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Letter from the Publisher

MJF communications WAS FOUNDED IN 2009 WITH OUR FIRST PUBLICA‐TION THE Kendall Weekly Times. Since then we have grown to include e Aurora Times a monthly publication and the Will County Times our second weekly publication that have joined our ever growing family that now serves 5000 subscribers in four different coun‐ties with our three publications. is would not be possible without the sup‐port of you is loyal subscriber. So as we embark on our 5th year the expectations for continuing our growth to better serve our shared communities are MJF Com‐

munications top priority in the New Year. So as we close out 2013 and wel‐come a New Year we would like to wish you and your family a Happy and Safe Holiday season so again please thank you for allowing us to keep you with the Times.

ank You,

Jennifer Flowers Owner and Publisher of Kendall Weekly Times

City of Joliet Yard Waste and Leaf Disposal Guidelines

Residents are reminded of the yard waste and leaf disposal policy in the City of Joliet. All residents disposing of yard waste and leaves in the City of Joliet should place their yard waste and leaves in rigid containers no greater than 32 gallons in size, to be collected on yard waste collection days by Waste Manage‐ment, at the same time and location as their refuse and recycling disposal. Resi‐

dents must clearly mark designated yard waste containers so they are visible from the street. Free yard waste labels are available at: Joliet City Hall, Jewel Foods, and Dominick’s. In addition to approved containers, residents may place their leaves in 30-gallon Kra paper yard waste bags.

Residents may also rent or purchase a 96-gallon cart from Waste Management for yard waste disposal provided the carts are clearly identi%ed with the “Yard Waste Only” labels. Please note: Once the cart has been identi%ed as a yard waste cart it may only be used for land‐scape-type waste during the yard waste season. Carts may be obtained by calling Waste Management Customer Service at 815-280-7854. Yard waste is collected from April 1, 2013, through Friday, De‐cember 6, 2013. Quali%ed materials con‐sist of grass and shrubbery cuttings, leaves, tree limbs, and other materials accumulated as the result of care of lawns, shrubbery, vines, and trees. Resi‐dents must bind brush, tree limbs, and

branches in bundles not exceeding 4 feet in length. ese bundles must not ex‐ceed 50 pounds, nor, may any single piece of the bundle exceed three inches in diameter.

Unbundled brush will not be collected. Residents are encouraged to use fallen leaves as mulch and to protect plants over the winter months or consider indi‐vidual composting on-site as alternative methods of disposing of leaves. e City prohibits placing leaves and branches on curbs, sidewalks, parkway, or streets. e City and its waste disposal contractor will not pick up leaves in loose piles. When leaves have been raked into the street, the street sweepers are unable to pick up those leaves as they may be hid‐ing debris (branches, bottles, metal, etc.) and could cause damage to the mechani‐cal equipment. erefore, the street sweeper will go around leaf piles and the roadway will not be cleared of leaves. e presence of leaves in the street and on the parkway will close off the drainage openings and create &ooding

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Plain!eld News

Downtown Plain!eld Walking Tour

Did you know that Downtown Plain%eld is home to the oldest continuously used church in Will County, a gasstation on the National Register of Historic Places, an Opera House, and a Civil War enlist‐ment center? Learn more about Down‐town Plain%eld and its unique buildings by taking the new Plain%eld Historic

Downtown Walking Tour.Walking tour brochures are available at Village Hall, the Plain%eld Library, the Plain%eld Chamber of Commerce, and numerous downtown businesses. In ad‐dition to the brochure, visitors can uti‐lize their smartphone to scan the QR codes posted on buildings in Downtown Plain%eld. e QR codes link to the Vil‐lage web site which contains detailed his‐torical and architectural information as well as photos of each building in the historic district.

Downtown Plain!eld Named To National Register

e Village is proud to announce that the National Park Service has named Plain%eld’s Downtown Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places. is prestigious honor makes Plain%eld’s downtown one of only %een downtowns in the State of Illinois on the National Register. is designation also creates the %rst National Register Dis‐trict in Plain%eld. Click here to learn more about the district.

Will County Hazard Mitigation Plan Survey

Will County is currently updating the County-wide Hazard Mitigation Plan. e public is invited to participate in the process by providing their knowledge of the hazards within their communities. Please take a few minutes to complete a survey.

