In observance of 30 years of business, Spring Bluff Nursery, 41W130 Norris Road, Sugar Grove, will hold an open house celebration on Saturday, April 25.

There is not a current employee of the Elburn Herald who worked here when anyone other than Elburn Village President Jim Willey served in his office.

I would like to thank all the people that supported me. It was disappointing not to be re-elected. However, I am honored and proud to have served the village of Elburn for eight years as their trustee.

Waubonsee Community College will present four free concerts in the auditorium of the college’s Sugar Grove campus, Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive. No advance tickets are required.

West Point Cadet Nick Dieter of Elburn is among a select few students responsible for representing the military academy during visits to high schools nationwide.

Bryan Bodway of Elburn has been inducted into the Lambda Sigma Honor Society of NIU.

Emily Kenkel of Elburn, the daughter of Pat and Christina Kenkel, accepted a trustee scholarship from Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Sugar Grove United Methodist’s Annual Spaghetti Benefit Lunch will be held Sunday, May 3, at the Sugar Grove Community House from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The NFL Draft is a spectacle where teams get together to play Russian roulette in front of millions watching live television; throwing unnecessary amounts of money at their selections and sending die-hard, dedicated fans into angry, uncontrollable fits that warrant the need for a good strait jacket.

Timothy M. Fredericksen, 40, of the 2400 Block of N. Farnsworth, Aurora was arrested for felony retail theft at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14 when Sugar Grove police caught him running from the Jewel Food store on Route 47 and Galena Blvd. in Sugar Grove.

Linda (Washburn) Hurry was 10 years old in 1985 when she began taking karate lessons at Rocky’s DoJo and Gym. When she was a junior in high school, she became Rocky Troutman’s first student to earn a black belt.

Town and Country Public Library’s fifth annual Dewey Dash 5K run and 1K walk on Sunday, April 19, will honor former Friends of the Library member Kim Urquizu, who passed away last year.

Elburn recently was named a Tree City USA for the 10th year in a row, an achievement the village will highlight during its Arbor Day Celebration Saturday, April 25.

On the front page of this week’s edition of the Elburn Herald, reporter Lynn Meredith came across a Maple Park Police Department project that we feel is so worthwhile that we want to emphasize it in this space as well.

The recent rash of horrible homicides and homicide/suicide incidents nationally has made all of us aware of just how important mental health and the services supporting mental health are in these chaotic times.

I would like to thank the voters for their vote of confidence on April 7, when I was re-elected village president. I am excited about the future of Sugar Grove and look forward to serving as village president for the next four years.