CHECK OUT THESE WINTER ACTIVITIES IN YOUR AREA
WINTER FUN, EVENTS
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JAN 2014
Don’t let the winter weather keep you indoors. Check out our Chill Out guide for fun winter events in your area. INSIDE
Winter Wine Jam: 6 to 10 p.m. Prairie Bluff Public Golf Club (Banquet Room). Wine and cheese tasting with great music. Tickets are $25 ($30 at the door) and that will get you 10 tasting tickets, a cheese display and live acoustic music. Ages 21 and over. Call 815838-3621, ext. 0, for tickets.
DON’T LET THAT WINTER WEATHER KEEP YOU INDOORS!
Valentine’s Day Dueling Pianos Dinner Show: 6 to 10 p.m. Prairie Bluff Public Golf Club (Banquet Room). Live dinner show featuring 176 keys dueling pianos. Doors open at 6 p.m. with a cash bar, Plated pot roast dinner to start at 6:30 p.m., and the show is from 8 to 10 p.m. Call 815-838-3621 ext. 0 for tickets. $35 Resident & Non-Resident. Ages 21 and older. Deadline, Feb. 1.
Egg-Streme Night Hunt: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Prairie Bluff Public Golf Club. The night will feature a family entertainer, pizza and drinks, and an egg hunt outside. Don’t forget your flashlight! In the case of inclement weather, the egg hunt will be inside. Pre-registration is required for each person attending. $7 Resident, $9 NonResident. Register by March 21. 815-8383621, ext. 0.
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JANUARY 16, 2014
Vol. 7 No. 27
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Reform group advocates for immigrants Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project began in 2010 By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
By laura kaTauskas STAFF REPORTER The Power Connection has been providing resources for life, dedicated to empowering people to better their lives by coming into touch with literally thousands of individuals who needed support over the past 10 years. Birthed out of the living water Community Church in august 2003, jerry Basel, who was a pastor there at the time, saw a long line of people needing continual assistance. often times it was because of the absence of proper training needed to apply for jobs that would support their families. SEE ‘TeaCh’ PAGE 3
On a quest to build suburban immigrant power, a local reform group is setting its sights on a successful new year, calling on residents to get involved. The Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project began in 2010 as a means to raise awareness of immigrant reform in the suburbs and is growing stronger each year. The nonprofit organization is committed to community organizing for the rights of immigrants in the southwest suburbs through education, civic engagement and advocacy. “As the only such organization in the suburbs, we feel the pressure, but that is why we are so needed,” said Executive Director Jose Vera, a Bolingbrook High School grad. “The immigrant population in the suburbs keeps growing. People would have to travel to Chicago to sign up for ESL classes or to hear about any See REFORM, page 9