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MUDFEST
Here comes the 1996 MUDFEST..... and here's all the
necessary information:
The date is Sunday, September 8th.
The time is from Noon to 4:00 P.M.
Place - Jewett Park.
Participants are teams of 8 to 10 high school students
which must be COED (at least 4 boys and 4 girls per
team). Space is limited to the first 40 teams, so get
movingl Register at the Deerfield Police Station by
Friday, August 30th or at Deerfield High School by
Wednesday, September 4th.
•there will be team competition, mud volleyball, tug-o-
war, obstacle course, pie eating contest, pop/pizza for
sale ..... you can participate or you'll have fun just
watching. If you are participating, you must wear
shoesl
SPECIAL FEATURE
At Noon
Village Trustees and Employees
VS.
Deerfield Teens
GET THE PICTURE???
Can you identify this building? The answer to that
question and several others on the history of Deerfield
will be available at the Historical Society's Fall
Festival. It will be held on Sunday, September 8th from
Noon to 6 P.M. at the Deerfield Historic Village
(Deerfield Road and Kipling Place).
Enjoy demonstrations of period crafts, tours of historic
buildings and live entertainment. Children's activities
include a pioneer costume contest. Food, crafts, books,
flea market items and historical merchandise will be for
sale. The Ott Cabin (the oldest standing building in
Lake County), the one -room school house, carriage
house and farm house will be open for tours.
Admission is free.
FAMILY DAYS
We wish to acknowledge and thank the following people
who helped organize and conduct what many
considered the best Family Days Celebration ever.
Executive Board Members
President - Steve Hicks
July 3rd - Iry Udell, Lions Club
July 4th Parade - Frank Valchar, Lions Club
Food, 3rd & 4th - Jack Pohn, Lions Club
Committee Chaimersons
Arts and Crafts -Judy Nelson
Bike Parade - John Sciarretta, Italian Kitchen
Deerfield Park District - Rick Julison
Flower Show - Mary Johnson
Marathon - Peter Du Bois, Rotary Club
Pancake Breakfast - Jane Light and Sandy Wood -
Newcomers Club
Poster Contest - Ester Finne, Koenig & Strey
Senior Center - Virginia Hunt
Ticket Sales - Edwin Seidman, Optimist Club
Volunteers - Pat Haughney
Volunteers are needed for next year. If interested, call
945-5000.
THE DEERFIELD CAUCUS AND HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT
WHY IS THIS PLAN IMPORTANT TO YOU? The quality of our Village government helps determine the safety, health
and enjoyment of your life here in Deerfield. The selections of the elected officials who make decisions for Deerfield
should be very important to you. The purpose of the Deerfield Village Caucus Plan is to encourage, evaluate and
endorse qualified candidates for Village offices, which this year consists of the Mayor and three Village Trustee positions.
Let's start at the beginning with some basic definitions:
Deerfield Village Caucus Plan: Adopted in 1956, it established a system for selecting qualified candidates for
the offices of Mayor and Village Trustee.
Caucus Nominating Committee: A nonpartisan group of interested voters who meet every two years to
endorse and nominate qualified candidates at the Town Meeting.
Town Meeting: A general meeting of registered voters of the Village at which the Caucus Nominating
Committee presents its selections.
Advisory Council: A six member council whose duties are to call the Town Meeting and be responsible for
the perpetuation of the Caucus Plan.
CAUCUS NOMINATING COMMITTEE: In even numbered years, the Advisory Council notifies Village residents that
a Caucus Nominating Committee is being formed. A resident who wishes to serve as a delegate to the Committee must
circulate petitions (which are available at the Village Hall) and obtain signature endorsements of at least 25 residents
of his or her Caucus Plan District. Each of the 8 districts selects 3 delegates - one holdover delegate who serves two 40
terms, one delegate who serves one term and one delegate who serves as an alternate.
The Nominating Committee holds public meetings in the Fall, at which the delegates learn about the duties of each
Village office and about the problems, issues and goals of Deerfield and its residents. The Committee also actively
seeks qualified candidates, each of whom is interviewed at an open meeting where the delegates and the public have
an opportunity to ask that person questions. The Committee makes its final selections in a closed session which is the
ONLY meeting not open to the public. These selections are publicly announced and then placed in nomination at the
Town Meeting.
TOWN MEETING: In early January, the Advisory Council calls the Town Meeting for the purpose of selecting candidates
to be placed on the April ballot as the nominees of the Deerfield Village Caucus Plan. All registered voters are eligible
to attend and vote at the Town Meeting, where the Nominating Committee presents is selections and places their names
in nomination. Before the official slate is chosen, other nominations may be made from the floor. However, nominations
at the Town Meeting are limited to persons who presented themselves to the Nominating Committee.
After the nominations are made, the candidates for each office are voted upon by secret ballot. Although there may be
several nominees for each elective office, only one candidate for each position may be chosen at the Town Meeting,
after which the elected nominees for each office are placed on the April general election ballot as the candidates of the
Deerfield Village Caucus Plan.
