Cook County Lifestyle
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Wheeling donating $5,000 raffle prize to five local charitiesNov 05, 2015 12:00 am - Wheeling Village President Dean Argiris announced this week that the village will donate $5,000 it won in a Wheeling Rotary Club raffle to area organizations that help w...
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Lambs Farm holiday craft fairNov 05, 2015 12:00 am - Lambs Farm's 35th annual Holiday Lights Gift & Craft Fair at Arlington Park Racecourse is on Friday, Dec. 4, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 7 p...
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Jinglepalooza Dec. 4 to feature many holiday favoritesNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - The Elburn and Countryside Community Center will host its second annual Jinglepalooza event on Friday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 8 p.m. The event will run throughout the communi...
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Wanted: 50 veterans for free lunch in West DundeeNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - Fifty veterans. That's who the Dundee Township Rotary Club is looking to serve lunch to on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The number may not seem impossible, but Rotary member Mary S...
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Give older, black felines a chance to be adoptedNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - On many occasions I have exalted the virtues of the domestic black feline, and I will not go on and on here except to say that they have personality plus. But being a b...
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Judson to open a Fair Trade Shop to help fund student service trips abroadNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - On Friday, Nov. 20, Judson University will open Just World Goods, a fair trade store to help students fund service trips throughout the coming semesters and to support t...
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St. Charles Rowing Club sells holiday cards as fundraiserNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - St. Charles Rowing Club, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) competitive juniors rowing program for high-school athletes located on the Fox River, is selling holiday cards as the firs...
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Moving Picture: Photographer with Down syndrome sells artworkNov 04, 2015 4:00 am - Artistic talent has no limits, despite what preconceptions might exist in the world. That is the case with photographer Geoffrey Mikol, who has Down syndrome. Mikol's na...
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Longtime teacher brought the world into his classroomsNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - Richard O'Brien was a fixture at Sunny Hill Elementary School in Carpentersville, where he volunteered three days a week as a tutor and teacher's assistant. It wasn't ju...
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Trivia Night at Randall Oaks to raise money for food pantryNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - The New Friends and Neighbors Club of Dundee has come up with a way to turn supporting the local FISH Food Pantry into a party. On Friday, members will hold their third ...