News Posted in: August 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Evanston Fire and Police Departments will hold a memorial ceremony to honor the brave men and women who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The City will also be recognizing the US troops who have lost their lives as well as honoring those who continue to fight the war on terror. The memorial service will be held at Fireman's Park, at the corner of Simpson St. and Maple Ave. at 7:30 a.m. On September 4, 2002, President Bush proclaimed September 11, 2002 as…
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Posted in Fire
Evanston City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz announced today his appointment of Greg Klaiber as the new Chief of Evanston’s Fire and Life Safety Services Department. This appointment fills the vacancy created by the retirement of former Chief Alan Berkowsky. A nation-wide search was undertaken to fill the position and Klaiber was selected from a field of more than three dozen applicants. “Greg Klaiber brings to the position of Evanston Fire Chief a combination of accomplishment and expertise in the areas of…
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Posted in The Evanston Children's Theatre
The Evanston Children’s Theatre will hold auditions September 7-9 for its fall production of The Phantom Tollbooth, written by Norton Juster. The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's adventure novel and a modern fairy tale. It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through in his toy car. The tollbooth transports him to a fantasy land called the Kingdom of Wisdom. There he…
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Posted in Construction
Sheridan Road Project Newsletter - August 2010 The City/Illinois Department of Transportation will be contracting roadway improvements on Sheridan Road from Burnham Place to Emerson Street. Stage 1 of the project has begun this week with the implementation of a southbound detour on Sheridan Road at Foster Street. The detour route will follow Foster Street to Sherman Avenue to Clark Street and reconnect at Sheridan Road. Construction will begin on the east side of Sheridan Road from the intersection of Sheridan Road…
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Posted in Police, Safety Checks
The Evanston Police Department today announced its late-night plans for Labor Day focusing on the most deadly time of day for motor vehicle fatalities. The intensified enforcement effort against the overwhelming number of late-night impaired drivers and safety belt violators underscores the disproportionate number of traffic deaths occurring during late-night hours. According to data from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the midnight to 3:00 am timeframe is the deadliest time on…
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Posted in Police, Safety Checks
The Evanston Police Department has announced that they will be conducting a Roadside Safety Check beginning on Friday September 3, 2010, from 10:00 p.m. to Saturday September 4, 2010 at 6:00 a.m. The safety check will be conducted in a high volume traffic area within the City of Evanston. The objectives of the Roadside Safety Checks are designed to reduce traffic crashes and the liability associated with violations of vehicular safety laws. Our goal is to detect and enforce violations…
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The following is a joint statement from the City of Evanston and the Evanston Firefighters Association, IAFF L-742: “The bargaining teams from the City of Evanston and the Evanston Firefighters Association, IAFF L-742 are pleased to announce that a tentative agreement was reached Friday regarding all outstanding contractual issues. Both groups will recommend ratification by their principals in the next three weeks. The union will have ratification votes on August, 30, 31 and September 1st while City staff will present…
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Posted in Highlights
The Fall 2010 edition of "Highlights" will be delivered to residents in the next few days. You can check it out right here>>> This edition includes: City Gears up for Next Year’s Budget Process Information on the City's budget process and the dates for public participation in the process; Paint Evanston Purple! Information about "Evanston Day" at Ryan Field to cheer on the Wildcats as they take on Central Michigan on September 25; Community Calendar a listing of meeting and…
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
The fall issue of Recreation & Arts Activities Guide was delivered to the Evanston post office on Thursday, August 19 for delivery to residents in ZIP codes 60201 and 60202 and is posted online. This publication includes classes and programs offered by the City of Evanston recreation centers, the Levy Senior Center, Evanston Ecology Center and Noyes Cultural Arts Center, as well as classes and programs offered by some of Evanston's local artists and arts organizations.…
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Posted in Citizen Police Academy, Police
EPD's Citizen Police Academy The Evanston Police Department offers a free 12-week program to understand the work of our police department and the life of a patrol officer through its Citizen Police Academy. Learn the shoot-don't-shoot protocols, ride shotgun on a patrol shift, and tour the police headquarters, including our E911 call center. The next session begins Thursday, September 2, 2010. Contact Officer Loyce Spells at 847/866-5019 or at lspells@cityofevanston.org to inquire or enroll. You'll find more information here>>>…
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
2011 Season Sneak Preview from more than a dozen of Evanston's best performing arts organizations BackStage Evanston, Evanston’s first performing arts festival highlighting more than a dozen local performing arts organizations, will take place from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, September, 12, at the Northwestern University Theatre and Interpretation Center, 1949 Campus Drive. The event is presented by the City of Evanston's Arts & Business Committee of the Evanston Arts Council and will feature five-minute preview performances by participating…
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Friday, August 13, 2010
The City of Evanston's Library Board will be holding two public Library Funding Forums. The forums will discuss the history of the Evanston Public Library, an overview of the Task Force on Sustainable Funding's report, an overview of the Library Fund and be available for questions and answers. The first Forum will be held Saturday, August 28th from 10 a.m. until Noon in the Community Meeting Room at the Main Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. The second Forum will be held on…
