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Grass-Fed Meat Label dairying.“Many of the same nutritional, Putting the High Back into the High (continued from page 18) environmental, and animal husbandry from grass and forage could qualify for benefits are captured by pasturing organ- Holidays at P’nai Or ic dairy animals,”explains Kastel. But the the grass-fed label. That proposal was by Tobie Hoffman them even more powerful and personally strongly condemned in public comments USDA has let factory farms that primarily This fall, in Summit Church’s Fellowship relevant.“If you have grown past thinking the USDA received from consumers, pro- confine their milking herds in feedlots or Hall, a High Holiday gathering unlike of God as a judgmental King on a throne, ducer groups, nonprofit organizations, small sheds gain a significant and grow- anything you may have ever experienced and are ready for some of the more po- and academics. ing slice of the organic dairy market.“Co- will unfold again, as P’nai Or – the Mt. tent imagery that grows out of the Jewish Adds Kastel: “It’s important for the operatives and their consumer members Airy Jewish renewal congregation whose mystical tradition, P’nai Or will be a re- public to contact the USDA and let the need to continue pressuring the USDA name means “Faces of Light” – offers freshing change for you too,”said Abby agency know that grass-fed means grass- for a strong (organic) pasture rule that High Holiday services of a different stripe Michaleski who came to P’nai Or three fed. The USDA needs to hear that con- will protect family farmers and produce to seekers of all backgrounds. years ago after trying many different con- sumers want livestock raised in condi- dairy products that match consumer val- “The High Holidays at P’nai Or are gregations.“I needed a more dynamic, tions that promote the animal’s health, ues and expectations,”Kastel said. Jewish renewal at its best,”said Rabbi more integrated way of understanding protect the environment, and produce To help consumers and dairy product Marcia Prager who has been co-leading the creative life-force that I experience in meat products that contain the healthiest buyers identify the dairy products pro- these festive gatherings along with many the world and in my life. P’nai Or High nutrients.” duced with the highest organic integrity, talented P’nai Or members, for thirteen Holidays takes the traditional liturgy and Although heartened by the USDA’s The Cornucopia Institute has released a years.“We blend traditional liturgy with imagery and makes it soar in a way that is turnaround on the grass-fed issue, Kastel scorecard and report that rates the na- uplifting heart-opening poetic transla- resonant with my experience. Boy was remains puzzled and disappointed at the tion’s organic dairy products. It can be tions so that Hebrew and English prayers this a wow.” agency’s reluctance to apply a similar ap- viewed on the group’s web page at flow intertwined with each other. The “I wanted an informal, really friendly proach to the role of pasture in organic www.cornuocpia.org. music is profound – deep, high and sweet environment where I could have a spiri- in a way that caresses your soul. And of tual experience, and also bring my kids” course, everyone is included. There is pas- said Sam Steinig and his wife Rodi, who sionate prayer, quiet meditation, oppor- come with their young daughter and baby tunities to reflect and do some pretty girl. The P’nai Or Children’s Program deep inner work, and also time to share, runs through the holiday, offering a blend to be creative and even make some new of childcare and High Holiday activities friends.” and projects for children. We can bring P’nai Or High Holidays are a great in- our kids into the service to be with us, troduction to the themes of this season in and also let them be with other kids and the Jewish year, and to different styles and have educational fun.” approaches to these themes that can make (continued on page 25)

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The Simplicity Dividend Personal Kyoto Pledges by Betsy Teutsch goal for household compliance is to re- people who have done each of those take to get to a 20 percent reduction. Decreasing one’s gasoline emissions This Simplicity Dividend column, which I duce CO2 emissions by 20 percent. It is things. Wind power is way cheaper and likewise can be accomplished through a have written for several years, has focused challenging, but very doable with vigilant easier than financing a Prius or moving, host of strategies. If you have two cars, get on editing one’s personal consumption, attention and action. Reducing emissions by the way in the habit of using the one which gets yielding a personal bonus of time and by 20 percent can be accomplished Starting on your home heating, there better mileage more often. Do errands money, along with intangibles such as through an infinite variety of strategies; are many ways to lower your fuel con- more efficiently, and consider running happiness and fulfillment. It turns out indeed once you start on the path, you sumption, which lowers your CO2 emis- more of them by foot or bike or internet. that downsizing yields another benefit may exceed the goal. Given that the cost sions, and your bill. Remember to com- If you commute by car, taking public becoming more significant by the day - of energy is escalating, in the long run pare your usage to prior years, not the transit one day a week would effectively minimizing your consumption decreases you are likely to save money, even if that bottom line figure, since the cost of ener- lower your emissions by that golden 20 your personal carbon dioxide emissions. is not your goal. gy is increasing dramatically. Your bill will percent. Air travel generates enormous The excess of carbon dioxide emis- The three main sources of a house- probably still be higher than last year’s, carbon emissions; according to Sierra sions is, of course, what is fueling (quite hold’s CO2 emissions are heating, trans- but if your usage is down, you’re going in Club’s magazine,“for a family of four, a literally ) global warming, and the pre- portation, and electrical appliance use. the right direction. The simplest way to round-trip transatlantic flight creates as ponderance of evidence of impending cli- Keep in mind that most electricity in lower your usage is to lower the thermo- much greenhouse gas as driving for a mate crisis is blaring at us from all sides. Pennsylvania is generated by coal-fired stat; installing a programmable thermo- year.”So perhaps you might reconsider a Combating global warming will take mas- plants. That means the CO2 emissions stat will help you to do this more effi- long airline trip and go somewhere in sive global paradigm shifts in technology takes place on site, before the electricity ciently and comfortably. Another strategy easy driving distance instead. Try car- and policy; in the meantime, though, which you use is added into the grid. So is to lower your thermostat even further, pooling to meetings and social gatherings each of us can make personal choices to the CO2 doesn’t literally come from your and add electric heaters to the rooms you with others going in the same direction. decrease the CO2 emissions we ourselves house, but is produced on your behalf use most frequently. I “preheat” my home Join PhillyCarShare (see the article on generate. Since Americans consume a dis- elsewhere. It’s upsetting to realize this, office in the winter, and find that since it page one). Cut a deal to telecommute proportionate share of the world’s fossil since when it gets to our homes, electrici- is a small room, raising its temperature a once a week – another way to hit 20 per- fuel, it follows that Americans making ty is quite clean. few degrees makes it tolerable, even cent reduction. With conscious effort, re- changes in our consumption will have The easiest method to reduce your though the rest of my monster house is ducing your mileage by 20 percent should disproportionate impact, as well. emissions would be to move to a 20 per- really cold. You might be ready for a new be achievable without undue sacrifice. Unlike conventional dirty pollution, cent smaller home, drive a high mileage boiler, which while expensive, will give Remember, it’s a goal of 20 percent, not carbon dioxide is invisible. That makes it vehicle as little as possible, and buy elec- you increased efficiency, another hall- 100 percent. You can still drive hard to track our impact, and hard to im- tricity from a renewable source, available mark of responsible energy consumption. The third area, electrical appliance us- prove our behavior based on any perceiv- from PECO. (In Pennsylvania, non-fossil These types of investments pay for them- age, is a biggie. After all, I am writing this able effects. How would a household go fuel electricity is primarily generated by selves over time. The faster the cost of en- in July with a forecast of over 100 degrees about committing to the Kyoto protocol, wind power, but other options include so- ergy escalates, the faster the payback. for the next few days – we’ll all be using the international effort signed by 161 lar, hydro-electric, as well as bio-gas, all Conservation, including insulating walls, our air conditioners, and will be grateful countries, but notoriously ignored by our renewable sources now being deployed.) caulking or replacing windows, weather- for having them. The simple ways to de- United States government? The Kyoto Not many of us are going to spring for a stripping, and experimenting with insu- crease electrical usage, and therefore formula, based on worldwide carbon new home, a Prius, and wind power, lating paint will all help to lower your fuel consumption. So there are many paths to load, is very complicated, but a rough though I am happy to report that I know (continued on page 25) PAGE 22 THE SHUTTLE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006

Co-op Joins Morris Arb. Fall Fest, Oct. 1 Grant Helps by Susan Crane pling the various apples varieties and be purchased to take home. No visit to the Arboretum at this time Families Caring Each fall, scores of families in the choosing an assortment to take home. of year would be complete without a stop Delaware Valley look forward to an after- Among the other favorites is the for Elderly at the Garden Railway Display. This year’s noon of fun at the Morris Arboretum’s scarecrow making, for which the Arbore- theme, Fairy Tale Rail II enchants visitors by Susan G. Smith Fall Festival. Now in its eight year, on tum supplies all the materials, including with its charming replicas of storybook Sunday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., the the scarecrow frames, hay and a vast se- Time Out, a program of Temple Universi- homes -- from the Thumbelina’s tiny cot- Morris Arboretum will host its annual lection of clothing. This is serious busi- ty’s Center for Intergenerational Learn- tage to the majestic Cinderella’s castle. Be Fall Family Festival. The Arboretum’s ness for many folks who are intent on ing, has received a grant from the Chest- sure to see the display before it closes for beautiful landscape provides the perfect having the “best-dressed” scarecrow nut Hill Health Care Foundation to help the season on Oct. 9. backdrop for this lively event. Glorious around. Visitors are encouraged to come families caring for elderly relatives who Finally, take a few moments to look trees burst with hues of orange and red as early for scarecrow-making, as many visi- live in Northwest Philadelphia. The zip around and enjoy the spectacular fall col- families gather to make a scarecrow or tors head right to that area to ensure their codes targeted are 19118, 19119, 19144, or. In the Philadelphia area, there is truly paint a pumpkin. Fall Festival is the high- pick of the best outfit. 19150, 19138, and 19128. no better place to see beautiful autumn light of the Arboretum’s fall calendar, last Returning for a second year in a row The program offers care-giving fam- trees than at the Morris Arboretum. The year drawing over 1,700 visitors. What will be Wendy Whitten “The Singing Sci- ily members a “break” by providing Arboretum is home to some of the area’s makes the event so unique is that almost entist” and her friend, Flumpa the Frog. trained, caring college students who go to oldest and largest trees, as well as many all the activities are geared toward both Flumpa is a character based on the red- the homes of frail, older adults and serve trees known for their particularly superb children and adults, allowing families to eyed tree frog, and together he and as companions, prepare meals, do light color -- including red and sugar maples, spend a wonderful afternoon together. Wendy make science fun in an interactive grocery shopping, and accompany the scarlet oaks, and black gums. What will make it even better this year 30-minute performance that includes person cared for to nearby medical ap- The Fall Festival is the perfect way to is that Weavers Way will be joining the fun, music, sing-a-longs and storytelling. pointments. enjoy an afternoon of fun in a glorious with a selection of organic, locally grown Shows are scheduled for 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Participating students go through an autumn setting. Make plans to visit the and other Co-op products. Weavers Way Kids also enjoy choosing and creating intensive ten-hour training course, pro- Arboretum and it will become an annual will also provide a variety of apples for ap- a pumpkin “masterpiece.”The pumpkins vide two references and have a criminal event for your family, too. ple tasting. Bushels of apple varieties will can be painted in a variety of colors and history clearance. The students are paired be available. Visitors can delight in sam- decorated with glitter, yarn, pompoms with families based on the family’s re- and doilies. Additional pumpkins can also quest and the student’s schedule, are em- Got ployed by the families and are paid $7 an hour. There also is an annual $25 registra- tion fee. old Photos? For the past eighteen years, Time Out Specifically, got any old photos has provided quality respite and home of Weavers Way, or photos of support to caregivers. One such family the neighborhood before caregiver described the program as “A Weavers Way was here? We’de godsend It is such a relief to know that somebody is there to help. I no longer love to see them, copy them, & have to leave work to bring my mom share them. home from dialysis. I know she has com- pany and assistance with her dinner when she is tired and weak from treatment.” E-mail Jon McGoran at To receive more information about [email protected] the program, contact Susan G. Smith at 215-204-6540. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 THE SHUTTLE PAGE 21

HT COURTESY PHOTO Why Do You Think It’s Called Devil’s Pool? by Denise Larrabee C

