South suburban Citizen 8-22-2018

Citizen Week of Aug. 22, 2018

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Legendary singer/songwriter Aretha Franklin (pictured) performed “My Country ‘Tis Of Thee’” at the U.S. Capitol during President Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. This was a moment which will not soon be forgotten. Photo Credit: Cecilio Ricardo, U.S. Air Force

FUNERAL SERVICES PLANNED FOR THE QUEEN OF SOUL Funeral services for Aretha Franklin, who died last week have been announced. There will be a public viewing on Aug. 28 and Aug. 29 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit and a private funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 31 at Greater Grace Temple also in Detroit.

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION

NEW LAWS BY COLLINS SIMPLIFY TEACHING LICENSURE, FIGHT CHRONIC ABSENCES Under two new education provisions by State Senator Jacqueline Collins, qualified individuals working toward their teaching credentials will have a smoother path to obtaining them, and schools will review chronic absence data to find ways of fighting truancy.

Senate Bill 3536, sponsored by Senator Collins, would allow educators who lack a Professional Educator License but already possess similar credentials to participate in a licensure program while they continue to teach in a community-based program.

House 5771 provides that schools receiving Preschool for All or Preschool for All Expansion funds will collect and review their chronic absence data and determine how schools can help families overcome the reasons their students are absent. The first public report on those findings will be scheduled for 2020.

The governor signed both measures into law recently. They both take effect July 1, 2019.

HEALTH

US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) CLEARS NATURAL CYCLES AS THE FIRST DIGITAL METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES Natural Cycles recently announced that its application for De Novo classification as a Class II medical device has been granted by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA), making Natural Cycles the only app to be cleared in the United States as a form of birth control. Natural Cycles can also be used to help plan a pregnancy by identifying their most fertile days. For more information, visit https://www.naturalcycles. com/en

LAW & POLITICS

NEW SIMS LAW REESTABLISHES COMMISSION TO REVIEW POLICE PRACTICES State Senator Elgie R. Sims Jr., a Democrat from Chicago, recently announced that the Commission on Police Professionalism will continue to review police practices to ensure better police-community relations.

The commission was established when a groundbreaking law enforcement reform package became law in 2015. This legislation, signed into law recently, includes many recommendations issued by President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and extends the commission’s sunset date from Dec. 31, 2018 to July 1, 2019.

The commission was designed to review current training, the certification process of law enforcement and law enforcement duties and to determine whether some law enforcement officers should be licensed.

“This commission is all about working closely with law enforcement throughout our state to form better relationships between police and the communities they serve,” said Sims.

Senate Bill 3263 takes effect Jan. 1, 2019.

Funeral Services Planned for the Queen of Soul Continued from page 1

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

Funeral services for Aretha Franklin, who died last week have been announced. There will be a public viewing on Aug. 28 and Aug. 29 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit and a private funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 31 at Greater Grace Temple also in Detroit.

Known as the Queen of Soul, Franklin has a musical and cultural history that touched millions of people over the last six decades, from her first recording as a teenage gospel star to her most recent RCA Records release called Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics, according to her official website.

One of her most notable performances in recent memory was her moving performance of “My Country Tis Of Thee’” sung at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009.

“Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace,” President Obama tweeted just hours after the news of Franklin’s passing became public.

Franklin also performed at the inaugural gala of President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and she performed “I Dreamed A Dream” at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993, according to Time Magazine.

In 1967, Franklin won her first two Grammy Awards for her song Respect which was chosen as the Best Rhythm and Blues Recording and the Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance by a Female that year.

Since that time, she received 44 nominations and 18 total Grammy Awards for her classic songs like, “Chain Of Fools,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Hold On I’m Comin,” and “Never Gonna Break My Faith”.

In 1991 she was awarded the Grammy Legend Award, in 1994 she was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and for now, she has five recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame, according to the Recording Academy.

There is no question that Franklin touched lives with her music, but more than that, she changed lives through her work as a civil rights activist and often used her platform as a musician to spark a deeper conversation.

In the second half of the 20th century, Franklin publicly supported Angela Davis, a well known revolutionary and civil rights activist, and in 1970 when Davis was arrested on charges of murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy, Franklin told Jet Magazine that

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Louise Franklin (pictured in 1967), died on Aug. 16 at the age of 76 after battling advanced pancreatic cancer. The 18-time Grammy Award winner passed away at her home in Detroit with her family and loved ones by her side. Photo Credit: Atlantic Records.

she would post Davis’ bond, “whether it was $100,000 or $250,000.”

