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July 2, 2009 By DAILY CHRONICLESteam train lovers should head to the south part of the county on July 18 if they would like to see a restored locomotive pulling railcars with similar histories. By DAILY CHRONICLEThe Sycamore History Museum will present a special program showcasing award-winning local authors who have made Sycamore their home – and the journeys each have made. By DAILY CHRONICLELifelong Learning Institute Summer Session is July 7-30 at Northern Illinois University. Sycamore High School Class of 1944 reunion over coffee: 10 a.m. the second Wednesday each month at Towne Square Restaurant, 351 N. Main St. Group Hope changing schedule June 26, 2009 By DAILY CHRONICLELeland men have been warned. DHS 35th-year class reunion: July 11 at Kishwaukee Country Club. DeKalb High School Class of 1974 reunion committee is seeking the following classmates: Dave Ballinger, Gale Bassett, Dave Berry, Steve Clark, Debbie Daughdill, Larry Denny, Larry Earnhart, Mike Falkner, Kathy Hamilton, Rick Harris, Lynne Hazard, George Homfeldt, Lisa Huang, Mike Huey, Jack Kunkle, Anita Lasota, James Lindeman, Dave Lundgren, Robin McCabe, Robin Michaels, John Miller, Julie Moluf, Susan Pack, Michael Pederson, Fred Reuland, Nelson Rocha, Denise Ruby, Teresa Seldal, Phyllis Sexton, Frank Shaw, Debbie Simpson, Donna Smith, Mary E. Sullivan, Doug Thompson, Terry Walters, Steve Weiner, Carol Williams, Dan Williams, Kevin Williams and Sarah Young. Contact Joyce (Ga The Shabbona Lions Club annual Fourth of July Pork Chop barbecue: 4:30-7 p.m. Saturday at Lions Depot, which is located under the Shabbona water tower. A one-chop dinner costs $7 and two-chop dinner is $9. Drive-thru pick up will be available. 815-970-1179. June 23, 2009 Friday Night Fish Fry: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays at DeKalb Knights of Columbus Club, 1336 E. Lincoln Highway. Contact: Sam Dvorak, Knights of Columbus Club manager, at 815-758 4141. Knights of Columbus Club’s Friday Night Fish Fry features baked and fried cod, shrimp, tilapia, perch, walleye, catfish and chicken. Dinners are served with baked potato or french fries, coleslaw and dinner roll. This event is open to the public. Fourth Annual Gerald Broski Memorial Golf Outing benefit for Center for Sight & Hearing in Rockford: 11:30 a.m. June 29, starting with registration and box lunch and 1 p.m. shotgun start, at Forest Hills Country Club. Contact: Ray Hughes, Center for Sight & Hearing, Box 5944 Rockford, IL 61125, or phone 815-332-6825. The event will include four hole-in-one prizes, a blind putting contest and sponsorship opportunities. The 12th Annual Midge and Miles Underwood Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Aug. 7, with shotgun start at 1 p.m. at the Sycamore Park District Golf Course, for an 18-hole scramble format. Kingston Fest and Kardboard Boat race will be held July 25 in the village of Kingston and many teams have already started to build their new and improved cardboard vessels, to compete for speediest, strongest, most fanciful ships on the mighty Kishwaukee River. Kirkland Fourth of July Festival: July 2-4. Crafters, flea marketers, and businesses can rent a booth for $65 (15-square feet) or $100 (15 x 30 feet). Call 815-547-6229. Continuing the “Journey Stories” themes, the Sycamore History Museum will present a concert by folk musician David Drake on the museum’s lawn at Engh Farm, at 1730 N. Main St. June 12, 2009 Songs of Lincoln’s time will be featured The third annual running of the Brett’s Run Genoa Days 5K Race will memorialize Brett Kubasiak, the son of Tom and Cathy Kubasiak, long-time residents of the Genoa-Kingston area, who was killed in 1997 by a car while the boy was playing with friends. By Hampshire Lions Club tournament: 12:30 p.m. Friday with a shotgun start, at Randall Oaks Golf Club and Banquets in West Dundee. Contact: Fred Rackow, chairman at 847-683-3729. The Hampshire Lions 18th Annual Lions Club Golf Tournament will include a two-person Handicap Flight and a four person Scramble Flight. The entry fee is $100 per golfer, which includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, a prime rib dinner and prizes for everyone. Entry forms for the Handicap Flight must be sent by Monday with checks payable to Hampshire Lions Club, to Hampshire Lions Club, P.O. Box 415, Hampshire IL 60140, and must be complete with each partner’s handicap. Proceeds will help support Lions charities, which include aiding the blind, hard of hearing, underprivile Pork chop barbecue: Pickup hours: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Evangelical Free Church, North First Street and Bethany Road in DeKalb. Love INC of DeKalb-Sycamore is hosting a pork chop barbecue, with Whitman’s Catering and Party Rental providing the food. The carryout meals will include two pork chops, apple sauce, baked beans, potato salad, roll and butter. Pop and water will be available for purchase. Tickets can be purchased at the church or at the Love INC office at 151 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. Cost for the meals is $10 prepaid or $12 at the door. Genoa-Kingston High School Class of 1964: 6 p.m. Saturday at Carls Fargo Restaurant, 355 W. State St. in Sycamore. The 54 students who graduated 45 years ago are invited to the reunion; call Sandy Lyon at 815-895-6997. Kirkland Fourth of July Festival: July 2-4. Crafters, flea marketers, and businesses can rent a 15-square foot booth for $65 or one that measures 15 by 30 feet for $100. 815-547-6229. June 5, 2009 Glidden Homestead’s “Uncle Joe’s Country Faire” seeks to recapture some of the fun and pleasures of an “olde-tyme country faire” of more than 100 years ago, including a barbecue dinner and square dance. A litter of five “little howls,” born at Big Run Wolf Ranch in Lockport are destined to become the stars of a new exhibit at the Memphis Zoo later this month. Alumni banquet: 6 p.m. Saturday at Indian Oaks Country Club, Preserve Road in Shabbona. Reservations are being taken for the Indian Creek/Shabbona High School Annual Alumni Banquet. Tickets, $25, are available at Farmers & Traders State Bank or Indian Oaks Country Club. |
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