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In The News...
Long lines, little doubt
on Election Day
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
With the presidential race in a virtual dead heat, Northwest voters hit the polls in droves Tuesday morning, casting ballots in the hopes of swinging Pennsylvania's 21 prized electoral votes to either President George W. Bush or Democratic challenger John Kerry.
Election officials and committeepeople met long lines as early as 6:30 a.m. in voting divisions throughout the 9th and 22nd wards. The Local went to press Tuesday before election results were available.
In the final push to Election Day, voters were hard-pressed to escape partisan rhetoric. As phone lines and airwaves were jammed with political ads, campaign volunteers canvassed the Northwest's neighborhoods last weekend. Some targeted motorists with signs at busy intersections while others fought for votes door-to-door.
On Tuesday, the 9th Division at Fire Engine Company No. 37 on West Highland Avenue saw nearly 17 percent turnout of registered voters by 8:30 a.m., said Walter Sullivan, Democratic committeeman. As the morning rush slowed, voters at the fire company still faced a 40-minute...
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In Sports...
CHA soccer takes lead in Inter-Ac
by TOM UTESCHER
After losing two of their first three Inter-Ac League games, Chestnut Hill Academy's Blue Devils fashioned a four-game win streak to end the month of October in first place. The recent boon improved CHA's league ledger to 5-2, which translates into 15 points in the Inter-Ac standings (three for a win, one for a tie).
Winning 3-1 at Haverford on Tuesday to knock the Fords out of first place, the Devils (12-4 overall) went on the road again three days later and pulled out a 2-1 victory against defending champion Germantown Academy (8-5-4 overall; 3-2-1 Inter-Ac).
Haverford won over Penn Charter in another one of Friday's games, and the Fords (4-1-1; 13 points) have one more league match left on their schedule than does CHA. To claim...
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In LocalLife...
Life-long Hill economist
now banking on cartoons
By MARIE FOWLER
"I like to think of myself as Grandpa Moses, the Chestnut Hill primitive," smiles irrepressible septuagenarian artist Larry Murdoch, currently at work on a book of cartoons entitled Retirement's Biggest Surprise. "Like Grandma Moses, I've taken up art late in life. People dread retiring, think it's the end, but the biggest surprise is it's the beginning of a whole new life."
Murdoch knows from his own long experience as an economist at Philadelphia's Federal Reserve Bank. "It was hard to give up what I'd done for nearly 40 years. I had mixed emotions about retiring at 65, apprehensive about giving up all I was used to. At first, I didn't do much but the crosswords," he says, "then I had a big revelation. This wasn't an end but a beginning."
His eyes twinkle, as he pictures his colleagues back at the office, regimented...
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