Briefs: Learn how to help your students de-stress

PLAINFIELD -- Plainfield School District social workers will present a seminar for parents of middle- and high-school students to learn how to deal with household stress 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at Plainfield North High School, 12005 S. 248th St.

The seminar will feature Naperville-based psychologist Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg. She will offer advice about what parents can do to prevent stress from impacting their children. Parents will also learn techniques to help their teenagers cope with stress.

For more information, contact social worker Julie Adelmann at 815-609-8506 or jadelman@psd202.org

JOLIET -- Young ladies between the ages of 7 and 11 years old are invited to compete for the title of Little Miss Black Joliet Queen 2010.

Register and get more information at Mount Zion Full Gospel Tabernacle, 351 N. Ottawa St., at 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 or Nov. 21.

Organizers also are looking for male escorts ages 7-12 and special girls and boys ages 5-6.

Call 815-722-1470.