All Stories from August 15, 2011 (Change date)
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Carol Stream plans formal 'shop local' programAug 16, 2011 5:46 am - Carol Stream Trustee Greg Schwarze often encourages residents to “Shop Carol Stream” to help bolster local sales tax revenues — in one of the few suburban towns that doe...
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How Can This Much Fun, Do So Much Good?Aug 17, 2011 8:12 am - Let's face it…men are terrible at selecting thoughtful gifts for their wives and girlfriends. That's why Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center is making it easy for you to show...
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Lake Villa Vipers hold final tryouts Aug. 27Aug 16, 2011 4:52 pm - The Lake Villa Vipers will hold a final tryout for the 2012 14-U Boys Travel Team from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 at Field 1 at 22670 W. Grass Lake Road in Lake Villa...
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St. Charles District 303 to keep textbook, for nowAug 16, 2011 11:59 am - St. Charles Unit District 303 school board members decided Monday night that books don't teach students, teachers do, while debating the continued use of a text that's d...
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Downers Grove artist fires up a career in special effectsAug 17, 2011 7:55 am - One of the most provocative job titles in Hollywood — aside from best boy and gaffer, of course — has to be “Flame artist.” Flame artist? Sounds like a guy who p...
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Strong international field among Arlington favoritesAug 16, 2011 10:44 am - Today's three Grade I stakes at Arlington Park are billed as the International Festival of Racing. Quite fitting, to say the least. The morning-line favorites for the Ar...
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Midtown Palatine offers 'Run Your First 5K' training sessionsAug 16, 2011 4:00 pm - Running your first 5K just got a bit easier thanks to a weekly class now being offered at Midtown Athletic Club in Palatine, 1760 N. Hicks Road. Working toward the nint...
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Elgin mourns Lowe's closing, looks ahead to Walmart, Sam's ClubAug 17, 2011 1:28 pm - As 84 employees of the Elgin Lowe's home improvement store plan their next steps after finding out they are unemployed, city officials discussed what the store closing m...
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Patriot Aquatic Club holds tryouts Aug. 23-24Aug 16, 2011 4:54 pm - The Patriot Aquatic Club, one of the premiere swim teams in Illinois, will hold tryouts for new members on Tuesday, August 23 and Wednesday, August 24 in the Patriot Nat...
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In Midwest, Obama seeks ideas for jolting economyAug 17, 2011 11:46 am - PEOSTA, Iowa — Seeking some help from rural America, President Barack Obama on Tuesday implored Iowans to share ideas with him about how leaders can give an economic jol...