TRAFFIC UPDATE.
HAD A LITTLE TRADITION HERE
ON THE WGN NEWS AT 4 WHERE WE
LIKE TO END THE WORK WEEK ON A
POSITIVE NOTE AND OF COURSE
THAT MEANS ERIN IVORY WITH THE
FRIDAY FEEL-GOOD ROUND UP
HIGHER IN.
HEY IT'S A FEEL-GOOD 5 OF
THESE LADIES ON BOARD I LOVE
IT SO. HAPPY TO BE PART OF IT.
SO WE'LL START WITH SOME
REALLY GOOD NEWS AND THAT'S
YOUR FIRST STORY IS ABOUT THE
MAGICAL POWER OF BALLOONS TAKE
A LOOK.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
BILL MOVES THE BRIGHT COLORS
MISTING UP TOWARD THE SKY THAT
BRINGS OUT HER CHILD. PURE JOY
SAYS ELAINE FRAY OWNER OF
CHICAGO'S LEFT BALLOONS WHEN
THE PANDEMIC IT'S GREAT NEWS
MAGICAL ELIXIR HELIUM A LATEX.
IT WAS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN
EVER I FELT ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GET BACK INTO TO REALLY BRING
SOME JOY TO OUR FRONTLINE
HEROES AND WORKERS.
I THOUGHT WHAT BETTER WAY
THAN TO THROW UP. 2500
BALLOONS ON THE OUTSIDE THE
HOSPITAL FOR OUR HEROES
FREIGHT HASN'T LOOKED BACK
LEADING MASSIVE BALL OF THE
INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE MY WHOLE
OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL, ILLINOIS
MASONIC HOSPITAL RUSH
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER'S
SCHWAB REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
AND ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL
CENTER.
THE DISPLAY BRINGING BIG
SMILES TO MEDICAL STEP HAS THE
RIGHT TO WORK. DESPITE GOING
THROUGH NEARLY 14,000
BALLOONS. FREY CAN'T WAIT TO
SURPRISE THE NEXT TO THE FRONT
LINE WORKERS. IF YOU KNOW A
HOSPITAL THAT COULD USE A
LITTLE LIFT LEFT BALLOONS IS
ALREADY LOOKING FOR THEIR NEXT
RECIPIENT.
TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFUL
INSTALLATIONS TOMORROW
KICK-OFF CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT
GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY
NEWEST EXHIBIT, THE FLOWERS OF
MONET A HEARING TO SAVE SOCIAL
DISTANCING PROTOCOL. TIMES
RESERVATIONS NEED TO BE MADE
IN ADVANCE TO GARFIELD
CONSERVATORY DOT IF YOU'RE
LUCKY, YOU MIGHT JUST CATCH
THE SPONTANEOUS POP UP A
TOWERING LUMEN AIDED MALCOLM X
AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
WIRE SCULPTURE GREATER CHICAGO
ARTIST MAXWELL IN CASE BECAUSE
DEMAND JUSTICE PIECES ACTIVISM
THROUGH ART. YOU NEVER KNOW
WHEN OR WHERE THEY'LL POP UP
IN THE CITY NEXT WEEK I WILL
HAVE A SPECIAL LOOK AT THE
ARTIST.
AND HIS MISSION TO
ENCOURAGE CONVERSATION THROUGH
ART.
FINALLY THIS FRIDAY WE END
WITH THIS REMARKABLE WOMAN IS
SU MAZEN HAS SOME AMAZING THAT
I'M GONNA MISS ME ON MY KIDS
82 YEAR-OLD PHYLLIS CUPOLA OF
MOKENA WHO HAS SPENT MORE THAN
A 3RD OF HER LIFE HERE ON THE
CORNER OF A 100 95TH AND WOLF
ROAD.
THIS FALL WILL BE THE FIRST
TIME IN 34 YEARS THAT SHE
HOPED THE DINING ROOM RIGHT
SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD, CAPTAIN
VEST, THE PANDEMIC TAIL TO RUN
WHICH CAR PULL A PLAN TO
CONTINUE ANOTHER 5 YEARS. A
BITTERSWEET EARLY RETIREMENT,
BUT THE BELOVED FAMILIAR FACE
ON THE CORNER OF A 100 95TH I
JUST CAN'T SAY IN WORDS HOW
MUCH I THOSE CHILDREN.
THEY WERE THEY IN AND THEY
COME THEY ACT IF THE SCHOOL
JUST TIME TO ON THEM AND THEIR
FLIGHTS THAN
IF IT'S A LOVE FOR CHILDREN
WITH THE COMMUNITY WAS ABOUT
TO LET COUPLE OF RETIRED
QUIET.
SHE WAS HELD IN SEVERAL
SUBURBAN PAPERS AND GIVEN AN
OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION FROM THE
VILLAGE OF MAKEEN A TO THANK
HER FOR YEARS OF SERVICE. HER
KIDS IN HER MAILBOX CONTINUES
TO BE FLOODED WITH CARDS FROM
ALL THE PEOPLE SHE HAD AN
IMPACT ON OVER THE YEARS.
POLIS SAYS AT THE END OF THE
DAY. JOB SHOULD BE ABOUT THE
HOURS YOU PUT IN BUT RATHER
THE NUMBER OF LIVES WERE ABLE
TO TOUCH.
LOTS OF GOOD STEP THERE. SO
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