Nadig Press Newspaper July 10th 2013 Edition

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by JASON PORTERFIELDNorthwest Side lawmakers were

divided as they voted on whether tooverride Governor Pat Quinnsamendatory veto of the concealedweapons bill that was passed by theGeneral Assembly in May.

A federal court decision last yearstruck down the states ban on car-rying concealed firearms, and legis-lators were given until July 9 topass laws to regulate where gunscan be carried and who can carrythem. Quinn issued his veto onJuly 2, and the General Assemblyvoted to override it Tuesday by

votes of 77-31 in the House and 41-17 in the Senate

The bill was passed on May 31with veto-proof majorities in bothchambers, by a 45-12 vote in theSenate with one member votingpresent and 89-28 in the House.

House Bill 183 makes it illegal tocarry concealed weapons on publictransportation, in casinos, in stadi-ums and in government buildings.The bill preempts bans on con-cealed weapons that were put inplace in individual municipalities,but it leaves Chicagos ban onassault weapons intact.

In order to obtain a concealedweapons license, applicants musthave a firearm owners identifica-tion card, undergo 16 hours oftraining, pass a background checkand pay a $150 fee for residents or$300 for nonresidents. The licenses

are valid for 5 years.The Illinois State Police canobject to a license applicant withfive or more arrests for any reasonor with three or more gang-relatedarrests within the 7 years preced-ing the date of the application. AConcealed Carry Licensing ReviewBoard composed of seven membersappointed by the governor willreview the objections.

Quinns amendatory veto wouldhave given municipalities the abilityto pass their own gun laws, limitedpeople to carrying one concealedfirearm and one ammunition clip

that can hold no more than 10rounds of ammunition at a time,required people carrying guns tokeep them completely concealed,and made it illegal to carry a guninto any establishment that servesalcohol or to carry a concealedweapon onto private property unlessthe person is given permission to doso.

Quinns amendments also wouldhave required people carrying con-cealed weapons to disclose thatthey are carrying a firearm whenasked by law enforcement officers,allowed employers to prohibit

workers from carrying guns in theworkplace or while performingwork-related duties, clarified men-tal health reporting rules to pre-vent guns from falling into thewrong hands, and made the meet-ings and records of the ConcealedCarry Licensing Review Boardopen and available to the public.

STATE REPRESENTATIVERobert Martwick (D-19) said thatQuinns veto amounts to politicalposturing and that the governordid not engage in the legislativeprocess. After months of back andfourth and compromise, we finallyhoned it down to this, Martwicksaid. He waited until the 11thhour and issued an amendatoryveto that we have not had time tolook at or discuss in detail.

Martwick, who voted for the billand to override the veto, said that

legislators discussed some ofQuinns amendments while the billwas coming together but that theywere jettisoned when they didntget enough support from Down-state lawmakers.

Its not perfect, but itsa compro-mise, Martwick said of the bill.We can always pass amendmentsto the bill in the future. I think thisbill is a shining example of thedemocratic process. It was biparti-san and bicameral, and it account-ed for all of the geographical differ-ences in the state.

State Representative Michael

McAuliffe (R-20) voted in favor ofthe bill and the veto override.McAuliffe said that the vote tooverride the veto came without anydebate.

It was something that needed tobe done, McAuliffe said. A lot ofpeople who have always beenopposed to gun rights were onboard because they respect thecourt and they recognized that ifwe didnt pass a bill, we could havea situation where someone is walk-ing down the street in the middle ofChicago with as many guns as theywant. You can always go back and

make changes.State Representative John

DAmico (D-15) also voted for the billand in favor of overriding Quinnsveto. State Representative GregHarris (D-13) voted against boththe original bill and against over-riding the veto.

I voted to sustain the governorsveto because I believe we needstrict gun laws, Harris said. Hesaid that the elements of Quinnsveto that he favors include granti-ng municipalities the right to writetheir own gun laws, restrictions onhigh-capacity magazines and re-strictions on bringing firearms intobusinesses that serve alcohol.

State Representatives MartinMoylan (D-55), Louis Lang (D-16)and Deborah Mell (D-40) also votedagainst the bill and against theveto override.

State Representative Toni Berrios(D-39) originally voted for the billbut voted against the veto override.State Representative Luis Arroyo(D-3) voted for the bill and wasabsent for the veto override vote.

State Senator John Mulroe (D-10) supported the original bill andvoted to override the veto.

I think some of his ideas aregood, Mulroe said. Procedurally,he went about it in the wrong way.

A lot of work was done to come upwith a compromise that could getenough votes to pass.

Mulroe said that the court order

put lawmakers in a situation wherethey had to pass a bill or peoplewould be able to carry firearmswithout any regulation.

Its an imperfect bill, no doubtabout it, but it had enough votes topass, Mulroe said. People dontunderstand that we had to do some-thing to pass a concealed carry lawor we wouldnt have any restric-tions on who could have them orwhere they could be carried.

STATE SENATOR William Del-gado (D-2) supported the bill butvoted against overriding the veto.State Senators Heather Steans (D-

7), Ira Silverstein (D-8), Daniel Biss(D-9), Iris Martinez (D-20) andDaniel Kotowski (D-28) all votedagainst the bill and supported theveto.

Several state senators issuedstatements opposing the veto onthe Democratic Caucus Web site.

I am disappointed but not sur-prised Governor Quinn waited solong to veto concealed carry while hetried to score political points, stateSenator Tom Cullerton (D-23) said.Even though he has put lawmakersin a difficult position, I am optimisticthat we will be able to override hisveto and finally get a law on the

by JASON PORTERFIELDMayor Rahm Emanuel has intro-

duced two measures to the CityCouncil that would help pay forbuilding affordable housing devel-opments on the Northwest Side.

The city would provide up to $3.4million in multi-family loans tohelp with construction costs for theSenior Suites of Norwood Parkproject, which would be built bySenior Lifestyles Corporation on aportion of the grounds of the formerPassionist Brothers Monastery,5700 N. Harlem Ave.

The $24 million project wouldinclude 30 apartments in an exist-ing monastery building and 54 unitsin an addition to be built at the rear

of the building. Eighty of the apart-ments would be designated for low-income seniors earning up to 60 per-cent of the areas median income,and the rest would be rented at mar-ket rates. Senior Lifestyles Corpor-ation vice president of developmentand acquisitions Robert Gawronskisaid that the majority of residentswould earn less than $32,000 annu-ally.

Housing options at the develop-ment would include studio and one-and two-bedroom apartments. Thecomplex also would feature diningfacilities, a library and a fitness cen-ter. The grounds would featuregreen space with gardens and walk-ing paths.

Gawronski said that the companyhopes to close on the rest of thefinancing by the end of August andthat construction would take about

12 months to complete. Gawronskisaid that the monastery, which wasbuilt in 1910, recently was listed onthe National Park Services NationalRegister of Historic Places.

The mission-style monastery was

designed by ecclesiastical architectJoseph Molitor and built by thePassionists of Holy Cross Provincereligious order. Over the years theorder has had a close relationshipwith neighboring Immaculate Con-ception Parish, but they were oper-ated separately.

Its a beautiful, historic building,Gawronski said. The registry helpsus raise money for the restorationwork that we can use in otherways.

In a separate project, the citywould provide a $3.3 million loanand $1.5 million in low-incomehousing tax credits that would gen-erate $15 million in equity to helppay for the construction of a 98-unit

mixed-income apartment complexat 4177 N. Kilpatrick Ave. The four-story Renaissance Kilpatrick

project proposed by RRG Develop-ment would include a mix of studioand one- and two-bedroom apart-ments, a sun room, a fitness center,a library and a community garden.

Ninety-one of the units set asidefor seniors earning up to 60 percentof the areas median income. Underthe tax credit program, the unitswill be available to people age 55who make up to $31,000 annually.

A $900,000 allocatio n from theChicago Low Income Housing TrustFund would reduce rents on 10 ofthe units to support tenants earn-ing less than 30 percent of theareas median income.

A row hous e-s tyl e fac ade isplanned for the $22 million complex,

which will be built on a 1.14-acre siteat the southeast corner of Kilpatrick

by BRIAN NADIGA 22,000-square-foot community

garden where residents can lease a4-by-8-foot raised garden box hasopened on the Read-Dunning sitenear a parking garage for WrightCollege.

Weve leased 20 plots and already

have a waiting list, Dunning Com-munity Garden founder Rita Lavinsaid. Up to 100 garden boxes couldbe built in the garden, 4235 N.Neenah Ave., which is an extensionof a learning garden that Wrightbiology students started in 2010.

