Get Up and Go! for March 20, 2013
March 20, 2013 5:59AM
Updated: April 21, 2013 6:26AM
Here are events worth getting out of the house for on March 20.
Suggestions include University Park and Flossmoor.
MILITARY SERVICE: The issues facing veterans and the people who care about them will be discussed during “Deployment, Homecoming, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)” at 1 p.m. in Governors State University’s Engbretson Hall, 1 University Parkway, University Park. The free event will feature John Mundt, staff psychologist at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago. Information or group reservations: Ann Nagel at amanning-nagel@govst.edu or (708) 235-7353.
“COOK COUNTY MATTERS”: Cynthia Schilsky, president of the League of Women Voters of Cook County, will answer questions following a 30-minute presentation to introduce the audience to Cook County government. The Cook County board president and 17 Cook County commissioners are up for re-election in 2014. The 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors) presentation will take place at Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., (708) 798-3600. The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization open to men and women. Information: hfarea.il.lwvnet.org/index.html.
