Kerry Lester
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Canton honors loved and lost staff membersJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Nearly three dozen members of the Canton Middle School community gathered Tuesday afternoon to honor two individuals they loved and lost. At a 4 p.m. ceremony at the Str...
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Geneva's Elfstrom Stadium officially reopensJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Nearly three months after the Kane County Cougars' official opening day, another inaugural event took place at the Geneva ballfield. Saturday's 6 p.m. game versus the Pe...
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Residents turn out for Lombard water park openingJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - It might have only been in the 60s Saturday afternoon, but Eddie Vercruysse didn't care. The 4-year-old gleefully splashed around the zero-depth pool at Lombard's new Pa...
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St. Ed's science teacher brings home another awardJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Yes, put another one on the board. Peggy Deichstetter, biology and genetics teacher at St. Edward High School in Elgin, has received a Science Education Award from the N...
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Elgin man arrested after trying to buy $28,000 in cocaine, police sayJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - An Elgin man was arrested on a charge of possession of cocaine with intent to sell during a drug buy with what turned out to be police informant. Martin Hernandez, 45, o...
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Bringing history to life at Hillcrest ElementaryJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Sandy Schubert has long taught her fifth-grade class at Hillcrest Elementary a unit intertwining the Civil War and segregation. Along with the Underground Railroad, Emme...
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ECC, Judson partner up to offer technology degreeJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - They're neighbors, and now partners. Judson University in Elgin has teamed with Elgin Community College's Center for Advanced Studies, allowing ECC students to earn a Ju...
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Gay-straight group may get official club status in U-46Jun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Abby Mungai considers it a step in the right direction. The freshman Elgin High student, a member of the school's Prism club, still hears anti-gay slurs yelled in the s...
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Chicago charter school founder named to U-46 postMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - The founder of a renowned charter school in Chicago was named to an administrative post at Elgin Area School District U-46 Monday. Jim O'Connor, principal of KIPP (Knowl...
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New ECC program pays students to learn and workMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Channeling Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, a new program at Elgin Community College aims to provide jobs and educate community members all at once. T...