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Annual White House Easter Egg Roll scheduled for April 13

February 3, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The annual White House Easter Egg Roll is set for April 13.First lady Melania Trump announced the date for the time-honored tradition on Monday.Tickets are free and are available through an online lottery scheduled to open Feb. 18...

Easter gifts for students

By Tatianna Salisbury | April 13, 2017

Easter baskets conjure up images of chocolate bunnies, plastic eggs and weird, multicolored, drugstore socks no one would wear in their lifetime. Skip the sweets this year and keep in mind these little additions that make a big difference during this...

Breakfast with the Bunny to feature Easter breakfast, screening of “Hop”

By Northern Star staff | March 18, 2015

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce and the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., will hold Breakfast with the Bunny 9-11 a.m. March 28.The event will start with a 9-10:30 a.m. buffet breakfast at Lincoln Inn, 240 E. Lincoln Highway, and conclude with a showing...

Golf Course Clubhouse to host Easter festivities

By Brooke Shinberg | March 27, 2013

Easter will come early to the Golf Course Clubhouse, 940 E. State St. in Sycamore, 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. “We will have spring bingo with fun prizes,” said superintendent of recreation Bart Desch. “The crafts will be decorating bags to collect the...

Why Im giving up Facebook for Lent

Why I’m giving up Facebook for Lent

By Kathryn Minniti | March 8, 2011

Today is Ash Wednesday, a sacred day for many religious people, which begins the 40-day period known as Lent. These 40 days are typically associated with Christians sacrificing a part of their daily lives leading up to Easter as a way of symbolically...