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City Safari: Roger Casement, Irish Hero

By Thom Nickels Contributing Editor

and Dean Timothy Ring of the East London parish of SS Mary and Michael.

Casement, a former knight hen Roger Casement, born in 1864, of the United Kingdom, had just made his first confession and one of the to Fr. Carey after a prison greatest Irish heroes in history, was led to the hangman conversion to Catholicism.

Eyewitness accounts of the at Pentonville Prison in London in August of 1916, he was day report that Casement’s accompanied by two Catholic confession was tearful and that the aura around him was priests, Father James Carey

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ties, who ignored Casement’s family requests that the body be interred in his beloved Ireland. “saintly.” One eyewitness Casement was arrested in declared that Casement was Kerry on Good Friday, 1916, a saint and that “instead of praying for him we should be for attempting to smuggle weapons from Germany for praying to him.”

When Casement’s body was the famous Easter Rising in April of the same year. Northremoved from the gallows it ern Irish Protestant by birth was thrown into a pit in the prison yard next to two other (but secretly baptized Roman Catholic by his mother), he prisoners named Kuhn and spent many years working Robinson. This was the final for the British Foreign Office insult from British authori(BFO) in Africa and South

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Sir Roger Casement. Photo: Courtesy of Wikipedia.

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known worldwide as a great humanitarian activist and civil rights champion for indigenous peoples.

Casement’s field work as a freedom fighter brought him to the realization that Ireland was not free, and that as an Irishman he had a duty to advocate for Irish independence.

He came to realize, almost by default, that one cannot serve two masters. When he was knighted by the Crown and became Sir Roger Casement, he accepted the honor with can to advocate, and the may- embarrassment and hid the or is important in this because medals and regalia of his new he controls all the operating status. He later said that he agencies in the city of Philadid not quit his salaried posidelphia.” tion with the BFO because Gauthier and Rhynhart there were people in his life were specifically asking that dependent on his financial the Kenney administration support. accelerate the transfer of Casement was a gay man funds to community violence- and was sexually promiscuprevention and treatment ous, a dangerous thing in programs. Under the pair’s AQUARIUM post- Victorian England. He plan, which they described kept two diaries, the White Pirates are in a letter sent to the mayor, Diary, which detailed his back in Philaaid would be targeted in the activist and delphia afterpolitical exploits zip codes with exceptionally theyear world aon300 ab- stage, and the high rates of shootings and notorious Black Diaries, sence. homicides. The plan would which described (in code) his ... (paid) sexual encounters with also create a Gun Violence young men all over the globe.

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Press conference highlights the need for emergency response to gun violence

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hootings and murders are raging in neighborhoods like West Philadelphia and reaching historic new highs. Although the city is set to spend tens of millions of dollars over the next year to stanch this rush of violence, tensions are flaring between public officials over what more can be done.

City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart hosted a press conference on July 22 lambasting Mayor Jim Kenney and his response to the city’s rise in gun violence. The pair were joined by several other government officials and anti-violence activists, as they invoked the memory of the more than 300 Philadelphians who have been murdered so far this year. The group amassed at the corner of 51st and Haverford, where a 1-year-old baby was shot five days earlier.

“As a city we need an emergency response to gun violence in this moment,” said Gauthier, whose West Philadelphia district has been an epicenter of the city’s spike in gun violence. “There’s no way that I can be the representative of the Third District and see massive amounts of violence and not do everything that I

(L to R) Councilmember Jamie Gauthier, State Representative Rick Krajewski and City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart. Photo: Christopher Doyle

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book Rent: Same-Sex Prostitution in Modern Britain, 1885-1957, writes: “When the British disseminated Casement’s “black diaries”—a chronicle of his sexual activity— they successfully dismantled attempts to transform Casement into an Irish martyr. However, the British used Casement’s sexuality not only to label him personally as a pervert, but also to exemplify what Irish independence would look like. Because Casement’s partners were poor, often non-white, and paid, the British were able to construct Casement as especially vicious, one who took advantage of his wealth and position to corrupt and abuse those in his charge. If Ireland’s best and brightest, such as Casement, failed to govern and restrain even their own bodies, how could the Irish expect to govern a just and legitimate independent state? The English successfully utilized Casement’s predilection for same-sex prostitution to further criticize Irish aspirations of self-governance, and, as had been done in the Dublin Castle Scandal, transformed the sex acts of an individual into a condemnation of an entire national movement.”

In an article on Casement in 2016, The Socialist Review states that

“Lord Byron had to flee England in the early 19th century in part because of his homosexual activity, while many wealthy men left Europe to enjoy places with a more liberal and relaxed attitude to sex. For example, the explorer Sir Richard Burton described and enjoyed the many different sexual practices in Africa and the Middle East (his wife back in England was so horrified by his diaries that she burnt them at his death in 1890).

“At the same time the missionaries out in the empire were discovering shocking traditions. Anthropologists estimate that same-sex marriage, usually between a man and a boy, was traditionally practiced in about a third of societies in west and central Africa.”

A recent book about Casement, Luminous Traitor: The Just and Daring Life of Roger Casement, by New York writer Martin Duberman, explores Casement’s activist life in the Congo that won him international recognition for his human rights work.

As the British Consul in Congo, Casement exposed the genocidal exploitation of the peoples of that region in pursuit of rubber and ivory.

Mincing no words, Casement in his damning report said: ‘It is the commonest thing to hear

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they look, with their grim Ulster-Hall faces all going down to curse the Pope and damn Home Rule in Kirk and Meeting House and let their God out for one day in the week—[one] poor old man with his teeth broken with the cursing.”

Duberman adds: “Within a few short years, as Ulster’s fierce determination to remain part of Protestant Britain deepens, the more Roger will move away from the Protestantism that typifies the county—and edge toward the Catholicism that predominates in the ‘disloyal’ rest of Ireland.”

When I spoke to the author of over 30 books of fiction and nonfiction, he told me that he doesn’t expect his Casement biography to sell.

“I have a feeling the Book cover of a recent book about Casement, Luminous Traitor: The Just and book is not going to get Daring Life of Roger Casement, by New York writer Martin Duberman. a lot of notice,” Duberman said, “because on the Upper Amazon a military in the fight for when I was working on trader speak of “my In- Irish independence. it people were asking me Ironically, although dians” or of “my river”... what I was working on, Casement helped plan An Indian tribe once and not a single person the infamous Easter “conquered” becomes the exclusive property of Uprising, he returned to knew who Casement the successful assailant, Ireland in an attempt to was. Americans are notoriously ahistorical, stop it because getting and this lawless claim even about American German military supis recognised as a right over a widely extended port proved impossible. history….You bring up region...Needless to say, But it was too late. Case- an Irishman and they it has no sanction in law, ment was charged with seem proud of the fact that they’ve never heard whether in Peru or any treason. His celebrity of him.” other of the Republics trial, called The Trial of Duberman’s work has sharing the sovereignty the Century, attracted traditionally focused of the remote forests in worldwide attention. on world visionaries which it prevails.’

