Kaneland—The Kaneland School Board on Monday voted 7-0 to approve budget allocation for 2011 graduation, which will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb.

Kaneland—Drugs and alcohol can consume some high school students, but Prevention of Dangerous Actions (PODA) is working to raise awareness and reduce substance abuse among Kaneland High School students.

Kaneland—A two-year player development contract has been agreed to by the former Oakland Athletics Class A affiliate, the Kane County Cougars and Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals.

Elburn Village Board begins difficult budget process
ELBURN—The Elburn Village Board took a first look at what will be a series of reviews of its 2012 budget at the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday. The process of reviewing line items and weighing cuts will continue until April.

Elburn resident, Lazarus House founder, named parade Co-Grand Marshal
ST. CHARLES—Darlene Marcusson, Elburn resident, founder and executive director of Lazarus House, as well as Alderwoman Betsy Penny, were named by the Downtown St. Charles Partnership (DSCP) as Co-Grand Marshals for the 2010 Electric Christmas Parade.

ST. CHARLES—The Downtown St. Charles Partnership recently announced plans for its 2010 Holiday Homecoming festivities, including the much-anticipated Electric Christmas Parade.

Maple Park police officer Andy Rissman visits with the pre-kindergarten students at Tyler Elementary School in DeKalb.

AURORA—Slow starts might not be ideal if you’re with Lady Knights basketball, they’ll live with it if it leaves room for mid-game rallies and competent fourth quarters.

Down 16-5 in the second quarter to host Aurora Christian on Friday night, the Lady Knights rallied to take the lead in the second quarter and cut down on mistakes in the second half to swipe a 46-37 result on Friday.

KANELAND—Earlier this month, the Northern Illinois Big XII Conference released its girls and boys list for premier All-Conference runners.

I just wanted to let you know that we went to Ohio to give the check to Dr. Rob this weekend.

We would like to thank all the people who attended and helped make our third annual Blackberry Creek Fun Fair and raffle a success.

ELBURN—The Elburn and Countryside Community Center will sponsor a Holiday Raffle. Tickets are $5 each, with the first-place winner receiving 25 percent of money taken in.

Sugar Grove—Mention the upcoming holiday season to anyone and you’ll likely hear a few groans. After all, the holidays have come to represent long department store lines, ruthless “Black Friday” crowds and credit cards practically smoldering from overuse.

KANELAND—Here’s a shocking fact: 73 percent of current Illinois high school seniors are unprepared for college-level science classes.

What does that mean?

The Kaneland Knights fell to the defending state champion Montini Catholic Broncos 27-14 at Peterson Field in Maple Park Saturday night by a score of 27-14. The Knights ended the year 12-1. See this Thursday’s paper for a complete season wrap-up.
Photos by Ben Draper

ELBURN—Holiday Spirit, a joint program between the Kaneland schools and Conley Outreach/West Towns, is in need of organizations, businesses, churches and other groups to adopt local families in need this holiday season.