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Cromwell Ave (Devonshire Ln-Kitchner St) 1242 0.24 Evers Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1330 0.25 Heidorn Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1326 0.25 Manchester Ave (Cermak Rd-Canterbury St) 2560 0.48 Devonshire St (Gardner Rd-Norfolk Ave) 1002 0.19 Dover St (Westchester Blvd-Suffolk Ave) 1005 0.19 $125,000 Charles St (Wolf Rd-Boeger Ave) 712 0.13 Highridge Ave (Canterbury St-Boeger Ave) 1008 0.19 Heidorn Ave (Canterbury St-Charles St) 876 0.17 Nelson Sq (Boeger Ave-Boeger Ave) 1003 0.19 Wellington Ave (Wakefield St-Nelson St) 1184 0.22 Lancaster St (Wolf Rd-Wellington Ave) 452 0.09 Fleet St (Mayfair Ave-Sunntside Ave) 1364 0.26 Preston St (Kensington Ave-Cul-de-Sac) 2236 0.42 Hull Ave (Gladstone St-The Strand) 1021 0.19 Newcastle Ave (Roosevelt Rd-Wedgwood Dr) 2501 0.47 The Strand (Westchester Blvd-Newcastle Ave) 680 0.13 $ 140,000 Hull Ave (Kent St-Cermak Rd) 1998 0.38 Bond St (Portsmouth Ave-Westchester Blvd) 1008 0.19 Enterprise Dr (Cermak Rd-Constitution Dr) 3294 0.62 Constitution Dr (Wolf Rd-Enterprise Dr) 1400 0.27 Downing Ave (Cermak Rd-Windsor Dr) 1325 0.25 Buckingham Ave (Cermak Rd-Windsor Dr) 1324 0.25 Wakefield St (Wolf Rd-Boeger Ave) 1618 0.31 Oxford St (Mannheim Rd-Mayfair Ave) 2899 0.55 $ 180,000 Essex St (Sunnyside Ave-Hawthorne Ave) 673 0.13 Hawthorne Ave (Windsor Dr-Cul-de-Sac) 1177 0.22 Portsmouth Ave (Drury Ln-Dickens St) 832 0.16 Suffolk Ave (Roosevelt Rd-Gladstone St) 1330 0.25 Norfolk Ave (Drury Ln-Dickens St) 537 0.10 Portsmouth Ave (Canterbury St-Kent St) 666 0.13 Sunnyside Ave (Cermak Rd-Windsor Dr) 1326 0.25 Hawthorne Ave (Cermak Rd-Windsor Dr) 1326 0.25 Norfolk Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1333 0.25 Gladstone St (Worcester Ave-Dead End) 875 0.17 Devonshire Ln (Mannheim Rd-Cromwell Ave) 718 0.14 $ 155,000 Kitchner St (Westchester Blvd-Suffolk Ave) 1326 0.25 Bristol Ave (Wedgwood Dr-Devonshire St) 1856 0.35 Suffolk Ave (Wedgwood Dr-Gladstone St) 1197 0.23 Municpal Dr (Roosevelt Rd-Deadend) 350 0.07 Portsmouth Ave (Kent St-Cermak Rd) 1999 0.38 Belleview Ave (Cermak Rd-Windsor Dr) 1327 0.25 Stratford Ave (Cermak Rd-Windsor Dr) 1327 0.25 Crestwood Ln (Mannheim Rd-Westchester Blvd) 1001 0.19 $ 125,000 62910 11.91 $ 725,000

Water Main Replacement

Boeger Ave - Canterbury - Roosevelt

2651 0.5 $ 1,250,000 Suffolk Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1333 0.25 Portsmouth Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1333 0.25 Balmoral Ave (Canterbury St-Roosevelt Rd) 2665 0.50 $ 2,550,000 Sunnyside Ave (Windsor Dr-Wakefield St) 1992 0.38 Hawthorne Ave (Dorchester Ave-Canterbury St) 2001 0.38 $ 2,250,000 Boeger Ave (Canterbury St-Cermak Rd) 2987 0.57 Shaw St (Mandel Ave-Burns Ave) 1389 0.26 Burns Ave (Mandel Ave-Boeger Ave) 1905 0.36 $ 3,250,000 Mandel Ave (Cermak Rd-Canterbury St) 3220 0.61 Shakespeare St (Boeger Ave-Mandel Ave) 1005 0.19 Shelley St (Boeger Ave-Mandel Ave) 1369 0.26 $ 3,300,000 23850 4.51 $ 12,600,000

