South Suburban Citizen 4-17-2019

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Congresswoman Robin Kelly Donates 120 Books To Homewood-Flossmoor High School — PAGE 3 Week of April 17, 2019

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Restoration Ministries, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Harvey, provides a variety of services from treatment for drug addiction to after-school programs for south suburban youth. Photo Credit: Restoration Ministries

ORIGINALLY FOUNDED TO TREAT ADDICTION, SOUTH SUBURBAN NONPROFIT NOW SERVES ENTIRE COMMUNITY Restoration Ministries, headquartered in Harvey, was founded in 1988 by Dr. John Sullivan and a group of volunteers with the specific purpose of caring for members of the community who were struggling with drug addiction. PAGE 2

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Prince: Three Years Later Fans say their ‘Guitar still Weeps’

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION

ACTIVIST, LAWYER AND IMMIGRATION LAW SCHOLAR MARIA WOLTJEN TO DELIVER NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY’S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Activist, lawyer and immigration law scholar Maria Woltjen will be Northeastern Illinois University’s May 2019 Commencement speaker on May 6 at Credit Union 1 Arena, 525 S. Racine Ave. in Chicago. Woltjen is the founder and Executive Director of The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights at the University of Chicago Law School. The Young Center’s primary work is to advocate for the safety and well-being of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children. Woltjen’s focus is on reforming the immigration system—in which children are treated as adults—into a justice system that recognizes children as children, with rights and protection needs all their own.

HEALTH

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL: 2018 WAS DEADLIEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR HOT CAR DEATHS Tragically, more children died in hot cars in the United States in 2018 than any other year on record, the National Safety Council recently confirmed. Fifty-one children died last year of pediatric vehicular heatstroke, topping the single-year high of 49 set in 2010.

In response, the Council is releasing a free online training “Children in Hot Cars” that provides vital information about pediatric vehicular heatstroke and outlines how distraction and other behaviors can lead to these unnecessary deaths.

The “Children in Hot Cars” e-learning course provides information about why cars heat up so quickly, why children in particular can succumb to increasing temperatures in cars, and what parents, caregivers and others can do to prevent these needless deaths. To access the “Children in Hot Cars” e-learning course, visit nsc.org/hotcars.

LAW & POLITICS

UNDERWOOD BILL TO PROTECT PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS ADVANCES OUT OF EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE The Education and Labor committee recently considered and passed Rep. Lauren Underwood’s legislation, H.R. 1010, which would help protect Americans with pre-existing conditions by overturning an Administration rule that expands short-term, limited duration insurance, commonly known as “junk plans.” The bill has already been considered and passed by the Energy and Commerce Committee.

“No person in this country should be denied insurance coverage as a result of a pre-existing condition. Americans deserve quality and affordable healthcare and I’m proud to see the very first bill I introduced passed by a committee on which I serve,” said Congresswoman Underwood.

In February, Underwood joined members to introduce H.R. 1010 following the Administration’s decision to finalize the Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance rule, which excludes protections for pre-existing conditions and essential health benefits provided by the Affordable Care Act.

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Restoration Ministries, headquartered in Harvey, was founded in 1988 by Dr. John Sullivan and a group of volunteers with the specific purpose of caring for members of the community who were struggling with drug addiction.

Over the last 31 years, it has expanded to not only provide robust addiction services but also a community food pantry, a thrift shop, a boxing club, and several after-school programs for young people.

As a Christian based organization, Restoration Ministries was founded on a bible verse that reads, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” This verse is still at the core of their everyday mission.

“Everything we do is with this verse in mind. If we see someone in need or find

something we can help with, that motivates us,” said Karen Vrdolyak, director of development at Restoration Ministries.

The organization’s desire to help south suburban residents is evident in its expansion of services over time. What started out as one residential treatment center for struggling addicts, known as Harvey House, has blossomed into a variety of programs and services.

“We started in Harvey with the Harvey House program. We began to see a lot of issues around the community and we wanted to be good neighbors so we decided to open our food pantry and that was in 1990.

We have been serving the residents of Harvey, Dixmoor, and Phoenix since then with a weekly food pantry,” said Vrdolyak.

The Restoration Ministries Food Pantry is supported by the United Way of Metro Chicago and will be a beneficiary of this year’s April Food Day food donation drive.

As Restoration Ministries continued to settle into the neighborhood, they noticed that there was a fair amount of young people hanging out around their building

because they saw it as a safe space in the community. This inspired the organization to open its doors to a new demographic and begin offering an after-school program.

