Tri-Cities briefs

Dist. 129 freshmen dinnerWest Aurora High School starts its orientation night for incoming freshmen with a spaghetti dinner from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 in the school auditorium, 1201 W. New York St., Aurora. Dinner tickets are $5. To purchase tickets online, visit https://donate.aplusfoundation.org/forms/spag dinner.php. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. Dinner participants will be able to enter a $1 raffle for free registration fees for the 2010-11 school year. Students must be accompanied by their parents. At 6:45 p.m., students will learn about athletic teams, academic clubs and performing arts groups, while parents are introduced to the booster club opportunities and the Parent, Teacher, Student Organization. Contact Robbie Bilodeau at (630) 301-5530 or rbilodeau@sd129.org.See Geneva 'characters'The Geneva History Center presents "Community Characters" at its Brown Bag Lunch lecture at noon Tuesday, March 9 at the center, 113 S. Third St. Executive Director Dave Oberg will present stories of unusual Geneva men and women of the past. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for members and students.Used book driveGeneva High School's Students Against Destructive Decisions club will collect used books until Friday, March 12 for their March 20 sale. Books can be dropped off at the front entrances of all schools. The sale is in honor of Violence Prevention Week, and proceeds will go to Lazarus House shelter in St. Charles and Mutual Ground domestic violence shelter in Aurora. Anyone who donates at least five books will be entered in a raffle for gift cards. To enter, write your name and phone number on a sticky note on the inside cover of your donations.Geneva shrimp fundraiserThe Geneva Community High School football team's Shrimp Fest dinner fundraiser is from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12 at the school, 416 McKinley Ave. Dinners include six jumbo fried shrimp, baked potato, coleslaw, dinner roll and cocktail sauce, delivered to your car. Tickets are $12 and available from any player or by contacting Coach Rob Wicinski at rwicinski@geneva304.org.Kids clothing resaleThe Tri-Cities Mothers of Twins and Triplets Club spring resale is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 13 in the Mooseheart field house, Route 31 and Mooseheart Road, between Batavia and North Aurora. It features clothing (infant through preteen), shoes, toys, videos, outdoor equipment, bicycles, strollers, baby furniture, maternity clothing, books and other items. Admission is $1. Yellow-tagged items will sell for half price from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit tcmottc.org or call (630) 375-7511 for more information.