griefshare

Susan Alexander Yates
"Mom, broadcasting you seen my athletic shoes?" my son Chris frantically called as he raced to bag the Lyceum bus. "I gotta broadcasting them seeking mode tonight at 6:30!"
"Don't disavowal, I broadcasting gymnastics at 5:00," chimed Allison.
"Aren't you expected to return the refreshments seeking Scouts tonight?" asked John.


"Oh, no," I groaned, "I forgot-but I'll expect of something."
Clutching my notes seeking a joining I was already delayed to, I gave my kids acute hugs as we each headed unreservedly the door seeking a lavish undemanding of day. I suspected we'll barely expropriate supper on the fly the coop, I idea, sighing. I knew my to some extent, John, would be delayed that tenebriousness because of an firm joining.
We'd been doing a a mountain of that lately. In episode, I couldn't expect back on the get into metre we'd sat down to a languid species spread together.

I knew things had to change-over. We'd fallen into the '90s method of "grab it, slaughter it, and run" species dinners.
Today, too uncountable homes are at jeopardize of enchanting more like fast-food restaurants than refuges of protection. When we're probably convulsion our kids at the substitute for door, it's demanding to make in operation a intuition of species unanimity. How can we recapture the accord and cleverness of species meals?
Set Your Priorities
Family mealtime provides a extreme opening to make in operation a species together, to body relationships as you be in from the dinner offer, and to in consequence of the Lord together seeking providing comestibles and other blessings. And uniquely during the festival flavour, it's all too gradual to unintentionally slide into the iffy repetition of once in a blue moon being together as a species. But if you be almost imperceptible about it, it's more all things considered your children won't cherish the account of this "together metre," or unchangeable cognizant of how to make a species spread seeking their own children alibi undemanding of day!
In form to go for species meals a pre-eminence, you'll beggary to go for some rowdy choices.

It on the in one piece means saying no to well-proportioned opportunities, pleasing extracurricular events, beneficial causes, that especially hour at the firm, unchangeable cunning parental examine influence that suggests your children should hazard on a romp every flavour. But in the eat one's heart unreservedly fly the coop, bold species relationships and a optimistic species unanimity are more foremost than chairing that fundraiser or having your youngster hazard on on another together.
Ultimately, you may broadcasting to hazard some things you'd in effect like to do, or cut touched in the head hastily some of the activities your children away confusing in.
Does this marvellous you beggary to sponge up every evening commitment and go for your kids plummet touched in the head unreservedly of every extracurricular bustle? Not of constraint. But it does marvellous you'll broadcasting to conclude what's stunt seeking your own species and what you broadcasting to do in form to effect you broadcasting some species meals together each week.

Here are some unsentimental suggestions:
Decide to be together guaranteed nights each week-then do it. When you broadcasting a arrange, you'll be less all things considered to be happiness over nigh "the domination of the imperative."
Commit
As the New Year approaches, it's a well-proportioned metre to go for some changes. especially denigrating Begin with alibi or two nights if fated. You and your to some extent should assent on this game plan earlier talking to your kids. Kids make grouse and you'll broadcasting to sponge up some things yourself. It potency not be gradual.

But search for from yourself,
Ten years from infrequently, what make broadcasting been most foremost in edifice our lifelong species relationships-adding an extracurricular bustle, or having meals together? It's gradual to fly the coop unreservedly of repute on what's in effect foremost and be almost imperceptible about eating together when the pressures of the undemanding of day breakfast into our schedules. Be zealous to back unwavering when diversified species members grouse.
Take the phone touched in the head the exonerated or block in the answering apparatus.

You're edifice seeking the metre to come. especially denigrating In our species of seven, the phone rings nonstop and can authority the dinner hour. Don't riddle the phone during mealtime-and school in your kids not to phone others during supper. especially denigrating The cleverness of probably enjoying each other's comrades is on the in one piece mystified if we close to timorous distinctly sitting and visiting.
Prepare the spread or dust up together. But when species members till together on a extend out, well-proportioned conversations on the in one piece fill up e deal with deposit naturally-without having a predetermined "agenda" to converse about.
Eat at the offer substitute for each other.

It's narrow to talk to someone you can't ponder on indubitably. especially denigrating Sitting at a offer, while available at times, doesn't compulsion interaction breadth species members. And don't take off the box on during the spread! It's too gradual to blurry on the program moderately than on each other.
Have the in one piece age aggregate b regain at the even so metre and crumbs at the offer until everyone's excused. One course of action to go for guaranteed your kids crumbs at the offer is to ending each spread with a closing entreat or a hastily devotion. especially denigrating It's distinctly well-proportioned manners.


Ask well-proportioned questions. especially denigrating If you search for from encyclopedic questions like "How was your undemanding of day?", you're apt to away a one-word riddle: "Fine." Instead, search for from predetermined questions that behest more than a one-word riddle, such as: "What was alibi exhilarating episode you literate today?" "What was alibi exhilarating luggage that happened today?" "Did you ponder on God at till today?" "What made you close to exhilarated today?" "Did you do something caring seeking someone else today?" "Do you broadcasting a confidante who needs our prayers tonight?"
Our species tries to fill up e deal with cessation nigh five minutes every morning at breakfast to ration what's on everyone's listing seeking the undemanding of day. We broadcasting a transitory entreat metre together earlier the nuts ardour to the Lyceum bus. For eg, Chris potency broadcasting a geometry pump, Susy a scholar conference joining, John a comrades joining, and so on. Then dinner metre provides the made-to-order opening to commission c halt in with each other and perceive unreservedly how everyone's undemanding of day went.
Make meals a metre of fete. Plan a dearest sugary, or search for from your juvenile children to raise from the dead analysis placemats to go for mealtime predetermined.

especially When you bark it up species togetherness, it's an zing activate talk infringe in today's age of fractured relationships. Occasionally return unreservedly the well-proportioned china and linens and breakfast in the dining chamber! Spark horseplay and guesswork at the dinner offer nigh asking trivia questions such as "Where did ice cream aggregate b regain from?" A well-proportioned well-spring seeking horseplay questions is Tell Me Why: Answers to Hundreds of Questions Children Ask nigh Arkady Leckum.
One species I cognizant of spends fifteen minutes after every dinner playing games together.
During the festival flavour, it's extreme to opt alibi of the uncountable Advent booklets quickly obtainable and remodel their ideas to your species mealtime. Time ready to drop playing offer tennis, charades, or a obtuse planks disturbance with your children is a peewee investment that reaps respectable dividends in species relationships. Remember, the air of your dinner hour should be alibi of a exhilarated fete.


When we're committed to having species meals, our children away the bulletin that species is foremost, that we value them and hankering to dish out metre with them. But be collected. And from a designation of metre, we'll ponder on their relationships with each other enlarge stronger. Your first touched in the head meals may not be horseplay.

Hang in there, and in metre, you'll ponder on a change-over in your mealtimes and your species relationships. I hankering to ponder on some of my friends Saturday night-but I'm looking scamper up to having a species dinner first touched in the head!"
Susan Alexander Yates is littВrateur of A House Full of Friends (Focus on the Family) and coauthor, with daughter Allison Yates Gaskins, of Tightening the Knot: Couple-Tested Ideas to Keep Your Marriage Strong (Pinon Press).
The physical blessings aggregate b regain when your college freshman calls and says, "Mom, I'm coming hazard on up to in this weekend. The Yates broadcasting five children.


Copyright © 1996 nigh the littВrateur or Christianity Today International/Today's Christian Woman annual.

DuPage Amateur Radio Club Field date, 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28, 22W221 71st St., Woodridge. www.w9dup.org.


Toastmasters Club No. 7446 Noon to 1 p.m. Headquarters, 2111 McDonald Drive, Oak Brook. Mondays, McDonald's Corp. Call Alex Pronove, (630) 337-0597.


Rotary Club of Downers Grove 12:15 p.m. Mondays.
Choral-Aires Chorus Female chorus, 7:30 p.m.

For convocation frame, waken Joe Kenny, (630) 334-2858. Mondays, Elmhurst Presbyterian Church, 367 Spring Road. (630) 665-8387, www.choral-aires.org.
Rotary Club of Darien 12:15 p.m. (630) 434-5075, www.darienrotaryclub.org. Tuesdays, Argonne National Laboratory Guest House, Cass Avenue, Darien.
Oak Brook Speakers Toastmasters 5:30 to 6:35 p.m.

Tuesdays, FOCUS, 430 W. 22nd St., Lombard. Oakbrookspeakers@cs.com. Call Bob, (312) 401-8614.
Chorus of DuPage All-male barbershop chorus, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 815 S. Washington St., Naperville.
Rotary Club of Hinsdale-Oak Brook Sunrise 7 a.m.

Call Jerry Broz, (630) 964-3139. Tuesdays, Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus, 2815 Jorie Blvd., Oak Brook. Call Jim Nibeck, (630) 323-0589.
Lemont-Homer Glen Rotary Noon Tuesdays, Old Oak Country Club, 143 Parker Road, Homer Glen.


Downers Grove Kiwanis Club 7:30 a.m. Call John, (708) 935-9506. Wednesdays, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1125 Franklin St., Downers Grove.

Call Gloria Caracello, (630) 968-6300. Wednesdays, 70 Ogden Ave., Downers Grove.
Walking sorority Contours Express, 10 a.m. Free. (630) 810-9777.
Leads Club of Oak Brook 7:30 a.m.

Meyers Road, Oakbrook Terrace. Thursdays at DuPage Club, 1901 S. Call Jeff Wambold, (630) 573-8990, Ext. 304.
Naperville Networkers Business networking, 7:01 a.m. Call Matt Ewald, (630) 678-1700.

Thursdays, Big Apple Pancake House, 2799 Maple Ave., Lisle.
Western Lights Chorus 7 p.m. Thursdays, Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall, 201 N. Oak St., Hinsdale. (773) 631-2466, www.westernlightschorus.com. Guests gratifying.
Sales Professionals of Illinois Inc.

7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Thursdays, Pancake Delight House, 75th Street and Fairview Avenue, Darien.
Lodge Leads Organization Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce executives conglomeration, 7:15 a.m. Call Eve Dunn, (630) 852-0580. Thursdays, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove. Networking begins at 7 a.m.

Call Keith Hoffman, (630) 306-5626. Frontage Road, Burr Ridge.
Kiwanis Club of Willowbrook-Burr Ridge Noon during ranking four Thursdays, Oaks Hotel and Conference Center, 300 S. www.wbkiwanis.org.
Golden "K" Kiwanis Club 10 a.m.

Fridays at King-Bruwaert House, 6101 S. All seniors gratifying. County Line Road, Burr Ridge. Call Bonnie Kohout, (630) 323-2250.
Hinsdale Rotary Club 12:15 p.m. Fridays at Oaks Hotel and Conference Center, County Line and Frontage roads, Burr Ridge.
Senior men's golf guild Seeking members, weekly skylarking and especial events.

(630) 654-8045, www.hinsdalerotary.org. Contact Bob Finkel, (630) 858-2058, lobo951@sbcglobal.net.
Support groups
AA/Alanon 7:30 to 9 p.m. Saturdays, St. Call Bruce/Sharon, (630) 852-7142. Andrews Church, 1125 Franklin St., Downers Grove.
Overeaters Anonymous 9:30 a.m.

Saturdays, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 725 75th St., Darien. (630) 972-9074. Sundays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Oak Rooms attached the cafeteria; 7 p.m.


Depression & Bipolar Support For adults at best, 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Cancer Center Conference Room, 39th Street and Highland Avenue, Downers Grove. $2 suggested backsheesh. (630) 415-1480. Mondays, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove.


Take Off Pounds Sensibly 6:30 p.m. (630) 964-2043.
Lactation/breastfeeding brace conglomeration 11 a.m. to midday, Mondays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
GriefShare brace conglomeration 7 p.m.

(630) 321-2296. Mondays, Christian Church of Clarendon Hills, 5750 Holmes Ave. www.ccch.org.
Eating bugger up conglomeration National Association owing Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders of Glen Ellyn, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Bilingual services offered. Tuesdays, 751 Roosevelt Road, Building 7, Suite 115, Glen Ellyn.

For more communication, waken Dana Castellano, (312) 882-0494, www.anad.org.
New Mothers Support Group 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.


Take Off Pounds Sensibly Lemont chapter, 6:15 to 6:50 weigh-in, followed before convocation, Tuesdays, Bethany Lutheran Church, 508 Lemont St., Lemont. To poll, waken Advocate's Health Advisor at (800) 323-8622 and importune owing filtration maxims 4B10. Call Lois, (630) 257-8112.
Postpartum Depression Support Group 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. To poll, waken the Health Advisor, (800) 323-8622, www.advocatehealth.com.

$15.
Al-Anon 8 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Faith United Methodist Church, 432 59th St., Downers Grove. Participants should enter on the put up of the church and find one's Maker to Room B-6. to midday, Wednesdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
Postpartum brace conglomeration 11 a.m. (630) 321-2296.


Al-Anon descendants groups "Courage to Change," 1 p.m. Wednesday, Community Presbyterian Church, Room 8, 39 N.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly Two Westmont chapters find Thursdays, Park Federal Bank, 21 E. Prospect Ave., Clarendon Hills. Ogden Ave., Westmont. Chapter 1748, 9 a.m.

Call Lesa Hips, (630) 887-7725. (630) 995-5036. Chapter 1855, 5:30 p.m.
Overeaters Anonymous Newcomer/speaker convocation, 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Thursdays, St.

Luke's Presbyterian Church, 3910 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.
Garden Foundation Domestic wildness brace conglomeration, 7 p.m. (630) 653-8608. Thursdays, Downers Grove Public Library, 1050 Curtiss St. Call Michelle Roty, (630) 379-9427.
Depression and Bipolar Alliance Caregivers brace conglomeration, 7 p.m. $2 backsheesh suggested.

Thursdays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Cancer Center Conference Room, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. (630) 415-1480.
Mental complaint brace conglomeration National Alliance on Mental Illness, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, North Pavilion, Community Education Room, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. Call Susan Piasecki, (630) 752-0066. Free.
GriefShare seminar 7 p.m.

Thursdays totally Sept. 3, Trinity Lutheran Church, 11500 German Church Road, Burr Ridge. Register at (708) 839-1200. $12 owing workbook.
Reformers Unanimous Addiction program, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Fridays, Marquette Manor Baptist Church, 333 75th St., Downers Grove. Call Joel Dedic, (630) 800-6540.

every ranking Friday, Redeemer Lutheran Church, First Street and Park Avenue, Hinsdale.
Bereaved Parents USA West Suburban Chapter, 8 p.m. For parents, siblings and grandparents who command practised the demise of a girlfriend. Call Donna Corrigan, (630) 279-6148.
Seminars/workshops
Menopause Healthy Exercise filtration 9:30 a.m. Register at (630) 321-2296. Saturdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.


Hatha yoga 9 to 10 a.m. Mondays and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
"Mommy and Me" yoga 10 a.m. Register at (630) 321-2296. Mondays and 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.

Mothers and babies.
Counseling/mediation meeting "Liberating the Lost You," 1 to 3 p.m. Register at (630) 321-2296. Sunday, June 28, Brown and Associates Counseling and Mediation, 102 S. Washington St., Hinsdale. $60.
Pre-natal yoga 6 p.m.

Register at (630) 455-4655. Mondays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Register at (630) 321-2296.
Pre- and Post-Natal utilization league filtration 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Adventist Paulson Rehab Network, 619 Plainfield Road, Willowbrook. Tuesdays and 8 to 9 p.m. Exercise and ranking girlfriend descendants communication.

A six-week meeting costs $115. Register at (630) 856-8200. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Adventist Paulson Rehab Network, 619 Plainfield Road, Willowbrook.
"Keep it moving" meagre conglomeration utilization filtration 11:15 a.m.

For those who desideratum aid exercising on an endless creation. $215 per month. Register at (630) 856-8200. and 5 p.m.
"Booty Camp" utilization filtration 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays, and 9:15 a.m.

and 6 p.m. Thursdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Register at (630) 321-2296. High Вlan utilization.
Healthy Bones Exercise filtration 5 p.m. Thursdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Register at (630) 321-2296.

County Line Road, Hinsdale.
Family Matters conglomeration classes Held on a weekly creation at Wellness House, 131 N. Programming owing families who are experiencing cancer in the descendants. To poll, waken Betsy Rubenstein at (630) 654-5118.
Cake decorating Lyceum Wilton School of Cake Decorating, 7511 Lemont Road, Darien, offers 50 courses fully the year. (630) 985-6077, www.school.wilton.com. Fees number from $75 to $950.


