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Village of Oswego Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) off ered at the Senior Center

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Tax Return Preparation is available at: Oswego Senior Center156 E Washington St, Oswego, IL

Beginning February 4: Eve-ry Monday from 1 pm - 6 pmSaturdays, March 9th and 23rd from 9 am - 12 pm

The VITA Program provides FREE tax return preparation.

Service available to individuals who earn $25,000 or less and families who earn up to $51,000 per yearFREE federal and state in-come tax return preparationFREE electronic fi ling allows you to get your refund fast and keep more money in your pocketReturns prepared and fi led by IRS certifi ed volunteers

Items to bring to the VITA site to have your tax returns prepared: Proof of identifi cation – Picture IDSocial Security Cards or In-dividual Taxpayer Identifi ca-tion cards/notices for you, your spouse and all dependentsBirth dates for you, your spouse and dependents on the tax return

All income forms from pay-ers (e.g. W-2s, 1099s)If you are a homeowner, your most recent property tax billStatements from college or universi-ty (e.g. Form 1098-T) if you or your dependent(s)attended college in 2012Information for other forms of income (e.g. self-employment)Total paid for daycare provider and the daycare provider's tax identify-ing number (the provider's Social Security Number or the provider's business Employer Identifi - cation Number) if appropriate

To fi le taxes electronically on a married-fi ling-joint tax re-turn, both spouses must be pre- sent to sign the required formsA copy of last year’s feder-al and state returns if availableProof of bank account routing num-bers and account numbers for Direct Deposit, such as a blank check

To schedule an appointment to have your taxes prepared call 630-554-5602

County Wide News Kendall County Warming Centers

Oswegoland Warming Centers

Oswegoland Park District- Civic Center, 5 Ash-lawn Ave., Montgomery- Prairie Point, 313 E. Washington St., Oswego- Boulder Point Location, 0 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery- South Point Location, 810 Preston Lane, Oswego

Oswego Presbyterian Church- 1976 Route 25, Oswego

Oswego Senior Center- 156 E. Washington St., Oswego(Mon.-Fri. 9 - 4 p.m.)

Oswego Village Hall- 100 Parkers Mill, Oswego (corner of Washington & Rt 31)

Village of Montgomery Lottery & Sweepstakes Scams

The Montgomery Police Depart-ment would like to remind you to be aware of lottery & sweepstakes scams that have recently increased nationwide.

Warning Signs...

*You receive a letter, email or text message saying you have won a prize in a lottery or sweep-stakes that you did not even enter. *You are asked to send a fee or bank account details to collect your prize. Legitimate lotteries do not require you to pay a fee to collect winnings. *A full street address is not given. In-stead, a post offi ce (PO) box number, email address or mobile phone num-ber is provided as a contact point. *The sender claims that they have identifi ed you as a winner by ran-domly choosing your email address. Offi cial lottery offi ces do not select prize winners this way nor do they use email to advise players that a prize has been won. Sweepstake scammers email as many people as they can. *The sender claims the off er is legal. *The sender claims the off er has government approval.

Decide.....*If you receive an email, letter or text message telling you that you’ve won a lottery or a sweepstakes prize—do not respond. Do not write back and do not send any money or personal details to the scammers.

*Providing personal details such as bank account details will make you vulnerable to having your identity stolen. You may have your bank ac-count cleaned out or a loan taken out in your name. If you respond, you might also be put on a list and fl ooded with similar emails or letters.

*If the lottery is anything other than a registered lottery—say no! Be very wary of sweepstakes competitions

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that ask you to send money or per-sonal details.

**REMEMBER: If you have to PAY money to GET money, it's probably NOT a legitimate theory!!**

City of Plano Brush Pick UpBrush pick up begins in May.

Brush may be placed on the park-ways from the 1st through the 7th ONLY of each of the months of May through October. The brush will be picked up by the City starting as soon as possible on or after the 8th day.

The City trucks will make only one pass along each street.

Brush is defi ned as cut or broken branches from bushes and trees, not exceeding four feet (4') in length and

not exceeding twelve inches (12") in diameter.

Violations of this ordinance are sub-ject to fi nes not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 plus all applica-ble court costs.

