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Illinois panel backs Advocate purchase of Libertyville hospital
The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board on Tuesday approved Advocate Health Care's purchase of Condell Medical Center in Libertyville in central Lake County. Advocate officials described the board's approval as "an important milestone." Advocate...Tags: Libertyville, Illinois
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Religion events in Chicago
DOWNTOWN Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago will hold its fundraiser "Gala of the Arts" at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 in the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier. The event will showcase performances local and regional visual artists, and also offer...Tags: Chicago, Christianity, Rogers Park, Roman Catholic, Vernon Hills
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Invest in quality after-school programs
As co-chair of the Lake County After School Coalition and sponsor of Illinois House Resolution 384, which established the After-school Funding Policy Task Force, I have followed with interest the recent series by Tribune reporters Stephanie Banchero and...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Vernon Hills, Elementary Schools, Schools, Illinois
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Cuts put state parks on a troubled trail
Chicago Tribune reporterHANNA CITY, Ill. — Kami Fletcher yanked on the doorknob of the one-room schoolhouse, but it wouldn't budge. "Why is the door locked?" asked the frustrated 8-year-old, who wanted to explore her favorite part of Wildlife Prairie State Park near...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Tourism and Leisure, Energy Resources
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Adlai Stevenson house to reopen as non-partisan think tank
Special to the Chicago TribuneMore than three decades after it was donated to the Lake County Forest Preserve District, the historic Libertyville-area home of former Illinois Governor and renowned statesman Adlai Stevenson II has been restored to its former glory as the new...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Chicago, Mettawa, Grover Cleveland, Family
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State's natural resource agency itself is endangered, conservationists say
Chicago Tribune reporterConservationists fear that further cuts to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will devastate area parks and services they say have suffered from budget slashing in recent years. Representatives from half a dozen environmental groups called...Tags: Natural Resources, McHenry County, Illinois, Jim Anderson, Upper House
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Printing heir, nature steward
Chicago Tribune reporterStrachan Donnelley, a philanthropist and philosopher, made a lifelong study of the intricate relationships between humans and nature in pursuit of a conservation-centered concept he called "democratic ecological citizenship." An heir to the Chicago-based...Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Kansas, Cancer, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Rentals
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Lake County schools are split on asking voters to raise sales tax
Chicago Tribune reporterWeeks after Cook County raised its sales tax, several Lake County school districts hope to do the same by supporting a countywide sales tax that could be a new source of money to buy, build and keep up schools. If districts that serve a majority of...Tags: High Schools, State Budgets, Waukegan, Lincolnshire, Mundelein
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Slain woman's family sues
Tribune reportersThe family of a Waukegan woman fatally stabbed last week in Lincolnshire filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of Waukegan for allegedly not protecting her from her estranged husband despite her pleas to local police. Also on Thursday, Clarence...Tags: Murder, Vehicles, Lawyers, Waukegan, Court Administration
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Lake Democrats target incumbent Washington
Tribune staff reporterAfter years of enjoying a united front in their quest to wrest political power from Republicans in far north suburban Lake County, Democratic Party leaders have aimed at one of their own for defeat in the February primary. Party leaders, including most...Tags: Christianity, Waukegan, Parties and Movements, Regional Authority, Political Candidates
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WHAT'S UP
SAFE BOATING The Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 3-5, is offering America's Boating Course from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 10 at its operations Center, 9 Harbor Pl., Waukegan. The course provides a introduction to sailors. Visit http://www.flotilla3-5.org...Tags: Chicago, Lincoln, Vehicles, Waukegan, Transportation
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Cleaning up the garden
Tribune staff reporterFor some, violent late-August storms brought the devastating loss of a beloved tree. For others, they submerged a lawn in muddy water. Lucky gardeners only have soil saturated from days of soaking rains and choked with flourishing weeds, while fungus...Tags: Floods, Water Restrictions, Fertilizer, Chicago Botanic Garden, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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