Municipal Parking Lot and Alley Project

e contractor completed the majority of the concrete curb and islands within the new Municipal/Library lots along with the concrete aprons along Illinois Street this week. e next phase in the lots will be subgrade improvement, plac‐ing sub-base, and paving of asphalt binder course. e contractor will also be starting on the Des Plaines Street Parking Lot addition next week begin‐ning with excavation work. Work on the Des Plaines Street alley will begin Friday, November 1. For more information, click here.

Lockport Street Signal and Sidewalk Program

e contractor is working on running cabling and power to the signals and has scheduled a signal turn on with IDOT. Work is on schedule to have the new sig‐nals in operation by mid-November. e project also includes the use of thermal imaging cameras for traffic detection and LED street name signs.

Sidewalk Program

problems, as well as increase the chance of vehicular and pedestrian accidents due to slippery surfaces. Residents can contract with a local landscaping compa‐ny to facilitate leaf pick up, raking, and disposal services if they would prefer or if they are unable to handle bagging their own yard waste and leaves. Residents raking their own leaves, who hire an out‐side company to dispose of them, must rake leaves into piles on their own prop‐erty. Leaves may not be raked to, or de‐posited on, a sidewalk, parkway, or onto the street. All residents are reminded

that the depositing of leaves on side‐walks, parkways, and streets is prohibit‐ed by City Ordinance. e City will not collect leaves that have been placed on sidewalks, in parkways, or

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e Village’s sidewalk removal and re‐placement program has been substan‐tially completed, remaining work in‐cludes asphalt patching and new side‐walk connections along Van Dyke Road (Van Dyke Place to Heritage Woods As‐sisted Living Facility) and Wallin Drive (YMCA to Lockport Street). e Village also has a contractor removing sidewalk hazards by saw cutting, this work began October 29th in the Vintage Harvest Subdivision. is process utilizes a large saw to trim the sidewalk in order to cor‐rect trip hazards that have been previ‐ously identi%ed.

Pavement Marking Program

A contractor will be performing pave‐ment marking once weather conditions improve at various locations throughout the Village. is work is a routine main‐tenance activity and will not require road closures. e entire pavement marking project should be completed in two weeks once the contractor has mobi‐lized.

Calling All Homeowners Associations

e Village is working to update our Homeowners Association (HOA) Con‐tact List! If you are the president or man‐agement company for a HOA, please email us your contact information (name, address, phone, & e-mail address). at way, we can provide infor‐mation on upcoming meetings for homeowners associations as well as ad‐vance notice regarding work that is scheduled to occur in your subdivision.

Famous Chef to Offer Healthy Eating Tips at Green Village Program

Chef Judson Todd Allen, who has ap‐peared on the Food Network's show "e Next Food Network Star" and Oprah's network show "Your OWN Show" will offer tips on eating healthy at the up‐coming Green Village Lecture series pro‐gram, at 7 pm, on Monday, November 11, at the Plain%eld Public Library. e event is free but registration is required as space is limited. Click here to register.

Coffee with the Mayor - November 13

Please join Mayor Collins for coffee and conversation on Wednesday, November

13, 2013 at 9 am at the Village Hall, 24401 W. Lockport Street. All residents are invited.

Emerald Ash Borer Update

e Forestry Department is currently tagging and removing Ash Trees that have been found to be heavily infested by the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). All of the trees that are tagged will be removed by November to help lessen the threat of ice storms causing the trees to fall and dam‐

age public/private property. For more in‐formation about the EAB, vis it www.emeraldashborer.info.

Proper Disposal of Leaves

To prevent storm sewer blockages, please do not rake leaves into the street. Instead, place leaves in yard waste bags and put them at the curb on your regular refuse collection day for Waste Manage‐ment.

Yard Waste Pickup To End

e last day for yard waste pickup (in‐cluding leaves) is November 25 for resi‐dents with Monday pickup, November

27 for residents with Wednesday pickup, and November 29 for residents with ursday pickup. Please make sure that all yard waste is properly packaged in kra yard waste bags and/or a Waste Management yard waste cart. Sod, trees, stumps, dirt, stones, and landscape brick/pavers are not accepted as yard waste. Yard waste pickup will resume in April 2014. For more information, click here to read the Waste Management Brochure or call (800) 796-9696.

Office Closures

e Village of Plain%eld Offices will be closed on: Monday, November 11; ursday, November 28-Friday, Novem‐

ber 29; and Tuesday, December 24-Wednesday, December 25, 2013.

Refuse Collection Reminder

Waste Management holidays that fall on a refuse collection day will cause collec‐tion to be delayed by one day for the re‐mainder of the week. In 2013, refuse col‐lection will be delayed due to the follow‐

ing holidays:anksgiving (ursday, November 28) - Pickup will be delayed by one day for

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residents with ursday collection; andChristmas (Wednesday, December 25) - Pickup will be delayed by one day for residents with Wednesday and ursday collection days.

