THE JOURNAL & TOPICS NEWSPAPERS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2008
Community Events
Benefits & Fundraisers
Historic Methodist Campground of Des Plaines hosts a car show/fundraiser on Sunday through Aug. 31, from 2-6:30 p.m. The fundraiser includes People's Choice awards (1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophy), food, an Olympic Size swimming pool, children's moon jump, vendor and swap spaces, RC truck racecourse. For more information, visit www.methodistcampground.org.
Bring the family to Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago's Second Annual Hike for Lung Health at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21. The one and three mile hikes will be held along Chicago's lakefront at Montrose Harbor and in Palatine at Deer Grove Forest Preserve. After the hike, join participants and emcee ABC7's Ravi Baichwal for a family picnic and entertainment. Proceeds from Hike for Lung Health will support lung disease research, advocacy and education programs of RHAMC and charity partners. For registration or additional information, contact Stephanie Russell at 312-628-0223 or visit www.lungchicago.org.
The Run For Cover Walk/Run will be held Oct. 25 starting at 9 a.m. in Busse Woods, groves 5-16, near Elk Grove Village. All proceeds from this event provide hope and build help for the temporary homeless for a safe place to live. For more information and costs, visit www.runforcover5k.com.
Clubs & Organizations
The September meeting of the Northwest Suburban Astronomers will feature amateur astrophotography. Club members will be showing their skills at capturing the beauty of the night sky with telescopes and digital cameras. Stop by on Friday, Sept. 12, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Hoffman Estates Park District Community Center, 1685 West Higgins Road (at Huntington Boulevard), Hoffman Estates, (in rooms 105/106) for club presentations. There is no cost to attend. Visit www.nsaclub.org for club information.
The Frisbie Senior Center in Des Plaines will host its Family Flea Market on Sunday, Sept. 14, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cumberland Café will be open for lunch. The Frisbie center is located at Mt. Prospect Rd. and Northwest Hwy.
Northwest Suburban Council of Genealogists welcome Wilmette Family History Center staff as they present a "Spotlight on Illinois Resources." Learn what materials are available at the History Center, other items can be ordered for your use on temporary loan and how staff at the History Center can help you with your research. This meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Forest View Educational Center, Room 100, 2121 S. Goebbert Rd., Arlington Hts.
The Festival Chorus of Harper College is seeking area singers to take part in the fall/winter concert season. The 70-voice community chorus will be performing Handel's "Messiah" and a selection of much-loved holiday carols at its annual holiday concert Sunday. Dec. 7, in Harper College's Performing Arts Center. Rehearsals are Monday evenings 7:30-10 p.m., beginning on Aug. 18 in Room P202 at Harper College in Palatine. No auditions required, voice-placement only. For further information, contact Ellen Lamarre at 815-382-9445.
"Les Bavards du Nord", a monthly francophone lunch group, will meet again on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 1 p.m., for lunch and conversation in French at a Buffalo Grove-area restaurant to be announced later via email. Participants have various levels of proficiency in speaking French, including native speakers. No membership required; listening in French is required. For full details, RSVP by e-mail to lesBavardsduNord@yahoo.com or call 847-921-7864 by the preceding Thursday evening. Visit lesbavardsfrancophones.blogspot.com.
Elk Grove Jaycees meet the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Pope's Pizza, 66 Devon Avenue. Write to Elk Grove Jaycees, P.O. Box 477, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, call (847-604-3268), e-mail jayceemich@comcast.net or visit www.egvjaycees.org. This is a leadership organization for young adults ages 21-41.
The Palatine Jaycees holds its monthly general meeting on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on Palatine Road in Palatine. For information on the Palatine Jaycees, membership, any of their sponsored events or to join their email newsletter write to the Palatine Jaycees, Post Office Box 1517, Palatine, IL 60078-1517, call 847-604-0288, e-mail info@palatinejaycees.org or visit the web site at www.palatinejaycees.org.
Religion
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 1234 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, will begin it's Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry Clinic starting on Sept. 5 and will continue the first Saturday of each month through May 2009. From 8:30-10 a.m. a Healing Touch Practitioner Exchange will take place at OSLC and from 10 a.m. to noon Individual Healing Touch Sessions will be open to the community. Practitioners and clients can schedule appointments through Gretchen Mahin at 847-398-6679. Healing Touch is a sacred healing art that flows from the laying-on-of hands found within our Christian tradition.
On Sunday, Sept. 7, from Noon-3 p.m., Our Saviour's Lutheran Church will kick off the fall season with a picnic at Greens Park (across the street from the church east of Olive-Mary Stitt School). OSLC will have food provided by Dave's Specialty Foods, live music, family games and more opportunities to find out about our church ministries. Tickets are $6 for teens and adults and $3 for children 3-12. There will also be a raffle and prizes too. For more information contact 847-255-8700 or visit our website at www.oursaviours.org
St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church, Prospect Hts., will offer Bible Study programs this fall. Two programs are planned: "The Great Adventure: A Journey Through the Bible" is a 24-session Catholic study program of 73 books of the Bible. It will be offered Monday evenings at 7 p.m. or Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. The program includes a video lecture by Jeff Cavins, with classroom discussion. There is a fee for a workbook and the classes begin Sept. 15 (Monday) or Sept. 17 (Wednesday). "Matthew: The King and His Kingdom" shows how Jesus builds on the foundation laid in the Old Testament to inaugurate the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. This class is recommended for those who already have an overall knowledge of the Bible. It will be offered on Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday evenings. Begins Sept. 16 (Tuesday) or Sept. 17 (Wednesday). Workbook is extra. Participants may attend a Preview and registration program Saturday, Sept. 6 at 4:30 p.m. or Sunday, Sept. 7 at 9:30 a.m. Information and registration are also available through the parish rectory at 847-255-7452. Questions can be directed to Joanne Twomey at 847-590-8110. All programs are open to the public. Information is also available at the parish website: www.saintalphonsus.com.
Vendors are wanted for a Craft Show & Flea Market hosted by the United UCC Churches of Bensenville (Immanuel, Peace, St. John's) to be held on Saturday, Sept. 6 (rain date Sept. 13), from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. John's Church, 601 N. Rt. 83 at Foster, Bensenville. A 10 ft. x 10 ft. space is $20 (inside and outside spaces available). Two or more spaces for one vendor will be $15 each. A table and two chairs will be an additional $10 and access to electricity (inside spaces only) an additional $5.
Northwest Suburban Jewish Congregation hosts an event supporting the 2008 Jewish United Fund-Israel Emergency Fund at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, at the synagogue, 7800 W. Lyons St., Morton Grove. The event will feature Michael Wex, author of the 2005 bestseller, "Born to Kvetch." Wex, a professor, translator, performer and author of books on language and literature, is known as "a Yiddish national treasure." He has traveled the world lecturing on Yiddish and Jewish culture, blending teaching with stand-up comedy. Sally and Melvin Zuckerman of Niles are the honorees. The event is chaired by Herb Hibnick of Wheeling. For reservations or information, call Becky Shulman at JUF at 312-357-4563, or e-mail her at BeckyShulman@juf.org. Ask about the reservation fee. The Jewish United Fund-Israel Emergency Fund supports healthcare, hunger, housing, education, resettlement, employment and other social-service programs that serve some 300,000 Chicagoans of all faiths, and more than 2 million Jews in Israel and around the world.