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Visit the 26th Annual St. Charles, IL Scarecrow Fest on October 7th through October 9th

Gene Mundt, Sr. Vice President - Chicago Bancorp: Posted on Friday, September 23, 2011 8:51 PM

For the 26th year, St. Charles, IL, will be hosting its'

Annual St. Charles Scarecrow Fest. This year's Fest is being held October 7th through October 9th.

Although this event is celebrated in many areas and locations of St. Charles, the central location for the Fest is to be found on the west side of the Fox River at Lincoln Park. This is where you will find the many hand-made scarecrows featured at the Annual St. Charles Scarecrow Fest.

Once again this year, there's great entertainment and activities planned, a carnival, a huge Fall Craft Show, food vendors galore, and much more! Convenient shuttle transportation is available for the over 100,000 visitors that attend the St. Charles Scarecrow Fest annually. (Click here for a schedule of planned entertainment)

Attendees can also participate in making their own scarecrow if they choose. In fact, there is a Scarecrow Contest open to those hoping to use their creative skills and talents. It's FREE to enter the contest, whether an individual, a family, group, community organization, or business.

If hoping to enter the annual Scarecrow Contest, entry forms (CLICK HERE) must be received by the Greater St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau by no later than October 1st, 2011.

Contest forms can be mailed, faxed, or emailed to the following:

Greater St. Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau

Attn: Scarecrow Contest

311 No. Second Street, Suite 100

St. Charles, IL 60174

Fax: 630.513.0566

Email: jenny@visitstcharles.com

Contest Categories are as follows:

Mechanical Category

(Open to All)

Traditional Category

(Open to All)

Whimsical Category

(Open to All)

St. Charles Business* Category

(Open to Businesses in the Greater St. Charles CVB Service Area of St. Charles, Village of Campton Hills, Elburn, St. Charles & Campton Townships)

Children's Clubs & Organizations Category

(Open to Children's Organizations W/Members 12 yrs. & Younger)

Family Category

(Open to Individual FamiliesW/Children 12 yrs. & Younger)

All entries will be assigned a location for exhibiting during the St. Charles Scarecrow Fest, as well as a sign for voting purposes.

The hours for the 26th Annual St. Charles Scarecrow Fest are:

Friday, October 7th - 9 am to 9 pm

Saturday, October 8th - 9 am to 9 pm

Sunday, October 9th - 9 am to 6 pm

The hours for the Autumn on the Fox Arts and Craft Show (held in Pottawatamie Park, St. Charles) are:

Friday, October 7th - 9 am to 5 pm

Saturday, October 8th - 9 am to 5 pm

Sunday, October 9th - 9 am to 4 pm

Located just one hour west of the City of Chicago, St. Charles, IL is located near major tollways and highways (I-355, I-90, I-88) for easy commuting to this event.

Whether it be for one day, or the entire weekend ... St. Charles, IL, and the 26th Annual St. Charles Scarecrow Fest is the place to be to celebrate Fall.

Make sure you join the many fans of this Fest and St. Charles, IL, on October 7th through October 9th! Learn why St. Charles, IL was named one of the "10 Best Towns forFamilies 2011" by Family Circle Magazine!

* If you are need of mortgage service when buying a home in St. Charles, or any of Chicagoland, please contact me. I will be happy to assist and guide you through your homebuying experience with my 35 years of mortgage experience and expertise.

I can be contacted at:

Direct: 815.277.4036 Cell/Text: 708.921.6331

Email: gene@chicagobancorp.com Website: http://www.genemundt.com

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The "Giving Garden" Program. How to Donate or Participate in Kane, DuPage, McHenry, Cook, and Lake Counties, in Illinois

Gene Mundt, Sr. Vice President - Chicago Bancorp: Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:43 AM

While reading the online Daily Herald today, I ran across information on the "Giving Garden" effort sponsored by the paper. Given I had just posted an article regarding Chicagoland Farmer's/French Markets recently on my own blog site, the colorful ad and article really caught my eye.

