Volunteers Still Needed for Senior Snow Shoveling Program

Although it has been over 400 days since our last measurable snow, volunteers are still needed for Oak Lawn's senior shoveling program just in case.

Senior Snow Shoveling Program Needs Volunteer 'Snow Angels'

Village of Oak Lawn is pairing volunteers with seniors to help shovel walks and driveways for winter snow shoveling program.

For the past several years the village has offered a volunteer snow shoveling program for seniors and disabled persons with little or no family in the area to help with snow removal from walks and driveways. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Trustee Alex Olejniczak (Dist. 2) started the program when he saw seniors in his district who needed help shoveling their walks and driveways. The program has since expanded village-wide. The program kicks off Dec. 1. "The program relies 100-percent on volunteers," Olejniczak said at Tuesday's village board meeting. "We will have volunteers matched up with residents in need wihin 24 hours of a snow incident." Seventy seniors have requested help with snow removal and …

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The Blade

THE BLADE: Heilmann's Gang of 4 and the 'Quality Control 3'

Moon moves into the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars at May 22 Oak Lawn Village Board meeting. (Watch the raw video of the end of Mayor Heilmann's and Trustee Phelan's argument.)

Not since the ‘theatrics of the fight’—when Oak Lawn trustees and the mayor battled their way through the Feb. 8, 2011 board agenda—have we witnessed such dramatics at a village board meeting as we did on May 22. Be the first on your block to know stuff; subscribe to O-L Patch's newsletter and breaking news alerts. It all started peaceably enough with the mayor handing out awards to some civic-minded Brownies who lobbied the village to repair a sidewalk by their school. The mayor was hotter than a standup comic at Riddles, joking with the girls and feigning shock whenever he called the name of an absent Brownie. It was Dave Heilmann at his best, starring in the role of Oak Lawn Mayor. So it was probably wise that the Brownies left early …

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QC

10:32 am on Sunday, June 3, 2012

QC3? Heh heh heh.... Where's andy?   more ›