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You will soon receive in the mail your computer
card applications for vehicle stickers. Please
complete and return them by mail or drop them off
at the Village Hall.
Stickers must be displayed by JULY 1ST on all
vehicles registered in Deerfield. After June 30th,
there's an additional 50% added to the cost of each
sticker. Seniors (those who are 65 by July 1st) are
charged only $1.00 for the first vehicle.
Should you fail to receive the computer card, or if
you're waiting for your state plates, you still need to
have the sticker by July 1st. Call us if you have a
problem.
LAST CHANCE ON SIDEWALK SALE!
The deadline for the Village's 50/50 sidewalk/curb
replacement program has been extended to May
15th. Residents wishing to share the costs to replace
public sidewalk or curb along their property should
call the Engineering Department at 317-2490.
May 1997 - VOL. 19 NO.2
SPRINKLING RESTRICTIONS
The Illinois Division of Water Resources requires
that municipalities which use Lake Michigan water
must restrict lawn sprinkling between May 15th and
September 15th.
Here's how it goes: Even numbered addresses may
sprinkle on even numbered dates from midnight to
noon and/or from 6:00 P.M. to midnight. Odd
numbered addresses on odd numbered days. No
property owner is allowed to sprinkle between
noon and 6:00 P.M. on any day.
This applies ONLY to lawn sprinkling. Fines for
violators are $25 per occurrence for residents and
$100 for non-residential properties.
BLOOD DRIVE
The next blood drive is Sunday, June 1st at the
Jewett Park Fieldhouse/Senior Center, 835 Hazel
Avenue, between 8:00 A.M. and 1 P.M. No
appointment is necessary.
Last year, the most requested addition to the Deerfield Farmer's
Market was a "Cheese Man." We wanted one too! And we got one
for 1997. Omer Reese from Country Connection. The Deerfield
Farmer's Market, which we like to think of as the BIG CARROT,
returns June 28th through October 18th for our second full season.
The market is open every Saturday from 7:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
rain or shine!
The market is located near Jewett Park on the north side of
Deerfield Road between the RR underpass and Robert York }�
Avenue. There is ample parking. We've seen many of you
look and smile as you drive by on Deerfield Road. Make this
your year to stop at the BIG CARROT - you'll be back often to
enjoy the company of friends and neighbors and to go home with some of
the best available fruits, vegetables and flowers direct from the growers who
come weekly to bring us their wares.
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1997 Plaza Pleasures ScheduRe
Thursdays (7:00 p.m.) unless otherwise indicated •
May 29 The Musical Review (Broadway Hits) - Sponsored by My Son the Jeweler
May 30 Jr. High Jazz Ensembles (7:30 p.m.)
June 5 Blue Light Special (Bluegrass)
June 12 Cooler Heads (Rock/Blues)
June 19 Hummers & Strummers (Senior Ukelele Group) - Sponsored by McDonald's
June 26 Mr. Myers (Calypso)
July 10 Jump! Stars (Rythm and Blues)
July 17 New Cut Road (Bluegrass)
July 24 Just Friends (Contemporary Jazz/Rythm & Blues) - Sponsored by CarrAmerica
July 31 AC Rock (A Cappella Rock 'n Roll) - Sponsored by My Son the Jeweler
Aug. 7 Kraig Kenning & Co. (Acoustic/Country Rock)
Aug. 14 The Jazmer Ensemble -(Eastern Europe/Israeli) -• Sponsored -by Success National
Bank
Aug. 21 North Shore Jazz Swingtet (Big Band) - Sponsored by My Son the Jeweler
Saturdays (10.30 a.m) unless otherwise indicated
May 10 Plant Sale - Sponsored by The Garden Club of Deerfield - (9:30 a.m. - noon)
May 31 Patsy Steinmeyer (Singer/Songwriter) - Sponsored by Deerbrook Firestone
June 7 KT's Traveling Bubble Show - Sponsored by Deerfield's Bakery
June 14 Joel Frankel (Folksinger) - Sponsored by Amish Furniture Shoppe
June 21 Kidwork's Theater - Fisherman, Fables & Frogs - Sponsored by Deerbrook ,, is
June 28 Mad Science - Sponsored by Il Forno
July 5 Magic by Randy - Sponsored by Fujisawa USA, Inc.
July 12 L.J. Slavin (Appalachian Mountain Music) - Sponsored by Deerbrook Firestone
July 19 Andy Martello, Chicago's Comic Juggler - Sponsored by First Chicago/Deerfield
July 26 Chuck Fields (Ventriloquist) - Sponsored by LaSalle Bank
Aug. 2 Ed & Annette's Monkeys & More - Sponsored by Coldwell Banker/Kahn Realty
Aug. 9 Bill Hooper's Action Band - Sponsored by Deerbrook Firestone
Aug. 16 Mark Dvorak (Banjo Player) - Sponsored by Standard Parking
Holidays
May 26 Big Band Sound of Deerfield - Sponsored by Deerfield Do -It -Hest Hardware -
(9:30 a.m.)