Every summer, the Daily Herald newspaper sponsors what they call the "Giving Garden" program. For those gardeners with green thumbs (and producing extra fruits and vegetables) in the Chicagoland counties of Kane, DuPage, Cook, McHenry, and Lake counties, in IL ... this program offers an opportunity to help their fellow residents suffering from the present economic downturn. For families having a hard time putting food on their table, this is a godsend program.

Many community organizations also take part in this annual sponsored program. Cub Scout Pack 1047 of Gilberts, IL has planted a "Giving Garden" again this year that will benefit this charitable annual summer effort. Through their efforts, the members of Cub Scout Park 1047 will grow, tend, and harvest well over 1000 vegetables for contribution. In past years, this Pack has donated all of their crops to the FISH food pantry in Carpentersville. Their efforts helped feed the 400+ families that turn to that organization for assistance.

This is definitely a "win-win" effort for all that take part. There is the obvious win for those receiving these healthy foods for their families. But it is a huge win for the contributors too. They know that the extra foods they produce will not go to waste and will find their way to good use.

The "Giving Garden" program sponsored by the Daily Herald newspaper runs now throughSeptember. The list of donation drop-off locations is plentiful and too long to print here ... but click on the following link to find the complete list of places where donations are accepted:

http://saxo.dailyherald.com/article/20110610/entlife/706139997/

Whether offering a donation of your gardening efforts ... or a recipient of someone's donation and generosity, consider participating in the wonderful "Giving Garden" program.

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Taxes, Assessments, & Property Values ... Some Timely Information for Property Owners.

Gene Mundt, Professional Mortgage Banker - Chicago Bancorp: Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 1:05 PM

Taxes, Assessments, & Property Values

Some Timely Information for

Property Owners

It's "THAT" time of the year again. All across the collar counties of Chicago, property/home owners are receiving (or soon will be) their 2010 Property Tax Bills. Within these counties, 1st installments of these tax bills are due in June and the 2nd installment in September, as a rule.

While the majority of the property/home owners with a mortgage have their property taxes paid directly out of Escrow Accounts held by their loan servicer, the "sting" of paying property taxes still exists.

I can tell you by the activity I have seen through my Twitter and Facebook accounts, the arrival of the property tax bills has set-off a firestorm of conversation and controversy. I can also tell you from being a mortgage lender in Chicagoland, my phones start ringing every year with their arrival too. The arrival of property tax bills typically gets homeowners thinking about the possibility of refinancing (a link to my Chicago Bancorp refinancing information) their homes. It's my job to see if it's wise .. or a possiblity to do so.

For many homeowners, the "equation" and method their county governmental taxing bodies utilize for arriving at the amounts due on propertytax bills is somewhat shrouded in mystery. So I'm going to attempt to answer here within this post, some of the questions I most often hear surrounding property tax bills themselves.

This year in particular seems to offer a multitude of interesting scenarios regarding property values, to say the least. At least in a majority of our Chicago and Chicagoland area, property values have dropped fairly significantly during the last 3 years. Some areas have most assuredly been hit harder than others, with declines seen in some statistical areas being as much as 40 - 50% since the housing value "peak", considered by most to be the year 2007.

As a result of their property values declining, most homeowners are expecting to see a corresponding drop in their home's/property assessed values, and a drop in their actual property tax bills when they receive them. However, they are many times disappointed as this drop does not typically happen immediately.

Why?

There are thousands of differing types of property found within each township, varying in property types and property usage. These properties can represent vast extremes. Anything from nuclear powerplants, vacant land parcels, warehouses, to residential and more can all "reside" within a governmental taxing body's borders. Family residences are our primary focus here within this post.

But whatever property considered, properties are NOT inspected for re-assessment each and every year. Nor are the "comparables" for each property. This is done typically on a rotating 3 year average.

According to the Supervisor of Assessments Office in Will County, IL( www.willcountysoa.com for answers to frequently asked questions) the actual assessed value of a property is arrived at by the 3 (three) most recent years of sales activity for that property ... and surrounding properties.

