You’re invited! GWCA ECO / Rizal Community Center Ribbon Cutting for Community Beautification and Environmental Project. Sunday – 2 pm, 1332 West Irving Park
GWCA, the Graceland West Community Association, will be 40 years old in 2019. GWCA has an ECO / environmental committee. The Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago, Rizal Community Center, our newest GWCA ECO Partner and has installed a fantastic Community Beautification and Environmental Project. Please attend the ribbon cutting to celebrate the addition of native plants for bird, bat, bee, butterfly and beneficial insect habitat. The project will help also absorb stormwater where it falls and help with urban stormwater flooding. Rizal has also installed one green roof panel, which we hope will seed more green roofs along Irving Park and throughout our neighborhoods.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Old business and approval of last meeting’s minutes
Vote on GWCA Council seat (term through 12-19). Matt Ivey candidate
The June 2nd GWCA 4th Annual Council Member and Block Rep Leaders Meeting work includes expansion of expanded Social Media Communications and a GWCA Instagram account. Facebook, 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.
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.
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
