Posts by Tim Hadac
West Lawn’s streets need salting
. By Peggy Zabicki Your correspondent in West Lawn 3633 W. 60th Place • (773) 504-9327 . Were you out and about last week? I was. It was like a skating rink out there. Almost slipped a few times. Maybe I should have worn ice skates. I remember when I was a kid, I actually liked sliding on the…
Read MorePruning may lead to more pears
. By Mary Stanek Your correspondent in Archer Heights and West Elsdon 3808 W. 57th Place • (773) 517-7796 . Spring is still far away, but the Staneks are getting ready. Over the past few years, the yield on our pear tree has not been as prosperous as in past years. So, this week, Davey…
Read More‘He was the party’
. Friends mourn passing of Tony O . By Tim Hadac If the Southwest Side had a king of good times, Anthony Orlando Sr. was it. Widely and affectionately known as “Tony O” to his fans, Mr. Orlando died on Saturday, Jan. 20. He was 75 years old. Over the years, Mr. Orlando owned three…
Read MorePro-ceasefire is pro-American
. By Ray Hanania . The Chicago City Council was scheduled on Wednesday, Jan. 31, to consider a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel’s extremist government and the Hamas extremist organization. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and Hamas have been battling each other for more than two decades, using violence against…
Read MoreNot too late to get on the right path
. By Ray Hanania . An armed teenager who had a run-in with police in Oak Lawn back in 2022 has been arrested again, this time in a connection with a robbery and a brutal beating of an innocent man who was exercising at an Orland Park gym on Dec.10. One of the three suspects…
Read MoreMigrants are a political hot potato
. By Rich Miller . Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget, passed last November, deliberately underfunded programs for asylum-seekers. The meager appropriation authority could be exhausted by April, but nobody knows yet what the city plans to do when it reaches that point. Also last November, Gov. JB Pritzker made it clear to reporters that “the state…
Read MoreWe’ll all miss you, Father Flynn
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . As many of you may have heard, the Rev. John Flynn OSA passed away this month at the age of 96. A 1936 graduate of St. Rita High School, Father Flynn celebrated his 70th year in…
Read MoreCold weather is nothing new under the sun
. By Peggy Zabicki Your correspondent in West Lawn 3633 W. 60th Place • (773) 504-9327 . Cold is the topic of the day, that’s for sure. What did we talk about before the arctic temperatures of last week? It does get cold every year. Some years are colder than others. This is nothing new, but I think TV…
Read MorePaczki Day just before Valentine’s Day in 2024
. By Mary Stanek Your correspondent in Archer Heights and West Elsdon 3808 W. 57th Place • (773) 517-7796 . Hopefully the worst of Chicago’s winter is over. But February is right around the corner. Who knows what it will bring? In a little over two weeks, it will be Paczki Day, a great time…
Read MoreFight looming over ‘game changer’ idea
. By Rich Miller . One of the bigger state budget expansion fights we could see play out in Springfield this spring is the creation of a permanent $300 Child Income Tax Credit. The new proposal has been scaled back from last year’s $700 per child tax credit bill, which went nowhere in the House…
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