Briefs: Eat breakfast with Santa
The Lake Zurich and Wauconda American Legion posts hosts their annual pancake breakfasts with Santa on Sunday. The Lake Zurich American Legion Post 964's breakfast is 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 51 Lions Drive, Lake Zurich. Santa will be there from 8 a.m. until noon. Admission cost for adults is $6, and $3.50 for seniors and those 3 years to 19 years old. Tickets are free for children under 3 years old. The breakfast is free for all uniformed servicemen and servicewomen. Children will receive small gifts and can have their picture taken with Santa. The Wauconda Sons of the American Legion's breakfast will run 8 a.m. until noon at Post 911, 515 S. Main St., Wauconda. Ticket prices are: $7 for adults; $6 for seniors 65 years and older; $4 for children 12 years and under; and free for children 3 years and younger.
Hospital plan review delayed
Vista Health System will have to wait another month to find out whether its Lindenhurst hospital proposal gets a green light from the state. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board's Dec. 16-17 meeting has been canceled due to lack of a quorum. The meeting has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 6 and 7 at Chicago's Harold Washington College, 30 E. Lake St. For more than a year, Vista has been trying to gain approval for its hospital plan, which now calls for a more than $106 million, 190,836-square-foot, 132-bed acute care facility near Deep Lake Road and Route 132 on the site of the existing Vista Surgery Center. Earlier this year, the facilities planning board issued an intent to deny for hospital proposals in western Lake County filed by Vista and rival Advocate Health Care due to an overabundance of hospital beds in the region. Advocate later dropped its Round Lake hospital proposal because of its merger with Condell in May, clearing the way for Vista to revive its proposal.
Fire damages home
A chimney fire Sunday afternoon ignited the roof on a home in the 700 block of Silver Rock Lane in Buffalo Grove. The homeowners started a fire in the fireplace; a short time later the smoke alarm sounded, police said. The homeowner went outside and saw smoke and flames coming from the roof of the house. A damage estimate was not available.
Sports equipment collected
The Sports Academy is collecting new and gently used baseball and volleyball equipment at 355 Hastings Drive, Buffalo Grove, during winter break youth sports camps to distribute to youth groups in need during the spring break tournament and travel to Puerto Rico. More information is at tsanorthwest.com, or call (847) 279-3934.