Batavia Citizens Academy accepting applications now

The Batavia Police Department is now accepting applications for its third Citizens Police Academy.

The class will meet for three hours on Thursday nights starting Feb. 21.

Each class covers a specific component of police work, such as criminal and juvenile law, patrol, community policing and traffic stops.

Participants will also use a firearms training simulator and get hands-on lessons in DUI enforcement, building searches and crime-scene processing.

Most sessions will be held at the Batavia Government Center, 100 N. Island Ave.

The classes are free, but participants must live or work in the city. Those interested are asked to apply only if they can attend at least nine of the 11 sessions.

More information is available on the city's Web site, www.cityofbatavia.net, under the "Departments," and then "Police" tabs.

Applications are available at the front desk of the police department, 100 N. Island Ave., or by calling Officer Tim Mair at (630) 879-2840.

Volunteers needed: The Batavians for a Healthy River group will be hosting a cleanup from 8:45 a.m. to noon Jan. 26.

Volunteers are needed to help with cleanup and restoration of Batavia Creek on the southeast side of town. Volunteers are asked to wear work clothes and shoes, as well as bringing their own gloves, loppers and protective eyewear.

The group will meet on the west side of Hart Road near the creek. Parking is available on Bond and Papermill Hill drives.

For more information, visit the group's Web site at www.bataviansforahealthy river.org.

Fermi lecture: The future of physics will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. Chris Quigg of Fermilab at 8 p.m. Jan. 18.

Quigg will talk about the impact the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, or the European Organization for Nuclear Research, laboratory will have on the study of particle physics; and the new discoveries physicists are working toward.

Tickets are $5 and are available by calling (630) 840-2787 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.

The lecture will be held in Ramsey Auditorium in Wilson Hall.

Select a pre-school: The Batavia Library will host a pre-school fair from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 17.

Parents who haven't chosen a pre-school for their child can talk to school staff members from multiple pre-schools in Batavia and Geneva.

No registration is required.

lhague@dailyherald.com