US SUPREME COURT has turned down DA Seth Williams’ request to impose a new death sentence on

Mumia Abu-Jamal, who killed Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Earlier, the federal Court of Ap-

peals in Phila. had said prosecutors could settle for a life sentence for Abu-Jamal or seek another death

sentence. “The District Attorney will not be making on comments on today’s

Supreme Court ruling,” said DA spokeswoman Tasha Jamerson. “The District

Attorney, along with members of the office’s Law Division, need to determine

the next course of action in this case and no decision will be made today.”

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T h e P h i l a d e l p h i a P u b l i c R e c o r d C a l e n d a rOct. 11-

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Mayor at Vesper Club, 1 p.m.

Guest of Honor Eagles’ Curtis

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Oct. 11-

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at Bellevue, Broad & Walnut Sts.,

5:30-8:30 p.m. Sponsored by

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Oct. 12-

Reception for Chairman House

Dem. Campaign Committee State

Rep. Brendan F. Boyle and special

guest Minority Leader State Rep.

Frank Dermody at PFCU, 1600

Locust St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Gold

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Oct. 13-

Youth United for Change Recep-

tion honors Mayor Michael Nutter

and Laura Shubilla at Chemical

Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut

St., 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Oct. 14-

State Rep. John Sabatina Golf Out-

ing at John F. Byrne G.C., 9550

Leon St., 4-Man Scramble, regis-

tration, registration 12 m., shotgun

1 p.m. $125 includes entry to all

events, 18 holes of golf, lunch, din-

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Oct. 15-

W. Poplar NASC hosts Fall Fash-

ion Show & Luncheon at Zoar

United Methodist Ch., 1204 Melon

St., 2 p.m. Donation $20. For info

(215) 765-0960.

Oct. 15-

“Deep Roots – John Myers and

Germantown” celebration honor-

ing State Rep. John Myers’ birth-

day at 5547 Germantown, 6-9 p.m.

Tickets $50. For info Cornelia

Swinson (215) 740-8493.

Oct. 15-

State Sen. Anthony Williams

walks through Bartram’s Garden,

54th & Lindbergh Blvd., 10-11:30

a.m., as part oip f his health and

fitness program.

Oct. 16-

Sheriff Barbara Deeley and Team

Jewell Williams, Democrat candi-

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Sts., 1 p.m. Beer, wine, hot and

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for Jewell Williams, 2343 Smedley

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State Rep. John Myers celebrates

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Ave., 6-9 p.m. Appetizers, drinks,

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Novelist And Arts Leader

Is Tapped For SRC

11 OCTOBER, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 3

LORENE CARY

Mayor Michael A. Nutter has ap-

pointed Lorene Cary, a respected

novelist, educator and founder of

Art Sanctuary, a community arts

organization that showcases

African American art, to the

School Reform Commission.

“Lorene Cary is a nationally rec-

ognized writer, she has a tremen-

dous education background, but

for me what is truly outstanding is

that she has an incredible passion

for the well-being of children; she

cares very personally about parents

and she’s very much focused on

supporting teachers. She will be a

tremendous asset to the School Re-

form Commission and the children

of Philadelphia,” said Nutter.

Cary’s novel, The Price of a Child,was the inaugural One Book One

Philadelphia selection in 2003. A

senior lecturer in creative writing

in the English Dept. of the Univer-

sity of Pennsylvania, Cary founded

Art Sanctuary in 1998 as a means

of using African American art to

enrich the city and region, to bring

the arts to schools and to build and

strengthen a network among

artists.

Ron Tomalis, Pennsylvania Secre-

tary of Education, said, “I am

pleased to welcome Lorene to the

SRC, as I believe her experience

will be beneficial to the school dis-

trict and the Commission. I look

forward to working with her and

her colleagues in the coming

months as we address many of the

critical issues facing the district.”

A 2002 winner of the prestigious

Philadelphia Award, Cary said, “I

am honored to serve Philadelphia’s

students, teachers, and school lead-

ers, and through them, our entire

city. My parents were both

Philadelphia public school teach-

ers; I attended elementary school

here; our children have spent about

half their school life in District

schools; and as a writer and arts

organization director, I’ve worked

with schools and with kids, par-

ents, and grandparents who know

that a good education is their only

real hope for success. I am grateful

to be called to serve them on this

committed and talented team.”

Born and raised in Philadelphia,

Cary has undergraduate and gradu-

ate degrees from Penn. She also

won a Thouron Fellowship and

earned an MA in Victorian Litera-

ture from Sussex University in the

United Kingdom.

