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After graduation, Tann re- ceived the Joseph Drogan Scholarship to Study Law at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. During his sec- ond year, Tann was elected President of the local chapter of the Black Law Students of America. Before then, it was an honor traditionally re- served for upper classman. Once Tann completed law school, he returned to Phila- delphia where he practiced


for several years in the areas of commercial litigation, col- lections, bankruptcy, matri- monial law, personal injury, real estate, civil litigation and criminal law. In 2002, Tann opened his own firm dedi- cated to “providing legal ser- vices to people from all walks of life.” Tann’s accomplishments prove too many to list. In fact they occupy a one hun- dred and seven page docu- ment. However, some of the highlights include the work


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he has done with Nu Sigma Youth Services, which pro- vide mentoring and jobs to Philadelphia adolescents. The participants, Tann ex- plained receive paychecks for work they do at programs like mural arts. “But we also teach them things like how to tie a tie, interview skills as well as how to apply to col- lege.” Students can access this program through the Philadelphia School System, Tann added. There’s also Tann’s involve-


ment in Camp Sigma, which takes kids out of the city and provides them with one on one interaction with African American males who aren’t drug dealers or athletes. “This is designed to help them real- ize that they have options.” When Tann received his [up to] $500 with his award last month, he donated it to the, Learning Tree. Based in Waynesboro, Virginia, the Learning Tree offers job and computer training. “It might seem weird to give money to


a program in another state,” Tann says, explaining that the organization’s CEO, Janet Harvey, is an old friend who used to work in Philadel- phia. Tann admired Harvey’s work, because “she took her money and gave it back the community.” And that’s a motto that Tann lives by. Tann has served on the Board of Directors for the Market West Neighborhood Planners Inc., Nu Sigma Youth Services, President’s Council of Associ-


ates for La Salle University, La Salle University Alumni As- sociation, the African Ameri- can Alumni Association of La Salle University, Fair Housing Council of Southern New Jersey an the Philadelphia Boy Scouts of America. Currently, he sits on the board of the Waynes- boro Area Learning Tree and is the Chairman for the Diver- sity Committee of the GP/Solo Division of the American Bar Association. He is also on the steering committee for the ABA Death Penalty Project.


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Lane, Germantown, and Center City. (We published to first ten site in our )ct. 10th issue. You can Read this at www.weeklypress.com)


SOUTH PHILADELPHIA 11. St. Matthew Baptist Church: 2319-2321 Fitzwater


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CANVASS AND COMPUTATION


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OF VOTES CAST IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011, WILL BEGIN AT 9:30 A.M. ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011, IN THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, 6TH FLOOR HEARING ROOM RIVERVIEW PLACE, DELAWARE & SPRING GARDEN STS., AND CONTINUE ALL DAY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011, UNTIL COMPLETED.


A QUIEN CONCIERNE QUEDA AVISADO QUE EL AVISO


ESCRUTINIO Y EL CONTAJE DE LOS VOTOS DADOS EN LA ELECCION GENERAL MUNICIPAL EN LA CIUDAD DE PHILADELPHIA EL MARTES 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2011, LOS COMENZARA A LAS 9:30 A.M. EL LUNES 14 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2011 EN LOS COMISIONDO MUNICIPALES 6’ PISO SALON DE AUDIENCIAS, RIVERVIEW PLACE, DELAWARE & SPRING GARDEN Y CONTINUARA TODO EL DIA DEL LUNES, 14 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2011, HASTA COMPLETARSE.


PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA


MARGARET M. TARTAGLIONE Chairwoman City Commissioners


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HON. CHARLES J. CUNNINGHAM III Acting City Comminissioner Comisionado Interino Municipal


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Street (Grays Ferry Avenue and Fitzwater Street) St. Matthew’s Baptist Church, formerly St. Anthony De Padua Catholic Church, was designed in 1892 by architect Frank Watson. The Roman- esque, granite church con- tains at least thirty stained- glass windows and a strik- ing tall campanile gracing the corner of Grays Ferry and Fitzwater. The owners of the church have put the building up for sale. Given its location in a rapidly rede- veloping neighborhood, and in particular being across from the very successful Toll Brothers Naval Home development, it is vulner- able to being purchased by developers who might want to demolish it to make room for new townhouses. 12. Vare Elementary School: 1621 East Moyamensing Av- enue (Morris Street and E. Moyamensing Avenue) Abigail Vare Elementary School is a stone, vaguely colonial revival building. It was designed between 1903 and 1904 by James Gaw, who later added to the school in 1927. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1986. This building stands as a model for what school build- ings in Philadelphia were at the turn of the century. It is in fairly good condition, but mechanical systems are in need of repair, necessitat- ing it receiving heat from a building across the street.


EAST OAK LANE 13. Harry Asbury House: 970 W. Cheltenham Avenue (70th and W. Cheltenham Avenues) The Harry Asbury House was designed by Amos J. Boyden in 1892. T. Henry Asbury had this colonial re- vival house built for his son,


St. Matthew Baptist Church


Harry. It was formerly one of the King’s View houses, and is now owned by a Korean Church. It is in extremely poor condition. The historic context should be recog- nized, and full restoration is in order to keep up the his- toric fabric of the neighbor- hood.


OAK LANE, OLNEY and LOGAN 14. Oak Lane Reform Church : W. 66th Avenue and N. 7th Street, 19126 The Oak Lane Reform Church complex has one re- maining building, a Gothic style sanctuary that was de- signed in 1905 by architect Valentine B. Lee. It is made of salvaged stone from the Fifth Street Reservoir. The church later became the Oak Lane United Church of Christ, which closed in 1984.


Although the 1905 addition remains, the earlier structure was demolished, and the building is now neglected and in extremely poor con- dition. Images of America; Oak Lane, Olney and Logan GERMANTOWN 15. Caroline Elizabeth Cope Farmer’s Cottage at Awbury Arboretum The Caroline Elizabeth Cope Farmer’s Cottage, built in 1793, is one of twenty-four buildings at Awbury Arbore- tum. In the 1920s, the cottage was deeded to the City, who in turn sold the buildings to New Covenant Church. The Awbury Arboretum is now in a battle to buy back the building, since it is currently neglected and in very poor condition. There is an old


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