Tri-Cities briefs

Buy Batavia:

The Batavia Chamber of Commerce is selling "Batavia Bucks" gift certificates, redeemable at 100 local businesses. To purchase, visit the office at 106 W. Wilson St.; call (630) 879-6134; or e-mail info@bataviachamber.org.

Clerk's holiday hours:

The Kane County Clerk's vital records division will be closed today and regular business hours resume Monday. Call (630) 232-5950.

Financial future breakfast at Judson:

At 7:30 a.m. Monday Judson University will host a breakfast event forecasting the outlook of the U.S. economy based on Barack Obama's economic policies. The speaker, Armond Dinverno, is a principal and co-president of Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC. Dinverno has served as part of Charles Schwab's Institutional Advisory Board. He also testified to President Bush's Advisory Panel on Tax Reform about the impact of the tax laws on taxpayers' decisions and their behavior. Tickets for the breakfast are $20; free to members of Judson's Partners in Brilliance. For more information, visit judsonu.edu.

Calling all crafters:

Marklund's Holiday Craft Fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Marklund Hyde Center, 1S450 Wyatt Drive, Geneva. A 6-by-8-foot space is $40 plus an item valued at $10 or more for a raffle during the sale. Electricity is $5 more. Call Emily Myers at (630) 593-5431.

Scholarship raffle slated:

The Education Foundation of Community High School District 94 in West Chicago is holding a $10,000 scholarship raffle through Dec. 15. The foundation is partnering with student clubs to help fund club activities, with a portion of each $25 ticket going to the group represented by the student selling the ticket. Student clubs are selling tickets at home football and basketball games and through the district's Web site at d94.org, by clicking "Webstore." There will be a maximum of 1,000 tickets sold and an educational scholarship in the maximum amount of $10,000 will be awarded to the winner. The drawing will be Dec. 19 during the halftime of the Community High School basketball game. For details and raffle rules, call (630) 876-6242.