Here are some treats I didn’t get a chance to put into yesterday’s post.
In yesterday’s post, I mentioned in passing that a group of Neo-Nazis showed up to protest the museum opening. Well, here they are on the corner of Harms Road and Golf Road in Skokie
Nicole Cohen/Good for You
Musical entertainment was provided by Isreali violinist Miri Ben-Ari, also known as “the hip-hop violinist”. Here’s a video of one of the songs she performed.
The Soul Children of Chicago also performed at the opening ceremony.
Last but not least, it took me a while to realize I could record video on my dinky digital camera. I figured it out just in time, though, and managed to catch the end of Bill Clinton’s speech.
Mulitple Chicago news sources have reported that four area mental health centers have been spared from the chopping block for now with the help of federal stimulus money.
In the story, Dumke and Jarovsky explore the lack of transparency running up to a deal in which the city signed a 75 year and $1.2 billion lease of its parking meters.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, Dumke and Jarovsky were able to get their hands of documents that shed new light on the negotiations surrounding the parking meter deal that led to higher meter prices across the city.
They, in turn, have mapped it all out for us to see.
For the past twenty years, the Department of Streets and Sanitation has provided communities with brooms, rakes, shovels and trash bags to help in a citywide clean-up effort called Mayor Daley’s Clean and Green Volunteer Clean-Up program.
According to a city spokeswoman, last year’s clean-up program attracted more than 10,000 volunteers and 480 different community groups throughout the city.
Anyone interested in taking part in this year’s festivities can register by calling the city at 3-1-1.
The Chicago Tribune is reporting possible exposure to tuberculosis of infants and children at three area hospitals: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Children’s Memorial Hospital, and Evanston Hospital. According to the Tribune, the exposure may have occurred through a Northwestern University doctor-in-training who was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis.
The AP is reporting that hundreds of patients and staff at all three hospitals may have been exposed to the infectious bacteria and that, so far, two of the three hospitals are confirming efforts to contact affected patients and families.
This comes after the Chi-Town Daily News recently reported a historic drop in newly-diagnosed cases of tuberculosis.
Adult symptoms of tuberculosis include coughing blood, night sweats, fever, and swelling a the neck when the lymph nodes become infected.
However, according to to one child health care website, infants and children may not show clear signs of tuberculosis infection.
Click here for more information on how to get tested and treated for tuberculosis in Chicago.
If you’ve ever tried getting around Chicago by wheel, you’ve probably felt the wrath of the Chicago pothole. As we enter the season of outdoor excursions and urban biking, potholes are becoming even more of a nuisance than they were in the winter — when I was happy to plant myself on the couch rather than take on Lake Shore in sub-zero temperatures.
So, what’s the city doing about the Chicago’s pothole acne?
WBEZ is reporting that the city plans to increase pothole-filling efforts later this month and there are even hopes that the Illinois Department of Transportation might lend a hand. Mayor Daley has said that so far, the city has filled more than 300,000 potholes this season at a pace of 3,000 to 5,000 a day, seven days a week.
So what do you think? Is the city doing enough to combat the pothole plague? They say they will be increasing efforts later this month, but should they have been on top of it all along?
