Cook County Lifestyle
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Palatine’s Polar Plunge set for March 3Jan 28, 2013 10:00 am - Special Olympics Illinois will hold its Polar Plunge fundraiser at noon Sunday, March 3, at the Salt Lake Park District’s Twin Lakes facility, 1200 E. Twin Lakes Drive, ...
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If it Came in a Bottle, Everyone Would Want itJan 27, 2013 10:00 pm - They all sound too good to be true; the pills that melt off the pounds, the DVD workouts guaranteed to transform your body or the newly invented diet for trimming inches...
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Ronald McDonald House coming to WinfieldJan 27, 2013 7:00 am - The first Ronald McDonald House in the western suburbs will open in 2015 near Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, providing a “home away from home” for families of hosp...
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Elk Grove teen's idea blossoms into pizza for 488,000 troopsJan 27, 2013 7:00 am - The idea to send a few pizzas to soldiers serving overseas came from his teenage son in 2008 during dinner in their Elk Grove Village home. But the seed for Mark Evans' ...
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Can Elgin National coffee grinder brew up profits?Jan 27, 2013 4:51 am - Q. I have a coffee grinder — it is an Elgin National and is 25 inches tall. It will not grind coffee — it just falls through. I have had it for 70 years and my father-in...
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Cuban-themed fundraiser in Barrington SaturdayJan 25, 2013 2:56 pm - “Hot Night in Havana,” a fun fundraiser for the local nonprofit Hands of Hope to provide fresh water wells in Zambia, will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan....
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Hearts of Valor BallJan 25, 2013 2:17 pm - The Hearts of Valor Ball is the Heart of a Marine’s biggest fundraiser. This year, it is being held Feb. 16 at the Schaumburg Marriott and tickets are available. Visit w...
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Founders of Heart Of A Marine Foundation help veteransJan 25, 2013 2:00 pm - If you thought Roy and Georgette Frank found their volunteer spirit only after their son Lance Cpl. Phillip E. Frank was killed in action on April 8, 2004, you would be ...
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Melanoma fundraiser Saturday night in Arlington Hts.Jan 25, 2013 12:07 pm - A fundraiser to fight melanoma is being held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at Murphy’s of Arlington Heights, 1609 W. Campbell St. The fundraiser was organized by Tracie ...
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Sports association benefit scheduledJan 25, 2013 9:22 am - The Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association has scheduled its annual benefit for Saturday, April 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Knauz Classic Car showroom at 775 Rockland Road,...