Discussion Topic for April 12 - April 18:
City
Triples Home Rule Sales Tax
Please Read the comments and links about the rise in the sales tax in West
Chicago. Then, at the bottom you can add your moderated comments.
"Several communities in the 55th District are being awarded OSLAD, or Open Space Land Acquisition Development, grants. The grants are part of $18.2 million in state funds for dozens of projects at existing parks and development of new parks and open space in Illinois. Here are a few of the developments that will be taking place in the 55th District:"
ElementaryDistrict 33
"Much has been happening in District 33 in recent days. We have a great deal to share with you..."
2008
JOB FAIR"The Partnership Committee of Community High School District #94 in West Chicago sponsored a week long 2008 Job Fair for the students of CHS. Several organizations spent many hours talking with students."
Cooks
Night Off Fundraiser"Our girls softball program is having a "Cooks Night Off" to raise funds for the program. Gianorio’s Pizza, located in the Prairie Trail Center on the corner of Geneva and County Farm Roads in Winfield is donating 15% of the sales to the softball program on Thursday April 24th and Thursday May 15th."
The
Pros and Cons of "School Choice" "Dr. Don Schlomann, Superintendent of Schools, will discuss the various options for choice offered by school districts across the country and provide information to help the group sort out the positives and negatives of choice programs including how school choice can affect traditional programming and school boundaries. "
"Students in the HOPE (Helping Others Protect Each Other) and Clay Clubs created vases and flower arrangements for residents of Brighton Gardens. Brighton Gardens is a senior citizens residence specializing in assisted living, Alzheimer’s disease, and hospice care."
Wheaton
to start cutting down ash trees"The aggressive option is more costly than the shared cost program. Each removed and replaced tree would cost about $250... Replacing all 764 fair-to-poor ash trees in that manner would tally a bill of $190,000. Wiping out all 6,461 ash trees in the community would cost about $1.6 million."
Neighbors
in the news"Mary Murphy, a sophomore at Community High School District 94 in West Chicago, has been chosen to receive a Congress-Bundestag 2008 scholarship. As one of 300 students from across the nation to be chosen for the honor, Murphy will study abroad as a guest of the German government for one year. "
"The second annual Owen M. Payton 5K Heart Walk/Run will be Sunday starting from 2N205 Ethel Road, West Chicago. Registration and check-in will be from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. and the walk/run begins at 10 a.m."
[OK, it's just a WC mailing address, but no harm - no foul. - Bob]
Dist.
303 to study enrollment -- again"Superintendent Don Schlomann said he expects the outcome to be "better data" than that of the two previous studies, which were conducted by Northern Illinois University and gave contradictory projections about how many new students the district might see in coming years."
West
Chicago Blooming Fest and plant sale"Gardening is fun and sharing information and plants with other gardeners is more fun. The West Chicago Garden Club plant sale will be a fun place to be on Sat., May 17. The plant sale runs in conjunction with the West Chicago Blooming Fest."
Beating
Clinton - William Hooper "Note to Hillary Clinton supporters: Do you think it's just coincidence that Rush Limbaugh, the Fox crew and the rest of the righties all support your candidate?
Six
hours, no exceptions"For years, however, some Illinois schools shortchanged students by spending more time on indoor simulators or driving ranges in parking lots. Some Illinois kids were getting as little as 1 hour and 40 minutes behind the wheel with an instructor."
Park Forest
CN
Aquisition of EJ&E to Leave Park Forest Cut in Two - "The story is even worse in the Joliet and Walker, IL, areas, where rail traffic will increase from 18.5 to 42.3 trains per day. Traffic between East Sidling/Eola and West Chicago will increase from 10.7 to 31.6 trains per day."
more
than 4,500 times on broadcast nets, cables, NPR"A Media Matters review found that since January 1, 2002, the analysts named in the Times article -- many identified as having ties to the defense industry -- collectively appeared or were quoted as experts more than 4,500 times on ABC, ABC News Now, CBS, CBS Radio Network, NBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR."
