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THU, 2/25/2021

Thursday, February 25, 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Green and Orange Lasagna puts the colors of summer on your winter dinner plate.

Bright green and orange lasagna can brighten winter with comfort, too

Bright colors found in this Green and Orange Lasagna will brighten up your winter dinner plate.
With the reopening of City Works and Old Town Pour House locations, diners can once again enjoy dishes such as Kung Pao Cauliflower.

Dining events: City Works and Old Town Pour House locations reopen

City Works and Old Town Pour House locations are back open again, and Friday fish specials keep popping up at suburban restaurants.
The Palatine Senior Center has reopened on a limited basis. It hosted sporadic activities last year as permitted under COVID-19 regulations, including this magic show.

Palatine Senior Center reopening on limited basis

The Palatine Township Senior Center has reopened on a limited basis by appointment/invitation only, and hopes to gradually continue offering more activities and programs as the COVID-19 pandemic loosens its grip on the Northwest suburbs.
Atoy Spates of Elgin is one of first recipients of an Elevating Equity grant, a grass-roots grantmaking program initiated by Grand Victoria Foundation. Her project seeks to provide healing modalities, resources, workshops, and services to people of color in Elgin.

Grants awarded to Elgin projects aiming to fight community inequities

Elevating Equity, a grantmaking program initiated by Grand Victoria Foundation, has chosen its first 10 grassroots-led projects to fund. The program awarded grants totaling $40,000 to groups and individuals seeking to address inequities in the Elgin community.
“Stronger Together” by Janette Martinez-Tolentino was the first-place winner in the 2020 10th District Congressional Art Competition. U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider is now seeking submissions for the 2021 contest. Winning pieces will decorate the halls of Congress and congressional offices.
Rep. Schneider seeks student artwork for congressional contest
U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield is inviting students who live in the 10th House District to participate in the annual Congressional Art Competition.
Sugar-free from-scratch chocolate pudding here is topped with cacao nibs for a nutty cocoa crunch.
Made-from-scratch chocolate pudding is better sugar-free
A deep love of cook-and-serve pudding leads Don Mauer to hunt for a tasty sugar-free version worthy of childhood memories.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at a news conference Tuesday at Washington Elementary School in Springfield to announce an expansion of federal funding to feed low-income students.
State announces new federal funding to feed low-income students
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday announced new federal funding to expand the state's food assistance program for school-age children who would normally receive free or reduced-price meals. Benefits will be mailed out to families in a debit card starting next month.
State Sen. Karina Villa, foreground, and state Rep. Barbara Hernandez load their carts with food during the Kane County Farm Bureau’s 20th Annual Food Check-Out Challenge at the Jewel-Osco in Batavia. The food collected will be donated to the Elburn-Countryside Food Pantry and Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora. It was purchased by the Kane County Farm Bureau. Villa collected $1,294.64 worth of food, and Hernandez $1,793.50.
Elburn, Aurora food pantries win big during Check-Out Challenge
State Sen. Karina Villa and state Rep. Barbara Hernandez may both be Democrats, but they were rivals on Monday at the Kane County Farm Bureau's 20th Annual Food Check-Out Challenge.
A successful businessman with a sports empire, Chris Brennan was left paralyzed from the shoulders down after an accident. He now heads the Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation, which helps others working to live with paralysis.
Constable: Awards honor accomplishments by people with paralysis
Two suburbanites are among the winners of the Socrates Award, given to inspiring people with paralysis.
Dancer Anais Bueno is featured in the world premiere of “Boléro,” a virtual dance inspired by the famed Maurice Ravel concert piece that features choreography by Joffrey company artist Yoshihisa Arai.
Best Bets: Joffrey Ballet premieres online 'Boléro'
The Joffrey Ballet debuts a new virtual take on Ravel's "Bolero," the McAninch Arts Center streams "Piaf! the Show" and the Elmhurst Art Museum debuts an exhibit about Martin Luther King Jr. and his activism in Chicago.
Bob and Regina Dix were the first suburban residents to test positive for COVID-19 a year ago and are itching to resume their pre-pandemic lives, just like everyone else.
The year of the pandemic: First suburban COVID-19 patients recall their 'lonely' year
The Palatine couple who were the suburbs' first confirmed COVID-19 cases reflect on the year that has gone by since their initial diagnosis.
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Proposed Lake County wellness center would offer alternative to those in crisis
Calling it the ethical and moral thing to do, Lake County leaders are establishing a wellness center to serve people experiencing mental health crises and help them avoid getting caught in the criminal justice system.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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In this Oct. 8, 1964 file photo, The Supremes, from left, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross, perform during a reception for them in a hotel, in London. Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Publicist Jay Schwartz says Wilson died Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at her home in Las Vegas and that the cause was not immediately clear.
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 233, Don Vickery photo: Kitchen preparations such as this are being duplicated all over the south side of Arlington Heights in February of 1965 as 34 Girl Scout troops prepare for a bake sale in the Gieseke Shoe story. Scouts pictured are from left to right are Ruth Nerlinger, Sue Pretto, Debbie Donavon and Anne Baughman.
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The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 219, Don Vickery photo: Bridge players concentrate on their cards during a bridge party at Pioneer Park in Arlington Heights in February of 1965.
Through the Film Magnifier: Bill Buckner, bridge clubs, wine tasting, Kristy McNichol and more
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 52,005, Dave Tonge photo: Tapes are recorded every half-hour by Sportsphone announcers unless there is a breaking story, when they are changed immediately. Pat Benkowski is recording the voice of a quiz winner, the only prize, at the services cramped quarters in the John Hancock building in Chicago in September of 1979.
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In this June 21, 2010, file photo, holding the NBA championship trophy, Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant flashes the victory sign during a parade in downtown Los Angeles. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.
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