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• RFQ - Elevator Maintenance Contract

• Holiday Lights Decorating Contest

• RFQ - Potassium Permanganate Provider Contract

• RFQ - Liquid Hydrofluosilicic Acid (Fluoride) Provider Contract

• RFP - Water Conditioning Bulk Rock Salt

• RFP - Gas Chlorine Provider (Addendum #1)

• Winter Break Camp - Parks & Recreation

• Festival of Trees & Santa Ride-In

• Haligus Road Closure

• 2008 Water Quality Report  

• Welcome New Businesses
  

• Gordon Larsen Business Achievement Award - Nominate a Business

• Village Profile & Map

 

 

Santa Ride-In

Santa and Mrs. Claus are making their way to the Village of Lake in the Hills on Saturday, December 5, to help us kick off the holiday season.  Santa will arrive by fire truck at 5 p.m. to light our magnificent Festival of Trees outside Village Hall.  Enjoy entertainment and light refreshments inside as you wait to see the jolly couple.

 

Along with your camera and list of desires, please bring a non-perishable food or household item to place at the base of your favorite tree outside.  We will be accepting donations at Village Hall through December 18.  All donations will be given to the Algonquin/Lake in the Hills and Grafton Township food pantries.

 

 

 

Festival of Trees

The 8^th Annual Festival of Trees will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2009.  A lighting ceremony will be led by Santa and Mrs. Claus at 5:00p.m. at the Lake in the Hills Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate. Your business can be a part of this festive event by purchasing a live evergreen tree covered with hundreds of lights for $75.   

 

You may choose to decorate your tree with a theme of your choice, or to sponsor a tree allowing a non-profit organization to decorate.  Your business name will be prominently posted in front of your tree, giving you community-wide recognition.  We will also send out several press releases to local newspapers thanking our sponsors as well as listing them in our fall 2010 brochure. 

 

Spectators bringing non-perishable food items to the December 5^th lighting ceremony will be asked to “vote” for their favorite tree by placing non-perishable food and household items at the base of the tree. All items collected at the event will be donated to the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry and the Grafton Township Food Pantry.   

To participate, please return a registration form with your payment of $75 to the Village of Lake in the Hills by Wednesday, November 30.  This fee includes the cost of the tree and lights.  Click here for business sponsorship form.  Please contact Casie Peltz at (847) 960-7460 or at cpeltz@lith.org with any questions or for more information.

 

Festival of Trees Flyer

 

 

 

H1N1 Vaccine

Centegra Health System has opened clinics at four locations in McHenry County for the purpose of administering the H1N1 vaccine.

 

Groups recommended to receive 2009 H1N1 vaccine first are (priority group):

• Pregnant Women

• People who live with or care for infants younger than 6 months of age

• Healthcare and emergency medical personnel

• Anyone from 6 months through 24 years of age

• Anyone from 25 through 64 years of age with certain chronic medical conditions or weakened immune system

As more vaccine becomes available, these groups should also be vaccinated:

• Healthy 25 through 64 year olds

• Adults 65 years and older

For further information on the vaccine, go to the Centegra Health System website.

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed the H1N1 pandemic alert level at a phase 6.  To learn more about H1N1, use the links below:

Swine Flu Questions & Answers

Phases of Pandemic Alert
McHenry County Health Department
www.PandemicFlu.gov
www.ready.gov

 

 

Road Closures

Haligus Road will be closed from Miller Road south to Geneva Lane through the month of November.  Drivers normally using this section of Haligus Road should use the detour route along Miller Road, Lakewood Road, and Reed Road.  Bark Park users and anyone driving to the Public Works Facility will still have access through the construction zone from the intersection at Miller and Haligus Road.  

 

 

 

Census 2010 is coming!

In March 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau will be conducting a survey to find out the total population of the United States.  This census data ultimately affects how more than $300 billion per year in federal and state funding is allocated to communities such as ours for neighborhood improvements, public health, education, transportation and much more. That’s more than $3 trillion over a 10 year period.  The census also affects your voice in Congress.  The census is used to apportion seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and to redistrict state legislatures. 

 

When you receive the census survey in March, 2010, there will be 10 questions on the form that you’ll be asked to fill out.  The Village of Lake in the Hills never sees the information we only get a broad analysis of the data.  For more information regarding the upcoming census, please visit www.2010.census.gov.  This is an important survey, be sure to be counted in 2010.

 

 

 

License Plate Holders

The Lake in the Hills Historical Society is selling Village of Lake in the Hills license plate holders. They are available for purchase at the Parks & Recreation Department for $6.00 each.  Click here for a photo.

 

 

 

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