA#021066700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa M. Colaizzo; Michael V. Colaizzo C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01254 $366,021.01 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-467 1124 Marlborough St 191254139 18th wd. OPA#181055000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis Moore; Christie Moore C.P. April Term, 2010 No. 03816 $164,981.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-468 2601 Pennsylvania Ave, Unit 945 19130 9th wd. 954 Sq Ft BRT#888073154 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO .5 STY MASONRY Yongping Wang & Malgorzata Wcislo C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00837 $23,453.59 Michelle J. Stranen, Esquire 1612-469 1522 Mayland St a/k/a 1522 E Maryland St 191381120 10th wd. 1250 Sq Ft OPA#102252500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nichole Renee Love a/k/a Nicole Love C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00696 $68,475.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-471 2222 Trenton Ave 19125-

2014 31st wd. 1417 Sq Ft BRT#311207400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Margaret Mary Siciliano a/k/a Margaret Monahan C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00714 $104,895.15 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1612-472 3053 Winchester Ave 191361805 57th wd. 2258 Sq Ft OPA#571010700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas Madison a/k/a Thomas J. Madison; Kristen L. Madison C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 00059 $298,232.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-473 1213 N 25th St 191214822 29th wd. 1072 Sq Ft BRT#291324200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jose L. Reyes and Cassandra Love C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02094 $96,921.74 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1612-474 144 Covington Rd 191201004 61st wd. 2304 Sq Ft BRT#611441700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nicole Allen C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00295 $92,501.34 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1612-475 7808 Buist Ave 191531701 40th wd. 3188 Sq Ft BRT#405756106 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Simpson Lee C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01981 $26,269.73 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1612-476 5622 Arlington St 19131 52nd wd. 1680 Sq Ft BRT#522059500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rhonda Hicks C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04396 $96,090.34 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1612-477 129 E Walnut Ln Lot 8 a/k/a 135 E Walnut Ln, Unit B 22nd wd. 2425 Sq Ft BRT#592071780 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Earleen Coleman C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01987 $101,505.21 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-478 1251 N 29th St 19121 29th wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#292151500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Thelma Willis, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2010 No. 00043 $50,171.47 Jessica N. Manis; Powers, Kirn, & Associates, LLC 1612-479 2435 S Clarion St 19148 39th wd. 630 Sq Ft

BRT#394446200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Mary Martin C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01809 $192,860.87 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-480 3738 Vale Ln 66th wd. 4036 Sq Ft BRT#661320020 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 1.5 STY MASONRY Barbara A. Capponi C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03646 $202,115.63 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-481 1117 E Rittenhouse St 59th wd.

2712 Sq Ft BRT#591138000 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY Danielle Chenault C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01722 $152,992.81 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-482 3253 Disston St 191492021 55th wd. 1104 Sq Ft OPA#551315400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dana Rodgers C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01170 $146,252.65 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-483 8862 Manchester Ave a/k/a 8862 Manchester St 191521515 57th wd. 1536 Sq Ft OPA#571276700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jestina Harding; Gibrilla Dumbuya C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 04140 $230,311.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-484 7025 Passyunk Ave 19142 40th wd. On the N side of Passyunk Ave; 20 ft 0 in from the W side of Holbrook St; Front: 16’ Depth: 50’ OPA#406300000 Sallie Wilks, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02950 $99,010.45 Lois M. Vitti, Esquire 1612-485 4551 N Smedley St a/k/a 4551 Smedley St 19140 13th wd.

1246 Sq Ft OPA#132131200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carolyn Smith C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02609 $59,560.93 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-486 4043 Dungan St 191245316 33rd wd. 1232 Sq Ft OPA#332420700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James J. Dutill, Jr., in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Thomas J. Cousin; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Thomas J. Cousin, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00882 $24,388.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-487 1244 Ellsworth St 19147 2nd wd. 752 Sq Ft OPA#021207100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine Aversa C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04227 $469,144.78 KML Law Group, P.C.

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1612-488 4227 Marple St 191363608 65th wd. 1046 Sq Ft OPA#651104700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George H. Crane a/k/a George H. Crane, II C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02498 $118,423.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-489 1453 W End Dr 34th wd. 3083 Sq Ft BRT#344431800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Barbara Ayn Lilley C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01460 $119,742.99 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-490 6518 N Smedley St a/k/a 6518 Smedley St 19126 17th wd.

1360 Sq Ft OPA#172174200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gwendolyn Hawkins C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02975 $96,550.02 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-491 7307 Brookhaven Rd 191512206 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#344153200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Walker; Sheila Marshall a/k/a Sheila Walker C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02674 $69,876.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-492 5640 Thomas Ave 191434645 51st wd. 1230 Sq Ft OPA#513092300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard Neal C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01126 $51,396.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-493 5740 N Front St 61st wd. 1615 Sq Ft BRT#612469400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Senquetta Hunter Douglas a/k/a Senquetta H. Douglas C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 01432 $135,265.36 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-494 6132 Tulip St 191354224 41st wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#411426300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dana Price-Skerrett C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01473 $130,953.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-495 2321 E Somerset St 25th wd.

BRT#252032200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Emanuel Rodriguez and Maria Rodriguez C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04269 $83,513.27 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-496 1324 Wellington St 53rd wd.

5500 Sq Ft BRT#532339300 IMPROVEMENTS: DET W/D GAR 1.5 STY MASON Elizabeth Thomas and Thomaskutty Mathew C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02579 $90,463.77 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-497 337 E High St 19144 59th wd.

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IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Patricia A. Honesty, Known Surviving Heir of William Erastus Honesty, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Michele Honesty Young, Known Surviving Heir of William Erastus Honesty, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; William E. Honesty, Known Surviving Heir of William Erastus Honesty, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of William Erastus Honesty, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02041 $125,909.92 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-498 9140 Ellie Dr 57th wd.

Land Area: 3302 Sq Ft BRT#572365703 IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON Patricia A. Valentine a/k/a Patricia Valentine; John A. Cann, Jr. a/k/a John Cann C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02526 $27,263.41 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-499 4625 Kendrick St 19136 65th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1296 Sq Ft BRT#652072500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Melissa J. Keller and Faith Keller C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02882 $125,483.15 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-500 3215 Haverford Ave 19104 24th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 2067 Sq Ft BRT#242042300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tamara Dewar C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 03389 $401,337.68 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-501 7237 N 20th St 19138 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1248 Sq Ft BRT#101155800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Surviving Heirs of Louise H. Rogers, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Roxana Rogers, Known Surviving Heir of Louise H. Rogers, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01271 $70,111.42 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-502 215 Buckingham Pl 27th wd.

1493 Sq Ft BRT#272136800 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D CONV APT 3 STY MASON Edgardo B. Ebora; Evelyn B. Ebora; Joseph S. Diaz a/k/a Joseph Sean Diaz; Evangelyn E. Diaz C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 03341 $373,881.26 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-503 6848 Grebe Pl 19142-2527 40th wd. 1296 Sq Ft BRT#406575300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Edward N. Scarborough, Individually and as Heir of J. Patricia Scarborough a/k/a Patricia Scarborough, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns,

and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under J. Patricia Scarborough a/k/a Patricia Scarborough, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01969 $143,493.64 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-504 2049 E Chelten Ave a/k/a 2049 Chelten Ave 191383043 17th wd. 1952 Sq Ft OPA#871522750 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rufus E Weary C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 00627 $165,617.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-505 4060 Howland St 33rd wd.

964 Sq Ft BRT#33-2-3660-00 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Ruth Colon C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00040 $52,454.51 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1612-506 1134 Gerritt St 191475604 1st wd. 1176 Sq Ft OPA#012421900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard Nasuti C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01156 $158,207.47 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-507 5925 N Beechwood St 19138 17th wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#172496800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Toni Bey and Frank B. Bey C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01043 $37,832.01 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-508 7300 Cresheim Rd, Unit C-14 19119 9th wd. 1019 Sq Ft; All that certain Unit designated as Unit B-9 bein a unit in “Cresheimbrook Condominium”, a Condominium located at 7302 Creshei Rd, in the 9th Ward of the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as designated in the Declaration creating and establishing Cresheimbrook Condominium, dated April 3, 1979 and recorded in the Department of Records, in and for the County of Philadelphia, April 16, 1979 in Deed Book Doc 1924m page 454, and an amended declaration creating and establishing Cresheimbrook Condominium, dated April 10, 1979, and recorded as aforesaid on May 11, 1979, in Deed Book Doc 1949 Page 029, and in the Declaration Plan of Cresheimbrook Condominium Dated April 3, 1979, and recorded as aforesaid on April 16, 1979 in Deed Book Doc 1924 Page 478.

BRT#88-8-200034 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM Valyrie Patton C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01653 $2,417.96 Hal A. Barrow, Esquire 1612-509 2201-09 Arch St Unit 122 19103 8th wd. 1274 Sq Ft; All that certain unit in the property known named and identified as The Arches, a Condominium

located in the 8th Ward of the City and County of Philadelphia Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which as heretofore been submitted to the provisions of the Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa. C.S. Sec. 3101 et seq by the recording in the Philadelphia Department of Records of a Declaration and Plan attached hereto dated 4/11/1985 and recorded on 4/11/1985 in Deed Book FHS 119 page 551, being designated as Unit No. 122 together with a proportionate undivided interest in the Common Elements (as defined in such Declaration) of 2.5%. PRCL#88-8-0840-97 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM Lawrence C. Robinson C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 04177 $27,355.68 Hal A. Barrow, Esquire 1612-510 11809 Academy Rd, Unit E5 19154 66th wd. 1326 Sq Ft OPA#888660388 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM The Unknown Heirs of Roberta Williams, Deceased and David E. Wilson, Solely as Heir to Roberta Williams, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00376 $177,886.78 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1612-511 612 Moss St 19139 6th wd.

