The briefs

Clerk's holiday hours:

The Kane County Clerk's office will be open until 8 p.m. tonight. In observance of Thanksgiving, the office will close at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. It will remain closed Thursday and Friday, reopening at 8:30 a.m. Monday to resume normal business hours. The clerk's office is at 719 S. Batavia Ave. in Geneva.

Huntley approves tax levy

The Huntley village board has approved its 2007 tax levy request. The village's levy request for 2007 will be $3.75 million, a 29 percent increase from Huntley's actual collection in 2006, $2.9 million. But the village will only collect an estimated $3.1 million this year, Finance Director Jennifer Chernak said. The tax rate will decrease to an estimated 42.5 cents per $100 of equalized assessed value. Although Huntley's tax rate has steadily gone down since 1997, the village's revenues have risen because of new growth. A public hearing on the tax rate is set for Dec. 6.

Dodgeball tournament

The fourth annual state Sen. Chris Lauzen Dodgeball Tournament for teenagers and college-age adults starts at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the Fox Valley Park District's Vaughan Athletic Center, 2121 W. Indian Trail, Aurora. The fee is $8 per player. Proceeds go to Operation Wounded Soldier. Registration is due at 7 tonight. Call Sarah Lauzen at (630) 892-7037.