Press Releases/Announcements from local sources
- Hastert visits D. 303
- changes to attendance policy
- free concert
- Student-Stranger Encounter
West
ChicagoPolice Dept.
"Two children were on the school playground when occupants of a Gold Jeep Cherokee 4door with chrome rims and center spinners yelled for the children to approach the vehicle. We do not know the intentions of the occupants at this time."
Immigrant
group taking a long walk"The march, which begins Friday, will be peppered with rallies in Chicago's Chinatown and Little Villageneighborhoods as well as Cicero, Melrose Park, Villa Park, West Chicago and Batavia. Supporters can join marchers along the route or go the entire distance."
Sen
Durbin“The agriculture disaster package announced by the Administration yesterday seriously shortchanges Illinois farmers,”
Sen.
Obama"Senator Barack Obama spoke exuberantly, painfully, sometimes bluntly, if not guardedly, about what we have always known, with a fresh turn of phrase. Kenya can learn from this precocious man."
Rep
Hastert"The Web site for the Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Reform states that Hastert is in a powerful position to either block or enact real comprehensive immigration reform."
Sen Peter Roskam"I don't think we should leave it to a bureaucrat in Washington, D.C., who has never been to Wood Dale to make fundamental decisions about the life and health and safety Wood Dale and other communities in the district,"
"She hasn't called for an opportunity to speak with readers of the Journal in Des Plaines, Mt. Prospect, Elk Grove and other communities, and our attempt to schedule a meeting so we can hear her views has gone unanswered so far."
Tammy Duckworth“As I campaign across the district, the situation in Iraq is on the minds of many voters,” Duckworth said. “Yet Peter Roskam has steadfastly avoided discussing the issue. His position on Iraq doesn’t even appear on his campaign website.”
ElementaryDistrict 33
"Taking Care of Your Family: A night about food and fitness, the first in the series, will take place on Tuesday, September 26 in the cafeteria at West Chicago Middle School beginning at 6:00 PM."
WC
Public Library- Preventing Identity Theft
- Preparing Your Landscape for Winter
New
There's safety in Web-savvy parents - Chicago Daily Herald"Brought together by House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the panel armed parents with tips to protect children online and to share the nation's efforts to address the increasing "parallels between the physical world and the online world," as one MySpace representative put it."
"In a rare move in DuPage County, the state has designated a 120-acre oasis of plant and animal life in the West Chicago Prairie Forest Preserve as a protected nature site, putting it beyond the reach of development forever."
The
imperfections of man"In a country ravaged by HIV/AIDS, where the stigma still stings and many suffer in silence, Obama and his wife showed up at a tiny mobile clinic in Kisumu to be tested. The message could not have been clearer for Kenyans. Know the enemy and you can defeat the enemy. You can help yourselves."
Sen
Durbin“The Waukegan airport is a vital element of the economy in Northeastern Illinois. Major corporations with private aircraft consider the airport a crucial link to the places in which they do business around the world."
Sen.
Obama"I learned that my grandfather had been a cook for the British and, although he was a respected elder in his village, he was called "boy" by his employers for most of his life. I learned about the brutal repression of Operation Anvil, the days of rape and torture in the "Pipeline" camps, the lives that so many gave, and how my grandfather had been arrested briefly during this period, despite being at the periphery of Kenya's liberation struggles."
"Kenya is one of the more developed countries in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the closest to the West, but it is consistently ranked by international organizations as one of the most corrupt. Mr. Obama said this corroded its ability to attract investment, fight terrorism and provide security for its own people."
Rep
Hastert"Requests for a recount resulting from major problems with the election were deemed insufficient and the rights of voters to due process were cast aside in deference to Speaker Hastert or any future Speaker."
"House Speaker Dennis Hastert has traveled to 42 congressional districts this month to campaign on behalf of his Republican colleagues. He also made time for one rare stop in Peoria to stump for a state representative candidate. "
"Responding Tuesday to repeated requests from The Associated Press, a Frist spokesman said the Republican senator may not have done his continuing education after all, and had contacted the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners to see if corrective steps were necessary."
- SAT scores
- Board of Education meeting synopsis
- new FOCUS
- Back to School nights...
City
of West Chicago"The road closure will accommodate approximately 500 people participating in an Immigration Reform March en-route to Batavia."
