Tower Lakes
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More Thomas train sets recalledSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Oak Brook-based RC2 Corp., the designer of collectible toys, said it's voluntarily recalling 269,000 Chinese-made Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway products, the second su...
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Pilot loved flying for charity groupSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Relatives of a Wauconda business owner and pilot who died in a plane crash Wednesday are remembering him as a soft-hearted man who loved flying. Paul Harris, 57, was hea...
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Train horns to fall silent Oct. 12Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The Canadian National train line will officially go quiet Oct. 12. The 10 towns along the line in Lake and Cook counties filed paperwork for a quiet corridor last Thurs...
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Learning chess from a grandmasterSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Six-year-old Tristan Cooper's gaze follows the pieces on the checkered board in front of him. The enraptured first-grader is the youngest member of a new ches...
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Round-up: Alfaro's goal and assist pace PanthersSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Round Lake's boys soccer team picked up another win Wednesday night. Gilberto Alfaro and Cesar Garcia scored, as the Panthers and keeper Joe Landa shut out visiting Vern...
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Chefs to capture nature at its best at Edible Harvest festSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Three cooks will be given 45 minutes and a surprise bounty of local produce to create one memorable dish. Among the competitors will be Joshua Grabowsky, who runs a pers...
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Vernon Hills puts it awaySep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - For the first game and part of the second Wednesday, Vernon Hills and Mundelein were locked in a close, point-for-point contest. But about halfway through Game 2, the Co...
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EJ&E buyer will meet with MetraSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - With Canadian National Railway agreeing to buy much of the Chicago area's EJ&E railroad Wednesday, Metra's much-anticipated STAR Line project linking the Northwest and W...
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Round-up: McKenna, Ramsey help VH net victorySep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Caitlin McKenna and Rachael Ramsey had 6 and 5 kills, respectively, for Vernon Hills in their 25-15, 25-22 win over Lakes. Kelsey Guglielmi had 4 aces and 15 assists for...
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Cook library weighing video policy for childrenSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Should children be able to borrow R-rated DVDs or copies of "The Sopranos" from their local library? That's the question Cook Memorial Public Library District officials ...