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Dr. Walter D. Palmer shown with students from the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning
Partners Charter School. See “School is Back in Session” page 2

Power of
Partnerships
Alejandra Castillo, national deputy director
of the U. S. Department of Commerce’s
Minority Business Development Agency
(MBDA) delivered the keynote address at
the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware
Minority Supplier Development Council
(PA-NJ-DE MSDC) “Power of Partnerships”
Business Opportunity Convention.
Hundreds of minority business enterprise
(MBE), Fortune 500 company, and
government representatives attended this
3-day event held at the Borgata Hotel
Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. NJ,. With
her are (from left): Alfonso Jackson,
district officer for MBDA; Wade Colclough,
president and CEO of the PA-NJ-DE
MSDC; and Heyward Davenport, regional
director of the MBDA.
Photo Credit: Martin Regusters

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School is back in Session of everybody we have talked to locally, statewide and

nationally that such a proposal even be entertained by
Dr. Ackerman and Bob Archie. Our students in the high
school come from 17 different zip codes. They are stu-
Philadelphia public and by the public." dents who come from low-income homes. Seventy per-
thera martin

parochial schools and private Dr. Palmer cent of their families are headed by a single woman and
schools are now all back in continued, "We yet they have a ninety percent daily attendance record,
session now and that means created our high eighty-seven percent are proficient in reading math and
it’s time for our children to school three science and there were only sixteen suspensions for
be hitting the books and tak- years ago with minor infractions last school year. At the same time, the
ing their education seriously. then School District officials are talking about dealing with
One institution of learning, Superintendent the issue of Black and Latino males who drop out, fifty
the Walter D. Palmer Charter Paul Vallas who percent or more in the city of Philadelphia. We have a
School is continuing in its was really a school where children are coming to school, beating
fight to try and regain fund- friend to us and down the doors to stay in school and performing. So it
ing they lost at the end of to charters. What makes no sense, no logic for anybody inside or outside
the 2009-2010 school year happened was of education to agree with dismantling our high school.
when the School Reform Commission deemed it neces- we built that More on this story as developments continue.
sary to tell the school that over the next four years, they school with the Meanwhile if you care about your health, come out to
want to decrease the school a grade each year, until the contractual the Church of the Advocate Health Fair this Saturday,
school only accepts students from K-8th grade. Right arrangements September 11, 2010 between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 18th
now the Walter Palmer Charter School goes up to 12th made by him, Dr. Walter D. Palmer and Diamond Streets. WURD will be there and we will
grade. If the SRC has its way, that will not be the case (Vallas) and sup- broadcast live from 1:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Stop by and
by 2015. ported by Sandra Dungee Glenn, who was then the say hello.
Founder of the Charter school, Dr. Walter D. Palmer Chairperson of the SRC. It really boggles the mind that
said, this week (Tuesday, September 7), we had over
500 students and family members march on the board of
education to really confront Bob Archie, Chair of the
SRC and Dr. Ackerman to really try to get them to take
some leadership and try and resolve the issue of
Graduate! Philadelphia urges adults
demanding that all our students get to remain at our
school. We have 925 students, but the district is only
willing to pay us for 675 students, which puts our
school in peril. We have petitioned the state to pay us
considering returning to explore options
Traditional college stu- designed for adults that Philadelphia is designed to plans and one-on-one sup-
1.7 million dollars for back pay for the past three years.
dents may be streaming have courses starting make things easier for port for successful degree
That's the only way we can make sure that all these stu-
back to campus these every few weeks, and they you. We really are here to completion; waivers of
dents stay in our configuration going forward. I think
days, but Graduate! enroll new and returning help.” application fees at partner
that it’s important to note that this is really a battle
Philadelphia wants to let students throughout the Graduate! Philadelphia colleges; and much more.
about the repression that takes place out of the Charter
adults thinking about a year. is a program through Graduate! Philadelphia’s
school office and the district against Charter Schools. In
return to college know that “Going back to college which people who began mission is to increase the
the past three years there have not been any new, inde-
it’s not too late for them to is never the wrong deci- but never finished their number of adults in the
pendent community-based charter schools established.
get started in the fall sion, especially in these undergraduate degrees are regional area who hold
This is really a struggle between community controlled
semester, too. ongoing tough economic provided with free support college degrees by helping
schools, that means neighborhood community people
There are many college conditions. A college and services to continue “Comebackers” – adults
are operating schools and the district and the institution
options in the Delaware degree might give you that and finish their degrees. who have some college
of education here, which is controlled by downtown
Valley that are still accept- extra edge to help you Free services include indi- experience —finish their
Philadelphia, maintaining the same standing, as opposed
ing new enrollments, espe- land a job,” said Booker, vidual academic advising; degrees. More than
to reforms, which is really a call with the President of
cially for adult students, program advisor for guided searches to identify 70,000 Philadelphians 25-
the United States and the Secretary of Education Arne
said Laticia Booker, a pro- Graduate! Philadelphia. the best college fit; assis- 49 years old interrupted
Duncan. Civil rights activists all across America are
gram advisor for “We realize going back to tance in filing for financial their education, not for
demanding that we really have true reform. So our
Graduate! Philadelphia. college is a big – and aid and understanding aca- lack of interest or poor
struggle is not just about our school, its really a major
In fact, many colleges potentially frightening – demic credit transfer and performance, but due to
struggle that's taking place across the country, as we see,
have programs specifically step, but Graduate! transcripts; customized See “Graduate” page 4
what really amounts to a white corporate take-over of
Black and Latino education in urban settings all across
America. That's the fight that we are in and that's the
fight that we are championing and that's the fight that
we intend to continue until this matter is really known Number of Homeless children in Philadelphia
o I want the convenience of receiving under age 4 increases significantly
SCOOP U.S.A. According to a new
report the number of
the increase in homeless
young people is that moth-
tional housing stay for 330
days.
leave, 84 percent of chil-
dren are up to date. Most
every week at my home or business homeless children under ers between the ages of 18 The local report was have also been screened
the age of 17 in to 24 saw the single high- developed by the for lead poisoning. In
o 26 weeks - Only $20.00 Philadelphia grew from est rate of increase in Children’s Work Group, a addition, mothers and chil-
3,433 in 2008 to 3,582 in homelessness, 13.9 per- collaboration of public and dren who don’t have
o 52 weeks - Only $35.00 2009 -- a four percent cent. This age group is private agencies serving physicians regularly
increase. also the largest group of children in Philadelphia. receive care onsite as well
Call The report also noted all homeless mothers. as referrals for health care.
The report was printed and
(215) 232-5974 that there was a marked distributed with the sup- This shows that good
increase -- 12% -- in the According to the report, port of the Samuel S. Fels work is being done by
Fax number of very young Philadelphia Children and Fund, The Philadelphia many homeless providers
(215) 236-2945 children (age four and Youth Experiencing Foundation, the City of in Philadelphia.”
under) who were homeless Homelessness: Practical Philadelphia, and the Willard notes however
Mail in Philadelphia between Strategies for Action, the United Way of that the information was
Scoop U.S.A. 2008 and 2009 (from vast majority of families Southeastern taken from children who
P.O. Box 14013 1,493 to 1,668 children). who entered emergency Pennsylvania. made it to shelters.
In total, 46% of the housing in FY2009 had Joe Willard, vice presi- “Obviously, women and
Philadelphia, PA 19122 approximately 5,000 chil- been asked to leave their dent of policy at People’s children who are on their
dren served in emergency prior residence. Some had Emergency Center (PEC), own are less likely to get
in Person and transitional housing in been “evicted” by family which provides homeless the help they need. This
942 N. Watts St. 2009 were under the age or friends, while others families in West remains an area of major
Philadelphia, PA 19123 of five. had been evicted from Philadelphia with housing concern.”
In addition, 6.9 percent their own housing because and comprehensive social For more information,
New Renew of homeless children had of late or missed rental or services, notes that there contact Joe Willard,
high-lead levels. This is mortgage payments. On were some positive find- People’s Emergency
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Total $------- Form Of Payment: q CHECK q MONEY ORDER high lead levels of all chil- experience homelessness they arrive at a homeless download the report from
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“Celebrating our 50th Anniversary
Childwatch Katrina five years later
marian wright edelman
I have a dream
that I can go back
to my home, that I
can go back to New
Orleans.
I have a dream, a
dream filled with
hopes.
I hope my daddy
is safe.
I hope we can have a clean New
Orleans again, that New Orleans can go
back to the way it was.
I hope that all the people will be safe
and protected.
I Have A Dream
This was the dream shared by the 2005-
2006 kindergarten class at New Orleans
West KIPP Academy in Houston, Texas—children who
had just fled everything familiar in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina. Five years later, for many of Katrina’s
children and families home is still not back to the way it
was. New roadblocks keep appearing on the road to
recovery. As the recent report The New Orleans Index at
Five puts it, “It has been often said that New Orleanians
are resilient. They have to be after being dealt three
crises in five years—Hurricane Katrina and the levee
breaches, the Great Recession, and now the [BP] oil dis-
aster in the Gulf of Mexico . . . New Orleans is in the
throes of post-disasters recovery.” The city’s resilience is
still strong, but challenges remain.
The Children’s Defense Fund has been on the ground
in New Orleans since immediately after the storm operat-
ing CDF Freedom Schools® programs, which we first
opened as an emergency response to the health and men-
tal health risk encounters many children were facing. The
CDF Freedom Schools program continues to provide
summer and after-school enrichment for children in New
Orleans, and more than 30 CDF Freedom Schools sites
are serving children across the Gulf region. Education is
one of the sectors where there has been some progress
since the storm. After more than 100 of the city’s 128
public schools were damaged or destroyed by Katrina,
new public school choices have emerged that include
more public charter schools than any other school system
in the country. So far, these charters are achieving better
results than the largely failing system that existed before
the storm. But many of Katrina’s children are still suffer-
ing from effects of the original displacement, and their
families, neighborhoods, and support networks will likely
never be put back into place exactly the way they were.
Studies show the region still may not be prepared to
protect children in another disaster. Despite the fact that
more than 5,000 children were separated from their fami-
lies and listed as missing or displaced after Hurricanes
Don’t Close
Our Post
Offices
Speak to your neighbors and spread the word.
THIS IS NO SMALL MATTER!!
POST OFFICES ARE AN IMPORTANT
PART OF THE COMMUNITY!!
WE MUST TAKE ACTION NOW BEFORE
THE FINAL DECISION IS MADE AND
THE DOORS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
POST OFFICES ARE CLOSED FOREVER!
Call the following USPS Reps and tell them
you want your Post Office keep Open James
Gallagher, District Manager 215-863-5001
-- Megan Brennan 412-494-2510 **Call
Congressman Robert Brady 215-389-4627
and Congressman Chaka Fattah 215-387-
6404 also your City Council members
to share your concerns about these proposed
closing and how they will affect you.
Visit SCOOP USA on the World Wide Web: SCOOPUSANEWSPAPER.COM
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make to safely care for children in an emergency, includ-
ing plans for sheltering in place, relocating off-site, and
keeping emergency contact information available and
accessible at all times. After the Crisis contains book
Katrina and Rita, a new report issued by Save the suggestions, discussion starters, and other activities for
Children found that many Louisiana child care centers teachers to help young children who have been through
and public schools still don’t have adequate plans in many kinds of trauma, including natural disasters, epi-
place for evacuating students, notifying parents about demics, or the death of a loved one, begin to heal. These
their children’s location, caring for children with special companion books, based on hard-learned lessons from
needs, or taking other precautions during an emergency. the Katrina disaster, are valuable resources for everyone
In this, Louisiana isn’t alone: Only twelve states met entrusted with the physical and emotional well-being of
Save the Children’s standards. We must do better in tak- our youngest and most vulnerable children.
ing lessons learned and planning for the future to protect Tools like these can help adults prepare for the next
all children. time and help children who have already lived through
Dr. Cathy Grace, the Children’s Defense Fund’s trauma continue healing now—including Katrina’s chil-
Director of Early Childhood Development Policy, recent- dren, whom we must not forget.
ly co-authored two new resouårces that focus on what we
can do to help young children cope after a traumatic Marian Wright Edelman is a lifelong advocate for disad-
event and how we can plan now to protect them in the vantaged Americans and is the President of CDF. Under
future. Preparing for Disaster walks early childhood pro- her leadership, CDF has become the nation's strongest
gram administrators through the basic plans they should voice for children and families.
Coalition to erect a Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. life-size Bronze Sculpture at the entrance
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
The Artist Sculptor Rebecca-Rose tm (RMFAC
Studio) Present Plans for a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Freedom Dream” Monument in Historic Philadelphia.
The monument will be made a Gift to the City of
Philadelphia as a Legacy and Symbol of International
Human Rights and dignity for all people.
Ms. Rose, a fourth generation African-American
sculptor revealed to the public her designs for the monu-
ment, as well as the Coalition’s plans to bring visibility
to the Drive, in Dr. King’s honor.
This is a history in the making tribute in Philadelphia
to Americas Renown Nobel Peace Laureate. This tribute
honors Dr. King, the City of Philadelphia, and R. Sonny
Driver, Publisher, SCOOP, USA Incorporated. Mr.
Driver spearheaded the naming of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Drive, with the support of the City of
Philadelphia and over 60,000 citizens in petition.
Philadelphia’s leaders, community organizations, cul-
tural families and sponsors are being asked to support
the Dr. King’s “Freedom’s Dream” Monument.
We ask your support at this time to provide us with a
letter of interest if you are able and willing to make this
tax-exempt donation. For your contribution of one thou-
sand dollars ($1,000.) dollars, your name or that or your
organization’s will be engraved on the granite base of
the monument as a living legacy of your support.
Neither deposits nor payments are required at this time.
Please forward to SCOOP USA, the enclosed
Expression of Interest Pledge Form, so that we may
gather and forward your letter along with others to the
Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition who have
expressed an interest to be our Fiscal Agent for the pro-
ject.
We welcome an opportunity to talk or meet with you regarding the details. Contacts: Rebecca
Rose: (215) 833-9082 (cell), e-mail: /rebeccarosermfac@yahoo.com or SCOOP 215-232-5974
PLEDGE FORM
Please indicate your preliminary interest or pledge below to contribute to the Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Monument fund. No money is required at this time. We will
include you in the Sponsors and Supporters Preview Reception. Our Fiscal agent
will follow up for a 501c3 tax exemption for your contribution.
Check box:
> Donor of $1,000. / Name to be engraved on monument base as testament of sup-
port,
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> General contributions of any amount are welcomed.
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Cultivating Peace III

