League of Women Voters hosting upcoming forums
The League of Women Voters of Naperville will host two informational forums in November.
The first, “How Big is Your Carbon Shadow,” will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 via Zoom. It will be led by Cathy Clarkin, executive director of Accelerate Climate Solutions and co-chair of the Naperville Environment and Sustainability Task Force.
Clarkin will talk about various ways people can reduce carbon pollutions from their home and lifestyle while saving money and about the carbon shadow and ways to create broader change to address the climate crisis.
The second forum, “Is Crime Up or Down? Get the Real Story,” will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, both in person at Cantigny Park Le Jardin, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, and via Zoom.
DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin will talk about countywide crime trends as well as the SAFE-T Act.
Register at the League of Women Voters’ website at lwvnaperville.org.
Author/filmmaker to do book event at NCC Wentz Hall
Author and filmmaker Curtis Chin will talk about his new book, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at North Central College’s Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave.
The discussion will be moderated by Liz Spencer, executive director of NCTV-17.
Book buyers are invited to a VIP reception at 6 p.m. The book talk is free and open to the public.
Chin’s book has been named one of the most anticipated books of the fall by Time magazine and The Washington Post. The memoir focuses on the restaurant owned by Chin’s family and how he learned to embrace his identity as a gay American-born Chinese man, a news release on the event said.
The discussion is sponsored by Chinese American Women in Action (CAWA), North Central College, Naperville Bank & Trust and Anderson’s Bookshop.
“Curtis highlights what we all have in common and what makes us unique,” Nancy Chen, president of CAWA, said in a statement. “His book has something for Naperville residents of all backgrounds who are seeking ways to learn about each other as our city becomes increasingly diverse,”
Registration is required. For tickets, go to CurtisChinNaperville.eventcombo.com.
Naperville woman inducted into Music Teacher Hall of Fame
Jue He, a Naperville resident, piano teacher and faculty member at Benedictine University in Lisle, has been inducted into the Steinway & Sons Music Teacher Hall of Fame, which recognizes the work of piano educators.
She was nominated by Steinway Piano Gallery of Hinsdale. Teachers were selected for this award based on their outstanding instruction and leadership in acoustic piano education and their commitment to teaching in their community for over a decade, a news release from Steinway & Sons said.
This fall, 67 teachers from the United States and Canada were inducted into the hall of fame.
He, a pianist and educator, earned her doctoral degree from Northwestern University.
She has a 25-year teaching career, is a member of the Music Teachers National Association and stays abreast of the latest pedagogical techniques, the news release said.
He is a piano instructor and recital coach at Benedictine University and has a private piano studio that provides personalized piano instruction for students in the Naperville area.
Healthy Driven half marathon, other race results released
Nearly 2,250 runners recently competed in the 11th annual Healthy Driven Naperville Half Marathon, 10K and 5K races, with Brandon Kamp, 20, of Naperville, winning the half marathon with a time of 1:09:03.
Bolingbrook resident Kristen Heckert, 36, won the female division of the Half Marathon with a time of 1:19:25.
Of the runners, 1,284 ran the Half Marathon, 286 ran the 10K and 679 ran the 5K, organizers said. Many of the runners raised funds for area charitable organizations.
Naperville resident Jared Righter, 37, was the overall winner of the 10K with a time of 34:33 and Naperville resident Laura Reznicek, 39, was the female 10K winner with a time of 40:54.
Finbar Smith, 38, of Naperville, was the overall winner of the 5K with a time of 17:19 and Kathryn Rohr, 13, of Naperville, was the female 5K winner for the second year in a row, with a time of 18:44.
The annual race is sponsored by Edward-Elmhurst Health. For more results, go to www.runnaperville.com.