This three (3) year average accounts for a more stable assessed property level. It will not however, allow for quickly changing market swings ... such as those that are being experienced currently across Chicagoland and much of the nation. Assessors (public officials that establish the value of a property for taxation purposes), for lack of better terminology are ... playing "catch-up" on property assessments. And that can work in a property owner's favor in an upswinging market ... or against them, as in the market we are presently experiencing.

There is also an "equalization factor" that is differing and separate for each village/county/state that is distinctive to the township you reside in. This equalization factor further confuses many homeowners/property owners. As the factor may not remain the same for each year's tax bill. It "floats" and changes.

According to the Will County Supervisor of Assessment's definition, an "equalizationfactor" is: Equalization is the application of a uniform percentage increase or decrease to assessed values of various areas or classes of property in order to bring assessment levels, on average, to the same percentage of market value. Equalization of assessed values is important (and performed) at each level of government - township, county and state. Chief County Assessment Officers (CCAO), County Boards of Review and the State possess certain powers to equalize assessments.

Perhaps the best information that I can pass on to readers here surrounds the steps to betaken should you wish to appeal/protest your taxes... which is actually a protest of your property's assessed value.

Should you feel that your property is being unfairly assessed, you must provide a basis for your protest with hard factual data. Much of this data can be compiled by the property owner themselves. Other property owners feel the need to hire a licensed real estate appraiser to do a report.

In most cases, an appeal/protest and compiled factual data must be presented within 30 days of receiving your PROPERTY ASSESSMENT NOTICE ... not the property tax bill itself. (Please check with your property'stax assessor's office for the timing of your property assessment mailings.)

Again ... waiting for your actual property tax bill to arrive is TOO LATE. You are protesting/appealing the ASSESSMENT of your property, not the tax bill itself. Stay in tune and aware of the release of new/re-assessments of properties that will reflect and assist you with your own appeal/protest. There are strict guidelines and timeframes in which you must work should you hope to be successful in appeal/protest of your taxes. Each county has its own specific rules, regulations, guidelines, and timeframes. You may not be able to rely on a friends, relatives, or co-workers set of guidelines for your specific property.

I have included some additional links below to help in the understanding of your property's assessment, as well as links to more detailed and complex property assessment information and considerations. I hope that they prove of assistance to you.

Here are some helpful links to aid you

in your search for information:

Looking for a particular property's date of sale in Will County, IL? Go to:

http://www.willcountysoa.com/search_sale.aspx

Seeking the Contact Information for the Tax Assessor in your Will County Township?

http://www.willcountysoa.com/assessor-information.aspx

Seeking information regarding the protest/appeals process for your Will County, IL property assessment?

http://www.willcountysoa.com/board-of-review/assessment-appeals-process.aspx

The Will County, IL Treasurer's Office link and info:

http://www.willcountytreasurer.com/

DuPage County, IL ... Information on Appealing Assessments:

http://www.dupageco.org/soa/generic.cfm?doc_id=3646

DuPage County, IL ... County Assessor's Directory:

http://www.dupageco.org/soa/generic.cfm?doc_id=343

DuPage County, IL ...

Supervisor of Assessments, Equalization Factor Calculation Background & Info:

http://www.dupageco.org/soa/generic.cfm?doc_id=3812

Kane County, IL Assessment Office link:

http://www.co.kane.il.us/soa/

Kane County, IL ... Rules and Procedures for Filing an Assessment Complaint:

http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eco%2Ekane%2Eil%2Eus%2Fsoa%2FRules%2Epdf&images=no

Kane County, IL ... Assessor List and Links to Websites:

http://www.co.kane.il.us/soa/assessorlist.htm

Some helpful tax forms for area Senior property owners:

In Will County, IL: The 2011 Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze and Homestead Exemption Application and Affidavit:

http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwillcountysoa%2Ecom%2FContent%2FForms%2F2011%2DPTAX%2D340%2Epdf&images=no

