Facing south suburban august 9 2017

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Week of August 9, 2017 Vol 36 • No 39 • www.thechicagocitizen.com

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WEEKLY INSPIRATIONS FROM REV. DR. DERRICK B. WELLS, SENIOR MINISTER OF CHRIST UNIVERSAL TEMPLE +P6

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COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES GUN VIOLENCE WITH RESIDENTS By Christopher Shuttlesworth

According to statistics released by Cook County Commissioner Richard R. Boykin’s office, more than 2,000 people have been shot in the city of Chicago and 400 people were killed in Chicago in 2017. In Englewood, one of the top five violent crime areas in Chicago, more than 150 individuals were shot in 2017. In the heart of Englewood at Antioch Baptist Church located on 6248 S. Stewart Ave., officials came together to address Chicago’s gun violence epidemic as they sought to offer solutions. Boykin, Chicago Police Commander Kenneth Johnson (7th District) and other local leaders held a State of Emergency Tour at the church and were joined by residents in the community. During the meeting, Boykin said gun violence knows “no boundaries” but the solution to gun violence is rooted in the principles learned in church and in the home, Boykin said. He voiced key survival tips which included families making sure their children are home before the street lights come on; participating in activities outside of the home including enjoying things like the forest preserves. It’s also important for parents to let children know they love them, he added. “Someone told me ‘people are being shot in the morning in broad daylight and it’s not even curfew hours.’ But I said there are a lot of young people being shot after curfew, he

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PARENTS ARE BUYING BLACK AS KIDS HEAD BACK-TO-SCHOOL

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Dolton School District 149 has demolished only a single wing of one of its five elementary schools, sparing the local community the loss of a neighborhood school.

DOLTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 149 SPARES THE LOCAL COMMUNITY LOSS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL (Calumet City, IL) – South suburban school district Dolton 149 officials witnessed the pain suffered by Chicago neighborhoods during that city’s 2013, 50-school closure effort and sought a different solution to its own declining school enrollment by demolishing only a single wing of one of its five elementary schools, sparing the local community the loss of a neighborhood

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MARTINEZ TO HOLD FAMILY WELLNESS AND BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR P8

school. Caroline Sibley Elementary School, located in Calumet City, will welcome its students when the new school year begins on August 21 with a newly landscaped green space where its north wing stood only a few weeks ago. Since 2012, Dolton 149 had seen its student

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5 HASSLE-FREE TIPS FOR PROTECTING YOUR CHILD’S VALUABLES AT SCHOOL P9

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