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02/04/201215:00: Meet & Greet Ilya Sheyman in Highland Park
Saturday, February 4, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Home of Amy Spungen
660 Judson Ave., Highland Park
Sunday, February 5, 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Home of Joan Herczeg
1971 Linden Ave., Highland Park
Saturday, February 11, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Home of Maryon “Happy” Stone
135 Lakewood Place, Highland Park
Sunday, February 12, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Home of Bryn Benson, 576 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Sunday, February 19, 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Home of Sharon Narrod, 1139 Bob-O-Link Rd., Highland Park
Contact: RSVP by email or call 224-216-2653.
You are invited to meet Ilya Sheyman, Democrat running for Congress in the 10th Congressional District. Light food and refreshments will be served. To RSVP, call 224-216-BOLD (2653) or email max@ilyasheyman.com.
02/04/201216:00: Meet Chris Kennedy, Candidate for State’s Attorney
Saturday, February 4, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Home of Anne & Vic Bassi
3325 Summit Ave., Highland Park
State Sen. Susan Garrett, State Rep. Karen May, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, former State Representative Lauren Beth Gash, Lake County Board members Anne Flanigan Bassi and Michelle Feldman, Moraine Township Supervisor Mari Barnes, West Deerfield Township Supervisor Julie Morrison, Highland Park City Council members Steve Mandel, Paul Frank, and Tony Blumberg, Judith & Arthur Tepfer, Alyssa & Jeremy Knobel, and Vic Bassi invite you to meet Chris Kennedy, Democratic candidate for Lake County State’s Attorney.
Chris Kennedy is a former prosecutor and Assistant Lake County State’s Attorney. Chris was lead prosecutor in numerous jury trials, successfully obtaining convictions in hundreds of criminal cases. Currently Chris is in private practice, focusing on civil litigation representing victims of negligence, fraud and civil rights abuses in state and federal courts. He has taught classes on criminal law and evidence at Columbia College.
For more information or to assist in the campaign, visit www.ChrisKennedy2012.com or send an email.
02/05/201210:00: Candidate Program at North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in Highland Park
Sunday, February 5, 10:00 – 11:30 am
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, 1175 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
The public is invited to a special voter education program to meet the Democratic primary election candidates. There will be a short presentation by the candidates running for U.S. Congress in the 10th District: Vivek Bavda, Aloys Rutagwibira, Brad Schneider, Ilya Sheyman, and John Tree; for State Senate District 29, Julie Morrison and Milton J. Sumption; for State Representative, District 58, Scott Drury; for Clerk of the Lake County Circuit Court, Cynthia Pruim Haran; for Coroner, Thomas A. Rudd and Artis Yancey; for Recorder, Mary Ellen Vanderventer; for State’s Attorney, Chris Kennedy, Reginald C. Mathews, and Karen Boyd Williams. For more information, send an email to Michael Simkin, chair.
The Men’s Club, Sisterhood and synagogue do not endorse or support a candidate or a political party. A similar program is scheduled for Republican primary election candidates.
02/07/201217:00: Tenth for Obama/OFA Phone Bank in Highland Park
Thursday, February 7, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Moraine Township Democratic Organization
442 Central Ave., Highland Park
(2nd floor, above Enaz)
Join Tenth for Obama/Obama for America (OFA) to make phone calls to Wisconsin. RSVP to Marilyn Halliday, 847-541-0823.
02/16/201219:00: Highland Park House Party for Chris Kennedy
Thursday, February 16, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Location to be disclosed
Meet Chris Kennedy and hear about his campaign for Lake County State’s Attorney.
Please RSVP by email or call 224-221-0925 for address.
02/25/201213:00: Tenth Dems and WCPT Radio To Host Live Congressional Candidate Forum
Saturday, February 25, 1:00 pm
(Doors open at 12:30 p.m)
Hyatt Hotel, 1750 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield
With primaries around the corner, 10th Congressional District voters can choose among five Democratic hopefuls: Vivek Bavda, Aloys Rutagwibira, Brad Schneider, Ilya Sheyman, and John Tree. To help voters decide, Tenth Congressional District Democrats (Tenth Dems) and WCPT-AM/FM radio have invited all five candidates to participate in a live, on-air candidate forum moderated by veteran Chicago political journalist Dick Kay.
For the past four decades, Kay has been one of the leading voices in Chicago political journalism. He hosted “City Desk” on WMAQ-TV and currently hosts the weekly talk radio show “Back on the Beat” on WCPT-AM/FM, Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, which will be the venue for this candidate forum.
For more info, click here, call 847-266-VOTE (8683), or send an email.




