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Cohen Georget, 8, developed alopecia when he was 6. Submitted photo.
A Prince Albert mother is hoping to raise money and awareness for a cause close to her family’s heart.
Kym Georget’s son, Cohen, has alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease causing hair loss on the scalp, face and sometimes, other areas of the body. Alopecia affects as many as 6.8 million Americans each year.
According to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, alopecia caused your body’s own immune system to attack healthy hair follicles, causing them to become smaller and slow down production to the point that hair growth can stop.
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Reopening debate fuels school board candidacies in Northwest suburbs
School board candidates from across the suburbs lined up early Monday to be among the first to file paperwork with the Cook County clerk s office at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Updated 12/15/2020 7:40 PM
Amid the heated debates in recent months over school reopenings, some Northwest suburban school districts are seeing larger-than-usual fields of candidates who intend to run for their local school boards in April.
More than 480 school board candidates submitted paperwork on the first official filing day Monday across four locations set up by the Cook County clerk s office. That included 140 candidates who stood in line to hand in their petitions at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect.