Cheryl Chojnacki
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Nationally known woman with autism to speak at Kaneland HighNov 02, 2021 7:08 pm - Temple Grandin was almost 4 years old before she learned to talk. She lived in a world of her own, unable to interact with others, spending much of her time rocking. "I...
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Denise Brown, victims' rights advocate, will speak in Fox ValleyNov 02, 2021 7:09 pm - Denise Brown never sought the spotlight; she was thrust into it violently when her sister was murdered in 1994. Brown's former brother-in-law, O. J. Simpson, was the acc...
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Elgin church crescendos its organ power with makeoverNov 02, 2021 4:30 pm - Some people love the rich sound of a massive pipe organ, while some people think the instrument is passe. A Chicago church I know removed a perfectly good pipe organ fro...
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Former Buddhist leads Christian church in ElginNov 02, 2021 2:05 pm - When Siripong Leal left Thailand, he was a Buddhist. He never imagined the future would find him heading a Christian ministry in the United States, as he does now. But ...
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Home school band gears up for winter concertNov 02, 2021 1:02 pm - Karen Borow's years in marching band gave her some of the best memories of her youth, and she wanted her kids to have the same opportunity. But her kids aren't in quite ...
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Teenage mix-masterNov 02, 2021 12:49 pm - Everyone who knows China Barnes knows she loves to draw. Music hasn't really been her thing; the only instrument she plays is the recorder that she was required to learn...
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Church's coffeehouse helps spur fair tradeNov 02, 2021 11:40 am - Fair trade awareness is rising in the public consciousness, but an Elgin church has hit on a new way to get the word out -- a monthly coffeehouse with music, comfortable...
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Congregations band together to aid Katrina victimsNov 02, 2021 8:40 am - Happy New Year! It will be a happier new year for Katrina-wracked residents of New Orleans' ninth ward, thanks to 10 Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregations that ar...
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Woman's legacy enables all ranks of artists to pursue their craftsNov 02, 2021 12:54 am - When Denise Kavanagh set up her loom in the little gallery she founded in Geneva, she just wanted to weave while running the shop. But what came out of that loom over th...
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Ministers work as one, without bordersNov 02, 2021 12:33 am - Dave Bohyer graduated from seminary in 1974, the same year Adam Hultstrand was born. But even with 26 years' difference between them, the two Elgin pastors recently team...