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Police Officer Joe Young, the 12th Police District’s Community Relations officer and winner of the prestigious George Fencl Award honoring Philadelphia’s top police officers. Young was nominated through letters from the Southwest community.

Kingsessing Farmers Earning while learning

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A Block Captain’s VisionNew look for vacant lot

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Budding Young NaturalistsProgram at Cobb Creek Center

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In an environment where there is so much negative news in the media and around our commu-

nity, it is heartwarming to realize once again that as far as police officers are concerned, Southwest Philadelphia has the cream of the crop.

This was affirmed last month when for the third consecutive year the cov-eted George Fencl Award was given to a police officer assigned to the 12th Po-lice District. For 2011, this top police honor was bestowed on Joe Young, the district’s community relations officer

since 1997.

Past Fencl winners included stand-out 12th Police District officers Adrian Hospedale (2009) and Butch Riddick (2010), and runner-up Captain Daniel MacDonald, (2007) was 12th District commander at the time.

“Winning this award helps me be-cause people who see that I won will trust me a little more and be more will-ing to ask for my help,” said Young, who received the award at ceremonies held June 28, 2011 at the Inquirer/Daily News Building on North Broad Street.

“People are coming out of the woodwork now asking for help… But that’s at the heart of the award - being fair and help-ing people out.”

True to form, Officer Young said he planned to use the Fencl Award to better the community where he works.

Most consider that receiving the Fencl Award is a significant achieve-ment, and Young is quick to affirm this. “I think for people to have enough faith in you that they want to say something

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By Caleb Nothwehr

This week, The South-west Globe Times cel-ebrates the beginning

of its seventh year of publication following reorganization of the newspaper in 2005. Originally founded as a weekly in 1946 by the late Joseph Bartash, the paper was a weekly presence in the homes of two generations of Southwest residents. It ceased publication in February 2004 when Mr. Bartash and his wife Lillian were no longer able to continue to direct its operations.

After some lengthy nego-tiations, Mr. Bartash agreed to form a partnership with South-west CDC to resume publication

using the paper’s familiar mast-head. The new publishing com-pany, Southwest Community News was formed with Anthony P. Ingargiola, then Southwest CDC’s director of economic de-velopment, as publisher. Lawyer George M. Aman III, a member of the Wayne Presbyterian Church CityLights ministry, volunteered his services to handle the legal intricacies of the partnership.

Initial funding for the new venture was provided generous grants from M&T Bank, real-tor Charles Bernard and others. At the outset, the paper hired Alexandra Chalat as managing editor. Chalat, who had previ-ously helped manage the Daily Pennsylvanian, the voice of the

University of Pennsylvania, and Ingargiola began reestablishing the paper as a positive force in the community. All was done under the overall guidance of Donna M. Henry, executive di-rector of Southwest CDC and president of Southwest Com-munity News.

The new management team was also able to bring on as production manager Adrian Abonce, who was the paper’s compositor during the latter years of the Bartash family era. Abonce applies his unique ar-tistic and operational skills to pull together each issue of the bi-weekly paper from the wide range articles, photos, bulletin board items. He is also respon-sible for creating many of the at-tractive display advertisements which are a special feature of the newspaper.

Through the past six years, the paper survived under dif-ficult financial and operating conditions which saw the dis-appearance of both its local competitors, the Southwest version of the South Philly Re-view and the Southwest Com-munity News. The Globe sus-tained itself with the support of longtime Woodland Avenue advertisers such as Lee Downs of George’s Check Cashing, Lew Frederick of More for Less Ap-pliance Store, Eric Zimering of Warehouse Furniture and Bruce Zeiger of Smiles Linens. Real-tors Joe Moscony, Mango and August, and Barbara Capozzi were also valued advertisers.

Pivotal to the paper’s suc-cess were regular ad placements through Brian Hitchings and Donna DiFrangesco of Philadel-phia Area Newspapers in Plym-outh Meeting. Interestingly, Hitchings relates that his father and company founder Robert Hitchings originally suggested to Mr. Bartash the idea of start-ing a community newspaper in Southwest.

