Group seeks to place Schurz on register of historic places by BRIAN NADIG “We were told that at one time which had a lunchroom on the top The recently formed Schurz High there was an alumni association, floor before it was converted to the School Alumni Association is lead- but I’ve been here since the 1970s band room, were built in 1915 and ing an effort to have the 100-year- and I had not heard anything about 1923. The school’s original auditori- old school placed on the National it,” Anderson said. um later became the library, which Register of Historic Places and to The school, which opened in 1910, features the “The Spirit of Chicago” restore the 75-year-old pipe organ features a Prairie-style exterior mural by Gustave Brand. in the school’s auditorium. designed by Dwight Perkins, who At the recommendation of the Illi- “A lot of the school has changed, was the chief architect for the nois Historic Preservation Agency, and a lot has stayed the same,” said Chicago Board of Education from the alumni association plans to alumni association president Tim 1906 to 1909. The building was make some minor changes to its Anderson, who graduated from named a Chicago landmark in 1979. national register application before Schurz in 1977 and who returned in Schurz replaced the smaller it is submitted to the National Park 2002 to become its band director. Jefferson High School, which was at Service, which oversees the register. “The kids think the hallways are too Wilson and Knox avenues and The Commission on Chicago Land- crowded now, but when I was a stu- which later was replaced by Mayfair marks recently approved a resolu- dent, there were 4,000 of us.” School, where the Irish American tion in support of the association’s Current enrollment is about 2,400 Heritage Center is now located. national register campaign. students. The school is named after Carl The association also is working to The alumni association was Schurz, a Civil War general who restore the M.P. Moller pipe organ formed to organize a series of events, fought in the battles of Chancellors- in the auditorium. Walter Slocum, including a sock hop last spring, in ville and Gettysburg and who later the school’s first principal, “had the A PHOTOGRAPH from the Schurz High School Alumni The association is working to have the building placed honor of the school’s centennial cele- served as a U.S. senator from Mis- auditorium built around the organ,” Association shows the school as it looked when it opened on the National Register of Historic Places and also to bration. It has about 600 members, souri. Anderson said. 100 years ago. restore the school’s original pipe organ. with $20 membership dues. Additions to the five-story school, “It was Slocum’s baby,” he said. “He wanted to leave it as his legacy to the school.” The association estimates that it could cost up to $150,000 to refur- bish the organ. “For what it can play, it still sounds beautiful to lis- ten to,” Anderson said. Celebrating Our 71st Year — Established May, 1940 The alumni association plans to launch a Web site this fall. A link to the Web site will be available Our 71st Year Wednesday, September 22, 2010 through the school’s Web site, which Number 38 www.nadignewspapers.com can be reached at www.schurzhs. org. $1.5 million in TIF funds Man charged in bombing plot A Northwest Side man was an explosive device, both of which allegedly selected the Wrigleyville arrested at about midnight Sunday, are felony offenses. If convicted of neighborhood as his target and Sept. 19, after he allegedly at- the charges, he faces a sentence of planned to detonate an explosive for 17th station project tempted to act on a plot to detonate 5 years to life in prison. device on a weekend night to inflict a bomb in Wrigleyville, according to The criminal complaint filed by maximum damage, according to by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI for Thai-influenced retail and non- bicycle racks. the Chicago office of the Federal U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald the FBI. The Chicago Community Develop- profit uses, including a tapas-style The parking lot on the west side Bureau of Investigation. alleges that starting in June, Has- In July Hassoun’s associate intro- ment Commission recommended the restaurant that also would sell of the site near Pulaski will contain Members of the FBI’s Joint Ter- soun, who is a Lebanese citizen duced him to an undercover agent use of more than $1.5 million in packaged food, a spa, a wellness 10 parking spots including one rorism Task Force took the man and a permanent resident alien, who told the suspect that he had funds from the Lawrence-Pulaski