Just wanted to take a minute and drop you a much overdue "Thanks" to you and your supporters for doing such a great job with Positively Naperville.  It is really neat to be way out here in Arizona and still feel like we're still able to be a part of our Naperville community.  Being able to keep up with all the great things that are ongoing in our community through Positively Naperville has been a real plus for both Marilyn and me. I know that we both look forward to getting it and seeing what's good, that's going on in town. Keep up the great work and pass along our thanks to all those who help

make your project an ongoing success. 

---Glen & Marilyn Ekey

Naperville Residents who sneak away to Arizona when it's cold!

YIPPEE!  We love Positively Naperville at our house!  ---Jeff Gross

Thanks!  We appreciate the extra publicity for our Shop & Share!

--Tammy Niemeyer,  Director of Public Relations,  Little Friends, Inc.

"Great commercial for PN on Fox Sports--anyway, I caught it after the Sox

Game.  Really captures the unique spirit of your venture - and of Naperville.

Congrats!"

---Ruth Fawell

I just visited your web site and think it's great.  I sincerely appreciate

what you're doing and if I can help in any way, including my time, please

don't hesitate to contact me.

---Ed Channell

"...I keep checking your web site. You do a great job!  ---David"

I read your newspaper with great enthusiasm....You can make the difference

positively.  -----Ana Encarnacion

I just was at the bagel-store-Hawthorn Square and I took Positively

Naperville home... I like all the cultural events in it, and I'll save it for

the whole month.---Gudrun Haas

I love the music and jumping happy people!  Nice job (on Teen Scene)!

---Barb

I received a note from my kindergarten teacher regarding Positively

Naperville.  She loves it!

Keep up the good work!

--Grant

Believe it or not, I have had quite a few responses from people who are

reading "Positively Naperville"  One of them even brought me a copy of your

latest issue to use so I could send my California daughter a copy of the

story on "The Old Swinging Bridge".  An earlier story was even printed in our

church newsletter.  Crazy!!  Thanks to you, I seem to have a new mission in

life. 

----Frank Osterland

Thank YOU for all of your support and the great coverage you give the

Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce!  We really appreciate it!

----Heather

Many times I'm approached by people from other communities who

are amazed at the richness of spirit & town pride in Naperville---they want

to duplicate it. But it's not any one activity, person, or group, it's an

attitude! And the best way I can imagine to describe that attitude to people

is to have them read PN and visit the PN website...Thanks!

----Peter Crawford

ethosworkshop

I have added a link to Positively Naperville on my web page for Coldwell

Banker Real Estate and I send prospective buyers to your web site.  I

appreciate the calendar with all the information!

---Gail Niermeyer

Hey, congrats on getting noticed by the White House. That is very cool.

---Jim

I was also just visiting PN's web site and was delighted to see both the

playhouses and our Shop & Share in bold type on your calendar.

Thanks for all that you do to get the word out about Little Friends--we

sincerely appreciate it!

----Tammy

Just read your June issue of PN.  Enjoyed reading about your philosophy;

plus, Carolyn Kuhn, Laura Bush's letter, Stu Carstens, and concept

illustrations of future memorial to 9/11.   ----Louise Grobl

Just recently, I was eating at a local restaurant.  I overheard two men at the next table

talking about this neat new publication, "Positively Naperville."  One said, "I think it's a Chamber publication."

You've got to let people know more about PN. ----Lynne

I picked up a couple of copies of PN at Minuteman yesterday and congratulate

you on another information-packed issue.   ----Frank Allston

Thanks for delivering Positively Naperville to my door.  ---Linda

This is the first time I read Positively Naperville.  I loved it!  Lots of

interesting information I didn't know and I really liked finding out about

all of the events going on in town.    ---Kristi Bramlett

Congratulations on PN. It keeps getting better. Stay Cool!  ----Steve

I was told that our company, Imageworks, was mentioned in

your publication either one or two months ago. How may we

obtain past issues to obtain a copy?-- E.C.Curley, Executive Producer

We appreciate the additional press coverage!

