July/August 2008 Village Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Festival, Parade and Car Show ugust 14, 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of the Village’s date of in- Village of Hanover Park Acorporation. To celebrate, the Village invites everyone to a long weekend of fun. The 50th Anniversary Family Festival runs August 14 - Ontarioville Art and 17, 2008. In addition to the fest, a parade and car show will be held. To kick off the start of four days of fun, the Family Festival opens at 6:00 PM at Community Park located at Maple and Church Streets. Music League Thursday, August 14 events include a present the Second Annual carnival (with special wristband prices from 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM), food and drink, a fabu- lous midway and great musical entertainment beginning at 7:00 PM with The New Invaders and at 9:00 PM Classic Rock All Stars close the show. Fine Art Fair On Friday, August 15, the carnival, food and drink vendors and midway will Sunday, September 21, 2008 again open at 6:00 PM. At 7:00 PM musical entertainment begins with Covergurl followed 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. by Survivor at 9:00 PM. Saturday, August 16, the 50th An- niversary parade steps off at 10:30 AM. Groups from all over will be par- ticipating. The parade’s theme is a “Celebration of Hanover Park’s Youth”. Jubilee Park (Ontarioville Road) Hanover Park Hurricane Football players along with Hanover Park Little League team members, will be marching in addition to other local youth Hanover Park, Illinois groups, bands and floats. At 1:00 PM the Festival opens. The carnival (special wristband prices from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM), midway, food and drink vendors will be Parade Route Announced joined by the petting zoo and children’s entertainment including three fun- ome out and watch the parade on Saturday, tastic inflatables. Main stage entertainment begins at 4:00 PM with Route CAugust 16. The parade steps off at 10:30 a.m. 66 followed at 6:00 PM with American English. The evening will be The route capped off with a performance by Blood, Sweat and Tears beginning at begins at 9:00 PM. Ahlstrand Park Sunday, August 17, the fun continues. A Classic Car Show opens and Walnut at 9:00 AM at the Commuter Lot (Barrington Road and Lake Street). Over Avenue. It 300 cars will be on display. The show runs until 3:30 PM. proceeds west Again our carnival (special wristband prices from 1:00 PM - 5:00 on Walnut to PM), food, drink and midway will open at 1:00 PM. The petting zoo and Center, then inflatables also continue from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The music starts a bit north on Center earlier with Od Tapo Imi performing at 3:00 PM followed by The Business to Sycamore at 5:00 PM and our finale at 7:00 PM with Jan and Dean starring Dean Tor- Avenue, east on Sycamore Avenue to Church Street, rence. south on Church Street to Park Avenue, east on Park A pull out flyer is located in the center of this Avenue to Pinetree Street, south on Pinetree Street to newsletter with complete details about Walnut Avenue and then west on Walnut Avenue to the fun and entertainment that awaits Community Park. you at the Family Fest. Bands, floats and hundreds of youth are scheduled to participate. See you there! Minute with the Mayor... alf way through 2008 we continue to celebrate our 50 years as a community. Throughout this Hi-Lighter you will read about our Celebration of 50 years at Hthe Family Festival, mark your calendar August 14-17, 2008. I’m excited to ac- knowledge Friday evening all our Hanover Park Eagle Scouts and Gold recipients. Our Saturday morning parade will bring a wonderful event with over 40 participatants includ- ing as many youth groups as possible representing Hanover Park. Yes, you will find plenty of fire engines, police cars, military and a race car that will surprise many. On Sunday of our celebration weekend you will find one of the finest car shows at the Hanover Park Train depot. State Representative Ramey is bringing numerous fuel efficient cars to be on display at the Sunday Auto Show, that should be interesting to see. Make plans now to join in the fun! Concerning the ongoing beautification of Hanover Park, and with apologies to the residents of the Neuman Homes area, many have noticed the increased activity by Code Enforcement to identify areas that require sprucing up. We are receiving many compliments as many are pitching in to clean up, modernize, and restore properties to assure our hometown has an appearance we are all proud to call home. Thank you everyone for your patience as these efforts progress. The American Cancer Society raised over $82,000 at the