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Volunteers help Rockford flood victims clean upAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - All it took was an e-mail popping up to inspire about 25 people to abandon summer weekend plans for barbecues or swimming. Instead, they chose to wade in water and debri...
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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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Walking in their shoesAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Matt Gonzalez and Jason Schubert had no idea they would be learning goat-milking techniques during the mission trip with 11 youth ages 14 to 18 and five adults from St. ...
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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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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...
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Huntley village hall casts jinx on one (at least) local reporterAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Trouble seems to follow me wherever I go -- especially if I go to Huntley village hall. In an earlier column, I told you about when I walked through the double doors int...
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Antics by 1907 mayor draws headlinesAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - "The behavior of Elgin's mayor is awful." "I can't believe the city would buy something and never use it." "Some people in Elgin sure like to gamble." These are comment...
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The world's a stage for performerAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - You've seen them before, at Elgin's Fourth of July Parade, and several others. The black gorilla carrying a cage with the yelling man inside. Or the colorful clown who w...
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Barrington Area Library notesAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Kids may call it the first day of school. But parents might well refer to it as Liberation Day, instead. No matter what you call it, area kids returned to school Wednesd...
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Benefit to help family of liver cancer victimAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - A benefit to help the family of Herman Bueno will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. today at the Norge Ski clubhouse, 100 Ski Hill in Fox River Grove. Tickets are $30 at the door...