Oak Brook
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Chapter 6: Administrator pay vs. teacher payOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Teachers get fewer apples from students these days, but their paychecks now more than compensate for the loss. Between 1998 and 2006, the average teacher pay in 94 subur...
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Uncertain future between Neumann Homes, GilbertsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Neumann Homes' announcement this week that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy means an uncertain future for an agreement between the homebuilder, the village of Gilb...
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Pastor's travels lead him to prison ministryOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Rev. Barry Kolb of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in LaFox was on a plane recently when a stranger asked him what he did for a living. "I said, 'What day of the week i...
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Glen Ellyn celebrates Halloween with paradeOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn resident Bill Folkmar and his 5-year-old son William, who was dressed for the day as a red Power Ranger, had a plan. "He wants to do the parade. Right after t...
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Auction benefits group fighting drunk drivingOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - It was 25 years ago that a drunken driver killed Carol Brierly Golin's daughter. Ann just turned 18 and was about to begin college on an art scholarship when she, along ...
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Suburban families fear moratorium on foreign adoptionsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Antioch resident Gloria Burnette has spent five months preparing for her infant daughter's homecoming. Now she just hopes her child's new home is a healthy and happy one...
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Joining DAR group made quick work of finding family's rootsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A discarded family Bible and a grandmother's funeral that she couldn't attend were the impetus of Nancy Hatmaker Ristau's search for her roots. "My paternal grandmother...
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Novelist spreads a gospel messageOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Estimates say about one in eight Americans have read at least one book of the "Left Behind" series of Christian novels about the end of the world. That means a lot of p...
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Local briefsOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Help with heat bills Grocery shoppers at Jewel-Osco stores can help needy families with heating bills this winter by using Nicor Gas "shop and share" coupons on specifie...
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Taylor's recovery going wellOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - "> Taylor Radtke continued to show signs of improvement Friday, one day after successful brain surgery to remove a tumor near her carotid artery. If th...