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Saturday, MAY 18, 201311:00 a.m. 1:0 0 p. m.St. James Lutheran Church8 0 0 0 S . M i c h i g a n

Now accepting GCA $30 ANNUAL MEMBER DUES perfamily for 2013. One vote per membership. If youchoose to mail your dues, please add full contactinfo including phone number and email address.

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A community based, 501(c)(3) organization

Roosev elt K. Voni l, President7 7 3 . 6 3 5 . 6 5 0 0

8202 S. K in g Dr . , Box 507Chicago, IL 60619

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Right now, we need to be mad ahell at CTA! We really have noidea whats going to happen inour community as they work on

the Red Line el!By Leslie Honore, GCA Corresponding Secreta

Our community has heard it said repeatedly ththe modernization and Reconstruction Project the Red Line El was going to be quickly done, rvamped and managed in the best interest of oucommunity. But below is what we do know to btrue and also what we have heard rumoredthat may contribute more in under mining thicom munitys sa fety and prosperity if anythi

Heres whats on-track and off-track as far as tcommunity should be concerned:

Starting May 18th

, both State Street andLafayette will be closed during the lengof the project (approx. 5 months): No c

or trucks will be allowed to park on thestreets. FACT!

Vehicles on the above streets will betowed by the city and fined. During thefirst two weeks, you will only be towedFACT!

No vehicles w ill be allowed to drivdown State Street and Lafayette duringthe entire Reconstruction Project.RUMORED!

CTA wil l be running dual lanes of busdown the closed streets of State andLafayette. RUMORED!

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arterial streets wibe closed down during this projecto accommodate construction equipment. RUMORED!

CTA plans to add additional security tprotect citizens boarding these exprebuses and in the areas affected.RUMORED!

These are just a few of the things we havheard about. Every resident should be disturbby some of these aspects because parking wbe widely disrupted and spill over into bordering, residential streets. Contd on Pag

42 local residents attended GCAs Lunch N Learnseminar on Estate Planning, Saturday, April 27

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It was so well received and informative, well do it again!

1. Meeting Open & Minutes Read2. Presidents Opening Remarks3. Treasurers Report: Arthur Turnbull4. Green & Clean-Up Event: Leslie Honore

Corresponding Secretary5. Alderman Sawyer Ward Report6. GCA Members & Neighbors: Comments,

Suggestions & Program / Seminar Ideas.


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Reported to the GCA Safety & Security Committee: We cant know whats happening in ourarea unless you call us at 773.635.6500 - after you call the police. Afraid? GCA will call for you. OGCA members and residents who give us their email receive our FULL crime reports from locresidents and the Chicago Police. Our distributed newsletter features only a summarized repo

Nine people wounded in weekend violence - Chicago Sun-Times MEDIA WIRE- SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013At least nine people have been wounded in violence in the city this weekend.The most recentincident occurred about 10:40 pm when a man was injured in a shooting in the South Side Chatham neighbor-hood Saturday night. The man, believed to be in his 20s, was shot in the stomach in the 8100 block ofSouthEberhart Avenue, police said. He was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in stable condition

police said(more shooting incidents then cited from other communities.) Block of 86th & Rhodes Email from Resident to GCA: There was a shooting last night in the alley behind 86th & Rhodes. This happen-ed about 1 am on Saturday, April 13th. A person was being questioned about marijuana and ran from police.They caught up to him and he pulled out a weapon. The police shot him! He is in critical condition. Thankfully no

neighbors were harmed. Alley between 86th Vernon & Rhodes-Sent via email to GCA on Thursday,April 18

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: we observed a suspicious-looking/loitering man and woman across from our garage at 8621. Theymoved on as soon as we pulled up to our garage. Similarly, there have been multiple "standing" vehicles in thealley--as if they're checking out various homes. One vehicle, in particular is a dark blueSuburban. Peopl

should be careful & aware in their comings and goings. 87th & King Dr. CHURCHS CHICKEN Emaifrom Resident: I just passed by the Church's Chicken lot, and police are everywhere....I heard a womanscreaming," He tried to rape me". I got the impression that " he" didn't get away...Was hoping to see it on the

news, maybe later. No more details were submitted later to GCA. FROM POLICE REPORTS ON BEATS623, 624, 631 & 632. These are beats where GCA members live. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTARMED/AGGRAVATED HANDGUN: Sat, April 66:52 pm, Block of8200 S COTTAGE GROVESIDEWALK; Wed, April 103:50 pm, Block of 7500 S EBERHARTSTREET; Thu, April 186:30 am, Block of 0E. 75th St. PARKING LOT/GARAGE (NON RES.) & Sat, April 1312:56 am, Block of 8500 S RHODES RESIDENTIAL YARD (FRONT/BACK).ARMED/AGGRAVATED KNIFE/ CUTTING INSTRUMENT: Sun, Marc

