ECC baseball player and alum named to NJCAA Gold Glove Team
The 2023 NJCAA Division II All-North Central District/Region 4 Rawlings Gold Glove Team recently named Elgin Community College’s Erik Teran II Gold Glove First Baseman.
The Gold Glove goes to the top position player with the best fielding percentage for their respective position in the region. Teran posted a .994 fielding percentage by making just two errors in 346 total chances with 327 putouts, according to an ECC news release
Teran is heading to the University of Tennessee this month, where he plans to pursue a degree in kinesiology, then hopes to work as an athletic trainer for a professional or college team, the release states.
For more information on athletics at ECC, see elginspartans.com.
State Rep. Dan Ugaste hosting prescription drug dropoff in South Elgin
State Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, is hosting a dropoff of unwanted and expired medications from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Aug. 11 at the South Elgin Police Department, 10 N. Water St.
This will be a free outdoor event allowing people to remain in their vehicles while dropping off items, according to a news release. Accepted items include prescription pills, over the counter medications, ointments, patches, pet medications and vitamins. Needles and liquids will not be accepted.
For more information, call 630-797-5530.
Go ‘Nutty for Nocturnals’ at Randall Oaks Zoo in West Dundee
Families can learn about animals that come out at night during “Nutty for Nocturnals” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 11 at Randall Oaks Zoo, 1180 N. Randall Road, West Dundee.
According to the zoo’s Facebook page, the night will feature Marley the Bobcat at 5:30 p.m., Opal the Raccoon at 6 p.m., red foxes at 6:30 p.m,., Buddy the Virginia Opossum at 7 p.m. and a search for barn bats starting at 7:30 p.m.
Regular admission rates apply. For more information, call 847-551-4312 or email [email protected].
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Dog Day at Elgin Public Museum
The Elgin Public Museum will be hosting its third annual “Dog Day” from noon to 4 p.m.
Scheduled to appear are Chance the Comfort Dog and K-9 Officer Rex from the Elgin Police Department and Miss Daisy from Leader Dogs for the Blind, sponsored by the Elgin Chapter of Lions Club International, according to a news release from the museum.
The event will also feature a dog-themed scavenger hunt and dog merchandise for sale in the museum gift shop. Regular admission rates apply. Donations of pet food will be taken that will be given to the Elgin Township program that helps needy seniors and veterans feed their pets.
The museum is located at 225 Grand Blvd. in Lords Park. For more information, call 847-741-6655 or email [email protected].
Battle of the bands at Dundee Library
Judges will choose first, second and third place winners after a battle of local bands from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 12 in the meeting room at the Dundee Library, 555 Barrington Ave., East Dundee.
Scheduled to perform are Tranquil Ends, Early Autumn Station, The Tragedies, Rajko Laketic, A Random Drive and Soaking Up Sandcastles.
For more information, see www.frvpld.info/battle-bands, email [email protected] or call 847-428-3661.
Gail Borden Public Library offers ‘Voices of Hope: Survivor Stories of the Holocaust’
A free presentation entitled “Voices of Hope: Survivors of the Holocaust” is set to take place from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 13 in the Meadows Community Rooms at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.
The event will feature Gale Jacoby, a child of Holocaust survivors, and Marguerite Mishkin, a survivor herself, in conversation and telling stories, according to the library’s website. Violinist Jennifer Silk will perform, as well.
To register, see attend.gailborden.info/event/884727.
Elgin Area School District U-46 welcomes new administrators
As it readies for the start of the new school year Aug. 15, Elgin Area School District U-46 issued a news release announcing new and promoted administrators.
Here are those people and their respective roles, according to the release:
Lela Majstorovic has been promoted to deputy superintendent of instruction. For the last two years, she served as assistant superintendent of schools.
Frank Williams has been named Assistant Superintendent of Finance. Williams comes to U-46 from Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19, where he had served since 2015 as its chief financial officer.
Mary Sturgill is now executive director of the South Elgin Network. She had been principal at Westmoor Elementary School in Northbrook School District 28 since 2016.
Ryan Corcoran is now co-principal at Washington Elementary School in Elgin. Corcoran has been an educator in U-46 since 2017, and he has served as a resident administrator at Horizon Elementary in Hanover Park and Huff Elementary in Elgin over the last two years.
Jeron Shelton is now principal at McKinley Elementary School in Elgin. Shelton started his career as an educator in U-46 16 years ago. He recently completed his second year as resident administrator for Clinton Elementary School in South Elgin.
Anissa Upshaw-Lanotte is now co-principal at Highland Elementary School in Elgin. She spent the last four years as the assistant principal of Ridge Circle Elementary School in Streamwood.
Richard Lebron is now principal of Tefft Middle School in Streamwood. He has more than 20 years of experience in education, including 17 years in School District U-46 and the last school year was the assistant principal at Tefft.
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Paige Moran is now Principal at Streamwood High School. Moran had served as the Assistant Principal of STEM at Streamwood High School since 2022.