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Final farewell

The parade sirens of numerous Moores Hill emergency vehicles sang a final song in remembrance of the town’s soon closing elementary school May 16. Set to shutter its doors at the end of the school year, past students of all ages attended a community event celebrating the school.

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Daniel Cole of Cole’s Mobile Car Wash, cleans a car during the Splish Splash fundraiser at Aurora City Park. The fundraiser was for the Fill the Pool fund in the city. MATT POPOVICH/THE JOURNAL-PRESs

A watery way to help

A festival-like fundraiser organized by Realtor Blake Haag and Daniel Cole, of Cole’s Mobile Car Wash, this past weekend will help “fill the pool” in Aurora. The fundraiser, Splish Splash, May 15 and 16 at Aurora City park, raised money to buy amenities for the city’s new pool to provide a more enjoyable experience for patrons.

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Classroom auctions

The Southwest Local School District is auctioning off, May 14-24 online, contents of classrooms from the five school buildings the district is decommissioning this year. The district plans to offer lots containing the entire contents of the classrooms.

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