February 10, 2011 Member Update

February 10, 2011
Member Update

A Note From Gail Stay warm today!

I’ll see you tomorrow at the Kiwanis Spaghetti Dinner!
Kiwanis Spaghetti Dinner “NOON” KIWANIS CLUB OF PARK RIDGE WILL HOST THE ANNUAL SPAGHETTI DINNER
WHEN: Friday, February 11th
WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 418 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge
TIME: Serving hours – 4:45 to 7:00 P.M.
COST: Adults - $10.00
Children (6-12) $5.00
Children under 6 – eat free
Misc: Dine In or Carry Out
Raffle (Cash) Prizes ($5.00 for each raffle ticket)
Pickwick Theatre Coupon on dinner tickets

Lose weight with friends! Are you interested in tipping the scale, weigh down?
Employees at City Hall are trying to put a group together of potential big losers. Are you game?

Email Cheryl Peterson at cpeterso@parkridge.us
and let her know you are interested. Include your name,
email and preference of meeting time AM (before work 7:45am)
or PM (lunch hour).

We are hoping to get this meeting going as soon as possible.
Your prompt response is greatly appreciated.


Center of Concern Bunko Parties Tomorrow Center of Concern Bunko Parties

Come be a part of a fun-filled event to benefit the Center of Concern - a social service agency in Park Ridge that is dedicated to helping our neighbors in need. Get some friends together for lots of laughs!
**Session One: Bunko & Lunch**
Friday, February 11th 12:30-3:30 Men/Women
**Session Two: Bunko & Dinner**
Friday, February 11th 6:30-9:30 p.m. Ladies’ Night
South Park Recreation Center, Talcott and Cumberland Ave.,
Ticket Price: $15 per person, pick your session
Includes: Bunko Games & Prizes, your choice of Hot Beef Sandwich or Mostaccioli with Marinara, Dessert, Coffee and Tea.
(Wine, beer & pop will be available for purchase.)

Did you know? Did you know…?



• Dental Auxiliary Placement Service, Inc. just celebrated its 22nd year in business and in Park Ridge, 847-696-1988. Congratulations to Karen Anderson and staff!

• Dale Lasky is looking for interesting Park Ridge professionals to speak about their career in front of a new class at Maine South called "College & Career Connections." 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. and is full of junior and senior students eager to learn about life in the real world. Please call Dale Lasky at 847-692-8346.

• TeaLula and All on the Road Catering present Sweet Infusions today, Thursday, 2/10, from 6-8 pm at 11 S. Fairview for just $20pp. 847-823-8327

• Carlucci is offering a 4 course Tuscan Italian Dinner for 2 with special dessert for $69. Call 847.518.0990

• Friday, February 11th join WineStyles for a special Valentine’s Day wine tasting to benefit Heartland Animal Shelter $10 per person with a percentage of evening’s sales going back to the shelter. Taste wine with Matt from Heritage wine cellars, taste new reds & whites along with chocolate wine, taste chocolates. Light snacks will be served.

Chico Raises Money for MCYAF and PR Community Fund! Saturday, February 26, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Chico’s

At YOUR REQUEST Chico's will donate 10% of your purchase total to MCYAF and the Park Ridge Community Fund.

Not available the 26th? No worry, shop one or two days ahead and let the gals know you're shopping for MCYAF and PRCF - they will make sure your purchase applies.

Beadphoria takes another Award!
The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) today announced the Show Award winners for the 2011 CHA Winter Trade Show including the Innovations Showcase, Golden Press Kit, Designer Press Kit. Each award was presented during the Annual Business Meeting of the 2011 CHA Winter Convention & Trade Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California.

These coveted awards represent the industry’s most prestigious recognition for product innovation, trade show exhibition, retail innovation and press kit design. Judged by CHA staff and a celebrity panel of judges including Deborah Norville (Premier Yarn & Inside Edition), Candy Spelling (CHA Craft Ambassador), Craig Nakano (The Los Angeles Times), Terri O (Super Simple With Terri O TV), Julie McGuffee (Scrapbook Memories TV), and Jenny Barnett-Rohrs (CraftTestDummies.com). CHA member companies were recognized for their outstanding contributions to craft and hobby industry.

