When:

All residents in the 40th Ward can leave their unwanted electronic near the curb in front of their residence before 8am. Trucks will be sweeping the neighborhoods picking up equipment between 8am-12pm. or you can bring them to the Ward Yard at 5333 N Western until noon.

PC Rebuilders and Recyclers are happy to support Alderman O’Connor and Mayor Daley as we collect unwanted computer equipment and household electronics for no charge.  The following electronics will be accepted: TVs, DVD Players, VCR’s, PDA’s, MP3 Players, Video Equipment, & Mobile Phones. Our primary goal is to reuse as much of the equipment collected as possible. If an individual piece of equipment in not suitable for reuse, we will try to harvest parts for reuse or we will send the equipment off for material recovery. We have adopted the Responsible Recycling (R2) best management practices that are being promoted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as our standards for processing materials that we receive from collection events.

Accepted Items

• Computers
• Laptops
• Monitors
• Printers/Scanners
• Computer Peripherals
• Fax Machines
• TV’s
• VCR’s
• DVD Players
• MP3 Players
• Video Game
• Consoles
• Cell Phones
• Video Equipment

Items NOT Accepted

• Appliances (both small & large)
• Salon Equipment (hair dryers, etc.)
• Household Hazardous Waste
• Typewriters
• Auto StereoSystems
• Satellites
• Non-Computercables (coax, brick)
• Non-Cellular Phones

If you can’t do it on Saturday, drop offs are accepted at:

Where: 3053 N. Knox, Chicago, IL 60641
When: Mon-Fri. 8:30am-5:00pm
Telephone: 1.800.939.6000 or 773.545.7575

Current City Stickers expire June 30, New sticker must be displayed by July 30.

The prices for the vehicle stickers are as follows:

• Small passenger vehicles (under 4,500 lbs):  $75.00
• Larger passenger vehicles (4,500 lbs or more):  $120.00
• Senior Citizens (for small and larger vehicles):  $30.00
• Truck (16,000 lbs or less):  $180.00
• Motorcycle:  $45.00

Residents who live in residential parking zones will find their zone number printed on their annual vehicle sticker.  A vehicle sticker in a residential permit parking zone will cost an additional $25.

The Clerk’s Office prefers payment by check or money order, but will accept cash. No credit cards may be used.  Senior citizens are required to provide proof of age to receive the senior discount.

If you received your renewal form in the mail, please bring it with you.  If you did not get a renewal form, bring in the previous year’s form or have the following information available: year, make and model of the vehicle; state license plate number; owner’s driver’s license number, and old City sticker number.

Connect Chicago Youth to a Summer of Possibilities

Award amounts range from $250 to a maximum of $2,000.

The Summer Mini Grants Program is open to community-based organizations, churches, schools, and other non-profit agencies. Click the Mini Grant Applications link on the left navigation pane to apply or call the Mini Grant Hotline at (312) 743-6313.

There will be a technical assistance session for the Mini Grant Program on March 30th from 10:00 – Noon at the Martin Luther King Center, 4313 S. Cottage Grove Ave. and on March 31st from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Department of Family and Support Services, 1615 West Chicago Avenue, 1st floor conference room. All are welcome to attend.

Mayor Richard M. Daley today announced a new City program that provides help with down payment and closing costs for first-time homebuyers and the expansion of last year’s successful “Fix Your Mortgage” events aimed at helping residents determine if they are eligible for assistance under the federal “Making Home Affordable” foreclosure prevention plan.

“We are in a struggling economy in which many hardworking Chicagoans continue to face mortgage payments that have grown beyond their means and another group of our residents is finding it difficult, if not impossible to establish themselves as first-time homeowners,” Daley said in a news conference held at Morgan Park High School, 1744 W. Pryor Av.

“Finding solutions to both these problems is critical to keeping our neighborhoods strong,” he said.

The new City program is called the “Home Purchase Assistance Program.”

