The best way to remove the sod is by using your shovel to cut a 1-2 foot square. Make vertical cuts around the perimeter about 4-5 inches deep. That allows you to remove the root structure easily and the inhabitant worms. Then stick the shovel in one of the sides and the square should life easily.
When you transport the sod back to your home or institution, place it in a shaded area. If it is very hot sprinkle it with water. Grass is very hardy and can lay in place a week or more in the shade unless it gets very hot. Of course, the sooner you put it in place, the better.
There really is no need to “prepare” the soil unless it is baked hard by the sun and completely dry. Then just water the ground first. Put the sod down.
If it is hot and dry, water the sod every couple days until it looks healthy. That’s all there is to it to get luxuriant grass where you used to have bare spots.
Tell your friends about the sod, too. It makes no sense to throw the sod and its wildlife into a landfill.
Thanks for saving a little bit of the earth.
Les Golden, 708-848-6677
SAVE THE MARION STREET MALL
JOIN
WITH OAK PARK VOTERS AND CITIZENS UNITED
TO SAVE THE MARION STREET MALL
* We especially need to hear from people who LIVE on the 100 block of north Marion or the 900 and 1000 blocks of North or South Boulevard Contact.
* New Year's Resolution to get the flab off? Walk the streets with our literature supporting the Village Board candidates in the April 17 election who have signed our CANDIDATE PLEDGE TO SAVE THE MARION STREET MALL Contact Precinct Work.
* Want to stand on the corner of Lake and Marion and have some coffee and tell your neighbors about the village board's plan to cut down 20 trees, dig up the flower beds, and put in a soot and pollution-producing street? Contact Sidewalk Petition-Signature Gatherer.
* Are you busy, but just inherited mega-millions from Aunt Bessie or won the lottery? We need cash for printing and placing ads in the local papers, again
announcing our support for the Village Board candidates in the April 17 election who have signed our CANDIDATE PLEDGE TO SAVE THE MARION STREET MALL Contact for Cash.
* Do you work with a scout group? Are you in touch with the Young Democrats or Young Republicans groups at Oak Park-River Forest High School, Fenwick High School, or Triton College? We need their aid in the Lake and Marion petition drive, the Lake and Marion street rally, and in distributing our literature endorsing our pro-Save the Marion Street Mall candidates for village trustee. Contact the Youth.
* Are you a creative sort who has tons of ideas, and wants to use them to preserve a gathering place and to prevent global warming? You got the drill!!! Contact Creativity.
* Future activities: a Rally for the Marion Mall, at Lake and Marion, with full t.v. and local press coverage ala Tasty Dog. Can you help make signs? Contact Lake-Marion Rally.
* Future activities: a silent protest at the mid-March Village Board meeting. Again, we can use those signs Contact Sign-maker.
On 4/13/07, the Chicago Reader published this article about giving property tax proceeds back to the public schools.
"On April 17 . . . residents of Oak Park will get an opportunity [Chicago] voters can only dream about: The chance to take a stand against tax increment financing districts. Oak Park's three TIFs won't be on the ballot. But one of three slates of candidates running for the Oak Park Village Board is calling for the districts to be phased out and abolished, James Balanoff, Gary Schwab, Annabel Abraham, and Robert Milstein of Vision Community Action.. . .
"TIFs in Oak Park work pretty much the same as they do in Chicago, with one important distinction: Oak Park school officials have forced the village to acknowledge that TIFs divert property taxes from the schools . . . . When a village board creates a TIF district, it actually freezes the amount of money in property taxes that other taxing bodies can raise for up to 23 years... .
"In order to compensate for the money lost to TIFs the other taxing bodies [for example, the school districts] have to raise their tax rates. . . .It's hard to make a case for giving developers millions in a town where ...the public schools are laying off teachers.
"Oak Park schools are chronically short of operating income and have had to make $4 million worth in cuts over the last four years, raising class sizes."
Only the VCA candidates Abraham, Balanoff, Milstein, and Schwab want to allow the destructive TIFs to expire. They cause lack of school funding, tax increase referenda, loss of tax revenues as subsidies to developers, and moribund business districts. Keeping the Mall, and stopping the waste of another $6 million in TIFs to developers, is just an element of this commitment.
The other parties slating candidates in the April 17 election want to continue the madness and restreet the Mall. The latest state of Illinois disclosures show that the VMA/CPA has accepted $8000 from the condo developer Regency, $5000 from Mall/downtown out-of-town landlord Willis Johnson, $4500 from Mall out-of-town landlord Anthony Shaker, and $3000 from Mall out-of-town landlord Mike Fox (RP Fox & Assoc.). All stand to make hundreds of thousands by selling their blighted properties on the mall to condo developers. The total value of the land is between $6 to $8 million. The street must be put in to enable their sale to condo developers and this devastation of our town is driving the VMA/CPA fundraising.
That is what is driving this process, not to aid the businesses on the Mall and not to benefit the community.
OAK PARK VOTERS AND CITIZENS UNITED TO SAVE THE MARION STREET MALL
John R. Abbott, Ph.D
Brent Borgerson
Leslie M. Golden, Ph.D
Barbara DiEugenio, Ph.D
Kathryn E. Jonas
Mary Keating
Gregg Mumm, J.D.
Cynthia Papierniak
Beth Skony
Christine Vernon
Richard Voss, Ph.D
Oak Park Park District President David Kindler has signed our Online Petition (Sign Petition)as #222. He joins an increasingly long list of prominent Oak Parkers who are bucking the political establishment of David Pope and his group-think, "yes-men" followers on the Village Board, and who are dstating their opposition to the destruction of our beautiful, serene, tree-lined and flowered pedestrian mall.
As president of a major board, it took great courage for Mr. Kindler to buck the political establishment and sign the online petition to oppose the destruction of the Marion Street Pedestrian Mall. Although other currently elected officials have told us that they have signed the petition, they are signing as "anonymous" in order not to embarrass Mr. Pope and his global-warming, irresponsible-energy-consumption-is-good, and drive-don't-walk friends.
The "Oak Park Voters and Citizens United to Save the Marion Street Mall" hope that Mr. Kindler's action will put some sense into the "yes-men" on the Village Board to alter their environmentally-insensitive, destructive, and $6 to $7 million collision course of devastation of our most congenial meeting area in Downtown Oak Park.
The members of the committee deeply thank Mr. Kindler for his display of courage. His act is one of the most significant in our movement to date.
We take great hope in knowing that Mr. Kindler joins many prominent Oak Parkers who have signed their name to the petition, including:
* VILLAGE TRUSTEE ROBERT MILSTEIN
* Hon. David Kindler, President, Oak Park Park District
* James Madigan, Assistant Director, Oak Park Public Library
* Gary Schwab, candidate for village board on April 17
* James Balanoff, attorney and candidate for village board on April 17
* Rebekah Levin, co-founder of Oak Park Lesbian and Gay Association
* Christine Vernon, Co-Founder, Women's Initiative Oak Park
* Dr. Duncan Hutcheon, Founder of High School Education Initiative
* Barbara Mullarkey, environmental and health columnist and author
* Les Golden, Ph.D, former President of Citizens Active for a Responsible Electorate (CARE)
* Joseph Sherman, Principal of The High School for Dance and Violin
* Julie Samuels, Green Party candidate for State of Illinois Lieutenant Governor
* Kathryn Jonas, Certified Arborist, member of Oak Park Forestry Commission
* Professors DiEugenio, Abbott, and Voss
* Patricia Spagat, nationally-known animal welfare advocate
* a Cook County Circuit Court Judge who signed, but desires anonymity
* Edward Vincent, editor of oakparkjournal.com, with a 2006 readership of 500,000 residents!
* Drs. Chandrasekhar, Smiltnieks, and Olsen
* Susan Diehl, Ruth Fogg, and Christine Worley, educators
* Michael Iversen, Robert Bell, architects
* Evan Jacobsen, Mary O'Kiersey, and other OPRFHS graduates who returned to live in Oak Park
* Robert Vernon, CPA
* John Lewis, Kris Lewis, Michael Papierniak, Cynthia Papierniak, professional musicians
* attorneys Gregg Mumm, Edward A. Berman, and C. Borgerson
and many others whose vocations and avocations span the spectrum, but who have joined us in ONE ISSUE!!
