Village Chronicles

Over the years several Illinois high school football programs have developed storied histories, but none outdistances Wheaton Warrenville South, whose teams boast state championships in four separate classes.

Right in our own backyard—we can see a rare feat of engineering—man harnessing the power and flow of a river.

Take a walk down the prairie path east of Batavia Rd. At the bridge you see when you cross the river on Butterfield Rd there are huge diesel engines sucking the river into a pipe. The water is moved downstream in the pipe below a temporary wall structure and again released into the river. A huge section of river is without water; trucks and men scurry about digging in the river bottom.

On Saturday, Sept. 25, the CHS Education Foundation will honor the 2010 Distinguished Alumni at its Autumn Flame event.

Tom Marziani, class of 1943, will be the first recipient of the CHS Distinguished Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship, and Michael C. Lach, class of 1986, will be awarded the first CHS Distinguished Alumni Award for Education.

More than 250 golfers, joined by PGA Professionals Curt Byrum, Todd Dempsey and Chris Smith, tested their skills Aug. 27 at Medinah Country Club to raise funds for the Central DuPage Hospital Foundation. In total, more than $380,000 was raised after expenses from the day’s event and activities.