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  • Vansh Sikka, from left, Akhil Avasarala and Aracely Cuahuizo put up the notes that describe what Gombert Elementary School students will do as part of the Choose Kind campaign started by Naperville READS 2013 children’s author R.J. Palacio, who wrote “Wonder.”

    ‘Wonder’ author inspires students to Choose Kind Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    In a "Wonder" of a week, R.J. Palacio, Naperville READS 2013 children's author, visited Naperville for three days, talking with almost 7,000 children and adults, signing more than 2,000 books and answering hundreds of questions. Adding to the wonder of the week were the ripples caused by Palacio's book, "Wonder," and her campaign for Choose Kind.

     

  • Aurora businesses urged to ‘Paint Town Red’ Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    Provena Mercy Medical Center and the American Heart Association are encouraging local businesses and community organizations to "Paint the Town Red" with outdoor electronic signs during February to raise awareness about heart disease.

     
  • The Upside Downers Quartet is one of several barbershop groups with members of the Chorus of DuPage that will deliver singing Valentines. John Oberlin (baritone), from left, Mark Johnson (bass), Jim Morrison (lead) and Bruce Rhoades (tenor) will knock on doors or sing in workplaces in tuxes with red bow ties.

    Chorus of DuPage quartets deliver singing valentinesFeb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    For an unforgettable gift that expresses "I love you," our Joan Broz suggests sending a singing valentine this year to give a gift more memorable than a heart-shaped box of candy "You see four guys coming in tuxes carrying a rose and people are amazed," said John Morrison, lead singer for one of the Chorus of DuPage quartets that delivers singing valentines.

     
  • Lana Brozik is an English/Language Arts teacher at Eastview Middle School in Bartlett. She is a national board certified teacher and also mentors young teachers in the district while supporting those trying for national board certification.

    Bartlett teacher Lana Brozik calls herself a lifelong learner Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    Lana Brozik is a master teacher, a model educator and a lifelong learner. She teaches students English and language arts at Eastview Middle School in Bartlett but reaches beyond her eighth-graders to improve the quality of education districtwide. A ripple effect from Brozik's mentorship means she will continue to affect student learning long after she retires at the end of this year.

     
  • Vern Brancamp touches up the eye of a deer that is nearing completion at his shop in Algonquin. After the animal is skinned, the hide is sent to a tanner and a Styrofoam mold of the body is ordered. Once everything comes back, he wraps the skin around the mold, affixes the antlers, inserts eyes and adds various other touches.

    Moving Picture: Algonquin man's art is taxidermy Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    Vern Brancamp is an artist, but unlike other artists, for the 70-year-old taxidermist nature IS his canvas. "I got started when I was kid," he said. "My dad was a hunter and when we'd come back with pheasant he'd pluck all the feathers and throw them in the trash," he said. "It would eat at my insides to see all those beautiful feathers go to waste so I would pick them out of the trash and pin them out on cardboard."

     
  • Cackling geese often go undetected when mingling with hundreds of Canada geese. They are a separate species and much smaller than Canadas.

    One bird in a flock may not be like the others Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
    When our Jeff Reiter started counting a flock of mallards, he discovered an impostor - a black duck - among the fowl. Experienced birders know to expect the unexpected, and Reiter says that's a smart approach if you want to see new birds. "There might be an uncommon species, or even a mega-rarity in our midst, but it takes a careful and patient observer to detect it."

     
  • Veteran Howard Jacobs, who was drafted into service in World War II from Highland Park and still resides there, paints in the foreground. Jacobs painted the section on the left, depicting the Revolutionary War, the first of the military conflicts to be portrayed in the mural. Vietnam veteran Dave Watling, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., paints to his right.

    Work progressing on Lovell’s mural by veteran artists Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    The first section of the mural at the Lovell Federal Health Care Center shows proud mounted soldiers of the Revolutionary War, while the last panel portrays a beaming service member tightly hugging his young daughter as he is welcomed home.

     

  • ECC to stage play based on former slave’s autobiographyFeb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    Elgin Community College and the Elgin Area Leadership Academy will present "Voices of the Middle Passage," a one-act play written by retired 16th Circuit Court Judge Wiley Edmondson and directed by Robert Hines III, ECC theater adjunct faculty, Feb. 12 at the school.

     

  • Travel to Tanzania with DeKalb group this summerFeb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    Opportunity to travel to Tanzania this summer with an organization based in DeKalb Il, Tanzania Development Support

     
  • Benedictine University in Lisle will celebrate its sixth annual Festival of Asia from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday in the Krasa Student Center.

