Tri-Cities briefs

Child safety info:

Valley Insurance Agency Inc. and Mill Creek Market will have a free child safety and fingerprint clinic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the store, 39W250 Herrington Drive, Geneva. A personal information and identification kit for children that can help law enforcement agencies if there is an incident will be available. For details, call (630) 232-1640.

Bonsai picnic:

The Prairie State Bonsai Society will have its annual picnic and display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Japanese Garden in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, Route 31 north of Fabyan Parkway, Geneva. There is a workshop from 10 a.m. to noon; cost is $60. For details, call Jim Beck or Linda Camp at (630) 690-0404, or send e-mail to jbpuofm@aol.com.

Tax deadline Monday:

If you own land in Kane County, your first installment of property taxes is due Monday. You can make payment online by visiting kanecountytreasurer.org. You can also mail payment to the Kane County treasurer's office at 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva, 60134, or make it through a participating Kane County bank. Mailed payments must be postmarked by June 1. If you need a copy of the bill to send with your payment, call (630) 232-3565.

Remember a veteran:

The Batavia Overseas Post 1197, Veterans of Foreign Wars, is selling memorial bricks for its memorial. For purchasing details, visit bataviavfw.org. Cost is $50.

Senior spelling bee:

Registration is due Tuesday for the local portion of the Illinois State Senior Spelling Bee, to be held at 10 a.m. June 6 at the Sugar Grove Police Department, 25 Municipal Drive. You must be at least 50 years of age and a resident of the Illinois 50th House District to participate. Call state Rep. Kay Hatcher's office at (630) 553-3223 to sign up.

Clues wanted to windows:

The Aurora Preservation Commission is seeking information about the original stained glass windows that were on the first floor of the Grand Army of the Republic building at 23 E. Downer Place in downtown Aurora. Designed in 1876 by George A. Misch of Chicago, the windows were removed and replaced with taller, double-hung clear glass windows during a 1904 remodeling. The original windows contained two images whose content has been lost over the years. The commission wants to replicate the images so it can authentically restore the "Angel Room" of the GAR memorial. Anyone with a photo or information about images is asked to call the preservation commission at (630) 844-3648.