Fall 2012 Galewood Gazette

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The Galewood Gazette
Fall
2012
A quarterly community newsletter for the Chicago neighborhood of Galewood
Our Fall 2012 Issue
Have you ever wondered what the inside of Mars Candy Company looks like? A
Galewood neighbor has shared with us photos of the candy factory from 1938. Do
you have odds and ends to sell? Join the community wide yard sale on September
15th. Did you know a neighborhood church was having their centennial celebration
this year or have you walked by the latest mosaic mural created by neighborhood
kids at Rutherford Sayre Park? You will learn about both in this issue of the Gazette.
In addition you will also find community news, updates from State Representative
Lily and Alderman Sposato, and news from North Avenue.
Thank you to our Gazette contributors: Pat, Neal, Cary, Tom, Michelle, Wendy, Jen,
Bryan, Alderman Sposato, and State Representative Lilly. Keep up the good work!
Galewood Community Church
A Trip Thru Mars
A booklet titled “A Trip Thru Mars – We Saw Behind the Scenes”
published in 1938 gave the public a glimpse inside the Mars
Candy Company. The Mars factory has been part of the
Galewood community since 1929. For more photographs from
the booklet see page 11.
Inspecting eggs at the Mars Candy Company
If you are a new fan of the Gazette and would like to receive future issues send an e-mail to [email protected]
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The Garden Club of Galewood Mont Clare
By: Pat Schwandt
This summer has been a challenge for our local gardeners with our hot and dry conditions.
However, our members have been joining together to maintain our Community Garden
at Rutherford Sayre Park and meeting to learn more about gardening.
In June we learned about the wildlife that visits our gardens, often unbeknown to us.
Lamanda Joy joined us in July to share her ideas for developing a community garden,
where individual families work plots of soil similar to the Victory Gardens during the 1940’s. Members gathered in
August in a fellow member’s garden for our annual summer pot luck and lots of gardening talk.
This fall we have scheduled some interesting meetings:
Join us Saturday, September 29th when Suzanne Gacek will talk about composting. This interesting topic will be
explored at 9:30 am at Rutherford Sayre Park.
We are looking for volunteers to help do the fall clean-up at our Community Garden at Rutherford Sayre Park on
Saturday, October 27th at 9:30 am. Please join us, lend a hand, and meet some neighbors.
Do you have a unique, beautiful, or just simply amazing plant specimen in your yard? Take a photo and plan to
share it with the Garden Club. We want to see it at our meeting on November 17 th at 9:30 am at the West Belmont
Library, so get your cameras out now!
SHOP. SELL. BUY.
Galewood Community
Yard Sales
Saturday September 15
8 am – 4 pm
Sears National Safety Weekend
1601 N Harlem Ave
Chicago, IL 60707
Saturday October 13 from 10 am – 4 pm
Sunday October 14 from 11 am – 4 pm
Join in the community yard sale! Set up a sale in
your front yard or explore the neighborhood while
shopping for bargains. All sellers must have a
completed permit form from the 36th Ward office.
The Community Yard Sale is organized by the
Galewood Residents Organization (GRO).
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Galewood Residents Organization (GRO)
By: Neal Wankoff
The Galewood Residents Organization (GRO) is a group of neighbors from Galewood and Montclare who meet on a
monthly basis and work toward making our neighborhood great. Our meetings are open to all who wish to attend
and everyone has the opportunity to have their voice heard. We usually meet at the Galewood Community Church
the second Thursday of the month at 7pm and our meetings typically last an hour. Our next meeting is September 13
and we hope to see you there!
GRO recently organized a community-wide DIY (do it yourself) Picnic at Rutherford Sayre Park. A number of families
met near the playground despite the rainy weather and a good time was had by all.
GRO members are coordinating and promoting the annual Community-wide Yard Sales on Saturday, September 15.
We recommend starting at 8 am and ending at 4 pm. Each household which is participating must request a permit
from Alderman Sposato’s office prior to the sale date. There is no fee for the permit. The ward office is located at
6934 W Diversey and the office hours are 9-5 pm Monday through Friday with evening hours on Thursday nights.
Our annual community holiday potluck will return again this December. This is a wonderful time to rejoice in each
other’s company and share our diverse cultural traditions. We will be letting everyone know the date and time when
we get closer to the holiday season.
