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Woodlands Academy’s Winter Wonderwalk set for Dec. 7Nov 30, 2011 11:00 pm - For more than 15 years, Lake Forest residences — bejeweled for the holidays — have welcomed Winter Wonderwalk guests of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart. Winter Won...
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Stevenson High team places third in math contestNov 29, 2011 11:00 pm - A team of Stevenson High School students finished third in a regional mathematics competition. The squad had the third-highest score in the second round of the North Sub...
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Lake Zurich girl wants YMCA donations, not birthday giftsNov 28, 2011 11:00 pm - You could say Tina Schroedel's comprehension of the true spirit of the season — it's better to give than to receive — far exceeds her young age. The Lake Zurich girl, w...
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What’s the buzz about bee stings?Nov 28, 2011 11:00 pm - You wanted to know “When someone gets stung by a bee, why does the bee die right away?” asked students in Gregg Thompson’s sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland M...
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Jinglebell Jubilee offers evening of holiday fun in LombardNov 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Lights? Check. Santa? Check. Cookies, cider and carolers? Check. Lombard’s holiday tree-lighting event, the sixth annual Jinglebell Jubilee, has its holiday festival ba...
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St. Martin students pray for deported immigrantsNov 28, 2011 11:00 pm - They go about it quietly, but once a month a group of St. Martin de Porres High School students travel from Waukegan to a federal detention center in Chicago to pray for...
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Secretary spreads good cheer throughout Naperville schoolNov 28, 2011 11:00 pm - If Donna Lanoue is having a great day, chances are everyone at Naperville’s Spring Brook Elementary School is having a great day. Teachers and administrators alike say h...
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Should mom tell her daughter what she thinks of her boyfriend?Nov 28, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My daughter is 21 and finishing up her senior year in college. She has been dating a man she met in school for nearly two years, and they are talking about gettin...
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St. Francis de Sales helps Ghana childrenNov 27, 2011 11:00 pm - St. Francis de Sales submission St. Francis de Sales Parish’s roughly 4,270 members in Lake Zurich were moved to action during the summer by a priest visiting the United...
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Santa lights the tree on Dec. 2 in AddisonNov 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Carolers will sing, a bell choir will play and goodies will be available to munch when Santa arrives Friday, Dec. 2, to light the holiday tree in Addison. But residents...