Throughout his life, Casement believed Casement had little tol- and human rights leadthat the best way to seerance for anti-Catholic ers, from Paul Robeson, Charles Francis Adams cure Irish independence sentiment. Duberman to Howard Zinn (whose was by getting Germany quotes Casement as he observes an anti-Catho- book, “A People’s Histo assist Ireland in securing its freedom. He lic parade in Ulster: “The tory of the United States” is unfortunately being spent eighteen months Church parade has bein Germany to gain the gun past my windows— taught as propaganda in support of the German heavens, how appalling U.S. schools), so it’s no surprise that he hit upon Casement as a worthy object of study.

“Casement has always been in the back of my mind as a possible subject for a book but it never got to the forefront of my consciousness until I learned that all of Casement’s diaries were in print,” he said.

The fabric of Philadelphia: “That was the nail in Without your patronage, businesses, the chest because I had restaurants, theaters and institutions long assumed that if any primary source material do not survive. existed, they would be We all value the fabric of our city. located in Ireland.”

“Casement,” DuberIt is what makes Philadelphia a great city. man emphasizes, “was Please support local business. a true hero. He rescued the indigenous population in two separate parts of the world at the

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risk of real personal danger. I sometimes wonder why he was never killed.”

Luminous Traitor reaches its dramatic zenith around the time of Casement’s arrest and trial. That’s when world figures came to Casement’s defense: W.E. B. DuBois, George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, Joseph Conrad, G.K. Chesterton and Beatrice Webb.“Even the Catholic primate Cardinal Michael Logue, an implacable opponent of the {Irish] nationalists, places himself prominently on the side of ‘mercy and charity,’” Duberman writes.

Imprisoned in the Tower of London, Casement had “no visitors, no lawyers, no change of clothing from the sandcaked and filthy garments he was arrested in….His shoelaces and suspenders are removed as a precaution against suicide. The lightbulb burns above his head day and night…”

“Ireland,” Casement told the judge at his sentencing, “has seen her sons—aye, and her daughters too—suffer from generation to generation always from the same cause, meeting always the same fate, and always at the hands of the same power; and always a fresh generation has passed on to withstand the same oppression…”

Casement’s legacy, however, was overturned in 1965 when his remains were repatriated to the Republic of Ireland. His reburial in Dublin was a highly ceremonial event attracting thousands. In 1965 the UK Cabinet also restored Casement’s knighthood when they referred to him, once again, as Sir Roger Casement.

“A hanged man was never more popular,” The Guardian newspaper reported in 2016. “One hundred years ago, the British government executed Roger Casement for his participation in a rebellion in Ireland, the Easter Rising of 1916.

This year, schoolchildren and tourists by the thousands have visited Casement’s gravesite in Dublin.”

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tions in Philadelphia.”

Kenney pointed to regular meetings that he said he holds with city, state, and federal officials – as well as the $155 million being spent on anti-violence programs this year – as evidence that his administration is already committed to keeping Philadelphians safe.

Kenney’s refusal to declare a gun-violence emergency – an action that was endorsed in a resolution passed unanimously by City Council in September 2020 – provoked outrage. Gauthier accused Kenney of being callous to Philadelphians affected by shootings, and insinuated he was less responsive to their needs because they are predominantly Black.

“For the Mayor to offer such a flippant, tonedeaf response to our call for action after so much time has gone by, and so many people have been injured or killed, is simply unconscionable,” Gauthier said in a July 20 statement issued before the press conference.

“The idea of our city using ‘Black Lives Matter’ as a slogan, but not treating our gun violence crisis as a priority turns this powerful statement into a farce,” Gauthier added. “If this level of violence were happening in white neighborhoods, I am certain Mayor Kenney would move hell and high water to bring it to an end as quickly as possible.”

Rhynhart, who has had a mostly antagonistic relationship with Kenney since assuming office in 2018 – and who is rumored to be a potential candidate for the 2023 mayoral race – said that she wanted to see the mayor take more of a leadership role.

She said that the gun violence situation was unprecedented, noting that Philadelphia had the highest per-capita murder rate of the ten largest U.S. cities in 2020 and is on pace to see the highest annual murder toll in city history in 2021.

As the city controller, who is charged with auditing city government, Rhynhart claimed that

that the mayor’s office could be working more effectively to prevent violence.

“The city has a good amount of money right now, we just got $700 million in [federal] stimulus money, the city is getting another $700 million next May,” Rhynhart said at the press conference. “This is about the commitment and the will to do it.”

Other speakers at the press conference took a similarly impassioned tone.

Movita Johnson-Harrell, a former state representative for West Philadelphia and a founder of the CHARLES Foundation, said that Kenney needed to work harder to protect marginalized people in the city. She said that the city urgently needed to invest in its poorer communities and organize evidence-based, anti-violence intervention programs – things that she has been fighting for in honor of her two late sons, both of whom were killed in acts of gun violence.

“Our children can get an illegal gun faster than they can get a meal,” Johnson-Harrell said.

“We don’t educate them, we don’t feed them, we don’t house them, we don’t support them, we don’t give them drugand-alcohol treatment, we don’t give them mental-health treatment, but we put guns in their hands – so why are we surprised with the outcome?”

“March 5, I lost my son Donté Johnson, my last surviving son, and it’s only through God’s grace that I’m able to get out of bed and stay on the front line of this,” Johnson-Harrell added.

“Your children deserve to live, your children deserve to be safe, and your children deserve the investment.”

Councilmember-atlarge Isaiah Thomas also put the responsibility of preventing more deaths squarely on the Kenney administration.

Thomas, who coaches youth basketball, recounted how one of his players had directly witnessed a person get shot outside his home – and also noted that one of his

interns was recently shot.

He said that an emergency declaration from the mayor would combat the notion that Philadelphia is “lawless,” helping to limit these outbursts of violence.

“I think it’s important to recognize that when we talk about this idea of semantics, right, that Philadelphia is lawless right now, people have the perception that you can do anything you want to do in Philadelphia and get away with it,” Thomas said. “So, we need semantics because semantics changes perception.”

“When a 1-year-old gets shot, something needs to happen, the community needs to be impacted, things need to be shut down,” Thomas added, alluding to the shooting that happened at 51st and Haverford at the site of the press conference. “We cannot continue to have a city where inhumane and reckless violence takes place, and everything goes on business as usual.”

Some went farther in their criticism of the mayor. The Rev. Gregory Holston said that he now had to “question where [Kenney’s] heart is” and said that the mayor needed to symbolically demonstrate that he cares about gun-violence victims by declaring an emergency.

Holston cited the message sent by the removal of the statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo during last summer’s racial justice protests as an example of the power that symbolism could bring.