THANK YOU FOR OPPOSING THE DEVASTATION OF CHOPPING DOWN ALL THE TREES AND UPROOTING ALL THE FLOWER BEDS FROM OUR BELOVED MARION STREET MALL AND REPLACING IT WITH POLLUTING/GLOBAL-WARMING AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC!!
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FEBRUARY 24, 2007
3...2...1...TRUSTEE ROBERT MILSTEIN ALTERS VOTE ON RESTREETING, WILL OPPOSE
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Shame the The Other Trustees
The Complete Text of Trustee Robert Milstein’s Comments on “http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/281316561” Follow
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8:52 P.M. CST February 24, 2007
As a Village Trustee (VCA), I have prided myself on listening to the citizens who have concerns on issues in Oak Park. Yes, I voted to move forward on restreeting the Mall. Several well known members of the historic preservation movement in Oak Park agreed with the redesign and that weighed greatly in my decison making. One recently received a major award for his support of historic preservation in Oak Park.
That said, what concerns me are statements that citizens did not have an ample opportunity for input into the process. Every time we have open meetings and public sessions I still hear that people did not see nor hear about the meetings. That concerns me.
It also concerns me when citizens write on stands I did not take. I never voted for asphalt streets on Marion. It is also not correct that the Colt purchase will increase your property taxes. The Whiteco (VMA) supported building WILL raise residential property taxes.
So here is my position: I will NOT vote to pay for any changes on Marion Street except for infrastructure (water, sewer, facades, new furniture, added green space but not for cars and not for restreeting.
What I would prefer is to put it to a public referendum on several fronts.
And as to the business closures..Spauldings is reopening as a woman's clothing store, the cheese store is expanding, 2 new storeas are coming to Marion St from Harrison. Forest Park actually lost 24% of its small businesses while we gained businesses in Oak Park.
That said, I salute the citizens and their deep felt positions on the Mall. Of course, I will be attacked either way...for listening to concerns and altering my view...for not sticking to my position and caving in...for supporting businesses over citizens and/or vice versa.
What I hope is that people understand that I do listen to what they say...I weigh public comments and have read the petition daily.
My colleagues probably will be upset as well. Some will try to use it to political gain as fast as they read it. That is a risk one takes when they are willing to shift views and listen to what people are saying.
When the Wed. Journal endorsed me for President of Oak Park the key reason is because I actually listen to and am impacted by citizen's views. So when the Journal skewers me for changing my view...feel free to write the paper.
Charles
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Carol Giles, Chris Jones, Gayle Schwartz, Marilyn Marians,
Colleen Burke, Barbara Garcia, Danielle Zanin, Irma Bezuidenhout,
Diana Movius, Carol Sharp, Louise Dorfman, Rochelle Wolfman,
Marilyn Brenner, Audrey Borne, Kate Oliver, Carol Bechtel, Karen
Bechtel, Mickey Urban, Micheleine Urban, Jane Hocker, Madeleine
Parquette, Roberta Sorensen, Clarice Prange, Holly Anderson, Gary
Fusco, Rebecca Lauer, Mary Ann Woods, Mary Ann Pierson, Sharon
Family, Lee Shenk, Victor Erbring, Janet Mrowka, Sandra Balcer,
Nancy Serritella, Ruth Kovacs, Lorel Pfaff, Kate Brooks, Dawn
Bach, Gary Lavender, Nick Debok, Tony D'Orio, Dick Costello,
Melissa Costello, Michelle Costello, Jeanne Miserendino, Leslie
Rich, Lisa Russo, Barbara Weber, Venita Black, Inez Black,
Jennifer Loveland Zane, Suzanne Fogarty, Lisa Carren, Susan
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Baker, Doris Nicloy, Dawn Tulach, Barbara Sickles, Laura Lyons,
Laura Lee Lyons, Teresa Goldberg, Jocelyn Meyer, Lorna Sutta,
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BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Leslie M. Golden has the breadth of experience and abilities perfectly suited to the writing of a computer program to compose and process music. His programming knowledge was gained as a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, from which he holds the M.A. and the Ph.D in Astronomy, and as a professional astronomer and university professor. The author of numerous scientific articles, he is listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering.
He holds the B.S. and Masters in Engineering Physics from Cornell University. Prior to his academic appointment at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he performed research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Aerospace Corporation in California. He is one of a handful of individuals who is a member of both Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary society, and Phi Beta Kappa, the arts and sciences honorary society.
An entertaining and authoritative public speaker, he lectures widely on one of his research interests, the possibility and nature of extraterrestrial life. During the winter of 1986, he was the Halley's Comet lecturer on the S.S. Royal Odyssey on the high seas.
A professional trumpet player, Dr. Golden has studied with Jerold Cimera and Adolph Herseth. He has performed with and led dance bands since high school. At the University of California, he was one of the founding fathers of the prestigious University of California Jazz Ensembles.
Dr. Golden is an accomplished scat singer and has performed as a jazz vocalist nationwide and in Mexico. He was a jazz disc jockey in the San Francisco Bay Area for seven years and has been a popular emcee for jazz festivals throughout California.
His performing extends to the stand-up comedy stage, theater, and television and motion pictures. As a comedian, he has appeared nationwide on the college circuit and in comedy clubs and resorts. His stage credits range from a comic Indian guru to Shakespeare. He has appeared in dozens of magazine and newspaper ads, television commercials, and motion pictures.
Dr. Golden is also an accomplished author. A former editor-in-chief of the Cornell Engineer, he has won numerous writing awards, including the Eric Hoffer Prize and the Griffith Observatory Science Writing Contest. With the renowned Del Close of Chicago's influential school of comedy acting, he is writing an important book on
creativity, "The Scientific Approach to Creativity: The Techniques of the Chicago School of Improvisational Theater," to be published by Bantam/Doubleday.
Public life since 1985 has occupied a sizable portion of Dr. Golden's energies. President of a consumer-oriented local political party, he has served as coordinator of the Cook County Alliance of County Taxpayers, was a 1992 candidate for State Representative in the Illinois General Assembly, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation.
Dr. Golden's other interests include baseball, running, cooking, gardening, photography, automobile maintenance, and casino card counting.
Dr. Leslie M. Golden has the breadth of experience and abilities perfectly suited to the writing of a computer program to compose and process music. His programming knowledge was gained as a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, from which he holds the M.A. and the Ph.D in Astronomy, and as a professional astronomer and university professor. The author of numerous scientific articles, he is listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering.
He holds the B.S. and Masters in Engineering Physics from Cornell University. Prior to his academic appointment at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he performed research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Aerospace Corporation in California. He is one of a handful of individuals who is a member of both Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary society, and Phi Beta Kappa, the arts and sciences honorary society.
An entertaining and authoritative public speaker, he lectures widely on one of his research interests, the possibility and nature of extraterrestrial life. During the winter of 1986, he was the Halley's Comet lecturer on the S.S. Royal Odyssey on the high seas.
A professional trumpet player, Dr. Golden has studied with Jerold Cimera and Adolph Herseth. He has performed with and led dance bands since high school. At the University of California, he was one of the founding fathers of the prestigious University of California Jazz Ensembles.
Dr. Golden is an accomplished scat singer and has performed as a jazz vocalist nationwide and in Mexico. He was a jazz disc jockey in the San Francisco Bay Area for seven years and has been a popular emcee for jazz festivals throughout California.
His performing extends to the stand-up comedy stage, theater, and television and motion pictures. As a comedian, he has appeared nationwide on the college circuit and in comedy clubs and resorts. His stage credits range from a comic Indian guru to Shakespeare. He has appeared in dozens of magazine and newspaper ads, television commercials, and motion pictures.
Dr. Golden is also an accomplished author. A former editor-in-chief of the Cornell Engineer, he has won numerous writing awards, including the Eric Hoffer Prize and the Griffith Observatory Science Writing Contest. With the renowned Del Close of Chicago's influential school of comedy acting, he is writing an important book on
creativity, "The Scientific Approach to Creativity: The Techniques of the Chicago School of Improvisational Theater," to be published by Bantam/Doubleday.
Public life since 1985 has occupied a sizable portion of Dr. Golden's energies. President of a consumer-oriented local political party, he has served as coordinator of the Cook County Alliance of County Taxpayers, was a 1992 candidate for State Representative in the Illinois General Assembly, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation.
Dr. Golden's other interests include baseball, running, cooking, gardening, photography, automobile maintenance, and casino card counting.