Kendall County Issue

e Kencom Public Safety Center has changed its reverse 9-1-1 system de‐

signed to provide emergency noti%cation to residents and businesses in Kendall County to the Everbridge Mass Noti%ca‐tion System.

ose previously registered under the old system must visit the new sit to re-enter your information. is reverse 9-1-1 system gives us the ability to deliv‐er pre-recorded emergency noti%cations and informational messages to either targeted areas or the entire county via telephone calls, text messages or email.

To ensure no one is omitted from the system, all businesses and residents can log directly onto the portal here.

READ: Oswego to Soon Implement Re‐

verse 911 System

• It is extremely important for all citizens and businesses that rely on cellu‐lar, VOIP, or other non-traditional phone service to register their contact information.

• e reverse 9-1-1 system not only

offers extremely fast calling rates and message delivery, it gives individuals and businesses the ability to add their own phone numbers directly to the system’s telephone database.

• e system is only as effective as the telephone database supporting it. If your phone number is not in the database, you will not be noti%ed.

• No one should automatically as‐sume their phone number is included. All businesses should register, as well as all individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, who have changed their phone numbers or addresses within the last year and those who use a cellular phone as their primary home phone.

• e reverse 9-1-1 system is a geo‐graphical based noti%cation system, which means street addresses are needed to select which phone numbers will re‐ceive emergency and community noti%‐cation calls in any given situation.

• e system works for cell phones too as long as they are registered to your home or business address within Kendall County. People who have recently

moved but kept the same listed or unlist‐ed phone number also need to change their address in the database.

When you register you will be able to se‐lect the type of noti%cations you want to receive. Remember that we may not put out noti%cations for every type of situa‐tion all the time. But if a noti%cation of a particular type is made that you have se‐lected you will receive it.

You can also sign up to receive noti%ca‐tions for another location that you may be concerned about within Kendall County, such as your employer location, child’s school, parent‘s house, etc.

is information will only be used for emergency and community noti%cation purposes and will not be sold or given to any outside entity.

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5 ings to prepare for thanksgiving by Sheryl Krase

Review Your Recipes

Recipes are like song lyrics. You think you know them until the time comes to s tar t s ing ing . Where lyr ics are concerned, you can just hum the melody and everything will probably work out OK. When you're dealing with a recipe, though, relying on your memory can spell disaster.

Drag out all your recipes, and review the ingredients again. Start a list of ingredi‐ents with quantities. Make this the year you don't have to send your signi%cant other on an emergency store run for some sugar or a pound (or two) of butter.

Is this another year you're planning to make way more food than you'll ever need? Is it worth exhausting yourself for one more salad dish or dessert? Consider cutting back. You'll stay on budget and reduce waste, too.

Make Out Your Grocery List

While your recipes are sitting on the counter and your grocery list is in your purse, check your cupboards to verify the supplies you do have on hand. While you're at it, check the freshness date on your baking powder and make sure you have enough cinnamon, vanilla extract, nutmeg, sage and other spices. Now is the time to compile your grocery list. It will be ready far enough in advance for you to take advantage of all those gro‐cery

Clean the Oven

is isn't just to make Aunt Edna think you're a great housekeeper. A clean oven cooks food more evenly, and if you've ever needed an oven you can count on,

this is the time. Dirty ovens will also send out plumes of foul-smelling smoke as the food stuck to the bottom of the oven continues to burn. anksgiving Day is not the time to call on your local %re department to come see your tar‐nished oven.

Self-cleaning ovens make the task easier, but even if you don't have one, you'll be ahead of the game if you expend the el‐bow grease to get your oven into shape now. ere are severl products on the market that can help cut down on a sore arm and aching back, too.

And make sure you clean the oven far enough in advance that the oven cleaner smell has time to disappear from the air. Nothing will turn appetites off faster than a chemical odor waing out from where the bird is cooking.

Calibrate the Oven

Before you put the broiler pan back into your newly cleaned oven, make sure the temperature sensor is accurate. Buy a portable oven thermometer and check it against the built-in thermometer in your oven.

You'll have to check the portable ther‐mometer %rst to make sure it's accurate, though. ere are two ways to do this. First, put the portable thermometer in boilingwater and make sure it registers 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Or place it in water %lled with ice cubes and verify that it reads 32 degrees Fahrenheit. You can use those temperatures as a baseline to establish the accuracy of the test ther‐mometer you're using.

