Kane County—The Forest Preserve District of Kane County was awarded a $400,000 development grant from the state’s Open Space Land Acquisition & Development (OSLAD) program on May 26.

Kaneland—These four Kaneland seniors earned over $600,000 in academic scholarships between them. Here’s how they did it:

SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Library has a summer of fun-filled events planned for families. There will be movies, sword-fighting and a sock hop.

ELBURN—The following people won $25 from the Elburn Lions Park Calendar Raffle:

Knights add Sectional, Supersectional title to historic campaign
KANELAND—It figures the 16th year of the Kaneland varsity baseball program would wind up being the sweetest.

Class 3A State Baseball Tournament at Silver Cross Field in Joliet
A fan bus will be leaving on Friday, June 10 at 10:30 a.m. from the front of Kaneland High School.

The cost is $5, bring the money with you. E-mail Leigh Jaffke at Leigh.Jaffke@kaneland.org to reserve a spot.

UGAR GROVE—Waubonsee Community College’s Lauren Vitiello was named a 2011 NJCAA Softball Second Team All-American.

Thank you to the American Legion Auxiliary for working in the kitchen. Thank you to Carrie Petrie for reading “Flander’s Fields.”

The other day, I received a disturbing e-mail. It stated that the Kaneland School District is canceling field day at the elementary schools as well as next year’s holiday concerts.

Elmer G. Diehl, 90, of Maple Park, passed from this life to eternal life on Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Delnor Community Hospital.

The members of the Kane County Mental Health Council, a voluntary collaboration of service providers, advocates, the health department, local mental health authorities and other organizations with …

Richard G. Tellner, 77, of Montgomery, passed away on June 4, 2011. He was born on July 6, 1933, in Charlotte, Mich., the son of Charles and Augusta Tellner.

LILY LAKE—When somebody tells me I can not only look better, but get healthier at the same time, they have my attention. When Take Action Fitness in Lily Lake opened its doors with the promise of better and faster results, I couldn’t resist checking it out.

SUGAR GROVE—Tom Leonard went from being a 2005 Kaneland graduate to receiving the Army Commendation Medal with Valor, the Purple Heart and the American Red Cross Hometown Heroes Award—all in the space of a year and a half.

Mark and Faith Henrikson of Jefferson City, Tenn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Ann, to Matthew Stanton Schumaker.

ELBURN—The Elburn Village Board approved the appointments of three commissioners to the first Police Commission in the history of the village.