THE AUTHOR
Les Golden is a modern-day Renaissance man. He holds the Bachelors' degree in Engineering Physics and the M.S. in Engineering Physics from Cornell University, where he was a McMullen Scholar, and the M.A. and Ph.D in Astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. He did further graduate studies on fellowship at the Kellogg Graduate School of Business of Northwestern University.
Prior to his academic appointment at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Mr. Golden performed research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Aerospace Corporation in California. The author of numerous technical papers, he is one of a handful of individuals who is a member of both Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary society, and Phi Beta Kappa, the arts and sciences honorary society. Also a member of Pi Delta Epsilon, the journalism honorary, he is listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Marquis Who's Who in the World.
An entertaining and authoritative public speaker, he lectures widely on potential fulfillment and on one of his research interests, the possibility and nature of extraterrestrial life. He was chosen by Royal Cruise Lines to be the Halley's Comet lecturer in 1986 aboard the S.S. Royal Odyssey on the high seas. These travels took him from Acapulco to Italy. In the fall of 1996, he traveled to Japan, Hong Kong, China, Viet Nam, India, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, and Greece teaching courses on astronomy and extraterrestrial life on a cruise ship university.
A professional trumpet player, Mr. Golden studied with Jerold Cimera and Adolph Herseth. He has performed with and led dance bands, at times with his twin brother, who is also a trumpet player and vocalist, since high school. At the University of California, he was one of the founding fathers of the prestigious University of California Jazz Ensembles, and later its emcee.
Mr. Golden is an accomplished scat singer and has performed as a jazz vocalist nationwide and in Mexico. As "Flash Golden," he was a jazz disc jockey in the San Francisco Bay Area for seven years, has been a popular emcee for jazz festivals throughout California, and was the voice of California Golden Bears baseball and basketball.
His performing extends to the stand-up comedy stage, theater, television, and motion pictures. As a comedian, he appears both as himself and as Subramanyan Berkowitz, a comedian from Bhutan, performing nationwide on the college circuit and in comedy clubs and resorts. With stage credits ranging from a comic Indian guru to Shakespeare and Chekhov, he is an original member of Porchlight Theater Ensemble and is on the board of directors and an ensemble member of Spectrum Theater Company. He has appeared in over 100 magazine and newspaper ads, television commercials, and motion pictures.
Mr. Golden writes in many media. A former editor-in-chief of the "Cornell Engineer," he has won numerous writing awards, including the Eric Hoffer Prize, the Senior Division of the Copernicus Essay Contest, and the Griffith Observatory Science Writing Contest. He was a syndicated writer with the Syndicated Writers' Group, writing on humor, drama, lifestyles, and politics, and contributes to numerous Chicago area newspapers.
Following his collaboration with his late acting instructor and mentor, the renowned Del Close of Chicago's influential Second City school of comedy acting, he is completing an important book on creativity, "The Scientific Approach to Creativity: The Techniques of the Chicago School of Improvisational Theater." He has also written "Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Astronomy 101," an astronomy textbook, and is the developer of "Basic Composer," computer software for music notation and printing. His "Murder at Channel 5," a comedy-murder mystery, has been produced in Orlando and was performed during his tenure on a cruise ship university. The murder mystery "Dr. Baker's Dozen Murders" is in progress.
Public life in the last ten years has occupied a sizable portion of Mr. Golden's energies. Les "Cut the Taxes" Golden is President of an environmental and consumer-oriented local political party, was coordinator of the Cook County Alliance of County Taxpayers, is a member of the Executive Committee of his local partisan political organization, was a 1996 candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois, and is a charter member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation. He has been featured on CNN's Inside Politics as well as local news media. He is a frequent contributor in the Chicago press on animal welfare and environmental issues.
Mr. Golden's other interests include baseball, running, cooking, gardening, photography, automobile maintenance, and casino card counting. His late beagle's name was Byron; his current family of former strays are Cicero, the American Staffordshire terrier-boxer mix, Skipper, the border collie-black lab mix, and Emerson, the chihuahua-pekingese mix.
OTHER BOOKS BY LESLIE M. GOLDEN
Basic Composer Music Notation Software
Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Astronomy 1
Outrageous! -- The Political Cartoons of Les Golden
IN PREPARATION
The Scientific Approach to Improvisation: Advanced Topics
The Complete Goniff Handbook: A Guide to Petty Thievery
Procrastinate!: Meaningless Mind Puzzles to Waste Your Time
The “How Many Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?” Illustrated Encyclopaedia
OTHER BOOKS BY LES GOLDEN
Basic Composer Music Notation Software
How Many Austrolopithecines Does It Take to Screw in a Lightbulb?
Murder at Channel 5
Dr. Baker’s Dozen Murders
Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Astronomy 101 The Chicago Voiceover Contact Directory
The Scientific Approach to Creativity: The Techniques of the Chicago School of Improvisational Comedy
Science and Art in Late Renaissance Florence
The Complete Goniff Handbook: A Guide to Petty Thievery and Event Crashing
Outrageous: Les Golden’s Collected Editorial Cartoons
Golden Gardens, Tweetie, Anne K. Eisenberg Golden, Irving R. Golden, Horace Mann Elementary School, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Goldenrods, Foul Balls, fast pitch softball, Lisa Stark, Cornell University, Engineering Physics, Dr. David W. Tucker, University of California Jazz Ensembles, Les Morris Quintet, Mark Morris, Rex Kingsley, Subrahmanyan Berkowitz, Eddie Hubbard Show, Jeffrey Clayton Maxwell, Bruce Golden and His Orchestra, Encrypt by SSL, encryption software, NEAR, Near Earth Asteroid Reconnaissance Software, Microwave Interferometric Observations of the Subsurface of the Planet Mercury, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Epsilon Phi, Tau Beta Pi, ECMA, Engineering College Magazines Association, Eric Hoffer Lili Fabilli Essay Prize, Bancroft Library, Cornell Engineer, Editor-in-Chief, gambling.com, Count on Les, Chicago Institute of Card Counting, Midwest School for Card Counting, Blackjack, 21, card counting, columnist, Josef Sedelmaier, Marie Afonso, Feature Editor, Concerts under the Stars, Oak Park Playgrounds Circus, Les Golden for State Representative, CARE, Citizens Active for a Responsible Electorate, United Taxpayers of Oak Park, UTOP, Tax Economy Party, LMNOP Party, Oak Park Park District, Semester at Sea, Fall 1996, Chief Justice Mohan India, Madras, Institute for Shipboard Education, extraterrestrial life, possible shapes of extraterrestrials, creativity,Duffy, Peaches, Wankie, Tatima,Madras, Institute for Shipboard Education, extraterrestrial life, possible shapes of extraterrestrials, creativity, Duffy, astrocomedian, SETI, Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Adler Planetarium, University of Illinois at Chicago, Save the Elephants, Lincoln Park Zoo, Peaches, tsunami, Chicago astronomer Leslie M. Golden, Physics of Elephant Deaths, Pacific Coast Collegeiate Jazz Festival, Lamarr Golson, Mark Morris, Flash Golden, KALX-FM radio Berkeley California, American Globe Theater, All Pets Lost and Found, OBS, Optimum Business Solutions, Cook County Tax Appeals, Property Tax Appeals, Expert Witness Chicago, Shrubtown featuring Moe Silver, Township Oak Park Party, TOP, Porchlight Theater, Taming of the Shrew, Gremio, Inspector General, Bobchinsky, Vincentio, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peaches, Wankie, Tatima, Shut Down Lincoln Park Zoo, , Murder by the Mistletoe, Dr. Baker’s Dozen Murder, Murder at Channel 5, The Spider Beside Her,
Krey's Foods, Contempo Design, K-Mart, Buick, Wisconsin Bell, Madison Gas and Electric, Cincinnati Gas and Electric, Interwoven Socks, Thrifty Drugs, Master Locks, McDonalds, Humana Health Care, Alka Seltzer, Tony's Pizza, Hunter Fans, Zap Mama
RESUME
Leslie Morris Golden
934 Forest Avenue
Oak Park, Illinois 60302
EDUCATION
Preparatory: 1957?1961. OAK PARK AND RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL, OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.
Graduated 4/800. National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Illinois State Scholarship Winner.
College: 1961?1965. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK.
B.S. in Engineering Physics with Distinction, 1965. Grade Point Average 3.3/4.0.
1965?1966. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK.
Masters of Engineering Physics, 1966.
Master's Project: Erosion of the Lunar Surface by Micrometeorite Impact.