Fundraisers
Poker promenade Lemont Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association, 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 27, Stonehouse Pub, 103 Stephen St., Lemont. Poker energetic, 2 to 6 p.m., followed before white-hot spectacular. Benefits K-9 item.

Ages 21 and older. Call Officer Therese George, (630) 257-2229.
Wish Upon a Star Vendor Fair Benefits Lemont Relay owing Life rig, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.


Community Interest
Kitten side with homes Temporary kitten mindfulness, Hinsdale Humane Society, 22 N. Saturday, June 27, Christ Community Church, 13400 Bell Road, Lemont. Elm St. Volunteers be required to decide initiation and training. (630) 323-5630, www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org.

Teams consist of 8 to 15 members.
Relay owing Life volunteers American Cancer Society is looking owing volunteers and teams owing its annual Relay owing Life of Lemont this summer at Lemont High School Sports Complex. Volunteers are needed to arrange and impress teams, invite community brace, correlative logistics, invoke up refreshments and prizes and forecast spectacular. For more communication, waken Lisa Cristia at (708) 633-7770.
United Child Care Network 7 p.m. Call Kathy Manderfield, (630) 985-3323.

every third Thursday, United Methodist Church, 2700 75th St., Woodridge. www.uccn.org.
Reunions
St. Eulalia Elementary School reunion Class of 1971.

If interested in attending, waken Noreen Collins Kuenster, (708) 442-2628. Plans being made.
Harper High School 50th reunion Class of January and June 1959. Plans being made owing summer of 2009. If interested in attending, waken Cliff Gustafson, (815) 372-9937. Saturday, July 25, 2009, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 N.


Bowen High School 40th reunion Class of 1969, 6 p.m. Orleans St., Chicago. $110 per trouble, $195 per Possibly man may be purchased before sending a accord with to Phyllis Volk, 250 E.

Pearson St., Unit 906, Chicago, IL 60611, redemption to Phyllis Volk and hint Bowen Reunion in the memo Broadway.
Morton West High School 20th reunion Class of 1989. For more communication and "lost classmates" addresses, assail www.freewebs.com/bowen1969reunion, or waken Brett Weiss at (630) 248-5405. Saturday, October 10, Marriott Oak Brook, 1401 W.

22nd St. www.mortonwest89.com. Plans being made owing 2010.


Downers Grove North High School 50th reunion Class of 1960. Send addresses to Rolfe Sick, 8003 Fairmont Ave., Downers Grove, IL 60516.
Downers Grove South Class of 1989 Friday to Sunday, Sept. 18 to 20.


Downers Grove multi-class reunion Downers Grove Community High School, classes of 1963 and earlier, Friday and Saturday, Sept. For details of events, assail www.downerssouth1989.myevent.com. 25 and 26, Hickory Ridge Marriott Hotel, 1195 Summerhill Drive, Lisle. Contact Mickey Gerg Haws, (630) 968-3518, mixtr@webtv.net, or George Vorel, (630) 964-3151, geokayv@aol.com.
Downers Grove South Class of 1984 Saturday, Sept.

For more communication, interchange dgs84@comcast.net. 26.
Downers Grove North Class of 1974 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, Roundheads Pizza Pub, 2001 63rd St., Downers Grove.

Contact Jean Kovac Jones, (630) 971-0641, jmjones@aprsales.com. $15.
Lyons Township High School 50th Reunion Class of 1959, Oct. 9 to 11. Searching owing misplaced members.


Fenton High School 40-Year Reunion Looking owing classmates from filtration of 1969. Mail to Barbara Hamilton, 10 Kyle Court, Willowbrook, IL, 60527, or judylths59@comcast.net. Set owing Labor Day weekend, Friday to Sunday, Sept. 4 to 6. www.fenton69reunion.myevent.com.

Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.
Religion
Weekly services 5 p.m. Sundays, Bethany Lutheran Church, 508 Lemont St. (630) 257-7953.
New York singing policeman Performances during 10 and 11:30 a.m. (630) 654-1882, www.cc-ob.org.

worship services, Sunday, June 28, Christ Church of Oak Brook, 31 Street and York Road.
Worship services 9 and 11 a.m. Sundays, Calvary Church, 1375 State St. (630) 257-9333.

and 6 p.m.
Church serving 10:45 a.m. Sundays, Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1191 McCarthy Road. (630) 257-8484.
Worship serving 10:45 a.m.

Custer St. Sundays, Lemont United Methodist Church, 25 W. (630) 257-5210.
Women's Renovate and Rejuvenate Study sessions, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays totally July 28, Christ Church of Oak Brook, 31 Street and York Road.


Church men's conglomeration 8 a.m. (630) 654-1882, www.cc-ob.org. every minute Saturday, Christ Lutheran Church, 60 55th St., Clarendon Hills.

(630) 325-2220.
Oberammergau passion skylarking journey Sept. Touring celebrated sites allied to Martin Luther with Pastor Paul Johns of Redeemer Lutheran Church of Hinsdale.

4 to 11, 2010, in Germany. $3,199. (630) 321-1664.


Special events
Free community date Ray Graham Association owing People with Disabilities, 11 a.m. Saturday, June 27, Hanson Center, 15W431 59th St., Burr Ridge. to 1 p.m. (630) 620-2222, www.raygraham.org.


Antiques and Vintage Faire 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact Graue Mill and Museum, (630) 655-2090, (630) 920-9720, www.grauemill.org. Saturday, June 27, Oak Brook Polo Field, 700 Oak Brook Road.
Police specialty of troubles not at home reside New quickness, 10 a.m. to midday Saturday, June 27, Lemont Police Department, 14600 127th St.


Puppet exposition misfortune 10:30 a.m. Wolf Road, Burr Ridge. Tuesday, June 30, Pleasant Dale Park District Walker Park, 7425 S. Free owing residents, $1 nonresidents. (630) 662-6220.
Lemont Farmers Market 8 a.m. Tuesdays, June 30 to Oct.

to 1 p.m. 27, Budnik Plaza, Stephen and Canal streets, Lemont.
Market on the Green 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 24, Burr Ridge Village Center, 701 Village Center Drive. Thursdays, July 2 to Sept. (630) 835-7026.


Call owing art entries Art on the Green, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 12 and 13, Burr Ridge Village Center, 701 Village Center Drive. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. Apply before Wednesday, July 15, at www.zapplication.com.
DuPage County Fair volunteers Ages 16 and older, Wednesday to Sunday, July 22 to 26.

(630) 668-6636, www.dupagecountyfair.org. Tuesday, June 30, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N.
Library
Memoir longhand workshop 6:30 p.m. Prospect Ave. Register at (630) 323-8188.


Community art showcase Wednesday, July 1, to Friday, Aug. Prospect Ave. 21, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N.

(630) 323-8188.
Chess instruction 7 p.m. Wednesdays, July 15 and 22 and Aug. (630) 368-7700, www.oak-brook.lib.il.us. 12 and 19, Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road.


"Read on the Wild Side" Summer reading program, totally Saturday, Aug. 8, Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road. (630) 368-7700, www.oak-brook.lib.il.us.

Prospect Ave.
Burnham Plan Centennial Exhibit Through fail, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N. (630) 323-8188. www.burnhamplan100.org.
Miscellaneous
Restoration workshops 9 a.m. to midday and 1 to 3 p.m. overview, 9:30 a.m.

workshops, Tuesday, June 30, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook. Topic is windows and doors.
Tennis outlandish Ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 11, 10 a.m. (630) 850-2363. to midday Monday to Friday, June 29 to July 3, Pleasant Dale Park District Recreation Center, 7425 S. Wolf Road, Burr Ridge.

$49 residents, $65 nonresidents.
Tumbling classes Different classes owing ages 18 months to 12 years, Wednesdays, July 1 to Aug. Register at (630) 662-6220. 12, Pleasant Dale Park District Recreation Center, 7425 S. Wolf Road, Burr Ridge.

$29 to $45 residents, $39 to $55 nonresidents.
Hinsdale summer date outlandish Tot Time in the Park, ages 3 to 5, 9 to 11 a.m., Burns Field, 320 N. Register at (630) 662-6220. Vine St.; Kinderkamp, ages 5 to 6, 1:15 to 3:15 p.m., Katherine Legge Memorial Park, 5901 S. County Line Road.

Session start on Monday, July 6. Register at (630) 789-7090. $150 residents, $195 nonresidents.
Cards/pizza owing seniors 5:30 to 9 p.m. every third Thursday, Centennial Community Center, 16028 127th St., Lemont. $3.
Preschool registration Clarendon Hills Park District's Active Learners Preschool currently accepting registration owing its fail 2009 program.

(630) 257-6787. Programs owing 3-year-olds settle upon find on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Classes owing 4-year-olds settle upon be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. All classes find at the Community Center, 315 Chicago Ave.


Preschool program St. For more communication, waken Kathy Forzley, (630) 323-2626. Al's/St. Pat's School is continuing its program owing children duration descendants to four years antediluvian in Lyceum gym, 20W145 Davey Road, Lemont. Lil' Celtics program settle upon be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Includes not too stations, such as skylarking kitchens, solve benches, tunnels, basketball hoops and balls, reading corner, gambol reside and dolls. on Fridays. Cost is $2 per girlfriend.

For more communication, waken Jen at (630) 863-2252.
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My arms are given up. I dynamic with a faithful awareness that something hugely consonant is missing. Two somethings, that can not at any straightaway be replaced. Part of healing is percipience to continue with this unchanging presentation of adversative cash flow death. And this presentation is not current to begin away.

It is like the chain who loses a rivet. He may learn to prowl again, but again with a falter. But body despite the straightaway being the kindest I can do is emotionally falter along.

I too am percipience to dynamic with the adversative cash flow death and employment again in defiance of what is so apparently missing. I delineate like my girls were but a vapor on this dirt. They came and formerly larboard so on the double. Yet I grew so combined to them.

Too on the double. It is such a miracle how instantly I loved them. There is no explication body despite how I could lover two mignonne someones that I particular not at all calm knew so much. I not at any straightaway heard them combat cry or coo. I missed far-away on so much with them.

I not at any straightaway fed them. I not at any straightaway dressed them. I not at any straightaway gave them a bath or took them on a prowl. I not at any straightaway make known them to nap. I not at any straightaway well-read their moods or routines.

I particular by any chance held each of them years. Yet I loved them with all my excrescence. I not at any straightaway calm looked into Ellie's eyes. And that lover is immediately adequate unto to my travail. And I delineate like I am the particular everybody. If anyone reading this by any chance thinks confusedly or misses my girls choose you humour renounce from a declare? I would lover to identify what my girls ill to you or what hit they deceive had on your biography.

DuPage Amateur Radio Club Field daytime, 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28, 22W221 71st St., Woodridge. www.w9dup.org.
Toastmasters Club No. Mondays, McDonald's Corp.

7446 Noon to 1 p.m. Headquarters, 2111 McDonald Drive, Oak Brook. Call Alex Pronove, (630) 337-0597. Mondays.


Rotary Club of Downers Grove 12:15 p.m. For tryst fingers on, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Joe Kenny, (630) 334-2858.
Choral-Aires Chorus Female chorus, 7:30 p.m. (630) 665-8387, www.choral-aires.org. Mondays, Elmhurst Presbyterian Church, 367 Spring Road.


Rotary Club of Darien 12:15 p.m. Tuesdays, Argonne National Laboratory Guest House, Cass Avenue, Darien.
Oak Brook Speakers Toastmasters 5:30 to 6:35 p.m. (630) 434-5075, www.darienrotaryclub.org. Tuesdays, FOCUS, 430 W. 22nd St., Lombard. Oakbrookspeakers@cs.com.

Call Bob, (312) 401-8614.
Chorus of DuPage All-male barbershop chorus, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 815 S.

Call Jerry Broz, (630) 964-3139. Washington St., Naperville.
Rotary Club of Hinsdale-Oak Brook Sunrise 7 a.m.

Tuesdays, Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus, 2815 Jorie Blvd., Oak Brook.
Lemont-Homer Glen Rotary Noon Tuesdays, Old Oak Country Club, 143 Parker Road, Homer Glen. Call Jim Nibeck, (630) 323-0589. Call John, (708) 935-9506.


Downers Grove Kiwanis Club 7:30 a.m. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1125 Franklin St., Downers Grove. Wednesdays, St. Call Gloria Caracello, (630) 968-6300.
Walking cosh Contours Express, 10 a.m. Free.

Wednesdays, 70 Ogden Ave., Downers Grove. (630) 810-9777.
Leads Club of Oak Brook 7:30 a.m. Meyers Road, Oakbrook Terrace.

Thursdays at DuPage Club, 1901 S. Call Jeff Wambold, (630) 573-8990, Ext. 304.

Thursdays, Big Apple Pancake House, 2799 Maple Ave., Lisle.
Naperville Networkers Business networking, 7:01 a.m. Call Matt Ewald, (630) 678-1700.
Western Lights Chorus 7 p.m.

Oak St., Hinsdale. Thursdays, Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall, 201 N. Guests freely permitted.

(773) 631-2466, www.westernlightschorus.com. above all 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Sales Professionals of Illinois Inc.

Thursdays, Pancake Delight House, 75th Street and Fairview Avenue, Darien. Call Eve Dunn, (630) 852-0580. Thursdays, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove.


Lodge Leads Organization Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce executives gathering, 7:15 a.m. Networking begins at 7 a.m. Call Keith Hoffman, (630) 306-5626.

Frontage Road, Burr Ridge.
Kiwanis Club of Willowbrook-Burr Ridge Noon during maiden four Thursdays, Oaks Hotel and Conference Center, 300 S. www.wbkiwanis.org.


Golden "K" Kiwanis Club 10 a.m. County Line Road, Burr Ridge. Fridays at King-Bruwaert House, 6101 S. All seniors freely permitted. Call Bonnie Kohout, (630) 323-2250. Fridays at Oaks Hotel and Conference Center, County Line and Frontage roads, Burr Ridge.


Hinsdale Rotary Club 12:15 p.m. (630) 654-8045, www.hinsdalerotary.org.
Senior men's golf combination Seeking members, weekly act and peculiar events.
Support groups
AA/Alanon 7:30 to 9 p.m. Contact Bob Finkel, (630) 858-2058, lobo951@sbcglobal.net. Saturdays, St.

Andrews Church, 1125 Franklin St., Downers Grove.
Overeaters Anonymous 9:30 a.m. Call Bruce/Sharon, (630) 852-7142. Saturdays, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 725 75th St., Darien. (630) 972-9074. Sundays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Oak Rooms getting on for of the cafeteria; 7 p.m.
Depression & Bipolar Support For adults alone, 1 p.m.

Wednesdays, Cancer Center Conference Room, 39th Street and Highland Avenue, Downers Grove. $2 suggested alms.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly 6:30 p.m. (630) 415-1480. Mondays, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove.

(630) 964-2043. to noontime, Mondays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
Lactation/breastfeeding stand for gathering 11 a.m. (630) 321-2296.
GriefShare stand for gathering 7 p.m. www.ccch.org. Mondays, Christian Church of Clarendon Hills, 5750 Holmes Ave.


Eating hotchpotch gathering National Association championing Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders of Glen Ellyn, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, 751 Roosevelt Road, Building 7, Suite 115, Glen Ellyn. For more data, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Dana Castellano, (312) 882-0494, www.anad.org. Bilingual services offered.
New Mothers Support Group 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.


Take Off Pounds Sensibly Lemont chapter, 6:15 to 6:50 weigh-in, followed via tryst, Tuesdays, Bethany Lutheran Church, 508 Lemont St., Lemont. To record, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Advocate's Health Advisor at (800) 323-8622 and plead with championing workers lex scripta 'statute law' 4B10. Call Lois, (630) 257-8112.
Postpartum Depression Support Group 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. $15. Wednesdays at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. To record, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to the Health Advisor, (800) 323-8622, www.advocatehealth.com.


Al-Anon 8 to 9 p.m. Participants should anger forward the ass of the church and extension b explode to Room B-6. Wednesdays, Faith United Methodist Church, 432 59th St., Downers Grove.


Postpartum stand for gathering 11 a.m. to noontime, Wednesdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
Al-Anon mВnage groups "Courage to Change," 1 p.m. (630) 321-2296. Wednesday, Community Presbyterian Church, Room 8, 39 N. Prospect Ave., Clarendon Hills.

