Catherine Edman
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Bensenville district seeks money to build schoolsOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The existing schools in Bensenville Elementary District 2 - with one exception - would disappear under a proposal before voters to borrow $50 million. Four elementary sc...
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DuPage districts question state testsOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The girl in the wheelchair doesn't speak. Instead, she vocalizes a steady tone in a range of volume levels. Her arms flail, the byproduct of involuntary muscle movements...
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Harper chief to COD a done deal?Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Harper College President Robert Breuder is in negotiations to become the new president of the College of DuPage. The 64-year-old Breuder is apparently the leading conten...
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Artificial turf has genuine potential for Glenbard schoolsOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The school board in Glenbard High School District 87 is continuing to explore the use of artificial turf at two of its four high schools, but members cautioned Monday th...
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Families, emergency teams mourn copter crash victimsOct 24, 2008 11:00 pm - As members of the emergency response community gathered Friday in Aurora to mourn four people who lost their lives in last week's helicopter crash, the youngest victim's...
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Parents: Just say 'No' to your kidsOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Saying "yes" to children is easier than the alternative. But it's the word "no" that helps children grow responsibility. That's the key message psychologist and author C...
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Wheaton vision center hope new name means more donorsOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Fundraising for Wheaton's Deicke Center for Low Vision hit a consistent hurdle over the years: Potential donors said, "We've already given to the Deicke Center." Unfortu...
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COD board chair files defamation suit against ex-colleaguesOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - College of DuPage Board Chairman Micheal McKinnon is suing three former female college trustees who alleged that he inappropriately talked to or touched them. McKinnon f...
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School funding shouldn't be tied to income tax, candidates sayOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising income taxes to help support schools statewide is an idea that fails to draw favor from either candidate running for the 45th House District seat. Democratic cha...
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Sexual assault reported in WheatonOct 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Wheaton police are investigating a sexual assault reported Sunday night in a residential neighborhood just south of the city's downtown. The victim told police she was w...