Palatine
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Palatine Park District notesDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - For more information, call (847) 991-0333 or visit www.palatineparks.org. Swim team registration: The Palatine Park District's Tiger Sharks swim team is accepting regist...
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Change errant decision on school testsDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Sometimes, it seems, decisions made by state or federal agencies overseeing education just don't seem to have been thought out very well. Ironic, isn't it? Such is th...
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State making English learners take same standardized tests as prosDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Students new to English will take the same state tests as their English-speaking peers this year. The switch, ordered by the Illinois State Board of Education, could sin...
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The briefsDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Seniors can make free holiday calls Merrill Lynch will open its Barrington office Saturday for area seniors to make holiday phone calls. Seniors will be allowed use Merr...
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Should libraries restrict kids' access to videos?Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - At libraries throughout the suburbs, children can check out copies of the bloody World War II film "Saving Private Ryan," episodes of the violent crime drama "The Sopran...
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Ban would be better for young athletes in trainingDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - I believe that aluminum bats being banned would allow for young hitters to learn a more professional style of hitting. Too many young hitters get into bad habits swingin...
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Chicago Archdiocese on a recruitment missionDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Over the past seven years, the Chicago Archdiocese suffered a dire drop in recruitment for the priesthood. Sex scandals rocking the church nationally fed the local decli...
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It's not the schools; it's a failure to readDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The implicit message behind the recent school bashing in your pages is there exists some magic bullet for "curing" our schools' problems, if only the administrators and ...
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Palatine man charged with abusing teenDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - A Palatine man who police say fondled a teen girl in an apartment building laundry room was in court Saturday on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 ...
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Fremd volunteer takes active parenting to new levelsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - It's not easy to get Tim Maher to talk about his volunteering. That's because the Palatine resident doesn't do it for the glory. "He shies away from recognition of any k...