Through this program, for the first time, the city will offer purchase price assistance to buyers of existing homes, and new construction housing units like those available in the mixed-income communities that are part of the CHA “Plan for Transformation.”

The City has budgeted $1 million dollars in this year’s corporate budget to support the program, which has the twin goals of helping first-time buyers with their down payment and closing costs and stimulating the housing market.

The program applies to single family homes, town homes, condominiums and properties of up to four units as long as they are owner-occupied. First-time homebuyers can also use this money in conjunction with the federal homebuyer tax credit that expires in April.

Daley said participants in the program can receive between $10,000 and $40,000 based on their incomes. The maximum eligible income for a two-person household is $60,300 and for a four-person household it is $75,400.

“Our city’s neighborhoods are filled with high-quality housing and as we all know, it’s a great time buy – if you have the resources. The Home Purchase Assistance Program is our newest tool for providing Chicagoans with those resources,” the Mayor said.

Daley also announced the City will use $1 million available through the federal economic stimulus program to sponsor six more “Fix Your Mortgage” events to help people with loan modifications.

The first “Fix Your Mortgage” event is Saturday, March 27, from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Morgan Park High School. The next two are April 24 at Lane Tech High School, 2501 W. Addison St., and June 5 at Curie High School, 4959 S. Archer Av., both from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The dates and locations of the other three sessions will be announced soon.

At these sessions, HUD-certified credit counselors and pro-bono real estate attorneys will help homeowners review paperwork to determine if the borrowers qualify for assistance under the “Making Home Affordable” plan. Then, the information for eligible borrowers is submitted on-site directly to the loan servicer.

Last year, the City assisted 1,200 Chicagoans at two similar events, putting them together with counselors and lenders who worked with them to ensure they get into affordable, sustainable fixed-rate mortgages so that they can stay in their homes.

The success rate at those events was twice the national average – 34 percent of Chicago residents who sought help obtained a loan modification, Daley said.

The Mayor said the City remains committed to helping people through its longstanding variety of foreclosure prevention efforts designed to encourage people to get help at the first sign of trouble when it comes to paying their mortgage.

These include:

• The Homeownership Preservation Initiative (HOPI), which connects homeowners with financial counselors by calling 311. Since 2003, the initiative has prevented more than 2,800 foreclosures, reclaimed 717 vacant, troubled buildings and counseled more than 14,500 Chicagoans.
• Borrower Outreach Days, which provide an expanded level of service in the hardest hit communities by providing working families who are at-risk of foreclosure a direct connection with lending institutions and HUD-certified counseling agencies. The City has sponsored 20 Borrower Outreach Days and helped more than 4,700 homeowners since 2007.
• An Early Warning Program, which started in 2007 and gives homeowners facing foreclosure more time to get help, work out solutions and keep their homes.
• A Neighborhood Stabilization Program strategy to acquire and redevelop vacant, foreclosed homes using $55.2 million in HUD funding; and
• A program to enhance protection for renters, who are often the innocent victims of foreclosure.

Daley thanked the partners who are helping the City with the “Fix Your Mortgage” events — Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, the Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund and MacArthur Foundation – and the Chicago Association of Realtors, which is working with the City on the Home Purchase Assistance program.

“We will continue to work side by side across the city to meet the needs of our residents and I know that by working together we will continue to help lay the foundation for sustainable and vibrant communities,” he said.

Further information about both programs is available on the City’s website, www.cityofchicago.org, or by calling 311.

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Join the Chicago Public Library in its annual observance of Women’s History Month featuring a variety of programs highlighting the achievements and contributions that women have made to the visual arts.

The opening program for Women’s History Month 2010 is “Tragedy to Triumph – The Story of Artemisia,” a uniquely inspiring music/multimedia performance about 17th century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi. This contemporary piece features Linda M. Smith on vocals, guitar and piano with Eugenia Elliott on vocal harmony, flute and guitar, Katherine Hughes on vocal harmony and violin and Robert Arendt on vocal harmony, electric bass and guitar. Smith’s passionate and soulful style weaves poetry, music and video of Artemisia’s work to communicate the intriguing life story of the best known female artist in western art history before the modern era.