Ald erma n Timo thy Cul ler ton(38th) said that the city is planningto lease the parcel to NeighborSpace, a nonprofit organization thathelps residents manage public greenspaces. Read Dunning MemorialPark, which pays tribute to patientsat the former Dunning countyinsane asylum, later the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, whowere buried in common graves onthe grounds, is visible from the gar-den.

Lavin, an area resident, organ-ized a team of volunteers who builtthe planters, Cullerton said.

In recent years the site was used

by BRIAN NADIGRedevelopment could be coming

to a 9.2-acre industrial site in NorthMayfair following the announce-ment earlier this year that Sunstar

Americas is planning to build a newplant in Schaumburg.

My understanding is that it is notgoing to be until next year, ManuelGalvan, a spokesman for Alderman

Margaret Laurino (39th), said of thecompanys planned relocation. Al-derman Laurinos office is startingto get proposals for the space.

The Sunstar Group, which is theparent company of Sunstar Amer-icas, was founded in 1932 by a Jap-anese toothpaste tube manufacturer,and its worldwide headquarters islocated in Switzerland. In 1986 Sun-star acquired the U.S. companyJohn O. Butler, which manufactures

toothbrushes and other dentalhygiene products, and Butlers plantat 4635 W. Foster Ave. became head-quarters for Sunstars Americandivision.

The Foster site is zoned M1-1 formanufacturing, but the property isbordered by a mix of uses. LaBaghWoods and entrance and exit rampsfor the Edens Expressway are

across the street from the plant, ablock of homes adjoins the site tothe west, and a Kmart departmentstore at 5033 N. Elston Ave. is locat-ed to the south.

The planned Weber Spur bike trailis east of the Sunstar site, and alight industrial area is east of thetrail. The bike trail, which will becreated on a former railroad right ofway, will start at Elston and Kim-

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Blue cart meetings set

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Garden forresidentsnow open

by BRIAN NADIGNewly implemented free metered

parking on Sundays would be elim-inated in the 45th Ward in an effortto reduce the parking meter ratefrom $2 per hour to $1.75 per hourand prevent all-day parkers infront of stores under a proposal by

Alderman John Arena.Under a restructured deal with

Chicago Parking Meters, the cityagreed to allow the company toextend the metered parking hoursthroughout the city by at least onehour in exchange for free parkingon Sundays in most areas. In partsof the 45th Ward, meters are nowin force until 10 p.m. instead of 9p.m., while others are in effect until6 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said

that people attending church shouldreceive a parking holiday. However,Arena is one of several aldermenwho are seeking to change the freemetered parking on Sundays intheir wards because that they are

worried that motorists who park infront of stores all day hurt business-es.

Meter-free Sundays were oncecommon in Chicago, but in recentyears an increasing number of busi-nesses have been open on Sundays.The Metropolitan Planning Councilhas expressed concern that the freeparking will encourage residents topark their cars on arterial streetsfrom Saturday night to Mondaymorning.

Arena introduced an ordinancethat calls for the wards meters tobe in effect on Sundays at the CityCouncil meeting on June 26.

A second ordinance calls for thehourly rate in the ward to bereduced to $1.75 each day of theweek, as the parking meter compa-

ny would be expected to make upthe difference by enforcing meterson Sundays.

Arenas chief of staff Owen Brughsaid that the city and the metercompany are reviewing the eco-

nomics of the proposal. From ourmath, we believe that it will be rev-enue neutral, Brugh said.

Ald erme n Timo thy Cul ler ton(38th), Margaret Laurino (39th)and Mary OConnor (41st) said theyhave no plans to change the freemetered parking on Sundays butthat they will monitor the views oflocal chambers of commerce.

I want to see what happens,Cullerton said. There is no need torush into it. (Arena) may have a dif-ferent need with Six Corners.

The Six Corners Association hasexpressed support for Arenas pro-posal. In addition, the associationalso supports Arenas plan to lift therush-hour parking ban on Milwau-kee Avenue between Lawrence Ave-nue and Addison Street, but consid-

eration of the proposal by the CityCouncil was delayed while the park-ing meter deal was being restruc-tured.

Brugh said that the parking banis expected to be lifted.

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKIThe Edgebrook School Local

School Council symbolically votedat its meeting June 22 to rejectthe budget assigned to the schoolby the Chicago Public Schools fornext year amid the districts $1billion in proposed spending cuts.

Local school council presidentDaniel Cotter sent a letter toMayor Rahm Emanuel and Chica-go Public Schools chief executiveofficer Barbara Byrd-Bennett stat-ing the reasons why the councilwas rejecting the proposed budget.

A lot of schools have voted toreject their budgets and are doingso in response to the cuts to theirbudgets, Cotter said. We as alocal school council feel that wecannot pass a budget like thiswithout making a statement. Thisis highly symbolic.

At the same time, its not justEdgebrook thats being hurt bythe cuts, but it was not somethingthat we could have worked with,so we sent it back, Cotter said.LSCs at other schools also have

rejected their budgets.The letter states that budget

cuts at Edgebrook School, 6525 N.Hiawatha Ave., will cause the lossof a teaching position and twospecial education aides and a lackof funding for school supplies, thepurchase of needed computers andtextbooks, and professional devel-opment.

Cotter said that retiring Edge-brook principal Janice Kepka ab-stained from the vote. The newprincipal of Edgebrook will beChad Weiden, who is the assis-tant principal at Blaine School,1420 W. Grace St. Edgebrook hasan enrollment of 495 students,about 215 more than it had 7years ago.

Edgebrook is the top neighbor-hood school in the city and haslong figured out ways to surviveon a skin and bones budget, theletter states. However, with thenew per-pupil allocation for budg-ets, which includes not onlyreduced funding but transfer of

Fund cut protestedby Edgebrook LSC


The city Department of Streetsand Sanitation will hold a series ofcommunity meetings about thenext phase of its blue cart recyclingprogram, which will soon start inareas south of Montrose Avenueand west of Cicero Avenue.

Plans call for blue carts to bedropped off starting Monday, July29, in front of homes in the affectedareas, which include parts of the38th and 45th wards, and the firstrecycling pick-up will occur about 2weeks later. Other Northwest Sideareas, including Jefferson Park andEdgebrook, will receive their blue

carts in the fall, while neighbor-hoods east of Cicero already havetheir carts.

Community meetings have beenscheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, July22, at the Dunning Library, 7455 W.

Cornelia Ave., and 6:30 p.m. Monday,July 29, at the Portage-Cragin Lib-rary, 5108 W. Belmont Ave.

All residents who live in single-family homes and two-, three- andfour-flat buildings will receive bluecart service. The city will mail resi-dents a postcard notifying themwhen service will start, and recy-cling pick-ups will be made everyother week.

Recyclable containers do not haveto be rinsed before being placed in ablue cart, and grass clippingsshould be placed in a tightly sealedbag next to the cart, according to

the department. Residents who donot want to participate in the bluecart program can asked to havetheir cart removed.

For more information, visit www.chicagorecycles.org.

The Dunning Community Garden, where residents canrent garden plots, is open at 4235 N. Neenah Ave., on the

Read-Dunning site.The cost of leasing a plot is $60.

Sunstar Foster site

to be redeveloped

Loans proposed to help fund

NW Side affordable housing

Free Sunday metered parking

could be ended in 45th Ward





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Garagesales setby group

Property tax bills forCook County issued

The Greater Indepen-dence Park NeighborhoodAssociat ion will hold itscommunity garage salefrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, July 13.

The sales will take placeat home in the area be-tween Irving Park Road onthe north, Addison Streeton the south, Pulaski Roadon the west and CentralPark Avenue on the east.

Portage Park HelpingHands will hold an Adven-ture of Sound fund-raiser

for Portage Park School at 6p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at theGale Street Inn, 4914 N.Milwaukee Ave.

The event will featureappetizers, a buffet dinner,dessert and beer and wine.

For more information, callBarbara Murphy at 773-510-4072.

The Jefferson Park Cham-ber of Commerce will meetat 8:15 a.m. Thursday, July11, at the Gale Street Inn,4914 N. Milwaukee Ave.

The guest speaker at themeeting will be state Repre-

sentative Robert Martwick.Any business owner whobrings a resident or a cus-tomer to the meeting willreceive free admission tick-ets to Jeff Fest.

Cook County TreasurerMaria Pappas has an-nounced that second install-ment property tax bills havebeen mailed last week andare due Aug. 1.