Activities and Honors:
Cornell McMullen Scholarship; Fellow of Interfoundation Committee (Great Barrington, Massachusetts); Feature Editor and Editor?in?Chief of Cornell Engineer magazine; Cornell Engineer Journalism Award, 1962?1963; Winner of several composition awards from Engineering College Magazines Association, 1966; Pi Delta Epsilon Journalism Honorary; Engineering Student Council; Concert Band, soloist; Jazz Band; Intramurals, Captain; Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary; Tau Beta Pi Essay Contest Winner; Dean's List.
Graduate: 1966?1971. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY.
M.A. in Astronomy, 1971. Grade Point Average 3.9/4.0.
1971?1977. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY.
Ph.D in Astronomy, 1977.
Dissertation: A Microwave Interferometric Study of the Subsurface of the Planet Mercury.
Awards and Honors:
Lili Fabilli?Eric Hoffer Essay Contest Winner, 1972; First Place Prize Winner, Senior Division of Copernicus Essay Contest (American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs), 1973; Honorable Mention Winner, Griffith Observatory Science Writing Contest, 1974; Phi Beta Kappa.
Additional: 1963. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO.
Economics, Business Statistics
1980. KELLOGG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT,
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.
Accounting, organizational behavior, management policy, linear programming, probability and statistics.
EMPLOYMENT
Summers 1965, 1966 Associate Research Engineer
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, HAWTHORNE WORKS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Perform component failure studies. Perform historical cost analyzes in terms of manufacturing efficiency.
Summers 1967, 1969 Planetary Scientist Intern
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
ASTROSCIENCES CENTER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Evaluate scientific objectives for planetary exploration. Construct numerical simulations to analyze such. Analyze feasibility of remote exploration of planets by radar systems.
1966?1977 Research Assistant
RADIO ASTRONOMY LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY.
Design artificial earth satellite orbital mechanics software. Analyze galactic hydrogen line profiles. Supervise publication of galactic hydrogen line survey catalog. Perform telescope calibration.
1977?1979 Resident Research Associate (National Research Council Fellow)
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
Perform remote sensing of Mercury at 8?mm wavelength via passive microwave interferometry. Design software for numerical simulation of thermophysical processes. Perform telescope calibration.
1979?1982 Consultant
AEROSPACE CORPORATION, EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA.
Analyze and interpret available mm?wavelength and cm?wavelength observations of Mercury with aid of thermophysical numerical simulations developed previously.
1982?1984 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics
ROSARY COLLEGE, RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS.
Teach physics and astronomy. Prepare physics laboratory.
1985?1986 Instructor in Administrative Science
1993-1996 WALTER E. HELLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION,
ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Teach mathematics and statistics and probability.
1985?1987 Lecturer in Physics
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Teach astronomy, the physics of energy production, and physics for science majors.
1987-present President
EDUCATION SOFTWARE CONSULTANTS, OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.
Develop and market educational computer software.
1993-1998 Visiting Lecturer
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Teach astronomy, coordinate "Near Earth Asteroid Reconnaissance" Project
1998 Adjunct Professor
WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Teach geology, meteorology, and astronomy.
Leslie M. Golden is listed in Marquis "Who's Who in Science and Engineering" and "Marquis Who's Who in the World"
PRESENTATIONS
"Interferometric Seeing: The Decorrelation of Millimeter Waves by the Atmosphere," International Union of Radio Scientists (URSI), Boulder, Colorado, 1974.
"Mercury: Interferometry at 1.35 cm?wavelength and Determination of Thermophysical Parameters," University of Iowa, Ames, Iowa, 1977.
????, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1977.
????, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Claremont, California, 1977.
????, Division of Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1977.
????, Division of Planetary and Earth Sciences Seminar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1979.
"The Direct Measurement of Atmospheric Attenuation at Gigahertz Frequencies," Division of Planetary and Earth Sciences Seminar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1979.
"The Lunar Eclipse of July 1982," Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois, 1982.
"The Probability of Extraterrestrial Life in the Galaxy and Serious Astronomical Attempts at Detecting it and Communicating With It," Series of 6 lectures presented at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, 1982.
"If They Have Visited Us, Then Where Are The Peanuts?: The Possibility of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life," Faculty Fireside Lecture, Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois, 1982.
"The Possibility of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life and Colonization of the Galaxy," Adventures of the Mind All?Day Colloquium, Gifted Program of Deerfield?Highland Park High School District #113, Deerfield, Illinois, 1983.
"Developing Your Potential," Association for the Gifted and Talented, District #59, Mt. Prospect, Illinois, 1984.
"Is There Life on Other Planets? The Possibility of Extraterrestrial Advanced Civilizations," Chicago Chapter of MENSA, Chicago, Illinois, 1984.
"What Do Astronomers Really Do?" Address to the Annual Meeting of the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
????, Address to the Fall Meeting of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
"Do They Exist? What Do They Look Like? The Existence and Shapes of Possible Extraterrestrial Life Forms," Physics Department Colloquium, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
"The Halley Comet Lectures," Series of 12 lectures presented to the passengers of the S.S. Royal Odyssey during the 1986 apparition of Halley's Comet, on the High Seas, February 27 - March 24, 1986.
"Comet Halley: Discoveries from the 1986 Apparition," Address to the Annual Meeting of Zonta International, Oak Park, Illinois, 1986.
"Comets Crash Into Jupiter: Implication for Life, and Extinction of Life, on Earth," Downers Grove Public Library Adult Enrichment Series, Illinois, July 13, 1994.
"The Appearances of Extraterrestrial Life," Capricon Convention, Chicago, Illinois, February 9-10, 1996.
"Comet Hale-Bopp: This One Is Sure to Miss Us", River Forest Public Library, April 15, 1997.
----, Oak Park Public Library, April 16, 1997.
PUBLICATIONS
"Scientific Models: The Concept of Action at a Distance," Cornell Engineer, 30, 4, April 1965 (Part 1); 30, 10, May 1965 (Part 2).
"Cornell's 10 Gev Electron Synchrotron," Cornell Engineer, 31, 11, November 1965.
"Evolution of Quasar Optical and Radio Luminosity," Nature, 234, 103, 1971.
"Isotropy of Radio Source Populations from Comparison of Number?Flux Density Curves," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 166, 383, 1974.
"Observational Selection in the Identification of Quasars and Claims for Anisotropy," Observatory, 94, 122, 1974.
"Extension of the Absolute Flux Density Scale to 22.285 GHz," Astronomy and Astrophysics, 33, 373, 1974. With M.A. Janssen and W.J. Welch.
"Interferometric Seeing: The Decorrelation of Millimeter Waves by the Atmosphere," URSI Symposium, Boulder, Colorado, 1974 (Abstract).
"Simplicity vs. Human Nature: The Acceptance of the Copernican Theory," Griffith Observer, 38, 6, 1974.
"Mercury: Interferometry at 1.35 cm?wavelength and Determination of Thermophysical Parameters," Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 89, 617, 1977 (Abstract).
---- Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 9, 532, 1977 (Abstract).
"The Effect of Surface Roughness on the Transmission of Microwave Radiation Through a Planetary Surface," Icarus, 38, 451, 1979.
REFERENCES
Dr. W.J. Welch Dr. Michael Janssen
Astronomy Department Jet Propulsion Laboratory
University of California Pasadena, California 91103
Berkeley, California 94720 213?354?4321
415?642?6424
Dr. Eugene Epstein Sr. Mary Woods
Aerospace Corporation Rosary College
El Segundo, California 90245 River Forest, Illinois 60305
213?648?6798 708?366?2490
Dr. Mitchell Sweig Dr. Joel Fingerman
Northeastern Illinois University Heller Graduate School of Management
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue 430 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625 Chicago, Illinois 60605
312-583-4050 312-341-3820
Dr. Uday Sukhatme
Physics Department
University of Illinois
845 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607
312-996-3400
PUBLIC SERVICE
Citizens Active for a Responsible Electorate, Oak Park, Illinois
Member, 1985-
President, 1989-1992
Alliance of County Taxpayers, Cook County, Illinios
Suburban Coordinator, 1992
Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation
Member, Board of Directors, 1993-
Volunteer, Oak Park Festival Theater
Volunteer, Oak Park Village Players Theater
Spectrum Theater Company
Member, Board of Directors, 1995-
HONORS
National Merit Scholarship Finalist
Illinois State Scholarship Winner
Cornell McMullen Scholarship
Fellow, Interfoundation Committee (Great Barrington, Mass.)