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The Evanston Health Department recently completed its second year of its Women Out Walking (WOW) program. Building upon the success and support of 500 women from the first year, the 2010 initiative saw approximately 1100 women participating in this community health initiative; more than double the previous year. The goal of this program is to encourage women to live healthier lifestyles and become more physically active through either walking or participation in a fun activity that offers health benefits, like…
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The City of Evanston’s Health Department is promoting Walk Week, a one week program during the first week of school beginning August 30, 2010 (ending on September 3) to promote physical activity in children. Studies show that children are not engaging in enough physical activity. Walking to school is an everyday opportunity for children to make physical activity part of their daily routine and to live healthier and more active lifestyles. The program will also highlight the importance of attending…
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
As far back as 1933, a tradition was established, when the National Safety Council awarded The Evanston Police Department the National Grand Prize for Traffic Safety. The Evanston Police Department has continued to foster safe streets by proactively educating the public and creatively enforcing traffic safety laws. Programs and initiatives such as child safety seat education, roadside safety checks, impaired driving enforcement, public safety announcements, and Teen DUI presentations has established Evanston as a state leader in traffic safety and…
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CTA will be performing track maintenance to ensure that trains continue to operate safely along the Yellow Line. Work will be performed that may affect your community. While progress sometimes comes with inconveniences, we will do our best to keep them to a minimum. Dates: Sunday, August 15 to Thursday, August 19, 2010 Sunday, August 22 to Thursday August 26, 2010 Work Hours: 11:30pm nightly to 4:00am next day Work Activity: Track maintenance on CTA’s Yellow Line Location: Along the Yellow Line…
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Administration and Public Works (A3.7) Approval of March 1, 2010 Police and Firefighter Pension Actuarial Report (PASS 7-2) Ald. received information about other municipalities comparable to Evanston as well as changes in the assumptions made by actuary requested on 7/26/2010. Concerns included the gravity of the growing unfunded pension debt, the impact of upcoming decisions in Springfield, and the reliability of various assumptions made in actuarial calculations. Ald. encouraged citizens to contact legislators in Springfield and requested that contact information…
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Monday, August 9, 2010
The South Bend Chocolate Company, South Bend, Indiana, is recalling 174 1-lb bags of Bountiful Blend, a blend of chocolate covered mixed nuts and dried fruits, because it contains undeclared cashews, almonds, pecans, and Brazil nuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to cashews, pecans, almonds or Brazil nuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product. Bountiful Blend was sold via internet sales, mail order and may have been sold nationwide…
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Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and Citizens Utility Board (CUB) Executive Director David Kolata officially kicked off a partnership August 9, 2010 announcing a new campaign to slash Evanston power bills using a new online service that has been showing families how to cut costs by an average of $200 a year. As part of the campaign, CUB, Illinois’ premier consumer watchdog group, will donate to the City of Evanston 5 Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs for every resident who signs up for CUBenergysaver.com up…
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
The City Council starts its Summer Break after Monday's meeting, so the agenda is full of interesting items. The next City Council meeting is on Monday September 13. All links are PDF documents. 1. Downtown Evanston will be making a presentation on plans to begin a process to renovate the Varsity Theater. 2. The Council will be asked to consider proposed CIP projects for 2011 for water main replacement and street resurfacing. 3. Starting at this meeting, the City Council…
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Posted in Green Ribbon Committee
Earlier this year, seven of the largest employers in Evanston launched a new initiative to support the city’s efforts to curb local impacts to climate change by forming the Evanston Green Ribbon Committee. The committee is comprised of representatives from the City of Evanston, Northwestern University, NorthShore Evanston Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, School District 65, School District 202 Evanston Township High School (ETHS) and Rotary International. The Evanston Green Ribbon Committee will work collaboratively on various strategies outlined in the…
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Posted in Northwestern University
According to a recent Princeton Review survey, town-gown relations in Evanston have gotten better in the past year. This week the Princeton Review released its 2011 edition “The Best Colleges” which includes a survey of students at 373 top colleges to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their campus experiences at them. The 62 ranking lists are based on surveys of 122,000 students (average 325 per campus) during the 2009-10 and/or previous two school years. The…
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Effective August 6, 2010, through August 15, 2010, a State Sales Tax Holiday will be implemented and certain items purchased during this time period will have a reduced sales tax rate. The sales tax residents will be required to collect during the holiday period is the rate currently in effect on the date of the holiday minus 5 percent. For example: If your sales tax rate is: 9.750% Reduced amount (state portion) - 5.000% Your sales tax rate during the holiday…
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Monday, August 2, 2010
COE Fire Dept Press Release…
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
It’s summer. The weather is finally warm enough to tackle all of the home improvement projects you ignored during the winter months. Yes, that means it’s time to clean up that mess in the garage. But the task can be so very daunting. There are so many things that you just don’t know what to do with. What should you do with that old bike? Those stacks of books? The box of old photographs? What about those half-filled paint cans?…
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