When we realize we are divine beings, we will be
inspired to cultivate the numerous gifts, talents and
unlimited potential within each of us. Once we know
who and what we are, we will be liberated from the
“The person who fails moral rectitude in the face of long established state sanc-
junious r. stanton

dreadful caricatures this barbaric and racist culture creat-

to make use of their wis-
dom becomes a fool”-
Yoruba Proverb
Our African ancestors
who were forced to
became prisoners of war;
who were brutalized,
dehumanized and debased
by Western trading com-
panies and states had to
develop ways to maintain
their sanity in the midst of
a totally insane social
environment. Violently
cut off from their ancient African cultural heritage
by a people whose goal was to turn them into
beasts of burden, whose captors feared them
holding on to their family ties, spirituality and commu-
nal ways of living, our ancestors had to find ways to
make the best of unfathomably horrific situations.
While we are not subjected to the harsh physical bru-
talization our ancestors suffered today, we still remain
victims of a diabolical program of menticide, the attempt
to destroy our minds residing in a culture that for us
bodes spiritual annihilation. One has but to look around
at us on every level whether it is the well to do or the
brothers and sistahs mired in abject poverty to see how
this society has imposed an anti-life, predatory, material-
istic, and cannibalistic mind set on us. We have lost all
semblances of higher consciousness and morality. There
was a time when Africans in bondage were the moral
compass for this degenerate society. Our people decried
slavery because we were its victims, Africans railed
against the virulent oppression and terrorism that fol-
lowed Reconstruction on into the twentieth century. It
was Africans who forced the US government to look at
itself and make changes. Now it seems many whites
want to return to a by-gone era of hatred and caste.
Beginning in the late 50's Martin Luther King Jr.
blended the tactics of Henry David Thoreau and
Mahatma Ghandi to fashion a unique social movement
that brought down apartheid and color caste in the
South. He did it by espousing peaceful resistance and
tioned immorality, racism and violence. The Civil Rights
movement was a turning point in US history. King used
non-violence, non retaliation and wisdom to defeat a
vicious mindset and political system that had formed the
foundation of this country. In so doing King demonstrat-
ed to many Euro-Americans a better way to exist in the
world and a better way to view themselves. But the rul-
ing elites still want it all for themselves. To get their
way, they will risk global annihilation and world wide
war. Their psychopathy knows no bounds. Deceit and
cunning manipulation of seeming differences and socio-
economic circumstances are the main tools they use to
divide and rule.
But all is not lost. The Buddha several hundred
years before the birth of Christ spoke of the power of
love to transcend hatred. He said, “In this world hatred
ceases not with hatred, only by love will hatred cease.”
Marvin Gaye said it this way, “War is not the answer for
only love can conquer hate.” Indeed, love is the answer,
as corny as it may sound. The sooner we accept this
deep truth, realize and actualize genuine love for our-
selves and others the sooner we can change the world.
We change the world by changing ourselves. When we
truly love ourselves thoroughly we will demand the best
for ourselves and manifest it in our lives. When we love
ourselves we will not debase, degrade or humiliate our-
selves, our people or humanity in any way. We only have
to apply the ancient wisdom and truth at our disposal.
An outgrowth of self-love is peace and compassion.
When we love ourselves we will think the best about
ourselves and our people. We will honor who we are and
give thanks to the CREATOR for making us exactly the
way we are. At the same time we will have compassion
for those walking in ignorance. Once we love ourselves
we will stop being ashamed of who we are, how we look
and we will stop trying to look like and be something we
are not! Once we realize we actually are DIVINE
BEINGS inhabiting a magnificent physical body, we will
honor our divinity by respecting the temple in which it
resides.
ed and use to define (limit) us and keep us in bondage.
Freeing our minds opens us to new possibilities and
potential. We see ourselves and the world differently and
act accordingly. In fact, we can have pity and compas-
sion on our enemies because they are detached and
alienated from the ALL and they see themselves as sepa-
rate from everything in nature including themselves. We
will understand why they behave the way they do and
why it seems genuine morality and kindness are lacking
in their being. This realization will bring even more
peace of mind, because we will realize we cannot
change them or anyone else for that matter. We must
change ourselves for the better, improve ourselves and
work to make this a better world. It may not change our
outward circumstances and environment measurably
right away but it will change us and this change is a
great beginning.
Once we realize who we really are, we can choose not
to go for the okey-doke and flim-flam this culture pro-
motes. We can then make choices for our best interests.
We can escape the MATRIX, the false reality the corpo-
rate mind control apparatus promotes, what the
Buddhists call the illusions of this world. We will tran-
scend our addictions and become free of the psychologi-
cal chains and hold this culture has upon us. In so doing
we will embrace a higher consciousness, morality and
way of life even though it means we will not be in con-
formity with the dominant culture.
We must learn to depend upon the Inner Guide, the
WISDOM and INFINITE INTELLIGENCE within us.
This guidance is never wrong even when it tells us to go
against the grain of conventional thinking/habits. Our
inner guide will never lead us into bondage or degrada-
tion. We ignore this inner wisdom at our own peril. We
have free will. We are not automatons or zombies. We
have the power of life, cogitation and locomotion. These
powers can be tapped to help reshape our lives and our
environment. We can choose to be fools and slaves or
we can choose to be free. The choice is up to you.

September Song
Another September. So
harry polis

far, the weather is beautiful;

