Lee Litas
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Teen uses her hobby to benefit stray animalsFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - It is said that life is a gift that offers one the privilege, the opportunity and actually the responsibility to give something back by becoming more. Thirteen-year-old ...
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Antioch man works to recover from spinal cord injuryFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - He never even knew what a quadriplegic was, but for 36-year-old Antioch resident Eric Knutson that knowledge came with a price. On July 8, 2007, while hosting a party f...
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School program teaches, promotes good behavior in classJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - "I find life an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others," said Helen Keller, the renown deaf and blind American author, activist and lecturer. H...
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The art of gentility is not lost at private club in Vernon HillsJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Popular opinion might dictate that American culture can be encapsulated in simple iconic images: those of baseball, mom's apple pie, hamburgers, jeans and white T-shirts...
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Weaving together lives of local, Afghan womenDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - It is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. When that step is made with the intention to effectively break the cycle of global poverty, it is und...
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Lake Co. violin star returns home for recitalNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - "It felt quite glad at all the need and misfortune it had suffered. Now it realized its happiness in all the splendor that surrounded it. And the great swans swam ro...
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Harvest Ball a hit with Center for Enriched Living participantsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Teacher, academic and humorist Leo Calvin Rosten once wrote that the purpose of life is not to be happy, but rather to matter, to be productive, to be useful and 'to hav...
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Taking up the tango can benefit your health, peace of mindOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The popular British show "Dancing with the Stars" came to the U.S. three years ago and quickly captured the hearts and imaginations of viewers across the nation. But le...
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Young entrepreneur makes most of learning, earning opportunitiesOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - It has been said that the sign on the door of opportunity always reads "PUSH." For William Bauman, 8, of Grayslake that proverb speaks as well to the myriad little oppor...
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St. John's offers individual instruction in multi-grade settingOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - At the turn of the 20th century, one of every three American children was educated in a one-room schoolhouse. Through ever-mushrooming communities, most of those schools...