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Apple pie bakers wanted for Naper Settlement’s Hometown Picnic contestJul 29, 2013 8:18 am - Dig through your cookbooks, search the Internet, or call up Grandma for her recipe and join Naper Settlement’s apple pie contest on Saturday, Aug. 10. Naper Settlement ...
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Joanie’s Closet to collect school supplies for District 95Jul 29, 2013 7:14 am - Joanie’s Closet is an organization that helps under-resourced Lake Zurich Unit District 95 students and their families with basic needs. Among other things, Joanie’s Cl...
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Think a little harder before saying no to vacationing with the parentsJul 26, 2013 2:47 pm - Q. In the mid-1990s, when I was 22 and my brother was 18, our family took a Caribbean cruise. It was fun, but not so much fun that I cared to go back again. Now that my ...
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Wheaton museum extends Illinois Folk Art exhibitJul 26, 2013 11:58 am - The DuPage County Historical Museum exhibit “Early Illinois Folk Art, 1825-1925” has been extended to Sunday, Oct. 27. This is the largest changing exhibit the museum ha...
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Singers to perform Best of Broadway in LibertyvilleJul 26, 2013 11:03 am - Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville’s not-for-profit entertainment company, hosts its fifth annual Musical Summer Showcase, featuring the Best of Broadway Saturday, A...
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Everything to know about the propety tax assessment processJul 26, 2013 10:58 am - Those blue assessment notices that list the values on which real estate tax bills are calculated are on their way to Lake County property owners. Don’t agree with the fi...
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Naperville’s North Central College to stage classic ‘Peter Pan’Jul 26, 2013 6:00 am - Alaina Wis has been waiting to go to Neverland since she was 4 years old. Beginning Friday she will finally have her chance. Wis will star in the lead role of North Cent...
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Batavia church member uses sign language to help others connectJul 25, 2013 1:54 pm - Keith Isaac first came to Bethany Lutheran Church to share in the fellowship of the community supper. With a smile as cheerful as a sunny morning the newcomer didn’t tak...
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No love for the ill-mannered cowbirdJul 25, 2013 10:53 am - One of the most interesting birds around is also among the most disliked. I speak of the villainous brown-headed cowbird. Understandably, birders are critical of the co...
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Manage emotional sensitivity for successful relationshipsJul 25, 2013 10:37 am - I was one of those “sensitive” kids. My feelings were hurt easily. You might say I was so emotionally tuned in to the world around me that I easily got emotionally bruis...