Philadelphia Daily Record

Vol. II No. 129 (289)

Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia

August 26, 2011

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STATE SEN. VINCENT HUGHES joins Conrad Foundation’s Nancy Conrad check out W. Philly Hybrid X Team’s state-f-the-art electric sports car. Story page 3.

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The Philadelphia Public Record Calendar Aug. 26State Sen. Shirley Kitchen and State Rep. Mark Cohen host Senior Day in Memorial Hall at St. William’s Ch., Robbins & Argyle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free health screenings, breakfast and lunch. For info (215) 227-6161.

Aug. 26Golf Outing fundraiser for Democrat candidate for 10th Dist.

Council candidate Bill Rubin at Juniata Golf Course, 1392 E. Cayuga St., registration 12:30 p.m., shotgun start 1 p.m. $80 includes green fees, cart, refreshments and barbecue. For info Tom Dooley (267) 246-5512.

Aug. 27State Rep. Michelle Brownlee hosts Back to School Giveaway

Kids Day at Strawberry Sq. Mall, 2901 Dauphin St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Free school supplies, health screenings, entertainment. For info (215) 684-3738.

Aug. 27Mantua Community Improvement Ctr. hosts Family Day Festival at 34th & Mantua Ave., 12-7 p.m.

Loaded with family activities.

Event is supported by Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell and others.

Aug. 27State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson’s Community Apreciation Day at 22nd & Pt. Breeze Ave., 12-8 p.m.

Entertainment by R&B artists “No Question”. Helen Divers to be honored. For details (215) 9523378.

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No Lightweights: W. Philly Students Electrify Auto Engineering

by State Sen. Vincent Hughes Recently, I had the privilege of visiting the West Philly Hybrid X Team (EVX Team) who just won yet another national competition, Conrad Foundation’s Spirit of Innovation Awards, for their development of the Electric Very Light Car. The team is an incredible example of what happens when you work together with perseverance and dedication.

The West Philly Team includes students from an after school program of the Academy of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, a program of Philadelphia Academies, Inc. They are based in West Philadelphia HS, a public high school serving one of Philadelphia’s most challenged neighborhoods.

Since 1998, the EVX Team has built and raced alternative fuel vehicles, and has had great success doing so. When they entered the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s Tour de Sol, they outperformed university teams and production vehicles, winning the competition in 2002, 2005 and 2006. In 2007, the Team won the 21st Century Automotive Challenge.

Educators, engineers and volunteers assist the EVX Team in their endeavors and provide valuable support. In 2010, the Team created two highly successful hybrid vehicles for the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million international competition to build cars that exceed 100 MPG. Of the 111 teams originally accepted to compete in the X PRIZE, the EVX Team was the only high school chosen. While they did not win the competition, they made it to the final 22 competitors in the semi-finals.

In 2011, the EVX GT, the sports car they built for the X PRIZE outperformed 44 other competitors, winning the Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. As mentioned earlier, the team also won the Clean Energy Division of the Conrad Foundation’s Spirit of Innovation Awards for their work on the Electric Very Light Car. 25 AUGUST, 2011

Earlier this year, the team’s successes raised enough attention for the team to be invited to the White House and afforded Brandon Ford, a student at West Philadelphia HS and a leader of the West Philly Hybrid X Team, the opportunity to watch the President deliver State of the Union Address alongside First Lady Michelle Obama.

Kitchen, Cohen Host Seniors Several hundred seniors are enjoying the Senior Day event, annually hosted by State Sen. Shirley Kitchen and State Rep. Mark Cohen (both D-N. Phila.) this morning and early this afternoon. The event, held at St. William’s Church Memorial Hall, Robbins & Argyle, gave seniors an opportunity to learn about all the resources available to them.

They were also treated to breakfast and lunch as well as health screenings, exhibitors, speakers, and entertainment.

Kenyatta Sets Up Basketball Tourney With Police State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson’s (D-S. Phila.) 5th annual Peace Not Guns Memorial Basketball Tournament which features police and local youths will take place at the Chew Playground & Recreation Center, 1834 Ellsworth Street, at 5 p.m. this evening.

Each year, the Point Breeze Youth Basketball League and members of the Philadelphia Police Dept. come together for a friendly game of basketball to promote positive relationships between the police and youths.

Johnson states. “We want the entire community to see these positive relationships and use it to motivate them to continue building positive community relations.”

Elected School Board Sought For Philadelphia State Sens. Mike Stack, Larry Farnese and Andrew Dinniman and City Controller Alan Butkovitz will announce their support of legislation to replace

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School Reform Commission with an elected school board on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 10:30 a.m. on the front steps of the School District of Philadelphia Headquarters, 440 N. Broad Street.

Stack’s legislation would eliminate the controversial SRC and replace it with an unpaid elected school board comprised of nine members elected by Philadelphia citizens to four-year terms.

Calling the current system fundamentally flawed,

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