The treasurers office hasincreased the size of the billto make it easier to read. Theredesigned bill has a new taxcalculator that shows how

the bill was calculated andexemptions that were ap-plied.

The bill also features infor-mation about tax paymentsto be made by mortgage com-pany escrows, prior taxdelinquencies, refunds due,last payment received, taxabatements and tax incre-ment financing districts.

The Norwood Park His-torical Society will hold afree party to celebrate the139th anniversary of theNorwood Park neighbor-hood from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday, July 27, at itsheadquarters in the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House,5624 N. Newark Ave.

As part of a commemora-tion of the 150th anniversary

of the Battle of Gettysburg,the society will hold a CivilWar reenactment. The reen-actors, portraying membersof the 10th Illinois Regi-ment, will set up camp,march, perform a firingdemonstration, hold a pres-entation of arms and conductother drills.

The societys exhibits willbe open from noon to 4 p.m.

The Chicago Public Li-brary has announced theopening of its CPL Innova-tion Lab at the WashingtonLibrary, 400 S. State St.

Innovation labs offerorganizations a place to testideas for services, programsand products. The lab willallow the library to experi-ment with new ideas andapproaches in order to bemore customer-focused andto adapt to the communitysneeds.

The first experiment in thespace will be the MakerLab, which is part of amovement of collaborativelearning environments inwhich people share knowl-edge and resources to design,create and build items. TheMaker Lab will be open tothe public through Dec. 31.

Created with the Museumof Science and Industry, thelab offers the public an intro-

duction to technology ande q u i p m e n t w h i c h a r eenabling new forms of per-sonal manufacturing andbusiness opportunities. Afterthe 6-month run, the librarywill evaluate the project todetermine its fit with thelibrarys mission and theability to bring the project orelements of it to a wideraudience in library branch-es.

The lab will offer access tosoftware such as TrimbleSketchup, Inkscape, Mesh-lab and Makercam and toequipment including threethree-dimensional printers,laser cutters, a millingmachine and a vinyl cutter.

In addition to open labhours during which patronscan work with staff to learnnew software and createpersonal projects, a varietyof programs and workshopswill be offered throughoutthe 7-day schedule of theMaker Lab.

Family workshops will beoffered on Sunday after-noons to foster invention,creation and the explorationof STEAM, which stands forscience, technology, engi-neering, art and mathemat-ics.

For more information, visitwww.chipublib.org.

Historical society setsNorwood Park party

Innovation lab opensat Washington Library

Group slatesAdventure of

Sound event

Meeting setby Jefferson

Park chamber

LOCAL SCOUTS were among the marchersin the annual Fourth of July parade spon-sored by the Forest Glen Community Club.

The theme of the parade was The Red,White and Blue is Green.

(Photos by Randy Baran)


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The Jeff Park Arts andMusic Fest will be heldFriday through Sunday,July 26 to 28, at JeffersonPark, 4822. N. Long Ave.

The hours of the festivalare 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, noonto 11 p.m. Saturday andnoon to 10 p.m. Sunday. Thefestival will feature enter-tainment, beer tents andfood and retail vendors.

The festival is sponsored

by the Jefferson ParkChamber of Commerce, theJefferson Park AdvisoryCouncil, Alderman JohnArena, the Chicago ParkDistrict and WXRT-Radio.

The bands scheduled forFriday are the Locals, Hankand the Cupcakes and DotDot Dot.

The bands scheduled forSaturday are the WishingWell, Luna Blu, the RootCause, the Pat SmillieBand, Voodoo Kings andMagic Box.

The bands scheduled forSunday are Poochamungas,the Chicago Tribute Anthol-

ogy, Dirty Dan and the CoolRockin Daddies and theMichael McDermott Band.

Admission is $5 before 5p.m. and $7 after 5 p.m.

For more information, visitwww.jefffest.org.

The Irish American Heri-tage Center, 4626 N. KnoxAve., will hold its 28thannual Irish Fest Fridaythrough Sunday, July 12 to14.

The hours of the festivalare 6 p.m. to midnight July12, noon to midnight July 13and noon to 11 p.m. July 14.

The festival will featuremore than 100 performers onfive stages, Irish and Amer-ican food, vendors, stepdancers, cultural exhibits

and childrens activities.A mashed potato-ea tingcontest will be held at 8:30p.m. July 12 and a HooleyHook-Up for singles will beheld at 6 p.m. July 12. Thehooley event will feature

live music, dancing, rafflesand door prizes.

The Sham Rock Starsamateur singing contestwill be held on Saturdayand Sunday. Registrationwill be held at 1:30 p.m. Sat-urday, and auditions willbegin at 2 p.m.

The age divisions are 13 to18 and 12 and younger. Thetop two contestants fromeach age category will beasked to return Sunday for asing off, with judging based

on scores from a panel ofjud ges and aud ien ce re-sponse.

A Men in Kilts contestwill be held at 6:30 p.m. July13. Contestants must regis-ter by 6 p.m. Contestantswill compete for the title ofKilt King in age categoriesof 17 and younger, 18 to 34and 35 and older.

Prizes will be awarded bya panel of female judges andby audience members. Audi-ence members will have theopportunity to purchasevotes for the overall KiltKing to be crowned at 9p.m. that evening.

A freckle contest for chil-dren age 12 and youngerwill be held at 5:30 p.m.Saturday. Judges will chosea winner based on the num-ber of his or her freckles.

Live harp and piano musicwill be performed in the cen-ters Tea Room from 2 to 5p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The folk tent will featuredemonstrations of Irish in-struments, dances, sing-alongs, poetry readings, lan-guage sessions, one-actplays and art and museumexhibits. Irish wolfhoundsprovided by the Great LakesIrish Wolfhound Association

will be at the tent on Satur-day and Sunday.

A Fine Spirits TastingTent will feature craft beer,Irish whiskey and mead.The 1-hour tastings will fea-ture five or six selections.

Craft beer tastings will beheld at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sun-day, mead tastings will beheld at 3 p.m. Saturday andat 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday,and whiskey tastings will beheld at 5 p.m. Saturday and

Sunday.A craft beer tent will beopen from 8 to 10 p.m. Fri-day. Tickets cost $20 eachand include unlimited sam-ples of beer.

An Irish Soda BreadContest will be held July 13at the membership booth.Entries must be delivered tothe booth in an unmarkedpaper bag between 12:30 and1:30 p.m.

Judging will begin at 2

p.m. and winners will be an-nounced at 3 p.m. Contestcategories are traditionalwhite Irish soda bread andtraditional brown Irish sodabread. The entry fee is $5.

The performers at the fes-tival will be the Tossers, theDublin City Ramblers, theKilldares, the Kreellers, Der-ek Warfield and the YoungWolfe Tones, Enter the Hag-gis, the Chancey Brothers,Kevin Flynn and the Avon-dale Ramblers, and the Lar-

kin and Moran Brothers.Also, the Sandcarvers, InSpite of Ourselves, the Doo-ley Brothers, Joe McShaneand the Silver Bridge Band,Patrick and Karen Cannadyand Friends, NineteenPints, Ladies of Longford,the Academy of Irish Musicand Baal Tinne.

Tickets cost $8 for thoseage 13 and older by July 10and $15 at the door, and $7for seniors.

Entertainment lineup

for Jeff Park fest set

Norwood Crossing, 6016 N.Nina Ave., will present a talkon the topic OrganizedCrime in Chicago: Beyondthe Mafia at 2 p.m.Wednesday, July 17, as partof its Timely Talk series.

Author, professo r andretired Chicago police offi-cer Robert Lombardo willdiscuss the evolution oforganized crime in the city,the roots of corruption andother illicit activity in thecity and in Cook County,and the link between organ-

ized crime and machine pol-itics.

Lombardo is an associateprofessor of criminal justiceat Loyola University. He isthe author of The BlackHand: Terror by Letter inChicago and OrganizedCrime in Chicago: Beyondthe Mafia.

A questio n-and-a nswersession and a raffle will beheld following the talk.Reservations are required.

For more information, call773-577-5323.

Mathers More than aCafe, 3235 N. Central Ave.,has announced its scheduleof upcoming programs.

Author June Sawyers will

present a program titledGangsters, Crooks andMadams: Portraits fromChicagos Dark Side at 2:15p.m. Monday, July 15. Saw-yers will discuss Al Capone,Bathhouse John Coughlin,Michael Hinky DinkKenna, Paddy Bauler, theEverleigh sisters and BenKing of the Hobos Reit-man. Admission is $3.

