Tri-Cities briefs
Tax fix next year:
The North Aurora village board decided this week to abate $230,000 of over-collected property tax next year, rather than spend $5,000 writing and sending refund checks to property owners this year. A clerical error by the Kane County Clerk's office resulted in the overcharge. The village board felt it shouldn't pay for the county's mistake, according to President Dale Berman.
Try out for play:
Auditions for Shakespeare's "A MidSummer Night's Dream" will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at All Dressed Up Costumes, in the Campana Building on northwest corner of Fabyan Parkway and Route 31, Geneva. The play will be performed July 24, 25, 26 and 31, and Aug. 1 and 2, on Clark Island in Batavia. Actors and actresses ages 17 and older are needed. Auditioners will read from the script, and no appointment is needed. For questions or to schedule an audition at an alternate time, call (630) 879-5130.
Landscaping in the shade:
A landscaping seminar on making the most of shaded yards will raise money Saturday for the Conservation Foundation in Naperville. Wasco Nursery & Garden Center, 41W781 Route 64, Campton Hills, presents "A Shade Walk and Talk" at 10 a.m. The seminar will feature horticulturalist Dave Wanninger, who will discuss perennials and other plants that flourish in the shade. Admission is a $5 donation to the Conservation Foundation. To reserve a seat, call (630) 584-4424.
HGTV coming to area:
Home & Garden Television's "Bang For Your Buck" is returning for a second season and looking for homeowners in the Chicago area who have completed renovations in the past three years. Each of the show's episodes will tour three similar remodels at similar price points in the same city. A design expert and real estate expert will be brought in to determine how the renovation affects each home's value. Taping is scheduled to begin soon. Homeowners interested in participating are asked to send photos of their master suite and request an application at: BSchledewitz@highnoonentertainment.com or to call Brooke Schledewitz at (303) 712-3168.
Geneva attorney honored:
A Geneva attorney has been named president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Peter Flowers, 41, of Naperville, was installed as the association's 56th president last week. Flowers, a partner at Foote, Meyers, Mielke & Flowers in Geneva, is a graduate of Loyola and DePaul universities. He has been a practicing attorney in Illinois since 1992 and also has been admitted to practice in the United States District Court and several other state and federal courts. Flowers said he plans to use his one-year term as association president to educate the public about the work of trial lawyers.