the plants are still blooming.
It's been the hottest summer
on record; most of the lawns
are brown and lots of the
small trees and plants have
died from the drought. We
hear about global warming,
but ever since that hoax,
people decided global
warming was a hoax.
Apparently, global warming is real. The ice caps
are melting; the ocean is heating up; our weather
is turning weird and wild; our summers are hotter
and our winters are supposed to be
The Lincoln University Interns, seated are: Yemisi Ibidapo, Exelon Power Operations;
colder. We're losing miles of the Eva Ovadje, Exelon Power; Courtney Tipper, Hydro Licensing Group; Roddel Remy,
Brazilian rain forest every day; Exelon Power Marketing & Trading; AABE Mentors top left to right: Peter Singh,
cutting off the tops of mountains; PECO; Alisa Harris-Daniels, Exelon, Joi C. Spraggins, President, Legacy Pathways; and
and polluting the water, air, and Harold Yeldell, Exelon. Martin Regusters photo
food. Oh, yeah, we're also deci-
mating scores of animals like Legacy Pathways, a management consultant firm, LP intern/mentorship program to compliment corporations
sharks for their fins, or skins, or Bridge Program for College Interns, and the program’s such as EXELON internship and mentoring programs.
whatever rumor has it will increase strategic partner, African-American Blacks In Energy The interns received professional development and
our potency, life, or memories. (AABE), congratulate the participates, Lincoln leadership development training that focuses on val-
We're a mess or rather, we've been University interns, on the successful completion of ues, competence, and skill sets that will help them
making a mess for hundreds of their Internship Program with Exelon Corporation. transition from college to working in various Exelon
years. Legacy Pathways Bridge Program customized its business units.
Talking with strangers on the Internet, I find their
ignorance of facts to be terrifying. We may be unable to returning students— able at Center is operated in part-
persuade tea baggers of reality, but isn't it our duty to
spread the truth as best we can? So many people are
suffering now, unable to find employment and losing
Graduate Comebackers—from
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two or four-year college Philadelphia higher educa- Philadelphia is an initia-
Obama warned us he couldn't solve all our problems in non-academic challenges degree. tion partnership includes tive of the Philadelphia
one fell swoop. We now have a health care program related to cost of tuition, Graduate! Philadelphia 17 area colleges: Chestnut Workforce Investment
coming into place. He ended our war in Iraq although, the need to generate has already helped more Hill College, Community Board and the United Way
no, he can't repair all the damage W did there. With a income, or the lack of than 650 “Comebackers” College of Philadelphia, and is supported by the
terribly disrespectful GOP party attempting to block his childcare. re-enroll in college. G!P The Center for Urban City of Philadelphia and
path every moment, Obama has made progress. Some Graduate! Philadelphia students have a 95 percent Theological Studies of private funders.
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tions. During the Depression, in 1937 or 1938, at the region’s workforce. many more will graduate LaSalle University, n’t complete a college
same point we're at now, the nation turned against Statistics show that earn- this spring. Another 1,300 Neumann University, degree in the past are irrel-
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Celebrating our 50th Anniversary
Opinion Imagine if the Tea Party was Black
by Tim Wise
Lets play a game, shall we? The name of the
game is called “Imagine.” The way its played
is simple: we'll envision recent happenings in
the news, but then change them up a bit. Instead
of envisioning white people as the main actors
in the scenes we'll conjure - the ones who are
driving the action - we'll envision black folks
or other people of Color instead. The object
of the game is to imagine the public reaction to
the events or incidents, if the main actors were
of Color, rather than white. Whoever gains
the most insight into the workings of race in
America, at the end of the game, wins. So
lets begin.
Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to
descend upon Washington DC and Northern Virginia,
just a few miles from the Capitol and White House,
armed with AK-47s, assorted handguns, and ammuni-
tion. And imagine that some of these protesters —the
black protesters — spoke of the need for political revo-
lution, and possibly even armed conflict in the event that
laws they didn't like were enforced by the government?
Would these protester — these black protesters with
guns — be seen as brave defenders of the Second
Amendment, or would they be viewed by most whites
as a danger to the Republic? What if they were Arab-
Americans? Because, after all, that's what happened
recently when white gun enthusiasts descended upon
the nation's capital, arms in hand, and verbally
announced their readiness to make war on the country's
political leaders if the need arose.
Imagine that white members of Congress, while
walking to work, were surrounded by thousands of angry
black people, one of whom proceeded to spit on one of
those congressmen for not voting the way the black
Why did we
Drop the Ball?
This week’s rap from the
Toby Rich
Mayor of Girard Avenue is
called, “Why Did We Drop
The Ball?” The ball that I
am talking about is the ball
of responsibility. For some
reason, the level of respect
that the old heads used to
drill into me and my friends
were not drilled into the
younger group of men that
came under us because the
level of respect that should be there is not there.
Maybe we thought that it would not be necessary but oh,
we were so wrong. Just look at what’s going on.
Have you ever seen anybody wear their pants down
where you can see their underwear on purpose? If you
need to run you can’t. When it’s cold, you will stay cold.
It just makes no sense. Even if it is their own style, it
makes no sense. But in my day, the Old Heads would
have been able to talk us out of dressing like that
because we respected them. We somehow wither lost
their respect or we never had it, but we need to work
very hard at getting it. Maybe we can put a high school
together that will teach some old-school subjects called
respect, honor and loyalty to your neighborhood and
family. First we will have to set the right example. We
cannot just talk the talk, we must walk the walk.
As for entertainment, keep going to the Dell. The sum-
mer shows are almost over.
Politically, Mayor Nutter announced an appointment
of a new City Budget Director, Rebecca Rhynhart and a
new Recover Officer named Maari Porter. I feel that
both of them will do a good job. They both have very
good credentials.
Now speaking of politics, there’s talk of Sam Katz and
former Mayor John Street becoming a team to have Sam
Katz run against Mayor Nutter. My only concern is Katz
was a Republican and then an Independent and he and
Street gave the impression that they could not stand each
other. Now it’s a possibility they could get in bed togeth-
er. I know that’s politics but at who’s expense. Should
the public suffer because of a hate affair between the
Street and the Mayor? If somebody should run against
the Mayor, it should be someone that can do a better job,
not somebody that quit every public job they had. Sam
Katz worked for the School Board but quit. He took his
kids out of the public school system that he was a part
of. That shows me a character of a rabbit – a runner.
How can he fix city government and which party will he
work with.
It’s just something to think about. I know things in our
city are rough, but do we want someone that will only
make things worse because they do not have a clue as to
what they are doing? Even if Street is with him in the
beginning, if you look at the way they appeared to hate
each other before, what makes you think he would listen
to Street now if by some chance he won.
With love, honor and respect from your Mayor of
Girard Avenue, Toby Rich, Peace.
demonstrators desired. Would the protesters be seen as
merely patriotic Americans voicing their opinions, or as
an angry, potentially violent, and even insurrectionary
mob? After all, this is what white Tea Party protesters
did recently in Washington.
Imagine that a rap artist were to say, in reference to a
white president: “He's a piece of shit and I told him to
suck on my machine gun.” Because that's what rocker
Ted Nugent said recently about President Obama.
Imagine that a prominent mainstream black political
commentator had long employed an overt bigot as
Executive Director of his organization, and that this
bigot regularly participated in black separatist confer-
ences, and once assaulted a white person while calling
them by a racial slur. When that prominent black com-
mentator and his sister — who also works for the orga-
nization — defended the bigot as a good guy who was
misunderstood and “going through a tough time in his
life” would anyone accept their excuse-making? Would
that commentator still have a place on a mainstream
network? Because that's what happened in the real
world, when Pat Buchanan employed as Executive
Director of his group, America's Cause, a blatant racist
who did all these things, or at least their white equiva-
lents: attending white separatist conferences and attack-
ing a black woman while calling her the n-word.
Imagine that a black radio host were to suggest that
the only way to get promoted in the administration of a
white president is by “hating black people,” or that a
prominent white person had only endorsed a white
presidential candidate as an act of racial bonding, or
blamed a white president for a fight on a school bus in
which a black kid was jumped by two white kids, or
said that he wouldn't want to kill all conservatives, but
rather, would like to leave just enough—“living fossils”
as he called them—“so we will never forget what these
people stood for.” After all, these are things that Rush
Limbaugh has said, about Barack Obama’s administra-
tion, Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama, a
fight on a school bus in Belleville, Illinois in which
two black kids beat up a white kid, and about liberals,
generally.
Imagine that a black pastor, formerly a member of
the US military, were to declare, as part of his opposition
to a white president's policies, that he was ready to
“suit up, get my gun, go to Washington, and do what
they trained me to do.” This is, after all, what Pastor
Stan Craig said recently at a Tea Party rally in
Greenville, South Carolina.
Imagine a black radio talk show host gleefully predict-
ing a revolution by people of color if the government
continues to bedominated by the rich white men who
Philadelphia City Council
Councilwoman
Jannie L. Blackwell
Re: Jannie L. Blackwell response to Karen Heller Column, “Fawning
followers abet Greene’s rotten reign at the PHA”, dated Sunday,
August 22, 2010, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Mrs. Karen Heller
Inquirer Columnist
The Philadelphia Inquirer
P.O. Box 7788
Philadelphia, PA 19101
In your recent column, “Fawning followers abet
Greene’s rotten reign at the PHA”, (The Philadelphia
Inquirer, Sunday Edition, August 22, 2010), you erro-
neously claim that, “…serious oversight [of PHA] isn’t
being provided by the five-member board, whose rela-
tionship with Greene is so cozy that they might share a
Snuggie.” In fact, the Board has provided conscientious
oversight of PHA, as evidenced by the fulfillment of
PHA’s most fundamental mission, including the devel-
opment of literally thousands of new and refurbished
affordable housing units created during Mr. Greene’s
tenure and my service on the Board. Contrary to your
accusations, I take my role as a Commissioner on the
Board very seriously and regularly attend all meetings
of the Board. Moreover, I have only a purely, profes-
sional relationship with Mr. Greene—not the “cozy”
relationship you suggest.
To support your claim, you state that, Lucien E.
Blackwell Homes (a PHA development), located at
46th and Brown Street, is named after my late husband
and that PHA helped sponsor an annual birthday cele-
bration I give every year, to benefit the homeless. I
take strong exception to your suggestion that PHA
naming a housing development after Lucien E.
Blackwell and PHA sponsoring a celebration event for
the homeless was done for my personal benefit, or oth-
erwise compromised my ability to oversee the opera-
tion of PHA for the benefit of its residents and other
low-income Philadelphians.
You seem to blithely brush aside the possibility (and
in deed the reality), that PHA named this housing
SCOOP U.S.A. - Friday, September 10, 2010 - 5
have been “destroying” the country, or if said radio per-
sonality were to call Christians or Jews non-humans, or
say that when it came to conservatives, the best solu-
tion would be to “hang ‘em high.” And what would
happen to any congressional representative who praised
that commentator for “speaking common sense” and
likened his hate talk to “American values?” After all,
those are among the things said by radio host and best-
selling author Michael Savage, predicting white revolu-
tion in the face of multiculturalism, or said by Savage
about Muslims and liberals, respectively. And it was
Congressman Culbertson, from Texas, who praised
Savage in that way, despite his hateful rhetoric.
Imagine a black political commentator suggesting that
the only thing the guy who flew his plane into the
Austin, Texas IRS building did wrong was not blowing
up Fox News instead. This is, after all, what Anne
Coulter said about Tim McVeigh, when she noted that
his only mistake was not blowing up the New York
Times.
Imagine that a popular black liberal website posted
comments about the daughter of a white president, call-
ing her “typical redneck trash,” or a “whore” whose
mother entertains her by “making monkey sounds.”
After all that's comparable to what conservatives posted
about Malia Obama on freerepublic.com last year,
when they referred to her as “ghetto trash.”
Imagine that black protesters at a large political rally
were walking around with signs calling for the lynch-
ing of their congressional enemies. Because that's what
white conservatives did last year, in reference to
Democratic party leaders in Congress.
In other words, imagine that even one-third of the
anger and vitriol currently being hurled at President
Obama, by folks who are almost exclusively white,
were being aimed, instead, at a white president, by peo-
ple of color. How many whites viewing the anger, the
hatred, the contempt for that white president would
then wax eloquent about free speech, and the glories of
democracy? And how many would be calling for fur-
ther crackdowns on thuggish behavior, and investiga-
tions into the radical agendas of those same people of
color?
To ask any of these questions is to answer them.
Protest is only seen as fundamentally American when
those who have long had the luxury of seeing them-
selves as prototypically American engage in it. When the
dangerous and dark “other” does so, however, it isn't
viewed as normal or natural, let alone patriotic. Which
is why Rush Limbaugh could say, this past week, that
See “Tea Party” next page
development after my late husband because of his
strong legacy in this city fighting for low-income and
disadvantaged Philadelphians. In fact, he was the first
in the city to propose dedicated funding in the city
budget to address homelessness. You cast aside the
years he spent in City Council, the Pennsylvania
General Assembly and the U.S. Congress representing
the citizens who reside in the neighborhood where the
development is located. You dismiss the possibly that
the development was named in his honor, purely as a
result of his own accomplishments and commitment to
this city. Instead, you opt to trivialize his legacy by
claiming that such naming was done for my personal
benefit. Several different city facilities and programs
have been named in his honor including: the Lucien E.
Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library located
at 52nd and Sansom Streets; the Lucien E. Blackwell
Apprenticeship Program sponsored by the University
of Pennsylvania; the Lucien E. Blackwell Guiding
Light Award to honor those who have gone beyond the
call of duty in public service; and the annual Lucien E.
Blackwell Boxing Tournament, to celebrate a profes-
sion that he participated in—and that is such a vital
part of this city’s rich history. These dedications were
made by some of the city’s most distinguished institu-
tions, in his honor—not mine.
In conclusion, let me say that I have and will contin-
ue to faithfully discharge my responsibilities as a PHA
Board Member so as to improve the quality of life for
homeless, low-income and disadvantaged
Philadelphians, as long as I am appointed. Public ser-
vice for me is an honor and a gift for which I will
always be grateful. I hope that in the future, you will
review your information and investigate more thor-
oughly, before making allegations.
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Quiver Noir shares stage with Kenneth Cole

