Briefs: District 300 ups lunch price

Community Unit District 300 has raised the price of paid lunch for the 2008-09 school year. The school board voted 5-2 this week to raise the price from $2 to $2.50. District officials say the increase will help cover the cost of paying teachers to supervise lunchrooms in the district's middle and high schools. Board members Mary Warren and Chris Stanton voted against the increase, citing concerns the higher price would discourage parents from buying lunch and suggesting a 25-cent hike instead. The district has also raised the price of milk from 40 cents to 50 cents.

Magic class set

There's still space available in a magic class offered by the Lake in the Hills Park District. In the class, reserved for kids from 5 through 12, children will learn card, rope and coin tricks and how to read minds from magician Gary Kantor. The class will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at village hall. Call (847) 960-7460.

Kitten, puppy shower set

The Animal House Shelter in Huntley will hold a puppy and kitten shower from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and needs you to donate certain items. Officials request the following items: flexible rubber-tipped thermometers, kitten and puppy nursing bottles, puppy and kitten bedding, cleaning supplies, small animal digital scales and formula for both types of animals. Ship your gifts to: Animal House Shelter; 13005 Ernesti Road; Huntley, IL 60142. Call (847) 961-5541.

Crash victim identified

Police identified a 58-year-old Sycamore man Tuesday as the driver who died in a three vehicle crash in Barrington Hills on Monday. Lt. Rich Semelsberger said Richard Johnson was killed when a gravel truck landed on top of the 2004 Ford pick up truck he was driving. He was a delivery driver for Pomps Tire Service in Channahon, Ill. The crash, which involved two gravel trucks and Johnson's pick-up truck, occurred about noon Monday at Route 68 and Bateman Road. The crash caused two fully loaded gravel trucks to roll over, dumping their contents onto the street. It closed Route 68 for several hours. The two gravel truck drivers were taken to St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Semelsberger said the crash remains under investigation by Barrington Hills police and the Lake County Major Crash Assistance team.