“We started to offer programs for the at-risk kids because we noticed that they were hanging around our facility. We now have a comprehensive youth development program where Monday through Friday we offer after-school tutoring. We feed the kids every day when they get here and we help them get prepared for high school by making sure everybody is reading at grade level and has access to a tutor,” said Vrdolyak.

While the organization has greatly expanded over the last three decades, they still have their core addiction treatment programs. Harvey House still offers free addiction services for men and Tabitha House in South Holland offers addiction services for women.

For a full list of services and programs that Restoration Ministries provides, visit www.restorationminsitries.net.

District 148 educators, parents gather at Regional Conference TINLEY PARK – Administrators, educators, School Board Members and parents came together recently to discuss public education issues and trends in the south suburbs.

Dolton West School District 148 was well represented at the Annual Regional Conference “Transforming the Paradigm of Educating Children” in Tinley Park.

The two-day conference on March 21-22, 2019 was hosted by the Superintendents’ Commission for the Study of Demographics and Diversity.

A parent component was attended by several District 148 parents on March 21, 2019.

Administrators and School Board representatives on hand included Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kevin J. Nohelty, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Patricia Moore, Director of Research and Innovation John Donermeyer, School Board Secretary Kim Adkins and Board Member Charles Lloyd.

Washington Elementary School Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Facilitator Unique Morris gave a presentation on Integration of Restorative Practices during the first day of the conference.

Topics addressed during the workshops included student

District 148 Assistant Superintendent Dr. Patricia Moore with parents who attended the 2019 Parent Conference of the Superintendents’ Commission for the Study of Demographics and Diversity.

behaviors, close reading strategies, virtual reality tools in education, building phonics skills for reading and writing, effective classroom management and preparing students for college and career success.

“The talent and reputation we have in our school community was obvious throughout

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this conference. It gives us great pride to be able to share with others the expertise of our remarkable staff. We are delighted our parents also had the opportunity to attend. This is an invigorating and fulfilling experience that we enjoy every year,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kevin J.

Nohelty.

District 148 has six elementary schools, three junior high schools and one early childhood center. The District serves approximately 2,275 students and their families in sections of Dolton, Riverdale, Harvey and South Holland.

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NEWS

Congresswoman Kelly with H-F students in the library.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly Donates 120 Books To Homewood-Flossmoor High School

Congresswoman Robin Kelly (left) with Golden Apple Award recipient Catherine Ross-Cook, who teaches English literature and composition at the school.

To commemorate National School Library Month, Congresswoman Robin Kelly recently delivered 120 books to Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School’s library through the Library of Congress’ Surplus Book Program and personally congratulated teacher Catherine Ross-Cook on winning a 2019 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.

“H-F students impressed me. They are engaged in their school, civically aware and eager to test out new ideas and innovations.

This is in large part due to outstanding teachers, like Ms. Ross-Cook, who deservedly received a Golden Apple Award,” said Congresswoman Kelly. “The United States

is known for its ingenuity and innovation, and we have that innovation right here in the Second District. It did not surprise me to learn that our donated books were already on display in the library and have been checked out by students.”

H-F received books that included biographies, fiction, folklore, poetry and science.

Since taking office, Rep. Kelly has donated more than 3,000 books to schools and libraries throughout the 2nd District, from Chicago’s South Side to the South Suburbs and across Kankakee and Will Counties.

The Library of Congress donates surplus books to schools, libraries and non-profits

through Members of Congress. Previous schools that have received books from Congresswoman Kelly through this program include Sandridge Elementary School in Lynwood, Douglas Taylor Elementary School in Chicago, Creative Communications Academy in Calumet City, Strassburg Elementary School in Sauk Village, LaVasseur Elementary School in Bourbonnais, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School in Markham, and Crete-Monee High School in Crete.

The Congresswoman regularly contacts schools within her district to introduce the program. Schools expressing an interest receive age-appropriate books.

CMS finalizes policies to bring innovative telehealth benefit to Medicare Advantage The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently finalized policies that will increase plan choices and benefits, including allowing Medicare Advantage plans to include additional telehealth benefits.

These policies continue the agency’s efforts to modernize the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs, unleash innovation and drive competition to improve quality among private Medicare health and drug plans.

“Today’s policies represent a historic step in bringing innovative technology to Medicare beneficiaries,” said CMS Administrator Seema Verma. “With these new telehealth benefits, Medicare Advantage enrollees will be able to access the latest technology and have greater access to telehealth. By providing greater flexibility to Medicare Advantage plans, beneficiaries can receive more benefits, at lower costs and better quality.”

