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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Schaumburg police will host a drive-through “Cop in the Lot” event in the parking lot of their station at 1000 W. Schaumburg Road Friday, Sept. 25, to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois and the Law Enforcement Torch Run, which was canceled this year.

Schaumburg police support Special Olympics with 'Cop in the Lot'

With most in-person fundraisers for Special Olympics Illinois and its Law Enforcement Torch Run canceled by the pandemic this year, agencies like the Schaumburg Police Department are innovating new and COVID-appropriate ways for people to donate.
Fried Green Tomatoes.

A platter of crisp, Cajun-spiced fried green tomatoes is a fitting coda to summer

If you've never made fried green tomatoes and are generally frying-averse, this recipe is airtight. It provides a fitting ending to summer.
Eric Albrecht, 30, of Bloomingdale, advocacy program manager for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, hopes middle and high schools nationwide will implement later start times based on scientific research showing that students need more sleep. He is a graduate of Barrington High School.

Barrington High grad leading effort for later school start times

Eric Albrecht, advocacy program manager for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, hopes school districts nationwide implement later start times based on scientific research showing that students need more sleep.
Common joins with the Chicago Children’s Choir for the online gala fundraiser “Reverberation: A Celebration of Enduring Voices” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.

Best Bets: Common teams with Chicago Children's Choir for world premiere video

Common joins with the Chicago Children's Choir for its virtual fundraiser "Reverberation: A Celebration of Enduring Voices," and Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez speaks in a virtual presentation hosted by Elmhurst University.
Mooncakes flavored with mulberry, banana, lychee, mango, lotus and egg yolk.
Every fall, I celebrate the Moon Festival with mooncakes. This year, I'm ordering them online.
Chinese people around the world eat mooncakes in celebration of the Moon Festival, or Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Oct. 1 this year. The festival is all about "family reunions and expressing love to the faraway family members, friends and lovers," said Pu Wang, associate professor of Chinese literature, language and culture at Brandeis University.
Six types of ramen are on the Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant Week menu at Tokio Pub Sept. 28-Oct. 4.
Dining: Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant Week, plus Buddy's Bites N Brews opens in Schaumburg
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant Week kicks off Monday, Buddy's Bites N Brews is now open in Schaumburg, Itasca's Church Street Brewing Company hosts a four-day eighth anniversary bash, and Allgauer's in Northbrook sends off the warm weather with an End of Summer Party Saturday.
Bothered by the “Illegal Aliens” status ascribed to him and others, Oscar Cornejo Casares of Park City took on the Library of Congress.
How a Warren Township grad, undocumented immigrant is fighting to stop term 'illegal aliens'
Living in fear of being deported since he was smuggled across the Mexico/U.S. border when he was 5 years old, Oscar Cornejo Casares of Warren Township High School found his voice at Dartmouth College. He founded a group on campus to help undocumented immigrants and produced a film about the students' fight to get the Library of Congress to stop using the term "illegal aliens."
The Wheaton Bicycle Advisory Commissioners, from left, Rita Nathanson, Nancy Allured and Michelle Dunlap, have joined Carrie Provost’s Alphabet Rides.
Suburban biking groups show a little creativity during the shutdown
"Given lemons, make lemonade" is the old saying. Some bikers have gone way beyond lemonade displaying pandemic shutdown creativity in Schaumburg, Palatine and Wheaton.
Tiffany Zuniga, of Palatine, stands with her three children by a sign promoting organ donation. When her husband Alex Zuniga died unexpectedly of a brain hemorrhage in 2017, Tiffany honored his giving spirit by donating his organs. Now, she is an Ambassador of Hope for Gift of Hope urging people from minority communities to become donors.
Need for minority organ donors is acute, says suburban group matching recipients
Racial and ethnic minorities make up nearly 60% of those waiting for life-saving organs in the United States, but only a third of registered donors, according to Itasca-based Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network.
Exercises that use your entire body, like shadow boxing or kickboxing, are excellent low-impact ideas for a HIIT workout.
How to succeed at high-intensity workouts on your own
Most CrossFit workouts mix weightlifting with high intensity interval training (HIIT), and they are usually short but intense, with intervals that spike the heart rate and leave you gasping for air.
When there’s a system in place and somewhere for every item in the house, it makes cleaning up so much easier.
How to live an organized life
Ashley Murphy and Marissa Hagmeyer are co-founders of the Neat Method, founded in 2010 in San Francisco and now with more than 70 locations in all major cities throughout the United States and Canada. They also recently launched a product collection for kitchen, pantry, closet and bathroom.
Losing your sense of smell because you have a cold and your nose is stuffed up is much different from the loss of smell related to COVID-19.
COVID-19 affects sense of smell differently than colds, flu
Q: Why are people making a big deal out of the fact that you can lose your sense of smell and taste when you get sick with COVID-19? The same thing happens to me when I've got a plain old cold.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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