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Lombard Lilac Parade provides 'family fun atmosphere'May 16, 2012 12:00 pm - The Lewis and Clark expedition. The first TV. Route 66. What those explorations, inventions and roads have in common is they're American icons, say organizers of the a...
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Special-needs cheerleaders inspire at world competitionMay 16, 2012 12:00 pm - Warming up backstage at the Cheerleading Worlds Competition in Orlando on April 28, minutes before her squad would perform in front of almost 10,000 people, coach Kelley...
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Taste of Glen Ellyn organizers expand festival to four daysMay 16, 2012 8:10 am - Organizers of the Taste of Glen Ellyn are inviting locals and others alike to kick off the weekend early in the village’s downtown and to plan for an extra day of f...
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District 103 kids stitch quilts for newborns at Good Shepherd HospitalMay 16, 2012 8:00 am - While not the typical after-school program, Caring Kids Can Quilt held the interest of 10 third- and fourth-grade girls from Half Day School in Lincolnshire who recently...
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Wheaton walks aims to stamp out Huntington's diseaseMay 16, 2012 6:00 am - Dave and Susie Hodgson know the stats as well as anyone: Huntington's disease usually strikes adults in their 30s or 40s; one in 10,000 Americans has Huntington's; none ...
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Bob Woodward joins Judge William Bauer for Elmhurst College lecture seriesMay 15, 2012 3:05 pm - One of America’s pre-eminent investigative reporters and nonfiction authors, Bob Woodward has won nearly every journalism award in the nation, including the 1973 Pu...
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The parade must go on in Dundee TownshipMay 15, 2012 11:31 am - The rain will have a harder time stopping Dundee Township’s Memorial Day parade this year. If thunder crashes and lightning flashes as they did in last year’s downpour, ...
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Ladybugs important part of our ecosystemMay 15, 2012 11:15 am - Second-graders in Rachel Boehm's class at Hawthorn Elementary School North in Vernon Hills asked, "Why are ladybugs called ladies if they are aren't ladies?" April show...
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DuPage group tackles human services reform with compassion and hard factsMay 15, 2012 11:00 am - In this season of election year politicking and budget-cutting, Candace King, executive director of the DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform, has a message she hop...
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Lake ranger police chief awarded professional certificationMay 15, 2012 8:16 am - Lake County Forest Preserves Chief of Ranger Police John Tannahill has been designated a Certified Police Chief by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. The org...