Kerry Lester
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U-46 readies for swine fluApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - While the state's second largest school district has not yet seen any cases of swine flu, it has spent the last several days readying for the worst. "We are preparing wi...
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Associate, assistant principals named at Larkin HighApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Two more spots vacated by January's administrative housecleaning at Larkin High School have been filled, Elgin Area School District U-46 officials announced Tuesday. Dar...
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C'ville man charged with making $107,000 with another's identityApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - A Carpentersville man has been charged with stealing another man's identity and making a pretty good buck with it. Abelardo Saldivar, of 820 Monroe Ave., Carpentersville...
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S. Elgin High students get cutting-edge training in latest mediaApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - A budding journalist, Abby Smith didn't let a broken camera or a jam-packed schedule keep her from documenting history in the making. Smith, a South Elgin High School fr...
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ECC makes big plans for new health centerApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Nearly one-third of Elgin Community College's $178 million expansion program will go toward building a new health careers center. In a recent interview, Mathematics, Sci...
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International student elected as ECC board repApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Just days after voters elected Robert Getz and Donna Schuring-Redmer to the Elgin Community College board of trustees, students chose their own representative. Mario Ruc...
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Former U-46 board member, Elgin business owner diesApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Robert August is remembered by colleagues as a "nuts and bolts" guy who wanted the very best for the students of Elgin Area School District U-46. "When we voted on schoo...
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Facio lawyer gets extension to figure out plea requestApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - A Kane County Judge has given a public defender a three-week extension to formulate a request to withdraw Angel Facio's guilty plea. Facio, 17, of Elgin, in February ask...
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Nature Ridge parents to broach boundary changesApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In Elgin Area School District U-46, the mention of boundary changes is guaranteed to draw a few sharp breaths. Upon learning that Nature Ridge Elementary in Bartlett is ...
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Gilbert is back in the classroom where she belongsApr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - In January 2008, 16-year-old Angel Facio stabbed Elgin High School teacher Carolyn Gilbert. She survived, but was seriously injured. Facio talked recently for the fi...