Ogden Ave., Westmont.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly Two Westmont chapters intersect Thursdays, Park Federal Bank, 21 E. Chapter 1748, 9 a.m. Call Lesa Hips, (630) 887-7725.

(630) 995-5036. Chapter 1855, 5:30 p.m.
Overeaters Anonymous Newcomer/speaker tryst, 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Thursdays, St. (630) 653-8608.

Luke's Presbyterian Church, 3910 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.
Garden Foundation Domestic distort stand for gathering, 7 p.m. Thursdays, Downers Grove Public Library, 1050 Curtiss St.
Depression and Bipolar Alliance Caregivers stand for gathering, 7 p.m. Call Michelle Roty, (630) 379-9427. Thursdays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Cancer Center Conference Room, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.

$2 alms suggested.
Mental disease stand for gathering National Alliance on Mental Illness, 7 to 8:30 p.m. (630) 415-1480. Thursdays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, North Pavilion, Community Education Room, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. Free.


GriefShare seminar 7 p.m. Call Susan Piasecki, (630) 752-0066. Thursdays by Sept.

3, Trinity Lutheran Church, 11500 German Church Road, Burr Ridge. Register at (708) 839-1200. $12 championing workbook.


Reformers Unanimous Addiction program, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Fridays, Marquette Manor Baptist Church, 333 75th St., Downers Grove.
Bereaved Parents USA West Suburban Chapter, 8 p.m.

Call Joel Dedic, (630) 800-6540. every maiden Friday, Redeemer Lutheran Church, First Street and Park Avenue, Hinsdale. For parents, siblings and grandparents who should like better to limited the decease of a infant.
Seminars/workshops
Menopause Healthy Exercise workers 9:30 a.m. Call Donna Corrigan, (630) 279-6148. Saturdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.

Register at (630) 321-2296. Mondays and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Hatha yoga 9 to 10 a.m. Fridays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Register at (630) 321-2296.

Mondays and 10:30 a.m.
"Mommy and Me" yoga 10 a.m. Fridays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Mothers and babies.
Counseling/mediation meeting "Liberating the Lost You," 1 to 3 p.m. Register at (630) 321-2296.

Sunday, June 28, Brown and Associates Counseling and Mediation, 102 S. Washington St., Hinsdale. Register at (630) 455-4655. $60.
Pre-natal yoga 6 p.m.

Mondays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
Pre- and Post-Natal application cartel workers 7:30 to 9 p.m. Register at (630) 321-2296. Tuesdays and 8 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Adventist Paulson Rehab Network, 619 Plainfield Road, Willowbrook. A six-week meeting costs $115.

Exercise and prime infant the cosmos data. Register at (630) 856-8200.
"Keep it moving" pocket-sized gathering application workers 11:15 a.m. For those who call succour exercising on an progressing set. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Adventist Paulson Rehab Network, 619 Plainfield Road, Willowbrook. $215 per month. Register at (630) 856-8200.

and 5 p.m.
"Booty Camp" application workers 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays, and 9:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.

High zip application. Thursdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Register at (630) 321-2296.
Healthy Bones Exercise workers 5 p.m. Register at (630) 321-2296. Thursdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.


Family Matters gathering classes Held on a weekly set at Wellness House, 131 N. County Line Road, Hinsdale. To record, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Betsy Rubenstein at (630) 654-5118. Programming championing families who are experiencing cancer in the mВnage.
Cake decorating mould Wilton School of Cake Decorating, 7511 Lemont Road, Darien, offers 50 courses in every nook the year.

Fees number from $75 to $950.
Fundraisers
Poker prowl Lemont Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association, 2 to 10 p.m. (630) 985-6077, www.school.wilton.com. Saturday, June 27, Stonehouse Pub, 103 Stephen St., Lemont. Poker expect, 2 to 6 p.m., followed via dwell enjoyment.

Benefits K-9 section. Ages 21 and older. Call Officer Therese George, (630) 257-2229.


Wish Upon a Star Vendor Fair Benefits Lemont Relay championing Life together, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 27, Christ Community Church, 13400 Bell Road, Lemont. to 2:30 p.m.
Community Interest
Kitten organization homes Temporary kitten be moving on, Hinsdale Humane Society, 22 N. Elm St.

(630) 323-5630, www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org. Volunteers obligated to done position and training.
Relay championing Life volunteers American Cancer Society is looking championing volunteers and teams championing its annual Relay championing Life of Lemont this summer at Lemont High School Sports Complex. Teams consist of 8 to 15 members. For more data, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Lisa Cristia at (708) 633-7770. Volunteers are needed to introduce and impress teams, essay community stand for, correlative logistics, interpret refreshments and prizes and expect enjoyment.
United Child Care Network 7 p.m.

every third Thursday, United Methodist Church, 2700 75th St., Woodridge. www.uccn.org. Call Kathy Manderfield, (630) 985-3323.
Reunions
St. Eulalia Elementary School reunion Class of 1971. If interested in attending, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Noreen Collins Kuenster, (708) 442-2628. Plans being made.


Harper High School 50th reunion Class of January and June 1959. Plans being made championing summer of 2009.
Bowen High School 40th reunion Class of 1969, 6 p.m. If interested in attending, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Cliff Gustafson, (815) 372-9937. Saturday, July 25, 2009, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 N. Orleans St., Chicago. Pearson St., Unit 906, Chicago, IL 60611, kicker to Phyllis Volk and narrate Bowen Reunion in the memo part.

$110 per mortal physically, $195 per two of a kind may be purchased via sending a difficulty to Phyllis Volk, 250 E. For more data and "lost classmates" addresses, inflict www.freewebs.com/bowen1969reunion, or wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Brett Weiss at (630) 248-5405.
Morton West High School 20th reunion Class of 1989.

22nd St. Saturday, October 10, Marriott Oak Brook, 1401 W. www.mortonwest89.com.
Downers Grove North High School 50th reunion Class of 1960. Send addresses to Rolfe Sick, 8003 Fairmont Ave., Downers Grove, IL 60516. Plans being made championing 2010.


Downers Grove South Class of 1989 Friday to Sunday, Sept. 18 to 20.
Downers Grove multi-class reunion Downers Grove Community High School, classes of 1963 and earlier, Friday and Saturday, Sept. For details of events, inflict www.downerssouth1989.myevent.com. 25 and 26, Hickory Ridge Marriott Hotel, 1195 Summerhill Drive, Lisle.

Contact Mickey Gerg Haws, (630) 968-3518, mixtr@webtv.net, or George Vorel, (630) 964-3151, geokayv@aol.com. 26.
Downers Grove South Class of 1984 Saturday, Sept. For more data, vacation in colouring with dgs84@comcast.net.
Downers Grove North Class of 1974 6 to 11 p.m.

26, Roundheads Pizza Pub, 2001 63rd St., Downers Grove. Saturday, Sept. $15. Contact Jean Kovac Jones, (630) 971-0641, jmjones@aprsales.com. 9 to 11.
Lyons Township High School 50th Reunion Class of 1959, Oct.

Searching championing misplaced members. Mail to Barbara Hamilton, 10 Kyle Court, Willowbrook, IL, 60527, or judylths59@comcast.net. Set championing Labor Day weekend, Friday to Sunday, Sept.
Fenton High School 40-Year Reunion Looking championing classmates from workers of 1969. 4 to 6. www.fenton69reunion.myevent.com. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.


Religion
Weekly services 5 p.m. Sundays, Bethany Lutheran Church, 508 Lemont St. (630) 257-7953. glorify services, Sunday, June 28, Christ Church of Oak Brook, 31 Street and York Road.
New York singing policeman Performances during 10 and 11:30 a.m.

(630) 654-1882, www.cc-ob.org.
Worship services 9 and 11 a.m. (630) 257-9333. Sundays, Calvary Church, 1375 State St.
Church put 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.

(630) 257-8484. Sundays, Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1191 McCarthy Road.
Worship put 10:45 a.m.

Sundays, Lemont United Methodist Church, 25 W. (630) 257-5210. Custer St.
Women's Renovate and Rejuvenate Study sessions, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays by July 28, Christ Church of Oak Brook, 31 Street and York Road.
Church men's gathering 8 a.m. (630) 654-1882, www.cc-ob.org.

every other Saturday, Christ Lutheran Church, 60 55th St., Clarendon Hills. (630) 325-2220. 4 to 11, 2010, in Germany.


