• 6:30pm Meet and greet
• 7:00pm Clean elections video (PBS production)
• 7:20pm Panel discussion
• 8:00pm Questions and answers
• 9:00pm Refreshments off sight

Ms. Mitchell, is a creative flutist, composer and bandleader.

She was Downbeat magazine's "Risisng Star Flutist 2005-2008"; she was voted "Chicagoan of the Year 2006" by the Chicago Tribune; and Jazz Journalist Association awarded her "Jazz Flutist of the Year 2008." Ms. Mitchell is also the founder of the critically acclaimed Black Earth Ensemble and Black Earth Strings.

Cost: $35 RSVP by March 1 or call 847-604-1207.

Park Board candidates' forum is from 3:15-4:15pm. Candidates for Park Board are: James L. "Jim" Brault, Carol Farrell, Darrell J. Graham and Michael Murdock.

The forum will be moderated by Joan Kaltsas from the Lake Bluff/Lake Forest League. This event will be broadcast live on local cable.

What is Bunco?

Max McGee, President of the Illinois Math & Science Academy and former superintendent of Wilmette District 39, will be joined by Gov. Pat Quinn's Deputy Chief of Staff Julie Smith, to discuss the status quo in public school education in Illinois and why it has become a problem for all students and communities in the state. Also speaking is Dea C. Meyer, Executive Vice President, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Please click here for UNITEDWELEARNFLYER

After three years of study by staff, parents, students and community members, the New Trier Board of Education has endorsed a Long Range Facilities Plan that outlines facilities priorities over the next several decades. As a next step, the Board will identify a first construction project and its timing. The suggested plan would consist of:

• West side addition at Winnetka (replacing the Cafeteria, Music /Performing Arts Building, and Tech Arts Building +which also would construct approximately 25 new large classrooms for o ther academic programs)
• East side athletic addition at Winnetka (replacing the Gates facility and adding a Field House with 12 classrooms and additional extracurricular spaces)
• Improvements at Northfield campus (modest renovation of classroom spaces and outdoor athletic space) The proposed project would require the New Trier Board to seek community approval. The earliest possible referendum would be in February 2010.
  --above from the New Trier High School June 2009 Facilities Plan Looks to Future League members and guests are invited to a guided tour of the New Trier High School Winnetka Campus at 385 Winnetka Avenue. Tour participants will meet in Room 301 for a 30 minute informal presentation by Superintendent Linda Yonke, followed by Q and A and a 90 minute tour with Linda Yonke and John Neiweem, Director of Physical Plant Services. WILMETTE LEAGUE MEMBERS: R.S.V.P no later than Thursday, July 16 to Therese Steinken: tmsteinken@gmail.com For more information about the proposed projects: www.newtrier.k12.il.us/facilities

Please bring a salad or dessert to serve 8 guests OR $7.00. To help with planning, please reply to DOROTHY SPEIDEL at 847-989-4716 or d-speidel@northwestern.edu BY JULY 20th.

Registration begins at 11:45 am.

Cost: $15 includes a box lunch, drinks and dessert. Payable at the door (cash or check).

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND HOW IT SPENDS OUR MONEY.

FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION THERE WILL BE A SPIRITED LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS DISCUSSION. PLEASE BRING YOUR QUESTIONS!!

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

Discussion Leader: Georgia Gebhardt

Ralph Martire, the long time executive director of the Center for Tax & Budget Accountability, has studied and advocated for systemic change in the way schools are funded in Illinois. He is best known for coining the term "structural deficit" as the root cause of Illinois' fiscal crisis - that is, the result of a tax system that does not generate enough revenue to continue funding the current level of public services, adjusting for inflation and population growth.

