Civic Association Announces 2020 Educator, Toms Award Winners

Community service award winner Steve Demitro speaks at the CAPS Beat 912 Christmas party in December 2019.Local educators and McKinley Park neighborhood attorney Steve Demitro are recipients of the annual awards designated by the McKinley Park Civic Association, the group announced in a recent email release. Eight teachers and Demitro will be lauded at the McKinley Park Civic Association Annual Banquet and Awards slated for Sunday, March 8.

Demitro, a candidate for judge in the 14th Judicial Subcircuit in the upcoming March 17 primary election, won the William H.G. Toms Community Service Award, which will be presented alongside the other awards at the banquet, now in its 49th year. Educator award winners include:

• Marty Basco of Evergreen Academy Middle School
• Mark Darnall of Thomas Kelly High School
• Patrick Hunter of Horizon Science Academy - McKinley Park
• Michelle McKeown of Nathanael Greene Elementary School
• Cindy Mylnarski of Burroughs Elementary School
• Brother Chris Oddo of the De La Salle Institute
• Miguel Patino from Blessed Sacrament Parish's Religious Education Division
• Sara Urben of Namaste Charter School

The association's awards ceremony and multi-course, family-style meal again takes place at Polonia Banquets in the Brighton Park neighborhood. Tickets are available through February 27 and cost $25 or $28 for adults, and $16 or $17 for children, depending on the early bird discount.

Tickets are available for purchase at the McKinley Park Civic Assocation Meeting on the evening of Wednesday, February 5, at the McKinley Park branch of the Chicago Public Library. Tickets can also be acquired by calling Suzanne Pletsch at (773) 847-0261.