Super Senior Praise Dance Troupe encourages healthy living and helps others learn about the Governor’s Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program

SPRINGFIELD – First Lady Patricia Blagojevich today presented the Governor’s People Are Today’s Heroes (PATH) Award to the Super Senior Praise Dance Troupe from The Greater All Nations Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, a group of senior women who dance to raise awareness about women’s health issues and ways to get help, like the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.

“The Super Senior Praise Dance Troupe is an inspirational group with their messages of hope and health.  These women embody the importance of physical activity through dance, perseverance as survivors of chronic and deadly diseases, and encouragement to live a longer, healthier and happier life,” said First Lady Blagojevich. “I applaud how they have used our ‘Pink Potluck Campaign’ to help raise awareness about the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.”

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eBay auction permanently replaces State Fair live auction

There are more than 150,000 reasons that auctioning the state’s unclaimed property on eBay will become a permanent initiative, Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias said today.

“Not only did more than 150,000 people from all over the world look at the state’s unclaimed property on our eBay site, we sold the items – on average – at 80 percent above their appraised value,” Giannoulias said.

Giannoulias launched the weekly eBay auctions at last year’s Illinois State Fair on a trial basis. In the past year, the profits from the sale of forgotten or abandoned safe deposit boxes have far exceeded expectations, Giannoulias said.

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26 i 28 lipca 2008 r. przeprowadzono akcje bezpłatnych badań na poziom cholesterolu, lipidów, cukrzycy, ciśnienia tętniczego krwi oraz konsultacje kardiologiczne dla Polonii i Podhalan w Chicago. Organizatorem  akcji był prezes Związku Lekarzy Polskich – dr Bronisław Orawiec.

Ciśnienie tętnicze, poziom cholesterolu, lipidów, cukru we krwi i otyłość to czynniki, które po przekroczeniu określonych norm, mogą powodować zagrożenie zdrowia i życia. Są one głównymi czynnikami choroby wieńcowej oraz miażdżycy naczyń. Należy podkreślić, że pomimo ogromnego postępu w kardiologii, a także pewnego spadku występowania chorób sercowo-naczyniowych oraz udarów mózgu, choroby te nadal są najczęstszymi przyczynami zgonów nie tylko w Stanach Zjednoczonych, ale również na całym świecie. Choroby układu krążenia są przyczyną śmierci 17,5 miliona osób każdego roku. Lekarze są zgodni co do tego, że wielu chorób serca można uniknąć poprzez kontrolowanie ilości i rodzaju spożywanych tłuszczy, rzucenie palenia oraz prowadzenie bardziej aktywnego fizycznie trybu życia. W celu podniesienia świadomości oraz poprawy zdrowotności naszej polonijnej i podhalańskiej społeczności przeprowadzono akcję badań na cholesterol i inne czynniki ryzyka chorób serca.

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Today’s Devastating Court Ruling Threatens Public Health of Bensenville Residents

(Bensenville, IL) –  In a move which threatens the health of every man, woman and child who calls the Village of Bensenville home, today DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth L. Popejoy ruled against the Village and agreed to lift a public health injunction blocking Chicago from destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. 

Village President John C. Geils along with local residents and community representatives vowed to appeal the decision.  Earlier Thursday they held a press conference to highlight well documented health concerns surrounding the bulldozing and urged Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley not to turn their community into another Meigs Field.

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Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias announced that customers can now use MasterCard, American Express and Discover credit or debit cards to pay driver’s license and identification card fees, as well as vehicle renewals and registrations.

White initiated this project as part of his effort to continue to provide the public with additional, more convenient services.

“Customer service continues to be one of my top priorities,” White said.  “We are constantly looking at ways to offer customers more options when it comes to serving their driving and identification needs.  We believe that offering the public this additional payment option will enhance their experience with our office.  We are very pleased to work with Treasurer Giannoulias to give customers the opportunity to pay for their transactions with their credit and debit cards.”