[More information can be found at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights's website or by downloading their Word document press release at their press release ( http://www.icirr.org/events_files/bataviaeng.doc ). - Bob]
West
Chicago Police Dept."St. Mary’s has offered the group the use of Bowman Field, behind the church, for an inter-faith service, dinner and lodging. They plan to depart on Monday, September 4, 2006 between 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., en-route to Batavia."
County
board candidate to remain off the ballot“Mr. Chavez seems like a very nice man,” Kurzawa said. “I just think the party let him down. Whoever handled that paperwork should have caught the obvious insufficiencies.”
Obama
delivers civics lesson"I have to tell you, that as someone who lives outside of Kenya, the notion that at this stage in the nation's development there would still be politics primarily based on arguments between Luo, Kikuyu, Kamba and Maasi doesn't make any sense,''
Sen
Durbin"Under the Individuals with Disability Education Act, schools must transport children who have special needs to and from class and tend to their health care at school. Since 1997, states and school districts have been reimbursed for these services for children who are on Medicaid."
"We’re sure Durbin will remind his colleagues than Asian carp are not just an Illinois problem. So far, 14 states have been affected by these fish, and more states will be if the fish go unchecked."
Sen.
Obama"Obama, who visited President Mwai Kibaki in the Kenyan capital, was later joined by his wife and two daughters at a memorial park built where the U.S. Embassy once stood. Obama laid a wreath at the monument, which lists the names of 248 people killed in a terrorist bombing claimed by al-Qaeda."
"Unlike his last visit in the early 1990s when he traveled by public minibus with chickens in his lap, this time Obama reached the verdant village in a motorcade with police escorts."
Rep
Hastert"We must continue to ensure that federal dollars are being spent wisely and aid is getting to the families, small businesses and organizations that need it."
["It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed," he said in an interview with the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill. - Washington Post]
GovernorBlagojevich
"One year after the tragedy, we must remember those who died or lost their homes and keep in mind that there are thousands more who still need help to get their lives back in order."
Sen Peter Roskam"Duckworth, a National Guard major who lost both legs in a grenade attack on her helicopter outside Baghdad, has one of the highest national profiles among congressional candidates. Party officials embraced her as a heroic symbol of the war's toll on the United States and put their money operations at her disposal."
Tammy Duckworth“The fact is that U.S. taxpayers are shelling out billions of dollars more than necessary for prescription drugs purchased under the new Medicare Part D drug plan because Congress banned the program from negotiating for lower drug prices with the pharmaceutical companies,”
"So far, 59 senators have denied placing a "secret hold" on legislation to create a public, user-friendly database of all government spending."
Rep.Randy Ramey“I have a problem with the Governor taking credit for tougher sexual predator laws that were not even introduced by his own party. Cracking down on sex offenders was an initiative driven by the Republicans during this past session,”
"Jannotti was pronounced dead at 10:06 a.m. at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, police officials said. Tests performed after the crash indicate that alcohol was a factor in the crash, Illinois State Police Sgt. Theodore Whittier said."
GOP
starts ads early for 6th District race"The tax mail pieces blast Duckworth for “apparently” opposing renewal of the tax breaks for married couples and the child tax credit. Duckworth is on record as supporting renewal of both of those tax breaks, but Republican operatives took a partial quote from a news story where Duckworth indicated she “would seriously consider repealing” part of President Bush’s tax cuts."
"William Shapotkin, president of the Railroad Club of Chicago, says the Union Pacific is targeting the very people who are most likely to notice and report something wrong on the railway system."
"After Friday night's preseason game and apparently spending part of the night and next morning in the city with friends, state police said, Jannotti, 18, driving his 2002 Cadillac Catera, slammed into the back of a semitrailer about 6:20 a.m. Saturday. He was traveling west on Interstate Highway 290 near Elk Grove Village, about 300 feet from the Biesterfield Road exit, police said."
"Every country that develops, develops because women are given opportunity," Obama said. He said Kenyan men need to change their mindset when it comes to how they treat women. "Respect the girls," said Obama. Abusing or taking sexual advantage of women "does not make you a big man. It makes you a small man to do that."
Sen
Durbin“Recent studies of Illinois terrorism preparedness – both those done by the federal government and the self-evaluation done by the state – point to serious shortcomings in planning for mass evacuations."