The final policies announced recently leverage new authorities provided to CMS in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which President Trump signed into law last year.

CMS is finalizing changes that would allow Medicare Advantage beneficiaries to access additional telehealth benefits, starting in plan year 2020.

These additional telehealth benefits offer patients the option to receive health care services from places like their homes, rather than requiring them to go to a healthcare facility.

Before this year, seniors in Original Medicare could only receive certain telehealth services if they live in rural areas. Starting this year, Original Medicare began paying for virtual check-ins across the country, mean-

ing patients can connect with their doctors by phone or video chat.

Historically, Medicare Advantage plans have been able to offer more telehealth services, compared to Original Medicare, as part of their supplemental benefits. But with the final rule, it will be more likely that plans will offer the additional telehealth benefits outside of supplemental benefits, expanding patients’ access to telehealth services from more providers and in more parts of the country than before, whether they live in rural or urban areas.

CMS is also finalizing changes that will make improvements to Medicare Advantage and Part D Star Ratings so that consumers can identify high-value plans.

The final rule updates the methodology for calculating Star Ratings, which provide information to consumers on plan quality. The new Star Ratings methodology will improve the stability and predictability for plans, and will adjust how the ratings are set in the event of extreme and uncontrollable events such as hurricanes.

The final rule will improve the quality of care for beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid who participate in “Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans” or D-SNPs. These beneficiaries usually have complex health needs and if they have a complaint about their healthcare or about access to items and services, they have to work with multiple organizations, one responsible for Medicare benefits and another responsible for Medicaid benefits, in order to file an appeal. The final rule will create one appeals process across Medicare and Medicaid, which will make it easier for enrollees in

certain D-SNPs to navigate the healthcare system and have access to high quality services.

The final rule will also require plans to more seamlessly integrate Medicare and Medicaid benefits across the two programs, such as notifying the state Medicaid agency (or its designee) of hospital and skilled nursing facility admissions for certain high-risk beneficiaries, to promote coordination of care for these patients.

The recent announcement builds on the 2020 Rate Announcement and Final Call Letter released earlier that gives Medicare Advantage plans flexibility to offer chronically ill patients a broader range of supplemental benefits that are not necessarily health related and can address social determinants of health.

With these new telehealth and supplemental benefits, Medicare Advantage plans will have the flexibility to provide a historic set of offerings to beneficiaries.

Medicare Advantage plans will be able to compete for patients based on their new offerings and overall cost.

CMS is working to update the Medicare Plan Finder with these new choices, so that beneficiaries will be able to see their new choices and benefits and can pick the plans that work best for them.

For a fact sheet on the CY 2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D Flexibility Final Rule (CMS-4185-F), please visit: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/ contract-year-2020-medicare-advantage-and-part-dflexibility-final-rule-cms-4185-f The final rule can be downloaded from the Federal Register at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-06822.pdf

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IDOT Picks Winners Of Sign Contest The Illinois Department of Transportation is recognizing six members of the public for their creative ideas to improve safety as part of the department’s digital message sign contest. More than 1,400 entries were submitted in six categories.

“Millions of drivers see our digital signs each year, so they are an important tool for heightened safety awareness on our roads,” said Acting Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman.

“With more than 1,000 traffic fatalities last year, the public’s messages could be the difference between life and death.”

The six winners will receive a decorative, personalized street sign. Their messages will be in rotation on approximately 100 overhead dynamic message signs statewide in 2019.

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BUSINESS For National Financial Literacy Month, OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest black-owned bank, recently announced its 9th Annual “I Got Bank!”

Financial Literacy Contest.

OneUnited Bank Announces 9th Annual ‘I Got Bank’ Youth Financial Literacy Contest Ten Middle School Age Children Are Eligible to Win $1,000!

For National Financial Literacy Month, OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest black-owned bank, recently announced its 9th Annual “I Got Bank!” Financial Literacy Contest where ten children will win a $1,000 savings account. The contest represents the best essays and art projects that embody the “I Got Bank!” theme.

Students from across the country between the ages of 8 and 12 are

encouraged to read a financial literacy book of their choosing, and either write a 250-word essay or create an art project to show how they would apply what they learned from the book to their daily lives. Submissions must be emailed or postmarked by June 29, 2019.

The Bank will choose ten winners and award each winner a $1,000 savings account at OneUnited Bank by August 31, 2019. For more information, please visit: www. oneunited.com/book.

Teri Williams, OneUnited Bank President and author of “I Got Bank!” wrote the book when she found that there weren’t any books geared toward educating urban youth about finances.

