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New law targets gang members

By Wendell Hutson At age 43, Jeff could be considered a serial killer, based on his actions as a gang member of the Black Disciples.

To protect Jeff ’s identity only his first name is being used. By his estimates he has ordered 13 murders of rival gang members since 2008.

“Did I pull the trigger? No, I did not. But did I order one of my members to do it, you damn right,” he staunchly said. “And I’ll continue to do it regardless of what new laws are passed. That’s how it is on the streets.”

This week Governor Pat Quinn signed into law House Bill 1907, which empowers law enforcement with the ability to prosecute street gang leaders like Jeff for the criminal acts of their organizations.

The law takes effect immediately and Illinois now becomes the 31st state to create a racketeering statute.

At a news conference this week, Quinn said for too long gang members were able to escape prosecution because they were not the one who carried out the crime.

“One of the best ways to make our neighborhoods safer is to go after street gang leaders who profit from crime,” he said.

“Gang leaders cannot be allowed to escape justice by hiding behind criminals who do their bidding. This law will help law enforcement get gangs off the street and keep them off.”

The bill is modeled after the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act that law enforcement agencies use to fight organized crime by treating criminal acts committed by members of the group as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise. Under Illinois’ version of the federal law, the Illinois Street Gang RICO will allow state’s attorneys and police to charge gang members for crimes committed by other gang members especially if it was done at the behest of a gang leader.

Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez helped conceive the new law. Her office now has a unit dedicated to prosecut(Continued on page 3)

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ACTIONS OF GANG members have caused the state and state’s attorney to successfully push for a new law targeting leaders. Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez is joined by Mayor Rahm Emanuel (left) and Governor Pat Quinn to discuss the impact on Chicago.

Brizard is working hard to fix some of CPS’ issues On a day when the Chicago Teachers Union announced that nearly 90 percent of their members voted to authorize a strike, schools CEO Jean Claude-Brizard was meeting with reporters from community newspapers in his downtown office. The head of the third largest school system in the country answered questions for over an hour about some of the school system’s most pressing issues. Brizard admitted he did not have all of the answers but is working hard to fix some of CPS’s most glaring issues. He said he wants CTU, parents and just concerned citizens to work with him in an effort to bring more resources to the city’s schools.

“The fight that CTU and the board should be aligned with is going to Springfield and making sure our schools are funded properly,” Brizard began. “CPS is not funded adequately. In Chicago, they spend about $9,000 per pupil in high school. In my last district it was nearly $18,000 per pupil and in New York City its $18,400. Newark, New Jersey, one of the poorest city’s in the country, is $26,000 per student. So I don’t argue that teachers don’t deserve a raise; I simply don’t have the money to give them a 30 percent raise.”

Brizard said he was “disappointed” with the strike vote. He felt the union should have

waited until an independent fact finder’s report is released next month before taking a vote. CTU President Karen Lewis said that was not possible because many union members would possibly be unavailable to vote next month as schools close for the year in less than a week. Brizard said the unreasonable amount the union is asking for must be put into the proper context.

“Teachers are underpaid across the country,” Brizard said. “But if you compare Chicago teachers to others across the country, to be honest, they do very well here. The average teacher in Chicago is making nearly $75,000.

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NEWS

New South Side community center uses Walmart concept

By Wendell Hutson A new, 167,000 square foot community center set to open this week on Chicago’s Far South Side could easily be described as a ‘Walmart’ type complex.

That’s because the $47 million Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center at 1250 W. 119th St. in the West Pullman community offers so many programs, services and amenities that it rivals any community center or social service organization in the city.

But that is not by accident, said Maj. David Harvey, administrator for the center, which is managed and operated by the Salvation Army.

“We built this center with the needs of the community in mind.

We know there are many issues this community faces and we hope to address those needs with our services,” Harvey told the Crusader during an exclusive tour of the complex on Monday. “And if we do not offer services here for a need we know where to refer them for help.”

However, one immediate concern that may arise is access for low-income families especially those in West Pullman, whose residents are majority Black, according to census data.

Access to the center is restricted mainly to members, students enrolled in after school programs associated with the center and those seeking employment assistance.

Monthly membership fees, which

will be deducted from a person’s bank account or credit card, is $15 for youth 17 years old and under, $20 for seniors, $34 for adults, and $60 for a family.

For those who cannot afford to pay the fees Harvey encourages them to still fill out a membership application.

“We have a scholarship fund that could help pay for fees for needy families and individuals on a case by-case basis,” he added.

Unlike any community center in Chicago the Kroc Center boast of an aquatic center complete with diving boards and a mini-water park for children; a 4,000 square foot fitness center, which has exercise classes specifically for women; a 200-room banquet hall and a 600-seat theater, both available for private use; outdoor and indoor basketball courts, which doubles as an indoor gymnasium for other activities, such as roller skating, tennis and volleyball; a football, baseball and soccer field; indoor track field; weight room; computer room; classrooms; game room; infant rooms, which includes child care services while parents work out; job readiness programs; music room for those wanting to learn how to play an instrument or record a song; vocational programs, such as woodshop and culinary school; a rooftop garden for youth; and much more.

The center will be open from 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

NEW SOUTH SIDE community center brings a variety of educational and leisure activities to the West Pullman community, an area of the city sorely in need of such services. The new center is made possible through a gift from the late wife of the founder of the McDonald’s hamburger empire.

The center is named after Joan “This center sits on 33 acres of prefor sports fitness activities only, such Kroc, widow of the late McDonald’s as basketball, working out, swim- viously vacant land. When I told my owner Ray Kroc. When Joan Corp. ming, etc. The center will be open constituents that I was bringing this died of brain cancer in 2003 she left on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. center to the community largely to $1.5 billion to the Salvation Army provide services and jobs, I was seriand Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to build dozens of new community To date, 110 people have been ous,” she said. “The center is also locenters much like the one opening hired with the goal of hiring 90 cated a few blocks from the Marshthis week on the South Side. more before the end of the month. field Plaza (119th Street and And 80 percent of those hired thus Ashland Avenue), another economNow nine years later the 15th far live in the West Pullman com- ic boost to the community. With Kroc Corps Community Center in these two developments we hope it munity, according to Harvey. the country will open. Other MidAll of this could not have been improves the quality of life for resiwest Kroc centers can be found in possible, said Harvey, if it were not dents of the 34th Ward.”

Grand Rapids, Mich., Green Bay, The grand opening is set for 10 for Alderman Carrie Austin, whose WI., South Bend, IN., and down34th ward includes the center and a.m. Saturday and free tours will state Quincy. take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the West Pullman community.

Minister wants law changed after woman was Tasered by cop

By J. Coyden Palmer

Garry McCarthy, who declined to discuss specific details of the incident. However, McCarthy said police are authorized to use a Taser to prevent an escape or overcome an assault. The Independent Police Review Authority is currently investigating the incident.

Williams said it is time to change the law in Illinois. Pregnancy is not considered a disability under the Americans with Disability Act. However some states, like Georgia and Oklahoma have a law where pregnant women can apply for a temporary handicapped placard during their final months of pregnancy.

According to an Internet story found on babycenter.com Oklahoma State Rep. Danny Morgan said he sponsored the legislation in Oklahoma that went into effect in 2010.

“The final trimester creates a significant physical challenge for many women. The consequences of a fall during the late stages of pregnancy could be fatal to the woman and the

Local minister and community activist the Rev. Anthony Williams wants to make pregnant women eligible to park in handicapped spaces in light of last week’s incident on the South Side. Tiffany Rent, 30, was Tasered and arrested after a dispute with a Chicago police officer who ticketed her for parking in a handicap zone outside the Walgreens on 103rd and Michigan in Roseland.

“What this officer did was reckless and he could have injured or killed Ms. Rent’s baby,” said Williams during a press conference June 10 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Robbins. “We are calling on this officer to be terminated. People can’t continue to police our community any (old) way they want to.”

Rent, along with Joseph Hobbs, the father of her children, was arrested and charged with simple battery and resisting arrest. The couple left their nine and three-year old kids in the car as they went into the store to buy a battery for a remote control car. When they came out, an officer had written a ticket for parking in the handicapped space.

Rent admitted that she cursed the

MINISTER WANTS NEW LAW so others don’t suffer the same fate Tiffany Rent and her boyfriend Joseph Hobbs experienced as they were arrested last week after a dispute over a parking ticket escalated to the point where Rent, who is eight months pregnant, was Tasered by a Chicago cop. officer and tore the ticket up and to put the car into gear. That is threw it in his direction. when the officer deployed his Taser, A spokesperson from the police according to police Superintendent department said at that time the ofEditor’s Note: ficer then asked Rent for her driver’s In last week’s story about the Rev. Marshall Hatch’s license so he could write her another citation for littering. She said she new book on page 15, the name tag contained another refused and instead got behind the pastor’s name. The Crusader regrets the error. wheel of the vehicle and proceeded

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unborn child” said Morgan via telephone earlier this week. “I felt the situation could be avoidable if we would allow women in the last stages of pregnancy to use a handicapped spot near the entrance,” Morgan is quoted on the Web site story.

Williams, who has unsuccessfully run for political office in the past, said it is time for Illinois lawmakers to look at the issue. He conceded that with parking places at a premium in Chicago, it could be difficult to get the law passed and there is always the possibility of abuse.

While making a law around the issue could be difficult, some businesses have taken up the cause and made their own parking privileges for expectant mothers. Called “stork parking,” like Red Lobster and Home Depot have reserved spots at some of their stores for new and expectant moms. However, because there is no law on the books, if a non-pregnant person parks in that place, there are no legal consequences.

“It’s really just a matter of trying to make things accommodating for some of our customers,” said a spokesperson for Home Depot. “It’s up to the individual manager at that store.”

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NEWS $15,000 more needed to send Rich South Marching Band to London

By J. Coyden Palmer A who’s who of the state’s leading political leaders, including Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and the mayors from Richton Park and Matteson, co-hosted a fundraiser last Thursday to help the Rich South High School Marching Band raise money to travel to London to participate in festivities surrounding the 2012 Olympics.

Held at Bocces Sports Bar & Grill, 3909 Lincoln Highway, in Matteson, the event raised just over $5,200, according to Band Director Y.L. Douglas. The band needs $300,000 for the trip and as of June 12 they have $285,000, Douglas said. The band is scheduled to leave on July 24.

Scheduled to perform during an Olympic torch ceremony on July 25 as the torch makes its final leg into the Olympic Stadium, Douglas said his band members are excited the closer they get to their fundraising goal. The band also will perform during the city of London’s welcoming celebration on July 27,

as well as other events surrounding the games. The band will return from London on July 30.

Former State Rep. Robin Kelly, who now serves as chief administrative officer for Preckwinkle organized the event. She said it is important to give young people with positive goals the support structure they need to succeed.

“The district is near and dear to my heart,” said Kelly, who lives in the district and whose two children graduated from Rich Central, a neighboring high school in District 227. “This is an absolutely fantastic experience for the students and for everyone in the community. As a community and as a people, we need to do all we can to make sure the students get there. We often hear about the negativity involving our young people, but this is a very positive development and the band is doing something that we should wholeheartedly support.”

Kelly said the trip is an important part of the learning process for the students. She said international travel helps develop one’s concepts about the world they live in and ed-

Rich South Marching Band ucates them about other cultures.

Simon played in her own high school band growing up in downstate Illinois. She said the students at Rich South have earned the support of the community state-wide as the band will be one of only three from the United States in attendance. She said she is proud to have the band participating in an international event that will bring more exposure to the state.

“I understand the hard work that goes into a performance,” said Simon, who plays the bassoon. “This is a gold-medal opportunity for these students to perform on an international stage. Illinois will be well-represented with Rich South in London.”

Cook County Board President Preckwinkle, who was featured in a recent issue of Essence magazine, said as a former history teacher, she understands how this once in a life-

time opportunity can teach kids more than anything they will ever read in a textbook. She said reading about history is one thing, but being able to actually participate in a history-making event is no comparison.

“I am pleased to be able to assist the marching band in achieving this exciting and educational goal,” Preckwinkle said. “I hope the community gets behind this effort to showcase our local students during one of the most high profile events in the world.”

Douglas said he is appreciative and looking forward to working with political leaders for this historic cause.

“Things have been going really well for us over the last few months in terms of raising money,” Douglas. “We got a good public relations person in Jerry Thomas and he has really been working hard and

that’s been critical in us getting the word out to the community about what we’re trying to do. We are just so excited about all of this.”

Donna Simpson Leak, superintendent of Rich Township High School District 227 said it has really been a grassroots community effort.

She said to pull something like this off it takes everyone: students, teachers, administrators, board and community, to make the band’s dreams a reality.

