Hoffman Estates OKs history book

A book detailing Hoffman Estates' history will be available by the time of the village's 50th anniversary gala. The village board on Monday gave preliminary approval to spend $6,000 to print and publish the book. Copies will be given away at the anniversary gala Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Sears Centre Arena. Copies also will be available to purchase. Last year, the village's 50th Anniversary Commission hired an outside historian, Cheryl Lemus, to pen the book. The money will come from Dartmoor Homes, which pledged money for historical purposes. That money was part of $100,000 that was supposed to be used to preserve the Lindbergh School, an one-room school house razed along Shoe Factory Road. The History Press will own the rights to the book, but the village will have final say about the content. A draft should be ready by mid-June.