Briefs: Park commissioner injured
Streamwood Park District Commissioner Rich Janiec was reportedly doing well and recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates Friday after having been struck in the side of the head by a golf ball at the Streamwood Chamber of Commerce's 22nd annual golf outing in Elgin Wednesday. Chamber Executive Director Susan Berg said Janiec was in good spirits, receiving visitors and expecting to be released Monday. He'd been standing about 20 yards away and at about a 90-degree angle from the intended direction of the golfer who was at the tee, Berg said. He went down, but did not lose consciousness. He was taken to the hospital as precautionary measure.
Cycling event canceled
The Family Cycle Challenge that was scheduled for this morning in Mount Prospect has been canceled because of the inclement weather forecast and concerns about participants' safety. The event was due to begin at 10 a.m. at Meadows Park. The Mount Prospect Park District plans to reschedule the challenge but the new date has not yet been set.
Grave rededication Sunday
A grave rededication ceremony to honor Revolutionary War veteran Eli Skinner takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at Elk Grove Cemetery at Arlington Heights Road and the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. Skinner was a fifer soldier born in Connecticut in 1760 and is said to be one of only two proven Revolutionary veterans to be buried in Cook County. The Aaron Miner Society Children of the American Revolution, the Eli Skinner Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Bicentennial Sons of the American Revolution - along with the SAR Color Guard and Skinner descendants - have worked to have Skinner's gravestone reset and will be present for the rededication. For information on those groups, contact Darlene Vogt at (847) 359-0839.
Mt. Prospect French market
A French Market will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, in conjunction with the Mount Prospect Lions Club Farmers Market to celebrate the relationship with sister city Sèvres, France. The Mount Prospect Sister Cities Commission is sponsoring the event in the Metra commuter parking lot at Northwest Highway and Rt. 83 downtown. The market will include a retro bistro sidewalk cafe, French cooking demonstration by Dave's Specialty Foods, Brie's Gift Gallery antique bazaar, Busse Flowers Fresh cut bouquets and Vino100 French wines. A French accordion player will be sponsored by Ravenswood Bank. Mount Prospect and Sèvres became sister cities in May 2000 when a delegation from Sèvres first visited Mount Prospect. Sèvres is a Paris suburb of 23,000 residents located on the Seine River.