Find out more about women’s contribution to the visual arts.

Find out more about women’s history.

Find exhibits by local women artists at neighborhood libraries.

Women’s History Month Calendar of Events
Please check the Chicago Library website for any program changes in this section.

Art Tour of the Harold Washington Library Center
Tuesday, March 2, 2:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
1st Floor Lobby

Celebration of Women through Chinese Traditional Song
Tuesday, March 2, 6:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium

Origami Ornaments: Create a Kusudama
Thursday, March 4, 4:00 p.m.
West Lawn Branch

Tragedy to Triumph-The Story of Artemisia
Thursday, March 4, 6:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium

Art for Mothers and Daughters
Saturday, March 6, 2:00 p.m.
Sulzer Regional Library

Art Tour of the Harold Washington Library Center
Tuesday, March 9, 2:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
1st Floor Lobby

Learn to Knit: Knitting Basics
Wednesday, March 10, 4:00 p.m.
Rogers Park Branch

Women of the White House!
Wednesday, March 10, 4:00 p.m.
Legler Branch

Origami for Kids
Thursday, March 11, 3:30 p.m.
Mabel Manning Branch

Jan’s Clan’s Puppets
Friday, March 12, 10:30 a.m.
Woodson Regional Library

Honoring Georgia O’Keeffe’s Art
Saturday, March 13, 11:00 a.m.
North Pulaski Branch

The Power of Glamour: Screen Goddesses of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Saturday, March 13, 2:00 p.m.
Edgebrook Branch

Great Women of History: Jacqueline Kennedy
Saturday, March 13, 3:00 p.m.
King Branch

Art Tour of the Harold Washington Library Center
Tuesday, March 16, 2:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
1st Floor Lobby

Through the Eyes of Women-Famous Visual Artists
Tuesday, March 16, 4:00 p.m.
Beverly Branch

Learn to Knit: Knitting Basics
Tuesday, March 16, 4:00 p.m.
West Belmont Branch

Meet Mary Cassatt: An American Artist
Thursday, March 18, 3:30 p.m.
Garfield Ridge Branch

Through the Eyes of Women-Famous Visual Artists
Thursday, March 18, 4:00 p.m.
Toman Branch

Women’s Collective Art Practice in Chicago: 1937-2007
Thursday, March 18, 6:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Video Theatre, Lower Level

Meet Mary Cassatt: An American Artist
Friday, March 19, 11:00 a.m.
Roden Branch

Honoring Georgia O’Keeffe’s Art
Saturday, March 20, 1:00 p.m.
McKinley Park

The Power of Glamour: Screen Goddesses of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Saturday, March 20, 2:00 p.m.
Roosevelt Branch

Meet Mary Cassatt: An American Artist
Monday, March 22, 11:00 a.m.
Jefferson Park

Origami Ornaments: Create a Kusudama
Monday, March 22, 3:30 p.m.
Walker Branch

Art Tour of the Harold Washington Library Center
Tuesday, March 23, 2:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
1st Floor Lobby

Through the Eyes of Women-Famous Visual Artists
Tuesday, March 23, 4:00 p.m.
Scottsdale Branch

Through the Eyes of Women-Famous Visual Artists
Wednesday, March 24, 11:00 a.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Multipurpose Room (Lower Level)

Documentary Film Screenings: Conversation with Women Artists
Wednesday, March 24, 6:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Video Theatre

Through the Eyes of Women-Famous Visual Artists
Thursday, March 25, 1:00 p.m.
Vodak-Eastside Branch

Origami Ornaments: Create a Kusudama
Thursday, March 25, 4:00 p.m.
Humboldt Park Branch

The Beatrix Potter Collection
Friday, March 26, 11:00 a.m.
Clearing Branch

Art for Mothers and Daughters
Saturday, March 27, 2:00 p.m.
Portage Cragin Branch

