Kerry Lester
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Privacy puts limits on good-news coverageOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - How careful is too careful? In these times, it's hard to tell. Last week, I was invited to Prairie View Elementary's mock presidential election. Organized and run by the...
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Officials say strawberry Pop Rocks rumor is all fizzOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Worried you might find a potentially deadly packet of "candy" in your kid's Halloween bag? You're not alone. Hundreds of local school officials and parents have been fo...
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U-46 superintendent outlines next stepsOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A mile wide, an inch deep isn't the way to go about examining the state's second-largest school district. Not from any perspective. Especially, Elgin Area School Distric...
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Campaign kids bring energy, fresh perspective to local racesOct 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Homework. Sports. Student council. Hanging with friends. Oh yeah, and campaigning. As a Glenbrook South High School junior, Dillon Waldron's life was busy enough at the ...
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Language shouldn't be an issue in schoolOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - It's a simple mathematical formula, really. Write a story that could in any way be related to immigration and it's guaranteed comments. The issue's a hot button. Last ...
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Memorial markers honor victims, warn against drunken drivingOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - A roadside sign bearing the name of Caitlin Elizabeth Weese can't take away the pain of losing her. But it does provide some comfort knowing her memory and legacy will l...
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Fox Valley schools removed from academic monitoring listOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A pair of Fox Valley school districts and two Elgin Area School District U-46 middle schools have been removed from a list of schools requiring academic monitoring, Illi...
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A memory, and a messageOct 20, 2008 11:00 pm - It was a simple but profound gesture. Hours after Caitlin Elizabeth Weese drew her last breath in May 2003, her grieving family drove out near Gilberts, stopping at the ...
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McHenry Co. Board candidates square off on economyOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Come November, two dozen personalities will occupy seats on the McHenry County Board. Those personalities must find a way to work together, to hear and bounce ideas off ...
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Reporter's memories stirred with school's campaignOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Ages ago, my first journalism internship was at Chicago's Catholic New World. The bi-weekly is the official paper of the Chicago Archdiocese, Cardinal George the publish...