2664 Sq Ft OPA#061322800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Irish F. Porter C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02318 $77,831.38 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1612-512 9199 Ryerson Rd 19114 57th wd. 4550 Sq Ft OPA#572197250 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ernest O. Tanoh C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00356 $209,509.17 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1612-513 1915 E Cambria St 19134 25th wd. 1275 Sq Ft OPA#252099900; BRT#22N06-136 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Herbert S. Pharo, Known Heir of Marilyn Pharo, Known Heir of Emerson C. Bender and Mildred A. Bender; Joanne Mackin, Known Heir of Emerson C. Bender and Mildred A. Bender; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Mildred Pharo, Known Heir of Emeron C. Bender and Mildred A. Bender; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Emerson C. Bender; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Mildred A. Bender; Wendy Pharo, Known Heir of Marilyn Pharo, Known Heir of Emerson C. Bender and Mildred A. Bender C.P. November Term,

2015 No. 03201 $40,246.45 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-514 6548 Windsor Ave 19142 40th wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#40-3438200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Richard B. Mack C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04459 $71,239.76 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-515 13035 Blakeslee Ct, Unit B 19116-1054 1704 Sq Ft BRT#888583220 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Eugene Yentin C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01526 $178,893.03 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-516 1102 E Haines St 19138 8th wd.

S/D W/B GAR 2 STY STONE; 1895 Sq Ft BRT#591165000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Columbus Williams and Naomi L. Williams C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00381 $136,001.10 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-517 1961 Ashley St a/k/a 1961 Ashley Rd 19138-2726 10th wd.

1412 Sq Ft OPA#101368700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kevin Troy Lofton, Jr.; Michelle Desilva, in Her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Celeste G. Lewis C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02358 $74,073.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-518 2940 Hale St 19149-3005 62nd wd. 991 Sq Ft BRT#621266300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ding Xiong Cai and Yang Guo Cai C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02407 $52,875.63 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-519 2739 Germantown Ave 19133 37th wd. 3036 Sq Ft OPA#871552540 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jamahl Simmons; United States of America C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00392 $107,985.36 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-520 516 Cross St 19147-6513 1st wd. 1112 Sq Ft OPA#011292100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosalind McCrea a/k/a Rosalind C. McCrea C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 00378 $105,915.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-521 4349 Potter St 19124 1718 Sq Ft OPA#332565100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph G. O’Donnell C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 03260 $125,586.91 Michael J. Shavel, Esquire 1612-522 13039 Blakeslee Ct, Unit A 19116 58th wd. 1258 Sq Ft OPA#888583235 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eugene Yentin C.P.

April Term, 2016 No. 02597 $178,835.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-523 2507 N 23rd St 191324104 16th wd. 1208 Sq Ft BRT#162224600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rashidah Mathis C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02877 $43,548.99 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-524 2651 S 11th St 19148-4407 39th wd. 1266 Sq Ft OPA#39-41887-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Bartello; Roberta Bartello C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 02734 $219,515.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-525 3 N Christopher Columbus Blvd, Unit 249 a/k/a 3 N Columbus Blvd #249 19106 5th wd. BRT#88-8-0612-62 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Brian Hecker and Kara Hecker C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04379 $311,200.61 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-526 1054 Tyson Ave 19111-4415 35th wd. BRT#532222200; PRCL#138-N-19-79 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Paul I. Pfeffer and Lena C. Pfeffer C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00896 $122,121.52 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-527 2048 Morris St 19145 36th wd. 1396 Sq Ft/improvement area, 1026 Sq Ft/land area OPA#363128700 Subject to Mortgage Dionne Cohen C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 01782 $26,719.41 & Interest from 1/3/2011 Robert M. Morris, Esq 1612-528 1821 Gerritt St 36th wd.

14’x45’ OPA#363010000 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STY MASONRY BUILDING Dorian Westbrook and Teauntay Westbrook C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 00945 $129,158.97 Jay E. Kivitz, Esq. 1612-529 2921 Weikel St 19134 25th wd.

877 Sq Ft OPA#252380500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sonia I. Estrada C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02634 $65,979.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-530 7403 Woodbine Ave 19151 34th wd. 1548 Sq Ft OPA#343206600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terrilynn Honesty and Lawrence T. Honesty C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02633 $66,338.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-531 3473 Weikel St 19134 45th wd.

1008 Sq Ft OPA#451435500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brittany L. Ball C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02879 $65,604.75 KML Law Group, P.C.

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1612-532 436 E Phil Ellena St 191191943 22nd wd. 1615 Sq Ft OPA#221202100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosa M. Mercer a/k/a Rosa Mercer C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03604 $161,557.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-533 1238 Patrick Henry Pl 191224011 14th wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA#141177100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stanley Ingram C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 01655 $121,054.45 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-534 312 Hoffnagle St 191111819 63rd wd. 1823 Sq Ft OPA#631379700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michaela M. Parrotti a/k/a Michaela Parrotta C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01318 $182,722.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-536 11859 Academy Rd Unit F-7 19154 66th wd. 1326 Sq Ft OPA#888660437 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kelly Scott a/k/a Kelly T. Scott; Robin Scott C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02319 $78,843.36 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-537 1816 Dickinson St BRT#363048600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sophia Brodsky C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02138 $139,606.54 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-538 226 W Ruscomb St 19120 42nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1362 Sq Ft BRT#422152900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marie L. Miller C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03468 $68,382.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-539 7824 Bayard St BRT#501198000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Arnetha Hargrove C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03050 $130,759.81 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-540 2552 S Holbrook St 19142 40th wd. 1088 Sq Ft BRT#40-61505-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Noonan, Sr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 05063 $49,673.67 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-541 6143 Limekiln Pike 19141 17th wd. 1640 Sq Ft OPA#172303200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lawrence Alston C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 00050 $43,718.72 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-542 1828 Jackson St 19145 26th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY;

1260 Sq Ft BRT#262229300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Theresa R. Andreoli C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01653 $137,108.89 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-543 4347 Malta St 19124 33rd wd.

1737 Sq Ft OPA#332143400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bilal E. Mohammad C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01412 $122,786.68 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-544 1034 E Slocum St a/k/a 1034 Slocum St 19150 50th wd.

2688 Sq Ft OPA#50-2386000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theodore Fagan; Barbara Campbell C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00356 $159,499.07 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-545 2519 S 64th St 19142 40th wd.

1125 Sq Ft OPA#40-2134200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chuck Moody C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 02025 $84,647.08 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1612-546 3057 Richmond St 19134 25th wd. 1163 Sq Ft OPA#251156900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jon P. Lattanzio C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00762 $199,037.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-547 3943 N 7th St 19140 43rd wd.

1110 Sq Ft OPA#433090000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jesus M. Diaz C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 03491 $32,281.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-548 1243 Hale St 19111 53rd wd.

1075 Sq Ft OPA#531034600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Odolyn Pryor C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01079 $53,927.98 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-549 437 W Roosevelt Blvd 19120 42nd wd. 2259 Sq Ft OPA#422111800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Clyde Martin, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02861 $75,236.07 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-550 6109 N Marshall St 19120 61st wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#611139200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John T. Brice C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02445 $96,025.36 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-551 2554 N 18th St 19132 16th wd.

1039 Sq Ft BRT#162012700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Steven Beverlin C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02131 $66,060.67 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire;

Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1612-552 1718 W Moyamensing Ave 19145 26th wd. 1409 Sq Ft BRT#26-2-3220-00; OPA#871535840 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Donald C. Maddox C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00757 $198,338.30 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-553 824 Loney St 19111 56th wd.

2568 Sq Ft BRT#63-1274000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Estate of Jean Marie Kraft a/k/a Jean M. Kraft c/o Michael L. Kraft, Executor; Jean Marie Kraft a/k/a Jean M. Kraft; Michael Kraft, Executor of the Estate of Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and all Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Jean marie Kraft a/k/a Jean M. Kraft, Last Record Owner C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02120 $204,550.78 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-554 3907 L St 19124-5514 33rd wd.

1200 Sq Ft BRT#33-2-3978-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David W. Johnson C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03937 $148,073.13 BARBARA A. FEIN, ESQUIRE 1612-555 2040 Tyson Ave 19149-1809 54th wd. 3698.20 Sq Ft BRT#54-2-0779-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Young Hae Park and Stone Park C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 01128 $143,441.55 BARBARA A. FEIN, ESQUIRE 1612-556 524 E Penn St 19144-1406 12th wd. 1163 Sq Ft BRT#121141400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Patricia John C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01357 $98,745.52 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-557 1031 Christian St 19147 2nd wd. 835 Sq Ft BRT#022246930 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Cheryl Ratliff and Anthony Orlando C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00587 $692,894.18 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-558 128 E Tioga St 19134-1031 7th wd. 980 Sq Ft OPA#073268000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Derr C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01631 $47,842.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-559 1550 E Tulpehocken St 19138 10th wd. (formerly part of the 50th wd.) 1406 Sq Ft BRT#102200100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Consuella E. Dancy, as Known Heir and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Patrick H. Clarke; Darrell P. Davis, Known Heir of Patrick H. Clarke; Estate of Patrick H. Clarke; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and

All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Patrick H. Clarke C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01003 $98,557.09 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1612-560 3037 N 15th St 11th wd.

1392 Sq Ft BRT#11-11548-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Harold Hawkins and Bessie Luffborough C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02409 $30,460.32 Pressman & Doyle, LLC 1612-561 4164 Gilham St 191352513 55th wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#552132000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Felix F. Filanovskaya f/k/a Valentina F. Filanovskaya C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01662 $92,045.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-562 6166 Haverford Ave 19151 34th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1260 Sq Ft BRT#341072700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Walter H. Roach C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01480 $73,777.05 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-563 4236 Passmore St 19135-3104 55th wd. (f/k/a 41st wd.)

1110 Sq Ft OPA#552097300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bryan H. Bolds C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 04594 $78,194.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-564 4130 N 7th St 19140 43rd wd.

ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1174 Sq Ft BRT#433311700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shirley Monique Folk, Known Surviving Heir of Thelma D. Folk, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Christopher Folk a/k/a Christopher Ross a/k/a Christopher Folk-Ross, Known Surviving Heir of Thelma D. Folk, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Derrick Folk, Known Surviving Heir of Thelma D. Folk, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Paul M. Folk, Known Surviving Heir of Thelma D. Folk, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Thelma D. Folk, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03589 $35,763.31 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-565 3044 N Water St 191342828 7th wd. 1016 Sq Ft OPA#071340700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Emilia Terekhina C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03333 $41,751.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-566 1531 N 62nd St 19151 34th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1470 Sq Ft BRT#342297400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL DWELLING Linwood L. Lipscomb, Known Surviving Heir of Shirley G. Lipscomb; John M. Lipscomb, Known Surviving Heir of Shirley G. Lipscomb; Julian M. Lipscomb, Known Surviving Heir of Shirley G. Lipscomb; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Shirley G. Lipscomb C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00757 $82,129.41 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-567 6637 Rutland St 19149 54th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1600 Sq Ft BRT#541170500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mei Yun Lin C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01822 $82,893.05 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-568 1032 N Orianna St 191231549 5th wd. 2043 Sq Ft OPA#057095420 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Steward, III; Sharon McPherson C.P. May Term, 2008 No. 03544 $436,757.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-569 6727 N 17th St 19126 10th wd.

1269 Sq Ft BRT#101046500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Marie Brown C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00287 $31,353.67 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1612-570 6318 Anderson St 191381030 22nd wd. 6584.09 Sq Ft BRT#221311300; PRCL#097N-09-0089 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kevin White C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03437 $216,951.89 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-571 5050 Umbria St 19128 53750 Sq Ft OPA#882971080 IMPROVEMENTS: AUTO REPAIR SHOP MASONRY + OTHER Harry C. Gallagher and Michael F. Gallagher, as joint tenants with right of survivorship C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02398 $769,967.46 together with interest at the per diem rate of $120.18 accruing after March 15, 2013 and costs Louise Melchor, Esquire; Duane Morris LLP 1612-572 2026 Stenton Ave 19138 17th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1170 Sq Ft BRT#171347300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Surviving Heirs of Phillip Dubose C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02127 $60,213.03 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-573 3420 Shelmire Ave 191363525 64th wd. 1432 Sq Ft OPA#642170200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angelica M. Marquez C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02406 $134,785.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1612-574 3165 Gaul St 19134-4446 25th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#251385400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert J. Lindsay; Diana Glinka C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04920 $171,904.66 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-575 155 Roosevelt Blvd a/k/a 155 E Roosevelt Blvd 19120 42nd wd.

1760 Sq Ft OPA#421136000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daisy Hurtado C.P. June Term, 2008 No. 02380 $92,795.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-576 2906 Princeton Ave 191491411 55th wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA#551378114 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harvey Skolnick, in His Capacity as Executor and Devisee of the Estate of Hilda Skolnick; Janice Dassler, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Hilda Skolnick C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 00801 $132,265.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-577 620 E Mount Airy Ave a/k/a 620 Mount Airy Ave 19119 22nd wd.

5098 Sq Ft OPA#222182800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Beverly Walter Greenidge; Annabel Greenidge, Believed Heir and Administrator of the Estate of Beverly Walter Greenidge, Deceased; Aaron Dean, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Beverly Walter Greenidge, Deceased; Adrianne Crowder, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Beverly Walter Greenidge, Deceased; Austin Greenidge, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Beverly Walter Greenidge, Deceased; Lisa Golphin, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Beverly Walter Greenidge, Deceased; Mark Greenidge, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Beverly Walter Greenidge, Deceased; Michelle McLean, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Beverly Walter Greenidge, Deceased; Stephen Greenidge, Jr., Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Beverly Walter Greenidge, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00041 $363,682.51 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-578 230 W School House Ln 19144-3927 12th wd. 4042 Sq Ft OPA#124069400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeffrey C. Collins C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02282 $122,049.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-579 227 W Rockland St 191204133 42nd wd. 1438 Sq Ft OPA#422117700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald D. Andrews C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03544 $79,234.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

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1612-580 7038 Erdick St 191351604 55th wd. 2291 Sq Ft BRT#552268000; PRCL#116N16-170 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Donna Scott and Thomas Jhinis C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 00464 $123,440.39 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-581 2758 Mower St 191522107 57th wd. 1584 Sq Ft OPA#571100000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark E. Geist C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 03473 $180,182.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-582 460 W Winona St a/k/a 460 Winona St 19144-4508 12th wd. (f/k/a 22nd wd.) 1544 Sq Ft OPA#124062300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Martin F. Searcy, Jr., in His Capacity as Executor and Devisee of the Estate of Dorothy T. Burhanan a/k/a Dorothy Burhanan C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02502 $52,180.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-584 11997 Dumont Rd 191162322 58th wd. 2365 Sq Ft OPA#582392100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas P. George; Suja Thomas C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 00595 $420,072.25 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-585 5239 Pennsgrove St 19131 44th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1260 Sq Ft BRT#442066900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ida Tisdale C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02233 $70,851.80 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-586 3013 W Sedgley Ave 191211814 32nd wd. 990 Sq Ft OPA#323060500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Zebbie D. McMiller C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01275 $8,422.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-587 5765 Jefferson St 191313417 4th wd. 1577 Sq Ft BRT#043251900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Duane Goings C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02417 $79,963.11 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-588 5132 W Stiles St 19131 44th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1088 Sq Ft BRT#442099600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ruth Harris C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03411 $44,883.96 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-589 1657 W Wyoming Ave 191401133 13th wd. 1216 Sq Ft OPA#132392600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gladys Hughes C.P.

February Term, 2012 No. 03458 $58,342.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-590 7414 Malvern Ave 191512921 34th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#343168000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Haniyyah Shah Wilson, in Her Capacity as Heir of Apollo Wilson a/k/a Mr. Apollo Wilson, Deceased; Lisa Harvey, in Her Capacity as Heir of Apollo Wilson a/k/a Mr. Apollo Wilson, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Apollo Wilson a/k/a Mr. Apollo Wilson, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00449 $87,054.56 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-591 3336 Jasper St 191342536 45th wd. 1074 Sq Ft OPA#452380200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marylou Colon C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03008 $34,061.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-592 1422 Castle Ave 19145 36th wd.

ROW 3 STY STONE; 2592 Sq Ft BRT#365403400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Huong Bach and Chi Dang C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01952 $388,012.37 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-593 5917 Agusta St 191493607 53rd wd. 1086 Sq Ft OPA#531255200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Teresa L. Bubier C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00373 $113,728.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-594 6378 W Columbia Ave 19151 34th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#344067800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Diane L. Richardson C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01640 $56,679.11 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-595 2446 N 15th St 191324435 16th wd. 2220 Sq Ft OPA#161039600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George E. Glover C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03464 $126,182.63 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1612-596 636 N 37th St 24th wd. 2004 Sq Ft BRT#242181300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dale Garbutt Lowry a/k/a Dale GarbuttLowry C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03691 $66,713.01 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1612-597 2248 Snyder Ave 19145 48th wd. 877 Sq Ft OPA#482074500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald M. Delollis C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00470 $74,980.05 KML Law Group, P.C.

1612-598 3941 Constance Rd 19114 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1386 Sq Ft BRT#661288803 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael Kuhner, Administrator of the Estate of Joanne M. Kuhner C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01156 $30,863.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1612-599 5640 Hazel Ave 19143 46th wd. 953 Sq Ft OPA#463021200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angelique Frazier C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 01287 $118,853.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-600 2323-25 Mifflin St 19145 48th wd. 1612 Sq Ft OPA#882006830 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shirlrick Corp, a Pennsylvania Corp and Mitchell Epps, Jr. a/k/a Mitchell Epps C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01736 $239,963.51 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-601 3442 Chippendale St a/k/a 3442 Chippendale Ave 19136 64th wd. 1625 Sq Ft OPA#642202200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Cancelliere C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03373 $76,808.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-602 8846 Hargrave St 19152 57th wd. 3424 Sq Ft OPA#571281000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carlos A. Delgado a/k/a Carlos Delgado C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03385 $142,768.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-603 1719 S. Avondale St 19142 40th wd. 1661 Sq Ft OPA#401178700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Damon B. McKie, Sr. a/k/a Damon B. Mc Kie, Sr. C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03506 $61,819.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-604 6621 Hasbrook Ave 19111 35th wd. 2558 Sq Ft OPA#353197010 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Evelyn Plummer C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00369 $143,407.19 KML Law Group, P.C. 1612-605 143 Wilder St 19145 1st wd.

1312 Sq Ft OPA#011019200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis Raffa C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03725 $222,293.17 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1612-606 6075 N Beechwood St 19138 17th wd. 1890 Sq Ft OPA#172502300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Myron L. Johnson C.P. June Term, 2016 No.

02013 $43,131.85 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1612-607 6744 Tulip St 19135 41st wd.

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Big Top Big Soul by HughE Dillon UniverSoul Circus has returned to Philadelphia, setting up in Fairmount Park next to the Mann Center, with shows through Nov. 27. UniverSoul Circus presents a multicultural/multinational cast of rock-star performers under the big top, including the Comedy Dog Act from Chile, Caribbean Dynasty from Trinidad and Tobago, Contortionists from Ethiopia, Magical Tigers and disco dancing Elephants from the United States.

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Election Day SoirĂŠe Candidates were out early to greet their friends and voters

by HughE Dillon In Philly, the Election Day tradition was that politicians would dine at The Famous 4th Street Deli, but for the past few years politicians have started meeting at Relish (7152 Ogontz Ave), which is in an area that Congressman Elect Dwight Evans has represented. Guests started to trickle in a little after 12 p.m., greeting each other, before heading to the buffet line to eat some of the delicious food Relish had prepared. After a couple hours of networking and catching up, the politicians and supporters headed out the door to continue to campaign for their interests.

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Delgreco Wilson: Social Issues Master Coach and mentor expands his reach with social media

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illions of African Americans debated for months whether Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump had their best interests at heart during this contentious and divisive presidential campaign.

