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Libertyville hosts 5K run to benefit Boston victimsMay 31, 2013 3:18 pm - The Chicago Running Bloggers, in partnership with Muddy Monk, will present the Run for Boston 5K at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 15, at Independence Grove, 16400 W. Buckley Roa...
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Antioch Police Department trains local officers in first responseMay 31, 2013 3:17 pm - The past few years, the school shootings occurring nationwide have taught police officers valuable lessons regarding police response. First responding officers must be t...
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Moving Picture: Miniature horses serve as therapy animalsMay 31, 2013 10:00 am - When Jodie Diegel ties the sneakers on her 2-year-old's feet, it's usually not a struggle until the fourth foot. That's because most horses aren't used to wearing tiny r...
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Batavia birder cares for purple martin colonyMay 30, 2013 5:00 am - His lifelong interest in purple martins began when 72-year-old Fred Borchert was a boy, visiting his grandfather at a Wisconsin farm. His grandparents didn't have a tele...
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First Metea 5K caps running, reading programMay 29, 2013 12:00 am - A reading and running program at Metea Valley High School in Aurora will culminate this weekend with the school’s first 5K race for charity, the Metea LIFE Run. Fueling ...
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Aurora woman aims to improve future vision in her hometownMay 29, 2013 12:00 am - Vision isn’t something Laura Martinez thought much about until her diabetic mother got sick. The 27-year-old can see fine herself and had never been to an optometrist. B...
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Sweet surprises keep birding fun and interestingMay 28, 2013 12:00 pm - In my first column back in 2004, I had the “Gumption” to say that birding is like a box of chocolates. It wasn’t the most original thing to say, perhaps, but it still ap...
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Make sisters take responsibility for their feudMay 28, 2013 11:15 am - Q. I have an older sister, “Mary,” and younger, “Tracy,” who simply do not get along. Mary hasn’t done anything specific like bullying, but I’ve never seen her openly ac...
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Emmaus House, volunteers fighting suburban povertyMay 27, 2013 5:31 am - Every Sunday night, they gather for dinner. Large tables fill much of the basement at St. Francis de Sales Church. At each, men, women and children eat plates filled wit...
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South Elgin teen chooses GED, college over high schoolMay 26, 2013 3:33 pm - Kevin Lopuszanski didn’t like high school — so he got out as soon as he could. The South Elgin teen stopping attending at the end of his sophomore year at St. Charles No...