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What’s Happening! Highland Park July 2014 E-Edition

July 17, 2014 By WH! Staff Leave a Comment

Click on the image below and read the Highland Park e-edition of the newest issue! … [Continue Reading]

Oakton Announces New Scholarship at Elmhurst College

May 9, 2014 By WH! Staff Leave a Comment

DES PLAINES – Oakton Community College is pleased to announce The School for Professional Studies/Oakton Community College Alumni Award. This scholarship, valued at $3,500 per term, is offered to one outstanding adult learner who graduates from Oakton Community College and transfers into an accelerated degree completion program at Elmhurst College. “Recognizing the increasing need for community college graduates to continue their studies and … [Continue Reading]

Myra Rubenstein Weis Health Resource Center Luncheon Generates Over $75,000

June 16, 2014 By WH! Staff Leave a Comment

Vibrant shades of magenta and orange adorned the Highland Park Country Club on May 7, 2014, for the 18th annual Myra Rubenstein Weis (MRW) Health Resource Center Luncheon. Pictured are luncheon co-founder Eileen Rubenstein Goldstein with Jesse Peterson Hall, president of NorthShore Highland Park Hospital, and Luncheon honoree Bruce Brockstein, MD, Medical Director of the Kellogg Cancer Centers at NorthShore, with Luncheon co-founder Paul D. … [Continue Reading]

Techlife: “Shortcut Keys” Rhymes with “ABCs”

June 9, 2014 By Dave Kaufman Leave a Comment

A is for Apple. B is for Ball. C is for Car. Yawn. We learn these simple phonetic tools early in life. The idea is, the first letter helps a developing brain associate the sound with the noun: person, place or thing. Adding to the learning a picture or drawing helps further reinforce the letter shape to the sound to the picture. It is typical to not use verbs in most cases, because they are harder to visualize. Double yawn. “Did I … [Continue Reading]