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'Ordinary People' opens in West ChicagoFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Community High School teacher Mark Begovich was looking for a play that would truly challenge his student actors. He found it in “Ordinary People,” the story of a dysfun...
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Libertyville High winter play takes on family dramaFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - The Fine and Performing Arts Department of Libertyville High School will present its winter play, “Look Homeward, Angel,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12, i...
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Fremd’s PAVE Club promotes no texting while drivingFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Fremd High School’s PAVE Club (Positive Actions for Vikings Everyday), a student-organization that promotes helping students to make positive choices in their lives, rec...
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Volo Bog announces photo contest winnersFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Friends of Volo Bog and the Shutterbugs of Volo Bog announced the winners of their 24th Annual Nature Photo Contest. The winners were announced last month between storie...
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Schools experiment with ‘brain color’ to help students identify how they learnFeb 07, 2011 12:00 am - Elementary school students in Wheeling and Buffalo Grove recently turned the tables on their teachers. Using PowerPoint presentations and storyboards, students presented...
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Class gives Villa Park residents police officers’ perspectiveFeb 07, 2011 12:00 am - Kelly Davis was in for a surprise when she enrolled in Villa Park’s Citizen Police Academy. During one of the academy’s sessions, the class was taught how to do a routin...
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Dundee-Crown student fighting for change in factoriesFeb 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Mike Kelley has changed so much in the last year he said his former self is unrecognizable. Kelley is a 17-year-old Dundee-Crown senior who has had his world turned ups...
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Girls raise money and awareness for cystic fibrosisFeb 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The last time Madelyn Herberger and Livvy Tomassetti met, the two lively and determined girls were in preschool. Neither of the Libertyville fifth-graders can remember ...
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‘Casablanca’ radio play for Valentine’s DayFeb 06, 2011 11:00 pm - An exotic locale. Nazis. A rousing rendition of “La Marseillaise.” Here’s looking at you, kid. Or rather, here’s listening to you. Join RG Productions at the PM&L Theat...
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Libraries introduce readers to 'Zeitoun' and life in New OrleansFeb 05, 2011 10:00 pm - The Big Read 2011 will reach out to both big and little readers this year. For the first time in its seven-year history, the area-wide Big Read will contain a child...