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INSIDE Remembering Villa Latest Wrinkle In Photo Page: ******CRLOT 0041A**C071 Venice Supper Club Dist. 26 Vs. Park View Prospect Prance MT PROSPECT PUBLIC LIBRARY 10 S EMERSON ST STE 1 Page 3A Page 4A Page 15B MT PROSPECT, IL 60056-3295 0000115 1.11..11..,11,...1.1..11.,..11..,1.11,1m1,1,...1111 11.1 MOUNT PROSPECT JOURNAL Vol. 89 No. 40 Journal & Topics Media Group I journal-topics.com I Wednesday, October 9, 2019 I $1 Council Brighten A Fellow Resident's Day Mulls By MC F. ANDERSON Food Drive On Oct 19 Aims To Restock perishable or paper necessities Journal & Topics Reporter such as: baby diapers of all sizes; Village Pantry, Holiday Food Program canned stews; canned meats and Mount Prospect's Human Ser- fish; canned fruit; canned pasta; Cannabis vices Department and fire depart- cereal; coffee, tea, cocoa; amongst ment are joining forces on Oct. 19basket program. is open to the public; children are other items. by hosting a food drive to help The food drive will be held at invited to take photos with a Mount Homemade or items past expi- stock the shelves of the villageCostco, 999 N. Elmhurst Rd., be- Prospect Fire Department truck. ration dates will not be accepted. Panel food pantry and the holiday mealtween 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. The event All donations should be non- (Continued on page2A) Aldermen Hold Off On Starting Hay There! Committee At their Sept. 23 meeting. Prospect Heights aldermen ap- proved holding off on establish- ing an Ad Hoc Adult Cannabis Committee, in order to make revisions to the resolution. The Ad Hoc Adult Can- nabis Committee will consist of one resident from every alderperson's ward and must be unbiased. "Find someone that is not totally on one side or the other. In other words, we don't really get any benefit if someone hates cannabis and we don't really get benefit from someone that has to have it in the morning," Prospect Heights Mayor Nicholas Helmer said. (Continued on page 2A) Why Census Count Key For Prospect Heights Learn how federal dollars are allocated to the community via the U.S. Census count, or ask other Census related ques- Kids love playing in the hay stack area of Saturday's Mount Prospect Park District Fabulous Fall Fest at Lions Park Rec Center. See morepho- tions at a Census 2020 Q&A on tos on page 5A. (NickCartwright/Journal photo) Thursday (Oct. 10) in Prospect Heights. The Census 2020 event will rn 57 school board meeting at 7 p.m. be held at Brookdale, 700 E. Here's Chance To Tour Fairview's New Addition Euclid Ave, and is coordinated Those attending can explore the new space and see how it has en- by Prospect Heights Ald. Kath- The Mount Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 community isabled the district to better serve students. The school board meeting leen Quinn (2nd) and hosted by invited to tour the Fairview Elementary School addition during an after the open house will be held in the school's multipurpose room. (Continued on page 2A) open house from 6:15 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 prior to the Dist. Fairview School is located at 300 N. Fairview Ave., Mount Prospect. Hersey Handles Prospect InNeighborhood BattleSPORTS, PAGE 7AA Page 2A I Wednesday, October 9, 2019 I The Journal www.journal-topics.com es, schools and other businesses. website, "Each person missed on UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS Food Drive If one is unable to make it Oct. the census is equal to the city losing 19 but would still like to donate,over $1,500 in state and federal (Continued from page 1A) Human Services accepts dona- funding. In our hard to count areas Thursday, Oct. 10 Cans over 32 ounces or pack-tions between 8:30 a.m. and 5on the east side of the city, the ages more than five pounds arep.m. Monday through Friday at number of missed residents could Mount Prospect Finance Commission special meeting, 7 discouraged. Village Hall, 50 S. Emerson, on be in the thousands which is worth p.m., Village Hall, 50 S. Emerson St. Human Services Office Man- the second floor. millions of dollars of lost revenue Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission, 7 p.m., ager Carol Baldini said the holiday For a full list of acceptable dona- and resources for the city." City Hall Council Chambers, 8 N. Elmhurst Rd. food program helps approximately tions, visit the village's website. 130 Mount Prospect families every Prospect Heights Elementary School Dist. 23 Board of year. Organizers expect to help Committee Education, 7 p.m., Grodsky Administration Building, 700 N. around the same amount this year. Census Schoenbeck Rd., Prospect Heights Mount Prospect residents in (Continued from page 1A) need of food assistance during (Continued from page 1A) All five council members -- Mi- Saturday, Oct. 12 the holiday months of November Sales and Marketing Director ofchelle Cameron, Kathleen Quinn, and December can inquire with the Brookdale Assisted Living, KaraWendy Morgan -Adams, Patrick Coffee with Council, 9 a.m., Village Hall, 50 S. Emerson St. village's Human Services Depart-O'Connor. Special guests ready Ludvigsen and Matthew Dolick Monday, Oct. 14 ment about the upcoming holiday to answer questions include U.S. -- agreed that they would look for meal basket program. Rep. Brad Schneider (D -10th) and an unbiased resident to serve on Prospect Heights City Council Workshop, 6:30 p.m., City An employee from the Human State Rep. Mark Walker (D -53rd). the committee. Hall, 8 N. Elmhurst Rd. Services department will schedule Census information will be However, formation of the a financial assessment and a social available at Brookside, along with committee has yet to be approved. Tuesday,Oct. 15 worker or counselor will deter-light refreshments and a raffle.There were several changes that mine an individual or family'sReservations for the event are the council agreed to change, such Mount Prospect Village Board, 7 p.m., Village Hall, 50 S. eligibility for the program. Those required as space for the eventas fixing a typo, amending the Emerson St. who have utilized the food pantry is limited. wording in section two and adding River Trails School Dist. 26 Board of Education, 7 p.m., Riv- throughout the year are given first The United States Census Bu- a sunset date to the committee. er Trails Middle School, 1000 N. Wolf Rd., Mount Prospect priority; all additional openingsreau is a federal agency respon- Due to these changes, the coun- are first -come, first serve. sible for producing data aboutcil agreed to table the motion for Wednesday, Oct. 16 Residents who are eligible re- people living in America and thethe conunittee until revisions were ceive a holiday meal basket and economy. In the U.S . Constitution,made and they met again. The next Indian Trails Public Library District Board of Trustees, 7 gift certificate for the Thanksgiv- in Article I, Section 2, it mandates city council meeting is scheduled p.m., main library, 355 Schoenbeck Rd., Wheeling ing holiday and families with the county counts the population for Monday, Oct. 14 at Prospect children can also participate in the every 10 years. Heights City Hall. Thursday, Oct. 17 village's Fire Department Holiday This headcount determines the Municipalities across the state Toy Distribution. number of seats states have in the are dealing with how to handle the Mount Prospect Library Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., at the library, 10 S. Emerson St. The village's food pantry isU.S. House of Representatives state's legalization of recreational stocked of non-perishable itemsand where, and how, to distribute marijuana, particularly through Mount Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 Board of Educa- through donations by individuals,federal funds. zoning and allowing sales, which tion, 7 p.m., Fairview Elementary School, 300 N. Fairview civic organizations, local church- According to Prospect Heights'takes effect Jan. 1, 2020. Ave., Mount Prospect IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SELL IT FOR, BUT WHAT YOU GET TO KEEP THAT COUNTS! As an award winning REALTOR®, committed to serving the community, I've got what it takes to get the job done. 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