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Next week in Frankford

  • Worship and Eucharist at St. Marks
    When-Sun, Sep 21, 10:30am – 12:00pm
    Where-St. Mark’s Church, Frankford (map)
    Description-On September 21st, we will be Blessing the Backpacks. All students of all ages are welcome to bring their backpacks to our Sunday morning 10:30 worship service for a special blessing. We will also have a few Baptisms that day, as well.
  • Concert in the Park
    When-Wed, Sep 24, 6pm – 8pm
    Where-Womrath Park (map)
    Description-Wednesday September 24 from 6pm-8pm in Womrath Park. The Gospel group East Coast Pilgrimaires will be performing.
  • Friends of Overington Park
    When-Sat, Sep 27, 10am – 12pm
    Where-between Leiper and Pilling Streets, along the 1300 Block of Orthodox St (map)
    Description-Friends of Overington Park, between Leiper and Pilling Streets, along the 1300 Block of Orthodox St., are looking for help in the park. Meeting at 10am till 12 noon. We will be picking out 10 spots for trees that we will plant in Nov., also we will be cleaning out flower beds and mulching them. If you use this park come out and help us keep it beautiful! THANKS!
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Al Angelo

From the Inquirer:

The game was an afterthought.

Most in attendance came to pay tribute to the late Al Angelo.

Former Frankford football players, coaches and fans from various generations came to Frankford Memorial Stadium yesterday for a memorial service to honor the Pioneers’ winningest coach.

And this season’s team perhaps paid Angelo the biggest homage, beating Lincoln, 33-0, in the home opener.

Read the entire store here.

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Frankford man slain in Kensington

I have to apologize for missing this story last week.  It sure did not make the headlines.  Now from the Northeast Times:

A shooting in Kensington on Sept. 2 claimed the life of a Frankford man.
Police responding to a 911 call on the 800 block of E. Thayer St. at 2:30 p.m. found 31-year-old Keith Bolden lying in the street with a gunshot wound of the chest.  Bolden, of the 5100 block of Saul St., was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead at 4:35 p.m.  Detectives had not named any suspects in the slaying as the Times went to press and were investigating possible motives, a police spokeswoman said. ••

This is the 3rd Frankford resident who was murdered elsewhere this year.  Now I’ll stick my neck out.  Murder in the city is treated as routine business in this city.   The mayor should be at the hospital every time somebody gets killed in Philadelphia.  Every useless death is a tragedy, even those of the punks who stupidly kill each other.  For some reason we look on some lives as more important than others and so they just don’t make the headlines and don’t get massive police investigation.  Feel free to comment.

While we are on the subject i got this email from a young film maker promoting a new film some of which was shot in Frankford.

PHILADELPHIA HOMICIDE CITY Money Murder & Politics
is a look into what issues really contribute to the struggle and poverty currently in America. It identifies that struggle and poverty are the most popular assumptions for the high murder rate in Philadelphia both statistically and through experience. The movie communicates possible solutions as well as some of the details seen from the situation as it exists currently.
The movie digs into the life and culture of the rougher neighborhoods and communities in Philadelphia in hopes to shed light on the issues faced to the rest of the population.
The film comes out September 26 2008.
This film has been in production since September 2007. There are already three faces in this movie we have heard to have been killed or have killed someone else. This movie was filmed, produced, and edited by two young adults (and friends) one a native to North Philadelphia and the second a Temple student from Albuquerque New Mexico.
Philadelphia will be thoroughly impressed by the work of these two individuals in this full fledged documentary presentation. The two film makers will donate any movie profits to charity organizations. http://www.youtube.com/v/Gn5b0BWzBMA&hl=en&fs=1”
http://www.youtube.com/v/Gn5b0BWzBMA&hl=en&fs=1“