Cheryl Chojnacki
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Nationally known woman with autism to speak at Kaneland HighFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Temple Grandin was almost 4 years old before she learned to talk. She lived in a world of her own, unable to interact with others, spending much of her time rocking. "I...
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Denise Brown, victims' rights advocate, will speak in Fox ValleyFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Denise Brown never sought the spotlight; she was thrust into it violently when her sister was murdered in 1994. Brown's former brother-in-law, O. J. Simpson, was the acc...
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Elgin church crescendos its organ power with makeoverFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Some people love the rich sound of a massive pipe organ, while some people think the instrument is passe. A Chicago church I know removed a perfectly good pipe organ fro...
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Former Buddhist leads Christian church in ElginJan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - When Siripong Leal left Thailand, he was a Buddhist. He never imagined the future would find him heading a Christian ministry in the United States, as he does now. But ...
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Home school band gears up for winter concertJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Karen Borow's years in marching band gave her some of the best memories of her youth, and she wanted her kids to have the same opportunity. But her kids aren't in quite ...
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Teenage mix-masterJan 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Everyone who knows China Barnes knows she loves to draw. Music hasn't really been her thing; the only instrument she plays is the recorder that she was required to learn...
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Church's coffeehouse helps spur fair tradeJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Fair trade awareness is rising in the public consciousness, but an Elgin church has hit on a new way to get the word out -- a monthly coffeehouse with music, comfortable...
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Congregations band together to aid Katrina victimsJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Happy New Year! It will be a happier new year for Katrina-wracked residents of New Orleans' ninth ward, thanks to 10 Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregations that ar...
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Woman's legacy enables all ranks of artists to pursue their craftsDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - When Denise Kavanagh set up her loom in the little gallery she founded in Geneva, she just wanted to weave while running the shop. But what came out of that loom over th...
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Ministers work as one, without bordersDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Dave Bohyer graduated from seminary in 1974, the same year Adam Hultstrand was born. But even with 26 years' difference between them, the two Elgin pastors recently team...