Monday, July 15, 2013
Sunday, July 14, 2013
New county board member may be seated at July 17 meeting | Belvidere Daily Republican
Written by Bob Balgemann
Most of the current Boone County Board members have had a chance to interview the two candidates for the District 3 seat, vacated by Mike Schultz when he moved out of the district.
They are Chris Berner and Joseph J. Capovilla, both of Belvidere
New county board member may be seated at July 17 meeting | Belvidere Daily Republican
Friday, July 12, 2013
Mobile Food Pantry helps feed Belvidere - WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader
Actually the mobile food pantry was at Salvation Army on Main Street in June 2013 and feed a like number of people. That was funded by the Belvidere/Boone County Food Bank (Capron)
The Mobile Food Pantry, hosted by the Community Cupboard, delivered nutritious food to people in need.
The group helps many students families throughout the school year, but organizers say having a mobile pantry allows them to expand their services to others in need. Thursday was the first time the Mobile Food Pantry's been out in a couple years. And organizers say it was a success.
"It's a great opportunity to reach out to the entire community and to put more food on the tables of our students and their families during the summer months when the kids are home so there are more meals that are being made at home," said Shannon Hansen.
Roughly 200 people benefited from the Mobile Food Pantry.
Mobile Food Pantry helps feed Belvidere - WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Boone County Journal Editorial on Appointments / “advice and consent”
The following is taken from July 12, 2013 Boone County Journal which is available free of cost at merchants across Boone County and on the internet at: http://www.boonecountyjournal.com/news/2013/Boone-County-News-07-12-13.pdf#page=1
Churches contacted about regularly hosting community meals |
Belvidere Daily Republican
Written by Bob Balgemann
In Boone County the meals would be either monthly or weekly, depending on the capability of the host church. The meals would be open to anyone, with no requirements to satisfy….
As proposed right now there would be four locations to serve the northern Boone County area. Food would be provided by the Belvidere/Boone County Food Pantry in Capron.
Read on about the June Free Food Distribution---
Hunger Strike by California Inmates, Already Large, Is Expected to Be Long - NYTimes.com
Estimates that 30,000 inmates, 2/3 of CA prisons involved in strike. Read the entire article for all the issues involved.
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: July 10, 2013
The protest is centered on the state’s aggressive solitary confinement practices, but it appeared to have attracted support from many prisoners with their own demands for changes in prison conditions.
California is facing the threat of being charged with contempt of court after a Supreme Court order in May 2011 to reduce its prison population by 10,000 inmates this year. The court said crowding and terrible conditions inside the prison system constituted inhumane treatment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On Wednesday, the state filed for a stay of the court’s order to release prisoners.
Click on the following for the entire article: Hunger Strike by California Inmates, Already Large, Is Expected to Be Long - NYTimes.com
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Wanted: Affordable, big parking lot for food pantry in Capron - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
By Jennifer Wheeler
The organization will need to spend at least $43,000 for a paved lot large enough for 50 to 60 vehicles near the intersection of Ogden Avenue and Fifth Street.
Capron officials have asked the nonprofit to create parking space to prevent motorists from illegally parking on the street. Hordes of cars line the roads each Tuesday, the pantry’s distribution day, making it difficult for emergency vehicles and residents to drive through the area.
Executive Director Linda Clark said the group doesn’t know whether it will receive grant money to pay for it, though. And she said there wouldn’t be enough spaces to handle the volume of cars on distribution days.
Read more: http://www.rrstar.com/news/x853686395/Wanted-Affordable-big-parking-lot-for-food-pantry-in-Capron#ixzz2YfNvuDBh
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