. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . If you attend Mass at St. Rita of Cascia Parish, you already have seen the scaffolding going up as the parish prepares to give the huge church a facelift. Just as when the church was first […]
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Things are still sweet at 77th and Western
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . As I was eating the ears off a chocolate-covered marshmallow bunny the other day, my mind drifted to candies, and chocolate in particular, of the past. While it’s hard to find a good, old-fashioned soda/ice cream […]
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Things are looking bright at Lith Youth Center
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . Cleaning, restoration and remodeling continues at the Chicago Lithuanian Youth Center on Claremont Avenue. New programs have been well attended and recent classes, Like Making Your Own Bacon Buns, have sold out quickly. Thanks to recent […]
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A corner of confusion on Kedzie
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . Over at 87th and Kedzie, it’s just one month shy of seven years since the Ultra Foods closed on the northwest corner. It will soon be 10 years since Luther South High School closed on the […]
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Keeping kids in the gym, off the streets
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . A while back I wrote a story about a man working in South America, reading a newspaper from back home; and saddened by what he read about youth violence, vowed that when he came back, he […]
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Weather cooperated for Marine’s return
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . After the surprising snow coming down like a blizzard for a while last Friday night, I was especially glad to see the sun Saturday morning, for Patrick Downs (St. Rita High School class of 2018) was […]
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Using Lent to help those in need
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . At this time of year, most every Christian faith takes part in the Lenten Season leading up to Easter, There are many different ways to do that, including giving up a favorite treat, attending special prayer […]
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A Lith baking class you don’t want to miss
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . Last week I asked if you would like to learn how to make bacon buns from an old family recipe. The first time I ever had bacon buns was several years back at a Sisters of […]
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Kudos to Jewell Wilson and Narcisa Pena
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . Last week, I wrote a front-page story about a meeting held at Marquette Park. It addressed a new project planned at the park, which would be erected between the fieldhouse and the lagoon incorporating the site […]
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A church still hoping for your help
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 . Last fall we talked about a GoFundMe page that had been set up to aid the former Hope Lutheran Church in completing some of the repairs and remodeling that the building needs. The church on 64th […]