Fox Valley briefs

Ride, event to support PADS

PADS, or Public Action to Deliver Shelter, will celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Douglas L. Hoeft Resource Center in Elgin with a voluntary motorcycle ride and picnic with live music from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26, at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, 12N462 Tina Trail, Elgin. Activities will include a picnic, live music from "Universal Slim" and "The Blues Kangaroos," a motorcycle run and door prizes donated by local businesses. The cost is $10 for the picnic and $25 for the ride, drawings and picnic. For more information, visit padsofelgin.org or call (847) 608-9744.

Friday is your last day to apply

The Carpentersville planning and zoning commission seeks two residents to serve on the seven-member commission. To be considered, send a letter of interest to Village President Ed Ritter, 1200 LW Besinger Drive, Carpentersville, 60110, no later than July 24. Anyone interested must be registered to vote and must have been a resident of the village for at least one year. The commission generally meets once a month. Duties include review and consideration of subdivision plats, zoning variation requests, special permit requests and certain administrative appeals. In some instances the commission is empowered to make final determinations, while in other instances the commission functions in an advisory capacity to the village board by providing recommendations.

Turning Point fundraiser

Turning Point, a McHenry County-based advocate for victims of domestic abuse, is holding its annual "Gallery in the Garden" art show July 25 and 26 at a private garden in Woodstock. Last year 45 artists participated. For more information, visit www.galleryinthegarden.org or call Gale Harris at (815) 338-8081.