“You knew symbolically what it meant to the community to have [the Rizzo statue] moved,” Holston said. “Don’t you understand that same symbolism is here when you say ‘yes, it’s a state of emergency, I get it, I understand it, I know the pain you’re going through.’”

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No critical race theory in Pennsylvania schools, for now

By Christen Smith The Center Square

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s national debate rages about the teaching of critical race theory in public schools, the Pennsylvania Department of Education says schools won’t incorporate the subject into classrooms any time soon, though the department is encouraging “diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts” at all districts.

Kendall Alexander, a spokesperson for the department, told The Center Square that critical race theory – an academic concept that purports systemic racism is embedded into the nation’s legal system and public policies – is “not part of or taught through any state required curriculum in Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools.”

“While curriculum content is determined by each school district and charter school in Pennsylvania, the ability to honor the dignity of others remains a mainstay in education,” Alexander said. “We know that to do their best, students must feel safe at school – PDE wholly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in all schools.”

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association reiterated a similar sentiment in a memo sent to local officials, saying “it is neither required nor probable that Pennsylvania’s school districts would contemplate adopting a curriculum built specifically around Critical Race Theory.”

The association, which represents elected school board members in the state’s 501 districts, said the debate, however, has led to misunderstandings that confuse CRT with support for diversifying curriculums to

include a wider variety of “cultural references, identities, voices, experiences and histories of all students and their families.”

“These efforts are necessary to ensure that every child receives what they require to obtain a high-quality education regardless of their race, ethnicity, economic circumstances, gender, disability, history of trauma or other factors,” the association said. “Debates about Critical Race Theory are not beneficial to a school board’s decision-making about a district’s equity needs and goals.”

State lawmakers across the nation have begun introducing legislation that bans critical race theory from public curriculum. In Pennsylvania, the effort is led

by Reps. Russ Diamond, R-Lebanon, and Barbara Gleim, R-Carlisle, who introduced the Teaching Racial and Universal Equality (TRUE) Act in June.

“The manner in which important concepts such as racial and gender equality are taught in our schools could not be more important in defining the type of society we have,” Diamond said. “Teaching our children they are inferior or inherently bad based on immutable characteristics such as race and sex can be extremely damaging to their emotional and mental well-being.”

Gleim argued that focusing on race in public education detracted from time needed for other important subjects.

“It’s time to get back to concentrating on teaching the basic educational foundations of reading, writing, math, science and social studies, rather than attempting to indoctrinate our students with a theory or belief system that is

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Proponents of teaching critical race theory – typically reserved for college classrooms – to younger students say those who oppose the concept “want to whitewash history.”

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State Rep. Morgan Cephas said that Kenney has to coordinate with state officials as he would in the midst of any other emergency.

“Do not tell me that we cannot respond like we did to COVID-19, like [we did to] the civil unrest we experienced in this country,” Cephas said. “There is no way we cannot respond with resources, tools, policy, legislation, to address this issue of gun violence.”

Melissa Robbins, an activist with North Philly Against Racism, said that if Kenney does not believe there is any more he can do, then he should resign.

“I’m a veteran of the United States Army, and when you fail to do the job that you’ve been called upon, you are relieved of your duties immediately because you are considered a liability to the country,” Robbins said. “So I say to you, you have gone AWOL,

you have abandoned your ship, you have turned a blind eye.”

“You say that you’ve done all that you can do, and I believe you, now I ask you do the honorable thing Mr. Mayor, and if you cannot continue your job in the next two and a half years, move out of your post and let someone step in who can do the job.”

Also attending the press conference were Councilmembers-atlarge Katherine Gilmore Richardson and Helen Gym, and West Philadelphia State Rep. Rick Krajewski.

Although this row over the city’s gunviolence response was fomented by Kenney’s refusal to call a city emergency, Gauthier backed off her initial demand that the mayor make any formal declaration. Gauthier said that she wanted to see Kenney coordinate a more urgent response across city departments, in accordance with the policy recommendations she and Rhynhart set forth in their letter to the mayor.

“First of all, that’s a nonsense conversation, we have to just move away from that conversation about whether it’s going to be formally a state of emergency or not,” Gauthier said in response to a question about the need for a mayoral emergency declaration.

“I don’t think we have to focus on the formal emergency declaration if [Kenney] doesn’t want to do that, it’s the emergency response that is more important.”

A city spokesperson representing the Kenney administration took note of Gauthier’s statements deemphasizing the emergency-declaration controversy.

“The Mayor is glad to hear the Councilmember is not focused on semantics, and that the recommendations she’s presented are closely aligned to the work the Administration is already undertaking to continue our response to the national public health emergency that gun violence presents,” city spokesperson Deana

Gamble said in a statement sent to The University City Review. “The Mayor looks forward to continuing to work with colleagues on City Council to continue to respond to this crisis.”

The public debate over how to respond to gun violence comes amid record-setting spikes in homicide and shootings both in Philadelphia and across the country. The city saw 499 murders in 2020, just one shy of the highest total in city history – and the 318 murders recorded so far in 2021 puts the city on pace to exceed the 2020 total this year by 30%.

The current city budget includes an extraordinary amount of spending to address this unprecedented rise in violence – as much as $155 million, according to the city’s accounting figures.

And these funds are being supplemented by several federal initiatives to reduce gun violence and battle interstate gun trafficking, with Philadelphia joining the Community Violence Intervention Collaborative – a federal taskforce of 16 cities and counties designed to help local governments share best practices and implement community-based, antiviolence intervention programs.

It was clear at the July 22 press conference, however, that many Philadelphians are demanding that more immediate action be taken.

Sharon King, a member with the anti-violence group Voices By Choices, told the UC Review that she supported Gauthier and Rhynhart’s efforts to compel Kenney and the city to do more. As the mother of a child lost to gun violence, King said she wanted people in the city to mobilize to try to stop the killing.

“Every day we turn on the TV it’s somebody getting killed, every day, and it’s not even in the nighttime no more, it’s at daytime, open daylight,” King said. “I’m just trying to say to people that we need to come out and we need to get together as a city – I don’t know what else I can say.”

Four-time Olympic Gold Champion should’ve stayed home

Four-Time Gold Medal champion Simone Biles returned to Action this week to compete in the Balance Beam competition for the United State Gymnastic team.

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t’s a known fact that Simone Biles can’t handle pressure.

Biles admitted that to herself after she pulled out of Olympic competition for the United States women’s gymnastics team. She removed herself from team competition on July 27 after a shaky performance on the vaults during the first rotation. In the event, Biles attempted to do an Amanar, which is a triple somersault twist. It’s one of the most difficult performances being done by women on the vaults.

But Biles fell one twist short and barely landed on her feet. Biles had the same problem when she tried doing her double twist somersault on the uneven bars during practice.

So without any warning, Biles walked off the floor and later announced she had

removed herself from Olympic competition.

That opened the door for Russia to win a gold medal for the first time in nearly three decades.

