Green Oaks
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Volunteers help Rockford flood victims clean upAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - All it took was an e-mail popping up to inspire about 25 people to abandon summer weekend plans for barbecues or swimming. Instead, they chose to wade in water and debri...
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School districts outline what not to wear to classAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - "Dress to impress," goes the cliche, but school officials are reminding students it's teachers they need to impress this year, not patrons of singles' bars. School dress...
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BHS boosters aim high, wide for stadiumAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - With the demolition of Barrington High School's outdoor stadium scheduled for later this year, a local booster club is hoping to make the new stadium more elaborate than...
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Fluke front is to blame for all this rainAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Will it ever stop raining? State climatologists and meteorologists say yes, but just not right now. Experts say that's because the heavy August rainfall on northern Il...
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We might be in time, Gurnee mayor saysAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik said today that the massive volunteer effort to sandbag homes and businesses along the Des Plaines River may save the village from terrible...
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Parolee is living proof of the power of faithAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The Lake County sheriff's office was a revival tent Tuesday for a demonstration on how the power of faith can transform men and institutions. The focus was Eugene Tannie...
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Waukegan attorney enters race for judgeAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Waukegan attorney Jay Ukena will run for the Democratic nomination for circuit judge in the spring primary. Ukena, a lawyer for 27 years, announced he will seek the righ...
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Gurnee getting ready for the floodAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Whirring front-end loaders, sweating volunteers and piles of sand were part of a flood-prevention effort launched Thursday in Gurnee. It's not a question of whether the ...
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Six hurt in last night's fire at Lake County juvenile centerAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Six people were injured in a fire at Lake County's juvenile detention facility near Vernon Hills yesterday. None was hurt badly, authorities said today. The victims were...
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New 'kid' at school excited for first dayAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - As students surged to the buses at the end of the first day Thursday, one woman outside Oak Grove School seemed nearly as excited as they were. Janice Matthews stopped s...