When you know the portable ther‐mometer is accurate (or you can add or subtract from the readout based on your test), %re up your oven and measure the oven temperature against your portable thermometer. If you set the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and the oven ready light signals that the temperature match‐es the portable, you're good to go. If there's a difference of, say, three degrees,

you can adjust for it. On some ovens, you can even manually adjust the way the dial seats to recalibrate it to a correct setting. Otherwise, make the adjustment manually each time you cook.

is sounds like a hassle, but you only need to do it once a year or so. Calibrat‐ing your oven will help you be a better baker and save on energy, too.

6: Learn About the Bird

Turkey is the big meat dish for anks‐giving, but it isn't all that easy to cook. If you spend some time learning a few bird basics, you're a lot more likely to have an easier time with the main event on anksgiving Day. Here are some things you'll de%nitely want to write down if this is your %rst time at bat:

· Turkey takes a surprisingly long time to thaw. You can plan on 30 minutes for each pound if you immerse a frozen turkey in cold water (never use hot). If you put it in the refrigerator instead, count on one day for each %ve pounds. You can also defrost it in your mi‐crowave -- if it will %t. Review your mi‐crowave manufacturer's directions ahead of time because defrosting times vary.

· Turkey usually comes with the neck, heart, liver and gizzards stuffed inside. It may be in the front cavity, in back or both. Take out this packet before you cook the bird. Leaving it in is a newbie mistake you don't want to make. You can use the neck and gizzards for gravy and stuffing, too, so these extra bits can be useful.

· When you cook a turkey in the oven, the breast will cook faster than the dark meat on the legs and thighs. To keep the breast moist while the rest of the bird cooks, you'll probably need to cover the breast with foil. You'll have to remove the foil occasionally to baste the bird, too. A turkey baster is a useful tool for this and worth the investment.

· Although stuffing the bird sounds like fun, it really isn't -- and it can be a health hazard if the inside of the bird doesn't get up to temperature. A safer method is to cook the dressing in the oven instead.

· You can buy a fresh turkey (not frozen) for the anksgiving holiday, but you may have to put your order in a few days ahead of time.

· Some savvy cooks prepare two smaller turkeys instead of one large one when they're expecting a big holiday crowd. Larger turkeys can be harder to cook and relatively tough.

Experienced cooks have lots of turkey tricks, alternative cooking methods (like deep frying), and funny but embarrass‐

ing stories about turkey dinners past. If you take a couple of hours to become an armchair expert before you're up to your elbows in raw bird, you'll de%nitely be better off.

Prep Your Fridge

You may think that anksgiving is all about the bird, but that's only part of the story. Appetizers, side dishes and desserts are important, too. If you're having guests over, a few will invariably bring something, and the dishes you pre‐pare yourself will have to be stored somewhere. If your refrigerator is still full of last summer's pickle experiment and that huge container of "stuff " your mother-in-law sent over when you all had the &u, you might want to clear the decks before you need the space for big‐ger and better things. Keeping the fridge relatively clear until you need it is a good idea, too. If you like to cook large meals, scale down until aer the holiday by freezing what you don't plan on using right away.

Follow these 5 easy steps and you will be p r e p a r e d f o r h a v i n g a g r e a t anksgiving. Happy Turkey Day!

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John Church

Conservation Corner by John Church

e invasive shrub, buckthorn, has be‐come one of the biggest pests in many of our wooded areas. Buckthorn is a non-native plant species that has been a prob‐lem in wooded and other natural areas now for a number of years. Controlling buckthorn and other invasive species is one aspect of e Conservation Founda‐tion’s Conservation@Home program.

Fall can be a good time to identify and remove the buckthorn plants, since they tend to stay green later in the fall than many other similar shrubs. Fall also is a good time for removal since it may be easier to maneuver in and around wood‐ed areas while other plants are dormant.

In natural areas, the exotic buckthorn species shade or crowd out native vegeta‐tion. When the desirable plants are lost, bare soil is oen exposed and susceptible to excessive erosion,

especially on slopes and near streams and rivers. When the competitive plants choke out the more desirable shrubs and plants, it can also reduce food supplies for wildlife and create dense barriers for

humans and animals to try to travel through.

In the past few years, buckthorn also has been found to contribute to the survival of a %eld crop pest as an alternate host for the soybean aphid.

