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Mar 28, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to our standing in the community - the local media will be attendance at the event. It MAY have something to do with the Congressman, too. Congressman Darin LaHood ~ 16th Congressional District Congressman Darin LaHood, born and raised in Peoria, serves the constituents of the 16th District of Illinois. Originally sworn into the US House of Representatives on September 17, 2015, after winning a special election, he won re-election to serve his fourth full term in Congress on November 8, 2022. From 2015 to 2023, LaHood represented the 18th Congressional District, serving much of central and west-central Illinois. Following a redistricting process, LaHood was drawn into the new 16th Congressional District. The 16th District spans 21 counties across central and northwestern Illinois, ranging from McLean County (Bloomington-Normal) and Peoria County (Peoria) to Winnebago (Rockford) and Jo Daviess (Galena). LaHood serves over 725,000 constituents. Prior to his election to Congress, LaHood served four years in the Illinois State Senate, beginning in 2011. LaHood spent more than nine years as a State and Federal Prosecutor. From 2001-2006, he worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada and was selected as the Chief Terrorism Prosecutor. LaHood has also served as an Assistant State's Attorney in Cook County and Tazewell County. From 2006 up until his election to the House of Representatives, he practiced with the Peoria law firm of Miller, Hall & Triggs. LaHood currently serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee after being selected by his colleagues in January of 2018. The Ways and Means Committee is the House’s oldest committee and has jurisdiction over all taxation and other revenue-raising measures, trade and tariffs, healthcare, and Social Security. LaHood serves as the Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare and is a Subcommittee on Trade. In March of 2021, LaHood was appointed to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The committee oversees the nation’s intelligence agencies including components of the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, State, Treasury and Energy. In January of 2022, LaHood was appointed to serve on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. The Committee will examine the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party, including economically and militarily, and work to strengthen American competitiveness. During his time in Congress, LaHood has a strong conservative record of leadership for his constituents in Illinois, promoting economic development, fiscal responsibility, protecting American jobs, and support for our nation’s law enforcement community and America’s national security interests. LaHood has been an outspoken advocate for creating a better business climate, reducing our federal deficit, advocating for better international market access for Illinois farmers, lowering taxes for working families, and supporting the needs of rural healthcare providers and patient access. He believes strengthening America’s national security is essential to combat foreign threats from China, Russia, and Iran and making America more competitive globally. LaHood also serves on the House Democracy Partnership and currently co-chairs the bipartisan US-China Working Group, Digital Trade Caucus, U.S.-Lebanon Friendship Caucus, and Congressional Soccer Caucus. LaHood, a third-generation Peorian, graduated from Spalding High School. He earned a B.A. from Loras College and holds a J.D. from the University of Illinois-Chicago John Marshall Law School. An enthusiastic athlete, he has completed five marathons and enjoys hiking, biking, and backpacking. Congressman LaHood and his wife Kristen currently reside in Peoria and are the proud parents of three sons, McKay, Lucas, and Teddy. |
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Apr 04, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd Violence over the last week ~ should be one of the main topics of Chief Redd's update. The Rockford Police Department is under the command of Chief Carla Redd and has an authorized strength of 302 sworn officers. Rockford Police Department members are committed to reducing crime and enhancing the quality of life through an active partnership with our community. In 1998, Chief Redd joined the ranks of the Rockford Police Department. She started off in Patrol, became a Field Training Officer, Community Services Officer, Detective and then Sergeant. Chief Redd became the first black woman to achieve a command rank as a Lieutenant in 2015 and in 2020, she became an Assistant Deputy Chief and District 3 Commander. In September of 2021, the Rockford Police Department welcomed her as its first female Chief of Police. Chief Redd has an Associate Degree in Criminology from Rock Valley College, a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Northern Illinois University, a certification in Criminal Justice from the University of Virginia and is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy. |
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Apr 14, 2024 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cosmo Family Night at the IceHogs! We're In Hog Heaven
Sunday, April 14th, 2024
Doors Open at 3:00PM | Game Starts at 4:00PM Cost: $25/person (ticket only) *Tickets will be at the Will Call the night of the game Food, Beer and Soft Drinks will be available for purchase. The cost will be billed to your club account. Attendance is limited to 100 total​ people, so reserve your tickets today! RSVP at your earliest convenience using the link for yourself and for all family members that are attending! Go Hogs! Go Cosmos!