center and office space for the Thai handicapped spot, while the lot on into custody on Seminary Avenue began expressing to an associate a access to explosives and the expert- Tax Increment Financing District to American Association of Illinois. the east side near Harding Avenue near the 3500 block of North Clark desire to commit acts of violence in ise to construct an explosive device, help create the Thai Town Center in Sampanthavivat, who owns Arun’s will contain 23 parking spots. Street immediately after he placed the city for monetary gain and to according to the FBI. During meet- the former 17th (Albany Park) Dis- Restaurant, 4156 N. Kedzie Ave., The project will create 40 new a backpack containing what he cause political transformation in ings with the agent and a second trict police station, 4461 N. Pulaski presented preliminary plans for the full-time jobs, including job-train- thought was an explosive device Chicago. The associate was secret- undercover agent, Hassoun alleg- Road. development at a meeting held in ing opportunities such as chef train- inside a curbside trash can near a ly cooperating with the FBI and edly discussed several possible The commission recommended the July. The station has been closed ing, and create 32 construction jobs, crowded street corner, according to assisted the investigation of the plots in which he could dramatical- proposal for the neighborhood cen- since the new 17th District station according to Laurino’s office. the FBI. The backpack contained alleged threats, according to the ly affect the city and force the ter to the City Council at its meeting opened in 2005. The site is zoned B1- In a letter to the Department of an inert device that had been pro- FBI. mayor to resign, the FBI said. on Sept. 14. Under the plan, the 1, which allows small retail uses. Community Development, Laurino vided by an undercover FBI agent. Hassoun discussed a number of Hassoun eventually settled on a developer will pay $780,000 for the According to the plans, improve- said that she recognizes the impor- The suspect was identified by possible targets and plots with this bombing outside a crowded Wrig- property, and $1,506,306 in assis- ments to the 12,500-square-foot sta- tance of showcasing the cultural the FBI as Sami Samir Hassoun, associate, including a biological at- leyville nightclub as the first step tance will come from the TIF dis- tion, which was built in 1938, will and ethnic groups in the 39th Ward. age 22, of the 4700 block of North tack on the city, poisoning Lake in his plan, according to the FBI. trict. The total cost of the project is include enlarging the windows on “The Thai community has grown Kedzie Avenue. Hassoun has been Michigan, attacking police officers, Hassoun met with the undercover $3,365,730, and the use of TIF funds the front of the station and using to become a significant influence in charged with one count each of bombing the Willis Tower and agent late Saturday night, and the is necessary because of rehabilita- materials such as stone and wood to Chicago, but has yet to develop an attempted use of a weapon of mass assassinating Mayor Richard agent provided him a backpack tion costs including significant envi- create a Thai-influenced look. The area of the city with their identity,” destruction and attempted use of Daley, according to the FBI. He (Continued on Page 10) ronmental remediation, according to plans also call for installing perme- (Continued on Page 10) Alderman Margaret Laurino (39th). able pavers, a porch for outdoor Thai cuisine chef Arun Sam- seating, new stairwells, a handi- panthavivat and other investors capped accessible ramp, a rooftop Funding sought for schoolhouse study are planning to use the old station garden, ornamental fencing and by BRIAN NADIG with Arris Architects and Planners, grant with the National Trust for ing donations, has a Web site which Raising funds to pay for a feasibil- which is overseeing the restoration Historic Preservation to pay the ini- can be reached at www.oldedge- ity study will be the top priority of of a one-room schoolhouse in Plain- tial costs but that trust informed her brookhistoricalsociety.com. Man breaks in with the task force which is leading the field. Arris estimates that a complete that for the group to become eligible There has been confusion about effort to restore an approximately feasibility study plus preparation of for a grant, a local agency, such as the age of the building. Research 155-year-old schoolhouse which construction documents and over- the Commission on Chicago Land- conducted by the Chicago History stands on Cook County Forest Pre- seeing the restoration work