Composition and editing awards from Engineering College Magazines Association, 1966
Tau Beta Pi (engineering honorary)
Phi Beta Kappa (arts and sciences honorary)
Pi Delta Epsilon (journalism honorary)
Lili Fabilli-Eric Hoffer Essay Contest Winner, 1972
First Place Prize Winner Copernicus Essay Contest (American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs), 1972
Honorable Mention Winner, Griffith Observatory Science Writing Contest, 1974
National Research Council Resident Research Associateship, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1977-1980)
Distinguished Leadership Award, United Taxpayers of Illinois, 1991
BOOK-LENGTH PUBLICATIONS
Basic Composer (1989)
The Scientific Approach to Creativity: The Techniques of the Chicago School of Improvisational Comedy (in progress)
Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Astronomy (1994)
Murder at Channel 5 - full length play (1994)
Elephant deaths are a matter of physics
January 28, 2005
The death of two elephants at the Lincoln Park Zoo should come as no
surprise. While it is obvious that cold weather is bad for species that
have evolved in tropical climates, understanding the death-inducing effect
of confinement to concrete cells requires a rudimentary knowledge of
physics (I have taught astronomy at the University of Illinois at
Chicago).
When animals take a step in their natural, sod environment, the concussion
felt when the foot lands is muffled. When walking on concrete or pavement,
no such effect occurs. This is why shoes are cushioned, and special
running shoes are manufactured for those foolhardy enough to run on
streets.
The damaging effects exceed the obvious orthopedic ones. The concussive
effect is proportional to the weight of the body. For massive animals such
as the elephant, the effect is horrendous and is easily calculated. It can
amount to three times the weight of the body. For a 5-ton elephant, that
is a force of 15 tons -- as if the weight of seven automobiles is slammed
into the body. Mammal bodies are composed largely of water, an
incompressible fluid. When that force hits the elephant's body, the
concussion is transmitted through the legs, and upward through all the
organs of the body.
The cells of those organs are ruptured. This occurs notably among the
delicate cells of the alveoli of the lungs. That is the source of the
well-documented prevalence of deaths due to tuberculosis, a disease of the
lungs, among captive elephants and other large mammals. As the many organs
in the body necessary for digestion are also damaged, emaciation is also a
common occurrence. Damage to brain tissues results in dementia. Ruptured
capillaries results in internal bleeding and anemia. All result from the
continual concussive effects of 3G (three times the force of gravity)
deceleration. It is as if the elephant experiences hundreds of minor
automobile accidents each day.
Confinement of large mammals such as the rhinoceros, elephant, giraffe and
buffalo to concrete cells is a death sentence. After the first elephant
death, the Chicago City Council ignored the plea of actress Gillian
Anderson to pass a resolution asking for the return of the two surviving
elephants to more suitable locations.
As for the administrators of Lincoln Park Zoo, they may not have
understood the physics, but after the death of one elephant, they should
have put ticket sales behind animal welfare in their priorities. Sadly for
the elephants, they chose not to.
Leslie M. Golden,
Oak Park
ARTICLES ABOUT LESLIE M. GOLDEN
(WJ = Wednesday Journal, OL = Oak Leaves)
legislature re school funding
runningbear column by Linden
when astronomy career fizzled world of comedy
when in Argentina, sing as the Argentines don't, Chicago Sun-Times,
10/26/81, 10
Local celebs, Chicago Tribune, 10/26/81,
Local celebs, Chicago Tribune, 2/8/82
Petrulis "spoofs" reality, Berwyn Life, 5/19/82
Petrulis, Kaspa shows on Metrovision, Berwyn Life, 7/4/82
Petrulis has diverse ends seeking meaning, The Life, 9/8/82, 4
the villagers, OL
improvising your way to success, Spring magazine, Sept. 1982, 34
Rosary prof makes stars come to life for "ET" class, Suburban Sun-Times,
7/1/83, West 14
people focuses on fellow who makes ETs his specialty, WJ, 11/16/83
turn Stankus Hole into garden center (guest essay), OL
fill Stankus Hole with restaurants (guess essay), 5/16/84, 21
Stankus Hole
fill the Stankus Hole with public's gardens, (guest essay), WJ, 1984
Halley's comet, alien life highlight astronomer's talk, Harlem-Irving
Times, 3/12/84, 3
the boss is never wrong, Screen magazine, 10/1/84, 19
"Express" line remedy, Chicago Tribune, 6/17/84, Perspective, 2
a close look at some way-out ETs, Weekend World, 12/20/85, 2
wide range of political interests on CARE board, WJ, 9/30/87, 3
200 turn out at CARE tax forum, WJ, 10/7/87
Park hike taxes as public complains, WJ, 9/9/87,
comet explored, OL, 5/7/86,
CARE tax forum adds speakers, WJ, 9/9/87, 9
MB church should help Austin community first, WJ, 1/27/88, 17
Who CAREs? Oak Park's grassroots withering (opinion), WJ, 11/30/88, 4
what's next? the ultimate newsletter (guest essay), WJ, 6/29/88, 34
CARE tax fight angers realty board, WJ, 3/22/89, 9
an astronomer tackles the music software marketplace, Upbeat magazine,
9/89, 45
the main issues are human dignity and AIDS (guest essay), WJ, 12/13/89, 44
VOTE back pedals on house sale figures, OL, 3/22/89, 5
Journal sugar coats property tax pain to villagers (guest essay), WJ,
9/27/89, 35
CARE joins school board fray, WJ, 7/31/89, 1
CARE rejects dist. 97 hikes as too costly, WJ, 3/8/89, 7
CARE tries to seek new identity, OL, 10/11/89, 7
high taxes in Oak Park help outs our businesses (guest essay), WJ,
12/12/90, 36
CARE endorsements have defeat the "incumbent" goal (guest essay), WJ,
10/31/90, 21
voters questions 911 expenditure proposal, WJ, 10/31/90, 9
teacher retention poor despite good pay (guest essay), WJ, 6/6/90, 37
Shrubtown, WJ, 7/24/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/14/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/21/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/28/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/11/93, 22
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/12/92, 24
Shrubtown, WJ, 7/31/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/ /91
CARE party makes a case for recognition (guest essay), WJ, 12/11/91, 36
the perfect cast, Screen magazine, 6/3/91, 12
Pleasant Home (guest essay), OL, 7/31/91, 21
CARE challenges shake up village races, WJ, 2/6/91, 1
residents want students to pull weeds in parks, OL, 5/29/91, 8
"dandelion dig" idea blooming, WJ, 5/29/91, 7
parks ban pesticides for 1991, WJ, 4/24/91, 1
weed free parks (editorial), OL, 5/29/91,
parks lead on pesticides, WJ, 5/29/91, 16
CARE: a party in search of an image, OL, 8/14/91, 8
big holiday gift, WJ, 12/4/91, 22
CARE offers "snake oil" not real school solutions, WJ, 9/4/91, 19
Philbin should lead on Triton (guest essay), OL, 6/17/92, 23
monkey business, Chicago Sun-Times, 1/9/92
Golden, Saviano spar on issues, OL, 3/4/92, 8
dist. 97 overspends - but never on kids (guest essay), WJ, 8/12/92, 21
CARE party plans full April slate, WJ, 8/26/92, 3
Pleasant Home: here's a worthwhile gamble (guest essay), OL 7/31/92, 21
