The Prairie Junior High cheerleading squad in Alsip won the state title.

Alsip

Cheer squad nets title

Members of the Prairie Junior High cheerleading squad captured the state title.

The cheerleaders also had several first-place finishes in competitions throughout the year.

Crestwood

Input sought on flooding

The village will be receiving $500,000 from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for a storm water drainage study to help address flooding issues near 135^th Street and Central Avenue.

Residents in the area bordered by Central and Long avenues, 139^th Street and Homestead Drive will be surveyed. The study is planned to be completed by mid-summer, with the project moving immediately into the design phase.

A questionnaire is being sent to residents impacted by flooding to help the MWRD understand the extent of drainage concerns. The questionnaire is also available at Village Hall and online at www.villageofcrestwoodil.gov. Questionnaires should be returned by April 10.

Deer Park

New administrator named

Beth McAndrews has been appointed the new village administrator.

She is already working on an action and marketing plan for economic development, a communications strategy, and management and project coordination of village staff and resources.

McAndrews started with the village in 2011 as village treasurer. As treasurer, she oversaw the village’s budgeting process, refined sewer bonds for commercial and residential customers, and brought sewer billing in-house.

McAndrews also developed an emergency operations plan and oversaw the updating of village offices and hiring staff.

Hickory Hills

Park district to offer shorter fitness memberships

The Hickory Hills Park District will start offering six-month memberships to its fitness center beginning this summer.

Officials note that membership at the center is down about 15 percent. Jennifer Fullerton, executive director of the Park District, said the facility has lost 100 members since its grand reopening in 2011.

Moraine Valley opening a fitness center may have some impact on membership, according to Park District commissioners.

The district will be adding some new equipment to boost the facility’s offerings, officials noted.

The six-month membership will be $120. A full-year membership is $190.

Mount Prospect

Isabella project ready to go

The village is preparing to begin the much-anticipated Isabella Drainage Improvement Project.

Specifically designed to reduce the risk of flooding, the project will involve installing a relief sewer to work in combination with the existing sewer system in the Isabella Street residential area.

The village bid out the project at the end of last year and has awarded the contract to A-Lamp Concrete Contractors of Schaumburg at a price just under $8.9 million, about $1.2 million under the village engineer’s projected cost. The main trunk line will run from the deep tunnel in the Menard’s parking lot west along Isabella to Elmhurst Avenue.

Riverside

Village picks up new trash hauler

The village is entering into a five-year contract with a new refuse company, Flood Bros. Disposal Co. for the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste, recycling and yard waste.

The new contract begins June 1.

Flood Brothers is based in Oakbrook Terrace and operates a fleet of more than 75 refuse and recycling vehicles, providing residential service to more than 18,290 residential customers and more than 10,500 businesses and institutions.

As part of the contract, yard-waste collection will be unlimited and picked up from April 1-Nov. 30.

Flood Bros. will also provide composting (for an additional fee)

Village refuse collection will move to Thursdays as of June 1.