We look forward to seeing you, your families, friends and potential new Cosmo members!
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May 09, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Yaniv Attar ~ Music Director of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra A native of Israel, Yaniv Attar is the 1st prize winner of the Duna Szimfonikus Conducting Competition Budapest, multiple recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Foundation Award, and the 2009 Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award. Attar is the Music Director of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Partner with Northwest Sinfonietta. Highlights of past seasons included collaborations with artists such as Alesio Bax, James Ehnes, Tine Thing Helseth, Sharon Isbin, Alex Klein, Jennifer Koh, Johannes Moser and Gil Shaham. Attar was also one of 10 conductors from around the world who were invited to INTERACTION, and conducted an orchestra composed of all of Germany’s top orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Konzerthaus Orchestra, German Symphony Orchestra, and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Prior to his current music directorships, Attar completed his two years residency as the Assistant Conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, where he conducted nearly 100 performances, and worked extensively with Maestro Justin Brown. Drawn to orchestral conducting from early age, Attar has studied with Israel Edelson in Jerusalem, Virginia Allen at the Juilliard School in New York and Neil Thomson at the Royal College of Music in London, where he was also the Associate Conductor and co-founder of the Tempus Chamber Orchestra. In 2008, Attar earned his Doctor of Music degree from McGill University where he studied under the tutelage of Alexis Hauser. Attar also studied with Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin, Janos Fürst, Jorma Panula, Gustav Meier, Johannes Schlaefli, Peter Gülke, Gabor Hollerung, Neil Varon, Carl St. Clair, David Effron, Donald Thulean, and Michael Jurowski. Attar has worked with the Cincinnati Symphony, Duna Szimfonikus Budapest, Dohnanyi Orchestra Budapest, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Haifa Symphony, Hamburg Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali Milan, Jerusalem Symphony, Lithuanian State Symphony, London Solists Chamber Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, Mihail Jora Philharmonic Romania, National Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Northwest Sinfonietta, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic , Russe Philharmonic Bulgaria, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, and Virginia Symphony.
Attar is also an accomplished classical guitarist. He has studied under Irit Even-Tov, Charles Ramirez and Sharon Isbin, for whom he served as teaching assistant at the Aspen Music Festival from 2003 to 2005. Attar was the first guitarist to win the Aviv Competition Prize in Israel and the Concerto Competition at the Juilliard School. Attar plays a 2014 Dake Traphagen Guitar. His studies have been generously supported by the America and Canada Israel Cultural Foundations, The Williamson Foundation for Music, Ronen Foundation, The Olga Forrai Foundation New York, the Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, AVI Fellowships Switzerland, the Rislov Foundation, and the ISEF Foundation. Yaniv’s home base is Bellingham, Washington where he lives overlooking the bay and the Olympic Mountains with his wife, Meredith, children Jonah and Lyla, and pup Gracie. When he isn’t conducting, he enjoys playing his classical guitar and adventuring with his family. |
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May 16, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Mayor will provide a general city update. Mayor Tom McNamara took office as the 41st mayor of Rockford on May 1, 2017. He was re-elected on April 6, 2021 and sworn in to a second term on May 3, 2021. Prior to becoming Mayor, Tom served the community for four years as 3rd Ward Alderman, representing constituents on Rockford’s east and west sides, as well as downtown. |
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Jul 18, 2024 12:00 PM - Jul 21, 2024 12:00 PM
2024 Cosmopolitan International Convention July 18th thru July 21st Edmonton, Alberta Canada Cost: $300 USD/person Check with Larry Lazzerini or John Johnson regarding the trip. https://cosmopolitan.org/page/convention The Westin Edmonton10135 100th Street
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5J 0N7
ROOMS NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING!
Room Block Available Start Date: Monday, July 15, 2024
Room Block Available End Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Last Day to Book: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
SPECIAL GROUP RATE: $135 CAD per night
**SOME EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSED. DETAILS TO FOLLOW**
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