R.J. Lindsey will present

a program titled Lunchwith Benjamin Franklin inwhich he portrays Franklinat 12:30 p.m. Thursday,July 18. Admission is $6.

Denny Diamond and theFamily Jewels will performa Friday Night Concert at7 p.m. July 26. The NeilDiamond tribute band alsowill perform songs by John-ny Cas h , Ricky N els on ,Glen Campbell and ElvisPresley. Admission is $8.

Registration for the pro-grams is required.

For more information, callthe center at 773-205-3300.

Edison Park UnitedMethodist Church, 6740 N.Oliphant Ave., will offer avacation bible school from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday andSunday, July 13 and 14.

The theme of the schoolwill be Awe Summer Fun.

Activities will include Biblestories and games, baking,crafts and lessons in jug-gling, dance, bass guitarand drums. Registration isrequired.


Center schedules talkon organized crime

Programs for seniorsset by Mathers Cafe

Bible school offered

Annual Irish Fest slated by Heritage Center

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Lane Tech High Schooland the Computer ScienceDepartment at the Univer-sity of Illinois-Chicago willoffer a new dual-credit Col-lege Bridge Computer Sci-ence course this fall.

Under the pilot program,

Lane Tech students whocomplete the course in twosemesters will receive acourse credit for UICs Pro-gram Design course. LaneTech computer scienceteacher Daniel Law has ajoint faculty appointment atUIC and will teach thecourse while working withUIC faculty member Dr. DaleReed to create tests andassignments. Lane Tech as-sistant principal Damir Arawill oversee the schoolsComputer Science Depart-

ment.Thirty students are en-

rolled in the free course forthe fall. Students will visitUIC, and the university willprovide online support.

Under Lane Techs newScience, Technology, Engi-neering, Arts and Mathe-

matics initiative, the schoolhas developed course workdesigned to meet the de-mands of the work force.The school will offer elec-tives in aquaponics, soundengineering, robotics, de-sign engineering, neurosci-ence, biochemistry, organicchemistry, software applica-tion design for Android,media computation, ele-ments of computing systemand honors telescopic.

Lane Tech has 230 incom-ing freshmen who have cho-

sen computer science astheir major.

Portage ParkPortage Park Helping

Hands will hold a pub quizbenefit at 8 p.m. Monday,July 22, at SutherlandsFood and Spirits, 5353 W.Irving Park Road.

The theme of the competi-tion will be Movies andTelevision. Participants willbe given a line from a movieor a television show and willhave to identify who said it.

The door prize will be a$20 restaurant gift card.

The entry fee is $20 perperson. Teams of up to sixpeople are allowed.

St.TarcissusSaint Tarcissus School is

holding registration for chil-dren in preschool througheighth grade.

Preschool for 3-year-oldsmeets for half-day sessionstwice, three and five times aweek, and preschool for 4-year-olds meets for half-dayor full-day sessions threeand five times a week.

The school offers extendedday care from 7:30 a.m. to 6p.m. Monday through Fri-day.

For more information, callthe school at 773-763-7080.

Our Ladyof Victory

Our Lady of VictorySchool is seeking sponsorsfor its Endurance forEducation 5-kilometer runand walk, which will be heldon Sept. 14.

Sponsorships are availablethrough Aug. 1 for $300,$175, $125, $50 and $25.

For more information, call

773-283-2229.Notre Damefor Girls

Notre Dame High Schoolfor Girls will hold an openhouse from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thurs-day, July 11.

Participants can tour theschool, meet the admissionsteam and learn about theschools programs.

For more information, callJacey Kloeckner at 773-622-9494.

Lane TechThe Lane Tech High School

Alumni Association will holdits 11th annual golf outing at11:30 a.m. Friday, July 19, atthe Chevy Chase CountryClub in Wheeling.

Registration will be heldfrom 11:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., and a dinner andawards presentation will beheld at 6 p.m.

The cost of the event is

$135 for golf and dinner,$100 for golf only and $45 fordinner only. Hole sponsor-ships are available for $250.

Online registration isavailable through the asso-ciations Web site, which canbe reached at www.lanetechalumni.org.


Luther NorthLuther North High School

is holding registration forsummer camps for children

in fifth through eighth gradethat will be held in July.

A band camp will be heldfrom 9 a.m. to noon July 15 to19, and a theater camp willbe held from 12:30 p.m. to4:30 p.m. July 15 to 19. Thecost is $125 per class, or $225for two classes.

For more information, callthe school at 773-286-3300.

Notre DameThe Notre Dame Prep

High School Alumni Associ-ation will hold its annual golfouting at 9:30 a.m. Monday,July 15, at the White PinesGolf Club in Bensenville.

The outing will feature ashotgun start, and playerswill have access to the driv-ing range at 8:15 a.m. Theregistration fee is $150,

which includes a gift, use ofa cart, lunch and dinnerwith an open bar. Proceedswill fund scholarships.


schoolnewsschoolnews

Church to

hold craftboutique

Jeff ParkLions set

meetingThe Jefferson Park Lions

Club will meet at 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, July 16, at Collet-tis Restaurant, 5707 N.Central Ave.


Faith Lutheran Church,6201 W. Peterson Ave., willhold a Christmas in Julycraft boutique from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 13.


The Roberts Square ParkAdvisory Council will holdits second annual familypicnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, July 13, at the

park, 5200 W. Argyle St.The event will include

lunch, games and music.The advisory council is

accepting donations to offsetthe cost of the picnic.Donations can be made byvisiting www.tinyurl.com/rspac-paypal.

The Gladstone ParkChamber of Commerce willmeet at 8 a.m. Friday, July12, at the Gladstone Chiro-practic Group, 5316 N. Mil-waukee Ave.

The guest speaker at themeeting will be Giovannni

Gomez of Governor PatQuinns office, who will dis-cuss the Affordable HealthCare Act, known as Oba-macare.

For more information, callchamber executive directorGail Coles at 773-775-8871.

Lane Tech sets dual-credit class

Family picnic

event set bypark council

Meeting set

by GladstonePark chamber

The Cong reg at iona lChurch of Jefferson Park,5320 W. Giddings St., willoffer a vacation bible schoolfrom 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Thursday, July 23to 25.

The theme of the programwill be Science and Reli-

gion: Friends of Enemies?Adults will hear physicistand pastor Linda Eastwooddiscuss the topic while con-sidering how religion andscience evolved togetherand how they have influ-enced each other after theyappeared to grow apart.

Youths and young adul tswill watch and discuss thetelevision documentary ser-ies Through the Worm-hole. Children will exam-ine biblical and scientificprinciples surrounding theconcepts of water, wind andlight while conducting sci-ence experiments.

Nursery care for infantsand toddlers will be avail-able. Reservations are re-quired for nursery partici-pants.

For more information, call

the church at 773-725-0121.

Bible schoolprogram set

by church

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The Northwest ChicagoFilm Society has announcedits schedule of upcomingscreenings at the Patio The-ater, 6008 W. Irving ParkRoad.

Screenings are held at7:30 p.m. All films arescreened from 35mm printsand preceded by cartoons,trailers, short subjects orpublic service announce-ments. Admission to thescreenings is $5.

The 1944 King Vidor filmAn American Romance will

be shown on Wednesday,July 10. Brian Donlevy starsas an ambitious Czech immi-grant who works his way upfrom working in a factory tobecoming a wealthy indus-trialist. The Ford MotorCompany promotional shortSteel on the River Rougealso will be shown.

The 1958 Richard Fleisherfilm The Vikings will beshown on Wednesday, July17. The film stars KirkDouglas and Tony Curtis aswarriors competing for JanetLeigh and also featuresErnest Borgnine.

The 1958 Don Siegel filmThe Lineup will be shown

on Monday, July 22. Thepolice procedural stars EliWallach as a short-temperedhit man with no compunc-tions about threatening chil-dren or the disabled toreclaim a shipment of smug-gled heroin. The Jules Whiteshort film Caught on theBounce also will be shown.

The 1932 Norman McLeodfilm The Miracle Man willbe shown on Wednesday,July 24. The gangster filmstars Sylvia Sidney, JohnWray, Chester Morris and

Ned Sparks as swindlers whohave a fatal clash with theirlandlord, played by BorisKarloff. The William Watsonshort film Dangerous Fe-males also will be screened.

