Gone too soon
Alan Amato, gay activist Bob Dugal, disability activist John Prine, singer/songwriter
Obituaries pages 10, 27
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April 15, 2020 Vol. 40, No. 38 ONE DOLLAR @oakpark @wednesdayjournal
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$1 million, hopefully $2 million, for Trinity tuition relief Families face COVID-19 woes, school taps reserves and seeks donors By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter
In the face of financial challenges facing the families of its students during the COVID-19 pandemic, Trinity High School said it is taking $1 million from its cash reserves, and hoping donors will match another $1 million, to be used for needs-based tuition relief for the 2020-2021 school year. The school said it has set money aside con-
scientiously for decades to prepare for an emergency and that this was an emergency. In an April 13 statement, the school said it had received approval of its board of directors and the Sponsors Council of the Sinsinawa Dominican Schools to earmark a portion of the school’s Strategic Reserve Fund to support Trinity families impacted
by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis with a one-time tuition assistance grant for the 2020-21 school year. President Laura Curley said in a statement that the school is glad to be in a position to help in such a manner. See TRINITY on page 14
Commercial bakery workers cry foul By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Workers at two suburban food production plants — the Hostess Bakery at 2035 N. Narragansett Ave. in Chicago’s Galewood neighborhood and the Bimbo Bakeries USA plant at 1540 S. 54th Ave. in Cicero — say they are in fear of contracting COVID-19, because their employers will not implement appropriate safety measures. Employees who work at both plants shared letters drafted by management confirming that the Hostess See BAKERIES on page 15
ALTERNATE TRANSIT: A cyclist comes south on Oak Park Avenue from the major road construction on Lake Street. Story on page 14.
ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer
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