Oak Park subsidizing other library systems: CARE, WJ, 10/14/92, 8
CARE's Golden in GOP primary, OL, 2/5/92, 9
CARE chair battles Leyden supervisor for GOP 77th House District
nomination, WJ, 3/4/92, 9
citing "time for change," CARE elects new leaders, WJ, 1/13/93, 11
CARE tells plan to trim deficit, OL, 2/24/93, 9
a film career far (but not removed) from Tinseltown, Compuserve magazine,
8/94, 55
Oak Parkers debate gay mates' rights, Chicago Sun-Times, 4/19/94, 6
getting around, Chicago Tribune, 3/7/94, Chicagoland, 1
Ravinia places Chicago on map for jazz fans, Northwest Leader, 8/3/94
when it comes to running for OPRF school board, silence must be Golden,
WJ, 8/23/95, 4
silence not Golden: aspiring local politico a man of many names, faces,
WJ, 9/20/95, 4
circus (editorial), OL
a tax story that's golden, WJ, 11/1/95, 35
Les "Cut the Taxes" Golden booted off school ballot, Tax News, Fall 1995,
9
"Cut the Taxes" seizes a golden opportunity to run for Congress, WJ,
12/20/95, 12
who's who for Congress (editorial), OL, 12/27/95, 16
this candidate is a "Cut the Taxes" above the rest, Chicago Tribune,
10/3/95, metrowest, 1
inaccuracy, inaccuracy, everywhere's innaccuracy, WJ, 10/18/95, 26
CARE just resting, WJ, 2/8/95, 7
just what OPRF needs - a clown campaign, WJ, 10/4/95, 35
"Cut the Taxes" bounced off OPRF board, WJ, 9/27/95, 3
petition battles sour elections (editorial), WJ, 9/27/95, 30
Golden tossed off ballot on "Cut the Taxes" handle, OL, 9/27/95, 14
Golden makes it 11 vying for OPRF board, WJ, 8/30/95, 11
decision due Thursday on District 200 challenge, OL, 9/13/95, 13
is Runningbear really "Cut the Taxes"?, OL, 8/23/95, 13
Avers off OPRF ballot; Golden's fate in the balance, WJ, 9/20/95, 9
Golden's high school board candidacy challenged, WJ, 9/6/95, 1
two OPRF board candidacies theatened, WJ, 9/13/95, 3
Avers knocked off ballot; decision today on Golden, OL, 9/20/95, 13
Golden files suit to get back on high school board ballot, WJ, 10/4/95, 5
four Oak Parkers among Congressional hopefuls, OL, 12/20/95, 11
casino gambling? maybe, but not at Pleasant Home, WJ, 5/24/95, 31
odds against a casino plan for Pleasant Home, WJ, 5/10/95, 4
loud protest trails quiet passage of tax cap bill, Kane County Chronicle,
7/7/95, 1
meet the 8th House candidates, OL, 10/9/96, 8
Giles to face absent candidate Nov. 5, OL, 10/9/96, 8
the rockets' red glare proves GALA's still there, OL, 7/3/96, 7
Golden appeals ballot ruling, OL, 3/6/96, 11
GOP slates Golden to run for State Rep, OL, 7/3/96, 10
Golden memories, OL, 7/2/97, B3
Where are all the candidates?, WJ, 9/3/97, 4
"Cut the Taxes" returns so do petition challenge, OL, 2/5/97, 14
Golden to run as write-in, OL, 3/19/97, 9
Golden gets the boot from library board ballot, WJ, 2/12/97, 8
fight brewing over library board ballots, WJ, 1/29/97, 11
"binder check" eyed in OP library board race, WJ, 2/5/97, 13
Who is Les Golden?, WJ, 4/2/97, 29
subject Les Golden tells more of story (guess essay), WJ, 4/23/97, 24
hoping Les Golden will contribute to Oak Park, WJ, 5/14/97, 21
the Clone Ranger divides again, WJ, 4/1/98, 52
officially "Cut-the-Taxes," WJ, 3/11/98, 35
hey buddy, you got a license for that?, WJ, 12/16/98, 4
opposition to board in retreat, WJ, 2/10/99, 1
bombs bursting in air, WJ, 7/7/99, 4
put administrators in school buildings (guess essay), OL, 6/16/99, 25
review of Ten Little Indians
review of Stage Struck
review of Taming of the Shrew
letter about Mann school diversion
Dan Haley concerning CURE party "pathetic" Les Golden
CB as a channel for discovery, Compuserve magazine, 18
leader of the band helped raise cash (guest essay), OL,
from videotapes to faxes, groups trying to win over the voters, Chicago
Tribune, 11/4/91, Chicagoland, 1
near-earth asteroid project, Astronomy magazine, , 2
Hale Bopp in OL
(following added 11-21-03)
Property tax rally draws 150 homeowners (article), 10-1-03 OL p. 5, (cover story)
Slow down and save wildlife, 10-1-03 OL p. 21
Why cut the taxes, Les, when you can do it even more? (letter by another writer), 11-5-03 WJ p. 23
Golden's middle name suits ballot to a "C" (article), 2-26-03 WJ p. 19
The silence will be Goldens' at this year's 4th of July, 7-2-03 WJ p. 35
Why we lost (submitted by Bruce, using the pseudonym of B. Rosenbaum), 10-17-03 Chicago Tribune p. 28, section 1
The cost of quality of life? Just look at your tax bill (letter from another writer), 10-8-03 WJ p.33
Special election or not, taxpayers will pay (article), 7-31-02 WJ p. 11
"$10,000 Club" likely to grow with taxes, 8-10-03 OL p. 21
What property is shared by the following words? 10-19-03 Parade Magazine, p. 8
Taxpayers should come to village hall Thursday night, 9-24-03 WJ p. 25
editorial cartoon: Your new Oak Park library, 9-24-03 WJ p. 25
editorial cartoon: Candidate Forum, 3-17-03 WJ p. 32
Tax protest set for Thursday (article), 9-24-03 OL p. 32
Oak Park's rising taxes challenged, 9-29-03 Chicago Tribune p.3 Metro Section
Berkshire one-way is major problem, 7-30-03 OL p. 21
Here's why Oak Park should retain the legacy of Emerson, 11-20-02 WJ p. 46
How to turn the Barrie negative into a positive, 2-26-03 WJ p. 23
Graham: another political hack doing what she's told, 10-2-02 WJ p. 38
Golden tradition comes to end (article), 7-2-03 OL p. 7
Saving wildlife would be easier with a real dog park, 7-23-03 WJ p. 25
Petition seeks to have voters decide on District 97 bond (article), 7-30-03 OL p. 11
Bond sale petition drive falls short (article), 8-6-03 OL p. 7
Reader's Choice Awards (favorite candidate for state representative; most widely read columnist/letter-writer), 12-25-02 WJ p. 43
What can you do with drunken-sailor spending? 10-8-03 WJ p. 43
Repealing home rule would limit village's taxing power, 11-5-03 WJ p. 30
Experts offer free help on lowering taxes (article), 9-24-03 OL p. 8
Fifty cents right now could reduce your taxes later on, 10-15-03 WJ p. 37
Honor the greats among us while they're still among us, 6-19-02 WJ p. 34
The Clone Ranger divides again (article), 4-1-1998, WJ p. 51
It's not easy being green, but here are some ideas, 4-11-01 WJ p. 40
Les "Cut the Roadkill" Golden says, slow down! 4-19-2000 WJ p. 25
Be afraid. Be very afraid, 10-29-03 WJ p. 41
Property taxes spook residents, Les B. Holden, 10-29-03 WJ p. 42
If only they had seen what was coming (column by Ken Trainor), 10-29-03 WJ p. 43
_
ARTICLES ABOUT LESLIE M. GOLDEN
(WJ = Wednesday Journal, OL = Oak Leaves)
legislature re school funding
runningbear column by Linden
when astronomy career fizzled world of comedy
when in Argentina, sing as the Argentines don't, Chicago Sun-Times,
10/26/81, 10
Local celebs, Chicago Tribune, 10/26/81,
Local celebs, Chicago Tribune, 2/8/82
Petrulis "spoofs" reality, Berwyn Life, 5/19/82
Petrulis, Kaspa shows on Metrovision, Berwyn Life, 7/4/82
Petrulis has diverse ends seeking meaning, The Life, 9/8/82, 4
the villagers, OL
improvising your way to success, Spring magazine, Sept. 1982, 34
Rosary prof makes stars come to life for "ET" class, Suburban Sun-Times,
7/1/83, West 14
people focuses on fellow who makes ETs his specialty, WJ, 11/16/83
turn Stankus Hole into garden center (guest essay), OL
fill Stankus Hole with restaurants (guess essay), 5/16/84, 21
Stankus Hole