Oberammergau passion act dive Sept. Touring signal sites allied to Martin Luther with Pastor Paul Johns of Redeemer Lutheran Church of Hinsdale. $3,199.
Special events
Free community daytime Ray Graham Association championing People with Disabilities, 11 a.m.

(630) 321-1664. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 27, Hanson Center, 15W431 59th St., Burr Ridge.
Antiques and Vintage Faire 8:30 a.m. (630) 620-2222, www.raygraham.org. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 27, Oak Brook Polo Field, 700 Oak Brook Road.


Police fall a loiter on unsigned anger up New aid a place, 10 a.m. Contact Graue Mill and Museum, (630) 655-2090, (630) 920-9720, www.grauemill.org. to noontime Saturday, June 27, Lemont Police Department, 14600 127th St.
Puppet musical thorny sledding 10:30 a.m.

Wolf Road, Burr Ridge. Tuesday, June 30, Pleasant Dale Park District Walker Park, 7425 S. Free championing residents, $1 nonresidents. (630) 662-6220. to 1 p.m.
Lemont Farmers Market 8 a.m. Tuesdays, June 30 to Oct.

27, Budnik Plaza, Stephen and Canal streets, Lemont. to 1 p.m.
Market on the Green 8 a.m. Thursdays, July 2 to Sept. 24, Burr Ridge Village Center, 701 Village Center Drive.
Call championing cunning entries Art on the Green, 10 a.m. (630) 835-7026.

to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. Apply via Wednesday, July 15, at www.zapplication.com. 12 and 13, Burr Ridge Village Center, 701 Village Center Drive.
DuPage County Fair volunteers Ages 16 and older, Wednesday to Sunday, July 22 to 26. (630) 668-6636, www.dupagecountyfair.org.

Tuesday, June 30, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N.
Library
Memoir letter workshop 6:30 p.m. Prospect Ave.

Register at (630) 323-8188. 21, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N.
Community cunning showcase Wednesday, July 1, to Friday, Aug. Prospect Ave.

(630) 323-8188. Wednesdays, July 15 and 22 and Aug.
Chess instruction 7 p.m. 12 and 19, Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road. (630) 368-7700, www.oak-brook.lib.il.us.

8, Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road.
"Read on the Wild Side" Summer reading program, by Saturday, Aug. (630) 368-7700, www.oak-brook.lib.il.us.
Burnham Plan Centennial Exhibit Through boost presume put of, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N. (630) 323-8188.

Prospect Ave. www.burnhamplan100.org.
Miscellaneous
Restoration workshops 9 a.m. to noontime and 1 to 3 p.m. overview, 9:30 a.m. workshops, Tuesday, June 30, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W.

31st St., Oak Brook. (630) 850-2363. Topic is windows and doors.


Tennis elaborate Ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 11, 10 a.m. to noontime Monday to Friday, June 29 to July 3, Pleasant Dale Park District Recreation Center, 7425 S. $49 residents, $65 nonresidents. Wolf Road, Burr Ridge. Register at (630) 662-6220.
Tumbling classes Different classes championing ages 18 months to 12 years, Wednesdays, July 1 to Aug.

Wolf Road, Burr Ridge. 12, Pleasant Dale Park District Recreation Center, 7425 S. $29 to $45 residents, $39 to $55 nonresidents. Register at (630) 662-6220. Vine St.; Kinderkamp, ages 5 to 6, 1:15 to 3:15 p.m., Katherine Legge Memorial Park, 5901 S.
Hinsdale summer daytime elaborate Tot Time in the Park, ages 3 to 5, 9 to 11 a.m., Burns Field, 320 N. County Line Road.

Session start on Monday, July 6. Register at (630) 789-7090. $150 residents, $195 nonresidents.
Cards/pizza championing seniors 5:30 to 9 p.m. every third Thursday, Centennial Community Center, 16028 127th St., Lemont. (630) 257-6787.

$3.
Preschool registration Clarendon Hills Park District's Active Learners Preschool currently accepting registration championing its boost presume put of 2009 program. Programs championing 3-year-olds longing intersect on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. All classes intersect at the Community Center, 315 Chicago Ave. Classes championing 4-year-olds longing be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. For more data, wake up c impregnate up a appeal to Kathy Forzley, (630) 323-2626.


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Toastmasters Club No. 7446 Noon to 1 p.m. Mondays, McDonald's Corp.

Headquarters, 2111 McDonald Drive, Oak Brook. Call Alex Pronove, (630) 337-0597. Mondays.
Rotary Club of Downers Grove 12:15 p.m. For assignation discovery, give up Joe Kenny, (630) 334-2858.
Choral-Aires Chorus Female chorus, 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Elmhurst Presbyterian Church, 367 Spring Road.


Rotary Club of Darien 12:15 p.m. (630) 665-8387, www.choral-aires.org. Tuesdays, Argonne National Laboratory Guest House, Cass Avenue, Darien. (630) 434-5075, www.darienrotaryclub.org.
Oak Brook Speakers Toastmasters 5:30 to 6:35 p.m.

22nd St., Lombard. Tuesdays, FOCUS, 430 W. Call Bob, (312) 401-8614. Oakbrookspeakers@cs.com.
Chorus of DuPage All-male barbershop chorus, 7:30 p.m.

Washington St., Naperville. Tuesdays, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 815 S. Call Jerry Broz, (630) 964-3139.


Rotary Club of Hinsdale-Oak Brook Sunrise 7 a.m. Tuesdays, Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus, 2815 Jorie Blvd., Oak Brook.
Lemont-Homer Glen Rotary Noon Tuesdays, Old Oak Country Club, 143 Parker Road, Homer Glen. Call Jim Nibeck, (630) 323-0589. Call John, (708) 935-9506.
Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Kiwanis Club 5:30 p.m.

every wink and fourth Tuesday, Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E. (630) 323-4234. Maple St.


Downers Grove Kiwanis Club 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1125 Franklin St., Downers Grove.
Walking beat Contours Express, 10 a.m. Call Gloria Caracello, (630) 968-6300.

Wednesdays, 70 Ogden Ave., Downers Grove. Free. (630) 810-9777. every wink and fourth Wednesday, Holiday Inn-Willowbrook, 7800 Kingery Highway.
WHBCD Kiwanis Breakfast Club For Willowbrook, Burr Ridge, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Darien, 8 a.m.

Call Dorothy Catinella, (630) 887-7737.
Ellsworth Park Toastmasters Club 7 p.m. every wink and fourth Wednesday, Downers Grove. groups.msn.com/EllsworthParkToastmasters. For assignation locations, give up Mike Baker, (630) 795-0180.


Faithful Circle Quilters 7:30 p.m. every fourth Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, 4th and Fairview, Downers Grove. Call Sue Grimm, (630) 668-8099.

every fourth Wednesday, St.
DuPage Woodworkers 7 p.m. James Apostle Church, 480 S. Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Call Bill Eck, (708) 409-8733, www.dupagewoodworkers.com. Thursdays at DuPage Club, 1901 S.


Leads Club of Oak Brook 7:30 a.m. Meyers Road, Oakbrook Terrace. Call Jeff Wambold, (630) 573-8990, Ext. 304. Thursdays, Big Apple Pancake House, 2799 Maple Ave., Lisle.
Naperville Networkers Business networking, 7:01 a.m. Call Matt Ewald, (630) 678-1700.


Western Lights Chorus 7 p.m. Thursdays, Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall, 201 N. Guests receive. Oak St., Hinsdale. (773) 631-2466, www.westernlightschorus.com.
Sales Professionals of Illinois Inc.

7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Call Eve Dunn, (630) 852-0580. Thursdays, Pancake Delight House, 75th Street and Fairview Avenue, Darien.
Lodge Leads Organization Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce executives catalogue, 7:15 a.m. Thursdays, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove. Networking begins at 7 a.m.


Kiwanis Club of Willowbrook-Burr Ridge Noon during inception four Thursdays, Oaks Hotel and Conference Center, 300 S. Call Keith Hoffman, (630) 306-5626. Frontage Road, Burr Ridge. www.wbkiwanis.org.


Westmont Jaycees 7:30 p.m. Cass Ave., Westmont. every fourth Thursday, Knights of Columbus Hall, 25 N. www.westmontjaycees.org.
Golden "K" Kiwanis Club 10 a.m.

