In conjunction with Secretary of State,

Jesse White, Cuba Township will present the Rules of the Road class.

 The class is designed as a review for

 anyone needing to take the written

portion of the drivers’ examination

 

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

9:30 am to 11:00 am

Cuba Township office

28000 W. Cuba Road

Barrington

 

Please call the office at (847) 381-1924 for more information, or to register for the class.  The class is

offered at no charge, however, 

a reservation is required.

RULES OF THE ROAD CLASS

OFFERED AT CUBA TOWNSHIP

PASSPORT PROCESSING SERVICES OFFERED

DURING FALL FESTIVAL

Cuba Township is a registered passport agency.  Applications for a new passport can be processed during regular working hours, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 3:30 pm– by appointment only.  Please call (847) 381-1924 to make an appointment.

 

As an added service, passport applications will be accepted during the Fall Festival, Saturday, October 14, 2006, 1—5 pm.  No appointment is required, that day, only.  Please note, below, the documentation required to process a passport application

 

Original birth certificate or certified copy

2 passport photos

If renewing a passport that has expired beyond 15 years of the issue date– original passport must be submitted

Driver’s license or state i.d.

Social security number

If passport is for child under 14 years of age– 2 parents with identification must be present or have parental consent form signed and notarized.

Form DS-11 must be completed– this form can be downloaded in advance at www.travel.state.gov

2 personal checks per application-  no cash or credit cards can be accepted

 

Please call the Township office at (847) 381-1924 or visit www.travel.state.gov for more information

 

IMPORTANT PASSPORT INFORMATION    

Effective January 8, 2007 passports will be required for all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda.  This includes infants, children and adults of all ages.  As of January 1, 2008, this passport requirement will be extended to all border crossings, including land.

 

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Next year’s road and drainage projects are being reviewed now.  Any input you would like to give, I’m happy to hear- please do call.  Asphalt prices are continuing to escalate.  We started this year buying asphalt at $28.00 per ton, then on August 1 it went to $38.00 a ton and is scheduled to increase during September as I write this, to $48.00 per ton.  Obviously, with prices escalating like this we have to carefully review the costs of road resurfacing and schedule it in keeping with budget requirements.  The end result is, a five year road replacement program will become eight years.  There is no way around it, particularly if prices continue to escalate. 

 

We are looking at some new methods of road paving and patching in an attempt to reduce costs.  We need to be

careful here— new technology is great but we need to be sure it will work and not fall apart prematurely.  We will continue looking for ways to reduce costs- more on this in the winter issue.  Rest assured, in these periods of escalating costs, we will continue our road paving and patching programs.  We may well end up with better and more economical methodology.

 

Remember our other programs– Mulch deliveries end in October, but we begin giving away split oak firewood on

Fridays- call for more info.  We are able to accept paint cans through September.  We always accept old tires and small electronics----all as part of our recycling program.  Cookies are accepted at the garage during snow removal periods!

 

Come join us at our fall festival–we can talk about winter some more...........Remember it can be worse.......diesel fuel could go up to $20.00 a gallon and we could go back to horses to pull plows..........it would probably take a bit longer to clear the roads...............