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RUST by discharges from waste- water (sewage) treatment plants and stormwater runoff containing animal waste, gasoline, and oil. Still, park users continue to swim there and risk their health and safety. This summer the Friends of the Wissahickon ON SATURDAY OCT. 7, TEN HISTORIC SITES IN GERMANTOWN WILL PRESENT THE (FOW), a nonprofit organi- BY CARTOON REVOLUTIONARY GERMANTOWN FESTIVAL, ADAY-LONG HISTORY FESTIVAL FEATURING SPECIAL zation dedicated to preserv- TOURS, PROGRAMS, AND TWO REENACTMENTS OF THE ONLY REVOLUTIONARY BATTLE FOUGHT IN

ing the Wissahickon section N PHILADELPHIA, THE 1777 BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN. FOR MORE INFO, CALL 215-329-7312. of Fairmount Park, is work- ICK R ing to educate park users IES L•E•T•T•E•R•S about the dangers of swim- ming in Devil’s Pool. I was alarmed to find out in the July/August Shuttle that Michele’s soups contain and viral disease by swimming or wading Swimming in any of Philadelphia’s MSG in the soup base. I am highly allergic to MSG and will avoid her soups from now in the Wissahickon Creek. Says Dahme, rivers and streams is illegal and danger- on. The Co-op has an obligation to let consumers know about this additive. Please, in “Swallowing even a small amount of this ous. The Philadelphia Department of black marker, write contains MSG on the ingredient list and make sure it is clearly visi- water exposes a person to diseases like Gi- Public Health states that swimming and ble. As a co-op whose main concern is providing high quality foods, someone should re- ardiasis or Cryptosporidiosis, with symp- wading is not permitted due to risks of search available soups in the areas that don’t contain MSG. toms of cramps, diarrhea, nausea, and drowning, injury from submerged ob- -- Merle Cutler fever. If sewage leaks into the creek, bacte- jects, strong currents, and other hazards. ria such as e-coli can also be present in In the past, swimmers at Devil’s Pool have Thirty-five years ago, the town of Pripyat developed around the Chernobyl Nuclear the water.” drowned. Power Plant. The plant was pronounced safe by its chief engineer, Vladimir Korobeinikov. “We want all park users to enjoy the Swimming in Philadelphia creeks and Nikolai Fomin, the plant’s chief, engineer, claimed that even if the incredible should Wissahickon,”says FOW Executive Direc- rivers is also a serious health hazard. happen the automatic control and safety systems would shut down the reactor in a mat- tor Maura McCarthy.“But they should Joanne Dahme of the Philadelphia Water ter of seconds. Chernobyl had emergency core cooling systems and many other techno- observe park regulations for their own Department points out that in summer logical safety designs and systems. health and safety and the preservation of about 90 percent of the flow in the Wis- According to Boris Chernov, a steam turbine operator, the workplace is checked dai- the park.” sahickon contains wastewater (treated ly by a radiation control service so sensitive that the slightest deviation from the norm For more information about FOW, sewage). People and animals risk bacterial will set off an alarm. Pyotr Bondarenko, a shift superintendent in the department of la- visit www.fow.org. bor protection and safety, claimed that working at the plant was safer than driving a car. Holding a plant job requires a perfect knowledge of rigidly enforced safety rules and passing an annual exam. Nicholas and David Hair Artistry This information appeared in a special report of Soviet Life magazine, February 1986. But the reactor still failed. Four Generations of Hair Philosophy In the U.S., we, too have nuclear plants which some claim are safe, which were even supposed to produce energy “too cheap to meter.”We have had a partial meltdown at Three Mile Island, one in Detroit, plus significant other serious malfunctions across the country. Should we wait for Chernobyl to happen here? And where will it happen -- in Hair is like an umbrella reflecting shades of light and dark upon your face. Oyster Creek, in Berwick, in Peach Bottom, in Salem, in Forked River, or Limerick? We can bring out your natural beauty and help your hair fit your own personality through: Make nuclear power the issue. Demand that elected officials and candidates support hydroelectric, solar, wind, and other safe, renewable sources. • Simplicity of a style accentuating your beauty -- June Krebs • Proper shaping to form shadows, softening your features • Creating a cut, with soft highlights that allow you to look your best Pearson Insurance Associates • Styling that bridges the gap between short and long hair Maureen Pearson Using these techniques and others, we can create a new look or make your hair naturally more manageable. Master Barbers… Health
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Get the SCOOP! BY PHOTO D at Video Library AVID F by Betty Ann Fellner ELLNER Video Library (7141 Germantown Av- more fitting,”David claims,“than to cre- enue) now has SCOOP , a newly opened, ate the old soda fountain that enlivened old-fashioned ice cream shop right in all drugstores.” He continues with pride, front of the store in the heart of Mt. Airy “I love seeing kids, families and old folks and Philadelphia’s Historic Northwest. like me enjoying a stroll down the avenue Serving Bassetts, a Philadelphia fa- with their ice cream. But I especially like vorite since 1861, SCOOP is delighted to having people come and stay a while at combine the old and the new in fine the ice cream bar or at the tables.” Philly tradition. The hours for SCOOP SCOOP is a perfect spot to watch are noon to 9:30 p.m. Sunday to Thurs- movies on the screen above the bar. Or day, noon to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Satur- take your treats into the new screening day. An added plus: the shop will be open room in the back of Video Library. You year-round. Come fall, watch for an ex- can also rent the screening room for an panded menu of sweets and beverages, ice cream social, a birthday party, or a perfect choices for an afternoon pick-up movie-gathering with friends. Contact or an after-dinner dessert. Betty Ann at 215-248-9560 or A bit of history – let’s call it “Mt. Airy [email protected] to make your Musical Chairs”: As some veteran neigh- plans. MT. AIRY NEIGHBORS JANET GALA AND HER 2-YEAR OLD TWINS ENJOY THEIR ICE bors know, Video Library is now located And don’t forget to come out to Mt. next door to the Sedgwick Theater in a Airy’s First Fridays, Sept. 1 and Oct. 6. CREAM AT VIDEO LIBRARY’S SCOOP! DANNY (R) AND SOPHIE (L) ARE REGU- store that was once a Sun-Ray drugstore. Movies will be featured in the Sedgwick LARS AT MT. AIRY’S NEWEST ICE CCEAM PARLOR. (See the images in the tile still outside the Theater both nights. In addition to the store.) It was the original Cooperman’s other grand events held up and down the that has since moved to the corner of Mt. avenue, SCOOP will provide free top- Pleasant Ave. When David Fellner bought pings for your ice cream on those nights. Video Library, he thought it deserved a Movies, ice cream, strolling, visiting the larger space with added features. (The many shops and restaurants…. You sure former Video Library site is now the new, don’t want to miss the excitement on the charming take out/sit down Mexican Avenue restaurant, Mi Puebla). So he moved Video Library to the current site and completely renovated it.“So what can be SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 THE SHUTTLE PAGE 19

FOW Will Rebuild WPA Guard House COFFEE GRINDERS ARE FOR HT OREYOF COURTESY PHOTO BULK COFFEE BEANS ONLY!

Other products can damage the machine or be dangerous or unsanitary. F INSO THE OF RIENDS No seeds! No nuts! No coffee beans from other places! W ISSAHICKON Grinding nuts or flavored coffee can be dangerous to people with nut allergies. These grinders are loaned to us under contract by Equal Exchange and are only for use in selling the coffee we stock. Thank you.

This notice was produced by the Department of “Ads That Shouldn’t Be Neccesary” and was funded by a grant from the Stating the Obvious Foundation Finding Al Schatz:The Discovery of Streptomycin and a Life it Saved by Vivian Schatz compelled to offer him gratitude for the FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON SEEKS TO RAISE FUNDS TO REBUILD THIS GUARD- When long-time Co-op member Albert scientific research that saved her life. She HOUSE, ON FORBIDDEN DRIVE, WHICH WAS RECENTLY DESTROYED BY VANDALS. Schatz died in January 2005, many people learned of the controversy surrounding the discovery of streptomycin and by Denise Larrabee tion box at the end of the counter for do- remembered his long career in research nations. You can also mail your donation and teaching. But most didn’t know that Schatz’s ultimate recognition for his The Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) directly to: Friends of the Wissahickon, as a 23-year-old graduate student at Rut- work. As a result of their friendship, they are raising the necessary funds to rebuild 8708 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA gers University in New Brunswick, New decided to co-author this book. the WPA (Works Progress Administra- 19118. Jersey, Schatz spent much of his time dili- Finding Dr. Schatz is their powerful tion) Guard House on Forbidden Drive Guard House History gently worked alone in a basement labo- true-story – told in their own words – of near Mt. Airy Avenue, which was de- a scientist who changed the world and a Shelters throughout Fairmount Park ratory to find an antibiotic to treat tuber- stroyed by arson on June 2, 2006. FOW’s woman who lived because of it. were built by more than 4,000 employees culosis. In October of 1943, he discovered Structures Committee restored the build- Inge Auerbacher was born in Kippen- of the WPA from 1935-1943 as shelters that antibiotic and named it strepto- ing about six years ago with private fund- heim, Germany. She is the author of I am for the Fairmount Park Guards who pa- mycin. ing. They plan to begin work on the a Star Child of the Holocaust, and Be- trolled the park by foot, horse, and bike. Streptomycin saved millions of lives building in September and should com- yond the Yellow Star. Each shelter had a telephone and wood or and changed the face of medicine plete the project later this fall. Hiring a The book can be ordered at Big Blue coal stove. All were made from local wood throughout the world. Meanwhile. his building firm to restore the structure Marble Bookstore, next door to Weavers and stone and designed to blend into the professor, Selman Waksman, took the would cost an estimated $25,000, but Way. It is also available at Amazon.com landscape. They were used into the 1960s, credit, relegating Schatz to the footnotes FOW plans to use volunteers in this effort and Barnes and Noble. but totally abandoned when the Park of history. and complete the restoration of the build- Over fifty years later, German-born ing for considerably less money. Guard was disbanded in the 1970s. Thir- teen of these shelters were built in the Inge Auerbacher read an article that Weavers Way is sponsoring a fund named Schatz as the co-discoverer of the drive to help cover the costs of the Wissahickon Valley. They include the structure mentioned above plus others drug. As a young Jewish girl during World restoration and ongoing maintenance of War II, Auerbacher was a prisoner at Ter- all the WPA guard houses in the park. along Forbidden Drive at Kitchen’s Lane; near the Covered Bridge at Thomas Mill; izen concentration camp in Czechoslova- Checks should be made payable to kia. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis Friends of the Wissahickon with the and at the juncture of Forbidden Drive and Lincoln Drive. This last shelter is during her imprisonment and was able to memo note “WPA restoration.”The receive the life-saving streptomycin after Friends of the Wissahickon is a 501(C)3 known as Ten Box. Built in 1940 by the WPA as a guard station, it was the loca- her immigration to America. organization and a donation is tax de- Auerbacher contacted Schatz in 1997, ductible. Weavers Way will have a dona- tion of the tenth box of a telephone sys- tem that once ran along Forbidden Drive. Mt. Airy Bed and Breakfast ~ twin beds ~ 3rd floor ~ A.C. $65 single/$70 double no pets/no last minute calls 3 days notice 215-848-6728

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USDA Unveils Grass-Fed Meat Label; Fair Trade Month what better products available to more (continued from page 17) people and (usually) at a lower price, which means more producers and con- Consumer Feedback to USDA Needed and otherwise comply with fair trade sumers benefit? Or is it better to main- by Will Fantle, senior scientist at the Union of Con- guidelines, cannot show the Fair Trade la- tain high standards that usually exclude Research Director for The Cornucopia Institute cerned Scientists and author of Greener bel. On the other hand, this is not the case large companies because large companies Pastures. for tea, which can be plantation grown. Consumers could be big winners if a pro- are inherently incapable of compliance, In particular, grass-fed meats contain This was a really sore issue with the Tan- posed new USDA standard for grass-fed thus fostering success of the many smaller higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids (also zanian tea farmers, who have to compete livestock wins approval. Meat from ani- producers, and enhancing the connection found in salmon and some other fish, as with a nearby plantation. mals fattened only in pastures – receiving between consumer and producer? And well as in flax and a few other seeds) and Another sore spot for some of the 99% of their energy from grass and forage what about Nestle, who still markets baby CLAs (conjugated linoleic acid), a benefi- farmers was the Fair Trade certification – would be able to use the agency’s new formula to communities better off with- cial class of omega-6 fatty acids. In animal process. Farmers have to pay for the in- grass-fed label. The grass-fed livestock la- out it and does many other deplorable studies, CLAs like those in grass-fed meat spections, which hopefully is worth it be- bel covers all ruminants, including cattle, things (including depleting water tables have been shown to protect against can- cause the fair trade price premium is goats, and sheep. to sell bottled water so much that local cer. more than enough to compensate for the The USDA proposal is specific about communities no longer have enough The grass-fed approach has other cost of the inspections. But sometimes, as what they mean by grass-fed, defining it fresh water, which, ironically, is required pluses, as well. The animals live in condi- when world commodity prices are high, as “grass (annual and perennial), forbs to use baby formula). Is it better to en- tions allowing them to exhibit their natu- that differential is not that great. In addi- (legumes, brassicas), browse, forage, or courage Nestle to do the right thing by re- ral behavior, a circumstance that stands in tion, it sounded like the inspections could stockpiled forages, and post-harvest crop warding them where they do the right marked contrast to the misery associated be inefficient, i.e., inspectors don’t speak residue without separated grain.”The thing? Or is it better to not let Nestle and with penning thousands of animals into native languages, need separate inspec- proposal makes an allowance for mother’s the other companies “greenwash” them- giant feedlots. Fed grains and forced to tion for organic certification, and there is milk fed to young animals prior to wean- selves in the marketplace by promoting stand in their own manure, the stressed no feedback provision for producers in ing. And minerals and vitamins are okay the small part of their business they are feedlot animals are routinely adminis- the inspection process. as part of the feeding regimen. The cur- doing ethically to create the impression tered antibiotics to fend off or treat dis- Yet another huge issue is what to do rent rulemaking draft replaces a highly the entire business is run that way? eases. Pastured animals can also improve about the entrance of Starbucks, Wal- controversial proposal that would have al- Then there are the other issues of lo- soil quality. Their manure is spread about mart, McDonalds, Nestle, etc. into the fair lowed cattle to be “finished” and fattened cal food, which coffee and chocolate and in amounts small enough to actually fer- trade world. Part of the fair trade system on corn, and in feedlots. bananas will never be, and the question of tilize and not overwhelm the soil while up to now is that it served small produc- Many organic consumers and others whether it is even best for farmers to grow protecting ground and surface waters. ers, typically formed into co-ops for pro- seek grass-fed meat because of its distinct cash crops like this at all? After all, coffee, “The USDA’s grass-fed initiative rep- cessing and marketing efficiency. To meet health advantages. According to a recent tea, and chocolate are not essential to life resents a dramatic improvement over the demand of the larger retail corpora- report from the Union of Concerned Sci- like foods that provide calories and pro- their previous proposal,”says Mark Kas- tions, large plantations would be re- entists, meat from animals raised entirely tein and vitamins and amino acids and tel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst for The quired. The U.K. certifying organization, on pasture is not only leaner but contains fiber. Leaves one wondering. But mean- Cornucopia Institute, a farmer advocacy Fairtrade Foundation, granted certifica- higher levels of beneficial substances that while, I would choose fair trade products and agricultural watchdog group. In tion to one of Nestle’s brands,“Partners may fight cancer and strengthen the im- where given a choice, because for right 2002, the agency suggested that rumi- Blend.”This is part of the classic decision mune system.“When you eat grass-fed now, for non-local products, I think it’s nants receiving 80 percent of their energy that people have to make in both the fair meat, you’re getting beef with benefits,” the best chance for buying products that trade world and the organic world. Which notes Dr. Kate Clancy, a nutritionist and are non-exploitive. (continued on page 24) is better? Compromising standards some so that large companies can make some-