July 4 Deerfield Community Band - Sponsored by Firstar Bank - (11:00 a.m.)
General Sponsors
Allstate Insurance - Michelle Shields; Angeliza; Aquascape Aquarium; Baskin -Robbins 31
Flavors; Beverly E. Viti Salon; Border's Books & Music; Cherry Pit Cafe; Coleman, Joseph, Jaffe,
Flax & Stuart LLP; Dean Witter, Discover & Co.; Deerfield Auto & Tire; Deerfield Electric;
Deerfield Garage; Deerfield Review; European Tan Spa; Gould -Kelly World Travel; Lindemann
Pharmacy; Matas Corporation; North Shore Auto Parts; Precision Packing Co.; Premark
International; Shelby's II; State Farm Insurance - Doug Hakanen; State Farm Insurance - Michael
Rizzo; Swanson's Blossom Shop; Upper Crust Bagels; Walgreens; A.W. Zengeler Cleaners
The Village Plaza is located at the southwest corner of Deerfield and Waukegan Roads.
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ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND CONCERT
SEWER BACK-UPS
Nostalgia lives as the Deerfield Park District presents
a blast from the past at its annual Maplewood -stock
Ice Cream Social and Concert on Sunday, May 18th
from 1:30-3:30 P.M. at Maplewood Park. Come
with the whole family as we enjoy a beautiful spring
day together. If you'd like, bring a picnic and we'll
provide the ice cream. The kids can enjoy the
playground as you sit back and reminisce to music
of the '60's and beyond.
VILLAGE WEB PAGE
The Village has its own web page. Check us out at
the following address and e-mail your comments to
us: http://www.deerfield-il.org/
PARKWAY TREES
If you would like to order a tree for your parkway,
we'll go 50/50 with you, and we'll let you choose
the variety from our list of trees. Sound good? Call
us at 945-5000. We'll send you the information on
the program and an order blank.
You make the choice and send us your
check.... that's all there is to it until about October
when you'll need to mark the location where you'd
like it planted. Trees are balled in burlap,
guaranteed for a year and planted by our Public
Works personnel on Village rights -of -way.
CHANGE IN DOG REGISTRATION
In the past, dog owners would obtain a combination
Village/Lake County tag at the Village Hall.
Veterinarians are now collecting the fees and issuing
licenses for the county. Rather than require an
additional tag and fee, the Village revised the
Municipal Code and no longer licenses dogs.
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. Neuberger Vernon E. Swanson .
Harriet Rosenthal Michael Swartz
Robert D. Franz, Village Manager
If you experience a sanitary sewer back-up, please
contact the Village before you call a plumber.
During normal working hours (weekdays from 7:00
A.M. to 3:30 P.M.), call the Public Works is
Department at 317-7245. After hours, call the
Police Department at 945-8636. We will dispatch
a crew to check the Village's lines to make sure they
are free and clear, and advise you whether or not a
plumber is required.
There is always confusion over who is responsible
for the utility lines. By ordinance, the Village
operates and maintains the main sewer that passes
by your house. The individual service lines from the
house to the main are the responsibility of the
homeowner.
SPRING CLEAN UP
SATURDAY, MAY 17TH will be Clean Up/Fix Up
Day in Deerfield. Local businesses, service
organizations and individuals will be working with
Village crews that morning to pick up trash and
sweep sidewalks in the Village Center. Residents
are also encouraged to spend some time that day
sprucing up their own property.
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Our American Legion Post will conduct its annual
Memorial Day program and parade on Monday, May"•
26th. It will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Jewett Park,
followed by a parade along Waukegan Road to the
cemetery. There will also be musical entertainment
in the Village Plaza before the parade.
SCAVENGER SERVICE
Scavenger service will be a day later during the
week of May 26th due to Memorial Day.
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SpringJune 1997
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The warmer weather of spring
and summer means that kids are
on the move and very mobile in
their search for fun and good
times. Kids from ten to twenty
years old are checking with each
other to find out where the
"action is". Too often the
"action" includes the use of
drugs; alcohol, marijuana, LSD,
inhalants and other favorites.
The recent drug survey from our
high school shows that a near
majority of our students abuse
drugs, including alcohol, and the
increase of abuse increases dur-
ing the summer months.
Our students seem to be unaware
of the consequences related to
their poor choices or they seem
to have the attitude of "It can't
happen to me".
Let's look at some of the facts so
conveniently ignored by a grow-
ing number of youths.
Alcohol
—Alcohol is called a drug be-
cause its main ingredient,.
ethanol, acts as a general anes-
thetic in higher doses, like ether.
—Over a third of American's al-
coholics (3.3 million) are under
the legal drinking age, 21.
—Alcohol is the single largest
cause of death among people 15
to 21 years of age.
