Cook County Lifestyle
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Barrington’s grand finale of a Concours D’EleganceJul 22, 2013 12:55 am - The Barrington Concours D’Elegance held it’s seventh annual event last weekend and ended this premier auto celebration with a special announcement. “We’re thrilled that...
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St. Charles man running across U.S. making pit stop at homeJul 20, 2013 8:00 am - It was only mid-June, just a couple months into his journey, and Steve Spear had hit the wall while standing on the biggest stage of his life. "I just kept thinking th...
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Architect's contemporary suburban home gets off tractJul 20, 2013 12:00 am - Kenneth Turner travels all over the world designing high-rise buildings. In fact, when he was an associate partner and design studio head for Chicago-based Skidmore, Ow...
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Des Plaines Garden Club Members decorate DP Library display caseJul 19, 2013 11:00 pm - On Monday June 3, 2013 Annette Roeder, Eileen Van Diggelen, Judy Riordan and Ann Ostenson decorated the Des Plaines Library "display case" for the month of June which al...
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WACO Wing Festival July 28 in SchaumburgJul 19, 2013 2:19 pm - The Woodfield Area Children’s Organization will hold the Wing Festival, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, July 28 at Drink (formerly the Alumni Club), 871 E. Algonquin Road in Schaumb...
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Conant grad launches e-business to help African artisansJul 19, 2013 1:08 pm - Walk into any Marine Corps recruiting office, and you’ll likely read a poster: “Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have t...
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Weather drives Hoffman/Schaumburg Relay For Life indoorsJul 19, 2013 8:18 am - Going to tonight’s (Friday’s) Relay For Life in Hoffman Estates? The location has changed. Due to the extreme heat and the chance of severe storms, the Relay For Life of...
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'Funny Old Broads': Comedy for the middle-aged crowdJul 19, 2013 6:00 am - Four middle-aged women are sitting on a couch in Prospect Heights. That might sound like the opening line of a joke. It's not. But it's definitely something funny. The f...
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Wheeling’s Ridgefield featured in neighborhood profileJul 19, 2013 12:08 am - Thirty years ago, Jackie Kirchner’s mother saw a newspaper advertisement about a new subdivision in Wheeling and told her daughter about it. “My mother said, ‘Have your ...
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Rivers Casino donation buys SMART Boards for Des Plaines schoolJul 18, 2013 11:07 am - Rivers Casino recently donated $20,000 to Our Lady of Destiny Catholic School in Des Plaines, money used to purchase seven SMART Boards and equipment necessary to operat...