Michelle Holdway
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Poll Vault: Are you registered as an organ or tissue donor?Jun 21, 2013 2:15 pm - As Deborah Donovan reported earlier this week, the manager of the Chicago Executive Airport is taking a leave of absence while he undergoes a bone marrow stem cell trans...
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Poll Vault: Best gift you’ve given or received for Father’s Day?Jun 14, 2013 2:46 pm - As columnist Burt Constable reported earlier this week, the average American will spend $119.84 on a Father’s Day gift this year. There are more than 70 million dads acr...
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Poll Vault: Worst grade you received on a report card?Jun 07, 2013 10:11 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 has created a bit of stir with plans to change its grading policy for the next school year. As Daily Herald staff writer Tara Garcia Math...
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Poll Vault: How would you do in a spelling bee?May 31, 2013 10:08 am - Pranav Sivakumar came a heck of a lot closer to correctly spelling “cyanophycean” than the rest of us would. That’s the word that tripped up the 13-year-old Tower Lakes ...
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Poll Vault: What’s the best suburban festival?May 25, 2013 3:06 pm - Let’s give a 21-corn dog salute to the return of festival season this weekend. From now until Labor Day, the calendar will be chock-full of carnivals and entertainment. ...
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Poll Vault: Have you ever served on a jury?May 18, 2013 3:00 pm - We’ve had some high-profile trials recently in the suburbs. Two verdicts in major cases were handed down Tuesday in DuPage County: Johnny Borizov of Willow Springs was ...
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Poll Vault: What's the best ride at Great America?May 10, 2013 9:43 am - This big news this season at Six Flags Great America is that Batman: The Ride has reversed course, meaning riders will sit facing backward as the coaster loops and dives...
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Poll Vault: Best teacher you ever had?May 04, 2013 3:21 pm - Maine West High School art and photography teacher Gregory Regalado won a Golden Apple Award earlier this week. In Madhu Krishnamurthy’s report, math teacher Mike Smith,...
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Poll Vault: Where did you get your pets?Apr 26, 2013 8:23 am - A story by our Mike Riopell this week on a possible “lemon law” covering animals stoked a mini debate among copy editors at the Daily Herald. Some said they wouldn’t buy...
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Poll Vault: How are you spending your tax refund?Apr 19, 2013 10:06 am - Monday was the deadline to file your income tax returns. However, knowing you’re going to get money back is a powerful incentive to file early. In 2012, the federal gov...