Christopher Placek
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Carol Stream Library studying land sale optionsSep 20, 2012 12:52 pm - If the Carol Stream Public Library board decides to sell its 7.5-acre property on Kuhn Road, the village would get first dibs on the land, officials said this week. Disc...
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Library trustees table resolution to censure colleagueSep 20, 2012 12:44 pm - Trustee says colleague used expletive toward him
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District 93 teachers get Apples to start school yearSep 20, 2012 11:17 am - It’s customary on the first day of school for teachers to get apples. So it’s fitting that at the onset of a major technology rollout program in Carol Stream Elementary ...
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District 203 toughens policy on reporting suspected abuseSep 18, 2012 1:57 pm - Naperville Unit District 203 officials plan to strengthen their policy on reporting potentially abused and neglected children in light of recent allegations that adminis...
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Dist. 203 admits calendar was a mistakeSep 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Naperville Unit District 203 school board members said Monday they should’ve better listened to parents, students and school district staff before approving a school cal...
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COD commissions sculpture of chaparral mascotSep 17, 2012 11:06 am - It’s a bird that may be best known in popular culture for escaping Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes, and you may actually see the real thing in the American southwest, but...
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Medinah's neighbors take Ryder Cup in strideSep 17, 2012 10:00 am - Most of the time, Pat and Ralph Cook's neighborhood is tranquil. Their home, secluded amid trees and brush on Medinah Road, is hidden to the average passer-by. But when ...
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Drive-in’s big metal speakers aren’t going awaySep 17, 2012 5:30 am - Though the Cascade Drive-In Theater in West Chicago may be undergoing a switch from film to digital projection, there’s still some old technology that is staying put: th...
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McHenry drive-in holding fundraiser to go digitalSep 17, 2012 5:30 am - The McHenry Outdoor Theater has been in existence since the 1940s, and its new owner hopes it can carry on into the future by converting from film to digital. So it’s fi...
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Nostalgic drive-ins must go digital, tooSep 16, 2012 11:00 pm - At the Cascade Drive-In movie theater in West Chicago, nostalgia abounds. As cars filter in just after 7 p.m., music from the 1950s and 1960s fills the night air, pourin...