AROUND THE COMMUNITY
MONDAY
Gardeners’ workshop
9 a.m.-noon Monday
Center for Agriculture
1350 W. Prairie Drive in Sycamore
Registration deadline was Feb. 20.
Contact: 815-758-8194 or johnhorn@illinois.edu
Food pantry hours
Noon-4 p.m. Monday
Sycamore Food Pantry
Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave.
Food Pantry
4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays
New Hope Missionary Baptist 1201 Twombley Road in DeKalb
Kiwanis Club of DeKalb
5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays
River Heights Golf Course
Contact: Amy Elliott, club president, at 815-751-1851
www.dekalbkiwanis.org
CPR Recertification
6-8 p.m. Monday
4-C office, 155 N. Third St., Suite 300, in DeKalb
www.four-c.org
Contact: Kim at ext. 226 at 815-758-8149 or 800-848-8727
Community Coordinated Child Care is offering “Red Cross CPR Recertification,” a workshop for child care center staff and family child care providers. Participants will have hands-on skills training to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies for infants, children and adults.
This training provides certification that is accepted by Department of Children and Family Services to meet licensing requirements.
Registration and 4-C membership are required. A refundable $20 deposit is also required.
‘Reading Like Lincoln’
• 6 p.m. Monday, with state Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley
• 7 p.m. March 2, Monday, with Pastor Jim Allen of Shabbona.
Flewellin Memorial Library
108 W. Comanche Ave. in Shabbona
Readings by lamplight, how Abraham Lincoln taught himself to read and practice law, will be conducted at Flewellin Memorial Library.
Participants can enter a drawing for a $20 Borders Book Store gift certificate to be held March 2.
Rotary dinner
6 p.m. Mondays
Ellwood House Museum
509 N. First St. in DeKalb
Contact: Brendon Gallagher, club president, at 815-787-7727
This week, Kurt Thurmaier will be the guest speaker at the DeKalb Rotary Club’s weekly dinner meeting. Thurmaier will provide a program on Tanzania development support.
Chorus rehearsals
7-9 p.m. Mondays
Room 171 of the Northern Illinois University Music Building in DeKalb
Contact: www.dekalbfestival chorus.org or call 630-453-8006
The DeKalb Festival Chorus is seeking vocalists to join for the spring performance of Haydn’s “Theresienmesse” on April 19.
Auditions are required; e-mail the director at festivalchorus@gmail.com to arrange a brief audition. Adult membership costs $30. Full-time student membership is $15.
TUESDAY
Senior activities
330 Grove St. in DeKalb
Contact: Senior Services Center at 815-758-4718
Low Income Heating Energy Assistance Program application hours for seniors: 9-11 a.m., by appointment only
Senior Surfer computer lessons: 9:30 a.m.
Armchair Traveler: 10 a.m.
Legal assistance: 1 p.m.
Pinochle games: 1 p.m.
AARP tax help: 1-4 p.m. The public can receive help; call 815-758-3718 for an appointment.
Tax return help
• 9 a.m. Tuesdays or Wednesdays, by appointment, at Fox Valley Older Adult Services, 1406 Suydam Road in Sandwich. Call 815-786-9404
• 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays at Kirkland Municipal Building, 511 W. Main St. Appointments at other times could be available; call 815-522-3557 or 815-784-6040.
• Noon-3 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-noon Thursdays at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave.
• 9 a.m.-noon Fridays and Saturdays at Resource Bank, 310 S. Route 23 in Genoa
• 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays at IDEAL Industries, Becker Place in Sycamore
Volunteers from AARP tax can help people with their taxes.
Mothers of
Preschoolers
Second and fourth Tuesdays each month
Child care check-in: 9:15 a.m. Meeting: 9:30-11 a.m.
First Baptist Church
530 W. State St. in Sycamore
Meeting topic this week for Mothers of Preschoolers is “Fun- on-the-Go-Activity Bags,” a make-and-share project.
MOPS provides a special place for moms of children, birth to age 5, to be refreshed and inspired, while their children attend the MOPPETS
program. Reservations are requested the Thursday before the meeting to ensure adequate child care; call Julie at 815-784-4994 for reservations or information.
Bible Munch
Noon Tuesday
Ellwood House Visitor Center Hearthside Room.
LifePLUS and Pastor Ken Veal of the DeKalb Seventh-day Adventist church offer non-sectarian seminars on the shortest and least-known books of the Bible.
Quick-heating for food items is available.
Registration is not required for this free four-part series, which will include historical photos, maps and other items related to each book. Tuesday’s session will be a review of the book of Jude. Obadiah will be read March 3.
