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Rat facts

Rats are able to reproduce at three months and a pair can produce 2,000 babies in their lifespan

Rats can swim for three days and hold their breath for three minutes

Rats can relocate up to four miles

Don’t put any pet food outdoors.  Clean up all food and drink litter.  Report overfilled dumpsters.  Clean under trash cans and dumpsters regularly.

Check your street for clogged sewer grates, leaves, debris and even small amounts of standing water.  Rats thrive with any standing water.  Check your sidewalk and yard for standing water.  Remind landscapers not to put grass clippings or leaves in the street.  If they occur, please be a thoughtful neighbor and clean up leaves, grass clipping and street much for yourself and neighbors

If you’ve cleaned out sewers and have debris, please get it in a garbage can

Post rain much can create pockets of muck containing standing water.  Clean crosswalks, sidewalks, sewer grates and the parking area in front of your home, condo or apartment before and after rain.

 

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Funeral Information for Rufino F. Crisostomo, Jr., M.D.

Visitation and funeral services will be held at Drake and Sons Funeral Home located at 5303 North Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. A private visitation for the Knights of Rizal will be held from 3:00 to 9:00 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2018; Community, family, and friends will meet from 3:00 to 9:00 pm on Sunday, September 9. Funeral service, 10 am on Monday, September 10. Internment service will be held privately for family at Rosehill Cemetery

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Rufino F. Crisostomo, Jr., M.D., 81, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. Born on September 5, 1936 in the Philippines, he had an illustrious medical career, which included humanitarian medical missions. As a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, he practiced medicine in Barbourville, Kentucky for 15 years, delivering about 10,000 babies. In 1987, Dr. Crisostomo relocated to Chicago, Illinois, and worked for the City of Chicago Department of Public Health and the Cook County Department of Public Health until his retirement in 2011. He was known to his colleagues, nurses, and patients for his compassion, care, and humility.

 

Throughout his life Dr. Crisostomo remained socially, politically, and civically engaged. Dr. Crisostomo remained an active member of the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, and served in several volunteer capacities including Mabuhay Fellowship president and as a physician in a Rwandan refugee camp in response to the genocide and civil war. He was a member of the Philippine fraternal order Knights of Rizal, and was conferred the esteemed rank of Knight Grand Cross of Rizal for his outstanding contributions and achievements for the order. Grateful for the community and people around him, he was also an active, longtime member of the Board of Directors of the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago, and served as Chairman and Immediate Past Chairman. His life exemplified the ideals of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal. He will be remembered for his kindness, sense of wonder, thoughtful stewardship, and dedication to community service and philanthropic leadership.

 


Dr. Crisostomo leaves us a legacy to build upon, a vision to continually pursue and restore the good for our Filipino American and broader communities. Let us continue each day to be inspired by his example and his call to foster thoughtful cross-cultural dialogue, appreciation, and understanding – and make our Rizal Center a welcoming place for all.

 

Dr. Crisostomo is survived by his daughter Daisy and son Glenn, his wife Marivic, and children Alexa and Zackary. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Teresita in 2013.

 

Dr. Crisostomo brought us joy and we loved him well. Visitation and funeral services will be held at Drake and Sons Funeral Home located at 5303 North Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. A private visitation for the Knights of Rizal will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2018; Community, family, and friends will meet from 3:00 to 9:00 pm on Sunday, September 9 Funeral service, 10 am on Monday, September 10. Internment service will be held privately for family at Rosehill Cemetery.

 

Donation in memory of Dr. Rufino F. Crisostomo to the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago (1332 W. Irving Park Road Chicago, Illinois 60613) would be greatly appreciated.

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Message from our friends at Rizal Center

Dear GWCA members:

Our dear friend and colleague Dr. Rufino F. Crisostomo died peacefully early this morning.  He would have been 82 years on 5 September. A longtime member of the Board of Directors of the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago, he will be remembered for his ambassadorship and dedication to community service and philanthropic leadership.

Dr. Crisostomo leaves us a legacy to build upon, a vision to continually pursue and restore the good for our Filipino American and broader communities. Let us continue each day to be inspired by his example and his call to foster thoughtful cross-cultural dialogue, appreciation, and understanding – and make our Rizal Center a welcoming place for all.

Dr. Crisostomo brought us joy and we loved him well. We hold his family in our thoughts.

GWCA sends its condolences to Rizal and to his family and friends.  We will miss our friend, Dr. Rufino Crisostomo.

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Our 39th GWCAFest will begin at 1:30, not 2 pm on Sunday

Pony’s will be ready by 1:30 as will be all else, so hours are modified to 1:30 – 6:30 pm.  Magic show at 2:15.  LVHS STEM Building and / or Challenge from 3:30 – 5.  Bring something for the bake table if you can.  See you.

Ribbon Cutting for 22M in LVHS improvements happened yesterday at 3:30 pm with Mayor Emanuel, Alderman Pawar & Tunney and Principal P.J Karafiol.  We heard about it from the grapevine a few hours before it happened and were able to pass on the news.  Despite short notice, many GWCA leaders and neighbors were able to turn out.  Children immediately enjoyed the new play lot.  Everything looks FANTASTIC.  We’ll post photos on GWCA face book.  www.gracelandwest.org.  The face book link is in the upper right corner.


GWCAWalks resume at 6:30 am.  Join us, meet neighbors, make friends and enjoy the cushioned track and turf field then and anytime they aren’t in use by Lake View.

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GWCAFest 2018 is Sunday, August 26th, 2-7 pm on Warner

Hi neighbors, please join us for another fantastic GWCAFest.