Philly Beat

Last Friday, Sept. With members of

top CDs & DvDs
Yanina Carter
Entertainment Editor

3rd I went to a fash- WMMR’s Preston & Steve

ion show that fea-
tured the work of
Qui’era Noir, by
designer Ebony
Sapp as part of
Philadelphia
Fashion Week. The
Fashion Show fea-
tured six designers
and showcasing 12
pieces. Festivities
were held at Crane Arts Building, 1400 N.
American Street and the fashions were fabu-
lous. To be selected to have her work appear
on a runway along with Kenneth Cole, whose
designs closed the fashion show were a privi-
lege, but no surprise. Ebony’s designs have appeared
throughout Philadelphia. Her designs are very creative.
She has mastered her craft successfully and Philadelphia
supports her. Congratulations Ebony!
Something dear to my heart is coming around and that
is the American Diabetes Associations Walk for Diabetes
in October, and this Saturday the Diabetic Support
Group of Liberty Baptist Church in South West
Philadelphia will have their 10th Annual Diabetes
Luncheon, on Saturday, September 11, 12 noon at
McCally Golf Country Club, 201 N. Lynn Blvd in Upper
Darby. The luncheon is held every September instead of
a meeting. The Luncheon features an abundance of
information, guest speakers, video on new developments
and acknowledgment of those strong supporters – and
great food. I have attended the luncheon a few years
back, and look forward to participating in the luncheon
on Saturday.
In case you haven’t heard, Powerhouse 2010 will be
held at the Wells Fargo Center (Formerly the Wachovia
Center) on Friday, October 22, 2010. During a news
conference that was streamed live on www.power99.com
The Hot Boyz revealed the headliners will include
Drake, Rick Ross, Neyo, Jazmine Sullivan and Meek
Millz with more artists to be announced. Tickets go on
sale this Friday September 3rd at www.comcasttix.com
and the Wells Fargo Box Office. Listeners can get a
jump on buying tickets to the event that sells out every
year by taking advantage of the pre-sale on Thursday at
10:00 AM to 10:00 PM at www.power99.com – pass-
word “power.”
Every year Power 99 fm’s Powerhouse Concert cele-
brates the station’s birthday with the hottest artists. For
all the latest info log onto to www.power99.com – key-
word “powerhouse.”
If you are a fan of “It’s Always Sunny in
Philadelphia” then you would have enjoyed this event.
Earlier this week Coors Light®, hosted a premiere
screening party to kick off season 6 of the FX comedy
series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia at the historic
Trocadero, 1003 Arch Street on Tuesday, September 7.
Tea Party
Continued from previious page
the Tea Parties are the first time since the Civil War that
ordinary, common Americans stood up for their rights:
a statement that erases the normalcy and
“Americanness” of blacks in the civil rights struggle,
not to mention women in the fight for suffrage and
equality, working people in the fight for better working
conditions, and LGBT folks as they struggle to be treat-
ed as full and equal human beings.
And this, my friends, is what white privilege is all
Keep Black Music Alive
Morning Show as the
evening’s emcees, local
fans will be the first in the
country to get a sneak
peak at the new season.
The sixth season of crit-
ically acclaimed hit come-
dy It's Always Sunny in
Philadelphia returns
Thursdays at 10 PM
beginning Sept. 16. The
series stars Rob
McElhenney, Glenn
Howerton, Charlie Day,
Kaitlin Olson and Danny
DeVito as the self-cen-
tered owners of Paddy’s
Pub in Philadelphia who
will do just about any-
thing, no matter how reprehensible, in attempt to better
their own situation. If you haven’t seen it you will laugh
in tears when you do!
Here’s an event you don’t want to miss. A Jazz
Reception, Spoken Word, Film Screening: "Justice For
Her" Sunday, September 19, 2010 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
at the African American Museum, 701 Arch St. The fes-
tivities include a panel discussion with: Bianca White,
Filmmaker/Producer; Carla Shedd, Columbia University
Professor of Sociology; Regina Austin, University of
Penn Professor of Law; Rev. Shirley Artis-Toler,
Director of Chaplaincy Services, Philadelphia Prison
System and Constance Faa'izah Saafir, Ph.D.
Justice For Her reveals how the choices that many
women make bring consequences never imagined in
their wildest dreams. Carla Shedd, Columbia University
Professor of Sociology says in the documentary, there
are women in prison even though the crime rate has
decreased. And women are the fastest growing popula-
tion of prisoners in America based on conspiracy laws.
Over 100,000 women are in state or federal prisons and
over 75% of them are mothers, grandmothers, lifers and
death row inmates that live in prison.
The book and film, “Justice For Her” was written by
Aginah Carter-Shabazz -- while fighting her cause, she is
also fighting a rare disease of the brain. Her mission is to
keep women, especially young women and at-risk teens
from engaging in practices that lead to imprisonment. A
must see film!!!
Have you heard there is new syrup out by an African
American vendor that will be hitting stores by storm?
Michele Hoskins, CEO/founder of Michele Foods
recently became the FIRST African American vendor
with Costco! She was on the Oprah Show and told her
story, rising from welfare to faring well. The website is:
http://www.michelefoods.com.
Well That’s The Philly Beat!!!
about. The ability to threaten others, to engage in violent
and incendiary rhetoric without consequence, to be
viewed as patriotic and normal no matter what you do,
and never to be feared and despised as people of color
would be, if they tried to get away with half the shit we
do, on a daily basis. Game Over.
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers
and activists in the US Wise has spoken in 48 states, on over
400 college campuses, and to community groups around the
nation. Wise has provided anti-racism training to teachers
nationwide, and has trained physicians and medical industry
professionals on how to combat racial inequities in health
care. His latest book is called Between Barack and a Hard
Place.
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Professor Thomas A. Dorsey, Blessed composer

sent to earth from African American Music
Copyright James G. Spady, 2010
"Writing music, playing it and learning things was all
a gift to me, and I developed that gift. After I got older, I
had to go to some school. Then, as I got to be well
known, I got degrees from several schools. They’d just
give them to me. And I'd stick them around the walls.
They didn't mean that much to me but, you know, they'd
help me to get in and out of places. Lots of people know
me as just what you called me, Professor. Well, I can
live up to that. I often say that, I'm just a blessed thing
sent to earth for Black music."
... Thomas A. Dorsey
This is how Professor Dorsey described his raison
d'etre (reason for being). Sent to earth for Black Music.
That is a powerful mission. Sent to this earth to
spread gospel music in the twentieth century. It is hard
for some to realize just how much Mr. Dorsey's music
means to those blessed by the sun. Consider the 1920's
and 30's when he moved from the Blues world to help to
establish a new genre of African American music known
as Gospel. Recently scholarship on the musicological
features of this music elucidates the many innovations.
This music grew out of the need of transplanted Africans
in the new world to express the joy, pain, love and belief
of a forward moving people. No matter what vicissi-
tudes they faced, the notion of a better day was ever
active. In 2010, when all around you seems to be sink-
ing, Gospel music has the power to help to make things
right, to bring about peace in the midst of a storm.
Father of musicians should began their journey in concert at
Gospel Music Tindley, honoring both the tradition and the man who
Centuries laid the foundation.
ago, Africans Thomas Dorsey was born in Villa, Rica, Georgia on
in the U.S.A. July 1, 1899. He came from a family where learning had
coped with an a place equal to music. His grandfather was an early
onslaught of graduate of the Atlanta Baptist College where Dorsey
evil right here was also formally taught music. Son of a Georgia
in the wilder- Country preacher, both of Dorsey's parents played the
ness of piano. They encouraged his musical pursuit at an early
America. agee. There was a joint pursuit of sacred and secular.
Reigns of
terror. Met Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and A Group of
Fortunately, Powerful Blues Avatars
they had a gift Dorsey describes his contact with Blues World Artists
for song. in these words: "I got the chance in my early days to
Sorrow songs. meet many of the stars of that time like Bessie Smith. I
Field hollers. knew her. Ma Rainey, I knew her. In fact, I traveled with
Moans. Professor thomas A. Dorsey her. I was her jazz band leader for three sessions on the
Shouts, Blues, old TOBA [Theater Owner Booking Association]). The
Jazz, Ragtime, Barrelhouse music. Their sacred and sec- man who booked you, owned you. There were no
ular songs were born in a strange land amongst middlemen. If they wanted to fire you, they fired you
strangers. What kind of people produced Gospel? Who and nobody could do anything about it. I became Ma
is the 'Father of Gospel"? Although Thomas Dorsey is Rainey's jazz band leader and traveled on this circuit for
known as the Father of this music, his 'father' in this another three years. We played at theaters where I'd sold
gospel world was Rev. Charles H. Tindley, first known pop as a boy from eight to ten."
composer of the remarkable African American Among his other teachers were Eddie Heyward, Sr.
antecedent to Gospel, the Gospel Hymn. How many and Ed Butler, the house pianist at the '81 Theater" on
times have you walked pass Tindley Temple right near Decatur Street in Atlanta. You would have to ask
South Street on the Avenue of the Arts and never enter- Professor Eleanor Traylor about the importance of this
ing the sanctuary bearing the name of the man who com- venue to African American music. William L. Dawson,
posed the first known Gospel Hymn? Young gospel the distinguished composer, arranger and former director
of the famed Tuskegee Institute Choir that opened Radio
City Music Hall in New York City, has compared the '81

Clothing God’s Little Children Theater to the Apollo in Harlem.

Do You Remember Atlanta's "81 Theater"?

