Village Chronicles

On Jan. 17, Mayor David Brummel signed the US Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement thereby officially joining Warrenville to the Sierra Club’s Cool Cities Program, an initiative led by volunteers around the country, striving for collaboration among “community members, organizations, businesses, and local leaders to implement clean energy solutions that save money, create jobs, and help curb global warming.

Durham School Services, a leader in student transportation with corporate offices at 4300 Weaver Pkwy. in Warrenville, was presented with a Maggiano’s Hero Award from Special Olympics Illinois at the organization’s annual appreciation dinner Nov. 30 at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Schaumburg.

District 94 officials and the West Chicago High School Teachers’ Association recently announced that a tentative agreement on contract negotiations was reached Jan. 22.

Cantigny Park Announces Top Three Photo Contest Winners

Cantigny Park visitors voted and the results are in! The grand prize winners of the 2010 Cantigny in Focus amateur photo contest are: First Place: Mary Lemak, Batavia, for her summery image of the new fountain garden located east of the Cantigny Park Visitors Center. Second Place: Chris Edwards, Sugar Grove, for his artful capture of the Lion of Cantigny statue on a rainy morning in late May. Third Place: Fran Lawless, Batavia, for her touching photo of Army veteran and Chaplain George Knapp, now deceased, taken at the 65th anniversary of D-Day ceremony on June 6, 2009.

The Conservation Foundation, a local land and watershed conservation organization serving DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Counties, welcomes all to attend its Winter Membership and Awards Dinner on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Wyndham Lisle Hotel.   

 

Two male senior citizens wish to rent a one-story, two-bedroom apartment or condominium in Warrenville, preferably with two baths, eat-in kitchen and garage. We are both over 65, live entirely on social security, and we can afford no more than $1,000 per month for housing.

Once again this year Warrenville ESDA will be providing Citizen Emergency Response Training for all Warrenville citizens 18 and over.

 

Class is currently scheduled to begin Thursday Feb. 9 at 7:00 p.m. and runs every Thursday for 10 weeks. The class is free to all Warrenville residents.

On Jan. 11, the West Chicago High School Teachers’ Association filed a Notice of Impasse with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB).

Chicago will enjoy unprecedented global attention this spring when it hosts several major events: the G-8 and NATO summits and the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. From a new international art expo and the only museum of its kind in the U.S. showcasing Greek culture and history to Second City’s new comedy club and the world’s biggest golf tournament, here is just a sampling of what’s new in Chicago in 2012. For more information, visit www.ExploreChicago.org.

Sept. 3, 1919–Dec. 26, 2011

Elmer R. “Tony” Kresl, 92, of Fort Myers, FL, died Dec. 26, 2011 at Joanne's House of Hope Hospice in Bonita Springs, FL.