The 1947 Joseph Mankie-wicz comedy The LateGeorge Apley will be shownon Wednesday, July 31. Thecomedy of manners starsRonald Colman and PeggyCummins and is based onJohn Marquands PulitzerPrize-winning novel of thesame name.

The 1995 Jim Jarmuschhipster western Dead Manwill be shown on Monday,Aug. 5. Johnny Depp stars as

an accountant from Cleve-land who moves west to thetown of Machine, where hebecomes wanted for the mur-der of a steel magnatesdaughter and her jealouslover. The film also starsRobert Mitchum and fea-tures a guitar score by NeilYoung.

The 1937 Mitchell Leisenfilm Swing High, SwingLow will be shown onWednesday, Aug. 7. FredMacMurray plays a trum-peter who stages a brawl in a

Panamanian dive to assurethat Carole Lombard missesher boat back to America.Their marriage becomes asource of artistic inspirationand personal stability untilhis old flame arrives on thescene. The Popeye cartoonKickin the Conga Roundalso will be shown.

The 1962 Roger Cormanfilm The Intruder will beshown on Wednesday, Aug.14. William Shatner stars asa race-baiting demagogueunleashed upon the DeepSouth. The Twilight Zoneepisode A Nice Place toVisit also will be screened.

The 1972 Robert Aldrichfilm Ulzanas Raid will beshown on Monday, Aug. 19.

Burt Lancaster and BruceDavison star as army scoutstracking the Apache warchief Ulzana, who is leadinga war party against travel-ing settlers. The WoodyWoodpecker cartoon Fat inthe Saddle also will beshown.

The 1935 A. EdwardSutherland biopic DiamondJim will be shown onWednesday, Aug. 21. EdwardAr no ld st ar s as no te dovereater and philanthropistDiamond Jim Brady. Jean

Arthur stars in a dual role astwo women he falls for andstrikes out with, and BinnyBarnes plays his museLillian Russell.

The 1943 Carl Dreyer filmDay of Wrath will beshown on Wednesday, Aug.28. The movie was filmed inDenmark during the Nazioccupation and containscommentary about themethods of the invaders asit tells the story of a 17thCentury witch burning. Thefilm will be shown in Danishwith English subtitles.

A full listing of screeningsis available on the film soci-ety Web site, which can bereached at www.northwestfilmsociety.org.

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The Oakton CommunityCollege Alliance for LifelongLearning is holding regis-tration for online adult edu-cation courses being offeredfrom July 17 through Sept.6.

A cou rse tit led Di git alScrapbooking will teachstudents how to create adigital scrapbook. A coursetitled Writing Essentialswill teach students thebasics of writing in businesscommunications.

A course ti tled Introduc-tion to Guitar will teachstudents basic guitar skills.A course titled Explore aCareer as a Paralegal willteach students about the

American judicial system,focusing on the origins ofAmerican law and the liti-gation process.

A course titled Start YourOwn Arts and Crafts Busi-ness will teach studentshow to find a business nicheand create a unique busi-ness identity by participat-ing in craft shows. A coursetitled Adobe Illustratorwill teach students how touse the software.

The cost of the classes$119, or $80 for seniors liv-ing in the Oakton district.The registration fee forcourses is $8.


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The Field Museum of Nat-ural History, 1400 S. LakeShore Drive, will present anexhibit titled Creatures ofLight: Natures Biolumines-cence through Sept. 8.

The exhibit explores organ-isms that produce light,including fireflies and fishes.Visitors will move through aseries of recreated environ-ments to discover the varietyof ways in which organismsuse light to attract mates,lure prey or defend againstpredators.

The exhibit opens by wel-coming visitors to the wood-lands of North America,where bioluminescent mush-rooms grow on decayingwood. The Summers Nightsection evokes a meadow ineastern North America anddemonstrate how firefliesuse unique patterns of flash-ing light to communicate andattract mates or find dinner.

Large-scale models showthe details of female andmale fireflies. Visitors cancommunicate with electron-ic fireflies by flashing lightsto match the patterns ofvarious species.

The Mysterious Cave sec-tion invites visitors to peerinto New Zealands Waitomocave system to watch stickyfishing lines strung by

glowworms trap prey. Otherglowing terrestrial animalsexplored in the section in-clude a bioluminescent milli-pede species and the railroadworm, which is a larval bee-tle that resembles a passen-ger train seen at night, withred headlights and yellow-ish-green windows on itssides.

The Sparkling Sea sec-tion features an interactiveenvironment that introducesvisitors to the brilliant lightdisplays of Mosquito Bay onVieques Island in PuertoRico, where high concentra-tions of microscopic dinofla-gellates create a glowing haloaround anything that movesin the water. Visitors activatethe bioluminescent bay asthey move through the sec-

tion.Live bioluminescent bino-

flagellates will be on display,as well as a large-scale mod-el of the animal, which il-lustrates its armored anato-my and also highlights itsscintillons, which are thetiny particles that emit lightfrom the creature.

The Night Dive sectionfeatures a large-scale, dayand night interactive imageof the Bloody Bay Wall inthe Cayman Islands. Thespecies-rich coral wall ishome to many biofluores-cent animals that glowgreen, red and orange whenexposed to certain wave-lengths of light.

The Altered Light sec-tion features the crystal jel-lyfish, which combine bluebioluminescence with bio-fluorescence to emit flashesof green light. A proteinfound in its light organs hasbecome a tool in cellular anddevelopmental biology ,where it is used for mappingneural circuits and observ-ing cancer cells. Large-scalemodels of the jellyfish willbe on display, and visitorsalso will be able to examinea scorpion, minerals andobjects that fluoresce whenexposed to ultraviolet light.

The Borrowed Light sec-

tion examines biolumines-cent organisms with symbi-otic associations, includingflashlight fishes, which har-bor bioluminescent bacteriain an organ under their eyesand use the bacterial light tocommunicate, avoid preda-tion and attract prey. Dis-plays will include live flash-light fish and a model of amale golden ponyfish, whichhas a ring of tissue aroundits throat containing biolu-minescent bacteria.

The Deep Ocean sectiontakes visitors into the per-petually dark deep ocean.Althou gh relativ ely rareamong organisms that liveon land, the ability to gener-ate light through a chemicalreaction is much more com-mon in the ocean, where up

to 90 percent of animals atdepths below 2,300 feet arebioluminescent and wherescientists continue to dis-cover new bioluminescentspecies. Due to pollution,overfishing and global cli-mate change, many of theorganisms are in danger ofdisappearing.

The Deep Sea Theatersection will show the diversi-ty of animals that marinebiologists have captured oncamera, including a jellyfishthat lights up when threat-ened and a viperfish whosefangs are so long they do notfit inside its head. Models ondisplay will include a femaleanglerfish, which has a mod-ified fin spike topped with alure that pulses with bacter-ial light to attract prey, and avampire squid, whichwaves bioluminescent armtips to confuse attackers.

Throughout the exhibit,visitors use iPads which of-fer videos, animations, pho-tographs and additional con-tent about bioluminescenceand related phenomena de-signed for the show. Ad-ditional interactive compo-nents and videos will offervisitors opportunities tomeet scientists whose workcontributes to the explo-ration of bioluminescence.

The exhibit is organized bythe American Museum ofNatural History in collabora-tion with the Field Museumand the Canadian Museumof Nature.

Tickets to Creatures ofLight are included in boththe Discovery and All-Access passes to the muse-um, which cost $22 to $29for adults, $18 to $24 forseniors and students, and$15 to $20 for children age 4to 11. Discounts are avail-able for Chicago residents.

Tickets can be purchasedonline at fieldmuseum.org.


The city Department ofCultural Affairs and SpecialEvents have announced theschedule of concerts at thePetrillo Music Shell duringthe 33rd annual Taste ofChicago festival, which willbe held in Grant Park fromJuly 10 through 14.

Tickets for the seatingarea at the pavilion will cost$25, and lawn seating willbe free. Tickets will go onsale beginning May 15 atwww.tasteofchicago.us.

Performances beginning at5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July10, are Delta Spirit andGrammy Award winner fun.

Performances beginningat 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July11, are Grammy Award win-ner Estelle and R&B record-ing artist Robin Thicke.Thicke has written and pro-duced songs for MichaelJackson, Christina Aguileraand Brian McKnight.

Performances beginningat 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 12,are southern country rockband Lone Bellow andRobert Plant, who will pres-ent the Robert PlantPresents The SensationalShape Shifters show.

