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Holiday helping hands DuPage Township helps community with food giveaway
The Valley View School District and the Valley View Council Local 604 of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO have yet to reach a contract agreement. In late September, for the first time in more than a decade, the teachers of the Valley View School District 365U cast an overwhelming vote to turn down the proposed contract from the district for reasons revolving around salary, Laura Katauskas/Bugle Staff
Jennifer Pullon of Romeoville helps unload a truck in preparation of Tuesday’s event., wanting to give back after she lost her own job 18 months ago.
On Nov. 20, the pantry was set to serve 1,300 Thanksgiving meals via a drive-through event, where volunteers load the patrons’ trunks with food and send them on their way to create a fanciful feast of their own. DuPage Township Supervisor William Mayer said the event began in 2001 with 150 families, but the need seems to grow
each year. On a monthly basis, the township has gone from serving 60 families to more than 500. “The past few years have been hard; people are fighting to stay in their homes,” said Mayer. “Let’s face it, standing in line at the food pantry is no See FOOD DRIVE, page 5
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Valley View teachers still without contract By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
Turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberries and all the trimmings—staples for the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. But for families who find themselves facing the unemployment line, foreclosure on their homes, or too little cash to pay their utility bills—those staples may be hard to come by. In what has now become an annual event, the DuPage Township Food Pantry hosts a food donation, including groceries to complete an entire Thanksgiving dinner to those who qualify and who have preregistered for the event. The pantry serves the communities of Bolingbrook and Romeoville.
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higher insurance premiums and changes to the daily schedule. At the time, roughly 92 percent of the approximate 1,800 certified and classified members rejected the contract. School officials confirmed that a counter proposal was received by the union, and that the two parties are continuing amicable negotiations. However, an agreement does not appear likely before the See CONTRACT, page 3
ComEd to bury power lines By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
The village approved the final design work for Commonwealth Edison to bury the last of its overhead power lines. Mayor Roger Claar said the village has been working with ComEd to relocate such lines that are in the older sections of town where overhead lines
still exist. It has now become the practice to have utility lines placed underground for not only aesthetic reasons but it lessens the chance for damage to lines;be it ice on the line, other weather damage or traffic incidents. Overhead electric lines will be replaced along East Boughton Road from Barbers Corners See VILLAGE NOTES, page 3