Before her mishap, Biles came to Tokyo as the biggest star of the Olympic Games. She was expected to bring home a record of six gold medals. But her dreams got shattered to pieces after losing the first event in the Olympic Games.

Her shaky performance affected her confidence and made her frustrated.

It bruised her ego. She wasn’t willing to accept defeat. She doesn’t like to lose. It forced her to drop out from Olympic competition.

At first, during a press conference, Biles had blamed her shaky performance on the atmosphere in Tokyo. Biles said when she came to Tokyo she was “feeling pretty good”. Yet, she was dealing with some issues that grew bigger and bigger by the day.

But then Biles started feeling some kind of way about how everything was set up in Tokyo. She

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said she wasn’t comfortable about seeing any fans in the stands. She felt bad that her parents wouldn’t be able to watch her compete. Biles felt she had nobody to support her in Tokyo.

She said that got under her skin. For the first time in her gymnastic career, she felt totally alone.

She said it felt like she was carrying the whole world on her shoulder.

Fans had expected her to be spectacular and even perfect. But she realized there would be no fans to cheer her on. Biles admitted she was not ready to deal with that type of situation or handle that type of pressure.

“It felt like I was still doing this for other people,” said Biles. “So that just breaks my heart because doing what I love has been taken away from me. I realize I was doing this just to please other people. When I first arrived here, I was looking forward to having some fun. But after looking around and I realized things would be different, I knew then I would be having no fun.”

Even though Biles sat in the stands to watch her teammates compete in Olympic competition, she never gave any hints that she wanted to return to Olympic Games. Biles had everyone in the dark wondering what she planned to do next.

“Today it’s like you know you don’t want to do something stupid and

get hurt,” Biles said to group of reporters. “And you know it’s just not worth it. Especially when you have three amazing athletes that can step up to the plate and do it. It’s just not worth it.”

So instead of Biles making a return to the Olympic Games, she made up her mind to miss the next four gymnastic events. Biles was due to take part in all four of the women’s gymnastics finals. She was the leader of the team. For the team, she was expected to lead by example. But Biles didn’t care if her teammates needed her. Instead, Biles sat in the stands and watched her teammates battle against world competition. Without her leadership, Biles’ teammates ended up competing without her.

Despite her absence, her teammates won one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal. They all stood together and gave each compliments about what they had done. Suni Lee became the fifth consecutive American to win an Olympic title. She won her first gold medal in the All-Around event.

Lee also became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in that event.

On Sunday, 24-year-old Mykayla Skinner took home a silver medal in the vault event. Her silver medal for a perfect gift after Skinner announced her retirement.

After the celebration of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, that’s when

Simone Biles announced to the world that she had developed a case of “ the twisties” which means “a loss of air awareness that can have catastrophic consequences on a gymnast’s performance. It’s a medical condition where a gymnast’s mind and body are not in sync.

The condition could be dangerous to an athlete’s mental health and physical safety.

After further evaluation, Biles was ruled unfit to compete in the individual all-around event.

Biles was evaluated to see if she could take part in the individual apparatus. And then it was later determined Biles would be able to compete in the balance beam event. In a strange twist, Biles is the reigning United States champion on the balance beam. She won a bronze medal in the event back in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

On Tuesday, August 3, Biles returned to action and competed on the balance beam for the United States.

In the final days of these Olympic Games, as a reporter, I have drawn my own conclusion about the actions of Simone Biles. First of all, Biles knew about the situation in Tokyo before she jumped on the plane.

She knew things would be different in Japan.

She knew Tokyo would have no fans before the Olympic Games began.

But Biles ignored the situation until it hit her in the face. And once that happened, Biles didn’t have the desire to compete in the Olympic Games. During that moment, Biles wanted to quit the team and that’s exactly what she did.

Biles pulled out of team competition. She never gave it a second thought.

She tossed away what most athletes fight most in their lives. After a few days of less than perfect performances, Biles made the decision to quit the team and sit in the stands. Biles said the pressure of living up to people’s expectations got too much for her.

First of all, pressure is a privilege. Without pressure there is no sports.

If you are aiming to be at the top of your game, you better start learning how to deal with pressure and how to deal with these moments.

Every athlete has dealt

Shakespeare in the Park is back

By Nathaniel Lee Press/Review Correspondent

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embers of the community gathered at Clark Park to attend the widely sought return of Shakespeare in the Park. The grounds of the “bowl” were transformed into a theater and visitors filled the green bringing blankets, chairs and some even brought their dogs, to enjoy the production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

Each year the community anticipates these Shakespearian productions which were cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but this year, they were back and received a warm welcome.

“When you see the show itself, it is laid out to specifically reflect the idea of a three-ring circus with three sections of a stage,” said Katlin Chin, Circus director, and herself, a performer in the production.

There were acrobatic performances which utterly enhanced the excitement of the play.

“It’s more about how we could use the circus and the extraordinary physicality of the work that is happening to further the story and to be able to bring the immediacy…of what’s happening to Pericles and the other characters in the story,” said Chin.

On the set were aerial silks used throughout the play and props which the stage crew painstakingly transported each day of the performance, including the stage, lights, sound equipment, aerial silks all which successfully gave the illusion of being transported in time.

But unlike traditional theater, the performers of this play had to focus in an uncontrolled environment where cars went by, kids played in the playwith pressure. Especially in baseball. The bases are loaded and there two outs in the 9th inning. Or in basketball, your team is facing a two-point deficit with five seconds left in the game. In pro football, I have seen

In the bowl of Clark Park, audience is engaged by the action! Photo by Nathaniel Lee.

ground and basketball players rough-housed on the basketball court only feet away from where the play was being performed.

“To be perfectly honest, this is probably one of the most intense productions that I have done, there’s a lot of things that are constantly happening ” said Chin who began her career as an aerial performer outside, so she came equipped with the experience to pull it off.

“I’m very experienced with working outdoor events and I think that is kind of why I was brought on for this production, because I’m used to working in extraordinary circumstances and understanding weather, wind, rain, lightening, mud and being able to understand what’s okay and what’s not okay,” she said.

Safety was a major concern, and a lot of training went into the production.

“There are some actors who came in already having some pre-existing knowledge of circus content or at least some, and some of them, in

time, learned how to do this,” Chin said. “For me, any of the aerial work feels very good, it feels like home. Being able to be on my rig and in my space, performing are for me the most comfortable moments of the show,” said Chin. “Any time I have to do verbal characters, that for me is terrifying.

The production director for the show, Carly L. Bodnar, was first contracted to direct the performance in 2019. She was ready to go when Covid shut the nation down.

“It’s been over two years coming and this has actually been, for me as a director, one of my bucket shows that I have been wanting to direct for a very long time,” said Bodnar. “It’s been about 16 years that I have wanted to direct this piece,” she added.

“I think Shakespeare is so interesting. There’s a bunch of things I really like about Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare really puts humanity on the stage,” she said.

