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Disability Doesn't Even Slow Down Bridget Brown

From being the first Down syndrome student mainstreamed in her school district to starting her own advocacy organization, Bridget Brown's journeys are far and wide. Sponsored by Grape-Nuts.
By Mary Compton | May 20 | 17 comments
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Jennifer Langan, associate veterinarian for the Chicago Zoological Society (center), performs an ultrasound on Allie, 26, one of three pregnant bottlenose dolphins at Brookfield Zoo. She is assisted by Kristina Fliss, keeper (left) and Kate Sladek, a senior veterinary technician. The care staff provides to the pregnant dolphins is facilitated by the trusting relationships the animals have with their trainers and the veterinary staff.

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Baby, Baby, Baby: Three Dolphins Pregnant at Brookfield Zoo (PHOTOS)

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Patricia M. Simonsen, 74, of Lake Villa, has dementia and was reported missing the afternoon of May 21 after a car accident in Glencoe.

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UPDATE: Missing Elderly Woman with Dementia Found

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Man Charged With Sexual Abuse Worked With District 220 Kids

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Grayslake's College of Lake County will host Lake County's largest job fair on Thursday, May 23.

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Lake County's Largest Job Fair Thursday

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Physicians with the Michigan State Medical Society Thursday joined young cancer patients and patient advocates asking the state Legislature to approve a new package of bills that would ban minors from using indoor tanning facilities.

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Legislation to Ban Teen Tanning in Illinois Heads to Gov. Quinn

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Hamburger Briefs and Beefs

Author of Easy Weekly Meals Touchscreen Cookbooks…

It’s National Hamburger Week. How do you like your burgers?
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Register Online for K-8 Youth Football with the Ela Jr. Bears

Online registration for Ela Jr. Bears Youth Football is currently available for Ela Township youth in grades K-8. The Registration Fee is $325.
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Lou Lang to Tribune: Read the constitution! Quinn's budget gets watchdog group's seal of approval -and a warning: Your Reboot Illinois Daily Tip-Off

State Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie blasts the Chicago Tribune and the Civic Federation dissects Gov. Pat Quinn's budget in today's Reboot Illinois Daily Tip-Off.
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LATEST FIND HELP LAKE COUNTY GUIDE RELEASED: Call for Residents to ‘Be a Link. Pass the Link’

Preparing Our Children to Succeed in a Changing …

Find Help Lake County contains over 1,400 health and human services available to Lake County residents and is also available at www.findhelplakecounty.org.
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Mason Jar Centerpieces

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Dress up some mason jars with paint and flowers for an eye-catching -- yet affordable -- centerpiece at weddings, showers, or summer parties ...
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