VILLA PARK

Five, four, three, two, one! With local students focusing the video cameras on Mayor Bob Bell--and community volunteers working behind the scenes--the tape has begun to roll on the monthly “Meet the Mayor” show taped for the city’s 2,000 cable television subscribers. During the 30-minute unscripted show, topics are unlimited: from happenings around town to issues affecting the community. “For a little community like ours, it’s something that helps spread the word,” Bell said. And that’s the purpose of VPTV-Channel 3: to inform the community about what is going on in their city and give them access to the air waves, said Teri Brooks Elmendorf, president of Villa Park Community Access Television Corp. Information: (714) 998-4880.