Lead screening offered this weekend on Southwest Side

06/08/11 Amid reports of high airborne lead levels in Pilsen, a series of free lead screenings will be offered this weekend to children and pregnant women in the Southwest Side neighborhood. Blood samples will be taken and tested for lead poisoning by the Chicago Department of Public Health. Parents of children younger than six are especially encouraged to have their child tested. Air samples collected ...

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Capper birthday celebrated

07/14/11 Thursday's ice cream social at Gage Park celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Easter Seals Capper Foundation brought back a double-scoop of memories for 72-year-old Billye Barnett Betsworth. When she was a girl growing up in Topeka, Betsworth attended a community birthday party each summer for Arthur Capper. The birthday parties, held from 1908 to 1950 at Garfield and Ripley parks, would ...

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Just like old times, Capper B-day celebrated

07/14/11 Thursday's ice cream social at Gage Park celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Easter Seals Capper Foundation brought back a double-scoop of memories for 72-year-old Billye Barnett Betsworth. When she was a girl growing up in Topeka, Betsworth attended a community birthday party each summer for Arthur Capper. The birthday parties, held from 1908 to 1950 at Garfield and Ripley parks, would ...

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