Kerry Lester
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ECC Culinary Arts Program director retires after two decadesJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Mike Zema might be ready to retire - to putter around the house, to spend more time with his wife and children, to travel. That doesn't make the move any easier, the lon...
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Woodstock woman charged with cruelty to horsesJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - A Woodstock woman arrested Thursday on charges of animal cruelty has endangered the lives of at least 19 horses, officials said. The McHenry County Sheriff's department ...
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Soldier, pen pals reunite in ElginJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - One Algonquin soldier stood on both the giving and receiving ends of thanks Thursday when he visited old friends. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dave Lange, the longtime pen pal ...
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Inauguration presented way too much to write aboutJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - A newspaper's one giant puzzle, really. Precisely-sized stories and pictures appear side by side on their pages every day. That layout isn't magic. It's all about numbe...
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Obama inauguration a dream realized for many Fox Valley studentsJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - On the first day of Elgin Community College's second semester, hundreds of students clustered around the big-screen TV in the school's Jobe Lounge. Jeff Metzger, the col...
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Cary native takes heat in Ramsay's Hell's KitchenJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Christine Kocol had little doubt that her son Wil would grow up to be a chef. When, years ago, the Cary mother of three purchased a toy kitchen set for her daughter, it ...
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Eleisse and Renita Pettigrew, South ElginJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Eleisse, age 12, wrote to Sen. Durbin directly to request tickets. She says her mom Renita promised to take her if she got two tickets. During the campaign, she got perm...
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At least six plan to file this week for ECC trustee raceJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - At least six people have expressed an interest in entering the race for two Elgin Community College trustee seats. The filing period for the April 7 election begins Tue...
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U-46 to make budget more transparentJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Aiming to increase transparency, Elgin Area School District U-46 has outlined a new budget format to be used next fiscal year. "The budget we have used up to this point ...
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State education superintendent pleads for fundingJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Money's hard to come by these days. Even that which has been promised. On Wednesday, State Superintendent for Education Christopher Koch urged the Illinois General Assem...