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Sugar Grove board sets open houseMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The Sugar Grove village board will have an open house the morning of June 7 to coincide with the opening of the farmers market. Village staff suggested the date in view ...
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Dear public officials: If you dally, don't do it on our dime!Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - After covering the snake pit of politics for many years, I was, frankly, glad to be on to other things. Had I known it was going to get so spicy, maybe I'd have wanted t...
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Snag frustration can come in large doses when river fishingMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - There isn't a single angler who enjoys giving up terminal tackle and crankbaits to the underwater demons of a river. From the McHenry Dam all the way down to the Illinoi...
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For surgical nurse, time off means time to help others on international medical missionsMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - By day, registered nurse Jodi Gunther works in Northwest Community Hospital's intensive care unit, in the high-pressured world of cardiovascular surgery. But she looks...
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Right or not, Paxson's job safe for nowMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Bulls general manager John Paxson's job probably is safe, but not necessarily for the right reasons. The Bulls remain a mess even after Tuesday night's 103-94 victory ov...
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Before college, students should do prep work on career choicesMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Over the past 10 years, the consumer price index has risen 29 percent, but college prices have risen 79 percent, says Sue Simpson of Career Vision, a career-consulting s...
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Resistant starch just might be next weight-loss catchphraseMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Here's some hot news about cold carbs. I'd never heard of resistant starch (a carbohydrate and fiber) until Prevention magazine brought it to my attention. If your not a...
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Algonquin Wal-Mart set to be a super storeMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Listen up, Wal-Mart junkies. The Algonquin store on Randall Road is about to become a Wal-Mart Supercenter. The village recently approved the store's plans to build a 3...
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Geneva church helped bring clean water to GuatemalansMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A "colonia" in El Rosario, Guatemala is a lot better off thanks to some members of Fox Valley Presbyterian Church in Geneva. I wrote about the planned charitable mission...
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Special classes are needed to learn how to scuba diveMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - "What is the deepest depth a person has gone to in the ocean?" asked Zach Grennie, 11, a fifth-grader at O'Plaine Elementary School in Gurnee. Scuba -- an acronym for se...