Hello, Lombard post office. What happened to the Lombard-only mailboxes inside and outside the post office? Will they be making a return trip?

Deb Maher, a supervisor at the Lombard Post Office, responded that Lombard—like other communities—lost its “local” mailboxes. She explained that in our area, by sending all the mail to the Carol Stream center, automation equipment sorts the mail by route and address (or delivery sequence), thus saving time and money; the automated system bypasses the need to have a clerk and mail carrier sort through local mail. –JAC

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About the lights on Main Street in Lombard. I’m tired of hearing how they look and everything. I think they’re an atrocity and I think a basic service is to have my street cleaned and plowed. I think they ought to take the people who planned those lights and approved those lights and fire them and use that salary for my salt.

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Listen up, ladies and gentlemen, especially all you young people. The great Barack Obama has got all the answers. Our country is in debt, $1.2 trillion. I can’t fathom such a figure, but he’s going to put two chickens in every pot, he’s going to put cars in every garage and everybody’s going to have health care, they’re going to have this and that. Where is all this money coming from? This guy hasn’t even learned how to walk on water yet.

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To the person with the barking dogs, in case you don’t know, it’s against the law to leave your dogs barking outside. You’re creating a public nuisance; your dogs are disturbing the peace. Next time law enforcement can handle the situation, you’ll be cited. Also, it’s your responsibility to watch your dog at all times and not leave it unattended.

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Lombard calling. Thanks to the gentleman who, while driving past my house and seeing me shoveling the driveway, turned around and came back, telling me to put the shovel away before I have a heart attack, then plowed my driveway. I didn’t get a chance to give him a really big thank you. Thank you.

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Hi, I’m calling from Lombard and I just want everyone to know just what a wonderful animal hospital we have right on Roosevelt Road in Lombard, Carriage Animal Clinic. Dr. Sekowski and his staff have treated my two elderly dogs with kindness and they’ve received excellent care there. It’s a great place, check them out.

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Hi, this is Lombard calling about the hair salon on Main Street, Exposed. I just want to say that it is probably one of the best salons I’ve ever been to. I went in there with my two daughters, and we got haircuts and I got highlights; they were unbelievable. They are wonderful people and they make you feel like you’re part of the family. So, I would highly recommend it. Nice job, Exposed.

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Hi, I’m calling from the Foxworth subdivision in Lombard. I just wanted to thank the public works department and the staff of Lombard for doing such a terrific job in keeping our streets open. You guys and gals are doing a great job. Thank you so much for helping all of us out.

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I would like to express my appreciation to all the dedicated and hardworking personnel who have helped to make this winter a little safer and a little easier, in addition to doing the same difficult work year-round, namely: the DuPage County Sheriff’s Department and the Lombard Police Department, the fire department and paramedic staff, York Township Highway Department, our dedicated mail carriers, Waste Management crews.

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Hello, this is Lombard calling. It’s Tuesday, two days after the big snow storm we had. One of the village trucks knocked over my mailbox and I called the village and I talked to a woman named Patty. Believe it or not, they were out here in a half hour. I just want to say to Patty and the public works department, you guys are doing a fantastic job. Believe me, you are. I work for a village, and it’s not as good as this one. I’ve been there 35 years and just want to let everybody know that Lombard’s a very good town to live in and let’s start calling up the people who work there and give them some encouragement.

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Lombard calling. Kudos to the AT&T building on the southeast corner of Highland and 20th Street. They’ve had their sidewalk cleaned and salted after each of the last three snowfalls. I just want to thank them very much. I wish the rest of the buildings on Highland Avenue would do the same. Thank you.

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Hello, Lombard calling. It is Wednesday, Jan. 14, at about five to 5. Whoever nearly hit me head-on at Main and Parkside, just a few minutes ago, I hope you are really happy. I had small children in the car. What is the matter with you, driving so recklessly on a day like today?

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This is Lombard calling. I’ve been a resident of Lombard for many, many years, and during this time it was my privilege to have worked with Bill Moran, both in the school district and at the pool. Bill did a lot for this village and helped a lot of children. The change in name to Paradise Bay is an absolute insult to him, his memory and his family. Obviously the changers never knew this man. I trust that there can be some area that will preserve his memory.

Paul Friedrichs, executive director of the park district, responded to a previous caller that Bill Moran will be remembered, stating, “The park board has directed staff to determine an appropriate recognition in his honor at the new aquatic facility.” –JAC

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Hi, I’ve been a citizen of Lombard for 22 years, and over the times of getting the Lombardian and reading it, the front page is normally purple, but on occasion, it’s a slightly different color, like green, red, blue, something like that. I was just curious as to what goes into changing the color of the cover page of the Lombardian, and if you could bring some light to that, that would be most interesting to me.

Yes, the color does change—sometimes with the weather—or actually the time of the year. Each spring, as we all await the arrival of Lombard’s lilacs, the newspaper sports “lilac” ink for quite a number of weeks as we cover the long list of Lilac Time activities. Once our readers see the lilac ink, it’s a sure sign that spring cannot be far behind. During the rest of the year, we change the color to coincide with a request from an advertiser, the season, a holiday and sometimes just what sounds good. Thank you for your trivia question. Watch upcoming issues of this year’s Lombardian as we celebrate our 50th anniversary and look back through the years. — blm

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Hi, this is Lombard calling. To the family on Main Street who put all those Santa Clauses out in front out their house this year, I just want to say thank you, because every time I drove by, I smiled. So, your intent of spreading good cheer was great. It was a whimsical thing to do, but it really made my day. I’m aware that you, as a family, have had a lot of tragedy lately, so I want to make sure—even though I don’t know you personally—that people do think about you and pray for you. I hope only good wishes for you.

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This is to SPEAK OUT. We need a new village president. We need some new blood, young blood, in order to develop our downtown area. We need some cable competition in our town, Mr. Mueller.

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Lombard here. This is for you liberals with your head stuck in the sand. The current economic crisis is definitely due to Obama and his ACORN group; also, Barney Frank, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi saying there is no problem when they created it. I ought to say also that Joe Biden is even less intelligent than Al Gore, which is hard to believe, when global warming is a big lie. You want to know the truth? Read in the Dec. 31 Daily Herald that global warming is strictly a political force to raise taxes.

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This is Villa Park calling. Anybody who thinks this economic problem is George Bush’s fault needs their head examined. Anyone who has seen him talk in the last year knows that he’s just a puppet for Dick Cheney. All these problems are Dick Cheney’s fault.