would marks, would have to declare that Museum found that a school known residents at home serve District’s Caldwell Golf cost about $40,000, and that the con- the structure could qualify as an his- as Forest Glen School was erected Course. struction itself would cost between toric site. on the property in 1846, but it is not by BRIAN NADIG reports of unlawful entries to The Task Force for the Restoration $276,000 and $345,000. County officials have said that the known if that is the building that The 16th (Jefferson Park) Police garages and houses in the district of the Old School House has to raise Task force officials have said that schoolhouse likely will be demol- exists today. An Arris architect esti- District is distributing fliers with since Aug. 1. about $3,000 to cover the cost of a they will determine whether to pro- ished if the task force decides not to mated that the building may have burglary prevention tips following Also in Edgebrook, a woman re- visit by an architectural team which ceed with the restoration of the for- complete the restoration project. The been built in the mid-1850s based two recent incidents in the Edge- ported that a laptop computer was would examine the building’s condi- mer schoolhouse after a feasibility Edgebrook Historical Society, which in part on finding circular marks on brook area in which a man entered stolen between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. tion and take measurements. The study is completed. A resident said oversees the task force, has a lease beams which are believed to have homes through an unsecured door Tuesday, Sept. 7, from her home in interior paneling and acoustical ceil- at the meeting that the task force for the schoolhouse through Oct. 31, come from a steam-powered saw- or window while residents were in- the 6000 block of North Landers ing panels would have to be removed also will have to determine whether but the society plans to seek an ex- mill. side. Avenue, police said. Entry was before the visit, in which the fiber- it would have the resources to main- tension. The building, which served as the 16th District community policing made through a rear window, police board sheathing behind some of the tain the building as a museum once The task force will hold a garage area’s public school until 1898, is officer Kathy Antonacci said that said. panels would be examined for as- the restoration work is finished. sale Saturday, Sept. 18, in front of located near the ninth hole of the residents should keep the doors and The district recommends that bestos. Task force chairwoman Jan Stessl the building, 5900 N. Leader Ave. golf course. It later was used as a windows to their homes secured (Continued on Page 10) The task force is planning to work said that she applied for a $5,000 The historical society, which is seek- home for the golf course’s caretaker. whether they are inside watching television or away on a short errand. “You can’t leave them unlocked,” An- tonacci said. “If you are outside cut- Funds approved for ting the grass, lock it up.” Two incidents of unlawful entry were reported between 12:40 a.m. and 1:20 a.m. Monday, Sept. 20, in Wilson Park playlot the 7000 block of North Monon Avenue and the 7000 block of North by JASON PORTERFIELD that’s going to happen,” she said. Sioux Avenue, according to police. The Chicago Park District Board “Once we get the plans, we can hold The man in each incident was of Commissioners has approved an meetings and get feedback from the described as a white and 5-9 to 6-5. agreement that would transfer community and get things moving.” In one of the incidents residents $500,000 from the Jefferson Park Wilson Park Advisory Council were in the basement of the house Tax Increment Financing District to president Anna Klocek said that when they heard footsteps on the pay for a playlot renovation at while the group welcomes the first floor, and in other incident a Wilson Park, 4630 N. Milwaukee funds for the park, the playlot is a woman reported that she was in Ave. lower priority that the fieldhouse. bed and that she heard someone The transfer is one of $31.6 mil- “Before we start planning a play- opening the bedroom door, police lion in TIF money transfers that the lot, we need to first discuss the con- said. No items were reported stolen board approved for various park dition of the fieldhouse,” Klocek in each incident, police said. projects throughout the city. Park said, saying that the structure Community policing sergeant Ter- district spokeswoman Zvezdana needs a new roof and other repairs. ry Mullins said that in both cases Kubat said that the City Council “I think that what we really