Tower Lakes Lifestyle
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New accessible school playgrounds are a 'natural extension of the inclusive world'Aug 21, 2019 5:30 am - At least two suburban school systems have debuted inclusive playgrounds for the new academic season that are meant to be fun and accessible for children regardless of th...
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Radford Green's Reigning CelebrityAug 20, 2019 11:00 pm - "When she first got here, she sat in her wheelchair with her head down. She was sad and scared," said Cathie Khouri about her mother, Edie London. Edie was one of the ea...
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Why teen vaping is an epidemic that needs urgent attention, experts warnAug 20, 2019 5:30 am - E-cigarette use among teenagers is a growing epidemic that's quickly outpacing other substances, such as alcohol, marijuana, prescription drugs and opioids, health exper...
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Teen smoking/vaping by the numbersAug 20, 2019 5:30 am - Nationwide, the number of middle and high school students using electronic cigarettes rose from 2.1 million in 2017 to 3.6 million in 2018. Here's a look at teen use of ...
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Racers get down and dirty in Grayslake to fight MSAug 17, 2019 1:00 am - About 2,500 racers crawled, slid and ran through an obstacle course filled with mud during the 7th annual MuckFest MS Saturday in Grayslake. The 5K event at Lake County...
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Lake County treasurer buys backpacksAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim has announced she used a state stipend to purchase backpacks she then donated to the United Way of Lake County. The backpacks will be giv...
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Donated car means no more ride-share commutes for disabled Army vetAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - Tom LeClair can finally say goodbye to those $72-a-day Uber bills. LeClair, a disabled U.S. Army veteran from Beach Park, has been using Uber for his 45-minute daily com...
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Amputees invited to tee off at All Disability Open Sept. 7-8Aug 13, 2019 11:00 pm - Amputees, others with physical limitations invited to golf in All Disability Open Sept. 7 and 8
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Youth Conservation Corps students gain life skills, work in forest preservesAug 12, 2019 11:00 pm - Shelly Regnier was a recent graduate of Mundelein High School when she took a summer job more than two decades ago working in the Lake County Forest Preserves through a ...
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Golf outing supports domestic violence services, programsAug 11, 2019 11:00 pm - A Safe Place, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing services, programs, and resources to empower and transform the lives of victims of domestic violence and th...