Libertyville Township meeting

Last Thursday was our regular Libertyville Township Meeting. As a trustee we make decisions as to how we will spend the tax money we are given. Currently we are working on building a new food pantry.

The main part of this meeting this week was about picking a company to build our food pantry and be the construction manager. There were 4 companies that submitted bids and interviewed with Supervisor O'Connor and Trustee Mittelman. They told us about the interview process, who attended, what they said and then told us their recommendation. There was one of the 4 companies that was much lower than the other 3. I questioned why and if they offered to review and fix the quote b/c it seemed way off. They did build beautiful work but I was not comfortable with the bid being so low/off.

We ended up voting and 4 of the 5 of us voted for the 2nd lowest bid and the company that was recommended by Trustee Mittelman and Supervisor O'Connor. Trustee O'Connor was a Nay b/c she felt we should go for the lowest bid and that the work was good and we should be able to depend on that bid. Because of the large difference I did not feel comfortable with that choice, but I did understand Trustee O'Connor's point and felt this to be a hard decision.

You should know, I wanted to be be included int he interview process but was not able to because if there was 3 of us it would be a Quorum and therefore a meeting that has to be announced to the public and that is not what we intended.

Our next meeting is March 25th at 7pm.
Hope to see you there!
http://township.libertyville.il.us/ check out the webiste too.

Libertyville Township Democrats

last week Wednesday we had a very successful meet and greet at Kaiser's Pizza in Mundelein. Tom Jurgens had put this even together and it went well. We had a much bigger turn out than we thought. There were about 20 people who showed up. We had pizza and soda. We signed petitions and talked about what else... politics. It was very crowded and loud at Kaiser's but still a lot of fun.

I hope this is the beginning of some regular meetings that have as nice a turn out as this one. I think we will start growing and changing. Our next meeting is a week from this Wednesday, April 14, 7:00-9:00pm. Not sure where yet.

Here is our site http://libertyvilledems.org/ to find out more.

We will be discussing summer parades and outdoor events to have booths and get out there to get known and how we can be helping local candidates.
Hope to see you there.

NISP Volunteering at Pals

Sunday, Yesterday, with NISP as the Junior Supreme Star Queen Sheridan and 3 other girls, Alexis, Lydia and ReNee all were at the Gala event at Maggiono's in Schaumburg. The girls did a great job setting up for 2-1/2 hours and seemed to have fun doing it. The parents were a great help too.

St. Patricks Day Parade in Lake Villa Miss Northern Suburbs

Sheridan and the Northern Suburbs Queens were out Saturday in Lake Villa on the float made by their directors, waving and throwing candy.

They had a great time and looked great. I think they had fun too.
After the Parade they went back to their director's house and they had a practice interview with another local pageant director as a judge.

then we all ate pizza and had cookies and Sheridan and Taylor had fun with their pageant director, Kristen's, husband, Kevin who was kind enough to give them some raw cookie dough to eat before actually making some yummy cookies.

They had a great time for St. patty's day.

Democratic spot for Lt. Governor in IL

I have applied with the IL Dems to be considered for the LT. Governor Dem Ballot position in IL.
Now i need to write a letter to all the IL state committeemen and women to vote for me. I wonder if I have a chance. There are about 150 candidates, all types of people. There are definitely a few with a better political background, but I feel I have that perfect mix of a political background, a life in the business world, a parent, am very grounded and well rounded. The perfect candidate for change in IL

http://blogs.vocalo.org/shudzik/2010/02/the-election-file-those-19-men-and-19-women-who-may-be-picking-your-next-lieutenant-governor/14380

Check out this site for some info.
Sari

Broadway at Alden Nursing home Long Grove, IL

This past Friday, the NISP queens performed at Alden Nursing home a medley of Broadway numbers. It was amazing. They were great. Some danced, some sang. We had Meg tap dance and Sam Irish Danced to Brigadoon. Cassidy and Allison sang a song from the Wizard of Oz and Sheridan sang Baltimore from hairspray.

There was fan dancing too and Annika and her dad sang a number from Annie. Laura and Lydia sang a song from The Sound of Music. This was a great program because in some of the numbers we had the residents participate too. Everyone wore nice outfits or costumes.

Afterwards we hung out at McDonalds.
Always a fun time with NISP. the Queens have fun and so did the residents. They passed out faux flowers to the residents too. So nice, really. What a great group of girls

Northern Illinois Scholarship Program, a pageant with a purpose - being community service and lots of it. Come join us, check us out. You can be an ambassador without being in the pageant, you are a queen too. Or compete in November in the pageant if you want. We have a lot of fun, mentoring and community service. Based out of Grayslake and events all throughout the North Shore.

Sheridan in Commercial

At 8 seconds you see a little girl behind the Mr. Winter Wonderland, in a blue bathing suit. That is my Sheridan