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Thinking spring? Think rain gardens this year
Believe it or not, spring is not so far away. It's time to start thinking about gardening, and it's really time we started planting rain gardens. Our eco-system depends on it.
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The News-Hound
The Dems take a Mulligan
The Hound could quote Yakim Smirnoff about "What a country!", but in fact what happened since Feb. 2 to the Illinois Democratic Party could only take place here in the not-so-great Land of Lincoln. Dem party bosses didn't learn from the Rod Blagojevich-Roland Burris-Pat Quinn debacle. So they got a refresher course from Scott Lee Cohen, the party's former lite governor candidate.
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Lake County Voices
Whatever your opinion, we want to hear it. The Lake County News-Sun photographers will be out during the next weeks getting your photo and opinion on a variety of news-of-the-day subjects. Keep an eye out for us and let your VOICES be heard.
• Photos: What is your favorite place on earth?
Waukegan announces snow emergency
4:56 p.m. The city of Waukegan has announced that a snow emergency will go into effect at 7 p.m. today, meaning that any cars parked on designated snow routes will be ticketed and towed to clear a path for snow plows. The parking ban primarily affects streets in the downtown area and others marked with red, white and blue snow route signs.
State expands scope of attempted abduction
The 25-year-old man accused of trying to kidnap a 10-year-old girl
to have sex with is now said to have prowled the halls of Miguel Juarez Middle School in Waukegan the same day on the hunt for a victim. Danny Carbajal of Waukegan is charged with aggravated kidnapping and attempted predatory criminal sexual assault.
• GI welcomed home
• Cash Dash search Saturday in Shields Township
• $149,000 grant or fire/rescue defibrillators
• Rebecca's third sex trial under way
• Director Armstrong retiring Feb. 28
• Tenants charged in Loon Lake slaying
• Zion woman charged on multiple pot counts
• Census exam slated Feb. 13
• POLITICAL BRIEFS
• Guilty plea in attempted burglary
• 24 UP freight cars derail
• H1N1 flu shot walk-in clinic through Friday
• Seniors stay active in county communities
• Road signs salute Antioch’s Viking cheerleaders
• Goodwill moving into closed office store
• Second train victim still hospitalized
• 'Lake Villa remembers' Eagle Scout project
Road signs salute Antioch's Viking cheerleading squad
Stabbing victim wasLoon Lake man, 70
Antioch pool may not reopen
$149,000 grant or fire/rescue defibrillators
Park Notes
GIs back from Iraq get 'rock star' welcome
Artistic touch for Lake Villa train depot
Nordic fare in Lindenhurst
Mundelein teen earns perfect score on ACT
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Signs will be posted at village entrances on routes 83, 173 and 59 honoring the accomplishment of Antioch Viking cheerleaders, state
champions at the Illinois Recreational Cheer Association tournament. The Illinois Department of Transportation will put up signs at all major entrances to the village as soon as possible and they will be up for a year.
With Hall of Fame banners acting as a backdrop, the eight newest
members of the College of Lake County Lancers athletic greats joined
the school's select pantheon last week in a fieldhouse ceremony. Former female athletes dominated the proceedings, with three soccer and three volleyball players gaining the ultimate CLC sports honor.
You have to give the girls who play basketball for Grayslake North High credit. Trailing 27-15 at halftime to a good Deerfield squad, the Knights couldn't have been blamed for conceding the game and throwing in the proverbial towel. But not these girls.
Seniors stay active in county communities
The dark days of winter are winding down, but not fast enough, and
moods can sink faster than last year's 401(k). But residents of Lake County senior communities have found a cheap and effective treatment for "wintertime declines in serotonin availability throughout the brain." They make their own sunshine by seeking out fun and friendship.
• Photos: Active seniors
• Scholarships
• Library Notes
• School Notes
• Park Notes
• Library Notes
• Health Calendar
Ali chooses job over chance to marry Jake
Paige Wiser: Scary but true: While many companies offer sick leave, maternity leave
and paternity leave, there is still no official recognition for
reality-show leave. Our bachelor Jake learned this the hard way when
Ali, one of the final four, told him she'd been gone too long and had
to choose between him and her job.
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