| EVANSTON,
IL – Residents of the 9th Congressional District are invited to attend
the North Suburban Forum on West Nile Virus on Monday, May 5, 2003, from
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. The forum will be held at Skokie Village
Hall, Village Council Chambers (5127 Oakton Street).
The
Forum in sponsored by U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), State
Senator Jeff Schoenberg, State Representative Julie Hamos, and Cook County
Commissioner Larry Suffredin.
Officials
will examine ways to better coordinate region-wide communication and containment
approaches, develop enhanced mosquito abatement procedures and strategies,
and promote more efficient use of limited local, state, and federal resources.
Representatives
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Department of Public
Health, Cook County Department of Public Health, and North Shore Mosquito
Abatement District will provide an overview of the virus and planned control
efforts for the summer.
Last
year, Illinois experienced 877 cases of the Virus and 62 fatalities, as
well as a noticeable loss of songbirds. Experts believe that West
Nile Virus will be even more virulent this year. |