Mechanical removal where plants are sparse, such as individual plants along %eld edges, is the most expedient and en‐vironmentally-friendly method. You can dig, pull or chop the plants out of the ground. Buckthorn pulls out most easily when up to only about one-half inch di‐ameter. Although buckthorn doesn't re-sprout from underground roots, the cut stumps usually re-sprout. Foliage that re-sprouts on the stumps can be treated with herbicides or %re for several grow‐

ing seasons. Treating the stumps of the cut plants with herbicides has also pro‐vided successful control. Proper pesti‐cide application licenses and following all label precautions are needed when us‐ing the herbicides.

Researchers at the Illinois Natural Histo‐ry Survey (INHS) suggest that regular prescribed burning may be especially helpful in larger areas with abundant numbers of plants or to prevent a large population of plants from developing. Proper burning permits and safety con‐trol measures need to be in place before burning and experienced individuals should do the burning.

For more information about the Conser‐vation@Home program or invasive plants, phone 630-553-0687 x304 or see the website www.theconservationfoun‐dation.org/conservation--home.html. Also, more information about buckthorn is available from INHS at wwx.inhs.illi‐nois.edu/research/vmg/buckthorn.


Chicago Bears Report by Evie Givens

e Tornado came and the Bears went into the break with a de%cit 10-0 . en aer the break the Bears found their bearings. Backup Quarterback Josh Mckown began to drive the offense be‐hind the help of Brandon Marshall and Matt Forte. e defense tightened their belt and got back to the recipe that has made them successful and that is creat‐ing turnovers. e result the Bears came from behind against the Super Bowl champs and won 23-20 and in %rst place of the NFC North.

Bears now have six games le and with 4 of the six on the road they are going to have to become road warriors if they are going to make the post season. e Rams this week followed by the Vikes present challenges to the Bears because they are still dealing with injuries on both offense and defense. Lance Briggs is still out with no ETA for his return that affects the Defense and Jay Cutler is still questionable with his injury hurting the offense. With two franchise players being out does affect play on the %eld.

e bright spot moving forward is the play of the Defensive and Offensive lines that are controlling the trenches and holding their own against some of the NFL elite. In the games the Bears have lost this year they have been close and some of the reasons for the loss in the close games have been because of the line play. So in other words if the line continues to play respectable play then should help to compensate for the in‐juries that are affecting them.

Looking at Sunday’s game the Rams come into the game without Quarter‐back Sam Bradford. is should help the defense and allow them to get pressure. On the Offensive side of the ball key here is continue to control the clock. Bears should come away with a win here and continue their road to the post season

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Hawks still head of the Class by Tim Flowers

e world Champions have picked up where they le off being one of the NHL Elite teams . With a record of 15 wins against 4 losses the Hawks sit at the top of the Western conference .Why are they again sitting at the top? e answer is found in team play. is squad has its stars like Patrick Kane and Houssa how‐ever it goes beyond that . Last year the team won the Stanley Cup. is year the team is defending the Championship in Hawks fashion.

ey’re doing it with great goal tender play and solid defense. e Scoring comes at will because the defense is set‐ting up opportunities for the offense. Controlling the puck and keeping penal‐ties at a low. Fundamental Hockey with al old school approach is what Coach JOELQUENNEVILLE and his staff

stress fundamentals. Being the only ac‐

tive coach with two titles is quite the re‐

sume.

Looking forward to this week the

strong continued play of fundamental

Hockey is key. Kane and Houssa contin‐

ue to lead the efforts on offensive and

the 2nd and third lines continue to give

them solid minutes. e Hawks have

some completion this week being on the

road for the next 5 games.; Playing the

Oilers, $ames and Stars to name a few

with the return to the Mad House on

West Madison on December 3rd. So sit

back and Enjoy the ride from all of us at

MJF Communications have a safe and

wonderful Holiday Season.


Chicago Bulls by Dick Kolf

e Chicago Bulls appear to be moving in the right direction. Sitting with a 6 and 4 record and 2nd place behind the Indiana Pacers in the Division. e Bulls bench is producing solid minutes in re‐lief of the starters. Mike Dunleavy and Kirk Heinrich are giving solid minutes in relief. With the return of Joachim Noah the Bulls are set for a stretch that is going to be difficult through the Holidays with games against Portland, e Clippers and Jazz.

So breaking down the next three games the Bulls are going to need to continue their strong defense. Joachim Noah and Carlos Boozer are going to have to con‐tinue to keep opposing teams from driv‐ing to the basket and getting to the foul line. In their losses this year the Bulls have been in foul trouble.e improved play at the Guard position. Derrick Rose is still coming back from injury and it will be important for the Bulls to get him back to form quickly. In the next month he is going to be challenged by some of the league’s best point guards and he is going to have to be ready.