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October is Fair Trade Month by Norman Weiss modities provided alternative trading or- tunities for producers who have been security, educational requirements and need for play and conforms to the UN October is Fair Trade month, so I thought ganizations the perfect substitute to the economically disadvantaged or marginal- ized by the conventional trading system. Convention on the Rights of the Child as it would be appropriate to write a little declining handicrafts market: they offered a renewable source of income while being • Transparent and accountable manage- well as the law and norms in the local about our co-op and fair trade. Products context. in our store that carry the Transfair Fair easily marketable as virtually every single ment and commercial relations to deal • Environment: encourages better envi- Trade logo are Choice Teas, Equal Ex- consumer can become a potential buyer. fairly and respectfully with trading part- ronmental practices and the application change coffee and chocolate bars, Frontier Coffee quickly became the main growth ners. of responsible methods of production. teas (not all), Green and Black chocolate engine behind fair trade. A number of “al- • Capacity building: developing produc- Probably few people would quibble bars, Lara Bars, Sunspire chocolate drops, ternative trade organizations” came into ers’ independence. Provide continuity, that these are worthy goals. However, and our own organic bagged chocolate being, many during which producers and their mar- things start to get complicated when it drops. Dr. Bronners soaps do not carry foreign keting organizations can improve their comes to certification and labeling prod- the Transfair logo but claim to be made (Equal Ex- management skills and their access to new markets. ucts “Fair Trade.”FLO inspects producers using fair trade guidelines. change be- to document fair trade standards are be- We also sometimes have fair trade ba- ing the main • Payment of a fair price: in the regional ing met. Then, in the U.S., Transfair U.S. nanas, and are looking into fair trade rice one in the or local context, one that has been agreed is responsible for monitoring importers and sugar. Also maybe other produce U.S.). Most through dialogue and participation. It and manufacturers. It is the Transfair U.S. items, and in coming months, hopefully fair trade covers not only the costs of production but enables production, which is socially logo that then appears on the products some domestically produced fair trade products in just and environmentally sound. Fair pay like the ones we sell at our co-op. items like pecans. the U.S. and to the pro- In July, Margie and I attended some So what does the term fair trade Europe are ducers and seminars and workshops hosted by Equal mean? What does the logo mean? Why imports equal pay Exchange regarding fair trade. Here we should we buy fair trade products? Turns from mostly for equal directly heard about the fair trade move- out, like most things in life today, the southern work by ment from many viewpoints, farmers, closer you look the more complicated it hemisphere producers. women and farmer co-op representatives, importers, gets. Here is some of what I have gleaned The fair trade movement wanted a men. Fair- certifiers, manufacturer/processors, about fair trade. way to distinguish fair trade products in traders wholesalers, and retailers. One of the Ideally, fair trade is about ensuring the marketplace. In 1997, they created the ensure highlights for me was talking one on one producers of goods are paid a “fair price” Fairtrade Labeling Organizations Interna- prompt pay- with a representative from a tea producers for their products, meaning that produc- tional (FLO), an umbrella organization ment to co-op from Tanzania, and a representative ers can feed their families and children whose mission is to “set the Fairtrade their part- from a chocolate producers co-op in can get an education instead of working standards, support, inspect and certify ners and, Peru. It turns out that there are many is- in the fields. Social and environmental disadvantaged producers and harmonize whenever sues in the fair trade movement, one of and other economic goals also factor in. the Fairtrade message across the move- possible, help producers with access to the biggest being whether plantation- The Mennonite Central Committee ment.”In 2002, FLO launched a new In- pre-harvest or pre-production financing. grown items should be eligible for certifi- (MCC) and the Church of the Brethren ternational Fairtrade Certification Mark. Long-term commitments between trad- cation, and clarity of the certification la- were the first, in 1946 and 1949 respec- The goals of the launch were to improve ing partners are expected. bel. For example, for coffee to be certified tively, to develop fair trade supply chains the visibility of the Mark on supermarket • Gender equity: women’s work is prop- by Transfair U.S., the coffee must not only in Third World countries. The products, shelves, facilitate cross border trade and erly valued and rewarded. Women are comply with the price and environmental almost exclusively handicrafts ranging simplify procedures for importers. always paid for their contribution to the guidelines, it must be grown by a produc- from jute goods to cross-stitch work, were Fair trade advocates generally support production process and are empowered ers co-op. This means that a private or mostly sold in World Shops. The goods the following principles and practices in in their organizations. corporate owned coffee plantation, no themselves had often no other function trading relationships: • Safe and healthy working environment. matter how well they treat their workers than to indicate that a donation had been • A strategy for poverty alleviation and The participation of children (if any) sustainable development. Create oppor- made. 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Fruit Fall Garden Notes (continued from page 13) by Mark Goodman in-side by eating fruits and vegetable early in life are who come east by the bus loads just to more likely to consume more. Fall Leaf Color: We all know the powerful look at out fall foliage, all we have to do is mid-Septem- ber. They are • Just eight percent of American adults effect of maple leaves that turn red, or- open our eyes and enjoy autumn’s color- ange, and yellow in the fall. However, you “tender” (not (this doesn’t include Co-op shoppers of ful spectrum. hardy) annuals course) think that they should eat five or don’t have to plant a maple tree to adorn Fall Berry Color: If you like colorful that will not more servings of fruits and vegetables your landscape in fall color. late-season berries on your plants, start each day; 66 percent think two or fewer One of the most popular fall foliage with callicarpa, or beauty berry, aptly withstand the servings are sufficient. plants is the euonymus shrub called named for its purple fruits that line the cooler nights of early fall. • Only 23 percent currently eat five or “Burning Bush.”For two weeks in the fall, branches each fall. Morris Arboretum has Garden more servings of fruits and vegetables a the leaves turn a bright red before they a large variety of these autumn gems.“T” Magazines: day, which means that over 140 million drop. Hedges of burning bush are partic- viburnums will berry red in the fall. Be Americans, or 77 percent of the country’s ularly striking. You can see a burning careful because most viburnums will get Organic Garden- population, is not eating the minimum bush hedge on Mermaid Lane traveling harder to notice dark blue or black ing has become more oriented to the daily amount of fruits and vegetables rec- east from Stenton Avenue to Cheltenham berries, so you must ask for the “T”’ vari- small space and urban gardener, and is ommended. Avenue past the agricultural center on ety. And of course, female hollies will bear still an oasis of natural solutions to gar- • An adult’s daily fruit and vegetable your right These shrubs are popular in red or yellow varieties in the fall. Remem- den problems in an age of irresponsible intake is about three and a half servings. “Bible theme” gardens. ber, except for the newly hybridized blue use of chemicals. The good news though is that by pro- Fothergilla is a spring flowering shrub leaf holly called “Berry Magic,”’which has Horticulture is more upscale with moting the consumption of fruit and veg- with leaves that become red, orange, and male and female components on one more articles for people with larger prop- etables by a nationwide campaign there yellow in the fall. Another shrub with plant, all female hollies need a male holly erties (and incomes). However, it puts out can be dramatic effects: eye-catching autumn leaf color is the growing near by to ensure pollination of regional editions (ours is the “Mid-At- • Awareness of the proper number of blueberry. Yes, the leaves of that same their flowers to produce berries. lantic Regional”), which ensures that servings is associated with higher con- blueberry bush that provides your sum- New Variety: If you like the “Autumn most articles are geared to our planting sumption. mer ice cream and yogurt with a healthy Joy” sedum, with its long-lasting blooms zone. • Awareness of the specific health bene- topping will turn an enticing carmine col- that change from pale pink to bronze, Fine Gardening was recommended to fits offered by fruits and vegetables is or in the fall. you’ll love the new “Autumn Fire” sedum, me by my sister, Donna Goodman, who similarly associated with higher con- Plumbago (ceratostigma) is an which has all the positive attributes of gardens in New Paltz, New York. 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Eating More Fruit by Peter Samuel PBH is a non-profit consumer educa- We all know that the summer is a great tion foundation whose mission is to be time to eat fruit. In July and August there the catalyst for creating a healthier Amer- are local peaches, blueberries, plums, ica through increased consumption of a cherries, nectarines plus the usual fruits variety of fruits and vegetables. PBH is from other parts of the country and the chair of the National Five-a-day Partner- world. Jean McKenzie, director of pro- ship, consisting of government agencies, duce at Weavers Way, says “there are 29 non-profit organizations, and industry servings a day were 30 percent less likely fruits, though sucrose is the principle sug- conventional fruits and 15 different or- working in collaboration to increase con- to have had a heart attack or stroke. ar in others, such as oranges, melons, and ganic fruits on sale most times of the year sumption of fruits and vegetables for im- In addition to helping your heart peaches. Fructose is absorbed slowly into at the Co-op.”That includes different va- proved public health. The Five a Day for health, a report titled “Food, Nutrition the bloodstream, so fruit gives you energy rieties of some fruits, like four kinds of Better Health program is the nation’s and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global without triggering the ups and downs of apples, and a few kinds of peaches and largest public-private nutrition education Perspective” reviewed over 4,500 world- the insulin cycle. pears, but still that is a lot to choose from. initiative in history. wide research studies and found that if How fruits and vegetables lower cho- I started a kick a couple of years ago A World Health Report in 2002 attrib- people increased their fruit and vegetable lesterol is still something of a mystery. It to eat at least five different kinds of fruit uted at least 2.7 million deaths a year to consumption to at least five servings a is possible that eating more fruits and every day, all year round. Besides the no- insufficient fruit and vegetable intake day, cancer rates could be reduced by vegetables means people are eating less tion that I would be healthier, I thought linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, more than 20 percent. meat and dairy products, and thus less by setting an example I might convince a type 2 diabetes, some cancers and obesity. Colorful berries (blueberries and cholesterol-boosting saturated fat. Solu- few of my five children to become fruit “Boosting fruit and vegetable con- blackberries) are full of phytonutrients ble fiber in fruits and vegetables may also eaters too. You know how well that kind sumption is a simple message with pro- (especially the skin of blueberries) and block the absorption of cholesterol from of thing usually works, right? My son found implications for global food pro- contain powerful antioxidants, called an- food. Much of the fiber in fruit is in the turns up his nose at everything but fresh duction and distribution systems,”said thocyanins, and are true cancer fighters. skin, especially in apples, pears, peaches, raspberries, and most of the others like WHO’s Dr. Derek Yach, executive director Blueberries are a prime example of the and nectarines. Remember, to get the full just a couple of fruits, and nobody likes of Noncommunicable Diseases and Men- color rule: the deeper the color, the better benefit of fiber, wash the fruit well and the same ones. I do have one daughter tal Health. the berry. Similar antioxidants are found then eat the whole fruit – with the skin. who loves to make fruit salad with as The largest and longest study to date, in other reddish-purple fruits and plants, The Produce for Better Health Foun- many different things she can find in my done as part of the Harvard-based Nurs- such as cherries, red cabbage, and plums. dation completed their study and found kitchen. Perhaps my efforts are not a es’ Health Study and Health Professionals Jean told me that at the Co-op the fa- that: complete failure. follow-up study, confirmed that the high- vorite fruit is bananas. We shoppers go • Awareness of the proper number of The Produce for Better Health Foun- er the average daily intake of fruits and through almost a ton a week She also daily fruit and vegetable servings is very dation (PBH) which started out in 1991 vegetables, the lower the chances of devel- said that so far there hasn’t been much in- low across population groups, and over- recommending eating a combination of oping cardiovascular disease. Their study terest in things like guavas and papayas, all consumption lags below recommend- five fruits and vegetables a day, has now included almost 110,000 men and women but keep your eyes out for the aprium (a ed amounts. revised their campaign from Five a Day to whose health and dietary habits were fol- delicious new combination of the plum • People who have formed the habit of Five to Nine a Day. You may have seen lowed for 14 years. Compared with those and apricot ). their stickers on produce in the other gro- in the lowest category of fruit and veg- Fructose is the principle sugar in most (continued on page 14) cery stores. etable intake (less than 1.5 servings a day), those who averaged eight or more