North Avenue Business Association Announces
2012 Scholarship Award Recipients
By: Wendy Tannenbaum
The North Avenue Business Association (NABA) is pleased to announce its 2012 Scholarship Award recipients.
Congratulations to Brianna Harris and Yazmin Alford.
Brianna Harris, a Galewood resident, graduated from Steinmetz Academic Centre. She was ranked seventh in her
class, participated in the International Baccalaureate Program (a rigorous academic program), was an exchange
student in Switzerland, an accomplished track star, and a volunteered at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
Brianna started attending DePaul University this summer; she’s majoring in business management. She plans on
continuing her education in Paris, in the art of pastries.
Yazmin Alford, graduated from Oak Park & River Forest High School. She was a member of the student council, a
leader in the Black Organization for Student Success Club and performed her poems in the Spoken Word Poetry
Club. Yazmin is attending DePaul University and is majoring in accounting and minoring in marketing.
The NABA Scholarship Program was established in 2006. Scholarship awards of $1000 each are presented to two
local graduating high school seniors continuing their education as a business major or in a business related field. For
more information about the NABA Scholarship Program, contact Wendy Tannenbaum at [email protected].
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Reaching Across the Street with GRO
By: Cary Weisgram
What began as a simple meeting of neighbors to discuss a spate of burglaries on their street has become the unofficial,
but exceedingly effective nerve center of Galewood and Montclare. No, it is not a CAPS meeting, an aldermanic
campaign, a church, or a meeting of aspiring precinct captains; it is the Galewood Residents Organization (GRO).
Since its inception in 2008, GRO has grown from a group of residents gathering for potluck picnics and garden walks to
a vital promoter of civic responsibility. At the center of it is Neal Wankoff, local information technology specialist,
neighbor, and organizer in charge of GRO. “I would say we are a loosely affiliated group of neighbors who meet on a
regular basis to discuss, think of, and implement ideas that bring the community together,” said Wankoff, describing the
simple goal of GRO.
Natchez resident Vanetta Hines first organized a meeting of neighbors to discuss crime in general, but the idea grew
from there when the residents realized that they had more in common. “A lot of things happened at the same time,” said
Wankoff. While GRO was mainly organizing with a group on Facebook, Bryan Bedell had begun writing about the
neighborhood on Galewood.net, which now features more than 250 stories from residents about the neighborhood and
galleries of photos. Technology brought them together and helped increase the reach of GRO. “It is so challenging now
because you are either at work or at home working. We do not have the time that people did years ago to have
community groups to do this kind of work,” said Wankoff. “[Technology] has given us the ability to communicate as fast
as we can in a way that we can afford to do with our time and resources. We are not spending a lot of time printing up a
letter and walking it door-to-door.”
The open-ended mission of GRO has led it to become an important civic organization for the Galewood area. “We
sponsored or cosponsored two events in the last two elections,” said Wankoff. “I was raised with the idea that
citizenship was an important concept.”
One such event was a debate between six aldermanic candidates, and the other was a candidate meet and greet at the
Galewood Community Church. GRO was able to bring residents together around these events by staying strictly
nonpartisan, refusing to affiliate with any specific candidate or religious institution. By doing so, GRO can relate to a
more and more diverse neighborhood. But diversity itself is not so much a core principal of GRO’s mission as it is a
fundamental element of who GRO is. “It’s just part of who we are. To reach across the street,” Wankoff explained, “is
just the kind of people we are.”
Aside from making sure that neighbors are always informed of local government and development issues, GRO also
reaches out to potential residents and the city at large. On the outskirts of the city, Galewood has neither the size nor
the notoriety of other Chicago neighborhoods, leaving a news vacuum that GRO is happy to fill. “We have a secondary
mission of promoting Galewood and Montclare, creating a positive image for ourselves,” said Wankoff. “If we do not
write these articles ourselves, we are not going to be promoted by the news media.” While GRO’s ability to establish
Galewood and Montclare as a destination in a large city will take years, it has had an immediate and tangible effect on
Wankoff’s own life and family. “It gives me a sense of pride, a sense of place, said Wankoff.”