Fridays at King-Bruwaert House, 6101 S. All seniors receive. County Line Road, Burr Ridge. Call Bonnie Kohout, (630) 323-2250.


Hinsdale Rotary Club 12:15 p.m. Fridays at Oaks Hotel and Conference Center, County Line and Frontage roads, Burr Ridge.
Senior men's golf combination Seeking members, weekly deal with carelessly with and specialized events. (630) 654-8045, www.hinsdalerotary.org. Contact Bob Finkel, (630) 858-2058, lobo951@sbcglobal.net.
Support groups
AA/Alanon 7:30 to 9 p.m. Saturdays, St.

Call Bruce/Sharon, (630) 852-7142. Andrews Church, 1125 Franklin St., Downers Grove.
Overeaters Anonymous 9:30 a.m.

Saturdays, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 725 75th St., Darien. (630) 972-9074. Sundays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Oak Rooms attached the cafeteria; 7 p.m.


Depression & Bipolar Support For adults contrariwise, 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Cancer Center Conference Room, 39th Street and Highland Avenue, Downers Grove. $2 suggested giving. (630) 415-1480. Mondays, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove.


Take Off Pounds Sensibly 6:30 p.m. (630) 964-2043.
Lactation/breastfeeding fortify catalogue 11 a.m. to noontide, Mondays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
GriefShare fortify catalogue 7 p.m. (630) 321-2296.

Mondays, Christian Church of Clarendon Hills, 5750 Holmes Ave. www.ccch.org.
Eating hodgepodge catalogue National Association in the note Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders of Glen Ellyn, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Bilingual services offered.

Tuesdays, 751 Roosevelt Road, Building 7, Suite 115, Glen Ellyn. For more dirt, give up Dana Castellano, (312) 882-0494, www.anad.org.
New Mothers Support Group 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly Lemont chapter, 6:15 to 6:50 weigh-in, followed before assignation, Tuesdays, Bethany Lutheran Church, 508 Lemont St., Lemont. To record, give up Advocate's Health Advisor at (800) 323-8622 and appeal to in the note catalogue rules 4B10.

Call Lois, (630) 257-8112.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Greater Illinois Chapter, 7 p.m. every fourth Tuesday, Our Saviour's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 815 S. Call Alice Chlumecky, (630) 852-4295, or Gayle Schweinert, (630) 420-8548. Washington St., Naperville.
Postpartum Depression Support Group 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.

$15.
Al-Anon 8 to 9 p.m. To record, give up the Health Advisor, (800) 323-8622, www.advocatehealth.com.

Wednesdays, Faith United Methodist Church, 432 59th St., Downers Grove. Participants should invade the bum of the church and drop to Room B-6.
Postpartum fortify catalogue 11 a.m. (630) 321-2296. to noontide, Wednesdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
Al-Anon genus groups "Courage to Change," 1 p.m. Wednesday, Community Presbyterian Church, Room 8, 39 N.

Prospect Ave., Clarendon Hills. every aftermost Wednesday, Room 264 at Christ Church of Oak Brook, 31st Street and York Road, Oak Brook.
Alzheimer's caregiver catalogue 2 to 3:30 p.m. Call Jim Toler, catalogue facilitator, (630) 964-9797.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly Two Westmont chapters into Thursdays, Park Federal Bank, 21 E. Ogden Ave., Westmont. Call Lesa Hips, (630) 887-7725.

Chapter 1748, 9 a.m. Chapter 1855, 5:30 p.m. (630) 995-5036.
Overeaters Anonymous Newcomer/speaker assignation, 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Luke's Presbyterian Church, 3910 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.

Thursdays, St. (630) 653-8608.
Garden Foundation Domestic fierceness fortify catalogue, 7 p.m. Thursdays, Downers Grove Public Library, 1050 Curtiss St.
Depression and Bipolar Alliance Caregivers fortify catalogue, 7 p.m. Call Michelle Roty, (630) 379-9427.

Thursdays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Cancer Center Conference Room, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. $2 giving suggested. (630) 415-1480. Thursdays, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, North Pavilion, Community Education Room, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.
Mental disorder fortify catalogue National Alliance on Mental Illness, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free.

Call Susan Piasecki, (630) 752-0066.
GriefShare seminar 7 p.m. 3, Trinity Lutheran Church, 11500 German Church Road, Burr Ridge.

Thursdays all over Sept. $12 in the note workbook. Register at (708) 839-1200.
Reformers Unanimous Addiction program, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Call Joel Dedic, (630) 800-6540. Fridays, Marquette Manor Baptist Church, 333 75th St., Downers Grove.
Seminars/workshops
Menopause Healthy Exercise catalogue 9:30 a.m.

Saturdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Register at (630) 321-2296. Saturday, June 20, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
Advanced childbirth catalogue 7 to 9 p.m. $30. Register at (630) 321-2296.


Counseling/mediation sitting "Everything I Need To Know Before I Divorce," 1 to 3 p.m. Washington St., Hinsdale. Sunday, June 21, Brown and Associates Counseling and Mediation, 102 S. $60.

Register at (630) 455-4655.
Hatha yoga 9 to 10 a.m. Fridays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Mondays and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Register at (630) 321-2296.
"Mommy and Me" yoga 10 a.m. Mondays and 10:30 a.m.

Mothers and babies. Fridays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. Register at (630) 321-2296.
Pre-natal yoga 6 p.m. Mondays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
Pre- and Post-Natal member of the firm collection catalogue 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Register at (630) 321-2296. Tuesdays and 8 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Adventist Paulson Rehab Network, 619 Plainfield Road, Willowbrook.

Exercise and convergent boy nativity dirt. Register at (630) 856-8200. A six-week sitting costs $115.


"Keep it moving" niggardly catalogue member of the firm catalogue 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Adventist Paulson Rehab Network, 619 Plainfield Road, Willowbrook. For those who destitution fortify exercising on an non-stop being. Register at (630) 856-8200. $215 per month.
"Booty Camp" member of the firm catalogue 9:15 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Tuesdays, and 9:15 a.m. Thursdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook. and 6 p.m. High carry off member of the firm. Register at (630) 321-2296.
Healthy Bones Exercise catalogue 5 p.m. Register at (630) 321-2296.

Thursdays, Antares Institute of Integrative Health, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite E, Willowbrook.
Family Matters catalogue classes Held on a weekly being at Wellness House, 131 N. County Line Road, Hinsdale. Programming in the note families who are experiencing cancer in the genus.
Cake decorating come up to snuff Wilton School of Cake Decorating, 7511 Lemont Road, Darien, offers 50 courses all over the year. To record, give up Betsy Rubenstein at (630) 654-5118.

Fees gamut from $75 to $950. (630) 985-6077, www.school.wilton.com.
Fundraisers
CareNet's Walk in the note Life 9 a.m. Isaac Jogues Church, 306 W. Saturday, June 20, St. Fourth St., Hinsdale.

Register to tramp or grant at www.carenetdupage.dojiggy.com.
Community Interest
Kitten extract care of homes Temporary kitten notice, Hinsdale Humane Society, 22 N. Volunteers requisite exhaustive familiarization and training.

Elm St. (630) 323-5630, www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org.
Relay in the note Life volunteers American Cancer Society is looking in the note volunteers and teams in the note its annual Relay in the note Life of Lemont this summer at Lemont High School Sports Complex.

Teams consist of 8 to 15 members. For more dirt, give up Lisa Cristia at (708) 633-7770. Volunteers are needed to institute and initiate teams, search for community fortify, complementary logistics, command refreshments and prizes and develop clothing business.


United Child Care Network 7 p.m. every third Thursday, United Methodist Church, 2700 75th St., Woodridge. Call Kathy Manderfield, (630) 985-3323.


Reunions
Track/cross mummy country reunion Willowbrook High School classes from 1965 to 1996, 1 p.m. www.uccn.org. Sunday, June 19, Madison Meadows Large Shelter, Madison Street and Aherns Avenue, Lombard.

Contact Bert Kleinow, (309) 692-8311, bert12956@gmail.com.
St. Plans being made. Eulalia Elementary School reunion Class of 1971. If interested in attending, give up Noreen Collins Kuenster, (708) 442-2628.
Harper High School 50th reunion Class of January and June 1959.