In Will County, IL: Dates for Forums held around the County of Will to Assist Seniors regarding the Seniors Assessment Freeze and filing of forms:

http://www.willcountysoa.com/events.aspx

In DuPage County, IL: 2011 Application and Affidavit for The Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption:

http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edupageco%2Eorg%2Femplibrary%2F

In Kane County, IL: 2011 Application for the Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption:

http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekanecountyassessments%2Eorg%2FSAF2011%2Epdf&images=no

* To discover what the tax escrow payment on a Chicagoland new home purchase would be, please contact me today! I can be reached at: Direct: 815.277.4036, Cell/Text: 708.921.6331, Email: gene@chicagobancorp.com., or through my website at: http://www.genemundt.com/Contact-Info.html

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2011 Chicagoland Easter Bunny & Spring Events Calendar

Gene Mundt, Professional Mortgage Banker - Chicago Bancorp: Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2011 8:19 PM

The Easter Bunny is a busy little bunny in Chicagoland right now.

There are egg hunts, special breakfasts, brunches, lunches, craft shows, photo opportunities, and more being held in his honor in many of our communities. Especially if you have little ones around, you don't want to miss out on all the fun.

To help you find where the Easter Bunny is near you, I've put together a Calendar of Easter Bunny Events for Chicagoland.

I hope my handy Calendar provides you with some great ideas for fun springtime acitivities ... and opportunities to enjoy the fruits of the EasterBunny's labors ...

Easter Bunny Events Calendar - Chicagoland

April 15th Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt 7:30 pm

McCarthy Park, 16802 So. 80th Avenue, Tinley Park

Children Ages: 3 to 4 years Hunt at 7:30 pm

Children Ages: 5 to 8 Hunt at 8:15 pm

Bring your flashlight to hunt for eggs. The Easter Bunny will visit after the Hunt is over. This FREE event will go on no matter the weather.

Info: http://www.tinleyparkdistrict.org

April 16th & 17th Bunny in the Greenhouse Noon to 3 pm

Bird Haven Greenhouses, 225 No. Gougar Rd., Joliet

This event is FREE

Photos can be taken with the Easter Bunny

For further info: www.jolietpark.org

April 24th Spirit of Chicago Easter Brunch Cruise Board: NOON

Easter Brunch Boards at NAVY PIER, Chicago

Cruise: 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Price: $31.90 per child age 3-12 (Plus Taxes/Fees)

$51.90 per adult (Plus Taxes/Fees)

Goodie Bags for the Children and an appearance by the Easter Bunny!

Celebrate the holiday aboard the vibrant Spirit of Chicago with a plentiful buffet, engaging DJ entertainment, dancing and a totally festive celebration!

For More Information and to Book your Easter Cruise: http://www.spiritofchicago.com/Chicago/easterlunch

or Call: 866.273.2469

April 16th P.A.W.S. 4th Annual Easter Egg Hunt for DOGS 9:30 am

P.A.W.S. - 8301 W. 191st St., Tinley Park

$10.00 Donation per Dog

Registration Starts Promptly at 9:30 am

Hunting Begins at 10:00 am

Dogs MUST be in a leash and have up-to-date rabies tags or certificate

Bring baggies to take care of your dog's poops

More than 3000 eggs will be hidden. All eggs contain prize.

Info: www.pawstinleypark.org

April 16th Taft School PTA Craft & Vendor Fair 9 am - 2 pm

Taft School, 1605 So. Washington Street, Lockport

Admission: FREE

Concessions Available - Bake Sale on Site

Pictures can be taken with the Easter Bunny

Info: http://www.taft90.org/parents.htm

April 23rd Lincoln-Way Special Recreation Foundation 8 to 11 am

Bunny Breakfast Fundraiser

Lincoln-Way East High School, 201 Colorado Ave., Frankfort, IL

Pre-Purchased Tickets:

Children: 3 to 15 years $6.00

Adults: $9.00

Event includes pancake & sausage breakfast, Easter Bunny Egg Hunt, and

Pictures with the Easter Bunny

Tickets can be pre-purchasedat the Special Recreation Office:

21800 So. LaGrange Road, Frankfort

or at:www.lwsra.org.

