Kerry Lester
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Noted singer, teacher dead at 83Nov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Though all the world was indeed a stage for Kathryn "Katy" Sadlo Wilson, her heart was at home. The professional musician, dancer and local business owner, a Dundee and ...
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Spirit of giving abounds at some local schoolsNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Several local groups have gotten into the spirit of thanksgiving. Last weekend, Judson University students headed to downtown Chicago by train to bring 120 brown bag lun...
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ECC to offer tuition-free English as a Second Language classesNov 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Courses in English as a Second Language will be tuition free at Elgin Community College next year under a plan approved recently by the college's board of education. The...
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ECC bumps up property tax requestNov 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College plans to request $55.6 million in property taxes this year, an 8.3 percent increase from the $51 million requested in 2007. The state tax cap tha...
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U-46 Food service workers' contract approvedNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Food service employees in Elgin Area School District U-46 officially have a new three-year deal. The school board last week approved the contract reached after five mont...
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Community colleges to step up efforts to serve military, familiesNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Those who have served will, in turn, be served. Beginning in January, community colleges across the state will step up efforts to make educational and community service...
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Elgin family plans to file second suit against U-46Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - One of the five families accusing Elgin Area School District U-46 of racial bias plans to file another lawsuit against the district. Daniel McFadden told the school boar...
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Price of police at U-46 schools rises $45,000Nov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Having police officers on Elgin Area School District U-46 campuses will cost taxpayers $45,000 more this year. The school board is considering proposed agreements betwee...
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Most Cook juvenile center residents still out of classNov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - It's been nine months. Still, three-fourths of the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center's 450 residents remain out of class. The Nancy B. Jefferson School in the cente...
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Lawndale community church a 'safe haven' for grief stricken teensNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - It was considered a safe haven, free of television crews, reporters and clicking cameras. Instead of heading back to school Friday, stunned North Lawndale College Prep ...