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Local Cancer Survivor makes Blankets for Cancer PatientsJun 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Jeffrey Pike, a cancer survivor himself, is making 100 fleece blankets that he will be donating to Lutheran General Cancer Center.
Tuscany in Wheeling hosts summer beer dinnerJun 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants invites guests to enjoy an Anheuser-Busch Dinner Series this summer. Five Phil Stefani Restaurants, including Phil Stefani's 437 Rush, RIVA Crab House on Navy Pier, Tavern on Rush, Tuscany in Oak Brook and Tuscany in Wheeling, will host the four-course beer dinners led by Anheuser-Busch Beermaster Marc Stroobandt.
NEDSRA Reaches for the StarsJun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
NEDSRA held its annual award banquet last Wednesday.
Palatine Park in Coca Cola America Is Your Park ContestJun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Vote for the Tom T. Hamilton in the Coca Cola America Is Your Park Contest through July 14, 2013.
Noah’s Ark Christian Preschool & Kindergarten Raises $1,750 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital While Teaching Valuable Riding Safety TipsJun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
St. Jude Trike-A-Thon pedals in much needed funds to help fight childhood cancer
Celebrities Tee Up for Parks District FundraiserJun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Golf foursomes will be paired with a fifth player, a retired professional athlete, at the HE Parks Foundation’s annual Scott R Triphahn Celebri-tee Golf Outing at Bridges of Poplar Creek Country Club on Wednesday, June 26.
Adding up a 1960s Pontiac 2+2 collection Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
The power of a muscle car, yet enough size for four people to enjoy the drive. Add it all up and the sum is exactly what this Pontiac brand had going for it during the mid-1960s. They called it the 2+2 and the math makes sense to Arnold Boris of Kildeer, one area enthusiast who loves these full-sized cruisers.
Baby boomers killing themselves at an alarming rate. Why? Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
It has long held true that elderly people have higher suicide rates than the overall population. But numbers released in May by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a dramatic spike in suicides among middle-aged people, with the highest increases among men in their 50s. Boomers had higher suicide rates than earlier generations; the confluence of that with the fact that they are now beginning to grow old has experts worried.
New address and exhibit at Fine Line in St. CharlesJun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles is getting ready to unveil its brand new entrance and new address: 37W570 Bolcum Road. All the hard work, from the first spade of dirt to the final touches, has come to fruition. Come celebrate the completion of this major project at Fine Line from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 21, at a “Bricks & Brats" party.
Master Gardeners to Hold Plant Clinic at Fremont LibraryJun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will answer gardening questions at a plant clinic on June 10 at Fremont Public Library in Mundelein.
Historic GM concept cars to exhibit at Geneva Concours Aug. 25Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
The Geneva Concours d'Elegance has just announced that four of the rare GM Motorama Concept Cars of the 1950s, owned by the Bortz Auto Collection, will be on display at the show on August 25, 2013 in Geneva, Illinois.
Men’s Health Month: 11 Male Infertility Myths DebunkedJun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
In honor of Men’s Health Month this June, Fertility Centers of Illinois is debunking 11 common male infertility myths for men nationwide.
Miss Lake County visits St. Mary of the Annunciation SchoolJun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Students at St. Mary of the Annunciation School were excited to have a former St. Mary student, Shannon Baucus, visit them to talk about her experience as Miss Mundelein and Miss Lake County
Keeping yourself in mind during family woesJun 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Q. My husband and I are returning to my hometown for a celebration where we will see many people who haven’t seen me since I graduated from high school. I’m dreading the expected question “Do you have any children?”
Church offers "Veggie Tales and the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" VBSJun 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Cardinal Drive Church of Christ offers a free vacation Bible school, "Veggie Tales and the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything," from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, June 24 to Wednesday, June 26.
Innovative chicken coops add yard chic Jun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
To make an original statement with yard art, think beyond fountains, globes and statuary. Add chicken coops to be chic. These outbuildings can amuse and enhance while providing shelter for the family fowl. Raising chickens is a different hobby now than it was in the past,” said Matthew Wolpe, who with fellow designer Kevin McElroy wrote “Reinventing the Chicken Coop.” Many of those who choose to raise backyard chickens today “are urban dwellers with no traditional (poultry) background — people bringing a fresh approach who want their chicken coops to be more like accessories to their houses,” he said.
3 creative projects for passing down memories Jun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Debbie Corrigan will turn 55 this year. A baby boomer with children and grandchildren, she loves researching her family history. Last year, Corrigan, of Winchester, Va., wanted to create something permanent out of her research — a tangible representation of her family tree that could hang on a living room wall. But nothing she found was quite right. So Corrigan used her computer to design her own modern family tree. Relatives liked it so much they asked her to design ones for them, and soon she began offering her services on the craft website Etsy.com as a researcher and designer of graphic family trees.
Father and sons make monsters to love Jun 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Ray Tollison regularly stays up until 2 a.m. working at his company’s headquarters — his Fort Collins, Colo., basement — while his business partners sleep. They need it. Tollison’s two partners in A Monster to Love, a company that makes plush monsters, are his twin sons, Sam and Ben, 11. The trio launched the company 18 months ago with an old Singer sewing machine and ideas that bubbled out of Ben, the lead designer (Sam spearheads the sewing).
500 years later, theological debate still simmers Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Is God’s saving grace free to anyone who accepts Jesus, or did God predestine certain people for heaven and hell before the beginning of the world? That’s a 500-year-old question, but it is creating real divisions in 2013 in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Rolling Meadows Artist Unveils Recycled Site-Specific Works in One-Person Exhibit at Local Evanston Cultural Center and CaféJun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Rolling Meadows resident and fine artist Betsy van Die, is exhibiting Site Specific at Boocoo Cultural Center and Café in Evanston, June 7 to July 19. Created over the last three years, Site Specific is an extension of van Die’s urban photography, combining photographic images, found objects recovered from the site, acrylic paint, charcoal, pastels, and colored pencil.