Free and Open to the Public

CO-SPONSORS [list in progress]:

• League of Women Voters of Wilmette
• Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs
• Legislative Task Force of School District 65/202 PTA Council
• Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
• Education Justice Committee of Congregation Hakafa
• Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
• New Beginnings North Shore Church-Evanston
• Temple Jeremiah

• Issues Program 9:15 a.m. to Noon Redistricting + How Can We Ensure the Lines Will Be Drawn Fairly? 1) Rep. Mike Fortner, Illinois' 95th District and a Winner in Ohio's Redistricting Map Drawing Contest; 2) Tom Geoghegan, Attorney, Author, and Activist; and 3) Justin Levitt, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law Illinois' Fiscal Crisis + What Can We Do? John Bouman, President of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and Spokesperson for the Responsible Budget Coalition
• Luncheon Noon + 1:00 p.m.
• Workshops (select one of four) 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The 2010 Census: Uncle Sam needs YOU! What your League can do to help achieve a complete count. Redistricting Citizen's Initiative: Let's get going! How Local Leagues can educate their communities and get those petitions signed! Term Limits for Leaders: Is this the solution? The Illinois Budget: A look from all sides + What can we eliminate, from where, and what are the consequences? To register for the Issues Briefing online, go to http://www.lwvil.org by January 27

LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEAGUE PLANNING Discuss what issues the League will consider for possible study or action 2010-2012.

Featuring: Ralph Martire, Executive Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability representing The Responsible Budget Coalition

Mr. Martire is the one who popularized the term "structural deficit." He is a technical advisor to the bipartisan, bicameral Legislative Education Caucus of the Illinois General Assembly, an advisor to the Legislative Black Caucus, and gives policy briefings, technical assistance, key testimony and legislative drafting at the request of legislators on both sides of the political aisle.

Purchase your own tickets, bring your own food/drink and join the group on the lawn to picnic together and then listen to CSO perform Chopin. Bring your lawn chairs (or blanket) and enjoy the music under the stars. However, some folk have indicated that they would prefer to enjoy the concert from the Pavilion. Great! But, picnic with us first!

We will begin to gather on the lawn at 6:00 pm.

Note: Spouses/significant others are VERY, VERY welcome!

Although an RSVP is not `required', it would be nice to have an idea of how many will be gathering. So, if you can/will, please let me know if you are planning to attend.

I hope you will join us. It promises to be a fun and relaxing evening together! Please RSVP to Libby Bankoff at Lbankoff@sbcglobal.net or 847-256-7509

Program information: Enchanting Chopin Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Frédéric Chopin Monday, June 28, 2010 8:00 PM Pavilion

Chicago Symphony Orchestra James Conlon, Conductor Garrick Ohlsson, Piano Reserved $50/$40 Lawn $12 Ticket & dining package $65

Gates open at 5:00 PM

Audiences clamor for music of Poland's ultimate musical ambassador, Frédéric Chopin, and Ravinia gets regular requests to program the timeless preludes, waltzes, nocturnes and concertos that have remained popular for centuries because of their memorable and beautiful melodies. Now your musical prayers have been answered.

Chopin explored new forms that his predecessors and contemporaries had not: his ballades, preludes, Polonaises and mazurkas made attendance at one of his "salons" Europe's most coveted invitation, and his liaison with the charismatic counter-culture author Georges Sand, as well as his abiding yet fraught friendship with his fellow keyboard genius, Franz Liszt, kept his personal life as fascinating as his music. The opening concert of the 2010 Chicago Symphony Orchestra summer residency demonstrates why Garrick Ohlsson was the first American ever to win the coveted Chopin Prize. The all-Chopin program includes both concertos and various famous solo works. Chopin:Fantasie in F Minor/A-flat Major, Op. 49 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 Scherzo in B-flat Minor/D-flat Major, Op. 31 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11

LWVIL will be developing an educational piece explaining the Recall Amendment HJRCA31 and it pros and cons.

After the initial look at the Recall Amendment the committee may continue on to review and update our positions on Recall and Term Limits as supported by a program recommendation passed at the LWVIL 2009 Convention.