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American flags will be flying once again in the Orchard Valley subdivision thanks to Troop 11 Scouts and their patriotic sponsors. The boys would be honored to include your home. Two of the troop members are residents of Orchard Valley.
  Please let us know If you would like to subscribe to the service where we post a US flag on the parkway in front of your house on the following holidays: Memorial Day, Flag Day (6/14), Independence Day, and Labor Day.  A Blackhawk Troop 11 scout will place and salute the flag in the morning and retrieve Old Glory before sunset the same day.  We do all the work. All you have to do is watch and enjoy. The subscription service is only $25 for the year.
  This is our only fundraiser. We were able to buy camping equipment with the funds last year. 
If you are interested, click on the link below and follow the steps to purchase by April 30th. All contact information will be confidential and used for posting/collecting flags only. This is the easiest and safest way during this time. 

Yes, I want the service: https://troop11-406289.square.site/
We really would prefer for you to use this link for payment, but if you’d rather, a check can be made payable and mailed to: Boy Scout Troop 11 at 14 N. May Street, Aurora, IL 60506
If you have any questions or know of a friend or neighbor who is interested, please contact us by email at FlagsTroop11@gmail.com.
Thank you for your generosity and patriotism. 
Sincerely,
Boys of Blackhawk Scout Troop 11 

Note:  All subscriptions are subject to the approval of the Post the Colors Fundraising committee based on established service areas. If outside of a serviceable area, customer has the option to have the flag posted as a group “en masse” outside the Aurora Police Department, convert the sale to a donation, or a refund may be provided.

The Board of Directors has voted to cancel this year’s Spring Fling scheduled for Saturday, April 17, 2021. Orchard Valley Homeowners Association is committed to the health and safety of all our residents, board members, management company staff and people we may come in contact with. We are taking precautions to continue limiting the spread of COVID-19. We appreciate your understanding as we appear to be starting to put this behind us .

We look forward to hopefully being able to have the Picnic in the Park this year.

We continue to ask all residents to follow the Center of Disease Control (CDC) guidelines as recommended.

A reminder that April 6th is Election Day for a variety of races that affect the 5th ward. Early voting is happening now at the Vaughan Athletic Center.

If you are unable to get transportation to vote on the 6th, please feel free to call me for a ride. I will be available that day until 1:00.

As I mentioned in the past, our ward typically has the highest voter turnout. That’s something to be proud of but we need to continue with that. Voting makes a difference.

from Alderman Carl Franco:

Yard waste pick-up without the need for stickers begins on April 5th and runs through April 16th. Thereafter stickers will be needed.

Also, bundled brush pick-up starts on April 5th. Bundled brush must be 1/2 to 4 inches in diameter and 2 to 4 feet in length. Bundled brush will be picked up through early November.

Daylight Savings Time begins tonight, March 13, at 2am.  Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead.

In partnership with Walgreens, Mayor Richard C. Irvin and the City of Aurora are hosting another MASS VAX AURORA COMMUNITY VACCINATION CLINIC on Saturday, March 13.The one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be available to AURORA RESIDENTS in qualifying categories (see below).Beginning at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, the first 2,000 AURORA RESIDENTS can sign-up to receive the registration link at www.aurora-il.org/MassVaxAurora.

*This is a sign-up list to receive the link to register for the clinic. This is not the actual registration nor confirmation for an appointment.

You can receive a vaccine if you are an Aurora resident in any of the following categories*:• AGE: 65 years and older• OCCUPATION: Healthcare, First Responder, Education, Food & Agriculture, Manufacturing, Corrections Worker, US Postal Service, Public Transit Worker, Grocery Store Worker, Shelters/Adult Day Care• MEDICAL CONDITION: Diabetes, Obesity, Pulmonary Diseases, Smoking, Heart Conditions, Chronic Kidney Disease, Cancer, Immunocompromised, Sickle Cell, Pregnancy, Person with a Disability*Limited availability of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Alderman Carl Franco – We will be having a 5th ward meeting on February 17th at 6:30. It will be similar to what we did in October. It will be a combo of in-person and virtual. The in-person portion will be in the city council chambers. As of now we are only allowed to have 10 attendees due to the Covid restrictions. We may be allowed more as we approach that date. The attendees will be on a first-call first-serve basis. If interested, please contact me to get on the list. Prior to the meeting I will contact you to let you know if you are able to attend. Don’t assume that you are in unless I confirm with you. Masks are mandatory.The virtual portion will be streamed via Facebook live which can be accessed via the city’s Facebook page or this one.As is our normal meeting structure, we will have a guest speaker which for this meeting is Mayor Richard Irvin. Our Community Oriented Police officers and I will also give updates.As mentioned in the recent 5th ward newsletter, which I hope everyone received, our normal neighborhood group meetings have been suspended until the pandemic is past us. Hopefully by summer we can resume them.

Reminder the Orchard Valley Homeowners Association annual payment of $155.00 is due by January 31, 2019. Please remit payments payable to OVHA and send to Alpha Management, PO Box 4482, Aurora, IL 60506-4482.

Click here to learn more about NEW ILLINOIS LAWS that begin on January 1st.