Library hold online showcase for kids’ creations
The Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin is holding its first Kids’ Virtual Summer Showcase, in which toddlers to middle schoolers are invited to submit a video, audio or an image to be displayed online.
Items will be displayed on the showcase website at a kickoff party at 4 p.m. Aug. 11 on Facebook Live, gbpl.info/FBLV.
Submissions can include almost any type of creation, including cooked or baked creations, drawings, paintings, crafts, LEGO and block-built structures, musical or dance performances, photography, science projects, special collections and written compositions, a library news release said.
For more information and to submit your creation, go to gailborden.info/summershowcase
More Top Picks Best Bottle Sterilizers For Babies
.Cost of Kane County’s rabies tag increasing Jan. 1
The Kane County Animal Control office is increasing the fee charged for annual rabies tags effective Jan. 1.
Tag fees will go up by for neutered and animals less than a year old and $5 for non-neutered animals. Anyone 65 or older will receive free tags with proof of age, a news release said.
Veterinarians have been informed of the price hike so they can inform their customers, the release said. Tags can be purchased through vet clinics and hospitals in Kane County or directly from the Kane County Animal Control office at 4060 Keslinger Road in Geneva
The new tag fees are:
$12 for a 1-year tag and $27 for a 3-year tag for all animals that are neutered or younger than one year.
$30 for a 1-year tag and $67.50 for a 3-year tag for all animals that are not neutered.
For more information, call Brett Youngsteadt at 630-232-3555.
South Elgin planning riverfront music fest for Aug. 21
South Elgin’s End of Summer Music Fling is to be held from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at Panton Mill Park, 10 N. Water St. on the Fox Valley River.
The event will feature live music, food and beverages, and a 9 p.m. fireworks show, a news release said.
Bands scheduled to perform are Leonardo Music at noon; Cielito Lindo Band at 2:30 p.m.; Nashville Electric Co. at 4:45 p.m.; and 28 Days at 7 p.m.
DiNaso’s Traveling World of Reptiles will do a program at 11 a.m. and Gary Kantor Roving Magic will be presented at 1 p.m., the release said.