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Airy couple’s tragedy confounds family, friends
by JENNIFER KATZ
For the family and friends of murder victim John Fullard Jr. and
his fiancé and alleged murderer Tanika Davis, the early morning
events of Feb. 2 are a complete departure from the couple they knew
and the life they shared.
Davis was arrested just over 24 hours after she called police to
the home she shared with Fullard in the 400 block of Glen Echo Road.
Davis told police that she accidentally shot Fullard who was found
lying on the floor in the living room. Fullard was pronounced dead
15 minutes later from a single gunshot wound to the head.
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Local
retaurateurs survived Cambodian holocaust
by LEN LEAR
For most restaurant owners, the 24/7 grind of the business —
the relentless details, the non-existent personal life, the vacations
and hobbies that have to be forsaken and the countless other sacrifices
— may be a dystopian burden that can never be repaid by mere
money.
But compared to what they experienced during the Cambodian holocaust
of the 1970s, Kim and Huoy Ngov smile in their restaurant, Jasmine
Asian Bistro in Glenside, as if they are on a permanent vacation,
so happy are they to be able to operate their own restaurant without
fear of intimidation, persecution, government theft, arrest, torture
or worse.
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End
of an era for CHC men
by TOM UTESCHER
In a sense, the conclusion of the 2006-2007 season ended the first
chapter in the history of the Chestnut Hill College men’s
basketball program.
Jesse Balcer, who became the Griffins’ head coach when the
men’s team was launched in 2003, is about to see his first
class of freshmen graduate. His team reached the threshold of the
NCAA Division III tournament this year, and now CHC will undertake
an entirely new challenge, stepping up to Division II and gaining
the ability to award dedicated athletic scholarships for the first
time.
At the start of the season, Chestnut Hill’s goal was to
win the North Eastern Athletic Conference, thereby earning the team’s
first invitation to the Division III tournament. By the beginning
of January, though, a tough early-season schedule that included
several Division II opponents had yielded a 4-7 record for the Griffins.
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CLOSE
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by Brian Rudnick
Q: WHAT’S WITH THE FRANKENSTEIN ON THE CAR?
A: My husband’s a painter and this was an easy canvas.”
Meg Hagele, owner of the High Point Café, Greene and Carpenter
Streets. Visit http://closeup.brianrudnick.com
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