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Mt. Airy Map Stephenson Brothers about the status of drive,”as well as on paper. One thousand Refusing to Be (continued from page 11) the metal plates that had been used to copies of the third edition were printed in print the first and second editions of the the spring of 2004 – the largest number of The Mt. Airy Historical map was com- Enemies map. Bill Stefan of Stephenson Brothers any printing. There is no difference in plete and ready for printing in April of told me that the plates had been destroyed quality between the offset printed map and by Lynn Mather 1994. Stephenson Brothers, a printing years earlier and that there would be no re- the digitized map. The cost of the third In early September, two members of the company founded in 1929 on Chestnut course but to start over, create new plates, edition of the map was completely under- Israeli/Palestinian group Combatants for Street near Broad, made the first run. This and do a run from that point. A run of written by the Mt. Airy Learning Tree and Peace (C4P) will be in Philadelphia. This company had some of the largest offset 1,000 maps can cost many thousands of Elfant Wissahickon Realtors. Jonna Naylor group of Israeli combat unit soldiers and printing presses in the city and their press- dollars because it is so labor-intensive, and of the Learning Tree was a top-notch moti- Palestinian armed militants met each oth- es could print from a metal plate that was on top of that Stephenson Brothers no vator behind the initiative, a genuine er in secret for a year to build trust and as large as the map itself. Of course, there longer used the offset printing press that “muse of getting things done.” devise a shared set of principles they were four plates necessary for printing the could accommodate a metal plate as large Since the third edition of the map ap- could advocate to bring the end of the map – one plate for each color. Pho- as the Mt. Airy map. The printing house peared two years ago, I have discovered conflict: tographs were made of each mylar sheet, would not only have to create new metal that there is even more significant history one that was drawn in ink, the others that • “We no longer believe that the con- plates, they’d have to send the plates to a of the neighborhood that I could have had been carefully overlaid with red flict can be resolved through violence. location where larger presses could do the placed on the map. frisket. A metal plate was etched with the • We believe that the blood shed will work. The possibility of doing all this was I keep this information filed informally image produced from each full-size photo- not end unless we act together to termi- getting way too expensive, and I personally in my head, and I am not too bad at keep- graph. The initial run was for 500 maps. nate the occupation and stop all forms of put the project on indefinite hold for some ing track of what is documented and what Because the Core States Bank in Mt. Airy violence. time. is not. Should there ever be the need for a graciously donated the funds for the initial • We call for the establishment of a Then, I learned that Stephenson Broth- fourth edition, I’m sure I’ll have informa- run of the maps, they were offered for sale Palestinian State, alongside the State of Is- ers, printers since 1929, went out of busi- tion to refresh the third. There will, howev- at the Core States Bank (now the Sovereign rael. The two states can exist in peace and ness. Because of the success of the digital er, be the significant problem that I am Bank) on Germantown Avenue at an security beside each other. printing world, offset printing, it appears simply running out of space on this docu- evening preview in April, 1994. Sales were • We will use only non-violent means to me, is now somewhat of a rarity. The ment. I’m not sure that any computer can brisk – and perhaps 100 maps were sold to achieve our goals and call for both so- first and second edition of the Mt. Airy solve that problem. that night. Weeks later, the map was sold at cieties to end violence.” map, essentially printed by hand - each pa- R. David Schaaf is a registered architect Mt. Airy Day, on Saturday, May 7, 1994, With their deeply human, non-parti- per sheet that becomes a map brought who works with the Urban Design Divi- and again, many maps were sold. All funds san and compelling message, Combatants through a press four times under the pres- sion of the Philadelphia City Planning collected from the sale of the initial 500 for Peace went public in April and is now sure of four unique plates – are “antique” Commission. He is a member of the His- maps were donated to the Mt. Airy Busi- touring the world to gather support for editions. New technology would have to torical Commission, the Sign Committee ness Association (MABA). this movement. be sought to print this map again. of the Art Commission, and the Design Even before all 500 of the Mt. Airy His- I met with one member while touring I had always wanted to add a color to Review Advisory Committee of the Navy torical maps were sold, people were telling Israel and the West Bank in November, is the Mt. Airy map. The original palette of Yard. Before working with the City Plan- me of other fascinating, and important, helping to create several events in colors did not seem to be enough to do ning Commission, he worked as a practic- details of Mt. Airy history that I had neg- Philadelphia for Palestinian Souliman al- justice to the variety of buildings on the ing architect with firms in Washington, lected to get onto the map. I compiled a list Khatib and one of his Israeli counter- map that were made of Wissahickon schist. D.C. and Philadelphia. of new information for a subsequent parts. Others have joined to assist in pro- I created another frisket overlay for the The Mt. Airy Map is available on printing. It was clear that the initial print- moting their coming and arranging pub- map, cutting the sticky film so that it cov- the second floor at Weavers Way. ing of the map, 500 copies, was just not go- lic presentations and private gatherings ered all illustrated areas of the map that ing to be enough. By September of 1994, with them. Seeking your help and dona- were indicating “stone.”Essentially we only Hope Avery Joins Elfant another 750 copies of the map were print- tions. have one kind of building stone in North- ed by Stephenson Brothers, and this time, Wissahickon Team To learn more about Combatants for west Philadelphia – so I was safe going the map included more information that Peace (C4P), visit www.combatantsfor- with the warm brown color that I chose to Elfant Wissahickon is pleased to wel- had been gleaned in the four months since peace.org and press “Video” to see an im- complement the other colors of the map. come Co-op member Hope Avery to their it had been initially printed. pressive eight-minute homemade film of Admittedly, I was working with the old team. A Temple Graduate and former I have heard that Mt. Airy Historical technology, but I did not understand at the therapist for autistic children, Hope this group. You can also access personal maps are all over the world. I have sent time, that there would be another way to brings a unique mix of compassion, drive, stories on this website. To read an article these neighborhood maps to friends and print this map. social and business savvy to the real-estate on C4P from the April 2006 Christian acquaintances in Japan and England and In 2004, the 10th anniversary of the ef- profession. Hope is aware of market Science Monitor, please visit relatives in Italy. I also know that the maps fort, I began working with representatives trends and has the resources to help www.csmonitor.com/2006/0406/p13s02- are in New York, Detroit, St. Louis, Boston, of Taws on Walnut Street to create the clients quickly close the deal. Contact wome.html. Baltimore, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Orlan- third edition of the map. The Taws staff Hope at (215) 247-3600, ext. 246. do, and Washington DC, to name just a devised a way to scan all the color separa- few American cities. Parents tell me that tions, and the updated map, representing they give their children the Mt. Airy map new information gathered over the years to take to college to hang on the wall of since 1994, and sliced all the scanned their dorm room. I am also told that they drawings into “tiles” on the computer. make great presents. Each tile represented a compilation of all By the late 1990s, the supply of Mt. color separations. The “tiles” were assem- Airy Historical maps was completely ex- bled and put together like a puzzle on the hausted. Because of the gentle prodding of computer screen. The map was digitized Pat Henning and Jonna Naylor of the Mt. and printed full size from the screen of a Airy Learning Tree to make a third print- computer. The map now lives on a “zip All Pepperidge Farm ing in 2003, I asked a representative of Goldfish Crackers

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Mt.Airy Maps:The History Behind the Geography by David Schaaf settlement as early as 1704. William Allen, circulate through the neighborhood. All along to me, I’d include their insights and the Chief Justice of the Province of Penn- maps are imperfect to some degree. note them as well as the significant history After I had lived in Northwest Philadelphia sylvania from 1751 until 1774, didn’t com- I created the “original” of the map on that is already documented in neighbor- for a number of years, I became familiar plete his great estate “Mt. Airy” on the road mylar, a plastic sheet that can be drawn on hood histories. All told, the effort to make with two historical maps of our area that between Germantown and Chestnut Hill with an ink pen. In this case, I used Rapi- the map took nearly a year. artists had created early in the 20th centu- until 1750. The Allen estate, and the road dograph pens of varying widths to make Both the early 20th century Chestnut ry. The first was an historical map of Ger- that led to the estate itself – “Allen’s Lane” – lines. Mylar is very stable and will not dis- Hill Historical map and the Germantown mantown, beautifully drafted by Joseph was one of the earliest streets that ran per- tort with humidity. I knew something of Historical map were printed in black and Riegel, Jr. in 1933. Though a small map, it pendicular to Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy history simply by reading books white. The Mt. Airy map is not only con- is drawn in great detail, and indicates a what would become the neighborhood of that were readily available at the Lovett Li- siderably larger than the early efforts, I be- high level of scholarship. This map dealt Mt. Airy. Laid out in 1746, Allen’s Lane brary, or by getting resources from my late lieve it is the only one of the three that was almost exclusively with Germantown’s parallels the major cross streets of Ger- friend Pat Henning, who was Mt. Airy’s originally designed to be printed in color. 18th century history, and its founding mantown, e.g. Washington Lane, far to the most profound “keeper” of neighborhood The first printing of the Mt. Airy Histori- families. I have seen a hand-colored ver- south. The lane connected the Livezey Mill history. For images, I sometimes drew cal map included four colors – black, sion of the Germantown map at the barn on the Wissahickon Creek to William from historical photos of Mt. Airy struc- green, yellow and blue. In order to print behind Cliveden, but it was originally Allen’s country seat on Germantown Av- tures – especially when that resource had color, each color must be prepared on a printed in black and white. Riegel also enue – or, before 1858, the “Great Road.” been demolished or if a particularly good separate sheet of mylar to allow for “color made a beautiful historical map of Bucks To my knowledge, no one had ever cre- photograph of the structure was available. separation.”This means that if green is go- County, Pennsylvania in the 1930s, but be- ated a historical map of Mt. Airy, and that At other times, I took photographs of ing to be printed on the press, all areas of cause of his rigorous knowledge of Ger- is what I set out to do in 1993. Little did I structures myself and drew from those the map that will be printed in green ink mantown, I suspect he lived here in know that the effort would stretch into photographs. must be masked by, ironically, a red color Philadelphia. Another effort with which I 1994. It occurred to me that making a histor- “frisket,”that must be cut to the exact had become familiar was Joseph P.Sims’ I started by enlarging the Mt. Airy por- ical map was something like the process of boundaries of all areas to be colored 1929 map of Chestnut Hill. Though this tion of a “gas station” map of Philadelphia creating a crazy quilt. One does it in patch- “green.” (As it happens, the color red pho- map does not include drawings of the ar- to a size that I knew could be printed by an es, working at one corner for a while, and tographs in a particularly dark fashion, chitecturally significant structures of the offset printing press. The map that I then weeks later, picking up again, and go- and is suited to creating the etched plates neighborhood, it too, displays a thorough worked from was not created in Philadel- ing to yet another corner of the map – not for printing.) Applying “frisket” is a te- knowledge of community history, and is phia, and there were numerous errors in necessarily in a rational manner – but in a dious process, and involves pressing the very beautifully drawn. This black and the names of streets, locations of institu- manner that “makes sense at the moment.” sticky film down onto the mylar, and then white map was reprinted in the late twenti- tions and major confusion by a remote Having new information about a particu- cutting away all areas that will not be col- eth century. cartographer concerning what was actually larly significant place, or finding a com- ored in the way one intends – that is, the Both maps reflect a “proto-New Deal” a street and what was a Fairmount Park pelling or beautiful image may lead one to film must eventually describe the area that graphic style that is particularly appropri- trail. Other errors reflected the confusion a location on the map not previously ex- will be printed only in green ink. This ate for historic maps. Elegantly composed that the cartographer encountered as rail plored. In progress blue-line prints of the process must be repeated for all subse- and hand-lettered in a manner that sug- lines interrupted streets. I eventually drove map made at various stages of its develop- quent colors. Of course the “original draw- gests 18th century documents, the maps every street in East and West Mt.Airy to ment reveal the map to be a patchwork of ing” itself – with all text and images, and are a commentary of one age on the histo- make sure that what I was putting down in highly developed and sometimes com- the lines that describe all streets, is printed ry of another. Of necessity, the authors of ink truly reflected the way that we could pletely undeveloped areas of territory. As in black ink. these maps cannot explain a complete his- neighbors or friends passed information (continued on page 12) tory of the places they depict, they can only pick and choose from the facts of a DIVERSIFIED SERVICES Hours: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tues. thru Fri. 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The Weavers Way Number of Participants in Co-op Benefit Plans Financial Times Employees Family Members by Lou Dobkin, Weavers Way Financial Manager partments comparable to the way the rest of the grocery world views depart- Health Plan 31 14 At this writing I am waiting for the audi- tors’ much-heralded arrival. I have my ments. In the Weavers Way view of the Dental Plan 30 17 schedules, trial balances and Prozac all goodies sold next to the deli case are lined up and ready to go. By the time considered deli, because they are in the Disability and Life Insurance 26 (all full-time) n/a they leave we will have year-end num- deli manager’s space, she orders it, stocks it, worries over it, and is otherwise re- 401k Retirement 24 n/a bers. Unfortunately, that will be after the Shuttle editor’s stringent deadline (even sponsible for it. In the wider grocery store world, those items would be con- Flexible Spending Account 14* n/a later than this tardy submission). Suffice sidered “packaged groceries sold in the * (2 are for both health care and dependent care) to say that we had a very good year with over a seven percent increase in sales deli.” Employee Discount 52 (all staff) included and a healthy bottom line. So this will be So, which is more important, internal one of those columns where we just chat. reporting (who’s responsible for it) or When I first came to this job, I external reporting (what the item actual- looked for support groups that would ly is)? They are both important and we Staff Benefits Co-op matches at a rate of 25 percent up assist with industry standards and prac- are not completely there yet. to four percent of an employee’s compen- (continued from page 8) tices. The finance committee has a wide In return for our participation, we sation. For example, if someone earning get analytical reports on margin, operat- worth of leave, so the first 30 days of need level of business experience, of course, $8,000 in a fiscal quarter contributed ing expenses (classified no less), net in- could be met. and does an excellent job. They continue $320 to their 401(k), the Co-op would come versus what we should expect and This year we added a short-term dis- to closely monitor funds at the Co-op (a provide a matching contribution of $80. what is happening in the rest of the co- ability policy that covers full-time staff, at contributing cause of my ongoing hair The 25 percent match is a far better re- operative world. We also have begun us- no charge to them, from day 31 through turn on investment than any CD I know loss), but I was looking for something day 90. Now, if a person is temporarily more. ing a service called CoCoBud which is a of. budgeting and forecasting tool. Co- disabled, by using their sick time, then the Total Compensation Package I found it in a small file labeled “Co- sick leave bank, the short-term disability CoBud uses past trends plus current Here’s the whole Co-op benefits pack- CoFist.” policy and the long-term disability policy, budget plans to forecast five years of bal- age at a glance: health care insurance, self- I later learned that Weavers Way is they will have uninterrupted income. ance sheets, income statements and funded dental reimbursement plan, FSA part of the National Cooperative Grocers Employees pay no premiums for these statements of cash flows. tax-savings health/dependent care plans, Association (NCGA), which confers benefits. We also get to talk to each other. In sick leave bank, short-term disability, upon us some excellent benefits. Not the For full-time staff we also added, at no addition to the award winning team at long-term disability, life insurance and least of which are a buying discount with charge to them, paid life insurance poli- Coopmetrics (the group NCGA has con- 401(k) tax-deferred retirement plan. our largest vendor, as well as advertising cies in the amount of $50,000 that in- tracted to handle this stuff), I can com- When we look at the total compensa- and management aids. NCGA endeavors cludes accidental death and dismember- tion that staff receive, we need to include to give its members the benefits of chain municate directly with finance managers ment. We wanted to be able to provide benefits as well as wages. For the upcom- stores but still keep their independence. from other co-ops, who have been very some financial net in tragic circum- ing fiscal year, our budgeted payroll is In the finance area, NCGA provides forthcoming with very practical and stances. $1.24 million and budgeted benefits virtual “store-over-store” comparisons timely advice. And in cases when a broad Retirement Plan (health, dental, disability insurance, life with the other cooperatives in what they breadth of opinion is needed, there is By way of rounding out our benefits insurance, retirement plan and employee call “Common Co-operative Financial even a list serve call “CoCoPocketprotec- package, we should lastly mention our discounts) amount to another $150,000. Statements” or “CoCoFist.”Co-ops sub- tors,”which gets a good response. 401(k) tax-deferred retirement plan. Em- All told, roughly $1.4 million in total mit to financial data and allocation of Co-opmetrics also conducts continu- ployees can contribute wages to this plan compensation for Co-op employees. ing professional education from time to tax-free, thus saving current taxes, but payroll hours by department, and Co- Oh, lest I forget, there’s also a 10 per- CoFist analyzes and compares this infor- time. I had attended the last one in Mil- also having investments grow tax-free un- cent discount on purchases at the Co-op. waukee. til withdrawn. For the past fiscal year the mation. Not as high as for a few other Co-op’s I There has been considerable effort in Two days in Milwaukee with a room Co-op was able to provide a modest suppose, but my wife, our two cats and I the our finance department to make our full of CoCoPocketprotectors.... talk match to employee contributions. The will take it traditional, “Weavers Way” view of de- about a good time.