—A recent poll suggests nearly
half of the teenagers in our com-
munity use alcohol on a regular
basis.
—Thirty percent of high school
seniors get drunk once a week
and six percent are daily
drinkers.
—Because teens are not fully
grown, they become addicted to
alcohol a lot more quickly than
adults.
—Teenagers really DO care what
their parents think regarding al-
cohol use.
—Incomplete muscle formation,
bone growth and fat deposits de-
crease the teen's resistance to al-
cohol toxicity.
—You, as parents, are legally re-
sponsible for teenagers who
drink alcohol in your home
(regardless of whether you are
there or not).
IWariivana
—Today's marijuana is stronger
than ever. Marijuana contains .
more than 400 chemical ingredi-
ents, with Tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC) being the primary psy-
choactive ingredient.
—Marijuana is now 2-10 times
stronger than it was 10 years ago.
Potency varies from climate to
climate and ounce to ounce.
Cannabis inhibits short term
memory, slows reaction time,
and impairs visual tracking. Fre-
quent use is also linked to cogni-
tive impairment (an inability to
understand concepts).
—A frequent user's rate of social
development may slow. A .pat-
tern of denial of problems and ir-
responsibility in the face of obli-
gations can develop.
—Some frequent users find it
hard to stay motivated and de-
velop a lack of initiative and con-
cern about the future. Often a
pattern of superficial relation-
ships develops with people who
expect or demand little of the
user.
—Cannabis is stored in the brain,
testes, ovaries and other fatty or-
gans for up to a month or more,
and is detectable by urine tests.
Detection periods span 4 - 6 days
in acute users and 20-50 days in
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chronic users.
—Frequent use is linked to an
increase of lung cancer, bron-
chitis, and emphysema. Be-
cause it depresses the immune
system, it is more difficult for
the user to fight off colds, flus
or other viruses.
—Cannabis speeds a user's
heart by as much as 50%, in-
creasing risks for anyone with
heart disease.
—Marijuana inhibits nausea
and allows a person to consume
large quantities of alcohol
without getting sick. As a con-
sequence, death due to alcohol
overdose has escalated among
teenagers.
—In Deerfield, about 1 /5 of the
freshman, 1 /3 of sophomores,
and 1/2 of juniors and seniors
admit to having used mari-
juana.
—Adolescents believe hard
liquor, cigarettes and beer and
wine are more dangerous than
marijuana. More disturbingly,
fewer adults consider mari-
juana dangerous.
LSD
—LSD is one of the most po-
tent chemicals known to affect
the human brain. It appears to
work by profound disruption of
brain neurotransmitters.
—A white, odorless crystalline
material, LSD is diluted and
sprayed on sheets of blotter pa-
per for oral ingestion. "Blotter
acid" paper frequently has de-
signs printed omit.
—The high lasts for six to 14
hours.
—Mental effects include changes
in perception, thinking, emotion,
arousal and self-image.
—As little as 25 micrograms of
LSD can unpredictably cause
toxic delirium or "bad trips."
—Terrifying illusions and hallu-
cinations may precipitate panic
attacks or reckless behaviors.
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Parentrw
Ca,Y1 DO-'
It is important to understand that
keeping your children drug free
requires an ongoing effort. Just
when parents assume that they
can take a breather from raising
their kids, there comes the real-
ization that an even greater effort
is needed. There is a mine field
of potential problems facing kids
today that most parents never had
to face during their growing -up
years.
Kids think they can "handle it"
but they forget they are still chil-
dren and are not emotionally or
physcially equipped to face the
consequences of "sex, drugs and
rock `n roll".
The following is a list of sugges-
tions for you to help your chil-
dren through these challenging
times.
—Model appropriate behavior.
What do our actions say to our
children? Parents are a child's
most important influence.
—Get to know your children's
friends and their parents. When
an issue arises, we can draw on
each other for support. While fi-
nal decisions are made by indi-
vidual families, it is helpful to
have support from each other. In
the process you may discover
you have similar goals and stan-
dards.
—Establish rules and expecta-
tions for children. Try to agree
on predetermined consequences
for these rules with your chilren.
—Be aware of other families'
rules. Appreciate that each fam-
ily is unique. Understand there
are differences in expectations
and rules. Communicate YOUR
rules with YOUR children.
—Stress a "No Use" message to
your children. It's easier to never
start than to quit.
—When your child goes to a
friend's house for any extended
time, call the parents to insure
there is proper supervision.
—Have a get together to meet the
parents of your child's friends.
Call Tom Creighton at the police
department or Faith Kriden from
National Family Partnership at
945-1928. They can help you or-
ganize and plan a parent network.
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L. Patrick Anderson
Chief of Police
Deputy Chief Tom Skrabala
Investigation, Youth and Social
Services
Deputy Chief John Shozis
Operations Division
Non -Emergency 945-8636
Emergency Number - 911