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Posted5/9/2021 7:32 AM This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: A small awards ceremony took place last week in the auto shop at Rolling Meadows High School. There was little fanfare, but everyone involved hopes the scholarship may lead to a life-changing opportunity.   Senior Justin Leander of Arlington Heights was the recipient. He has taken four years of automotive technology classes at Rolling Meadows, and he plans to put the scholarship toward pursuing his automotive technology degree at Triton Colle...

Updated 5/6/2021 10:33 AM With spring's arrival and the lingering pandemic, Lu Semenzin does what lots of folks do. She takes long walks around her town of Itasca. Only she brings a plastic bag. "I started taking walks with Jewel bags during the pandemic and am increasingly shocked at the amount of garbage in town," Semenzin, 54, posted on March 10, the day she launched Keep Itasca Beautiful as a Facebook page. "Once you start paying attention, it really is staggering how much trash needs to be picked up."   Her page now boasts 59 members, lots of photographs of bags filled with trash, and a...