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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