City holding public meeting on Lords Park pool future
The Elgin Parks and Recreation Department will be holding a special public meeting on potential plans for Lords Park Family Aquatic Center from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at Lords Park Elementary School, 323 Waverly Drive.
Director of Parks and Recreation Maria Cumpata said the community is invited to offer input on aquatic amenities offered at the park. The aquatic center has been closed for three years by the pandemic and for financial reasons, and won’t open this year because of a lack of lifeguards.
One plan under consideration is to convert the center into a splash pad.
For more information, contact Barb Keselica at 847-531-7056 or [email protected].
Carpentersville lands grant to buy police car defibrillators
Carpentersville has been awarded a $24,000 grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to buy 23 Philips FRx automated external defibrillators, a public safety department news release said.
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The funding will be enought to place an AED inside every police vehicle, Police Chief Patrick Hoey said.
Firehouse Subs founders Chris Sorensen and Robin Sorensen started the foundation in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to support public safety efforts across the country, the company’s website said.
U-46 holding Black History college event, celebration
Among School District U-46 offerings for Black History Month will be a virtual college night Thursday, Feb. 23, and a celebration held Friday, Feb. 24, at Larkin High School.
The college night starts at 6 p.m. and will feature representatives and alumni from four Historically Black Colleges and Universities — Howard, Tuskegee, Grambling State and North Carolina A&T State.
To register to attend, go to info.u-46.org/HBCU-Panel.
The Black History Month celebration at 7 p.m. Friday will feature Roger Simmons, Judson University’s director of diversity and spiritual development, who will do a presentation on “Power, Promise and Purpose: Our Gaze is Fixed!”
The event at 1745 Larkin Ave. in Elgin is open to the public.
Tickets on sale for Kane 4-H Foundation fundraiser
Tickets are available for the Kane County 4-H Foundation’s 14th annual pork chop dinner and auction fundraiser, which will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at the Prairie Events Center on the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.
This is the club’s biggest fundraiser of the year and helps support 4-H programming and University of Illinois Extension services, a new release said.
Dining options include is a two-chop dinner for $15, a one-chop dinner for $13 or a pulled pork sandwich dinner for $10.
Tickets can be purchased through local 4-H clubs or foundation volunteers or by calling Bill Collins at 630-484-6852 or Karen Sunderlage at 815-766-2955.