Appointed as a member of the West Chicago Elementary School District 33 Board of Education, Christian Rivera was was sworn in as a member at the Thursday, February 7, 2019 board meeting.
(photo courtesy of West Chicago Elementary School District 33)
Treehouse makes to 10 in Kidlist
The Treehouse in the ARC of the West Chicago Park District was voted as one of the Top 10 Best Indoor Playgrounds by Kidlist.
(photo courtesy West Chicago Park District)
Park District Photo Wins 3rd Place
The West Chicago Park District won third place for the Recreation/People at Play category in the state photo contest, “Give Us Your Best Shot,” for the 2018 Illinois Parks & Recreation magazine. Tom Norquist took the photograph titled, “Inspired by Nature.”
(photo courtesy West Chicago Park District)
Wild-Dogs Make Swimming History
The Wild-Dogs, West Chicago Co-Op Swimming team, made history finishing first in both the JV and Varsity divisions at the Upstate Eight Conference meet.
(photo courtesy of Community High School District 94)
Harvey Comes to Gallery Theater
Gallery Theater presents “Harvey.”
(photo courtesy of Gallery Theater)
Osborne selected as AP Reader
West Chicago Community High School teacher Nicole Osborne was in the first round of invitations by the College Board to be an Advanced Placement® (AP®) Reader for Literature and Composition at Salt Lake City, Utah.
(photo courtesy of Community High School District 94)
Honoring Frida Khalo
Maggie Capettini, education director at West Chicago City Museum, is doing a live painting demonstration from noon to The still life painting is in homage to the artist Frida Khalo.
(photo courtesy of Maggie Capettini)
CrazyHat at Polar Plunge
West Chicago Police Detective Robbi Peterson is participating in the 2019 Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge. This is the second year he has committed to “be bold and cold” for 24 hours taking a plunge every hour into Lake Michigan. Participants have themes for the different jumps,
(file photo courtesy of Robbi Peterson)
A Kwasman Klassic Moment
Despite the inclement weather, there was a nice-size crowd watching the Eighth Annual Kwasman Klassic, hosted by the WeGo Wildcats Special Olympics Club. Basketball teams are members of the West Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 85 and West Chicago Illinois Association of Firefighter 3970, plus the WeGo Wildcats basketball team.
(photo courtesy of West Chicago Police Department)
Bucholz Art at Gallery 200
“Art—Past and Present” is the exhibit at Gallery 200 for the month of February. The display features the artwork of Margaret Bucholz. It consists of watercolor, acrylics, and colored pencil drawings and paintings.
(photo courtesy of Gallery 200)