Three-day planner

Today

• Sign up now to schedule an audition for the Elgin Children's Chorus. It is a special opportunity for singers to join midyear. They will hold auditions from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Elgin Community College Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive in Elgin. The chorus strives to provide the very best in music education to area young people. Membership is open to all children with unchanged voices, ages 7 through 16. The ability to read music is not required. To schedule an audition, visit the Web site at www.elginchildrenschorus.org or call (847) 931-7464 (SING).

• Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice offers Footprints, a six-week program that supports parents and adult family members who are coping with a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death. Footprints begins Monday, Jan. 5, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the hospice, 200 Whitfield Drive, Geneva. It is free but registration is required at (630) 232-2233 or info@fvvh.org.

• Had enough? Help is available with Gamblers Anonymous meetings for Aurora and Tri-Cities residents Provena-Mercy Medical Center, Route 31 and Sullivan Avenue in Aurora. It is offered at 7 p.m. Mondays in the Buckley Room in the lower level and 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Moore Room in the lower level. For details, visit gamblersanonymous.org.

• The St. Charles youth commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the council chambers, 2 E. Main St.

• The St. Charles city council will meet at 7 p.m. today in the council chambers, 2 E. Main St.

• The Geneva City Council meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Mondays at the city hall, 22 S. First St.

• The West Aurora School District 129 school board will meet at 6 p.m. today at West Aurora High School, Health Academy, Room A206, 1201 W. New York St., Aurora.

• The Kane County Liquor Control Commission will meet at 3 p.m. today in the third-floor conference room, Building A, Kane County Government Center, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva.

• The Kane County Regional Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Kane County Regional Office of Education, 210 S. Sixth St., Geneva.

Tuesday

• The continued public hearing for the St. Charles Towne Centre project (former St. Charles Mall site) will be held at the St. Charles Plan Commission's next regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers, 2 E. Main St. The continued public hearing originally scheduled for Dec. 16 was canceled due to the weather. Site plans and a summary of the development proposal are posted on the Community Development Department page under "Development Project Documents". For information on the project and meeting schedules, contact the planning division at (630) 377-4443.

• Starting Jan. 6, The Salvation Army, 1710 S. Seventh Ave. in St. Charles, offers line dancing from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays. The program is free. Old-timers or new dancers are welcome to learn and dance together. Whether you're brand new to line dancing, or have been dancing for years, it is great fun and great exercise. Line dancing is for both young and not-so-young, single or married. No partner is necessary. Maria Trejo of the Kane County Extension Services will lead in the dancing and fun each week. For details, call Cathy Winters at (630) 377-2769, ext. 210.

Wednesday

• Owls are fascinating night birds and winter evenings are great times to observe their interesting ways. Learn about owl adaptations and folklore as you hike the trails in search of these winged hunters at the Family Owl Hike from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Campton Hills Park, Campton Hills and Peck roads. Dress to be outside. The fee per family, ages 5 and older, is $8 for residents and $12 for nonresidents. For details, visit www.st-charles.il.us.

• The Campton Hills Police and Fire Commission will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the village hall office, 40W155 Campton Hills Crossing, Unit B.

• The Campton Hills Public Works Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Campton Township Community Center, 5N082 Old LaFox Road.

• "Winter Garden of Youth Art," an exhibit of work by Aurora students, runs through Jan. 11 at the Aurora Public Art Commission's gallery in the David L. Pierce Art and History Center, 20 E. Downer Place. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $3, or $1.50 for students and seniors. Admission is free for children 12 and younger. For details, call (630) 906-0654.

• The Town and Country Public Library, 320 E. North St. in Elburn, hosts "Read to Succeed." The Chicago Wolves hockey team is again sponsoring the Read to Succeed reading program at the library. This program is open to students of all ages who have a valid library card from Town and Country Public Library. Read to Succeed runs through Monday, Feb. 2. Everyone who reads just 200 minutes will receive a prize. For details, call (630) 365-2244 or visit www.elburn.lib.il.us.

• The Tri-Cities Soccer Association is accepting late registrations for the spring 2009 outdoor recreational soccer season. The 10-game season begins Saturday, April 4 and runs through Saturday, June 6. The games are played at park district fields in the Tri-Cities. The spring 2009 fee is $65 for age 5 to 18. Contact the Tri-Cities office to sign up at (630) 377-1101 or www.tcsa.net. The Tri-Cities Soccer Association is the largest independent youth soccer organization in Northern Illinois. This all-volunteer organization is co-sponsored with the park districts of Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles and the South Elgin parks department. It serves Fox Valley area families.