Blood drive
2-6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Conference Room B, lower level at Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich
Heartland Blood Center and Valley West Community Hospital are seeking people who can help save lives by being blood donors.
Call Rhonda Beecher at 630-553-6101 to schedule an appointment. A photo ID is required for donation. Donors should eat a healthy meal and drink plenty of fluids before donating.
Donors should park in the hospital’s north parking lot and, after entering the main entrance, follow signs to the conference room.
Eligible donors will be entered into a drawing to win a four-night Disney stay for four, three days of admission to Disney parks and four round-trip airline tickets. A total of four complimentary trips will be given away. For rules and conditions, visit www.heartlandbc.org/. Trips are non-transferable and not redeemable for cash.
Sharing of
the Spirit Circle
6-8:30 p.m. fourth Tuesday each month
First Congregational Church
615 N. First St. in DeKalb
www.freewebs.com/jillslutsky
‘Tiny Talkers’ class
6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday
4-C office, 155 N. Third St., Suite 300, in DeKalb
www.four-c.org
Contact: Kim at ext. 226 at 815-758-8149 or 800-848-8727 to register for this free workshop
Community Coordinated Child Care is offering “Tiny Talkers … Using Language within the Infant/Toddler Environment,” a workshop for child care center staff and family child care providers.
Tone, manner, environment and the importance of frequent conversation between the child and care provider are essential in promoting a quality program.
Participants in this training will discuss the appropriate use of language within the infant/toddler environment. Registration and 4-C membership are required.
‘Homework Help’
6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays
Neighbors’ House
Fifth and Pine streets in DeKalb
Contact: 815-787-0600
www.neighborshouse.org
No-cost Homework Help Nights for students attending fourth grade through high school are offered by Neighbors’ House.
Singers’ rehearsals
7:30 p.m. most Tuesdays
First Congregational Church
615 N. First St. in DeKalb
Contact: 815-895-5955 or 815-899-8383
Male singers of all ages are invited by Kishwaukee Barbershop to learn to sing harmonies.
WEDNESDAY
Flyers’ breakfast
8 a.m. fourth Wednesday
each month
Sycamore Parkway Restaurant
605 E. State St.
Contact: 815-756-2157
Anyone who flew combat in any capacity during World War II is welcome at “WW II Combat Flyers” breakfasts.
Senior activities
330 Grove St. in DeKalb
Contact: Senior Services Center at 815-758-4718
Senior bowling: 9 a.m. at Mardi Gras Lanes, 1730 Sycamore Road in DeKalb
Veterans assistance: 9:30 a.m.
Piano lessons: 10 a.m.
Exercise program: 10:30 a.m.
Spelling Bee practice: 12:30 p.m.
Movie with popcorn: 1 p.m.
Mom’s Time Out Day
9 a.m.-noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Sycamore Park District Community Center
138 North Fair St.
www.sycamoreparkdistrict.com
Contact: 815-895-3202
Daily fee is $8 per day for Sycamore Park District residents or $10 per day for nonresidents.
Moms can have extra free time while children, 18 months to 5 years, join in creative activities in a safe environment. New participants are welcome at any time.
NIU all majors Job Fair
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday
Convocation Center in DeKalb
Contact: Mary Myers at myers@niu.edu
www.niu.edu/careerservices
Kishwaukee Kiwanis
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays
Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb
www.kish-kiwanis.com.
Contact: Amy Polzin at amy@geol.niu.edu
Kishwaukee Kiwanis speakers and topics at upcoming meetings include:
Wednesday: Faye Allen, KCH Cardio-Pulmonary Program
March 4: Kristen Schmidt, Chronicle Newsgroup editor
Mental health talk
3:45 p.m. last Wednesday each month
Ben Gordon Center’s Reality House
631 S. First St. in DeKalb
Contact: 815-756-8501
Consumer Advocacy Council of DeKalb County meetings are open to the public, mental health consumers, family members and people concerned about mental health.
Super Saturday
Registration deadline: Wednesday
Event: March 14
First Lutheran Church
324 N. Third St. in DeKalb
To print a registration packet for the event, visit home.comcast.net/~dlburgin.
Contact: Tina Moore at 815-757-7333 or Moorestampin@yahoo.com
Cards will be made for Pay-It-Forward House during Super Saturday, an event for rubber-stampers who can participate in 15 make-and-take projects.
The registration fee is $55, which pays for the projects, an illustrated instruction book, a free Stampin’ Up! Forget-Me-Not Keeper and other items, a boxed lunch and refreshments and a chance to win door prizes.
Participants are asked to bring at least one unsigned birthday, thank-you or thinking-of-you card to be used by guests during their stay Pay-It-Forward House while their loved ones receive medical treatment at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore.
