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There's a lot of energy inside Fermi LabSep 14, 2014 11:00 pm - You wanted to know "What is Fermilab?" asked a young patron from Vernon Area Library who attended the library's "Write Away!" program. Your teachers may have told you th...
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A healthy body can make for a healthy mindSep 14, 2014 5:01 am - It was a popular saying a while back: "You are what you eat." I was never too sure about that. As I sat eating my eighth piece of bacon for breakfast, I may have felt r...
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Lake Forest Civic Orchestra kicks off season with Sept. 28 concertSep 13, 2014 11:00 pm - Chris Ramaekers will be the guest conductor for the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra's Sept. 28 concert at 4 p.m. in the Gorton Community Center auditorium, 400 E. Illinois R...
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Images: Photo Contest FinalistsSep 12, 2014 1:01 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 September 8. ...
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Meet cancer nurse who helps patients through murky watersSep 12, 2014 1:00 am - Cancer is a scary thing, and to men, prostate cancer is the scariest. The way registered nurse Juli Aistars, prostate and lung nurse navigator at Northwest Community Hos...
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Agency to salute volunteers, PADS churches at 25th anniversary celebrationSep 10, 2014 11:00 pm - In 1989, a small group of citizens and churches founded PADS or Public Action to Deliver Shelter in an effort to lift up the homeless and dispossessed in the local commu...
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Mundelein group teaches others about self-sufficiency through homesteadingSep 10, 2014 11:01 am - Several Mundelein residents who say they want to inspire self-sufficiency and sustainability in others hope to improve quality of life by teaching the community to utili...
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Singer tells her story through Broadway hits in St. CharlesSep 10, 2014 5:05 am - "Dawn of a New Day (A Cabaret)" will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12 and 13, at Vero Voce Theater, 951 State Ave., Ste. F, St. Charles. Dawn Hark...
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Joggin' for Frogmen to benefit Navy SEALsSep 09, 2014 11:00 pm - Recall, if you can, the accounts you've heard of the Navy SEAL team's raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan - the helicopters bringing the team in, the SEALs sw...
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Annual law enforcement expo returns to Westfield Hawthorn mallSep 09, 2014 11:00 pm - The Vernon Hills Police Department will host its 10th annual law enforcement exhibition Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday, Sept. 14, at Westfield Hawthorn Mall. The purpose...