Kerry Lester
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Burlington Central students remember friend, teammateSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - A sea of tie-dye surrounded Burlington Central High School's flagpole early this morning. Hundreds of students who knew Jerry Martinez as a classmate, teammate and frien...
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ECC class lets students dissect cadaver from head to toeSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Some community college students might lose their lunch over the thought of dissecting a cadaver from head to toe. Others call it the experience of a lifetime. Elgin Comm...
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NFL star 'honored' by connection to Elgin High playerSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Just as the story of Winfred Cooper's magical touchdown didn't start in the end zone, it hasn't ended there, either. A local father - with the help of the Green Bay Pack...
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U-46 to retired teacher subs: 'Go home'Sep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Several long-term substitute teachers in Elgin Area School District U-46 were told to pack up and go home Tuesday without warning. The teachers, who were working at Cole...
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Elgin family protests daughter's exclusion from U-46 programSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Agustin and Malgorzata Figueroa are trying to understand the thought process here. The Elgin couple now has four of their five children attending Channing Elementary Sch...
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Technology at heart of campaign to save college grant programSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - As the clock ticks, the din grows louder. With spring semester registration rapidly approaching and state financial aid rapidly running out, sectors of the state's colle...
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U-46 enrollment just slightly upSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Just 22 more. Students, that is. According to preliminary enrollment counts released this week, 22 more students are attending Elgin Area School District U-46 schools t...
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Silent lunch for students at Elgin's Lowrie School has parents talkingSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Twenty minutes of silence has caused a lot of noise for officials at Lowrie Elementary School in Elgin. After students exhibited rowdy and disrespectful behavior in the ...
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U-46 schools to offer tutoring next yearSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds of Elgin Area School District U-46 parents are likely pretty confused. In recent weeks, letters have been mailed off to the homes of students attending 10 eleme...
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Second Bartlett High School grad dies in warSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The war on terror has claimed the life of a Bartlett High School graduate for the second time in a year. Pfc. Matthew Martinek of DeKalb died Sept. 11 at Landstuhl Regio...