    Festival celebrates Asian culture at Benedictine University Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    Disciples of the Illinois Shaolin Kung Fu school will display the spectacular power and self-control of the martial arts discipline in a show of mind-boggling stunts at Benedictine University's sixth annual Festival of Asia from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8. Grand Master Yang Chen, an expert in Shaolin-style kung fu and the school's instructor, will lead his students in a demonstration of several different types of authentic kung fu.

     

  • Iron Girl women’s triathlon coming to Lake Zurich Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    Iron Girl has expanded its event series to include a women's triathlon in Lake Zurich. The debut of the one-third mile swim, 14-mile bike and three-mile run triathlon will be June 16 in Paulus Park.

     

  • Mom is overbearing where adult child’s friends are concerned Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    Adult child living her mom wants to know what to do about her mother's dislike of some of her friends.

     
  • Michael Lynch

    Wheaton native on ABC 7’s ‘Search for a Star’ Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
    For Michael Lynch, singing under the lights of a television studio and pouring his heart into a song while looking into the camera is familiar territory. So when he performs Tuesday, Feb. 5, on "Windy City Live," the Wheaton native can set aside the nerves and focus on delivering a performance that will carry him through the first round of the ABC 7 morning show's Dare to Dream Search for a Star.

     
  • CASA Kane County’s Grow a Healthy Child Garden — at the Third Street courthouse in Geneva — still has a variety of giving levels available from $150 bricks, $1,000 pavers, $5,000 garden planters, and $7,500 benches, with naming opportunities for individuals or companies to purchase in memory of or in celebration of a loved one.

    CASA Kane County concludes 2-year endowment campaign Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
    CASA Kane County concluded its two-year endowment campaign with $1.2 million in the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. CASA, which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate, received 40 percent of every dollar donated up to $1 million from the Dunham Fund, whose grant also concluded at the end of the year.

     
  • Henry Hanson of Gilberts reaches to guide a pair of magnets through a maze, created by Naperville Central High School students, during last year’s Fermilab Family Open House in Batavia.

    Family Open House starts at 1 p.m. Feb. 10 Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
    Fermilab's annual Family Open House will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, in Wilson Hall. The free event is geared toward students in third grade and older.

     
  • Joyce Browne of Naperville says her daughter, Jessica, has learned much through the job skills programs offered at We Grow Dreams. “She has learned to offset the challenge of work with the reward of a paycheck. She has gained maturity and self-esteem.”

    We Grow Dreams helps people with disabilities develop job skills Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
    Through its greenhouse, craft and market programs, We Grow Dreams in West Chicago offers opportunities for people with disabilities to develop social and vocational skills. Today, Joyce Browne of Naperville talks about what participating has meant to her daughter, Jessica.

     
  • Libertyville’s Wine about Winter is celebrating its eighth year.

    Wine about Winter in downtown Libertyville is Feb. 16 Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
    Spend a wintry afternoon browsing the stores and enjoying the company of other wine lovers at the eighth annual Wine About Winter wine tasting from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in downtown Libertyville.

     
  • Robert Wilson of Glen Ellyn won first place in our January Photo Finish contest for this image of a cardinal in winter.

    Cardinal in winter helps Glen Ellyn’s Robert Wilson win monthly prize Feb 3, 2013 12:00 AM
    Sometimes holiday presents come from the most unexpected places. That's how it was for Robert Wilson, who woke up Christmas morning, padded into the kitchen of his Glen Ellyn home for a cup of coffee, and happened to glance out the window toward a bank of trees standing, oh, maybe 40 feet from the back of his house. And there, nestled in the bare branches against a drab winter background, was an incredibly vibrant red cardinal that seemed to be gazing right back at him. "It looked," Wilson says now, "like he was staring at the Christmas tree in our family room."

     

  • FullScore Chamber Orchestra to perform its ‘Winter Classics’ Feb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
    FullScore Chamber Orchestra presents their next concert, "Winter Classics", at St. Paul the Apostle Church at 6401 Gages Lake Road in Gurnee. The performance is at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 8.

     
  • Debra Lerner Schmidt

    CASA announces year-round volunteer training classes Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
    CASA Lake County, a nonprofit organization that trains volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children in the juvenile court system, has announced a year-round class schedule to meet the county's increased reports of child abuse.

     
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