DuPage County Submitted Content
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District 214 names Kara Kendrick associate superintendent for Student ServicesFeb 09, 2024 10:12 am - High School District 214 has named Kara Kendrick as its new associate superintendent for Student Services. Kendrick brings a wealth of relevant experience to her new role...
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From pioneers and champs to Hall of Fame for WHS female runnersFeb 09, 2024 9:07 am - Pioneers. Champions. Two labels that merit respect, celebration and honor. So it was last week as Wheeling High School inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame its pioneer...
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Eternal love: A Valentine’s storyFeb 09, 2024 6:00 am - After finding shoe boxes filled with valentines, birthday and anniversary cards while cleaning out his parents’ home, the Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos puts some of those cards on his parents’ gravestone during visits to the cemetery. It’s a tangible reminder of the kind of marriage he hopes to emulate.
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Interactive Lego brick exhibition celebrating ‘Awesome Black Creativity’ at DuPage Children’s MuseumFeb 09, 2024 12:48 am - “Awesome Black Creativity,” a celebration of Black figures in Lego Bricks, is on display through March in the Good Show! Gallery at DuPage Children's Museum, 301 N. Wash...
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Author, scholar Randal Jelks to give Martin Luther King Jr. lecture Feb. 14Feb 08, 2024 11:54 pm - In February of 2017, Randal Maurice Jelks, an award-winning author, documentary filmmaker and professor at the University of Kansas, came to Elmhurst University to give t...
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Naperville author to be featured at the ‘Twice in a Lifetime’ Eclipse Festival in AprilFeb 08, 2024 11:23 pm - When author Liz Bockelman attended Chester, Illinois’ first “Twice in a Lifetime” eclipse festival in 2017, her friend and lifetime Chester resident Brenda Owen suggeste...
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St. Charles family law attorney Tricia Goostree named 2024 Super LawyerFeb 08, 2024 10:52 pm - Tricia Goostree of Goostree Law Group in St. Charles has been recognized as a 2024 Super Lawyer. As managing equity partner at the firm, Goostree has been instrumental ...
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Naperville’s Monarch Landing introduces home health programFeb 08, 2024 10:36 pm - Monarch Landing has introduced a new initiative in its commitment to keeping residents within their homes while maintaining their independence. The senior living communit...
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DuPage County Historical Museum salutes Black History Month with ‘Black Trailblazers’ exhibitFeb 08, 2024 10:19 pm - Black leaders in education, sports, civil rights and the arts will be highlighted in honor of Black History Month at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton. “Blac...
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Elmhurst University Jazz Festival welcomes Count Basie Orchestra, Maria Schneider OrchestraFeb 08, 2024 9:37 pm - Two Grammy-winning jazz ensembles, The Count Basie Orchestra and the Maria Schneider Orchestra, will perform at the Elmhurst University Jazz Fest, one of the oldest and best-known collegiate festivals in the country.