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Boy Scout Troop 2 of Elgin recently recognized Travis St. Amand of Carpentersville as a recent recipient of the highest award in Scouting, the rank of Eagle Scout. Troop 2 is chartered by St. John's Lutheran Church in Elgin.
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Thanksgiving is an ideal occasion to join together to give thanks for our bountiful blessings. One of the standing traditions in the Elgin community is the annual Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce Thanksgiving Luncheon, where they reach out in gratitude and friendship to local service clubs and organizations and sponsor a luncheon.
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Sherman Hospital's 23rd annual lighting of the Love Light tree will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, on the second floor of the John Graham Pavilion.
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Kim's Black Belt Academy will be hosting Breakfast with Santa to help raise donations for Toys for Tots Saturday, Dec. 12.
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On Sunday, Nov. 22, the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Institute, with director David Anderson, presents 25 small ensembles in their first concert of the 2009-10 season.
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The Cirque de la Musique gala was a record-raising event for the Elgin Community College Foundation, netting $59,444. That is the highest total ever for an ECC Foundation event. Held Sept. 26 at the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills, the gala was attended by a sellout crowd totaling 280 people.
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A recently released Elgin Area School District U-46 enrollment report gives weight to what some Bartlett parents have been saying for years: Their elementary school is toward the top of the list of those most overcrowded.
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While a 53-degree day is a far cry from a "White Christmas," South Elgin's SEBA Park was filled to the brim Saturday with sleigh bells ringing, carolers singing and marshmallows roasting over an open fire during the annual "An Almost Winter Day" holiday festival.
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They're not necessarily liberals, conservatives or Libertarians. Their uniting belief is that the government, namely federal but those of the states as well, has systemically violated the U.S. Constitution for decades.
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Each holiday season, the Lake in the Hills village hall, 600 Harvest Gate, is transformed into a winter wonderland.
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Back by popular demand, the District 158 Education Foundation's "Breakfast with Santa" will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, at Marlowe Middle School.
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On Sunday, Nov. 22, Marian Central Catholic High School, 1001 McHenry Ave. in Woodstock, will open its doors to welcome the families and students who are interested in learning what its faith-based education has to offer them.
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