Locally, there is no question about the merits of one gentleman who has dedicated his life to helping provide better outlooks for young black athletes. Delgreco Wilson, 51, a Darby Township native, has battled the likes of the NCAA and the standardized testing companies to bring awareness to the deficit in the hiring of minorities for sports positions.

During the past three decades he has mentored basketball players on how to secure college scholarships via grades and test scores, and ultimately providing them a path to a better future.

Among his success stories are St. Joseph’s University men’s basketball coach Mark Bass, his first de facto client. Gene Teague, D.J. Newbill, Junior Fortunat, Jameer Nelson, Dion Waiters, Langston Galloway, Derrick Jones, Marcus Morris and Markieef Morris have all been counseled

by Wilson on academics and life. It’s not a coincidence that those last six names excelled and made it to the NBA. “When Mark Bass was a freshman player at St. Joe’s, then head coach John Griffin asked me to tutor and mentor him as he made the transition to college,” Wilson recalls. “There hasn’t been a week that has gone by since, in these last 24 years, that I haven’t talked to Mark. I attended his wedding. His mother is one of my dear friends.

His children get excited when they see me.

I’ve had an opportunity to watch him carve out a career as one of the top college assistants in the country. I feel very good that my academic counseling helped him become a

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eligible and solid player, and a great man with a great job, who in turn helps young people himself every day now.”

Wilson’s SJU ties helped land him relationships with Jameer Nelson and Langston Galloway, two of the school’s all time best. The coaching staffs believed in him to teach them good study habits, mental focus, preparation for tests and papers, and to encourage hard work in the classroom as well as on the court.

“I met Langston Galloway when he was about 10 weeks old,” said Wilson. “I’ve known his mother, Geri Galloway, for at least 40 years. His grandmother introduced me to Lincoln University. His uncle Geoffrey Arnold is one of my very best friends.

Langston is my nephew. His father Larry is like my brother. Langston would come to Philly and work diligently every summer on his academics and his basketball. He played a little in the Sonny Hill league. I was able to make it to his first NBA game in Washington, DC and spend some time with him afterwards. To share in his NBA success is heartwarming to me.”

Derrik Jones’ story may be the best.

When the 6-foot-8-inch forward was suddenly declared ineligible by the NCAA, just prior to the NCAA Tournament, Wilson helped him and his family fight it to the end. “He had the score. They just wanted to contest it and make his life miserable,” said Wilson of the NCAA. “It’s very unfair what they did to the kid. So we charted out a plan, and he got himself physically and emotionally ready for the NBA, and he’s [now] with the Phoenix Suns. I am very happy about that. After the NCAA challenged his test score and took away his eligibility with a few games left, I watched him work extremely hard to qualify, only to have it taken away at the end of his fresh-

man season. Many wrote him off. To see him make the league was really special.”

Wilson said his concern for his fellow African Americans and student athletes in general who were not being treated fairly, or were having trouble understanding the processes needed to meet the requirements of the NCAA, weighed on his mind for years.

He also knew at a young age that education was the way to make his community sound, and offer dreams besides sports for the kids.

“At the start of my junior year playing basketball at Lincoln U., I was offered a Fellowship to attend Graduate School at the University of Delaware. It was then I realized that academics would take me much further than athletics,” he said. “But, I have never for a second forgot that sports kept

me engaged when I could have wavered off course. That’s how I view youth, collegiate and grassroots sports: they are a vehicle to keep young black boys engaged with educational institutions and become socialized in a positive constructive manner. Poor boys can end up middle class men by mistake. And that’s a good thing.”

In recent years, Wilson has embraced social media to expand his platform. He promotes racial equality in high school and college hiring practices and provides exposure for black athletes using Twitter and Facebook. He also gives young athletes on-air exposure though his popular “Black Cager” internet shows. His forums provide education and guidance for parents and Continued on page 2

Basketball coach Delgreco Wilson with ballplayers in North Jersey. He will be starting a basketball program in Philadelphia. Photo courtesy of Delgreco Wilson.

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Local and international playwrights bring stories from Pulse to the stage

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Philadelphia Theatre Company is teaming up with Missing Bolts Productions and University of the Arts to present “After Orlando,” a staged reading of short plays written in response to the nation’s worst mass shooting.

The show about the June massacre at Pulse, an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Fla., takes place Nov. 21. “After Orlando” is being performed in cities all over the globe in varying formats; the local production showcases 16 plays, each only t h r e e - five minutes in length, and includes works by local and international playwrights.

Patience Carter, a local survivor of the tragedy, will make a special appearance at the Philadelphia show to read a poem she wrote about the experience.

Following the reading, Philadelphia Theatre Company will host an open community conversation.

Carrie Chapter, the literary manager and dramaturg at Philadelphia Theatre Company, is the curator for the Philadelphia performance.

“There are over 75 plays that they’ve collected and each theater gets to curate their ideal order of shorts they would like to present on stage,” she explained about the format. “So what is happening in Philadelphia will be very different from what is happening in New York or Long Beach, Calif.”

Chapter added that she chose the plays for the Philadelphia stop that she thought best fit the purpose of the “After Orlando” project, as well as the artistic goals of Philadelphia Theatre Company.

“I was really trying to go back to the mission statement of the Philadelphia Theatre Company, because we focus on the American experience,” she said. “We look to something that is going to fire up one’s intellect, while also touching one’s soul. So in the plays I was choosing, I

wanted to make sure that in addition to the more political pieces that we are also having something that was just very real, naturalistic interactions between two characters. There’s a variety of that in the different short plays that are going to be presented. We wanted to have a full expression of a myriad of voices.”

The diversity of the playwrights supports the overarching goal of paying tribute to the diversity of the 49 victims of the shooting.

“The super-objective for the project is to make sure that, in that demonstration of having many playwrights participate, that there is that expression of the importance of many voices being heard and valued, much like the effect of those that we lost in the tragedy. There is that echo,” she said. “There are many points of view. There are many different calls to action that take many different forms and styles. It is to be evocative of that point. It’s an international theater action so these are playwrights from all over the world. There is one collection of playwrights from the Orlando

area but there are other playwrights from other parts of the country. Also there are playwrights from Australia and the U.K. They’re coming from different places. These benefit readings are occurring all over as well.”

One local playwright whose work is being featured in “After Orlando” is MJ Kaufman.

“I used a short scene from another play that I had written,” Kaufman said about her contribution to the project.

“It’s about a trans teenager who travels back in time to relive parts of the journey of Joan of Arc and while there they fall in love. I wanted to make sure that queer and especially trans voices were a part of it because that’s the population that was impacted by this tragedy and, as a trans playwright, I was like, If this happens, I don’t want it to be just straight people writing it. I want to be a part of it too.”

While Kaufman didn’t know any of the victims of the Orlando shooting, the effect of the tragedy was felt in LGBT circles far and wide.

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“The queer community is really small and tight-knit,” Kaufman said. “So even as someone who doesn’t live in Orlando and personally didn’t know any of those people, I felt this loss and had so many friends and friends of friends who lost people connected to this huge tragedy. I felt it really personally.”

New York-based actor and playwright Arturo Soria contributed a piece entitled “Pulse,” which gives voice to another community not often heard from.

“As a queer Latinx actor/writer, I felt it was important for me to contribute to the stories of my people,” he said. “I wanted to write a short play that zoomed in on the internalized homophobia that many queer Latinx men suffer from. It’s a play about the violence that we sometimes subject ourselves and our own people to.

It’s something I can empathize and relate to and also something I want to challenge.

So often, the voices of queer Latinx men and women get silenced or omitted from the canon of the American theater. We are here, we exist, we will not be erased.”

Soria added that in the aftermath of the

SHARON FREEDMAN AND JEFFREY HAN IN “AFTER ORLANDO” recent presidential election, it’s especially important to keep people motivated on the path of acceptance and equality.

“The country and the world are at an interesting point right now,” he said.

“We’re unsure of what the next four years are going to look like. I want people to leave ‘After Orlando’ ready and motivated to continue the fight for a more empathetic society, for the rights of all our people. We have the power to change and to build a better world. So let’s mourn together and then fight together.”

KEN URBAN

Another area playwright contributing to the Philadelphia performance is Ken Urban, who wrote “Claim.”

“I wanted to write something that captured the aftermath of the shooting,” he said.

“One of the things I was thinking about was the kinds of conversations [of] people that felt alienated by their own families and what that conversation might sound like. That was the starting point of the play.”

Urban said he drew inspiration from his own struggles with

seeking acceptance from his family about his sexuality.

“I always think that it’s not something that happened to me personally so I try to figure out my way into the story I’m trying to tell. For me, I grew up in the Philadelphia area and I had a very rough time coming out to my family. I didn’t speak to my father for almost a decade as a result of being gay,” he explained.

“That was initially my way into the play.

I had read somewhere one of the bodies [at Pulse] was never claimed because his family wanted nothing to do with him because he was gay. That was my hook into writing the play.” n Philadelphia Theatre Company presents “After Orlando” for one night only, 7 p.m. Nov. 21, at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. Admission is free but donations will be accepted at the door to benefit Pulse of Orlando, an Orlandobased nonprofit that provides immediate financial assistance to survivors and families. Reservations are required. For more information, call 215-985-0420 or visit philadelphiatheMJ KAUFMAN atrecompany.org.

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Duane Perry: Diversifying the market for fresh food Thanksgiving is coming soon and for many of us that means the three Fs: fun, family and food. But for some, that last F can be hard to come by, not just at Thanksgiving but throughout the year.

You would think in a country as “great” or bountiful as ours, hunger and access to nutritious and healthy food wouldn’t be such a problem. But apparently, in addition to the mountains and the prairies and the oceans white with foam, we also have large food deserts. Working at the Reading Terminal Market, Duane Perry become well-acquainted with the lack of access many Philadelphians experience and decided to do something about it. He started the Food Trust and began helping to change the landscape and mindset for food consumption in our city and beyond.

PGN: Describe the folks.