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About ten months ago, we started actively ORAN most of you have probably seen our new with the price, description, and some- asking members not to shop into own price signs. It is a challenge for us to keep times the ingredients and our logo. bags or boxes while in the store. We en- the signs up to date, as well as to keep up We are still in the middle of adding courage shoppers to use our large or picious on your part, but in this case we with the new products we receive con- our second floor items, so most of those small shopping baskets, or even our shop- need to be fair, and we need to be consis- stantly, and it is a challenge for the shop- are still being priced on the box or bottle. pers to find where we are listing the ping carts, and save their bags or boxes tent. The whole second floor will eventually be Many have already made this change, prices. Here is a guide to finding prices at until after they have checked out. While like the first floor, with prices on the shelf this has periodically caused a great deal of and we thank you. Others still need to the Co-op: or, for hanging items, prices at the end of frustration for some shoppers who feel make this adjustment, and we ask your Grocery items are usually priced on the peg. they have been singled out, or who just do cooperation. the front of the shelf where the product is The pet store has signs on the shelves not feel the need to change a long held Please do not be put off by someone sitting; these signs have the price, the size as well as a price book, located just to the habit, using baskets is an important part handing you a basket if you are using a and the price per unit. The bottom shelf right of the door as you walk in. The price of our shopping process. bag to shop; they are doing their job, and has been angled so that you can read book is listed by type of product (cat We need your help with this change. you are helping us transition to a slightly prices without sitting on the floor. Some- food, dog food, etc), then by brand and The main reason we enacted this different method of shopping. In the fu- times similar products share shelf space description. Large items (over five change was that with our new POS sys- ture, when we use PLUs to key in pro- but have different prices (like Health Val- pounds) have removable stickers that you tem, we have to scan every item. The days duce, this will dramatically increase the ley soups or McCutcheon jams). In this can bring to the cash register instead of when we could look into your bag and need to use baskets, rather than handing case, we have price lists nearby and usual- lugging a large bag of dog food over to the key everything in without removing them the cashier a bag of assorted fruit and ly a sign on the shelf area telling you checkout counter. The stickers have the are over. Using baskets makes it easier for veggies to be sorted and weighed. where to find the price list. Mycological item description and the barcode (which our cashiers to be faster and more accu- I hope this all makes sense. Please feel dried mushrooms, rice cakes, cranberry the cashiers can just scan instead of scan- rate. free to talk to me anytime about this or jelly, pectin and Fantastic Foods Cup-A- ning the big bag). The price is listed on Unfortunately, another reason for this any other matter concerning your shop- Soups are all listed on price sheets nearby. the shelf where you got the item so we rule is that in recent months, we have ping experience. Potato chips, corn chips and pretzels still don’t waste stickers when the price caught several shoplifters, and almost all In other news, be on the lookout for a fifth checkout to be available this fall, and have the same older-style price sheets changes. of them have placed items into a bag or box and simply tried to walk out without not just during the holidays. This will in- you’ve seen at Weavers Way for years. Items that are on sale for the Coop paying. Obviously this applies to a very crease line speed, and reduce congestion Frito Lay products have the price on the Advantage Program now have little labels few people, and if you are asked to use a in store. Thanks bags. with the CAP logo and the sale price. basket it in no way suggests anything sus- The freezers and refrigerators are still These labels are the same size as our regu- in progress; the old signs going down the lar labels so they won’t be knocked off the Co-op discount!! side of the refrigerator are still there, but shelf. we are trying to put signs under each Produce has handwritten signs under Jin Shin Jyutsu® product. Unfortunately, our shelves make each product for both weighed items and it difficult to attach signs and we are still those sold by the piece. an ancient art of harmonizing life energy trying to find the right hardware. Please Flowers and a few items like mini to bring balance to your body, mind and spirit, bear with us as we find better ways to la- cream cheese, refrigerated pasta sauces bel the refrigerator products. 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Staff Benefits period is tacked on for using FSA funds. and physicians directly through reim- hours/week) staff for their individual cov- (continued from page 7) This grace period is not just about sub- bursement plans. Some Co-ops, especial- erage; these percentages now line up with mitting the paperwork for reimburse- ly in the Northwest region, have done so those for the health plan: full-time staff Co-op members familiar with FSA ment, it’s about receiving services. See a (as an article in a recent issue of Coopera- pay 13 percent, part-time staff pay 63 per- plans offered by their employers will be doctor in December 2006, get reimbursed tive Grocer described). When we looked cent, and dependants must pay the pre- aware that the tax code has a “use it or from 2006 FSA funds; see a doctor in Feb- at our circumstances, though, it was not miums in full. Last, we changed the reim- lose it” provision. Since the FSA plan en- ruary 2007, get reimbursed from 2006 an option we could adopt in short order. bursement schedule to give participants tails reduced compensation, whatever FSA funds if you still have some available. Exploring the financial implications of more cash up front, namely full reim- funds are left in accounts at the end of the Health Care Options self-funded health care in depth requires bursement for the first $300 in dental care FSA plan year cannot be recovered by em- Let’s catch our collective breath here a full year, and even then may not be vi- per year. ployees – in essence, they lose what they for a moment and retrace our steps a bit. able for firms having fewer than several As a business expense, we could afford are not reimbursed. The increased premiums for health care hundred employees. Self-funded health to make these additions to our dental Just where does the left-over money quoted by Aetna got us to a plan with care is not the Co-op’s immediate future. plan because we held the line on health go? Well, since the FSA is a salary reduc- higher copays which got us to the FSA Dental Plan care premiums. Holding the line on tion plan, unused funds revert to the em- plan as a way to shelter some copays via But let’s shift now to a benefit plan at health care also enabled us to make our ployer, in this case, the Co-op. So if em- lower taxes which got us to the intricacies the Co-op where self-funding does pay – benefits package more complete in the ar- ployees over-estimate their health care or of the tax code currently in force. In a dental care. For several years now the Co- eas of disability insurance and life insur- dependent care expenses, they would be nutshell, this tangled web is being faced op has offered a dental reimbursement ance. out some cash that the Co-op would get by employers and employees nationwide plan for employees. We self-insure this Disability and Life Insurance instead. Of course, if employees under- as higher costs for health insurance are plan, meaning we set the monthly premi- When several staff over the past years estimate their FSA expenses, they are also driving increased interest in FSAs, HSAs um rates, we determine the extent of cov- faced lengthy absences due to illness or out cash in the form of taxes that the IRS (health savings accounts that require high ered procedures and we fix the reim- injury, we learned that we had no appre- gets instead – the “you snooze, you lose” annual deductibles for health care) and bursement schedule. Since we have no ciable disability coverage until after 90 aspect of the tax code. On the one hand, the like. Proponents of such changes say contracts with dentists or dental groups, days had passed, at which time our policy the Co-op might benefit; on the other that it is good for consumers to shoulder participants in the dental plan can go to for long-term disability kicked in. Em- hand, the feds will benefit. more of the health care burden, that it any dentist they like; no worries about ployees typically have no more than three To reduce the odds that employees will make them (us) more price con- networks or subscribing dentists. to four weeks of vacation and sick leave might lose FSA funds, we are also taking scious, and thus, in the long run, hold Effective July 1, 2006, significant combined, so they might face several advantage of a more recent federal deci- down escalating hospital and doctor fees. changes were also made to our dental weeks with no income at a time when sion that allows use of FSA accounts into Not surprisingly, this tangled web also plan. First, we are now offering this plan they had more expenses to pay. This gap the following year. In our case, employees leads many employers to consider self- to dependents as well as to employees. needed to be addressed. can use FSA funds from 2006 to be reim- funded health care plans. Forget insur- We are especially pleased that children of A year ago the Co-op established an bursed for expenses they have through ance carriers with high-premium and employees can now participate. Second, emergency sick leave bank that employees February 2007; an extra two-month grace high-copay plans and deal with hospitals we now allow orthodontics work to be with dire situations can draw from when covered, and without any provisions re- their personal sick leave runs dry. Co-op garding lifetime maximums (a common staff donate their vacation and/or sick provision in group dental insurance). leave to this bank on a voluntary basis to Third, we reduced the percentage of the be used by co-workers in need. This sick monthly premiums paid by full-time leave bank has roughly one month’s (32+ hours/week) and part-time (22-32 (continued on page 10)

