Winter is here now, but you don’t need me to tell you that. I heard the plows most of the night as they dragged the streets clean for those of us who had to get out in the morning. Kudos to the Public Works Dept. This was a 7:00am shot taken quickly as I got in my car. Notice the Christmas decorations did get up before the deep freeze and the snow. It was warm Saturday. Oh, I almost forgot there are rules for winter snows in Bartlett. Take a look at the Bartlett Web Site for more info.
This wild turkey knew what happens on Thanksgiving and got the heck out of town. Well anyway he or she flew away. I walked right into his home without knocking. Can you blame him or her? The Holidays now begins in earnest. Red and Green and multi-colored icicle lights will hang from rooftops and yards will be transformed into winter wonderlands. Bartlett is a great place for the holidays. According to the Bartlett website a new and an old tree will be lit for the Holidays on Saturday 12/05/2008 at 6PM. This will take place at the Bartlett Park Gazebo. What a great place to live.
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I received this notice and I thought it was something to look at and enjoy.
The nation’s first clean air mobile museum that teaches children to be environmentally friendly will make a stop in Bartlett at Clare Woods Academy, 801 Carillon Drive, Bartlett, on November 21. Students will tour the bus between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The 45-foot brightly colored Clean Air Club bus, featuring hands-on, interactive exhibits, was the brainchild of Cook-Illinois Corporation, the largest family-owned and operated school bus company in the country. The corporation uses biodiesel fuel in most of its 1,700 school buses on a daily basis and is interested in educating children about renewable fuels and other ways they can protect the environment.
“Our goal is to provide a cleaner and safer environment for students, but also make it a fun learning experience. That’s why we decided to retrofit a bus and create a museum to educate kids on the importance of clean air and how they can make a positive impact on air quality specifically and the environment in general, “says John Benish, CEO of Cook-Illinois Corporation. “We plan to travel to many schools throughout the Chicago area and educate as many children as possible on the importance of going green.”
The whimsical Clean Air Club bus featuring cartoon character drawings of school children, clouds, butterflies and rainbows, will showcase four different interactive exhibits that teach students how biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from soybean oil, how it is better for the environment and for kids’ health and what kids can do to help keep the planet “green.”
Studies reveal that children riding school buses could possible be exposed to higher levels of emission toxins than other children. Exhaust emissions inhaled on a consistent basis, particularly exhaust from diesel engines, have been linked as a cause of asthma and other respiratory conditions. Research shows that biodiesel reduces hydrocarbons in exhaust fumes by more than 30 percent.
About Clean Air Club
Children from all over the country can help fight air pollution by joining the Clean Air Club, a club for students who care about the environment. Any student under 14 can register for the club by logging on to www.cleanairclub.net. They get prizes for joining and for writing essays. The website is filled with educational material on biodiesel and games and activities for kids.
About Cook-Illinois
Cook-Illinois was one of the first school bus companies in the country to use the alternative fuel. The corporation’s bus fleet services more than 200 school districts throughout Illinois and Indiana. Based in Oak Forest, IL, the company uses computerized mapping and routing technology to run their bus fleets.
To find out more about the bus and the club, or to book a bus visit, please contact Ann at 630-887-0278.
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All the neighborhoods in Bartlett have trees like this and in the fall they delight everyone. This special tree is in the older section of town. The Saturday sun shows each leaf and color. How fortunate are we that we have such splendors all around us. At the end of this day most of the yellow leaves were on the ground and only the stronger red ones were left. I drove to a few other places to photograph the trees and I found the best were right here at home.
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The dreaded pumpkins are back. It is not that I don’t like them, I do. I also like pumpkin pie and pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks
. I love fall and everything it offers. Now of course , is when the jackets are worn full time outside and there is no getting by in the middle of the day. The pumpkins mean Halloween is on it’s way and I find that dreadful. It ruins the fall for me as it is a day I do not like. As a child I never liked it and I did not see a purpose to it. There was nothing loving about it and all that really happened is damage with soap bars and things that got broken. I did my time getting dressed up and walking the neighborhoods, but I found it much more agreeable to just sit back and watch. I was Zorro one year and another a cowboy, but as I got older it became a ghost or just simple things and all was lost for me. I did not mind taking my siblings around and being the big brother. I just did not want to do it.
I carve pumpkins now because the Grandkids like it and it is enjoyment. To see their faces at what they drew or carved, it worth every minute. I guess the real reason is that it signals the end of my special time. The cold becomes more biting and not as friendly. I will hang on to fall a little longer and try to smile when someone says treat or treat.
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What a wonderful tradition. Goebberts’ Farm is just an enduring place. The coloring for me was perfect and it reminded me of looking for pumpkins year after year until the perfect pumpkin is found. Round enough to carve, big enough to make a good face and heavy enough so we can still carry it. I am a little worried, development after development has surrounded Goebbert’s, and who would blame them if they got enough money to move out of South Barrington. They do have another location in Hampshire and maybe the financial crisis of today will slow down the annihilation of such great traditions. We will go to Goebbert’s again before Halloween we need the carving pumpkins. I hope the grandchildren I take will be able to do the same thing. BTW it cost nothing to get in and nothing to park.