first “Relay For Life” held at the Hanover Park Park District Community Center. The Park District did a wonderful job of preparing the park for the event; we were all very proud of our town that evening. Congratulations to all who participated in this out- standing event. On July 8th Congressman Roskam announced an Energy Plan to bring America Energy Independent in 15 years. Within his Legislation, the Energy Vision Act, lies the approval for Authorization of $2 billion in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) to finance the construction of alternative and renewable sources of energy like the Wind Turbine Generator. I’ve been an outspoken advocate for these initiatives since Keeneyville School District #20 has brought this to my attention. Additionally, State Representative Fred Crespo has submitted HB6660 Legislation that opens up the authority for taxing bodies to utilize the energy distribution network required for the success of these initiatives. These initiatives provide excellent opportu- nities for School Districts, College Districts, and Municipalities to build alliances to construct Wind Turbine Farms. Your Mayor has been working diligently to assure future energy independence and tax savings are in our future. If you have been stuck in traffic on westbound Irving Park Road, I was provided an opportunity by State Senator Noland to ride along with Illinois Dept of Transportation Planning Engineers to evaluate the sit- uation/problem. They agreed that the corner of Irving Park Road and Barrington Road requires some right turn lanes. When the State approves a Capitol Bill I expect Hanover Park will be high on the list to see this congestion alleviated. Congratulations to the Block family of Beverly Court who's son Danny, age 16, just returned from Poland, competing in the Shotput event, placed 14th in the World Competion. Danny attends Lake Park High School. Also of note is is Cassidy Grove who has been recognized by her school, Hanover Highlands, as having excellent leadership skills and has been nominated to attend the National Young Leaders Conference. As always, I’m honored to serve the residents of Hanover Park. It continues to be my pleasure and a blessing to represent the people of Hanover Park, our hometown. Take an opportunity to get involved. See you at the Family Festival. [email protected] 2 Sister City Committee Initiates Pen Pal Program with Cape Coast, Ghana Hanover Park “How far do your hands reach?” was the rhetori- cal question posed by STAARS Principal Cathy Ratcliffe (STudents Artists and AuthoRS ) to her students at Elsie Johnson School last Sep- tember, wondering if the youngsters were inter- Artwork from Spring Wood Middle School was on ested in communicating display in the STAARS Gallery May 15 to June 2. with children in another part of the world. Artists include: Mrs. Ratcliffe had participated in a group trip to 6th Grade: Hanover Park’s Sister City of Cape Coast, Ghana in West Cyryl Trampka Africa, and wanted to en- courage Pen Pal exchanges. 7th Grade: Through her efforts and the Miriam Reyes enthusiasm expressed by the Paola Castro youngsters, the Kor Ye Pen Adam Ward Pal Club was formed. The name of the club is from the 8th Grade Akan language, meaning Damian Iwanicki “we are one”. Jordan Bonk, Michael Rodriguez, Monica Smith, Matt Shannon, Carol Gomez, Anthony Martinez, From October until April, interested students and Jacob Lindsey, Renee Orivida, Jessica Roberti their parents met monthly at the Sonya Crawshaw Branch Library to write letters and learn more about Cape Coast and Artwork from employees’ children and relatives was the Fante culture. Sister City Committee members Linda on display June 19, 2008. McCance Packham and Frank and Adelaide Grant-Acquah participated in each session to share their knowledge and ex- Artists are: Alphonso (age 6) and Emily (age 9) Avilez, perience about life in this West children of Josefina Avilez, Finance Department; African location. Sofia Barrios (age 5) daughter of Carmen Bustos, On October 2nd at Community Development Department, 7:00 PM in the Council Cham- bers, the Sister City Committee Jessica Deacon (age 4) will present a video of their niece of Sue Krauser, May 2008 trip to Cape Coast. Village Manager’s Of- Also featured will be informa- fice; tion on activities geared towards Hanover Park youngsters in ele- Mason Krieg (age 3 1/2) mentary through high school, in- grandson of Mary Au- cluding an international “Young mann, Finance Depart- Artists” competition and the po- ment and Nephew of tential for study in Ghana, as Chris Aumann, Public well as the Pen Pal program. Works Department; The Sister City Committee meets Ariana (age 7) and Javier, at Village Hall the second Tues- Jr.