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​Thank you Notes from our customers


FLinda, 
 I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your continued support in sharing this information. Your efforts have made a significant difference and there has been a notable increase in attendance. 

Amy Eppel
SHEILA KING MARKETING + PUBLIC RELATIONS
[email protected]
February 25, 2025


​Gentlemen,
I just noticed that the November 5th edition of the Village View had a front-page column recognizing the Hometown Heroes program of Oak Lawn and publicizing the process for adding Oak Lawn veterans to the light poles of Oak Lawn. It was gratifying to read their notice, and my guess is that it will generate more interest and applications.
Thanks to both of you for your support in helping make this program a reality in Oak Lawn.
On behalf of my fellow veterans, I'd like to publicly thank you for your initial and ongoing support of the program.
The program has come a long way since its' introduction and continues to grow.
Your support was essential to its' success.

Sincerely,
Michael Nicholas Sutko
Travel Advisor
November 7, 2024

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Jane Nolan
 
 Clerk at Palos Township
  
You are the best! Thanks for all you have done to support 😍 our community!

May 2024
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Good morning, Linda
   The newspaper copies arrived yesterday. Thank you so very much for sending multiple copies. I so appreciate your kindness. The obituary looks very nice - thank you again.       
  Hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving. You have been so thoughtful and considerate. It’s people like you that restore my faith in humanity. Enjoy the remainder of the weekend.
​   I can’t thank you enough.
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎁
CHRISTINE

November 25, 2023

To Village View Publications, 
Congratulations on your 50th anniversary! Please extend my congratulations to Annette!


Karen Town
Moraine Valley College
June 25, 2023

Thank you for sending this over Linda, greatly appreciated! And thank you for your coverage of our upcoming concert,
Marianna Moroz
Public Relations Manager
Lyric Opera of Chicago
August 24, 2020

​Linda, thank you for all the support that you gave our clients! We all appreciate it so much. We hope that you and your family are all healthy and Annette and her family too. Thank you for this. Your kindness here means so much to us.
Gratefully,
Noreen  Heron 
May 22, 2020


Greetings Linda~
   Thank you so much for publishing the article sent this past week for the Oak Lawn Garden Club.  Yet, in particular, getting a picture and adding to the article - I caught sight of that before the article - nice touch my friend!  

Thank you again!
Julie Pietrzak, Publicity Chair
Oak Lawn Garden Club

January 10, 2020

Thanks, Linda, for always supporting this community service. So many people attend every month. I think you offer them a lifeline.
Take care
Sheila
SHEILA KING MARKETING + PR.
​August 25. 2019

Thank you for the coverage on the Principal for a Day story. That was a really popular article, it received a lot of attention thanks to you. 
​
Claudia Parker
Communications Director
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 
2929 W. 87th Street
Evergreen Park, IL

Dear Editor,. 
 The Johnson-Phelps VFW and Auxiliary appreciates all your support.  
"Our events are a success, because of the Press."
Gayle Bukowski
Johnson-Phelps VFW &
Auxiliary Post #5220

March 12, 2023

Village View Publications Inc. Receives 2018 Best of
​Chicago Award

Chicago Award Program
Honors the Achievement.
Village View Publications Inc. has been selected for the 2018 Best of Chicago
Award in the Newspaper Advertising
category by the Chicago Award
​Program.

   Each year, the Chicago Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category.    These are local companies that enhance
the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Chicago area a great place to live, work and play. These exceptional companies help make the Chicago area a great place to live, work and play.
     Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed 
to choose the winners in each category. The 2018 Chicago Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Chicago Award Program and data provided by third parties.
47  Years with Village View Newspaper
by Annette Dixon

    In 1973, my husband, Richard and two children Michelle, age 8, and Lance, age 3 and our poodle Snowball lived in Oak Lawn and my involvement within the community served many organizations and city hall. It was there that I met Vina O'Malley, Oak Lawn resident and founder of Village View Newspaper. I noticed that she was supporting Tom Powell as Mayor at that particular time in Oak Lawn History. Being involved with the Republican Party at that time, I too met many individuals within that party along with Vina O'Malley. I admired her ambition to publish a monthly newspaper with the support of Tom Powell and other Republican State Representatives such as Jane Barnes and Herb Huskey. Of course, I was young at that time and in awe of politics and journalism. I didn't have a college education at that time but, I surely did my homework and learned about state issues and which politicians supported my issues; and enjoyed the association of various individuals I became acquainted, such as Maureen Murphy, who was in the Worth Township Republican Party at that time. 
   This story is about Vina O'Malley where it all began. Vina did everything herself. She was at every Village Board Meeting, she was the photographer, publisher and editor and writer. She did not need sales to maintain the paper for only a year, after that is when I came along. I became her sales person in June of 1974 and worked with her only in sales on and off for 9 years, part time. After four years of college, and 14 credits toward a MA degree, I decided in 1983 to purchase the Village View Newspaper which was a monthly newspaper.
   Again the wheel revolves! I, too did almost everything myself for one year, then developed it into a weekly newspaper and had many employees helping me to grow this paper. In 1993, the Village View went to every other week. Presently, Village View is semi-monthly, and we now have four newspapers called, Suburban, 45 years old, South Suburban, 19 ½ years old, Far South, 16 ½ years old, and lastly BMAC which is our baby of 12 ½ years.
   This is the history of Village View Publications, Inc. We are not political, but we still enjoy informing our readers of good political news. We are making new ground by introducing our new mayors in our distribution area. We look forward to giving you more coverage by having a Website. At the present time you can read the paper on line for free. Hopefully, we can continue to receive the support we have had in the past.
With this support it will give you, the reader, a free newspaper at the various locations, you can see them on our website. Thank you for all of your support and your congratulatory ads. Thank you, small business owners, without you I would not be able to create this newspaper for our interested readers. Thank you also to all who read this paper and make comments in writing when necessary. We love your remarks!
Annette Dixon,
​ President of Village View Publications, Inc.