 Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl announced today her support for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s introduction of the updated Assault Weapons Bill in Congress. The bill will stop the sale, transfer, importation and manufacturing of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices.
“This legislation will address two of the White House’s solutions to gun violence and I wholeheartedly support it. As a mayor, I am bestowed with the duty to keep my community safe and these common sense solutions will help go a long way in fulfilling that solemn responsibility,” added Mayor Tisdahl.
Mayor Tisdahl is encouraging residents to participate in the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s social media campaign supporting Senator Feinstein’s legislation by using Twitter to tweet the following message: “I Stand with @usmayors and @SenFeinstein. Support the Ban on Assault Weapons Bill NOW! #MayorsStandWithFeinstein.”
Follow the City of Evanston on Twitter @CityofEvanston and follow the U.S. Conference of Mayors @usmayors. More>>>.
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 All three ice rinks at Ackerman and Baker Parks and Arrington Lagoon at Dawes Park have good ice with nearly 100% coverage. With the forecast for cold temperatures continuing, we should have ice through Sunday, January 27. As always, if the conditions deteriorate and the ice becomes thin, we ask that skaters stay off the rinks.
PLEASE check the thickness and hardness of the ice before you decide to skate. Skating on thin ice at the Ackerman and Baker rinks may result in skates breaking through the ice and cutting the liner. If the liners are cut, water escapes, which makes it harder for crews to make ice.
For a recorded message regarding outdoor ice rink conditions, please call 847/859-7822, ext. 8.
Rink Locations:
Ackerman Park, Central St. at McDaniel;
Arrington Lagoon at Dawes Park, Sheridan Rd. at Church St.;
Baker Park, Forest Ave. at Keeney St.
Please be aware that there are no attendants on duty to supervise rinks and shelter houses will not be open.
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 The City of Evanston’s Utilities Department reminds residents of what they should do in the event that they have no water service due to a frozen water pipe. Before calling the city, residents should determine if the whole house is without water, or if just a specific faucet is not functioning.
During cold weather, property owners should take precautions to prevent the water service line from freezing. Water pipes can be insulated or UL-listed heat tape could be wrapped around the water pipe. Keeping the cabinet doors under a kitchen sink open overnight may help prevent that line from freezing. Leave kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors open to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing. Running water at a small trickle will also help keep the pipes from freezing. Also, it is suggested that property owners keep the thermostat set no lower than 55 degrees. What you need to know>>>.
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 Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre and Piven Theatre are collaborating to celebrate Black History Month with a dramatic reading of one this century’s most highly acclaimed plays, “Gee’s Bend” by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder. The reading will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2013, in the Piven Theatre space at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston.
Receptions will be held before and after the staged reading in the building’s Noyes Gallery. This event coincides with the art exhibition, “Stitched in Tradition: Arts Quilts of the Black Threads Collective,” which opened January 9 and runs through the end of February at the Noyes Gallery. Admission to the reading and receptions is free and open to the public.
Wilder’s play explores the resilience of the human spirit, especially as it is expressed in art. “Gee’s Bend” is the story of the Pettway women, quilters from the isolated community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Beginning in 1939, the play follows Alice and her family through segregation, family strife and the Civil Rights movement. Throughout their lives, the women’s extraordinary quilts provide a respite from the turmoil around them. In the last act of the play, it is the year 2000, the quilts have been “discovered” as folk art and have become very valuable. Sadie is pleased with the recognition, but she returns to Gee’s Bend and continues to quilt. More>>>.
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 On January 14, 2013, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl presented the Keys to the City of Evanston to NorthShore University Health System for their leadership and support of the Evanston Township High School Health Clinic.
The recipients included President and Chief Executive Officer Mark R. Neaman, Chief Operating Officer J.P. Gallagher, Medical Director Dr. Julie Holland and Lead Nurse Kathy Swartwout. Also on hand from the ETHS Health Center were Nurse Practitioner Julie Russell and Social Worker Anneliese Moy.
The School-Based Health Center at ETHS provides comprehensive health services as a part of a school health program sponsored by the Evanston Health Department, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Township High School and grant funding from the Illinois Department of Human Services. Physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers and public health nurses are available to provide primary health care and psychosocial services to students.
Photo: pictured L to R, Mayor Tisdahl, Julie Holland, Mark Neaman, Kathy Swartwout, Julie Russell, Anneliese Moy and J.P. Gallagher.
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