Sugar Grove Library Trustee candidate Ed DeBartollo and write-in candidate Pat Graceffa invite voters to a candidates open house on Sunday, March 24, at the Sugar Grove Community House, 151 Main St. in Sugar Grove, between 1 and 3 p.m.

by Denise Blaszynski
President, Kaneland Performing Arts Boosters
Hillary Clinton was quoted as saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.”

Maple Park on March 6 hosted a Meet the Candidates event at the Maple Park Community Center as a way to introduce its Village Board candidates to residents. Public turnout for the event wasn’t what Village President Kathy Curtis and staff had hoped for (less than 10 residents were in attendance), but that …

On behalf of the Kaneland Performing Arts Boosters and the Knight of Performances Planning Committee, I want to express our gratitude to the many individuals and businesses that made our recent Knight of Performances Barbecue fundraising a success.

by Laura Musuras, Kaneland Youth Soccer Organization
Several members of the boys Kaneland United Soccer Club (KUSC) on Jan. 19 spent part of their weekend helping the residents and staff at Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora.

This past Sunday during church, the announcement was made that I have been appointed to serve Walnut United Methodist Church beginning July 1.

Have you ever wondered how some people manage to be in a good mood all the time? What is it that they know that you don’t about seeing the glass as “half full” instead of “half empty?”

I could not help being disappointed to read the Kaneland School Board minutes of Jan. 14, 2013. I see administration recommended no significant cost containment measures would be needed in the 2013-14 budget development.

Winter is here, and what a reflection it is on blood supply shortages. We need your help SOS. Please strongly consider donating blood on Monday, March 4.

by Denise Blaszynski,
Kaneland Performing Arts Boosters president
Kaneland talent is portrayed in many ways, through the academic clubs such as Scholastic Bowl team and chess team, the sports programs, and the growing music and drama programs.

I am writing this letter to inform you that the USPS has succeeded in reducing our little country town of Kaneville’s post office hours to four hours a day.

We’ve all heard about therapeutic horseback riding and how it can work wonders for adults and children with disabilities.

I had one of the surprises of my life on Saturday, Jan. 19, when I was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellow Award by the Elburn Lions Club. This letter is to say thank you to the Elburn Lions Club for this recognition and also all that they have done for me, my family and the [...]

At the beginning of this year, we wrote a story in which we talked to various Elburn village officials to find out their views and thoughts on the upcoming year (see “Elburn looks ahead to the new year” in the Jan. 4 edition of the Elburn Herald, or find it online at www.elburnherald.com).

In response to the Letter to the Editor dated Jan. 3, does the person who wrote that letter understand there are rules in the state of Illinois?

“You can’t get very far until you start doing something for someone else.” That’s what Melvin Jones said 100 years ago, and it still applies today.