Best regards,-- Erin McNulty, Corporate Relations Manager

Thank you so much for your support with the "Carrier Alert Program."

...The picture of the Postmaster and the Mayor was fabulous!  Positively

Naperville is so great for the Naperville community.  Thanks..."  

---Laura Frohn (and a smiley face!)

PN has come a long way since the beginning.  What a great way to show our

community spirit to others. ...The Teen Scene is fun and lively!  ...Thanks

for bringing out the Positive in Naperville!!!

---Cathy Goulet

Thanks for all the support on the JC's Distinguised Service Awards this year!

---Ann Miller

Hello, Positively!  I would like a subscription...By the way, your website is

great. Regards, ---Kerry Crandall

By the way, want to say thank you in person, but loved the article in

"Positively Naperville."  The "Daily Herald" also ran another great article

last week on the Little Houses project.  The Kiwanis have received more good press from this

one project than anything else they have ever done....Thanks a million from

all of us.---Joanne

Hearty Congratulations on your one year milestone!!  You have

done a great job, and should feel quite proud of the good news you have

shared.  Good luck in the future!

---Alma

Congratulations on the success of your first year! Positively Naperville

seems to be getting better and better each month.---George Bennett

Congratulations on a great 1st year!  Keep up the great stuff! I'm sending

you the grant application info for Fund for the Arts, hoping you will

include it in your August/September issues.   Thanks so much!   ----Deb Newman

Well done! POSITIVELY!!

Kindest regards, Gerry Cassioppi

Congratulations on the first anniversary of Positively Naperville. Your

efforts to create awareness of the many positive people and programs in

Naperville are warmly welcome and have been highly important to our

community. Keep up the good work.  

   We look forward to receiving each issue and we wish you continued

success. Please renew our subscription for another year. The check's in the

mail!                                                                 

  ---Barbara and Frank Allston

I picked up a copy of PN last month & really enjoyed it.  I was happy to see

an article by Frank Osterland.  I remember reading his stories in the Sun

when I first moved to Naperville in 1993.  His & Genevive Towsley's stories

were always enjoyable & informative, especially for a newcomer.  I love to

read stories about "small town" Naperville.  I look forward to reading more

of Mr. Osterland's stories in issues to come.

Thanks, Joanne Kolb

I enjoy using your web site. It is great.

Sincerely,  Frances Tong

I just saw the latest Positively Naperville. Nice article on the Doughboy!

---Sue Omanson

I have added your publication to our media list.  Best wishes on your first

anniversary.  We hope you enjoy many years of happy publication.

--- Niki Chibucos,  The DuPage Community Foundation

I have seen your publication- it is great. Very helpful for everyone in the city. Please let me know if there is anything our office can do to make your job easier.

---Carolyn Hamilton

I was at the Naper Settlement today... At the main entrance I picked up a copy of the August issue of Positively Naperville. Beautiful job! Great issue.

---Greg

I just found your website...it is GREAT!

Soraya McLaughlin

Community Education Specialist

Naperville Fire Department

Think your paper, "Positively Naperville" is great and wish you much success

with it.  Naperville needs a good hometown paper like that.  And when you

start making the 'big bucks" you can hire the local, well-known photographer,

Jo Lundeen, to take your pictures.  She does great work!!

Sharon Murphy

Naperville Police Department

... I enjoy both the website and the newsletter that you have put together. 

This publication is one that will continually grow with time as more people

will be subscribing and reading it!...   ---Kerry Malm

Positively Naperville has been a persistent positive punch in our collective

arms. Thank you! Mindful every moment of the good that is happening in our

community, PN reaches eager readers every month with a colorful publication

of current activities, stellar businesses and tidbits of information that

make Naperville such a great place to live, work and play.

Naperville Community Television has been proud to be a not-for-profit partner

because we, too, are all about Naperville. We teach television production

classes, air local programming and cultivate local support for Naperville's

own public access television station. Look for our ads in Positively

Naperville!

