PhiladelphiaDaily Record

Vol. II No. 18 (178) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia March 9, 2011

STATE REP. Tony Payton greets Loraine Ballard Morrill of ClearChannel radio

and Gilberto Hernandez, at Red Cross Ball, which saw 1,100 people attending

fundraising gala at Please Touch Museum. Another picture page 2. Photo by Bon-

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Red Cross Ball at Please Touch Museum. Photo by Bonnie Squires

This Sunday, Mar. 13, at 11:30 a.m., the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will

take place. The parade will start in the 1600 block of J.F.K. Boulevard

and proceed east to 16th Street, north on 16th Street to the B.F. Parkway,

west on the Parkway to the north side of Eakins Oval, where the review-

ing stand will be set up. The following will be temporarily closed:

J.F.K. Blvd. 16th Street to 20th Street 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

16th Street Market to B.F. Parkway 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

B.F. Parkway 16th Street to Eakins Oval 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Is Set To Go

First Philadelphia Science

Festival ‘Experiments’The Philadelphia Science Festival

today unveiled its latest program

offerings for Apr. 15-28 – dozens

of mostly-free events spread out

across the city. In answer to Presi-

dent Obama’s call for action to

“out-innovate, out-educate, and

out-build the rest of the world,”

the Festival brings together more

than 100 organizations of varying

sizes and missions for an unprece-

dented collaboration – resulting in

a truly Philadelphia-wide event fu-

eled by the best scientific and edu-

cational resources the region has to

offer.

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For two weeks, the Festival will

showcase how vital science and

technology are to everyday life

with an ambitious range of pro-

grams designed to engage and in-

trigue. Presented by The Dow

Chemical Company and organized

by The Franklin Institute with a

grant from The National Science

Foundation, the Festival is part of

a national movement to make sci-

ence hands-on and accessible. It

builds on the city’s rich history of

originality and invention with

dozens of free events at museums,

schools, libraries and even street

corners and concert halls.

Entrepreneur and restaurant owner Sid Booker will

work with the Nutter for Mayor campaign as a senior

advisor to Mayor Michael A. Nutter.

Owner of Sid Booker’s Stinger Lounge at 4600 N.

Broad Street, Booker is a well-known figure in the

African- American community and throughout the

Philadelphia region. His legendary restaurant has long

served as a gathering place for African American

elected officials and others of influence in the com-

munity.

Before becoming a successful business owner with

the opening of his restaurant 44 years ago, Booker

managed the old Uptown Theater through its enter-

tainment and civil-rights gatherings heyday.

“I’ve known Sid Booker for 30 years, and he’s been a

great friend to me,” Nutter said. “I am pleased to have

such a trusted and respected member of the business

community as part of my reelection efforts. Sid

Booker knows the community. He knows business

and how to leverage business goals for the good of

the community. He knows how to bring a broad

cross-section of our city together to attain our goals

around public safety, education and jobs. He’s a great

guy, too. I look forward to having his wisdom and

community experience.”

Cohen, Henon File Big NumbersSherrie Cohen, an attorney and so-

cial activist running for a Demo-

cratic at-Large City Council seat,

demonstrated the widespread sup-

port her campaign is receiving

from Philadelphia’s residents by

filing almost 5,000 signatures on

her nominating petitions today.

The total was close to five times

the 1,000 required to run for the

seat.

Over the past three weeks, hun-

dreds of volunteers worked tire-

lessly to get Sherrie on the ballot.

The signatures they collected re-

flect the diversity of Sherrie’s sup-

port: from neighborhoods across

the city and from seniors, students,

union members, ward leaders,

business owners, working families

and elected officials.

The campaign of Democratic City

Council candidate Bobby Henon,

who is running to succeed retiring

Joan Krajewski in the 6th Council-

manic Dist., turned in more than

6,700 signed petitions to the

Philadelphia Board of Elections to

Mayor Nutter Campaign Taps Long-Time Businessman Sid Booker

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade Lunch-eon & Sashing of Grand Marshalat Doubletree Hotel, Broad & Lo-cust Sts., 12 m. Tickets $50.RSVP Kathy McGee Burns (215)872-1305.Mar. 10-

Cocktail Party for Traffic Ct. can-didate Fred Mari at AmericanPub, 1500 Market St., in CenterSq. Bldg., 5-7:30 p.m. Donation$50. For info Mark (215) 990-9352.Mar. 10-

Fundraiser for Controller AlanButkovitz at Vesper Club, 226 S.Sydenham St., 5:30-7:30 p.m.Donation $500. For info (412)721-9489.Mar. 10-

South Philadelphia Business As-sociation annual Scholarship galaat Galdo’s catering, 20th & Moya-mensing Ave., 6-10 p.m. Honor-ing DA Seth Williams, and RowHome magazine’s Dawn Rhoadesand Dorette Rota Jackson. Forinfo (215) 336-1108.Mar. 10-

State Sen. Anthony Williamshosts foreclosure-preventionworkshop at Ezekiel Baptist Ch.,5701 Grays Ave., 6-8 p.m.Mar. 11-

Sen. Bob Casey, John Doughertyand others host St. Patrick’s DayToast at Finnigan’s Wake, 4rd &Spring Garden Sts., 6 p.m. Con-tributions $35/person, $60/cou-ple, $250/sponsor. RSVOPrecommended. For inforsvp@bobcasey.com.

secure Henon’s place on the May

17 Democratic primary ballot. The

minimum number of signed peti-

tions needed to qualify for District

Council races is 750. Henon, 42,

has already garnered the unani-

mous endorsements of the Frater-

nal Order of Police Lodge 5 and

Philadelphia Fire Fighters Local

22, affirmation of the importance