Join the Westfield Walkers Club sponsored by Saint Francis Hospital.

Come join your friends and neighbors in a safe and effective exercise program where you can enhance your lifestyle by staying healthy and fit.

Time: Saturdays from 9-10am through October 2nd.

Where: Arcade Shops next to

Enhance professional skills without leaving home via distance learning courses offered through the Alliance for Lifelong Learning at Oakton Community College.
     
Online courses require email, a Web browser (Internet Explorer; Firefox) and Internet access. Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader also are required. Classes run for eight weeks beginning Wednesday, Sept. 15. Each featured course is $109 ($70 for in-district seniors age 60 or older).

The Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc. (CEDA) has entered into a formal partnership with Kids Academy to provide a comprehensive Head Start program for children between ages of 3 and 5.  This project is being funded under the Office of Head Start/Administration for Children and Families.

Registration is occurring now. Opening Day is September 7, 2010.

 Filipino American History Month, also known as the Filipino American Heritage Month, is celebrated in October.  Here are several Skokie events marking the event.

Saturday, October 2nd:

1:30am-12:30pm - Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center

Golf Rd.

The registration for the Tuesday, Thursday classes will talke place on Tuesday, September 14, 9:30 am at the Skokie Public Library

The registration for Saturday classes wil take place on Saturday, September 11, 9:30 am at the Skokie Public Library.

Selected management and marketing courses geared to busy professionals are being offered this fall at Oakton Community College. Classes in the Career Action Series meet evenings and weekends and may be applied to a degree or certificate at Oakton. Featured classes meet at the Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road.

Events Planning (MKT 260-050) focuses on the skills needed to manage special events.

 John Carzoli, professor of physics, and Michael Madill, instructor of geography, history, and political science, are the recipients of the 2010 Ray Hartstein Awards for Outstanding Professional Excellence in Teaching at Oakton Community College. The honors were announced Aug. 19 at the College’s annual breakfast.

Carzoli, chair of the physical science department, joined Oakton full-time in 1999.

The Niles Township High School District 219 Athletic Departments and Youth Softball Development will hold the first camp program specifically designed for junior high school softball players. The Fall Junior High Softball Camp is for girls entering sixth through eighth grade in the fall of 2010.

Camp will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays starting September 7 and running through October 30 (a total of 24 sessions) at Niles West High School, 5701 W.