Rick West
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Moving Picture: Larkin counselor never gives up on kidsSep 02, 2012 9:42 am - 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 5:25 pm - 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 nowApr 02, 2012 12:01 pm - 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 09, 2011 4:46 am - 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 23, 2011 7:18 am - 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 12, 2011 9:46 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 ElginSep 30, 2016 10:23 am - 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 canAug 06, 2010 1:42 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 HaitiansNov 12, 2021 10:54 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 volunteersAug 16, 2010 2:51 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...