Entries by Merle Burleigh

• Annual Town Meetings of Illinois Townships are Tuesday, April 8
• District 33 Kindergarten Registration
• Wayne/Winfield Area Youth/Family Services 25th Anniversary
• Historical Society hosts “America’s First Ladies”

• West Chicago Rotary Club
• Operation Homefront
• Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale
• St. Mary’s School Kindergarten Information Night

• Shopping Cart “Race Against Hunger”
• Park District’s Annual Firehouse Chili Fest
• School District 33 Foundation for Educational Excellence $10,000 College Scholarship Raffle
• Daily Herald’s “Meet the Principal,” series

• The Greenest Regions compact
• Ash Wednesday Special Worship Services
• National Catholic Schools Week
• How to Raise A Money-Smart Child

• Purchase of the EJ&E by the Canadian National Railway
  
• Early Voting for the Feb. 5 General Primary Election
  
• Daddy Daughter Date Night
  
• Winnie the Pooh visits the library
  
• “Transforming Every Student": The Campaign for Wheaton Academy

• 135th year of the Norris-Walen Funeral Home
• Christmas tree garbage pick up
• Adult Education program at the high school
• Art Works by Fredericka and Friends
• PeaceBuilder

• Spirit of the Staff and Students at our Local Schools
• Celebrating New Year's Eve
• Dec. 17 meeting of City Council

• Christmas services
• The library's "Family Holiday Craft" program
• Two businesses recently opened
• West Chicago Council of Governments ... to study the needs of youth in the city

• We-Go 2 Africa Project
• Madrigal Dinner and the Madrigal Tea
• Holiday School Programs
• Breakfast with the Candidates
• "My Favorite Things about West Chicago"

     I normally do not promote a business' sales, but I thought some not-for-profits could benefit from this. Also I like the Operation Home-front project, which I am including in column for next week.