The paper has depended on the steadfast support of local elected officials, State Senator Anthony Williams, and State Representatives Ronald G. Wa-ters, James Roebuck and Ke-nyatta Johnson and their staffs regularly provide news and editorial material and promote their popular community events in the newspaper’s pages.

The present staff compris-es of Edith Dixon who started as the paper’s first advertising manager and then proceeded to the news side when she joined Southwest CDC six years ago as community organizer with the Neighborhood Advisory Com-mittee (NAC) program. Prior to coming to the Globe, Dixon, a reporter and editor since 1982, was on staff at TV Guide maga-zine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the (Camden) Courier-Post and the Philadelphia Tribune. Be-sides writing for the paper and taking photographs, Dixon acts as copy editor and works with Abonce to assemble, provide headlines and captions that be-come the finished product that the public reads.

Another vital cog in the paper’s staff is Marquita Bell, a Palmer Theological Seminary student who joined the Globe

Times team a year ago as a sum-mer intern, and continues to create the helpful Community Bulletin Board. For a number of years, the paper was also blessed by the regular contribution of Carey Davis. Davis, director of the CityLights Network, Inc., contributes frequent articles on greening, gardening and com-munity clean-up activities, and happenings in schools and com-munity civic and social service agencies.

Much of the distribution of each issue is carried out by Alla-verta Kirkland, a retired school crossing guard who succeeded her late husband, James in deliv-ering bulk quantities of the pa-per to hundreds of stores, health and social agencies, churches and schools. Ms. Allaverta con-tinues her invaluable services in the toughest winter weather and throughout the heat of summer on Thursday delivery days. “We couldn’t do it without her,” said an admiring Henry.

Finally, involved with al-most all the functions of the pa-per is Ted Behr, another volun-teer from Wayne Presbyterian’s CityLights. The youthful Behr acts as publisher, helps with ad-vertising and bookkeeping, and oversees an innovative step the Globe has undertaken over the past year – the door- to-door dis-tribution through the dedicated efforts of 67 Southwest block captains.

“What I really enjoy, of course, is getting out and meet-ing people around the com-munity who are doing positive things to improve the lives and wellbeing of their fellow resi-dents,” said Behr, a retired busi-nessman with apparent endless energy. “Every single person in this community has a special story to tell. I am blessed many times over by the privilege of be-ing able to record those stories for posterity through the Globe Times.”

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Young Farmers Earn While They Learn

A group of young farmers have been working several

times a week since this past March at the Earth’s Keepers Urban Farm at the 51st Street end of the Kingsessing Recreation Center. Dur-ing that time they have not only learned how to prepare growing beds, plant seeds and sets, cul-tivate, weed, and water their organic vegetables, but also receive regular lessons on how to pre-pare their produce for the table based on following easy, low cost menus.

For the past several months, however, they are learning an even more important lesson: if you work hard pro-ducing something some-one else wants and can use, you can harvest sig-nificant financial gain as well. From the profits on sale of their produce and donations from neighbors the intense young farmers earn a regular weekly stipend of $50. Add-ing to that the special sales of flowers and plants at holiday time, and the group is well on its way to becoming success-ful business managers.

The youngsters are un-der the guidance of their to-tally committed Earth Keep-ers executive director Alia Walker. They are marketing their inviting produce at a sturdy sales stand which had been constructed for them by Walker’s brother Hassan Mu-hammad. Walker reminds

residents that the stand is also used on a regular basis by the Black Farmers group who are promoting the sale of com-mercial farm produce grown by African American farmers.

On a sunny Monday mid-day the young farmers were taking a break under a shady tree while Dr. Carolyn Sim-mons prepared a healthy and tasty vegetable coleslaw lun-cheon. “I’ve been preparing meals for others for almost 40 years,” she confided to her attentive students as she explained each of the ingre-dients. “As a vegetarian, I be-lieve that raw food is better for the body. So, I’m inclined to bring some of my own food even when I’m invited over for dinner.” Dr. Simmons lectures on healthy food choices and teaches classes in vegetarian cooking in connection with

the International Institute for Advanced Instruction.

