Focus: Ben Gordon

Today's focus is on the Best kept secret in Chicago. No, we haven't found evidence of Corruption in the office of our great Mayor Daley, instead we'll focus on a sports figure. Ben Gordon became the first rookie to win NBA Sixth Man of the Year in the 2004-05 season. That same year he should have also been Rookie of the Year but because of "unwritten law" he couldn't win both. But anybody who follows Bulls basketball knows Gordon is a special player. The Bulls im my eyes up to this point have not realized the gem they have in Gordon and have tried always to "upgrade" the Shooting Guard position. What they have not realized is that a true star is playing his role and should reward him by signing him for the long term. But we know the Bulls......They'll fuck it up horribly. Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry, Ron Artest, Brad Miller, Elton Brand, etc. You see where i'm going with this!

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Salute 2 The Real: Helen Hawkins

Helen Hawkins is a well respected educator in Chicago. She not only is the founder of Olive Harvey Middle College (A school designed to help Chicago Public high school dropouts earn a Diploma and not a GED) but she also started the Grammar school that I graduated from. Triumphant Charter School used to be located at 4935 S. Seeley in the Back of The Yards neighborhood on Chicago's southside. It modeled the makeup and philosophy of Olive Harvey Middle College, with it's mixed classes of 6th, 7th, and 8th Graders. Instead of being called a "Student" every child was referred to as a "Scholar", and treated as such. The atmosphere of the school was more like a family re-uniting everyday than attending school. And just like every family has a "Mother", Ms. Hawkins was ours. Ms. Hawkins was Sweet, but tough and she always let you know she was In-Charge. Last week I was invited to a Group on Facebook "Ms. Helen Hawkins Saved MY LIFE. What about you?...