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VOLUME 03 • NUMBER 31
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Cooperative effort creates medical transport service Bus takes residents to medical appointments throughout area By Gail Peckler-Dziki CORRESPONDENT
For residents in Grant, Lake Villa and Antioch townships, transportation to a medical appointment is only a call away. The three townships have an intergovernmental agreement that allows them to provide this service every Wednesday. The bus leaves at 9 a.m. and finishes when all the appointments are completed. Antioch Township Trustee and member of the board of directors for the Antioch Area Health Accessibility Association Peter Grant realized there is little public transportation in Northeastern Lake County and there are residents who need to get to medical appointments. “There are buses in Waukegan, McHenry and other areas, but none in Antioch, Lake Villa or Grant townships,” he said. “Seniors and people in our three townships with medical issues have very few transportation options.” A demographic study done several years ago showed that the number of doctors in the Antioch area was much lower than in other areas and this meant that Antioch residents must travel longer distances for medical service.
Grant began to explore ways to serve residents with the need to reach medical services. He called Gloria Stevens, Antioch Area Health Accessibility Association network nurse and she suggested that Grant work with Dick Davis, co-leader of the AAHAA depression and bipolar support alliance and a partnership was born. Grant approached the Antioch Town Board with a request for a line item for this service last spring during budgeting. And he got together with PACE transportation officials to see what options were available. The PACE bus service, which goes only to destinations for medical services, is possible because of an intergovernmental agreement between Grant, Lake Villa and Antioch townships. The service is free to all riders, regardless of economic situations. All people need to do is call the Antioch Township office at (847) 395-3378 to schedule a ride. “It can be helpful if you call a day or so ahead of time,” Grant said. “But if you call at 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning, we will do out best to accommodate you.”
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Cael Cramond, 4, pulls on the beard of Santa Claus to test for authenticity during his visit to the North Pole (a.k.a., the Buffalo Grove Metra station) on Dec. 11. Children, parents, and grandparents dressed in their pajamas, met at the Antioch Metra train station, hopped on board a special Metra train, and took a ride to Santa country where they were entertained with lunch, games, prizes, dancing, cookies and hot chocolate. Santa met with each child and then read the group a story before sending them back on the return-trip train to Antioch. The North Pole Express is sponsored by the Antioch Parks and Recreation Department.
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