Lake County Lifestyle
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Three drivers hauling 3,000 toys travel nonstop to NewtownDec 22, 2012 7:00 am - As a third-generation concessionaire running games at local carnivals and other venues, Peter Kasin knows how to entertain. The Grayslake resident was in that mode a wee...
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Lake Zurich woman making snowflakes for Connecticut studentsDec 21, 2012 11:00 am - Like many parents, Lake Zurich resident Lora Rampino struggled to explain the violence at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School to her own kids. Afterward, Rampino'...
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7th Grade Saint Mary Science FairDec 19, 2012 10:00 pm - Congratulations to all of the Saint Mary School Buffalo Grove seventh grade students who participated in the School Science Fair on Friday, December 14, 2012. Thank you...
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Young patient beats rare brain tumor thanks to Advocate Condell neurosurgeonDec 19, 2012 10:00 pm - Hannah Rausch has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. An avid outdoors person, the 23-year old Twin Lakes, WI, resident started experiencing a tingling sensati...
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Palatine Masons Donate Food to the Palatine Township Food PantryDec 19, 2012 10:00 pm - The members of Palatine Masonic Lodge #314 donated 100 pounds of non-perishable food this week to the Food Pantry of Palatine Township. The Palatine Masons have been sup...
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Bears wives, Sam's Club help those in need for ChristmasDec 19, 2012 7:15 am - Shoppers stopped and stared as they watched women clad in Chicago Bears jerseys wrapping presents recently at Sam's Club in Vernon Hills. For the sixth consecutive year,...
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'Guardian Angel' drops seven Swiss gold francs in Salvation Army kettle in LibertyvilleDec 18, 2012 12:00 pm - Seven Swiss gold francs worth $2,170 were dropped in a Salvation Army kettle in Libertyville, as Lake County donors continue to corner the market for giving valuable coi...
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Spirit of St. Nicholas Ball raises $1 million for Catholic CharitiesDec 17, 2012 10:00 pm - Guests attending Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Annual “Spirit of Saint Nicholas Ball,” on Friday, Dec. 7, in the Hilton Chicago were overjoyed when ...
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Suburban hearts reach out to ConnecticutDec 17, 2012 12:00 pm - Joe Dubowski received more than 500 condolence cards from people he didn't know at his Carol Stream home after his daughter, Gayle, was killed by a gunman at Northern Il...
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Mundelein students volunteer at Habitat for Humanity storeDec 14, 2012 2:26 pm - Deep in a Gurnee warehouse, surrounded by boxes of light bulbs, construction materials and other goods, a group of Mundelein High School students laughed and joked Frida...