January 18, 2007 edition


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COVER STORY:

On a prayer

The year 2006 was a hard one for Mercedes Gubicza.
The Mayfair woman lost her daughter and caregiver, Sister Paul Mercedes Perreca, to a hit-and-run car accident in January.
Then, in June, her husband Andy died.
And despite an intense focus by police, the driver of the vehicle that killed her daughter has not been captured.
Gubicza can’t believe the driver’s conscience hasn’t gotten the best of him or her. If she’d been in the same situation, she wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.
Nonetheless, Gubicza isn’t preoccupied with whether the driver is ever apprehended.
"What I want I can’t have," she said, referring to her daughter. . .

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EDITORIAL

He’s such a great guy

Emeritus: adjective; retired from active duty.
So says the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
A more practical entry might be this:
Emeritus: noun; a washed-up, power-starved politician whose ego is surpassed only by his arrogance. See also, Perzel, John.
Yes, people, the pride of Northeast Philadelphia, the often audacious John Perzel, recently deposed speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, has used his considerable charm, prestige and powers of persuasion to make a deal with . . .

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