Rolling Meadows
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Rolling Meadows proposes limits on video gamblingApr 01, 2020 5:00 am - After the growth of video gambling in Rolling Meadows after a ban was overturned in 2018, city officials have proposed putting limits on the number of businesses that ha...
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Third place, Prose - 'True Friends'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Infinite stars stared clearly through the warm summer air, like holes punched out of a taut fabric. A wide expanse of desert stretched untouched, save for a single road....
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Second place, Poetry - 'Starlight'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - I found a poem in a moment you've forgotten, when your eyes met mine then shifted up to splattered silver brightness hanging still against the ink-smeared sky. Lines c...
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Second place, Prose - 'March Rain, Year 2 Scholars, New South Wales'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Miss Flossy spoke to her class. "Alright, children, we've a few minutes before noontide, let's clear your workplace and rearrange them into a square or rectangle, you de...
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District 214, Harper College making face shields for health care workersApr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214, Harper College and other community partners are working together to produce much-needed personal protective equipment for ho...
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Third place, Poetry: 'Childhood Bedroom'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - I love the way you sit there on my bed, stuffed monkey, untouched by teenage perils and inevitable growing pains. I still hold you at night, dear Blankie, because I'm a...
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First place, Prose: 'A Puncher's Chance'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Seated at a small Formica table in a sparse dining room, Ronny Felton stared at the phone resting before him. He licked his lips and reached for the phone, but his hand ...
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First place, Poetry - 'Farmer's Market Club'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Dreaming of growing maitakes from my cheeks Of walking through a layer cake of limestone The American West. Tired of being Corn leaves. Or Gala apples. Haven't called ...
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How to manage stress during the coronavirus pandemicMar 31, 2020 11:00 pm - With the legalization of cannabis in Illinois, it may be tempting to turn to marijuana - as well as tobacco and alcohol - as a way to manage anxiety during the coronavir...
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Boys & Girls Club Hosting Youth of the Year CompetitionMar 31, 2020 11:00 pm - Annual Statewide Competition Moves to Virtual Format Submitted by Deann French The Boys & Girls Clubs of Illinois are announcing plans to move forward with the annual Y...