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Let me spell it out for you: We're trying to get it writeFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - When you write words, you have to get them rite -- I mean, right. We have to think before we ink. And that's not always as easy as it seems. There's a Lake County high s...
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Huntley responds in battle over bondsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - If you live in Huntley and you've noticed more junk in your mailbox lately, you can thank Horizon Group Properties and the village of Huntley. Horizon started the mail f...
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Batavia teen to play at Grammys after entering YouTube contestFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - I had news and I was not above using it to raise my status as a cool mom. "Did you hear that Andrew Pearson is going to play with the Food Fighters at the Grammys?" I sa...
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Sad but true: Coach Komaromy decides it's time to goFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - It didn't come as a surprise. In private conversation we had discussed it for, to be honest, the last couple of years. But the reality that came through the telephone li...
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Judson men have a common goal: A trip to nationalsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Two years ago, Judson University men's basketball coach Jim Cook would agree, the Eagles may have had more talent than they do this season. Judson did finish that 2005-0...
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Now that's thinkingFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The slogan of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's second-year breast cancer awareness program is "Think Pink." It's questionable how sunny and pink North Centra...
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Wine-tasting event to benefit Huntley boostersFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Huntley High School's Fine Arts Boosters will hold its second annual wine-tasting fundraiser Feb. 23 at the Village Vintner Winery, 2273 Randall Road (across from Menard...
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Vitale -- yes, Vitale -- makes welcome comebackFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - When all the preparations for the Dick Vitale conference call were completed and it finally came up on the phone early this week, the first thing one heard was Vitale in...
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Legislators lend helping hand to Gifford Street High classesFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Gifford Street High School history teacher Rod Watson taught his students an impromptu lesson last week: sometimes, all you need to do is ask. When Watson was told there...
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Stand up and be counted -- it'll be quick and well worth itFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Six questions: That's all some Gilberts residents will be asked during this month's special census. Village leaders promise the people asking the questions won't take mu...