fill the Stankus Hole with public's gardens, (guest essay), WJ, 1984
Halley's comet, alien life highlight astronomer's talk, Harlem-Irving
Times, 3/12/84, 3
the boss is never wrong, Screen magazine, 10/1/84, 19
"Express" line remedy, Chicago Tribune, 6/17/84, Perspective, 2
a close look at some way-out ETs, Weekend World, 12/20/85, 2
wide range of political interests on CARE board, WJ, 9/30/87, 3
200 turn out at CARE tax forum, WJ, 10/7/87
Park hike taxes as public complains, WJ, 9/9/87,
comet explored, OL, 5/7/86,
CARE tax forum adds speakers, WJ, 9/9/87, 9
MB church should help Austin community first, WJ, 1/27/88, 17
Who CAREs? Oak Park's grassroots withering (opinion), WJ, 11/30/88, 4
what's next? the ultimate newsletter (guest essay), WJ, 6/29/88, 34
CARE tax fight angers realty board, WJ, 3/22/89, 9
an astronomer tackles the music software marketplace, Upbeat magazine,
9/89, 45
the main issues are human dignity and AIDS (guest essay), WJ, 12/13/89, 44
VOTE back pedals on house sale figures, OL, 3/22/89, 5
Journal sugar coats property tax pain to villagers (guest essay), WJ,
9/27/89, 35
CARE joins school board fray, WJ, 7/31/89, 1
CARE rejects dist. 97 hikes as too costly, WJ, 3/8/89, 7
CARE tries to seek new identity, OL, 10/11/89, 7
high taxes in Oak Park help outs our businesses (guest essay), WJ,
12/12/90, 36
CARE endorsements have defeat the "incumbent" goal (guest essay), WJ,
10/31/90, 21
voters questions 911 expenditure proposal, WJ, 10/31/90, 9
teacher retention poor despite good pay (guest essay), WJ, 6/6/90, 37
Shrubtown, WJ, 7/24/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/14/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/21/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/28/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/11/93, 22
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/12/92, 24
Shrubtown, WJ, 7/31/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/ /91
CARE party makes a case for recognition (guest essay), WJ, 12/11/91, 36
the perfect cast, Screen magazine, 6/3/91, 12
Pleasant Home (guest essay), OL, 7/31/91, 21
CARE challenges shake up village races, WJ, 2/6/91, 1
residents want students to pull weeds in parks, OL, 5/29/91, 8
"dandelion dig" idea blooming, WJ, 5/29/91, 7
parks ban pesticides for 1991, WJ, 4/24/91, 1
weed free parks (editorial), OL, 5/29/91,
parks lead on pesticides, WJ, 5/29/91, 16
CARE: a party in search of an image, OL, 8/14/91, 8
big holiday gift, WJ, 12/4/91, 22
CARE offers "snake oil" not real school solutions, WJ, 9/4/91, 19
Philbin should lead on Triton (guest essay), OL, 6/17/92, 23
monkey business, Chicago Sun-Times, 1/9/92
Golden, Saviano spar on issues, OL, 3/4/92, 8
dist. 97 overspends - but never on kids (guest essay), WJ, 8/12/92, 21
CARE party plans full April slate, WJ, 8/26/92, 3
Pleasant Home: here's a worthwhile gamble (guest essay), OL 7/31/92, 21
Oak Park subsidizing other library systems: CARE, WJ, 10/14/92, 8
CARE's Golden in GOP primary, OL, 2/5/92, 9
CARE chair battles Leyden supervisor for GOP 77th House District
nomination, WJ, 3/4/92, 9
citing "time for change," CARE elects new leaders, WJ, 1/13/93, 11
CARE tells plan to trim deficit, OL, 2/24/93, 9
a film career far (but not removed) from Tinseltown, Compuserve magazine,
8/94, 55
Oak Parkers debate gay mates' rights, Chicago Sun-Times, 4/19/94, 6
getting around, Chicago Tribune, 3/7/94, Chicagoland, 1
Ravinia places Chicago on map for jazz fans, Northwest Leader, 8/3/94
when it comes to running for OPRF school board, silence must be Golden,
WJ, 8/23/95, 4
silence not Golden: aspiring local politico a man of many names, faces,
WJ, 9/20/95, 4
circus (editorial), OL
a tax story that's golden, WJ, 11/1/95, 35
Les "Cut the Taxes" Golden booted off school ballot, Tax News, Fall 1995,
9
"Cut the Taxes" seizes a golden opportunity to run for Congress, WJ,
12/20/95, 12
who's who for Congress (editorial), OL, 12/27/95, 16
this candidate is a "Cut the Taxes" above the rest, Chicago Tribune,
10/3/95, metrowest, 1
inaccuracy, inaccuracy, everywhere's innaccuracy, WJ, 10/18/95, 26
CARE just resting, WJ, 2/8/95, 7
just what OPRF needs - a clown campaign, WJ, 10/4/95, 35
"Cut the Taxes" bounced off OPRF board, WJ, 9/27/95, 3
petition battles sour elections (editorial), WJ, 9/27/95, 30
Golden tossed off ballot on "Cut the Taxes" handle, OL, 9/27/95, 14
Golden makes it 11 vying for OPRF board, WJ, 8/30/95, 11
decision due Thursday on District 200 challenge, OL, 9/13/95, 13
is Runningbear really "Cut the Taxes"?, OL, 8/23/95, 13
Avers off OPRF ballot; Golden's fate in the balance, WJ, 9/20/95, 9
Golden's high school board candidacy challenged, WJ, 9/6/95, 1
two OPRF board candidacies theatened, WJ, 9/13/95, 3
Avers knocked off ballot; decision today on Golden, OL, 9/20/95, 13
Golden files suit to get back on high school board ballot, WJ, 10/4/95, 5
four Oak Parkers among Congressional hopefuls, OL, 12/20/95, 11
casino gambling? maybe, but not at Pleasant Home, WJ, 5/24/95, 31
odds against a casino plan for Pleasant Home, WJ, 5/10/95, 4
loud protest trails quiet passage of tax cap bill, Kane County Chronicle,
7/7/95, 1
meet the 8th House candidates, OL, 10/9/96, 8
Giles to face absent candidate Nov. 5, OL, 10/9/96, 8
the rockets' red glare proves GALA's still there, OL, 7/3/96, 7
Golden appeals ballot ruling, OL, 3/6/96, 11
GOP slates Golden to run for State Rep, OL, 7/3/96, 10
Golden memories, OL, 7/2/97, B3
Where are all the candidates?, WJ, 9/3/97, 4
"Cut the Taxes" returns so do petition challenge, OL, 2/5/97, 14
Golden to run as write-in, OL, 3/19/97, 9
Golden gets the boot from library board ballot, WJ, 2/12/97, 8
fight brewing over library board ballots, WJ, 1/29/97, 11
"binder check" eyed in OP library board race, WJ, 2/5/97, 13
Who is Les Golden?, WJ, 4/2/97, 29
subject Les Golden tells more of story (guess essay), WJ, 4/23/97, 24
hoping Les Golden will contribute to Oak Park, WJ, 5/14/97, 21
the Clone Ranger divides again, WJ, 4/1/98, 52
officially "Cut-the-Taxes," WJ, 3/11/98, 35
hey buddy, you got a license for that?, WJ, 12/16/98, 4
opposition to board in retreat, WJ, 2/10/99, 1
bombs bursting in air, WJ, 7/7/99, 4
put administrators in school buildings (guess essay), OL, 6/16/99, 25
review of Ten Little Indians
review of Stage Struck
review of Taming of the Shrew
letter about Mann school diversion
Dan Haley concerning CURE party "pathetic" Les Golden
CB as a channel for discovery, Compuserve magazine, 18
leader of the band helped raise cash (guest essay), OL,
from videotapes to faxes, groups trying to win over the voters, Chicago
Tribune, 11/4/91, Chicagoland, 1
near-earth asteroid project, Astronomy magazine, , 2
Hale Bopp in OL
ARTICLES ABOUT LESLIE M. GOLDEN
(WJ = Wednesday Journal, OL = Oak Leaves)
COMEDY
when in Argentina, sing as the Argentines don't, Chicago Sun-Times,
10/26/81, 10
Local celebs, Chicago Tribune, 10/26/81,
Local celebs, Chicago Tribune, 2/8/82
Petrulis "spoofs" reality, Berwyn Life, 5/19/82
Petrulis, Kaspa shows on Metrovision, Berwyn Life, 7/4/82
Petrulis has diverse ends seeking meaning, The Life, 9/8/82, 4
the villagers, OL
when astronomy career fizzled world of comedy
runningbear column by Linden
MUSIC
an astronomer tackles the music software marketplace, Upbeat magazine,