“Rich Township High School District is committed to world class excellence in all that we do,” Leak said. “This is another example of the dedication, perseverance and talents of our young people. This effort is truly showcasing the caliber of students we have here in our district; and it is with great pride that we send them out on the world stage.”

New law targets gang members (Continued from page 1) Jesse Jackson Jr.

Crete board rejects proposed immigration detention center

ing those charged under this new law. Democratic state Sen. Tony Munoz and state Rep. Mike Zalewski, both from Chicago, sponsored the legislation.

“For the first time in the history of our state, this new law will give local prosecutors the tools to identify and address patterns in multiple gang-related offenses and join different organized crime offenses and different offenders into a single court proceeding,” Alvarez said. “Prior to the signing of this bill, state prosecutors were typically only able to charge individual gang crimes and rarely, if ever, were able to prosecute and hold gang leaders accountable for the organized activities of the street gang and its rank-and-file members.”

Those convicted under the new law for criminal conspiracy could face more than 30 years in prison, and fines of up to $250,000 or

A planned July 16 town hall meeting including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Crete residents and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is unnecessary as the Crete Village Board withdrew its support for the facility.

The center has been controversial since the idea was introduced in January. Some officials thought the detention center made sense because it would add to the tax base as well as create jobs. Opponents collected 1,500 signatures on petitions protesting locating the facility in Crete. Additionally, they sought to have a new state law enacted that would ban pri-

vate centers in Illinois. The Corrections Center of America was the private company that would have operated the institution.

“In politics, you try new things.

It’s never easy to admit when you may be wrong. But it’s also very refreshing to see the people and the government working together, as we saw here,” Jackson added.

Although the issue was a state one, because it involved state property, Jackson entered the fray early decrying the idea as “de-development” and said its presence would harm future development.

He also wrote several letters of protest to President Barack Obama, Homeland Security and ICE.

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twice the gross amount of any criminal proceeds.

According to the Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, Chicago has 100,000 members in hundreds of factions making Chicago have the largest gang population in the country. He added that 75 to 80 percent of the city’s homicides are gang-related.

Additionally, from January 2012 to May 28 the city recorded 200 homicides, compared with 134 over the same period last year, which is an increase of almost 50 percent. And shootings are up 14 percent, according to Chicago police data.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who joined Quinn and McCarthy at the news conference, said now that the city is cleaning up liquor stores that often breed crime Chicago police can focus more on gang activity.

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gang leaders for crimes that they ordered others to commit and provide a critical tool to dismantle the structure of gangs that are targeting our neighborhoods,” Emanuel said. “We are going after liquor stores that serve as a ‘cancer’ to most communities and a meeting place for gangs, and now we will be going after individual gang members who previously took advantage of a loophole in the law.”

The added arsenal for police is what’s needed to help make the city safer, said McCarthy.

“The Chicago Police Department is committed to making Chicago a safe place to live, work, and play for our residents and we will use all available resources, including the new RICO law, to ensure the safety of communities across the city,” McCarthy said.

He added that ‘gang audits’ of the city’s 23 police districts have identified 59 gangs and 625 gang factions.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL HAPPY FATHER’S DAY Father’s Day, according to Wikipedia, is a celebration of fathers that started in the early twentieth century to complement Mother’s Day. It was started for the purpose of celebrating fatherhood and male parenting. Interestingly, Father’s Day was founded in 1910 by a woman, Sonora Smart Dodd. The first celebration was in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. Dodd’s father, a Civil War veteran, was a single parent who raised six children. Sonora wanted the day to be celebrated on her father’s birthday, June 5, but the pastor of her church didn’t have time to prepare a sermon, and the celebration was pushed back to the third Sunday. Others have been proponents of a Father’s Day holiday, but Sonora is the one given the most credit for its implementation. Today, in most places, it is celebrated on the third Sunday in June.

Fatherhood is a very important component of family life. It is the foundation; children raised without fathers often have a tough time navigating the world, especially if they are also without a strong mother who can compensate for the lack of a father. This latter notion, however, can only go so far; widespread father absenteeism is responsiblse for the breakdown of families. When we observe problems in the Black community today, many of them stem from inadequate parenting. When fathers leave their families, for whatever reasons, they leave a gaping hole that is too often filled by gangs, drugs, and other social maladies. If the mother is the glue in the family, the father is the cement. He provides structure.

His brand of tough love can help children, both male and female, find success in a world that demands excellence. His presence gives his offspring the competitive edge needed to face society with boldness.

What is evident, therefore, is that before the ubiquitous ills that beset the Black communities today are eradicated, fathers are going to have to come back home. They will need to erase the pervasive memes of “bitches and hoes” that circulate in their brains inspired by gangsta’ rap and replace them with terms of endearment. One of the best things that a father can give a child is the modeling of good behavior toward the mother of his children. Children who grow up without seeing this type of love in action at home are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to establishing longterm, nurturing relationships. Black men will need to find value in Black women (and vice versa).The Black community cannot and will not succeed if this is not accomplished.

Of course, there are fathers who are doing the right thing. Some of them, though unable to reconcile with the mothers of their children, continue to remain in their children’s lives. This is important, and it is the correct and mature thing to do.

The Crusader salutes the many fathers, the unsung heroes who, against mighty odds, continue to support and nurture their offspring, and to them we say HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

It makes no difference whether I am watching the television news, listening to the radio or reading one of the city’s newspapers–the news is sad and depressing.

I am not trying to hide from reality but I certainly am tired of every news operation except the Chicago Crusader loading up its pages with who got murdered when.

My guess is the Crusader understands that everyone else will cover these killings; therefore, for them to cover them, well is just redundant. Personally, these murders every week have nearly numbed me when it comes to fatal violence in the city.

Many, many years ago a friend told me that the criteria for television news was “if it bleeds it leads.” It seems that logic has been taken up by our newspapers as well.

I have never been in the news business so I really don’t understand what is so difficult about finding news that doesn’t involve death. There are a bunch of stories of people doing positive things in our community. I find a sprinkling of them in the Crusader, but the other news organizations seem to be missing these stories every time. Why is that?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Glad to see the Crusader bucking the trend Dear Editor:

No one is being asked to hide the news, but it would be a help to everyone if the focus were not so much on crime. To keep loading up the papers and broadcasts with crime news dampens the spirits of the community and creates a false one-dimensional impression of the South Side particularly.

One would expect that with the so-called mind power available at all of these news spots, some would be more responsible and report on the ramifications of the shootings and the upheavals they cause in so many lives.

A couple of decades ago, an attempt to quell some of the shootings, one of the daily newspapers stopped writing about the shootings. They did so because police informed them that when these young thugs were picked up, many had the newspaper clippings of the shootings tucked into their wallets.

Maybe that should be tried again. But there is no doubt we need a media strategy and a community strategy to stop the violence.

Jesse Evans

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seem to be confused about what they really mean. Granted, Romney raised about $17 million more in April than did the President; that total hardly means the challenger has broader appeal than the incumbent.

Three or four years ago it would have been correct to say more voters are supporting the candidate who raises the most bucks.

But since the introduction of the Super political action committees (Continued on page 18)

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Front Busting and Fraud Detection in Indiana

By Harry C. Alford So here we were at a crossroads in the state of Indiana. I had just successfully detected, reported and busted a construction fronting scheme. Huber, Hunt and Nichols, the largest construction firm in the state, was now banned from state contracts for five years. The word to the white owned construction community was: it is a new day unless we fight back. Oh, how stubborn they can be defending what is wrong because their greed gets in the way of common sense.

Thus, I had to begin a series of front busting and exposure until the goons finally relented and started contracting on a level playing field.

The Maintenance Hub for United Air Lines at the Indianapolis Airport was a $1 billion project and United was determined to build this structure “Chicago Style” (using fronts all the way and void of true Black contracting activity). We weren’t going to have it and put them on notice. When their first minority participation reports came out I destroyed any doubt that it was fictitious. Steel supplier? I got confessions from the alleged Black business that it

Harry C. Alford was a lie. Plumbing supplier? The following is the report I did on this situation: “Fudge Report Number 3, The Misrepresentations at the UAL MOC II – Another example of the many misrepresentations of minority business participation at the United Airlines Project can be found in two bid packages entitled “Central Plant Plumbing” and “Hanger 1 Plumbing.” The bids were awarded to Frank E. Irish, Inc. and the alleged MBE

participant is Indianapolis Pipe & Valve.

The report shows Indianapolis Pipe & Valve selling product worth $258,222 and $599,117, respectively, for a total of $857,339. This amount is listed both as MBE participation as well as Indiana Business Enterprise Participation.

This claim is false!

The fact is that the material is being purchased from Rovanco Corp. of Illinois. Attached are the final quote pages from Rovanco that list the exact dollar amounts as above. In essence, this is a pure transaction between a white owned Illinois firm and Frank E. Irish, Inc. There is no MBE or IBE participation.

For the use of its name and, if needed, a creation of a paper trail Indianapolis Pipe & Valve will re ceive a 2 percent fee ($17,146.78).

This company never provided a bid to Frank E. Irish, Inc. The above scheme was easily detected by the HMCC (Hoosier Minority Chamber of Commerce). All should be assured that there are many other examples that will be exposed.

Being that United Air Lines nor any of its agents never bothered to contact Indianapolis Pipe & Valve

to monitor or even verify this large claim they can be classified as either incompetent or duplicitous. The minority business community of Indiana is not amused.

We became relentless in exposing the fraud and white contractors were starting to get nervous about their names being out there. The only alternative they had was to do the right thing or stay out of the project. On the other hand, United Air Lines started to dig in and play a game of character assassination on me.

They were so foolish! Here I was documenting everything and convincing the public that the front ing allegations were fact.

Eventually, United asked the HMCC for a proposal to monitor the minority participation and provide consulting. We sent a three year proposal which amounted to staffing and totaling an overall cost of close to $1 million. I sent it in. The next thing I knew was that the front page of the Indianapolis Star had a story, “United alleges Harry Alford tried to extort them for $1 million.” Nobody believed that but I learned my lesson: These people were low down and evil – don’t trust them!

UAL also told members of my

organization that they had to resign from the HMCC or else they would not get any contracts.

That was stupid! They weren’t going to get any contracts anyway unless the HMCC would make UAL do it. Their loyalty remained in tact as we built a city wide consensus. “Naptown” was beginning to wake up.

It all came to a head when principals of United Air Lines decided to tell a lie on State Representative Crawford. They claimed he tried to hit them up for money – like they did me. What a terrible mistake. Representative Crawford was one of the most powerful figures in the state of Indiana and they proved to him that they were evil and dishonest. He joined forces with the HMCC. Victory was certain! United Air Lines had to “eat crow” in Indianapolis, Ind. $200 million in contracts went to the local Black business community as a result of this fight.

Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc(r). Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.

Florida is Again the Laughing Stock of America

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When it comes to national elections, no state makes a bigger fool of itself than Florida. The Sunshine state was at the center of an 1876 controversy over the presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel L. Tilden. By throwing out many votes cast by Blacks, Florida was able to give Hayes a one-vote margin in the Electoral College although Tilden had won the state’s popular vote by 260,000 votes.

The case reached the Supreme Court where Florida’s chicanery was also upheld by a one-vote margin. A book on the election by Roy Morris Jr. was titled, Florida’s Voting Scandal in 1876: The Fraud of the Century.

The 2000 presidential contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush was the fraud of another century, featuring a governor, Jeb Bush, who was brother of the Republican nominee for president, and Florida’s Secretary of State Katherine Harris, with the responsibility of supervising state election procedures, serving as George W. Bush’s state co-chairman.

There was widespread confusion leading up to Election Day. The Chicago Crusader

George E. Curry More than 54,000 people were purged from voting rolls supposedly because they were felons; 54 percent of the group was made up of African Americans. However, it was later determined that many of those denied access to the ballot were not convicted felons.

A lack of uniformed ballots also caused major problems and introduced unfamiliar terms such as “hanging chads” and “butterfly ballots.” The ballots were so confusing that in the Jacksonville area, home to significant numbers of African Americans, 27,000 ballots were thrown out because they showed votes had been cast for two presidential candidates. In Palm Beach, another hotbed of controversy, the presidential choices were spread over two pages, with voters being instructed to “vote on every page.”

Instead of shedding light on the confusion, the news media added to it. All of the major networks made

the mistake of announcing the polls in Florida closed at 7 p.m., EST. That was true in the eastern section of the state. However, polls in the more conservative western counties were open for another hour because they operated on the central time zone. This confusion caused the networks to project at 7:48 p.m., EST, that Al Gore had carried the state.