Shakespeare’s work is

Aaron Rodgers throw Hail Mary touchdown passes with less than five seconds left in regulation.

In sports, there’s always going to be pressure. As an athlete, you have to find a way to deal with it.

And in Simone Biles’

case, the 24-year-old Olympic champion better figure out a way to deal with pressure. After watching her Olympic performance in Tokyo, Simone Biles should have been smart enough to just stay home.

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much loved, but some can find the language intimidating. Bodnar understands this and one of her goals is to make the work of the Bard (Shakespeare) relatable.

“I hear a lot of people who say they are ‘Shakespeare impaired’ or that ‘it feels like a different language’,” said Bodnar.

“Something I like to always do… is to make it as clear as possible so maybe you hear a word and you might not know what it is, but everything around it, the actors, the story telling, the visuals are helping you follow the journey.”

“I was also interested in the challenge of how to take a Shakespearean play that is not usually done and really making it a piece that modern audiences can relate to and feel,” she said.

The audience response to the scenes in the production made it clear that not only did the audience follow the story but was very much captivated by it as well. Bodnar met her goal.

‘Pericles, Prince of Tyre’ is one of the most challenging Shakespearian plays to perform because Pericles’ journeys and changes of location requires lots of props and scene changes.

Bodnar says that the

play is very relevant for our current time. “I think the beauty of this piece which really hit me a lot more in 2020 is that it is a story of how a family comes together, meets and is torn apart, and they think that people are dead, that they are never going to be seen again and 15 years later they get back together.”

“So, it is this really beautiful reunion play that just hits in a different way after the year of 2020 where we all missed people and things in our lives and now, we’re still on a rocky road out of the epidemic as we’re getting to reconnect with people. I think it really started hitting my heart in a different spot. . . this story of loss and grief and then reconnection.”

Pericles, Prince of Tyre played at Clark Park from July 28th – August 1st .

In addition, for the first time, Shakespeare in the Park will host two additional performances.

In Kensington, ‘Perils Island’ will be performed August 13th 15th at Harrowgate Park at 3455 Kensington Ave. In Germantown, Germantown Plays Pericles Vernon Park, 5800 Germantown Ave. (Entrances on Greene St. & Germantown Ave.) August 28th - 29th, 2021 Pericles was presented by PNC Arts Alive

Report: 1.9 million households owe $15 billion in back rent as eviction moratorium expires

Tim Gruver / The Center Square

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Jul 30, 2021 p to 1.95 million households across America will owe a collective $15 billion in back rent when the eviction moratorium expires Saturday, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia estimates.

That number will reach 2 million by ination, fear or harassDecember, according ment.” to the report released continued from page 3 “The ability to honor Friday. In Pennsylvathe dignity of others nia, about 60,000 renter tory around the country remains a mainstay in households will owe is taught from a singular, the educational field,” $412 million come Auoften whitewashed per- she said. “These propos- gust. spective at the expense als are harmful political The U.S. Centers for of Black, brown, Indigprops meant solely to Disease Control and enous, and queer chilstir up outrage. This ad- Prevention (CDC) made dren.” ministration will remain one final extension of the The TRUE Act was focused on the goal of Emergency Rental Assisreferred to the House breaking down barritance Program through Education Commiters that make it harder July 31. President Joe tee on June 7, where it for Pennsylvanians to Biden’s administration awaits consideration. It’s succeed – including by unlikely that Gov. Tom fighting against discrim- said its “hands are tied” Wolf, a Democrat, would inatory laws and policies by the courts on the matter and any further relief sign the bill if it ever that disproportionately made it to his desk. harm Pennsylvanians of must come from ConLyndsay Kensinger, gress itself. color.” a Wolf spokesperson, “Given the recent Christen Smith follows said some “bad actors” Pennsylvania’s General spread of the delta variare using CRT to spread Assembly for The Center ant, including among “disinformation” and Square. She is an awardthose Americans both cause further division. winning reporter with most likely to face evicShe went on to reitmore than a decade of tions and lacking vaccierate the importance experience covering state nations, President Biden of offering a learning and national policy issues would have strongly environment “where for niche publications and supported a decision students can be their local newsrooms alike. Jul by the CDC to further authentic selves” and 28, 2021 extend this eviction learn “free from discrim-

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financed rental housing since the pandemic beseek Emergency Rental gan in March 2020. moratorium to protect Assistance to make “The CDC’s eviction renters at this moment of themselves whole while moratorium has been heightened vulnerabilcritical in helping people ity,” White House press keeping families in sestay housed and avoid secretary Jen Psaki said cure and safe housing in a news release. “Un- – before moving toward a wave of evictions and homelessness as Pennfortunately, the Supreme eviction,” she said.

On July 6, Pennsylva- sylvania and the nation Court has made clear experience continued that this option is no lon- nia Department of Hueconomic insecurity, man Services acting Secger available.” but we must prepare for retary Meg Snead said In June, the Supreme what may come when more than $1 billion is Court of the United available in funding for the moratorium ends,” States ruled that “clear residents behind on rent Snead said. and specific congressional authorization, via and utility payments new legislation would be necessary” for another extension.

“In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling, the President calls on Congress to extend the eviction moratorium to protect such vulnerable renters and their families without delay,” Psaki said.

The administration also asked the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs to extend their respective moratoriums to protect Americans living in (215) 382-1330 federally-insured, single family homes through the end of September.

“The President has also asked these and other departments to do everything in their power so that owners and operators of federally-assisted and

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Crime Blotter The Following Crimes Occurred Between Friday, July 23rd, and Thursday, July 29th.

3rd DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 3rd District, please call 215-6863030. Reporting 3rd District crimes from Lombard St. to Mifflin St. and Delaware Ave. to Broad St.: Arson: 100 South St. Assault: 1000 Reed St, S 10th St & Reed St, 500 S Broad St, 700 Sigel St, 400 South St, 600 South St, 900 Washington Av (2 Incidents), 900 Watkins St (2 Incidents).

