With thousands of visitors each year, this green event is the largest of its kind in the Fox Valley and will be held for two days this year.
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Start Date: 2012-05-04
Start Time: 13:00
End Date: 2012-05-05
End Time: 16:00

NATIONAL TAKE-BACK INITIATIVE

April 28, 2012
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day which will take place on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  This is a great opportunity for those who missed the previous events, or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those medications.

For Hanover Township, locations are:

Americans that participated in the DEA’s third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on October 29, 2011, turned in more than 377,086 pounds (188.5 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,327 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states and U.S. territories. When the results of the three prior Take-Back Days are combined, the DEA, and its state, local, and tribal law-enforcement and community partners have removed 995,185 pounds (498.5 tons) of medication from circulation in the past 13 months.

“The amount of prescription drugs turned in by the American public during the past three Take-Back Day events speaks volumes about the need to develop a convenient way to rid homes of unwanted or expired prescription drugs,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “DEA remains hard at work to establish just such a drug disposal process, and will continue to offer take-back opportunities until the proper regulations are in place.”

“With the continued support and hard work of our more than 3,945 state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners, these three events have dramatically reduced the risk of prescription drug diversion and abuse, and increased awareness of this critical public health issue,” said Leonhart.

Check out their website at http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/

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Raja Krishnamoorthi (www.rajaforcongress.com)
Tammy Duckworth (www.tammyduckworth.com)

For more information, contact Gary Kleppe: Gary@garykleppe.org

York Township Democratic Organization: yorkdemocrats.org
Bloomingdale Township Democratic Organization: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bloomingdale-Township-Democrats/257681444244650
Addison Township Democratic Organization: http://addisondemocrats.com/

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Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2012-03-10
End Time: 17:00

Doors open at 6:30 pm

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Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2012-03-08
End Time: 20:30

Hanover Township Democrats & Indpendents

Meet and Greet with Your Candidates

Friday, February 24, 2011

(Originally scheduled for Monday, 2/20)

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Park Place Family Recreation Center

550 S. Park Blvd,  Streamwood IL

The agenda:

6:30           Doors open

6:55           Welcome

7:00           Candidates speak in order of their ballot position

8:15           One on One with voters

10:00          Venue closes

Confirmed Candidates as of 2/24/2012 12:00 PM

Congressional Representative
6th District

• Maureen E. Yates

8th District

• Raja Krishnamoorthi
• Tammy Duckworth

State Senate
22nd District

• Tim Elenz
• Michael Noland (May arrive late. Driving back from Springfield)

23rd District

• Greg Brownfield
• Kevin Allen
• Thomas E. Cullerton

Metro Water Reclamation District

• Stella Black
• Kari Steele
• Patrick Daley Thompson

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk

• Ricardo Munoz

Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District

• Mathias Delort     Ballot #112
• Nathaniel Howse Ballot #117

Judge, Cook County Judicial Circuit

• Cynthia Ramirez Ballot #149
• Diann Marsalek   Ballot #153
• Edward Maloney Ballot #156

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Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2012-01-18
End Time: 21:00

On the weekend of June 10 and 11, Hanover Township celebrated its annual Freedom Bash, and HanDI was there.  Several of us volunteered at the donations booth, where we accepted gifts of “comfort items” to be sent to troops abroad. Then on Saturday evening, the usual suspects (and family) gathered to dine on hot dogs, hear the musical performances, and (for the younger set) get airborne in the bounce house. Half-empty view: the weather was cool and drizzly. Half-full view: no waiting in lines!

The theme of Freedom Bash is “support the troops,” and some of us had expressed concerns about lending HanDI’s name to the event as a co-sponsor, since this phrase is often twisted to mean, “accept unconditionally the military and foreign policy of whatever administration is in power right now.”  I’m glad we followed through on Trudy’s suggestion, and she and I spent a few hours on Saturday afternoon conversing with the other occupants of the donation tent, who were there to represent Operation Support Our Troops America. Volunteers Joe and Diane are both parents of servicemen, and they offered a nuanced perspective on the US involvement in Iraq that I found refreshing. It was also startling to learn how much service people crave these comfort items, which are not provided as part of their standard military rations and which are not even available for purchase from the “PX” when troops are working far out in the field. For example, mouthwash and eye drops are an antidote to the dry, sandy conditions of the desert. Let’s hope these troops continue to get the support mot just from sympathetic members of the general public but also from their government, in the form of adequate medical and psychological treatment for as long as they need it.

When: Saturday, June 11, 6:00-9:00pm

Where: Hanover Township Headquarters, 250 S. Route 59, Bartlett IL

What: Annual celebration in support of US troops. HanDI members will gather in the beer garden to enjoy the live music. Please bring “comfort items” to donate to service members; a wish list appears on the website below.

Questions: www.freedombash.com

When: Monday, May 9, 6:30-8:30pm (note early start time)

Where: Panera Bread, 971 W. Irving Park Rd., Streamwood IL

What: Join us for a discussion of “Amendment 28,” a series of grass-roots proposals to reform Congress. The amendment text has been widely circulated on the internet; one version appears below*. We also suggest that participants take this opportunity to read the Constitution in its entirety – it’s only 7,500 words, and you may be surprised at what’s in there (and what’s not)! The Constitution can be found at your local library and on websites such as this one.

Questions: 630-213-3325, hanovertdi@gmail.com, www.HanDIonline.org

Amendment 28: Congressional Reform Act of 2011

1. Term Limits.

12 years only, one of the possible options below…
A. Two Six-year Senate terms
B. Six Two-year House terms
C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms

2. No Tenure / No Pension
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people.

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people..

8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.

Title: EDDI Fundraiser – Cosmic Bowling with Pizza, Pop & Cupcakes!
Location: Brunswick Zone Lake Zurich
Description: The Eighth District Democrats & Independents (EDDI)
Fundraising Committee presents
All American Family Afternoon of Fun!
EDDI Cosmic Bowling with Pizza, Pop, & Cupcakes!

Would you be interested in being a HanDI team member on:
Sunday April 3rd 1pm to 4pm
Brunswick Zone Lake Zurich
21080 Rand Road (between Quentin and Cuba)
Invite your friends, family and/or neighbors to join us for a afternoon of fun.
There will be six people per team. $25 per bowler & $10 per guest

EDDI will share a portion of the proceeds with HanDI if a team from HanDI are participates.

NEED RSVP BY MARCH 15TH, TUESDAY!!
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2011-04-03
End Time: 16:00