Here are %nal three factors the Bulls need to improve for the End of the Year Stretch

1. Get healthy Deng , Noah , and Rose to name many have been injured so far this season.

2. Get more production from front Court. Bulls need to create lanes for rose and the guards to drive to the basket.

3. Continue strong defensive presence.

With the Bulls moving in this Direction look for them to %nish 2and 1 this week. On that Note this reporter would like to wish you and your Family a very Happy anksgiving.

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College Hoops

• 1.Michigan St. (51)• 2.Kansas (7)• 3.Louisville (7)• 4.Kentucky• 5.Arizona (5)• 6.Duke• 7.Oklahoma St.• 8.Ohio St.• 9.Syracuse• 10.VCU• 11.Memphis• 12.Wisconsin• 13.Gonzaga• 14.Wichita St.• 14.Michigan• 16.Florida• 17.Oregon• 18.Connecticut• 19.New Mexico• 20.Baylor• 21.Iowa St.• 22.UCLA• 23.Creighton• 24.North Carolina• 25.Marquette

College Football Rankings

• 1.Alabama• 2.Florida St.• 3.Ohio St.• 4.Baylor• 5.Oregon• 6.Auburn• 7.Clemson• 8.Missouri• 9.Stanford• 10.Oklahoma St.• 11.South Carolina• 12.Texas A&M• 13.Michigan St.• 14.UCLA• 15.Fresno St.• 16.Northern Illinois• 17.Arizona St.• 18.UCF• 19.Wisconsin• 20.Oklahoma• 21.Louisville• 22.LSU• 23.USC• 24.Mississippi• 25.Minnesota



Workforce Services Division releases December workshop schedule JOLIET

– Workforce Services Division of Will County has announced the December schedule of its workshops for job seekers. “Workforce Services has devel‐oped some wonderful workshops to aid our residents,” said Will County Execu‐tive Larry Walsh. “ese classes will give residents an edge when looking for and applying for jobs.” A session on job search skills, Master Your Job Search, will be offered at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. Standout Resumes will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11. Atten‐dees will learn the basics of creating a competitive resume and may then sched‐ule one-on-one resume reviews with WSD staff. Networking Your Way to a

New Job will help job seekers learn how to develop relationships and contacts with relatives, friends and acquaintances that can assist with the job search. e class also includes the use of social me‐dia in networking.

e workshop will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18. Participants will learn interviewing techniques at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, in Successful Inter‐viewing. Learn how to prepare for a job interview, be con%dent and make a posi‐tive impression. Attendees may each schedule an individual, digitally record‐ed mock interview aer completing the workshop. How to Complete Online Ap‐plications will cover the basics of sub‐mitting an online application that will help an applicant get noticed by a hiring manager. e workshop will be offered at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31. A LinkedIn Lab will be offered at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13. Participants should already have a basic LinkedIn account. During the lab, they will review LinkedIn features and best practices for success in %nding a job.

Career Café will meet at 10:30 a.m. on

Dec. 3, 10 and 17. Career Café is a net‐working event designed to connect peo‐ple looking for work. In addition to shar‐ing tips with other job seekers and learn‐ing job search techniques, participants will hear from guest speakers sharing their hiring expertise. All workshops will be held on the fourth &oor of the JJC City Center Campus building at 214 N. Ottawa St. and are offered at no cost for Will County residents. Workshops last about an hour. To reserve a seat, call (815) 727-4444 and press “0” or e-mail at [email protected]. WSD’s computer lab will be open at 10:30 a.m. ursdays and 2 p.m. Fridays. Walk-ins are welcome at computer labs. For addi‐tional information about the Workforce Services Division of Will County, go to www.jobs4people.org. WSD is led by Administrative Manager Susan Flessner and is under the County Executive’s of‐%ce.