DP: My mother was what we’d call a homemaker. She later became a docent at the Museum of Art. My father was a mechanical engineer; he worked for United Engineers and construction downtown. They were both from Baltimore, but I was born and grew up in Ardmore.

PGN: Were they very progressive or conservative?

DP: They were progressive but Delaware County — back then and even now — is heavily Republican. They had a welloiled machine called the “War Board” and during the primaries my parents often had to vote Republican because there weren’t any Democrats on the ballot. My mother was very active in the League of Women Voters so I remember going door to door with her to hand out voter guides. She believed in trying to educate people about what the candidates stood for and what their positions were. My mother instilled a lot of progressive values in me.

PGN: What traits did you get from your father?

DP: My father was the quiet type, and I find it hard to communicate as well. I don’t naturally talk a lot so people have to pull information out of me.

PGN: Oh, now you tell me!

DP: [Laughs] Well my mother was the opposite, completely open and honest, so I’ll try to channel a little of that. My father also had a bit of a stubborn streak and I think I inherited some of that as well.

PGN: What’s your astrological sign?

DP: Taurus.

PGN: [Gives a high five] I knew it. Takes one to know one. But I insist it’s a good stubborn; it’s more that we don’t waiver with certain things or values.

DP: My husband Arthur is a Taurus too.

PGN: What did you do after high school?

DP: I went to Penn State and that was great.

My parents wanted me to stay closer to home but I think it was important to have that separation. I met an amazing number of fascinating people who I’d never been exposed to before, people who grew up in small rural areas, people from the great Northeast of Philadelphia, people from other parts of the country and the world. It was an eye-opening experience. I wasn’t a great student in high school but in college I flourished. I was a liberal-arts major but that first summer I spent the entire break with some city kids I’d made friends with. We just hung out on the streets of Philadelphia, so when I went back to school I changed my major to urban studies.

Of course there is no “urban” anything where Penn State is located, so I had to make up my own course.

PGN: And after that?

DP: I went to Harvard for graduate school and studied urban planning and public policy.

After graduating, I got a job with the City Planning Commission. I’d spent a summer working in D.C., but decided that the work at the federal level was too bureaucratic for me. I wanted to move back to Philadelphia. I really loved the city and wanted to be part of it.

PGN: How did you go from there to the food industry?

DP: Life is just the craziest thing, so much is luck. After the planning commission, I had a few other jobs and then I got hired by the Merchants Association at the Reading Terminal Market. When they were expanding the new convention center, the city was going to close the market and put all those small businesses on the street, so they hired me to try to keep the market open. And that’s how I got into the food business, aside from the fact that I’ve been eating all my life. It was a long process and we had over 80,000 people sign petitions for us, so we wanted to find a way to show our appreciation. We realized quickly that there were many neighborhoods nearby that had no markets or access to fresh food.

We decided to use our skill sets to help bring stores into those areas.

PGN: What were you most surprised by as you started going into communities?

DP: I don’t think you realize the extent of the problem until you’re hands-on. I think that most of us think that if you live in this country, it must be easy to find food. But there are a lot of people living in some pretty difficult situations both in the city as well as in some rural areas. It was definitely an awakening.

The other thing is that we assume because we live in a capitalist society that the private sector will respond to any opportunities out there, but there are big gaps, big gaps: neighborhoods that have been abandoned by businesses for whatever reason. And people have money — it may not be a lot — but they have

money to buy food, they just don’t have the opportunity because there’s nothing there.

And when there is something, a small corner store, the pricing is much higher than what we’re used to and often the quality is lower. I remember going to a supermarket in Kensington years ago and you could smell rotting meat and food the minute you opened the front door.

PGN: How did you go from recognizing the problem to starting the Food Trust?

DP: I didn’t know anything about it so I started talking to people. Because of Reading Terminal Market’s profile, it was easy to find customers who were lawyers or business owners and tap into their expertise.

I have to say at the time I was not out, so I was perceived as a straight white man, and as such it was relatively easy for me to get money, to get grants, to be heard. But I see now that if I was a person of color, trying to gain access to the sources of money would be really hard. It’s near impossible. I was very lucky.

PGN: I read the first market was at the Tasker Housing Development. How did that feel and how did the people respond?

DP: We were working with the tenant council and the people at Tasker were the nicest people in the world, with a few real characters. I should also say that people were very suspicious because a lot of groups had come through over the years making promises that were never kept or not involving the community. So we worked very carefully to make sure we were working with the people and that they were full partners. I’ll never forget the first day we opened the market. It was in November and we were set up on folding tables — this was before Tasker got redeveloped — and there was a long line of both old and young people. People were delighted because we had collards and greens fresh from the farm; they hadn’t had access to it for quite some time. We encountered that everywhere we went. The nice thing about food is that we all eat so it’s something that can bring us all together. You literally see people from all different backgrounds come out, share recipes and talk to each other.

It becomes a kind of public square, a safe place.

PGN: It sounds like you’ve come a long way and now also include doing work around education and policy, etc.

DP: Yes, we started working with schools doing work around nutrition education with both teachers and students, talking to kids about healthier eating choices.

PGN: Michele Obama’s favorite cause. Have you met her?

DP: Yes, she’s amazing.

She’s been a tremendous role model and I know she’ll continue to be. She’s such an inspiration and we need that.

We need people like her to lead the way and she has. It was just a brief meeting but amazing. She’s one of those people who walks into a room and it’s like she’s the only one in the room but at the same Photo: Suzi Nash time you feel like she’s there PGN: What was the original objective? just for you. She fills the DP: We thought we could create mini screen, as they say. I get chills just thinking Reading Terminals throughout the city. We about it. And so kind, there’s a lot of kindness quickly found out that wasn’t the way to that radiates from her. go so we started to set up a system where we set up weekly farm stands with fresh PGN: You were a late bloomer. Did you do fruits and vegetables at cheap prices. It the straight route first? was nice but not sustainable; it cost too DP: Yes, in fact I did. With a little bit of a much to run. We wound up inviting farmtwist. I got married to my best friend, Linda, ers themselves to come into the city and in college. We were both gay, sort of, in that sell at those locations. we knew we had these PAGE 38

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While some of you are mulling what country you might relocate to, how about an escapist trip to Europe, post-World War II, for “An American in Paris,” the new Tony Award-winning musical about an American soldier and a mysterious French girl searching for a new beginning?

Out actor Garen Scribner, a former soloist with the San Francisco Ballet, plays the lead role of Jerry Mulligan, a soldier-turned-artist.

“The show is about finding true love and following your heart,” he said about the production. “Everybody is looking for something to fulfill them, which is something that we’re all doing. Every single human being is looking for fulfillment and making sure they’re in the right time at the right place and they are surrounded by people that they love and respect. All of the characters in the show are finding that for themselves after this terrible time in human history.”

Scribner said he enjoys portraying Jerry because he can relate to the character’s struggle to find his place in the world and his voice as an artist.

“Jerry has committed his life to his art, something that I have done as well since I was 15 and moved away from home and went to boarding school to train and joining the San Francisco Ballet when I was 17,” he said. “I chose an alternative path because I

believed in what I was doing so much and that’s what Jerry does. I really do believe that art has the power to change people’s lives.”

The musical is based on the 1951 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, but Scribner said the stage adaptation further fleshes out the story and the character.

“The show is loosely based on the film but it is a brand-new book,” he said. “It is taking the original storyline and deepening it with time and place and character development. The stakes are a lot higher in our version. The time period is right after the war has ended. So it’s much more raw and close to the period of the war itself.

The film was made around 1951 and the time period in it was ambiguous. At the time, people weren’t interested in looking at what exactly happened and the horrific events that took place. The movie, while beautiful, is lighter fare. Our show really looks at the things people had to do to survive: fighting the resistance, harboring secrets and being very wary of their neighbors. I think we took a lot of the joie de vivre and spirit of the film and took it to a place where people can really dive in and be invested in the characters and be on the edge of their seats.” n Broadway Philadelphia presents “An American in Paris” Nov. 22-27 at the Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-893-1999 or visit www.anamericaninparisbroadway.com.

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Suzanne Westenhoefer on evolution of comedy for queer artists

By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor When asked what to expect from her act at the Rrazz Room Nov. 18, out comedienne Suzanne Westenhoefer does not reveal any of her jokes. It is not that she is keeping her humor a secret. She just does not know what she will discuss yet.

“I tend to talk about whatever is in my head at the time,” she admitted on the phone from Akron, Ohio, and deadpanned a line about her “glamorous” life as she irons a shirt in her hotel room. “My stuff is timely — not to the news — but to the audience and me. Literally. If it rains, I’ll talk about that — if that’s funny.

I don’t do bam-bam-bam jokes. I have a lot of bam-bam-bam jokes in my act,

but they go into a story that I’m telling.

That’s not usual for comics. My goal is to tell a story and disarm audiences with my humor. I want folks to have a great time. I want audiences to like me.”

She paused to make an observation about her act.

“I just had a show in San Diego, and someone pointed out to me afterwards that I come out and ‘make the audience feel like we’re your best friend. You have all this stuff to tell us and we’re laughing the whole time.’”

Even on the phone with Westenhoefer, it is impossible not to be charmed by her and laugh at her stories.

When asked about growing up in Lancaster County, and if it had an effect on her humor and her outlook on life, she responded, “Everything I learned in Pennsylvania got humiliated out of me when I went to college in New Jersey.

“I used the word ‘dopic,’ which is a Lancaster County word meaning klutzy,” she added. “I used [Pennsylvania] Dutch phrases, like, ‘Throw me down the stairs, my blanket.’ It’s such a common way to talk! They beat it out of me in college.

Even my pronunciation: It’s ‘water’ not ‘wooter.’”

Westenhoefer said the person with the biggest influence on her “voice” as a comedienne was her grandfather, who

was a storyteller and the only man in her life.

“He was a factory worker. We were lower-lower-middle class. You didn’t say poverty then. You had to have a ‘middle’ in there. It gave you legitimacy.”

