Cook County
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Movers and ShakersAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Darren Szrom was appointed vice president of marketing and communication at the Schaumburg-based Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. He has extensive experience in...
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Here's what we hear when people drop off their felinesAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - I would like to share with you my "Top Ten" List of excuses we hear at the Buddy Foundation regarding why people give up their animals. All of the reasons are dishearten...
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Über Huber, Viator rollAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Viator has had an assembly line of talented quarterbacks the last decade. Senior Eric Huber hopes to follow Jarrett Payton, Brett and Kyle Basanez, Jared Funk and Da...
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Making stridesAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Lori Andre remembers slipping into her mother's big yellow high heal shoes and clunking around the house when she was a little girl. An energetic Andre has always been i...
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'We can't keep living like this'Aug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - As mosquitoes buzz around him, Bob LeMay dips a 7-gallon jug into his neighbor's pool and watches it fill with greenish water. He lugs the heavy container back home and...
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Palatine woman, fellow quilters put hobby to good useAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - It's all good when you can parlay a hobby or interest into a gift that helps others. Dotty VanDerripe of Palatine has done just that. "As a group of quilters it's nice t...
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Shop owner uses color to blend the colonial décor she loves with a contemporary settingAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Mary Lou Mitchell's penthouse in downtown Arlington Heights would not surprise fans of her Pineapple Shop. Many of the items she sells in the home décor and gift shop de...
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Garden calendarAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Demos and shows •Kline Creek Farm hosts "Canning Your Garden" demonstrations at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. today at 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago. Call ...
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Cops get craftier about catching speeders -- who get craftier about dodging trapsAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Jostling to pull in front of each other in the territorial fight over the open road, suburban drivers and police are often locked in a battle of wits. Now, they are find...
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Preparing to soarAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - As a teenager, Rolando Torres of Elgin says he was so busy with homework that he simply didn't have time to become an Eagle Scout. He doesn't want his son, Alex, to face...