Sanitary Lining

Essex St. - Windsor Dr - Sunnyside 906 0.17 $ 45,000 Lining of 4 Sub basins throughout town 93720 17.75 $ 5,500,000 Suffolk Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1333 0.25 Portsmouth Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1333 0.25 Balmoral Ave (Canterbury St-Roosevelt Rd) 2665 0.50 $ 379,800 Sunnyside Ave (Windsor Dr-Wakefield St) 1700 0.32 Kitchner St (Westchester Blvd-Worcester Ave) 700 0.13 $ 241,000 Boeger Ave (Canterbury St-Cermak Rd) 2987 0.57 Shaw St (Mandel Ave-Burns Ave) 1389 0.26 Burns Ave (Mandel Ave-Boeger Ave) 2100 0.40 $ 305,000 Mandel Ave (Cermak Rd-Canterbury St) 3220 0.61 Shakespeare St (Boeger Ave-Mandel Ave) 1005 0.19 Shelley St (Boeger Ave-Mandel Ave)

Alley Resurfacing Cermak Road behind BMO Harris Roosevelt Rd (Haase Ave-Evers Ave) 1369 0.26 $ 215,000 114427 21.67 $ 6,685,800

900 0.17 $ 21,000 334 0.06 Roosevelt Rd (Evers Ave-Mandel Ave) 334 0.06 Roosevelt Rd (Mandel Ave-Highridge Ave) 334 0.06 Roosevelt Rd (Highridge Ave-Boeger Ave) 334 0.06 Roosevelt Rd (Boeger Ave-Heidorn Ave) 334 0.06 $ 52,000 2570 0.49 $ 73,000

Alley Reconstruction

Norfolk/Suffolk (Wedgwood Dr-Kitchner St) 300 0.06 Norfolk/Suffolk (Kitchner St-Gladstone St) 562 0.11 Manchester/Norfolk (Wedgwood Dr-Kitchner St) 527 0.10 Manchester/Norfolk (Kitchner St-Gladstone St) 665 0.13 Westchester Blvd/Hull Ave (Wedgwood Dr-Kitchner St) 497 0.09 $ 976,508 Cromwell Ave /Balmoral Ave (Expressway-Kitchner St) 164 0.03 Westchester Blvd/Hull Ave (Gladstone St-Devonshire St) 665 0.13 Westchester Blvd/Hull Ave (Devonshire St-The Strand) 289 0.05 Westchester Blvd/Hull Ave (The Strand-Railroad Tracks) 171 0.03 Roosevelt Rd (Newcastle Ave-Portsmouth Ave) 332 0.06 Roosevelt Rd (Suffolk Ave-Portsmouth Ave) 332 0.06 Roosevelt Rd (Manchester Ave-Bristol Ave) 332 0.06 Roosevelt Rd (Bristol Ave-Gardner Rd) 332 0.06 Manchester Ave/Bristol Ave (Devonshire St-Alley) 327 0.06 Bristol Ave/Gardner Rd (Devonshire-Alley) 173 0.03 $ 1,217,360 Norfolk Ave/Manchester Ave (Gladstone St-Devonshire St) 666 0.13 Norfolk Ave/Manchester Ave (Devonshire St-Alley) 496 0.09 Roosevelt Rd (Norfolk Ave-Manchester Ave) 334 0.06 Cermak Rd (Newcastle Ave -Portsmouth Ave) 332 0.06 Cermak Rd (Portsmouth Ave-Suffolk Ave) 332 0.06 Hull Ave/Newcastle Ave (Dickens St-Chaucer St) 667 0.13 Newcastle Ave/Portsmouth Ave (Dickens St-Chaucer St) 667 0.13 $ 1,350,010 Roosevelt Rd (Westchester Blvd-Railroad) 626 0.12 Roosevelt Rd (Pelham St-Deadend) 164 0.03 31St (Sunnside Ave-Buckingham Ave) 333 0.06 31st (Downing Ave-Kensington Ave) 333 0.06 31st (Kensington Ave-Mayfair Ave) 333 0.06 Downing Ave/Kensington Ave(Bedford St-Deadend) 383 0.07 $ 859,940 11334 2.15 $ 4,403,818