PRESS KIT AWARD COMPETITION WINNERS Several exhibiting manufacturers vied for top place in the Golden Press Kit competition, which awards the design/content, creativity and thoroughness of each company’s press kit. CHA Designer members also had a chance to display their press kit innovations as part of the Designer Press Kit competition. Members of the press selected the following winner:

DESIGNER PRESS KIT AWARD – Beadphoria by Suzann Sladcik Wilson

Library Fundraiser The Board of Trustees of the Park Ridge Public Library are hosting the second annual After Hours Event & Fund Raiser - Architecture for the Ages - on Saturday, March 5 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $75 per person and may be purchased at the Circulation Desk in the Lobby or by mail.

Visit: www.parkridgelibrary.org and read the full article under Library News.

We hope you will join us for this very special event, last year tickets were sold out two weeks before the event so don't delay.
Profits from this year's event will be used to purchase new books.

Resurrection Health: Do you know your numbers? A healthier community starts with us.
Celebrate National Heart Month with the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce and Resurrection Medical Center by taking the Know Your Numbers Challenge.
To register or make an appointment for any of our Know Your Numbers programs,
call 877-RES-INFO (877-737-4636).
Do you know your numbers?

Did you know that four simple numbers can give you a picture of your overall health and risk for serious conditions like heart disease? Your doctor can help you use the results of these simple screenings to MOVE your numbers toward improved personal health.

Calendar of Events
All events at Resurrection Medical Center unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday
February 2
Friday
February 4
Wednesday
February 23
Friday
February 25


FREE
Blood Pressure
Screening
1:30 – 3 p.m.
FREE Blood Pressure Screening
National Go Read Day! Wear RED!
Come visit the table at Café Res.
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
FREE Cooking Demonstration
Tips on Lowering Cholesterol and Fat in Your Diet
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Heart Healthy Screening
12-hour fast required.
Fee: $20
Includes lipid panel (total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL & LDL) and glucose, body fat analysis and blood pressure screening
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Rotary Rotary Provides X-ray System for Street Children of Guatemala City.

Two-thirds of the world’s population does not have access to basic X-ray services. That is a huge problem since sixty percent of all medical diagnoses require X-ray analysis.

John VandenBrink, a long time member of the Park Ridge Rotary Club, initiated a program to solve this world wide problem. The program is called WHIS-RAD, World Health Imaging System for Radiology. It is a low-cost, high-tech X-ray system designed to meet World Health Organization needs. The system is supplied by World Health Imaging, Telemedicine, and Informatics Alliance (WHITIA), a not-for-profit corporation founded by Rotarians, Northwestern University and suppliers of the equipment.

The latest installation was in Guatemala City, and will help the street children and the poor. To honor that occasion and the people involved in the installation, the Park Ridge Rotary Club presented a check to Ms. Ivy Walker, the CEO of WHIS-RAD, at the club’s regular noon meeting on January 26, 2011 at the Summit of Park Ridge. The money will help further the work of WHIZ-RAD.

Those who wish to find out more about the Park Ridge Rotary Cub can go to www.parkridgerotary.com.

Park Ridge Garden Club Park Ridge Garden Club is Blooming!

February 10
Garden Club Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Program Beauty and the Beasts. Join Joyce Basel on her Armchair Safari

March 8, 2011
District IX Annual Meeting
Concorde Banquets, Kildeer, IL
Cost: $30
Registration 9:00 a.m.
Business Meeting 9:30 a.m.
Luncheon & Program 12:00
Program will be a floral program presented by Barbara Bellamy of IXIA Flowers.
Call Marianne Janesku at 773-218-5576 if you plan to attend.
Deadline for mail in registration is Feb 25.