So where does the performer find humor in the absurdity of everyday life?

“In everything!” she effused. “I don’t think, How can I say this that it’s funny?

It’s just natural to me to answer your questions and make you laugh. I don’t mean that to be conceited. I think in a way that is humorous. My brain just goes there. I’m trying to make you laugh, but I’m not trying.”

As for being an out lesbian comedienne, Westenhoefer is proud to have started her career on the comedy-club circuit in the 1990s, when there were only five out gay comics who were appearing mostly at Pride events.

“I wanted to be openly gay in the clubs. That was my activism. I was performing in front of a straight audience, talking about lesbian sex and going to bridal showers. It became a ‘thing,’ and I’m fine with that. I wanted that visibility.

“I’ve been an activist all my life!” she exclaimed, recounting a story about getting the kids in her high school to boycott the cafeteria because there wasn’t a salad bar. “I was a big, loud, scream-y, ugly feminist. In sixth grade I was playing ‘I Am Woman.’

I remember watching Billie Jean King play Bobby Riggs when I was 12. I have been openly queer since 1981. I started stand-up in 1990, and I went with it.

When I was asked, ‘Are you a lesbian comedienne, or a comedienne who is lesbian?’ I found it offensive. I said I was a lesbian comedienne. It was necessary to move things forward.”

However, while Westenhoefer acknowledged that the comedy circuit has improved for both queer comics and women, it has a way to go.

“There are still ladies’ nights. And [clubs] will say, ‘We have two women [tonight] so we can’t have a third.’ The gay thing is not any better, but it’s better than it was in the 1980s. A comic can get up and talk about their partner and no one is going to lose their shit. If they are funny, they will be asked back. Being queer won’t stop you from getting work, but things still need to be improved. The work is not over.” n Suzanne Westenhoefer will perform at the Rrazz Room at the Prince at 8 p.m., Nov. 18. For tickets, visit www.princetheater.org/ events/suzanne-westenhoefer.

Theater & Arts An American in Paris The new Tony Award-winning musical about an American soldier and a mysterious French girl each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war, Nov. 2227 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St.; 215790-5800.

Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies, I through VII Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the premiere of a new work by Bruce Nauman, which continues the artist’s exploration of video, sound and performance, through Jan. 8, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of furniture designed in 1808 by Benjamin Henry Latrobe through Jan. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

A Christmas Story Media Theatre presents a stage play based on the beloved holiday film through Jan. 8, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-8910100.

Found Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the new

musical about a man obsessed with collecting the hundreds of irreverent, hilarious and weird notes that surround us every day, everywhere, through Dec. 11 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215985-0420.

Live and Life Will Give You Pictures: Masterworks of French Photography, 1890-1950 The Barnes Foundation presents vintage prints of nearly 200 classic images by French photographers and photographers working extensively in France through Jan. 9 at the Roberts Gallery, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-278-7000.

Look Again: Contemporary Perspectives on African Art Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition drawing from the Penn Museum’s esteemed African collections through Dec. 4, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950 Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of Mexican masterpieces by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Frida Kahlo, Rufino Tamayo and many others through Jan. 8, 26th Street and

SOLID GOLD: Rock icon Stevie Nicks hits the road for her “24 Karat Gold Tour” with fellow Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famers The Pretenders, who open the show 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-3899543.

the Parkway; 215763-8100.

Plays of/for a Respirateur Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an installation by Joseph Kosuth that includes a selection of his work, along with a group of seminal works by Marcel Duchamp, through the fall, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

The Rape of Lucretia The Prince Theater presents Benjamin Britten’s powerful tragedy set in ancient Rome through Nov. 20, 1412 Chestnut St.; 215-422-4580.

Suzanne Westenhoefer The out comedian performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 18 at The Rrazz Room at the Prince, 1412 Chestnut St.; 215422-4580.

The Wizard of Oz Walnut Street Theatre has a

yellow-brick road running through it, through it until Jan. 8, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

Working: A Musical The Tonynominated musical based on Studs Terkel’s bestselling book about the search for meaning and satisfaction in the daily grind runs through Nov. 20 at Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe St.; 215785-0100.

Music Smokey Robinson The soul singer performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 18 at The Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders The rock icons perform 7 p.m.

Nov. 20 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215389-9543.

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Story within a story is spellbinding in ‘Nocturnal Animals’

By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor

‘SAY’ IT AGAIN, SOUNDS: Swedish dance rockers The Sounds, fronted by out bisexual singer Maja Ivarsson, celebrate the 10th anniversary of their sophomore album “Dying to Say This to You,” performing it in its entirety along with other hits 8:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. For more information or tickets, call 215-568-1616.

Wasteland Waltz An evening of synthpop, goth and industrial music featuring performances by Ego Likeness, Ayria and Inertia, 9 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-9226888.

An Evening with Peter Hook The former member of New Order and Joy Division performs classic songs from both bands 8 p.m.

Nov. 25 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

Bret Michaels The rock singer performs 8:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at the Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 215-627-1332.

The Sounds The rock band with an out singer performs 8:30 p.m.

Nov. 25 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-568-1616.

Nightlife Clutch: A Mr. & Ms. Philadelphia Bar Night Leather and gear are encouraged but not required 11 p.m.

Nov. 18 at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St.; 215-627-1662.

Beards N Queers SecondAnniversary Celebration Beard culture and fashion are celebrated 10 p.m.-3 a.m. Nov. 19 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215964-9675.

Outta Town Evanescence The hard-rock band performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 19 at Harrah’s Atlantic City, 777 Harrah’s Blvd.; 609441-4000.

The Goo Goo Dolls The alt-rock band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Tropicana Atlantic City, 2831 Boardwalk; 800843-8767.

Michael McDonald The singer performs 9 p.m.

Nov. 19 at the Borgata’s Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-3171000.

20th Century The early Hollywood screwball comedy is screened 2 p.m.

Nov. 20 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228.

Trinity: Geoff Tate, Blaze Bayley and Tim “Ripper” Owens The former singers from Queensryche, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest perform 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at Sellersville Theater

1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215-257-5808.

King’s X The rock band with an out singer/ bassist performs 8 p.m. Nov. 21 at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215-257-5808.

Kiss the Sky The Jimi Hendrix tribute band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215-257-5808.

Almost Queen The Queen tribute band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 25 at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. n

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Gay fashion designer-turned-filmmaker Tom Ford’s sophomore feature, “Nocturnal Animals,” is a doozy of a movie — both stylish and spellbinding. A nude dancer in the opening credit sequence is eye-catching. So too are the sleek exteriors and interiors of the residence shared by the elegantly dressed Susan Morrow (Amy Adams), an art-gallery owner, and her husband Hutton (Armie Hammer).

All the sleekness represents (or masks) Susan’s malaise. She is unhappy with her privileged life and concerned about her rocky marriage. Susan is shaken out of her melancholy by the arrival of the galleys of a forthcoming book written by Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal), her ex-husband of nearly 20 years.

In a telltale sign, she gets a paper cut opening the package.

The book, entitled “Nocturnal Animals” and dedicated to Susan, recounts the story of Tony Hastings (also played by Gyllenhaal), his wife, Laura (Ilsa Fisher), and their daughter, India (Ellie Bamber). While traveling through Texas in the middle of the night, the family encounters Ray Marcus (Aaron TaylorJohnson), Lou (Karl Glusman) and Turk (Robert Aramayo) on the road. An intense, extended sequence depicts a nightmarish situation in which Ray and his pals harass Tony and his family. The story infects Susan, getting under her skin, and making it hard for her to sleep.

“Nocturnal Animals” (the film) will enthrall viewers who also are as taken by “Nocturnal Animals” (the novel) as Susan is. The Texas-set story, which seems to be lightyears away from the relationship Edward and Susan had in New York, is disturbing, but Ford’s presentation makes it riveting. He draws out the story, building suspense masterfully. When the action abruptly cuts back to Susan’s life, viewers may find themselves frustrated by the mini-cliffhangers and breathless for the next installment. The Texas scenes are strikingly filmed by Ford. The color palette of the dusty desert is beautiful and a vivid contrast to the sleekness of Susan’s modern L.A. home.

The Texas story, it should also be noted, involves an investigation by a local cop, Bobby Andes (Michael Shannon). As Bobby helps Tony with the aftermath of the highway incident, themes of responsibility, guilt and regret are slowly revealed.

Not surprisingly, these themes are echoed in Susan’s real-life story and her past with Edward. Ford makes this connection visu-

ally for viewers by mirroring Susan and Tony’s bodies. He juxtaposes images of them each alone in bed, the bath or the shower. There is a deeper emotional connection between Susan and Tony as well — one that becomes clearer as the film unfolds.

Ford is such a deliberate, shrewd storyteller that he allows audiences to understand the characters and their thoughts and feelings at any given moment. It makes perfect sense when Susan, in Los Angeles, is so disturbed by what she has read in Edward’s book that she calls and wakes her daughter. That the image of her daughter lying naked in bed reflects a similar image in Tony’s story is also no coincidence.

Ford never allows the multiple time frames and storylines to become confusing. In fact, a flashback scene featuring Susan’s meal with her mother Anne (a fantastic Laura Linney) emphasizes that Anne sees Edward as “weak” and Susan should not marry him. Viewers already know how the marriage turned out, but why it failed has yet to be revealed. Moreover, it is clear from Edward’s novel how he has changed since then.

This layering keeps the story engaging. Ford peppers the plot with clever moments that link Tony and Susan, such as a scene of Tony experiencing a shock paralleling an episode in which a startled Susan drops a cell phone. Likewise, when Susan sees a painting on the wall that reads “REVENGE” or a picture of a man aiming a gun at someone, the emotional impact Tony’s story has on her resonates. Even scenes featuring dead animals (as art, or not) are freighted with meaning.

Thankfully, these moments never feel clunky. The filmmaker’s exquisite visual sensibility is evident in every frame, from the way Ford composes his shots and sets to the colors he uses (he favors red). His film is a throwback to classic Hollywood melodrama and film-noir templates, even down to the music.