The youth members are mostly high schooler living and going to school nearby

– except for Hadid Thomas, a student-athlete at Malvern Prep in the suburbs. Other participants are Gabriel Collins (11th Grade, Math, Science & Technol-ogy High); Haseena Hayes (9th Grade, Acad. Of Essen-tial Knowledge); Johanna Nayame (11th Grade, Mas-tery Shoemaker); Zakiya Hayes (9th Grade, Acad. Of Es-sential Knowledge); Yasmine Nelson (10th Grade, K-12); and Anisah Thomas (5th Grade, Penn Alexan-der). Also working

with the group this week was Yahya Bey a local 5th Grader.

Hadid espe-cially appreciated the business aspect of the farm opera-tion. “My dad was in business and his idea was that being an entrepreneur lets you do your own thing,” he said. As regards the farm project, “Growing the green vegetables helps promote a healthi-er lifestyle, added to the fact that we are growing them organically,” he noted.

Special thanks were ex-tended by Walker to the King-sessing branch library for in-

stalling a water faucet which allows for some necessary watering when the weather is dry and hand washing before meals and snacks. “Thanks as well to Tom Henry and the Advisory Board of Kingsess-ing Recreation Center for al-locating the plot of ground and generally facilitating the Youth Agriculture and Entre-preneurship Program,” she added, expressing deep ap-

preciate for the support of the Mercy Health Systems, and the Pennsylvania Horticultur-al Society..

“It costs about $300 for the summer to support one of our youth members,” advised Walker. “We have a capacity for 15 of them for the rest of this summer, and the only thing holding us back is schol-arships that we would love the community to provide.

For information on Earth’s

Keepers or to make donations, phone 267-738-3842 or email

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For the sched-uled sales by Black Farmers of Opera-tion Springplant call Tome Henry

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Proud Kingsessing Earth’s Keepers prepare to harvest some cabbage for their next sale.

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Directions: (Makes 6-7 servings; preparation: 15 min.) 1. Toss shredded cabbage and carrots in large bowl.2. Add rest of ingredients and toss till well mixed3. Serve as side dish or on your favorite sandwich

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The Rotary Club of Eastwick–Philadel-phia International

Airport is proud to announce that Kyra Turner-Zogbekor, MSW, an Eastwick resident, was selected to be a Rotary Peace Fellow, one of only 110 such fellowships in the world.

Turner-Zog-bekor is currently in Accra, Ghana, with her husband and infant son, working on her Ph.D. and doing research at the University of Gha-na, Legon. She is also volunteering at the United Way Ghana. Turner-Zogbekor’s focus is empowering girls and women.

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rented an apartment in the community. It allows her to really get to know the people, instead of living insulated in the “university bubble.” She has settled in well and has already attended church and

a wedding. She is eating lo-cal cuisine, shops in the local markets, and is bonding well with a number of her neigh-bors in her apartment com-plex.

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Members of the African Cul-tural Alliance

of North America (ACANA) and Josephine Blow, head of the Chester Avenue Business Association, held a festive food-filled, belated Mother’s Day barbecue for neighbor-hood women and their chil-dren last Thursday, July 7 at the ACANA office, 5524-26 Chester Ave.

The event was sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger, with help from Southwest Philadelphia’s Monica De-

Brest of Helping Others Inc., Stroehmann Bread, Giant Food Store and ACME Market, all of which donated food or funds for the barbecue.

“The children’s eyes lit up when they were told to choose from our wide array of foods,” said Blow. “You’d be surprised at the number of people who are hungry and in need. They all wanted to know when we are going to have another one.”

Volunteers Brenda Harri-son, Wilhelmina Harbin, and Addie Hayward assisted in preparing, serving and giving out the donated food.

“Everyone was told to take home what they wanted,” said Blow. “We had a wide as-sortment of breads and cakes and pies and just everything. It was really nice.”

In addition, Police Officer Joe Young of the 12th Police District Community Relations Office was on hand to instruct

Chester Avenue merchants and residents too, on the De-partment’s Safe Cam Program. Under the program, the Police Department registers the vid-eo cameras installed at busi-nesses and in private homes. This facilitates police work when a crime is caught by one of the surveillance cameras.

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food giveaway is planned for later this month.

For more information about the ACANA food dis-tribution program, call the organization at 215-729-8225. To register for the Police De-partment’s Safe Cam Program call Police Officer Joe Young at 215-686-3122.

