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Times Staff Reports
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR
Land donation to allow park district to expand
The Homewood-Flossmoor Board of Park Commissioners last month received a 3-1/2-acre land donation from Governors Investments LLC.
The property runs parallel to Governors Highway from the south end of Hillcrest Park to the north end of the parking lot of the Ingalls Diagnostic Center at 17901 S. Governors Highway.
The heavily wooded land lies primarily in a flood plain, said Debbie Kopas, the park district's executive director,
While specific plans for the property have not been decided, Kopas said the park district is considering more parking for Hillcrest Park and a walking/biking trail that would connect the Governors Park and Scandia areas of Homewood.
Hillcrest Park -- located at Locust Road and Rockwell Avenue -- features a playground, ball field, picnic area, sledding hill and soccer field.
For more information on the project, call (708) 957-0300.
WILL COUNTY
Forest Preserve District nets accounting award
The Forest Preserve District of Will County has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada bequeathed the honor for the district's annual financial report.
The certificate is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting. Mainly responsible for preparing the comprehensive annual report, the district's director of administration and finance was presented with the honor.
One of the high standards of the program includes demonstration of a "spirit of full disclosure" to communicate clearly an entity's financial story.
The GFOA is a nonprofit, professional association serving about 16,000 government finance professionals with offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
Health Department to provide flu shots today
The Will County Health Department will offer flu shots today from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
Seniors from Will County are welcome. For more information call (708) 534-2323.
COOK COUNTY
County offers discount card for prescriptions
Cook County has partnered with the National Association of Counties to provide residents with discounts on prescription drugs not covered by insurance, Cook County Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, D-Crestwood, said.
The discount is available to any county resident without prescription coverage and could provide discounts for medication not covered under existing plans.
The card will provide an average 20 percent off of a pharmacy's regular price on commonly prescribed medication, and an average savings of 50 percent on three-month supplies of select generic medication through the mail.
Resident can receive a discount card through local municipal officials or at Murphy's district office at 5405 W. 127th St. in Crestwood.
Call (708) 389-2125 for information.
HEGEWISCH
Public can voice input on landfill until Nov. 23
The deadline to file comments on a proposed permit for Waste Management's CID Landfill is Nov. 23.
A copy of the permit is at the Hegewisch library, 3048 E. 130th St., in Chicago's Hegewisch neighborhood, for public examination.
Written comments may be sent to CID RCRA Renewal Permit, Hearing Officer Stephanie Flowers, 1021 N. Grand Ave., East, P.O. Box 19276, Springfield, IL 62794.
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