Woman, 28, killed in Hampshire Township crash
A Norridge woman was killed Thursday in a single-car crash near the intersection of Big Timber Road and Sandwald Road in Hampshire Township, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office said.
Anette A. Niebrzydowski, 28, was driving east about 1:40 p.m. on Big Timber Road at what investigators described as a high rate of speed when she crossed into the westbound lane and then went off the road, a sheriff’s office news release said. Her vehicle struck a utility pole and started on fire.
Niebrzydowski was the only person in the car and was pronounced dead at the scene, the release said.
Elgin Veterans Day ceremony at Schock Centre
The city of Elgin’s annual Veterans Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 11, in the Heritage Ballroom at the Edward Schock Centre of Elgin, 100 Symphony Way.
Held in partnership with American Legion Post 57, the event to honor the nation’s military veterans will include comments from Elgin Mayor David Kaptain and guest speaker Jerry Turnquist, a local historian, musical selections from the Larkin High School Band and representation from local veterans organizations.
The program is open to the public and seating will be provided. Parking is available in the Centre Parking deck at the southwest corner of Symphony Way and Grove Avenue.
For more information, call Kate O’Leary at 847-931-6770 or go to www.cityofelgin.org/events.
Library hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics for children, adults
VNA Health Care will hold COVID-19 vaccination clinics Nov. 13 and Dec. 11 for children and adults at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin.
Both will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 207 N. Grove Ave. library. Pfizer shots for children ages 5 to 11, Pfizer and Moderna booster shots for adults, and flu shots will be available, a library news release.
Registration for vaccinations is being taken, but walk-ins are allowed. Anyone under the age of 18 needs parental or guardian approval to receive the vaccine, the release said.
A fact sheet on the vaccinations available for children is available at the Kane County Health Department website, www.kanehealth.com.
For more information and to register, go to gailborden.info/covidhelp.
U-46 wants state limits on virtual meetings removed
School District U-46 board member Kate Thommes will be a delegate to the Nov. 20 Illinois Association of School Boards assembly, where she will request support for legislation allowing school boards to hold public meetings using audio or video conferencing technology.
The measure would remove restrictions on remote meeting participation, which right now is limited to cases of personal illness, disability, job situations or family emergencies. If approved, the law would allow board members to conduct meetings using audio or video feeds as needed.
U-46 officials said they are making the recommendation because their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic showed they could effectively conduct business while using communications technologies.
At the Nov. 20 meeting, delegates from across the state will also discuss the merits of 22 other proposals for legislation submitted by school districts, 10 of which have the backing of the association’s resolutions committee. Each school board is allowed one delegate at the session, which this year will be held in Chicago.
For more information, go to www.iasb.com/advocacy/delegate-assembly.
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First Presbyterian of Elgin appoints new pastor
The Rev. Rothea “Thea” Kornelius, new pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elgin at 240 Standish St., will preside over her first service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 21.
Kornelius was born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa. She has a bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy from the University of Pretoria, a doctorate in physical therapy from Boston University and a master of divinity degree from the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.
Kornelius spent more than four years as pastor of the Fairbanks Union and New Portland Presbyterian churches in Farmington, Maine, before taking the Elgin assignment.
A reception to welcome her to the church will follow the Nov. 21 service. For more information, go to www.fpce.org.
Kane and DuPage joining efforts on opioid, fentanyl cases
An agreement signed Thursday by Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain and DuPage County Sheriff James Hendrick will consolidate their street level tactical teams’ efforts in pursuing anyone supplying or selling opioids and fentanyl in either county.
Both agencies have been hampered in the past by staffing issues when trying to track down the sources of illegal narcotics, a news release said.
“Working together in these ways makes a statement,” Mendrick said. “We owe it to our communities, especially those members who are the victims of addiction, to go after the people that bring this poison into our area.
“Unfortunately, the dealers don’t care about jurisdictional boundaries. This is a step towards making sure that those same boundaries don’t affect our abilities to take it off the street,” he said.
Hain said going after the sellers and suppliers won’t stop their efforts to offer rehabilitation help to people who have become addicted to drugs.
“We will continue to make our rehabilitation efforts first and foremost when we encounter people addicted to these narcotics,” Hain said in the release. “But to the people bringing it into the area, we won’t show any compassion. They simply bring it in to make a profit and don’t care about the devastation it leaves behind.”