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Mt. Airy Village Fair bean jar at the High Point Café, that is, Staff Benefits Report (continued from page 1) where the best estimate of total number of beans wins. by Dave Tukey, Human Resources Manager ness Center and Moving Arts studio Competitions & Parades A few months back I reported on the gen- First, we decided to reimburse em- (MaMa) to hold this event and to work for The Pet Parade will include a compe- eral wage situation for Co-op employees. ployees (as well as family members paying sustainability, ecology and community. tition for, well, for “Best...”and will be I would now like to up date the members the full premium on the Aetna plan) for With a vigorous nod to these themes, hosted by WXPN’s David Dye who will concerning staff benefits. any copays due to hospital stays or out- expect “fun, not flyers” for all ages at the judiciously announce judges’ decisions Effective July 1, 2006, several benefit patient surgery. These copays increased fair. Carpenter Lane along the 500 and about all manner of pets in all manner of plans continued with only minor from $125/day to $300/day and could be 600 blocks (straddling Greene Street) will categories. Award ribbons will be given. changes, whereas others were changed in a sizable outlay in the face of an severe ac- be closed for the day…while your talent- Bring your toys, your hounds, your terri- major ways and other benefits were cident or illness. The Co-op will reim- ed neighbors and Co-op member-friends ers, your working dogs yearning to be added. Some of the details are long in the burse these copays in full. will be showin’ their stuff. free, your guppies and rabbits, gerbils telling, so bare with me. But here’s the Second, we decided to establish a This translates to such doozies as: and snakes... and all that might abandon overall vision: to provide the most com- Flexible Spending Account or FSA plan • Squirmy worms – learn about ver- Noah’s ark in case of extreme global prehensive, most flexible benefits package for employees. An FSA is covered under miculture and the making of compost warming. Contestants, please confirm – we can at the lowest cost to employees section 125 of the tax code and allows for • Pet Parade and contest-of-sorts (yes, as we go to press, it’s looking like 2:30 without passing along higher costs to the certain payroll deductions (or “salary re- bring yours – see below) p.m. to gather promptly along the wall Co-op membership. duction agreements”) to be made pre-tax. • Modular origami – this new form lit- hugging Henry School. Health Plan FSA plans come in two forms: health care erally builds on itself Look for the Village Parade, which By far the most significant change oc- and dependent care. • Ayurvedic cosmetology will include the pets, kids’ dressed-up and curred in the Co-op’s health plan. The Flexible Spending Account • Bees a buzzin’ myriad folks with all kinds of vehicles. specific plan we had from Aetna was an There are several key elements of such • Goats and other animals you can Check with area businesses about the old one, in fact a plan Aetna no longer of- plans; let me use the health care plan as feed (courtesy of Saul Agricultural High schedule for competitions, parade and fers for new underwriting. When we re- an example. (a) Individuals designate a School, which provides the Co-op with entertainment. The Co-op’s Maureen ceived their premium quotes for the certain amount of their wages to the FSA spinach and green things) Gregory will be organizing the baking 2006-2007 plan year, we were met with an health plan. (b) When individuals incur • Baking contest (for info, e-mail contest. unpleasant surprise. Aetna quoted a rate expenses that are health related, they re- [email protected]) Co-op members wanting to help staff increase of roughly 38 percent. To put it quest reimbursement from their FSA ac- • Make-your-own ice cream the event can earn credit for Co-op hours another way, the total premium bill for counts. (c) The result is that individuals • Squeeze your own juice – sign up in advance on the bulletin health care – paid by the Co-op and em- save the taxes they would have paid had • Non-gluten delectibles board at Weavers Way. Pets welcome but ployees combined – would increase by they received this same amount in wages • Dowsing demo will not garner Co-op hours $60,000. That’s right – $60,000, or rough- and then paid for health care expenses in • Cloth diaper workshop For information about time, schedule, ly one percent of the Co-op’s sales for an after-tax dollars. There are of course fine • Art show competitions, location and parking, call entire year, and that was just for the in- print details for FSA plans; it is, after all, • Wedding choreography how-to the Bookstore, check the bulletin boards crease. part of the federal tax code (state and city • Co-operative games at the Co-op or High Point Café, or see After we got over our sticker shock, governments make their own decisions • The unfamiliar Swiss percussive mu- our neighborhood newspapers. The Mt. we reviewed quotes with our independent about how to handle FSAs). But that’s the sical instrument called “hang” Airy Local and Germantown Express will agent and considered health plans from gist of how FSA plans save on taxes. • The delightfully familiar harmonica carry rules for the baking contest and pet both Aetna and other insurance carriers. Take for example someone who might • The Mt. Airy quilt – make a square parade competition rules in its Aug. 30 is- Ultimately we decided on a health plan be facing prescription drug copays of • Fencing demo sue and the schedule in its Sept. 5 issue. from Aetna that would only increase pre- $75/month, or $900/year. From that • Fire truck – the real deal, climb The Chestnut Hill Local will also be cov- miums about three percent, but one that amount alone, an FSA might save them aboard ering events in advance. also had higher copays for such items as $255 a year, more than three months of • Fire eater – really If you have a special talent or intrigu- doctor visits, prescription drugs and hos- copays. Or just imagine facing an ortho- • Fire truck toys – l’il kids, bring yours ing way to present your work, hobby or pital stays – increasing from between $10 dontics procedure or significant day-care for a go-round interests, check with High Point Café or and $30 to between $30 and $50 and expenses – savings from health care and • Special herb teas call MaMa (Moving Arts studio) 215- adding a $100 deductible. Higher copays, dependent care FSA plans combined • Juggling 842-1040 or (preferred) e-mail of course, pass along increased costs to could be in the thousands for a given tax • Jewelry [email protected]. No rain date is employees so we began investigating ways year. • Henna artist planned, which means that this event has to ease this burden; two means were • Capoeria show been cleared with the gods. 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Manager’s Corner I spread my money. I did not feel good lion from insurance companies and $123 Board Business (continued from page 1) about any of the options, but we finally million from the healthcare industry in (continued from page 4) chose one with his assistance. A few weeks the 2004 alone) – you see that a lot of the (I send my regrets) this yearly increase to later, we received a full booklet of the cov- money we pay for health care doesn’t re- to accept that Andi had now met our medical insurance costs is a stupid erage. As we reviewed the coverage with a ally go towards health care. all the terms of the court-im- way to do business. How can anyone small group of staff, I realized we had We could easily lower the cost of in- posed Accelerated Rehabilitation plan? been taken. surance by eliminating the profit margin Disposition (ARD) and directed Our carrier, Aetna, wanted to increase Last year our benefit costs were and the hidden costs in companies nego- me to write a letter to that effect our insurance by 38 percent, an increase around $100,000 – that is without cover- tiating insurance premiums. Think of the to the Office of Probation and Pa- of over $50,000 in one year “This is ing everyone. Our costs were going up time each company wastes trying to make ridiculous ” I yelled back at our agent (I role.This has been done, and I about 12 percent with the new program. a decision, negotiating, sending out mem- think I also used a shorter list of four-let- hope it puts the final remnant of Still a big dollar amount for a small com- os to staff, rewriting their benefits plans, ter words). For a small company with just our bout with financial ruin be- pany. etc… you get the point. over 50 full and part time staff, this would hind us. When we reviewed the coverage, we This brings me to Manitoba Public be equal to about one percent of our net Thank You all realized that the cost was going to be Insurance (Canada) (see http://www.mig- income. Since this year we had a return of This is my first time writing to out of reach for some of the staff, due to online.com/html/service/automobile.asp) about three percent, the increase would the WW membership as the the copays that had been added (i.e., $100 , a program that covers, I believe, all resi- represent 33 percent of our profit. This president of the board. I am truly copay of prescriptions until the next level dent drivers of Manitoba. This is a non- could not be true. We called our agent awed by the energy, excitement of copay kicks in). profit insurance risk company that uses back and asked to meet with him and and effort that goes into making I began to think about the number of independent agents to handle the insur- have him bring in some alternatives. our store and co-op function. I people in our country that declare bank- ance and policy execution. I remember a David also looked into self insuring the have met with most of the com- ruptcy each year due to health/medical report on NPR stating that when Manito- staff (as we do with dental), but we found mittees and look forward to bills. The leading cause of bankruptcy is ba stepped in, rates dropped by 40-50 that, while this might be possible, we due to medical bills. Then there are over percent (I could be wrong on this, but it is meeting with the rest soon.To would need a much larger group (perhaps 44 million Americans that have no cover- the number I remember). So, I ask, why me, one of the primary jobs of our membership). age can we not have one large U.S. insurer the board is to look into the fu- The debate on medical insurance goes How can we allow insurance compa- that spreads the risk throughout the ture and to assure that we have on daily, but when it hits you square in nies to continue to make a such high country, is nonprofit, and is handled the fiscal and organizational the face – and at the bottom line – you profits from a service that should be non- through pre-tax premiums directly to in- strength to achieve our stated begin to realize that the crisis is not only profit and cooperatively run? dividuals, and not to companies. This goals. But more importantly, we real, but it’s also avoidable. When you add up the extra costs of nonprofit (or cooperative) could have a must assure that the Co-op can The insurance company wanted us to our current system – profits for insurance board made up of providers, consumers, continue to play an important move to a higher co-pay program that companies (such as Aetna), the adminis- government, and business representatives. role in the life of our community would make our staff feel more pain in trative costs and the time spent by inde- A basic or basic plus program could be and, in a small but meaningful way, the pocket when they think about seeking pendent agents, human resources staff provided at either no cost (low income) to help change the world. medical treatment. Our agent sent us a (e.g., David and I), and individuals sift- or as a percentage of income. Any profit I know our board minutes are list of possible choices and different per- ing through all the different plans, not to would be used to upgrade the program dry, and policy governance docu- mutations of coverage from Aetna. I felt mention the cost and corrupting influ- systems and to assist low income mem- ments can be a remarkable cure like I was at a casino, weighing the odds as ence of political contributions ($36 mil- bers of the United States. for insomnia. But they are docu- We could eliminate Aetna, US Health ments that speak to the very core Care, etc. and some of the current gov- of how we function and I encour- ernment programs. I am sure we can do age you to look at them and let better, but we must first eliminate the us know what you think.All board power of the insurance groups. Whatever members have mailboxes at the we do, I am sure there is a better method store and e-mail and telephone to insure and deliver health care for us. numbers are available (see page I want to thank David for all his work. 27). Let us hear from you. To learn more about staff benefits at Thanks. Weavers Way, see David’s piece on our in- – Stu Katz surance and benefit program.

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New Recycling Location (continued from page 1)

HT BY PHOTO Thank You, Unitarian Church has received funding over the years to offer by Sandy Folzer of numerous cars up and down their J grants for environ- ONATHAN Thank you to the Germantown Unitarian driveway. They have been tolerant of all mental or educational Society of Germantown. our hustle and bustle at that time. The programs in the recy- M Church has also had to put up with those C Weavers Way Co-op has had a long G cling area of Mt. Airy, ORAN term relationship with the Unitarian So- uninformed or inconsiderate enough to Germantown and ciety of Germantown. They have been dump recyclable materials when we are Chestnut Hill. For ex- supportive of our recycling program for not scheduled, which means they have to ample, Neighborhood many, many years. They have been cheer- live with the “trash” until someone from Interfaith Movement, ful partners in our joint venture to recy- the Environment Committee or the Co- Hansberry Garden cle, in order to clean up the environment op comes to remove it. NEW COURTLAND ELDER SERVICE, 6959 GERMANTOWN AVE., and Nature Center, and to give grants to environmental or Weavers Way Co-op will always feel a Rubicam Woods Ac- IS THE NEW RECYCLING SITE (ENTER ON CARPENTER LANE). educational organizations. kinship with the Unitarian Society of tion Project, Friends of Cloverly Park, idea to ask Germantown Home because The Church has endured the comings Germantown for their assistance over the Harmony Garden, Mt. Airy Learning of their easy access and close proximity to and goings every third Saturday morning years. Tree, Vincent M.A. Woodson Foundation, Weavers Way. and Face to Face were all recipients of our The hours of recycling will remain the grants this year. These grants paid for same: the third Saturday of the month, projects like fencing for a children’s veg- from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The same materials What You Can Recycle etable garden to planting vegetation and will be collected: paper, plastic bottles, Weavers Way’s Monthly Recycling Program, now at at the Germantown Home, part of educating children about the environ- aluminum cans, and cardboard. New Courtland Elder Service at 6959 Germantown Ave., at Carpenter Lane, accepts: ment. The new recycling site is in the parking Residential Mixed Paper: The change of site decision was made lot behind the firehouse on Germantown newspaper / magazines / junk mail / catalogs / phone books / books in order to have more money for grants. Ave. at Carpenter Lane. Enter from Car- advertisers without plastic bags / paper bags / wrapping paper (dry, clean) The Germantown Home site will be free penter Lane. (From Carpenter Lane, cross cereal boxes, flattened with liner removed / office paper, office files Lincoln Drive, pass the Septa station and for our recycling use. corrugated cardboard boxes, flattened to save space unless used to contain other Maurice Sampson, a Block Captain stop sign at top of hill. After Mower Lane, mixed paper for the 100 W. Gorgas/Mower Lane turn left into parking lot.) The new site is * Bring mixed paper in cardboard boxes, or paper bags. Neighborhood Association, initiated the just under one mile from the Co-op. * You can bring paper in plastic bags, but remove plastic bag at site. Recycle Now before the program can move forward. * Do not bring paper that has a plastic or wax coating. (continued from page 4) Perhaps that is true. The objective should * Do not bring wet or soiled paper. be to determine the best way to minimize programs, curbside organics recovery are those costs not whether to incur them at Plastics – 1 & 2 only, with the following exceptions: not what we are talking about. We need to all. This would be a prudent investment crawl before we can walk or run. NO YES and would certainly earn a return. The motivation to recycle doesn’t automotive products detergents, cleaning products, etc. Want recycling? Demand it The cir- need to be out of concern for our envi- take-out food containers food, water bottles, RX bottles, etc. cumstances are ripe for change. The de- ronment, or out of respect for the law but strawberries/blueberries containers kitty litter containers bate should not regard whether or not to can be out of concern for our pocket- if the top is wider than the bottom mouthwash, saline solution, baby pow- improve the city’s recycling but simply books. Most of what gets trashed has val- der, shampoos, liquid soaps, etc. how to do so. ue in today’s markets. By continuing to if the top is narrower than the bottom Evan Belser does all his shopping at trash 95 percent of materials the city for- Weavers Way and lives in the 400 block goes real income. This is exactly what for- of W. Sedgwick. Professionally he’s a pro- mer City Controller Saidel explained in gram organizer for Clean Water Action, a last year’s audit on the city’s recycling grassroots environmental organization program in which he reported that with 6,000 members in Philadelphia. He $17million could be saved. is a member of the city’s Recycling Advi- The Streets Department is avoiding sory Committee and sits on the Steering giving RecycleBank a contract to take AirAir conditioningconditioning hashas arrived!arrived! Committee for Recycle NOW Philadel- their program city wide, claiming that phia Campaign, a campaign of the Recy- there are upfront costs that must be paid Friday, 8/11, 7:30pm. Films at the Sedgwick comes to Big Blue Marble. cling Alliance of Philadelphia. Learn everything you may or may not need to know about being a woman. Thursday, 8/31, 7pm. Juliet Eilperin of the Washington Post reads, signs, and discusses Fight Club Politics. Kick-off event for our pre-election series, Creating Political Change. Thursday, 9/14, 6:30pm. Salome Thomas-EL, author of The Immorality of Influence and I Choose to Stay discussing the importance of every adult's influence on the life of a child. Soon Will Smith will play Thomas-EL in a theater near you! Saturday, 9/16, 7:30pm. VERY SPECIAL Local Author Showcase: Local book launch for Jonathan McGoran writing as D. H. Dublin. Join Weavers Way’s own Shuttle editor as he debuts his novel Body Trace.