When the final numbers were tallied, however, Bush was declared the winner by 537 votes. Under Florida law, a statewide recount was automatic. And that set off another round of confusion, with Democrats trying to make sure their votes were counted in Democratic strongholds and Republicans guarding their favored territory. During the process, lawyers for Bush appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and on December 4, with George W. Bush leading by 154 votes, the court halted the recount process on a 5-4 vote, effectively awarding the state to George W. Bush.

Although Gore won a plurality of the popular votes, Bush was awarded the state’s 25 electoral votes, enough to win the national election.

This year, Florida officials are not waiting until the November elections to disenfranchise voters likely to vote for President Obama and other Democrats.

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Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order that, in effect, permanently disenfranchises ex-offenders.

In addition, the state eliminated early voting on the Sunday before elections, a move to disrupt “Soul to the Polls” voting campaigns organized by churches. In 2008, 32.2 percent of those who voted early on that last Sunday were Black and 23.6 percent were Latino.

To make it more difficult to organize voter registration drives, Scott signed a law requiring groups registering voters to pre-register with the state and turn in voter registration forms without 48 hours of collection.

U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle ruled on a suit that challenged those provisions by the League of Women Voters of Florida, Rock the Vote and Florida Public Interest Research Group Educational Fund.

The groups said such requirements infringed on their constitutional rights of free speech and association.

Judge Hinkle dismissed the state’s assertion that no constitutional rights were being violated.

“The assertion that the challenged provisions implicate no constitutional rights is plainly wrong,’’ he wrote in his decision. “The plaintiffs wish to speak, encouraging others to register to vote and some of Saturday, June 16, 2012

the challenged provisions – for example, the requirement to disclose in advance the identity of an employee or volunteer who will do nothing more than speak – regulate pure speech. This is core First Amendment activity.

“Further, the plaintiff’s wish to speak and act collectively with others, implicating the First Amendment right to association.

More importantly, the plaintiffs wish to assist others with the process of registering and thus, in due course, voting. Voting is a right protected by several constitutional provisions; state election codes thus are subject to constitutional scrutiny.’’

The U.S. Justice Department has also objected to Florida making it more difficult for citizens to vote.

Not surprisingly, Florida officials are appealing the court ruling and the Justice Department’s intervention.

George E. Curry, former editor-inchief of Emerge magazine, is editorin-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and editorial director of Heart & Soul magazine. He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.

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COMMENTARY

Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

THE BLACK FAMILY AS THE FOUNDATION (Dr. Conrad Worrill, National Chairman Emeritus, National Black United Front (NBUF) located at 1809 East 71st Street, Suite 211, Chicago, Illinois, 60649, 773-493-0900, Fax# 773493-9819, E-mail: nbufchic@sbc- global.net, Web site: nbufront. org)

Dr. Conrad Worrill Since the early 1900’s, Black and white scholars have written

much on the Black family. When one examines the card catalogue of any library in America they will find volumes of books, articles and newspaper clippings discussing some aspect of Black family life.

What we need in the African American community is a framework to examine and solve the problems of Black family life on our own terms.

The capturing of African people, who were placed in chattel slavery in North America, has left some devastating scars on the most basic unit or any group— the family.

There is no question that the family has been that unit that provides the basic foundation for any group of people to survive and develop.

Families constitute grandmothers, grandfathers, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and in-laws. Sometimes families extend beyond blood relatives to those persons we bring into our families for whatever

reason.

Families function in the context of their racial and ethnic identity.

This identity is shaped by the historical and external forces of a given society.

Although the problems of the Black family appear to be very complex on the one hand, on the other, the problems are very simple.

First of all, African people who were captured and introduced into the western hemisphere as property and commodities were removed from their land and institutional arrangements of African life.

Second, this process of white takeover of Black life, through the most brutal form of oppression— the slave trade and the eventual enslavement of African people on the plantations of North America, has been a back breaking experience for our people.

Even though our survival techniques have been superior, in the face of brutal psychological and physical violence against us, we

are now at the crossroads.

We face the challenge of preserving some of the traditions of the Black family, developed by our ancestors, who fought so hard against racism and white supremacy in this country.

This must be done, in part, through the continuing African Centered Education Movement.

As our renowned ancestor and deep thinker Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers explained, African Centered Education should focus on the following: 1. Advocates that restoring the historical truth about Africa is the priority for African thinkers (including Africans in the Diaspora).

2. Holds that there is a distinct universal African World View which should be the foundation for all African intellectual development.

3. Involves the massive education or rather re-education of the African people of the world from an African perspective in the interest of African people and directed by African thinkers. It is a

necessary pre-condition for the freedom of the African mind and subsequently African liberation.

We must not abandon family life. It is the basis for our survival and development. It is the strategy of the white supremacy system to place so much pressure on us that we give up our fight for independence and freedom.

When the family unit begins to wither away, we must rise to the occasion and fight to keep its basic elements alive in our communities.

It is the duty of all Black people to understand that we are faced with a genocidal set of circumstances in America. Look around our communities and what do we/you see?

We witness the absence of that fighting family spirit among us that has been so much a part of Black family life.

The family is the support mechanism for all that we do and it is a sacred institution that we must preserve and protect on our own terms.

Why Target Federal Employees?

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

in the air, our elders compensated, our work done. Half a percent is a small amount, and it hits the bottom, not the top. How can Congress push to maintain Bush tax cuts, but fail to raise wages for federal employees.

There are two reasons that I am passionate about this. First, although many federal workers earn more than $150,000 a year, too many, mostly Black women, are at the GS-1 to GS-4 level, at less than $40,000. These women raise families, send children to school and overcome odds. They need a raise! They aren’t going to get it from a Congress that demonizes

Congress is on fire to balance the federal budget, and they don’t care who they take as prisoners in the process. There are at least two proposals to freeze federal salaries for yet another year (they have been frozen since 2011), and to continue to demonize federal workers as do-nothing folks who don’t need raises. Meanwhile, President Obama has asked for a minimal half percent a year increase, and many in the private sector are seeing wages rise. Of course, everyone is struggling with unemployment rates rising to 8.2 percent. Still, it is onerous that federal employees seem to be bearing the brunt of this budget crisis.

It is even worse when we understand that African Americans make up 17.4 percent of the federal workforce, compared to 10.1 percent of the civilian labor force.

Of course, the higher the pay grade the fewer African Americans, but whatever the pay grade it is clear that African Americans are far more likely to get proportional pay in the federal government than in the private sector.

Thus, proposals to cut federal pay disproportionately affect African

offer relatively equal pay.

Too many would like to target government workers as ineffective, without looking at the fact that most federal government and private workers do their jobs and then some. Everybody can tell trifling somebody done me wrong songs, but the real deal is most workers do their best and then some. Those members of Congress that target federal workers

ought to look long and hard at the results they get from the folks who process Social Security checks, manage Veterans’ benefits, move money from the federal government to state and local governments, and who manage the process. These folks need kudos not the killing remarks that suggest that they don’t earn their money.

It’s a rough job market and many make the choice to take pay freezes instead of looking for other work, and federal employees are among them. Are we losing some of our best employees, though, when we impose a freeze for the third year in a row? It may be hard for some others to sympathize with folks who have steady and well-paid employment, but at the same time, who wants to work without appreciation or raises.

Does our Congress cut off our nose to spite our face by targeting federal employees?

As a CEO, I’ve had to preside over the difficult task of imposing pay freezes and hoping that my staff would understand that frozen pay is better than no pay or layoffs. At the same time, I shudder when I think that our federal government cannot appreciate, even in a small way, those who keep our trains running, our balls

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Americans. Somebody could perhaps argue that cuts are race neutral, but I’m not buying. The fact is that the federal government has been most open to African American workers, and most willing to

Julianne Malveaux

government workers, and that is a tragedy. Secondly, African Americans are more likely to get fair treatment from a civil service system than from the ordinary labor market, and it seems that this is a reason that some seem to go after government employees.

While Congress must be prudent about our budget, they shouldn’t take it out of the hide of government workers, especially those at the very bottom. There is no fairness in freezing government salaries while other salaries rise.

Julianne Malveaux is a DC based economist and writer.

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forget about anything being sacred!!!

-ImaSPEAKING OF SCAMS

glory of the millions I will receive when I retire and the lifestyle I will be able to have . . . it’s called paradise. I better call on the Lawd to take a few years off my age now and den and den and den . . . I betcha you didn’t know that the #1 retired judge tops a list of 100 and gets $186,764 per year and so far he has received one million, seven hundred forty-nine thousand, 400 dollars. Ima only recognized two Black Judges on the list, they were Judge William Cousins and Leslie South. Judges I don’t know and don’t recognize their names were Tobias Barry, number 1 and Moses Harrison II, number 2. Just being number 100 ain’t bad, Michael Stuttley gets an annual pension of $156,570. It don’t take long to become a millionaire some have collected over 2 million dollars from their pensions. Ima wants to know one thing though, who in the hell called them “public servants.” Dem judges make more than most workers in the private sector and get million dollar pensions. I betcha ol’ Baldy Quinn ain’t about to mess with their pensions. I know if I don’t get the go ahead from the fellow upstairs I’m going to campaign full-time to get Chameleon Quinn out of office.

-Ima-

The Crime Internet Complaint Center says that they received over 314,000 complaints that resulted in $485 million in stolen money in 2011. But guess what topped the list of email scams . . .

FBI impersonation emails. About 39 complaints were received per day on the average with $245 per complaint on the average. Lawdy, Lawdy, these Crack Babies ain’t scared of nothing or nobody. And

Ima wondered why folks campaigned so hard to become Judges, but it ‘twasn’t until Ima saw how much retired Judges get in pensions that Ima decided to go back to school and become a Judge. I am asking the fellow upstairs just to lengthen my days so I get a law degree and den pass the bar, and den set up practice, den campaign for a judgeship, and den retire. I ‘spect it’s going to take about 40 years. Dat’s why I need the help of the Lawd, only the Lawd can help me, but the

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SAY WHAAAT!!!

WHO GIVES A HOOT IN HELL? Ima hears that John Clark, the owner of Reggio’s Pizza is going around crying the blues about his treatment from folks in high places. Folks like the Chicago Public Schools, who have decided to go healthy with the food they serve to the students, while they have sweetheart deals with all of the white companies like Chartwells, McMahon Foods, Preferred Meal Systems and there is no concern with it being healthy or if they have any minority company participating in the deal. Everybody knows that they’re those pass through companies. But what makes Ima mad is old man Clark when he was riding high he would not do business with another Black company. As a matter of fact he would not spend one dollar with this newspaper and now he would like for them to stand up for him. I’m afraid that Mr. Clark’s complaining has fallen on deaf ears and Ima and a whole lot of other people don’t give a hoot in hell about his plight. And it is a shame ‘cause the robber barons are taking advantage of the situation and dey don’t look like US!!!

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MUTT ROMNEY Dees folks of the other hue are hell bent on getting the n word out of the White House and dey are raising money to get it done.

Last week the rednecks of Wisconsin spent 50 million dollars to keep the racist Walker in as Gubner and dey did it. Now to the White House . . . I hope that President Obammy don’t lose his cool and start misspeaking, cause Mutt can’t light a candle to see in the outhouse to him. Last week the President let dem folks tell him he needed to clarify the statement that the private sector was doing well. I still feel that it can’t compare with the statement made by Mutt that he don’t care about poor folks. It is true I am sure, what Mutt said, but you know US poor folks don’t have anyone who cares about US, not enough to be po’ed about him saying it. Mutt and Rev. Ike must have gone to the same school.

Rev. Ike used to say the only thing he wanted to do is not be one of them (the poor)!!! Well, we ain’t heard from Rev. Ike since he left here, but I don’t recall no armored car accompanying his coffin to the cemetery. Ima was just wondering if dere is poor folks in hell?

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR PROJECT ONWARD STUDIO SALE: On Friday, June 15 & Saturday, June 16, 10 am – 5 pm, in the First Floor Garland Room, Chicago Cultural Center, Project Onward offers a massive studio sale, featuring affordably priced artworks created by their amazing, prolific artists. Guests can browse aisles of original drawings, handmade greeting cards and funky objects in the First Floor Garland Room at the Chicago Cultural Center. For more information, call 312-744-8032 or visit www.ExploreChicago.org.

FREE MARQUETTE BANK EVENTS: On Saturday, June 16 & Saturday, June 23, Marquette Bank is celebrating Customer Appreciation Week June 16 23. The Bank will offer Free Document Shredding at the following locations: Saturday, June 16 - 10 a.m. – Noon, 6316 S. Western Avenue in Chicago; 5700 W. 159th Street, in Oak Forest; 17865 S. Wolf Rd. in Orland Park; Saturday, June 23 - 10 a.m. – Noon, 234 Bolingbrook Drive in Bolingbrook; 2570 E. Lincoln Highway in New Lenox; and 8855 S. Ridgeland Avenue in Oak Lawn.

