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Elgin Sharks send 19 to championshipAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The 2008 AAU Track and Field National Championship was held in Ypsilanti, Mich. on July 26 to Aug. 2. The Elgin Sharks took 19 athletes. More than 9,700 athletes partici...
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Lessons to learn from library disputeAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The thought of a heated legal battle regarding close to 1,600 acres is not something one would expect to entangle two area library boards. Consider that it's been going ...
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Choosing garage sale neighborhoodsAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Garage-sale shoppers know that picking the neighborhoods in which you shop is important. Wealthier neighborhoods produce better stuff, while poorer neighborhoods have ch...
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State national guardsmen off to trainingAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the noonday sun beat down upon the football field at East Aurora High School Saturday, Liza Calabrese-Carnagio of Aurora walked toward her seat in the grandstand. She...
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Tomatoes hitting full stride?Aug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Your tomatoes are hitting full stride. Seemingly endless branches of zucchini leaves sprawl across your garden. But there are areas of empty soil, spaces vacated by your...
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Dundee corridor takes on new lookAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin's Dundee Avenue corridor is taking on a new look these days and is scheduled to step out in even greater style in the coming years. The four-lane street, which str...
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Live theater comes to ElginAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The Elgin Cultural Arts Commission served up a smorgasbord of the live theater that the city has to offer Saturday - and made plenty of folks hungry for more. The first ...
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Economy sparking first-time gardenersAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Stocks are down, gas and food prices are up. Taxes are taking a bigger bite for some and others are hit by job loss. But many this summer have found a creative, and deli...
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Holy Cross to dedicate new education centerAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As thousands of children begin a new school year this week, about 245 of them will enter the first new Catholic school in the Rockford diocese in nearly 40 years. And th...
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Hampshire restaurant turns 50Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Though much of the farmland that once surrounded the Chick-N-Dip restaurant in Hampshire has been developed into amenities such as a gas station and mini mart, the old d...