Food Fest on Chester Avenue

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By Ted Behr

Plans for removal of chemi-cals and oil products from vacant land from the rail

lines east of Eastwick Avenue down to Schuylkill River were outlined at a public meeting held at Bartram’s Garden Coach House on July 6. The land, known as the TransMontaigne/US Gypsum site, comprises 28.6 acres from the end of 56th Street to just be-low 58th Street.

According to the Public Involve-ment Plan prepared by Pennoni As-sociates the property is slated by the Philadelphia Authority of Industrial Development (PAID) for improvement to a non-residential, or industrial standard level. This would allow the property to be sold for industrial de-velopment with job opportunities for Southwest residents. The prospects for such sale were greatly enhanced by the closeness of rail, highway and air transportation.

The program was presented at

Bartram’s by Pennoni’s senior project geologist Paul Martino and described the history and condition of the prop-erty, and the redevelopment inten-tions of PAID. According Martino, part of the property was formerly the site of one of the largest drywall manu-facturing plants in America owned by the US Gypsum Company. On the bal-ance of the land nearest 58th Street, the TransMontaigne Company had constructed oil storage tanks which appear to be the largest source of the soil contamination.

The soil improvement process called “remediation,” will involve a number of steps starting with digging a series of trenches to allow collec-tion and disposal of surface water and chemical liquid seepage. This will reduce the likelihood of pollutants reaching the Schuylkill.

The next step deals with the chemically contaminated soil itself. Tests indicated that this contamina-tion stretches over an area some 600 x 300 feet or approximately two football

fields long. Known as the “plume,” the area has been impacted by some 22 different kinds of chemicals and oil residues, many of which would be harmful to humans and animals.

The remediation process in sim-ple terms consists of scraping off the top foot or two of soil (to be stored for later use), then stripping out the next 4-5 feet of soil above the water table which contains the bulk of the con-tamination. Once it has been drained,

this chemically impacted soil, esti-mated at 26,000 cubic yards, would be loaded on to trucks and taken by road to a treatment location outside the Philadelphia area.

The Pennoni group assured the participants that excavation and trans-portation would be carefully carried so as to minimize health risks to South-west residents. For instance, trucks and especially their tires, would be thoroughly washed prior to leaving

and returning to local roads.

The US Gypsum plant was built in 1929 and per a Brownfields 2011 re-port, stopped production in 1988 and was demolished in 2007. At peak pro-duction, the plant is reported to have employed more than 200 workers.

Prior to the move by PAID, many community leaders were expect-ing that the area in question would be tied in with an extension of the Schuylkill Banks vision for housing, recreation, and restoration of natural habitat along what was designated the Passyunk Crescent. This elevated approach would be in harmony with such existing community assets as Historic Bartram’s Garden, the Wood-lands Cemetery Historic Landmark, and existing housing at Bartram Vil-lage, and the new Brady Veterans Cen-ter, and Inglis House Apartments on Eastwick Avenue.

In response to questioning at the public session, residents were advised that the use of the remediated prop-erty would be taken up when the non-residential standard remediation had been completed.

“I understand that an industrial site isn’t appealing to people, but this community needs jobs and the pro-posed use is industrial.” said Donna Henry, executive director of South-west CDC, an attendee of the meeting. “Perhaps we can replace the 200 jobs that we lost when US Gypsum closed and have a modern building with nice grounds that helps to improve the neighborhood.”

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good about you and then write letters to that effect, makes it much more than a popularity contest,” said Young. Mem-bers of the Fencl selection committee did say that Young had received an overwhelming number of nomination letters, photos and poems. “But you aren’t chosen by how many people you know,” he added. “They go by what you’ve done.”

Young has spent his entire 24-year career with the Philadelphia Police De-partment at the 12th Police District. He is a tough cop known for helping citi-zens and getting things done. He juggles his time between mediating disputes, helping residents save their homes from foreclosure, meeting with members of the 12th Police District’s Police Chap-lains Program or Police District Adviso-ry Council, lecturing, teaching seniors citizens safety techniques, reading or educating school children on bullying prevention, and participating in the 12th District’s Nuisance Night Court pi-lot program, which he was instrumental in getting started.