The Dec. 3, 1970 issue of Jet Magazine went on to quote Franklin as saying “My daddy (Detroit’s Rev. C.L. Franklin) says I don’t know what I’m doing. Well, I respect him, of course, but I’m going to stick by my

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beliefs. Angela Davis must go free. Black people will be free.”

There is no doubt that Franklin had a soul that was cherished and will be missed dearly,but her voice will forever live on through her robust catalog of music that has truly transcended race, class, and time.

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NEWS

Students Get Back To School Shopping Spree From Target

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

The Blue Island/Robbins Neighborhood Network recently partnered with the Target Store in Morgan Park, 11840 S. Marshfield Ave., to offer 100 local students $100 each for a back to school shopping spree. Students were able to get anything and everything they needed including school supplies, backpacks, uniforms, and new shoes to start the school year off right.

The Blue Island/Robbins Neighborhood Network is an initiative from the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. There are a total of 10 Neighborhood Networks supporting various communities across the city by providing them with the necessary resources for success, like helping with back-to-school shopping.

Target partnered with United Way of Metropolitan Chicago to provide a Back to School Shopping spree for 100 students in all 10 Neighborhood Networks. The superstore’s total investment of $100,000 across the City of Chicago was not only generous, but also alleviated a major financial burden for many parents.

“This is a resource that Target brought into our community to help parents and to make sure that their children were prepared to go back to school and it just fits our overall goal of providing our residents with whatever resources and services that we can.

I’m happy that Target saw fit to work in all 10 of our communities to provide those opportunities for our children,” said Kentric Benson, Blue Island/Robbins Neighborhood Network project coordinator.

Back to school time is exciting for most students, but can be very stressful for parents who are experiencing a financial hardship. To make sure that the $100 Target gift cards were making

The Blue Island/Robbins Neighborhood Network recently partnered with the Target Store in Morgan Park, 11840 S. Marshfield Ave., to offer 100 local students $100 each for a back-to-school shopping spree.

their way to the right families and students, teachers, administrators, and counselors from Cook County School District 130 and Posen Robbins School District 143.5 worked together to select the children that they thought were most in need, according to Benson.

“I had a parent say to me that they had been recently laid off and they were having to make a decision on paying the bills or trying to figure out how to get their child back to school things.

The shopping spree came right in time and was a blessing,” said Benson.

This is the second year that Target has provided this oppor-

tunity to the Blue Island/Robbins Neighborhood network and Benson said that last year’s Shopping Spree was amazing and this year was even better.

“There was one young lady who was so excited to get her backpack that she put it on in the store, she wore it throughout the store, she wore it to the checkout line, and she wore it out of the store. That’s how happy she was to get a backpack and she found the backpack that she wanted and it was a joy for her to be able to get it,” said Benson.

For more information on the Blue Island/Robbin Neighborhood Network visit www.uw-mc.org.

Advocates call for a moratorium on expressway expansion in Chicagoland For decades, regional planning leaders have urged cities and villages across metropolitan Chicago to build communities in ways that reduce driving and increase walking, bicycling and public transit ridership. But a new analysis by the Active Transportation Alliance shows that the region has only grown more car dependent.

The analysis demonstrates the region’s inability to build its way out of traffic congestion. Between 1996 and 2015 alone, the region spent billions of dollars to add more than 1,000 miles of new roadway that was purported to reduce congestion. The data is consistent with research showing that roadway expansion in urban areas only exacerbates traffic congestion in the long run by inducing more driving that over time fills in the additional roadway space, with congestion rebuilding to previous levels.

For these reasons, Active Trans is calling for a moratorium on expressway expansion.

“The region should stop wasting money on roads that don’t relieve congestion beyond the short-term and spend the money instead on effective strategies like walking, biking and transit that are also healthier and more

sustainable,” said Ron Burke, executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance.

“Shared-use and autonomous vehicles will largely replace the inefficient and deadly practice of relying on 3,000-pound single occupancy vehicles to move people in urban areas, so we need to plan for how to repurpose roads and parking spaces, not expand them.”

