Briefs: Fox Lake special meeting
The Fox Lake village board will hold a special board meeting Wednesday to authorize the mayor to review and accept a new group life insurance plan for village employees. The meeting is at 5 p.m. at village hall at 66 Thillen Drive. People interested in the meeting and looking for additional information should call the village at (847) 587-2151 or visit www.foxlake.org.
Chiefs want your blood
The Lake County Fire Chief's Association is helping LifeSource collect blood with a variety of drives this summer. The Mundelein, Libertyville, Antioch, Grayslake and Gurnee fire departments are among those leading the effort. The Wauconda Fire Department hosts a drive June 13 at its station, 109 W. Liberty St. The drive will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For information about the other events, call the non-emergency number for your local fire department.
Phone costs meeting today
The Citizens Utility Board is holding free clinics on how to cut phone bill costs, including how to get a $20 long-distance credit, beginning today. The clinics, co-sponsored by state Rep. Sidney Mathias of Buffalo Grove and Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine, are 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. today at Indian Trails Library, 355 S. Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 10 at Prospect Heights Library, 12 N. Elm St. CUB will analyze phone bills people bring in for ways to save money. For more information, call CUB at (800) 669-5556 or go to CitizensUtilityBoard.org.
Heading to Washington
A group of suburban parents, grandparents and others concerned about autism are on their way to Washington, D.C., to join more than 10,000 people in Wednesday's March on Washington for Safer Vaccines. Others marching include members of the National Autism Association, actors Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey and 42 other organizations. The march aims to raise awareness about the inclusion of toxins such as mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde in infant vaccines. Many people are concerned that these toxins contributed to their child's vaccine injury and acquired autism. Autism once affected 1 in 10,000 and now is the fastest growing disability on the planet, affecting 1 in 150 American children. For more information, visit nationalautism.org.