In addition, the 59-year-old Officer Young facilitates community committees that put on the annual Valentine’s Day and Thanksgiving luncheons that say thanks to our 12th District officers, as well as the popular 12th Police District Open House and Southwest Pride Day Parade and Street Festival each year.

Along with his police duties, which include briefing fellow officers at daily roll call, Officer Young hosts a monthly informational community workshop. The workshops are held at the 12th Dis-trict station on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. and are aimed at im-proving the quality of life for residents. Young’s popular gatherings are said to be the best attended out of all the other

police stations in the city.

Added to this are Young’s annual coat drive, job fair, and distributions of book bags with school supplies and more than 100 Thanksgiving family din-ner giveaways. He has also sponsored the collection of water, hand sanitizer and other items for our troops in Iraq and for victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake. For children, he arranges for toothbrush giveaways and a toy drive where resulting in dis-tribution of gifts to more than 130 needy youngsters at his annual holiday party, and additional toy donations to South-west-area daycare centers.

It is easy to see how Young was this year’s Fencl winner.

The Fencl, sponsored by Phila-delphia attorney Jimmy Binns and the Philadelphia Daily News, was named for the late Philadelphia Police Civil Affairs Chief Inspector George Fencl to celebrate local police officers whose ca-reers are worthy of recognition - not for just a single act of valor or bravery.

“This job is about helping people,” said Young, a deeply religious, soft spo-ken man with a wry sense of humor and a love for sports. “You want to build a relationship with people and have them willing to help you I return. Getting people to trust you is the most difficult part of my job. If they will talk to me I can get them the city services they need. People won’t let you forget when you help them. The best part of my job is when I’m able to help.”

If you have issues for Police Officer Young, want him to speak to your com-munity group or would like to congratu-late him on winning the Fencl Award, call him at the 12th Police District at 215-686-3122.

...Police PrideContinues From Cover

Legislators Honor Fencl Award Winner Officer Joseph Young

Joseph Young, 12th Police District Com-munity Relations officer, proudly dis-plays his citation from the PA state Sen-

ate in honor of winning the 2011 Daily News George Fencl Award. The citation was given at a community cook out sponsored by State Senator Anthony Williams. Pictured with the 24-year police veteran, revered and respected for his service to the Southwest community are State Rep. Kenyatta (l) and Sen. Williams (r).

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By Caleb Nothwehr

In case you haven’t noticed, there is a 700,000 square foot refriger-ator in Southwest Philadelphia.

It’s the Philadelphia Wholesale Pro-duce Market at 6700 Essington Ave. and Southwest residents can take advantage of the freshness, selection, and low pric-es of fruits and vegetables – if they are willing to purchase in case lots. Prices per pound will usually be lower than the average grocery store. One example at T.M. Kovacevich was a 50 cent-per-pound case of 24 New Jersey peaches, which would cost the customer about $12.

It sounds like a great opportunity for neighborhood groups, businesses, churches and other organizations to pool their needs and make some great selections.

The market, which is cooled to a chilly 50 degrees-or-colder, caters mostly to commercial outlets such as retailers and restaurants. However, the market is open to the public. Individual consumers must pay an entrance fee to

the facility, ranging from $1 for a car to $3 for pick-ups and SUVs; box trucks and 18-wheelers pay between $18-22. Vendors are open between 10 p.m. and 1 p.m. on weekdays, and Sunday 10 a.m. til Monday at 1 p.m. The facility is closed on Saturdays.

The Produce Market opened for business on June 5, 2011, and boasts 26 vendors, who sell mostly fresh fruits and vegetables. “There’s nothing like this in the whole world,” said ven-dor Thomas Kovacevich III, of T.M. Ko-vacevich, referring to the refrigerated terminal market. “In the next 20 years, this will be the model,” he said.

The inside of the facility consists of two quarter-mile walkways, with vendors lining each side. This newer facility, which replaced the market in South Philadelphia at 3rd and Packer, contains more shopper-friendly areas, out of the way of forklifts and palette movers. Kovacevich said that the mas-sive facility cost $218 millon to build but would do about $1 billion worth of business in a year.