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News of economic recession and housing turndown cause many of us to pare down our activities and tighten the purse string when it come to things to do. Let’s face it there are only so many coloring books and crafts for the kids to do and there are only so many movies you can watch or stand to watch. In Bartlett you have a few other choices. Things that are fun and easy to do and not far from home. There are no requirements except that you go and have a good time so get out your calendar and start marking the events so you don’t forget.
October 6 Artist Reception
Congratulations to Arts in Bartlett member NiMara Price on her one-woman show at the Hanover Park Park District Community Center Gallery, 1919 Walnut Ave., Hanover Park. You are all invited to her reception Monday, October 6 from 6:00 to 8:00. It’s a beautiful show of oil paintings— finely crafted, colorful, contemplative domestic still lifes on an intimate scale.
The work will be on display in the Gallery through October 29 if you’re not able to attend the reception on Monday. But if you ARE able to be here, you’ll be able to meet the artist and enjoy wine and cheese in addition to the show.
Deadline Oct. 10 for plaquing application
The Bartlett Historical Society invites Bartlett building owners to submit their homes for consideration for the 2009 Historical Plaquing. Any building (commercial, public, residential, barn) which is at least 50 years old with architectural details and additions most faithful to the original structure, and maintained in good condition can be submitted. To enter, send the address and a brief description of what you k now about your building’s history .Also, list any historical documents in your possession that can document the structure. To submit your building or get additional information, email carolbartletthissoc@comcast.net or call 630-289-8592. Typed entries can be mailed to the Society at P.O. Box 8257, Bartlett, IL 60103. The deadline is Oct. 10, 2008.
Oct. 10-11, 16-18 at 7pm & Oct. 12 at 2pm
Bartlett Park District theater production of “Seussical” in the Oak Room of the Community Center. Go to http://bartlettparks.org/Programs/Theatre-general.asp to order your tickets
Bartlett Village Gallery
Oct. 3-9: Art Quilt created by Bartlett children summer of 2008
October 14-Nov. 14 — Photography exhibit “Spaces” Arts in Bartlett member Nate Mathews.
Saturday, Oct. 18, 10-11 a.m. Artist reception for Nate Mathews
Saturday, Oct. 18 Craft Fair
The Fine Arts Booster Club is still looking for a few more crafters for its annual Fall Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p..m. at Bartlett High School,
701 Schick Road. Call Mary at 823-7759 or email BHScraftfair@aol.com to get an application
Saturday Nov. 8 Mistletoe Magic
The Bartlett Woman’s Club annual Mistletoe Magic Arts & Crafts Bazaar is Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the World Overcomers Church, Rt. 20 and Naperville Road. For an application, visit www.bartlettwomansclub.org or call CJ at 847-732-8457 or Peggy at 630-483-0285.
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Bartlett has not escaped the lost home. The boarded up home, the abandoned home, the “tagged” home, the foreclosed home. However you want to describe it foreclosures like this are happening everywhere. They are available for sale and may or may not be in poor condition. I have seen some with all of the pipes ripped out and others needing a new roof and still others with nothing wrong with them, a bargain for the new owner. Sometimes there is no special reason for the damage other than the former owner just could not afford it. It depends on the deal that the former owner made with the lender as to what shape the home is left in. The owner loved the home and it might have been one of their most important goals, but they lost their job. These sad appearing homes once had children running in them and around them. They appear sad because of knowledge, we know why they are empty, we do not see anything left of the lives they once held and they lived in our village. It makes me sad that one of my neighbors has lost their home for what ever reason, sadder if they had not let me help them and possibly save their home. I have a lot of contacts and there are some methods that can be used to change the status of the loan. I am not a loan originator and it seems loan officers have gotten a bad rap, but there are still good ones out there and they can and want to help. Mortgage counseling and real estate counseling are not a thing of the past but indeed a thing of now and the future. Tell me what you think of what is happening. How do you feel.
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All Spring and all Summer was spent keeping the yard neat and clean, branches from storms bundled and carried away, the patio swept down as if it were a kitchen floor. We went through Birthdays, holidays and back yard funfests and now look what is happening. The grill covered with finely sewn canvas every night until lately now it needs to be stored. The leaves are threatening to end my work. They have started to fall all over the ground here there on the outside chairs the concrete and blow away. The squirrel’s tails are grey already.
Maybe that means snow right around the corner.
Many subdivisions in other towns have no trees. They have been built for many years and yet no trees, just close neighbors and a lot of sun. Bartlett has many trees and in fact has a tree program
The Village will share the cost of trees with you on a 50 50 basis. There is a wide selection and differing costs. The tree in the public area that adjoins the back yard fell down a couple of summers ago and the Village was right there cutting up the left over’s. Several new trees have sprouted up 6 to 8 feet in the mean time. More leafs. Leafs everywhere.
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Fall or autumn has officially entered my heart. I will get out more and willfully take cold air into my lungs. Being born in the fall has its benefits for a person like me. Everything I like happens at this time. Leaves turning gold and red, rustling, all around. Noise underfoot, my field jacket from Lands End, drinking coffee on the veranda in the remnants of the evening. I am not much of a Halloween fan, but the grandkids are and they will run from door to door to get the goodies, they will only partially eat. It is the hunt that is important not the goody you get. Then the long haul to Thanksgiving and finally that weekend something will end fall for me. It used to be Marshall Fields (boy do I miss that place) holiday specials but now I must rely on the St. Charles Electric Light Parade.
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