Glendale Heights
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Celebrating Lincoln: Honoring our 16th president on his 200th birthdayAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Travel the Lincoln Highway. Tap your feet to Civil War-era music. Take a break from the Obama-McCain presidential campaign, and hear Abraham Lincoln debate Sen. Stephen ...
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Competitors, big and small, come out to Naperville's Last FlingAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Jack Murray had a trick up his sleeve as he took a seat alongside nearly a dozen other contestants in the spaghetti eating contest. At stake was a gift certificate to D...
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Woman opens house to provide personalized care to the elderlyAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Janina Jurasius recently moved into a neat, brick ranch surrounded by a yard planted with flowers in Wheaton. The elderly woman, who came to the United States from Lithu...
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Going old school in Oak Brook Civil War re-enactmentAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The disparity between the two worlds was striking. As seven-year-old Emily Bittman and her father sat along the edge of the Salt Creek in Oak Brook Sunday morning eatin...
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Streamwood man accused of sex assaultAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - A 31-year-old Streamwood man is in Cook County Jail after he was accused of sexually assaulting a teenager over a seven-year period. Streamwood police arrested Juan Var...
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Library honors DuPage County's first black officerAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - After serving his country, William Simmons came home and again risked his life, this time fighting a war on local streets against drugs and gangs. As part of its sesquic...
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When Old Glory needs a bathAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Joe Hunter doesn't believe in part-time patriotism. That is, if you fly an American flag - and you should, he says - do it every day. And, when Old Glory gets a little d...
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Fundraiser failed to save Lombard restaurantAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Even a last-ditch fundraiser failed to keep afloat Flaherty's Beef and Brew in Lombard. Larry and Patti Wojdyla held a benefit earlier this summer at their 29-year-old I...
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280 compete at DuPage horse trialsAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - It's not always about receiving the medal. Sometimes the experience itself is worth its weight in gold. When Lamplight Equestrian Center and Pratts Wayne Forest Preserve...
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Fox River canoe race registration underwayAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Registration has begun for the MidAmerican Canoe and Kayak Race, which will be run Sept. 28 on the Fox River between St. Charles and Aurora. The 47th running of this pop...