South Elgin Lifestyle
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Festivals Nov. 19-25: AMAZE Light Festival, Santa's Rock 'N' Lights & moreNov 17, 2021 5:00 am - This weekend Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays from Wednesday, Nov. 17, through Jan. 3 at the Museum of...
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Literacy program seeking volunteer tutors for the Illinois Youth CenterNov 16, 2021 10:00 pm - Literacy Volunteers of Illinois is seeking men and women who are compassionate, flexible and non-judgmental to become volunteer tutors for youth incarcerated at the Ill...
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Pottawatomie Garden Club gives landscaping award to St. Charles Public LibraryNov 14, 2021 10:00 pm - On Oct. 25, the Pottawatomie Garden Club awarded its annual Landscape Commendation Award to the St. Charles Public Library. Edith Craig, director of the library, was pr...
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Up your golf game: New indoor training and practice center opens in St. CharlesNov 12, 2021 5:00 am - At 23 years old, Mike Foy of South Elgin can say he's spent a lifetime playing golf and learning how to teach it and manage a golf business. Ultimately, area golfers may...
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Caring in Action: Ecker Center's 'One Magical Evening' hopes to conjure up a good time and raise moneyNov 10, 2021 5:00 am - Psychiatric and mental health services. Substance use and gambling disorder services. Psychosocial rehabilitation groups. HIV/STI testing and prevention. Overdose preven...
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'In the right place at the right time': Aurora man honored for rescue of driver stuck on tracksNov 09, 2021 12:00 am - For an hour, Lewis Medina stood against the back wall during Tuesday's Kane County Board meeting, anxiously holding his wife Julie's hand the entire time as he waited to...
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Elgin History Museum offers one-of-a-kind experiences in online auctionNov 08, 2021 10:00 pm - While there will be no in-person fundraising gala this year, the Elgin History Museum wanted to offer something special in the online auction. Generous donors have allow...
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'Oh my God, where are these kids?': How COVID-19 obscured true picture of homeless suburban studentsNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - Months into the pandemic, school districts across Illinois braced for a rise in the number of students without stable housing. The COVID-19 crisis had unleashed widespr...
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Elgin's First Presbyterian Church calls new pastorNov 03, 2021 11:00 pm - On Sept. 12, First Presbyterian Church of Elgin voted to welcome the Rev. Rothea (Thea) Kornelius as their new pastor. Rev. Kornelius begins her call at First Presbyteri...
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Where's the peanut butter? Supply shortages are changing food menus at some suburban schoolsNov 03, 2021 5:30 am - From skipping peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to altering food menus in school cafeterias, suburban districts are scrambling to find enough supplies to feed students ...