Local
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Kane County Fair celebrates 143rd yearJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - A bull rider enters the ring with fear, adrenaline and excitement running through his body. He is about to take on a 2,000 pound bucking bull trained to throw off the p...
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Golf outing helps Wheaton athlete fight ALSJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has not sapped Brian Schnurstein of what is most important. The deadly neurodegenerative disease may have rendered feeble the arm that thre...
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Mundelein Summer Theatre to stage first musicalJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - For the last six years, Mundelein High School Theatre alumni have returned to the MHS stage for a summer production. Now, for the first time since its inception, the gro...
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Patriotism thrives along fallen soldier’s funeral processionJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - If you think patriotism is waning, I can reassure you it is alive and thriving in the hearts of Americans. The red, white and blue message was unmistakable along the so...
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Lake County foundation announces grantsJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - The Lake County Community Foundation, an affiliate of The Chicago Community Trust, recently announced $213,600 in grants to local nonprofit organizations that serve the ...
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Batavia polo event benefits local theater groupsJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - Polo is not necessarily a sport everyone can play as it requires one important, and expensive, component — a horse. On Sunday, July 17, spectators can get a peek at thi...
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Woodland Educational Foundation golf fundraiserJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - Golfers can have some fun while helping provide extras to students and staff at Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50. Woodland Educational Foundation is sponsori...
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Being engaged is hard, but there’s hopeJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - What makes being engaged so tough? A couple are perfectly happy and starry-eyed in love — the epitome of compatibility. Then CRASH! They wipe out in the final turn just ...
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Palatine nonprofit SuperSibs needs votes for $50,000 grantJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - Folks at SuperSibs are used to helping the brothers and sisters of pediatric cancer patients, but now they need a little help of their own. The Palatine-based nonprofit ...
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District 70 artwork featured in phone bookJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - Libertyville Elementary District 70 student artwork will once again appear in the next First Choice phone book. This fall’s First Choice Yellow Pages Lake County/North ...