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To PN: I appreciate your coverage and articles in February about the election. It is our hope to have many voters use the convenience of our Early Voting site. (Election judges) will be in Room A at the Municipal Center from Monday, March 3 to Saturday, March 15 (except Sundays).
Our hours have been expanded for convenience. They are now Monday to Friday 8:30AM – 7:30PM. On Saturday, our hours are 9AM – 3PM. Thanks for the information and coverage you have provided for our Early Voting site.
—David Bast, Judge of Election / Technical Support Judge
Editor’s Note: Early Voting hours as well as all candidates running to serve both DuPage County and Will County Naperville residents are posted on PN’s Event Calendar. The Naperville Municipal Center is located at 400 S. Eagle St.
To PN: Thank you, Positively Naperville, for your outstanding, easy-to-use voter guide. The thoroughness of the site, listings of all the candidates, links to candidate websites, and their links to news stories and endorsements, have provided a tremendous civic service to all voters who want to be informed. Thank you for all you do to make this a better community and to remind all of us of our responsibilities as citizens of this great and blessed country!
—Jini Clare, Naperville Resident
Editor’s Note: PN’s aim during every Election is to send educated voters to the polls. Early Voting runs March 3-15. Polls for the Primary Election will be open 6AM-7PM Tues., March 18. Note that many polling places have changed. For a candidate listing, links to polling places and more election info, visit PN’s Election & Voter’s Guide.
To PN’s Tim Penick: WOW – Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all of the incredible coverage of Naperville Restaurant Week in PN! Here is hoping all 260 restaurants are busy are filled with new diners that come back often!! Eat. Shop. Drink. LOCAL!! You ROCK!!!
—Ray Kinney | President. Minuteman Press | Chairman Dine Naperville & Naperville Restaurant Week (Feb. 16-March 3)
To PN: Great article. Thanks. (Cover story, Naperville Restaurant Week, February 2014)
—Don Wirth
Editor’s Note: For the first time in PN’s 12 1/2-year history, the inclement snowy weather delayed our scheduled delivery. If you live outside PN’s delivery area, you’ll find our “flippible” pages online at Latest Issue, located on the top black navigation bar. Otherwise, look for the February issue on your front doorstep today, Feb. 2. PN contracts with an independent service to deliver the monthly publication to your front porch. If it arrives on your driveway in error, please let us know. Thanks for reading.
To PN & Naperville Community regarding local merchants: You always hear nightmares about a total kitchen remodel. Well, we experienced just the opposite.
We have lived in Naperville over 30 years and decided when we invested in a totally new kitchen to use only local merchants…and we are so happy we did. We chose two well established businesses – Taylormade and Finishes. Both are family-owned and run.
Taylormade is owned by Maureen and Howard Taylor and located in the Cress Creek shopping center. Maureen gave us great advice on how to make the kitchen look modern and fresh and gave us several options. Howard came out and took all the measures and had several great ideas on how to maximize the space. But best of all was the dedicated team of 3 guys who put it all together in less than 3 weeks!! We were only without a sink for a few days. Mark was the Jack of all trades on electric, plumbing and cabinet installation. Matt was key in making the cabinets and the finishes and extra touches are amazing. Randy helped Mark and Matt during the entire 3 week process. We loved their work so much that we decided to add matching cabinets in the attached family room.
Finishes is owned and operated by Beverly and Pat Muzar who have run their business for over 25 years and are located on Washington in the heart of downtown Naperville—a block from Quigley’s Irish Pub where we first met them. Pat and his brother Jeff and Valdis put in our hardwood floor. But what makes the kitchen the best is the outstanding creative work of the ceramic tile backsplash by Valdis. It’s absolutely amazing!!! And thanks to Bev for recommending the tiles!!
We have a complete new kitchen in less than four weeks and love it !!! After this great experience, I will shop local all the time!
—Pat Herr
Editor’s Note: PN welcomes positive experiences regarding local businesses. Small independent businesses are the community’s leading job creators. Their owners’ dedication to customer service and reasonable margins on products often make it tough for them to market their businesses as openly and often as larger corporate merchants. We absolutely, positively appreciate the mix of all sizes of businesses that set up shop and headquarters here, all to help provide local jobs, needed now more than ever. We must admit, our hearts are with the little guy. Thanks to Pat Herr for thinking of PN.
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—Carol Phillips, Public Relations Assistant, Tax Help
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To PN: I have been presenting on heroin in Naperville, Illinois, and surrounding communities for three years. Through the years of presenting, hearing mothers share their heartfelt stories about losing their child to a drug overdose/suicide, and working with clients who are addicts, or in recovery, I have learned what is working and what is not working, and I want to change the approach we are taking to address mental illness and drug abuse. I want to share this new approach and get the word out to others with hope in preventing another death to drugs, suicide, or a school shooting.
I wrote a book titled “Dear Counselor…” which stems from a monthly column I write for the Sun Times Media Newspaper. It is an inspiring guide filled with tips and tools to help conquer this battle with offering healthy coping skills to deal with substance abuse, college binge drinking, productive parenting, self-esteem, mental illness, body rocking, child sexual abuse, anger, suicide and more.
I welcome you to visit my web page www.achievingsolutionscounseling.com.
—Kimberly Groll, Naperville, DearCounselorKim@aol.com, Dear Counselor
