Wheeling Lifestyle
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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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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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Vernon Twp. Food Pantry offers drive-up service, select deliveryMar 31, 2020 11:00 pm - Vernon Township announced that the Vernon Township Food Pantry will stay open during the pandemic and offer drive up pickup service and select delivery to the elderly. "...
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2020 Arts Unlimited District 214, Daily Herald Community Art & Writing Contest winnersMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Art, poetry and fiction writing aren't talents that are supposed to fade away after high school. But adult life often intrudes. The annual Arts Unlimited District 214/Da...
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23rd annual PAL-Clearbrook fundraiser held onlineMar 30, 2020 11:00 pm - The 23rd annual PAL-Clearbrook fundraiser was held online on Sunday, March 29. The event was originally scheduled for March 15, at the Stonegate in Hoffman Estates, but...
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North Suburban YMCA Keeps the Community Together Through Online Programming and ServicesMar 29, 2020 11:00 pm - Although closed to the public, the North Suburban YMCA has been busy bringing the community together through a variety of online initiatives to help its neighbors stay c...
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Clearbrook staff goes above and beyond for clientsMar 29, 2020 11:00 pm - In a time when many are staying home, scared and unsure of how the COVID-19 pandemic will play out, direct service professionals for those with intellectual and developm...