Theft: 1200 Alter St, 100 Carpenter St, 1300 Christian St, 700 Clymer St, 700 E Passyunk Av (2 Incidents), 800 Lombard St, 100 Mifflin St, 900 Rodman St, S 4th St & Kater St, 1100 S 10th St, 1200 S 11th St, 600 S American St, 1400 S Broad St, 1500 S Broad St, 1100 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, 1300 S Hancock St, 200 South St, 400 South St, 500 South St, 1000 South St, 200 Watkins St, 1200 Wharton St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1600 E Moyamensing Av, 800 Fitzwater St, 1200 Fitzwater St, 800 Mifflin St, 900 S 2nd St, 900 S 4th St, 1700 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, 100 Watkins St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1000 Catharine St, 600 Christian St, 1600 E Moyamensing Av, 100 Federal St, 600 Kimball St, 800 S 3rd St (2 Incidents), 900 S 4th St, 700 S 12th St, 800 S Front St, 1400 S Juniper St, 1300 S Lawrence St (2 Incidents), 600 South St, 1000 Washington Av. 6th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 6th District, please call 215-6863060. Reporting 6th District crimes from Spring Garden St. to Lombard St. and Front St. to Broad St.: Assault: 1300 Chestnut St, 1000 Filbert St, 200 Market St, 500 Market St, 700 Market St (2 Incidents), 800 Market St (2 Incidents), 1300 Market St (2 Incidents), N 12th St & Filbert St, 200 Quince St, 300 Race St, 1200 Race St, 0 S 8th St, 100 S 8th St, 100 S 10th St, 100 S 12th St, 100 S 13th St, 300 S Broad St, 1000 Vine St, 1000 Walnut St. Burglary: 200 N 6th St, 1000 Spring Garden St. Robbery: 1300 Market St, 0 N Juniper St, S 13th St & Sansom St. Theft: 200 Callowhill St, 1000 Chestnut St, 1100 Chestnut St (4 Incidents), 1300 Chestnut St, 300 Delancey St, 1100 Locust St (7 Incidents), 100 Lombard St, 300 Market St, 800 Market St (2 Incidents), 900 Market St, 1000 Market St (3 Incidents), 1100 Market St (2 Incidents), 1200 Market St, 1300 Market St, 100 N 3rd St, 200 N 5th St, 400 N 5th St, 200 N 9th St, 0 N 12th St, N 12th St & Race St, 300 Pine St, 300 S 2nd St, 400 S 3rd St, 0 S 11th St, 100 S 12th St, 200 S 13th St (2 Incidents), 200 S Camac St, 400 S Camac St, 1200 Sansom St, 800 Walnut St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1200 Callowhill St (2 Incidents), 0 Dock St, 900 Filbert St, 1200 Latimer St, N 13th St & Callowhill St, 900 Race St, 200 S Broad St, 500 Spring Garden St, 900 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 1200 Walnut St. Other Offenses (Any incident that

does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 600 Arch St, 900 Arch St (2 Incidents), 1000 Filbert St, 200 Market St (2 Incidents), 0 N 9th St, 600 N Front St, S 13th St & Walnut St, 100 S Broad St, 1200 Walnut St, 1300 Walnut St. 9th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 9th District, please call 215-6863090. Reporting 9th District crimes from Fairmount Ave. to Lombard St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River.: Assault: 1500 Arch St, 1600 Chestnut St, 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1700 Locust St, 2100 Locust St, 1600 Market St, N 17th St & Vine St, 200 N 18th St, 1500 Spring Garden St. Burglary: 1400 Chestnut St, 1600 Chestnut St, 1800 Fairmount Av, 2000 Green St, 1700 John F Kennedy Blvd, 2000 Mount Vernon St (2 Incidents), 1600 Walnut St. Robbery: 100 N Broad St (2 Incidents), 1600 Vine St. Theft: 1800 Addison St, 1900 Arch St (2 Incidents), 2200 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy (3 Incidents), 1400 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 1600 Chestnut St (7 Incidents), 1700 Chestnut St (6 Incidents), 1800 Chestnut St, 1900 Chestnut St (4 Incidents), 2100 Chestnut St, 2200 Chestnut St, 1700 Fairmount Av, 1900 Fairmount Av, 2100 Fairmount Av, 1500 Hamilton St (2 Incidents), 2000 Hamilton St, 1600 Jfk Blvd, 1500 Locust St, 1600 Market St, 1900 Market St (4 Incidents), 2000 Market St (3 Incidents), N 15th St & Cherry St, 100 N 16th St, N 19th St & Market St, 300 N Broad St, 400 N Broad St (2 Incidents), 2500 Panama St, 2400 Pennsylvania Av, 1800 Rittenhouse Sq, 400 S 15th St, 0 S 16th St (3 Incidents), S 17th St & Chestnut St, 100 S 20th St, S 20th St & Locust St, 200 S 21st St, 1600 Sansom St, 1800 Sansom St, 1400 Spring Garden St, 1500 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 1800 Spruce St, 200 W Rittenhouse Sq, 1600 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 1700 Walnut St, 600 Water Works Dr. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1900 Arch St, 2200 Fairmount Av, 1600 Wallace St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1900 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 2000 Hamilton St, 1600 Locust St (2 Incidents), 0 N 15th St (3 Incidents), 300 N Broad St, 200 S 18th St, 300 S 20th St, 2500 Spring Garden St (3 Incidents), 1600 Walnut St, 1800 Walnut St, 1900 Walnut St (2 Incidents).

12th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 12th District, please call 215-686-1320. Reporting 12th District crimes within Southwest Philly bounded by Baltimore at 49th St. to Bartram Dr. at 60th St.: Arson: 1800 S 57th St, 5200 Warrington Av. Assault: 5600 Elmwood Av, 5400 Gibson Dr, 5900 Lindbergh Blvd, 5600 Litchfield St, 5600 Malcolm St (2 Incidents), 6000 Reinhard St, 1200 S 51st St, S 54th St & Chester Av, 1400 S 55th St, S 55th St & Springfield Av, 1200 S 57th St, 2500 S 58th St, 1800 S 60th St, 2000 S

