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Car show in Elburn:The fifth annual County Car Show and Picnic in the Park will be Saturday at 2S111 Green Road, Elburn. Registration is $15 and is from 9 a.m. to noon. Voting will be from 1 to 2 p.m. with the awards program at 3 p.m. Also, enjoy sweet corn, picked right out of the field were the show is held. Cars are displayed across the 7 acres. Proceeds to benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank. The rain date is Sunday. For more information, go to countycarshow.com.Special ed records to be destroyed:Kaneland School District 302 will destroy temporary special education records of students who graduated, transferred out of the district or were dismissed from special education services before the 2004-2005 school year. Students and their parents or guardians can inspect or receive the records before Aug. 15. Call (630) 365-5111 ext. 110.Film auditions in Wheaton:The DuPage Film Group is holding open auditions for several shorts that will be shot early this fall around the theme of "time" and will be combined into a feature-length film. The auditions will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wheaton Grand Theater, 123 N. Hale St., Wheaton. All ages are welcome; those younger than 18 must have a parent or legal guardian present. For details or to RSVP on the date you intend to audition, email dupagefilm@dupagefilm.com.'Alice' takes stage: Fox Valley Park District's Summer Stage production of Disney's "Alice in Wonderland Jr." will be performed Friday through Sunday at West Aurora High School, 1201 W. New York St. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Ave., through today and at West Aurora High School on show days. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.Donors get ice cream:Blood donors who support Heartland Blood Centers in July will be given a coupon for a free quart of Oberweis ice cream. It's part of a Pint-for-a-Quart campaign which rewards blood donors who take time out of their schedules to donate blood at any Heartland location or mobile blood drive. For the few communities not located near an Oberweis Retail Store, Ben Jerry's ice-cream certificates will be substituted. Heartland Blood Centers is an independent nonprofit blood center serving 35 hospitals in a 12-county region in Illinois and Indiana. Call (800) 7-TO GIVE or visitheartlandbc.org.Local deathsbull; Mildred Bailey, 83, of BataviaFor full obituaries, see Business.