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Streetscape study
to be presented
Cope Linder Architects, the group hired by the Chestnut Hill District to oversee streetscape design work in the Chestnut Hill retail corridor, will present its preliminary ideas at a community meeting to be held at the Chestnut Hill Library on June 21 at 7 p.m
Cresheim Valley Drive
celebration on Saturday
The Chestnut Hill Rotary Club will sponsor a celebration in honor of the reopening of Cresheim Valley Drive and restoration efforts at the pergola, the stone and wood arbor gateway located at Cresheim Valley and Germantown Avenue, on Saturday, June 18 at 3:30 pm
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AmeriCorps group’s service sojourn includes work on the Wissahickon
by JAMES STURDIVANT
A group of young volunteers from around the country converged on the Wissahickon Valley last week as part of a 10-month-long series of service projects undertaken through the National Civilian Community Corps, a division of AmeriCorps. The work — hauling dirt and rocks, sawing tree stumps, rebuilding trails, removing invasive plants and repairing fences — would be daunting for anyone, but is nothing new for these 11 recent high school and college graduates. The group did work for FEMA in Florida after last year’s hurricanes. |
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Paul Krupski from Washington state saws a tree stump while Tennessean Colin Campbell rakes mulch alongside a tributary of the Wissahickon. |
Volunteer's exit closes wildlife rehab clinic
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
With the resignation of its sole wildlife rehabilitator, the Schuylkill Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, part of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Upper Roxborough, has closed. Since the state issues wildlife rehabilitation permits to individuals, not institutions, the clinic, which treats between 3,000 and 4,000 sick and orphaned animals a year, was essentially left without a license to practice its work. The clinic is charged with treating native wildlife with a few exceptions, including bears, deer and poisonous snakes. Founded in 1987, it is one of a handful statewide operating under the umbrella of a nature center. Most wildlife rehabilitation is done by licensed individuals, many of whom run operations out of their homes.
Friends of Wissahickon told forests are imperiled
Former state official stresses need for better deer control
By ANDREW LAZOR
The Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) held their annual membership meeting on June 7 at the Valley Green Inn. Members reviewed some of the past year’s most notable accomplishments and looked ahead to the organization’s plans for the future. Dr. Gary Alt, the former head of deer management at the Pennsylvania Game Commission, was the guest speaker. He delivered a presentation about the highly controversial deer population issue that directly affects the Wissahickon Valley, along with the rest of the state. The wildlife ecologist has found himself embroiled in controversy over his proposed deer management plans; the debate was one of the major motivations behind Alt’s recent retirement from the commission after 28 years of service.
Festival of arts, spirituality and justice at Chestnut Hill College
Chestnut Hill College is partnering with Philadelphia’s Arts and Spirituality Center to present an interactive, interfaith, interdisciplinary event: an arts, spirituality, and justice festival to be held Sunday, June 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. The evening will include poetry, dance, and music, along with a presentation by Reverend Susan Teegen-Case of the Arts and Spirituality Center.
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 GA’s Finelli Wins Willard Award
by TOM UTESCHER
Each year the Girls Inter-Ac league presents the Aimee Willard Award to the outstanding three-sport athlete in the graduating class, and the 2005 winner certainly fits the bill. A Germantown Academy “lifer,” Niki Finelli was the captain of league championship teams in cross country, basketball, and lacrosse this year. An outstanding student, she’ll attend Harvard University, where she plans to continue her basketball career.
Mount Takes Two in Summer Hoops
by TOM UTESCHER
Spring sports team athletes have just turned in their uniforms, but summer league basketball is already going strong. Mount St. Joseph Academy picked up a pair of victories in the Hatboro Horsham League last week, knocking off Central Bucks South, 35-27 on Tuesday evening, and then topping Wissahickon High School the next night, 43-39.
Patriots Top Panthers
by TOM UTESCHER
An interesting mix of players blended smoothly last Wednesday evening for Germantown Academy, as the Patriots won a summer skirmish with Cheltenham High School, 33-16, in the Hatboro Horsham league. Returning varsity mainstays Caroline Doty, Lindsay Freid, Colleen Magarity and Jenna Washabaugh were on hand for GA, while guard Jesse Carey had a commitment elsewhere. Varsity reserve Corinna Fleming and ascending JV player Tiana North played, as well, and spectators also got a look at three incoming freshmen, post player Meredith Carber, guard Jess Erb, and guard/forward Laura Karbach.
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American Dream alive on Hill
Chinese cuisine at King’s Garden
still on the throne after 8 years
by LEN LEAR
When the Huang family came to Philadelphia in 1986 from a small farming village in Canton, China, they could not speak English, and all of their earthly possessions could have fit into the closet of a one-room apartment. But like so many poor immigrant families before them, the Huangs refused to put a ceiling on their ambitions.
Fine acting helps overcome
convoluted plot on Hill stage
by HUGH HUNTER
Stagecrafters is now running Room Service, a farce by John Murray and Allen Boretz. A Broadway hit in 1937 (later a Marx Brothers movie), the play moves at breakneck speed. Nearly 15 characters come and go through multiple doors, and director Catherine Papas faces the challenge of not allowing the pandemonium on stage to degenerate into chaos for us.
Mt. Airy visitor edits sacred music despite her blindness
by PAMELA ROGOW
Obviously, the study of medieval and Renaissance musical literature is a challenge. Rats have nibbled away at some of the great works. A knowledge of both the French and Italian languages is mandatory. Musical training is essential. A visual as well as aural memory is required. The repositories are almost all in Europe, where funds for American students are scarce. Add to these hurdles one that makes Jessica Bachicha’s plan all the more extraordinary: she has been blind since birth. Her goal is to edit sacred music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance so that it can be made more accessible to modern audiences.
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