Rick West
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Moving picture: Hampshire farmer turns hobby for restoring windmills into a side businessAug 24, 2013 10:31 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 04, 2013 12:10 am - Geneva church hosts exhibit about kids in poverty
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Police, fire officials help U-46 with security drillJul 17, 2013 12:21 pm - 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 29, 2013 10:47 am - 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 04, 2013 6:16 pm - 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 14, 2013 1:04 pm - 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 27, 2012 3:14 pm - 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 15, 2012 12:16 am - 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 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 ...