Maple Park
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Heritage, tradition proudly paradedSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Lazaro Contreras played the violin with five other members of Mariachi Tecalitlan while dressed in a festive cowboy outfit during West Chicago's Mexican Independence Day...
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Energy-filled Catholic movement growing in numbersSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - With his eyes closed and arms outstretched, Mauricio Mendoza is deep in prayer. The Elgin resident speaks softly in an unrecognizable language. His body shake...
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Hillary's high school pals rallySep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - In the mid-'60s, they voted her Most Likely to Succeed. These days -- their hair a little grayer, the stakes a little higher but their faith in their high school classma...
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Leadership, not denial, needed in fight vs. gangsSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The city of Elgin knows how to fight gangs and violence. Or at least it used to. Winning takes neighborhood involvement and the full engagement of city hall, from the po...
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Campton Hills hosts community festivalSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Campton Hills is Kane County's newest municipality, and Saturday became home to the county's newest community festival. The inaugural Campton Hills Heritage Farm Fest ca...
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Payton fundraiser a real rushSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Steve Nusser grew up watching Walter Payton set the record for career rushing yards -- 16,726 -- during his days with the Chicago Bears. On Saturday, the 38-year-old Nus...
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Four-legged friends to be featured at Geneva librarySep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - There's lots more than books -- though books are great -- to be found at our Geneva Public Library. In fact, for two programs, our 4-footed friends take center stage. "R...
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Proposal to limit municipal primaries faces oppositionSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Provisions in an already controversial Senate bill sent to the governor's desk likely would reduce the number of municipal primary elections. "That particular provision...
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Liberians safe from forced return, for nowSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Joseph Dahnweih couldn't go back. Time had taught him that. With an ailing wife and little hope of work in a country where eight of 10 people are unemployed, Dahnweih kn...
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U-46, teachers agree on contractSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - After nearly 180 hours of negotiations, Elgin Area School District U-46 and its teachers have hammered out a tentative three-year deal, officials said Saturday. The prev...