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Recycle NOW Philadelphia! Board Business (continued from page 2) by Evan M. Belser the neighborhood and bringing our mes- For the material that is tossed into a Support for Other Co-ops For years Philadelphia residents have had sage to City Hall. trash truck, it will be incinerated or A leading goal of the Co-op is the chore of separating bottles, cans and Let’s not get ahead of ourselves dumped into a landfill. Burning trash to support other cooperatives.To paper from their trash. Recycling is good though. Read on to learn what you’re pollutes our air; landfills contaminate this end, in June we had a presen- for the environment, we’re told. Recycling missing. groundwater and are a shameful use of tation from Tatiana Granados and is the law, we’re told. RecycleBank wouldn’t replace any city open space. Disposal also necessitates the Haile Johnston of the Common Civic duties aside, there’s a new recy- workers or trucks. Instead, they would use of virgin materials for the next round Market, an emerging food cooper- cling program called RecycleBank being provide a few things to complement the of consumer items. The health of our en- ative in the Brewerytown/Straw- tested in the city that actually pays people currently floundering program. They vironment is inextricably linked to the to recycle. Not only that, but this program berry Mansion section of Philadel- would provide: one large, flip-top, health of our people and thus these prac- phia.Weavers Way has participat- makes it easier to recycle, will save the city tices are unacceptable and entirely unsus- wheeled recycling bin for metal, glass, pa- ed in a USDA Grant submission millions of dollars and bring the residen- tainable. per, cardboard and plastics (that’s right – to assist this co-op in starting. tial recycling program into compliance no separating required ) for each house- The materials that are tossed in a recy- with the law. RecycleBank will drastically cling truck, on the other hand, will be re- While the USDA grant was not hold; a lifting mechanism that would at- awarded, the Weavers Way board improve what’s now one of the most tach to the city’s trucks; and a program to cycled and reused, helping to lessen the was quite impressed with the or- shameful residential recycling programs get coupons from participating business- city’s environmental impact. ganization and is eager to support in the country: ours. es to the residents that recycle. The lifting If this year is like last year, 95 percent Sadly the city is dragging its feet in in- mechanism weighs the contents of each of what’s put to the curb will be inciner- their efforts. stituting this program. In response, bin, scans the bar code embedded in each ated or taken to a landfill. At five percent, In July, we were visited by the there’s a city-wide grassroots campaign bin, and records how much each house- Philly has the second lowest recycling di- leadership from the Chester,PA called Recycle NOW Philadelphia. This is hold recycled. Residents then may go to version rate among major cities in the Community Grocery Co-op.They a public information, education and civic www.recyclebank.com or call to redeem country. visited us to see how our board action campaign whose goal is the city- coupons to any of hundreds of participat- The first step toward responsible uses policy governance and to be- wide implementation of the Recycle Bank ing local and corporate stores. waste management is to keep reusable gin forging what we hope will be a program, providing weekly, curbside re- In the small RecycleBank pilots in materials out of landfills. This principle longstanding relationship between cycling for every resident of Philadelphia. Chestnut Hill and West Oak Lane the in- was, of course, the impetus behind our organizations.We are quite The initial objective of the campaign is to creases of both the percentage of house- Philadelphia’s mandatory recycling ordi- impressed with the efforts of the demonstrate overwhelming public sup- holds that recycle and the amount of ma- nance set to law 20 years ago – a law with Chester Community Grocery port for the Recycle Bank program to se- terial that gets recycled has been phenom- which the City has never been in compli- Co-op and will eagerly seek out cure the commitment of elected officials enal. ance. Sadly citizens are still expending the opportunity to assist their ef- to bring pressure on the mayor to imple- What this could mean for the city is their energy to push the City to adhere to forts. ment the program. It’s organized by the extraordinary. This year Philadelphia resi- its own law. Andi Sheaffer Recycling Alliance of Philadelphia (no af- dents will drag 700,000 tons of material Just for perspective, know that what Finally, as you will read else- filiation with RecycleBank), a group that to their curb for the city to collect. City Recycle NOW Philadelphia is demanding where in this issue of the Shuttle, has been advocating for better recycling sanitation employees will put this in one is mere baby steps toward environmental the board heard a report about for years. I urge you to join the brand new of two places: a trash truck or a recycling stewardship. Advanced notions such as the meeting between Andi Sheaf- Mt. Airy chapter by calling me at 215- truck. The choice between the two has manufacturer responsibility, zero waste fer and several Weavers Way 640-8800. We’ll be gathering petitions in huge implications. initiatives, bottle bills, pay as you throw board and staff.The board voted (continued on page 5) (continued on page 6)

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When Larry Schofer joined Weavers Way OBIN we don’t want any workshops for com- in 1975, he was looking for a sense of C community. When he became the chair of mercial purposes, and we want to ensure ANNICLE the Co-op’s Education Committee 27 that they’re not discriminatory. Other years later, he wanted to expand the scope than that, it’s up to the community, what of that community. According to Schofer, they want.” the goal of the Education Committee is to In the past, the committee has insti- “serve the non-shopping interests of the tuted a book exchange and an electronic Co-op’s members.” media giveaway. They’ve attempted to en- The committee was created in the hance the communications capabilities of 1980s, to put out the Shuttle, then a sim- the community – through an electronic ple mimeographed newsletter. As the bulletin board, Common Threads (which Shuttle became more professional, com- can be accessed through the Co-op’s web- mittee members served as advisors, dis- site), and through a conversation corner cussing content and advertising. In recent within the store,“a place where people years, though, as the Shuttle has become can sit and have coffee and chat, a social side of the Co-op.” its own enterprise, the education commit- THIS SUMMER’S INTERNS AT THE CO-OP WERE (L-R) ASHLEY URQUHART, DAYMAR With five current members – Schofer, tee has refocused its efforts to provide op- FURSE, AND RACHELE STYER. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARDWORK! portunities for cultural, culinary, and en- Elliot White, Gayle Simons, Richard Lin- Once again we have hosted three local busier part of the year. Ashley and Day- vironmental expansion. senberg, and Seth Horwitz – the educa- high school students for a five-week pro- mar have compiled our yearly sales “From ‘organic farming’ to ‘eating tion committee is on the small side these gram this summer as part of a Career Ex- records, Rachele made many new signs without sugar’ to ‘learning about classical days. But they’re still trying to have a big ploration program through Mt Airy USA, for the first floor, Daymar helped shred members,’”says Schofer,“there are all impact, both on the Co-op and on Mt. and the Saul High School. many old payroll records, they all worked kinds of things that members are experts Airy as a whole. They’re in the process of The three students were Ashley at the farm several times, and of course in and are willing to put together an determining what their role in the com- Urquhart , Rachele Styer, and Daymar they helped fill open cooperator slots evening workshop about. We give them munity should be, but are hoping to ex- Furse. Daymar will be a junior at Martin wherever it was needed. work credit, and they teach to the mem- pand their reach beyond the confines of Luther King High School, Ashley will be a We enthusiastically support these pro- bers of the community.” Co-op membership. junior at Saul High School, and Rachele grams, and hope to host more kids in the Generally, the committee holds 1-2 of “Last year, we held a movie screening will attend Community College of future. After last Summer, we hired Sheni- these free workshops per month. Over about the oil crisis for the general public,” Philadelphia. They helped us out im- ka Balfour to be a cashier and help input time, their popularity has grown so much says Schofer.“We’re hoping to reach out mensely this summer, completing proj- data into our new POS system. She is still that the Co-op’s administrative assistant to a larger group than the four or five that ects we find hard to even begin during the with us, and doing a wonderful job. had to ask Schofer and his colleagues to show up for most workshops.” McGoran Book scheduled to come out in September Kaufman’s movie Adaptation. You can (continued from page 1) 2007. It’s part of a three-book deal with also buy the book through my website, Penguin Books’ imprint Berkeley. They www.jmcgoran.com. I also have excerpts Dublin introduces us to the forensics call it the CSU Investigation Series. of my novels, which are funny. team, where Madison’s uncompromising Dublin will be finishing up the third nov- uncle, David Cross, is in charge. Her first el in December. CK: Sure. Sure. Do you remember assignment, with partner Melissa Rourke, any of Dublin’s research phone conversa- is to investigate the deaths of two over- CK: Three novels That’s impressive tions? dosed coeds at the University of Pennsyl- Should put some cash in his pockets. JM: D.H. wouldn’t want me to give vania. On day one, Madison manages to JM: It’s chump change. A little more too much of the plot away, but I heard annoy homicide detectives, set off a me- than half a buck per book. He won’t be him ask questions about how much of dia frenzy and draw the ire of the police quitting his day job anytime soon. But their product it would take to kill some- commissioner, the mayor and the presi- he’ll probably work less. One of the perks one, how quickly would it kill somebody. dent of the university. Though David of not making much money in your day Stuff like that. wants the case closed quickly and cleanly, job is that you don’t have to get a huge pressure from the media and the officials advance to compensate for cutting back CK: And people answered him? above him puts Madison and the team to on your hours a bit. JM: Some did. If you recall the Pub- work disproving the possibility of homi- lisher’s Weekly review, coeds get mur- cide. Madison, of course, thinks the evi- CK: What is Dublin’s day job? dered. Dublin actually called sorority dence points toward foul play, and soon JM: No one knows. Can I tell you houses to find out how they worked and she discovers there’s more to the girls’ sto- Body Trace, by Jonathan McGoran about my novel Slapdash? It’s a crime how you’d go about killing someone. As ry than a bottle of pills, leading her into writing as D. H. Dublin, is available at novel too, but funny. you can imagine, the girls were a bit leery. Philly’s criminal underbelly. Dublin’s Weavers Way, Big Blue Marble, But luckily, when he called one sorority, novel isn’t groundbreaking, but his de- CK: We really don’t have time, Jon. the cook answered and spilled the beans – Borders and Amazon.com. tailed approach and lively characters Call me when it’s published. Getting back I mean, I don’t think he literally spilled (Co-op work credit will be given for make an immersive read; anyone waiting to Dublin, did he have to do a lot of re- any beans he was handling, although, I favorable reviews). Join us for the for a CSI: Philadelphia spinoff should be search? guess he could have. debut of Body Trace at Big Blue pleased with this well-written, well- JM: Unlike my novels, which are meaning derivative. Marble, Sat., Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. mainly plot and character driven – and CK: What’s the key for finishing three my agent is shopping around. And it’s funny – Body Trace is more about books under such tight deadlines? CK: Wow That’s a thorough account. funny. process, the forensic process of solving a JM: The secret is to have a thoroughly JM: Actually I was just reading the re- crime. That involves a lot of research. detailed outline. Dublin spent an average view from Publisher’s Weekly. CK: Jon, give me that mic. This inter- of five weeks writing the outlines and view is over. CK: Like showing up at crime scenes then completed acceptable drafts of the CK: So, it’s getting good reviews? JM: Don’t you realize – I’m D.H. and taking notes? novels in about five months. But more JM: Apparently so. I haven’t read it. Dublin He’s me. I’m him. JM: No, that would involve leaving the importantly, you have to trust the outline, But I’ve spent the last year nursing Co-op basement. Dublin spent a lot of trust that you included all the things you Dublin’s bouts of insecurity, praising his CK: Enough of this silly fantasy, Jon. time on the phone, asking people how he begin to worry about half-way through “tight prose” and “quirky characters.” You’ll get published some day. Read Body can use their product to kill people. the manuscript. What do I get for it? Not even a French Trace, take notes from a writer who has press. I have two novels, you know? And “made” it. CK: And they answered him? CK: That’s an awful lot of informa- they’re funny JM: But I have made it. D.H. Dublin is JM: I guess so. The book’s coming out tion to keep loaded in your brain. my pen name. this month, right? By the way, they make JM: I also wrote detailed outlines for CK: Are they published? great gifts and Amazon.com offers free my novels Slapdash and Pig Latin. JM: No, but... CK: Bye, Jon. Thanks for sitting in for shipping for orders over $25. Mr. Dublin. CK: Jon, we’re done the interview. CK: OK, enough about you, Jon. Back JM: (screaming out the door) Wait CK: What are you, his agent? Can you thank Dublin for me? to Dublin. Can we expect another novel? Come back At least visit my website… JM: We’re like brothers. Sort of like JM: Visit my website – www.jmcgo- JM: His second novel, Blood Poison, there are excerpts… and a picture of Nicholas Cage’s dual roles in Charlie ran.com – for excerpts of Slapdash, which has been accepted by the publisher and is me… AND I’M FUNNY PAGE 2 THE SHUTTLE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006