Ticket prices at the door:

Children: 3 to 15 years $7.00

Adults: $10.00

April 23rd 7th Annual "Hippity-Hop Easter Egg Hunt" 10:30 - 1:30 pm

The Timbers of Shorewood, 1100 No. River Rd., Shorewood

10,000 eggs have been ordered for this annual event

Takes place indoor and outdoors

Toddlers participate indoors in a balloon-filled room.

Children 4 years of age and older participate outdoors.

Schedule:

10:45-11:30 a.m. - toddlers

11:30 a.m.-noon - ages 4-5

Noon-12:30 p.m. - ages 6-7

12:30–1 p.m. - ages 8-9

1-1:30 p.m. - ages 10 and older

For additional info on planned activities:

www.timbersofshorewood.com/calendar/2010/april/03/hippity-hop-easter-egg-hunt

April 21st Flashlight Egg Hunt 7:45 - 8:30 pm

Naperville Park District - Knoch Knolls Park

336 Knoch Knolls Rd., Naperville

Pre-Registration is Required! (Click on Link)

All participants must bring a flashlight and their own container to collect prizes and eggs in.

Parents must be present! They may not assist in collection of items.

April 23 Easter in Elgin Breakfast: 8 - 10 am

Play: 10 am & 11:30 am

Egg Hunt: 11:15 am

Breakfast to be held in the basement of:

The Hemmens, 145 Symphony Way, Elgin.

There are 300 tickets available for the $7 breakfast; kids younger than 5 eat free. Tickets must be purchased from City Hall prior to the event to receive these above prices.

Any tickets left over MAY be available the morning of the breakfast.

Play: "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"

Egg Hunt to be held at: Gail Borden Library Lot next to The Hemmens

The area will be split in locations according to age groups.

Elgin Moose Lodge # 799 and The City of Elgin will be providing the eggs.

Both hosts ask that plastic egg shells used in the egg hunt be returned prior to leaving.

April 22 Egg-Tastic Easter at SciTech Museum! Easter Egg Hunt:

11 - noon for 2 age groups:

5 & under, and 6 & up

SciTech Museum, 18 W. Benton St., Aurora

Phone: 630-859-3434

Easter Event for kids featuring Wacky Science Fun!

Learn, Engage and Inspire your Kids!

Kids can meet the Easter Bunny from 10 am to 2 pm.

Noon to 2 pm there will are photo opportunities.

Kids can also engage in scientific Eggtastic Eggsperiments from noon until 2 pm!

All Easter activities are included with regular admission.

April 17th Easter Egg Hunt & Parade - Downtown Joliet Start:

Egg Hunt: 10 am

Silver Cross Field

Easter egg hunt hosted by the Joliet Slammers, Joliet’s new minor league baseball team

Wish Upon a Star Foundation Lunch:

11 am to 1:30 pm

Hot dog lunch inside the rotunda of the Rialto Square Theatre

$3 lunch includes: hot dog, chips, cookies & beverage

Easter Bunny photo shoots at Giji’s Sweet Shoppe

81 N. Chicago St., Joliet

Visits with the Easter Bunny are free

Photographs are $7 each and come with a frame

Movie “How to Train Your Dragon” at the Rialto Square Theatre

There is no charge

Noon to 1:45 pm

Easter Crafts & Games - Joliet Area Historical Museum

Noon to 5:00 pm

Reduced Admission Charge today: $3

Museum Members: Free

Crafts and Games in the Museum Discovery Room

Joliet Public Library

Easter Bunny Crafts

1:00 to 4:00 pm

2:00 pm - Wish Upon a Star Foundation Easter Parade Starts

Chicago Street, Joliet

April 21 Underwater EGGstravaganza 6 - 8 pm

505 N. Springinsguth Road, Schaumburg
Join Bunny for a swim at The Water Works!

Pool egg hunts, entertainment, games and prizes are part of the fun.