Village of Plainfi eld VILLAGE NEWSFebruary Gasland Movie Screen-ing to Explore Issues of FrackingIs “fracking” a breakthrough tech-nology that will help our country achieve energy independence or is it a highly destructive practice with severe, long-term environmental consequences? The February pro-gram of the Green Village Lecture Series off ers a free screening of the documentary movie, Gasland, which explores this important and divisive topic. The screening will be held at 7 pm on Monday, February 11, at the

Plainfi eld Public Library. To regis-ter, click here.

Tax AssistanceThe Tax Assistance Program (TAP) provides free tax return prepara-tion for households and individuals that qualify. Services are off ered at the Plainfi eld Offi ce of Representa-tive Tom Cross, 24047 W. Lockport Street, on Saturdays in February, March, and April. For details, click here to review the TAP Brochure.

Lockport Street Pedestrian Bridge Construction UpdateConstruction of the Lockport Street Pedestrian Bridge continues. ComEd and Comcast have complet-ed utility relocations to facilitate the excavation and overhead work near the bridge. Once the abutments and wingwalls are completed, the steel beams will be set into place and the concrete bridge deck poured. Work will continue through the winter as long as the weather allows. Please be aware of temporary lane closures

throughout the winter as the con-tractor works on the project. Visit the Village's Facebook page for pro-ject photos.

Lockport Street Sidewalk ClosedThe sidewalk along the south side of Lockport Street is closed at the DuPage River Bridge to facilitate construction of the new pedestrian bridge. Pedestrians are urged to utilize an alternate route during the closure. The sidewalk will be closed for the duration of construction.

Snowplowing InformationTo review the Village's snowplowing procedures, click here. You can also follow the Village's Public Works De-partment on Facebook (Plainfi eld, IL Public Works) and/or Twitter (@Plainfi eldILPW) for the latest snow-plowing updates! The Village also has a hotline for snowplowing up-dates: (815) 609-6145. The hotline is updated regularly as conditions change.


Coff ee with the Mayor - February 13Please join Mayor Collins for cof-fee and conversation on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 9 am at the Vil-lage Hall, 24401 W. Lockport Street. All residents are invited.

Consolidated Election 2013The Consolidated Election is April 9, 2013. For details about becom-ing an election judge or for other election information, visit the Will County Clerk’s web site at www.thewillcountyclerk.com or call (815) 740-4632.

State of Illinois job Tracker Job Title: Offi ce Associate - Opt SS2Agency: Public HealthClosing Date/Time: Fri. 02/15/13 5:00 PM Central TimeSalary: $2,942.00 - $3,709.00 monthlyJob Type:Full-TimeLocation: DuPage County, IllinoisNumber of Vacancies:1Bid ID#: IDPH 67199

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Description of Duties/Es-sential Functions Bene-fi ts Supplemental Questions

Under direction, independently performs a variety of specialized clerical typing, record and docu-ment processing, correspondence, licensure certifi cation for the Long Term Care Licensure and Certifi -cation programs of the Long Term Care Field Operations Program; develops and revises internal forms;

assembles necessary documentation and pre-survey packages for survey staff . Speaks and writes Spanish at a colloquial skill level to members of the Spanish speaking community. Reviews and processes all survey documents for licensure and certi-fi cation programs, including review of all documents for technical com-pletion and accuracy, discussion of problem surveys with regional su-pervisors, follow up on corrections to survey documentation, submis-sion of facility responses, comments, and documentation with statutory time frames, status of facility re-sponses returned for evaluation and review; prepares certifi cation pack-ages for fi nal review by regional supervisors prior to submission. Minimum Requirements:Requires knowledge, skill and men-tal developmental equivalent to com-pletion of high school and two years of offi ce experience. Requires exten-sive knowledge of offi ce practices, procedures and programs. Requires extensive knowledge of composition, grammar, spelling and punctuation. Requires working knowledge of ba-sic mathematics. Requires elemen-tary knowledge of agency programs, rules and regulations. Requires abil-ity to follow oral and written instruc-tions. Requires the ability to type accurately at 45 words per minute. Requires the ability to speak and write Spanish at a colloquial skill level. Prefer experience working with MS Word 2007, Excel, and Outlook. Work Hours & Loca-tion/Agency Contact:Work Hours & Location: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Offi ce of the Director West Chicago Regional Offi ce 245 W. Roosevelt Road West Chicago, IL

