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Feast is monthly highlight at four-seasons farm

By Erika Wurst ewurst@scn1.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

The full moon rose over rows of corn at Heritage Prairie Farm in Elburn earlier this month as nearly 100 strangers gathered for a feast.

Sprouts learn the school rules on very first day

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

BATAVIA -- The 20-some tots could hardly sit still as music teacher Roxanne Semonchick read them a story on the first day of kindergarten at H.C. Storm Elementary School.

Put me in, Coach

By Linda Girardi special to the beacon news — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

A pint-sized Kane County Cougar waved from the field to fans in the stands during a game Aug. 13.

Women race to be bride's leading ladies

BY HANK BECKMAN Special to The Sun — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

Most women choose their bridesmaids from among their dearest childhood friends. Mary Lee Seffrood made her candidates run for the position - literally. The 37-year-old West Chicago resident married Daniel A. Milinko on Saturday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Glen Ellyn, but not before staging a "Battle of the Bridesmaids" 5K race to determine who would accompany her on this special day.

Feast has diners eat where food is grown

By Erika Wurst ewurst@scn1.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

The full moon rose over rows of corn at Heritage Prairie Farm in Elburn last week as nearly 100 strangers gathered for a feast. Think Gazpacho Soup Shots served on the farm house patio, fresh honey-brewed iced tea and a BYOB policy that had dozens of bottles of wine being uncorked and poured.

Little girl's dream house

By Linda Girardi Special to The sun — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

It's a good thing little girls like American Girl.

Date Book

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

Fight club gives friends excuse to draw swords

By Erika Wurst ewurst@scn1.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

Belegarth, a Medieval fight club, practices once a week in Yorkville, but it has "realms" all over Illinois and the Midwest. Friends get a chance to beat each other up using foam covered weapons like bows and arrows and swords and shields.

Railroad enthusiasts see good in EJ&E sale

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

Ed Frank spent 37 years working on the railroad, train crossings in particular. "I've seen about every kind of railway thing you can experience," the 87-year-old Auroran said recently. It's that perspective that prompts him to say area residents need to look a bit deeper before panning Canadian National's proposal to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway line.

Seeing is believing at Batavia's annual art fair

By Charlotte Norgaard special to the sun — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

BATAVIA -- Although George Ceffalio, of Glen Elyn, was an artist in high school and college, he only began painting again four years ago.

'... like a treasure hunt'

By Charity Bonner Sun-times news group — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

Crunching gravel gives way to the silence of flattening grass as hundreds of cars make their way into the parking lot at the Kane County Fair and Flea Market.

Improper turn signal use on the rise: cops

BY MARY WISNIEWSKI — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00 CST

So you're driving along, eyes on the road, when suddenly the car in front of you starts acting weird. The driver pauses. He weaves a little. He stops. He keeps going. He stops again. Then, suddenly, he turns -- without a turn signal. Failure of other drivers to use a turn signal is one of the most annoying things on the road, and it may be on the rise, according to the State Police.