ST. LOUIS—Holly Roos, formerly of Cambridge, has received an national award for her work as an advocate of persons with Fragile X Syndrome.

ANDOVER—Village trustees are thinking about storms and natural disasters. Emergency sirens, a generator for the water system and concrete blocks for the lakeshore have crept to the top of the village’s priority list.

CAMBRIDGE—Long-range plans are under way to push the Peoria area’s bike trails out in two directions, and the proposed extension of a northern route to link to the Hennepin Canal State Trail could take two routes through Henry County.

CAMBRIDGE—It looks like it will be 2010 before construction starts on the 400-megawatt wind farm known as the Bishop Hill Wind Energy Center, owned by Invenergy.  Reasons include the federal government failing to extend tax credits due to expire this year, and also delays on upgrading the Kewanee substation where the wind farms plan to connect to the electric grid.

CAMBRIDGE—School registration will be held Monday, Aug. 11, through Wednesday, Aug. 13, at both schools.  On Monday, registration will be held from 12 noon to 8 p.m.; Tuesday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. All new students should register on Aug. 13. All students are asked to bring two large boxes of facial tissues to the unit office when they come in to register.

CAMBRIDGE—The 2008 6th Annual Cambridge Main Street Family Fest and Auto Show will be held Saturday, Aug. 16.  The day begins at 9 a.m. with the 6th annual auto, tractor and motorcycle show in downtown Cambridge. Registration will be in the Main Street office on West Center Street.