Press Releases/Announcements from local sources
West
Chicago High School
Immigration Mural to be
Dedicated at Welcome Center
"A new mural with an immigration
theme, "Leaving Home is to Spread Your Wings," will be dedicated at
Community High School ..."
"The program will feature the Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Combo."
Sen Peter Roskam"State Senator Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) has introduced legislation to require state agencies to provide notification when personal and confidential records may become compromised."
The regular monthly meeting of 4 the People was held Saturday morning at City Hall.
City
of West Chicago"As part of improving communication with you on the happenings in the City of West Chicago, our firm is launching a Weekly Media Update email to better provide brief, up-to-date, newsworthy items in a “bullet point” format to those of you in the local and regional media."
Sen Peter Roskam"... it was a long week for the Governor who saw his Fiscal Year 2006 budget blow apart when a bipartisan legislative commission issued a report disputing the estimated savings of reforming the state’s pension system ..."
Gene
Rennels"... rather than seek a common sense solution to what may or may not be an unsolvable problem we once again see our national leaders relying on the Big Lie."
ElementaryDistrict 33
West
Chicago High SchoolFile this one under "local author gets byline in national press" or "Lemon was amused and felt like linking to it."
West
Chicago High School
Nominees Sought for CHS Hall of
Honor
"Nomination letters for the Hall of
Honor should be sent to: John Highland"
ElementaryDistrict 33
"The regular meeting of the Board of Education was held on the 3rd Thursday of the month, February 17, 2005."
Randy Dieter
"We hope that information contained in these letters will help you with all your auto body & collision repair concerns. "
Rep
Hastert
Speaker Hastert Selects Commerce Department Spokesman Ron Bonjean
"Bonjean will lead the Speaker’s Communications
Office as spokesman and will help develop House Republican message
strategy..."
GovernorBlagojevich
"... the first program in the nation to allow citizens to purchase lower cost, safe prescription drugs from state-approved pharmacies in Europe and Canada."
Lemon
- WegoWeb"... the basement flooded and condensation dripping from the ceiling, walls, and light fixtures on both floors. "
Sen Peter RoskamElementaryDistrict 33
"Today’s information means we not need to reduce certified positions for budget reduction purposes*, or reductions can be greatly minimized."
Sen Peter RoskamRep
Hastert
House Passes Tort Limitations
“For the last decade, the Republican Congress has worked to end out of control lawsuits."
“For the last decade, the Republican Congress has worked to end out of control lawsuits."
GovernorBlagojevich
"The Governor’s budget includes major reforms to eliminate the state’s structural deficit, it invests more in schools, provides health care to more people who need it, builds roads, builds schools, cleans the environment and funds mass transit, without raising the income tax or sales tax."
"House Bill 756, sponsored by Rep. Susana Mendoza (D-Chicago) and Sen. Miguel del Valle (D-Chicago), stipulates that all schools in which at least 40 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced lunch must also provide a breakfast meal."
ElementaryDistrict 33
"Several important legislative hearings on state budget issues are being held in the Chicago region soon ..."
Just because 4 the People is an organization that many people don't know much about...
West
Chicago High School"Community High School is adding some exciting new aquatic programs for the public as well as repeating some of their most popular ones."
West
Chicago Police Dept.Rep
Hastert"Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, warning that "you can't jam change down the American people's throat," has become the latest and most prominent Congressional Republican to call for more public education and debate before Congress acts on transforming Social Security"
"Estimates suggest that about 1,000,000 Americans have a congenital heart defect. Approximately 35,000 babies are born with a defect each year."
Fact Sheet
Kiwanis annually pits local fire departments against each other in a contest to see which makes the best bowl of chili. The firefighters cook, the folks eat, and the funds support the Illinois Fire Alliance Burn Camp. A little fire in your belly and a little warmth in your heart.
GovernorBlagojevich
" CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) provides crucial funds to the state and directly to 47 counties and communities across Illinois, and are used for economic development, housing, public infrastructure, and critical social service programs, such as senior centers, day care programs and homeless shelters."
"In a letter to President George W. Bush, Gov. Rod Blagojevich today expressed serious concerns over proposed federal funding cuts for education in the United States."
ElementaryDistrict 33
West
Chicago High School"This is the first time that a bi-lingual Social Norms campaign has been attempted in the United States."
West
Chicago Police Dept.Rep
Hastert"“This bill establishes federal guidelines for the acceptance of driver’s licenses."
GovernorBlagojevich
"Governor Rod Blagojevich today officially announced the schedule of activities for the grand opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, to be held this April."
Sen Peter Roskam“We have legislation that provides real medical, insurance and legal reforms – reforms that will go a long way toward lowering medical malpractice premiums and ultimately keeping doctors in Illinois."
Legislators Prevail on FOIA
Matter
“This should send a clear message to
the administration that keeping secrets from the public—our constituents—is
not in accordance with the spirit or the letter of the law,”
Wheaton
Academy
Fernando Ortega Concert is Sold
Out
"In
May, Phil Smith, the principle trumpet player for the New York Philharmonic will
perform."
West
Chicago Police Dept.
Police News
Alert
Due to a trip to Mich (to visit my mother) this item
is very late... sorry.
Sen Peter Roskam"Lawmakers ushered in a busy week in Springfield with the introduction of more than 500 bills"
GovernorBlagojevich
Law allowing state to consider the effects of outsourcing in awarding state
contracts
"Gov. Rod Blagojevich today signed Senate Bill 2375, requiring companies
bidding for state business to certify whether the terms of the contract will
be performed in the U.S."
"Participating in an informational and interactive program at the Thompson Center for National Wear Red Day, Mrs. Blagojevich stressed the danger of heart disease in women and advised simple measures to help women lead healthier lives."
Rep
Hastert"(Washington, D.C.) House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today released the following statement on the successful elections in Iraq:.."
ElementaryDistrict 33
"The Board of Education has been reducing expenditures and making the most of resources over the past few years in an effort to balance the budget..."
WC
ToastMasters"... the opportunity to develop and practice communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth."
Lemon
- WegoWeb
The flyer for the fundraiser for the Community Centers is now available for you to look at.
West
Chicago High SchoolCHS JANUARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH
ElementaryDistrict 33
Sen Peter Roskam
Statement from Senator Peter
Roskam on the Governor’s State of the State Address
"The Governor’s speech was kind of
like eating a turkey burger. From a distance, it looks like the real thing,
but when you take a bite, you realize it isn’t."
"I have a lot of experience reading stories to children,”
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