Marquette Bank is also offering Free Credit History Reports, Free Home Financing Reviews and Free Retirement Check-ups all week long. For more information, call 1-888-254-9500. On Saturday, June 16, Marquette Bank will host Switch to Neighborhood Banking Day at all Marquette Bank locations. Neighbors are encouraged to join the movement towards local banking and strengthening our local economy.

Stop in to any Marquette Bank location for new customer specials and free credit history reports. For more informa- tion, visit www.emarquettebank.- com or call 1-888-254-9500. On Saturday, June 16, Marquette Bank will host a Family Party at the Marquette Bank located at 7560 W. 159th Street in Orland Park. Enjoy Jim Nesci’s Cold Blooded Creatures Show featuring alligators and snakes, giveaways and refreshments between 11 am and 2 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event. For more information, call 1-708-614-4722.

And on Thursday, June 21, Marquette Bank will host a Free Trust Seminar at the Marquette Bank located at 5700 W. 159th Street in Oak Forest. The title of this seminar is “Effective Long-Term Senior Care Strategies: Understanding Your Options Without Going Broke in the Process.”

Attendees are encouraged to bring their senior parents or adult children. To register, call 1-708-3428404.

day camps, the Park District offers thousands of sport and fitness, cultural and environmental programs for adults, seniors, teens and youth. Regular summer programs run June 18 – August 26. For more information, contact your local park, visit www.chicagoparkdistrict.com or call 312-742-PLAY. CHICAGO’S BEST, A VOCAL COMPETITION: Step aside Ryan Seacrest, there’s another vocal talent show in town! The 8th Annual Bar1’s Big Break: Discovering Chicago’s Best, A Vocal Competition is back to discover the greatest local talent in a singing competition. Interested musicians around Chicagoland can register online now at bar1bigbreak.com until Monday, June 18 and compete with 500 other local amateurs for a shot at $20,000 in prizes. Duffy’s Tavern & Grille will be transformed from a sports bar into a hub for local talent. Bar 1’s Big Break competitors will get a real insight into the music industry with a competition experience unparalleled in Chicago. The singers will battle for judge and audience approval, while their performances will be complete with in-house live video broadcast, elaborate stage design, lighting and top-notch digital accompaniment created by a dedicated production staff. After 11 weeks of competition, one contestant will be crowned the winner and be awarded prizes at the Grand Finale on August 27. Register online now at bar1bigbreak.com until Monday, June 18 at Duffy’s Tavern & Grille, 420½ W. Diversey, Chicago IL. The cost is FREE.

CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT EVENTS: In addition to summer

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY OBSERVES PRIDE MONTH IN JUNE: The Chicago Public Library continues its “Celebrating Diversity” series in June with the observance of Pride Month, an annual celebration of the culture, contributions and traditions of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Americans. As part of this year’s observance, the Library presents two informative author programs on selective LGBT topics, both of which take place at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street. Cosponsored by the Library’s Pride Month Committee, the programs include: St. Sukie de la Croix, on Wednesday, June 20 at 6 pm, in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.

Chicago author St. Sukie de la Croix discusses and signs his new book Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall, in which he recalls Chicago’s LGBT past, from 1670—when the area was a furtrading post, to the end of the 1960s. In addition, a bibliography of selected books about LGBT

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Americans is available year round on the Library’s website at chicagopubliclibrary.org, and at branch locations.

COOK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION: On Friday, June 22, at 6 pm, the Cook County Bar Association’s 98th Annual Awards & Installation Affair~Setting the Standard: A Legacy of Excellence, will be held at the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom, 600 E. Grand Avenue in Chicago. For more information, send email to nlperdue@cookcountybar.org

TREE HOUSE ADVENTURES AND SHERLOCK HOLMES AT THE MORTON ARBORETUM: Play in the Empress Tree Castle or the Bur Oak Clubhouse Hideaway at “Tree House Tales at The Morton Arboretum!” This imaginative and entertaining exhibition comprises six kid-friendly, fun-filled and educational tree houses. Each house celebrates the story and significance of a species of tree. Play-to-learn is the underlying design concept that runs through the exhibition, and it is why every tree house is a house full of activity, adventure, and excitement.

This activity is suitable for all ages

and is Free with Arboretum admission ONGOING through November, 2013. Also, take a mid-week break! “Wednesdays, Woods, and Wine” lets you and friends spend the evening with a glass of wine, complimentary cheese, live entertainment and an assortment of tapas for purchase. Relax with special selections from the featured wine sponsor of the Arboretum, Wente Family Estates, while basking in the summer evening. Costs $15 and includes first glass of wine ($10 for Arboretum members.) This event is ONGOING Wednesdays through August 15.

ED MCELROY, host of “Community in Focus” TV show, recently interviewed Jesse White, Secretary of State of Illinois and John Scanlon, Attorney with Healy Law Firm. The show will air on Friday, June 22nd at 5 p.m. and again on Sunday, June 24th at 12 noon on Senior Network Can TV, Channel 19. Pictured from the left are Jesse White, Ed McElroy and John Scanlon.

Extended Coverage ter prowlers.

When you leave your home for a vacation trip, a weekend getaway, or even an hour’s worth of errands, are you inviting burglars to check out the house? *** • Use your alarm system every time you leave, even if for just a few minutes. Smart move: alert the security service and/or the local police if you’ll be away a while.

• Stop newspaper and mail delivery when you’re away. Piled up on your driveway or at the door, they advertise that no one is home.

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• Use lights on timers so the house seems occupied. Radios, too.

• You’ve installed locks on doors and windows to keep out intruders. Don’t forget to use them.

• Trim shrubbery so thieves can’t hide their activities behind them. In season, arrange for snow removal.

• Consider floodlights that go on automatically if someone approaches. When you’re home, they offer helpful illumination.

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BUSINESS COUNTRY Financial Names Winners of Fifth Bag Design Contest Thanks to Kaylee Sherrod and COUNTRY Financial, Chicago Farmers Markets shoppers can bag their fresh goods in this year’s reusable canvas bag.

Sherrod, a junior from Steinmetz Academic Centre, won first place in the Reusable Bag Design Contest.

She also received a $1,000 scholarship from COUNTRY Financial.

Her design was inspired by the

Pablo Picasso sculpture on Daley Plaza. Sherrod believes her design also shows the beauty and uniqueness of the city.

Antwan Richmond, a senior at Lawrence Hall Youth Services, and Nevin Sanchez, a senior at Mather High School, were named runnersup. Each artist was awarded a $500 scholarship.

Shoppers can pick up this year’s

Protect Your Identity-Shred It Last year, nearly 10 million Americans became victims of identity theft by having confidential information and documents fall into the wrong hands. And the costs of identity theft are substantial –roughly $5 billion in one year alone.

Even though most individuals and businesses are required by law to maintain certain confidential documents on file for a period of time, holding onto them for too long can risk a security breach or non-compliance with privacy legislation.

The best way to protect one’s identity is to securely and permanently dispose these docu-

ments by shredding them.

Shredding is not only irreversible, it’s environmentally friendly, a safe way to save natural resources by recycling.

To make sure that people and businesses in Chicago’s urban communities have access to the most efficient, secure and green method of shredding, Urban Partnership Bank is presenting its firstever, free “Community Shred Day,” on Saturday, June 16, from 9 am to 12 pm, at the Chatham branch’s parking lot, 7925 South Cottage Grove Ave., just north of the (Continued on page 17)

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EDUCATION

Another academic year completed for St. Francis de Sales NBC news reporter, Natalie Martinez, commended the class of 2012 graduates during the commencement ceremony High School graduation is a joyous and praiseworthy moment, marking the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of success through boundless perseverance. The faculty and class of 2012 St. Francis de Sales graduates celebrated their achievement on May 24th at Annunciata Church. Family, friends, and the community gathered for an opening graduation mass at 7 p.m. prior to the commencement ceremony.

As a first year teacher at St. Francis, Deb Foote topped her laundry list of responsibilities with taking on the position of se-

nior moderator. She took on this duty and said, “I mainly teach freshman students and I thought it would be a great way for me to get to know more students, the seniors especially. Right off the bat, the seniors were the first students to be friendly with me and excited about my position.”

During the senior banquet organized by Deb Foote, the seniors commented on their experiences at St. Francis and what they were looking forward to most after graduation. During the luncheon, spirits were high and comical awards, inclusive of every student, such as “Teacher’s pet,” “Class clown,” and “Most likely to be a celebrity” were presented along with a clever item and certificate to highlight their individual qualities aside from gradua-

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES graduation keynote speaker NBC’s Natalie Martinez is joined by the class’ valedictorian Catherine Cortez (right) and Jashive Quintas (left), salutatorian.

ST FRANCIS DE SALES seniors showed a range of emotions at the end of the ceremony marking the end of four years at the South Side high school. day evening, Valedictorian, Cath- who shared a few words of advice tion.

A few of the students spoke on erine Cortez and Salutatorian, during the commencement ceretheir feelings about the upcom- Jashive Quintas gave a final salute mony. St. Francis was pleased to ing graduation ceremony. Senior, to their classmates along with a welcome Natalie as the keynote Adebayo Babalola, said that his few remarks from the first year speaker. “St. Francis could really most memorable experiences President, Ray Nedohon. When use more sponsorship and since I were the sporting events and the asked about her accomplishment deeply care about this city and pep rallies. “Everyone’s great of holding the honor of Valedic- these students, I just wanted to be about coming together and torian, Catherine Cortez said, a part of it,” she said. She spoke showing their support. My fond- “The feeling of being number on her diverse background and est memory of my senior year one drove me to achieve this posi- her journey to becoming a profeswould definitely be when our tion at school; although, it was sional woman working for NBC varsity basketball team beat hard at times to consistently keep news. She believes that she has alBrother Rice High School be- my grades up. I think it’s much ways followed her dreams and encause we have never won against harder to maintain at this level couraged the seniors to do the them before.” Another senior, instead of just bringing my grades same, but most importantly to remember their morals and to lead Katherine Facen also commented up at the end.”

Close relatives and the local by example. “I wanted to say on her senior year and mentioned that her favorite part was dancing community weren’t the only faces something inspirational for the on the poms team. This fall she to make an appearance to con- students and I decided that if this will be attending Calumet Col- gratulate the class of 2012. could give a young adult the amlege of St. Joseph and plans to Among various St. Francis sup- bition to follow his or her porters was NBC news reporter dreams, then I’m 150% for it,” study Criminal Justice.

During the ceremony on Thurs- and journalist, Natalie Martinez, Natalie Martinez said.

Maria High School mixes fun and business Current Maria High School students and alums participated in a number of events recently that bolstered the school’s image and demonstrated its commitment to help others.

Just as they did last year, the Maria students participated in Mystic Day to raise money for a cure for cystic fibrosis. Since last school year, Maria High School has been fundraising to help find a cure for cystic fibrosis (CF), which is a degenerative lung disease. The Maria community took up this cause with the entrance in 2010 of freshman Montserrat Cosio of Wrightwood, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of 12.

Mystic Day successfully raised $250 to add to the approximately $3,000 that Maria raised last year through T-shirt sales, the annual Charity Day and online donations for CFF’s Great Strides Walk. All proceeds have been donated to CFF in Montserrat Co-

sio’s name.

And a group of students with a more specialized interest – Journalism – was able to garner awards from a statewide organization.

The staff of the Maria High School student newspaper, The Maria Herald, recently received awards in the 2012 Illinois Journalism Education Association (IJEA) Newspaper Contest. In the division for schools with an enrollment of less than 500, The Maria Herald staff was awarded 2nd Place in Overall Newspaper and 3rd Place in Overall Design.

Meanwhile, for individual awards, senior Stephanie Rodriguez of Gage Park received the most with 2nd Place in FrontPage Design and 3rd Place awards in News Writing, Editorial Writing and Column Writing. Senior Ashanti McCall of Chicago Lawn gained 3rd Place in Feature Writing and Honorable Mentions in Editorial Writing and Column

STUDENTS KATRINA TUNSTALL of Englewood (from left), Eleanore Bacani of Gage Park, Tanika Pettis of Justice and Julie Pater of Berwyn generously add cash to a wishing well set up to receive charitable donations for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). Maria’s recent Mystic Day was an all-school charity event designed to have fun while raising funds for both the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the support of student scholarships.

Other members on the 2011Writing. Senior Sara Calvillo of gained 3rd Place in Sports Story; Chicago Lawn received 3rd Place junior editor Elizabeth Rodriguez 2012 staff were Rukayat Bello of for Best Photograph; sophomore of Scottsdale received Honorable Clearing, Karina Garcia of (Continued on page 17) Yaneth Farias of West Lawn Mention for Feature Writing.

