Rick West
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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...
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How this St. Charles company keeps us safeOct 21, 2011 3:00 pm - Afternoon drives to see the changing colors of fall can be relaxing, until one color comes to dominate the palette. The ubiquitous orange of construction cones is the c...
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Ride along with Elgin police to see how they keep us safeSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - The usual motto for a police department is to serve and protect. The Elgin Police Department has been running frequent safety checks for vehicles with a fairly simple pr...
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Bald eagles make a stopover in ElginJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - The bald eagles have landed in the Fox Valley, and they are flying high and fishing this week along the Fox River near downtown Elgin. Exactly how many are there is unce...
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Pelicans are back at Nelson Lake Marsh, so see 'em while you canMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The American White Pelicans are back in Batavia, but not for much longer, so get out and see them while you can. For at least the eighth-straight spring, the birds have ...
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Herald photographer sees spirit of volunteers, worry of HaitiansJan 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Twenty hours. Four thousand miles in the air. And it all started with a phone call from my office the night before, asking if I had a valid passport. United Airlines gav...
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Haiti relief flight departs O'Hare with local volunteersJan 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Editors note: Daily Herald Photographer Rick West is on board a United Airlines flight to Haiti Wednesday that dropped off aid workers and supplies and is scheduled to r...
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Living lessons at Elburn school's 'museum'May 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Henry Ford and Jim Henson worked the room. Derrek Lee and Muhammad Ali were there too. FDR stopped to listen to Elvis Presley talk about his life. And then many of their...
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PerspectiveMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Light is a photographer's best friend. When you're at an assignment and they say they're going to turn the lights out, that usually means it's time to go. But when David...