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Business showcase

Visitors to GLMV Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase Wednesday, April 22, and Thursday, April 23, at Westfield Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills can win a $1,000 gift card each day. The show takes place from noon to 8 p.m. each day. The showcase will feature many local businesses and organizations displaying products and services and also includes raffles, giveaways and live music. Presentations on dental hygiene, chiropractic care, plumbing, life insurance, fitness and chocolate also are planned. Admission is free. Call (847) 680-0750 or visit glmvchamber.org.

Paramedics to be honored

A team of Wauconda Fire Protection District paramedics will receive Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital's 2008 Platinum Award today for their fast actions during a heart-related rescue call. The crew got a patient with heart trouble into the Barrington-area hospital and prepared for an angioplasty procedure in 21 minutes, the fastest time for such a procedure last year, according to a news release. The ceremony is set for 3 p.m. at the Liberty Street fire station.

Holocaust remembrance

Congregation Beth Am will host a Yom HaShoah program, or Holocaust remembrance, at 7 p.m. today, at the congregation, 225 N. McHenry Road, in Buffalo Grove. This is a communitywide service to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. For information, call (847) 459-1677 or visit congregation-betham.org.