Great Women of History: Jacqueline Kennedy
Monday, March 29, 6:30 p.m.
Austin-Irving Branch

Art Tour of the Harold Washington Library Center
Tuesday, March 30, 2:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
1st Floor Lobby

Documentary Film Screenings: Conversations with Women Artists
Wednesday, March 31, 6:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Video Theatre

Where:
Saint Andrew’s Church
5649 N. Sheridan Rd. (at Bryn Mawr)
Gymnasium

Free parking available in the church lot

When:
Monday, Febuary 8, 2010
6:30 p.m.— 7:30 p.m.
Please R.S.V.P. by February 5, 2010
to Ltrier@cookcountygov.com or call 773-334-4066

Light refreshments will be served

Caps Contact Information:

19th District 312-744-5574

20th District 312-742-8028

23rd District 312-744-0064

Presented by: Parents for School Choice & the Chicago Public Schools

When:
Saturday, January 30, 2010
9:30am – 2:00pm

Where:
Soldier Field (Indoors)
1410 South Museum Campus Drive
United Club Level One (indoors)
Click here for map.

What to Do:

• Meet new school leaders
• Apply to new public elementary and high schools
• Talk to other parents who are exploring the new schools
• Attend workshops such as: What Makes a Quality School, From a Parent’s Perspective, and more!

Participating Schools:
For a full listing of schools participating in this year’s EXPO, please click here. Schools are listed in alphabetical order.

What to Bring with You:
If you plan to apply to schools directly on-site at the EXPO, you are strongly encouraged to bring photo copies of the following identification items with you:

• Student birth certification or legal guardianship papers
• Student social security card
• Parent/Guardian license or ID card (not valid for proof of residency)
• Parent/Guardian proof of Chicago residency (i.e. utility, mortgage, medical card, bank statement, check card, voter registration card. No rental leases or cell phone bills accepted)

Many participating schools require this information when applying to prove that you and your child reside in Chicago. Without these items you may not be able to fully complete an application at the event.

FREE admission, FREE parking, CTA accessible

Get Involved:
If you would like to get involved in the EXPO as a sponsor, volunteer or community partner, please contact Karen Corken at expo@rsfchicago.org

Here is a list of all the 40th Ward Polling Places.

The Sample Ballot

If you don’t know your Precinct here is a link where you can enter your address and the application will return the closest Polling Place to you.

* Inaccessible to Disabled Voters

Precinct 1
CHICAGO POLICE STATION – 1st FL CMTY
5400 N LINCOLN AVE.

Precinct 2
MATHER SCHOOL – 1st FL CORRIDOR
5835 N LINCOLN AVE.

Precinct 3
MIRRO & ASSOCIATES INC. – FRONT OFFFICE
1253 W DEVON AVE.

Precinct 4
HAYT SCHOOL – FOYER
1530 W GRANVILLE AVE.

Precinct 5
ST DEMETRIOS ORTH CHURCH – PANOUSIS RM
2728 W CARMEN AVE.

Precinct 6
GROSS PARK – 1st FL GAME RM
2708 W LAWRENCE AVE.

Precinct 7
SCHREIBER PARK – 1st FL FIELD HOUSE
1552 W SCHREIBER AVE.

Precinct 8
ASSYRIAN NATL CNCL OF IL – HALL
2450 W PETERSON AVE.

Precinct 9
G & A SR RESIDENCE AT RAVENSWOOD – COMM
1818 W PETERSON AVE.

Precinct 10 *
GREEN BRIAR PARK – 1st FL WEST RM
2650 W PETERSON AVE.

Precinct 11 *
ST IGNATIUS CHURCH – BSMT HOLY NAME RM
6559 N GLENWOOD AVE.

Precinct 12
SULLIVAN HIGH SCHOOL – 1st FL FOYER
6631 N BOSWORTH AVE.

Precinct 13 *
ST IGNATIUS CHURCH – BSMT HOLY NAME RM
6559 N GLENWOOD AVE.