Egg hunts will be in the play pool and parents will be able to assist small children.

There will be scheduled egg hunts per age group throughout the evening.

Pre-registration deadline ends April 20.

Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

For Info: 847/490-7020
$8 for residents

$12 for non-residents for pre-registration

Day-of registration (if available) is $12/$18. Adults are free.
http://parkfun.com/Calendar/Calendar_details.aspx?EventId=16e046a9-5255-488a-b0b4-c0904db24cca

April 22nd & 23rd Bunny Brunch at Lambs Farm 10:00 am

14245 W. Rockland Road, Libertyville

Go to Lambs Farm for food and fun with the Easter Bunny!

After feasting on a delicious meal, kids can hop on over to the Garden Patch

for a variety of activities including a photo with the Bunny.

Advance Arrangements Required

Seatings at 10:00 am & Noon

For reservations, call Country Inn Restaurant: (847)362-5050

$15.95 per person

(Children under 23 months eat free with a $7.95

charge for all activities and photo with the Bunny)

April 22nd Good Friday Open Skate - Orbit Skate Center 1 - 4 pm

615 Consumers Avenue, Palatine

For Info: http://orbitskate.net/schedule2/holidays.html

Public Skating Session for all ages

Live DJ, specials, games and fun for the entire family

Admission is $6.50 per person

$19 for a Family up to 4 people

Skate rental is $3.00 regular skates or inline skates

April 23rd Egg Hunt - Ladd Arboretum Session Start @ 10 am

Sponsored by the North Suburban Youth Foundation

Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick, Evanston

Belinda the Bullfrog needs our help! She's misplaced her eggs in the Ladd Arboretum. During the one-hour program on Saturday, April 23, City of Evanston Ecology Center staff will teach children all about frogs. Participants will help Belinda find her eggs, followed by activities and a craft.

Bring a basket or bag for collecting

A special area is reserved for egg hunters 18 months to 4 years of age

Preregistration is required.

Call: 847-448-8256

OrRegister Online at: https://www.cityofevanston.org/webtrac/vsiwebtrac.html

April 23rd Egg’straordinary, Downtown Plainfield 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Settlers Park

Enjoy a spring day in historic Downtown Plainfield.

Breakfast or Lunch with the Easter bunny

“Hop The Bunny Trail” which will end up at the Plainfield Fire Station

located on Des Plaines Street

Children can pick up a passport at any participating business.

Travel the Bunny Hop Trail to get their Passport stamped.

Children will be searching for the Golden Egg!

There's also a coloring contest, magician, caricature artist,

jumpy (weather permitting), and face painting!
FREE

For Further Info: http://www.plainfield-il.org/calendar/functions/popup.php?ev=2455675&readFile=1&readSQL=0&showCat=&oc=1

Have a Safe and Happy Easter!

* If you would like information regarding mortgages, mortgage service, credit, and financial planning, please do not hesitate to contact me,

Gene Mundt Chicago Bancorp, through this website at:

http://www.genemundt.com/Contact-Info.html,

at my Direct #: 815.277.4036,

my Cell/Text: 708.921.6331,

or email: gene@chicagobancorp.com.

With over 35 years of experience, I can assist you to a successful home purchase, refinance, or purchase of investment property. I look forward to hearing from you!

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The Prescription/Non-Prescription Drug & Medication Disposal & Take Back Programs for Lockport, IL & Will County, IL

Gene Mundt, Professional Mortgage Banker - Chicago Bancorp: Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:23 PM

Previously, I wrote a post regarding the Geneva, Illinois and St. Charles, Illinois police departments offering a very beneficial program in which they aided their residents with the disposal of unused prescription medicines.

I wanted to update that post with the following information regarding other municipalities in the Chicagoland area that offer similar prescription disposal programs.

This new information posted here is for the City of Lockport, Illinois ... and also the County of Will's Medication Take-Back Program. I hope this new information assists the residents in these areas with the disposal of their unusedprescription medicines.