245:21 pm, Block of 500 E 82nd St.; Thu, March 28 4:58 pm, Blockof 1000 E 76th St. SIDEWALK & SaApril 6-2:00 pm, Block of 1000 E 81st StAPARTMENT. ARMED/ AGGRAVATEDOTHER DANGEROUSWEAPON: Sat, April 67:19 pm, Block of 8200 S COTTAGE GROVEAPARTMENT & Fri, April 193:00 pmBlock of 7900 S RHODESSTREET. AGGRAVATED BATTERYAGGRAVATED: HANDGUN OR OTHERDANGEROUS WEAPON: Thu, March 282:50 am, Block of 8100 SINDIANA AVESTREET; Sat, April 610:41 pm, Block of 8100 S EBERHARTSIDEWALK; & Mon, April 151:58 pm, Block of 900 E. 83rd St.STREET. BURGLARY FORCIBLE / UNLAWFUL ENTRY / APARTMENT: Again, Apartment burglarieARE INCREASING IN NUMBER. Block clubs, churches & every homeowner needs to give a headsup to apartment owners and renters on their block. Be a good neighbor & pass along your GCAnewsletter to theapartment renters when you f inish. Encourage them to get on our email list. Break-ins on home garages are on the upswing again. Only 5 house break-ins for this period . It looks likehomeowners are working hard to protect their property. Get a video camera for the garage Contd.PG. 4

PLEASE NOTE CRIME TRENDS: Make no mistake, confrontation crim e is escalating!! Thecriminals are aggressive and time of day means nothing! Whether its an AGGRAVATED ASSAULT crime, CTA

crimes and ROBBERY, its happening during any time of the day, or evening. SPECIAL ALERT: A pair of 20-something, young AA males are walking and then robbing folksusually in the alley! There have beenthree (3) incidents that have occurred: 76th & Prairie (on front street); 82nd & Michigan and 79th & Statetook place in the alley.Another incident took place in the alley on Wednesday, May 1st at 85th andPrairie. A resident was talking with a guest when robbed. The two perps dress like they live in our areaand use a gun! These criminals are hoping to see if a resident is coming out in the alley to empty garbage, opetheir garage door as they do some work, or pull their car out. If you see two men walking down the alley that youdont know, dont wait until they walk up on you! Get defensive and go back into your home. Then call thepolice! They have robbed their victims at different times ofthe day and evening. If you happen to be driv-ing through the alley to your garage and see some suspicious guys, try to remember what they are wearing. Butdont confront them! Just call the police! If they are truly neighbors, let the police figure it out! Summer is comingand they arent playing! SO WHY SHOULD WE!! NEW SCAM: Con artists impersonating COMED WORK-

ERS. Scammers insist you must buy a prepaid credit card to avoid a service shut off. NOT TRUE!!

CRIME ALERTS: FROM MARCH 24to APRIL 24,2013


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THE CTA REDLINE PROJECT contd:The last time traffic was diverted to side streets in ourcommunity, the end result was lots of strangers driving through our area. Ultimately, over time, this led to anincrease of criminal predators eye-balling our communitys goods so to speak. Thats when burglaries reallyspiked! If CTA is going to create this hyper bubble of traffic flux, then you would think they would have developeda major, security plan with the Chicago Police to protect us-not just toss out a few, token security guards to looklike they are doing something on paper. CTA crimes in our area have increased! See summary stats. Furthermore,in this struggling economy, closing down any of our main business streets could lead to a total disruption anddemise of our local, small businesses. Could it be that because there is so much unemployment in ourAfrican-American community, so many seniors living in our community and so many vacant businesses inour small, business districts that CTA thinks they can just shove any thing down our throats without getting ourinput? Just asking? GCA wants you to know that we requested in writing that a CTA senior managementrepresentative come to a special Town Hall Meeting to explain to us whats really going on before their May 18

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launch date. We also made calls! We asked for answers to those rumors! WE GOT NOTHING!

PRESIDENT VONILS MESSAGE: On behalf of GCA, I extend our appreciation for all the support thiscommunity provides to us. We are aware of the many concerns about the closing of the Dan Ryan Red Line forextensive and much needed repairs. This project will bring some disruption to many lives. While we are not yetsure of the extent of this disruption, we are, however, sure that the total picture has not been drawn. It will be thetask of all us to monitor this project and to insist on adjustment as may be required. Remember, GCA stands readyto hear and assist in addressing your concerns.

