Man Walks Away from Devastating Accident, Police Win Top Awards and More

Each week, Arlington Heights Patch puts a highlight on contributions from - and for - the local community. Check out this week's, Local Voices. 

Team Chema Second Kidney Cancer Walk 
Team Chema Second Kidney Cancer Walk in Lake Arlington, August 25, 9:00 a.m. you can support our wonderful family buying tickets for our raffles or buying beautiful jewelry that was donated for our cause.

Home Bar in Arlington Heights Hosts Handicap This! on September 5
Handicap This! will help audiences measure the level to which their mind is handicap accessible. Local heroes, Mike Berkson and Tim Wambach bring their true-life adventure to the stage with music, humor and honesty.

Arlington Heights Police Department Wins Two Top Awards
The Arlington Heights Police Department was notified by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) that it has been awarded “first place” in the 2012 National Law Enforcement Challenge for municipal police departments having 101-200 sworn officers.  

Gothic in America Class offered at Harper College 
Vampires, ghosts and monsters form the characters of this class as you interpret the symbolism from both the media of today and the classic literature of Bram Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe......

Man Who Was in Jeopardy of Being Paralyzed Walks Out of Northwest Community Hospital For the victim of a recent horse fall in the northwest suburbs, the medical prognosis was grim. The man, who had been thrown from a horse, told emergency responders that he had no feeling or movement in both of his arms and legs.

Got Tomatoes? Delicious, Healthy, Easy Recipe
It seems like one minute your tomato plants are covered with green, hard unripe tomatoes and the next minute, all of them are bursting red and ready to be picked! After harvesting these red gems, my husband presented me with more ripe tomatoes than I knew what to do with....

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