Fox Valley briefs

District 158 to fix leaks:

Huntley Unit District 158 will pay almost $132,000 to Berglund Construction of Chicago to fix leaks at the district's Conley and Mackeben elementary schools. The work will be paid for out of a line item for the work and the district's repair budget. Berglund will complete the second phase of the repair work; one area of the schools remains to be fixed. District officials are hoping to fund the remaining work and recoup their costs for the repairs to date through mediation sessions with the contractors who built the schools. In a lawsuit filed last year, the district accuses the contractors of shoddy work that led to leaks at the Algonquin schools.

Another award for ECC top scholar:

Recent Elgin Community College graduate Andrea Andrada is the 2009 recipient of the Gigi Campbell Student Trustee Award from the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. The award, named after a former Prairie State College student trustee, recognizes exemplary student leadership. Andrada, of Elgin, is one of the most accomplished students in Elgin Community College history and has won an impressive list of accomplishments and awards. She recently finished a one-year term as the student representative on the Community College District 509 Board of Trustees. Other honors include being named to the First Team of USA Today's All-USA Community College Academic Team and as a New Century Scholar by the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation. Andrada graduated from ECC last month with a 4.0 grade-point-average and continues her studies this fall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She plans to become a lawyer.

Huntley hosts fun day:

Huntley is hosting an All American Family Fun Day on Saturday, July, 4 at its Farmers' Market on Coral Street. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., you can buy fresh produce and crafts, visit the used book sale in Old Village Hall and decorate your kid's bike or stroller. A parade for kids and dogs will be held at 12:15 p.m. There will also be kids' games, face painting and live music. The Prime Outlets at Route 47 and I-90 will host fireworks at dusk. Call (847) 515-5262.