Articles filed under Library Districts
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Kids ask: Where does quicksand go?Mar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Alyssa Munch's fourth-grade students at Hawthorn Elementary North in Vernon Hills asked: "Where does quicksand go?" Quicksand is a mixture of water and sand or air. Ins...
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Former Vernon library director to be memorialized in bronzeMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - A sculpture honoring a former director of the Vernon Area Public Library will be unveiled during a ceremony in April. The piece will memorialize Allen Meyer, who died in...
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League discusses housingMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Housing for people with mental illness is the subject of the League of Women Voters' meeting on 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Arlington Heights Historical Society...
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College degree may be key to billionaire statusMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Students in Elsie Diaz's fifth-grade class at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked: "How do you become a billionaire in 10 days?" Even in these tough economic times, there s...
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Lake County briefsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Book sale and model trains: Friends of the Fremont Library host their monthly used book sale 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday...
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Lake County briefsMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - New principal named Jill Mau will be Half Day School's principal starting July 1, the Lincolnshire-Prairie View Elementary District 103 school board decided Monda...
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Craft Fair-Flea Market coming soon to Schaumburg libraryMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Bargain hunters and craft fair goers will love the combined Craft Fair-Flea Market coming up Saturday, March 13, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Rose...
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Student artwork going on display at Dundee Twp. libraryMar 07, 2010 10:00 pm - The Dundee Township Public Library will host the annual Dunee-Crown High School art show beginning Tuesday, March 16. Students have been working on their masterpieces f...
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Barrington poetry contest winner also wins on the national levelMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - First she was selected along with three others by the Barrington Area Library to enter a national poetry contest sponsored by VOYA (Voices of Youth Advocates), but now B...
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Kids ask: Did presidents support slavery?Mar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Were there any presidents who supported slavery? Slavery -- the practice of owning another person as property -- existed in the United States colonies from the late 1500...