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After School Matters® Accepting Applications from Chicago High School Students for Summer 2012 Programs Approximately 6,000 program opportunities will be available to teens across the city After School Matters is now accepting applications for its summer program session, which begins June 25. Programs in the arts, communications, science, sports and technology, will be offered at more than 100 community organizations, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District and Chicago Public Library locations across the city as well as Downtown at the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts. In total, approximately 6,000 program opportunities will be available to Chicago teens this summer.

After School Matters unique programs offer teens an opportunity to explore and develop their talents, while gaining critical skills for

themselves to achieve their athletic and academic potential in a nurturing environment. This program, which culminates in a rowing regatta, motivates teens to become physically fit, build teamwork, selfesteem and leadership skills, while also developing and advancing their educational and life goals.

Radio Arte—words37 (Radio Arte/WRTE-FM in Pilsen)—During the course of this radio journalism program, teens will produce multimedia pieces, lead a peer workshop and contribute to current WRTE productions.

All After School Matters programs, which run for six-to-eight weeks, are free and open to all Chicago teen residents who are at least 14 years of age, and entering or currently enrolled in high school. Teens can search for programs that interest them, as well as for programs in and around their

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AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS gives local students an opportunity to develop their music talents, including hip-hop as shown here. gaging and accessible inspires us as Founded in 1991 by former Chiwe work toward our vision to pro- cago First Lady Maggie Daley, who vide Chicago teens with opportu- served as its Board Chair until her nities to discover their potential passing in 2011, After School Matand find their path to a meaningful ters is a nonprofit organization that life.” offers Chicago high school teens Multiple independent studies and high quality, out-of-school-time recent data have confirmed that opportunities to explore and develteens who participate in After op their talents, while gaining critiSchool Matters apprenticeship pro- cal skills for work, college and begrams have fewer course failures, yond. better attendance and higher high Over the past two decades, more school graduation rates. In fact, Af- than 100,000 teens have participatter School Matters teens who par- ed in our hands-on, project-based ticipate for three or more program arts, communications, science, cycles were found to enroll in col- sports and technology programs at lege at an 18 percent higher rate Chicago public high schools, comand attend nearly 12 more days of munity locations across the city high school annually than their and Downtown at Gallery 37 CenCPS peers. For more information ter for the Arts. After School Matabout After School Matters and to ters programs are developed and apply for summer programs, visit AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS’ Summer program begins June 25 and in addition to the class- www.afterschoolmatters.org. Fol- delivered through a network of public and private partnerships, inroom work participants get to work on their basketball and other athletic skills. low the organization on Twitter cluding Chicago Public Schools, work, college and beyond. A few of neighborhood, at www.afterschool- Raymond Orozco, chief executive @aftrschoolmttrs and on Facebook the Chicago Park District, the the innovative programs being of- matters.org. In order to participate, officer of After School Matters. at facebook.com/afterschoolmat- Chicago Public Library and a wide teens must apply online for pro- “Developing programs that are en- ters. range of community organizations. fered include: Wicked Truth Film Produc- grams and meet with program intion– tech37 (Alternatives, Inc. in structors to discuss and present Uptown)—This program intro- their skills and interests.

Founded in 1991 by former Chiduces Chicago teens to the theory and technique of digital filmmak- cago First Lady Maggie Daley, Afing. Teens will work on all aspects ter School Matters provides teens of the production process, creating with opportunities to discover their video projects that explore issues in potential and find their path to a meaningful life. This summer, Aftheir communities.

Junior Research Scientists—sci- ter School Matters will be using the ence37 (Columbia College Chica- $2 million allocated by the City of go in the South Loop)—Teens will Chicago from its planned crackgain hands-on, in-laboratory train- down on scofflaws to expand the ing in molecular biology and alter- number of program opportunities native energy technologies, devel- offered by 50 percent.

“We are grateful to the City of oping skills related to cancer biology, alternative energy tech- Chicago for their continued support of After School Matters and nologies and computer animation.

Summer Rowing—sports37 (Chi- look forward to expanding the cago Training Center at Gage number of teens we can serve in AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS is accepting applications for its summer program where stuPark)—Through the sport of com- our meaningful, safe and struc- dents like these here can relax with a swim after working the skills to help them get into colpetitive rowing, teens will challenge tured programs this summer,” said lege.

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The NEW Four-One-One

By Raymond Ward Entertainment Editor GOOD FOR YOU!: In April of 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama planted a kitchen garden on the White House South Lawn. As fresh vegetables, fruit and herbs sprouted from the ground, the White House Kitchen Garden inspired a new conversation all across the country about the food we feed our families and the impact it has on the health and well-being of our children.

Now, in her first-ever book, "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America," (Crown Publishers) Mrs. Obama invites readers inside the White House Kitchen Garden and shares its inspiring story, from the first planting to the latest harvest. You'll hear about her worries as a novice gardener--would the new plants even grow? Learn about her struggles and her joys as lettuce, corn, tomatoes, collards and kale, sweet potatoes and rhubarb

ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

Smokey Robinson heats up the Chicago Symphony Orchestra What could be cooler than cool—even though I’m sure this description has rarely been used to describe the Chicago Symphony Orchestra—than to combine the CSO with a Motown legacy?

This is exactly what happened June 4 during the 23rd annual Corporate Night at the CSO

record empire,” which he cofounded with Berry Gordy. In those early days, Smokey toured with the Motortown Revue, and he said that he missed those days when he was with the Miracles and other Motown greats. But I’m sure that he doesn’t miss the tight schedules and small pay-

often. He also shared his love of fellow Motown artists, particularly Stevie Wonder, whom he called “prolific and incredible, and who should be called Stevie Wonderful.”

Along with Smokey’s band and background singers, two female dancers using various props were

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flourished in the freshly tilled soil.

Readers will also get an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at every season of the garden's growth with striking original photographs that bring its story to life. You'll even be able to try the unique recipes created by White House chefs and made with ingredients just picked from the White House garden and then you can learn from the White House Garden team about how you can help plant your own backyard, school, or community garden.

In keeping with her healthy eating rules, readers learn that although the White House has a full-time pastry chef, "desserts" are "a treat for the weekends," and drinks at the dinner table are restricted to water and skim milk. Also that the First Family sits down to dinner every night at 6:30 PM and that they say a special grace that always ends with the phrase, "we hope we live long and strong." And for those who keep insisting that President Obama is a secret Muslim, the book also contains a recipe for a delicious and mouthwatering braised PORK shoulder."

Mrs. Obama's journey continues across the nation as she shares the stories of other gardens that have moved and inspired her: Houston office workers who make the sidewalk bloom; a New York City School that created a scented garden for the visually impaired; a North Carolina garden that devotes its entire harvest to those in need; and other stories of communities that are transforming the lives and health of their citizens.

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when the cool, suave, elegant and dreamy Smokey Robinson appeared in concert. The concert, along with other events of the night, paid special tribute to Chicago’s businesses, their clients, customers and employees.

“Smokey Robinson with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra” was hosted by the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is normally private but was open to the public.

Fans and supporters of the CSO and of Robinson (who, in keeping with the ‘cool factor,’ I’ll just call Smokey for now) were treated to members of the CSO conducted by Sarah Hicks. Known for his satin voice and effortless song style, Smokey is one of the most beloved and influential singers in the history of pop music. He performed with the orchestra and his own band and background singers, bringing hit after hit and even some new songs from his latest album.

As he crooned for the packed house, Smokey also reminded his fans of the 50-plus-year legacy of Motown, the “hit-making urban

checks.

The orchestra opened up the program with Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville and then took a little rest. Afterward, they joined Smokey on a number of songs during his nearly two-hour set. These songs included Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Baby, Baby, Going to a Go-Go, Quiet Storm, Tears of a Clown, The Tracks of My Tears, My Girl, I Second that Emotion, and one of the first big Motown and Temptations’ hits—one of many that Smokey has written— Get Ready.

Smokey’s voice is as smooth as silk, and when he sauntered onto the stage in a sharp Black suit during the first set, audience members were in awe. Later after a short intermission, he returned in cream-colored leather slacks and shoes with a white shirt. For all his acclaim and sustained popularity, Smokey was appreciative of his audience, reminding them that they could have been many more places on a Monday night.

He shared his love of Chicago, since he grew up in Detroit, saying he visited cousins here very

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used to set up some of the songs, before Smokey delivered them.

He tried to keep a straight face, as he teased male audience members about their desire to want to “watch” the girls as they exited the stage. “Oh, you know you were watching, too,” he said.

I know that after all these years, Smokey still tours around the country, and I was excited to see him at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., in early 2009, when I was fortunate enough to attend a pre-inaugural NNPA party hosted by this paper’s publisher, Dorothy Leavell. Even though he wasn’t on an official bill then, and only belted out a few notes, that crowd was as equally mesmerized as the CSO crowd on June 4.

Mr. Robinson still has it, and this is testament to the era of music that, as I have mentioned before, has staying power. Motown music is timeless and some of the best to go down in the annals of pop history. And I gather that as long as he is able, Smokey will use every opportunity to “Second that Emotion!”

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ENTERTAINMENT 25 African-American Theatre Companies celebrate with benefit staged readings of “The Amen Corner” “Black Theater in America is alive…it is vital…it just isn’t funded.”

August Wilson PROJECT1VOICE, a newly established not-for-profit performing arts service organization founded

by New York-based actor/producer Erich McMillan-McCall (Chicago, The Who’s Tommy) to preserve the legacy and tradition of AfricanAmerican theatre and playwrights, announced the 2nd Annual: 1 VOICE, 1 PLAY, 1 DAY. On Monday, June 18, 2012, twenty-five African-American theatres across the country will engage in a national day of celebration of African-American theatre by producing benefit staged readings of “The Amen Corner,” the classic drama by James Baldwin, honoring the 25th year anniversary of his passing. The participating theatres are: African American Repertory Theatre (DeSoto, TX), African Continuum Theatre (Washington, DC) Alabama State University, (Montgomery, AL) American Performing Arts Collaborative (New York, NY), American Theater Project (New Orleans, LA),The Billie Holiday Theatre (Brooklyn, NY), Black Spectrum Theatre (New York, NY), Brown Box Theatre (Seattle, WA), Bushfire Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), Congo Square Theatre (Chicago, IL), Crossroads Theatre Company (New Bruns-

James Baldwin wick, NY), Dillard University (New Orleans, LA), Ebony Repertory Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), Ensemble Theatre (Houston, TX), Freedom Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), Howard University ( Washington, DC), Kuntu Repertory Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA), Lorraine Hansbury Theatre (San Francisco, CA), National Black Theatre (New York, NY), Negro Ensemble Company (New York, NY), New Federal Theatre (New York, NY), New Professional Theatre (New York, NY), Penumbra Theatre Company

(Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), Rainey Institute (Cleveland, OH), The Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art (New York, NY), Uprooted (Milwaukee, WI), and Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (Sarasota, FL).

“This national day of celebration not only honors the late great playwright, James Baldwin’s seminal work. It also seeks to highlight the African-American theatre companies who are struggling for their very existence,” PROJECT1 VOICE Founder Erich McMillan-

McCall said. “It is imperative that our community sparks renewed interest in the art, the artists and the organizations which nurture them.

PROJECT1VOICE is proud to take on the challenge of trumpeting our artistic resources so that they can sustain themselves now and into the future.”

Project1VOICE is a not-for-profit, performing arts service organization, advocating on issues that specifically affect Black theater. We are dedicated to the preservation of Black theater—it’s legacy and tradition—now and for future generations. Our mission is to support and cultivate artistic excellence, creativity and innovation among Black theaters, connecting people and communities to the arts with a continuum of experiences that reflect the virtuosity, creative and inclusive spirit of the arts.

Black theatres remain at the forefront of developing and sustaining African-American playwrights, directors, actors and other theater professionals. In 2010, McMillanMcCall became acutely aware that theatres across the country, especially historically African-American theatres, were struggling to stay afloat during the economic downturn. With this in mind, he partnered with other concerned individuals to bring attention and assistance to these mainstays of employment for theatre artists of color, and thus, PROJECT1VOICE

was born.

Key members of the PROJECT1VOICE team are: producer/production manager Gwen Gilliam; award-winning playwright and director Charles Randolph-Wright; actor/producer Charles Reese (Teeth and Eyes Productions) and marketing consultant/producer Marcia Pendelton (Walk Tall Girl Productions).