Joliet Arsenal !agpole named County landmark WILMINGTON -

- Will County’s Historic Preservation Commission honored the City of Wilm‐

ington and Bert Niehls for the recent landmark designation of the Joliet Arse‐nal &agpole now part of the Island City Memorial in Wilmington. e Preserva‐tion Commission presented them with a bronze plaque on Nov. 6 to commemo‐rate the historic signi%cance of the &ag‐pole. Niehls had been instrumental in ef‐forts to have the &agpole recognized. e Island City Memorial is now home to the &agpole, which was relocated from the former Joliet Arsenal property to its cur‐rent location in about 2003.

e Joliet Army Ammunition Plant was a major employer in the Will County area, and its operations played a signi%‐cant role in ammunition productions for the U.S. Army. “On behalf of the Com‐

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mission, I commend the City of Wilm‐

ington and Mr. Niehls for their work on the memorial. I remain grateful to the City of Wilmington as well as all of our property owners who have landmarked their properties,” said Historic Preserva‐tion Commission Chairwoman Virginia Ferry. “rough this action, Will County property owners continue to show the relevance of historic preservation and how it matters to them and to their com‐

munities.” With unanimous approval from the Will County Board earlier this year, the historic property became the 46th landmark designated on Will County’s Register of Historic Places. e &agpole joins a diverse array of proper‐ties, including bridges, houses, barns, cemeteries, and churches, that have been landmarked since the County estab‐lished its 1992 historic preservation or‐dinance. Securing a spot on the County’s Register provides greater assurance that the properties will be protected for fu‐ture generations.For more information please visit www.willcountylanduse.com

Will County wins Green T award for recyclingJOLIET

¡V Will County¡¦s Resource Recovery and Energy Division has been named a winner in USAgain¡¦s inaugural Green T awards. e Resource Recovery and En‐ergy Division will receive its Green T award from the textile recycling compa‐ny for Outstanding Recycling Event dur‐ing a ceremony Nov. 12 in St. Charles. ¡§is award is an acknowledgement of the good work the Resource Recovery and Energy Division does for the resi‐dents of Will County,¡¨ said Will County Executive Larry Walsh. ¡§It also is an ac‐knowledgment of the concern our resi‐dents have for the future of our County. We provide ¡¥green¡¦ avenues; the resi‐dents are the ones who take them. is is their award as well.¡¨ Will County RRE, a division of the County¡¦s Land Use De‐partment, will be one of 15 environmen‐tal leaders to be honored in 12 categories at the Green T award ceremony, Rasham Grewal, from the Marketing and Public Relations Department of USAgain, said in an e-mail.

Winners will be recognized for every‐thing from leaders in green education to innovative community recycling pro‐grams. e West Chicago-based %rm has been in operation since 1999. It has op‐erations in 18 states, and has more than 12,000 recycling bins placed in partner‐ship with schools, local businesses, mu‐nicipalities, recycling centers, counties and forest preserves, Grewal wrote. Will County Recycling Specialist Marta

Keane said this year the County had partnered with USAgain in May at the textile recycling event at the County Of‐%ce Building in Joliet, the Green Apple Day event in Bolingbrook and at Sharefest in New Lenox. e County has also partnered with the %rm in previous years. It was the May event at the County Office Building that earned USAgain¡¦s award. Nearly 4,000 pounds of textiles were collected, and Keane said USAgain officials were impressed with the com‐

munity outreach connected with the event, which included a live broadcast with 1340 WJOL-AM during which Keane and other County officials talked about some of the County¡¦s environ‐

mental initiatives.Office of Will County ExecutiveLawrence M. WalshPublic In‐formation Officer ƒÖ 302 N. Chicago St. ƒÖƒn Joliet, IL 60432Tammy Reiher Phone: (815) 774-7485Public Informa‐tion Officer Fax: (815) 774-3671Will County Executive Larry Walsh (from le) talks with Monica DeSantis, traffic and news reporter with the Scott Slocum in the Morning show, and Steve Brandy, 1340-WJOL news director, during a live broadcast at the Will County Office Building, on May 3, the %nal day of a weeklong textile recycling drive.

e drive netted nearly 4,000 pounds of textile and a Green T award from US‐

Again, the %rm the County partnered with for the drive.Hundreds of individu‐als and organizations were considered for the awards, said Grewal. Some awards wereearned by pounds; others were based on green leadership and community outreach. A USAgain green teamreviewed and voted on the awards for the latter.Grewal said that the compa‐ny decided to start the awards as a way to increase recycling and reinforce those¡§who are leading the way toward greater sustainability.¡¨For more infor‐mation about the Resource Recovery an d E n e rg y d i v i s i on , v i s i t t h e website:www.willcountygreen.com. e Land Use Department is led by Director


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Curt Paddock. It is one of thedepart‐ments under the County Executive¡¦s of‐%ce.

