‘Buy a Brick’ Campaign continues along the Riverwalk
During the Riverwalk 2000 fundraiser launched in 1997, the Daily Herald sponsored a “Buy a Brick” ad campaign featuring different residents holding the “Your Name Here” brick.
Today, the initiative that gives individuals the opportunity to write a message to be engraved on a brick or a granite stone continues to be a popular gift item and a way to support the Riverwalk Foundation.
Find complete details with photos about this personalized gift in a story featured at www.positivelynaperville.com. Search “Buy a Brick.”
To order a 4 x 8 brick ($150) for the Riverwalk extension or an 8 x 8 brick ($250) for Fredenhagen Park, simply send a check made payable to the Riverwalk Foundation with your 12 character per line, 3-line ($150) or 6-line message ($250) to Jan Erickson, Riverwalk Administrator, City of Naperville, TED Business Group, 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL 60540. Include your name, address, phone number, e-mail or other contact information.
Or for information on how to purchase a brick by credit card, contact Erickson at (630) 305-5984 or ericksonj@naperville.il.us.
Visit veterans! Play bingo!
Every month from September to June on the second Tuesday, a motorcoach departs promptly at 6:15PM from the Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 and American Legion Post 43, 908 W. Jackson Ave., with folks eager to spread good cheer to veterans receiving treatment at Hine VA Hospital in Maywood.
The public is welcome to help fill the bus on Tues., April 11, a special time when visitors play BINGO and visit with the veterans.
For more info, call organizer John Shaw at (630) 961-3479, Mike Barbour at (630) 240-1645 or Jan Barbour at (630) 247-9007.
German language church service
Church services in the German language will be held at St. John United Church of Christ at 11:30AM on Sun., April 2.
The service will be led by Dr. Egon Gerdes, and all are welcome to attend. St. John UCC is located at 1190 Olesen Dr. German services are held on the first Sunday of every month and will continue on May 7. For more info call (630) 355-5208.
Naperville Municipal Band Spring Concert is April 30
The Naperville Municipal Band Spring Concert is set to begin at 3PM on Sunday, April 30.
Under the leadership of Conductor Ron Keller, internationally-acclaimed soprano Amanda Halgrimson-Walzer, a Naperville native and Naperville Central High School graduate, will take the stage to perform with the band. The concert will be held in the Wentz Concert Hall at the North Central College Fine Arts Center.
The Naperville Municipal Band also will march in the Memorial Day Parade beginning at 10:30AM on Mon., May 29; followed at 12:15PM by a performance in the annual Memorial Day Observance with patriotic music in Central Park.
Then beginning June 8, the band returns to Central Park for its summer series of outdoor concerts performed at 7:30PM every Thursday through Aug. 17, at the Naperville Community Concert Center in downtown Naperville.
For more information and the complete schedule of upcoming band concerts, visit www.napervilleband.org.
Outdoor sculpture display is one for the books
Downtown Naperville is set to turn another page this summer with its latest edition of outdoor sculptures. For 2017, downtown will feature 15 “book benches” that will dot the landscape with artistic style and themes throughout the central business district.
When the fiberglass sculptures arrived in late March, they were presented to artists who will design their covers to put on display Father’s Day weekend. The book benches will be on exhibit until mid-September.
In addition, the Saturday before Father’s Day, June 17, the Downtown Naperville Alliance will host another vintage car show along Jackson Avenue. Space is limited. Before the car show opens up for new entries, registration is by invitation to the 100 entries that have participated in recent years, organizer Katie Wood said.
DU-Comm begins new site for DuPage County
The DuPage County Board, DuPage County Emergency Telephone System Board and DuPage County Public Safety Communications (DU-COMM) plans to break ground on the site of a new communications center on April 3.
DU-COMM, a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and Cooperative Government Entity, provides 9-1-1 emergency communications to police, fire and emergency medical services in the County. Through county-wide consolidation efforts, DU-COMM has increased its membership, outgrowing its current facility. During a year-long negotiation, the County and DU-COMM struck a partnership which will relocate the PSAP facility to the County campus. The $15.8 million facility is expected to be finished by fall of 2018.
DU-COMM will be located at 420 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton.
Consider Power of Choice
Adolescence is a time for exploring individuality. Parents have the responsibility of providing safety and boundaries for their children as they move toward independence. For more information about an effective, data-driven, outcome-based, ongoing community collaborative project, aimed at presenting possibilities for a bright future, visit Power of Choice at www.thepowerofchoice.info.
Leadership transitions at Esser Hayes
Esser Hayes Insurance Group recently announceed the appointment of Howard A. Weiss as the fifth president in the Firm’s history. Weiss has more than 20 years of management experience in commercial property & casualty operations as well as sales and strategic development. William H. Hayes, who has served as president of the company since 2007, will assume the role of CEO.
“I’m honored to be leading such a talented group of people,” said Weiss. “Currently celebrating our 75th year, we are positioned for great growth and look forward to protecting the assets and financial well-being of our clients for the next 75 years.”
