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"...THOUGH THE FROST WAS CRUEL'. Despite Monday's deep freeze, over 25 carolers came out to sing in front of Sovereign Bank on Germantown Avenue and Bethlehem Pike for the annual "caroling at the crèche" event. (Photo by Jimmy J. Pack Jr.) |
In The News... Temple to exit Sugarloaf Center Citing recent trends and limited flexibility, the university will by MICHAEL J. MISHAK Thirty-six years after it deeded the Sugarloaf Conference Center to Temple University, the Alfred M. Greenfield Foundation will reclaim ownership of the 32-acre estate early next year. Bound by a limited-use clause in its agreement with the public trust, Temple announced its decision to return Sugarloaf on Dec. 14, saying "given the location, restrictions, and quality and quantity of our competitors in the conference business it was not cost effective for us to continue to operate Sugarloaf as a conference center." According to Temple spokesman Mark Eyerly, the university found itself fighting the current business trend toward urban conferences and encumbered by the limited flexibility of the facility. Once the home of Philadelphia real estate magnate Albert M. Greenfield and...
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In Sports... CHC men split last
Chestnut Hill College guard Isaac Greer takes on Villa Julie's Kenny Wood during the Griffins' 94-85 win over the Baltimore college last week. (Photo by Lena White). by TOM UTESCHER The men's basketball team at Chestnut Hill College, a program still only in its second year, went into its holiday hiatus last week with an overall record of 7-3 and a 5-0 mark in the North East Athletic Conference. The Griffins have booked victories against established Division III schools such as Kings College in Wilkes Barre, and on December 15 they prevailed in a 94-85 battle against Baltimore's Villa Julie, a team coming off a 73-60 win over Maryland Division III power McDaniel and an 80-67 victory over Johns Hopkins. Chestnut Hill saw its six-game win streak end one week before Christmas with a 71-48 setback against a visitor from central Pennsylvania, Messiah College. The Falcons, members of the MAC conference, ran their record to 9-1 on the season. Villa Julie's Anthony Fitzgerald, a forward with great body... |
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Can hope overcome tragedy at Christmas time? By JIMMY J. PACK JR. My wife, Elizabeth, died four years ago of ovarian cancer, three days before Christmas of 2000. Her last few days were spent in and out of consciousness, liquid morphine drizzled down her tongue, in a hospital room with too many machines and more noises than a video game arcade. Our son was 14 at the time and he stayed with her every day until she passed. We were both standing over her bed, on either side, holding her hands, and when her soul violently slipped away, we both stood there for a few moments feeling her body temperature drop to room temperature. We didn't say anything, we just stood there, staring. Alex was crying, but not making any sounds -- tears just fell out of his eyes, streaked down his face and dripped dark dots onto his mother's white sheets. What do you say to your boy after he's lost his mother at such a young age? How does a husband go on without his wife -- a woman he's known for 24 years, more than half my life when she died. I walked over to Alex, put my arm around him and we walked out of her room, not saying a word to one another. We went back home to the Christmas tree she decorated and sat on the couch watching the colored lights blink some random pattern, a chaos that can only describe the ridiculousness of hearing the words, "Your mother/wife is dead." What can you believe in when you lose so much? And this Christmas promised to be another sad event. It started... |
"Some people love surprises. I hate them. My mom stopped buying me presents when I was thirteen." |
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