She graduated from St. Paul’s

School in Concord, N.H. and later

taught at the school. Her first

book, Black Ice, is a powerful

coming of age memoir about her

time as a student at St. Paul’s and

as a teacher and trustee at the

school.

For more than a decade, the Art

Sanctuary has been a labor of love

for Cary. Originally based in North

Philadelphia at the Church of the

Advocate, where Cary also taught

Sunday School, Art Sanctuary has

relocated its staff offices, gallery

and classroom to a renovated

building at 16th & Bainbridge

Streets.

Cary lives in East Falls with her

husband, Rev. Robert C. Smith,

rector of the Memorial Church of

the Good Shepherd. The couple

has two daughters.

The School Reform Commission is

the five-member governing body

of the School District of Philadel-

phia. The commission was estab-

lished in 2001 when control of the

district was assumed by the Com-

monwealth of Pennsylvania. The

Governor of Pennsylvania ap-

points three of the members, and

the Mayor of Philadelphia appoints

The American public has long

been fascinated with the Kennedy

family, particularly President John

F. Kennedy. Despite his larger-

than-life public persona, JFK re-

mained elusive even to those

closest to him.

MSNBC “Hardball” host and best-

selling author Chris Matthews will

join the National Constitution Cen-

ter on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 7:00

p.m. for a special program about

his new biography, Jack Kennedy:Elusive Hero. Matthews will be

joined by nationally syndicated

radio host, author and political

commentator Michael Smerconish,

who will facilitate the discussion.

For years, Matthews has been re-

searching and collecting first-hand

encounters of Kennedy’s life in

order to paint a uniquely personal

portrait of our 35th president. JackKennedy: Elusive Hero traces

Kennedy’s journey from his school

days to the White House, detailing

his toughest trials including family

tragedy and a life-threatening dis-

ease, and celebrating his greatest

triumphs, among them his stand on

civil rights, his role in the creation

of the Peace Corps, his push to

send a man to the moon, and his

famous decree to the American

public to “ask what you can do for

your country.”

“In searching for Jack Kennedy

my own way,” Matthews writes, “I

found a fighting prince never free

from pain, never far from trouble,

never accepting the world he

found, never wanting to be his fa-

ther’s son. He was a far greater

hero than he ever wished us to

know.”

This program is sponsored by Her-

sha Hospitality and is part of the

“Book Club with Michael Smer-

conish” series. A book sale and

signing will follow the program,

courtesy of Joseph Fox Bookshop.

two members to the commission.

“Lorene brings a spirit of openness

and energy to everything she does,

and her skill sets and commitments

will nicely complement those of

the sitting members,” said Dr. Lori

Shorr, the Mayor’s Chief Educa-

tion Officer and a newly installed

Executive Advisor to the SRC and

School District. “She knows first-

hand how tough this work is on the

ground, and it’s a testament to her

passion for educational opportu-

nity that she is willing to take on

an assignment that is so central to

the city’s well-being.”

Cary will join the Mayor’s other

recent appointee, Dr. Wendell E.

Pritchett, Chancellor of Rutgers

University-Camden, on the SRC.

The new members will join two

current gubernatorial appointees –

Denise McGregor Armbrister and

Joseph A. Dworetzky. Gov. Tom

Corbett has nominated Pedro

Ramos to serve on the SRC and

he’s awaiting confirmation by the

Pennsylvania Senate.

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STATE SEN. ANTHONY WILLIAMS invites public to join him and the residents of Bartram Village as

they walk through the historic Bartram’s Garden this Saturday. It’s a part of a series of free events

throughout October which are Senator’s Heath Awareness Month initiative. Others include a muscle-

training workout at Kingsessing Rec Center, an introduction to Zumba at W. Phila. YMCA, a health

fair at the Pennsy Flea Market, line dancing at KIPP W. Phila. Charter School, Wake Up yoga, and

Senator’s traditional Health Walk on Cobbs Creek Parkway on Oct. 29. Bartram’s Garden Walk with

Bartram Village will be this Saturday, 10 to 11:30 a.m., at 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard. Visit

http://www.senatoranthonyhwilliams.com/eventhome/events/health-awareness-month for the full list of

events.

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Admission is $7 for members, stu-

dents and teachers and $10 for

non-members. Reservations are re-

quired and can be made online at

www.constitutioncenter.org or by

calling (215) 409.6700.

Williams Hosts Bartram’s Garden Walk

For Health Awareness