Alden St, 1800 S Conestoga St, 2000 S Salford St, 5900 Trinity St, 5500 Willows Av, 5600 Willows Av, 5400 Woodland Av, 5800 Woodland Av. Burglary: 5600 Kingsessing Av, 5700 Reedland St. Robbery: 1400 S 56th St. Theft: 4900 Baltimore Av, 5200 Baltimore Av, 5400 Baltimore Av, 5100 Chester Av, 5200 Chester Av, 5500 Chester Av, 6000 Elmwood Av, 5800 Fernwood St, 5400 Pachall Av, 5100 Regent St, 700 S 52nd St, 1400 S 52nd St, 1400 S 54th St, 1300 S 56th St, 1800 S 56th St, S 58th St & Woodland Av, 1800 S Conestoga St, 2400 S Edgewood St, 1000 S Frazier St, 1600 S Wilton St, 5800 Warrington Av, 5700 Woodland Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5400 Belmar St, 5800 Elmwood Av, 5400 Florence Av, 5700 Reedland St, 700 S 52nd St, 2000 S 56th St, 1700 S 60th St, 1300 S Ruby St, 900 S Saint Bernard St, 5800 Theodore St (2 Incidents), 5000 Woodland Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5300 Angora Ter, 5200 Beaumont St, 5800 Cedarhurst St, 5200 Chester Av, 5900 Greenway Av, 5000 Kingsessing Av, 5500 Litchfield St, 5200 Pentridge St, 1100 S 52nd St, 1500 S 53rd St, 1600 S 53rd St, 1600 S 54th St, 1000 S 56th St, 1200 S 58th St, 2200 S 58th St, 900 S Yewdall St, 1600 S Yewdall St, 5400 Thomas Av, 5600 Thomas Av, 5900 Trinity St, 5500 Woodland Av. 16th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 16th District, please call 215686-3160. Reporting 16th District crimes from Girard Ave. to Market St. and from the Schuylkill River to 52nd St.: Rape: 4100 Parrish St. Assault: 5100 Arch St, 4000 Aspen St, 3300 Baring St, 1000 Belmont Av, 600 Brooklyn St, 800 Brooklyn St, 400 Farson St, 3600 Melon St, 500 N 36th St, 0 N 40th St, 800 N 40th St, N 42nd St & Spring Garden St, N 46th St & Market St, 0 N 50th St, 0 N 52nd St, 200 N Creighton St, 800 N Preston St, 4300 Parrish St, 3200 Spring Garden St, 4200 Wyalusing Av, 4700 Wyalusing Av. Burglary: 4000 Baring St. Robbery: Belmont Av & W Girard Av, 4100 Cambridge St, Lex St & Lancaster Av, 4400 Parrish St, 3700 Wallace St. Theft: 3200 Arch St, 4700 Aspen St, 3800 Baring St, 4100 Cambridge St, 3700 Fairmount Av, 4400 Haverford Av, 4000 Lancaster Av, 4600 Lancaster Av, 4000 Market St, 4400 Market St, 600 N 31st St, 600 N 35th St, 200 N 36th St, 800 N 46th St, 800 N 48th St, 300 N 52nd St, 600 Pallas St, 4100 Pennsgrove St, 3200 Wallace St, 4100 Westminster Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 3700 Brandywine St, 300 Busti St, 400 Busti St, 5100 Haverford Av, 4300 Lancaster Av, N 30th St & John F Kennedy Blvd, 900 N 42nd St, 700 N 44th St, 700 N 45th St, 900 N 48th St, 200 N Creighton St, 700 N Markoe St, 3700 W Girard Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunken-

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ness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 4000 Aspen St, 4000 Fairmount Av, 3500 Haverford Av, 4400 Haverford Av, 5100 Haverford Av, 3900 Lancaster Av, 2900 Market St (2 Incidents), 3500 Mount Vernon St, N 35th St & Mount Vernon St, 600 N 41st St (2 Incidents), 800 N 42nd St (2 Incidents), N 46th St & Lancaster Av, 100 N Paxon St, 400 N Preston St, 600 N Preston St (4 Incidents), 3600 Olive St, 4600 Parrish St, 4900 Westminster Av. 17th DISTRICT: To report a crime to the 17th District, please call 215686-3170. Reporting 17th District crimes from Lombard St. to Mifflin St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River.: Assault: 1700 Manton St, 2100 Pierce St, 1400 Reed St, 2600 Reed St, 1400 S 16th St, S 29th St & Grays Ferry Av, 600 S Broad St, 3200 Wharton St. Burglary: 700 S 21st St, 1400 S 28th St, 1500 S 28th St, 1500 S Napa St. Theft: 1400 Bainbridge St, 1700 Christian St, 1900 Dickinson St, 2100 Dickinson St, 1800 Federal St, 3000 Grays Ferry Av, 1800 Kater St, 1700 Lombard St, 2500 Morris St, 1700 Pierce St, 1300 Point Breeze Av, 2600 Reed St, 1600 Rodman St, 1100 S 15th St, S 15th St & Lombard St, 700 S 16th St, S 16th St & Catharine St, S 19th St & Fitzwater St, S 22nd & Cross St, 800 S Bambrey St, 800 S Broad St, 1100 S Broad St, 1700 S Chadwick St, 1300 S Opal St, Schuylkill Av & Webster St, 2100 Sears St, 1400 Washington Av, 2500 Washington Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 2200 Dickinson St, 2200 Pierce St, 1600 S 19th St, 1800 S Corlies St, 1800 Tasker St, 2400 Tasker St, 1900 Wilder St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1900 Ellsworth St, 2700 Moore St, 2900 Moore St, 3200 Moore St, 2300 Morris St, 2300 Naudain St, 1800 Pemberton St, 2700 Pierce St, 1600 S 18th St, 1500 S 28th St (2 Incidents), 1500 S 31st St, 1500 S Capitol St, 1200 S Newkirk St, 1700 S Ringgold St, 1600 S Rosewood St, 1900 Washington Av. 18th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 18th District, please call 215686-3180. Reporting 18th District crimes from Market St. to Woodland Ave. and 30th St. to Cobbs Creek Pkwy.: Rape: 5700 Walton Av. Arson: 5500 Larchwood Av, N 58th St & Market St. Assault: 5500 Chancellor St, 6000 Chestnut St, 6100 Chestnut St, 5400 Christian St (2 Incidents), 5400 Delancey St, 5200 Irving St, 5400 Irving St, 4600 Kingsessing Av, 6000 Ludlow St, 6200 Ludlow St, 5100 Market St, 5500 Pine St, S 53rd St & Larchwood Av, 200 S 56th St, 1000 S 60th St, 100 S Cecil St, 200 S Cecil St, 500 S Salford St, 5100 Spruce St, 5200 Spruce St, 5900 Spruce St, 6000 Washington Av. Burglary: 1200 S 45th St, 5000 Walnut St, 5800 Washington Av.

Robbery: 5200 Irving St, S 45th St & Springfield Av, 100 S 46th St, 4600 Walnut St. Theft: 4000 Chancellor St, 4100 Chester Av, 3300 Chestnut St, 5700 Chestnut St, 4700 Larchwood Av, 4500 Ludlow St, 5100 Ludlow St, 5300 Ludlow St, 5600 Montrose St, 4700 Pine St, 4900 Pine St, 5700 Pine St, 5900 Pine St, 100 S 33rd St, 0 S 36th St, 300 S 45th St, 100 S 48th St, 100 S 49th St, S 49th St & Sansom St, S 56th St & Chestnut St, S 57th St & Chestnut St, S 58th St & Chestnut St, S 60th St & Walnut St, 700 S Ithan St, 4700 Springfield Av, 4700 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 5300 Spruce St, 3900 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 4000 Walnut St, 4900 Walnut St, 5000 Walnut St, 5600 Walnut St, 5700 Walnut St, 6100 Walnut St, 6200 Walnut St, 6000 Walton Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5300 Addison St, 5000 Chestnut St, 6100 Christian St, 4500 Ludlow St, 5600 Montrose St, S 44th St & Market St, 800 S 57th St, S 59th St & Cobbs Creek Pkwy, 800 S Alden St, 500 S Salford St, 5300 Sansom St, 3300 Woodland Walk (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5200 Addison St, 4900 Catharine St, 4800 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 5600 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 6100 Chestnut St, 700 Cobbs Creek Pkwy, N 52nd St & Market St, 5500 Pine St, 300 S 40th St, S 43rd St & Spruce St (2 Incidents), 0 S 60th St, 500 S Melville St, 0 S Millick St, 0 S Redfield St, 6000 Sansom St, 5700 Spruce St, 6100 Spruce St, 3900 Walnut St, 4000 Walnut St, 5400 Walnut St, 5600 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 5800 Webster St. 19th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 19th District, please call 215686-3190. Reporting 19th District crimes from City Ave. to Market St. and 52nd St. to 77th St.: Arson: 500 N 56th St. Assault: 5600 Arlington St, 7400 Brockton Rd, 6300 Callowhill St, 6200 Jefferson St (2 Incidents), 6400 Malvern Av, 7600 Malvern Av, 6400 Morris Park Rd (2 Incidents), 2200 N 53rd St, 500 N 54th St, 0 N 56th St, 600 N 56th St, 1200 N 56th St, 600 N 57th St, 1400 N 58th St, 1600 N 61st St, 100 N 63rd St (2 Incidents), 600 N 63rd St, N 63rd St & Vine St, 1300 N Alden St, 1600 N Allison St, 100 N Conestoga St, 200 N Gross St, 200 N Simpson