Storm sewer lining

Essex St. - Windsor Dr - Sunnyside

906 0.17 $ 55,000 Suffolk Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1333 0.25 Portsmouth Ave (Canterbury St-Dickens St) 1333 0.25 Balmoral Ave (Canterbury St-Roosevelt Rd) 2665 0.50 $ 556,000 Sunnyside Ave (Windsor Dr-Wakefield St) 1992 0.38 Hawthorne Ave (Canterbury St-Dorchester Ave) 2001 0.38 Kitchner St (Westchester Blvd-Worcester Ave) 750 0.14 $ 265,000 Shaw St (Mandel Ave-Burns Ave) 1100 0.21 Burns Ave (Mandel Ave-Boeger Ave) 1905 0.36 $ 215,000 Mandel Ave (Cermak Rd-Canterbury St) 3220 0.61 Shakespeare St (Boeger Ave-Mandel Ave) 1005 0.19 Shelley St (Boeger Ave-Mandel Ave) 1369 0.26 $ 340,000 19579 3.71 $ 1,431,000

Water Mitigation Funding Wedgwood Drive Bridge

$ 500,000 $ 500,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000

$ 44,524,70 $ 44,524,709

Boy Scout Troop #73 News

Boy Scout Troop #73 has been adjusting to the new normal of holding events and meetings all while still social distancing and being safe. Recently, the Troop held an outdoor Court of Honor in the Westchester Community Church parking lot, where they welcomed eight new Boy Scouts to the Troop.

The new scouts are Christian Cermak, Evan Peneschi, Julian Meyer, Noah Glinke, Tommy Newhouse, Vicente Salgado, Weston Sjostrom and Payton Grant- Duda. During this Court of Honor, Jimmy Milas, who had served the Troop as Senior Patrol for 4 years, passed the torch on to fellow Scout Matt Henning.

The Troop has also held weekly outdoor meetings, where they have been working on earning rank, completing requirements for the Physical Fitness and Painting Merit Badges and learned how to make portable light poles to assist with holding their meetings outside.

They also went on an 8-mile hike from Westchester Community Church to the Brookfield Zoo as part of their rank requirements.

Along the way, they identified plants, animal tracks and picked up garbage to also assist with their Scout requirements.

Our annual Scouting Food Drive will take place Saturday, October 24th. Scouts will be collecting non-perishable food, used eyeglasses and old US Flags.

Anyone that would like to donate to the food drive should put their filled bags on their front porch by 9:00am. and a Scout will be by to pick up the donations. If your bag has not been picked up by 12:00 noon, please email us at: cspack73@gmail.com. Food contributions will be distributed to Westchester area food pantries, including the Westchester Food Pantry and St. Vincent De Paul.

Used eyeglasses will be distributed by Lions Club International to people in developing countries. Old US flags will be respectfully retired by the Boy Scouts of Troop #73.

The Troop currently has two fall fundraisers underway. They are selling Vermont Center fresh cut wreaths and swags for the upcoming holiday season. Deadline for ordering is October 13th.

The Troop will also be holding their annual Rake-a-Thon on the weekend of November 7th and 8th.

For a $25 donation, Westchester residents can have up to 6 bags or containers raked. Each additional bag or container is $5. Residents need to provide Scouts with containers or leaf bags. For more information regarding wreaths or to make a reservation for raking leaves please call 708-562-7807.

CALENDAR

Thursday, October 22: The Field Museum’s Chief Curiosity Correspondent, Emily Graslie, at 7:00 PM via Zoom video-conferencing. Registration required. Contact Youth Dept for more information at (708) 562-3573.

Thursday, October 29: Mystery & Horror- the Golden Age of Radio, at 7:00 PM via Zoom video-conferencing. Registration required. Contact Adult Dept for more information at askus@ westchesterpl.org.

Westchester Food Pantry sees highest need ever

Westchester Food Pantry Announces Capital Campaign When the pandemic and a shelter-in-place order forced businesses to close throughout the State in March, pantries across Illinois were deemed essential by Governor Pritzker.

However, about 1/3rd of the food pantries in Cook County closed due to lack of volunteers and resources.

The Westchester Food Pantry stayed strong and remained open — we went from bustling to bursting as we saw an influx of new clients needing our help. Since the middle of March, need has increased by 60% in our service area.

We are so grateful to our volunteers, existing and new, that continued to come in during this very trying time. The Pantry is run entirely by volunteers, and we are fortunate so many stepped up to make sure we could meet the need of the surge in clients.

We are also grateful to the many donors that opened up their wallets during this time to make sure our clients were provided with enough food that they desperately need and will continue to need.

Since mid-March, we’ve distributed 70 tons of food, which equates to nearly 120,000 meals. Now, the Pantry itself faces another big challenge. After nearly 20 years in the Village Hall, we need a new home.

