Briefs: Lowe's to open in Vernon Hills

Lowe's will open a new outlet in Vernon Hills at 6 a.m. June 17, the company announced this week. The $18.5 million, 117,000-square-foot store is the anchor of The Shoppes at Gregg's Landing on Milwaukee Avenue and Gregg's Parkway. The hardware and home fix-it store, which will create 175 jobs and produce an estimated $437,000 per year in sales tax for Vernon Hills, was years in the making. Village officials twice rejected the store design, forcing the nation's second-biggest home improvement retailer to use more brick and stone and make other aesthetic changes. Requirements included extensive landscaping to shield upscale homes to the west. It is the second Lake County location, as a Gurnee location opened Jan. 12. The company last month reported a 17.9 percent drop in first-quarter earnings.

Destroy those documents

The Buffalo Grove health department and the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County will be having a document destruction event from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, open to all residents whose community belongs to the agency. Identification will be checked. The event is for residential paper only; no material will be accepted from businesses, schools or institutions. Bring waste documents to the public works building, 51 Raupp Blvd., Buffalo Grove. Paper clips and staples don't need to be removed, but the waste paper should not be in binders.

Meeting for Hispanics

The Lake Zurich Police Department's El Guardian Hispanic Outreach Program will host an informational meeting for Latino residents with the Mexican consulate at 10 a.m. June 14. The department is partnering with the consulate to help individuals and families of Mexican descent and other Spanish-speaking community members with problems they might encounter with law enforcement. The El Guardian Program was started in 1996 to promote a positive relationship between the police department and the growing Hispanic population in the Lake Zurich area. It started as a monthly meeting with the Hispanic community where the department presented information on topics such as traffic laws, domestic violence and family laws. In 2002, the program was reinvented as an outreach police liaison who goes into the Hispanic community to address concerns or questions and provide help. The June 14 meeting will be held in the community/training room of the police department, 200 Mohawk Trail. Mexican consulate officials will discuss the different ways they can assist the community with issues faced by the immigrant population.