Eileen O. Daday
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Local football legend Basanez has quiet homecoming at WaysideFeb 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Brett Basanez arrived back home in the Northwest suburbs last week, after signing a one-year deal with the Bears earlier this month. The 25-year old grew up in Arlington...
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Bartlett couple renews vows after 63 yearsFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - John and Toni Kolnicki of Bartlett have been married for 63 years, but they still are affectionate, even in public. At a wedding renewal service Friday at the Victory C...
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Des Plaines student wins science contestFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - It was Jeopardy, for would-be chemists. At the fifth annual regional competition of "You Be The Chemist" Challenge nearly 35 middle school students answered questions o...
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Youth orchestra salutes LincolnFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Leave it to the creative staff at Schaumburg's Prairie Center for the Arts to come up with a multidisciplinary celebration of the Lincoln bicentennial. No ordinary exhib...
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Cheerleading group celebrates milestone at weekend championshipsFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - One week after the IHSA conducted its state finals in competitive cheerleading, another group of qualifiers head to Springfield this weekend for the Illinois Cheerleadin...
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Several suburban coaches among first inducted into ICCA Hall of FameFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Back in 1980, Pam Dorner-Saxhaug, then a cheerleading coach at Glenbard East High School in Lombard, set out to start an organization to regulate cheerleading, with a un...
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Oil company executive known for his volunteer workFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Every week for nearly 20 years, August S. "Gus" Hoyer would pull up to the kitchen of St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly in Palatine with his latest delivery. Refusing a...
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Several vintners will accompany wines to St. Viator tastingFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - A small Napa Valley winery, and one of its owners, will be at the center of St. Viator High School's eighth annual Wine Tasting Event and Auction on Feb. 21 at The Meado...
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'Tri-Lingual Bee' shows getting 'em young pays offFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - As a veteran teacher, Debra Scott knows to keep the minds and hands of her little first graders busy. That was the case last Friday when she demonstrated her invention, ...
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Man's life of softball scores an ultimate honor for himFeb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Just last month, after the baseball Hall of Fame's newest members were announced, another group of inductees was unveiled: this year's class entering the Chicago 16-inch...