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Students at Crone Middle School get hands-on lessons about the Middle AgesMay 29, 2012 12:00 pm - Plastic golf balls were flying across the lawn outside Crone Middle School in Naperville recently when students were transported to the Middle Ages. The school's tradit...
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Kline Creek Farm event reminds community of the origins of Memorial DayMay 26, 2012 6:00 am - Memorial Day has become a vacation holiday for many people. But for those who want to do something more commemorative this holiday, there's Kline Creek Farm. In “Memoria...
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Moving Picture: Lake County woman gives with photosMay 25, 2012 12:06 pm - Sharon Weigand of Round Lake Heights doesn’t take the pictures. But her love of photography can be seen in every image taken of young cancer patients at Children’s Memor...
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2011-2012 DuPage County Academic TeamMay 25, 2012 5:00 am - Adam Alfredo Ball Glenbard North High School Hometown: Carol Stream Parents: Michael and Anita Ball Sponsor: Kim Saxton, chemistry teacher Class rank: 3 out of 621 ...
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DuPage County honorable mentionsMay 25, 2012 5:00 am - Fatjona Aliaj Willowbrook High School Hometown:Lombard Parents:Ilirjan Aliaj and Mirjana Aliaj Sponsor:Dan Krause, principal Class rank:5 out of 526 GPA:4.6596, weighted...
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Lake County celebrates Memorial Day with parades, ceremoniesMay 23, 2012 3:00 pm - Many Lake County communities will have parades and ceremonies to mark Memorial Day. Here is a listing of what's planned in your community. College of Lake County Fifth...
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The man behind Bluff City's Avenue of FlagsMay 23, 2012 11:00 am - Every day at about 1 p.m., Marvin Schmidt gets into his red truck and drives to Bluff City Cemetery. He visits the graves of his wife and his grandson and makes a circui...
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Vietnam veteran to tell story at Lombard Memorial Day ceremonyMay 23, 2012 9:05 am - As Lombard prepares to mark Memorial Day in solemn remembrance of military personnel who died while serving, one Vietnam War veteran is preparing his notes. Tom Zilla, 7...
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St. James Farm playing host to horses, dogs - and familiesMay 23, 2012 6:00 am - Visitors can celebrate DuPage County's cultural heritage and natural history Saturday, May 26, during "Family Field Day at St. James Farm." The celebration, which runs ...
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Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital nurses honoredMay 22, 2012 3:04 pm - Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital awarded this year’s Jean Ewing Nursing Excellence Award to Mary Beeson of Wadsworth. Beeson, who works in the Northwestern Graysl...