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Proviso mobilizes resources after student deaths Two Maywood teens, East students, have died by suicide in less than a month By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
Community members across Proviso Township are mobilizing support services after the deaths of two area high school students in less than a month. The students were both 15-year-old sophomores who attended Proviso East and lived in Maywood, Proviso Township High School District 209 officials confirmed. One student died on Nov. 22 and another died on Dec. 9, both by suicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Although the students are known by community members and school officials, and the name of the first student has See EAST SUICIDES on page 3
SHANEL ROMAIN
A GREAT DAY IN MAYWOOD: Sen. Kimberly Lightford, the lawmaker most influential in helping the park district secure funds to renovate and reopen the facility at 809 Madison St. in Maywood, inside of the third floor of the building named in her honor this month.
For Lightford, new center is a mission accomplished
The Lightford Recreation Center’s namesake expressed fulfillment during public opening on Dec. 15 By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
As community members filed through the Lightford Recreation Center, 809 Madison St. in Maywood, on Dec. 15, the facility’s
namesake, state Sen. Kimberly Lightford (4th), basked in the glory of it all. The park district’s central area headquarters — a large corner spanning 8th and 9th Avenues along Madison Street
that includes outdoor recreational space and two brick buildings connected by an enclosed walkway — was where Lightford See LIGHTFORD CENTER on page 4