Despite relatively slow population growth and the construction of new roads, traffic congestion in metro Chicago has become much worse.

According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, the average Chicagoland commuter lost 31 hours per year to traffic congestion in 1982 and 61 hours in 2014.

A larger percentage of Chicagoland residents are driving to work today compared to 1980, and the total amount of driving in the region has grown approximately four times faster than the population since 1980. While the region’s population grew by 18 percent since 1980, the traffic increased by 66 percent in the same period.

This rapid growth in driving has led to comparatively more traffic congestion, crashes, injuries and

fatalities, as well as more air pollution, flooding and chronic disease due to physical inactivity. It also has made it more difficult for people to access jobs and other destinations without a car, worsening economic hardship for low-income residents.

The Active Transportation Alliance’s 2018 Regional Mode Share Report analyzes commuting trends in the city and suburbs, breaking down the data by transportation mode, county and demographics.

For suburban residents, the percentage of work trips by car increased from 84 percent in 1980 to 86 percent in 2016, while the percentage of suburban work trips by walking, biking and transit decreased from 14.1 to 8.1 percent over the same period. In the city of Chicago, 58 percent of residents drove to work in 1980.

The number increased to 65 percent in 2000 before falling back to 58 percent in 2016. Walking, biking and transit accounted for 40.4 percent of Chicago work trips in 1980 and 36.5 percent in 2016.

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afford a car.

“The region’s continued investment in car-dependency and underfunding of other travel modes discriminates against the poor and people who cannot physically drive by making it difficult to reach jobs and other destinations without a car,” said Burke.

Active Trans sent a letter to the region’s planning agency, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois Tollway Authority (ITA) calling for the exclusion of expressway expansion projects in the new comprehensive regional plan called “ON TO 2050” and in IDOT’s and ITA’s roadway plans.

Active Trans asked each agency to adopt a policy acknowledging that expressway expansion leads to more driving that offsets congestion relief.

The regional advocacy group is also urging the state and region to instead prioritize lasting, cost-effective congestion relief strategies like better public transportation and rush-hour demand management such as converting travel lanes to carpool lanes during rush hour.

While more two-income households have contributed to the growth

in driving, the analysis finds that the main cause is that most people don’t have an effective way to get to work and other destinations without a car, especially in the suburbs.

Active Trans notes that, even if roads are expanded with car pool lanes or tolled lanes as proposed by the Illinois Department of Transportation for I-55 and I-290, the result would be more driving and cars, not less.

Investments in transit, biking and walking carry greater long-term benefits at a much lower cost. The planned expansions of I-294, I-290 and I-55 would cost a combined $7.4 billion.

In comparison, Chicago added 100 miles of new bikeways from 2011 to 2015 for $12 million, and converting expressway lanes to carpool lanes is inexpensive.

The Active Transportation Alliance is partnering with peer advocates and community-based organizations across the region to fight for these changes in the development of the regional plan and beyond. Active Trans’ Walk and Roll the Vote campaign will highlight these issues by educating voters and candidates in the upcoming 2018 statewide elections and 2019 municipal elections.

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BUSINESS Interstate Hotels & Resorts Unveils Two Newly Acquired Premium Chicago Properties

Chicago, Cook County Homeownership to Get Boost with $8 Million NeighborhoodLIFT Program Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), NeighborWorks® America and its network member, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, recently announced the NeighborhoodLIFT® program will expand to the Chicago area with an $8 million commitment by Wells Fargo to boost homeownership in Cook County.

The event in Chicago is Wells Fargo’s 62nd LIFT program launch conducted in collaboration with NeighborWorks America and its network members. The 2018 NeighborhoodLIFT program for Cook County follows the 2012 Chicago LIFT program, which created 547 homeowners by offering homebuyer education plus down payment assistance grants as a result of a $10 million commitment by Wells Fargo.

“The NeighborhoodLIFT program is another example of our commitment to Chicago and Cook County,” said Monica Cole, Wells Fargo’s head of middle market banking for the North region.

“The effort will contribute to the strength of the community by helping hardworking families and individuals get on the path to achieve successful and sustainable homeownership.”

FREE NEIGHBORHOODLIFT EVENT IN CHICAGO AUG. 24–25 The free NeighborhoodLIFT event will be held Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the McCormick Convention Center, Grand Ballroom, South Building, level one located at 2301 S. King Dr., Chicago, Ill., 60616. To learn more about the eligibility requirements and documents needed to apply for a down payment assistance grant, visit www.nhschicago.org/lift. Participating homebuyers can obtain mortgage financing from any participating lender.

Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago will determine eligibility and administer the down payment assistance grants.

“This innovative collaboration will create about 425 homeowners,” said John Santner, regional vice president, Midwest region, NeighborWorks America. “The required homebuyer education classes provided by certified professionals better prepare NeighborhoodLIFT homebuyers to achieve their goal of sustainable homeownership.”

To be eligible, annual incomes must not exceed 80 percent of the local area median income, which is about $67,700 for up to a family of four in Cook County. In addition, there are special parameters for veterans and service members, teachers, law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians who may earn up to 100 percent of the local area median income, which is about $84,600, to reserve $17,500 down payment assistance grants within eligibility requirements. Approved homebuyers will have up to 60 days to finalize a contract to purchase a home in Cook County.

To reserve the full grant amount, participants buying a primary residence with the NeighborhoodLIFT program must commit to live in the home for five years.

“We are ready to assist Cook County families and provide homebuyer education and down payment assistance to help them achieve successful and sustainable homeownership,” said Kristin Faust, president, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago.

“This unique program both prepares people for homeownership and can also help overcome the barrier of coming up with a sufficient down payment.”

Since February 2012, LIFT programs have helped create more than 18,000 homeowners in 60 communities. A video about the NeighborhoodLIFT program is posted on Wells Fargo Stories.

About Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago and NeighborWorks America: Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago is a chartered member of NeighborWorks America, a national organization that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities. NeighborWorks America supports a network of more than 245 nonprofits, located in every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Visit www.nhschicago.org or www.neighborworks.org to learn more.

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“We are pleased to extend our relationship with MAM and add these two historic hotels to our portfolio,” said Interstate Hotels & Resorts CEO, Mike Deitemeyer. “As a global leader in hotel management, we look forward to continuing to deliver value to our owners.”

nterstate Hotels & Resorts unveiled the addition of two new premium branded hotels to its growing portfolio – the Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown /N Loop/Michigan Avenue and Cambria Hotel Chicago Loop-Theatre District.

The hotels were developed by Murphy Development Group (MDG), parent company of Murphy Asset Management (MAM), a leading hotel management support company whose partnership with Interstate continues to bring best-in-class service to the hotel management industry.

“We are pleased to extend our relationship with MAM and add these two historic hotels to our portfolio,” said Interstate Hotels & Resorts CEO, Mike Deitemeyer. “As a global leader in hotel management, we look forward to continuing to deliver value to our owners.”

Interstate Hotels & Resorts currently manages another MAM asset, Hyatt Centric The Loop Chicago, extending their portfolio to three MAM properties. The award-winning Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown/N Loop/Michigan Avenue is a 143-room property, located in the historic Chicago Motor Club building which is located one block south of the Chicago River. The Cambria Hotel Chicago Loop – Theatre District, a vintage 22-story, 199-room property, was originally constructed in 1927 and is situated above the historic Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre. This prime location merges business in the Loop with the highenergy nightlife of Chicago’s popular River North and Streeterville neighborhoods.

“Interstate has been a strong manager for us and we look forward to their support with these two iconic Chicago hotels,” said John T. Murphy, chairman and CEO of MDG. For more information on Interstate Hotels & Resorts, visit www.InterstateHotels.com.

Hertz Celebrates 100th Anniversary with Special Edition Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) – one of the most iconic car rental brands in the world – is celebrating its centennial anniversary by teaming up with Chevrolet to offer the Hertz 100th Anniversary Edition Corvette Z06.

One hundred high-performance Hertz 100th Anniversary Edition Corvette Z06s will be available to rent exclusively at select U.S. Hertz locations.

“Hertz is a leader in the car rental industry for delivering a premium experience that is fueled by our longstanding commitment to provide our customers with caring and efficient service, and access to a variety of specialty and top-rated vehicles,” said Hertz Senior

Hertz 100th Anniversary Edition Corvette Z06

Vice President of Brand Jayesh Patel.

“We’re thrilled to continue to delight our customers and build upon our legacy

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of superior service and unique vehicle offerings with our special Hertz 100th Anniversary Edition Corvette Z06.”

