Rick West
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Police, fire officials help U-46 with security drillJul 16, 2013 11:00 am - Police officers, weapons drawn, took positions on the perimeter. With the streets surrounding Abbott Middle School in Elgin cordoned off Tuesday morning, an armored vehi...
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Blackberry Creek students sending donations to Moore, Okla.May 28, 2013 12:52 pm - Like most people, when Blackberry Creek Elementary School students Payton Micka, 8, and Kailey Davison, 10, learned about the destruction wrought by the EF5 tornado that...
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Moving Picture: Batavia man takes care of bison at FermilabMay 03, 2013 11:00 am - When Cleo Garcia of Batavia tells his friends or relatives that he works with the roads and grounds crew at Fermilab, it doesn't usually inspire a lot of jealousy. Until...
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Moving Picture: Algonquin man's art is taxidermyFeb 08, 2013 8:00 am - Vern Brancamp is an artist. Unlike other artists who interpret nature on a canvas or with a camera, nature is his canvas. His craft is taxidermy. And it's been a lifel...
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Moving Picture: Farming that’s old school at Primrose Farm in St. CharlesOct 26, 2012 8:58 am - Growing up, farming was in Jon Kuester’s blood. It just wasn’t in his plans. Kuester, the living history farmer at Primrose Farm in St. Charles, came reluctantly to his ...
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Images: Streamwood vs. Batavia footballSep 13, 2012 11:00 pm - The Streamwood Sabres traveled to Batavia Friday night to take on the Bulldogs, with home team coming away with the win 33-0. ...
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Moving Picture: Larkin counselor never gives up on kidsAug 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Therapist is making a difference at Elgin treatment facility
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Tree just one way in which principal will be rememberedJun 04, 2012 11:06 am - Before Monday’s ceremony dedicating a tree in honor of her retirement, Kenyon Woods Middle School Principal Sue Welu was trying to keep it business as usual on the last ...
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Moving Picture: Geneva caregiver helps seniors to enjoy the here and nowMar 30, 2012 11:00 am - It's no fun getting old, but Erin McCart tries to make it easier. As the program services coordinator at Arden Courts Memory Care in Geneva, the people she's helping are...
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Batavia coffee shop to closeNov 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Batavia's Limestone Coffee & Tea will be shutting its doors at the end of the month. “We're devastated,” owner Maureen Mares said Tuesday. She said she found out a c...