The members of Saint If anyone would like to Thomas Dorsey vividly recalls, " It was at the 81
Matthew A.M.E. Church use their sewing gifts we Theater that I met the legendary Ma Rainey. She and Pa
located at 215 N 57TH meet every second and Rainey came to the 81 when I was 12 or 13. I met Bessie
Street know there are fourth Saturday of the Smith there, too. Ma Rainey used to teach Bessie. You
times when God will put a month from 9 a.m. until 2 know, Bessie grew up around Atlanta and she owed a lot
vision in your spirit to uti- p.m. Please come and join to Ma, who was very generous and kind." The poet,
lize your gifts. us or contact the church at
Some of the members 215-472-4784 See “African American music” page 11
have gotten together with
donations of sewing sup-
plies and utilizing our
sewing skills. They have Saturday, September 11
made 83 kids tee shirts and
15 kids skorts and donated 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
them to the Intercultural
Family Services, Inc.
There is always a need
in our community and this
is one of the ways that the
Saint Matthew A.M.E. has met that need. We are God’s way for God’s sup-
Sewing Ministry members doing God’s work in port.

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

calendar photo contest
Philadelphia Parks &
Recreation is announcing a
contest for photographers
who would like their digi-
tal photos included in the
official Philadelphia Parks
& Recreation 2011 CAL-
ENDAR. Calendars are a
wonderful way to remind
us of the beauty and
importance of Parks and
Recreation in Philadelphia
throughout the year.
ANYONE who has taken a
digital photo of a
Philadelphia Park or
Recreation scene is eligi-
ble to be published in the
2011 Calendar. The
LOVE Gift Shop in the
Fairmount Park Welcome
Center (1599 John F.
Kennedy Boulevard in
LOVE Park) will offer the
limited edition 2011
Calendars for sale to
tourists and the general
public. Photo submissions
begin 9/6/2010. Here is
how the contest works:
* Gather your digital
photos of Philadelphia’s
Fairmount Park and/or
Recreation Sites: land-
scapes, wildlife, historic
mansions, recreation cen-
ters, sports and activities;
all digital photos MUST
be 300dpi.
* Beginning 9/6/10 - Go
to www.FAIRMOUNT-
PARK.org and Click
LOVE
* Follow the link to reg-
ister for the Fairmount
Park 2011 Calendar
Contest.
* Photos must be appro-
priate for all audiences to
be considered; Submission
deadline is 10/10/10!
* Photos will be dis-
played on our website
www.FAIRMOUNT-
PARK.org Click LOVE
for voting.
* The top 13 photos (1
for the cover!) will be pro-
fessionally printed in a
limited edition 2011
Calendar and will be
available for sale in the
Fairmount Park Welcome
Center‘s LOVE Shop in
early November!
* Winning photogra-
phers will be credited on
the calendar with each
caption. NO monetary
compensation is offered.
ALL photos submitted
become the property of
Philadelphia Parks and
Recreation. Winning pho-
tographers will be notified
by the Marketing &
Promotions Office.
The Fairmount Park
Welcome Center is located
at 1599 John F. Kennedy
Boulevard, Philadelphia,
PA 19102 and is managed
in partnership with the
Independence Visitors
Center Corporation
(IVCC). Open Monday
through Saturday from 10
– 5, (Sun. till 4) serving
tourists, visitors and others
with information, tours
and tickets four the entire
Philadelphia region. The
LOVE Shop offers a full
line of Philadelphia sou-
venirs including authentic
LOVE Statue reproduc-
tions from world famous
artist Robert Indiana.
For more information
call 215-683-0246, or visit
us on the web: www.fair-
mountpark.org Click
LOVE
8 - SCOOP U.S.A. - Friday, September 3, 2010 Celebrating our 50th Anniversary

Collaborating for a Healthier Philadelphia

by Shari DaCosta
The Community Enrichment Fitness Network, a local
health and fitness non-profit, is gaining ground in the
battle against obesity through its partnerships.
They say it takes a village to raise a child and this is
certainly the case for Sherry Hill's "baby" the
Community Enrichment Fitness Network.
With the collaborative efforts of CEFN’s executive
director and founder Hill, community partners and
interns from local universities, the non-profit health and
fitness (established in 2007) has evolved from simply
offering six-week wellness workshops at a few local
churches, to actually showing Philadelphians the how-
to’s of health and fitness on their public access television
program “Focus on Fitness.” The show includes an exer-
cise, interview and cooking segments.
Like all of CEFN’s initiatives “Focus on Fitness,”
which first aired on PhillyCAM in mid-November of
2009, has only come to fruition because of CEFN’s team
spirit, grass-roots nature and resourcefulness.
“CEFN could not survive without its interns and col-
laborative partnerships with local universities and com-
munity partners... [these] resources…[have placed
us]…in a better position to touch more lives with our life
changing mission to empower those who want to make a
permanent healthy lifestyle change,” Hill said.
However, getting their show on air was no easy task.
It took them to the front lines eight years ago, as mem-
The Community Enrichment Fitness Network crew gathers after rapping up shooting of a
bers of the organization testified at City Council meet- season one episode of “Focus on Fitness” at Temple University’s Fitness Center. Some past
ings and gathered the faith-based community to help and present CEFN contributors include (from back left to right) Kishia White, Tiffany
Philadelphia get its Fennell-Turner, Stephanie Curry, Alan McBee, Christopher Poole, Alan McBee, Shantiska
own public access sta- Vinson, Lugenia Ricks, Rev. Jesse Brown, Sherry Hill, Dr. Michael Brown, Tim Jimenez,
tion. and David Ricks, III photo Rev. Jesse Brown
For Gretjen
Clausing,
PhillyCAM’s execu-
tive director, “The
collaboration
[between CEFN and
1st Annual Caribbean Fashion weekend
PhillyCAM] is just Movie goers were
one where they have treated to a "Taste of
totally taken advan- the Caribbean"
tage of…[the] oppor-
tunity..[they’ve] been Sunday afternoon.
incredibly resource- Models pose near the
ful…it’s been great end of the fashion
for us to show CEFN show at the Pearl
as a model for pro- Theatre at the Avenue
ducers who are inter-
Gretjen Clausing ested in making inter- North (Broad &
PhillyCam’s executive direc- esting program for the Oxford Avenue-Temple
tor has been instrumental in channel.” University). Caribbean
“Focus on Fitness” Clausing also said Restaurants through-
although there are a out the Greater
number of health shows currently on television, the
Hometown Film Festival nominated, “Focus on Fitness”,
Delaware Valley par-
show standouts because of the variety of the health and ticipated to help pro-
fitness experts that appear on the show, particularly those vide more flavor to the
from the African-American community. She also attrib- 1st of this Annual
uted their success to their thriving community presence Affair. This weekend is
and the participation of various other community mem- sponsored by the Miss
bers.
One community member that has contributed to Caribbean US
CEFN’s on-air and off-air success is Linda Taylor of Scholarship Pageant,
Taylor's Wholesome Foods Workshops. which is in it's 10th
Taylor, who served as the chef for the show’s first sea- year and was presented
son, attributed the show’s success to its focus on healthy a citation from the city.
alternatives that are easy, doable and fun.
Solomon Williams photo
See “A healthier Philadelphia” page 10

Scenes from the recently

held social event entitled
“Sweeping Out the
Summer and Falling into
the Fall” hosted by Ruth
Sizemore, pictured here
with some of her guests.
Celebrating our 50th Anniversary SCOOP U.S.A. - Friday, September 10, 2010 - 9

Thousands attend Community event to pay tribute to South Philadelphia leaders

State Representative Kenyatta Johnson host-
ed his 2nd Annual Community Appreciation
Day on Saturday, August 28, to recognize
individuals making positive contributions in
the community. More than 1,000 came out to
celebrate community leaders while enjoying a
festive atmosphere of food, fun and entertain-
ment. Those being honored included WDAS’
Patty Jackson and the Intruders, both are
proud South Philadelphian who were recog-
nized with the South Philadelphia Living
Legends Award.
Rep. Johnson, D-Philadelphia, pledged to
represent the positive change the community
desired and remains committed to advocating
on behalf of the constituents he serves. “This
was an opportunity for the community to
come together and celebrate each other and
our accomplishments,” Johnson states. “We
recognized 18 individuals and organizations
who are all serving their communities in a
positive way.”
Also honored was Ziainey Z. Stokes, an 11
year-old who has created a peer mediation
program to prevent bullying and the negative
effects it has on victims, as well as community Shown above Rep. Kenyatta johnson,
activist Michael Coard, Esq. Congressman joe Sestak, and Rep. Michelle
Special guests in attendance included Mayor
Michael Nutter, Gubernatorial Candidate Dan Brown, (right) Rep. Kenyatta johnson, Patty
Onorato, Senatorial Candidate Congressman jackson, and gubernatorial Candidate Dan
Joe Sestak, and Rep. Dwight Evans. Onorato, (below) Rep. Keynatta johnson and
Over 1,000 community members attend this
year’s festival. Michael Coard, Esq.

