Networking

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Home-Based Businesses Group: 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 14, Ela Area Public Library, 275 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich. Home Business and Information Networking Group, for owners of home businesses to network and share ideas. For specific monthly topics check www.eapl.org. Register by calling (847) 438-3433, e-mail infodesk@eapl.org or visit www.eapl.org.

Advantage Networking Group: 7:30-8:30 a.m. Aug. 14, Wheeling/Prospect Heights Chamber of Commerce office, 395 E. Dundee Road, Suite 450, Wheeling. Networking on the second Thursday of every month. No cost. Includes continental breakfast.

Multi-chamber breakfast: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Aug. 15, Holiday Inn North Shore, 5300 Touhy Ave., Skokie. Network with the members of several local chambers of commerce. $25 for members of participating chambers, $35 for nonmembers.

Lake Zurich Rotary Club: 12:15 p.m. Aug. 15, Gino's East 557 W. Main St., Lake Zurich. Guest Speaker, Ambassadorial Scholarship Candidate Debra Stanislawski. For information visit www.lakezurichrotary.org.

Paralegal studies information sessions: 9-10 a.m. Aug. 16 or 7-8 p.m. Aug. 19, room T 130, College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. Learn about the paralegal profession, the job outlook and CLC's paralegal certificate and Associate in Applied Science degree. For information, call the Business Division at (847) 543-2041 or visit www.clcillinois.edu.credit/programs/pls.asp.

Palatine Township Republicans/TOPPER: 8:15 a.m. Aug. 16, Vittorio de Roma, Smith Street and Northwest Highway, Palatine. Guest speaker, State Senator Bill Brady, Bloomington, a likely 2010 gubernatorial candidate, will talk about the deadlock in Springfield. Buffet breakfast. $9 members; $13 guests. For information, call (847) 359-5212.

Wheeling Township Democrats: Wheeling Township Democrats will meet at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 16, at 1310 W. Northwest Hwy, Arlington Heights to hear a discussion of Jim Hightower's new book, "Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow." To R.S.V.P. or for more information, e-mail Hal Snyder, at drxyzzy@gmail.com.

LeTip: 7:01 a.m. Wednesdays, Walker Bros. 767 S. Rand Road, Lake Zurich. Organization dedicated to helping business owners and sales people grow their business by expanding their network of contacts. If interested, contact Mike Parenti, at (847) 682-0351.