“PROJECT1VOICE is shedding light on a universal problem by targeting a specific one...the plight of African American theaters.” McMillan-McCall said. “We want to have a long overdue conversation about the loss of our creative voices with some long-term sustainable solutions to preserve their legacies.” 1 VOICE, 1 PLAY, 1 DAY readings of “The Amen Corner” will not only serve as fundraisers for the participating theaters, they will also act as community engagement events to further develop audiences, recruit volunteers, attract corporate and foundation funding, and seek in-kind goods and services.

For more information about PROJECT1VOICE, and to see interviews with theater luminaries such as prolific producer Woodie King, Jr., Tony-Award winner Adriane Lenox, and Pulitzer Prizewinner Lynn Nottage, visit www.project1voice.org.

Chicago State University kicks off free summer Movies & Jazz in the Grazz Spend your summer soaking up culture and sophistication with CSU’s entertainment series

as educators, police and firefighters. Visit CSU.edu weekly for an updated list of featured movies and guests, as variables are subject to change.

Jazz in the Grazz Line-Up June 20 Joan Collaso (Educators Day) June 27 Syd Brown and Zemrah (Community Service Day) July 11 Delivery Point (Civil Service Day) July 18 Avain Hightower and Full Circle (CSU Alumni Night) July 25 Carlos Cannon (Classic Car Nights and Public Service Employees) Aug. 1 Ray Silkman and Tracye Smith (Old School Greeks) Movies in the Grazz Line-Up June 19 "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner" June 26 "Good Deeds" July 10 "Soul Food" July 17 "The Help" July 24 "Red Tails" (Classic Cars and Public Service Employees) July 30 "Cabin in the Sky" Aug. 14 "Think Like a Man" Aug. 21 "Love and Basketball" Aug. 28 "Stomp the Yard" Aug. 4 "The Princess and the

Chicago State University kicks off its free entertainment series that includes Tuesday night Movies in the Grazz, starting June 19 through Sept. 11 at sunset and Wednesday night Jazz in the Grazz, which runs from 5:30 p.m. till 8 p.m., starting June 20 through Sept.12.

Cozy up with a picnic meal under the starry skies as Chicago State University screens classic and contemporary American cinema. The opening night film is "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner” with Sidney Poitier, Kathryn Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Stay tuned for screenings of Tyler Perry’s "Good Deeds," "Soul Food" and the award-winning, muchdiscussed "The Help," starring Viola Davis, among others.

Jazz stylist Joan Collaso is the featured singer on the opening night of Jazz in the Grazz. Collaso has traveled the world performing with music greats, in-

Joan Collaso cluding Von Freeman, Ramsey Lewis and India.Arie. Collaso has been featured at the Centro Jazz Tour in Torino, Italy, and Japan's Sister Cities Festival in Osaka, Japan, just to name two of the many world-class cities in which she's performed.

Following is a partial list of featured movies and acts, including theme days that celebrate the efforts of people who make Chicago such a great place to live, such

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WORLD OF MUSIC

By Barbara Wright-Pryor

Sir Andrew Davis receives honorary degree from Knox College Sir Andrew Davis, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s music director since 2000, received an honorary degree from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, on Saturday, June 2.

Among the 326 graduates of Knox’s Class of 2012 was Edward Davis, son of Sir Andrew Davis and Gianna Rolandi, director of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Edward Davis is one of 17 graduates who completed the College Honors program in which students complete an independent research or creative project comparable to a master’s thesis, and defend their work with an outside examiner

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with expertise in that field. A music major with a minor in English literature, Davis was recognized for having completed Honors in Music Composition. Among his compositions is a choral work dedicated to the memory of his late grandfather, Robert J. Davis.

Knox College was founded in 1837 and celebrated its 175th anniversary this year. Knox is a member of the Associated College of the Midwest, a consortium of 14 nationally ranked, private, liberal-arts colleges in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, and Iowa. Knox has 1,420 students and is known for having the only remaining site of a Lincoln-Douglas Debate. It was

at Knox that Lincoln denounced slavery as a moral wrong. In 1860, Knox College awarded President Lincoln its first honorary doctorate and Lincoln’s first degree of any kind. Since then, Knox has conferred honorary degrees on U. S. Presidents Barack Obama and William Jefferson Clinton.

Davis is the second notable figure in Lyric Opera history to receive an honorary degree from Knox. In 1987, the College awarded an honorary doctorate to Lyric’s then-general director, Ardis Krainik. In recent years, Knox faculty members Jason Helfer and Stephen Schroth have collaborated with Lyric Opera on

the educational program Opera in the Neighborhoods, which brings in-depth information about opera to thousands of Chicago-area grade-school students and their teachers.

Maestro Davis traveled from Edinburgh, Scotland to receive his award.

Ravinia Festival will offer more than 20 concerts this season for which reserved seats are only $10.

The series begins this Friday, June 15, at 6:00 pm in Bennett Gordon Hall with the Jazz Showcase featuring new and classic works by the dynamic young lions of Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute.

Other upcoming concerts on the $10 series include pianist Jade Simmons, cellist Zuill Bailey with pianist Awadagin Pratt, violinist Rachel Barton Pine and cellist Johannes Moser. The Reginald Robinson ragtime concert is sold out. For more information and exact dates for the Ravinia Festival 2012 season offerings, go to ravinia.org ******** Grant Park Music Festival began its 78th season June 13 and continues through August 18.

The Opening Night concert Wednesday, June 13 featured

Jade Simmons German cellist Alban Gerhardt and the Grant Park Orchestra led

by Principal Conductor performing Elgars Cello Concerto and Dvo ák’s Symphony No. 8 (From the New World)..

Friday, June 15, 6:30 pm and

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Rachel Barton Pine Saturday, June 16, 7:30 pm, The Grant Park Chorus begins its 50th anniversary celebration with two performances of a world-pre-

miere commission by American composer, Michael Gandolfi, inspired by Chicago history.

Christopher Bell is Chorus Di-

Awadagin Pratt rector.

For the entire season’s offerings, visit grantparkmusicfestival.com. ********

League of American Orchestras announces new funding to support orchestras The League of American Orchestras announced Monday, June 11, the receipt of a threeyear, $1.5 million grant from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation to administer a re-granting program that supports orchestras in deepening their involvement with their communities.

The Getty Education and Community Investment Grants Program will fund orchestras’ educational and community engagement work, helping to fuel new practices or support longstanding model programs. The grants prioritize programs that are highly innovative, relevant, and responsive to community needs; a prerequisite for qualifying orchestras is the existence of

partnerships with cultural and/or community organizations, such as schools or social service providers. A portion of the grant funds will also support the League’s program administration.

“For 25 years the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation has been an important source of support to the orchestra field,” commented League President and CEO Jesse Rosen, “and this new project underscores their dedication to the long-term health of our nation’s orchestras.”

Applicants to the grant program must include at least one partnership with a cultural and/or community organization, such as schools or social service providers, to create programs of all sizes

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that can make a difference in any of the following categories: In-school programs; Afterschool programs that align musical and social goals; Health and wellness programs; Life-long learning programs; and others (e.g., early childhood programs, criminal justice programs, etc.). Funds cannot be used to create new organizations or support single events or activities that do not establish long-term relationships.

Initial orchestra applications will be due on August 15, 2012, with Year One grants being announced in November, 2012.

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SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING

New interactive book co-authored by both Rev. Mosses The 128-page book was printed

by The Pilgrim Press, denominational publishing house of the United Church of Christ.

“Preach! The Power and Purpose Behind Our Praise” is the new book penned by the Rev. Otis Moss III and Otis Moss, Jr. The father and son duo also will preach at Trinity United Church of Christ on Fathers Day at the 11 a.m. services.

Vernon Jordan, former National Urban League CEO, and advisor to President Clinton wrote “Drs. Moss are two of the brightest and most provocative preachers in our nation today. Coming from two completely different generations, they bring together the best of what the Moses and Joshua generations have to offer in this age. The sermons are a must read for all who seek inspirations in these trying days.”

“Preach !” was the best seller at the recent 98th Hampton University Ministers’ Conference – the largest gathering of interdenominational African American clergy in the world.

Unlike traditional books, this one has a quick response (QR) code at the end of every chapter that can be scanned and direct the reader to an audio sermon.

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“Preach! Is a must-read book.

The sermons transcend race, gen-

der and generation. The love between father and son shines through their words and preaches hope to a war weary world,” according to Joan Brown Campbell, director of the Department of Religion at the Chautauqua Institution.

The award-winning hip-hop artist Common offered “A message from Pastor Otis Moss III always teaches about love, justice and commitment to the community. It enhances my faith as a child of God. Whenever I come to Chicago, I make my way to church to hear a word that will carry me through the week. It is good to have a pastor who is real and relevant.”

Jabari Parker to Saint Sabina youth: “Education first, then sports”

By Chinta Strausberg Dubbed “The Best Basketball Player Since LeBron James” by Sports Illustrated, Jabari Parker, a 17-year-old senior at Simeon High School, keynoted the 2012 graduation class of Saint Sabina Academy where he told the students to always put education first because basketball is short-lived.

Parker, who is the son of former NBA star Sonny Parker, is of the Mormon faith. While a junior, Parker was named the national boys’ basketball Gatorade Player of the Year and was ESPN High School Player of the year along with numerous other awards.

But, while Parker loves basketball, Father Michael L. Pfleger said he was not selected to be guest speaker because of his All American title but rather because he “is a star person.” Pfleger said Parker goes to bible study three

times a week at 5:30 a.m. Pfleger said Parker’s “faith in God is a foundation on which he stands and the rock in which he lives his life. That is what we teach here at Saint Sabina….”

Pfleger says Parker takes his education seriously. He currently has a 3.7 grade point average. Pfleger quoted Parker saying, ‘Basketball is what I do, but it’s not who I am.’

“Who he is today says a whole lot about where he came from.

The bible says we shall be known by our fruit,” said Pfleger.

Reading remarks from his cell phone, Parker congratulated the 40 graduating students telling them it is the beginning of their career. He told them to put education first on their agenda because it can take them places higher than playing basketball which he says is short-lived.

Quoting his favor scripture,

Jabari Parker Proverbs 3:5, Parker said, “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” He told the students “to be true to yourself ” and that “nobody can get you to do what you don’t want to do….”

Sylvester Johnson, an eighth grade teacher at the Saint Sabina Academy, and Mrs. Deborah Martin-Hodo called out the names as Father Pfleger and Saint Sabina Academy Principal Helen Dumas handed out the numerous

awards, and diplomas.

At the end of the graduation ceremony, the graduating students sang, “If we Ever Pass This Way Again,” and Father Pfleger prayed for their protection, progress, success and safety.

World-Renowned Author and Emmy Award winner Iyanla Vanzant comes to Chicago “Learn How to Live Your Dreams” at Bodhi Spiritual Center

traordinary professional success against the backdrop of personal tragedy.

Author and Spiritual Life Coach Iyanla Vanzant will give an inspiring talk on how to create your vision and live your dreams on June 29, 2012 at the Bodhi Spiritual Center in Chicago. The event begins at 8 p.m. VIP tickets ($100) include a copy of her new book Peace from Broken Pieces ($24.95), a “meet and greet” reception with Iyanla, book signing, and photo op. General admission is $40.

Bodhi Spiritual Center supports people’s growth through their own inner wisdom through their classes, workshops, special events and Sunday services. Iyanla facilitates the personal growth and spiritual evolution of individuals, families and communities to which Bodhi is committed.

Vanzant, an acclaimed coach, Emmy award winner and New York Times best-selling author, will bring her humor and wisdom to empower others at the event, which she’s used to uplift people on her own talk show, Iyanla, her many appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, her 15 books and

Vanzant was recently featured on Oprah’s Life Class program and will launch her own show on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

She also just released her latest

book, Peace from Broken Pieces, which chronicles her ex-

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many other media appearances.

For a complete event and class

list, click here or go to bodhispiritualcenter.org.

Star Rock Church presents Songs for My Father This Father’s Day will be a special treat for Gospel music fans as the Star Rock MBC and Friends present Songs for My Father at the DuSable Museum June 17.

Featured artists include The Notes of Melody, Troy Vincent and the Redeemed Jubilees, Walter and the ChiLights, the Morning Stars, and others.

The show begins at 4 p.m. at Saturday, June 16, 2012

the museum – 740 E. 56th Street. Individual tickets are $25 and include a DuSable membership card and several other benefits. For $40, patrons will receive a family membership that admits two adults and up to four children to DuSable events.

Tickets are available online at dusablemuseum.org or by calling 773-947-0600.

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Real Docs Cook for Charity on Father’s Day The University of Chicago joins the 23rd Annual Celebration of Real Men Cook.

