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Flag Day ceremony at Ivy Hill Cemetery
In honor of Flag Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars post 7919 in Springfield Township will sponsor a flag retirement ceremony at 10 a.m. on June 18 at the azalea rotunda in Ivy Hill Cemetery, 1201 Easton Rd. in Philadelphia.
Church Road work continues
Work continues on improvements to PA 73 between Station Avenue and Washington Lane.
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On track
The long-awaited Green Ribbon Trail connection between Fairmount Park and Fort Washington State Park is finally set to become a reality
by MIKE BENIGNO
A two-phase construction project set to begin as early as this fall will link Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park trail system with the Montgomery County trails, while widening a section of Northwestern Avenue to include a lane for joggers and bicyclists.
We’re building on what is already an extraordinarily popular trail,” said John Wood, chief of open space planning for Montgomery County. “Our idea is to finally make the historic connection between Fairmount Park and the Fort Washington State Park in the Whitemarsh Valley.”
Run for the Hill of It beneficiary named
by JAMES STURDIVANT
Every year since 1989, a group of local residents and businesspeople have come together to help a family struggling to meet the needs of a severely ill or disabled child. Through July’s Run For the Hill of It footrace and a dinner-dance at Chestnut Hill College in October, the Friends of Erik, named for cystic fibrosis patient Erik Engwall, raise much-needed money for families forced to cope with severe illness while trying to pay bills in an era of rapidly rising health-care costs. This year’s beneficiary is Nathaniel Makowicz, a 7-year-old from Spring City, Pa.
Library garden plan unveiled at meeting
by MEREDITH SONDERSKOV
“Information, information, information; that’s what our library patrons are looking for.” So spoke Elizabeth Bartle, outgoing president, at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library on June 1 in the library’s community room. Bartle pointed out that the participation and support of the Friends is vitally important in providing the funds to continue offering a variety of programs for children and adults that would otherwise have to be scaled back as a result of recent budget cuts.
LUPZ considers Hirshorn proposal
by MEREDITH SONDERSKOV
The Hirshorn Company’s plans for an addition to their building on East Highland Avenue and the resulting relocation of a driveway to a Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation lot were discussed at a CHCA Land Use Planning and Zoning committee meeting on June 2 at Hiram Lodge. According to Adam Jacobs of Krieger Associates, the architectural firm handing the project, Hirshorn received eight refusals from the city, primarily based on complex violations having to do with the parking lot.
MSJ grad wins college lacrosse title
 by TOM UTESCHER
As a freshman at Mount St. Joseph Academy, Lauren Dougher picked up a lacrosse stick for the first time. Seven years on, there can be no doubt that she’s learned to use it very, very well. Dougher, who’s just finished her junior season at The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State), has been named the MVP of the 2005 NCAA Division III Tournament.
Mount eights win SRAA’s for undefeated season
It was a perfect season for the freshman and lightweight eights of Mount St. Joseph Academy, and not just in the figurative sense of the word. Both of these Magic crews finished first in every single event they entered, from the first Manny Flick series race back in mid-March, to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Championships.
Grass court championships return to Philadelphia Cricket Club
The U.S. Junior International Grass Court Championships return to the Philadelphia Cricket Club June 13 with world ranked junior tennis hopefuls competing in both singles and doubles in the week long tournament.
GFS girls track wins championship
Germantown Friends School’s Greenawalt track was the site for the 2005 Friends Schools League Track and Field championship. The Tigers gave the home crowd plenty of exciting competition and the thrill of witnessing the GFS girls’ team win its second league title in a row.
OMC track receives 19 medals in area championships
The OMC track team has put in an outstanding performance this 2005 season. OMC came home with 35 ribbons from the divisional championships, held on May 15. Area Championships were held at Roxborough High School on May 2, where OMC received 19 medals. The OMC boys placed 4th out of 23 CYO teams while the OMC girls finished 17th.
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Monopoly
 Most popular
board game in world,
thanks to Germantown man
by JIMMY J. PACK JR.
To some, Monopoly is only a board game that you take out of the hall closet when there’s nothing else to do. To others, it’s a game so compelling that it requires the strategy of chess and the game-face of poker. Either way there’s no refuting the fact that Monopoly is the world’s most popular board game. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the version of the game known around the world.
Cookie Cutters really cuts the mustard (and the hair)
 Hairstylist Amy Wolters cuts the air of a young customer in the kid-friendly surroundings at Cookie Cutters.
By PAT STOKES
Sometimes the most seemingly upbeat, non-soul-searching kind of business, such as a hair-cuttery for example, can surprise you by revealing an unsuspected interior life.
Fulbright Scholar
teaching African
dance in Mt. Airy
by PAMELA ROGOW
 A physical education teacher at Angela Watson’s public high school in Tucson was known to go the extra distance, finding ways to enrich student experiences with outside dance performances of various stripes. Early in her freshman year, the teacher presented a performance of African dancers. Angela was immediately enchanted. She had always danced, even at family gatherings when she was young, copying her older sister’s modern dance technique at home.
Perplexing program from Chestnut Hill conductor
by MICHAEL CARUSO
Chestnut Hill’s Ignat Solzhenitsyn brought the 2004-05 season of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia to a close this past Sunday afternoon in the Perelman Theater with one of the most perplexing programs I’ve ever heard.
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