Community anniversary, competition and more.
North Chicago/Waukegan
Mobile office: U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) announced that his staff will hold mobile office hours Aug. 19 at the following locations: From 10 a.m. to `1:30 p.m. at North Chicago Public Library, 2100 Argonne Drive, and from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Waukegan Public Library, 128 N. County St. Kirk staffers will be available to assist constituents with any problems they may be experiencing with the federal government, including Veterans Affairs, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, student loans, and immigration. For more information, call 312-886-3506.
Gurnee
Open houses: Warren Township High School will hold open houses from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 20 at 34090 Almond Road and from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 27 at 500 N. O’Plaine Road. There will be formal presentations at 6 and 8:30 p.m. about how to use Chromebooks and Digital Citizenship. Also, parents and students are encouraged to stop in and talk with administrators and staff about the 1:1 technology programs during the open house. For more information, call 847-662-1400.
North Chicago
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Celebration: The Voices of First Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church, 1529 Elizabeth Ave., will celebrate its 87th anniversary with a Midnight Musical at 11:59 p.m. Aug. 21. Guests include Greater Faith Church Baptist choir, psalmist Kishi Johnson from St. John Baptist Church, James Sisson and the Chosen Ones, Minister Tranelle Duffie and YPG and the Voices of Corinthian. The celebration will conclude at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 23 with special guests Tony Neal from Milwaukee, Wis., Mothers of Zion Sisters in Christ from Christian Faith Fellowship Church, and the Voices of Corinthian will be in concert. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call 847-473-1610.
Gurnee
Competition: The Gurnee Police Explorers recently competed, for the first time, at the Illinois Law Enforcement Explorer Conference held in Romeoville. Sixteen members of the eight-month-old post, ranging in age from 14-19, walked away with 14 awards; more than any other police department in the state. The explorers were split into teams of four and competed against 28 other departments. The teams competed in 16 team events and several individual events in the week-long competition which included the State of Illinois firearms qualification course, courtroom testimony, accident investigation, drill and ceremony, crime scene investigation and field sobriety testing. When they weren’t competing, the explorers were attending professional development seminars. The Gurnee Police Explorers relied heavily on contributions from the community to be able to participate in this event. Gillespie Ford provided $2000 and vehicles to transport the 16 explorers to and from the state conference. Several other sponsors provided monetary or equipment donations including Gurnee Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep, Muller Honda of Gurnee, Rock Chevrolet, Timothy O’Toole’s, Domino Amjet, Albarran Law Firm, Marks & Associates and Shirt Stay Plus. The explorers took home the following team trophies: 1st-place drill and ceremony; 1st-place domestic disturbances; 2nd-place traffic stops; 2nd-place court room testimony; 2nd-place crime scene response, 2nd place building search, 2nd place accident investigation, 2nd place field sobriety, 4th place felony suspect arrest. In addition. Individual competition trophies included: 1st-place FATS (fire arms simulator), Explorer Erik Kupraitis; 2nd-place FATS, Chief Austin Demski; 2nd-place emergency vehicle operation course, Chief Austin Demski; 3rd-place live fire, Explorer Erik Kupraitis; 3rd-place advisor live fire, Officer Dan Ruth.
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