Des Plaines
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Brass band championship to have international toneOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - John Meling of Arlington Heights has gone toe-to-toe with students for 33 years in his role as a science teacher and administrator at Prospect, Wheeling, Rolling Meadows...
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Student hurt in explosionOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Northwestern University says a graduate student was injured in a science lab explosion. A school spokeswoman says Jason Nicholas was mixing compounds in a glass contain...
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Community ties help Picket Fence in down marketOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Paul and Susan Duchek did not quite understand what they had agreed to when a number of years ago they offered to provide picket fencing for the Vietnam Wall Memorial ex...
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FundraisersOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Holiday Holiday book sale: Friends of the Palatine Library Holiday Sale: during regular library hours Nov. 16, 17 and 18; 700 N. North Court, Palatine. Selection of book...
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89-year-old cook blended work, familyOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Born on Nov. 2, 1917, 89-year-old Kay Schovanec was a pioneer for her time and place. A small-town Illinois girl from Campbell Hill, 30 miles north of Carbondale, she ea...
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Grade schools improve, high schools tumble in latest test scoresOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - In a year of heightened expectations on state tests, 900 Illinois schools landed failing grades, results released today show -- including more high schools than ever in ...
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State, U.S. candidate filingsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Here is the complete list of statewide and legislative candidates for the Feb. 5 Illinois primary as of 5 p.m. Wednesday. Filing for the primary will close Nov. 5. An as...
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Briefs: Mitsubishi Gas taps UOP as supplierOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced Tuesday that Japan's Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. has selected UOP to supply technology, engineering, equipmen...
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U-46 middle schoolers see gains, but district lagsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Hundreds more students at Elgin Area School District U-46's eight middle schools met state reading and math standards last school year. Middle school scores inched up st...
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Informal Dist. 211 talks aim to halt strikeOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Behind the rhetoric of labor negotiations at Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211, the two sides continue to talk informally, suggesting there's still hope of av...