“I Got Bank! What My Granddad Taught Me About Money” is published by The Beckham Publications Group, Inc. (Beckhamhouse). For more information about the official contest rules, please visit: www. oneunited.com/book.

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Walmart expects to spend an estimated $87.5 million this year in Illinois through the remodeling of 16 stores, as well as the launch and continued expansion of several customer-focused innovations.

Walmart will continue to innovate to help customers save time and money by creating a seamless shopping experience that gives them the options to shop when, where and how they want. Examples of customer-focused innovations that will be expanded Walmart expects to spend an estimated this year in Illinois include grocery $87.5 million this year in Illinois through pickup, grocery delivery, and Walmart the remodeling of 16 stores, as well as Pickup Towers, which are 16-feet tall, the launch and continued expansion of high-tech vending machines capable several customer-focused innovations. of fulfilling a customer’s online order in less than a minute once they arrive at the store.

Once the order is ready, customers step up to the Pickup Tower and scan the barcode which is sent to your smartphone to retrieve your item. This year, Walmart plans to add 22 Pickup Towers to stores across Illinois.

The company also recently introduced Walmart Voice Order, which allows customers to simply say “Hey Google, talk to Walmart” and the Google Assistant will add items directly to their Walmart Grocery cart.

Also, a new system in Walmart backrooms – known as FAST – automatically scans and sorts items that come off trucks based on priority and department, allowing associates to spend less time unloading in the backroom and more time on the sales floor with customers. This year, Walmart plans to expand the technology to 50 stores in Illinois.

Other innovations include the autonomous floor scrubber which uses assisted autonomy technology to perform the task of cleaning and scrubbing the concrete floors in stores. The company plans to expand the technology to 52 stores across Illinois this year.

Andrea L. Brookins Recognized for Community Outreach by Lilydale Abbott Park Historical Society

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Andrea L. Brookins, CEO and owner of Brookins Funeral Home received a certificate of achievement for her contributions to community empowerment in the City of Chicago.

This recognition comes on the heals of Women’s History Month and the dawn of a new African-American female mayor of the City of Chicago..

The Black Women United, 21st Ward women’s history program highlighted the strides women have made to build strong communities through service and entrepreneurship.

As an elite group of AfricanAmerican independent female funeral home business owners, Andrea Brookins spoke on the history of female funeral directors

and undertakers. Brookins shared that women were responsible for preparing the dead for burial long before it became a viable way of making money through funeral service.

Brookins said, “Women’s history is happening daily as we work toward building stronger communities through our families, our places of worship, our businesses and through service. Knowing that women paved the way for today’s funeral directors is inpiring and makes me proud. It’s empowering to be part of a profession where women are rapidly leading the charge as funeral directors and business owners, bringing the business of undertaking full circle.”

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FASHION Dropp Announces New Brand Partnerships Team Dropp recently announced that it has hired Jose Rodriguez and Willie Escobar Montanez of Escobar and Sons to manage Brand Partnership strategy for Dropp.

Montanez and Rodriguez have nearly 50 years combined of experience creating, developing and marketing brands, especially in youth and pop culture oriented markets.

Willie Escobar Montanez is well known for his own brand “Willie Esco,” a highly successful urban street wear brand and has worked with globally known brands, including Samsung, Barneys, COOGI, Daymond John, FUBU, KITH, Etonic, Tupac Shakur, Rag & Bone, 424, and Patta.

Montanez has secured licenses for brand development ranging from Tupac Shakur to MGM film/movie licenses that have been instrumental in generating more than $400 million in worldwide sales to date.

Jose Rodriguez has more than 15 years experience developing brands such as Platinum FUBU, Rocawear, Sean John and others. Mr. Rodriguez’s design portfolio has generated more than $200 million in sales.

Focusing especially on brand image, Mr. Rodriguez maintains personal and professional relationships with high profile luminaries and organizations, such as 50 Cent and G-Unit Records, Shady Records, StarPower Global (Fabolous), Roc Nation, Def Jam, the Country of Bermuda and many others.

Willie Escobar stated that “The opportunity to be involved with a company that is redefining the way Brands and Creators interact with consumers allows us to be at the cutting edge of innovation in the music and fashion industry.”

Montanez will focus on taking over as “Head Of Brand Partnerships” and utilize the current roster of brands within their portfolio – Coogi / Jaclar / Lotto Sport

A new report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reveals that Americans spent more than $16.5 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery and minimally invasive procedures in 2018, a four percent increase from the previous year. The new report also breaks down the national average surgeon fee for surgical and minimally invasive procedures.

