Carpentersville Lifestyle
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Young actors fly high in Elgin troupe's 'The Wizard of Oz'Apr 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Children's Theatre of Elgin's production of "The Wizard of Oz" features the single largest cast in CTE's 27-year history, with 130 children filling the stage as flying m...
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ECC Kids' College returns with summer learning adventuresApr 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Registration is open for "Kids' College," a summer enrichment day camp offering over 70 camps to children and teens, age 6 to 15. The program runs Monday through Thursda...
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Jersey Mike's fundraiser supports children's hospitalApr 05, 2015 11:00 pm - Jersey Mike's locations up and down the Randall Road corridor - including those in Lake in the Hills, South Elgin and Geneva - helped raise funds last month for the Ann ...
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LCS Resident Wellness Champion Program-doneApr 04, 2015 11:00 pm - If It Is to Be, It's Up to Me is the title of a book Marlin Reishus, resident and active volunteer at Monarch Landing senior living community in Naperville, once wrote. ...
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How Ghanaian children got to read, eat lunches thanks to Elgin volunteersApr 04, 2015 7:37 am - A team of volunteers from Elgin just returned from a 10-day visit to Ghana where they helped start a school lunch program and library, and visited an orphanage they buil...
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Sign up now for 'Four Seasons Gardening'Apr 02, 2015 11:00 pm - Registration is open for the spring series of the University of Illinois Extension's "Four Seasons Gardening Program." The April and May classes cover a variety of topi...
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Reaping the physical and psychological benefits of gardeningApr 02, 2015 11:00 pm - Picture this: You're on your smartphone, checking the weather. An "icy mix" is coming your way. Great. An incoming text interrupts your weather search. School is cancel...
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Cook of the Week: Restricted food plan doesn't stump former military wifeMar 31, 2015 5:00 am - For the first time in decades, Karyn Lunsford of Elgin, can finally get a good night's sleep. Her husband, a veteran who served two tours in Korea and three in Afghanist...
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Dundee preschoolers give a hand to quilt projectMar 30, 2015 11:00 pm - The Dundee Township Park District has four preschool classes - two with 20 students, one with 13 students and one with six students. The teacher traced the hand of each...
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Plant trees with the Forest Preserve District in honor of Earth DayMar 30, 2015 1:00 am - Help celebrate Earth Day by planting trees in a Kane County Forest Preserve. Volunteers are needed to plant trees at Fitchie Creek Forest Preserve in Elgin on Saturday, ...