Ecker Center holding ‘Sale of Sales’ fundraiser on April 17
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health will be hold a Sale of Sales event from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at its 1845 Grandstand Place location in Elgin.
The event will be held indoors and out and will take place rain or shine, a news release said. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the programs and services offered at the Center.
According to Kay Catlin, fundraising manager for Ecker Center, this will be more than a basic yard sale.
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“If anything, it’s more like an estate sale,” Catlin said in the release. “We’ve got furniture, lamps, antiques, original art, home décor items, exquisite Christmas decorations, crafts and more. Best of all, it’s all good, use-now stuff.”
Admission is free and buyers are responsible for removing the items they purchase, the release said.
For more information, contact Catlin at 847-695-0484, Ext. 2036, or [email protected].
Elgin student to represent Kane County in Scripps spelling bee
Tejas Katira, a student at Larsen Middle School in Elgin, is the 2021 Kane County Final Spelling Bee champion and will be representing the county in the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Because of the COVID-pandemic, the preliminaries, quarterfinals and semifinals will be held virtually in the weeks leading up to the July 8 finals and will be broadcast live on ESPN platforms, according to an announcement from the Kane County Regional Office of Education.
The final rounds will be a national televised event held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort and broadcast live in primetime on ESPN2, the announcement said.
Tejas was a regional Kane County finalist in 2020 and has participated in the national Hexco/Kaplan Online Spelling Bee and the North South Foundation and the Spell Pundit spelling bees, according to the Hexco/Kaplan website.
Route 72 work through East and West Dundee starts this month
Road maintenance work on a two-mile stretch of Route 72 that runs through downtown East and West Dundee is to begin this month, according to a news release from the village of West Dundee.
Traffic delays are expected because of the Illinois Department of Transportation project, which includes crack cleaning and sealing in the existing concrete pavement between traffic lanes, curb and gutter work, and restriping of pavement markings, the release said.
It’s estimated the work being done by Freehill Asphalt will be complete in May.
Motorists are urged to drive with caution when traveling through the construction zone, the release said.
South Elgin planning Earth Day park cleanup event April 24
The village of South Elgin is holding an Earth Day event in which volunteers will clean up village parks on Saturday, April 24.
Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the SEBA Park Shelter, 151 S. Water St., to pick up garbage bags and gloves before heading out to their assigned location, a village news release said.
Registration is required because of COVID-19, the release said. Individuals can sign up at southelgin.com/registration, using Section #53604 to register. Groups of 10 or more should send an email to [email protected].