Elgin Lifestyle
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Elgin church to host Healing of Nations Jan. 6Dec 31, 2024 11:40 am - The community is invited to a service of music and prayer for the “Healing of the Nations” on Monday, Jan. 6, at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church in Elgin.
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The year in birds: Conservation progress, remarkable sightings highlighted 2024Dec 31, 2024 6:00 am - Birding columnist Jeff Reiter takes a look back at the year in birds: Conservation progress and remarkable sightings highlighted 2024.
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Grief & healing: Making resolutionsDec 28, 2024 6:00 am - A resolution is a “firm decision to do or not do something.” I’m still considering whether to make New Year’s resolutions this year. My resolutions are more like wishful thinking. Or a list of difficult goals. The word “firm” in the definition is the stumbling block.
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Where to next?: Bike club members plan rides for the new yearDec 27, 2024 6:00 am - Bike club members across the Chicago area are anticipating their 2025 riding goals. Clubs offer a built-in advantage: a large pool of riders often possessed with cycling ambitions to match one’s own.
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Cats meet Claus at Barb’s Precious Rescue eventDec 25, 2024 6:00 am - There were no reindeer. But there were plenty of cats, as Barb’s Precious Rescue and Adoption Center in Palatine rang in the holiday season with an opportunity for people to celebrate with their pets and take pictures with Santa Claus.
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Elgin church hosts musical and charity events this JanuaryDec 24, 2024 12:15 am - Christ the Lord Lutheran Church in Elgin hosting events in January including organ recitals, a service to support refugee/immigrant outreach, and a hymn singing celebration.
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Skatin’ around the rink with SantaDec 22, 2024 3:33 pm -
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Grief & healing: Ready for ChristmasDec 21, 2024 6:15 am - I am still wrapping a few gifts for under the tree here, but otherwise I am pretty much prepared for Christmas.
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Charity funds, volunteers provide safety railing for disabled Hoffman Estates veteranDec 20, 2024 3:00 am - Just in time for the holidays, funds from a Hoffman Estates charitable golf outing and volunteer union labor have provided a new safety railing separating the front walkway of the home of a disabled veteran and his wife from the steep four-foot drop into the adjacent driveway.
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A year after Invest in Kids’ demise, Catholic schools work to fund scholarshipsDec 19, 2024 5:48 pm - St. Hubert School in Hoffman Estates is but one suburban Catholic school that’s come up with its own solution to the end of the state’s Invest in Kids Scholarship Tax Credit Program, that’s been cited as a factor in the closure of some in 2024.