Tri-Cities in 60 seconds
Help Geneva schools:
The Geneva Academic Foundation is having a daylong fundraiser today at California Pizza Kitchen at the Geneva Commons. Bring in an event flyer and California Pizza Kitchen will donate a percentage of the bill to GAF. Flyers can be obtained from any GAF board member or downloaded from http://gafgeneva.org.
'Annie' in West Chicago:
The West Chicago Park District Community Theater will perform "Annie" at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday in the Weyrauch Auditorium at Community High School in West Chicago, 326 Joliet St. Jamee Keeney, a sixth-grade teacher at Turner School and co-director of the school's annual musical, will direct the 50-member cast. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children and senior citizens. Tickets are available at the park district, 157 W. Washington St., or at the door. Call Chelsea McKone at (630) 231-9474.
Anonapalooza fundraiser:
The Anonapalooza Family Summerfest is from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive, Geneva. There are four musical stages, a drum circle, a magician, a picnic, softball and volleyball and more. It is a fundraiser for Serenity House addictions treatment center in Addison. Admission is $5. For details, visit anonapalooza.com.
Yo-yos as art:
Gallery 28 in Geneva is having the "YO! Art On A YoYo All Ages Community Art Contest and Show." Participants can get an unassembled, unfinished yo-yo at the gallery, 28 N. Fourth St., or use their own. Designs must include art done on or two a standard-sized yo-yo. Entry is free, and a popular vote will determine the winner. Entries are due Saturday. For details, visit gallery28.biz.
ECC seeking location ideas:
Elgin Community College is seeking proposals to determine the location of its new Regional Public Safety Training facilities. The college sent a request for proposals last month to 33 municipalities within the community college district. The project, part of the college's facilities master plan, is funded with $15 million of the $178 million in bonds approved by voters in April 2009 and will offer space to accommodate first responders' increasing training demands. Firefighters will learn and update lifesaving rescue techniques at a burn tower and police will conduct training exercises for homeland security preparedness and support. The facilities also will become the new home of the college's truck driving and emergency medical training programs - which will relocate from the main campus once completed. No private developers will be allowed to submit proposals; developers will have to work directly with a municipality to be considered. ECC will accept proposals through Monday, and the board expects to select a proposal this fall. Construction is anticipated to begin in spring 2011 and be finished by summer 2012.
Local deaths
• Rafaela "Mama" Cardenas, 93, of Batavia
• Barbara Dunsmore Ross, 80, of Batavia, formerly of South Elgin
For full obituaries, see Business.