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48 years later, "Phaze" gets the band back together as suburban Chicago students share record-making memories
CHICAGO (CBS) — If you attended Niles East High School in the 1970s, you might have heard of the band Phaze.But this story will resonate even if that name doesn't ring a bell.A basement jam session is equal parts rehearsal – and reunion.Gerald Ford was still president the last time Scott Samuels played with Chuck, Ed, and Jerry. Their band was 'Phaze' and their school was Niles East."Yeah, it's been 48 years," said Samuels. "I was the leader of the band and I would run the practices with an iron fist kind of thing."A high school in Skokie that was...
Suburban Chicago students react to CBS 2 report on a special school recycling program
CHICAGO (CBS) — An update on a story CBS 2 reported a few weeks agoFifth graders in South Elgin who are making a difference when it comes to their environment.It started with recycling plastic bags from snack time but is now a full-school initiative.The kids at Corron Elementary School have put together a recycling program to keep about 100 pounds of plastic from reaching landfills each week.Their teacher, Erick Robinson, partnered with a company called Trex to recycle plastic and create plastic lumber.The collected plastic becomes recycled plastic lumber, made into useful items such as coat racks and benches.A bench made...
New cardiovascular institute to open at Glenbrook Hospital
Heart and vascular patients in northern Chicago and its suburbs will have a new option, as Endeavor Health prepares to open its new Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) in Glenview on May 13, 2024. “All the elective cardiac surgeries from Evanston Hospital, Swedish Hospital and Highland Park Hospital will move here,” said...
Illinois’ children and toddlers are experiencing more delays in getting early intervention services
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.About a year after Desi Evans’ son Christopher was born, she noticed he wasn’t making sounds or babbling like other young children.After the mother from Barrington, Illinois – a town west of Chicago — raised her concerns to her pediatrician at Christopher’s one-year check-up, the doctor recommended having him evaluated for a state program designed to help students with disabilities or developmental delays.The program, known as Early Intervention, serves over 20,000 children and toddlers under the age of 3 throughout Illinois.But, even though Christopher was...
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