The Fall Festival continues through the end of October at Sonny Acres.
Fall Fest at Sonny Acres
Farm Undefeated in Golf
Kendall Farm, a senior at West Chicago Community High School, is a two-time state qualifier in golf, and is undefeated this year.
(photos courtesy Community High School District 94)
WA Provides Shields for Kids Alive
Wheaton Academy partners with Kids Alive to care for vulnerable children in the Dominican Republic and in Haiti. This year, a team of students used 3D printers to make face shields for local medical providers and for staff at Kids Alive.
(photos courtesy Wheaton Academy)
WCCHS Alum Jessica Seletzky Creates Legacy
Jessica Inch Seletzky, former West Chicago resident and 1999 graduate of West Chicago Community High School, is an adjunct professor at Wheaton College and the owner of Love and Legacy films.
(photos courtesy Debi Inch)
We Grow Dreams Fall Festival
We Grow Greenhouse and Garden Centerhosts its Annual Fall Festival On hand are pumpkins, gourds, cornstalks and hay bales, plus more than 40 colors of mums, many varieties of decorative cabbage and flowering fall annuals. The gift shop has hand crafted fall items, plus glass gift items and jewelry made by the Community School District 200 Transition Team.
(photos courtesy We Grow Dreams Greenhouse & Garden Center)
Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation by DuPage County
DuPage County Board Vice Chairman Jim Zay (District 6) presented a proclamation recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month to Fernando Ramirez, President of the Mexican Cultural Center-DuPage, David Andalcio, the County’s appointee to the Regional Transit Authority Board; and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Executive Director of the HOPE Fair Housing Center in Wheaton.
Non Virtual Ice Cream by WC Historical Society
The West Chicago Historical Society normally would hold its annual Ice Cream Social and Silent Auction, but not this year. Since the expenses and upkeep for the 103-year old Kruse House Museum continue, the Society is having a non-event fundraiser.
(photos courtesy West Chicago Garden Club and West Chicago Historical Society)
Churchill’s Saga during WWII
West Chicago City Museum and Warrenville Historical Society present the Historiography program, a non-fiction book reading group via Zoom. The book to be discussed is “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz” by Erik Larson.
(photo courtesy West Chicago City Museum)
We Grow Greenhouse Ready For Fall
We Grow Greenhouse and Garden Center is ready for autumn and its Fall Fest with more than 40 colors of mums, many varieties of decorative cabbage pumkins, gourds and flowering fall annuals.
(photo courtesy We Grow Greenhouse & Garden Center)
Dog & Drone Used in Search
The West Chicago Fire Protection District received a Special Duty call for Drone 6 and Canine 6 “Thor” to assist the West Chicago Police Department in tracking an individual at Fabyan Parkway and Roosevelt Road. Firefighter/Paramedic Erik Ronge flew the Drone 6 and Firefighter/Paramedic Todd Baseggio and Thor did the ground tracking.
(photo courtesy West Chicago Fire protection District)