Alexander Chavez is the 2021 winner of the Christopher Anderson Memorial Scholarship.

On Thursday, Aug. 5, at noon, join the Ellwood House and DeKalb County History Center for “Handwritten History,” a free lecture by Audrey King, the Ellwood House Museum’s curator of education and interpretation.

A golf outing fundraiser for the Creston Dement Library will be held Sept. 11 at the Fairways Golf Course, Route 251 South in Rochelle.

The DeKalb Municipal Band will present its annual Children’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at the Dee Palmer Band Shell in Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road in DeKalb.

After 25 years employed as a teacher and director at the Federated Church of Sycamore Preschool, Jan Scheffers, director for 15 years, has retired as of July 1.

“It’s busy and a lot of fun, and we’re so excited it’s back in-person and that we’re hosting the event again,” DeVito said as the 21st Annual Fizz Ehrler Memorial Turning Back Time Car Show drew large crowds to downtown Sycamore over the weekend.

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Sycamore Sunday to view more than 600 cars and about 60 motorcycles during the 21st annual Fizz Ehrler Memorial Turning Back Time Car Show, after a year without due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DeKalb County communities now are eligible for more than $6 million in COVID-19 relief funds if they apply for the funding through the state before the end of September, according to Illinois state officials.

The Waterman United Methodist and Presbyterian churches will host two evenings of vacation Bible school for families. “Rocky Railway” VBS will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 26, and Wednesday, July 28.