Ford also coaxes strong performances from his cast. While Adams and Gyllenhaal have only a few scenes together, both actors are magnetic. Adams conveys Susan’s despair and her growing self-awareness in the simplest expressions, while Gyllenhall makes both Tony and Edward engaging, sympathetic characters. In support, Shannon is excellent, especially when Bobby’s sly smile hints at his delight when Tony makes a difficult decision.

“Nocturnal Animals” ends on a perfect note too. It may not be satisfying for all the characters, but viewers seduced by Ford’s fabulous film will be awestruck. n

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interests but loved each other and thought we could make it work.

That was great in concept but the execution was a little challenging. It didn’t last long and then I met Arthur, almost 30 years ago now. For years we also kept the truth fairly hidden; we kept up the appearance of having two households and phone numbers … I think back to those times and it seems so weird now. People in their 20s and 30s can’t even fathom the idea of not being able to talk about or acknowledge your partner as such. Though for me, following in my father’s introverted footsteps, I didn’t talk much anyway, but it was still very taxing. I remember being on street corners and you’d shake your partner’s hands as you departed, or try not to touch each other as you walked down the street. Trying to avoid the use of pronouns, skirting around questions about your home life, folks in our community devoted a tremendous amount of energy just trying to stay in the closet. It was crazy.

PGN: You were together for 30 years. When were you able to acknowledge it?

DP: I came out about 15 years into the relationship, in the early 2000s. Some friends and a few work colleagues knew, but we didn’t really talk about it. I was in the process of transitioning from working at the RTM to going fulltime at the Food Trust. I suppose it helped that I was becoming my own boss, but I’d also realized that trying to stay in the closet was just exhausting and complicated.

PGN: Was Arthur on the same page? It would be awkward if one person was ready to tell the world and the other still had one foot in the closet!

DP: Yes, he was in a good situation as well. He was at a small law firm and his business partner was gay too so it wasn’t a big issue.

PGN: I see a beautiful ring on your hand. Was there a ceremony?

DP: There were a few! We wanted to get married in Massachusetts when it was first legalized but Mitt Romney, who was governor at the time, found a loophole that restricted people from outside Massachusetts from being able to get legally wed. We were scheduled to be married in Memorial Church at Harvard but

we had to call it off. So the next year we went to Canada and got married by a conservative judge who was a friend of my stepmother’s. He agreed to marry us and was amazingly gracious. At the time, there was a lot of backlash against anyone siding with the right to marry so he took quite a risk for us. Then when marriage was legalized in the states, we finally were able to get married at Harvard. By the way, my ex Linda also got married. She has a lovely wife now.

PGN: All right, random questions. What’s something you learned about the Amish?

DP: Well, years ago when the Terminal hosted the Blue Ball, it was a little controversial, as you can imagine. Especially when the Amish folks found out (after the fact) what went on there. There were posters from the event all over the market with half-naked men on them. One of the Amish vendors was running around pulling down the posters and I stopped him saying, “What’s the problem? These are our customers.” We got into a conversation about it — mind you I was still in the closet — but it was a nice educational moment. I said to him, “You realize that gay people are 10 percent of the population, Amish people are only about 1 percent,” and it blew his mind a little. I don’t know that it changed anything except perhaps his perspective a little to know he was the minority.

PGN: What’s the most exotic thing you’ve eaten?

DP: My nephew really enjoyed eating here because I’d always try to cook something a little different. I think his favorite was cactus. But the weirdest for me was probably a soup with little worms in it that we had in South Africa. I can’t say that they were delicious but they were interesting. I like to try new things, especially from different cultures.

It was funny, there was someone in our group who was talking about how disgusting some things were and Arthur pointed out that we probably eat things that other people find distasteful. He asked the guide, What do we eat that you think is weird? And the guide pointed to the water and the small crabs running around and said, “Those leggy things are gross!

I don’t know how you can eat them!”

PGN: They do look pretty disgusting when you think about it.

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Spiders with shells. Let’s wrap up with more Food Trust info. What else do you do besides facilitating farm stands and policy?

DP: In addition to working on big supermarkets, we also began doing work with small corner stores developing healthier eating options, which again is often a distribution problem. A lot of small store owners don’t have enough time in the day to go to the produce center each morning to get fresh fruits and vegetables.

The owners are really interested in having it, they just don’t have the time, so we’ve been working on solving those problems.

PGN: I read that they’ve done some innovative things like bringing in marketing experts to show how to make the produce look more appetizing, even installing a brand-new lighted display case in the front of one store with the fruit shined and made to look appetizing.

DP: Yes, food companies have a lot of know-how and spend a lot of money just marketing a candy bar, so by providing some of that expertise to help market an apple, you can help encourage people to buy them. It’s all marketing.

We’ve even been putting healthy recipes along with the foods and people have been very excited about trying them out and swapping them. Cooking is not something that’s taught much anymore in the home or in the schools so there are a lot of young parents who don’t know what to do with food. I think we’ve all faced those challenges, so providing information right there on how to do it easily and cheaply with healthier ingredients is something people respond to. There’s a fallacy that people only want to eat bad/junk food but that’s not true. People want to eat food that tastes good and if they can learn how to do it, especially once they understand the health impact, they want to make a change. I think we’ve seen that with the soda/water issue. Years ago, we worked with the school districts to get soda out of the vending machines and since that time there’s been an increase in the consumption of water for students. It doesn’t happen overnight but it can and does happen. n For more information about the Food Trust, visit www.thefoodtrust.org.

To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.

Q Puzzle One Mississippi Across 1. Dick of “Bewitched” 5. NG: Speak like a tough guy 9. Rock-bottom 14. “East of Eden” director Kazan 15. Out partner 16. Cockamamie 17. Writer of the TV series “One Mississippi” 19. Family of Chaz 20. Top, to bottom 21. “Perry Mason” star Raymond 23. NG: Decimal point 24. NG: Get a load of 26. Start of a comment by the mom of 17-Across about her not eating much as a child 28. One of the Elton John tunes that “say so much” 32. The Tin Man’s best friend 33. Mabius of “Ugly Betty” 34. Organ pleasured by Bernstein 36. Family room piece 40. More of the comment 44. Rock-like

45. One ruled by a queen 46. Cicero’s queer 47. Olivia cruiser 50. Emma Peel was one 52. More of the comment 55. Came upon 56. NG: Suffix with profit 57. Historic Stonewall event 59.

Michelangelo’s land 64. Penetrate 66. End of the comment 68. TÈa of “Spanglish” 69. NG: River to the Caspian Sea 70. Girl who goes both ways?

71. Turns on 72. Sit for Mapplethorpe 73. Stud poker demand Down 1. NG: Abominable snowman 2. “Brothers & Sisters” producer Ken 3. Fits your first mate’s mast 4. Lucci’s Erica in “All My Children” 5. More like something in the state of Denmark 6. NG: Gardener on screen 7. NG: Balkan dweller 8. Novelist Marcel

9. Words sung by an opera queen 10. Bowie collaborator 11. Network of “Wedding Wars” 12. You might stick it where it doesn’t belong 13. NG: Proctor’s handouts 18. NG: Estimate ending 22. P on Socrates’ paper 25. NG: Actor Richard 27. NG: Wield authority 28. Salty bodies 29. His grandmother had a Woody 30. Spice for your pickle 31. NG: Sharp divide 35. Obstacle, to Shakespeare 37. Zipper problem 38. NG: French 101 verb 39. Peter the Great, for one

41. Oscar nominee for “The Hours” 42. Lions or Tigers or Bears 43. It arouses soldiers in the sack 48. NG: Three on a sundial 49. NG: Support 51. Caesar’s last question 52. NG: Has a hunch 53. O’Connor of “Xena” 54. Halliwell’s partner 58. NG: Dangerous charger 60. Opposite of loads 61. Dotterman’s “Antonia’s ___” 62. NG: New Rochelle, N.Y. college 63. Like a meticulous bottom?

65. NG: Put a halt to 67. Vegas opening

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Ann Hampton Callaway hits Dino’s

By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor In a fantastically rare opportunity, singer, composer, lyricist, pianist and actor Ann Hampton Callaway plays the newly opened Dino’s Backstage in Glenside next week.

The Tony Award-nominated, platinum-plated vocalist pens her own deliciously dramatic tunes as well as interprets the Tin Pan Alley standard-bearing soundtrack in hallowed venues such as Carnegie Hall (where she just performed with her sister Liz Callaway).

She has toptier songwriting cred (e.g.

Patti Lupone, B a r b r a Streisand, the theme song to the TV series “The Nanny”).

Plus, she’s just now celebrating her second anniversary with fellow actor Kari Strand, so it’s a perfect moment for Hampton Callaway, who happened to be in London when we spoke.

PGN: What is your favorite chord progression, the one that signals in your head/ mind’s eye that it’s truly time to take off

Outward Bound

and soar — whether playing or singing, or even writing?

AHC: The chord progression of “All the Things You Are” is the perfect symmetry of joy and longing. Its shape mimics the sublime form of the nautilus shell and other beauties in nature that suggest the rhythms of eternity. If I could write a song with that kind of beauty I’d be thrilled.

PGN: Even with all your success, is it tough busting out of those molds as a jazz or cabaret singer?

AHC: Fortunately, I have been able to build bridges between jazz, pop and cabaret with the many kinds of work I do.

But now, people who know my work just know me as a singer and songwriter and what kind of experience I create when I perform. I am lucky to have such devoted fans who can inspire me to keep growing and challenging myself.

PGN: You’re just celebrating your marriage of two years; congrats to that. What is so great about marriage, and do you wish the two of you had done it sooner?

AHC: It’s an amazing feeling being a part

of history and getting to marry the one I love. It has deepened our sense of commitment and our longing to be the best partners we can be. We got married at the perfect time.

PGN: There’s a lot to process after the presidential election. You seem like an upbeat, glass-half-full sort. Do you see Donald Trump as a hurdle for those in the LBGT community, or is there hope?

