November 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm
· Filed under BCO Gardening Committee
The Bowmanville Garden was awarded first place in Mayor Daley’s 2009 Landscape Awards Program for Region 2. The award was presented to Bill Kuczek, BCO Gardening Committee Chairman at a ceremony on November 14, 2009 at the Garfield Park Conservatory. In attendance and representing the BCO was Bill Kuczek, B.A. Church, Betty Redmond, Craig Hanenburg, and Ellen Jurczak. 
See all the pictures in the Photo Gallery.
Betty Redmond was awarded 2009 “Community Greener of the Year” by GreenNet on Saturday November 14, 2009. This award recognizes a gardener who is nominated by other community gardeners for their work and leadership in community gardening. A GreenNet board reviews the nominees, selects the winners and awards a monetary prize and an award certificate. Congratulations Betty! Your efforts and passion are appreciated
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November 20, 2009 at 12:48 pm
· Filed under Community Notices
BCO Board of Directors and Officers for 2009 – 2010
Directors term is November 2009 through October 2010
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Board of Directors
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Otto Barone
B A Church
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John Maloney
Kris Neurauter
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Amy Gawura
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John Paraoan
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Elizabeth Gabbard
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Wes Salsbury
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Mandel Goodkin
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Claire Shingler
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Jeff Graves
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Justin Villar
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Jimmy Hannon
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Barbara Wolke
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Mona Majeed
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Jim Yorton
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Executive Committee
Nominating Committe Members for 2009-2010
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General Membership: |
| Liz Gabbard |
Jamie Barrios |
| John Maloney |
Adam Gotskind |
| Wes Salsburg |
Laura Sabransky |
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Trish Torres |
| Board Alternate: |
General Membership Alternate: |
| Jim Hannon |
Betty Redmond |
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November 13, 2009 at 2:01 pm
· Filed under Email Blasts
(this email is going to everyone on the current BCO email list)
Dear Bowmanville Neighbors-
There has been a noticeable increase of crime in our neighborhood since the summer. The incidents have ranged from a gang related shooting back in late June, to recent break-ins, petty thefts and graffiti. Please be sure you are reporting ALL incidents to the police – we hear about many of these incidents but do not see them all listed in the police beat info. Here are some incidents that residents have brought to our attention:
· multiple attempted & successful break-ins (including daylight and early evening hours)
· smashed car windows
· theft from back yards
· increase in graffiti
· ongoing problems with door-to-door scammers
One easy way to view crime data being reported in our area is at:
(this link is setup to show all incidents in our area since August 20th, it is 5 pages of data)
What can you do?
The police commander and the CAPS liaison in our district encourage us to:
- Continue to call 911 whenever you see someone acting suspiciously or loitering in the neighborhood
- Call 311 to report graffiti
- Take precautions to keep you and your possessions safe
- lock doors and windows
- use alarms
- lock cars
- Lock gates
- Don’t assume that you and your property are safe just because you are at home
You can contact our CAPS liaison directly: Sgt. Jeff Sacks 312-742-8770 Ext. 119
Next CAPS meeting: December 9th, 7-8pm, St. Gregory Bingo Hall: 1609 W. Gregory
The BCO is working on setting up a ‘Neighborhood watch’ type of program in Bowmanville. We are looking for neighbors to help by becoming Block Captains. If you are willing to get involved to help keep our community safe and informed, please contact VP@bcochicago.org.
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Vice President,
Treasurer,