PLAINFIELD PARKS WORKERS JOIN RELIEF EFFORT

A handful of Plain%eld Park District em‐

ployees have joined the list of crews sent to areas of northern and central Illinois ravaged by Sunday’s storms. Four work‐ers from the PPD’s Maintenance Depart‐ment, along with their equipment, went to the Coal City area this morning to help out wherever possible.

“We had heard through a variety of sources that additional assistance was needed so we sent a crew down to Coal

City this morning to help out wherever we can,” said Plain%eld Parks Superin‐tendent Gene Coldwater. “Many of us also remember how our neighbors and people from throughout the area and the state came to assist the people of Plain‐%eld aer the 1990 tornado. Pitching in where you can to help out people in need is just the right thing to do.”

Coldwater said the offer to help from the Plain%eld Park District is open-ended for now, and he’ll continue to send what‐ever workers are needed that he can spare until the clean-up is under control.

For more information on Plain%eld Park District programs and events, call(815) 436-8812, visit www.plfdparks.org, sign-up for our e-news updates, like us on Facebook, and/or follow us on Twit‐ter.

Kick-off the Holidays with Plain!eld Park District Front Line Dance Team

Plain%eld Park District Front Line

Dance Team to be in Joliet’s Light-Up

the Holidays Parade.

e Plain%eld Park District Front Line Dance Team will participate in this year Joliet’s Light-Up the Holidays Parade on Friday, November 29. is will be the %rst year the newly formed dance team will be in the parade. Cindy Offerman, Park District’s Dance Coordinator com‐

mented “We are extremely excited to be in the parade and for everyone to see that the Plain%eld Park District offers a competition level dance team.” e pa‐rade and tree lighting ceremony begins at 5 p.m. located in Joliet’s Downtown area and the cost is free for all.

For more information about Joliet’s Light-Up the Holidays Parade, visit www.jolietdowntown.com.

For more information on Plain%eld Park District programs and events, call (815) 436-8812, visit www.plfdparks.org, sign-up for our e-news updates, like us

on Facebook, and/or follow us on Twit‐ter.

PLAINFIELD PARK DISTRICT TO

OFFER NEW VETERAN’S PRO‐

GRAMLocal Park District First in Pub‐lic/Private Partnership

e Plain%eld Park District is partner‐

ing with AllenForce to offer Healthy

Minds Healthy Bodies (HMHB) to

community veterans. e HMHB pro‐

gram matches injured or disabled veter‐

ans with an HMHB certi%ed personal

trainer to assist them in the transition

from military to civilian life. e pro‐

gram strives to empower all veterans to

live a healthy, active lifestyle through

networked connection within their

communities. is service assists veter‐

ans who are injured, ill or wounded

through health, %tness training and so‐

cial networking opportunities.

“is will be the %rst public/private

partnership for the HMHB program,”

said Donna Sebok of HMHB, “so we are

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setting the groundwork for other agen‐

cies that may not have their own %tness

facilities and we are excited that the

Plain%eld Park District is a part of it

with us.”

e sponsoring organizations assisting

with the program are Hometown Fit‐

ness, located at 16108 South Route 59,

Suite 126, and MPG Fitness located at

12337 South Route 59, Suite 107. Both

organizations have committed to the

program by sending personal trainers

to the HMHB two-day training pro‐

gram that covers issues that are speci%c

to veterans and their needs. ey will

also provide each veteran with up to 15

personal training sessions and two one-

year memberships for the veteran and a

workout partner.

According to the HMHB website,

HMHB is for supporting veterans who

are transitioning into civilian life or

have been separated from the military

for years but never received assistance

with their transition. e services pro‐

vided by HMHB are meeting a need

formerly ful%lled by the military and

fellow comrades through their assigned

personal trainer simulating a “battle

buddy” for them in the gym or taking

part in %tness programs.

“I’m enthusiastic about this new pro‐

gram, said Cheryl Crisman, Plain%eld

Park District’s Superintendent of Recre‐

ation. “HMHB is a great way for us to

reach out to individuals that deserve

our gratitude and support. Recreation

is a great way to relieve stress, gain

strength and self-con%dence and con‐

nect with your community.”

If you would like more information

about HMHB and how to qualify, go to

healthymindshealthybodies.org or call

the Plain%eld Park District at (815)

436-8812.

AllenForce is a not-for-pro%t organiza‐

tion that serves all veterans from all

eras, bringing together veterans, fami‐

lies and communities in an effort to

bridge military and civilian life.

For more information on Plain%eld

Park District programs and events, call

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visitwww.plfdparks.org, sign-up for our

e-news updates, like us on Facebook,

and/or follow us on Twitter.

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