Bingo nights
7:15 p.m. Wednesdays
Sycamore Veterans Home
121 S. California St.
sycamorevetsclub.org
Contact: Robert Fleetwood at 815-895-2679
The public is invited.
Band rehearsals
Rehearsals: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays
Huntley Middle School Band Room
South Seventh and Taylor streets in DeKalb.
The Greater Kishwaukee Area Concert Band is open to anyone age 18 or older who has played a wind or percussion instrument in the past. For information, call Sue at 815-899-4867.
THURSDAY
Senior activities
330 Grove St. in DeKalb
Contact: Senior Services Center at 815-758-4718
Senior Surfer computer lessons: 9:30 a.m.
Library Book Club: 10:30 a.m.
Wii Music: Noon
Pinochle lessons/Cribbage Players Group: 1 p.m.
Women in
Management
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday
Johnny’s Charhouse in Sycamore
DeKalb County Chapter of Women in Management will hear Scott Rosenburgh and David Mann of Shaw Suburban Media talk about Online Advertising, which according to a recent news release they say, “The Web is the best thing to happen to newspaper since ink.”
Shaw Surburban Media owns the Daily Chronicle.
Any woman who is interested in learning new ideas for their business is invited to attend WIM meetings. RSVP by Wednesday by e-mail at dekalbcounty@wimonline.org or call Deb at 815-756-2906, ext. 110.
Services open house
2-4 p.m. Thursday
330 Grove St. in DeKalb
Contact: 815-758-3932, ext. 225
Elder Care Services, Family Service Agency’s Senior Services Center and Voluntary Action Center invite people to hear more about services and activities offered to seniors throughout DeKalb County.
DeKalb Boosters
7 p.m. fourth Thursday each month
DeKalb High School Music Room
Volunters are being sought to help with the DeKalb Music Boosters Corn Fest Craft Fair.
Annually, the craft fair raises about $10,000, which helps fund programs for DeKalb middle and high school music students, such as sending the DHS Jazz Ensemble to Essentual Ellington, a prestigeous competion in New York.
Anyone who would like to help the students are invited to come to planning meetings throughout the year.
FRIDAY
Senior activities
330 Grove St. in DeKalb
Contact: Senior Services Center at 815-758-4718
Senior bowling: 9 a.m. at Mardi Gras Lanes, 1730 Sycamore Road in DeKalb
Bridge games: 10 a.m. for beginners and 1 p.m. for advanced players
Exercise program: 10:30 a.m.
Blood pressure checks: 11 a.m.
DAWC get-together
7-9 p.m. most Fridays
DeKalb Area Women’s Center
1021 State St. in DeKalb
Contact: 815-758-1351
Art displays can be seen when events are held in the DeKalb Area Women’s Center building, or by appointment. All are invited.
SATURDAY
‘Gardeners’ Pathway’
7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday
Kishwaukee College Conference Center in Malta
Registration deadline: Today
Contact: Kishwaukee College Continuing Education department at 815-825-2086, ext. 204, or visit www.kishwaukeecollege.edu for a registration form.
Fox River Birding
8 a.m. Saturday
Carpool from Peck Farm, Peck and Kaneville roads in Geneva
Event contact: Bob Andrini at 630-584-8386
Club contact: Jerry Hope at 630-377-1444; www.kanecountyaudubon.org
Kane County Audubon Society, the local chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society, invites DeKalb County bird-watchers to events.
Item distribution
8:30-11 a.m. Saturdays
By appointment other days
346 S. County Line Road in Lee
Contact: 815-824-2228
NICE Food and Clothing Center, a nondenominational food pantry, serves the southwest part of DeKalb County and the southeast area of Lee County.
Pre-ride meeting
9 a.m. the fourth Saturday each month, Winners Circle Bar & Grill
Route 64 at McGough Road in Maple Park
www.nciwildroses.com
Contact: Gigi Beaird at gbeaird@niu.edu or 815-766-1206
North Central Illinois Wild Rose Chapter of Women on Wheels meetings are held at Winners Circle, which is five miles east of Sycamore. All women motorcycle riders are welcome.
SUNDAY
Young Artists concert
3 p.m. Sunday
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at Northern Illinois University
550 Lucinda Ave. in DeKalb
Contact: 815-756-3728 or visit www.kishorchestra.org for tickets
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Arthur D. Montzka Young Artists Concerto Competition performance dates back to 1985, when Arthur D. Montzka conducted the orchestra. Musicians younger than 18 who live within a 75-mile radius of DeKalb compete to solo during this annual concert.
Habitat orientations
7-8 p.m. Sundays
HFHDC Office
Third and Pine streets in DeKalb
www.hfhdcillinois.org
Contact: 815-758-5055 or habitat@tbc.net
Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County will hold a series of Family Orientation sessions. Interested families need only attend one session before March 29.