Unsung Hero and Unsung Shero

Local Couple Honored for Volunteer Service

McDONALD’S
®

BLACK
FRANCHISE OWNERS

THAN SELL GOOD FOOD

(Left to Right) Wali Smith and Kathleen Coleman-Smith were “McDonald’s
“McDonald’s taught me valuable life lessons, provided
provided me opportunities to
not only exceed my own expectations, but to act as an inspiration to others.”
recently recognized for their years of volunteer service.
(Photo Credit: Laura Elam-Nurse)
– Having started her McDonald’s career
McDonald’s car crew
eer as a crew member, area
member, Philadelphia area McDonald’s
McDonald’s
Wali Smith and Kathleen Coleman-Smith were recently honored franchise owner Tanya Holliday,, sees herself as a rrole
Tanya Holliday ole model.
with Unsung Hero and Unsung Shero awards for their many years
of volunteer service on behalf of the youth of Philadelphia. The
recognition awards were courtesy of The Support Community
Outreach Program (SCOP) Expo. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are
actively involved with the NAACP ACT-SO Youth Program.
10 - SCOOP U.S.A. - Friday, September 10, 2010
Ask Mr. Robinson your
Social Security question
Question: I can’t find my
patrick l. robinson, sr.
Social Security card. How
can I get a new one?
Answer: First, consider
whether you really need a
new card. You need to apply
for a replacement Social
Security card only if you
don't know your Social
Security number or, if you
need to show your card to a
new employer. If you decide
that you do need a card, you can replace it for
free in three easy steps. Step 1: Complete an
Application For a Social Security Card (Form
SS-5) Step 2: Show us documents proving
your: Identity; and U.S. citizenship or immigration
status. Step 3: Take your completed application and
original documents to your local Social Security
office or your local Social Security Card Center.
You’ll receive your replacement card in about 10 to
15 days.
Question: How can I calculate my own retirement
benefit estimate?
Answer: We suggest you use our Retirement
Estimator at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator. Our
Retirement Estimator produces estimates based on
your actual Social Security earnings record, so it's a
personalized, instant picture of your future estimated
benefit. Also, you can use it to test different retire-
ment scenarios based on what age you decide to start
benefits. For example, you can find out your estimat-
ed monthly payments if you retire at age 62 or at age
70. You also can use our benefit calculators at
www.socialsecurity.gov/planners/calculators.htm and
use the earnings shown on your annual Social
Security Statement to calculate estimates.
Question: How do I earn a Social Security credit?
Answer: A "Social Security credit" (sometimes
referred to as a "quarter of coverage") is the measure
of a person's work under the Social Security program.
The amount needed for a credit increases automatical-
ly each year as average wages increase. For 2010,
workers receive one credit for each $1,120 of earn-
ings. For 2009, the amount of earnings for one credit
was $1,090. A worker can receive a maximum of four
credits for any year. Generally, you need 40 credits to
be eligible for retirement benefits.
Question: What information do I need to apply for
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)?
Answer: Here are some of the things we will ask
A Healthier Philadelphia
Continued from page 8
The certified holistic health counselor and holistic
wellness food consultant also said she was
“happy to be a small part of this wonderful organiza-
tion.”
Another community partner Dr. Michael Brown of
Temple University said, “The partnership
between…[his] Fit4Life Program and CEFN has been
wonderful because it capitalizes on…[their] respective
strengths…[his] program provides a structure and a
venue for [CEFN] events… [and] overall [their] mission
is the same, to improve the health and wellbeing of the
community.”
Another Temple University partnership includes Dr.
Gary Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research
and Education, who has not only served as a guest for
the program but has also collaborated with CEFN at
health fairs and other programs. The Obesity Center has
also partnered with CEFN’s Fit Kids4Life program, a
division of the non-profit aimed at combating childhood
obesity.
Dr. Foster who has partnered with CEFN for the past
two years said, “They [CEFN] are very creative…they
are always thinking about next steps…and how they can
be a value to the community around a set of serious pub-
lic health issues like diabetes, obesity and high blood
pressure.”
Not only has CEFN been able to produce quality pro-
gramming and programs because of the efforts of health
professionals, but also with the help of university
interns.
CEFN’s interns hail from schools such as Temple
University and Drexel University. These interns have
served as video editors, public relations assistant, televi-
sion production assistants and consultants. The collabo-
ration has provided these interns invaluable hands-on
experience for their future career.
Temple University alumnus David Ricks, who served
as “Focus on Fitness” director for the show’s first three
seasons said, “As a filmmaker your knowledge is based
off of what you can do. You can’t gain that knowledge
for when you apply for SSI. Even if you do not have
all of the things listed below, apply anyway. The peo-
ple in the Social Security office can help you get
whatever you need. You will need: Your Social
Security number; Your birth certificate or other proof
of your age; Information about the home where you
live, such as your mortgage or your lease and land-
lord’s name; Payroll slips, bank books, insurance poli-
cies, burial fund records, and other information about
your income and the things you own; The names,
addresses and telephone numbers of doctors, hospi-
tals, and clinics that you have been to, if you are
applying for SSI because you are disabled or blind;
and Proof of U.S. citizenship or eligible noncitizen
status. If you have a bank or financial institution
account, you should have the account number avail-
able so we can have your benefits deposited directly
into your account.
Question: My application for Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) was recently denied. Can I
appeal the decision?
Answer: If you disagree with a decision made on
your claim, you can appeal it. The steps you can take
are explained in our online publication, Your Right To
Question A Decision Made On Your Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) Claim, available at
www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/11008.html. Also, you
have the right to be represented by an attorney or
other qualified person of your choice. Now, you can
request your appeal online. Simply visit the online
services page at www.socialsecurity.gov/onlineser-
vices. Then select the “Appeal a decision” link and
follow the simple instructions.
Question: What is the difference between the dis-
ability application and the disability report? Do I
have to complete both?
Answer: Yes, you will need to complete both when
you apply for disability benefits. To receive Social
Security disability benefits, you must file a disability
application. A disability report provides information
about your current physical or mental condition and
we need this to process your disability application.
You should complete a disability application, a dis-
ability report, and an authorization to release medical
records to file a claim for disability benefits.
Question: How do I know if I have enough work to
get Social Security disability benefits?
Answer: To get benefits, you must have worked
long enough — and recently enough — under Social
“See “Ask Mr. Robinson” page 14
just by reading a book or somebody telling you how to
do it…[instead] [t]he hands on experience just culti-
vate[s] your skills.”
The hands-on experience at CEFN has since helped
Ricks develop his own production company Parobania
Media and South 9 Entertainment, which he runs with a
few associates. He has also produced music videos air-
ing on MTV and filmed the short film “Acceptance.”
Ricks is also in the process of writing a feature film.
Although CEFN has been able to help interns like
Ricks in establishing their career, while building a com-
munity around their show and their other wellness initia-
tives, the organization still has a ways to go.
Hill said one of the major challenges faced by the
organization is a lack of funding. She would like to raise
funds to rent office space and hire someone to manage
the organization’s website and run some of their health
and fitness programs.
Hill is excited about CEFN hosting its first annual
Focus on Fitness Community Day event on, Saturday,
Oct. 2, 10am- 3pm at the Holy Spirit Church, 1268
Robbins Ave., located in Northeast Philadelphia. “It’s an
opportunity to showcase and recognize the talented and
gifted guests that have appeared on the show and to
increase community awareness of the TV show. The
community will have an opportunity to engage in some
fun and interactive exercise demos and sample some of
the foods and drinks from the chefs who have appeared
on the show. We have a powerful message to share with
others about the importance of making a permanent life
style change. It is our hope that that the community will
embrace it and spread it to their friends and family mem-
bers.” Hill said.
For more information about CEFN’s Focus on Fitness
Community Day event, call 215-858-4957 or visit
www.cefn.org.
Upcoming CEFN Event
What: Focus on Fitness Community Day; Where:
Holy Spirit Church at 1268 Robbins Ave.; Why: Health
and Fitness Community Day; Time 10am-3pm;
Admission: Free
Celebrating our 50th Anniversary
Black History
September 10-11, 2010
2001-The first black lawyer admitted to prac-
tice before the U.S. Supreme Court ws John S.
Rock of Massachusetts, who was certified by
the court on February 1, 1865.
1976-Death of Mordecai Johnson (86), first
Black president of Howard University, in
Washington.
1973-A commemorative stamp is issued by
the U.S. Postal Service to honor Henry Ossawa
Tanner, the first African American artist elected
to the National Academy of Design
1965-Father Divine, born George Baker, dies
in Philadelphia.
1962-Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
vacated an order of a lower court, ruling that the
University of Mississippi had to admit James H.
Meredith, a Black Air Force veteran whose
application for admission had been on file and in
the courts for fourteen months.
1961-Jomo Kenyatta returns to Kenya from
exile to lead his country
1956-Louisville, Ky., public schools integrat-
ed.
1930-Charles E. Mitchell, certified public
accountant and banker from West Virginia,
named minister to Liberia.
1913-George W. Buckner, a physician from
Indiana, named minister to Liberia
1913-Cleveland Call & Post established.
1913-Fifty-one Blacks reported lynched in
1913.
1847-John Roy Lynch, served in the 43rd,
44th, and 47th Congresses representing the
State of Mississippi as a Republican, born. He
also presided as a temporary chairman over the
Republican National Convention of 1884 and
was the first African American to deliver the
keynote address.
September 11th
1977-Quincy Jones wins an Emmy for musi-
cal composition for the miniseries Roots. It is
one of nine Emmys for the series, an unprece-
dented number
1974-Haile Selassie I is deposed from the
Ethiopian throne.
1962-Two youths involved in voter registra-
tion drive in Mississippi were wounded by shot-
gun blasts fired through the window of a home
in Ruleville. James Forman, of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
asked the president to "convene a special White
House Conference to discuss means of stopping
the wave of terror sweeping through the South,
especially where SNCC is working on voter reg-
istration.
1959-"Duke" Ellington get's the Spingarn
Medal for his musicial acheivements
1953-J.H. Jackson, pastor of Olivet Baptist
Church, Chicago, elected president of the
National Baptist Convention at Miami meeting.
1943-Lola Falana, dancer, born
1923-Charles Evers, brother of Medgar,
Mayor of Fayette Miss. (elected 1969), born
1885-Moses A. Hopkins, minister and educa-
tor, named minister to Liberia.
1851-Blacks routed a band of slavecatchers
attempting on reenslaving escaped slaves in
Christiana, Pennsylvania. One white was killed
and one wounded.
1740-An issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette
reports on a Negro named Simon who reported-
ly can "bleed and draw teeth." It is the first men-
tion of an African American doctor or dentist in
the Colonies.
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Health News
Ant bites and stings
claudelle evans

is make a paste, and then apply it directly to your bite.

Some types of ants, like
fire ants, are venomous.
Ant bites and stings are
typically painful and result
in a red skin bump. Fire
ants bite first to hold on
and then sting. Fire ant
stings produce a sharp pain
and a burning sensation and result in a white,
fluid-filled pustule or blister a day or two after the
sting, lasting from three to eight days. There may also
be itchiness, redness, and swelling at the site.
Carpenter ants bite and, although they are not ven-
omous, they spray formic acid into the bite, which
causes a burning feeling.
Unlike many other ants, fire ants do not really bite,
they sting. But then, neither do mosquitoes and we call
those bites, too. The fire ant will bite with its pinchers,
but that is only to get a tight grip on you. Then they
sting you from their abdomen and inject a toxic alka-
loid venom called solenopsin. One welt can be the
result of ten stings. They hold on with their pinchers
and turn a circle, stinging you all around it. This can
result in a pea sized welt. They can then move to a dif-
ferent area and continue stinging you. About 40% of
people in infested areas, or more than 20 million, are
bitten each year by fire ants.
Scrub and massage the area with soap and warm
water.
If you can, try applying either of the best five ant
bite remedies we have found, or one of the home
remedies mentioned below. The fire ant toxins are 95
percent non-water soluble, so washing with water is
only going to be marginally effective. Instead, we sug-
gest vigorously massaging, but not scratching, the bite
with anything that will neutralize the venom. You want
to flush out as much of the toxins as possible.
Scratching is the wrong thing to do. It brings blood to
the area. Then the venom can spread to tissue that is
not damaged, resulting in more pain.
Ants are annoying little critters – except for when
In addition to dealing with the pain, it will also make
the wound itch less. As many of us know, this is also a
preferred treatment option for bee stings.
they bite. For such tiny insects, they certainly can
cause a lot of discomfort! Fortunately there are a num-
#4: Clay - Mixing clay and water is also an effec-
ber of different ant bites treatment options available, tive ant bites treatment. All you have to do is make a
many of which are completely natural. Sometimes,
paste of water and clay and spread it directly on the
natural insect bites treatment methods are the best. site of your ant bite. It will soothe the pain and burn of
After all, with ant bites, bee stings, or any other type
the bite. It will also relieve the itching.
of insect bites, it typically happens at home, and you
may not have time to go running to the store to get
#5: Tea Bags - As mentioned, the bite of the ant is
some relief. The ant bites treatment options listed quite acidic. Tea or, more correctly, tea bags is another
below are completely natural, comprised of items you
effective ant bites treatment which works to neutralize
likely just have lying around the house! that acid. Tea contains tannic acid, which works as the
neutralizer. Most people say that black tea works best.
#1: Fruits and Vegetables - That is something of a All you have to do is place the tea bag against the bite.
catch all cure, because there are quite a few fruits and
vegetables which can be helpful with ant bites or at
least their extracts and juices can be beneficial. For
instance, you can put lemon juice, straight, onto the
bite of an ant. The acidity can neutralize and counter-
act the acid found in the bite. Similarly, a poultice
W E N EVER S TOP
made from lemon balm its leaves, crushed and water
can soothe the bite of an ant. You can also simply
place a slice of cool cucumber onto your ant bite.
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Likewise, you can cut a clove of garlic or an onion
and place it on the site of your bite. Then, after you
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#2: Aloe Vera - Aloe Vera is used in a number of
insect bites treatment methods actually, it is also bene-
ficial with a number of general painful skin condi-
tions, such as sunburns and rashes. It can help with
bee stings and bites from those pesky little ants. The
juice of the plant in particular is soothing. All you
need to do is cut one of the plant’s leaves open and
then squeeze the juice out onto your bite. You can also
get the gel from the plant, which will draw out any
lingering infection.
#3: Baking Soda - Making a paste out of baking
soda and water is probably the most common and well
known ant bites treatment. Literally all you have to do