Agency Contact: Offi ce of Human Resources 535 W. Jeff erson St. 4th fl Springfi eld, IL 62761 217-785-2031

Non State Employees : Fol-low the HOW TO AP-PLY instructions/link below. How to Apply:Click Here for Applicant Informa-tion and Grading Procedures

This position may require a current grade from Central Management Services (CMS), Division of Exam-ining and Counseling, to be deemed qualifi ed and available for employ-ment consideration. For more infor-mation, please refer to the Work4Il-linois website at Work.Illinois.Gov and select 'Application Procedures'. Additional information may also be obtained from the Agency Contact listed above or by contacting CMS, Division of Examining and Coun-seling at [email protected] or (217) 782-7100, (217) 785-3979 (TDD/TTY), (800) 526-0844 (TTY Only).

Additional Documentation for Of-fi ce Associate:

Option SS2 - Spanish Speaking/Typing

Class Specifi cation Additional Title and Exam Information Test Information Guide

These documents are in PDF for-mat and can be viewed using Adobe Reader.

NOTE: Salary amounts shown are only to be used as a guide; actual sal-ary will be determined at the time of hire based on current salary plans and/or collective bargaining agree-ments, if applicable.

Dyson is hiring Job Title: Online Advisor - Aurora, IL

Country: USA

Department: Customer Experience

Reference: PS4914

PURPOSE OF THE POSITIONTo assist the Multi-Channel Super-visor, in the administration of Dy-son social media initiatives related to customer service. To provide sup-port for projects related to the Dy-son.com online spares and accesso-ries e-commerce store, the Dyson.

com support section and contacting customers to address issues that are raised by customers via the Dyson.com user review program.

This is what we need you to do...

1. ONLINE CUSTOMER SERVICE• Monitor/review new and exist-ing user review content for action-able customer service opportunities.• Contact customers by phone and/or email to follow-up on and/or resolve actionable cus-tomer service opportunities daily• Maintain in-depth knowledge of Dyson product, processes and service options to achieve eff ective and time-ly resolution to service challenges• Make decisions, resolve prob-lems, and use good judg-ment in all interactions• Demonstrate excellent interper-sonal, organizational, and leadership skills

2. SOCIAL MEDIA MONITOR-ING, WEBSITE QUALITY ASSUR-ANCE AND PROJECT SUPPORT• Monitor targeted social media websites for actionable content from consumers and report these opportunities to the Associate On-line Customer Service Manager• Report any and all trends found while monitoring targeted and non-target-ed social media and other websites• Assist in the preparation of the monthly Dyson.com user review program reports• Provide website quality assurance testing support of the US website before, during and after the imple-mentation of updates for errors in product pricing, availability and/or overall functionality.

3. FULFILL OTHER DU-TIES AS REQUIRED• Relish opportunities to pick up new activities that fall broad-ly in the purpose of this role• Fix things that you can see need fi xing• Identify problems and fi nd solutions• Special projects as needed

This is what we need you to have...

Experience and Education• High School diplo-ma or equivalent required• Minimum 2 years experience in a customer service position, call center experience preferred• 1+ years of experience in an on-line customer support role required• Experience with social media websites (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo Answers, YouTube, etc.)• Experience working in a ma-jor ecommerce customer sup-port environment preferred• Experience

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working with a CRM program for a consumer brand preferred• Experience with Quality Assurance testing of a major ecommerce web-site preferred

Skills/Competencies • Ability to understand the Dy-son brand and uphold its integrity. • Strong/advanced written and oral communication skills re-quired and must be demonstrated • Advanced profi ciency in Mi-crosoft Excel, Word, Power-Point, and Outlook preferred• Ability to type 50 wpm • Dependable, profession-al, enthusiastic and fl exible • Strong writing skills and attention to detail • Knowing when to work indepen-dently and when to ask for help Even-ing and weekend hours required

Dyson is an Equal Opportunity Em-ployer AA m/f/v/d

Dyson is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to in-dividuals with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employ-ment with Dyson and need a reason-able accommodation for any part of the application process, please send an e-mail with your contact informa-tion, the job number of the position

for which you are interested in apply-ing, and the nature of your request to [email protected] or call (312) 706-2260. Determinations of requests for reasonable accommo-dation are made on a case-by-case basis.