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GWCA Community Meeting Agenda & Minutes for 8-5-18

AGENDA

GWCA 36th Annual Garden Walk + Dinner Pot Luck & Meeting

August 5, 2018, 5:30 Pm, Warner Park & Gardens

Council Members; Laurie Gillman, Kristi Passarelli, Brad Zerman (12-18). Dave Barnett, Bruce Braun, Brad Pierce (6-19).  Janice Horwich, Joanne Yonan, Open (12-19).  Treasurer: Barb Sullivan.  Chair: Joanne Yonan
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6:00 PM Welcome J Yonan
  Old business and approval of last meeting’s minutes  
[Time] Vote on GWCA Council seat (term through 12-19).     Matt Ivey candidate [Owner]
[Time] The June 2nd GWCA 4th Annual Council Member and Block Rep Leaders Meeting work includes expansion of expanded Social Media Communications and a GWCA Instragram account.   Face book, Instagram will be linked to www.gracelandwest.org.   GWCA and Next door posts continue. Terry Baublis, Jeff Fleshman, Francesca Ranier, Brad Zerman, Kelly Alesso, Janice Horwich. Neighbors are encouraged to post photos, especially garden photos, and news. T Baublis,                J Fleshman
 

 

2019 is GWCA’s 40th Anniversary.     Please share your ideas and what you can do on the bottom of this agenda. Include your name and email.

GWCA membership dues pay for events like the Garden Walk, newsletters, parkway signs, meetings, neighborhood safety initiatives, an annual $1,000 donation to Warner Park and Gardens and an annual $1,000 scholarship to a college bound LVHS student. Dues are $25 per family, $15 for individuals and $10 for senior singles or couples. A membership form is on the back along with the address to drop off or mail.

Thank you to the 36th Annual GWCA Garden Walk Committee, Donna Forsberg, Terry Baublis, Kathleen Dudley and to all gardeners.

Minutes:  Matt Ivey was elected to the vacant council seat ending 12/19.  Donna Forsberg announced that the 2019, 37th GWCA Garden Walk hours would be 3-7 pm with the pot luck to be at her house or Terry Baublis’ house on Greenview. The 36th Annual Garden Walk is reported to have had 150 visitors and the Garden Walk Pot Luck at Warner Park was enjoyed by all.

 

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36th GWCA Garden Walk + Pot Luck + mini meeting on August 5th

Have you seen the GWCA blue and white parkway signs announcing GWCA’s 36th Annual Garden Walk from 1-5 on Sunday?  You’ll find maps and a “Master Gardener” at 4334 Greenview.

If you live within Graceland West boundaries:  Montrose (N), Clark (E), Irving Park (S) and Ashland (W), you’re also invited to the Garden Walk Pot Luck, 5:30 pm at Warner Park.  Please bring a dish to share.  It’s BYOB.

We’ll also have a quick GWCA Community Meeting and election for one seat expiring 12-31-19.  Block Rep Matt Ivey is running.  You may already know him.  He has been leading issue resolution regarding problems in the Montrose / Pensacola alley.

2019 will be GWCA’s 40th Anniversary.  Please share your ideas with us, including what you might do at info@gracelandwest.org

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LOST PARAKEET

IF YOU LOST A PARAKEET PLEASE CONTACT BRAD ZERMAN VIA TEXT AT 312-593-8448

ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS FOUND ONE IN THEIR YARD


 

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Clean & Green! Alley, Parkway, Yard cleanup asked before August 5th Garden Walk

Hi Graceland West neighbors, our 36th Annual Garden Walk is Sunday, August 5th from 1-5.  Maps will be at 4334 Greenview (plus “Ask a Master Gardener”) and 1460 Belle Plaine.  Please tour the gardens and enjoy this special neighborhood day.  You’re invited to our Garden Walk Pot Luck at Warner Park at 5:30.  Just bring a dish to share.

We encourage all to clean alleys, parkways, sewer grates and yards prior to August 5th when we’ll have lots of neighbors visiting gardens.  This year, GWCA Leaders are pushing a Rat Elimination effort too.  As you help with this clean-up, can you report any issues to Danny at the 47th Ward, danny@chicago47.org, and copy 311?  Rats are diggers and holes are typically nickel, quarter, half or silver dollar size and may be close to air conditioners, under decks, under porches, near sewers, in yards and parkways, at a sidewalk edge or in the alley or near a tree root.  Dog poo is a complete food source, so don’t let it remain in your yard.  Please also report standing water that has been present more than 10 hours as rats need water, the standing water indicates something is amiss and mosquitos breed at 50 degrees. Please also report pot holes and streets and alleys in bad repair. Please make sure your dumpsters and garbage carts have no trash underneath, are never overflowing and close completely. Please also prevent leaves and grass clippings from winding up in the street or blocking sewers.

This is also a good time to clean your garbage cans inside and out annually with soapy water.  Check for holes, lids not closing or broken hinges and report to danny@chicago47.org or 311.


It’s not too late to let Donna know you’ll like to show your front yard, back yard, apartment, condo or home patio, koi pond, green roof, planter garden, deck, vegetable garden, sculpture garden, etc.  Just email donnaforsberg@sbcglobal.net.

And THANKS!

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Not too late to show your garden on August 5th.

“GWCA’s 36th Annual Garden

> Walk is Sunday, August 5th from 1-5. Gardens will have a marker.  “We

> encourage you to show off your back yard garden, patio, green roof,

> koi pond or apartment or condo balcony. You’ll have a chance to meet

> neighbors and share gardening ideas. Just email Donna Forsberg – donnaforsberg@sbcglobal.net.

>

> The Garden Walk Pot Luck is at 5:30 in Warner Park. Gardeners and

> non-gardeners are invited. Just bring a dish to share and BYOB.  If

> you have very young children, you might want to also bring a blanket

> for the grass”.

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