AND ... look for Positively Naperville on NCTV Channel 17. We provide a link

to Positively Naperville on our website at www.naper.com/nctv. Watch for

Positively Naperville information on our Channel 17 Community Message Board.

Stop by the station at 800 West 5th Avenue and pick up a copy of Positively

Naperville.

NCTV salutes the one-year anniversary of Positively Naperville. Thank you for

the highlights and hopes of our hometown! Keep up the good work!

Mary Lou Wehrli

Executive Director, NCTV-Channel 17

Jo's pix were great.   The band wore tux?  Wow!  Unfortunately I missed it as

I was at Interlochen. The web site is great!  Liked the upbeat music from the Teen Scene.  The

young boy who wrote was a good idea to get them involved. 

Bev Frier

My husband and I got a chuckle from seeing the bear and a friend in the

paper.  I'm going to send the picture to my aunt, aged 95, who is the

only person in the world who thinks I'm still a kid; she will enjoy

seeing me out with the animals.

You will be pleased to know that one of my neighbors has brought me the

picture from her copy of "Positively Naperville"-proof that people read

it.

Thanks for the listing of the Garden Show on your website.  I'm

wondering if additions can be made.  I don't recognize the telephone

number; if it is that of the Park District, the people there won't know

much about the show. 

(Signed) Faithful reader

Eleanor Holt

Dear Readers,

Thanks for telling the Positively Naperville corporate sponsors that you appreciate this handy web site and the monthly events guide.  If you haven't seen the events guide, complimentary copies are available at the Naperville Public Libraries as well as local bookstores and coffee shops.

And, of course, you can find it at Art & Frame/Naperville, Minuteman Press, Money Mailer, Roseland Draperies, Great Western Flooring, Wehrli World Travel, My Chef Catering and North Central College.

We also now welcome BBM Incorporated, attorney Dick Kuhn, Expert Plumbing, the Exchange Club, Creative Nursery School, Bill Jacobs BMW, Casey's Foods, DanceWest Ballet, Gene Darfler, King's Court Builders, Meson Sabika, Russell Martin Carpets, St. Patrick's Residence, Tabor Hills, KidsMatter and Jefferson Hill Tea Shops.

Please click here to find out how to submit press releases and other submissions.  You can post calendar items by clicking on "Calendar" on the brick toolbar on any page.

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WOW! - What great coverage on Naperville United Way -too bad you messed up the front page with the picture of the old, gray haired, triple-chinned senior citizen (and that is not Dick Kuhn)! Our community

is very fortunate to have someone like you who continues to reinvest in the community and make us realize what sets this community apart.

I hope you will forward this e-mail on to your sponsors, advertisers and supporters because without them there wouldn't be this sort of great positive publicity. I thank you on behalf of the thousands of community

residents who will benefit from the services of the 25 agencies and organizations that Naperville United Way supports. You are a community resource that we need to cherish and thank.

---Mike Skarr

President & CEO

Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce

I just received our copies. I second Mike's (Skarr) comments!!!---Dick Kuhn

Here's what our readers are saying about Positively Naperville...

(Edited for space, of course!)

I heard so much about your neat publication and finally picked it up and read it. I am really impressed and so glad Positively Naperville is out there spreading the word about all the great stuff that takes place in "Neighbor-ville." ---Kelly Ann Fitzpatrick

Positively Naperville---I'd also ask that we establish a linkage with your publication.  Please link your website to this new address:  www.NCOYouth.com.  I will put your address on NCO's site as well. Thanks very much.  ---Deb Riegler, NCO Youth & Family Services

I went on line and I have read the publication at least twice!  The name, sponsors, articles...all wonderful!  ---Mary Bova

HELLO STEPHANIE!  AWESOME!  I LOVE THE "DUBYA DUBYA DUBYA"

MY TEN BUCKS ARE ON THE WAY! ---ANNETTE KENNEDY

Wow! I just picked up my first copy of Positively Naperville as I was  delivering compact disks to Art & Frame Naperville.  I am happy to see the enthusiasm and content of this pub.  How can I get involved?  We have a compact disk out this holiday season that many Naperville retailers are carrying, entitled 'Tis the Festive Naperville Season.  What can we do to support them?  Please call me and we can discuss involvement.  Cheers! 