TriPilates – 5 years! TriPilates Celebrates Five Years in Business!
Feb 19 FREE Open House / Demonstration from 11:30am -1:00pm, following by the SPRING TRAINING RUNNER'S WORKSHOP $30, from 1:00pm-3:00pm
Perry Wein, Edward Jones Perry Wein, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Park Ridge, has accepted an invitation to increase his limited partner holdings in The Jones Financial Cos., the holding company for the St. Louis-based financial services firm.

Edward Jones currently employs more than 40,000 associates in all 50 states and through its affiliate in Canada. Under the current partnership offering, 16,000 associates received initial limited partnership offerings or were invited to increase their existing ownership in the firm.

Edward Jones, which ranked No. 11 on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2011, is headquartered in St. Louis. The Edward Jones web site is located at www.edwardjones.com, and its recruiting web site is www.careers.edwardjones.com. Member SIPC.

Workplace Violence
Submitted by Bill Hominick, The Youth Campus For decades, companies and managers have become more aware of the issue of workplace violence. Most have procedures in place to deal with such threats. Numerous negative external issues like finances and job security could relate to an increase in violence. Understanding this, there are two key aspects that require handling of this problem. Managers must assess the likelihood that a person who makes a threat might really act on it and how to respond in ways that simultaneously defuse the threat and protect vulnerable people, while your company engages in appropriate job actions or other protective procedures.

Usually, when managers become aware of a threatening situation they respond by increasing security, calling law enforcement, seek an order of protection or restraining order, or if an employee, refer the employee to an Employee Assistance Program or begin termination proceedings.

The majority of people who make threats do not end up acting out violently. But the consequence of an act of violence, however unlikely it may be, is potentially severe. Additionally, the perception of an unsafe work environment by employees requires appropriate management action. Thus it is your obligation, as well as a matter of common sense, to do everything within reason to make sure violence and the perception of imminent violence do not occur.

The single best predictor of future violent behavior is past violent behavior. This is especially true when a person has a history of violent or threatening behavior, for example being a former member of a gang or being allowed to feel powerful, manipulate people or get what they want.

Next month, we’ll discuss ways to uncover past behavior and ways to assess a threatening employee’s frame of mind. Till then, respond to each case of workplace violence as it were real, because it just may be.
Contact Me: Gail Haller
Executive Director
Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce
720 Garden Street
Park Ridge, IL 60068

phone: 847.825.3121
fax: 847.825.3122

email: gail.haller@parkridgechamber.org
website: www.parkridgechamber.org

Thank you to our Platinum members
1. All on the Road Catering & Bakery: 847.518.8958
2. ATI Physical Therapy: 847.292.0151
3. AthletiCo Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy: 847-292-4710
4. Cardinal Fitness of Park Ridge: 847.318.7550
5. CMR Construction: 847.926.4245
6. Comfort Inn O'Hare/Des Plaines: 847.635.1300
7. D'Agostino's Pizza & Pub: 847.518.8700
8. E.J. Coyne & Company Inc: 847.692.9077
9. Express Auto Center: 847.813.9469
10. Home Comfort Heating & Cooling: 847.824.4336
11. Houlihan's Restaurant: 847.692.6205
12. Hyatt Regency O'Hare: 847.696-1234
13. Jason's Deli: 847.823.0210
14. K.G.M. Plumbing, Inc.: 847.583.8988
15. LIN-MAR Motors: 847-965-4200
16. Naperville Exterior, Inc. : 847.593.7337
17. Panino’s Pizzeria: 847. 823.3450
18. Park Ridge Community Fund: 847.825.5311
19. Pickwick Theatre: 847.825.5800
20. ProWindow Window Service, Inc.: 847-825-4890
21. Resurrection Health Care: 847.813.3210
22. Romano's Family Pizzeria & Sports Bar: 847.823.7499
23. Ross E. Rubino, D.D.S.P.C. & Associates: 847.825.1002
24. Unbound Technology: 847.235.4994
25. Y-Tech Heating & Cooling: 847.696.0477
26. You can be here!