Visitors and residents alike all find something to love about this town. Anything that cannot be found right in town is just a short trip away. South Elgin has long benefited from a close proximity to major transportation corridors. Residents routinely travel to Chicago for work or recreation and gladly return to their hometown at the end of the day. Of course, with so much to do around town, who needs to look any further?  

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Need spurs plans for Veterans Memorial Park addition
Sat, 19 May 2012 18:02:00 -0500
ELGIN — There was a time when a downtown bridge was closed during Memorial Day ceremonies so those honoring veterans could toss flowers and a wreath into the Fox River. That wreath is to honor veterans who were buried at sea, said Jerry Turnquist, a local historian and member of the Elgin Veterans Memorial Park “Phase II” Committee. Modern-day traffic doesn’t allow the city to close downtown bridges anymore, he said. Instead, those laying wreaths find themselves walking out on mud, or artificial turf, to toss the wreath into the river — and praying it makes it in OK. The …

Chicago man guilty in Carpentersville molestations
Sat, 19 May 2012 17:20:24 -0500
ST. CHARLES TWP. — A man awaits a life prison sentence for sexually assaulting two young children he knew in Carpentersville. Tynell D. Dixon, 31, who lives in Chicago, was convicted late Thursday by a Kane County jury of eight counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, each a Class X felony; and three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, each a Class 2 felony. Evidence showed that between Dec. 1, 2004, and June 30, 2007, Dixon preyed upon and had sexual contact with two children he knew under age 13. Each child was assaulted and abused multiple times at their …

One man’s summer vacation of a lifetime
Sat, 19 May 2012 17:27:53 -0500
ELGIN — Joseph Onesimus has paid a steep price to bring a clean water source to his home village in Mbooni, Kenya. It has cost Onesimus money, for sure, to fly back and forth between the African country and his current home in Plato Center. It also has cost him time, taking months off from his job as an adjunct instructor of business at Elgin Community College to oversee the work in Kenya. And it has cost him his marriage: He now is going through a divorce, he said, because his wife didn’t have the same vision and because he …

Group plans troop effort
Fri, 18 May 2012 19:50:00 -0500
Fox Valley Troop Support is a group of citizens whose mission is to support local troops with letters of encouragement and care packages. Deployed service members receive a bit of cheer from the folks back home. Fox Valley Troop Support Inc. is partnered with the Batavia Veterans of Foreign Wars, 652 S. River St., Batavia. Community care package dates at the Batavia VFW are: June 1, for dropping off donations and sorting (5 to 8 p.m.); and June 2, care packages will be prepared, inspected and sealed. (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Contact Sarah Giachino at 630-587-3789 sarah@fvts.org or Kathy …

Part-time DuPage County forest board reduces pay 6 percent ... to $53,500
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:34:42 -0500
A pay cut is in store for commissioners in the DuPage County forest preserve district — down to $53,500 for the part-time position.

Senate Democrats’ spending plan offers deeper cuts than Quinn proposed
Sat, 19 May 2012 02:08:24 -0500
SPRINGFIELD — Senate Democrats on Friday outlined a spending plan that cuts deeper than Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget proposal, shaving about $250 million more from areas such as human services and public safety — but Republicans contended still more cuts were needed.

Hampshire approves changes to help out Lakewood Crossing
Sat, 19 May 2012 17:25:44 -0500
HAMPSHIRE — The village board has approved a second amendment to the annexation agreement for the Brier Hill Crossing property in a move officials believe will help the owner sell homes there. Known as the Lakewood Crossing subdivision, the property is north of Big Timber Road, west of Route 47 and south of I-90. Ryland Homes took over the subdivision after its previous developer lost the unsold parts of the development to its mortgage holder. The subdivision includes both single-family and duplex homes. Ryland Homes came before the board earlier this year asking to reduce the rear yard setbacks on …

Missing C’ville woman found OK in Wisconsin
Sat, 19 May 2012 17:20:06 -0500
CARPENTERSVILLE — Authorities have located a missing Carpentersville woman with Alzheimer’s in a Wisconsin county and in good health, police said Saturday. Carpentersville police said Dorothy Carrigan, 78, who had been missing since Thursday morning, was located by the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Department. Ozaukee County is north of Milwaukee. Police said Carrigan’s dark-blue 2002 Hyundai, whose description was provided in reports of her disappearance, had had a flat time, and someone stopped to change it for her. The Ozaukee Fire Department took her to the Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wis., as a precaution, police said. Carrigan’s family was notified …