Low Cost Fruits & Vegetables At Phila. Wholesale Produce Mart

By Caleb Nothwehr

Opportunities to buy fresh, locally produced fruits, veg-etables and baked goods are

springing up in several places around Southwest Philadelphia.

The newest of these is a Farmer’s Market at the Myers Recreation Center, 58th Street and Chester Avenue, which started on July 13 and will continue on Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p.m.

“We live near some of the best farmland in the country.” said Nicky Uy, manager for the Food Trust Farmers Markets program. “It makes sense that everyone should have access to this produce that’s grown in this region,”

The vendors at this market, Amish residents of Lancaster County, will sell an assortment of seasonal produce as well as pies, cookies, and breads.

The Farmer’s Market initiative of the Food Trust is part of an on-going effort to make healthy, fresh food more available in urban areas,

said Uy. In addition to providing the community with fresh shopping alterna-tives, the market will also have recipes and other cooking literature on hand, free of cost for shoppers. “We’re asking people to shop at a different location, in a different way, and cook from scratch, so we want to be able to provide them with easy recipes,” Uy said. “We want to make it accessible and fun.”

Uy said she has high hopes for im-pact that this farmers’ market and other like it can have on the community. “For us, it’s always been a way to get fresh produce to people,” she said. “We really want to be a positive resource in the community for healthy eating.”

For more information on the Farm-ers’ Market at Myers Recreation Center and the 20 other Philadelphia farmers’ markets, dial 311 or visit http://www.foodtrustmarkets.org

Weekly Farmers’ Market Opens at Myers Rec Center

The Farmers Market at Myers Accepts: ACCESS Cards, WIC, Senior Farmers’

Market Checks. For more info: Dial 311 or visit: www.foodtrustmarkets.org

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tive Violence Center (PCVPC) in cooperation with the Globe Times will begin a three-part information series during us-ing insert brochures covering the results of community-based participatory research.

PCVPC is a collaborative initiative between academic institutions and community-based organizations to reduce the frequency and impact of youth vio-lence in West and South-west Philadel-phia. PCVPC brings together academic and community re-searchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Drex-el University, The University of Pennsylvania, Temple Uni-versity and the Philadelphia Area Research Community Co-alition.

PCVPC has been engaged in this research over the past five years, since receiving funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-

tion. The academic partners and community members work hand-in-hand in the planning, leadership, analysis and dis-semination of research.

A key goal of the Center is to learn how to best incorporate community feedback into the design of research and share research results and informa-tional resources with the com-munity. The Center is founded on a commitment to ensuring the long-term sustainability of

violence.

The PCVPC inserts describe the research projects that have been con-ducted with

community leadership, input and voice. Each insert will de-scribe the purpose and main results of the project, and what community members can do to support youth and adults in their neighborhoods.

For more information about PCVPC, please visit the Center’s website: www.philly-violenceprevention.org or call the 215-590-3118

PCVPC Inserts in the Globe Times

By Caleb Nothwehr

The next time you go on a nature walk around the

Cobbs Creek Community En-vironmental Education Cen-ter (CCCEEC), 15-year-old Jean-Marie Elican might be your tour guide.

Elican, a junior at Master-man High School, is one of 12 Philadelphia young people participating in the Junior Docents (guide) program at the CCCEEC. There students are prepared to become competent tour guides of the wetlands, trees, and wildlife that surround the Cobbs Creek Park area.

“I like to inform people about things,” she said, referring to common mispercep-tions about nature. “It’s not what everyone makes it out to be. It’s more than just dirt.”

For instance, when asked to display her docent abili-ties, Elican quickly explained how the Serviceberry Tree got its name. She said in former times, the ripening of the ber-ry indicated to people that the ground was soft enough for burials and funeral services. Thus, they called it the “Ser-vice”- berry.

Tree identification hap-pens to be a big part of the Junior Docent program this summer. One of the major projects of the summer is the creation of an arboretum, where the public will be able to view a collection of trees native to the area, said lead teacher, Cheryl Searing. “In previous years, the program was more labor-intensive. This year, there’s more edu-cation about trees, plants and water quality,” Searing said.

