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Updated 5/2/2021 6:19 PM
This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald:
The sun came out, the coats came off, and warm smiles spread across the faces of the crowd in a Mundelein driveway as 18-year-old Dani Lococo celebrated her newfound friendship with Marli, her Make-A-Wish Illinois comfort dog.
When Marli wakes her up in the morning, she has a big smile on her face, Shari Lococo said of her daughter. Marli, a 5-month-old Australian labradoodle, isn t a service dog trained to do tasks. She s here to snuggle and be a best buddy for Dani.
How media center workers at Palatine High are using TikTok to promote reading
Palatine High School library assistant Meredith Quick, left, and media center assistant Sarina Flores recorded a TikTok video last week. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Updated 4/27/2021 9:09 AM
Leaping over a desk. Falling with a dozen hardcover books in your arms. Hanging off a moving book cart. There is nothing we won t try goes a line in the song that two Palatine High School media center staff members used in their latest TikTok video and that pretty much sums it up.
Meredith Quick and Sarina Flores are the creators the media center TikTok account, @mediacenterphs, which they launched at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The account s tagline is Just a bunch of librarians looking to spread the love of reading.
Posted4/19/2021 1:00 AM
See vintage Daily Herald photos of Hamburger University, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Arlington Heights Library, Dance Competitions and more in our latest Through the Film Magnifier gallery. The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 387, Tom Grieger photo: These two girls look through books in the children s section of the Arlington Heights Library in February of 1965. The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 387, Tom Grieger photo: Four-year-old Brian Sweeney looks at books with his big sister Mary Pat at the children s section of the Arlington Heights Library in February of 1965. The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 1,274, Tom Grieger photo: Girl Scouts fold the American flag during their camp out in Itasca in July of 1965.
Slate endorsed by teachers union leading pack in District 211 Anna Klimkowicz Roxanne Wittkamp Upper from left, Curtis Bradley, Jessica Hinkle, Anna Klimkowicz, Tim McGowan and lower from left, Kristen Steel, Robi Vollkommer, Denise Wilson and Roxanne Wittkamp are High School District 211 board candidates in the April 6, 2021 election.
Updated 4/6/2021 10:42 PM
Three candidates supportive of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 s handling of the pandemic and finances have taken an early lead in the election of three seats on the board of education.
Leading the pack with 146 of 148 precincts reporting were newcomer Curtis Bradley with 8,074 votes, the sole incumbent Anna Klimkowicz with 7,986 votes and Timothy McGowan with 7,430 votes all on a slate endorsed by the teachers union.