Blog Question

What do you think about some of our Senators and Congressmen sending our young people to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq but want to keep detainees held in a prison in Western Illinois? Maybe they should go to Iraq and Afghanistan themselves and let the young people that are being killed and maimed should make all of the key decisions about the war. Leave your comments on the comment line.

Blog Question

Would you like to see, for the sake of Chatham rebuilding itself, a Costo at 84Th & King Drive, a luxury 5-star hotel of about 12 stories at 79Th & State Street, a health and fitness club at 79Th & Rhodes Avenue, a Starbucks at 79Th & St. Lawrence Avenue and at the former newsstand at the 79Th Street CTA Red Line Station and bike lanes with bike racks on 79Th Street between State Street and Cottage Grove Avenue and on King Drive between 75Th Street and 87Th Street. Leave your comments on the comment line.

Special Note

Burials have resumed at scandal-ridden Burr Oak Cemetery.

Chatham History Brief

In 1889 after Chatham was annexed to Chicago as a part of the Village of Hyde Park and the Town of Lake, there was an influx of railroad workers for the Illinois Central Railroad seeking a good place to live, accessible to transit to the downtown area from the rural and small town vicinity--they were mainly, Hungarian, Swedish, Italian, Irish, Polish, and German immigrants... But change came in about 1950 with Marquette Road as the color line, with a growing migration of southern blacks, and so did the neighborhood. In the early 1950s, Blacks began to migrate further south into areas such as Chatham.

Man critically hurt in shooting near Dan Ryan

26-year-old South Chicago man is in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries after being shot and wounded Tuesday night near the Dan Ryan Expressway, authorities said.
The victim was with friends in the 7900 block of South Wabash Avenue when a fight broke at about 9 p.m., police said.
As the victim started running away, he was shot multiple times but suffered graze wounds to the head and his upper back, police said.
The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, fire department spokesman Quention Curtis said. Police said his condition had improved. We, at the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council, highly recommend that all resident that great vigilance of all individuals of a suspicious nature and report them to us here at CAPCC and naturally, call the Police at 9-1-1.

Candidate Forum Report

We, at the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council, were pleased to attend a Candidate Forum at the New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church at 77Th and Cottage Grove Avenue on Saturday, November 14, 2009. Property taxes and the moratorium on the increase of them have ended this year. Jobs expected from the federal stimulus grants to the state did not materialize in the black community in Chicago. Candidates discussed the issues of the day in these areas for the upcoming campaigns for the February 2, 2010 Democratic primary.

Condolences to the family of Mr. Michael Scott

We, at the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council, express our deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Michael Scott for his sudden passing this morning...a body tentatively identified as Michael Scott, President of the Chicago Board of Education was found in the Chicago River. Reportedly Michael Scott shot himself in the head along the banks of the Chicago River near the Merchandise Mart.