Lifestyles

ANNIVERSARIES 50th anniversary

Children’s Home + Aid, which provides adoption home study services and post-placement supervision and counseling, will host an adoption information meeting from 2-4 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Kishwaukee Community Hospital conference center at 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb.

Mary Pritchard of DeKalb County Community Foundation visited Children’s Learning Center on Nov. 16, with a grant of $2,700 to fund an upgrade of the fire suppression system in the day care center’s kitchen. The existing system will no longer meet fire safety regulations next year.

Free coats to be given to those in need today

Internationally celebrated composer Morten Lauridsen will hold a three-day residency at the Northern Illinois University School of Music next semester thanks in part to a $1,800 grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

As funds for literacy education professor Chris Carger’s Project ROAR dwindled over the years, its reach simultaneously shrank until the program ultimately disappeared.

Shawn’s has character. The menu is written on a board in colored chalk. You can watch yourself eat because you can sit near a mirror. And you get a pretty good glimpse of the streets of Sycamore as you dine.

The Northern Illinois University Jazz Lab Band, under the direction of Rodrigo Villanueva, will perform its second concert of the Fall 2009 season at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building at 550 Lucinda Ave. The concert for all ages is free and starts at 8 p.m. Monday.

During the Halloween weekend, TAILS Humane Society conducted a “Change Their Lives” adoption event and 36 cats, most with black fur, found homes. The event was sparked by lessons learned by Adrienne Beeman and Sam Lenzer, two TAILS staff members who attended a national Feline Forum in Chicago one month earlier.

For the 10th year, holiday greeting cards have featured drawings by DeKalb artist Bob Myers.

Sarah Carson received the American FFA Degree, which is the highest degree awarded by the National FFA Organization, at the 82nd National FFA Convention on Oct. 24 in Indianapolis.

DeKalb County Community Foundation recently announced the 2009 Fall Community Needs Grants recipients:

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Army Pvt. Charlie W. Passero has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

Holiday shopping is here, and there is a way to purchase gifts for family and friends and help  furry friends, too.

Boy Scout Troop 33 will honor Scoutmaster Cliff Golden for his 33 years of service with a dinner and program at 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at First Lutheran Church in DeKalb.

It was appropriate that Genoa Main Street Inc., at its annual meeting on Nov. 5, would offer “A Taste of Main Street.” Rather than having the meal catered from just one of the community’s many fine establishments, organizers decided to get several involved.

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I believe that there is something in every religion of the world that can help us on our journey toward peace, health and happiness. One philosophy that I recently read about is the idea of “The Middle Way,” which comes from Buddhism. This concept can help us gain and understand the need for balance in our lives.

At 21 years of age, Shay Galto has done more volunteer work on issues related to social justice than most citizen advocates will do in a lifetime.

Anyone with a computer can now see and hear the history of Illinois agriculture told by the people who lived it.

For his continued advocacy of multiple sclerosis issues, state Rep. Bob Pritchard, R-Hinckley, recently received the Legislator of the Year award from the Greater Illinois Chapter of the National MS Society. The award recognizes the work of local, state and federal officials who make life better for people living with multiple sclerosis. Also receiving awards were state Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.

Allison Genis, senior Girl Scout of Troop 941, completed the requirements for the Girl Scout Gold Award in May. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest honor in Girl Scouts. To earn this award, the Girl Scout must:

Boy Scout Troop 33 will honor Scoutmaster Cliff Golden for his 33 years of service with a dinner and program at 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at First Lutheran Church in DeKalb.

I’m a wings person.

50th Anniversary

Once upon a time, the ideal for a child’s room was a cozy haven filled with sturdy push-pull toys, handmade dolls and a few baskets of dress-up clothes.

WEDDINGS

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