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Folk festival continues MondayThe Fox Valley Folk and Storytelling Festival featuring more than 30 national acts featuring traditional and modern music on eight stages, storytelling, dance and topical song workshops, food and more continues from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, at Island Park, off routes 25 and 38, Geneva. Bring your instruments for lots of informal jamming. Admission is $15, $10 for teens and seniors, and free for ages 12 and younger. For details, call (630) 897-3655 or visit FoxValleyFolk.com.Get tips on job interviews TuesdayArrive at your next job interview fully prepared and with the confidence that will make you stand out among the rest. Register now for "Nail Your Next Job Interview," offered at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the Dundee Township Public Library, 555 Barrington Ave. (Route 68) in East Dundee. How do you efficiently research the company? What should you wear? What questions should you be prepared to answer, and what are some good answers? Get some valuable guidance at this program, which will cover test-taking tips and how to follow up as well. It will be presented by Industrial Psychology professional Mary Lynne Doherty. The program is free, but registration is required. To register, visit the "Events Registration" page at dundeelibrary.info, call (847) 428-3661, ext. 308, or stop by the Information Services desk at the library.Join in Fireman's Dance on SaturdayThe Burlington Community Fire Protection District will host its 33rd annual Fireman's Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Sept. 11, at the fire barn, 154 South St., Burlington. The dance will feature the Prime Time Live Band. Cost is $5 per person.Veterans can learn about benefitsHeritage Woods, 12450 Regency Parkway, Huntley, will host a presentation on "Veterans Benefits - Did You Know?" by attorney Linda Strohschein from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14. Refreshments will be provided at this free program. To RSVP by Sept. 10, call Renee Swanson at (847) 669-5185.Parents invited to open houseThe faculty and staff of Kaneland High School invites all parents to attend the Parent Open House from 7 to 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8. The program will provide parents with the opportunity to meet their student's first-semester teacher and become familiar with the curriculum by following an abbreviated version of their student's schedule. The program will begin promptly at 7 p.m. in the auditorium, 47W326 Keslinger Road in Maple Park. Parents are asked to print out the student's schedule from Konnect and bring it with them.Rummage sale to start FridayFirst United Methodist Church, 318 W. Main St. in West Dundee, will host a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. A bake sale and outdoor garage sale will be held Friday. It is $3 Bag Day Saturday. The United Methodist Women sponsor this sale annually to support the UMW Elgin District Mission Pledge, FISH Food Pantry, Community Crisis Center and Fox Valley Hospice. In addition, support local church programs and purchase equipment. For information, call (847) 426-3298.Boy Scouts celebrate centennial FridayA tree planting ceremony in celebration of the Boy Scouts of America Centennial Celebration will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at 415 N. Second St., St. Charles. The gathering begins at 11:30 a.m., the ceremony is at noon and refreshments will be served at 12:30 p.m. To RSVP by Wednesday, Sept. 8, contact Angela Roza at (630) 584-9250 or via e-mail at Angela.Roza@scouting.org.Boy Scouts host annual dinnerBoy Scout Troop 2 invites you to its annual Pastagetti Dinner Saturday, Sept. 11, at St. John's Lutheran Church, 115 N. Spring St., Elgin. Dinner will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The menu includes all-you-can-eat pastas including spaghetti with meat sauce, spaghetti with tomato sauce, linguine in olive oil, mac and cheese and fettuccine Alfredo also included are salad, garlic bread, coffee, iced tea and for dessert, Colonial Ice Cream.Cost is $6 per person, $20 for the family, $4 for seniors; children age 5 and younger are admitted free. Proceeds provide the troop with camp expenses, equipment and to fund their volunteer efforts throughout the community. For more information about Troop 2, visit Troop2.com.Local assessor offers workshop this weekBlackberry Township Assessor Uwe Rotter takes his Residential Taxpayer Workshop on the road this summer. The 90-minute presentation will be offered at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at Blackberry Creek Elementary School, 1122 S. Anderson Road in Elburn. At these meetings, taxpayers will be provided with information on the property tax cycle, as well as how assessments are being developed; and how to appeal your assessment to the Kane County Board of Review and Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board. Taxpayers will have the opportunity to address specific questions concerning their property and discuss any other property tax related concerns. For information, contact the Blackberry Township Assessor at (630) 365-6580. Visit blackberrytwp.com.Do you have a photo of Blizzard of '67?Later this fall, Geneva History Center archivist Ron Rawson will present a new lecture program and slide show on disasters in Geneva. There are plenty of disasters to share - floods, tornadoes, fires, droughts, train wrecks, explosions, snowstorms, etc. There are many dramatic images in the archives' photographic collection for the show. However, the center has no images of the Mother of All Snowstorms - January 1967. Also known as the Blizzard of 1967, the Chicago area received more than 20 inches of snow Jan. 26-27, 1967.If you have any photographs of this snowstorm from a Geneva perspective, the center would like to make a copy. For more information, call Ron Rawson at (630) 232-4951.