Posted in Saint Anne Parish School, Topics Of Interest on August 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »
St. Anne Parish School posted the following message on their Facebook page earlier today:
“What a GREAT day to be a Saint Anne Parish School Cardinal!! Today we safely welcomed back students, and we could not be happier about it. We are looking forward to safe and wonderful school year at Saint Anne!”
Their Facebook page can be found here.
Related: “Saint Anne Parish School to offer In-Person Learning and “Parallel Digital Instruction” to start school year.”
Posted in 2020 Elections, BACOG, Public Safety, Topics Of Interest, VBHPD, Village Government on August 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The 8th annual Hills Are Alive Fall Festival is three weeks from today
The Village mailed their Summer newsletter to residents earlier this month. Some of the topics covered included:
If you did not receive your copy of the newsletter, you can find it here.
Posted in Barrington Hills Country Club, Topics Of Interest on August 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Barrington Hills Country Club
GOLF’s Top 100 course panelists are among the most respected and well-traveled course evaluators in the game. They’re also keen to share their opinions. In this GOLF.com series, we’ll unlock their unvarnished views on all questions course-related.
The goal is not only to entertain you but also to give you a better understanding of how to understand and appreciate golf course architecture. You can see GOLF’s latest Top 100 Courses in the World ranking here, and meet all of our Top 100 panelists here.
Question: “What’s the best under-the-radar course in Chicago, and why?”
Tyler Rae: Barrington Hills Country Club, about 35 miles northwest of the city. It’s a 1921 George O’Neil layout that showcases an incredibly bold set of push-up greens laid over a splendid canvas of rolling terrain. O’Neil took in everything he learned while working as the golf professional at Beverly CC (from Ross when he came in and rebuilt Beverly in 1918) and utilized his training well. I thought it was very underrated when I saw it this spring. A true sleeper in every sense of the word.
Read the full GOLF Magazine article here.
Posted in Citizens for Conservation, Going green on August 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Autumn will be here soon, and that means it’s a good time to think about adding trees or shrubs to your yard.
“Planting them in early fall gives their roots several weeks to get established before the first frost,” said Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic manager at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. In September and early October, the air will cool off, but the soil will still be warm enough for roots to grow. “Growing roots is the most important task for a new plant,” Janoski said.
You can plant any species of tree or shrub in early fall as long as it was grown in a container. Most plants sold in garden centers are container-grown. Fall planting may be more risky for trees or shrubs that are sold with their roots wrapped in burlap, as they were grown in a field and dug up for sale.
“Those plants lost the majority of their root system when they were dug out of the ground,” Janoski said. “They will have a better chance to recover if they’re planted in spring and have the entire season to grow.”
This is especially important for some kinds of trees, such as many oaks, maples, hawthorns and magnolias. Consult the Plant Clinic for advice before planting a balled-and-burlapped tree in autumn.
Read more from the Chicago Tribune here.
Pre-ordering of Citizens for Conservation native tree and shrub plants runs through September 1. Plant pick up will be by appointment September 19 – 20.
Visit CFC’s website here for more information.
Posted in Deception, Pension Funding, Politics, Springfield, Taxes on August 27, 2020| 1 Comment »
Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants you to trust him. He and his fellow Democrats are pushing their “fair tax” proposal on the November ballot. And they promise that if you vote “yes,” they’ll only take from the rich, not the middle class.
They’re spinning the story on video ads that Pritzker is paying for, and in the media. And here’s the spin: If you vote for Pritzker’s “fair tax” amendment, and change the state constitution to abolish the current flat tax, there’s no way they’ll use their new “progressive” tax to reach down into the middle class and grab middle-class money.
No way. They promise. Trust them.
Who wouldn’t trust Pritzker? And just look at House Speaker Michael Madigan, the Democratic Party boss of Illinois, smiling impishly, even with all that federal heat on him and the FBI’s big federal bus rolling back and forth between Springfield and Chicago. Who wouldn’t trust Boss Madigan? Isn’t trust everything?
Some of you want to trust them. I get it. They’re powerful people, and Illinoisans have been trained to bow and scrape before their lords. Besides, I bet that some who believe they’ll only tax the rich also want to believe that someday, they might have tiny purple unicorns as pets.
But the problem is reality — and a series of excellent Chicago Tribune editorials on broken promises from the political class in Springfield.
Read more of John Kass’ column here.
Posted in Taxes, The New Normal, Topics Of Interest on August 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »
A Union Pacific Northwest line train arrives at the Barrington Metra Station on March 16, 2020, in Barrington. Fewer than a dozen commuters boarded. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Metra, which is struggling financially during the pandemic, said Union Pacific’s refusal to send conductors into the train cars is costing the commuter rail system $1 million a month in lost ticket revenue.
