Campton Hills Lifestyle
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Thankfully, real life often just 'like a movie'Sep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - "Like a movie." That's how a West Chicago woman described the scene when escaped fugitive Robert Maday's carjacked automobile raced past her in a desperate attempt to es...
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Local auditionsSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - • Volunteers are being sought for the 76th McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade from 6 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Nov. 26, in Chicago. More than 1,300 volunteers are needed to ...
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Beer, brats and bands: You'll find all three at Kane Co.'s first OktoberfestSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Oktoberfest is traditionally about the beer, but at this year's inaugural Kane County Oktoberfest it may be the delicious Bavarian food that steals the show. Planners fo...
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College students, faculty get Big Bowl bargainSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Big treat at Big Bowl Thursdays are now special days for college students and faculty dining at Big Bowl restaurants. College students and faculty, with a valid college ...
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Country folk art festival this weekend at Kane County fairgroundsSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A reproduction antique doll should be authentic down to her corset. That's the way Robin Thompson makes them. Honest. "I'm a research junkie," said the Mount Prospect ar...
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Terkel's moving stories continue to strike chords at Steel BeamSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The stories told in Studs Terkel's "Working" are 35 years old now, frozen-in-time thoughts of men and women making their livings in jobs both menial and meaningful. You ...
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Best Bets: Skate for the Heart, wine fest, Paul Rodriguez at ParamountSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - I heart skating "Skate for the Heart" is a to-be-televised NBC show to benefit heart health-care charities. Skating champions Evan Lysacek of Naperville, Sasha Cohen, Jo...
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Learn about wine, munch on appetizersSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Intro to wine Timothy O'Toole's Pub in Chicago and Gurnee hold a Wine Tasting 101 event, hosted by wine director Bill O'Connell. Learn about red and white varietals whi...
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Revolutionary War battles reenacted at CantignySep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Remembering the war More than 500 re-enactors from the Northwest Territory Alliance bring the Revolutionary War to life in the Revolutionary War Re-ena...
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Scandinavian Day Festival by the numbersSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Keeping ethnic traditions alive has grown more challenging as years have passed, according to Jack Grandin, treasurer of Vasa Park in South Elgin. "Scandinavians assimil...