As the wife of the Mayor of Riverwoods one of the most fun things I get to do each year is organize the annual halloween party. This year Riverwoods held its eighth annual Halloween Party at the Riverwoods Village hall. There was a horse drawn hay wagon, free Pizza, free hotdogs, hot cider, popcorn and candy which made it a truly fun event. There was also a huge bon fire to gather around and make s'mores.
It is truly a village event. This year at least 10 people helped with the amazing decorations. Since the Village hall is a log cabin it really lends itself to the Halloween theme. In addition, there were another 15-20 people who helped serve all the food. We can have as many as 200-300 people attending. We even had music and singing on the hay wagon and Jodi jiggle jam played the guitar and sang songs with the children. There was also a very special mystery bunny that all the children loved.
It takes a village to make a great party and Riverwoods surely is a great Village and had a great Halloween.
Move to Riverwoods and Join the fun.
Sherry Kaplan, Riverwoods realest specialist
I have spent the entire day learning all I can about short sales and forclosures. I attended a continuing education class taught by Lori Cox who did an outstanding job of explaining the in's and outs of short sales and foreclosures. The main thing I learned is that this is a constantly changing field and I fell much more well equiped to represent buyers and sellers who are interested in this type of purchase.
I also learned of many new websites and places sellers can get help if they find themselves unable to make their mortgage payments as well as some of the pitfalls involved in both the short sale and foreclosure process.
One of the main things that the course confirmed was my own opinion that in a short sale the inspection should be done in the normal 5 day inspection period even though the lender would not have approved that contract by that time. In this way any repair issues can be used in negotiating the price and also, as happened in one of the short sale situations we were personally involved in, the buyer can determine if this is really a property he wants to buy or not before he waits 4 or 5 months and then finds a major problem.
I feel it was a day well spent and I will soon earn the SFR designation.
Sincerely,
Sherry H. Kaplan
2009 President Women's Council of Realtors
North Shore Chapter.
This year I am president of the North Shore Chapter of Women's Council of Realtors. On Wednesday, October 21st at 6:00 P.M. The North Shore Chapter of WCR will be presenting a Talent Show to raise money for abused and battered women and children. The money will go to A Safe Place in Waukegan and the Evanston YWCA.
The cost will be $20 a person for Pizza, wine, beer or soda and a show. The talent has all been donated and is terrific. I am so excited to see it all coming together and hope many of you who read this will decide to come. It is a chance to have fun and help a worthy cause.
Sincerely,
Sherry H. Kaplan
On October 4th Riverwoods celebrated its 50th year as being founded as a Village. It was a golden day for the golden anniversary of the Village. There were hotdogs, brots & ribs and photoboards showing the Village 50 years ago. The attendance wasn't quite what was expected, but the Bears were playing football at the same time and that is really tough competition.
We had asked for new coverage of the event. My husband, Bill, is the Mayor. Instead all we got was a photographer who took a picture of an adorable toddler and our dog Zoey. Well hopefully that toddler will be there 50 years from now to celebrate the 100th year of the Village.
Riverwoods is really a beautiful place to live especially in the fall when the trees turn yellow and red.
Sincerely,
Sherry H. Kaplan
On October 4th Riverwoods will be celebrating its 50th anniversary for the founding of the Village. We are having a huge barbecue, a big band playing and hopefully tales of the history of the Village. Stories of the days when Riverwoods was simply a community of summer cottages for the wealthy residents of Winnetka. When there was an amusement park on the corner of Deerfield and Milwaukee Avenue, When a bunch of farmers got together at the Hermann Wildflower Farm on the corner of Deerfield and Portwine and named the streets after their favorite drink ie: Portwine & Sherry. In the old days there were small rattlesnakes all along the Des Plaines River which are long gone today.
We still have our horses and hopefully some of them will be at the celebration. We will try to show a video of Riverwoods of yesterday and today in the Village Hall which is located in a log cabin.
The 50th celebration should be great fun.
Next we are planning our annual Halloween party on Saturday October 31st. The Village Hall will be decorated to scare the bravest among us. We will have a horse drawn hay wagon with a banjo player singing songs as the wagon tours the Village. There will be free hot dogs, pizza and cider and a group of children gathered around the camp fire hearing Halloween stories and making so-mores.
We usually have 450- 500 people attending. It is great fun for all. Living in Riverwoods is great
Yesterday I say a great blue heron being chased by a hawk. Every day holds a new surprise. That's why I love my job helping people find new homes in this wonderful community.
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