February
22, 2006 Issue
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February
22, 2006 Issue
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A bird’s
eye view of the New Covenant campus.
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The word went out Friday that New Covenant Church of Philadelphia, 7500 Germantown Ave., proposed transitional housing for 50 homeless women and their children.
“The church would rent out the space,” said Frank Galioto, director of constituent services for Councilman at-large Frank Rizzo. Galioto is also chair of the Traffic, Transportation and Parking Committee for the Chestnut Hill Community Association.
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After raising $24.6 million in its six year redevelopment campaign, Springside School revealed the 52,000 sq. ft. Phyllis M. Vare Field House Thursday, Feb. 9.
The field house was the third phase of Springside’s redevelopment project that, at its beginning in 1999, was assumed to be impossible.
In the development stage of the program, the school staff was considering hiring a consultant for the fundraising. One of the potential consultants told them that with an all-female alumnae body, they could only hope to raise about $4 million. Head of the School Priscilla Sands said this comes from the belief that women are less likely to talk directly about financial issues and therefore less likely to give, but she did not want that mindset to limit their campaign.
The permit to allow Commerce Bank to continue the construction begun this fall at 8600 Germantown Ave. was refused by the Department of Licenses and Inspections on Monday, Feb. 13. The application refused would have allowed the “legalization of the partial demolition and re-erection” of parts of the property, according to the notice of refusal from L&I.
When Eden Krainer moved to Chestnut Hill from Carrboro, N.C. two years ago, she was eager to find out where she could buy locally grown and/or organic produce. She was fortunate enough to live near a co-op in Carrboro that she could walk to which specialized in goods from local and organic farmers. Now in a new city and without a car, Krainer turned to a neighborhood run co-op.
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The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation has decided to sell the Sugarloaf property, 9230 Germantown Ave., to Chestnut Hill College. The 35-acre property runs parallel to Germantown Avenue from Bells Mill Road to the Wissahickon Creek. The purchase is expected to be finalized this summer.
The annual celebration of Mardi Gras is most famous for its origins in New Orleans, where the streets are full of celebratory parties and parades each year. For 2006, Mardi Gras is also being celebrated in the streets of the Chestnut Hill business district for colorful, musical and edible festivities.
In a non-conference home game last Thursday night, the women’s basketball team at Chestnut Hill College made a sweet 16th entry in its win column, a laudable achievement for a squad that has only half that number of players on its entire roster.
Before last Thursday, most people at Penn Charter couldn’t have told you when the boys squash team had last won the Inter-Ac League championship.
One of the exceptions is Geoff Shields, who is just wrapping up his ninth season as the Quakers’ coach. Shields was a senior playing the number three spot for the PC racquetmen when they beat out Episcopal Academy for the honor in 1975.
Penn Charter and Episcopal Academy shared the squash championship in the Girls Inter-Ac League this winter, and the parity between the two teams was underscored when they participated in the Middle Atlantic Squash Association tournament at Lawrenceville School earlier this month.
While powerful Villa Maria Academy was the clear favorite going into the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies swimming championships, second place was up for grabs amongst several other squads.
In their last regular-season home game, you can be assured that the Chestnut Hill College Griffins did not want to go out with a 20-point loss, but that was their fate last Tuesday night as they suffered an 89-68 setback at the hands off visiting Villa Julie College, a colleague in the North East Athletic Conference.
Four days after their Athletic Association of Catholic Academies campaign ended with a semifinal playoff loss to eventual champ Villa Maria, the Mount St. Joseph Academy Magic closed out their 2005-2006 basketball season in the first round of the District I Class AAAA tournament.
Ending their second season since ice hockey returned to Chestnut Hill Academy, the Blue Devils defeated the Malvern Prep JV team, 8-6, last Tuesday in a CHA “home” match played at Old York Road Skating Club in Elkins Park.
Lakers alone in first place. The Lakers improved their league leading record to 8-1 with a 54-49 win over the Kings giving them just their second loss as the Friday night league winds down their regular season.
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“Thurgood Marshall convinced me that my race wouldn’t matter, So I said ‘OK, I’ll give it a try.’” Chestnut Hill resident Marvin Wachman explains how it is that he became a white president of America’s oldest historically black college, a job he accepted at the height of the Civil Rights’ Movement.
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A blend of past experience in the restaurant business and his former residence in Seattle – famous for its coffee obsession – is the fuel behind Sultan Malikyar’s passion for coffee and customer service.
As owner of the Chestnut Hill Coffee Company, 8620 Germantown Ave., each morning he greets his customers with the aroma of coffee. He introduces his customers to a coffee that is often lost in today’s latte-and-whipped-cream experience – a carefully and purposefully blended recipe.
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We can all relate to a song that speaks to us. Depending on the circumstances in our lives, song lyrics and melodies can bring out our best and worst emotions that float below the surface of our demeanor. Songs that remind us of people, events or moments create the soundtrack of our lives.
Nan
Ides reaps what she sews — a terrific book
by PAULA M. RILEY
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I was nine years old when I stapled my sewing badge to the sash of my Girl Scout uniform. I don’t remember whether or not I completed all the assignments for the badge, I just remember trying hard to hide the metal staple on my green cloth sash.
Candles
burning brightly on Hill for Cathy McGuckin
by PAT STOKES
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Just couldn’t resist the quote from Edna Saint Vincent Millay, “My candle burns at both ends: it will not last the night.” If ever “burning the candle at both ends” were a designation for hard work, persistence, know-how and dedication to the job, then let’s hear it for Cathy McGuckin, a prime example of a good old American success story built on all of the above.
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