Performances at 11:30a.m. Saturday, July 13, are

sister duo Chloe and Hallieand IM5, both featured byRadio Disney AM 1300.Performances beginning at5:30 p.m. Saturday are reg-gae musician Maxi Priestand Grammy Award winnerJill Scott.

Performances beginningat 4 p.m. Sunday, July 14,are the Mowglis and NeonTrees.

The hours of the Taste ofChicago are 11 a.m. to 9p.m. Wednesday throughFriday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday.Admission is free. Food

and beverage tickets will besold in strips of 12 for $8.For the first time this yearthe festival will feature foodtrucks.

For more information, visitwww.tasteofchicago.us.

Bioluminescence exhibit offered

The Norwood Park SeniorCenter, 5801 N. NatomaAve., will present a work-shop on estate planning at11 a.m. Monday, July 15.

Attorne y Mollie White-head will discuss livingtrusts and wills and powersof attorney for health care

and property, and will offerinformation designed tohelp families plan theirfutures.

The event is sponsored byNorwood Seniors Network.Reservations are required.


Taste of Chicago performers set

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AN EMPLOYEE reported thatthe Mobil gas station, 4409 N.Central Ave., was robbed at about1:50 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, accord-ing to 16th (Jefferson Park) Districtpolice.

The 43-year-old employee report-ed that a man displayed a gun, took$300 in cash from the register andfled north on Central, according topolice.

A MAN WAS arrested on publicindecency charges at about noonFriday, July 5, at Portage Park, 4100N. Long Ave., according to 16th(Jefferson Park) District police.

Witnesses reported that a manwas walking through the parkexposing his genitals, and the sus-pect was arrested at Long andBerteau avenues, according topolice.

The subject was identified bypolice as Alex L. Kotsukos, age 69,of the 4000 block of North Cicero

Avenue.A MAN WAS arrested on drug

charges at about 3:05 p.m. Friday,July 5, in the 4400 block of NorthMcVicker Avenue, according to 16th(Jefferson Park) District police.

After officers stopped a car thatwent through a stop sign, it wasdiscovered that the driver did nothave a drivers license, and duringa search officers found 1.6 grams ofa substance suspected of beingheroin in the mans possession,according to police.

The suspect was identified bypolice as Matthew D. Augustyn,age 29, of the 4400 block of North

McVicker Avenue.A MAN REPORTED that he

was attacked at about 2:15 a.m.Sunday, July 7, in the 4500 block ofNorth Milwaukee Avenue, accord-ing to 16th (Jefferson Park) Dis-trict police.

The 24-year-old man reportedthat when he confronted two menwho were abusing a woman, theypunched and kicked him and one ofthem struck him with a hydraulic

jack that he got from a car, accord-ing to police. The man said that themen fled with the woman in a 1998

Audi, police said. The man wastreated at Our Lady of the Resur-rection Medical Center, police said.AN EMPLOYEE at an opto-

metrists office, 4968 N. MilwaukeeAve., reported that a man stole eye-glass frames at about 3 p.m. Friday,July 5, according to 16th (JeffersonPark) District police.

The employee reported that aman placed 14 pairs of eyeglassframes valued at $3,500 under hisshirt and left the office, accordingto police.A MAN WAS arrested on drug

charges at about 3 p.m. Saturday,July 6, in the 4800 block of WestBelmont Avenue, according to 16th(Jefferson Park) District police.

After officers stopped a car thatwas being drive without brakelights, they discovered a bag con-taining suspected hallucinogenicmushrooms in the console of thevehicle, according to police.

The suspect was identified bypolice as Tony Gonzalez, age 29, ofthe 4900 block of West MelroseStreet.A 2003 HONDAAccord w as set

on fire at about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday,July 2, in the 5100 block of WestGunnison Street, according to 16th(Jefferson Park) District police.A MAN REPORTEDthat he was

attacked at about 11:30 p.m. Friday,June 28, in the 4900 block of NorthSpringfield Avenue, according to17th (Albany Park) District police.

The 20-year-old man reportedthat two men got out of a van andshouted gang slogans and that both

pointed guns at him, according topolice.A MAN WAS stabbed at about

10:55 p.m. Thursday, June 27, in the3800 block of West Cullom Avenue,according to 17th (Albany Park)District police.

The 35-year-old man reported thatas he was walking with his girl-friend, a man came up from behindthem and stabbed him in the chest,according to police. The man wastreated at Illinois Masonic Hospital,police said.

TWO MEN were arrested on

assault charges at about 7:35 p.m.Friday, June 28, in the 5600 blockof North Drake Avenue, accordingto 17th (Albany Park) Districtpolice.

An off-duty police officer saw acar jump the curb and strike a treewhile making a turn at Drake andBryn Mawr avenues, and a secondvehicle stopped and its occupantspoke with the driver of thecrashed vehicle, according to police.The two men drove away but soonstopped due to damage to thecrashed vehicle, police said. Whenthe officer identified himself andasked for identification, the menthreatened him, and they werearrested by responding officers,police said.

The suspects were identified bypolice as Akram A. Abdulkraeem,age 19, of the 6200 block of NorthRichmond Street, and Steven

Assoofee, age 20, of the 6000 block ofNorth Albany Avenue.

EMPLOYEES reported that theFamily Dollar store, 3239 W. Law-rence Ave., was robbed at about10:15 p.m. Monday, July 1, accord-ing to 17th (Albany Park) Districtpolice.

A 22-year-old employee reportedthat a man pointed a utility knifeat her and demanded money, and asecond employee put about $10,000in cash into plastic bags and theman fled, according to police. A sur-veillance video shows that the manentered the store at about 7:40 p.m.and hid in a storage closet untilafter closing time, according to

police.A MAN REPORTED that his

home in the 5100 block of NorthLowell Avenue was burglarizedbetween 6:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.Thursday, June 27, according to17th (Albany Park) District police.

The man reported that when hereturned home he discovered thatthe rear door was open and that agold watch, necklaces, rings andbracelets valued at $2,000, a laptopcomputer valued at $2,000, eighttools valued at $1,500, two digitalcameras valued at $1,800 and $600in cash were missing, according topolice.

A MAN REPORTED that hishome in the 4700 block of NorthBernard Street was burglarizedbetween 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sun-day, June 30, according to 17th (Al-bany Park) District police.

The man reported that when hereturned home he discovered thatthe front door had been forced openand that an iPad valued at $550was missing, according to police.

by RUSS STEWARTThere are some people who think

that City Council powerhouse DickMell is a kind, guileless, emphatic,caring, sharing, generous person.Those three are his daughters,state Representative Deb Mell (D-40) and former Illinois first ladyPatti Blagojevich, and his sonRichard.

As for everybody else, now thatMell, age 74, is finally resigning as33rd Ward alderman after 38 years,effective July 24, two words surelypop into their mind: good riddance.The political landscape is litteredwith the broken bones, dreams andhearts of aspiring aides, supportersand politicians to whom Mell has

broken promises of advancement orbetrayed commitments of loyalty.There are two more words: but for.But for Dick Mell, his son-in-law

Rod Blagojevich would not havebeen Illinoisfirst impeached gover-nor. Mell dictated Blagojevichselection as a state representative in1992, made the deals necessary toget him elected a congressman in1996, and blithely and falsely promised Downstate county chair-men that they would get oodles ofstate patronage if they elected TheKid as governor in 2002. But forBlagojevichs Downstate vote, hewould not have won the primaryelection, and but for Blagojevichsinfamous 2008 golden commentabout selling the U.S. Senate seat,the feds might never have investi-gated Jesse Jackson Jr.

But for Dick Mell, Pat Quinnwould not be governor. Quinn was

Blagojevichs lieutenant governor,and he moved up in January of2009, after the impeachment. Quinncould never have won a primary forgovernor.

But for Dick Mell, Rahm Emanuelwould not be mayor. Had Blagoje-vich sought re-election in the North-west Side 5th District in 2002 andnot run for governor, Emanuel wouldnot have won the seat. He would nothave become a money-raising con-gressional powerhouse, would nothave been a crony of Barack Obama,would not have been the WhiteHouse chief of staff, and would nothave had the credibility to run formayor in 2011.

But for Dick Mell, at least fourstate legislators John Brandt,Myron Kulas, Rich Bradley andNancy Kaszak would not be con-signed to the dustbin of history.

BUT FOR Dick Mell, chairmanof the council Rules Committee,controlling the 2011 ward remapprocess, three sitting aldermen Bob Fioretti (2nd), Nick Sposato(36th) and Joann Thompson (16th) would not have had their wardscannibalized and face likely defeatin 2015.

