Friday 2 July 2010 @ 5:07 am

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Matriarch, a true role model, turns 102

Tuesday 29 June 2010 @ 7:06 am

Josefina Roman Cardona celebrated her big day surrounded by five generations of her family

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Frog wedding in Varanasi to woo rain gods

Friday 25 June 2010 @ 6:06 am

The wedding was performed to please Lord Indra, the divine figure regarded as Lord of Rain by Hindus so that he showers rain.

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In Holy Varanasi, Get frogs married, pray for rain !

Friday 25 June 2010 @ 5:06 am

Varanasi, June 24 : Following a delayed monsoon, locals in holy city of Varanasi organised the mythical marriage of frogs to please the rain gods on Thursday.

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Patty Griffin & Buddy Miller Live

Friday 25 June 2010 @ 4:06 am

Patty Griffin may not be a household name, but chances are you know her work. She has written for the Dixie Chicks (”Let Him Fly”), Solomon Burke and more recently Kelly Clarkson and Crystal Bowersox have covered “Up To the Mountain” on American Idol.

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In Haiti, aftershocks of a mother’s wrenching decision

Tuesday 22 June 2010 @ 6:06 am

In the chaos after the quake, Marie Lud Francois sent her two older children to an orphanage. But months later, her house remains in ruins, money is scarce, and hopes of bringing them home remain dim. She woke before dawn to get the charcoal going. The tents and rusted shacks on Ruelle Porcelaine were quiet. A faint mist drifted down on the tarps as she boiled a bit of fish and sweet potato in a …

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Mandelas hold funeral for Zenani

Tuesday 22 June 2010 @ 5:06 am

Zenani Mandela, who had just turned 13, was killed in car crash on way home from World Cup opening concert on Friday The 91-year-old former South African president, Nelson Mandela, today joined grieving family members at his great-granddaughter’s funeral. Zenani Mandela, who had just turned 13, was killed in a car crash on her way home from the World Cup opening concert in the early hours of …

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Ailments don’t bother aging organist

Friday 18 June 2010 @ 5:06 am

Since 1963, Emma Herr, 85, has been the organist, choir director and member of Christ United Methodist Church at Main and Boiling Springs Avenue.

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King of instruments: Church raising funds for historic organ

Tuesday 15 June 2010 @ 7:06 am

Anyone who has heard the majestic swell of a fine pipe organ can easily understand why it is loved by musicians and lovers of its sound everywhere: from the march of a wedding ceremony to the transcendent hymns and “joyful noise” at a church service, to the solemn contemplation of a funeral service.

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Calendar

Tuesday 15 June 2010 @ 7:06 am

Submissions for the Community Calendar are required 10 days preceding the date of publication. Send to: Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495 or e-mailed to mbottari@pioneerlocal.com.

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