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By BETH ALTENA A business luncheon at the SCORE on Northland Drive offered a chance to discuss the value of networking and build business relationships. Attendance represents the diverse membership of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce and included nearly 60 people representing a wide variety of companies. The format included networking at two different tables [...]
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An American robin built this nest among the fronds of a Boston fern sitting on the front porch of Patricia Rose’s home on Myers Lake in Courtland Township, east of Rockford. Mama robin keeps a wary eye from a nearby Colorado blue spruce tree when people step onto the porch. Eventually, she settles back on the bowl-shaped nest [...]
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The Crestwood Elementry RAMBuddies wrapped up the school year with a “Links of Kindness” activity. Throughout the school year the eighty students involved in this program learned about caring, thoughtfulness, trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, and kindness. To illustrate to the students how kindness is contagious they made a paper link chain, each link containing a statement [...]
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The local Dwight Lydell chapter of the IWLA invites the public for a day of fun outdoor activities on their 39 acres at 5641 Myers Lake Ave. On Saturday the 22nd, from 10:00 to 3:00 there will be kayaks and fishing on the pond for kids, plus [...]
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By Cassaundra Bell With the end of the year approaching, it’s hard to imagine that a fifth grade student would willingly give up multiple recess breaks. However, that’s exactly what a group of 5th graders at Valley View Elementary have done, in order to become science professors for a day in Camp Science. “You have [...]
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