Oswego

Fundraiser support school environmentalist team

The Environmentalist Team from Bednarcik Junior High School has been recognized by The National Energy Education Development Project as it’s 2018 Illinois Team of the Year for the recycling plan and energy audit program they have developed at their school. 

The team will receive a National Award for Outstanding Community Outreach Program in Washington, D.C. for the work it has done in reaching out to other schools and organizations by creating a series of energy conservation music videos, providing daily tips for students and families, holding recycling drives, making recycled art work, and completing several community service projects.

As part of the recognition weekend in Washington, D.C., these students will have the opportunity to attend workshops allowing them to share the programs they do at Bednarcik with other groups, as well as provide opportunities for them to learn new strategies and develop leadership skills to help the team make a continued impact on community energy and conservation efforts.

The team currently has raised enough money to send three students to Washington, D.C., but is hoping to be able to send more members of the team so that they can share in this experience.  The money is needed to help pay for registration fees and travel costs.

To donate, visit their Gofundme page at https://www.gofundme.com/energy-team-trip-to-dc-2018

Board of Education hires new director of operations

Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Board of Education has approved Robert R. Allison, III as the new director of operations to succeed Michael Barr, who has resigned after a 15-year career with the district.

Currently, Allison serves as the district’s assistant director of operations where areas of his responsibility include:  managing day-to-day custodial, grounds and maintenance operations; administering and maintaining School Dude programs and databases; developing and managing operations training and safety programs, and maintenance service agreements.

Prior to working at School District 308, Allison was the plant operations and maintenance manager for Aramark where he managed the day-to-day plant operations and maintenance program for Indian Prairie School District 204.

“Rob Allison has done excellent work in his current role with our district,” said Dr. John Sparlin, superintendent of schools. “I look forward to him growing in his new role as Director and providing to our faculty and students an efficient working and learning environment.”

The village of Oswego is alerting residents to remove stagnant water to keep mosquito populations down.

Heavy rains leads village to issue mosquito alert

The Village of Oswego is asking residents to report stagnant water in order to help control mosquitoes.

The village has been informed by its contracted mosquito control contractor Clarke that mosquito populations are likely to increase significantly over the next few weeks.

Record rainfall in May and warmer-than-average June temperatures will be responsible for huge successive broods of floodwater mosquitoes that will be hatching soon.   

Residents can help control mosquito populations in the most environmentally friendly way possible by reporting standing water directly to Clarke. Call the Clarke Mosquito Hotline at 800-942-2555 to report new stagnant water.

New stagnant water is defined as areas that have been dry and traditionally do not hold water but are now retaining water for four or more days.

Reporting new stagnant water allows Clarke to treat the water for mosquito larvae before they hatch using natural larvicides.

In addition, Clarke has been spraying for adult mosquitoes in the evenings throughout Oswego. The Village alerts residents when spraying is expected on Facebook and Twitter. Residents can also call the Mosquito Hotline at 800-942-2555 to receive alerts when Clarke is spraying in their area.

Clarke uses a variety of environmentally responsible methods to reduce mosquito populations, including applying naturally-derived active ingredients, using earth-friendly application methods like bicycles and all-electric sprayers, and leveraging GPS technology to efficiently monitor mosquito breeding sites. For more information, visit www.clarke.com.

For mosquito updates, follow @VillageofOswego on Facebook and @OswegoIL60543 on Twitter, or call the Clarke Mosquito Hotline at 800-942-2555

Movies In The Park schedule set for summer

The village of Oswego’s Movies in the Park summer schedule has been released:

Thursday, June 28: “Wonder” Based on the New York Times bestseller, Wonder tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters 5th grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. Rated ages 10 and older. Location: Oswego Village Green, 100 Parkers Mill.

Thursday, July 19: “Up”  In this Pixar classic, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway. Rated for ages 6 and older. Location: Oswego Village Green, 100 Parkers Mill.

Thursday, Aug. 2: “Coco”  Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. Rated for ages 7 and older. Location: Oswego Park n Ride, 1031 Station Drive.

Oswego and Yorkville will also host a retro drive-in movie experience at the Park ‘N Ride lot, on Station Drive in Oswego, for “Coco.” Bring the family in the convertible for the film, food from area food trucks, and pre-movie family-friendly activities, beginning at 7 p.m.

For more information, including a full calendar of family-friendly events happening all summer long in Oswego, visit www.GoOswego.org.

Auditions for the Montgomery’s Got Talent are being held Saturday, July 14 at 10 a.m. at Village Hall. (Chroncile Media photo)

Montgomery

Montgomery fest talent show auditions set

Residents who can sing, dance, play a musical instrument, do ventriloquism or magic, or tell jokes, this is their opportunity to showcase their talent.

The “Montgomery’s Got Talent” show is back and people of all ages are invited to try out for the show.

Don’t miss this chance to participate in this collection of the area’s most talented individuals.

Auditions are being held Saturday, July 14 at 10 a.m. at the Montgomery Village Hall, 200 N. River Street. 

A panel will select performers to be featured at the Montgomery Fest Talent show to be held on Saturday, Aug. 11, at noon on the Montgomery Fest Main Stage. 

Performers do not need to be Montgomery residents in order to try out, and talents of all types are welcome. All acts must be family-friendly.

Yorkville

Peaches & Baseball: ‘There’s No Crying In Baseball!’

Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the original Rockford Peaches and the All-American Baseball League with speaker Rebecca Tulloch at the Yorkville Public Library from 7-8:30 p.m. on June 27.

The 1992 film, “A League of Their Own” introduced American audiences to the woman of the Greatest Generation who played professional baseball to keep up the morale on the American home front during World War II.

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was so successful that it continued for nearly a decade after the war ended.

Who were the real women who joined the league that inspired the film?

Join Rebecca Tulloch, a modern Rockford Peach and manager of the League of Our Own vintage softball team, as she traces the truth and fiction about the film, “A League of Their Own.” This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and no registration is required.

–Kendall County News Briefs–