Rick West
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Gail Borden Library showcases Shelter Box survival kitNov 21, 2013 4:44 pm - A tent set up in the rotunda of the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin displays how a single box of supplies can make a huge difference after a catastrophe. The Elgin N...
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Elgin man gives his service dog a workoutNov 18, 2013 11:55 am - Monday’s mostly sunny 40-degree weather was more seasonal — and a welcome departure — from Sunday’s storms. Miguel Martinez of Elgin took some time out of his day to thr...
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Mayor, city administrator visit Thompson Middle SchoolNov 13, 2013 10:19 am - St. Charles Mayor Ray Rogina and City Administrator Mark Koenen visited with about 100 sixth-grade social studies students Wednesday at Thompson Middle School to answer ...
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Elgin, Carpentersville conduct remembrance ceremoniesSep 11, 2013 5:05 am - Twelve years after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, ceremonies were held in the Fox Valley to reflect and to commemorate the lives lost. As early-morning rain show...
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Moving picture: Hampshire farmer turns hobby for restoring windmills into a side businessAug 23, 2013 7:00 am - Like most new things, it started out small. About 14 years ago Frank Engel, a farmer and lifelong resident of Hampshire decided he wanted to put a windmill up on his pro...
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Geneva church hosts exhibit about kids in povertyAug 03, 2013 8:00 am - Geneva church hosts exhibit about kids in poverty
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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...