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Batavia woman hopes to be in bookstore near youSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Four years at Batavia High School and four years at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, prepared Gina Olszowski for a job as an art director for an ad agency. But the ...
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Walk aims to reclaim the peace in ElginSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Neighbors on Elgin's near-east side say they have had enough gang violence and are reclaiming their streets for peace with a special walk this Friday. A Walk for Peace, ...
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The Shanghai, an Elgin mainstaySep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - "Just about everybody in Elgin knew my family and our restaurant," remembered Sam Yee, whose parents began a longtime stint as the owners of the Shanghai Restaurant begi...
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Why no East in this Dundee fest?Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - It seems the Fox River isn't the only thing dividing the fine towns of East Dundee and West Dundee these days. For the first time I can remember -- which isn't necessari...
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High-profile Bulldogs are hard to overlookSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Mike Gaspari isn't someone you'd classify as loud and flashy. Heck, Batavia's longtime football coach rarely even raises his voice. He was exhibiting "Quiet Strength" lo...
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How will the Big House react?Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - There's a natural curiosity when a superpower is brought down, an intense human need to know what happens next. There are more significant games on tap today in college...
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Curriculum nights are important for parentsSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - How suburban is it when the biggest social event of your week is curriculum night at your kids' school? Curriculum night -- the night you follow your kid's schedule and ...
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Try using hindsight to make changes in your lifeSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Hindsight comes cheap. That's one of those common sense observations I used to hear in my youth. Common sense or not, after a few decades of living, I don't agree anymor...
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'Sole' searching ahead for CatchingsSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Oprah likes to say she has the best-dressed audience in television, that fans of her show dress to the nines when they come to Chicago to sit in on a taping. Tamika Catc...
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Six inches a significant differenceSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Six inches. That's how close Palatine believes it should have been to potentially pulling an upset that would have put it back on the high school football map. And that'...