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African American music
Continued from page 7
music critic and critical essayist, Professor Sterling A.
Brown of Howard University witnessed performances by
both Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. He discussed these
and other artists in the volume, Sterling A. Brown: A
Umum Tribute. Brown says of Ma, 'When she opened
her mouth she didn't have to sing a word, she would just
moan and groan, and the audience would groan with her.
She had the greatest rapport with the audience. I heard
Bessie Smith many times-- Bessie was the Empress of
the Blues. Bessie had a great voice, the acoustical
arrangements for her records were better. Nevertheless,
Ma Rainey was the Mother of the Blues and a tremen-
dous figure." How ironic, the Mother of the Blues, Ma
Rainey' had the Father of Gospel, Thomas Dorsey, as her
pianist for three years. Is it any wonder that The Blues
and Gospel share musicological features?
Spirit moving in and out. I told Jesus it would be
alright if he changed my name. Name changing ceremony.
Spirit changes. Dorsey had been sent to this earth for
Black Music. But was it the Blues that would change his
weary mind. Suddenly, a change, chains unleashed.
Change. Mr. Dorsey goes back to his experiences as a
12 year old doing his first religious composition after
hearing a sermon by Billy Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia.
He recalls what shook his foundation and released other
aspects of his creative spirit: " At the National Baptist
Convention there was an evangelistic singer named
Professor Nicks. He was great! One Sunday morning he
rose and sang a song, "I Do, Don't You." Maybe some of
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you know it. He rocked that convention: shouts, moans,
hollers, screaming. I said to myself, "That's what I want
to do. That's good gospel and I want t be a gospel singer.
That's where I first got the gospel word and I was con-
verted at that meeting. I was profoundly impressed with
what he sang. I wrote a song then and there, that week,
for the Gospel Pearl, a song book which may still be dis-
tributed by the National School Board of the National
Baptist Convention. It's on page 110. I never got the
royalties for it. I just let them have it."
Precious Lord Born Out of Pain and Sorrow
At the time Mr. Dorsey played the
Blueeeeeeeeeeeeeesss, he was known as "Georgia
Improve your voice
germaine paris Self-Assessment Test
To assess how you sound
to other people, record your
voice. Try reading to a
recorder. This may make you
a little self-conscious. Just
record a casual conversation
with another person over the
telephone. This is a situation
in which it is more difficult
to ‘fake’ your true voice.
Play it back and try to be
objective as you listen.
Ask yourself:
1. Does my voice sound shrill?
2. Does my voice sound harsh?
3. Does it sound squeezed?
4. Does my voice sound nasal?
5. Does it sound too loud?
6. Does it sound breathy?
7. Do I sound younger or older than I am?
8. Does my voice sound authoritative and make sound
like I know what I’m talking about?
9. Do I sound warm and animated or cold and distant?
10. Do I sound bland and boring?
If you answer yes to any of the questions, don’t be
disturbed. By practicing some simple daily exercises you
can learn to sound your very best. It’s a matter of replac-
ing bad speech and voice habits with better ones.
Tom" just as the Dixie Hummingbirds were known as "
The Jericho Singers" in the secular world. Ma Rainey
even recorded several of Dorsey's blues on Paramount
label.: "Brown Hearted Blues " and " Broken Soul
Blues". One discographer has pointed to the 'striking
similarity' between these blues tunes and Dorsey's world
famous composition, "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."
One of the most popular Gospel songs in the history of
the genre was composed by Mr. Dorsey. " Precious
Lord " grew out of severe pain he felt on the lost of his
wife. Traveling to a Revival Meeting in St. Louis,
Missouri, Dorsey left his pregnant wife sleeping only to
arrive in St. Louis to learn that she was dead. For a
while he thought there was no need to write more gospel
songs. His wife and young baby boy were dead. A
week following the funeral he drove to perform at a col-
lege and while there he went into the music room and
composed many songs. Professor Dorsey recalls, "
There in my solitude, I began to browse over the keys
like a gentle herd pasturing on tender turf. Something
happened to me there. I had a strange feeling inside. A
sudden calm, a quiet stillness. As my fingers began to
manipulate over keys, words began to fall in place on
the melody like drops falling from the crevices of a rock.
Precious Lord Take My Hand. Lead me on, let me stand.
I am tired. I am weak. I am worn. Through the storm,
through the night, lead me on to the Light. Take my
hand, Precious Lord, lead me home."
That Thursday evening as I sat in the audience watch-
ing Professor Dorsey rolled to the front of this massive
audience at the old Franklin Plaza Hotel, I could not
help reflect on the life of this man who had composed
blues and jazz songs as well as 400 or 500 Gospel
songs, established the House of Dorsey Music
Publishers, had songs translated into many languages.
But this night, he was leading the congregation in
singing, " Precious Lord." I realized why he was sent to
earth for Black Music.

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Celebrating our 50th Anniversary
Your Mind is a terrible thing to waste
“Apply thine heart unto instruction and thine ears to ceptionalize, rationalize,
rev. dr. wm. rocky brown, 3rd
the words of knowledge”
Since the beginning of
humanity the need for
gaining knowledge has
been a never ending quest.
Many scholars refer to
knowledge as light
because light helps us to
see in darkness. To gain
knowledge is to educate
the mind. Education is very important for survival
here in America. So important that during slavery,
the slaves were not educated in order to keep to
keep them behind and in the “Dark”. You see, one with-
out an education is very limited in ability to perform
jobs that use the mind instead of muscle. With the help
of many Americans, Black and White, our education
system has grown to be a good system for all who really
want to learn. School systems came into existence dur-
ing the Industrial Revolution with a purpose of develop-
ing and educating Americans efficiently to produce. The
process in which a school is operated is the same as a
business, supply and demand. Where there is a need for
knowledge in a certain area, the school in order to func-
tion effectively must supply that knowledge to meet that
demand.
Now this brings us to my main point and that is, if we
do not use our educational system to its fullest, we will
be like lost sheep. The knowledge of humanity is rapid-
ly growing and changing, so in order for us to keep up
we must continue to educate ourselves. With a good,
well-rounded education we will be able to think, con-
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research as well as obtain,
Proverbs 23:12 keep and respond to many
bits of information.
Yes, my brother and sisters, go to school, get all you
can and remember when you cheat, you’re only cheating
yourself. For those of you who came out of school for
some reason or another, the same way you “Dropped
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Chester Events
SEPTEMBER IS FAMILY LITERACY MONTH
AT CROZER LIBRARY
Crozer Library will be celebrating Family Literacy
Month this September. Studies have shown that read-
ing with your children is an ideal way to encourage
early literacy and makes a real difference in your
child's success in school and in life. Getting the best
for your family doesn't have to cost a lot of money: it
can be as simple as spending some quality time at
your local library! The J. Lewis Crozer Library in
Chester is where learning starts with a variety of free
programs and services to encourage literacy.
Special programs during September include a
Pajama Storytime for children ages 3-6 on Monday
evening, September 20th at 6:30p.m. Children ages 7-
12 can participate in Storytelling on Wednesday,
September 22nd from 1:00-2:00p.m. where they can
create "round robin" stories and write, share, and act
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should never let any part of your body take you where
your mind can’t keep you! Then there are some of you
who think you don’t need an education because you can
get rich by your good looks. Well let me open your mind
to this one thing: “Yesterday’s glamour, and today’s
charm, will never pay tomorrow’s rent!”
So I urge you to go forth into the future remembering
the wisdom of the late Rev. Dr. Benjamin E. Mays:
“You’re Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste!”
This is Rev. Dr. Wm. Rocky Brown, 3rd asking you to:
PLEASE JOIN TODAY TO CHANGE TOMORROW!!
out their very own stories. Teens ages 13-17 will get
their chance to shine at Storytelling II on Wednesday,
September 22nd from 3:00 – 4:00p.m., where teens
can share short stories and poems written by their
favorite author – or themselves!
During the month of September, Crozer Library
offers free library card applications for first-time
patrons and free library card replacements. The library
will also unveil its new children's listening center,
which helps to make reading more attractive for reluc-
tant readers, inspiring a love of reading at an early
age.
To encourage increased family literacy, Crozer
Library will award incentives to the family who reads
the most books during family Literacy Month. All par-
ticipants will be responsible for filling out log sheets
available at the library to document how many books
are read. The winner(s) will be announced on Friday,
October 1st.
For more information about Family Literacy Month,
please contact Ms. LaKesha Logan at (610) 494-3454,
x203.
5 302 W. 5th St. Chester, PA
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It’s back to School time at Crozer Library Party

J. Lewis Crozer Library offers free educational and
entertaining programs for the whole family to enjoy. All
programs are free; registration at (610) 494-3454.
Crozer Library is forming an Indoor Walking Club for
adults of all ages! Don’t worry about the weather—we’ll
complete walking fitness videos on our big screen TV!
Beginning Monday, September 13th, join us each week
on either or both days: Mondays at 1:00p.m. and
Wednesdays at 11:00a.m. Workouts will last 45 minutes
to one hour. Please wear sneakers and loose clothing and
check with your doctor before beginning any exercise
program.
Join us on Tuesday, September 14th at 6:00p.m. for a
Money Management Workshop that will teach you how
to live on your income and achieve your financial goals.
Learn about budgeting tools, spending plans, and how to
manage unexpected expenses. Generously provided by
the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware
Valley.
On Tuesday, September 21st at 6:30p.m., a representa-
tive from PECO Energy will educate us about upcoming
time
pricing changes. Also find out how to lower your elec-
tricity bill by being more energy efficient. Provided by
with
PECO: An Exelon Company. Frank
Celebrate literacy and education on Thursday,
September 23rd from 6:00-7:30p.m. during Back to
School Night. A presentation on “Internet Predators and
Cyberbullying” will be held for parents and educators.
Back to School Night will also feature the unveiling of
the library's new children’s listening center for reluctant
readers. There will be free giveaways, library tours, and
fun and games for the entire family.
Learn about the candidates at a Voter Information
Session on Tuesday, September 28th at 6:30p.m. Receive A Party of Parties will be staged on Friday,
unbiased information about the candidates in this year’s
election, including the governor’s race. Participants will September 10 honoring FRANK “the
be able to register to vote at this session. Generously Boss” Morianni’s”. the party will start at 2
provided by the League of Women Voters of Delaware p.m. inside on the lawn at 6 p.m. with live
County.
Crozer Library is located at 620 Engle Street in entertainment by Kellair & Friends. See
Chester. Registration is required at (610) 494-3454. val for more details. See ad on page 13.

