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THE BUGLE NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Walking in a Winter Wonderland Fat Ricky’s, Recreation Department host holiday event By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
Teaming up together again, the Romeoville Recreation Department and Fat Ricky’s restaurant are hosting an event that will add a little sparkle to everyone’s holiday. For its second year, the Winter Wonderland and Hope for the Holidays event will be held in
combination from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at the Recreation Department, 900 W. Romeo Road. The village normally hosts an event for its residents during the holidays, and for the past three years, Fat Ricky’s restaurant has spearheaded a fundraiser aimed at collecting food items and donations to help out those in need in the community. A holiday meal box is prepared for
each family, along with a box of groceries. To help collect much-needed items for the community, admission to the event is one nonperishable food item. In return, those items will be used for Fat Ricky’s Hope for the Holiday’s care packages. Indoor activities -- including children’s entertainment, face painting, inflatables, a Book
Fair, crafts and a picture with Santa (available to the first 300 children) -- will all be held within the Recreation Center. Kicking off the event, and new this year, will be the Parade of Lights, scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., where community members will help lead Santa to the Recreation Department. The parade route will begin at A. Vito Martinez Middle School, 135th
and Belmont streets, and will end at the village hall after a stop at the Recreation Center for the annual tree lighting ceremony. Santa will light the 30-foot spruce tree at 6 p. m. outside the Recreation Center. Romeoville firefighters will provide and serve hot chocolate and cookies following the parade and at the beginning of the tree lighting ceremony.
Mobile Workforce Center announces December schedule Workforce Services Division of Will County has announced the December schedule of its Mobile Workforce Center. The mobile unit travels throughout Will County to help residents with resume development, cover letters, and job applications. The workforce center contains 11 computer stations, internet access, and offers keyboarding lessons, as well as resume and job search assistance using online listings including jobs4people.org and Illinois workNet. The Mobile Workforce Center will be at Bolingbrook IDES, 321 Quadrangle Drive, Bolingbrook, from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Mondays with the exception of Dec. 24, when MWC will be in for maintenance. On all Tuesdays except Christmas Day, it will provide service from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. at the main entrance to Governors State University, 1 University Parkway, University Park. It will be at Plainfield Public Library, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield, from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday. Wilmington City Hall, 1165 S. Water St., Wilmington, will host MWC from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. every Thursday. The unit will be at Frankfort Township Office, 11000 W.
Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Fridays. Will County Executive Larry Walsh encourages job seekers to take advantage of the service, which is offered at no cost to county residents. Workforce Services is under the Will County Executive’s office and is led byAdministrative Manager Susan Flessner. For additional information about the Workforce Services Division of Will County, go to www.jobs4people.org.
Workforce Services offers five-workshop series in December Workforce Services Division of Will County has announced its December schedule of workshops designed for job seekers. “Workforce Services has developed some wonderful workshops to aid our residents,” Walsh said. “These classes will give residents an edge when looking for and applying for jobs.” “Many of our customers have not needed to look for work in a long time,” said Susan Flessner, WSD Administrative Manager. “These workshops help them brush up on their job search skills, and maybe learn some See WORKFORCE, page 5