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Ela Area librarian children’s book publishedJun 07, 2012 8:35 am - Now, Natalie Ziarnik can direct Ela Area Township Library patrons to her own book in the kids’ section. The head of the library’s children’s department recently penned a...
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Listen, no lecturing when talking to young people about sexJun 07, 2012 8:34 am - Q. I am 28 and have a little brother who is 16. He is smart, funny, kind and an all-around good kid. He is in a long-term relationship (well, for 16: six months) with a ...
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CCU hosts citizenship workshop on June 9 in VoloJun 07, 2012 8:33 am - Consumers Credit Union is hosting a citizenship workshop at its Volo office. The workshop will help eligible legal applicants understand the procedure so they can start ...
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Bloomingdale brothers part of youth birding movementJun 07, 2012 6:00 am - I’d arranged to interview the Deese brothers at Mallard Lake. It was near their home in Bloomingdale, and the name of the place seemed appropriate given the purpose of o...
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Vernon Hills police in Torch Run for Special OlympicsJun 06, 2012 11:29 am - Members of the Vernon Hills Police Department will join representatives from law enforcement agencies across Illinois on Sunday, June 10 for the annual Law Enforcement T...
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Oak Brook to be part of World’s Largest Swimming LessonJun 06, 2012 11:26 am - Oak Brook Park District’s Family Aquatic Center this month will join hundreds of other facilities around the world for the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson, in an attempt...
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City of Elgin, parks and food bank to provide free lunches to kidsJun 06, 2012 9:50 am - The Elgin Parks and Recreation Department, Northern Illinois Food Bank and several local churches are teaming up to provide free nutritious lunches to the youth of Elgin...
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Young authorsJun 06, 2012 8:26 am - Music matters By Dylen Greenenwald, Christina Hernandez and Christian Shin Miss Crawford’s homeroom Mrs. Wysocki says, “There’s always some kind of music for everyb...
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Mundelein fifth-graders learn storytelling in annual Writer's ConferenceJun 06, 2012 8:00 am - It was a true literary event. It had a prequel, main event and a sequel. Recently, all fifth-grade seven classrooms at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein got a taste of...
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Proposed Wheaton playground to appeal to kids with developmental challengesJun 05, 2012 2:45 pm - As a parent of a 10-year-old son on the autism spectrum, Dan Wagner navigates what he calls a toolbox, brimming with ways to help his son interact with other kids and th...