ECC-inspired bill one vote away from law
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:10:00 -0500
The Illinois House of Representatives has passed a bill that will make it easier for community colleges to buy American-made products, inspired by Elgin Community College trustees. Senate Bill 2929 passed with 76-35, and now heads back to the Illinois Senate for a concurrence vote after it was amended by State Rep. Keith Farnham, D-Elgin. It was introduced in February by State Sen. Michael Noland, D-Elgin, and unanimously passed the Senate in March. “This legislation will give community colleges the flexibility of purchasing American-made products if they are available at a reasonable cost to taxpayers,” Farnham said in a written …

Elgin man charged with rape of girl, woman
Sat, 19 May 2012 17:20:15 -0500
ELGIN — Bail was set at $5 million Friday for an Elgin man accused sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. When her adult female cousin walked in on the act, according to police, the man also attacked and raped the cousin. Jesus E. Hernandez, 38, of the 300 block of McClure Avenue, was charged with a Class X felony count of aggravated sexual criminal assault while armed with a weapon; and Class 1 felony counts of criminal sexual assault with the threat of force, attempted predatory criminal sexual assault to a child under the age of 13, aggravated criminal sexual abuse …

New principal for Central Middle School
Fri, 18 May 2012 15:44:08 -0500
BURLINGTON — Central Middle School Principal Lloyd Stover is retiring after working 33 years in Central Community Unit School District 301. “It’s been a great 33 years,” Stover said. “I’ve been fortunate to teach in District 301 throughout my career. I’ve seen a lot of changes. When I first started, you knew every staff member. There are now four times as many staff members. The staff and students at District 301 are awesome.” Stover said he is proud that Central Middle received Academic Excellence Awards from the state during the past two years. Stover grew up in Lily Lake. Since …

DuPage forest board reduces pay 6 percent
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:26:45 -0500
A pay cut is in store for commissioners at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, but not all of those who endorsed the reduction will feel it. With the smaller pay set to take effect after the upcoming general election, and two of the six commission members out of the running since the March primary, four incumbents could still see their yearly compensation for the half-time position go from $56,912 to $53,500. The board on Tuesday culminated months of discussion over reducing pay levels to a rate equal to the DuPage County Board members’ $50,079, six of them eventually …

Power outage darkens downtown Elgin
Fri, 18 May 2012 03:01:10 -0500
ELGIN — Power was out to downtown Elgin for part of Thursday evening after either a transformer or power cable failed. The outage, which lasted about 40-45 minutes for many but up to two hours for some others, began around 7:30 p.m. According to police Cmdr. Glenn Theriault, an underground transformer blew on Spring Street between Division Street and Dexter Court downtown. That caused an outage that spread throughout a number of blocks in downtown. ComEd crews arrived quickly and rerouted power around the failed transformer, Theriault said. At least five downtown traffic signals were out during the event, but …

Teachers irked by pension reform plans hold rally in Naperville
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:16:23 -0500
Teachers are handing out failing grades to state lawmakers who hope to fix the public pension problem by asking them to take home a smaller paycheck, and make them work longer before they can collect their accumulated retirement benefits. About 150 teachers and their supporters turned out for a rally Thursday afternoon in the Free Speech Pavilion on Naperville’s Riverwalk. They came out to air their anger over a plan in the works in Springfield that could cut their incremental cost of living adjustments and send a larger chunk of their income to the pension fund, which is currently carrying …

U46 parents get a lesson on lingo of the ’Net
Fri, 18 May 2012 03:00:11 -0500
ELGIN — I w4n7 2 m337 u @ *$ L8R 2nI6h7. Would you be surprised to learn the above is an actual sentence? It is — and one that teenagers are using every day to communicate with each other. During a forum presented by the Elgin School District U46 Math, Science and Instructional Technology Department on Wednesday night, parents got a crash course in teen social media slang. “Social networking is becoming a universal language,” said Hilda Curda, secondary math/technology coach, who led the forum along with Jennifer McDonnell, coordinator of math, science, planetarium and instructional technology. “It’s becoming the …

COD, Glen Ellyn battling again
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:16:23 -0500
It couldn’t last. It looked like peace had broken out in the ongoing jurisdictional battle between Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage, but with the college filing a motion in court against village officials Wednesday, a new skirmish has flared up. “They need to stop trying to indirectly regulate us,” COD Attorney Ken Florey told the Sun in a telephone interview Thursday. The two sides have long been at odds over whether or not the college is obligated to adhere to village codes and building ordinances, with the village maintaining that the college was under its jurisdiction and COD …

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