The 12 aspiring docents and their teachers will also be testing the water quality of Cobbs Creek and, hopefully, disclosing their findings to representatives from the En-vironmental Protection Agen-cy, Searing said.

Searing added that the program has helped students who previously had little

knowledge or appreciation for what nature has to offer. After just a few weeks of classroom training and hands-on ex-posure to the area’s wild life, the stu-dents begin to show enthusiasm for the outdoors, she said.

“Even some of the yucky bugs,” said Searing.

Thanks to fund-ing from the Com-munities in Schools program and other grants, each of the docents is also earn-ing an income for their participation in the six-week pro-gram. And to help them manage their summer income, the program also includes a once-a-week course in fi-

nancial literacy.

Carole Green, founder of the CCCEEC, said she hoped the comprehensive nature of the Junior Docent program will spur young people in the community to see the viabil-ity of jobs within the environ-mental sector.

Green said the abun-dance of resources that sur-

round Cobbs Creek make it a perfect train-ing ground for the fu-ture scientists, park rangers, hydrologists, and archeologists of the Philadelphia area. “This part of the city is a jewel that is yet to be discovered,” Green said.

The Cobbs Creek Community Environ-mental Education Cen-ter is located at 700 Cobbs Creek Pkwy. in Philadelphia. For more information about the educational, teacher

training, and recreational programs at the center, ac-cess cobbscreekcenter.org or phone 215-685-1900.

Program Trains at Cobbs Creek Center

Future Naturalists

Lead teacher Cheryl Searing (left) and Jean-Marie Elican examine the leaves of a silver maple on the grounds of the Cobbs Creek Environmental Education Center.

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By Caleb Nothwehr

If Southwest Philadelphia resi-dents have any anxiety about the motivation or leadership capabil-

ities of the younger generation, they need only spend some time with Elijah Sim-mons. He will put their fears to rest.

Simmons, a 19 year-old Philadel-phia native, is about to start his sopho-more year at Penn State University’s Schuylkill Campus as a student in criminal justice. While his schedule is packed with activities and his interests range from acting to cross-cultural ad-vocacy, his advice to his peers is simple and straightforward.

“Never give up. Always push for-ward, and find an organization that can push you forward,” he said.

This is advice that Simmons has steadfastly lived. In his long list of ex-tra-curricular activities, he boasts in-volvement in Workready Philadelphia, Kids with a Positive Attitude (KAPA), Youthadelphia, and Motivos, a bilingual magazine.

On July 22, Simmons is on his way to the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) conference in Washington. NCLR is a civil rights and advo-cacy organization that works to improve op-portunities for Hispanic Americans.

This will be Sim-mons second NCLR conference, and he said he is excited to make more connections with other driven young peo-ple and gain more lead-ership qualities. Such leadership qualities will be important for Sim-mons, as he hopes to one day serve as a U.S. senator, or an actor.

“I chose those two goals because they kind of fit hand-in-hand... as an ac-tor, you’re acting to put (your audience) in that mood; if you’re going to be a poli-tician, you have to act to get the public in a frame of mind to vote for you,’’ said Simmons, noting that some actors like

Ronald Reagan and Arnold Swartzeneg-ger have gone on to illustrious public service.

As an elected offi-cial, Simmons said he hopes to get his voice heard on issues that most politicians are afraid to touch such as community violence and vandalism. He said he would also work to create more leadership programs that were ac-cessible to his neighbor-hood.

“Some people can’t really travel that far, so you make it in the home area,” he said.

When talking about role models in

his life, Simmons thinks first and fore-most of his mother.

“She’s the only parent I have,” he

said. “She supports me 100%.” As Simmons heads out for his sec-

ond NCLR conference, he said his hopes are set high on making in impact on his community and in the world. “My mo-tivation is to make the city a somewhat better place to live in, and help out peo-ple that I may not have seen before,” he said before he smiled and added, “Just to be a nice person to help out.”

If you would like to know more about Elijah Simmons’ involvement in the NCLR or support his efforts, contact the Globe Times at 215-727-7777, or by email at [email protected].

Local Youth Aims for a Life of Leadership

Elijah Simmons who is at-tending a La Raza conference in Washington, D.C. next week.