On Sunday, June 17, from 3-6 pm at the new Joan and Ray Kroc Community Center at 1250 West 119th, 11 doctors and senior leaders representing the University of Chicago Medicine and its primary care network partners, from the South Side Healthcare Collaborative, will tend to the well being of the community from their grills in the Health and Wellness Pavilion at Real Men Cook.

Real Men Cook was co-founded 23 years ago by Yvette MoyoGillard to bring awareness to the positive contributions of African American males in the community and to enhance the celebration of Fathers’ Day. The Urban Health Initiative of the University of Chicago Medicine has been a major sponsor for five years. Dr.

Of course, I am a pretty good cook too!”

Real Men Cook is an opportunity for families to enjoy each other and to witness the pride that the men, some who have cooked at this event since its inception in 1989, pour into the cuisine that serves their communities.

Half of the eleven University of Chicago Medicine cooks have participated in this event for multiple years, Blasé Polite (4), John Schneider (4), Daniel Johnson (3), Waldo Johnson (2), Victor Golden(2) and Saeed Richardson(2), respectively.

The Urban Health Initiative (UHI) likes to keep the focus of its participation on wellness and along with preparing delicious, healthy menu items they provide recipe cards so that guests can go home and prepare the dishes again and again. “Each year we

DR. WALDO JOHNSON (foreground) who is cooking for his second year takes delight in serving up delicious samples.

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DR. JULIAN SOLWAY (left) and Dr. Blasé Polite (cooking for his fourth year), carefully turn thousands of chicken and vegetable kabobs, while Dr. John Schneider serves the crowds.

John Schneider hopped off a plane from a research project in South India last Father’s Day to rush to the Real Men Cook event taking his place with grillers in the Real Docs Cook tent. Says Schneider, “I enjoy cooking, and this event gives me a way to participate as a community member, rather than as a medical expert.

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A collaboration of healthcare agencies, including the Cook County Health & Hospitals System, the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center and other AIDS service organizations throughout the city of Chicago, announced today the launch of a campaign called STEP UP, GET TESTED: ChicaGO for 5K, the first-ever collaborative National HIV Testing Day event series for the city.

More than 20 organizations are joining forces to help increase HIV testing efforts in the most underserved communities in the Chicagoland throughout the month of June. The organizations will host a series of testing events throughout the city to offer free, rapid HIV testing services, prevention education and other resources.

The campaign will also highlight health centers and hospitals that offer HIV testing as a part of their regular healthcare offerings throughout the year.

“Our goal in Healthy Chicago, the City’s public health agenda, is to reduce the number of new infections of HIV by 25 percent This campaign is the perfect example of how we can achieve this goal and that is by collaborating with community partners that are committed to preventing the spread of HIV. Expanding HIV testing initiatives like this have contributed to early diagnosis of HIV thus reducing the number of late HIV infections. HIV is preventable. That is why it is so important to know your status, HIV testing and condoms are free and available throughout the City,” said Dr.

add a different recipe, and this year among our grilled items are two salads that will make you beg for more,” says Susan Peters, manager of Community Relations for the UHI. A one-time entry fee permits you to access the grilled delights, time-honored specialties, exotic stews and desserts, prepared by the loving hands of over 100 cooks. Proceeds from the event, support the efforts and programs of Real Men Charities, Inc. and its portfolio of health related, community focused programs.

Community Mental Health Council, the South Side YMCA and DuSable Museum have been long-time financial beneficiaries of Real Men Cook Father's Day events.

The event takes place at The

Kroc Center, a state of the art construction, set on 33 acres. As the Center thrives it will serve as an anchor for the West Pullman community.

Grammy Award Winning Jazz Saxophonist Kurt Whalum will headline the main stage performances, a “Let’s move” mini workout with fitness trainer Muhammad Siddiqu will get your blood pumping, there is a Kid’s Zone for the little tikes, recipes for healthy foods, health information, screenings, giveaways and more will be available onsite!

For more information about Real Men Cook visit www.realmencook.com and for more information on the Urban Health Initiative visit uhi.uchospitals.edu.

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Bechara Choucair, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health.

“The communities in the Chicago metropolitan area are still in the greatest need for testing and treatment services in the state,” said Robert A. Weinstein, MD, and COO of the CORE Center. “We know that routine HIV screening testing in areas with high prevalence will help reduce the number of undiagnosed and reduce longterm healthcare costs for the community. It’s vital that more healthcare settings make routine screening a part of their regular care.”

According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, in 2009 there were 1,092 people diagnosed with HIV infections, 40 percent of them under the age of 30. There are 20,391 people living with HIV infection in Chicago. Estimating that 20 percent of people infected with HIV are unaware of their status, there could be over 25,000 people living with HIV in the city (Chicago Department of Public Health, 2009).

The State of Illinois has the 6th largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the country, with 34,000 residents living with HIV. Geographically, the city of Chicago represents 65% of the new cases in the state, with the suburbs of Chicago following at 22%.

Some special events planned for the month include: • June 21 from 9:00 – 11:00 pm – Night Ministry Mobile Van Testing @ the corner of Belmont and (Continued on page 17) The Chicago Crusader

COMMUNITY Brizard is working hard to fix some of CPS’ issues (Continued from page 1) Teachers deserve a raise; the they will let me have this job.” question is what’s the right Brizard added that his number? We can’t afford 30 tenure will be judged by the percent. For every four per- reforms he puts in place, not cent that’s $100 million. how long he holds the posiThey can’t expect us to come tion. He believes that by supup with $700 million.” porting principals, teachers Brizard said he is happy that and local school councils and CPS high school graduation empowering them, the system rates are increasing. But he is will get better. He called these not satisfied with a dropout measures a “common sense” rate around 40 percent. He approach. He also says his best would like to see more op- advocate is an informed, entions to increase the gradua- gaged and empowered parent. tion rate like allowing stu“These reforms will move dents to stay in high school the system forward to a place five or possibly six years. He where no one can put it back also said it is important to not to where the dysfunction was give up on those who may before,” Brizard said. have dropped out but are Brizard said local school seeking their GED. councils are a good thing Critics of CPS say there is when the people serving are too much turnover in key educated on the issues and leadership positions within trained properly. He says anythe system. They note that one can serve on an LSC but area leaders and high-ranking thinks the system is broken in CPS administrators, like the too many schools where there recent resignation of chief ed- are several vacant seats and onucation officer Noemi ly two or three candidates runDonoso, only add to chaos ning. And while Brizard wants and are not conducive to a to empower local school learning environment. After councils, he is against an electthe short term by Ron Hu- ed school board in Chicago as berman, some are asking how many people have suggested. long Brizard will stay.

“LSC’s can be powerful allies “I intend to live in Chicago if you have the right people, for the foreseeable future,” with the right intentions, with Brizard said. “I am not a serial the right training and acsuperintendent. When this countability. We’ve not done opportunity came my way, it that,” Brizard said. “As a syswasn’t a hard decision because tem we have not leveraged the my wife has always wanted to LSC structure. We have places live in Chicago and she’s al- where they don’t even have ready told me she’s not mov- enough people for a quorum.” ing again regardless of what Brizard said with summer happens with this job. I will here and summer classes startbe here as long as it makes ing in two weeks, he undersense to the city and as long as stands the concerns people

have with students in buildings without air conditioning.

He said again the problem is money. He said the infrastructure of CPS schools is antiquated and to upgrade all of the schools in the system would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Brizard said he must prioritize infrastructure problems and at the top of the list are school boilers. Many are over 50 years old and need to be replaced. He said in Chicago’s climate, heat takes priority over the convenience of air conditioning because schools cannot open by law if the boiler breaks and there is no hot water.

“When the President pushed a stimulus for infrastructure building in which $600 million would have come to Chicago, congress killed it,” Brizard said. “I only need $150 million to put air conditioning in all of our schools. So the issue is deep and it goes beyond my office.”

He said currently there are no plans to even put air conditioning in one or two schools a year because of the financial situation. School spokesperson Marielle Sainvilus added the problem is not just with bringing in air conditioning units, but that many buildings don’t have the correct electrical wiring, the plumbing is bad or the windows need to be replaced because many schools were built back in the early 1900s. Sainvilus said that would mean nearly a million dollars would need to be spent at each school in upgrades.

“We’ve actually had com-

Protect Your Identity-Shred It (Cont’d from page 9) motor bank. Only paper documents will be shredded at this event; items such as metals, plastics, and clothing will be refused.

“Community Shred Day is a great opportunity for us to engage with the community we serve and to make a difference in people’s lives,” said Dwayne Brown, Branch Manager at Urban Partnership Bank’s Chatham branch location. “We’re here to help people build a more secure financial future, and protecting them from identity theft is a big part of that,” added Brown.

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To obtain additional information about “Community Shred Day,” please call Urban Partnership Bank Customer Service at (773) 420-5050, or email information@upbnk.com.

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and creating long-term success for its communities and the bank.

Urban Partnership Bank works together with individuals, small businesses, nonprofits, foundations, and faith-based organizations in underserved and distressed urban communities in Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit to deliver quality financial services that often cannot be obtained elsewhere. It strives to catalyze economic and environmentally sustainable opportunities that build better lives and vibrant neighborhoods, while creating longterm success.

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munity groups donate air conditioning units to schools only to have to return them because the school did not have the necessary infrastructure in place to use them,” Sainvilus said.

Brizard said his hands are tied on many issues even when he knows there are things schools needs like libraries. There are currently over 150 schools that do not have an operating library. He said he would also love to have a social worker and art program in every school.

Brizard is also looking into launching a new program that will add more vocational programs to schools. He admitted that college is not for every student and more programs that give students options on careers as hair stylists, auto mechanics, carpentry and other vocations must be implemented city-wide. Based off a Harvard University study, “Pathways to Prosperity,” Bri -

zard hopes to use it as a blueprint for Chicago schools because he said too many students are graduating who do not get into college or the military and do not know what their options are.

With schools going to a longer school day in the fall, many coaches, athletes and parents are concerned with how athletic schedules will be handled. Currently, all CPS contests start at 4 p.m. during the week. Parents are concerned that if games start later, more students will be out after dark, which could bring about safety issues. Director of Sports and Extra Curricular Activities Calvin Davis has been charged with the task. Davis said contests will now begin at 4:15 p.m. starting in the fall, but added the situation could change if warranted.

With the threat of a teachers strike now a greater possi-

bility, Brizard was asked what his contingency plan is for parents and students. He said he is still optimistic that a strike will be avoided but said he currently has a panel looking into alternatives should schools be closed in the fall.

“If there is a strike everyone is going to get hurt,” Brizard said. “If you look at what happens during weekends with the violence in some parts of our city and how much more time on task our students need, our kids will be hurt. I have people doing scenario planning right now to see how we can support our kids the best way in the event of a strike. But there is no way we can ever come up with a plan to teach a half a million students. And no matter what scenario we come up with, kids are going to get hurt. I can’t replace 25,000 teachers. The solution is a contract.”

County aims to reduce . . .

Halsted, Chicago, IL hosted

by Night Ministry.

• June 23 from 4:00 – 6:00 pm – Dyke March @ Margate Park, 4921 N. Marine Dr., Chicago, IL hosted by Asian Human Services.

• June 27 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – The Care Center

(Continued from page 16) @ Jackson Park Hospital, 7531 S. Stony Island, Chicago, IL hosted by Jackson Park Hospital.

• June 27 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm - STEP UP, GET TESTED @ the Fantus Clinic courtyard, 1901 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL hosted

by the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center.

For more information on planned activities of if you are interested in supporting Chicago’s first collaborative National HIV Testing Day events, log onto www.cookcountyhhs.org.

Maria High School mixes fun business (Continued from page 10) bert Grigat won the $2,500 Brighton Park, Adriana Her- Ave., Chicago. third prize. Many of the nandez of Chicago Lawn, As they gathered, guests Sisters were also kind Jacquelin Maciel of Chicago Lawn, Joslyn McNealy-Paul enjoyed an hors d’oeuvres enough to gift Maria High of Ashburn, Amparito Mar- and cocktails reception while School with a donation tinez of Brighton Park, Eliza- being entertained by the 17- from their winnings. beth Ocampo of Chicago piece St. Rita Jazz Band.

Alumnae received a copy Lawn and Amanda Marie Tours of the building were Thompson of Calumet City. available. After guests dined of the Centennial Book of Ashanti McCall and on a delicious buffet dinner Greetings that highlights one Stephanie Rodriguez were in the beautifully trans- hundred years of St. Casimir/Co-Editors-in-Chief of the formed gym, Centennial Maria High School history 2011-2012 Maria Herald, Coordinator Tracy Duffy- and traditions. They also reand Frances Tenbroeck was Jarrett drew the names of ceived information for the those who would win the nomination, for distinguishthe adviser. ed service, of the next AlumCentennial Raffle. nae Hall of Fame honoree.

