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Do peace groups, military recruiters have same rights in public high schools?May 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Imagine the scenario: A local peace group has long distributed fliers at a suburban high school. These fliers encourage students to make informed choices when joining th...
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Starr vehicleMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - TV should never look hard. It should be easy, especially interview shows, which are supposed to mimic an actual conversation. And no one has ever made it look easier tha...
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4 new Eagle Scouts work at improving their communitiesMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Four Boy Scouts with ties to Rolling Meadows can call themselves Eagles, and the city is a better place for it. Only about 2 percent of Scouts achieve the top rank in sc...
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Volunteers hope to 'tag out' ALS with fundraisers in MayMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - If you're driving through Barrington today or Saturday, and see people standing in the streets wearing yellow aprons, don't be concerned you are interrupting a cooking d...
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Boy Scout breakfast still a go in HuntleyMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Boy Scout Troop 167's breakfast is still on for Sunday, even though the signs disappeared for a short time and then reappeared. The mystery remains, but you still can en...
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Mt. Prospect's fire chief gets peer group's top honorMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect Fire Chief Michael Figolah has been named 2008 Fire Chief of the Year by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association. On May 16, he will be honored at the organi...
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They all play ballMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Some families do pancake breakfasts on Sundays. Others do get-togethers with relatives or hours in front of the TV watching NFL games. The Schmidts of Grayslake do baseb...
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Did they have old, new, borrowed and blue?May 01, 2008 11:00 pm - In this season of frantic wedding preparations, it's instructive to remember how it was when William Dunton married Almeda Wood in 1845. Theirs was a simple ceremony in ...
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Finally, a happy camperMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Hanging out near the discus cage last Saturday at Glenbard West's Jim Arnold Invite, Wheaton North graduate Akim Millington waxed nostalgic. "It's like home," said Milli...
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Senior leadership helps carry Golden Eagles to new heightsMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Anytime you start a season with seven experienced seniors on your team, you have to have a good feeling. But good feelings don't win games on the field, nor does experie...