Precinct 14
BUDLONG SCHOOL – 1st GAME RM
2701 W FOSTER AVE.

Precinct 15 *
CRISTO REY EPISCOPAL CHURCH – BSMNT
2514 W THORNDALE AVE.

Precinct 16
CAROLINE HEDGER APTS – BLUE RM
6400 N SHERIDAN AVE.

Precinct 17
RIVER PARK – 1st FL AUDITORIUM
5100 N FRANCISCO AVE.

Precinct 18
2035 GRANVILLE CONDO – SOCIAL RM
2035 W GRANVILLE AVE.

Precinct 19
ST PHILIP LUTHERAN SCHOOL – GYM
2500 W BRYN MAWR AVE.

Precinct 20
RIVER PARK – 1st FL AUDITORIUM
5100 N FRANCISCO AVE.

Precinct 21 *
CHICAGO FIRE STATION – REAR STALL
2322 W FOSTER AVE.

Precinct 22
SCHNEIDER SENIOR APT – GOLD RM
1750 W PETERSON AVE.

Precinct 23
LEADWAY LIQUORS – 1st FL ART GALLERY
5233 N DAMEN AVE.

Precinct 24
BUDLONG WOODS LIBRARY – COMMUNITY RM
5630 N LINCOLN AVE.

Precinct 25
ST PHILIP LUTHERAN SCHOOL – GYM
2500 W BRYN MAWR AVE.

Precinct 26
KILMER SCHOOL – AUDITORIUM
6700 N GREENVIEW AVE.

Precinct 27
CENTRO ROMERO – 1st FL ROOM 3
6216 N CLARK ST.

Precinct 28
CHICAGO POLICE STATION – AUDITORIUM
6464 N CLARK ST.

Precinct 29
MATHER SCHOOL – 1st FL CORRIDOR
5835 N LINCOLN AVE.

Precinct 30
JAMIESON SCHOOL – 1st FL GYMNASIUM
5650 N MOZART ST.

Precinct 31
JAMIESON SCHOOL – 1st FL GYMNASIUM
5650 N MOZART ST.

Precinct 32
BUDLONG SCHOOL – 1st GAME RM
2701 W FOSTER AVE.

Precinct 33 *
ST GREGORY HIGH SCHOOL – BSMT FOYER
1677 W BRYN MAWR AVE.

Precinct 34
RIVER PARK – 1st FL AUDITORIUM
5100 N FRANCISCO AVE.

Precinct 35
SCHNEIDER SENIOR APT – GOLD RM
1750 W PETERSON AVE.

Precinct 36
ST DEMETRIOS ORTH CHURCH – PANOUSIS RM
2728 W CARMEN AVE.

Precinct 37
PRESSURE INC – BILLARD RM
6318 N CLARK ST.

Precinct 38
CHICAGO POLICE STATION – 1st FL CMTY RM
5400 N LINCOLN AVE.

Precinct 39
EMMERSON PARK – 1st FL CLUB ROOM
1820 W GRANVILLE AVE.

Precinct 40
CHICAGO WARD YARD – LOBBY
5333 N WESTERN AVE.

Precinct 41
EDGEWATER HSTRCL SOCIETY – EXHIBIT HALL
5358 N ASHLAND AVE.

Precinct 42
EDGEWATER HSTRCL SOCIETY – EXHIBIT HALL
5358 N ASHLAND AVE.

Precinct 43
EBENEZER LUTHERAN CHURCH – 1st FL DINING RM
1650 W FOSTER AVE.

Precinct 44
CONTINENTAL CARE CTR – LOBBY
5336 N WESTERN AVE.

Precinct 45
TEMPEL STEEL CO – 1st FL TRAINING RM
5440 N WOLCOTT AVE.

Precinct 46
PETERSON PLAZA APT – COMMUNITY RM
5969 N RAVENSWOOD AVE.

Precinct 47 *
ST IGNATIUS CHURCH – BSMT HOLY NAME RM
6559 N GLENWOOD AVE.