The student participaWinner of the $10,000 Michelle Brown, Alumnae tions and awards were fitting accompaniment to first prize was Terry Coordinator, asked that nomwhat was perceived as the Toth, Chairman of the ination forms be returned to highlight of the year – the Board of the Catalyst her in the MHS Alumnae Maria High School and St. Schools. Mr. Toth has Office by December 3, generously offered his 2012.

Casimir. prize money to fund the Brown remarked, “The Over 350 alumnae from Monica and Terry Toth 1942 to 2009 attended the Scholarship for next year. reunion was a fitting way final event of Maria’s yearlong Centennial Celebration, hosted by the Alumnae Office on Maria’s campus, 6727 S. California

The $5,000 second prize was shared by several of the Sisters of St. Casimir and Motherhouse staff, and Al-

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to close out the Centennial year since it brought together generations of St. Casimir Academy/Maria women.”

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY CHANCERY DEPARTMENT DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , v .

MOHAMMED ALEEM, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MOHAMMED, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 14632 SOUTH UNION AVENUE 5950 CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 16, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 18, 2012, at the The need Judicial Corporation, The Chicago Crusader has an immediate forSales an experienced printOne South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor advertising representative in our Chicago CHICAGO, office. In this position, you will be IL, 60606, sell at public charged with growing revenue from newauction customers.

You’llbidder, sell marketing to the highest as set forth the following estate: solutions that include newspaper, onlinebelow, and much more.described We are real looking Commonly known as 5950 SOUTH for a sales professional who can build strong relationships with decisionUNION AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60621 makers, manage contract fulfillment and deliver superior customer service.

Property Index No. 20-16-300-085-0000.

If you have proven sales experience, canThe effectively marketing real estateimplement is improved with a brick 3 strategies and work independently and inunit; a team atmosphere, then25% thisdown sales of no garage.

Sale terms: the highest bid by certified funds at the opportunity is for you. close of the auction; The balance, Requirements including the Judicial sale fee for • 3 + years of experience in newspaper and/or multi media sales preferred Abandoned Residential Property • Strong work ethic Municipality Relief Fund, which is • Strong verbal and written communication skillson residential real estate at the calculated rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction • Good negotiation skills thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser • Ability to make cold calls and build new client relationships not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or • Excellent presentation, interpersonal, problem solving and customer wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) service skills hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring residential real • An entrepreneurial attitude to take your success as serious the as we do • Proficient with MS Office required estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or • Dependable transportation and valid driver’s license required other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the The Chicago Crusader is an EOE andresidential drug-freereal workplace.

Please estate arose priormail, to the sale. for Theconsideration. subject property No is subject phone to fax or email resume and salary requirements general real estate taxes, special calls please.

HR Department assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for Chicago Crusader sale Drive without any representation as to 6429 South King quality or quantity of title and without Chicago, ILrecourse 60637 to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" Fax: HR Department condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in 773-752-2817 full of the amount bid, the purchaser will Email: hrcrusader@gmail.com receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOTSaturday, be open for inspection and 16, 2012 June 18 plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN

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COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , v .

MOHAMMED ALEEM, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MOHAMMED, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 14632 5950 SOUTH UNION AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 16, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 18, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5950 SOUTH UNION AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-300-085-0000.

The real estate is improved with a brick 3 unit; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the required by The assessments Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1108236. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA1108236 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 14632 I440775

ENGLEWOOD AVE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-325-010-0000.

The real estate is improved with a brick 2 unit; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1017842. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA1017842 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 28645 I437846

will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

In with 735 ILCS accordance 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: Anthony Porto, FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC , 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 For bidding instructions, call 630-453-6713 24 hours prior to sale.

Please refer to file number F11100027.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866) 402-8661 Attorney File No.: F11100027 ARDC# 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case # 11 CH 35416 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BEAL BANK S.S.B. P l a i n t i f f , v .

RICHARD L. DUFFIE, LILLIE R. DUFFIE D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 35416 7630 SOUTH HERMITAGE AVENUE Chicago, IL 60620 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 28, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 29, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7630 SOUTH HERMITAGE AVENUE, Chicago, IL Property Index No. 60620 20-30-416-031-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $123,827.85.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK The balance, including the Judicial sale COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY fee for Abandoned Residential Property DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Municipality Relief Fund, which is BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP calculated on residential real estate at the FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction SERVICING LP thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser P l a i n t i f f , not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or v . wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) HERIBERTO SANTOS, UNKNOWN hours. No fee shall be paid by the HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF mortgagee acquiring the residential real HERIBERTO SANTOS, IF ANY, estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale UNKNOWN OWNERS AND or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS other lienor acquiring the residential real D e f e n d a n t s estate whose rights in and to the 10 CH 28645 residential real estate arose prior to the 523 WEST ENGLEWOOD AVE Chicago, sale. The subject property is subject to IL 60621 general real estate taxes, special NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS assessments, or special taxes levied HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered against said real estate and is offered for in the above cause on April 6, 2012, an sale without any representation as to agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, quality or quantity of title and without will at 10:30 AM on July 10, 2012, at the recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" The Judicial Sales Corporation, One condition. The sale is further subject to South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor confirmation by the court. Upon payment in CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public full of the amount bid, the purchaser will auction to the highest bidder, as set forth receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle below, the following described real estate: the purchaser to a deed to the real estate Commonly known as 523 WEST after confirmation of the sale. The property ENGLEWOOD AVE, Chicago, IL 60621 will NOT be open for inspection and Property Index No. 20-16-325-010-0000. plaintiff makes no representation as to the The real estate is improved with a brick 2 condition of the property. Prospective unit; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of bidders are admonished to check the court the highest bid by certified funds at the file to verify all information. If this property close of the auction; The balance, is a condominium unit, or a unit which is including the Judicial sale fee for part of a common interest community, the Abandoned Residential Property purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction assessments and the legal fees required thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

In wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) accordance with 735 ILCS hours. No fee shall be paid by the 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS oMMunity their own c Blacks Must control mortgagee acquiring the residential real 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale you are hereby notified that the purchaser or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or of the property, other than a mortgagee, other lienor acquiring the residential real shall pay the assessments and legal fees estate whose rights in and to the required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) residential real estate arose prior to the of section 9 and the assessments required sale. The subject property is subject to by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the general real estate taxes, special Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF assessments, or special taxes levied YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR against said real estate and is offered for (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE sale without any representation as to RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN condition. The sale is further subject to ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN confirmation by the court. Upon payment in ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION full of the amount bid, the purchaser will 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For the purchaser to a deed to the real estate information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: after confirmation of the sale. The property Anthony Porto, FREEDMAN ANSELMO will NOT be open for inspection and LINDBERG LLC , 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL C O R P O R A T I O N ; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

ACCENTURE INDUSTRIES, INC.; TRACEY NABICH DBA ACCENTURE INDUSTRIES, INC.; U N K N O W N SHAREHOLDERS, UNKNOWN ASSIGNS AND UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS OF ACCENTURE INDUSTRIES, INC.; CITIBANK, NA SUCCESSOR TO FIRST F E D E R A L SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 M1 401758 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 8, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, July 13, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in its office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: Commonly known as 6818 South Evans Street, Chicago, IL. P.I.N. 20-22-412-029-0000.

The property consists of vacant land.

Sale terms: 10% of the purchase price will be required to bid at the sale. The balance of the purchase price required by 12:00 p.m. the following day.

The property will NOT be open for i n s p e c t i o n .

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the s a l e .

For information call City of Chicago Corporation Counsel/Collection and Ownership Litigation Division, 33 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 742-0007.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I439339 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWMBS, INC. C W M B S REPERFORMING LOAN REMIC TRUST CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R2 Plaintiff, v s .

GARY POLLARD A/K/A GARY J. POLLARD; NICOLE SHORTY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GARY POLLARD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 38518 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 21, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-22-307-016-0000.

Commonly known as 6853 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

LEGATEES OF GARY POLLARD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 38518 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 21, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-22-307-016-0000.

Commonly known as 6853 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 9 2 7 1 6 6 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I439197 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY COUNTY, DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA P l a i n t i f f , v .

KOFI AGYEKUM D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 18115 AVENUE 7654 SOUTH WABASH CHICAGO, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 12, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 16, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 7654 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-306-021-0000.

The real estate is improved with a brick single family home; detached 2 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1109813. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA1109813 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 18115 I438992

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Basketball classic brings church and social services together The youth and adult residents of Lowden Homes are collaborating with Trinity United Church of Christ (Trinity UCC) and UCAN to kick off the summer and host the Fifth Annual 3on-3 Basketball Classic at West 95th and Princeton. “The 3-on-3 in Lowden Homes provides a sacred safe space for transformation and empowerment, said the Rev. Mark Barclay, Community Organizer for Trinity UCC. Barclay added, “This interactive sports event opens the door for a series of summer activities such as Praise Night in the Hood, Speak Life Spoken Word, and individual Men and Women only rap sessions.” The basketball classic will begin at 10:00 a.m. and

adults 18 and over can register for the 3-on-3 Basketball Classic with Ms. Myra King, president of the Lowden Advisory Committee at 312.745.2151 or email Mr. Claude Robinson at Robinsonc@UCANChicago.org and Barclay at bpreacherone@aol.com. The registration deadline ends at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 19. There is a meeting at 200 West 95th Street for all participants on Tuesday, June 19 at 2:00 p.m., the day after the Chicago Public Schools close for the summer on Friday, June 15.

The classic also offers free health screenings for children, women and men, entertainment, clowns, drill teams, food, music, dancing, and a free throwing

BASKETBALL CLASSIC PARTICIPANTS strive to show who is the best in the 3-on-3 competition while others take advantage of free health screenings, entertainment, and food. den Homes, UCAN, Central Advisory Committee and Trinity United Church of Christ is inviting youth and adults from across the Metropolitan Chicago land

area to register for the 5th Annual 3-on-3 Basketball Classic. Participants will receive free t-shirts and winning teams will be awarded trophies.

BASKETBALL CLASSIC brings together youth from all ages, along with other community members for a full day of fun in addition to the 3-on-3 tournaments. end at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June contest. According to the Rev. not being intentionally invested 23.

Rochelle Michael, “This joint in the life of the community.”

The collaborative partnership of Girls and boys from the ages 8 venture reduces the stigma of the to 12, teenagers 13 to 17 and church and social service agencies the youth and residents of Low-

De La Salle to Host a Variety of Summer Camps and 2012 Golf Classic De La Salle Institute is pleased to announce that it will offer a variety of summer camps for elementary school students. The camps will be held at De La Salle’s Institute Campus for Young Men at 3434 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago.

Topics covered in the academic camps will be aviation, band, creative art, creative writing, drama, history detectives, Mandarin Chinese, pre-algebra and science with an emphasis on paleontology.

Sports covered in the athletic camps will be baseball, basketball, boxing, cheerleading, football, golf, soccer, speed/running, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

More information about the The Chicago Crusader

camps can be obtained by visiting www.dls.org/summer_ camps.jsp.

To register for the camps, please contact De La Salle’s Director of Admissions, Chuck Kuhn, at (312) 842-7355 ext. 150 or kuhnc@dls.org.

Additionally, De La Salle Institute will be hosting its 2012 Golf Classic on June 27, 2012 at Gleneagles Country Club, located at 13070 McCarthy Road in Lemont, IL. All proceeds benefit the scholarship program at De La Salle Institute. This important program brings a De La Salle education within reach for every young man and woman who desires to attend the Institute.

The day will begin with regis-

tration and continental breakfast at 7:30 am. The shotgun tee off will begin at 9 am with a cocktail reception, dinner and prizes following the conclusion of play at approximately 2 pm.

Tickets are $150 per golfer and include 18 holes of golf with cart, lunch, dinner and cocktails. Tickets for cocktails and dinner only are $50 per person.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available for interested individuals or companies at a wide range of levels.

For more information, please contact De La Salle Special Events Manager Maggie McEldowney at (312) 842-7355 ext. 146 or mceldowneym@dls.org.

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ERIC JACKSON (upper right) and his wife, Attorney Marsha Ross-Jackson, the parents of golf super stars Myah Jackson, 12, and Erica Jackson, 14, thanked the WE CAN INC. Committee for hosting a golf outing on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at the University Golf Club, 23520 Crawford Avenue, University Park, IL. The couple’s son, 7-year-old John Jackson, wants to be a baseball player so he can be on TV. All three children are getting "A's" and "B's" in school. Mr. Jackson said it will take an entire village to help his girls become golf champions.

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