Job Tracker Bookseller - Chicago AreaLocation:Naperville, ILExempt/Non-Exempt:Non-ExemptEmployment Type:Full TimeStore:Naperville, IL-#115Description:Come be a part of our new Naperville store as we add our 7th Half Price Books to the Chica-goland area! We are now hiring 10 full-time positions for hard-working, energetic individuals who like work-ing with books and people. No retail experience needed; we can teach you that. What we need from you is an appreciation of books/music/cin-ema, a good work ethic, a positive attitude, and great customer service. Applicants must be available to work evenings and weekends. We off er competitive pay with great benefi ts. Half Price Books is an equal oppor-tunity employer.

Duties:customer ser-vice; cashiering; buying,

processing and shelving merchandiseQualifi cations:customer service ex-perience preferred

Coffee Shop by Brian Basilico

The Microwave Eff ect…

Remember when you were a kid (I hope so), and you played tag? It was a fun game where you were deemed “It” or became “It” once you were tagged. It also included a safe zone that when you were standing in it or touching it, your were safe from being tagged “It”. Where I lived we called the safe zone “Home Base”.

The game of marketing your busi-ness is kinda like playing a game of tag… you want to be tagged as the “It” thing, and you want people to go to your home base.

Home BaseIn this game of tag… your website should be home base. It’s the place that you want to drive all your fol-lowers and potential customers. You use a variety of tools that you hope will get you tagged “It”. This could include Social Networking, Email Marketing, Face-To-Face Network-ing and more. Getting tagged “It” could and should lead to a click or a link to your website.

This is the point that separates the men from the boys or the women from the girls. What are you linking them too? What is your intent for them once they get there? Do you make it easy for them to understand what you want them to do and are they convinced and willing to fol-low your lead or instructions? In this short attention span theater and “What’s In It For ME?” world, can you keep them focused (oh look… SQUIRREL???).

If you want people to keep playing tag, you have to give them a reason. What tools do you use? A Blog is a good choice, otherwise you have to constantly update your content to give them something new to look at each time they return.

The Microwave Eff ectThere is a common practice with websites I like to call “The Microwave Eff ect”. When microwaves came out there were all kinds of diff erent user interfaces. Some had buttons, other dials and others had some combina-tion of both. After a while of retail evolution… every microwave has a button called “Popcorn” You push it

and it senses the bag of microwave popcorn, and cooks it to perfection.

Today on the internet… people ex-pect your website to have the mi-crowave popcorn button. Let me explain.

People (and search engines) expect certain pages to have certain con-tent, and in a certain order. They expect your home page to be called “Home” (not “Welcome” or “Yo Dewd”), “About Us” to be about you and your company and usually right next to home, and your “Con-tact” page is usually the last page.

So can your website pass our “Tag You’re It” test?

Are your menus and navigation sim-ple and easy to understand? Will people instinctively know where to click to get their questions answered?Is your phone number at the top of every page? Is it clear that you want people to “CONTACT” you?Are each of your pages around 300 words? That is the most com-mon amount of text that both peo-ple and search engines will read. Is it clear what you expect people to do? Do you have a Special Off er, Call to Action, or do you give them ANY reason to come back again?Are you educating them about some-thing or constantly selling something? If they like what you are telling them do they have the ability to share it?The best advice I can give is take notes of which websites you interact with the most. Do they follow most or all of these rules? What do you like about them? Do they keep you en-gaged and have a obvious path to fol-low. Is their call to action clear and compelling?

That’s all for now… I’m hungry and going to make some popcorn. Let me know your thoughts by com-menting on this post… and Contact Us” href=”http://www.b2b-im.com/contact-us/”>Contact Us if you have any questions!

















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