St. Charles East grad a good fit for 'Levi's Girl'
Kelley Meyer of St. Charles has been on the Levi Strauss Co. e-mail list for some time - and it paid off for her 20-year-old daughter, Katey.
"I saw mention of this 'Levi's Girl' promotion contest, and I passed it along to my daughter because she is interested in the whole social media scene," Kelley said.
Levi's was looking for a social-media savvy girl to become the "face" of Levi's and earn a six-month paid internship.
Katey, who will be a junior at Columbia College in Chicago studying marketing, decided to enter the contest.
"She did a video about what kind of girl would like Levi's, and then company representatives interviewed her on a conference call," Kelley said.
Katey, a 2008 graduate of St. Charles East who earned her associate degree from Elgin Community College this year, later learned she was a finalist.
"For most people, this may not be a big deal," Kelley said. "But a lot of girls tried to get into this, and for Katey to be one of the finalists, that's a pretty big deal."
Katey's supporters can help her cause by getting on Levi's Facebook site and following the link for the contest, but today is the final day for voting.
Protect yourself: Ladies who shop at grocery stores will on occasion leave their purse in the shopping cart while looking at something in another aisle. That seemingly harmless distraction can lead to that purse getting nabbed - and the credit cards inside providing the start of identity theft.
That warning comes from Geneva police Officer Eddie Jackson, who shared crime prevention tips recently at my service club meeting.
Jackson also said that many people leave wallets in their cars - and the car doors unlocked - in store parking lots.
Former DuPage County sheriff's Deputy Wayne Howlett shared alarming news about "medical identity theft."
Medical files that have a lot of personal information tend to be passed around in a medical facility and can be left on counters or desks for wandering eyes or for "bad guys" to grab.
A couple other worthwhile tips: Don't give a lot of personal information for your Facebook accounts, and if you buy stuff online you should use a credit card with a low limit, of $1,000 or even less, and use only that card for that purpose.
Big boost for center: I haven't attended an event at the Norris Cultural Arts Center since maybe the St. Charles East production of "Guys and Dolls" about five years ago, or maybe the State Street Dance Studio's production of "The Nutcracker" around the same time.
I know the high school uses the center often, as it should. But it was great to hear that the center's board is making a bold move to bring the theater back into the public limelight with its four-year celebration of the Civil War's sesquicentennial.
The center took a public relations hit during the infamous mold crisis on the St. Charles East campus more than 10 years ago, so it's good to see it back on track as a viable venue.
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