In Lockport, Illinois ... the Drug Disposal Collection location is found in the Lockport Police Department lobby, located at 1212 So. Farrell Road, Lockport.

Accepted prescription and non-prescriptions medicines (pills, salves, liquid medications in original container) must meet the following criteria to be accepted at the Lockport disposal site:

Items not in their original containers MUST be packaged in non-leaking containers.
Remove any personal information contained on the bottle or medicine. This safeguards your identity.

Unacceptable items include: needles, IV bags, medical waste, other sharp items, and thermometers.

The disposal container for the Lockport, Illinois site is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Those medications collected at this site are removed and taken to an approved Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) location for safe disposal. Further information regarding the Lockport, Illinois Drug Disposal Program can be directed to the Lockport Police Department's Crime Prevent Unit. Their number is: 815.838.2132, Ext. 2219.

The Will County (IL) Medication Take-Back Program was created to address the growing concern of medication/drug disposal and the problems disposal can create. By creating this program in 2007 along with the assistance of the Illinois EPA and local pharmacies, Will County, IL hopes to reduce materials of this type ending up in landfills.

Program management also asks that residents of Will County avoid "flushing" old/unwanted medications down a drain or toilet. It has been proven that many of these chemicals/pharmaceuticals are surviving water infiltration and treatment facilities and end up in drinking water.

The County of Will (IL) also offers One-Day Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events ... which also accept medicines/drugs.

Items accepted through the Will County (IL) Medication Take-Back Program include:

Over-the-Counter Medications
Medical devices containing mercury (barometers, blood pressure units, thermometers, etc.)
Prescription Medicines
Prescription Inhalers
Over-the Counter Inhalers
Medicated Ointments
Medicated Shampoos (both human and pet)
Liquids containing Medications
All the above can be Expired or Unwanted items

Those items NOT accepted through this program are:

Bio-Hazardous Materials
Radioactive Materials
DEA Controlled Substances (Illegal Drugs, Narcotic Medications)
Sharps/Needles
Other Household Wastes

Again, all the following steps should be taken prior to dropping off the unwanted/unused medications:

All items should be generated by the public/residents. NO BUSINESS OR DOCTOR'S OFFICE can take part in this program.
Black-out or remove any personal information or label that is on the medication being disposed of.
Drop-off unwanted/unused medications during disposal site's operating hours only.

For a complete listing of all the pharmacies and drop-off locations involved in the Will County(IL) Medication Take-Back Program, please go to: http://www.willcountylanduse.com/WasteServDiv/Documents/Pharm%20Take-Back_20100414.pdf

The Will County (IL) Medication Take-Back Program personnel and administrators ask that those residents dropping off items follow the above guidelines and directions ... and take care to drop-off items only to disposal side personnel or at pharmacies involved. All medications/drugs disposed of through the Will County (IL) Medication Take-Back Program are destroyed.

I hope this updated posts services to assist the residents of Lockport, Illinois and all of Will County, Illinois.

* Should you be in need of mortgage services in the Chicagoland, Will County, Lockport, areas ... please do not hesitate to contact me here on my website at: http://www.genemundt.com/Contact-Info.html.

With over 35 years of knowledge, expertise, and experience behind me, I can provide you stellar service, deliver you to the closing table, and into your new home. You can also reach me at: Direct: 815.277.4036, Cell/Text: 708.921.6331,or Email:gene@chicagobancorp.com. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

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Visit the 26th Annual St. Charles, IL Scarecrow Fest on October 7th through October 9th

The "Giving Garden" Program. How to Donate or Participate in Kane, DuPage, McHenry, Cook, and Lake Counties, in Illinois

Taxes, Assessments, & Property Values ... Some Timely Information for Property Owners.

2011 Chicagoland Easter Bunny & Spring Events Calendar

The Prescription/Non-Prescription Drug & Medication Disposal & Take Back Programs for Lockport, IL & Will County, IL