Jenny's 'State of the Village' address coming up
State of the Village
Village of Glenview President Mike Jenny will deliver his second "State of the Village" address on Friday, Nov. 4.
The speech will be held from 8-9:30 a.m. in the Community Room of the Glenview Public Library, 1930 Glenview Road.
Jenny will provide an overview of issues facing Glenview, review its successes, and discuss future challenges and opportunities. There will be time for questions following the address.
The State of the Village is free and open to the public, but people are asked to register in advance.
Registration is available through the Glenview Chamber of Commerce website, www.glenviewchamber.com, by selecting "View All Events" and clicking on Nov. 4 on the November calendar.
Trick-or-Treat
The Village of Glenview's official Trick-or-Treat time is from 3-7 p.m. on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31. At the village website, glenview.il.us, there are door signs to print and post that will let people know whether or not a household is participating in Trick-or-Treat.
Wilmette's Trick-or-Treat hours are 4-8 p.m. on Halloween.
Trunk-or-Treat
Our Lady of Perpetual Help's seventh Trunk or Treat will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28.
The family friendly Halloween event will be held in the OLPH Church parking lot, 1775 Grove St., Glenview. All families, not just from the OLPH Parish, are invited to attend.
Trunk or Treat, presented by OLPH Women's Club Guild 38, allows children to get a head start on Halloween. Sponsors decorate their vehicles, and their trunks, and jam between 1,500 and 2,000 pieces of candy in them. Children then trick or treat from car to car in the lot, which is accessible by Glenview Road.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase; most vendors will be accepting cash only.
In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved indoors to the OLPH Playdium.
Those who act fast may buy $5 tickets for Trunk or Treat at the Eventbrite link, www.eventbrite.com/e/olph-trunk-or-treat-2022-tickets-423521112047. People with tickets purchased in advance will get priority entrance to the Playdium should the weather be bad.
Tickets will cost $7 upon arrival on Oct. 28.
Pedal power
The Village of Glenview will present a Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan Open House from 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Park Center, 2400 Chestnut Ave.
The open house offers residents the chance to learn more about the whole planning process, read a draft of the plan, and talk with the consultants who put it together. People can come by at any time during the open house.
The plan inventories current bicycle and pedestrian facilities and conditions while recommending new opportunities. It's been done in tandem with the ADA Transition Plan to enhance community accessibility.
The open house also is free though people are asked to register in advance. Visit the village website at www.glenview.il.us, and an item on the open house is on the landing page under "Community Headlines."
Glenview District 34 budget
In a public hearing at a Glenview District 34 board meeting in September, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services Eric Miller presented a summary of the district's Fiscal Year 2023 budget in a final hearing.
The budget showed operating revenue - the fund that operates District 34's eight schools and its preschool at 1333 Greenwood Road - at $85.9 million. The operating revenues were projected as $81.4 million, with a surplus in the operating fund of $4.4 million.
In all funds of the district, which included approximately $50 million in capital improvements, revenues showed $105.7 million, including a $9.5 million bond issue. All-fund expenditures for Fiscal 2023 were $141.9 million.
Sunshine delivery
Students at Wescott School in Northbrook delivered some sunshine to the Sunshine State earlier this month.
It came courtesy of more than $2,600 in donations to American Red Cross Central Florida that Wescott students and staff collected from sales at a drive-through lemonade stand.
Wescott's Helping Hands Committee, comprised of teacher volunteers, led the effort. Students in each class rotated shifts at the lemonade stand that was located on Wescott's circle drive at 1820 Western Ave.
Supporters simply drove up to collect their cool glass of lemonade and support Red Cross Central Florida, helping residents recover from Hurricane Ian that struck the state in late September.
In a release from Northbrook/Glenview School District 30, Wescott School first-grade teacher Sharon Latek, Helping Hands co-chair with fourth-grade teacher Courtney Sislow, said: "This plan could not have been executed in less than a week without everyone's help."
When not manning the lemonade stand the Wescott students wrote chalk messages of support to the Floridians.
"The students were able to make signs, collect donations and be a part of making a positive difference in the world," Latek said. "The lemonade stand really complimented our school theme, 'Kindness begins with me.'"