Lake County briefs
Bonner Farm Spring Fling Sunday
Celebrate spring on the farm at the Bonner Farm Spring Fling on Sunday, May 24, noon to 4 p.m. The family event at Bonner Heritage Farm in Lindenhurst offers a variety of spring-themed activities. Enjoy wagon rides, a petting zoo, face painting and old fashioned farm games throughout the day. Explore the site's hands-on exhibits, including an activity maze, barn raising, weather station and oversized farm animal cutouts. Visitors can also hear live entertainment by folk singer Jim Kanas, make a butterfly mask and plant a sunflower to take home. Admission is $3 per person. Children 3 and under are free. The farm is on Country Place, off Sand Lake Road, just west of Route 45. Call 847-968-3400 or visit LCFPD.org.
Gurnee's first village administrator dies:
Robert Trigg, who was named as Gurnee's first village administrator in 1971, died at a Waukegan hospital Sunday. He was 86. Former Gurnee mayor Richard Welton appointed Trigg to the top administrative job when the village's population started creeping toward 3,300. Signs of Gurnee's growth began to show not long after Trigg took over, such as groundbreaking for what was called Marriott's Great America in 1974. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 21 at Marsh Funeral Home, 305 N. Cemetery Road, Gurnee. The funeral service is set at 11 a.m. Friday, May 22 at Gurnee Community Church on Old Grand Avenue at O'Plaine Road. Trigg was a church elder from 1972 to 1988.
Fatal crash in Gurnee:
Juana Aguilar, 44, died Monday night after she drove through a stop sign and was struck by a tow truck, Gurnee police said. Authorities were summoned to Grand Avenue and Grandwood Drive at 8:19 p.m. Police Cmdr. Jay Patrick said Aguilar, who lived in an unincorporated area just outside Gurnee, was driving a 1993 Pontiac Bonneville south on Grandwood, went through the stop sign and into the path of a westbound 1999 GMC tow truck. The truck hit the Bonneville's driver's side. Aguilar was extricated by Gurnee Fire Department personnel, but pronounced dead at the scene. Her 3-year-old niece was in a car seat in the rear of the car, Patrick said. The girl suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and Gurnee paramedics took her to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. The 22-year-old Grayslake tow truck driver wasn't injured.
Prince of Peace Rummage Sale
Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 135 S. Milwaukee Ave., Lake Villa, hosts its annual rummage sale June 11-12. The indoor-outdoor event offers cars, boats, appliances, tools, furniture, computers, and sporting goods. For information, call (847) 356-6111 or email poprummagesale@yahoo.com.
Open house for preserve:
You can share ideas for the Lake County Forest Preserve District's Waukegan Savanna during an open house scheduled for Thursday, May 21. The event is 5 to 7 p.m. at Waukegan fire station No. 5, 3221 N. Green Bay Road. Forest district officials are planning what amenities to add at the preserve. If you can't attend the open house but have an idea, send an e-mail to shall@lcfpd.org or call (847) 968-3270.