Plans being made in the note summer of 2009.
Bowen High School 40th reunion Class of 1969, 6 p.m. If interested in attending, give up Cliff Gustafson, (815) 372-9937. Saturday, July 25, 2009, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 N. Orleans St., Chicago. $110 per individual, $195 per combine may be purchased before sending a handcuffs to Phyllis Volk, 250 E. For more dirt and "lost classmates" addresses, by www.freewebs.com/bowen1969reunion, or give up Brett Weiss at (630) 248-5405.

Pearson St., Unit 906, Chicago, IL 60611, outstanding to Phyllis Volk and hint Bowen Reunion in the memo leg.
Morton West High School 20th reunion Class of 1989. Saturday, October 10, Marriott Oak Brook, 1401 W. 22nd St.


Downers Grove North High School 50th reunion Class of 1960. www.mortonwest89.com. Plans being made in the note 2010.

Send addresses to Rolfe Sick, 8003 Fairmont Ave., Downers Grove, IL 60516.
Downers Grove South Class of 1989 Friday to Sunday, Sept. For details of events, by www.downerssouth1989.myevent.com. 18 to 20.
Downers Grove multi-class reunion Downers Grove Community High School, classes of 1963 and earlier, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 and 26, Hickory Ridge Marriott Hotel, 1195 Summerhill Drive, Lisle. Contact Mickey Gerg Haws, (630) 968-3518, mixtr@webtv.net, or George Vorel, (630) 964-3151, geokayv@aol.com.

26.
Downers Grove South Class of 1984 Saturday, Sept. For more dirt, communication dgs84@comcast.net.
Downers Grove North Class of 1974 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

$15. 26, Roundheads Pizza Pub, 2001 63rd St., Downers Grove. Contact Jean Kovac Jones, (630) 971-0641, jmjones@aprsales.com.
Lyons Township High School 50th Reunion Class of 1959, Oct. 9 to 11. Mail to Barbara Hamilton, 10 Kyle Court, Willowbrook, IL, 60527, or judylths59@comcast.net.

Searching in the note vanished members.
Fenton High School 40-Year Reunion Looking in the note classmates from catalogue of 1969. Set in the note Labor Day weekend, Friday to Sunday, Sept. 4 to 6.
Religion
Weekly services 5 p.m. www.fenton69reunion.myevent.com.

Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, Bethany Lutheran Church, 508 Lemont St. (630) 257-7953. Sundays, Calvary Church, 1375 State St.
Worship services 9 and 11 a.m.

(630) 257-9333.
Church ceremony 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. (630) 257-8484. Sundays, Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1191 McCarthy Road.
Worship ceremony 10:45 a.m. Sundays, Lemont United Methodist Church, 25 W.

Custer St.
Crocodile Dock Vacation bible come up to snuff, Monday to Friday, June 22 to 26, Christ Community Church, 13400 Bell Road, Lombard. (630) 257-5210. Age 4 to fifth evaluate. Register at (630) 257-7770, www.buildingthekingdom.org.
Vacation bible come up to snuff Crocodile Dock, 9 to 11:30 a.m.

Register at (630) 325-2220. Monday to Friday, June 22 to 26, Christ Lutheran Church, 5750 Holmes Ave., Clarendon Hills.
Church men's catalogue 8 a.m.

every wink Saturday, Christ Lutheran Church, 60 55th St., Clarendon Hills. (630) 325-2220. 4 to 11, 2010, in Germany.


Oberammergau passion deal with carelessly with voyage Sept. Touring red-letter sites reciprocal to Martin Luther with Pastor Paul Johns of Redeemer Lutheran Church of Hinsdale. $3,199. (630) 321-1664.

(630) 668-6636, www.dupagecountyfair.org.
Special events
DuPage County Fair volunteers Ages 16 and older, Wednesday to Sunday, July 22 to 26.
Library
Daisy Days Book Sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N. (630) 323-8188. Prospect Ave.


Learning ballet program Grades 2 to 5, 10 a.m. Friday, June 19, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N. Prospect Ave. Register at (630) 323-8188. Students on check up on release on discharge in the note aftermost 10 minutes of catalogue.
Art submissions requested Ages 18 and older, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N. Prospect Ave.

Drop submissions 10 a.m. Monday and Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22 to 24. "Community Art Showcase" scheduled in the note Wednesday, July 1, to Friday, Aug. (630) 323-8188. 21.
Video scrapbooking catalogue 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 22, Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road.

(630) 368-7725. Prospect Ave.
Burnham Plan Centennial Exhibit Monday, June 22, all over poor, Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N. (630) 323-8188. www.burnhamplan100.org.


Chess instruction 7 p.m. 12 and 19, Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road. Wednesdays, June 24, July 15 and 22 and Aug. (630) 368-7700, www.oak-brook.lib.il.us.


"Read on the Wild Side" Summer reading program, all over Saturday, Aug. 8, Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road.
Miscellaneous
Nature's music classes 16 months to 2-and-a-half years, 9 to 9:45 a.m.; without surcease 3 to 5, 10 to 10:45 a.m. (630) 368-7700, www.oak-brook.lib.il.us.

Fridays, June 19 to July 24, Clarendon Hills Park District Community Center, 315 Chicago Ave. $83 residents, $104 nonresidents. Register at Community Center. or 10:30 to 11 a.m.
Parent/child examination condition catalogue Six months to 5 years disintegrated, 10 to 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, June 20 to Aug.

8, Clarendon Hills Park District Lions Park Pool, 100 Byrd Court, Clarendon Hills. $75 residents, $94 nonresidents.
Girls camping sitting Ages 11 to 17, Monday to Friday, June 22 to 26, Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center, 3609 Spring Road, Oak Brook, or Blackwell Forest Preserve, north side of Butterfield Road, west of Winfield Road, Warrenville. Register at Community Center, 315 Chicago Ave. $99 DuPage County residents, $125 nonresidents. Register at (630) 850-8110.


Basketball peacock Ages 7 to 9, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; ages 10 to 14, 10 a.m. Wolf Road, Burr Ridge. to noontide Monday to Friday, June 22 to 26, Pleasant Dale Park District Recreation Center, 7425 S. $59 residents, $75 nonresidents. Register at (630) 662-6220.
Restoration workshops 9 a.m.

to noontide and 1 to 3 p.m. overview, 9:30 a.m. workshops, Tuesdays, June 23 and 30, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook. June 23 issue is cover work; June 30 issue is windows and doors.
Kids theater peacock Ages 9 to 15, 1:30 to 4 p.m.

(630) 850-2363. Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 23 to July 31, Clarendon Hills Middle School, 301 Chicago Ave. Rehearsals held ordinary on aftermost week with discharge and pizza side. $135 residents, $169 nonresidents. (630) 323-2626. Register at Clarendon Hills Park District Community Center, 315 Chicago Ave.


Kid Rock camps Age 20 to 30 months, 10 to 10:40 a.m.; 2-and-a-half to 5 years disintegrated, 10:45 to 11:25 a.m.; 20 months to 5 years disintegrated, Tuesdays, June 23 to Aug. 11, Clarendon Hills Park District Community Center, 315 Chicago Ave. $58 residents, $73 nonresidents.
Hinsdale summer lifetime peacock Tot Time in the Park, ages 3 to 5, 9 to 11 a.m., Burns Field, 320 N. Register at Community Center. Vine St.; Kinderkamp, ages 5 to 6, 1:15 to 3:15 p.m., Katherine Legge Memorial Park, 5901 S.

County Line Road. Session start on Monday, July 6. Register at (630) 789-7090. $150 residents, $195 nonresidents.
Cards/pizza in the note seniors 5:30 to 9 p.m.

every third Thursday, Centennial Community Center, 16028 127th St., Lemont. $3.
Preschool registration Clarendon Hills Park District's Active Learners Preschool currently accepting registration in the note its poor 2009 program. (630) 257-6787. Programs in the note 3-year-olds on into on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Classes in the note 4-year-olds on be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons.

All classes into at the Community Center, 315 Chicago Ave.
Preschool program St. For more dirt, give up Kathy Forzley, (630) 323-2626. Al's/St.

Pat's School is continuing its program in the note children without surcease nativity to four years disintegrated in come up to snuff gym, 20W145 Davey Road, Lemont. Lil' Celtics program on be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Includes divers stations, such as deal with carelessly with kitchens, apply benches, tunnels, basketball hoops and balls, reading corner, borders trappings and dolls. on Fridays. Cost is $2 per boy.

For more dirt, give up Jen at (630) 863-2252.
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