Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The four-year-old camper died Friday—just five days shy of his birthday—following an accidental drowning at the Park District’s Roosevelt Pool. Cardenas was on a trip with Glenview-based Wesley Child Care.
Vicente Cardenas’ parents had already purchased a birthday cake as they sent their son to camp last Friday with the excitement of a celebration ahead. But in the most tragic of circumstances, Vicente died following an accidental drowning at Roosevelt Pool in Glenview that afternoon. Tuesday, he was buried with his favorite stuffed animal. He was five days short of his fifth birthday. More: Patch’s complete coverage of Vicente Cardenas' drowning The Cardenas family is still in shock over the events of last week and how an energetic boy could lose his life, said Val Gurvits, Vicente’s uncle and the Cardenas family spokesman. “It’s very difficult,” Gurvits told Patch. “Each conversation I have with any of them, it is hard for any of them not …
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Following the accidental drowning of four-year-old Vicente Cardenas at Glenview’s Roosevelt Pool June 15, local guards share safety tips. Roosevelt Pool staff are still recovering from the tragedy, Park District Executive Director Chuck Balling told Patch
Zach Hester has been a lifeguard with the Village of Glencoe for six years but says he has never encountered anything close to the Friday’s Roosevelt Pool drowning of four-year-old Vicente Cardenas. More: Patch’s complete coverage of Vicente Cardenas' drowning The recent Northern Illinois University graduate works a six-hour shift that incorporates practice sessions to make sure he and the rest of his staff stay sharp and focused. Hester has seen bad lacerations and broken bones in his six summers patrolling the waters. “It’s a very serious job and we took the position knowing we are going to be in life and death situations,” Hester said. “We pride ourselves on having a vigilant staff. We’re concerned for our patrons, so that is why we …
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Public safety officials continue to investigate the death of 4-year-old Vicente Cardenas. The victim was one of 19 children on a trip to Roosevelt Pool with Glenview-based Wesley Child Care Center.
The 4-year-old boy who drowned at a Glenview pool Friday was part of a group of children from a local child care center visiting the Park District facility. Vicente Cardenas was one of 19 children visiting Roosevelt Pool, 2239 Fir St., from Glenview-based Wesley Child Care Center, said Ellen Fagerburg, Wesley’s executive director. More: Patch’s complete coverage of Vicente Cardenas' drowning When Patch spoke with Fagerburg Saturday night, she would not discuss the circumstances surrounding Cardenas’ death. “Everything is under review,” she told Patch. According to Fagerburg, eight counselors were on hand to accompany the children at Roosevelt Pool, where the childcare agency has been taking campers for more than 20 years. Lifeguards …
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The village could partner with Wilmette and Kenilworth to reduce costs.
After hearing presentations about the costs and benefits of electricity aggregation, the Glenview Board of Trustees unanimously voiced their support for moving forward with the process at Tuesday’s workshop. Formal approval will be discussed at a later meeting. Deputy Village Manager Don Owen explained the process, which allows communities to pool their residential and small business electrical needs to seek bids for power. If voters approved an electricity aggregation referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot, all residents would automatically be added to the pool unless they chose to opt out. Don't miss a thing: Sign up for our free newsletter! “If we control the bids through an aggregation process we think we can get savings,” Owen said. “However…
Monday, May 28, 2012
Glenview Village President Kerry Cummings shares her thoughts on remembering war veterans.
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Thomas Jefferson once said, “the price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.” Our freedoms, our liberties were bought and paid for by the men and women who have died in service to our country. These brave men and women gave their lives in pursuit of that eternal vigilance. It is through their sacrifice that we enjoy our liberties, our freedoms today. Memorial Day is a day the nation sets aside to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to establish, maintain and preserve the freedoms that we so enjoy. It is to remember those who fought to form this country, to lay the foundation for our freedoms. It is to remember those who fought in our civil war, a war that expanded freedoms. It is to remember those who fought in Europe and in the …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Weekend luncheon and variety show brings together current and former students along with faculty and local politicians to celebrate five decades of education.
Glenbrook South commemorated its golden anniversary over the weekend with an afternoon luncheon and variety show. Over a thousand guests gathered for the event, bringing together many former and current students and faculty. The afternoon began with a meal in the school's field house. Student Council President Merrick Topping led guests in a rendition of "Happy Birthday" in the school's honor. Several speakers took to the podium during the event, among them Representative Bob Dold, State Representative Daniel Biss and GBS Principal Brian Wegley. Related: Glenbrook South Celebrates 50 Years Strong After lunch, guests moved to the school's auditorium for a further presentation and the variety show. There, Village President Kerry Cumming read…
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The utility tells trustees how it plans to improve its service following last summer's fiasco
Time has a way of cooling anger and venom. And that certainly applies to Commonwealth Edison--even with irate customers who lost power last summer. However, the issue of system reliability has not been forgotten and continues to be addressed. At Tuesday’s Village Board meeting, Glenview trustees received details of a plan by the utility to make improvements in the electrical infrastructure so the chances of additional power outages will be reduced. Read more: Glenview Hit Hard by Summer Storms, Outages Eric Duray, ComEd’s external affairs manager for the north region, said the utility has already begun to clear vegetation and tree branches from the nearby lines in the Park Manor/Robincrest and Swainwood neighborhoods, in addition to …
Friday, November 4, 2011
Dispute continues between trustees and library board over 2012 budget.
The Glenview Village Board came a step closer to forcing the Library Board to use its own money to service its debt rather than rely on funds from the Village’s general fund at Tuesday’s regularly scheduled meeting. At its last meeting Oct. 18, the Board suggested the Library pay $488,000 of its debt service from its reserves rather than Glenview’s general fund. Library President M. David Johnson was strongly opposed and remained so Tuesday. “As a Village Board you have the authority to reduce the library’s tax levy by fiat,” Johnson said. “Should you elect to do so the library will have to reduce its budget to match the reduced levy. Please don’t make the mistake of assuming the budget will automatically be a reduction of our fund …
Friday, October 21, 2011
Trustees want library to operate with less.
A dispute over prudent stewardship of taxpayer dollars broke out between the Glenview Village Board and the Library Board of Trustees Tuesday night when Library Board President M. David Johnson presented his 2012 budget. After Johnson presented his plan and Village Trustees asked questions about revenue and expenses Trustee Deborah Karton asked Johnson about using some of the library’s reserves to reduce taxpayer burden. “Can you take $250,000 from your fund balance as an offset to the permanent fund?” Karton asked. With that, Village President Kerry Cummings asked if the contribution would keep the Library Board within its standard of a fund balance between 40 to 50 percent. The balance would be reduced to 39 percent. The Village and …
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Century old social service organization serving visually impaired and blind to open Dec. 10.
The Chicago Lighthouse, a 105-year-old social service organization for the blind and visually impaired, will open its first satellite location in Glenview with a dedication from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 10 at 222 Waukegan Road. The Village Board unanimously approved the final site plan for the project at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. “We welcome them and look forward to them being part of Glenview,” Village President Kerry Cummings said after the meeting. “They have an important mission in our community.” Lighthouse Director of Operations Kevin Kupritz anticipates serving more than 28,000 people at the facility. He was at the meeting along with architect Phillip Kupritz who designed the renovation of the property and President and …
A Glenview Parent
8:22 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
PROMISING NEWS- I just heard from a Wesley parent that Senator Dick Durbin's office is making an informal legal inquiry into Wesley Child Care's lack of sharing information with the Cardenas family under the banner of Parental rights. Let's hope this helps the Cardenas family. more ›