Columns
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Lake Park to sponsor a clinic for color guardDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The skills of tossing rifles and spinning flags while looking great on the field are the focus of the Junior High Winterguard Clinic from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Lake P...
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Council says no to townhouseDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The Palatine Village Council sent a strong message to developers this week who want to build multi-family housing near single-family neighborhoods. A proposal in front ...
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Chamber honors business leaderDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce bestowed its highest honor -- Business Leader of the Year -- on a young entrepreneur who started his accounting business only two ...
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Batavia church site of Christmas Julotta serviceDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Growing up in Batavia as a daughter of Swedish ancestry, I looked upon Christmas as a series of Swedish traditions. It all started Dec. 13 with Santa Lucia Day. In comme...
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Railway's purchase of train line good, badDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Buffalo Grove plans on having a representative of the Canadian National Railway at the board meeting Monday to do a presentation on its intended purchase of the Elgin, J...
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Going green is good for the environment and the bottom lineDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Green finally seems to be catching on -- in practical ways that make sense for both the environment and small business bottom lines: • When Garvey's Office Products Inc....
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The quest for big bluegills never stopsDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - When it comes to finding and catching jumbo panfish and putting all the pieces together in the never-ending search for monster bluegills, I politely bow to the quiet man...
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Owls' natural makeup makes them nature's wonderDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - "How do owls turn their head all around?" asked Valerie Manuel, 8, a third-grader at W.C. Petty Elementary School in Antioch. The owl soars to the top of the class in th...
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Illini's O'Donnell receives 'great honor'Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois senior left guard Martin O'Donnell earned first-team All-American recognition from the Associated Press on Tuesday. That made the 2003 Downers Grove South gradu...
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Cubs really cornered this marketDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - By early Tuesday evening, the deal was done. The word in San Diego was that Kosuke Fukudome wasn't going anywhere but the North Side of Chicago to play baseball next sum...