Articles filed under Neighbor
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Money isn’t only factor in raising kidsDec 04, 2012 12:20 pm - Q. My husband and I both come from very underprivileged backgrounds. Thanks to hard work and some incredible mentors, we were the first in our families to graduate from ...
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W.J. Murphy students help Mano a Mano in Round Lake ParkDec 04, 2012 12:08 pm - Students at W.J. Murphy Elementary School in Round Lake recently provided essential supplies for a child care room during a visit to their community partner, Mano a Mano...
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Dist. 103 announces kindergarten registrationDec 04, 2012 12:05 pm - Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 is beginning kindergarten registration on Friday, Dec. 7. Registration is set to run from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Laura B. S...
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Waukegan library exhibit features fun on the farmDec 04, 2012 11:38 am - Tractors, chickens, and cows, oh my! Children of all ages will have fun on the farm at the Waukegan Public Library’s new Early Learning Center exhibit, “Oink, Baa, Moo: ...
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North Central offers community education classesDec 04, 2012 7:04 am - Registration is under way for professionals seeking to advance their careers, hobbyists interested in home décor and photography, and families with children who would li...
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Energy comes in a variety of scientific formsDec 04, 2012 7:00 am - You wanted to know “If energy can't be created or destroyed, how do we know it exists?” asked a student in Katherine Crawford's fifth-grade class at West Oak Middle scho...
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Wheaton photographer wins our monthly contestDec 04, 2012 7:00 am - Todd Sherlock was out for a walk, just getting a little exercise, in late October at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve near Wheaton. The sun was going down, he already had t...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents new book on JeffersonDec 03, 2012 2:20 pm - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will discuss his latest book, “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in North Central College’s Went...
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She's tired of hosting big holiday dinners with no reciprocationDec 03, 2012 2:00 pm - Q. Our family includes 20-plus people, most on my husband's side. For years my mother or I hosted Christmas, and my husband's mother or sister hosted Thanksgiving. Five ...
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Elnhurst program brings Dickens’ Christmas stories to lifeDec 03, 2012 10:22 am - Nothing depicts the holidays quite like the tales of Charles Dickens, whose literary interpretations of Christmas — bah humbug and all — have colored the world’s percept...