United Awareness Front Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America Local Parks Honored residents 48th Street and Harding Avenue dedicated an honorary street sign to recognize Henry J. "Hank" Rutkowski Sr. "Rutkowski is a decorated World War II veteran and former prisoner of war", he received the Good Conduct Medal, the Air Medal, the European Theatre of War Medal, and the Prisoner of War Medal. Following the war he worked for 40 years for Schulze & Birch, he retired in 1993. 47th Street and Keeler Avenue dedicated a street sign for Omar Torres. "Private First Class Omar E. Torres died in combat in Iraq, 2007." Torres was one of three children, his sister Oralia and brother, Oscar Jr. Where raised by Doris and Oscar Torres Sr. Events St. Bruno Catholic Church Carnival St. Richard Family Fest and Carnival and Rocket Run 5k http://www.strichardrocketrun.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151008061438/http://strichard.wix.com/carnival Government Archer Heights is split by two United States congressional districts, these districts are the 3rd and 4th. Marie Newman (3rd district) serves the South West, and Jesús "Chuy" García serves the North East Side of Archer Heights. Alderman Edward M. Burke has been serving the 14th ward for over 50 years. Alderman Ricardo Muñoz serves the 22nd ward of Chicago. Michael R. Zalewski is the Alderman for the 23rd ward. Archer Heights is also represented in the 1st district of the Illinois Senate and House, their Senator is Assistant Majority Leader, Democrat Antonio Munoz and their House Rep. is Assistant Majority Leader, Democrat Daniel J. Burke. Jeffery R. Tobolski was elected as the Cook County Commissioner from the 16th District on November 2, 2010. Tobolski is the Vice-Chairman of the Labor Committee; also at the Cook County Board he chairs the Homeland Security committee, Veterans Committee, as well as the Preserve's Zoo Committee. John P. Daley is the Cook County Commissioner of the 11th District. He serves on the Cook County Board Committee as the Audit and Finance Chairman. Politics The Archer Heights community area has supported the Democratic Party in the past two presidential elections by large margins. In the 2016 presidential election, Archer Heights cast 2,803 votes for Hillary Clinton and cast 527 votes for Donald Trump (81.22% to 15.27%). In the 2012 presidential election, Archer Heights cast 2,140 votes for Barack Obama and cast 494 votes for Mitt Romney (80.03% to 18.47%). Newspapers South Chicago Post http://www.swchicagopost.com Southwest news Herald http://swnewsherald.com References External