Make a stop at 'The Greatest Show in Schaumburg'
Septemberfest 2008 - "The Greatest Show in Schaumburg" - will hit the municipal grounds next week and feature headliners Loverboy, Richard Marx and Lonnie Brooks.
The festival grounds featuring rides, games, music and food will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 30, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 31 and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 1.
The Septemberfest Parade will step off at 10 a.m. on Labor Day, moving north on Summit Drive to end at the municipal grounds at Stock Port Lane. Due to construction on Wise Road, the parade will begin just a little further north this year, on Hartford Drive.
Various entertainment acts will perform throughout the three days, but main stage acts Loverboy will be on from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Aug. 30, Richard Marx from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Aug. 31 and the Lonnie Brooks Blues Band from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 1.
A fireworks show will close each night of Septemberfest.
Every day there will be free pony rides from noon to 5 p.m., a Schaumburg Police crime prevention booth from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., a Schaumburg Fire safety trailer from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and a Bingo tent from noon to 9 p.m.
Twenty-four different restaurants, offering a variety of tasty fare, will be participating in the Taste of Schaumburg tent from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 30 and 31. Food and drink on Sept. 1 will be served as fundraisers during Not-for-Profit Day under the tent.
Teens chosen for library board: Schaumburg Township District Library trustees this week selected the first two student advisers to serve alongside them on the board.
Both 16-year-old Aakash Bavishi and 17-year-old Sajan Patel are students at Hoffman Estates High School. They were selected from among nine applicants - three each from Conant, Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg high schools.
Library Trustee Adam Sesso not only came up with the idea of having student advisers on the board, he led the committee that selected them.
"It was tough because we had such good applicants," Sesso said. "The two that we chose were heavily involved in the community. They both had very strong interpersonal skills and shared a passion for activism."
The two teens will both serve a one-year term, but will be free to reapply for the annual program open to community members 15 to 20 years old. Bavishi will be a junior this year and Patel a senior.
Though the two will not have a formal vote on the board as do those elected by the public, they will provide a different perspective on issues, particularly involving teen use of the library.
Schaumburg's new magazine: You've lived Schaumburg. You've worked Schaumburg. You've played Schaumburg. What else is there to do next but read Schaumburg?
A new Schaumburg magazine will launch next week as a joint effort of the Schaumburg Business Association and Paddock Publications, which also publishes the Daily Herald.
"Schaumburg - live, work, play" will publish six times a year and be free at more than 400 locations in the village, including hotels. Its first issue will coincide with and be available at Septemberfest.
A launch party will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at ZED 451, 801 E. Algonquin Road in Schaumburg.
An RSVP is required for the free event by e-mailing ZED@wagstaffworldwide.com.