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'Geneva Stars' voting ends:Tickets are sold out for "Dancing With Geneva Stars" Saturday at Eagle Brook Country Club. Six couples will perform. The event is a fundraiser for the Cultural Arts Commission and the Geneva Academic Foundation. There is an online contest for favorite couple, at $1 per vote, through today. Go to genevarts.org.Fish fry in Geneva:Fox River-Geneva American Legion Post 75 offers a "First Friday Fish Fry" from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Seafood and chicken at a cost of $7.50 to $9 will be served at the Legion Hall, 22 S. Second St., Geneva. Beverages can be purchased from the cash bar. Call (630) 232-2171.Bingo in Elburn:The Elburn Lions Club hosts bingo every Friday night. Doors open at 5 p.m., early-bird bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. and regular games begin at 7 p.m. Twelve regular games are offered as well as three progressive and one split the pot raffles. Food and drink are available for purchase. Proceeds benefit Campaign SightFirst II, a worldwide Lions fundraising campaign to fight preventable and reversible blindness. Call (630) 365-6315 for more information. The club is located at 500 Filmore St.Geneva gallery walk:The First Friday Gallery Walk returns today in downtown Geneva. Participating galleries stay open late and offer special events, artists' show openings and often live performances. For a list of February events, visit artgalleriesgeneva.com.Wildlife Center fete:The Fox Valley Wildlife Center's dinner and auction fundraiser is at 6 p.m. Saturday at Riverside Reception and Banquets in Geneva. Tickets are $40 per person. To make a reservation, call (630) 365-3800 and leave your name, phone number and number attending. The privately-funded center is in the Elburn Woods Forest Preserve, and is state and federally licensed to care for orphaned and injured wild birds and mammals.Rickert honored at GOP dinner:The Dundee Township Republican Central Committee in conjunction with the Dundee Township Republican Organization, is holding its 17th annual Lincoln Award Dinner on Saturday at the Milk Pail Restaurant on Route 25 in East Dundee. The program features Illinois GOP Chairman Pat Brady as keynote speaker. A social hour will begin at 4:30 p.m., and the program at begins at 5 p.m. This year's Lincoln Award recipient is Kane County Treasurer David Rickert. For details, call Margaret Scalfaro at (847) 428-1875.

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