Rick West
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Their Life's Work: Lake in the Hills martial arts club now posts recorded training sessionsApr 08, 2020 5:30 am - Illinois has more than 1 million small businesses. Each proprietor has a story to tell about how things have changed dramatically for them with the onset of the coron...
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Not knowing is the hardest part for owners of Elgin volleyball clubApr 06, 2020 5:30 am - When Sean and Cindy Gritzman decided to start Top Flight Volleyball Club 12 years ago in Elgin, they went in thinking big. “We knew we wanted to be one of the large...
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Naperville neighborhood creates stuffed animal 'zoofari'Mar 30, 2020 1:00 am - Kids aren't able to go to the zoo, but a Naperville neighborhood is doing its best to bring the zoo to kids. Residents in the Wiloway subdivision are putting out myriad ...
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On this West Chicago street, neighbors come out every day to exercise together, and apartMar 26, 2020 1:00 am - Coming together and staying apart might seem to be at odds, but that's exactly what a West Chicago neighborhood is trying to do every day at 2 p.m. As a way to maintain...
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'Honk and Wave Parade' brings socially distanced suburban families togetherMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - Horns honked, families cheered and held up signs. A little girl excitedly waved an American flag. It was a scene like any other parade, except all the parade participan...
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Photo Flashback: Marmion Academy's Mark Peters seals win in 2010 baseball sectional semifinalsMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - This will probably go down as my most memorable prep sports photo, or series of photos, no matter how long I work at The Daily Herald. To set the scene, it was extra in...
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Senior shoppers take advantage of special hoursMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - News that some stores were dedicating special hours for seniors brought the early birds out to Jewel-Osco on Larkin Avenue in Elgin Thursday. "I'd been trying to come at...
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About 30 seniors enjoy a windy walk in the woods during Senior StrollMar 05, 2020 12:00 am - About 30 people turned out for a windy walk in the woods Thursday at Johnson's Mound in Elburn for the Kane County Forest Preserve's monthly Senior Stroll. Naturalist J...
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How we got the photo: 'Cancer fighter' makes a personal connectionMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - How does a middle-aged man with two cameras come to be in a 11-year-old shirtless boy's bedroom and it still be socially OK? Let me explain ... I met Michael Carr of Blo...
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Images: Preparations for the world premiere musical “The Secret of My Success”Feb 15, 2020 6:00 am - See photos from the final couple of weeks of preparations in the run up to the world premiere of "The Secret of My Success" at Paramount Theatre in Aurora. The musical i...