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Elk Grove parks to begin golf course renovationsAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - Starting this fall, the Elk Grove Park District will begin work on a more than $2 million renovation project at its Fox Run Golf Links Course. The park board of commissi...
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Elk Grove Village marketing itself through bookAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - Elk Grove Village is trying to market itself as a business-friendly town by publishing a community guide dubbed “The Elk Grove Book.” The guide, which will be available ...
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Grayslake author puts kids to sleep with best-sellerAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - With a career in graphic design, two children and a household to run, Sherri Rinker never saw herself as a New York Times Bestselling author, but the Grayslake native ad...
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Libertyville golf course to host three golf tournamentsAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - Libertyville Golf Course, the par-3 nine-hole golf course on the southeast side of the village, will host three golf tournaments in the next several weeks. On Saturday, ...
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Saying 'thank you' can be a tricky businessAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - There was this traveling salesman. One day, while driving past a pig farm, he was startled to see a particularly large pig walking around on a well-fitted wooden leg. T...
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Kick back for Warrenville’s Summer DazeAug 04, 2011 1:00 am - Warrenville’s annual Summer Daze festival returns this weekend with more entertainment and a larger art show that organizers hope will draw bigger crowds. The two-day fe...
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Being a good listener takes patience, self-controlAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - “And all the people listened attentively.” #8212; Nehemiah 8:3 (NIV) I was in the middle of a phone conversation with a friend when I found my mind driftin...
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PGA Tour golfer Kevin Streelman leads youth clinic at CantignyAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - A Wheaton native who honed his golf skills at Cantigny Golf returns to the course Friday, Aug. 5, to oversee some young golfers who hope to follow his footsteps to the P...
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Roselle Taste is back despite financial challengesAug 03, 2011 1:00 am - Even as village budget cuts put this year's Taste of Roselle to the test, organizers felt the tradition must continue. “When this started 30 years ago, the intent was to...
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Golf benefit raises $71,000 for Condell cancer careAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - More than $70,000 was raised last month in a golf outing to benefit Cancer Care Services at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. About 120 golfers attended t...