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Send in the Civilians … The Marines need a little support By Jerry Field For decades I’ve heard the phrase in time of war and peace, we need “toys for tots” “how about a Bike Parade” to raise money for follow Veterans or all branches of service. When there is a crisis, Military or civilian, …

< 2018 >

December

10
Filing for school board races begins Dec. 10 thru Dec. 17
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All day
December 10, 2018-December 17, 2018
Filing for school board races begins Dec. 10 thru Dec. 17
Petition filing for Moraine Valley board starts December 10
Petitions for a seat on the Board of Trustees of Moraine Valley Community College, District #524, may be filed with Sandra Wagner, secretary of the board, or her designees Richard Hendricks, Dawn Fredrikson or Sandra Leonard, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Dec. 10 through Monday, Dec. 17, in Building D, Room D215 (President’s Office), 9000 West College Parkway, Palos Hills, Illinois.
There are three openings on the Board of Trustees to fill full terms of six years each, and there is one opening on the Board of Trustees to fill a two-year term.
Overview of Rules for candidates running in the April 2, 2019 Consolidated Election
Voting sticker from Chicagoland election. Photo courtesy of Ray Hanania
ESTABLISHED POLITICAL PARTIES, INDEPENDENT AND NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED
MUNICIPAL — including Special Charter
Mayor or President Clerk
Treasurer
Alderman or Trustee
NONPARTISAN OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED
MUNICIPAL — Council-Manager form (Councilmen at-large and from districts) and Commission form:
Mayor or President
Clerk
Treasurer (Council-Manager only)
Council Members or Commissioners or Trustees
MUNICIPAL — City of Chicago (run-off elections if required) [65 ILCS 20/21-26] PARK DISTRICT – Commissioners, Trustees
PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT – Trustees
TOWNSHIP AND MUNICIPAL LIBRARY – Trustees
REGIONAL BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES – Trustees
SCHOOL DISTRICT – Board Members, (including districts under article 33) School Directors
SCHOOL DISTRICT – Special Charter – Inspectors, Board Members
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES OF SCHOOLS (Cook County only)
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT – Trustees
TOWNSHIP LAND COMMISSIONERS (in counties under 220,000 population)
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT – Trustees
FOX WATERWAY MANAGEMENT AGENCY – Chairman, Directors: 1 Director to be elected from Lake County; 2 Directors to be elected from McHenry County
FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT – Commissioners
SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN EXPOSITION AND AUDITORIUM AUTHORITY – Commissioners
OTHER SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS (see applicable statutes)
PETITION CIRCULATION
First day to circulate nomination papers (must include original sheets signed by voters and circulators) for independent and new political party candidates in municipalities, and nonpartisan candidates for township and municipal libraries, road districts, library districts, park districts, school boards, community college boards, Fox Waterway Agency, regional board of school trustees, fire protection districts and forest preserve districts who file between DECEMBER 10 – 17, 2018. (90 days preceding the last day to file nomination papers)
(10 ILCS 5/10-4, 10-6; 615 ILCS 90/5)
PETITION TO REDUCE EDUCATION TAX EXTENSION
Last day for voters within a school district to file a petition for public question to reduce the tax extension for educational purposes. If the territory of the school district is located wholly within a single county, the petition must be filed with the election authority. If the territory of the district spans more than one county, the petition must be filed with the State Board of Elections.
(35 ILCS 200/18-206)
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CREATE POLICITAL SUBDIVISION
First day notice of intention to file a petition to create a political subdivision, whose officers are to be elected rather than appointed, may be published in a newspaper within the proposed political subdivision, or if none, in a newspaper of general circulation within the proposed territory.
[10 ILCS 5/28-2(g)]
MONDAY DECEMBER 10 2018
NOTE: If initial officers are to be elected at the election for creation of a new unit of government, candidates for such offices shall file nomination papers 113-106 days before such election (December 10-17, 2018).
(10 ILCS 5/10-6)
NOTE: The circuit court clerk shall publish the hearing date for a public policy petition filed in his/her office not later than 14 days after the petition is actually filed, but at least five days before actual hearing. Final orders within seven days of hearing.
(10 ILCS 5/28-4)
CONSOLIDATED ELECTION CANDIDATE FILING
First day for candidates to file in office of the local election official or Board of Election Commissioners original nominating petitions (must include original sheets signed by voters and circulators) for independent and new political party candidates in municipalities; nonpartisan candidates in township and municipal libraries; Fox Waterway Agency (filed with the State Board of Elections); library districts; park districts; school boards; community college boards; regional boards of school trustees; fire protection districts; and forest preserve districts.
(10 ILCS 5/10-6(2), 615 ILCS 90/5)
EXCEPTION: Nomination papers for the office of Regional Board of School Trustees in a single county shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. Petitions for the office of Multi-County Regional Board of School Trustees shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections.
(10 ILCS 5/10-6; 105 ILCS 5/6-10)
CAUCUS CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION