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Photograph by Bryan Bedell
Sayre Language Academy
By: Michelle Pitts-Onochie
Sayre Language Academy is geared up to start our new 2012-2013
school year. We started the year with an Ice Cream Social on
Wednesday August 29 at 5 pm, where the Sayre community got
acquainted with staff and each other. We are looking forward to a longer
school day starting at 8:45 am and ending at 3:45 pm. This promises to
include longer academic learning times along with recess, foreign
language, music, and art which should make a wonderful recipe for
some great well rounded future leaders.
Sayre Language Academy
1850 N Newland Ave, Chicago
773.534.3351
Visit the newly updated
Sayre Family and Friends
(Sayre FFO) website at
www.sayreffo.org.
Chicago Public Library
West Belmont Library
Once in a Blue Moon
3104 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago
In honor of the Blue Moon on August 31st
the Chicago Public Library will forgive the
late fines on any materials returned to the
Library from August 20th until September 7th.
Spanish story time with
Five days or five years late, we welcome back the books,
CDs, DVDs . . . and most importantly, YOU, our patron.
Don't know where the book is? No problem, just pay the
replacement cost and we will waive any late fees associated
with it. The goals of this amnesty are to recover the items
our patrons are holding on to — and to let everyone start the
school year with clean library card records!
Multilingual Chicago
Wednesday September 19, 2012
11 am
Introduce your child (and yourself) to the Spanish
language through songs, games and ageappropriate activities at the West Belmont Branch
Library. For ages 1-5.
Please call 312.746.5142 for information.
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Photos from Rutherford Sayre Park Mosaic Artists Camps and Community Days
Thank you to all the community artists that helped create our 2012 tile mosaic at the Rutherford Sayre Park tunnel.
Young Mosaic Artists Camp
Photos by Jen Salen
Teen Mosaic Artists Camp
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36th Ward Update
By: Alderman Nick Sposato
Dear Neighbor,
I can’t believe that we are coming up on Labor Day weekend. This year has gone by so quickly and this summer has
been no different. In honor of Labor Day weekend if anyone would like to pick up a “Proud Union HOME” sign or
bumper sticker please stop by the 36th Ward Community Service Office at 6934 W Diversey.
2012-13 School Year Beginning:
This school year, all CPS students will have a longer school day of 7 hours in elementary schools and 7.5 hours in
high schools. During the average 7 hour elementary school day, students will receive, 6 hours of instruction, 45
minutes of recess and lunch, and 15 minutes for non-instructional activities (i.e., passing periods, bathroom breaks).
In high schools, high schools with academic centers, and the high school grades of K-12 schools, the average
student day will be 7 hours 30 minutes during four days of the week. On Wednesdays, schools will dismiss students
early for teacher professional development, and the average student day will be 6 hours 15 minutes. During four
days of the week, students will receive 6 hours 8 minutes of instruction, 46 minutes of lunch, and 36 minutes for
passing / non-instructional activities. On Wednesdays, students will receive between 4 hours 53 minutes and 6 hours
8 minutes of instruction, 46 minutes of lunch, and up to 36 minutes for passing / non-instructional activities.
CPS “Track R” schools start Tuesday, September 4 with the new, longer school day.
New hours for local CPS Elementary Schools:
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Sayre 8:45 am-3:45 pm (Track R, starts Sept. 4)
Locke 7:45 am-2:45 pm (Track R, starts Sept. 4)
Burbank 8:30 am-3:30 pm (Track R, starts Sept. 4)
Lovett 8:45 am-3:45 pm (Track E, already in session)
New hours for local CPS High School:
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Steinmetz College Prep 8 am-3:15 pm
CTA Changes:
In 2011, CTA engaged the services of the Northwestern University Transportation Center, a nationally recognized
research and education center. The Center analyzed CTA’s data on ridership numbers, ridership patterns and route
configurations, as well as the availability of other transit options.