But for Dick Mell, Deb Mell wouldnot be Illinois first legally marriedlesbian state representative.

Now, but for Dick Mells resigna-tion and Deb Mells anticipatedappointment as alderman, Jaime

Andrade, Aaron Goldstein and Gar-rett FitzGerald would not have theopportunity to be appointed to orto run for Deb Mells 40th IllinoisHouse District seat.

According to 33rd Ward sources,Mell, known as Old Gringo amongHispanics, has enough weighted

votes as the 33rd Ward Democraticcommitteeman to dictate Deb Mellsreplacement. He is under pressure toname a Hispanic to the post. Thatwill be Andrade, a longtime Mellaide and City Council assistant ser-geant at arms.

Goldstein, a criminal defenseattorney, said he is definitely run-ning. Goldstein has noteworthycredentials. He was the lead counselin Blagojevichs second trial, co-counsel with Sam Adam Jr. in the

first trial, and primary counsel incounty Commissioner Bill Beaverscorruption trial. For Goldstein,thats 0 for 3. Nevertheless, by run-ning against the Mell Machine,Goldstein inoculates himself againstthe Curse of Blagojevich. Im aprogressive Democrat, he said. Iwill fight for the working class.

Another contender is FitzGerald,the executive director of the North-center Chamber of Commerce, a for-mer City Council and Cook CountyBoard staffer, and the chairman ofthe state Civil Service Commission.FitzGerald has health issues, and hemay not run.

The 40th District extends fromArgyle Street to Altgeld Street,

between California Avenue andKostner Avenue, and is bisected bythe Kennedy Expressway.Accordingto the 2010 census, it is roughly 45percent white, 45 percent Hispanicand 10 percent Asian. Most of theHispanic residents are concentrated

in the south, while the area north ofIrving Park Road is decidedlyupscale and white. According toGoldstein, more than half theHispanics are non-citizens or non-voters.

Mell is a master of the art of dis-sembling. He is glib and loquaciousand a very likable guy,but he also iscalculating, devious and manipula-tive.

THAT IS EVIDENT in the alder-

manic replacement process, wherethe fix is in for Deb. This has beenplanned for months, one politiciansaid. The timing is so calculated.On July 3 Mell notified Emanuel ofhis intention to resign on July 24,which is the date of the next councilmeeting. Emanuel, who makes thepick, once promised an open andtransparent process to find thebest person regardless of local politi-cal considerations. He intervieweda dozen applicants in a 30-day peri-od before choosing Sandi Jacksons7th Ward successor.

Not this time. 33rd Ward appli-cants were told to submit resumesbetween July 5 and July 11. Thatsseven days over a holiday weekend,when non-political people are pay-ing scant attention to politics. Themayor has two weeks to make achoice.

My prediction: Deb Mell has beena state representative since 2009,when she decided it might be fun togo to Springfield. Her father strong-armed Bradley out of his House seat.With degrees in history and the culi-nary arts, not the usual backgroundfor a Chicago Democratic politician,it is conceded that Deb Mell has beena competent legislator. She is theHouses first married lesbian mem-ber, as she went to Massachusetts totie the knot.

State Senator Iris Martinez (D-20) may submit her name for alder-man, but there will be no otherapplicant of any consequence.Martinez has been a senator since2003, giving her more experiencethan Mell.

Emanuel, of course, needs a pre-text to justify the rush job. Instead ofdynasty, the mayor will emphasize

diversity. Never mind that this is adaddy-to-kid handoff, which is whatthe Laurinos, Cullertons, Burkes,Sawyers, Austins, Berrioss andBeaverss did. Its the Chicago Way taking care of the family business.The City Council has two gay alder-men, and a lesbian member will adddiversity, Emanuel will say.Besides, he will aver, given the sur-prising paucity of applicants, Mell isindisputably the best qualified.

Can the Mell Machine deliver for

Andrade in the 2014 primary? TheHouse seat, which is dominated bythe 33rd Ward, has been Mells per-sonal sandbox since the 1970s. Afterbreaking into politics as a precinctcaptain and a protege of 33rd Ward

Alderman and Democratic Commit-teeman John Brandt, Mell wentrogue in 1975 and beat Brandts can-didate for alderman. In politics,turncoats are either forgotten or for-given. In 1976 a bunch of GovernorDan Walkers state workers, concen-trated in the Illinois Department ofTransportation and captained by AlRonan, set up shop in the 33rdWard, and Ronan ran againstBrandt for state representative. Mellmade a deal with Brandt: He would

quit as committeeman and Mellwould back Brandt against Ronan.Brandt won by 2,621 votes. Mellthen cut a deal with Ronan anddumped Brandt in 1978, Ronanwent to Springfield, and the Mell-Ronan Machine ran the 33rd Warduntil 1992.

Power breeds arrogance, and in1992 Mell decided that his sandboxcould accommodate two House seats.Ronan decided to move south andrun in a Wrigleyville district, andMell anointed his greenhorn son-in-law, Blagojevich, then an assistantstates attorney, to run in a 33rdWard/Bucktown district againstincumbent Myron Kulas, who wasprominent in the Lithuanian com-munity. Ronan inexplicably lost toNancy Kaszak 9,481-6,762, getting

just 41.6 percent of the vote, whileBlagojevich, then age 35, boosted bythe Mell Machine, thumped Kulas

11,771-6,968, getting 62.8 percent ofthe vote.

Blagojevich went on to serve fourundistinguished years in Spring-field. Joked former state representa-tive Ralph Capparelli, Blagojevichsseatmate: He was never there. Irarely saw him.

THE SERENDIPITOUS defeatof veteran U.S. Representative DanRostenkowski (D-5) in 1994 gaveMell another plaything. The Kidran for Congress, and Mell cut adeal with 36th Ward Alderman andDemocratic Committeeman BillBanks, bartering BlagojevichsHouse seat to John Fritchey, thenthe son-in-law of Banks brother, inexchange for Banksand his organi-zations support in the primary.Buoyed by huge 36th Ward and33rd Ward turnouts, Blagojevichgot 33,907 votes (49.8 percent of

the total) against Kaszak and twoothers, topping Kaszak by a marginof 7,792 votes.

In 2002, against desultory opposi-tion, The Kid won the primary forgovernor with 36.5 percent of thevote, and he beat Republican JimRyan with 52.2 percent. Thereafter,Blagojevich, estranged himself fromMell, indulged in pay to play fund-raising, and got impeached.

How strong is the Mell Machine?Monetarily, its sizable but not intim-idating. The 33rd Ward Democratshad $33,907 cash on hand as of April1 and had raised $124,531 since Jan.1, 2012. Citizens for Mell had$91,750 and raised $92,636, andCitizens for Deb Mell had $14,701and raised a paltry $15,628.

There were 500 people at MellsJune 21 fund-raiser. Deb Mell wasconspicuously absent, attending a

wedding. By quitting, Mell loses adozen Rules Committee employees.Deb Mell lacks her fathers social and dissembling skills.

My prediction: If the Mell Ma-chine cannot get Andrade nomi-nated in 2014, then Deb Mell is atserious risk in 2015. If Martinezruns against her for alderman, sheis in deep doo-doo.

Send e-mail to [email protected] or visit his Web site at www.russstewart.com.

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an increased burden on the individ-ual school to pay for basic suppliesand necessities such as textbooks,we are at the point that we cannotfulfill the contract obligations thatwere entered last fall with theteachers.

The Chicago Public Schools an-nounced in March that it is shiftingto a funding formula that is based onstudent enrollment rather than thenumber of teacher positions. In pre-vious years, principals received allo-cations from the Central Officebased on what the school systemsays is an outdated formula that dic-tated specific numbers and types ofpositions to fill in the school.

According the school system, theformula often did not tailor re-sources to meet student needs. Prin-cipals now will have greater autono-my in deciding how to allocatefunds.

The new per-pupil funding willrepresent about 50 percent of aschools budget and will includemoney for core staff, education sup-port personnel, supplies and addi-tional instruction programs.

The preliminary per-pupil ratesfor next year will be $4,429 per stu-dent in kindergarten through thirdgrade, $4,140 per student infourth through eighth grade and$5,029 per student in high school,according to a district spokesman.

The remaining 50 percent of a

school budget will be made up ofnon-core instruction funding whichmay include supplemental generalstate aid and money for special edu-cation, magnet, International Bacca-laureate, bilingual, STEM, Englishas a second language and Title I pro-grams, according to the school sys-tem.

