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Articles by Tyrone Pearson
Arbor West Neighbors forum hits the mark
People spoke from the heart and from experience. Housing became the very personal, human thing that most of us just gloss over. The Arbor West Neighbors (AWN) forum at the Oak Park Public Library last Saturday, titled "Creating and Recreating Home: Options for Aging in Community," was well attended, well organized, well informed and inspirational.
Depot District Celebrates Opening of Esthetics Business
Depot District Celebrates Opening of Esthetics BusinessTuesday, November 21st, 2017 1:20 PMShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmailPrintAudrey's Esthetics celebrated a grand opening on November 16. By Berwyn Development Corp
Community rec center is a collaborative win-win
Collaboration among Oak Park public entities is an opportunity for a win-win outcome for our community in need of facilities and services. The public, including Wednesday Journal, has long called for more collaborations which is why the Park District of Oak Park and five other governmental groups came together to complete a community center feasibility study in 2016.
A race to the bottom ... of the world
Two to go: After he conquers Antartica on Thursday, Baehrend will give thanks and look forward to marathons in Africa and Australia. | Submitted photo Continental conquests: Ed Baehrend and his wife, Diana, celebrate his 50th marathon in the U.S. On Thanksgiving he'll take on a much colder challenge. | Submitted photo On Nov. 18, Ed Baehrend flew to Santiago, Chile, and stayed in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped Andes, admiring the city's colonial Plaza de Armas center.
Oak Park board approves fee increases
The Oak Park Board of Trustees approved a number of ordinances increasing fees for various services throughout the village at its Monday meeting. Waste removal rates were increased by 3 percent to cover a 2.5 percent increase in costs under the recently negotiated contract with hauler Waste Management, according to the village. Oak Park residents will pay $2.50 – an extra dollar a month – in an alley improvement fee for a 64-gallon garbage bin.
Safeguards to prevent future Trumps
A year ago, I tried to comfort the community, in the wake of an election that disappointed 85% of us. I observed that the election was already sparking '60s-style activism but said we should wait for the man to do something unacceptable, before taking to the streets. We've suffered a year of unacceptable.
We will not give up on sensible gun legislation
At Thanksgiving, we find ourselves blessed if we are able to gather with loved ones for a delicious meal and the simple gift of being together. It is also a time to think of and pray for those among us who struggle and for those gatherings that have been cruelly altered by loss. This awareness gives deeper meaning to the occasion and provides renewed purpose to strive on against challenges yet overcome.
Condos out, apartments in
" T he challenge we see now on the condo side are non-functioning condo associations." It was a golden age for condo conversions in the Chicago area in the 1980s and 90s, but the financial crash of 2008, changing demographics and a hot market for rental units has sent the pendulum swinging in the other direction. The real estate trend is now toward condo deconversions or bulk sales – where condo buildings are being converted back into rentals – also is taking place in Oak Park.
The obvious solution to our male problem
I am not very interested in the Little Picture. I don't really care about fabric, plates, shrubs or soaps. I'm a Big Picture guy. I'm much more interested in the problem of evil, the existence of the afterlife, and why there is something instead of nothing. Unfortunately, a lot of the Big Picture has been filled in. Copernicus beat me to the heliocentric model of the solar system. Newton worked out gravity. Einstein got relativity.
Three arrested in River Forest carjacking
The River Forest Police Department has arrested three people — a Chicago man and two teenage boys — in connection with an alleged vehicular hijacking that took place in a bank parking lot on the afternoon of Nov. 15. Shannon D. Mitchell, 20, was charged with vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. The two juveniles were petitioned to Cook County juvenile authorities. The charges against the two juveniles were not specified. The victim was at TCF Bank, 800 N.
WJ Conversations: Peter Sagal
In Monday night's Wednesday Journal Conversation (second installment), NPR radio host Peter Sagal was alternately funny and serious, fielding questions from moderator Charlie Meyerson and the audience about his show, "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me," living in Oak Park, and the country's political future.
Hoops Capsules: Huskies, Friars set sights on conference titles
OPRF guard Dashon Enoch can score in a variety of ways. With his overall athleticism and quickness, he's also very disruptive on defense. (file photo) The Oak Park and River Forest and Fenwick High School boys basketball teams both won well over 20 games and enjoyed deep post-season runs last season. With several key returners back for the Huskies and Friars, expectations remain understandably high this year.
Lake and Lathrop plans begin to emerge, vaguely
Sedgwick released plans to the River Forest Development Review Board that have left many scratching their heads over design features and functionality. | Rendering supplied by Sedgwick Development At long last, details are emerging about the condo-retail combo planned for the corner of Lake and Lathrop. Members of the River Forest Development Review Board heard Nov.
Time to hurry up at OPRF
Right at the very end of last week's blunt and searing forum on race and education at OPRF, a young woman, a freshman at the school, came to the microphone. She has attended public school in Oak Park through elementary and middle school, now high school. And in those years, she has never once had a teacher who wasn't white. Aggressively growing the number of African American teachers was a recurring thought through the powerful session on Nov. 14.
THE LAW OFFICE OF ANDREW BARONE OPENS NEW PRACTICE IN BERWYN
The practice is owned and operated by Andrew Barone, who brings clients 17 years of experience in Social Security Disability law. Past clients include children, adults, veterans and railroad workers. A graduate of Morton West High School in Berwyn and University of Illinois at Chicago, Andrew worked his way through college as a carpenter. "During my time as a carpenter, I realized how quickly health and good fortune could be lost when one suffers a work-ending injury or illness," said Andrew.
Enyia won't run for Congress
Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-7th), far left, and Amara Enyia, far right, at a joint press conference held Nov. 15 in Austin to announce the creation of a youth program the two are collaborating on. Enyia, who flirted with running against Davis in September, has opted not to run. At a Sunday, Nov. 15, press conference, Amara Enyia announced that she won't run for the seat in Congress currently held by U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-7th).
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