36th Ward Update continued on page 8
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36th Ward Update continued from page 7
Recently the Chicago Transit Authority released the results of this study and their plan to reduce crowding on a
number of bus and train lines by increasing service on a number of high-demand routes. The CTA coordinated with
Northwestern University’s Transportation Center to restructure routes and schedules based on changing ridership
patterns. Service improvements will occur on a number of local routes. Routes with increased service
include: 65 Grand Ave, 70 Division, 72 North, 73 Armitage, 74 Fullerton, 76 Diversey, and 77 Belmont.
The #90N North Harlem is one of 12 lines discontinued due to duplicated service or low-ridership. The #90N
service is duplicated by Pace route #423. The proposed changes are scheduled for implementation Dec. 16, 2012.
Chicago Park District Fall Registration:
In-person registration began either on Saturday, August 25th or Monday, August 27th, depending upon the location
of the park. Fall programs run from the week of September 24 to the week of December 3.
For more information, visit the Park District website at the links below:
 Check when a particular park is beginning online and in-person registration:
http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/programs/fall-registration-dates-by-park/
 View fall programs and create a wish list:
https://activenet-01.active.com/chicagoparkdistrict/
 View the fall registration checklist to help be prepared for the first day of registration:
http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/programs/fall-registration/
 Learn more about these changes: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/programs/fall-registration/
36th Ward Remap Update:
Recently there has been much confusion about when the new ward map goes into effect in Chicago. Many of you
received a new voter registration card with a different ward listed. These cards are used by the Board of Elections to
organize the city. Since State and Federal districts will have new boundaries that go into effect for the November
Election the Board has chosen to change their whole system at the same time.
As your Alderman I am not up for Election until 2015. It is at that time that the new political boundaries of the wards
will officially change with Alderman elected under the newly drawn map. Until 2015, I encourage each and every one
of you to continue to contact the 36th Ward Community Service Office at 773.836.0036 or e-mail
[email protected] for any of your service requests.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Sposato, 36th Ward Alderman
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78th District Update
By: State Representative Camille Lilly
One of my favorite parts of being an elected official is meeting with constituents
at a variety of locations, including coffee shops, events and forums, and even at
their doorsteps. I am glad to have the opportunity to hear the thoughts and concerns
of my constituents on the many different issues they face every day.
One of the issues that I often discuss, and that faces people from many different
walks of life, is domestic violence.
Domestic violence is an unseen, unspoken daily tragedy in many people’s lives that causes harm to the very fabric of
our society. We can never do enough to combat this.
In an effort prevent domestic violence before it begins, earlier this year, I passed House Bill 5689, which creates the
Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force. This task force is charged with developing a statewide domestic violence
prevention course for high school students designed to prevent interpersonal, adolescent violence. This program is
based on the Step Back Program for boys and girls.
I am proud to report that House Bill 5689 was recently signed into law.
By reaching out to young people and giving them the tools they need to prevent violence in their own lives, we are
going a long way towards addressing many of our society’s problems that are related to domestic violence.
In the days ahead, I look forward to continuing to meet with my constituents to hear their thoughts, ideas and insights
on the issues that affect our state and local community.
Sincerely,
Camille Lilly
State Representative
78th District
Be active in our community and
attend a meeting.
For CAPS information
call 312.744.2277 or e-mail
[email protected]
BEAT 2513
BEAT 2512
CAPS Schedule
1st
Diversey to Armitage
Wed. of every other even month
Shriners Hospital for Children
2211 N Oak Park Ave at 7 pm
Fall Meeting Dates:
October 3, December 5
Armitage to North Ave
Tues. of every other odd month
Amundsen Park
6200 W Bloomingdale Ave at 6:30 pm
4th
Fall Meeting Dates:
September 25, November 27
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Galewood Community Church Centennial
By: Tom Drebenstedt
That picturesque white church at Narragansett and Bloomingdale was
founded on a sparsely inhabited prairie along a high ridge. This
mini-continental divide, sixty feet above Lake Michigan, forms a watershed
east to the Saint Lawrence River and west to the Mississippi. Far away from
the city, a tiny hamlet grew around Mr. Gale’s homestead.