Questions? Contact one of the following members of the Advisory Council: CHAIRMAN DAVID THOME, 317-1552;
TOBY FISHER, 948-5797; ROSE MARY STAVROPOULOS, 945-8144; and DAVID SCHOLL, 945-1897.
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Remember, petitions to become a delegate of the Nominating Committee are available at the Village Hall.
SAFE HOME PROGRAM
REMINDERS:
Residents are encouraged to participate in a program
designed to help ensure children's safety as they go to
• and from school. All School District 109 schools are
involved in the program. Parents wishing to participate
must attend a Safe Home parent orientation and agree
to be home most school days from 8-9 A.M. and 2:45-
3:45 P.M. Those meeting the guidelines will display the
Safe Home decals in their windows to encourage
children to ring their doorbell if they feel threatened or
need adult help. For more information contact Susan
Hammer (945-9031) or Sara Hutsell (948-7166).
WHITE GOODS COLLECTION
Fridays are now designated as white goods collection
day for Deerfield. If you wish to request a pick-up, you
may either call Laidlaw directly (1-800-344-5600) or the
Village Hall.
Requests can be made from Monday thru Thursday for
that Friday pick-up. There is no additional cost for this
service.
WHEN SECONDS COUNT....
• We can't help you if we can't find youl That is why our
emergency departments ask that you post address
numbers clearly on your house. Your number (in block,
not script) should be in a well lit area that is visible from
the street.
SCHOOL DAYS
When we start talking about Labor Day, we like to
remind you that the schools are back in session. That
means you should exercise more than your usual care
when driving near the schools - in fact, that should be
the case wherever you drive since the kids are so full of
energy that they forget to watch out for traffic.
LAST PLEA FOR JUDGES
As hands-on participants in democracy, election judges
assist in safeguarding one of our most treasured
Constitutional rights ... our right to vote.
If you would like more information about becoming an
election judge, please call the Lake County Clerk's
office at (847) 360-6632, Monday through Friday
between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.
SCAVENGER SERVICE will be on Wednesday,
September 4th and Saturday, September 7th due to the
Labor Day holiday.
VILLAGE BOARD MEETING will be on Tuesday,
September 3rd for the same reason.
BLOOD DRIVE
The next blood drive is Sunday, September 1st at the
Jewett Park Community Center between 8 A.M. and 1
P.M. No appointment is necessary.... just drop in and
give the gift of life.
REMAINING FARMER'S MARKET DATES:
Every Saturday through October 19th from 7:00 A.M. to
12:30 P.M. in the commuter parking lot at the northwest
corner of Deerfield Road and Robert York Avenue.
FIRE STATION OPEN HOUSE
The Deerfield -Bannockburn Fire Protection District will
host an Open House at their new facility at 500
Waukegan Road on Saturday, October 12th from Noon
until 4:00 p.m. The open house, commemorating
National Fire Prevention Week, will feature station
tours, fire equipment displays, and demonstrations in
the new Fire Safety House.
All residents are invited to attend and share this new
community Fire Station. Refreshments will be served
between Noon and 2:00 p.m.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
COLLECTION
Here's your chance to get rid of those old paint cans,
motor oil, insecticides, etc.
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wheeling Transfer Station - Waukegan Road south to
Lake Avenue, west on Lake Avenue to River Road (5 or
6 miles), left on River Road past stop light and then one
mile further on east side of the road (directly across
from Maryville Academy). For further information, call
the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County at 336-9340.
REAL ESTATE TAXES
Few topics get more reaction than property taxes. So we thought it would be helpful to describe (and illustrate) what
portion of the property tax bill the Village receives and how it is spent. As indicated in Figure A, the Village receives
only 7.7% of your property tax payment. (Contrary to popular opinion, the property tax represents less than 18% of the
Village's total funding sources). Figure B illustrates the uses of the Village's portion of property taxes.
School District 109
33.3%
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park District 6.9%
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School District 113 00
27.3% 400
FIGURE A
FIGURE B
The point we wish to make is that very little of your tax bill is used for basic operations. As you can see, the largest
portion is for debt service to retire previous bond issues needed for street and utility improvements in recent years. The
other significant portion of the levy is the result of State mandates on such items as pensions and solid waste. All
revenues in the General Fund (the basic day to day operating fund of the Village) are derived from non -property tax
revenues such as: Sales Tax, State Income Tax, ordinance violations, and permit fees. Unlike many communities,
Deerfield does not have a Utility Tax, Real Estate Transfer Tax or Home Rule Sales Tax to support its General Fund.
