Kendall County Lifestyle
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How Sewing for Smiles helps clothe needy childrenJun 25, 2018 6:00 am - Can one person make a difference? You bet they can. Just ask Susan Cox-Hall of North Aurora. “Years ago, Ruth Ratke started a group called Sewing for Smiles, a 501c3 org...
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Sugar Grove Corn Boil needs help honoring first respondersJun 24, 2018 11:00 pm - In honor of first responders, the Sugar Grove Corn Boil wants to raise awareness, support, celebrate and simply say "thank you" to them. As a special tribute to the men...
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Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois to host 14th annual Thin Mint SprintJun 24, 2018 11:00 pm - Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois will host the 14th annual Thin Mint Sprint on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Rockford Program Center, 7194 Vandiver Road in Cherry Valley. ...
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Global Arts Festival returns to Bartlett with new featuresJun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Global Arts Festival in Bartlett adds new features this year
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Modern milking: How a Campton Hills dairy farm went high-techJun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Except for watchmaking, raising cows and bottling their milk used to be the biggest of all industries in the Elgin area. But the census numbers make the disappearance o...
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World War II model airplanes fly again at Windy City Warbirds and Classics show in St. CharlesJun 18, 2018 11:00 pm - One hundred years ago this spring, in an era of open-cockpit biplanes, Great Britain merged its army's and navy's flying services to form the world's first independent a...
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Local nonprofit seeks enthusiastic volunteersJun 17, 2018 11:00 pm - Enrich the lives of adults with developmental disabilities and other special needs by becoming a volunteer with the Association for Individual Development. AID offers m...
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DuPage Foundation grants $500,000 to nonprofitsJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - The DuPage Foundation recently completed a record-breaking Spring Community Needs Grant season in which, for the first time in one distribution cycle, more than $500,000...
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A primer on pollinators, and why we should protect themJun 14, 2018 11:00 pm - What would shortcake be without strawberries? A BLT without tomatoes? A margarita without tequila? Halloween without pumpkins? This is what our world would be like witho...
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Elle King, Aaron Neville headline Blues on the Fox in AuroraJun 13, 2018 11:20 am - In previous years, Aurora's annual Blues on the Fox weekend concert festival would start mellow and work its way up to the big-time performers. This year, organizers ar...