Among the least expensive surgical procedures are: l Breast augmentation (313,735 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $3,824 l Liposuction (258,558 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $3,518 l Eyelid surgery (206,529 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $3,156 l Labiaplasty (10,246 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $2,924

Willie Monatez and Rap Star Nas

Global / Fubu / Lo Life Brand / Patrick Kelly / Puma / Twinzz and many more.

Rodriguez is appointed to help creator’s who are part of the Dropp Creator Network (DCN) with designing merch and clothing lines to help monetize their brands.

Dropp CIO Gurps Rai had this to say about the appointment “We are delighted to appoint such high calibre industry veterans who will advance Dropp’s Brand Partnerships Strategy allowing the company to collaborate with some of the world’s most influential brands and demonstrating that Dropp represents the next generation of

creator centric technology.”

About Dropp Dropp unleashes the power of the creator through an innovative blend of art and e-commerce creating a new mode of digital interaction, which allows creators to monetize their videos through the patented See it. Want it. Get it. Advanced A.I. video technology. Dropp’s creator first empowering model disrupts retail and video paradigms, inspires multifaceted community-based revenue, and invigorates the cultural energy behind all commerce.

Collaboration sets the stage for Unique.Fashion Launch

Unique.Fashion is delivering a revolutionary, new experience for women. Powered by OnPoint’s computer directed manufacturing (CDM System), Unique.Fashion allows the consumer to create a personalized garment based on their preferences for style and color.

Americans Spent More than $16.5 Billion on Cosmetic Plastic Surgery in 2018

Unique.Fashion recently launched in collaboration with OnPoint Manufacturing (OPM) and the Fashion Institute of Technology’s FIT/Infor DTech Lab. The partnership will lay the groundwork for FIT to launch its own branded lines of apparel and accessories. FIT will develop a brand and a series of labels designed, marketed, and retailed by students through Unique.Fashion and manufactured using OnPoint’s innovative mass personalization on-demand manufacturing solutions and services.

Unique.Fashion is delivering a revolutionary, new experience for women. Powered by OnPoint’s computer directed manufacturing (CDM System), Unique.Fashion allows the consumer to create a personalized garment based on their preferences for style and color.

And in stark contrast to today’s traditional sizing models, Unique.Fashion, in cooperation with OnPoint and the PAAT network, enables the consumer to create a personalized size that equates to a custom-tailored garment by simply inputting a few variables.

Consumers who visit Unique.Fashion are guided through a process which takes just seconds, asking for fewer than a handful of data

points regarding specific body measurements.

Through advanced backend technologies, these data points are input into the Human Solutions size engine and translated into OnPoint Manufacturing’s state of the art, on-demand mass personalization apparel facility where the garment is produced and delivered to the end consumer in a matter of days.

“For years the industry has suffered and continues to be constrained by an outdated and non-consumer centric design, product development, and delivery model, especially when it comes to meeting the need for personalization in apparel,” says J. Kirby Best, chairman, OnPoint Manufacturing and PAAT. “Unique.Fashion and OPM are working with others to soon provide brands, designers and design students with the necessary, affordable tools to get closer to the consumer. It is time for the apparel industry to reap the profitability, sustainability, and speed to market that other industries enjoy by embracing the on-demand model.”

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Among the most expensive surgical procedures are: l Facelift (121,531 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $7,655 l Tummy tuck (130,081 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $6,253 l Breast reduction (43,591 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $5,680 l Nose reshaping (213,780 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $5,350 “Many surgical and minimally invasive procedures are performed in conjunction with each other,” said Alan Matarasso, MD, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. “For example, a facelift procedure is often complemented with injections of soft-tissue fillers. When these procedures are combined it not only provides optimal results, but it can be more economical for patients.”

The most-performed minimally invasive cosmetic procedures and their national average surgeon fees: l Wrinkle treatment injections (such as Botox®, Dysport®) (7,437,378 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $397 l Chemical peel (1,384,327 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $669 l Laser hair removal (1,077,490 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $285 l Microdermabrasion (709,413 procedures): National average surgeon fee of $131 Percentage Increases and Decreases The national average surgeon fee for breast augmentation surgery increased 2.8 percent from 2017. The cost for liposuction increased 4.2 percent and the cost for nose reshaping and tummy tuck increased 4.4 percent. The surgical fee for eyelid surgery increased 4.3 percent from last year. The cost for neurotoxin injections, like Botox® and Dysport®, increased by 3 percent from 2017, while the cost for laser hair removal decreased by 2.7 percent. Chemical peel and microdermabrasion fees decreased by 4 percent compared to last year.

