Eileen O. Daday
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Olympic swimmer to meet fans in Arlington Heights next weekSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - As part of their effort to connect high achieving athletes with local runners and triathletes, the owners of Runner's High 'n' Tri in Arlington Heights are sponsoring an...
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First director built Hersey band into powerhouseSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - In the late 1960s and 1970s, a familiar battle cry formed in the band room at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights: "GEEVUM," which meant "give 'em hell" in Hawaiian...
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Deaf Hersey football player doesn't miss a step on the fieldSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - At a recent practice, Hersey High School football coaches put their team through the paces. Forced indoors by the heavy rain, they stressed speed, alertness and spreadin...
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F-16 flyover in Barrington celebrates freedomSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - A flyover by a pair of F-16 fighter jets Saturday seemed to signal that the 5-year-old Freedom Fest in Barrington had come of age. Several hundred spectators standing i...
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Suburban Mosaic picks send readers on cultural and personal journeysSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Children's author and illustrator Grace Lin knows about living across two cultures. As the daughter of Chinese immigrants, growing up in a Caucasian community in upstat...
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Priest offered comfort quietly to his parishionersSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - On the very day that terrorists struck on Sept. 11, 2001, the Rev. Ronald Folger began a new class teaching adults interested in becoming Catholics at his parish, St. Pe...
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Arlington Heights fifth-graders' 15 minutes of fame go on and onSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - A group of fifth-grade basketball players from the Arlington Heights Youth Basketball Association helped open the sports segment Monday on the "Good Day Chicago" show on...
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Picnic, painting, old-fashioned games part of the fun plannedSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Step back to a simpler time, to the early 1900s, when Model T Fords and high wheel bicycles ruled the road, and families played games of Checkers, tiddlywinks and croque...
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Des Plaines woman known for her contributions to the librarySep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Eight years ago, hundreds of Des Plaines residents formed a line that snaked its way from the city's old public library to its new location on Ellinwood Avenue. One by ...
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Buffalo Grove's Clipper Guy sets three world recordsSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - After watching the Olympics, Ivan Zoot of Buffalo Grove no longer could sit on the sidelines. He was determined to reclaim his own world records. So he grabbed his clip...