First day established political party caucus certificates of nomination may be filed in the office of the local election official along with Statement of Candidacy and Loyalty Oath (optional) for each candidate. The receipt for filing a Statement of Economic Interest for each candidate may be filed any time during the filing period.
(5 ILCS 420/4A-105; 10 ILCS 5/10-5, 10-6(2))
OBJECTIONS TO NEW POLITICAL SUBDIVISION PETITION
Last day to file objections to petitions to create a political subdivision in the appropriate office where the petitions were originally filed.
(10 ILCS 5/10-8, 28-4)
MONDAY DECEMBER 17 2018
VOTER REGISTRATION DATA
First day for election authority to indicate in writing that their voter registration data, including voting history from the latest election, is complete and up-to-date.
(10 ILCS 5/4-8, 5-7, 6-35)
CONSOLIDATED ELECTION CANDIDATE FILING
Last day for candidates to file in the office of the local election official or Board of Election Commissioners original nominating petitions (must include original sheets signed by voters and circulators) for independent and new political party candidates in municipalities; nonpartisan candidates in municipal libraries; Fox Waterway Agency (filed with the State Board of Elections); library districts; park districts; school boards; community college boards; regional boards of school trustees; fire protection districts; and forest preserve districts.
(10 ILCS 5/10-6(2), 615 ILCS 90/5)
EXCEPTION: Nomination papers for the office of Regional Board of School Trustees in a single county shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. Petitions for the office of Multi-County Regional Board of School Trustees shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections.
(10 ILCS 5/10-6); 105 ILCS 5/6-10)
CAUCUS CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION
Last day established political party caucus certificates of nomination may be filed in the office of the local election official along with Statement of Candidacy and Loyalty Oath (optional) for each candidate and the receipt for filing a Statement of Economic Interest for each candidate.
(5 ILCS 420/4A-105; 10 ILCS 5/10-5, 10-6(2))
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
Last day for filing a Statement of Economic Interests with the county clerk as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. The receipt must be filed on or before this date with the local election official or election authority who received the nomination papers.
(5 ILCS 420/4A-105; 10 ILCS 5/7-12(8), 10-5)
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The World War II Letters of Sam Lesner
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/event/the-world-war-ii-letters-of-sam-lesner/
7:00 PM
December 17, 2018
The World War II Letters of Sam Lesner
A book talk by the Editors, Roberta Lesner Bernstein & Judy Lesner Holstein
Sam Lesner was the award-winning movie critic of the Chicago Daily News from 1945 until the newspaper’s folding in 1978. He had worked at the Daily News, mainly as a reviewer of theatre, music and night life, from 1928 until he was drafted into the Army in February 1944. For the next 20 months, he served in the Army Medical Corps of the 130th General Hospital in the ETO, returning to the Daily News in November 1945 when he was offered the dual positions of movie critic and night life critic.
He wrote daily letters to his wife Esther, where he talked about the war in all its aspects: loneliness, missing wife and new baby, coping with army bureaucracy, basic training with some humorous descriptions of army life, making new friends in his army unit, the challenges of treating the shell-shocked soldiers and then sending them back into battle. The letters are lyrical, filled with pathos, a grim picture of the brutality of war, and of the urgency of defeating the anti-Semitic, racist Nazi enemy. They tell stories about Jewish soldiers conducting a Rosh Hashana service and being discovered by Jewish partisan fighters, hiding in the woods; and about significant connections with other Jewish soldiers and Jewish survivors.
He intended to write a book after the war and urged his wife to store the letters safely. That she did, but upon his return, like every other returning soldier from WWII, he packed the box neatly and safely away in his basement and never mentioned the box nor its contents to anyone, preferring to put the war totally behind him and join the rest of the Greatest Generation in building new lives in peacetime America, living on the South Side of Chicago in Jeffrey Manor and Pill Hill. In 2004, his daughters accidentally found this box, long after his passing in 1990, and embarked upon the task of fulfilling his plan to put his letters into a book.
“The World War II Letters of Sam Lesner”, book front cover
When
Monday, December 17th
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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Where
Max and Benny’s Restaurant, Deli and Bakery
461 Waukegan Rd
Northbrook, IL 60062

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Hurley Holds Business Attire Clothing Drive to Benefit Local Non-profit
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Congresswoman Kelly applauds Senate intro of Health Equity and Accountability Act

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Suburban backyard pool deck destroyed by fire

At approximately 10:30 PM on Friday August 3, 2018, the Orland Fire Protection District was notified of a house fire in the 100 block of Windmill Road in Orland Park.

Upon arrival, Fire companies found a large pool deck and attached pool house fully involved in the rear of the structure.

Companies made an offensive attack and firefighters were able to hold the fire from causing significant structural damage to the home property.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire currently remains under investigation.

Photos courtesy of the Orland Fire Protection District (OFPD, www.OrlandFire.org.)

Pool deck fire in back yard of Orland Park home, August 3, 2018. Photo courtesy of the Orland Fire Protection District www.OrlandFire.org

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