Suddenly, the Knight boys basketball team is not one opposing teams want to face.
It couldn’t have come at a better time.
With a 57-45 non-conference win at Marmion Academy in Aurora on Saturday, and a 63-54 Western Sun Conference win at Sycamore, coach Dennis Hansen’s Knights are now 13-10, having won five in a row.
KHS is now 5-7 in conference play.

Kaneland alumni, community members, teachers, staff and administration—take a moment to look back over the years at the people you have known from Kaneland. Who stands out in your memories? You have the chance to thank, recognize and celebrate the contributions of those people in the annual Kaneland Hall of Fame.

As long as we are talking about raising the gas tax at the fuel pump, let’s pay a few cents more and get rid of the toll booths on Illinois’ highways. I have found that the Illinois Tollway Authority is taking us for a ride on what they think is their highway.

I’m trying to save jobs. Twice before, I have verbally suggested that the Kaneland School Board approach the teacher’s union to ask for them to defer the pay increases granted during the last negotiations. I’m sure it did not fall upon deaf ears, but I never had the opportunity to attend a union meeting to address the issue with them.

The Kaneland Foundation decided to cancel its Draw Down Raffle and Casino Night 2009 due to the downed economy.

Cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease and stroke, are Kane County’s—and the nation’s—number-one killer. The Kane County Health Department wants residents to know that since 1963, February has been proclaimed American Heart Month as a way to raise awareness of the battle against these diseases.

Beginning in February, Blackberry Township Assessor Uwe Rotter will hold monthly taxpayer workshops every fourth Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Blackberry Township building, 43W390 Main Street Road, Elburn, through 2009.

Kaneland High School will host a Spring into Spring dance on Saturday, Feb. 28. Girls ask guys or guys ask girls; it doesn’t matter. Dress like your date with matching shirts and/or complete outfits, just like at the old Sadie Hawkins-style dances. Prizes will be awarded for the best outfits.

A “Meet the Candidates” community spaghetti luncheon will be held Sunday, March 1, from noon to 2 at the Elburn Lions community park. Cost is $6 per person.

RMS Promotions is looking for crafters for “A Breath of Spring Arts and Crafts Faire” to be held on March 21 in Sugar Grove.

In celebration of Black History Month, Waubonsee Community College’s African Cultural Alliance will present “A Timeline of Tradition and Heritage” on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the college’s Sugar Grove Campus, Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive.

Brittany Chase, Fire Science I,; Ashley Girard, Graphic Communications I; Sarah Goodrich, Early Childhood II; Tim Kreuger, Residential/Commercial Electrician II; Brandie Mattice, Early Childhood I; and Rick White, Game Programming and Technologies, have been recognized as “Students of the Month” by the Fox Valley Career Center for January 2009.

The Association for Individual Development is hosting its 10th annual telethon Feb. 28 at Waubonsee Community College’s Sugar Grove campus.

Dorothy Milnamow of Elburn won $500 in the Lions Park Calendar raffle for January 2009.

Homemade Gourmet is hosting 24 canned-food drives in February around the country, including one in Big Rock.

Fox Valley Christian Church, 40W150 Main St. in Batavia, will host a Love and Respect video marriage conference on Friday, Feb. 20, from 7 to 10 p.m., and continuing on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost for this conference is $20 per couple, which includes workbooks. For additional information and/or registration, [...]