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Prairie Ridge stays perfectOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - While Kevin O'Rourke was looking downfield, which is what Grayslake Central's quarterback did often, Prairie Ridge was looking ahead. The Wolves host Johnsburg on Friday...
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Chapter 4: 1 of every 2 education dollars stays in classroomOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - A typical suburban classroom of 25 students represents $315,000 in revenue. That's $12,600 per kid, the average per-pupil revenue collected in 2005-06 by the 94 school d...
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Trojans earn FVC boys titleOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - You lose your top two runners -- Brad Keating and Ryan Weber -- from last year's Fox Valley Conference championship team. Right before Saturday's conference championship...
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Jacobs sectional champ againOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Jacobs' girls tennis coach Jon Betts may have had the easiest job in the world on Saturday. The Golden Eagles dominated both the singles and doubles courts for the cham...
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Turnout is small without villageOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - The Algonquin Fall Festival never was a huge draw, but the lack of participation from the village made this year's attendance drop to a new low. Instead of the few dozen...
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Powerful Wolves spoil Rams' homecomingOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - While Kevin O'Rourke was looking downfield, which is what Grayslake Central's quarterback did often, Prairie Ridge was looking ahead. The Wolves host Johnsburg on Friday...
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Violence isn't the answer when disciplining childrenOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - "Just a minute! There's no excuse for that!" I said. The woman in the Jewel Food Store paused in the midst of repeatedly slapping her small child to turn and stare at me...
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Naperville fire fighters take residents to Safety TownOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - As flames licked the air a few feet away, Salima Jiwani and her 6-year-old son, Nizar, struggled to pull the pin out of the fire extinguisher. It wouldn't budge. The fir...
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Remember Floyd's? Owners are cookin' againOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Remember Floyd's? The longtime landmark Carpentersville restaurant was the site of many a function for residents throughout the region until its closure almost two years...
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Wish has Radtkes riding highOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - "Hey, Mom, we're popping a wheelie!" Taylor Radtke's little brother, Blake, 5, sure had that right. His whole family was popping wheelies Saturday as, for the first t...