---Stacie Steinke, Artistic Director, Festive Singers

Your latest Positively Naperville website positively rates an A+ in my books and surely in many others.  I hope you get a lot of "hits" or whatever they call website visitors.  I trust that you're managing to get your paper off and running. 

---Best regards,  Frank Osterland

Just clicked onto your new Web site.  Kudos kudos!  It is a great web site.  Again, congrats on the web page.  I loved the shot of the plow with the campanile in the background. ---Bev Frier

I have a copy of your new venture.  Good luck with "Positively Naperville."   ---Frank

People are reading it as they wait---they're picking it up before the other newspapers. They think it's fun! ---Art Davis

Thank you for the newspaper! Everyone loves them and Positively Naperville is a nice way to welcome new members of the neighborhood.  Thank you once again.  ---Ronni

I just received Positively Naperville at home and I think it's great!   Good luck! ---Alice Wood

Thanks for including a picture of the WWHA sign and flag.  Jerry and I got a kick out of seeing our handywork on the internet!!  I picked up a copy of Positively Naperville at the YMCA last week and really enjoyed it!  You've got something good going here! 

---Donna Rebeck

I really enjoy reading Positively Naperville and the way it brings people and events together.  It has a way of connecting all of us who live here.  Thanks for doing it. -

--Mayor A. George Pradel

I think the November issue is super!  It made me cry twice, that's not fair, but it was a pleasure to read.  Thank you for creating such a great paper.  Keep up the good work. ---Veronica Porter

I picked up a copy of Positively Naperville at Wilma's and read it cover to cover.

---Frank Sweeney

I picked up a copy of Positively Naperville at Harris Bank today.  It's pretty cool.  Gives lots of valuable info re:  the City, I loved the articles about community goings-on, and the poems were fabulous.  Keep up the good work in this great new public-spirited publication! 

---Shirley Pace

My friend was very complimentary about the poetry in this month's issue of P. N. .   She had seen your TV ad but hadn't seen the publication yet.  Another fan!

---Lisa Tuttle

I, too, appreciate your true enthusiasm for this city and all of its activities.  Thanks for highlighting the United Way.  ---Mayor George Pradel

Hello, Hello to you all and Happy new year!  We're glad to get the subscription to Positively Naperville.  We try to keep up with what's going on in Naperville...it's STAGGERING!

---Chuck and Janie Seidel

Positively Naperville is the "family paper"  in town you can read with your children---especially young readers.  It gives them an introduction to a good newspaper without worrying about negative stories that often appear on the front pages of other papers.  Have you considered this idea for the promotion of Positively Naperville?--Lisa

I love your publication and was wondering if you accept articles from the public for review and possible publication, or if we can at least make suggestions for future articles.  If you are interested, please let me how to submit such items.  Thank you.

--Nancy O'Dacre

  Parent Mentor Program

  NCO Youth & Family Services

  Thank you to everyone who

catches the spirit of Naperville!

Mark Twain was correct when he noted, "He was as shy as a newspaper is when

referring to its own merits."

That's why we appreciate what our readers are saying about Positively Naperville!

Please note that all responses are posted in order of receipt.   Please scroll down to the bottom of this page for the latest comments.

We welcome you to contact us, too.  Thank you!

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Greetings from Our Readers

Please enter our subscription for your Positively Naperville.  Good luck and continued success. -- Carol and Don Crookston

"Thank you for the wonderful article."-- Ricardo Moyano, DanceWest

"I just got Positively Naperville in the mail today.  It just gets better and better!"

--Ron Keller, Director, Naperville Municipal Band

I am very familiar with your publication.  I pick it up at Mail Boxes Etc regularly!  I enjoy it!!  Thank you,

--Wendy Hayum-Gross, Chamber of Commerce Home Team

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