Eileen O. Daday
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Messmers' performance in Mount Prospect an emotional experienceJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Wayne and Kathleen Messmer headlined last week's concert of the Mount Prospect Community Band, as they have done for the last 10 years. They drew hundreds of listeners, ...
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Popular Mt. Prospect ump dies during gameJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A popular umpire for youth softball was being mourned Monday after collapsing Friday evening from a heart attack while umpiring a game in Des Plaines. Vincent Weidner, ...
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Ex-Fremd teacher using art to recover from strokeJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Fremd High School teacher Len Upin always encouraged his art students to explore a variety of different drawing techniques. The trick, he would tell them, is to c...
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July's Irish Fest is still all about the musicJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - What started out as a one-day festival showcasing Irish culture, has turned into a highly anticipated two-day summer tradition in Arlington Heights. Irish Fest returns f...
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Frontier Days 2009: Still going strongJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Other Northwest suburban festivals have downsized as a result of the worsening economy, but one summer tradition returns this year as strong as ever: Frontier Days in Ar...
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Schaumburg woman lived dream of teaching special edJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A special education kindergarten teacher in Lake Zurich Unit District 95 passed away unexpectedly Sunday, leaving her colleagues, students and loved ones scrambling to m...
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Giving Garden more important than everJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Area food pantries have seen numbers of visits soar during the recent economic downturn - some by as much as 80 percent - leaving administrators scrambling to add distri...
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Elk Grove man was Santa to manyJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - James Foss was known throughout Elk Grove Village as Santa to area children and needy families. He played the jolly old elf at gatherings at Alexian Brothers Medical Cen...
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Namesake of Scanlan Center at St. Viator devoted to special studentsJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - One mother's vision, to enable special needs students to succeed along with their peers at a college preparatory high school, now turns out to be her legacy. Ann Scanlan...
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Young Dryden filmmakers tops at Shorties FestivalJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - A group of fifth graders at Dryden Elementary in Arlington Heights posed for one last picture Friday - with their filmmaking awards, no less - before they finished up sc...