need is the intruder apparently fled when will have to approve the transfers money for immediate repairs to the he became aware that residents before the projects can be funded fieldhouse to halt the deterioration were inside. Mullins said that police but that the TIF money will pay for of the building, but no matter what do not know if the same man is re- all of the playlot work at Wilson it is going to be used for, it is good sponsible for both incidents. Park. to see tax money coming back to Antonacci said that burglaries in Kubat said that the renovation the neighborhood.” which entry is made through an project is still in the early stages The park district board also unlocked door or window are not and that the district’s designers approved a transfer of $100,000 uncommon but that the Edgebrook EXCAVATION WORK has begun for a Chase Bank as part A remediation project was conducted on the 28,000- have not started planning the play- from the Touhy-Western TIF Dis- incidents raise concerns because of a retail center at the northwest corner of Montrose and square-foot site after a tank for waste oil was removed lot. “There’s no concept as of yet, trict to be used for work on the ten- residents were home at the time. Central avenues, on one of the sites formerly occupied by from the ground. and until we get the concept plans nis courts at Warren Park, 6601 N. She said that there have been 56 C. Davis Rental. 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Nadig Newspapers Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Page 3 October CAPS meetings slated by districts The 16th (Jefferson Park) Bartholomew Church, 3601 Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the 3516 W. School St., and Beat and 17th (Albany Park) po - N. Lavergne Ave. 17th District station, 4650 N. 1733, on Thursday, Oct. 14, community slate lice districts have announced The DAC meeting will be Pulaski Road, Beat 1723, on at the Brands Park field- CAPS beat meetings for Oc - held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at the house, 3259 N. Elston Ave. tober. 19, at the 16th District sta- 17th District station, and The DAC meeting will be North Mayfair Results of the association’s uted. W. Irving Park Road. All meetings are sched- tion. Beat 1724, on Tuesday, Oct. held Monday, Oct. 25, at the petition drives will be an - Advertisement and dona- Master gardener Judy uled for 7 p.m. unless noted The youth beat meeting 19, at the Horner Park field- 17th District station. Association nounced, elections will be tion forms for the club’s fall Escal lier will discuss forcing otherwise. will be held at noon Satur - house, 2741 W. Montrose Ave. There will be no 17th The North Mayfair Im- held and members will dis- benefit luncheon in Novem - spring bulbs for indoor The 16th District meet- day, Oct. 9, at the 16th Dis - Also, Beat 1731, on Tues- District youth beat meeting provement Association will cuss community develop- ber will be available. bloom. Those who attend the ings will be held on the fol- trict station. day, Oct. 12, at the Kilbourn in October. lowing dates: For more information, call Park fieldhouse, 3501 N. Kil - For more information, call meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, ment news and issues. The Bohemian National meeting are asked to bring a Oct. 6, at the Gompers Park group also will collect canned 6-inch pot for planting Beat 1611, on Thursday, the 16th District CAPS off - bourn Ave., Beat 1732, on the 17th District CAPS fieldhouse, 4222 W. Foster goods for the food programs Cemetery Friends bulbs. Refreshments will be Oct. 21, at Saint Thecla ice at 312-742-4521. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the office at 312-742-4588. Ave. at the church. Refreshments available. School, 6333 N. Newcastle The 17th District meet- Avondale Park fieldhouse, The Friends of the Bohemi - Ave., Beat 1612, on Tuesday, ings will be held on the fol- The guest speaker at the will be available. an National Cemetery will For more information, call meeting will be Metropolitan For more information, call 773-794-1984. Oct. 5, at the Olympia Park lowing dates: offer tours of the cemetery, fieldhouse, 6566 N. Avon - Beat 1711, on Tuesday, Water Reclamation District 773-282-3879. 