Briefs: Naperville garbage pick up

Refuse collection in Naperville will proceed as normally scheduled. Appliances and furniture are included in normal garbage pick up but collection of remodeling materials, carpeting and landscape materials is limited to two items per week. The city is working on a plan to pick up sandbags that were used in this weekend's flooding. For more information about garbage collection, visit naperville.il.us.

Councilman running for second term

Naperville Councilman Kenn Miller announced he will run for re-election to the city council in the April 7, 2009 general election. Miller has also previously served on the city's plan commission.

West Chicago special garbage pickups

West Chicago residents whose property or homes sustained storm-related damage may discard resulting debris without garbage stickers on their normal pickup day this week, the week of Sept. 15. Additionally, residents may put trash to the curb immediately, without waiting for the normal period of the night before pickup day. The city of West Chicago created these arrangements to help alleviate hardships residents may be facing due to the severity of the weekend storms.

"Made" coach heads to Glenbard

MTV celebrity and youth motivational speaker Jeff Yalden is bringing his message to Glenbard students. Yalden is speaking to Glenbard South High School students at 8:40 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, and Glenbard North students at 1:30 p.m. that same day. Yalden has spent the last 12 years touring the world, coaching and speaking to young people, educators and parents about making better life and family choices. The life coach on MTV's "Made" has written six books and encourages young people to think before they act. For information, please contact Pam Petersen, Glenbard South's assistant principal of student services, at (630) 469-6500 ext. 4203.

Internet safety talk for parents

Members of the Illinois attorney general's high-tech crimes bureau will talk to parents Thursday, Sept. 18, about the potential dangers of the Internet and how they can protect their children. The presentation is from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. at Hadley Junior High School, 240 Hawthorne Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Parents will learn what they need to know about social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, blogs, chatrooms, cyber bullying, and cell phones. As the material is aimed at adults, parents are asked to leave children at home.