Union Pacific, which operates the UP North, Northwest and West lines, is not allowing conductors back into the aisles to punch tickets, citing coronavirus safety concerns. That has created a “no fare” policy, Metra said, essentially giving passengers on those lines a free ride for the foreseeable future.
“Because UP conductors are neither selling tickets nor validating fares, most riders on their trains have been riding for free, which is hurting the system financially and is not fair to riders on the other lines who are being asked to show their fares,” Metra spokesman Michael Gillis said Tuesday.
Metra has been hard-hit by the pandemic, operating at about 10% of its normal ridership as people continue to work from home and attend school remotely. The transit agency projects $682 million in lost revenue through the end of 2021.
Read more here.
Posted in Fundraisers, JourneyCare Foundation, Resident Spotlights on August 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
To make sure their littlest patients and families get the care they deserve, staff at JourneyCare are creating a virtual twist on their annual Duck Race in Barrington.
The nonprofit hospice and palliative care agency typically hosts its annual Duck Race at the Barrington Park District Aqualusion Pool to raise funds for its All About Kids Pediatric program, which serves children living with serious illness and their families in Barrington and the entire Chicago region.
This year, JourneyCare is working to keep everyone safe from COVID-19 and live streaming the event from the home of a JourneyCare donor, where Duck Race participants can watch online to see their sponsored rubber ducks race to the finish line for prizes.
To learn more, visit journeycare.org/duck.
Sponsored rubber ducks race six heats down the water slide, with winning ducks’ sponsors earning prizes like tickets to the Chicago Botanic Gardens and improv theater. In 2019, race supporters raised $21,000 to support the All About Kids program that provides home hospice and palliative care to children.
The plastic ducks will once again be racing down a water slide for the 27th JourneyCare Duck Race at 4 PM Saturday. Aug. 29. Adopt a duck for $5, six for $25, or 25 for $100.
Those who sponsor a duck will then receive details on how to live stream the Duck Race this weekend.
Posted in Pritzker’s Rules of Order, The New Normal, Topics Of Interest on August 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Students form three lines to have their temperature checked Monday at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights. (John Starks | Staff Photographer)
Symptom checks and temperature scans joined new classes and meetups with old friends as essential elements of the first day of school Monday at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights.
Nearly all of the school’s 837 students chose in-person learning this fall as Saint Viator became one of just a handful of Northwest suburban schools — most of them private — to offer that option.
Students also have the choice to attend remotely, but only a few chose, in addition to 56 international students, picked that option.
Before entering the building each day, students must complete a symptom checker through an emailed link. Their temperature then is checked at the door and movement through hallways is controlled through directional markings.
Everyone in the building must wear a mask at all times, except when eating lunch. Students are assigned a seat in all classes and in the lunchroom, where preordered box lunches are provided.
Read more here.
Posted in Agendas, ePacket Agendas, Financial Reports, Minutes, Pritzker’s Rules of Order, Village Board, Village Code, Village Treasurer on August 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Our Village Board of Trustees meets tonight at 6:30 PM. A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Social distancing and masks are required to attend the meeting. Those wishing to listen in can dial 508-924-1464.
Posted in League of Women Voters, Politics, Topics Of Interest on August 22, 2020| Leave a Comment »
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The first woman to vote in Illinois lived in Lombard.
The leader of a pioneering 1910 auto tour across northern Illinois to stump for suffrage lived in Oak Park.
The architect of the law that let Illinois women vote for municipal and presidential elections after 1913 hailed from Evanston. So did the longtime president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, a group that led a major push for the suffrage cause.
The suburbs were fertile ground for the decadeslong movement that eventually allowed women the vote nationwide 100 years ago with the ratification on Aug. 26, 1920, of the 19th Amendment.
Nearby in Chicago, women like Ida B. Wells and Jane Addams also pushed the needle forward by forming a suffrage club among African American women and taking a leadership role in the National American Woman Suffrage Association. With these efforts, adding in the actions of women across the suburbs, historical experts say, the region took on a strong importance in the push to secure “Votes for Women,” as suffragists’ campaign signs often read.
“It’s the whole Chicago area that is influencing the movement,” said Lori Osborne, director of the Evanston Women’s History Project.
Read more of the Daily Herald article here.
Further references cited in this article can be found at Evanston Women’s History Project, Lombard Historical Society, DuPage County Historical Museum, Illinois Humanities Road Scholar and the Naper Settlement.
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