5255 N. Pulaski Road, at 10 Little Flower WASHERS & DRYERS Commissioner Frank Avila, dale Ave., Beat 1613, on Oct. 26, at the North Park Heritage Club of a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the Vi llage Administration who will discuss the opera- Sept. 25. Circle $ 00 Polish Americans Oriole Park fieldhouse, 5430 Build ing, 5801 N. Pulaski tions of the district and Albert Walavich will con- The Little Flower Circle 150 EA. issues such as storm water N. Olcott Ave., and Beat Road, Beat 1712, at 7:30 p.m. The Heritage Club of Pol - duct the tour. The cost is $15. will hold a “Day of Reflec tion” 1614, on Tues day, Oct. 26, at Wednesday, Oct. 27, at runoff, Asian carp and prop- ish Americans will meet at For more information, call at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, er pharmaceutical disposal. the Pavilion Apartments, Mayfair Church, 5020 N. Pu - One Year Old 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, at 847-362-9036. at La Villa Restau rant, 3632 5441 N. East River Road. laski Road, and Beat 1713, on Austin-Irving the Merrimac Park field- Telephone Pioneers N. Pulaski Road. Also, Beat 1621, on Mon - Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Excellent Condition house, 6343 W. Irving Park The event will begin with Community Council of America day, Oct. 18, at the Edge - Magnuson Center at North ONLY AT Road. cof fee, followed by a presen- brook Library, 5331 W. Park University, 5000 N. The Austin-Irving Commu - The guest speaker at the The Telephone Pioneers of tation by Reverend Robert Devon Ave., Beat 1622, on Spaulding Ave. L & L APPLIANCE MART nity Council will meet at 7:30 meeting will be Polish America/Teletype Life Mem- Darow, a communion service Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the Also, Beat 1722, on 2553 North Ave. • 773-509-5675 • Mon-Sat 9-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, at American Congress Illinois bers will meet at noon and lunch. The cost is $25, Dunham Park fieldhouse, the Merrimac Park field- Division president Mary Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the and reservations are re - 4638 N. Melvina Ave., Beat house, 6343 W. Irving Park Sendra Anselmo, who will 16th (Jefferson Park) District quired. 1623, on Wednesday, Oct. Road. discuss the role of the con- police station, 5151 N. Mil- For more information, call 20, at the 16th District sta- Donna’s Garden The meeting will feature gress and its activities. The waukee Ave. 773-267-0197. tion, 5151 N. Milwaukee the election of officers. The meeting also will feature a The guest speaker at the Westmoreland Ave., and Beat 1624, on Flower Shop nominee for president is Al celebration of October as meeting will be Metropolitan Wed nesday, Oct. 27, at Bi- Opitz and the nominee for “Polish-American Heritage Water Reclamation District Rebekah Lodge agio’s Banquets, 4242 N. Celebrating 21 Years and Going Strong! secretary is Wanda Thomas. Month.” of Greater Chicago Commis - The Westmoreland Rebe- Central Ave. No nominee was named for Admission is $1 for non- Delivering Smiles Daily Throughout Chicago, sion er Frank Avila, who will kah Lodge 607 will hold its Also, Beat 1631, on Thurs - vice president. members. discuss the workings of the annual card and bunco party day, Oct. 7, at the Hiawatha All Suburbs and Worldwide since 1989, including The guest speaker at the For more information, call district, the Deep Tunnel at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. Park fieldhouse, 8029 W. meeting will be 16th (Jeffer - 773-852-6757. Gladstone Park, Jefferson Park, Edison Park, Forest Glen, project and the proper way to 22, at the Polish National Forest Preserve Drive, Beat son Park) District police com- Park Ridge dispose of pharmaceuticals. Alliance building, 6100 N. 1632, on Thursday, Oct. 14, at Mayfair, Norwood Park, Portage Park & Niles. mander David McNaughton, Cicero Ave. Schorsch Village Hall, 6940 who will discuss the func- Toastmasters Portage Park Tickets cost $10 per person W. Belmont Ave., Beat 1633, 4155 W. Peterson Ave. tions of the bicycle patrol and The Park Ridge Toast - Garden Club and include a dinner, which on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the (FREE Convenient Parking) its use in fighting crime. The masters Club will hold “Hu - The Portage Park Garden will be held at 6:30 p.m., and Merrimac Park fieldhouse, 20% OFF Chicago, IL 60646 council will make a donation morous Speech” and “Speech Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. raffle drawings will be held. 6343 W. Irving Park Road, at the meeting to help with Your Order (773) 282-6363 Evaluation” contests from 7 Saturday, Sept. 25, at the For more information, call and Beat 1634, on Thursday, bicycle maintenance. *Excludes wire-out orders. Mention Code DG910 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. Austin-Irving Library, 6100 773-857-6757. Oct. 28, at Saint www.donnasgarden.com Friends of 29, at the First United Meth - Portage Park odist Church, 418 W. Touhy Ave. GG
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