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  • The death of Casimir Pulaski Day: School districts increasingly decide to hold classes on the holiday
    The death of Casimir Pulaski Day: School districts increasingly decide to hold classes on the holiday NewspaperImageText
    Jim Jaworski, Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 24, 25     Kazimierz Pulaski, was born March 4, 1747 and was a decorated general in the American Revolutionary War. In 1977 the Illinois General Assembly created Pulaski Day, the first Monday in March to corres
    Jim Jaworski, Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 24, 25   Kazimierz Pulaski, was born March 4, 1747 and was a decorated general …
  • Casimir Pulaski's history
    Casimir Pulaski's history NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 24     Dates and important events during the life of General Casimir Pulaski.
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 24   Dates and important events during the life of General Casimir Pulaski.
  • Spring is here: Just look and listen
    Spring is here: Just look and listen NewspaperImageText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, A1, A2     Signs of spring in Illinois
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, A1, A2   Signs of spring in Illinois
  • Avoca School District 37: Kindergarten orientation March 12
    Avoca School District 37: Kindergarten orientation March 12 NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 25, 26     Kindergarten orientation is scheduled from 6-7 p.m. March 12 in the library at Avoca West Elementary School, 235 Beech Drive, Glenview. Children entering kindergarten in the fall must be 5 years old
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 25, 26   Kindergarten orientation is scheduled from 6-7 p.m. March 12 in the library …
  • Harper School: Second-grade music program Friday
    Harper School: Second-grade music program Friday NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 26     The second-grade music program is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday. All parents are invited to attend. Also scheduled for tomorrow, Northwestern theater professor and storyteller Rives Collins will vis
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 26   The second-grade music program is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday. All parents …
  • Highcrest Middle School: PTO conducting fund raising
    Highcrest Middle School: PTO conducting fund raising NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 26     The Highcrest PTO is still conducting its 2007-08 fund-raising campaign. More information is available from Mindie Dolinko. <br? The 2008 school's annual variety Show, "LEAP," will be performed twice
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 26   The Highcrest PTO is still conducting its 2007-08 fund-raising campaign. More information …
  • McKenzie School: Cafeteria volunteer needed
    McKenzie School: Cafeteria volunteer needed NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 26     Highcrest Middle School needs a cafeteria volunteer for next year; Tip Walker is the contact person. Order forms for gift cards, suitable for presents, may be downloaded from the McKenzie Web site. M
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 26   Highcrest Middle School needs a cafeteria volunteer for next year; Tip Walker …
  • St. Francis Xavier School
    St. Francis Xavier School NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 26, 27     The school's Boy Scout Troop 11 will host the first annual fish dinner Friday as part of the parish program of Lenten activities. The all-school Mass is scheduled for 9:30 am. Tuesday in the church.
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 26, 27   The school's Boy Scout Troop 11 will host the first annual fish …
  • St. Joseph School: Terra Nova testing
    St. Joseph School: Terra Nova testing NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 27, 28     Terra Nova testing is scheduled all next week at St. Joseph School. A Lenten prayer service is scheduled for 8:45 a.m. Friday in the gym. Second-graders are scheduled to take part in the sacrament of
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 27, 28   Terra Nova testing is scheduled all next week at St. Joseph School. …
  • Loyola Academy: Dr. Mel Levine to speak March 11
    Loyola Academy: Dr. Mel Levine to speak March 11 NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 28, 29     Loyola Academy will host Dr. Mel Levine, cofounder of All Kinds of Minds, a nonprofit institute for the study of learning differences, at 7 p.m. March 11. For reservations and information, contact Jo
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 28, 29   Loyola Academy will host Dr. Mel Levine, cofounder of All Kinds of …
  • Regina Dominican High School: Alumnae association meeting Monday
    Regina Dominican High School: Alumnae association meeting Monday NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008     An alumnae association meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the school. Dismissal is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Seventh-grade girls are invited to Regina's "Think Pink" Girls Night In ev
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008   An alumnae association meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the …
  • New Trier: Polar Bear Plunge Feb. 23
    New Trier: Polar Bear Plunge Feb. 23 NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 29, 114     Marty Laffey, New Trier math teacher and fellow Special Olympics sponsors Mary Beth Barrett, science teacher, and Kay Pothast, kinetic wellness teacher, participated in the Polar Bear Plunge on Feb.
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 29, 114   Marty Laffey, New Trier math teacher and fellow Special Olympics sponsors Mary …
  • History "live": Winnetka Antiques Show objets d'art illuminate the past
    History "live": Winnetka Antiques Show objets d'art illuminate the past NewspaperImageText
    Mary Graham, Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, A12     The Winnetka Antiquest Show will benefit the Winnetka Community House Photographs of some antiques in the show
    Mary Graham, Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, A12   The Winnetka Antiquest Show will benefit the Winnetka Community House Photographs of …
  • Piano Pixie
    Piano Pixie NewspaperImageText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, B2     Wilmette resident, Rachel Hsu, age 7, was the youngest winner of the Steinway young Artist Piano Competition held Feb. 3 in Chiago. The Romonoa Elementary School first grader is a student of Sueanne
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, B2   Wilmette resident, Rachel Hsu, age 7, was the youngest winner of the …
  • ORT party day nets $75,000
    ORT party day nets $75,000 NewspaperImageText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, D4, D5     1,200 guests attended ORT America's Party Planning Showcase, January 26 at Marriott Lincolnshire Resort. The event raised $75,000 to support ORT America which raises money for an international networ
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, D4, D5   1,200 guests attended ORT America's Party Planning Showcase, January 26 at Marriott …
  • New Trier alum Charla Krupp pens fashion book for Baby Boomers
    New Trier alum Charla Krupp pens fashion book for Baby Boomers Newspaper
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, D7     New Trier High School alumna and fashion-and-style expert Charla Krupp signs her new best-selling book, "How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 pounds Lighter, 10
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, D7   New Trier High School alumna and fashion-and-style expert Charla Krupp signs her …
  • Chinese New Year party raises $40,000
    Chinese New Year party raises $40,000 NewspaperImageText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, D8     The Winnetka Community Nursery School held a benefit Jan. 26 at Skokie Country Club with a Chinese New Year theme. The event raised more than $40,000 for the nursery school Photograph of Marlene Maha
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, D8   The Winnetka Community Nursery School held a benefit Jan. 26 at Skokie …
  • Musical program
    Musical program NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, D11     The Wilmette Group of North Shore Hadassah will have its open meeting March 19 at Beth Hillel/ B'nai Emunah, 3222 Big Tree Lane in Wilmette. The presidents are Brenda Lake of Morton Grove and Ruth Ri
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, D11   The Wilmette Group of North Shore Hadassah will have its open meeting …
  • Winnetka Follies Patron party kicks up its heels
    Winnetka Follies Patron party kicks up its heels NewspaperImageText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 100     The Patron's Fabulous Follies Fest 2008 was held Feb. 9, 2008 at the Winnetka Community House. The event benefited the Winnetka Community House. Photograph Eileen Gassman, Paddy Seymour and Robin Gem
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 100   The Patron's Fabulous Follies Fest 2008 was held Feb. 9, 2008 at …
  • Library Footnotes
    Library Footnotes NewspaperText
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 104     Armchair Travelers visit the Himalayas, Indonesia, Peru and Mongolia in March; First Monday Readers aka Great Books will meet March 3 and 7 with moderator Arthur Arfa; Book reviews and selected readi
    Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, p. 104   Armchair Travelers visit the Himalayas, Indonesia, Peru and Mongolia in March; First …
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