All sessions will be held in the basement of the St. Mary DeKalb parish offices building. Entrance is off of the parking lot in the back, or south side, of the building.
NEXT WEEK
Senior activities
March 2
330 Grove St. in DeKalb
Contact: Senior Services Center at 815-758-4718
Coffee and chat: 10:30 a.m. State Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley, is scheduled to attend.
Exercise program: 10:30 a.m. led by Wright Athletic Club
Needlework group: 1 p.m.
Overeaters Anonymous: 3 p.m.
Poetry discussion
GFWC Sycamore Woman’s Club
1:30 p.m. March 3
Sycamore Public Library
103 E. State St.
General Federation of Women’s Club Sycamore Woman’s Club meets the first Tuesday each month. Guests are welcome.
The program will be on poetry of Emily Dickenson by Annette Johns.
Hostesses will be Anne Rubendahl and Leora Little.
‘Yoga for Life’
5:45-6:45 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Mondays, through March 16
Sycamore High School dance studio
Contact: Nancy Davis at arobixbabe@aol.com
www. sycamoreparkdistrict.com
This class, for 18 year olds and older, began Jan. 26.
Class will not be held because of Pulaski Day on March 2, but will be held March 3.
A second 8-week session will run from March 30-May 18.
Fee is $37 for Sycamore Park District residents and $47 for non-residents.
Register online or in person at the Sycamore Park District Community Center on Fair Street.
Bread for the World
Noon March 4
Baptist Campus Ministry
449 Normal Road in DeKalb
www.bread.org
Contact: The Rev. Gorbold at 815-756-2131
Bread for the World members hope to urge the public to join letter-writing campaigns to urge Congress to pass legislation on reforming U.S. foreign assistance.
The local chapter will devote several meetings this semester to studying how U.S. foreign assistance can be more effective in ending hunger and poverty.
Local BFW meetings begin at noon and include free lunch. “Development Assistance to Reduce Hunger” will be discussed by Dr. Nicholas Noe on March 4.
Communications skills seminar
6:30-8:30 p.m. March 4
4-C office, 155 N. Third St., Suite 300, in DeKalb
www.four-c.org
Contact: Kim at ext. 226 at 815-758-8149 or 800-848-8727 to register
Community Coordinated Child Care offers “Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About: Parents and Providers Improving Communications,” a free workshop for family child care providers.
4-C membership and registration are required.
Effective communications between care providers, parents and children will be discussed; information on challenges and general policies for discussing sensitive issues and resources will be given.
World Day of Prayer
March 6
9 a.m.: meeting with refreshments
9:30 a.m.: worship
Trinity Lutheran Church, corner of South Seventh and Franklin streets in DeKalb
World Day of Prayer is a worldwide movement of Christian women of various races, cultures and traditions who come together to observe a common day of prayer each year.
All women, and men, are encouraged to be enriched by the faith experience of Christians in other countries, and to pray for and with them.
This year’s service has been prepared by the women of Papua New Guinea and will deepen participants’ understanding of how they are one in Christ, as scripture quotes “in Christ there are many members, yet one body.”
Home-schoolers meeting
7 p.m. first Friday each month
Contact: Louise Rynkewicz at 815-986-8545 for location
Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience is a secular, all-inclusive statewide homeschool support group.
The local chapter of HOUSE holds monthly meetings after informal potluck meals on the first Friday each month
2009 Home and Business Expo
March 7
Expo: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Blood Drive: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Genoa Middle School
941 W. Main St.
www.genoa-il-chamberofcommerce.com
Contact: To schedule a blood donation, call the chamber at 815-784-2212.
Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce invites blood donors to its 2009 Home and Business Expo.
All blood donors will receive a Heartland travel mug set and a $15 Starbucks gift card and can enter a drawing for a 42-inch flat screen TV.
CCC auction
12:30-5:30 p.m. March 8; doors open at 11 a.m.
Indian Creek Middle School
425 S. Elm in Waterman
http://indiancreekschools.org/ichs/parentorg/ccc/auction.htm
Contact: Susan Kauffman at susan.kauffman@mchsi.com or 815-264-7905
This is the annual fundraiser for the Indian Creek School District Parent Club – Community Concern for Children.
According to a recent news release, CCC usually raises more than $20,000, of which 10 percent is given to each district elementary school and the rest goes to the middle and high schools.
During this fun-filled day for the community, area businesses and residents donate items for the live and silent auctions. Donated items will listed at www.indiancreekschools.org.
The music boosters uses the luncheon at this event as their major fundraiser of the year. Serving begins at noon.