"Illinois does not have a U.S. Senator up for re-election this year, but if voters approved an advisory initiative this year, it could pressure the state legislature to approve a constitutional ban next year, setting up the marriage conflict to be on the ballot in 2008 - when Illinois sits as a crucial state in the presidential election and when U.S. Senator Richard Durbin - a strong supporter of equal marriage rights - will be up for re-election."
Rep
Hastert"This week of events under the We Are America Alliance, will kick off in Illinois on Sept. 2, where a coalition is planning a four-day march beginning in Chinatown and ending in Batavia at the home office of House Speaker Dennis Hastert."
" In a strongly worded letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., ... "In all of our states," the four governors write, "we face a crisis not of our making ... our states are flooded with illegal immigrants, our taxpayers are angry and citizens and non-citizens alike are losing respect for the law."
"Here's the answer, ahead of time: Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House, got the word that Bilbray was unofficially elected from Ms. Susan Lapsley, Assistant Secretary of State for Elections, California Secretary of State Office...". In other words, another assistant to a Republican official helps out."
Tammy Duckworth“Given the fact that this new process essentially allows for the extraction of cells from an embryo without affecting its viability, I am writing to ask whether you support this form of embryonic stem cell research,”
Cable
ComChannel 17
"Community High School football fans will, once again, be able to watch all the action from every Friday night's game on Saturdays at noon. So, if you had to miss the game or just want to catch the action a second time, tune in every Saturday at noon through the entire Wildcat season. This Saturday (Sept. 2) we will be showing the tape of Friday's (Sept.1) game at Batavia High School."
West
Chicago Sister City"Monday, September 11, 2006 is the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. Sister Cities of West Chicago is organizing a memorial service to be held at the Community High School Dist. 94 football field, on 9-11 at 7:00 p.m."
Rep.Randy Ramey"State Rep. Randy Ramey (R-Carol Stream) is supporting a new 11-point legislation plan to adopt stiffer penalties for gang activity as part of an ongoing strategy to decrease gang violence in Illinois."
Obama
goes to bat for TV crews after 'shakedown'"We were fairly out front about the importance of reducing corruption and crime in this country if Kenya wants to see significant economic development,''
Hastert
in defense of Congress on budget"In Iowa, a theme to Lamberti's campaign is complaining about what he calls the "budget mess" created by Congress. Hastert found himself addressing those complaints Friday since Republicans control both chambers in Congress and the White House."
[Lamberti is an Iowa Republican. - Bob]
Uninsured
call on Hastert for reform"The uninsured residents and health-care advocates stood outside Hastert's Batavia office and demanded the speaker "use the power of his office to bring real reform to health care that is inefficient, unaffordable and unfair," said William McNary, co-director of Citizen Action Illinois and president of U.S. Action."
Sen
Durbin"California Democrat George Miller rents space to three colleagues, Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Richard Durbin of Illinois, and Representative William Delahunt of Massachusetts, all Democrats. Delahunt and Schumer have cots in the living room. Durbin gets one of the bedrooms. Miller gets the other. "
"Recently, a group of senators led by Senator Dick Durbin wrote a letter reproaching the FDA for the "procedural barriers" that have frustrated the various parties involved. This letter articulated their concerns about the program and expressed their hopes for policy changes."
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that in 2000, this country was 110,000 short of the number of nurses needed to adequately provide quality health care. By 2005, the shortage had doubled to 219,000 and by 2020, we will be more than 1 million nurses short."
Sen.
Obama"US Senator Barrack Obama has arrived in Kenya for as six day visit.The plane carrying Obama touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Thursday ..."
"During an appearance in South Africa Tuesday, Obama said the government is underestimating the extent of the problem and needs to do more to prevent and treat the disease."
"The climax of his welcome was his arrival in ancestral village of Nyang’oma Kogelo in Siaya District, to an emotional reunion with his 85-year-old grandmother."
Rep
Hastert"Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House, had an attack of hoof and mouth disease when he told the nation, "Freedom is never free, and we must never be complacent in defending it." How well the taxpayers know about the "never free" part. A billion dollars a week for over three years spent on Iraq and the Iraqis can''t get the hang of the freedom Rep. Hastert was talking about."
"VT-AL candidate Martha Rainville (R) wants a "moderate Republican" as speaker, not necessarily Speaker Dennis Hastert. Asked if she'd support another Hastert term, Rainville, at a news conference: "I don't know. Would I abstain? Would it matter?"
