AAUW Naperville’s used book/media sale set for June 13-15
The AAUW Naperville Area, a branch of the American Association of University Women, will hold its annual used book and media sale from Thursday to Saturday, June 13-15, at the Washington Junior High School gym, 201 N. Washington St.
General admission hours are noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Educator’s Appreciation Night, in which educators with an ID receive half off, will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. A $10 per bag sale will take place Saturday.
A variety of hardcover, softcover, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl albums will be available. Most items are $1 to $2. Cash, charge or checks are accepted.
Money raised will go to research, education and advocacy efforts advancing gender equity for women and girls.
For more information, go to naperville-il.aauw.net/giving/used-book-sales.
July 4 fireworks show to be held at Frontier Sports Complex
The fourth annual Naperville Community Fireworks Show will be held at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 4, at the Frontier Sports Complex, 3380 Cedar Glade Road.
Before the show, the Naperville Municipal Band will perform patriotic tunes from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. at the Wagner Pavilion at the 95th Street Community Plaza within the sports complex.
Admission and parking are free. There are 906 parking spaces within the complex or residents can use the nearby Neuqua Valley High School lot at 2360 95th St., which has 1,000 parking spaces, a news release said.
Hosted by the city of Naperville and the Naperville Park District, more event information and maps will be posted the week of June 17 at www.naperville.il.us/eventinfo.
Cowen promoted to market president for Naperville Bank & Trust
Naperville resident Grant Cowen has been named market president for Naperville Bank & Trust, a branch of Wheaton Bank and Trust Co., a Wintrust Community Bank, following the retirement of Tom Miers.
Cowen will work with more than 20 banking professionals to offer personal and commercial banking services, full trust, investment services and mortgages, a news release announcing the promotion said.
A graduate of Illinois State University, Cowen has spent more than 40 years in banking and serves on the boards of directors for Naperville Elderly Homes Inc., Naperville Cemetery Association and the Riverwalk Bicentennial Fund.
He has also been a member of Naperville Sunrise Rotary and served on the boards of the Naperville YMCA, Hesed House and Naperville Baseball Association.
Former DuPage County chair hired as Will County consultant
The Will County Board has hired Robert J. Schillerstrom, former Republican chair of the DuPage County Board, to provide consulting services on the county’s landfill expansion.
The contract, which runs through Sept. 5, calls for Schillerstrom to be paid $15,000 to advise the county’s landfill committee. His work with two landfills while serving on the DuPage board is what prompted them to consider him for the job, said committee chair Katie Deane-Schlottman, a Joliet Republican.
Schillerstrom served on the DuPage board from 1998 to 2010 and was chair of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority from 2015 to 2019.
Some board Democrats asked why there was no request for proposals or qualifications before deciding to award Schillerstrom the contract. Assistant State’s Attorney Mary Tatroe said the $15,000 contract is below the board’s $30,000 threshold requiring bids.
Board members Joe VanDuyne, of Wilmington, and Natalie Coleman, of Plainfield, both Democrats, said hiring a consultant would duplicate work already being done by staff.
The three-month contract was approved by a 12-6 vote, with six no votes coming from board Democrats.
