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Briefs: Rock for Mooseheart

The first Rock 'n' Roll RendezVu musical event, to benefit Mooseheart Child City and School and Moose Charities, is at 7 p.m. tonight at RendezVu Restaurant, 1 E. Wilson St., Batavia. It features Fishippies and Tricoustic, and solo artist Kyle Knapp. Admission is free and donations will be collected. Call (630) 862-1126.

Fun at Vaughan

The third anniversary celebration of Aurora's Vaughan Athletic Center continues today with a free health expo from 9 a.m. to noon. The expo will feature equipment demonstrations, nutritional information and nutrition product samples. A blood drive also will be held. Also today, the Halloween SpecVACular will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. The movie, "Monsters, Inc." will be shown and popcorn will be served beginning at 3 p.m. in the field house and children will be able to trick or treat in costume throughout the center. There also will be carnival-type table games to play. Vaughan members will be honored Sunday during Membership Appreciation Day. Vaughan is at 2121 W. Indian Trail, west of Randall Road and east of Orchard Road. Call (630) 907-9600.

Randall Road work

Motorists traveling Randall Road starting next week should expect "greatly increased travel times" due to construction, Kane County transportation officials said. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting Monday, southbound Randall Road will be reduced to one lane just south of Keslinger Road near the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge in Geneva. The work is expected to last several days. For more information, call (630) 584-1170.

Property tax clinics

Learn how property taxes work, including recent changes in law, and get questions about revised assessment notices answered, at two meetings with Sugar Grove Township Assessor Laura Ross and Kane County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Armstrong. They are at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, 176 Main St., and at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sugar Grove Fire Protection District, 25 S. Municipal Drive. For details, call Ross at (630) 466-5255 or Armstrong at (630) 208-3818.

King III to speak at NCC

Martin Luther King III, son of the legendary civil rights leader, will be the keynote speaker for Anti-Hate Week activities at Naperville's North Central College. His free lecture, open to the public, is at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center at 171 E. Chicago Ave. King will discuss his father's goals and achievements and how they relate to his own mission. He also will talk about the dedication and spirit behind the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. For details, call (630) 637-5156 or visit northcentralcollege.edu.