9/89, 45
Ravinia places Chicago on map for jazz fans, Northwest Leader, 8/3/94
the rockets' red glare proves GALA's still there, OL, 7/3/96, 7
Golden memories, OL, 7/2/97, B3
bombs bursting in air, WJ, 7/7/99, 4
leader of the band helped raise cash (guest essay), OL,
ACTING
improvising your way to success, Spring magazine, Sept. 1982, 34
the boss is never wrong, Screen magazine, 10/1/84, 19
the perfect cast, Screen magazine, 6/3/91, 12
a film career far (but not removed) from Tinseltown, Compuserve magazine,
8/94, 55
Who is Les Golden?, WJ, 4/2/97, 29
subject Les Golden tells more of story (guess essay), WJ, 4/23/97, 24
hoping Les Golden will contribute to Oak Park, WJ, 5/14/97, 21
the Clone Ranger divides again, WJ, 4/1/98, 52
review of Ten Little Indians
review of Stage Struck
review of Taming of the Shrew
ASTRONOMY
Rosary prof makes stars come to life for "ET" class, Suburban Sun-Times,
7/1/83, West 14
people focuses on fellow who makes ETs his specialty, WJ, 11/16/83
Halley's comet, alien life highlight astronomer's talk, Harlem-Irving
Times, 3/12/84, 3
a close look at some way-out ETs, Weekend World, 12/20/85, 2
comet explored, OL, 5/7/86,
near-earth asteroid project, Astronomy magazine, , 2
CB as a channel for discovery, Compuserve magazine, 18
Hale Bopp in OL
POLITICS - PARKS
Park hike taxes as public complains, WJ, 9/9/87,
residents want students to pull weeds in parks, OL, 5/29/91, 8
"dandelion dig" idea blooming, WJ, 5/29/91, 7
parks ban pesticides for 1991, WJ, 4/24/91, 1
weed free parks (editorial), OL, 5/29/91,
parks lead on pesticides, WJ, 5/29/91, 16
circus (editorial), OL
POLITICS - CARE
wide range of political interests on CARE board, WJ, 9/30/87, 3
200 turn out at CARE tax forum, WJ, 10/7/87
CARE tax forum adds speakers, WJ, 9/9/87, 9
Who CAREs? Oak Park's grassroots withering (opinion), WJ, 11/30/88, 4
CARE rejects dist. 97 hikes as too costly, WJ, 3/8/89, 7
CARE tax fight angers realty board, WJ, 3/22/89, 9
VOTE back pedals on house sale figures, OL, 3/22/89, 5
CARE joins school board fray, WJ, 7/31/89, 1
CARE tries to seek new identity, OL, 10/11/89, 7
CARE endorsements have defeat the "incumbent" goal (guest essay), WJ,
10/31/90, 21
CARE challenges shake up village races, WJ, 2/6/91, 1
CARE: a party in search of an image, OL, 8/14/91, 8
CARE offers "snake oil" not real school solutions, WJ, 9/4/91, 19
CARE party makes a case for recognition (guest essay), WJ, 12/11/91, 36
big holiday gift, WJ, 12/4/91, 22
CARE party plans full April slate, WJ, 8/26/92, 3
citing "time for change," CARE elects new leaders, WJ, 1/13/93, 11
CARE tells plan to trim deficit, OL, 2/24/93, 9
from videotapes to faxes, groups trying to win over the voters, Chicago
Tribune, 11/4/91, Chicagoland, 1
CARE just resting, WJ, 2/8/95, 7
POLITICS - SCHOOLS
teacher retention poor despite good pay (guest essay), WJ, 6/6/90, 37
dist. 97 overspends - but never on kids (guest essay), WJ, 8/12/92, 21
put administrators in school buildings (guess essay), OL, 6/16/99, 25
POLITICS - OTHER
"Express" line remedy, Chicago Tribune, 6/17/84, Perspective, 2
MB church should help Austin community first, WJ, 1/27/88, 17
what's next? the ultimate newsletter (guest essay), WJ, 6/29/88, 34
the main issues are human dignity and AIDS (guest essay), WJ, 12/13/89,
44
monkey business, Times, 1/9/92
voters questions 911 expenditure proposal, WJ, 10/31/90, 9
Philbin should lead on Triton (guest essay), OL, 6/17/92, 23
Oak Park subsidizing other library systems: CARE, WJ, 10/14/92, 8
Oak Parkers debate gay mates' rights, Chicago Sun-Times, 4/19/94, 6
getting around, Chicago Tribune, 3/7/94, Chicagoland, 1
loud protest trails quiet passage of tax cap bill, Kane County Chronicle,
7/7/95, 1
Where are all the candidates?, WJ, 9/3/97, 4
officially "Cut-the-Taxes," WJ, 3/11/98, 35
hey buddy, you got a license for that?, WJ, 12/16/98, 4
opposition to board in retreat, WJ, 2/10/99, 1
letter about Mann school diversion
Dan Haley concerning CURE party "pathetic" Les Golden
POLITICS - TAXES
Journal sugar coats property tax pain to villagers (guest essay), WJ,
9/27/89, 35
high taxes in Oak Park help outs our businesses (guest essay), WJ,
12/12/90, 36
POLITICS - DEVELOPMENT
turn Stankus Hole into garden center (guest essay), OL
fill Stankus Hole with restaurants (guess essay), 5/16/84, 21
Stankus Hole
fill the Stankus Hole with public's gardens, (guest essay), WJ, 1984
Pleasant Home (guest essay), OL, 7/31/91, 21
Pleasant Home: here's a worthwhile gamble (guest essay), OL 7/31/92, 21
casino gambling? maybe, but not at Pleasant Home, WJ, 5/24/95, 31
odds against a casino plan for Pleasant Home, WJ, 5/10/95, 4
POLITICS - SHRUBTOWN, LES GOLDEN AS "MOE SILVER"
Shrubtown, WJ, 7/24/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/14/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/21/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/28/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/11/93, 22
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/12/92, 24
Shrubtown, WJ, 7/31/91,
Shrubtown, WJ, 8/ /91
POLITICS - LES AS CANDIDATE
CARE's Golden in GOP primary, OL, 2/5/92, 9
Golden, Saviano spar on issues, OL, 3/4/92, 8
CARE chair battles Leyden supervisor for GOP 77th House District
nomination, WJ, 3/4/92, 9
when it comes to running for OPRF school board, silence must be Golden, WJ,
8/23/95, 4
is Runningbear really "Cut the Taxes"?, OL, 8/23/95, 13
Golden makes it 11 vying for OPRF board, WJ, 8/30/95, 11
Golden's high school board candidacy challenged, WJ, 9/6/95, 1
two OPRF board candidacies theatened, WJ, 9/13/95, 3
decision due Thursday on District 200 challenge, OL, 9/13/95, 13
Avers off OPRF ballot; Golden's fate in the balance, WJ, 9/20/95, 9
Avers knocked off ballot; decision today on Golden, OL, 9/20/95, 13
silence not Golden: aspiring local politico a man of many names, faces,
WJ, 9/20/95, 4
"Cut the Taxes" bounced off OPRF board, WJ, 9/27/95, 3
petition battles sour elections (editorial), WJ, 9/27/95, 30
Golden tossed off ballot on "Cut the Taxes" handle, OL, 9/27/95, 14
inaccuracy, inaccuracy, everywhere's innaccuracy, WJ, 10/18/95, 26
Les "Cut the Taxes" Golden booted off school ballot, Tax News, Fall 1995,
9
this candidate is a "Cut the Taxes" above the rest, Chicago Tribune,
10/3/95, metrowest, 1
just what OPRF needs - a clown campaign, WJ, 10/4/95, 35
Golden files suit to get back on high school board ballot, WJ, 10/4/95, 5
a tax story that's golden, WJ, 11/1/95, 35
"Cut the Taxes" seizes a golden opportunity to run for Congress, WJ,
12/20/95, 12
who's who for Congress (editorial), OL, 12/27/95, 16
four Oak Parkers among Congressional hopefuls, OL, 12/20/95, 11
Golden appeals ballot ruling, OL, 3/6/96, 11
GOP slates Golden to run for State Rep, OL, 7/3/96, 10
meet the 8th House candidates, OL, 10/9/96, 8
Giles to face absent candidate Nov. 5, OL, 10/9/96, 8
fight brewing over library board ballots, WJ, 1/29/97, 11
"Cut the Taxes" returns so do petition challenge, OL, 2/5/97, 14
"binder check" eyed in OP library board race, WJ, 2/5/97, 13
Golden gets the boot from library board ballot, WJ, 2/12/97, 8
Golden to run as write-in, OL, 3/19/97, 9
legislature re school funding_
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