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Pre-K effort that advances '21st Century skills'Jun 05, 2017 1:00 am - They're known by many names: Soft skills, character skills, employability skills, social-emotional skills. I prefer "21st Century skills," because they're as current an...
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Coffaro finds continuity in commitment to Gregory, South FloriaJun 05, 2017 1:00 am - A Hersey standout guard has committed to a former Hersey standout guard. Joe Coffaro, who averaged 18.6 points for the Huskies this winter, has made a verbal commitment ...
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Buffalo Grove students' invention to appear on 'Today' showJun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - A group of inventors in the entrepreneurship class at Buffalo Grove High School had one goal this year: to land their product — Skunk Aid — on the shelves of a retail st...
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Imrem: Heyward's slump is looking upJun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - Nothing new in the first inning at Wrigley Field on Sunday night. Cardinals first baseman Matt Carpenter drove a liner into right field and Jason Heyward made a stretchi...
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Lazarus House marks 20 years of helping the needyJun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - Take care of those who need your help and the reward to your spirit will be a hundred fold. Jesus and his best friends said stuff like that along the roads, on the hills...
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Get your hearing checked at Batavia Sam's ClubJun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - You might not even know it's there. Tucked behind the vision center at the Sam's Club along the Randall Road corridor in Batavia is a hearing center. To make the public ...
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Crystal Lake school opens food pantry, free library and plants community gardenJun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - Canterbury Elementary School in Crystal Lake is offering area residents access to food, books and other essential items. In March, the school opened a Little Food Pantr...
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Are modern germs destroying mummies?Jun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - "Is the black goo destroying mummies?" asked a young patron from the Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire. Mummies are preserved dead bodies, either human or anima...
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Can off-hours political activism get you in trouble at work?Jun 04, 2017 7:23 am - In recent weeks, the story of a New Jersey lawyer whose off-hours political activism was brought to the attention of her employer went viral because of the unusual way i...
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What to do when you and your boss split on a new hireJun 04, 2017 7:18 am - Q: I'm in my first management job. I have one direct report and am hiring another, and it's down to two good candidates. I have not checked references yet, but they've b...