"There is some thing very wrong with this sequence. Elections are not complete, anywhere, until they are officially certified by local authorities. How can a citizen get sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives before his or her election is certified? Only Speaker Dennis Hastert, his team, and Bilbray have the answer."
"Nancy Cunningham told The New Republic magazine that she didn't question junkets financed by defense contractors because other senior congressional figures, including Speaker Dennis Hastert, joined in. "How can it be illegal or unethical if the most important man in Congress is doing it?" she asked interviewer Kitty Kelley, the celebrity biographer."
"Nancy Cunningham told The New Republic magazine she didn't question junkets paid by defense contractors because other senior congressional figures, including Speaker Dennis Hastert, joined in."
City
of West Chicago- Immigration Reform Rally/March Update
- Procession Route
- In-kind Services
- Penquin Restaurant Liquor License
- Tivoli Ristorante Liquor License
Dirk Enger"The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans is geared towards helping them get back on their feet, find jobs and reunited with family and friends. The House is ready. The mortgage payments are in order. So is the Staff. There's just not enough funding."
Rep
HastertThe most recent item at the Speaker's blog is dated 05/26/06. There are three previous postings this year, dated 01/19/06, 03/31/06, and 05/02/06, all named "House Happenings for This Week." He seems to have dropped this poorly chosen title, but, when he takes his position against "net neutrality," he will not be considered one of those high volume users that the giant phone corps want to run out of business. - Bob
"This event is part of West Chicago and Winfield Township’s participation in National Preparedness Month 2006, a nationwide coordinated effort sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to encourage families to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and schools. "
Board of Education meeting...
"“He has no remorse for what he did,” said DuPage Circuit Judge Robert Anderson. “He blames everyone else. It reached a point where I was expecting him to say the dog ate his homework.”"
“A larger percentage of students had cell phones in their backpacks. We probably had several hundred calls go out (to parents) within minutes,”
"The new Spray and Pay program is offering residents a $200 reward if they give police information that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone spraying graffiti."
"Alvine was awaiting resentencing when the former governor acted to clear Death Row, so his sentence technically was not commuted to life at that time. Then, the Supreme Court ruled Alvine was no longer eligible for the death penalty."
"The reception was ice-cold lemon sorbet, courtesy of North Aurora dairy magnate and former gubernatorial candidate Jim Oberweis, plus a handful of local well-wishers and inquiring media types."
Sen Peter Roskam"Enhancing Illinois prospects for a revolutionary power plant that would revitalize Illinois’ coal industry, taking a closer look at a state board that oversees the construction and expansion of health-care facilities, and determining the pros and cons of selling the state’s toll highway system were among issues Illinois senators considered during the week of Aug. 21-25, according to State Senator Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton)."
Sen
Durbin"This funding helps Good Samaritan Hospital take the first steps toward acquiring the next generation of technology needed to modernize its operating room,”
“Yet, for too many people living in small communities today, broadband access is still not a reality. When I travel in downstate Illinois, people tell me that they cannot wait to have broadband service, but that there is no service available to them right now. My bill will change that.”
Sen.
Obama"They uttered barely a word as the nightly news went on for nearly 10 minutes about Obama. "Tonight, it was special. That's why everyone was quiet," the soft-spoken Nassir said when the broadcast moved on to another topic. "People will follow his every movement from today until he leaves. He is one of us."
Rep
Hastert"We urge you to redouble your efforts to ensure their safe return and bring to justice those responsible for this heinous act."
GovernorBlagojevich
Tammy Duckworth"She's phenomenal," Russell said after Duckworth spoke Tuesday to about two dozen teachers at a Bloomingdale middle school. "Having been a teacher herself, she understands everything about [the details of No Child Left Behind]."
“What happens in our classrooms today will hold the key to advances in science, medicine and technology for the country tomorrow. In order to compete in the global marketplace, we must stand up and fight for our young people, to give them every educational opportunity they deserve,”
West
ChicagoHigh School
"Adults who want to learn how to speak English can take tuition-free classes from 7:00 p.m. until 9:15 p.m. on Monday/Wednesday, and Tuesday/Thursday evenings at West Chicago Community High School District 94."
ElementaryDistrict 33
"After contacting Commonwealth Edison, the Superintendent determined that while this was not a crisis situation, without resources including air conditioning or fans, toilet facilities, lights, and even hot lunch, students would need to be sent home. "
City
of West Chicago"Feeling a sense of pride and accomplishment in a community clean-up effort, neighbors on Clayton Street in West Chicago are planning a celebratory block party on Saturday, August 26th."
