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In The News...
Kerry asks Philly to
help him lead
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
Two days before accepting his party's nomination
for the U.S. presidency, Sen. John Kerry asked a few thousand soaked
Philadelphians for their help in his bid for the White House.
But before the eager crowd, who waited out several
rain showers and oppressive humidity last Tuesday, July 27, could
hear the Democratic candidate's vision for "A Stronger America," many
would wait two-plus hours as people slowly filled the courtyard
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art for an evening rally, capped
by fireworks.
The event was part of Kerry's last stop on his "America's
Freedom Trail" campaign tour, which also courted voters in
Virginia and Florida last week. Both the Bush-Cheney...
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In Sports...
Springside’s Fuery leads
national hoops champs
by TOM UTESCHER
Next month when Springside School seventh graders are discussing
what they did during summer vacation, winning a national championship
will be high on the list for basketball player Kristen Fuery.
Kristen was a mainstay for the 12-year-old Renegades club
team which won the AAU 12-and-Under Division II National Tournament that
was staged in Nashville, TN July 4 through 11. The post player from Springside
emerged as the high scorer for the entire tournament, averaging 22 points
per game.
“Some of the teams we played had two or three girls
on me, trying to shut me...
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In LocalLife...
It takes a ‘Village’ to raise a
Chestnut Hill movie actress
by ED MAHON
She may not have a marquee name like her fellow movie
actors Sigourney Weaver, Academy Award winner Adrian Brody and
Joaquin Phoenix, but 10-year-old Chestnut Hill resident Pascale
Renate Smith also has a speaking role, just like the aforementioned
household names, in Hollywood filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan’s
latest blockbuster film The Village, which opened last weekend
in multiplexes all over the United States.
Pascale, known by friends and family members as Calla
(from the Greek kalos, which means “beautiful”),
is an integral part of Chestnut Hill’s own village. The Project
Learn School (Mt. Airy) 5th grader plays one of 60 residents of
the fictional village of Covington, surrounded..
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