Park Ridge
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Soapbox: Red hot chili peppersSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - An autumn without a chili cook-off is like a summer without fireworks, a winter without sledding, a spring without tulips. You know -- virtually pointless. No wonder, th...
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Jewish year bringing changesSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - The High Holy Days mark a time to look back and look ahead. Jews of the North and Northwest suburbs have been assessing High Holy Days messages from rabbis and congregat...
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Even the truth about guns sometimes misses the markSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - If all gun owners were as responsible and law-abiding as Steve of Schaumburg, I wouldn't need to write this column. But Steve, a longtime, outspoken reader/friend/source...
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Barnas shows big-time abilitySep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Big numbers have come to Harper College in a small-school quarterback package. Garrett Barnas grew up in Walnut, a town of 1,200 about 20 miles south of Sterling and Roc...
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Schaumburg teacher faces battery countsSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Bond was set at $500,000 Friday for a teacher at Schaumburg's Frost Junior High School accused of battering and restraining students. Patrick E. McCarthy, 30, of 712 Lon...
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Coming from afar for a look at Cabela'sSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Jane and Peter Schwab left a group of jealous surgeons behind to visit Hoffman Estates for Cabela's grand opening Friday. The Schwabs, who hail from Galesburg, drove 2½ ...
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Leyden 24, Willowbrook 21Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - On paper, it looked as if Willowbrook was the favorite at Leyden on Friday night. After all, the Warriors were a Class 7A state-ranked team a week ago. On the field, it ...
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Streamwood 19, East Aurora 14Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - One of the two teams playing at East Aurora Friday night was certain to take a much-needed step in the right direction. Streamwood and the Tomcats each came in with ide...
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ESO loses leader to FloridaSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Michael Pastreich, an architect of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's ascension as one of the leading regional orchestras in the United States, has accepted an offer to beco...
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Prospect Heights Library is 50Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Just days before the Prospect Heights Library's 50th anniversary, librarian Alex Todd looked over his checklist for Sunday. Take down book displays, make sure books are...