The LSC has determined that itcannot stand by and accept what is afinancial system doomed to cheat theintended beneficiaries of the schoolsystem, the students, the letterstates. These budget cuts will chal-lenge the ability of Edgebrook to con-tinue to be able to provide to its stu-dents the excellent education that isguaranteed to them by the IllinoisState Constitution.

We will figure out a way, we aresure, to address the deficits, but theparents and community are tappedout and we cannot keep asking themto dig deeper to fund an educationthat is designed to be free to theirchildren.

Cotter said that he hopes that theoutcry from the public will reducethe cuts. My understanding wasthat some of the symbolic outcryhas pushed the budget deadlineback until July, he said.

According to a Chicago PublicSchools press release, schools maysee budget cuts that dont necessar-ily mean the service or programhas been eliminated, as some pro-grams and positions may be movedfrom schools to the Central Office.

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Analysis and Opinion

by Russ Stewart

books.I would hope that we quickly get

this matter before the GeneralAssembly and have an opportunity

to override the veto, allowing thestate police to begin the concealcarry process for trained, law-abid-ing citizens, state Senator BillHaine (D-56) said.

I am disappointed in the gover-nors action to veto the bipartisanconcealed-carry measure passed bythe General Assembly in May, stateSenator Mike Jacobs (D-36) said.We need a concealed-carry law thatapplies to all gun owners equally,regardless of where you live.

He has ignored the will of the peo-ple, the courts and the General

Assembly state Senator John Sul-livan (D-47) said of Quinn. I willwork strenuously to see that the vetois overridden so Illinois, though last

to do so, will finally allow concealedcarry.

This doesnt come as a shock toanyone, state Senator Gary Forby

(D-59) said. We knew this gover-nor was going to make this politi-cal. If he had concerns about thebill, maybe he should have beenmore involved when lawmakersspent months working on it.Instead, he makes major changesto the bill after it passed both theHouse and Senate with veto-proofmajorities.

Garden . . . (Continued from Page 1)as an interim parking lot for thecollege while the schools parkinggarage was being built, Wrightenvironmental biology professorKurt Leslie said. From the start,wood chips were piled 2 to 3 feetabove old soil and asphalt, Lesliesaid. Students sifted donated soils,leaves, old decomposed wood chips,etc., . . . built rows and planted.

Lavin said that residents haveenjoyed working with the Wrightstudents, whose plantings are atthe north end of the garden. When

the students are away, we helpwater and weed, she said.

Leslie said that he hopes that thegarden can be the impetus for thecreation of an agriculture class atWright that would focus on creat-ing green spaces in urban areas.

The Portage Park Chamber ofCommerce is the fiscal agent forthe garden. The cost of leasing aplanting box is $60.

More information is available onthe Dunning Community GardensFacebook page.

and Berteau avenues between aJewel food store on the south andthe Mayfair Crossing single-family home development on thenorth. A 34-space parking lot andcommunity garden will be installedat the east end of the property alonga railroad embankment.

Project development managerPaul Russo said that RRGDevelopment hopes to complete adeal to purchase the property inOctober.

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berly avenues in Mayfair and extendnortheast into Lincolnwood. Extend-ing the trail further south in Chicagohas been considered, but additionalrailroad right of way would have tobe vacated.

The site is occupied by two indus-trial buildings, one 63 years old andthe other 70 years old, according to

the Cook County Assessors Office.Sunstar is seeking to build a300,000-square-foot plant on an 80-acre site which the Archdiocese ofChicago owns near Roselle Road andthe Addams Tollway, according to areport in the Daily Herald. The siteis near the Medieval Times restau-rant, 2001 N. Roselle Road.

Sunstars employers have beennotified of the move, and many ofthem reportedly are expected tomove to the new location.


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The Chicago ArchitectureFoundation is holding aseries of neighborhood toursrelating to the ChicagoPublic Librarys One Book,One Chicago book clubselection The Warmth ofOther Suns: The Epic Storyof Americas Great Migra-tion.

The tours will visit neigh-borhoods that are related tothe One Book theme ofmigration, including Bronze-ville, Pilsen and UkrainianVillage. Free lectures byfoundation docents will beoffered in libraries.

Reservations are requiredfor the tours, and partici-pants who enter the codeword warmth at registra-tion will receive a discount.Reservations are availableon the foundations Website, which can be reachedat www.architecture.org.

The Pilsen walking tourwill be held at 10 a.m.Saturday, July 13, begin-ning at the Lozano Library,1805 S. Loomis St. The 90-minute tour will cover theneighborhoods architectureand art and how Mexicanand European influencesare reflected through com-mercial, residential, reli-

gious and cultural sites. Thecost of the tour is $5 withthe discount.

The Bronzeville bus tourwill be held at 10 a.m.Saturdays, July 20 and Aug.17, beginning at the founda-tions headquarters, 224 S.Michigan Ave. The 90-minute tour will cover thehistory and architecture ofthe Near South Side neigh-borhood. The cost of the touris $10 with the discount.

The Ukrainian Villagewalking tour will be held at10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21,beginning at Holy TrinityCathedral, 1121 N. LeavittAve. Participants will seechurches, two- and three-flat apartment buildings,workers cottages and sin-gle-family homes construct-ed in the late 19th and early20th centuries, reflectingthe influence of the EasternEuropean immigrants. Thecost of the tour is $5 withthe discount.

The foundation will pres-ent a free lecture titled Dis-cover Bronzeville at 2 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 3, at theHall Library, 4801 S.Michigan Ave. The lecturewill cover the neighbor-hoods history and architec-

ture.The foundation will give a

free lecture titled DiscoverPilsen at 2 p.m. Saturday,Nov. 16, at the LozanoLibrary. The talk will coverthe neighborhoods historyand architecture and howdifferent immigrant groupshave left their marks on it.

For more information, callthe foundation at 312-922-8687.

One Book tours slated by group Free fishing clinics forchildren set by state

The Irving Park Fine ArtsCommittee will present afree production of Josephand the Amazing Technicol-or Dreamcoat at 10 a.m.Friday, July 19, at IrvingPark Lutheran Church,4100 N. Harding Ave.

The musical by AndrewLloyd Webber and Tim Riceis based on the Bible storyabout Joseph and his multi-colored coat. American EagleProductions, which special-izes in childrens produc-tions, will stage the play.

House Theater will pres-ent a performance of theplay Death and HarryHoudini to benefit the Pol-ish Museum of America at 4p.m. Sunday, July 21, at theChopin Theater, 1543 W.Division St.

A reception will be heldafter the performance. Tick-ets cost $40, and they canbe purchased online at thetheaters Web site, whichcan be reached at www.chopintheatre.com.

For more information, callthe theater at 773-278-1500.

The Illinois Department ofNatural Resources will holdfree fishing clinics for chil-dren age 16 and younger atChicago parks through Aug.15.

Fishing clinic instructorswill present information onfish and other aquatic lifeand fishing regulations, aswell as instruction on bait-ing a hook, tying a knot,casting, how to catch fishand how to handle andreturn fish to the water.

Participants in the clinicswill be provided rods, reels,bait and tackle for 90 min-utes of catch-and-release

fishing.The clinics will be held

Gompers Park, 4222 W.Foster Ave., Marquette Park,6734 S. Kedzie Ave., Colum-bus Park, 500 S. CentralAve., Douglas Park, 1401 S.Sacramento Drive, Hum-boldt Park, 1404 N. Hum-boldt Drive, Jackson Park,6401 S. Stony Island Ave.,McKinley Park, 2210 W.Pershing Road, ShermanPark, 1301 W. 52nd St., andWashington Park, 5531 S.King Drive.

For more information, call217-782-6424 or visit www.ifishillinois.org.

The Youth Company Chi-cago theater group, 5340 W.Lawrence Ave., has an-nounced its schedule of up-coming performances.

The companys Level 4Summer Camp studentswill stage a performance ofThe Wizard of Oz at 4 and7 p.m. Fridays, July 26 andAug. 23, and at 1, 4 and 7p.m. Saturdays, July 27 andAug. 24.

The companys teens andprofessional mentors will

present a performance ofThe 25th Annual PutnamCounty Spelling Bee at 7p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, at 3 and7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10,and at 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday,Aug. 11.

Tickets cost $15 for adultsand $12.50 for children age17 and younger. A 15 per-cent discount for ticket pur-chases is available throughJuly 15.


Performances set byyouth theater group

Production of

Dreamcoatplay slated

Houdini play

benefit slatedby theater


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