Editor’s Note Co-op Study/Action Groups Get Started Board Business by Jonathan McGoran BY PHOTO From El Presidente! Apparently, October is Fair Stuart Katz R Trade Month. I know this be- OSEMARY Policy Governance cause Norman Weiss mentioned the fact For the past several years, the in his illuminating article on the Fair B URKE board has used a system of gover- Trade movement. Thank you, Norman. nance called Policy Governance. October is also Co-op month, and In June, after a small sub-commit- frankly, I think it’s a disgrace that no has tee spent several months dis- even mentioned the fact that... Actually, I cussing those policies that govern just did mention it, didn’t I? Well, I guess that’ll do. It’s more than we did last year. our relationship with the General Among the other big stories in this is- Manager and reviewing similar sue is the dramatic impact the skyrocket- policies from other food co-ops, ing cost of health insurance is having on we made a significant change to the American workforce, and more the Weavers Way policy manual. specifically, on me. When Co-op staffers We approved what are called Ex- first heard the details of the new medical ecutive Limitations policies.These plan, we immediately and spontaneously ROUSED BY GUEST GAR ALPEROVITZ’S FIERY RHETORIC, THE NEWLY FORMED policies tell the GM what out- formed the Organization of Underin- ABC STUDY/ACTION GROUP SPRINGS INTO POSITIVE ACTION. comes, events or circumstances sured Consumers of Healthcare the board will not allow. In some (O.U.C.H.), and I think its catching on – by Bob Noble and a closer examination of wealth redis- cases, these are financial, as in: the group’s acronym has been invoked by Inspired by a speech given by Gar Alper- tribution proposals such as those enacted “The General Manager shall not pretty much everyone confronted with ovitz, seventeen Weavers Way members in Alaska and Massachusetts. Suggested cause or allow the new plan. met on Sunday morning, June 25, to in- alternatives to the “Beyond Gar” moniker L1.1 Indebtedness of a type and In certain circles, friends with whom augurate a program of study and political included “New Democracy,”“A Better level that jeopardizes the ability of one shares a “physical” relationship are action – the first such effort in the Co- World,”“Transforming America,”and the cooperative to repay its current referred to as “friends with benefits,”a op’s 33-year history. Gar Alperovitz, not- “Hatchery.” and long-term financial obligations in phrase that suddenly makes a lot more ed political economist and historian, Smaller groups of five to seven people a timely fashion)” sense: in addition to my wages, I get “ben- challenged his listeners at the Weavers have begun meeting (see below). Inter- Or they may have to do with efits.”Somehow I think the insurance Way spring membership meeting to do group communication will be facilitated staff: companies are “benefiting me” more than more to realize their potential in laying via http://groups.yahoo.com/group/be- “The General Manager shall not: the other way around (I don’t even want the foundation for the evolutionary yondgar/ at Yahoo Groups, as well as e- L5.1 Operate without written per- to know what “fringe benefits” means). transformation of American society. Rec- mail and phone calls, and by periodically sonnel policies that are clearly com- But the news isn’t all bad. The “exclu- ognizing the benefits of local, grassroots, reconvening as a larger group. Group municated to staff, and which: (a) sive” (okay,“small”) group of publishers democratically controlled wealth creation leadership may be shared or rotated. Oth- cover operating procedures, (b) pro- willing to publish my words (heretofore by a variety of types of organizations – er groups will be created as needed. Inter- vide for effective handling of griev- known as “me”) has grown by one. On including retail consumer food co-ops – ested members should contact the leader ances, and (c) protect against wrong- Sept. 5, Penguin Books will publish my Alperovitz advocated the formation of of the group they wish to join, and begin ful conditions, and (d) provide for an- reading Gar’s book. If none of the times is novel Body Trace. Among the many ben- small study/action groups as a means of nual performance reviews.” good for you, volunteer to form a new efits I anticipate from being a published furthering this long-range endeavor. Fol- As long as these policies are author is being able to use “working on group lowing Alperovitz’s talk, the Board of Di- followed, the GM is free to meet my next book” as an excuse when I write rectors posted a sheet in the store for all of our other goals in any way tripe like this column every two months. Monthly Study/Action Meetings members to sign up to participate in he sees fit.This form of gover- As I mentioned in the last issue, I small groups to discuss his book, Beyond • Sundays, 10 a.m., Sept. 10, Jane and wrote Body Trace under the pen name nance is designed to free the Capitalism, and ideas for political action. Larry Schofer, 215-248-3762, board from micro-management “D. H. Dublin,”a fact that is exploited to So far, over forty members have expressed [email protected] and allow the GM and the staff to whimsical effect in Chris Kaiser’s hilari- interest in participating. solve problems creatively. Over ous article about the book on page one. At the June 25 meeting, members dis- • Third Mondays,Afshin Kaighobady, (Chris writes under his own name, but I cussed the group’s purpose and suggested 215-438-1517, [email protected] the next year,the GM will provide have a few other names for him, as well.) to the board regular monitoring alternative names for the study-action • Second Tuesdays, Rosemary Burke, While it’s true that my real name does reports detailing his success at program. Some initial ideas for possible 215-260-7788, [email protected] not appear on the book, at least I man- future activities included reaching out to meeting our goals while operating aged to get my face on the cover. (These more people and other groups, agitating • Third Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Sept. 20 within these Executive Limitations tight deadlines have not been kind to for a reactivation of a 1980s city council Bob Noble, 215-843-5647, policies. me.) ordinance on local co-op development, [email protected] In July, the board examined those policies that detail how the The Shuttle is published by Weavers Way Co- Co-op Meets with Andi Sheaffer though she was not a bank signatory. It board has done its job. Meeting as op and is mailed to all members. (continued from page 1) was all done either on-line or by automat- a whole, the board reviewed each Deadline for the next issue is: ed phone systems. She stopped telling of the governance policies and Oct. 1, 2006 The remainder of this article is a sum- anyone when she was making the bank discussed not only how we did, Statement of Policy mary of what Andi said at the meeting. transfers. She said she kept two bank rec- Articles should be under 500 words and can be but whether these policies con- She was hired at Weavers Way in 1988 onciliations: one real and one fake. tinue to effectively address the submitted neatly typed, on disk, or e-mailed to or 1989. Early on she was given the task of [email protected]. Be sure to include In 2000, sales began to decline and current situation and issues rele- opening the mail and cashiering, as well your name, phone number, and membership num- cash was not as available. She said she as bookkeeping. In the spring of 1994 or vant to the board. In general, the ber. Drop them off by the deadline to the Shuttle transferred money from the reserves and board felt we carried out our mailbox on the second floor of the Co-op. The pur- 1995, she was preparing the quarterly fi- eventually from the member loan escrow pose of the Shuttle is to provide members with roles at an acceptable level of nancial report, but the accounts payable account. She was not able to return the information as well as education about co-ops, performance, although we will be would not balance with the General money to these accounts. As cash became health food practices, and other matters of interest Ledger. She couldn’t find the mistake. In- developing some language to the members as consumers and citizens of the scarcer, financial matters deteriorated. changes as well as some additions community. stead of telling anyone, she fudged the Bills were entered as having been paid in Articles express only the views of the writers numbers with the intention of fixing it and deletions of polices in some the accounts payable system, but checks key areas. However,the largest and not those of the Co-op or the board of direc- next time around. She had been under a were not mailed to vendors until weeks tors, unless identified as such. Articles, letters, com- lot of personal stress. Three months later, policy area – governing the rela- ments, criticisms, and suggestions are welcome and later, or not at all. Insurance premiums tionship and the functioning of when it came time to produce the next went unpaid. Tax returns were not filed. should be directed to the editor. Space limitations the committees – is still to be dis- require that the editor has the right to edit all arti- quarterly report, she still couldn’t fix the Employee 401k deductions were taken cles. mistake. She went on fudging the num- from paychecks, but not deposited into cussed. It is impossible in this lim- Ad rates are available upon request, in the bers each quarter, she said. brokerage accounts. Doctoring of finan- ited space to discuss the details of advertising mailbox on the second floor, or at For the next five years, Andi said, she- cial reports increased. She never told any- these policies, but I direct you to wwwweaversway.coop. All ads must be camera- was able to get by, in part, because sales our web site, ready and submitted with payment. Products or one. were relatively good and she could bor- services advertised in this paper should not in any Andi said she is ashamed and deeply www.weaversway.coop, to read way be construed to be endorsed by Weavers Way row money from the reserve account to disturbed by what she did. She was not the board policy manual and the Co-op. pay bills, and then put it back when it was thinking rationally. She feared for her job minutes of the June and July available. At first she would just tell the meetings to see what our moni- The Shuttle and she thought that if she revealed the General Manager that a money transfer true financial picture that other WW em- toring highlighted. is printed on 100% was needed and he’d do it. But after a ployees might lose benefits and jobs. She recycled paper while she was told to do it herself even also said she did not steal anything. (continued on page 4) Spring General Membership Agenda Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, 7:00p.m. Report from the GM • Report from the president of the board Summit Church,Westview & Greene Streets Fair trade presentation • Approve minutes of previous meeting

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Manager’s PhillyCarShare BY PHOTO Mt.Airy Village Fair A Corner Arrives at MA at Greene Street & K by Glenn Bergman Weavers Way WOFIE Carpenter Lane, A few weeks ago, David Tukey, Weavers Way Human Resources Manager, came to by Ama Kwofie, Sunday, Sept. 10 me with the long-awaited last piece of PhillyCarShare Marketing Coordinator by Pam Rogow news we needed to finish our budget Glenn Bergman is selling one of If the reason you don’t compete in pie- process: the annual health care premium his cars. The Weavers Way Co- eating contests is that you like your and the percentage increase. It is a yearly op manager will join PhillyCar- desserts organic, your number’s up: We tradition to guess the percentage increase. Share after parting ways with his have the street fair for you. Will it be single digit or double digit per- 1996 Saturn.“The insurance and On Sunday, Sept. 10, from 11 to 5 centage increase? Will they drop us? We maintenance costs of an extra p.m, the World’s First Organic Pie-Eating start this process in April or May by meet- car are excessive,”says Bergman. Contest will be held in front of the High ing with our agent, who is “independent.” “PhillyCarShare will fill the Point Café, one of several dozen activities He gives us a ballpark figure, but tells us void.”In fact, this PhillyCar- and entertainments featured at the first he has really no idea until the Insurance Share enthusiast is such a fan, Mt. Airy Village Fair, at the intersection of Gods release their number. his pivotal efforts are bringing Greene and Carpenter Lane We start the process of asking around PhillyCarShare to Weavers Way. The Co-op has come together with Big to others,“What did your insurance rate When Bergman saw how Blue Marble Bookstore (whose brainchild change this year?” We hear all kinds of convenient and affordable car (L-R) WEAVERS WAY GENERAL MANGER GLENN this is), High Point Café, Maternal Well- percentages from single digit to up in the sharing would be for the Co-op’s BERGMAN IS JOINED BY: SYLVIA CARTER, twenties. members, he immediately WEAVERS WAY CO-OP MEMBERSHIP CHAIR; (continued on page 7) For those of you who are in small green-lighted the arrival of a car BONNIE SHUMAN, WEAVERS WAY CHEF; TANYA businesses, work in the benefits depart- at Weavers Way. Bergman also SEAMAN, PHILLYCARSHARE EXECUTIVE New Location for ment of a large company, or try to find helped develop enticing incen- your own independent insurance for DIRECTOR; AND CLAYTON LANE, Co-op Recycling which you pay 100 percent of the freight (continued on page 15) PHILLYCARSHARE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. by Sandy Folzer (continued on page 6) Shuttle Editor Exploits Position, As of October 2006 Weavers Way Co-op will have a new recycling site. Co-op Meets with Shamelessly Promotes New Book(s) We shall no longer be using the rear Reclusive writer D.H. Dublin shuns publicity for debut novel. Shuttle entrance of the Unitarian Church at 6511 Andi Sheaffer Editor Jon McGoran steps in to save interview, sort of... Lincoln Drive.

HT BY PHOTO September will be the last month for by Bob Noble by Chris Kaiser that location. On June 23 former Weavers Way Finance If you’ve ever fulfilled your Co- D. H. D Our new recycling site will be at the Manager Andi Sheaffer and her attorney, op hours by working in the Germantown Home, part of New Court- Jeff Lindy, met with representatives of the basement, you may have heard UBLIN land Elder Service at 6959 Germantown Co-op, Treasurer Susan Beetle, Finance the nimble fingers of D.H. Ave. (Access is from Carpenter Lane). Manager and Staff Director Lou Dobkin, Dublin tapping away on his Weavers Way’s Environment Commit- Produce Manager Jean MacKenzie, and laptop in the shadows. Do not tee has decided to change the recycling Immediate Past President Bob Noble. As- disturb the man. Do not offer site as of October 2006. It is vital that this sistant District Attorney Drew Dedo was him a cashew or a fig. Do not information is circulated, as there will be also present. The meeting was a require- ask him what constitutes mixed no drop off of recycling materials at the ment of the Accelerated Rehabilitative greens. While there is no record Unitarian Church after September of Disposition (ARD) agreement between of physical violence from 2006. They have been very cooperative Andi and the DA. The other two require- Dublin, his imaginary forays over the years, so we do not wish to cause ments of the agreement, which she has into strange and demented be- them any inconvenience in the future. also fulfilled, were that she pay Weavers havior are well documented in Through Philadelphia’s Partnership Way $30,000 and apologize for her role in his first novel, Body Trace,due Recycling, the Environment Committee the financial fiasco that was revealed be- out Sept. 5 from Penguin BUY THIS BOOK. (continued on page 5) ginning in November of 2002. By fulfill- Books. I encourage everyone to Dublin’s debut novel, Jon? ing the agreement and completing two buy the book, so that you can understand

JM: It’s a brisk, tight novel about the years probation, Andi will have her record the mind of a mad genius. crime scene unit of the Philadelphia Po-
expunged. Dublin refused to be interviewed for lice Department with a quirky, career- this article, even rebuffing a free French (continued on page 2) driven cast. Through a beautiful, book- press. But Shuttle editor Jon McGoran smart rookie, technician Madison Cross, graciously agreed to fill the void. (continued on page 3) Inside: CK: What can you tell us about Weavers Way Cooperative Association Presorted Standard Board Business 2 559 Carpenter Lane · Philadelphia, PA 19119 U.S. POSTAGE Committee Profile 3 PAID Philadelphia, PA Staff Benefit Report 7 Permit No. 2658 Financial Update 10
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Suggestions 28 MONTHLY RECYCLING HAS MOVED TO And of course... Scads more CARPENTER LANE, JUST OFF G’TN. AVE.