What’s Not Included Cost factors for most cosmetic surgeries include the type of surgery chosen, location of surgery, surgeon’s experience and insurance coverage. Fees generally do not include anesthesia, operating room facilities or other related expenses.

“Cost is always a consideration when considering an elective surgery,” said Dr. Matarasso. “However, the least expensive procedure is the one done correctly the first time.”

“When considering a procedure, ask your friends and family, review before and after pictures and take the time to consult with more than one board-certified ASPS member,” Dr. Matarasso continued. “A patient’s primary focus should be selecting a plastic surgeon who places a quality result and the patient’s safety at the forefront of every procedure.”

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Prince: Three Years Later Fans say their ‘Guitar still Weeps’

BY STACY M. BROWN NNPA NEWSWIRE CORRESPONDENT @StacyBrownMedia

Three years ago, the world lost another icon: Prince.

Prince Rogers Nelson, the Minneapolis-born, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honoree and multiGrammy-winning artist collapsed in an elevator and died of an accidental prescription drug overdose at his Paisley Park home and studios on April 21, 2016.

He was 57.

Standing at just 5 feet 2 inches, the legendary Purple Rain singer was proof that physical stature is no indication of the impact an individual can have on the entire world. “No other single album influenced me as a teenager and into my adult years more than Purple Rain,” said Michael Stover, president of MTS Management Group and MTS Records.

“The album is sheer perfection, and Prince was a once in a lifetime. I’ve always told people that Prince is the 20th and 21st century equivalent to Mozart or Beethoven,” Stover said.

Prince’s groundbreaking 1984 album Purple Rain sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and produced such era-defining hits as “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” and the title track, “Purple Rain.”

The album earned three Grammy Awards and three American Music Awards while the film earned an Oscar for Best Original Song Score, the last to receive the award.

Just two years prior, in 1982, Prince released,“1999,” his fifth studio album which sold more than 6 million copies and was his first to reach the top 10 on the Billboard music charts.

It proved that the crossover star was just getting started.

Born on June 7, 1958 Prince was named after his father, whose stage name was Prince Rogers and who performed with a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio, according to the website PrinceVault.com.

In a 1991 interview, Prince’s father, John L. Nelson, said he named his son Prince because “I wanted him to do everything I wanted to do.” With albums like “Prince,” “Controversy,” “1999,” “Purple Rain,” “Sign O’ the Times,” and “Musicology,” Prince released nearly 1,000 songs over his career.

He has won multiple Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. In 2004, Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That same year, he was named the top male pop artist of the past 25 years and Rolling Stone ranked Prince No. 27 on their list

of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

“The highlights of Prince’s life are so many – how to pick one? From the first time I watched Purple Rain in the theater – where the girls in Boston screamed at the screen every time Prince was in a scene – to the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps; to the most amazing Super Bowl halftime performance ever where Prince said, ‘Can you make it rain harder?’ when a concerned producer checked in with him before he was supposed to go on; his life was one of brilliance that inspires us to this day,” recalled Terence O’Toole Murnin, a Prince fan who lives in Arizona.

Another fan, Nicholas Wolaver, attended what would be Prince’s final concert series in Atlanta in 2016. It was following that show that a plane carrying the superstar was forced into an emergency landing because Prince needed immediate medical attention for an apparent overdose.

Doctors revived Prince and less than a week later as a private doctor was arriving at Paisley Park to help the singer with addiction, he was dead.

“I started listening to Prince in the fourth grade with Little Red Corvette and other pre-Purple Rain hits on the radio,” Wolaver said.

“Later my college journey took me to Minnesota where the local scene was much more informative about Prince’s impact there. I attended three of his concerts in Atlanta, including an arena show, an intimate performance with only a few hundred people and finally that penultimate concert at The Fox Theatre,” Wolaver said.

“For the arena and intimate show, he was all about the guitar, while the piano was the centerpiece for the final events – he rocked any instrument he touched. I still have a recording from that penultimate concert on my phone and play it often and reflect on the life he led and music he created.

He’s greatly missed,” he said.

For Ginna Currie of New York, she said she’s thankful that famed director Spike Lee throws an annual block party in Brooklyn in memory of Prince.

“I have been a Prince fan since 1979’s ‘I Wanna Be Your Lover,’” Currie said.