Precinct 48 *
PETERSON SCHOOL – AUDITORIUM/STAGE
5510 N CHRISTIANA AVE.

Precinct 49
KOREAN CHAMBER AMER COMMERCE – FRNT OFC
5601 N SPAULDING AVE.

* Inaccessible to Disabled Voters

Please VOTE the entire ballot. including the qualified Judicial Candidates.

Sincerely,
Patrick J. O’Connor
Alderman/Committeeman

40th Ward Polling Places

Click here to print the Sample Ballot.
This Sample Ballot may be taken into the voting booth with you.

UNITED STATES SENATOR
Alexander “Alexi” Giannoulias
Mark Number 4

GOVERNOR
Pat Quinn
Mark Number 11

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Scott Lee Cohen
Mark Number 20

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Lisa Madigan
Mark Number 23

SECRETARY OF STATE
Jessie White
Mark Number 24

COMPTROLLER
David E. Miller
Mark Number 25

TREASURER
Robin Kelly
Mark Number 29

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 5th DISTRICT
Mike Quigley
Mark Number 41

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 9th DISTRICT
Janice D. Schakowsky
Mark Number 41

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEWOMAN, 5th District
Cynthia Santos
Mark Number 51

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEMAN, 5th DISTRICT
James DeLeo
Mark Number 53

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEWOMAN, 9th DISTRICT
Carol Ronen
Mark Number 51

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEMAN, 9th DISTRICT
William Marovltz
Mark Number 53

STATE SENATOR, 7th DISTRICT
Heather A. Steans
Mark Number 61

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 11th DISTRICT
Dan Farley
Mark Number 72

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 13th DISTRICT
Gregory Harris
Mark Number 71

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 14th DISTRICT
Harry Osterman
Mark Number 71

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 15th DISTRICT
John C. D’Amico
Mark Number 71

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 16th DISTRICT
Lou Lang
Mark Number 71

METROPOLITAN WATER DlSTRICT, Vote for 3
Barbara McGowan / Mark Number 82
Michael A. Alvarez  / Mark Number 83
Marlyana T. Spyropoulos  / Mark Number 84

PRESIDENT OF COUNTY BOARD
Terrence J. O’Brien
Mark Number 96

COUNTY CLERK
David D. Orr
Mark Number 101

COUNTY SHERIFF
Thomas J. Dart
Mark Number 102

COUNTY TREASURER
Maria Pappas
Mark Number 104

COUNTY ASSESSOR
Joseph Berrios
Mark Number 106

COUNTY COMMISSIONER, 10th DISTRICT
Bridget Gainer
Mark Number 111

COUNTY COMMISSIONER, 12th DISTRICT
John A. Frltchey
Mark Number 111

JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT, 1st District
(McNulty Vacancy)
James R. Epstein
Mark Number 134

JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT, 1st District
(O’Malley Vacancy) Pick One
Thomas L. Hogan / Mark Number 137
Aurelia Marie Pucinski / Mark Number 140

JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT, 1st District
(South Vacancy)
Sebastian T. Patti
Mark Number 143

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Full Circuit
(Berland Vacancy)
William H. Hooks
Mark Number 151

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Full Circuit
(Bronstein Vacancy)
Diann K. Marsalek
Mark Number 156

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Full Circuit
(Dolan Vacancy)
Linda J. Pauel
Mark Number 160

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Full Circuit
(Hayes Vacancy)
Raymond W. Mitchell
Mark Number 163

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Full Circuit
(Kelley Vacancy)
John Patrick Callahan Jr.
Mark Number 166

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Full Circuit
(McCarthy Vacancy)
Daniel J. Gallagher
Mark Number 168

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Full Circuit
(O’Malley Vacancy)
Thomas V. Lyons
Mark Number 181

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Full Circuit.
(Riley Vacancy)
Sandra G. Ramos
Mark Number 183

JUDGE, 9th Subcircuit
(Otaka Vacancy)
Dennis Michael Fleming
Mark Number 194