By Peggy Zabicki
Your correspondent in West Lawn
3633 W. 60th Place • (773) 504-9327
Here’s some good news. The Southwest Regional Senior Center at 6117 S. Kedzie is offering exercise classes once again.
The classes take place Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m, and also on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1:30 p.m. Line dancing classes take place on Thursdays at 1 p.m. In addition, the exercise equipment room is open again. The Senior Center continues to serve lunch at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday for only $2. Call 312-747-0440 for more information.
The Youth In A Better Community organization at 4051 W. 63rd St. has activities from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday for youths ages 8 years old and up. This program started on June 12, but it’s not too late to go there and join in on the fun. There are sports, painting, music and dance classes.
Are you interested in traditional Lithuanian foods and recipes? If so, the book “Lithuanian Cuisine: Traditional Holidays and Foods” is the book for you. Author Libertas Klimka brings together Lithuanian holidays and the traditional foods that go with them in his fact-filled book. Call the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 S. Pulaski, at 773-582-6500 for more information or visit their website to order the book at myshopify.com.
Here’s a follow-up on an item from last week. I mentioned all the calls I get about passport problems and I said that I’d share some information as soon as I could get it. A dear friend gave me a phone number to call.1-877-487-2778. She also shared the informational website, www.travel.state.gov.
A big thank you to my friend Rose F from the Calvary Senior Club. She let me know that the empty lot at Lawndale Avenue and 63rd Street is in the 23rd Ward and not the 13th Ward as I had previously reported. This lot has been a garbage filled mess for years. Things like this bring down property values and it makes the 23rd Ward look shabby. I am hoping the alderman can help attract a business to this site.
The empty strip mall at 63rd Street and Knox that I reported on continues to be a bleak eyesore in the 13th Ward.
Moving on to some great news. Congratulations to my friend Anissa Franco, a student at John Hancock High School. Anissa was recently accepted into the National Society of Scholars. Anissa, I am so proud of you and I know that your family is pleased and proud as well.
We always hear about the teenagers who are involved in gang violence and breaking laws. Anissa is proof that not all teenagers choose to waste their time in destructive activities.
Thank you Anissa for your hard work in school and also for the volunteer work you do!