The Hathaway family lived at the southeast corner of Narragansett and
Bloomingdale, just west of the main road running north to Dunning and
south to the village of Ridgeland. The family sold water from their well to
the other nine families living in Galewood. They attended church in Montclare,
far enough away that the pastor encouraged the establishment of a Sunday
School in their home. Within five years, on March 17, 1912, nineteen people
organized Grace Congregational Church. In 1915 the group moved out of the
Hathaway home to a Montclare branch school at Mulligan and Bloomingdale.
1917 saw a reorganization under the name of Galewood Congregational, and a one room building was constructed at
the northeast corner of Mulligan and Bloomingdale. It served fifty families and added to the hamlet building collection
of one schoolhouse, two saloons, and a handful of houses. Donations of a stove, foot scraper, outhouse, and
coal shed made it very comfortable. This is the time of the War to End All Wars, World War One.
In 1921 the last Gale family member left Mulligan Avenue and the Galewood Golf Club decided to move farther west.
The temporary wood church was raised on top of a permanent foundation the following year and the Hathaway
house was razed to build the very modern Lovett School. A bit of golf course land was purchased in 1928, and
new church plans were finished in October 1929, just when the stock market crash occurred. Volunteers stepped up,
including Boy Scouts, and construction began on the Fellowship Hall (located along the alley) on the property’s west
edge. Finally dedicated in 1936, the hall remained separated from the wood church on Mulligan. The new
chapel wouldn’t be built till the early 40s, dependent again upon volunteer labor. After World War Two, Galewood
was growing, the wood church turned into a home, Sears was about to build a neighborhood store, and hopes were
high. 1953 brought the cornerstone installation for the new wing, a community building, just south of the hall
and chapel. Galewood Congregational now became Galewood Community Church.
The church is still going at 100 years, as Galewood Community Church United Church of Christ, more at
www.galewoodcommunitychurch.org. Many thanks to “Pilgrims in Chicago” which was published on the 75th
anniversary by the Church.
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A look inside the Mars Candy Company continued from page 1
Workers were regularly inspected to maintain spotlessly clean standards
Pouring the nougat and spreading caramel on top
Photos from the booklet A Trip Thru Mars published in 1938
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News from North Avenue
By: Wendy Tannenbaum
My Mother’s Kitchen
Congratulations to Carol Simmons, owner of My Mother’s Kitchen for being featured in Chicago Magazine’s April
2012 edition. My Mother’s Kitchen, located at 6818 W North Avenue, opened in October of 2011 and serves a
rotating menu of Southern home cooked meals and desserts.
Galewood Barber Closes after 60 years
Gale-Oak Barber Shop at 6836 W North Avenue closed its doors on June 30, after 60 years in business. Second
generation owner, Dennis Peluso retired. He had inherited the barbershop from his father, who opened the shop in
1951. Mr. Peluso closed his doors to move closer to his family. The shop reminded patrons of yesteryear with its
vintage barber chairs, red, white, and blue spinning striped barber pole, and old Sports Illustrated magazine covers
lining the walls.
Wonder Works: A Children’s Museum in Oak Park
Wonder Works, a 6400 square foot space for creative play for kids, birth to age 8, just had a complete makeover.
The museum is located at 6445 W North Avenue in Oak Park. Classes are available in art, storytelling, music and
creative play. The museum is open Wednesday’s through Saturday’s from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday’s from 12
to 5 pm. For more information on memberships, music concert series, field trips, rental for children’s party
packages and more, contact wonder-works.org or 708.383.4815.
New to the Neighborhood
Smokin’ M’s
Smokin M’s offers a wide selection of mouthwatering food fresh from the grille. It is located at 6814 W North Avenue
between Oak Park Avenue and Newcastle Avenue. For more information call 773.309.8083.
Redeemer Church
Redeemer Church has become a multisite congregation by expanding to a
second location at 6740 W North Avenue. For more information call 1.847.823.3634
or visit their website at http://redeemer-changinglives.com.
Welcome to the Neighborhood!
Congratulations to Connell family on the birth of their
daughter on July 15th! Maureen Connell is our fearless
Gazette proofreader and a regular contributor.
Best wishes to the whole family.
Information
The Galewood Gazette is an
all-volunteer community
newsletter created to inspire
and inform Galewood
residents.
Let us know your ideas and
comments. E-mail us at
[email protected].
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