Justin Kmitch
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Metea Valley music program strikes first chordJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Football season is still a good six weeks away and the Metea Valley Mustangs Marching Band already has mastered the fight song. Not bad for a group of young high school...
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Parade grand marshal blazed a path in AuroraJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - For the past two weeks, Mary Lou Chapa has been working on her "Queen's wave." She hopes to perfect it by Saturday morning. Chapa, known as Aurora's first Hispanic Real...
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Reporter stares fear in the face at Lisle's Eyes to the SkiesJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Want me to jump on that great new roller coaster? I'm in. An 11-hour flight over the ocean to Maui? Been there, done that. You want me to get a ladder to clean the sec...
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Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festival looks to bounce back from financial woesJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Lisle's 29th annual Eyes to the Skies Festival may be under new management, but organizers still promise to have all the hot-air balloons and lumberjack races you've gro...
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Operation Thump Shaker nabs 11 in AuroraJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Drivers with "obnoxiously loud" stereos were targeted Tuesday by Aurora police during "Operation Thump Shaker." Police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said 11 motorists were nabb...
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Aurora police kill pit bull after it attacked girlJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - An Aurora police officer shot a pit bull six times, eventually killing it, after it attacked a girl, mauled another dog and charged the officer, authorities said. Polic...
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Aurora rolls toward long-awaited skate parkJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Skaters have been busting out nose stalls, rail stands and ollies at skate parks on Aurora's far east and west sides for years. Now long-awaited plans for a new skate pa...
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District 204 group pushing to maintain special needs fundingJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois' first and largest special needs Parent Teacher Association may quickly shrink if state legislators approve a budget with threatened cuts to social and human se...
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Metea Valley sports program looks to build own traditionsJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The backs of their wrinkled, sweat-soaked T-shirts say it all: "Tradition Starts Today." Hundreds of potential Metea Valley athletes have been working out on courts and ...
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Spelling test: Near-miss for Metea practice jerseysJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Metea Valley suffered its first case of mistaken identity when a box of 200 practice football jerseys arrived with the Aurora high school's name spelled "MATEA." Athleti...