Amy Mack
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Know a good repairman … for everything?May 24, 2008 11:00 pm - At first it was funny, the ha ha kind of funny when so many things go wrong you that just have to laugh. The oven was the first to go. A part that "never" fails did just...
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A chance to honor a teacherMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - If you've seen Jacobs High School basketball coach Jim Hinkle pacing courtside, you would know his passion for the game. The fight for his wife has been less visible, bu...
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Appealing your assessment is taxing processMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Some of you aren't going to like this column any more than you like your tax bill. In fact, I fear some of you will literally go through the roof. So, before your blood ...
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Liberty students race for PatrickMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Fifth-grade students at Carpentersville's Liberty Elementary School learned too soon the devastation of cancer when they lost young classmate Patrick Smith in 2004. They...
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West Dundee family grateful for generosity during fundraiserMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Patti Kucek has two words for you: "Thank you." The West Dundee resident is one of the dozens of you who spent many hours to help a family some of you don't even know. T...
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There are great daughters out there, tooMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - There are a couple of mystery moms out there who should be very proud today. They may not even know it, but their children are pretty terrific. A group of young people, ...
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Cable guys hailed as heroes in Lake in the Hills house fire rescueMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - If ever there was a time for the cable guy to show up, it was Friday morning. Trapped by smoke in his bedroom as fire flared in the basement of his two-story farmhouse a...
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Boys in blue will be up on the roof until you giveMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Want a cup of coffee that will send someone in blue to the roof? Be nice -- that's "to," not "through," people! It's the annual "Cops on the Rooftop" when area police cl...
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Forum to explain how media, rescuers work together in crisisMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Three months after the Northern Illinois University tragedy stunned our region, the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District will host a forum to make sure y...
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It may be legal to keep your seat, Paul. But it isn't rightMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't really know what happened at the home of Carpentersville trustee Paul Humpfer last May. Only Paul and his estranged wife, Jackie, know the true details. But we ...