AHC: We can’t know yet if a Trump presidency will pose threats to the LGBT community. He’s sent mixed messages through the years. What we do know is that we must stay strong and vigilant as citizens and defend our rights and the rights of all who may be threatened by racism and other forms of prejudice, bullying and injustice.

PGN: How and why did you get the hook-up from Cole Porter’s estate to set music to his “I Gaze in Your Eyes”? Did you consider what he might write and channel him, or did you just feel free to interpret in your manner?

AHC: My friend Bradshaw Smith discovered the lyric in “The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter” and asked me to set them to music. I did ask Cole for a blessing, asking his help in composing the perfect melody to bring his words to life. The song unfolded very naturally. Years later, I sang the song to Ben Bagley who had asked me to sing on his Cole Porter CD. He loved it, insisted we record it and got the song to the Cole Porter estate. At first,

they shunned the idea but Ben asked that the “no” come from the head of the estate.

He played the song in his car, wept and decided to publish it, making me the only composer ever to collaborate with Cole Porter.

PGN: When you’re writing a song for someone — and there are scores of them like Minnelli and Streisand — what are you looking toward first: inner light, vocal nuance, range?

AHC: Message, tone, range, style, occasion. I love the challenge, and I also welcome feedback from the artist who is recording to make it just right for them.

PGN: How has Philly treated you?

AHC: I’ve played Philadelphia many times, including some great gigs with Peter Nero and the Pops, and it’s always been great. I love that your city has so much to explore.

I can’t wait to make my debut at Dino’s.

PGN: What is your motto?

AHC: When I was a child, I came across this quote in my father’s book by the French poet Paul Valery: “Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” Great words to live by, making art a duet between effort and grace. n Ann Hampton Callaway performs Nov. 25 at Dino’s, 287 N. Keswick Ave. in Glenside. Dinner seating is at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m.

She will also perform at 8 and 10 p.m. Dec. 3 at Chris’ Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St.

Jeff Guaracino

Vote every day with your travel wallet Every time you travel, you have a vote. You vote with your travel wallet. You can support LGBT-friendly travel companies, destinations, experiences, tours, airlines and accommodations or choose not to support those that support our community.

Disappointed with the presidential election? Worried about LGBT rights? Maybe you are happy with the outcome.

Regardless, every time you travel, you do have the power to positively transform the world.

LGBT Americans will spend billions on travel next year.

What hotel you choose, what destination you visit, what airline you fly and how you plan, book and pay for your travel can send a loud message to corporate America. While Presidentelect Trump and other elected officials might say they represent the interests of corporate

America, your travel dollars have the power to send an economic message. From holiday travel to spring break to your business trip to Vegas, you can buy gay travel.

Bob Witeck, founder of Witeck Communications, Inc., in Washington, D.C., said, “Gay people understand we’re not always made to feel welcome.

The world has not always been very welcoming to the ‘few,’ the ‘outsiders’ and the ‘different.’

Nonetheless, that knowledge can be liberating. For many LGBT people, when we recognize we aren’t going to change, why not change the world instead? Even just one person at a time or one brand at a time or one destination at a time?”

Witeck continued, “I’ve had the privilege to work with some of the best of the best, including American Airlines and Marriott, and I have observed the pioneer-

ing work of many top brands at home and around the world.

There is no longer debate that the world of travel is about welcome and respect — for all.”

Here are some tips for an LGBT travel revolution: 1. Seek out LGBT-friendly companies. Refer to the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index at www.hrc. org. For example, planning a trip to Atlantic City? Both The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa and Caesars ranked a perfect CEI score. If you have a choice in Atlantic City hotels, why not support these two leaders and let them know you did?

2. Answer surveys! Be sure to “out” yourself on surveys. Take every opportunity to recognize how LGBT outreach has impacted your travel decisions and be sure to recognize those

that do it right (like Enterprise Rent-A-Car) and those that missed the boat.

3. Support LGBT-owned businesses and events. Small, gay-owned businesses are the life blood of the LGBT community, the first to which our community turns to financially support our issues, our politics, our community and our health. When you stay at a gay guesthouse in Key West or Ft. Lauderdale, you support the LGBT community there.

Consider an RSVP, Olivia, Atlantis, R Family Vacations or Source Events trip. There is power and safety in numbers.

Be sure to subscribe to LGBT travel publications and apps that promote and connect our community, like local LGBT newspapers, ManAboutWorld, GayCities, Navigaytour or Curve Magazine.

4. Out yourself while booking travel. Google “gay-friendly airlines” or “gay-friendly hotels,” see what pops up and click through! Follow the links. Travel companies are following your digital trail and that’s OK in this instance.

Increasingly, your digital travel purchase behavior is being tracked in a sophisticated way that also protects your privacy.

The almighty dollar, like love, trumps hate.

5. Invite others to do the same.

Talk to your friends, relatives and business contacts about how you and they can change the world by supporting those travel experiences that support equality. n Jeff Guaracino is the author of “The Handbook of LGBT Tourism & Hospitality: A Guide For Business Practice.”

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Health Alder Health Services provides LGBT health services on a sliding-fee scale; 100 N. Cameron St., Ste. 301 East, Harrisburg; 717233-7190 or 800-867-1550; www.alderhealth. org.

AIDS Care Group/Sharon Hill Medical provides comprehensive HIV services in Delaware County, including primary and preventative medicine, dental care, STI and HIV screenings and treatments, women’s health care, drug and alcohol counseling and treatment and mental health counseling and treatment at 907 Chester Pike in Sharon Hill and 2304 Edgmont Ave. in Chester; 610-583-1177 or 610-872-9101; aidscaregroup.org or sharonhillmedical.org.

Congreso de Latinos Unidos provides anonymous, free HIV testing with Spanish/English counselors, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 3439 N. Hutchinson St.; 215-763-8870 ext.

6000.

HIV treatment: Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents available 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m.

Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1803.

HIV health insurance help: Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available at 13-19 MacDade Blvd., Suite 109, Collingdale, N.J., no appointment needed; 610-586-9077.

Philadelphia FIGHT provides HIV primary care, on-site lab services, clinical trials, case management, mental-health services and support groups for people living with HIV regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, 1233 Locust St., fifth floor; 215-985-4448, www. fight.org.

12-step programs and support groups Al-Anon

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Pennsylvania Al-Anon Alateen Family Groups: Events, meeting times and locations at pa-al-anon.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

n Acceptance meets 7:30 p.m. Fridays and

Mondays at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce streets. n Community meets 8 p.m. Thursdays at Holy Communion Church, 2111 Sansom St. Gay and lesbian, but all are welcome. n GLBT Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7 p.m. Sundays and 8 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 100 W. Windsor St., Reading; 610-374-7914. n Living Sober meets 8:30 p.m. Saturdays at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220. n No Other Way Out meets 11 a.m. Sundays at William Way. n Night Owl meets 11:30 p.m. daily at the William Way. n Sober and Gay meets 8:30 p.m. SundayFriday at William Way. n Young People’s AA meets 7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St.; 215-735-1416.

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n Meets 7 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Friday and Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Thursday at William Way.

Mental-Health Support

n Pink and Blues, a free peer-run mental-

health support group for LGBT people, meets 7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; 215627-0424. n Survivors of Suicide Inc. meets 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at 3535 Market St., Room 2037 and the second Wednesday at Paoli Memorial Hospital, 225 W. Lancaster Ave.; 215-545-2242, www. phillysos.tripod.com.

HIV/AIDS Mondays: n Positive Brothers, a self-help, support and empowerment group for sexual-minority men of color with HIV/AIDS meets 6-8 p.m. at 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-851-1975.

Tuesdays: n A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 1:30-3 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St., first floor; 215-769-3561; bebashi.org. n Feast Incarnate, a weekly ministry for people affected by HIV/AIDS, meets 5 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-387-2885. n A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Mazzoni Center, 21 S. 12th St.; 215563-0652 ext. 235.

Wednesdays:

n Project Teach, a peer-education and

empowerment program for people living with HIV/AIDS, meets 3-5 p.m. at Philadelphia FIGHT, 1233 Locust St.; fight. org.

Thursdays: n A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope; 215-769-3561. n Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for those infected or affected, meets from 5-7 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St.; 267-549-3676, fowallace@yahoo.com.

Saturdays:

n AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth

support group meets during the school year at varying times and locations; 800-8106776.

Debtors Anonymous

n Meets 7-8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at the

William Way Center.

Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday.

■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044, center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. MondayThursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088

■ Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext.

9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. Activities held 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays.

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org.

Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m.

Monday-Friday Library: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Volunteers: New Orientation, first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Key numbers

■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377

■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org

■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext.

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■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 n The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330

■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Office of LGBT Affairs — Director Nellie Fitzpatrick: 215-6860330; helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m.

Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 ■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670

Health

Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870.

ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088, www. actionaids.org.

GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m.

Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871, www.galaei.org.

Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1821.

HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite

108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077.

Mazzoni Center LGBTQ counseling and behavioral health services, HIV/ AIDS care and services, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652, www. mazzonicenter.org.

Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, as well as youth drop-in (ages 14-24) 5-7p.m. Wednesdays; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658.

Philadelphia FIGHT Comprehensive AIDS service organization providing primary care, consumer education, advocacy and research on potential treatments and vaccines; 1233 Locust St.; 215985-4448; www.fight.org.

Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, rapid HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm.

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Sunday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

n Open meetings 7 p.m. Fridays at

Hahnemann University Hospital, 245 N. 15th St.; 215-514-3065, www.oa.org. n Meets 11 a.m.-noon at William Way.

S.A.R.A.

n Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment, day

and evening hours; 215-563-0663 ext. 282.

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

n Meets 7:30 p.m.Thursdays at All Saints

Church, 18 Olive Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.; 302-542-3279.

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■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia Board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; free referral service at 215-6279090, www.galloplaw.org.

■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly busi-

Professional groups nesses and professionals; 215557-0190, www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com.

■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgja.org/ philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus Regional organization dedicated to promoting LGBT tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region, meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; 215-8402039, www.philadelphiagaytourism.com.

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