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NEWS Bill To Boost Women-Owned And Minority-Owned Businesses Becomes Law ment better represent those it serves.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Legislation, Encouraging the growth of these proposed by Illinois Comptroller businesses will lead to a more comSusana A. Mendoza, requiring petitive environment for contracts Constitutional Officers to aspire to and, eventually, potential savings for the same goals state agencies do of the state.” working with businesses owned by Constitutional officers women, minorities and will be required to people with disabilities has report annually on their become law. websites how their offices Senate Bill 3106 requires perform in accordance state constitutional officers with BEP procurement to establish aspirational guidelines. goals for contract awards in “I am pleased that accordance with provisions Comptroller Mendoza of the Business Enterprise Susana A. Mendoza and other constitutional for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Un- officers took this initiative,” Repreder this act, 20% of contracts awarded sentative Davis, D-Homewood, said.

“This will help ensure that business to businesses by Constitutional contracts with the state become more Officers, including the Comptroller’s Office, should go to businesses owned equitable, and that helps everyone.”

The General Assembly passed SB by minorities, women, and individu3106 unanimously. The legislation als living with disabilities. has an immediate effective date.

“I would like to thank the spon“The most important part of sors of this legislation, Represenactually supporting the growth tative Will Davis and Senator Toi of these small businesses is when Hutchinson. This marks the first people in positions of authority time in our state’s history that BEP actually make this a priority. I am goals will be applied to all procurethrilled that Comptroller Mendoza ments for the Office of the Compbelieves that we can either talk about troller,” Comptroller Mendoza said. it or do something about it,” Senator “This is just one more step we can Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields, said. take towards making state govern-

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Registration Number:D18155099 on July 31,2018 Under the Assumed Business Name of AM BUSINESS SERVICES with the business located at: 8614 SOUTH CHAPPEL AVENUE, CHICAGO,IL 60617 The true and real full name and residence address of the owner is: ANITA L MARTIN 8614 SOUTH CHAPPEL AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60617, USA __________________________________ Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,”as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County.

Registration Number: D18155069 on July 26, 2018 Under the Assumed Business Name of ON THE FLY TRAVELS with the business located at:649 E GLENWOOD LANSING RD APT 2C, GLENWOOD, IL 60425 The true and real full name and residence address of the owner is: ANGELA BRIDGES 649 E GLENWOOD LANSING RD APT 2C GLENWOOD, IL 60425, USA __________________________________

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coupons used as prizes, candy sale fundraisers, vending machine exteriors -- these are just a few examples of the kinds of junk food marketing that regularly takes place in U.S. schools, and such advertising is taking a toll on children’s health, say experts.

“Fortunately, significant progress has been made nationwide to provide nutritious meals and snacks in cafeterias, vending machines and school stores. However, continued marketing of junk food at school can undermine these improvements. Over time, those messages being marketed shape children’s food preferences, purchase requests, diets and overall health,” says Cheryl Anderson, PhD, nutrition chair, American Heart Association.

To help make the schools in your community a place where children can thrive, consider these suggestions from The Voices for Healthy Kids Action Center, a project of the American Heart Association.

• Healthier Fundraising: Is your child’s school hosting a fundraiser? Get involved and help organize fundraising efforts that don’t involve the sale of junk food. Instead, focus on selling fruit, plants, jewelry or gift items. You could even help organize an event like a walk-a-thon or dance-a-thon that raises money while getting the community moving.

• Learning Life Skills: Some schools have classroom units on nutrition and critical thinking.

Talk to your school’s administration about implementing educational programming to help students identify junk food marketing in their own school and community and discuss how it impacts them.

• Advertising Audit: Despite its prevalence, commercial advertising is usually not a substantial source of revenue for schools. Ninety percent of school officials note that school programs and activities would not be reduced if advertisements of unhealthy food ceased, according to Voices for Healthy Kids. Find out if the junk food marketing taking place in your school district directly contributes to educational programming. If so, ask for healthier food and beverage products to be marketed instead.

• Speaking Out: Get involved by calling school board members and school administrators, or by organizing other members of your community. Tips, resources and information for getting started can be found at voicesforhealthykids.org.

“Often companies that sell junk food spend millions of dollars marketing to children because it works. Children are likely to ask for things that are advertised to them,” says Dr. Anderson. “Be an advocate for school environments that help the next generation lead healthy lives.”

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