At
Home in West Chicago""Potential burglars, thieves and/or violent criminals may see the cameras and decide that the location in question runs too much risk and is not a good target," he said. Catching criminals on camera assists with apprehension and prosecution Kuhn added."
"West Chicago Lions Club President Nanette Connelly welcomed superintendents, school principals, new teachers and staff members from school districts 25, 33 and 94 as well as Wheaton Academy on Aug. 16 at the 41st annual New Teachers Luncheon at the Courtyard Restaurant in Warrenville."
"Mark Giomi, 25, of West Chicago will be back in DuPage County Circuit Court for a hearing Thursday, Sept. 7, following an Aug. 21 guilty plea to arson charges."
"At its regular meeting on Aug. 15, Bill Brown advised the Board of Education of Community High School District 94 of his resignation as board member effective at the end of the meeting convened on the same date."
"The West Chicago City Museum hopes to restore an old railroad depot, and will be throwing an 1860s-era party at a historic home to help pay for it."
“We’re just looking at more of a comprehensive way of addressing the problem, and this is a way to do it,” police Cmdr. Bruce Malkin said. “It’s an eyesore. Gangs marking their turf — people don’t want to see that.”
"The plan, expected to be unveiled Tuesday, calls for investing $225 million over the next five to 10 years to build as many as 20 plants to turn corn into ethanol, five soy biodiesel plants and four facilities that would make ethanol from plant waste like corn husks."
Sen
Durbin“It is the 46 million Americans without health insurance who most need this information. Not only are uninsured Americans often paying out-of-pocket for their care, they are paying rates far higher than insured Americans because they do not have access to the reduced rates negotiated by insurance companies.”
GovernorBlagojevich
"The Illinois unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in July, falling lower than the national rate, which is 4.8 percent, for the second consecutive month. This is the first time this has happened in more than seven years."
Sen Peter Roskam"State Sen. and Republican Congressional candidate Peter Roskam said he will support the city of Wood Dale in its attempt to fix the dangerous railroad intersection at Wood Dale and Irving Park roads and would ask for federal dollars to do so if he is elected to Congress."
Tammy Duckworth“A museum of glass is a perfect place for Members of Congress to go and take a long look in the mirror,” said Duckworth. “There, they can reflect on the fact that their failure to control spending is driving our deficit up, increasing our debt and leaving the American taxpayers paying the tab for years to come.”
City
of West Chicago"The City's "Spray and Pay Reward Program" will give citizens up to $200 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of graffiti vandals."
Welcome back!
"Residents had complaints and concerns about truck noise, dust, wildlife preservation and a large staging area for safe soil at the southeast corner of Route 59 and Mack Road."
"The uninsured residents and health-care advocates stood outside Hastert's Batavia office and demanded the speaker "use the power of his office to bring real reform to health care that is inefficient, unaffordable and unfair," said William McNary, co-director of Citizen Action Illinois and president of U.S. Action."
Rep
Hastert"Congressman J. Dennis Hastert on Tuesday announced that he will bring together a panel of national experts for an August 29 Community Meeting to provide tips and information for parents to protect their children on the Internet."
City
of West Chicago
"West Chicago Citizen Corps and Winfield Township Citizen Corps are pleased to announce that they will be joining together to host a Family Emergency Preparedness Night on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the West Chicago Fire District Office ..."
West
Chicago Sister CityIt appears that Sister City will be planning a get together at 7PM at the High School. Some clues of what they are up to can be gleaned from http://www.septemberconcert.org/. As I receive specifics of final plans, I will post them.
Cable
ComChannel 17
"Due to the length of Moday's (8/21/06) City Council meeting, 'Fun at Rydell' will not be shown at 9:00pm on Wednesday night to accomodate broadcast of the meeting tape. Also, the rebroadcast of the City Council meeting on Friday (8/25/06) night will start at 8:30pm. We thank all our viewers for their patience and understanding."
Roskam
defends federal pork support "The 6th Congressional District GOP nominee said he’d support continuing the so-called practice of “earmarks” if elected to Congress to make sure projects like fixing the dangerous railroad crossing at Irving Park and Wood Dale roads continue to get funded."
Sen.