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Cindy Bischof Law allows courts to order that abuser wear GPS tracking device as condition of bail in stalking situations

CHICAGO – Joined by a bipartisan group of state legislators, domestic violence prevention advocates and the family of domestic abuse victim Cindy Bischof, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today signed legislation to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims from their abusers. Senate Bill 2719, sponsored by State Senator Susan Garrett (D-Highwood) and State Representative Suzanne Bassi (R-Palatine), allows the courts to order an abuser to wear a GPS tracking device as a condition of bail in instances when a restraining order has been violated.

The legislation was sparked by the tragic event surrounding the death of Cindy Bischof whose ex-boyfriend was able to obtain a gun and shoot her in the parking lot of her real estate business, even after he had been arrested and prosecuted for violating a restraining order on two occasions.

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(Chicago) – Rush University Medical Center has once again achieved recognition on the list of the “100 Most Wired Hospitals” according to the results of the 2008 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, published in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks. This is the seventh year Rush has been named to the list.

Rush was also named among the Most Wireless Hospitals, a list of the 25 organizations that scored highest on the survey questions focused on wireless applications.

Since 1999, Hospitals & Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association, ha surveyed the nation’s hospitals on their use of information technology to accomplish key goals, including safety and quality objectives. Based on a detailed scoring process, the magazine annually names the 100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems. This year, 556 hospitals and health systems completed the survey, representing 1,327 hospitals.

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To była wyjątkowa noc, 26 lipca, 2008 w Chicago. Ponad 35 łodzi (jachtow i motorówek) przystrojonych według tegorocznego motywu przewodniego : „Summer’s Favorite City” – „Chicago – Ulubione Miasto Sezonu Letniego,” przepłynęło od Shedd Aquarium do ChicagoYacht Club przy Monroe.

Około 665,000 tyś widzów stojąc na linii nabrzeża jeziora Michigan podziwiało  tę  paradę pięknie przybranych, bajecznie rozświetlonych,  roztańczonych, rozśpiewanych łodzi, kóre swym urokiem uwodziły tak miłośników morza jak i szczury lądowe…

Noc Wenecka  jest  najstarszą imprezą w Chicago. W roku 1959, Chicago Yachting Association na prośbę  ówczesnego  burmistrza  Richarda J. Daley’ego  zorganizowało  pierwszą Noc Wenecką tak już pozostało do dnia dzisiejszczego. W tym roku przypadła 51 rocznica tej imprezy, której  głównymi sponsorami byli: Chicago Yachting Association i The Mayor’s Office of Special Events.  

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Chicago, IL – The 28th Annual Summer Ball of the Polish Museum of America was held on June 20, 2008 at the Wyndham O’Hare Hotel Ballroom in Rosemont, IL. This is the Museum’s main fundraiser of the year, which included a Silent Auction as well as several raffles.

The Ballroom was an array of color with white cloth-covered chairs tied with red bows and  tables beautifully decorated with Polish-themed centerpieces of wild poppies with sheaves of wheat.

The Silent Auction and reception began at 6:30 pm. Jenny Crissey was Chair-person of the Silent Auction, which offered an assortment of jewelry, paintings, tickets to sporting events, resorts and restaurants and themed baskets of goodies.

Hot appetizers were served during the reception and the Pulaski Investment Corporation sponsored a Sobieski Vodka Tasting all evening.

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CHICAGO – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced that the Illinois Department of Employment Security has made initial payments to more than half of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC 08) benefits applicants.  In the first two weeks of the program, IDES processed 62,583 claims for EUC 08 coverage, out of which 32,284 claimants have begun receiving benefits.  Thus far, IDES has made payments totaling $21,701,148.36 to statewide EUC benefits recipients.  On July 1, the Governor signed an agreement to allow the state to implement a federal extension of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits by up to 13 weeks, paving the way for the extension to take effect on July 6, 2008, the earliest possible date.

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