GCA THANKS THESE SPONSORS WHO SUPPORTED OUR FIRSTLUNCH N LEARN SEMINAR ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27th

Allstate(Rep. Leslie Woods 83rd & State Mall), Chatham Foods(327 E. 79th), IL StateRep.Elgie Sims(34th Dist.), Louis Groceries(7602 S. Cottage Grove), RichardWooten& Assoc. (400 W. 76th), Sharon C Powell (GCA Education Chairman) andSubway (83rd & State Mall). A special Shout-Out of thanks to our dynamicpanel of Estate Planning Lawyers: Robin Zina Bryant, Patrick D. John &David E. Trice andalso the Whitney Young Library.

Online registration and application for summer employmentis available now through May 31, 2013.

Additionally, this site can help direct families to summercamps, organized sports programs, summer field trips tocultural institutions and other noteworthy locations acrossthe city. (No computer?Go to Whitney Young Library 79th & King)

http://www.OneSummerChicago.orgAlso, the city has a special, youth summer employment program that seeks out

high-risk young men who want to get their lives back on track.

One Summer Chicago Youth JobsTo help parents and children find and take advantage of these opportunities in the thirdyear of this program, the city of Chicago website is now available for youth to apply for jobsthrough a common application.

The site below also provides information to parents on how to connect with more than190,000 other recreational activities. PARENTS AND TEENS CAN FIND DETAILS ON JOBSAND INTERNSHIPS..

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CRIME ALERTS CONTD CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULTAGGRAVATED ALLEY / STREET/SIDEWALK:Tue, April 910:00 pm, Block of 8600 S KING DR HANDGUNSIDEWALK. NON-AGGRAVATEDRESIDENCE OR APARTMENT: Sun, April 7 10:30 pm, Block of7900 S RHODES AVEAPARTMENT.CTA CRIMES: Wed, March 277:50 pm, Block of 1100 E 79th St.CTA BUS/ROBBERY ATTEMPT/STRONGARM-NO WEAPON; Sun, March 313:05 am, Block of7900 S STATECTA TRAIN/ROBBERYwith HANDGUN; Mon, April 112:20 am, Block of 8000 S COTTAGE GROVE /CTA BUS ROBBERYSTRONGARM & NO WEAPON ; Thu, April 48 pm, Block of 0 W 79th St./ CTA TRAIN CRIMINAL SEXUALASSAULTNON-AGGRAVATED; Sun, April 144:25 pm, Block of 200 W 79th St. CTA BUS ROBBERY/ARMED: HANDGUN; Tue, April 16 6:30 pm, Block of 0 W 79thSt. / CTA PLATFORMLARCENY-THEFT-

POCKET-PICKING; Fri, April 199:05 pm, Block of 0 W 79th

St./ CTA TRAINROBBERY/ARMED withHAND-GUN; Thu, April 1812:45 am, Block of 700 E 87th St. / CTA BUS STOPROBBERY; Sun, April 211:00 pm, Block of 8700 S KING DR / CTA BUS STOPROBBERY STRONGARM with NO WEAPON and TueApril 235:25 pm, Block of 8500 S KING DR / CTA BUS STOPLARCENY/THEFT$500 AND UNDER.MOTOR VEHICLE & TRUCK, BUS OR MOTOR HOME THEFT17 incidents in this time period from 75 th

street to E. 87th street. ROBBERYAGGRAVATED: Sun, March 243:40 pm, Block of 700 E 79th St. SMALL RETAIL STORE.ARMED HANDGUN /ATTEMPTED: Thu, April 116:02 pm, Block of 900 E 79th St.PARKING LOT/GARAGE (NON.RESID.). ARMED HANDGUN: Tue, March 267:47 pm, Block of 7600 SWABASHVEHICLE NON-COMMERCIAL; Thu, March 288:40 pm, Block of 7500 S EVANSRESI-DENCE-GARAGE; Sun, March 31 11:45 pm, Block of 300 W 76th St. SIDEWALK; Sun, March 313:40pm, Block of 600 E 75th St.SIDEWALK; Mon, April 1 8:10 pm, Block of 7800 S CALUMETSIDEWALK;Wed, April 102:15 pm, Block of 8800 S PRAIRIESTREET; Sat, April 137:25 pm, Block of 7900 S

