Mark Welsh
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163 people brave snow, frigid water for Polar Bear Plunge in WaukeganJan 02, 2014 4:35 pm - The weather outside was frightful but the faces on people after they emerged from the freezing Lake Michigan water was so delightful Wednesday during the 15th annual Pol...
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Moving Picture: Firefighting in Rolling Meadows rookie's bloodDec 28, 2013 3:06 pm - With less than five months on the job at the Rolling Meadows Fire Department, John Loesch Jr. is still considered a “probie” — a term used to identify a probationary fir...
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Prospect Heights welcomes Santa, holiday seasonDec 01, 2013 7:00 pm - Santa traded in his big red sleigh for a Prospect Heights Fire Department engine when he arrived to help light the city's holiday tree Saturday night. The weather outsi...
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Moving Picture: Northlake gravedigger says job part of lifeSep 21, 2013 2:21 pm - Adalberto Nevarez Jr. gives people the creeps when he tells them he's a gravedigger. The Northlake resident is following in his father's footsteps. Beto, as he is called...
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ComEd's aerial team has high-wire jobJul 03, 2013 8:49 am - It's called riding the lightning. That's the term some use for the job done by an elite group of ComEd linemen who work 130 feet above the ground alongside live wires ca...
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Moving Picture: Window washer has a higher callingJun 22, 2013 11:33 am - Soapy water splashes as window washer Virgil Pop of Prospect Heights prepares to spend the next four hours staring at his reflection. A pair of ear buds dangles from ov...
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Moving Picture: Palatine woman impersonates MarilynMar 19, 2013 2:27 pm - Marilyn Monroe is alive and well and living in an apartment in Palatine. She doesn't go by the name of Norma Jean, though. It's Sheri Winkelmann. A Shakespearean actor...
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Moving Picture: Archie at home in the halls of St. ViatorNov 12, 2012 5:34 am - The hallways of St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights are routinely filled with 971 students, 970 of them human. Student 971 is Archie the dog. “It's pretty unusua...
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Images: Palatine vs. Elk Grove VillageSep 08, 2012 5:24 pm - The Palatine High School Pirates improved to 2-1 with a 42-21 win over the Elk Grove High School Grenadiers Friday, September 7th in Palatine. Elk Grove dropped to 2-1....
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Moving Picture: Arlington Park farrier readies hoovesAug 06, 2012 6:56 am - His clients have funny, unusual names — Kokakoka Ocean, Teambdancing and Half Foxy — but they also have four feet and wear aluminum shoes. For Hutch Holsapple, 42, of Ro...