“It is still hard to comprehend that there will be no more Prince concerts to attend. Every couple of years Prince was in the New York metro area on tour,” Currie said.

“He was the consummate entertainer with singing, dancing and playing guitar, piano, drums. I listen to his music almost every day and I just wish [Prince’s] family would release the music inside the vault,” she said.

Prince performing in April 2008. Photo Credit: penner

One Night Only! The Den Theatre Presents Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons brings his stand-up act to The Den Theatre for one night only on Saturday, May 4 at 7 pm on The Heath Mainstage, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago.

Tickets ($25 general admission, $40 VIP tables) are currently available at www.thedentheatre.com, in person at The Den box office or by calling (773) 697-3830. Ages 21+.

Mixing an incisive wit with scathing

sarcasm, Greg Fitzsimmons has achieved success as a stand-up, Emmy Award-winning writer and host on both radio and TV. Greg is host of The Greg Fitzsimmons Show, on SiriusXM’s “Howard 101” and twice a week puts out the hugely popular FitzDog Radio podcast. A regular on @Midnight, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and The Tonight Show, Greg has made more than 50 visits to The

Howard Stern Show.

Greg has a new one-hour standup special on Comedy Central, stars in season two of How To Be a Grown Up (TRU TV) and appeared on Louie (FX) this past season. He is a frequent guest on The Adam Carolla Show and The Joe Rogan Experience and will appear later this year in both Comedy Bang Bang (IFC) and Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Adult Swim). www.thechicagocitizen.com

A frequent panelist for five years on Chelsea Lately, Greg also spent five years on VH1’s Best Week Ever, hosted Pumped (The Speed Channel) last year and he starred in two halfhour stand-up specials on Comedy Central. Greg’s 2011 book, “Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons,” climbed the best-seller charts and garnered outstanding reviews from NPR and Vanity Fair.

Writing credits include HBO’s

Lucky Louie, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Man Show, and many others. On his mantle beside the four Daytime Emmys he won as a writer and producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show sit “The Jury Award for Best Comedian” from The HBO Comedy Arts Festival and a Cable Ace Award for the MTV game show he hosted called Idiot Savants.

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Dance for Life Chicago Announces 2019 Lineup Annual Dance Community Fundraiser Takes Place Aug. 17 Dance for Life Chicago announces a lineup of popular companies and artists returning to the stage August 17 at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr., Chicago. Dance for Life, which mobilizes Chicago’s dance community by raising funds through dance, presents this annual benefit performance, which this year is followed by a gala reception at the Hilton Chicago.

Joining the Partner Dance Companies that perform each year—Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Joffrey Ballet—are Chicago Dance Crash, Chicago Human Rhythm Project and Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater. The concert features a work in tribute to late dancer, choreographer and instructor Claire Bataille, choreographed by Robyn Mineko Williams, and concludes with a finale choreographed by Randy Duncan.

Co-chairs for the 28th annual Dance for Life are Tom Ferguson Gomez and Mark Ferguson Gomez.

Dance for Life showcases the city’s unique variety of dance traditions and styles by bringing together talented, world-renowned professional dancers from Chicago on the same stage.

Dancers unite to support those facing critical health issues by generously donating their time, energy and artistry to the cause. Throughout its history, Dance for Life has presented 37 Chicago-based professional dance companies and numerous choreographers.

The program Giordano Dance Chicago performs SOUL, choreographed by Ray Leeper, a high-energy contemporary work to music performed by Tina Turner, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Al Green.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) performs an excerpt from one of its signature works, Minus 16, choreographed by Ohad Naharin.

The Joffrey Ballet’s work will be announced at a later date.

Chicago Dance Crash performs Leap of Faith, choreographed by Artistic Director Jessica Deahr, which showcases its span of breakdance, acrobatics, hip hop and concert dance techniques with a celebration of movement in the most raw, pure form: a freestyle.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s work will be announced at a later date.

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater performs an excerpt from Mar de Fuego/Sea of Fire, a flamenco contemporary ballet choreographed by Carlos Rodriguez, which he dedicates to

Dance for Life Chicago announces a lineup of popular companies and artists returning to the stage Aug. 17 at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr., Chicago.

the late Dame Libby Komaiko, Ensemble Español founder, for her love, passion and dedication to the art form of Spanish dance, music, arts, culture and education.

Also on the program, former HSDC dancer and award-winning choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams premieres a work inspired by the late Claire Bataille, one of HSDC’s founding dancers, as well as a choreographer and director of the Lou Conte Dance Studio.

Randy Duncan is creating a finale using dancers from around Chicago to conclude the evening on a high note.