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Security to qualify for disability benefits. Social
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employment income. When you have earned $4,480,
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benefits depends on your age when you become dis-
abled. Generally, you need 40 credits, 20 of which
you earned in the last 10 years, ending with the year
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the Breakfast Club is back ~ Saturday
Morning from Sept. 18 7 7 a.m. til 1 p.m. OLD SChOOL MAtiNEE
Welcome the Emergency team and friends
Free Breakfast, Dj Music BIG SALE SAtURDAy, OCt. 16
3 to 9 p.m.
Annual Free Rollers Day TEE SHIRTS Come out and share
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Saturday Matinee Sept. 18th ~ 3 to 9 p.m.
All Star Barber Shop Originals of yesteryear
All Bikers & Friends Welcome ~ Fun, Food Music
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Kitchen Staff Darlene, Monte & Juice SAtURDAy NitE Sunday 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
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Second Treasures Flea Market and the West Mill Creek
Association are organizing a community flea market in the West
Philadelphia section of the city. Flea markets are excellent oppor-
tunities for people to make some extra cash selling new and used
products. Many items are significantly less than the department
stores. The Community Flea Market will be held every Saturday
at 5200 Wyalusing Avenue (on the tennis courts) from 9:00 a.m.
until 5:30 p.m. Spaces are available for vendors and licensed food
vendors. For more information contact Mrs. Lee at 267-278-1142.
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D IAMOND S TREET F ESTIVAL
Celebrate the Community at the Second Annual Diamond Street
Festival on Saturday, September 11 from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Vendors call 215-806-8891 to register. The Festival will be held
from 23rd and Diamond to 23rd and Norris Sts. Flea Market from
23rd & Crosky to 23rd & Page Sts.
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M ISS B LACK P ENNSYLVANIA TO MAKE S PECIAL
A PPEARANCE AT C OMMUNITY H EALTH FAIR
Saturday, September 11, 2010, Miss Black Pennsylvania
USA 2010, Ms. Valerie Moore will make a special appear-
ance and give greetings at "Healthy and Safe Community
Fair", Laura Sims Skate House in Cobbs Creek Park, 63rd
and Walnut Streets. Free event from 10 a.m.- 3 .m. will fea-
ture for the entire family - health screenings, information
exhibits, nutritious food demonstration, healthy snacks
"biggest loser" Challenge, chair massages and give-aways.
For information: 215-685-1995
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S TART S MART - S TAY S MART
Saturday, September 11 at 11:00 a.m., Janes Memorial United
Methodist Church, 47 East Haines Street in Germantown, will
host the 5th annual Start Smart event for students in grades K-12.
Enjoy inspirational speakers, poets from the HBA special, “Brave
New Voices”, workshops for parents, a career roundtable for mid-
dle and senior high high school students, activities for the
youth, refreshments and distribution of book bags filled with
school supplies. This is a free event open to the community.
For more information call 215-844-954.
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T RANESTOP 15 TH C OMMUNITY J AZZ C ONCERT
The Tranestop 15th Community Jazz Concertfeaturing a
Tribute to Wes Montgomery will be held on Sunday,
September 12 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Felicia’s Gardens, 500 E.
Washington Lane. Musicians will include: Monette Sudler
& The Full House Quintet; Khan Jamal with Vocalist
Lauren Lark and introducing “Horns4Guns-P.R.I.S.I.M.”
Youth Ensemble. Refreshments and T-shirls available for
purchase. No recording devices permitted. For information
call: 215-438-3178, fax: 215-438-5704 or email
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An enjoyable nite down Memory Lane at Bobby Clark’s - “Here It Is Lounge” in North
Philly -- where many still hang.
NOTE: All repo’s of memory Lane pictures are available, call SCOOP at 215-232-5974.
SCOOP USA - Friday, September 10, 2010 - 15
Thetranestop@comcast.net. church at 215 844 9564. Meet us at Janes, 47 East Haines
******** street, Saturday, Sept 18th at 3!
W OMEN OF FAITH AND H OPE , I NC . ********
B REAST C ANCER S ELF H ELP S UPPORT S TREET G AMES
G ROUP M EETINGS Professional and Olympic athletes, community groups and
elected officials join thousands of youth and their parents to
Women of Faith and Hope, Inc. Breast Cancer Self Help
Support Group Meetings will be held on the following play "old school" neighborhood games such as dodge ball,
relay races, and double dutch rope! STREET GAMES(TM) is
dates:
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Canaan a free health & fitness festival on Saturday, Sept, 18 at 11 am
Baptist Church, 5430 Pulaski Avenue, Phila., PA 19144. On to be held at ParkWest Town Center, 52nd and Jefferson
street parking; Streets in Philadelphia. The event includes ACHIEVEability's
Monday, September 13, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Mercy Healthy Minds & Bodies Festival where attendees can get free
Philadelphia Hospital, 501 South 54th St., Administrative health screenings and information on nutrition and academic
Conference Room, 1st Fl., Phila., PA 19143; enrichment programs. The day of games wraps up with a free
Monday, September 20, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Center concert at 3pm featuring national and local inspirational artists
in the Park, 5818 Germantown Ave., Wellness Center- and performers.
Lower level, Phila., PA 19144. Parking lot on McCallum ********
St.; S MALL B USINESS L OAN S EMINAR
Saturday, September 25, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Understanding the process of applying for a Small Business
Jones Memorial Baptist Church, 20th and Dauphin Sts., Administration (SBA) Loan can mean the difference between
Sanctuary, Phila., PA 19132. On street parking. getting the loan and being turned down. Come join Joseph and
******** Pat Massengale of Spirit Financial Group as they conduct a
C HILDHOOD O BESITY W ORKSHOP workshop in which attendees will learn about the process
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Quaker City Alumnae involved in securing a SBA loan for their small business;
Chapter presents a Free Workshop, Childhood Obesity, A including eligibility for such loans. Loans range from $5,000
National Initiative on Saturday, September 18 from 9 a.m. to $50,000 and are available for new and existing businesses.
until 12 noon at Charles Audenreid High School, 3001 Funds may be used to expand, purchase inventory or equip-
Tasket Street. Join us for this educational seminar as ment, cover marketing cost and improve or increase the work-
experts discuss The Childhood Obesity Crisis; Obesity and force. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to learn more!
its consequences, Nutrition and Meal Planning, Physical The program will be held on Saturday, September 18 at 2:00
Activity and Good Health. The event is FREE and open to p.m. at Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional
the public. For more information contact: Florence Oliver at Library 125 South 52nd Street, Phila., PA 19139 (corner of
215-843-3375 or adeltagirl1969 @aol.com. 52nd & Sansom Streets). For information call 215-685-7433.
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A SSOCIATED S ERVICES FOR THE B LIND
Saturday, September 18 at 3 pm, come and enjoy a
spectacular, uplifting gospel concert at Janes Memorial
United Methodist Church, 47 East Haines Street, in the
Germantown section of Philadelphia. Join Inspirational
Hour Ministries from Associated Services for the Blind and by Judy Renay
be inspired by The Nevaleers Choir, The Inspiration Hour
Ministry Choir, poetry by Anwar Jabari Johnson and mercury goes direct in Virgo Sunday 6:09pm E.S.T
remarks from our pastor, the Rev. Dr. Andrew L. Foster III. Pluto goes direct in Capricorn monday 11:37pm E.S.T
A free will offering will benefit the children of clients of mars enters Scorpio Tuesday 5:38pm E.S.T
Associated Services for the Blind. For information, call the Opportunity Knocks Thursday 3:35am to Saturday 12:04am E.S.T
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
ARiES - March 21- April 19
Judgement is keen regarding finances and shopping
concerns. Buying and selling of property could be successful now.
DATE DAY PA NJ DELAWARE Best numbers for you are 9 and 3.
Wednesday tAURUS - April 20 - May 20
Sept. 1 155 560 282 397 358 331 783
Feelings about connections with siblings are intense.
Getting your point across seems like a breeze. It’s a good time to
thursday
Sept. 2 218 025 081 150 425 621 229 make travel plans. Best numbers for you are 8 and 6.
Friday gEMiNi - May 21 - june 21
Sept. 3 007 526 355 684 470 727 120
Creative work is especially favored and understandings
Saturday with others will be easily reached. Make a priority of getting more fun
Sept. 4 415 143 646 974 529 391 226 out of life. Best numbers for you are 6 and 2.
Sunday
Sept. 5 604 804 721 577 xxx 082 CANCER - june 22 - july 22
You may receive a wonderful unexpected gift from some-
Monday one with authority. Romance has its ups and downs, it may be time to
299 262 574 067 345 430 638
Sept. 6 meet others halfway. Best numbers for you are 3 and 1.
tuesday 649 793 696 762 275 700 319 LEO - july 23 - August 22
Sept. 7 Thinking about home improvement or making important
Bold Red face indicates Hits picked by SCOOP U.S.A decisions with partners about joint assets are favored now. What
about investing in art or collectables? Best numbers are 7 and 4.
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Every Friday viRgO - August 23 - September 22
Quality time spent with family will prove rewarding.
371 384 854 329 210 389 You may also decide to redecorate and in the process get rid of house-
hold clutter. Best numbers for you are 5 and 8.
LiBRA - September 23 - October 22
Feedback from a friend will help you succeed at
something close to your heart. If single, you could be swept away
by a new romantic interest. Best numbers for you are 2 and 1.
SCORPiO - October 23 - November 21
You will reach a new understanding in an important
relationship, so don’t let things interfere with relationship harmony.
Best numbers for you are 7 and 0.
SAgittARiUS - November 22 - Dececember 21
There will be indications of major turning points in
your career. So send out resumes and schedule appointments with
clients and prospective employers. Best numbers are 4 and 5.
CAPRiCORN - December 22 - january 19
This is an excellent time to complete projects.
Behind the scene development in business will be to your advan-
tage. Best numbers for you are 0 and 3.
AQUARiUS - january 20 - February 18
Efforts to get ahead will meet with some success
when you receive a promotion or get a new job. Best
numbers for you are 6 and 9.
PiSCES - February 19 - March 20
A new money making idea is likely to come to mind,
but watch the urge to spend extravagantly. Best numbers for you are
5 and 1.
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