Obama“There needs to be a sense of urgency and almost a clinical truthteller about Aids in this country for the problem to be solved. Not ambiguity,”
News1130 - Vancouver,British Columbia
"Illinois Senator Barack Obama has contributed a foreword and Norman Mailer a blurb to It Takes a Nation, a first-person history of hurricane Katrina compiled by the liberal activist organization MoveOn.org."
Rep
Hastert"Today, the president will join 300 of his special interest friends for a closed press fundraiser to bolster Bachmann's struggling campaign. This follows similar fundraisers with the president's profoundly unpopular vice president in June, his deeply divisive Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove in July, and the leader of the Bush Republicans in Congress, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, in July."
GovernorBlagojevich
"The plan will help free consumers from the grip of foreign oil and gas interests by giving drivers and homeowners alternatives to the high cost of gasoline, stabilize ener gy prices, give Illinois farmers new markets for their crops, and create 30,000 new jobs."
"American economists are yet to face up to the fact that offshoring high productivity, high value-added jobs that pay well and replacing them with waitresses and bartenders is a knife in the heart of the US economy."
City
of West Chicago"Strolling the spectacular grounds of a landmark home in the heart of West Chicago with the likes of Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Lincoln will mark the 150th birthday celebration of the Currier-Reed House this Saturday, August 26th from 3:00 p.m. until dusk."
Cable
ComChannel 17
- City Council LIVE
- Dark Side of Cable
- Disney Magic Music Days
"The West Chicago Fire Department responded to a fire at about 8:20 a.m. at 516 Carriage Drive. Firefighters put out the flames within a couple minutes, said West Chicago Fire Department Lt. Jim Buenrostro."
Editorial:
Obama focuses needed light on AIDS"Sen. Barack Obama has a chance to use his fame and popularity to help others this week while he tours Africa. We expect it will be well worth his time and energy."
"Come see what the Thorium Action Group, the citizens of West Chicago, the groups that have gone before us, and our concerned, hardworking federal, state and local elected officials have been able to accomplish — a safe and effective environmental cleanup of the largest radioactive contaminated site in the nation."
Obama
'humbled' to stand in Mandela's prison cell"This visit to Robben Island, an important symbolic beginning of an Africa trip, is the first leg for CODEL OBAMA, Washington jargon for an official taxpayer-paid congressional delegation. Often, these "codels" have more than one lawmaker. In this case, the Obama trip to Africa is a codel of one."
Sen
Durbin"Payback time came Aug. 2, when the Defense appropriations bill was debated under management of Stevens as Appropriations subcommittee chairman. Durbin proposed his University of Chicago earmark to improve imaging of traumatic brain injuries. The hook connecting this with Defense was "adaptation of current technologies to treat brain injuries suffered in combat.""
Sen.
Obama"It is a reminder of the extraordinary struggle that not only Mandela went through but people all over the world go through to obtain things that we take for granted," said Obama. "To stand in Mandela's cell and have a sense of the incredible courage, resilience and hopefulness of these men puts into perspective the work we do back home."
“I have never witnessed a flag being burned, and if I did, I would probably go over and hit the guy,” said Obama. “I don’t want a flag burning amendment, but that doesn’t mean I revere the flag less than others.”
"South African AIDS activists say Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has created confusion by pushing traditional medicines and a recipe of garlic, beetroot, lemon and African potatoes to combat AIDS while underplaying the role of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs."
GovernorBlagojevich
"We’re working with schools, libraries, and health centers across the state to get the word out to families about All Kids, and to remind parents to add healthcare to their back-to-school checklist."
City
of West Chicago- Fine Arts Fiesta Awards Presentation
- Crown Recycling
- Well Station 10 Repair
- Pay Station equipment for Metra Station
- Crossing of Dupage Unit II subdivision
"For the past six years, the City has tried to maintain a constant rate between $0.42 and $0.45 per $100 of assessed valuation, relying on the increase in assessed valuation to offset the inflationary cost of our services; in fact, the City Council has reduced the rate by over 35% since 2001."
"In addition to all she lists, there will be a tin type photographer available. I understand that he will have some costumes and a backdrop, and for a fee will take your picture and develop it on glass right there at the lawn party."
... from Becky Hall
"Giomi targeted Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1244 Army Trail Road in Carol Stream, and Good Shepherd Church, 751 Army Trail Road in Bartlett, on March 10, 2003. He also set fires inside Poplar Church, 300 Schick Road, on April 2, 2004, and Living Lord Lutheran Church, 1044 Congress Drive, on July 1, 2004."
