Southwest Observer: News for Mount Greenwood, Beverly, Morgan Park - Story - Comments

I ride the Metra-Rock Island

wiba — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:33:12 -0500

I ride the Metra-Rock Island train everyday and it is terrible. The station closes at 1:00 P.M. everyday and is not even open on weekends. Sometimes i work late shift and get back to 111th St. station at 10:15P.M. There is no secure area around. And in winter with the station closed you freeze. And the elderly & people with small kids? If you had to use the washroom you would have to go to the 22nd District police station. And the eyesore of the old Coffee Depot? Metra wants to make it a parking lot. Fine and dandy. But what about a 24hr Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks. That way the kids around ther could get a job and learn about respecting others. Metra could still have their parking lot and the donut shop could be built on the empty lot next to it.

The early registration is

MTGLADY1 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:45:46 -0600

The early registration is Saturday February 23rd 10am - 12pm. Hope this helps!

Could you please inform me

juice22 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:54:40 -0600

Could you please inform me when, the Colts start registration for their youth football team.

There is a paper trail as

malph920 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:37:31 -0600

There is a paper trail as well that is printed immediately after you vote and you the voters see it as well. Is any computer truely safe, no. Hanging chads ring a bell? No system is perfect. I believe the paper trail on the computer system is more trustworthy than the hanging chads. So yes, I do feel they can be trusted.

When you're talking about

movingtomg — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:40:25 -0600

When you're talking about the new computer system, do you mean that you've switched to electronic voting machines? Like the ones from Diebold that can be so easily hacked? Do think that they're secure enough, and that they can be trusted?

As an election judge I know

malph920 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:30:33 -0600

As an election judge I know they try to have some experienced people mixed in with the younger judges. I love the new computer system. It is much easier but I have seen voter and judge resistance to new technology. It will just take time. The only problem I can see with the newer judges is they may not be familiar with the neighborhood. Voters can be a bit ruffled when you don't recognize them or ask for their I.D. I think it is nice to involve our youth and bring them closer to the whole process. It is a great way to connect the generations and let them(our youth) know that their voice via voting ( when 18) is important and matters.

I knew Pat when he was in

Tim Moran — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:37:08 -0500

I knew Pat when he was in grade school at Morgan Park Academy. Never did I think he would reach this kind of prominance but yet I am not surprised. Anyone in the area should be proud of him because it is just a matter of time before he reaches No. 1. With the way he is eating, he will be there soon.

That chicken wing contest was not even close. Pat had the perfect technique and clearly out ate Chestnut. Pat is not only a great eater but a great strategizer as well. He makes Competitive Eating a sport.

I am disappointed with ABC 7 Chicago's coverage of the upcoming Krystal competition. They mentioned the competition but the only eaters they mentioned were Kobayashi and Chestnut. WHY NOT PAT? ABC 7 Chicago is a Chicago station and we have the No. 3 eater in the world and not a mention?

Cmon, Pat personafies Chicago. His mohawk hair, eccentricness, food expertise, and what about the headband? He is Chicago. Chicago is proud of Pat. Chestnut's time at No. 1 will be short lived because Bertoletti is on the rise.

There is a stop sign at

Mike Cody — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:48:16 -0500

There is a stop sign at 11400 S. Fairfield that 70% of the people don't even think of stopping. It is disturbing.

Congrats to those 7th and

Tim Moran — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:05:47 -0500

Congrats to those 7th and 8th graders at MPA. MPA has always been, and apparantly still is the school that you want to send your child to if you want them to learn Spanish (or French)at a young age. I'm not surprised at all to see that the school that I will always call home had such high places in the Spanish exam.

At MPA, they start you off early in the Foreign Language field. Whereas most schools do not even offer a foreign language until high school, MPA makes it mandatory as soon as you enter kindergarten, or as MPA calls it "pre-first." I believe that is a very effective way to go about things. Children remember more and pick up languages the earlier you teach them. The later they pick something up, the harder it is to grasp it.

I have MPA to thank for me excelling in Spanish at the high school level and also for being in an AP class senior year. In grade school at MPA, particularly in 7th and 8th grade, I struggled in Spanish and would get low marks compared to other students. But once I went to high school at a nearby institution, I was WAY ahead of the crowd when it came to Spanish. High school Spanish for me was easier than 7th and 8th grade Spanish at MPA.