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FILE – A help wanted sign hangs outside Empire Burgers & Brew in Naperville on June 17, 2021.Wages jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records dating back 20 years, a stark illustration of the growing ability of workers to demand higher pay from companies that are desperate to fill a near-record number of available jobs. (Rafael Guerrero / Naperville Sun)

Lewis canvassed the South Shore community with volunteers in 2018 and 2019 to ask South Shore residents what they needed to thrive, what they thought the community needed and what they wanted the community to look like. Hundreds of voices were heard. The information collected was then organized into the following categories: environmental/infrastructure, safety, education, leisure, youth development, economic opportunity, housing, health, politics and spirituality/humanitarianism. The data was processed with the guidance of sociology faculty at the University of Pennsylvania.

“Each engraving, whether it is my grandfather’s name, my uncle’s or mine, carries a sense of reverence, respect and humility,” Rocky Wirtz wrote. “No other trophy of sport compares to the Stanley Cup and what it represents: hard work, perseverance, sacrifice, athleticism and teamwork. For the Chicago Blackhawks, no words can describe the pride in winning the trophy.”

When Metra last counted passengers at its train station in fall 2018, the Arlington Park station, which serves the site, was the 15th-busiest in the system outside downtown Chicago, with 1,740 boardings per day, Gillis said. The downtown Arlington Heights station was the fifth-busiest in the system outside downtown Chicago, with about 2,500 boardings per day.

When Metra last counted passengers at its train station in fall 2018, the Arlington Park station, which serves the site, was the 15th-busiest in the system outside downtown Chicago, with 1,740 boardings per day, Gillis said. The downtown Arlington Heights station was the fifth-busiest in the system outside downtown Chicago, with about 2,500 boardings per day.