"“The program is going to remain status quo. It’s an excellent program,” Supervisor Bill Newell said. Newell was responding to a widely distributed e-mail sent out by a woman whose mother uses the senior center."
"Kline Creek Farm, 1N600 N. County Farm Road, West Chicago: “Blacksmithing Demonstrations.” Blacksmiths repair equipment and demonstrate the tools and techniques of the trade from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. “Threshing Demonstrations.” An authentic steam-powered thresher processes this year’s oat crop into grain, chaff and straw. 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (630) 876-5900 or www.dupageforest.com."
"A missionary from Africa who hosted the Ugandan visit of Ruth LaSure and Barb Retelny earlier this spring will return the visit when he speaks at 10 a.m. Sunday to the congregation at Church of the Resurrection, 1465 S. Neltnor Blvd., West Chicago."
"Marc Giomi, 24, of the 4N600 block of Turnmill Lane entered the plea before Judge George Bakalis, who found him guilty and sentenced him to 180 days in jail and 4 years of probation, and ordered him to pay restitution."
"'There are millions of questions on this now,' Eder said. 'I mean, we started with some, and now we're swamped.' All the caskets but Smith's were made of wood, and it is difficult to determine if they were buried about the same time."
Sen.
Obama"On the issue of minimum wage, Obama was equally firm. One of the reasons it has not been raised is worry that employers will hire fewer workers, but when the wage hasn't been changed in nine years, however, “That's just exploitation,” he said."
"One of the messages I'm going to send is that, ultimately, Africa is responsible for helping itself," Obama said in an interview Wednesday."
"Curiously, despite the calls for lobbying reform from Dennis Hastert and John Boehner, those seeking to rein in congressional earmarks are being punished."
West
ChicagoHigh School
"The evening Adult Education program of West Chicago Community High School District 94 will conduct tuition-free classes which will prepare students for the General Equivalency Development Exam (GED)."
"The West Chicago Community High School Adult Education Program, 326 Joliet Street, West Chicago, will be offering FREE Citizenship Preparation Classes starting Monday September 11, 2006."
"According to the West Chicago City Museum, the Currier-Reed house is believed to have been built in 1856. The original owners were William and Roxanna Currier, who arrived in DuPage in the late 1830s from New Hampshire."
John
Laesch(candidate for
US 14th)
"It is good to see that the Laesch campaign is taking a cue from the Ned Lamont campagin in Connecticut. Laesch is going to attack Hastert over the Iraq war, which is good."
[It's hard to believe that this blog is left open/vulnerable like this. - Bob]
GovernorBlagojevich
"Regular exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure while reducing stress and increasing energy. But the unfortunate truth is that a majority of adults in America, and almost a third of our children, are not getting enough exercise."
"Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced a new grant program to help Illinois agricultural fertilizer dealers protect their product from thieves involved in the illicit production of methamphetamine. The $1.6 million initiative will provide grants to facilities to install locks on anhydrous ammonia tanks, to purchase video surveillance cameras or to blend approved additives into their anhydrous ammonia to render it useless for the production of methamphetamine."
‘Virtually
every state a border state’"House Speaker Dennis Hastert plays a key role in determining changes to laws governing who comes into this country and how long they stay. This puts the Plano Republican at the heart of a fierce debate embroiling the nation and the suburbs. The cause took an emotional turn this week when illegal immigrant-turned-activist Elvira Arellano and her young soon dodged deportation by seeking refuge in a Chicago church."
"Accolades were the order of business during public participation at the Aug. 7 West Chicago City Council meeting. Receiving standing ovations were U.S. Marine Corps Sgts. Jason Nathaniel Aramburu and Jason Neil Hernan."
"At the August 7 West Chicago City Council meeting, resolutions were passed for the purchase and installation of cameras for the Metra commuter train station and entering a contract with Twin City Security, Inc. for the provision of personnel for Crossing Guard services."
"But I cannot sympathize with her and the millions of other illegal immigrants in this country who came here knowingly breaking our laws and now demand that these laws be set aside just for them."
Tony LaMantia
Sen
Durbin“I am honored to have worked with Chuck Scholz and wish him the best as he prepares to leave the public arena for private life. We will always be by his and Becky's side.”
Sen.
Obama