Burlington
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Chapter 9: Schools falling further into debtNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois schools spend a lot of money every month. They're also spending a lot of tomorrow's dollars today. Illinois schools owed a total of $16 billion in bond loans at...
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Copies of Veterans Day radio show are availableNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - I really enjoyed last Sunday's Veterans Day ceremony in Elgin. I counted more than 100 people there, including city officials, veterans and their families. There were ve...
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Another terrible accident at intersection with no stoplightNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Lori Westerlin froze when she heard the scream of the ambulance's siren and the whir of the helicopter heading over her Elburn home late in the afternoon of Nov. 9. She ...
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Interfaith prayer service today at First Congregational Church in ElginNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - The Coalition of Religious Leaders and Christian, Jewish, Baha'i and Muslim communities are participating in an Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service at 7 p.m. today at...
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Scouting the Fox Valley area's bowling teamsNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Bartlett Hawks Coach: Carrie Klein (8th season) Home house: Espo's Country Lanes (Elgin) Top bowlers: Seniors: Stephanie Jones, Cassandra Fagan; Freshmen: Jamie Boothe, ...
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Campton Hills foes dealt new legal setbackNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Proponents of disconnection from the village of Campton Hills suffered another setback when Kane County Circuit Judge Michael J. Colwell dismissed a petition for disconn...
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Cook County dropout ratesNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Dropout rates State figures show that high school dropout rates have dropped. (Shown in percentages.) District ...
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Huntley school board OKs time limits on discussionsNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - When the Huntley Unit District 158 school board adjourned last week's meeting, it was 12:57 a.m. The board meeting started in closed session at 5:30 p.m. -- almost seve...
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Review those lessons in communication from 'Luke': 1967Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - "What we have here is failure to communicate." So said prison boss Strother Martin to Paul Newman's convict in the 1967 prison film "Cool Hand Luke," a screen classic pa...
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There is a beautiful life after reality televisionNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been almost two years since Brittany Knott came oh-so closer to snagging $125,000 on "Beauty and the Geek 2," in which she played, well, one of the beauties. When ...