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   Forest Park Review (Newspaper) - December 9, 1992, Forest Park, Illinois                                Illustrator draws attention A unique family business page 51 76 50 Established 1917 December 50 cents Needy family holds out hope for better days By JENNIE ACKER Two years the Golden family was liv ing the comfortable Jim a service adviser for a For est Park car was bringing home a His had quit her job as a filing clerk at the dealership to stay home with their 2yearold son a charming handful that friends and relatives loved to shower with new toys and Married just four the couple had re cently moved into a spacious apartment on Randolph With furniture and the security of Jims steady in the family enjoyed a warm Christ mas that But times have Jim Golden was laid off from his job in April 1991 for reasons he doesnt under Today is still redlining clas ads in the Sunday newspapers and mailing out resumes in search of employ But its been 20 months since he lost his job of nearly four and the once healthy paychecks have long ago run Jim is working two nights a week at Fa mous Liquors on Madison Street and picks up odd jobs painting and do ing repair work in the but the income barely covers the basic The unemployment checks ran out last summer and the furniture was re possessed last The monthly welfare check doesnt cover half of the liv ing expenses and food stamps just barely keep food on their Many needy families in village Unfortunately the Goldens are far from More than 150 Forest Park families and individuals can barely afford food this much less all the trimmings of a tra holiday said Cindy director of the Howard Mohr Community I know that one of the biggest questions people have when they donate is whether the families really need she But when you realize there are families out there like the I assure them that we really do need Each the community center de livers Christmas and Thanksgiving baskets piled with food to families like the Goldens to help them through the holiday The Forest Park Needy Family Project de Continued on page 22 Ho Here comes Santa Claus Jolly old who hit town this Saturday without his trademark reindeer and is lowered by fire truck from the roof of the Forest Park Bank to greet Re photo by Mike Pepper Awareness keeps gangs in check Village police working to halt city gangs from getting foothold By JENNIE ACKER The Vice Lords and the Disciples are just two of the Chi cago street gangs loitering on the edges of Forest threatening to slip beyond Chicagos borders in search of fresh Chicago gangs are in 23 said Forest Park Police Joseph What stops them from coming out to Forest Park or May wood or anywhere else Awareness is the villages best Forest Park and Chicago police The more that village officials and police the less likely the street gangs will find a haven in Forest Working with Chicago police Byrnes said Forest Park police work closely with Chicagos Gang Crimes West Unit when it comes lo com batting street The Chicago police notify Forest Park officers of gang members drifting into the village or pos sibly working to set up allowing Forest Park police to hopefully stay one step ahead of the If they know were watching theyre less likely to move a drug operation out Byrnes Weve been aware of certain operations out here after check ing the weve made several successful Officer Manuel a 12year veteran of the Chi cago Gang Crimes West served Forest Park its first taste of street gang lingo last month when he spoke to about Continued on page 20 Last weeks homicide was villages first since 1985 By JENNIE ACKER Jerrold You of Cicero was driving a cab for Morton Cab seven years ago when he stopped at Euclid Bowl in Berwyn to pick up a It was when You radioed head quarters that his destination was Forest That was the last anyone heard from the 43 yearold husband and father of Yotts body was found slumped across the front seat of his cab early the next The car was parked in a lightly traveled area near the village water tower at 16th Street and Hannah Avenue with only its brake lights Police said Yott was shot five or six times in the back of the Yotts 1985 murder was the last homicide in Forest Park until last With a pop of nearly Forest Park is one of the few villages in the west suburbs to list no homicides for seven Prior to the Yott murder in Forest Park recorded one homicide each for the years 1983 and Most of the surrounding including Oak Elmwood Melrose May Berwyn and North aver age one to four homicides a Only River Forest also records no homicides in recent according to Illinois State Police stat Last weeks homicide was a domestic ar gument turned At about Bernard was fatally stabbed after an argument with his girlfriend in their Desplaines Avenue apart Daphney was charged with aggravated battery and murder and is being Continued on page 15  

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