COTTAGE GROVESTREET; Sun, April 141:19 am, Block of 7500 S CHAMPLAINSTREET; Mon, Apr1512:50 am, Block of 7900 S COTTAGE GROVESIDEWALK; Sat, April 20 12:05 am, Block of 8300 SCOTTAGE GROVESTREET; Sat, April 202:30 am, Block of 8300 S ST LAWRENCESTREET; Tue,April 236:30 pm, Block of 7700 S CALUMET SIDEWALK; Tue, April 236:50 pm, Block of 8300 SSTATEDRIVEWAYRESIDENTIAL; Wed, April 243:30 pm, Block of 7500 S PRAIRIE STREET &Wed, April 242:30 pm, Block of 8100 S VERNONSIDEWALK. ARMED OTHER DANG. WEAPON: WedApril 36 pm, Block of8200 S EBERHART OTHER FIREARMSIDEWALK & Thu, April 1810:15 am,Block of7600 S PRAIRIESTREET. STRONGARMNO WEAPON:Tue, March 265:00 pm, Block of 0 E79th St.STREET; Wed, March 279:00 pm, Block of 7900 S COTTAGE GROVESTREET; Fri, March 2912:00 pm, Block of 400 E 79THBARBERSHOP; Tue, April 95:00 pm, 8000 S COTTAGESTREET; Thu,April 117:00 pm, 800 E 81st St.SIDEWALK & Mon, April 155:22 pm, Block of 8000 S STATE-SIDEWALK

GCA GREEN N CLEAN with COMCAST CARES & REAL MENCHARITIES SHOWING THE LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY

These are a few photos shot of the 12 eye-sore locations from 76th street to 87th thatwere submitted by residents. To see allof the before & after photos, go toGCAs new, relaunched Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/GreaterChathamAlliance

8200 S. KingBefore

Sector 2GCA Team Leader: :

Darwin Honore (left) & a GCA ACrew : member Chris Shafferalong with Comcasttcrew:Tamara & K le.

400 Block of E. 87t

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Sector 4 GCA Team Leader Patricia Dortch (second dfrom left), GCA Crew Laura Smiley (left) with Comcast tCrew Daniel & Prescott and Driver Deirdre Pratt. ..

GCA Driver: :Eric ThompsonCourtesySt. MarkChurchh


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8202 S. King Drive, Box 507 773.635.6500 [email protected]

The City's New Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation hasGiven Our Community the Green Light to Make War on

Properties filled with Trash! No Offenders will be Spared!

Okay neighbors: no more playing around with businesses, vacant lots, foreclosed property,unfenced dumping grounds, unkempt house or apartment residences with trash and litterscattered everywhere! If you missed our April GCA meeting, heres the "Call to Action."

GCA was told that Street and Sanitation, under our new Commissioner, expects us to be vigilaand completely report every offender that we see by following the protocol below. If we report itStreet and Sanitation said the "fine" sledgehammerwill be coming down left and right. Believe it! Theven took the first wave of offensive property addresses at our April meeting! See what you missed

Heres the protocol you must follow:1. CALL 311 AND SAY "I want to report to Streets andSanitation a business property (or say vacant lot, foreclosed home, abandoned building, apartmentbuilding, or residential home) that has a lot of trash and garbage on, or around their premises. Next,give the exact or approximate street address / location. Then ask for a service number. Alwayskeep a record of the date you called and the service number. It really helps to take a photo of

the offending property!2. WAIT 10 DAYS. If nothing happensmeaning you pass by the location and see the same garbagsituation, repeat process number one again (see above). Yes, it's frustrating to do it again. But the citywants to make sure that its not "311" that dropped the ball.

3. WAIT 10 MORE DAYS TO SEE IF THE TRASH HAS BEEN REMOVED. If nothing has happenecall the GCA phone line at 773.635.6500, or email GCA at [email protected]. Tell us thename of the business, the address / location and the service number complaint. If it's not a businessthen, please, identify the kind of property it is. We will directly pass this info to the 6th Ward Supt.Paul Bryson and keep a record.

4. 10 more days have to pass to see if the situation has been rectified. . If not,, then CALL GCAGCA was told by the Deputy Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation to directly contact tKEVIN LOMAX, a Neighborhood Outreach Coordinator for Streets and Sanitation...

GCA was assured that if it reaches this level, the business or property owner will receive a fineBusinesses get fined $500 for the first time! If the proprietors or owners do not comply, they willreceive another higher fine (second fine). Lastly, if they receive a third fine ticket, they have to coto court where the city is going to get pretty tough i.e., you can lose your license or property

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