Dance for Life Chicago, which takes place Saturday, August 17, begins with the performance at 6 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr., followed by a gala reception and buffet dinner at the Hilton Chicago Grand Ballroom, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Tickets—$300–650 for both the performance and gala reception and $15–75 for the performance only—go

on sale May 1 by phone at 312.341.2300, online at chicagodancersunited.org or in person at the Auditorium Theatre Box Office.

Tickets will also be available as an add-on to the Auditorium Theatre’s 2019–20 season.

Group tickets (10 or more) are available by calling 312.341.2300.

Dance for Life Dance for Life supports organizations and dance professionals facing critical health issues. Proceeds from Dance for Life benefit The Dancers’ Fund, which was established in response to the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the dance community, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. The Dancers’ Fund now offers assistance in, but is not limited to, health matters, housing, utilities, insurance, medication and travel. As a unifier of Chicago’s dance community, Dance for Life supports a thriving dance community by focusing on its health and well-being through The Dancers’ Fund.

For more information about Dance for Life, visit chicagodancersunited.org.

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Undesign the Redline Exhibit Now Open The National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) invites the public out to the opening of an important exhibition Undesign the Redline, in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners, Designing the WE and Elevated Chicago. The exhibit runs now through May 31 at the museum office on 625 N. Kingsbury St, 10:00AM to 5:00PM. Coming to Chicago on the latest leg of its national tour, Undesign the Redline is an interactive exhibition that explores both the impacts of discriminatory housing policies and the innovative responses of activists to counteract systemic racism and classism. Examining the history of structural discrimination through the near century-old history of Redlining, the exhibit invites visitors to share their own ideas to undesign systemic housing issues in the present day. Featuring stories of housing activism such as Marion Stamps & the Chicago Housing Tenants Organization successful Rent Strike against HUD, Martin Luther King’s Chicago Freedom Movement, and Dorothy Gautreaux’s successful discrimination lawsuit against the Chicago Housing Authority, Undesign the Redline speaks to the troubled past, present and future of racially biased housing policies in America.

“The legacies of redlining, including unequal economic opportunities, health and education disparities, and racial segregation, are still deeply part of our city,” says National Public Housing Museum Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee, “and we need to go upstream to solve these issues. And for us, upstream means going back in time and becoming astute students of history to understand how these systems came to be in order for us to undo them for our collective futures.”

Also on display at the museum will be a collection of rare color photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King leading the Chicago Freedom Movement, taken by Bernard Kleina during King’s visit to Chicago in 1966. The only known color images of King in Chicago, Kleina’s images capture King’s momentous work to protest unfair housing policies in the city. The exhibit will also feature an installation by photographer Celestia Morgan that explores the history of racial housing discrimination exemplified in Birmingham, Alabama.

The opening night party will be held in conjunction with the Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (CAFHA). Before its run at the NPHM, the exhibit will be available at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Money Museum. After appearing at the National Public Housing Museum, the exhibit will be hosted in two more locations in Chicago: the Loyola University Museum of Art, from June 18 to October 19, and the Harold Washington College, from October 28 to November 29. For a full schedule of the exhibit’s tour around the country, please visit the Enterprise Community website.

The National Public Housing Museum preserves, promotes, and propels housing as a human right, and the right for all to a place where they can live and prosper—a place to call home. The Museum’s permanent home is currently under construction, and will be located in the last remaining building of the historic Jane Addams Homes at 1322 West Taylor. The Museum will include restored apartments from multiple generations of public housing museums, an oral history archive and storytelling spaces, an Entrepreneurship Hub, and public art galleries that bring people together to create positive impact on policy and communities.

The exhibit is reachable by public transit. Ample street-meter parking surrounding the office is available as well as a public parking lot at 520 North Kingsbury Street, which charges $12 per hour at the corner of Grand and Kingsbury. This event is wheelchair accessible. Individuals requiring sign-language interpreters, real-time captioners, or other accommodations should contact Mark Jaeschke at 773.245.1621 or mjaeschke@ nphm.org at least one week in advance of the event.

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________________________________________ AC 4-10-2019 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.LATECIA M. GREEN, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, COUNTY OF COOK Defendants 2018 CH 11316 14417 S. CLARK ST RIVERDALE, IL 60827 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 24, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 14417 S. CLARK ST, RIVERDALE, IL 60827 Property Index No. 29-04418-072-0000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-09676. 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. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-09676 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code.

21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 11316 TJSC#: 391293 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. I3116558 ________________________________________

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