President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, in Washington. Obama signed an executive order to improve security measures for government credit and debit cards. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, in Washington. Obama signed an executive order to improve …

Published on October 17, 2014
Dr. Conrad Worrill, director and professor of the Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd., told the Chicago Citizen Newspaper that the efforts of a group he heads up called Friends of Track and Field and another group he’s involved with called the Slow Breakers, ex-Chicago Public Schools athletes in their 70s who played football and basketball and ran track and are now retired teachers, lawyers, judges and doctors and everyday workers, after 30 years, has finally paid off in the way of a $20 million indoor track facility that is slated for construction near Gately Stadium, 810 E. 103 St. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, are expected to make the announcement on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Dr. Conrad Worrill, director and professor of the Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd., told the Chicago …

Published on October 17, 2014