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About the Website
Alsip Today originiated in blog form on February 4, 2009 with the first posting, "Kitching Skewers Collins."
The primary purpose of the Alsip Today blog was to provide a forum to distribute the message of the Alsip Coalition for
Excellence (ACE) party candidates that were slated to run in the April 2009 municipal election.
Following the election, which resulted in one of the ACE candidates getting elected as Village Trustee,
the Alsip Today blog became silent.
During the election season, it was obvious that Alsip didn't get its fair share of coverage in many of the
media outlets that would be expected to cover news and events for Alsip. Over the following summer months, an idea for an
updated version of the Alsip Today website began to take shape.
On October 30, 2009 the updated Alsip Today website went live - with a whole new look and purpose. The website will continue to
evolve as we position it to become the defacto resource for all things Alsip. We're looking to deliver a balanced and
unbiased coverage to important news and events for Alsip.
Some of the edginess of the "old" blog will certainly find its way into editorial perspectives. Readers will be able to
submit comments and suggested articles for publication - but in all cases, these will be reviewed prior to finding their
way onto one of our pages. If you're looking to read anonymous rants - you'll need to find another source.
We've got a lot of content ideas perculating that will find their way into the website. Businesses wishing to
advertise on the website are asked to use the Contact Us form (link below). Anyone interested in becoming a regular contributor to the
website should also use the Contact Us form.
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About the Publisher
Jay Henry has lived with his wife Judy in the Village of Alsip for 24 years;
they have 2 adult sons, Kevin and Kyle. He began publishing Alsip Today
in conjunction with his unsuccessful run for Alsip Village Trustee in the
April 2009 election as a member of the Alsip Coalition for Excellence (ACE) party.
Jay has previously served as board member on several community organizations including,
School District 125, Alsip Little League and Illinois Dekhockey.
Currently employed by a southwest suburban homebuilder as their
Information Technology Manager, Jay also remains active in youth sports as an umpire
for Alsip Little League and as a USSF Soccer Referee.
Prior to his current job, Jay Henry worked for various mid-to-large sized companies
in telecommunications and national defense. As a mid-level manager with these organizations,
he developed strategic and tactical plans, budgets and directed professional staff members.
He has authored and presented several papers at industry forums as well as authoring and editing
national quality award submissions.
Jay Henry is a graduate of the DeVry Institute of Technology with additional course work
in human resource management, project management, statistics, and design for manufacturability.
He is also the author of another general interest blog and a frequent contributor to technical
forums on the subjects of Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA),
as well as Visual Basic 6 through VB.NET.
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