Local
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Workshop to improve family communicationMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - A free parenting workshop will be offered from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6, at Montessori Academy, 525 S. River St. (Route 25) in Batavia. The workshop leader is Dr....
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Spring art show bursts with colorMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Yellow House Artists, an organization of artists who work in oil pastel and/or oil stick, present their spring show, "Bursting with Color" from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 7...
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Walk for the mental health of itMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Rose Lester of Elk Grove Village will be walking in memory of her mother on Saturday, May 8. That's when Kenneth Young Center (KYC) will hold it's 10th annual "Walk for ...
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Rep. Walker visits Salt Creek School in Elk GroveMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - State Rep. Mark Walker visited Salt Creek Elementary School in Elk Grove Village, Monday, and was able to see the state's Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports pr...
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Mundelein Robotics Team takes sixth in competitionMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The Mundelein High School Robotics Team, under the guidance of adviser Scott Brumund, took sixth place awards at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Midwest regional co...
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Solar car team to brighten students' dayMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Elgin's Fox River Country Day School is getting some extra sun power on Friday, May 7, as it will be visited by the internationally-recognized solar car from Principia C...
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Fremd goes formal: Fashion students model their handmade prom dressesMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - William Fremd High School's Family and Consumer Science Department held its annual Prom Fashion Show April 16 for the student body. In a runway setting, student models d...
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Waubonsie sophomores get glimpse of realityMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Despite our parents' constant warnings that money doesn't grow on trees, many of us don't learn that lesson until it's too late when we're smacked with a good dose of re...
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Special Olympian basks in glow of achievementsMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Perhaps the greatest measure of Joey Wehr's performance in the shot put competition at a recent Special Olympics event in Naperville was the lack of applause he received...
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Arlington Heights transplant finds calling as columnist in CaliforniaMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Just as the newspaper business was hitting rough water, Gail Smith Scandrett was getting into it. "Just luck," she says, quickly clarifying, "It was good luck." Scandret...