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
850 Waukegan Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
Fire Department ...... ......................911
Fire Department Non -Emergency ............945-4066
Police Department ............................911
Police Department Non -Emergency ..........945-8636
Village Hall..............................945-5000
BERNARD FORREST, Mayor
TRUSTEES
Marvin W. Ehlers Edwin B. Seidman
John H. Heuberger Vernon E. Swanson
Harriet Rosenthal Michael Swartz
Robert D. Franz, Village Manager
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Police Beat
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT
In Illinois, police departments re-
ceive hundreds of domestic vio-
lence calls. Some of those calls
come to the Deerfield Police De-
partment. The Domestic Vio-
lence Act was passed by the Illi-
nois General Assembly in 1986.
In the Act, the legislature recog-
nized that domestic violence
"promotes a pattern of escalating
violence" that often culminates in
serious injury or homicide. Over
time, domestic violence can esca-
late from verbal abuse to physical
abuse. The prevention of this es-
calation is one of the primary
goals of the Act.
One of the primary purposes of
the Act is to protect victims from
present and future abuse.
Under the Act, "abuse" includes:
• physical abuse
• harassment
• intimidation of a dependent
• interference with personal
liberty, of
• willful deprivation of re-
quired medication.
Physical abuse includes:
• sexual abuse
• knowing or reckless use of
physical force, confinement
or restraint and sleep depriva-
tion.
Harassment includes:
• creating a disturbance at the
victims place of employment
or school;
• repeatedly telephoning the
victims place of employment,
home, or residence;
• repeatedly following the vic-
tim about in a public place;
• repeatedly keeping the victim
under surveillance by remain-
ing present outside his/her
home, school, place of em-
ployment, or other place oc-
cupied by the victim;
• by peering in the victim's
windows; or
• improperly conceal-
ing/removing a minor child
from the victim.
Persons who are entitled to the
benefits of the Domestic Vio-
lence Act are referred to as
"family or household members."
Two common misconceptions
are that, to be protected:
• a victim must live under the
same roof as the abuser; and
• a sexual relationship must ex-
ist between couples.
Neither is true.
The categories of persons the Act
protects are very broad. The
term "family or household mem-
bers" includes:
September 1996
• spouses and former spouses
• parents, children, stepchil-
dren and other persons re-
lated by blood or marriage;
• persons who share or for-
merly shared a common
dwelling;
• persons who have a child in
common;
• persons who share a blood re-
lationship through a child;
• persons who have or have
had a dating or engagement
relationship.
Legal Remedies for Victims
The Act allows the courts to in-
tervene in domestic violence
cases and it is through the court
system that most of the remedies
are made available.
Petition for Protection
The "victim of non -criminal ac-
tions can petition a judge to order
the abuser to stop engaging in the
non -criminal abuse. Violations
of the judges order can then con-
stitute a crime. Victims of crimi-
nal actions should immediately
contact the police department
where the offense took place. If
probable cause exists, an arrest
can be made.
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Private attorneys can assist you
in filing a petition for an Order
of Protection.
Additionally, the Lake County
States Attorneys Victims Assis-
tance office at 360-6644, A Safe
Place at 249-5147 and the Deer-
field Police Department have
personnel dedicated to assisting
with the filing of an Order of
Protection.
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The primary vehicle for provid-
ing remedies to the victim of
abuse is an Order of Protection.
This is a written order of court,
issued by a judge, which is
served on the abuser.
The Act gives courts broad dis-
cretion in determining the provi-
sions of an Order and a court
may tailor the remedies to the
facts of a particular case. As part
of an Order of Protection, a court
can:
• grant to the victim, exclusive
possession of a residence that
is shared by the abuser and
the victim;
• order the abuser to stay away
from the victim, or the resi-
dence, school or work place
of the victim;
• require the abuser to undergo
counseling;
• grant the victim exclusive
custody of any children the
victim has with the abuser;
• prohibit the abuser from pos-
sessing firearms; and
• prohibit the abuser from en-
tering or remaining in the res-
idence shared with the victim
while the abuser is under the
influence of alcohol or drugs.
These are but a few of the reme-
dies that a court can grant to a
victim of domestic violence as
part of an order of protection.
The full list consists of four
pages in the State Statutes.
Criminal Violation of an Order
of Protection
When an Order of Protection is
granted by the Court, a violation
of that order is a crime enforce-
able by the police officers.
A violator may be arrested when
he/she:
• commits any act criminally
prohibited by the order; or
• criminally fails to perform
any act required by a valid
order of protection after he or
she has been served with the
order or has knowledge of the
terms of the order.
If you are the victim of abuse,
you are encouraged to call one of
the resources listed in this article.
Contrary to much of what the
media presents, the laws pertain-
ing to domestic abuse are effec-
tive and enforceable.
Solicitors
It is unlawful for any person to so-
licit at a private residence if the
residence is posted. Displaying
this placard satisfies the legal no-
tice requirement.
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SOLICITORS
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PEDDLERS
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L. Patrick Anderson
Chief of Police
Deputy Chief Tom Skrabala
Investigation, Youth and Social
Services
Deputy Chief Gary Stryker
Administrative Division
Commander John Shozis
Operations Division
945-8636
Emergency Number - 911