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Clean Up, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.,

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FREE Symposium On Ex-Offender Re-Entry,

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Flea MarketCDs, DVDs, Games, Household Items, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 6118 Upland St.

Movie Matinees for Adults, 2 p.m.,

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JULY 30 AUGUST 3 AUGUST 3 AUGUST 6 AUGUST 8 AUGUST 13Ivan “Pick” Brown Memorial Fun Day,

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Teen Wii Workout, Cobbs Creek Library Branch,

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Breast Fest, Free Mammograms

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African Cultural Festival slated for Penn’s Landing, Info: 215-729-8225, x101 or voffeejabeth@acanaus

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Woodland Health Center 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. (see box below)

Clean Up Day, 12th/18th Police Districts

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LIBRARY EVENTS Cobbs Creek Library Branch 5800 Cobbs Creek Prkwy – 215-685-1973 Thursdays, July 21, & 28, 1pm Movie Matinees for Kids Wednesday, August 3, 3 pm Teen Wii Workout

Eastwick Library 2851 Island Ave – 215-685-4170 Fridays, July 15 & 22, 2 PM Gaming Fridays (families) Tuesdays, July 19 & 25, 2 pm Summer Reading Crafts for KidsWednesdays, July 20, 2pm Movie Matinees for TeensMondays July 18 & 25, 2 pm Movie Matinees for Adults Thursday, July 21st, 10:30 am, Family Story Time

Lucien E. Blackwell W. Phila Regional Library 125 S. 52nd St – 215-685-7424 Fridays, July 15 & 22, 2:30pm Manga Café – Japanese Comic reading and drawing (tweens and teens) Wednesdays, July 20, 5:30 pm, Chess Club for Kids

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Day of Service at Mt. Moriah Historic Cemetery

Volunteers Needed to help clean up our neighborhood!

Saturday, July 16th, 8 am to 1 pm 6201 Kingsessing Avenue

(62nd Street and Kingsessing Ave.) Rain Date: Saturday, July 23,

Established in 1855, Mount Moriah Cemetery was the chosen resting place for Philadelphia Mayors, Civil War

soldiers, and other notable historic figures.

Volunteers needed to clear cemetery of cut grass and debris. Note: ALL Volunteers must sign a one-day

waiver for the day of service, and are strongly urged to wear long sleeve shirts, long pants and sneakers or work boots. Open shoes and sandals are NOT recommended.

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Block captain Pauline Lloyd of the 6000 block South of 60th Street never stops try-

ing to beautify her neighborhood. As part of her long term project to improve the appearance of a vacant lot there, Lloyd recently mobilized a group from Southwest CDC and the City-Lights network to build a decora-tive fence, plant flowers and up-grade some veg-etable beds.

Leading the construction ef-fort was former Southwest block captain Eugene Sherlock who also works with Southwest CDC to clean and re-move trash from Woodland Av-enue. Sherlock was joined by Wayne Presbyterian CityLights “Green Team” members Phil, Carolyn, and Anne Wallis and Jerry McVeigh to put up the new fence at the garden known by nearby residents as “Kingsessing Place Garden.”

Lloyd was overwhelmed when she returned from a day trip and saw what had been accomplished. “When the three houses on this property

were torn down, people started throw-ing all sorts of things there – beds, chairs, trash,” recalled Lloyd. “There was a real risk that it would become a dump.” With help from Donna Henry and her staff at Southwest CDC, plus Carey Davis of CityLights, the dump-

ing was avoided and a garden area emerged. “This is really lovely,” added Lloyd, almost in tears. “It’s taken quite a few years, but now it’s something that we’ve always wanted.”

Several weeks prior to installation of the fence, Lloyd and Sherlock orga-nized a flower and vegetable planting project.

“We were planting seeds in more ways than one,” added Phil Wal-lis. Wallis should know what land improvement is all about as he is for-mer president of the Na-tional Lands Trust, and presently direct Pennsylvania Audu-bon Society. “Plants were provided by another the garden club to which another Wayne member, Joan Bang belongs.

“We’re really happy that CityLights can have a hand in keeping this small corner of nature a beautiful place in Southwest,” said Wallis.

CityLights can be reached (after August 15th) at 267-270-2489, or [email protected].

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