Eileen O. Daday
-
Northwest suburbs loses longtime music educatorSep 06, 2012 1:00 pm - Robert Henry taught band students in Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 for nearly four decades, before retiring to teach privately throughout the District 214 area. ...
-
OMNI drama program a powerful outlet for young voicesSep 04, 2012 8:14 am - Samantha Gallagher sings in the choir at Stevenson High School, but she found her voice acting in an innovative theater troupe for teens dedicated to promoting healthy l...
-
Covenant Church members on a mission to grow crops for the hungrySep 02, 2012 5:00 am - Members of the Covenant Church of Schaumburg don't mince words. The name for their garden plots located just south of the church building, off of Meacham Road, says it ...
-
A true original: Harper honors 45-year teacherAug 27, 2012 2:56 pm - When Bill Punkay reminisces about his early teaching years at Harper College, he talks about a horse barn, coliseum and holding office hours in trailers behind Elk Grove...
-
Families reunite on special day at Maryville AcademyAug 20, 2012 12:07 pm - A tender moment played out last week at the beginning of Friends and Family Day at Maryville Academy in Des Plaines, when a mother and son reunited after not seeing each...
-
Former chamber president a “great ambassador” for Arlington HeightsAug 20, 2012 11:00 am - The 30th annual Arlington Million drew a near record crowd on Saturday, as well as five horses who shipped in from various parts of Europe to race. Business leaders say ...
-
Summer school students cultivate life lessons from gardeningAug 19, 2012 5:00 am - A small courtyard tucked away in the back half of London Middle School in Wheeling reinvented itself this year as a vegetable garden, extending learning beyond the class...
-
100th birthday, Honor Flight key memories of Hoffman Estates manAug 16, 2012 3:00 pm - Frank Kania was the life of the party at his 100th birthday bash, held Aug. 2 at the assisted living facility in Hoffman Estates where he lived. Dressed in a sport coat ...
-
Bone marrow drives are real life saversAug 13, 2012 1:00 pm - Matthew Devine's family continues to collect toys, to advance his goal of paying forward the pediatric oncology units that care for him. But a second ideal of “Matthew's...
-
Scout’s toy drive gives ‘Matthew’s Mission’ a boostAug 13, 2012 12:00 pm - Blake Maley waited until Children’s Memorial Hospital made the move to the new Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, before embarking on his Eagle Scout p...