As many Westchesterians already know, the Village is planning on moving the Village Hall, Police Department and Public Works to another Westchester location. The Westchester Food Pantry is not part of this move.

We have until the end of February 2021 to find a new location. A few months ago, the Pantry’s Board of Directors assembled a task force to look for a new home.

We are open to sharing and leasing space, at a fair price, with a place of worship, school or other entity. However, we are a member agency of the

Greater Chicago Food Depository and there are several site specifications that must be met. So far, we have not had any luck finding an organization that will take us in, but we will continue searching. We have also been looking at a few commercial properties in Westchester.

This would allow us the freedom to set our own hours and days of service and give us the dedicated space we definitely need.

It would also greatly benefit the clients we serve and lessen the load of work for many of our volunteers.

Besides this being the more costly option, initially and on-going, acquiring a commercial property comes with a unique hurdle; basically, the Village would have to approve the rezoning of a desired property as “special use” to allow food pantry operations. More information on this will be forthcoming, should we go this route.

Whether we lease or purchase space, one thing is certain: we must fundraise to keep the Pantry open beyond February 2021.

We have a capital campaign goal of $50,000. Can you help? By making a donation and connecting us to potential space, you can ensure that the Pantry can continue the valuable work of feeding our neighbors in need.

All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. You can make a secure donation online through our website (WestchesterFoodPantry. org) or mail a check to the Westchester Food Pantry, 10300 Roosevelt Road, Westchester IL 60154.

As we move forward, it is support from our community that will keep the Pantry alive. We want to remain in Westchester. It is our home.

The Pantry is a great asset of the Village of Westchester that you cannot put a value on.

For over 25 years, we have been here for our neighbors in need. Now more than ever before, we need our neighbors to be here for us.

Help us keep our doors open, so that we can continue to serve our community. Together, we make a difference!

The Pantry continues with help from friends and fans

The pandemic and its effects have been horrible: loss of jobs, lives and health have taken a toll on so many. The Westchester Food Pantry has continued to serve our neighbors in need during this difficult time, and we’ve done so with the help of our friends and fans. We appreciate our volunteers and donors, new and existing, who have stepped up to make sure we can continue our mission of serving those who are food insecure and hungry in our community.

Here are some examples of the incredible support we’ve received: • Sports writer Dan Hayes auctioned off several baseball cards and donated the proceeds to the Pantry. This was done via Twitter. • Fitness instructors Heather McCarthy and Mary Elizabeth Kennedy donated proceeds from zoom classes and tshirt sales. • Photographers Mike Eck (a Westchester resident) and Jennifer Catherine donated their time and talents to our Front Porch Project, which was a huge success! • Elizabeth Lupitini sold homemade masks and donated the proceeds to our Pantry. • Westchester residents John Plepel and Melissa Myer created an online trivia game to provide fun for participants and money for our Pantry. • Local businesses and organizations created matching gifts, including Joyfully Crafting and the Westchester Church of Latter Day Saints. • Even children got involved—local kids donated their Christmas money, organized food drives and had lemonade stands to help support the Pantry. • Westchester Middle School, Westchester Intermediate School, Divine Providence School and District 100 in Western Springs all held food drives in the spring for the Pantry. • Hundreds of masks for clients were donated by LCH Creations and the Chinese American Civic Association. • When libraries and other food dropoff locations temporarily closed their doors, three new locations stepped in! Larry and Nicki Vaillancourt (Westchester) and Deb Baker (Western Springs) volunteered their homes as drop-off locations, as did the Immanuel Lutheran Church and School (Hillside). • The drop-off location at the Vaillancourt’s home inspired their postal carrier, Miss Christine, to organize a food drive for the Pantry among her fellow USPS workers! • For our annual Yard Sale Extravaganza, generously hosted by the Westchester Community Church, over 10,000 items were donated, and volunteers spent hundreds of hours sorting, pricing and selling the merchandise. Thanks to everyone who supported this fundraising event!

These amazing acts of kindness, combined with individual and organization donations, have kept our Pantry afloat during this pandemic. By helping us, volunteers and donors help our neighbors in need. The Westchester Food Pantry is run entirely by volunteers and relies completely on donations of food and funds to operate. Every item donated and every dollar raised goes directly to our mission of ending hunger in our service area. If you’d like to get involved, please check our website for information and volunteer opportunities (WestchesterFoodPantry. org). With your support, the Pantry will continue to make a difference for those who need help in our community. Thank you!