Lenore T. Adkins
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Show spotlights street sweeper made in ElginSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Factory work may not normally be an occupation that brings fame and glory, but workers from the Elgin Sweeper Co. on Thursday were the exception. They got their chance ...
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Former mayor planning his next stage in lifeSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Verne "Bud" Wester says he isn't the type of man to reminisce. Instead, the former village president of Pingree Grove has his eyes on the future -- one that doesn't incl...
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S. Elgin takes children through events of Sept. 11Sep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - During previous Patriot Day services, South Elgin officials refrained from discussing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with local school children. They took a different appr...
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Bicyclist was wearing headphones, couldn't hear trainSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Gerardo Turrubiartes was apparently listening to an iPod with headphones while biking Sunday just west of Burlington, police said Monday. The music drowned out the sound...
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Here's a long-distance call you can get for freeSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - If you wanted to hear, but missed, the landmark conversation between local students and astronaut Clay Anderson, who was aboard the International Space Station while it ...
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New Elgin cafe capturesSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - It's only natural that Lana Vlahakis and her business partner Brenda Hyde would open their own restaurant. That's because both women, who have opened the Pickle Barrel C...
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Pingree Grove police finds identity in sunsetSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - A stunning Pingree Grove sunset that highlighted the bridge on Wester Boulevard was just the visual Police Chief Carol Lussky needed. Lussky's sunset sighting came at a ...
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Elgin students make contact with astronautSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - At first, there was nothing but static -- enough to make most people cringe. But after three more tries, an amateur radio operator at the Gail Borden Library on Wednesda...
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Pingree Grove mayor's campaign promise fulfilledSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Pingree Grove Village President Clint Carey says he's not easily rattled. But for years, the bumpy railroad tracks along Reinking Road did just that each time he drove a...
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Route 31 projects to make the drive slowSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Cool your tempers and get ready for gridlock. If you're passing through Elgin or South Elgin, it's a bad time to drive on Route 31. Here's why. Starting today, Kane Cou...