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Director adds special touches to Spotlight Youth Theater DuPage's 'Shrek'Feb 20, 2015 12:00 am - A beautiful princess, locked in a tower, waits for a dashing prince to rescue her. We all know where the fairy tale is heading, right? Of course. An ogre and his talking...
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Yorkville's Lindsay Spencer sees bit of herself in 'Shrek's FionaFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - Lindsay Spencer, 18, of Yorkville plays Fiona in "Shrek: The Musical," her 24th Spotlight Youth Theater production. Q. Tell us about your background in theater. What are...
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Spotlight Youth TheaterFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - History: Spotlight Youth Theater began as an affiliate of a Christian youth theater organization established in San Diego in 1981. Tom and Bonnie Bienert moved from San ...
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Images: Photo Contest FinalistsFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - Each week you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of them and select the finalists. Here are the finalists for the week of February 16. ...
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Woodlands Academy's Lenten service project aims to start music program at African schoolFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - Traditionally, the Ash Wednesday liturgy at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart marks the start of a major service project. This Lent, students at the all-girls colle...
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Today's trials can be tomorrow's treasures in due timeFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - "My times are in your hands…" Psalm 3:15 (AMP) I've heard it said, "The trials of today are the treasures of tomorrow." Oftentimes, in hindsight, we see how God used a t...
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Lake County leaders participate in worldwide anti-violence eventFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - Local leaders joined an anti-violence advocacy group and the League of Women Voters of Lake County in Round Lake Beach to kick off an annual worldwide campaign against v...
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Students learn making movies starts with having a storyFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - You wanted to know "How do people create movies?" asked Elise Diaz's fifth-grade students at Prairie Trail School in Wadsworth. Every movie starts with a story. Movie s...
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Employees honored at 19th Judicial Circuit's awards ceremonyFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - Five Lake County courts employees were honored during the 19th Judicial Circuit's annual awards ceremony hosted by Chief Judge John Phillips and Circuit Judge Margaret M...
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County celebrates centennialFeb 14, 2015 10:00 pm - The Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners marked its centennial on Feb. 11, 100 years to the day after its inaugural meeting. "We recognize the...