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Village Board unveils 2018 budget draft By Gail Peckler-Dziki CORRESPONDENT
Antioch group thrives By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
Nearly 100 years ago, Lions Club International was founded by Melvin Jones, a Chicago businessman. Jones, who founded the group on June 7, 1917, understood the need for able residents to serve their community by offering a community service. Since then, the Lions Club has grown the last 100 years, accounting for 46,000 local clubs with a membership of more than 1.4 million in 200 countries. The Antioch Lions Club, according to past President Adam Zakroczynski III, formed 80 years ago and has reached a membership of 88.
The Lions Club, known to most people for their work with the visually and hearing impaired, has a collection of used eyeglasses for those who are unable to afford them. Annually, hundreds of used glasses are collected by the Antioch Lions Club in containers located at Heartland Bank and Antioch’s Piggly Wiggly. Their work to improve vision and hearing is possible because of the annual Lions Candy Day, a day when Lions Club members take to the streets and raise money to fund the vision and hearing programs. While vision care is the most well known way Lions members help those in need, there are many more projects funded by the club, which benefit the local community. In Antioch, the Lions Club was one of the contributors to the Blue Star Highway Memori-
al Marker honoring those who served and those from Antioch who gave their lives during times of war. Also, the club has worked with the Village of Antioch to help finance the new Williams Park pavilion. Back in the 1950s the club donated $10,000 to help fund the village swimming pool, according to Zakroczynski. Additional projects the Lions Club have contributed to are the Open Arms Mission Backpack Program, which offers backpacks with food to School District 34 children, who might not have food on the weekend. These are just a few programs the Lions Club has helped. All children enjoy fishing, but many do not
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In a recent meeting, 15 past presidents of the Antioch Lions Club came together to discuss the the organization.
When Antioch Village Board was presented with the first draft of its 2018 budget at the March 15 Committee of the Whole meeting, Village Administrator Jim Keim said the numbers had change daily since the first introduction. With no reported discussions between village board liaisons and their department heads, Mayor Larry Hanson told involved officials to openly discuss the matter. “You all are free to talk to any of the department heads you wish. I don’t want anyone to feel left out of the process,” said Hanson. The board, which plans to review final numbers at the April Committee of the whole meeting, looks to vote on at the April regular meeting. Keim, who presented a snapshot of budget and not a line-by-line view, said the village expects $13.3 million in revenue and $10.9 in expenses, with $2.15 million used for other purposes. Keim said more than $1.8 million could get transferred to the capital account, about $300,000 to fund reserves and the other $284,110 towards the Economic Recovery Zone bond. That brings the total expenditures and transfers to nearly $13.3 million, leaving almost $25,000. The board was also presented with capital expenses, projects, vehicles and equipment. The village expects the road repairs of three miles to cost $1 mil-