St, 7700 Overbrook Av, 5700 Race St, 6200 Race St, 7300 Ruskin Rd, 5900 Upland Way, 5400 Vine St, 5200 W Columbia Av, 5200 W Girard Av, 5300 W Girard Av, 6500 W Girard Av, 6100 W Oxford St, 800 Wynnewood Rd. Burglary: 0 N Salford St, 5500 Wyalusing Av. Robbery: 5200 Lebanon Av, 0 N 53rd St, 100 N Wilton St. Theft: 5700 Arch St, 6300 Drexel Rd, 5300 Gainor Rd, 6700 Haverford Av, 300 Horton St, 5400 Hunter St (2 Incidents), 5500 Master St (2 Incidents), 5300 Media St, 1200 N 52nd St (2 Incidents), 1600 N 52nd St, N 53rd St & Haverford Av, 1700 N 54th St, N 54th St & Diamond St, 0 N 60th St, 1400 N 62nd St, 1800 N 77th St, 0 N Peach St, 200 N Robinson St, 6300 Vine St, 1800 Wynnewood Rd. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 7600 Brentwood Rd, 5300 Haverford Av, 6200 Haverford Av, 5800 Master St, 0 N 52nd St, 1900 N 54th St, 1200 N 60th St, 1600 N 60th St, 1000 N 67th St, 200 N Peach St, 5400 Race St, 6100 W Columbia Av, 5400 Wyalusing Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 7000 Brentwood Rd, 6300 Church Rd, 5400 Euclid St, 5700 Haverford Av, 6000 Haverford Av (2 Incidents), 7500 Haverford Av, 5600 Hunter St, 5700 Hunter St, 1300 Kimberly Dr, 5500 Lansdowne Av, 6200 Lansdowne Av, 6600 Lansdowne Av, 5700 Malvern Av, 7600 Malvern Av, 5600 Market St, 1100 Marlyn Rd (2 Incidents), 6000 Media St, 6200 Media St, 6400 Morris Park Rd, 0 N 52nd St, 100 N 53rd St, 1200 N 55th St, 1400 N 56th St, 600 N 63rd St, 800 N 64th St, 900 N 65th St, 200 N Felton St, 1400 N Felton St, 1500 N Robinson St, 1600 N Robinson St, 100 N Vogdes St, 400 N Wanamaker St, 400 N Wilton St, 5500 W Girard Av, 6100 W Girard Av (2 Incidents), 6500 W Girard Av, 6000 W Oxford St. Crime Incidents as reported by the Philadelphia Police Department via opendataphilly.org. Feedback and inquiries can be sent to Dorian@ Pressreview.net. This crime report does not cover the entire boundaries of each police district. It reflects only incidents in or near our circulation areas.

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“We want to remind everyone that getting the n an effort to boost second dose is important the statewide to help protect against COVID-19 vacCOVID and the delta cination rate, the Pennvariant,” she said. sylvania Department of About 255,000 resiHealth said residents dents will receive these who missed their second text messages, including dose will soon receive those who received their text message reminders first dose more than 42 to complete the immuni- days ago. The departzation series. ment said it’s using Acting Secretary of phone numbers gathered Health Alison Beam said from providers who adlast week federal data ministered doses to resishows that about 65% of dents between Dec. 14, the new virus cases in 2020 and May 14, 2021. the region that includes “While the recomPennsylvania are caused mendation is to get the by the delta variant. second dose within 42 While breakthrough days for best results, we cases have occurred in know that schedules can fully immunized people, be hectic and people miss Beam said unvaccinated appointments,” Beam patients represent 97% of said. “The goal of these the hospitalizations and reminders is to make 99% of the COVID-19 sure people know that

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About 63.2% of residents have been fully vaccinated, according state data. Maggi Barton, a department spokesperson, said Tuesday that 500 people remain hospitalized with the virus and eight deaths were reported on Monday.

She said data shows a correlation between increased vaccination rates and lower COVID-19 case counts, so the dePat Moore, with the Chester County Health Department, fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before partment is focused on boosting immunizations administering it to emergency medical workers and healthcare personnel at the Chester County Government Services Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. to keep the virus’s spread Center, Matt Slocum / AP Photo under control.

“Pennsylvania has between increased vacto contact patients, she made tremendous strides older,” she said. “Addicination rates and lower added. in vaccinating individu- tionally, data has shown COVID-19 case counts.

“Gov. Wolf and leaders that there is a correlation We cannot stress the als aged 12 years and of the House and Senate importance of eligible bipartisan vaccine task Pennsylvanians getting force sent a letter last vaccinated to stop the week encouraging legisspread of COVID-19.” lators to do everything House Republicans, possible to urge people however, said the plan to get the COVID-19 vacraises “serious privacy cine,” she said. “That’s concerns” and worries where the House GOP that the department should be focusing, crossed a line in gathernot fearmongering that ing the personal informa- spreads disinformation tion and now may not do and puts people at risk.”

“We are committed to enough to protect it. do everything possible to “Ultimately, Pennsylsave lives and stop COvanians who have received this vaccine either VID-19, we would hope out of a sense of duty the House GOP will join or to protect themselves the fight,” she added. and loved ones deserved Gottesman said “no better notice that their one gave the Wolf adprivate health and perministration” permission sonally identifiable infor- to contact them or share mation will be used by their personal informathe Pennsylvania Depart- tion with third parties. ment of Health to track “While everyone is their vaccination status, committed to stopping potentially contact them the spread of this virus at home, and be proand associated variants, vided to third parties,” including through a rosaid Jason Gottesman, a bust vaccine deployment, spokesman for the House this is nothing short of Republican Caucus. bait and switch by the Barton said the resiDepartment of Health dents provided the infor- that does nothing to mation when registering further confidence in the for their initial vaccinavaccine distribution protion appointment. The cess or the security of pritext message reminders vate information given to are the same strategy providers or government health care providers use entities,” he said.

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