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    Hail to four-time champs
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     For a few moments on Sunday afternoon, the color scheme at Ace Hardware on West Galena Boulevard in Aurora changed from red to blue. The change came in celebration of Rosary High School's fourth consecutive state swimming championship, won the day before.<br><br>
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    By MATT BRENNAN For the Beacon-News
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    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Auroran wins Rhodes Scholarship
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    Daniel D. Shih of Aurora has won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University in England, widely considered to be among the most prestigious honors in academia.<br><br>
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    Beacon-News wire services
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    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Board member advocating for DuPage kids
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     Everyone agrees the DuPage Children's Advocacy Center will need some TLC one of these days. County Board member Jim Healy of Naperville wants to put as many of the pieces in place as possible, as far ahead of time as possible. Not all of his colleagues are sure that's the way to go.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:scarlman@scn1.com?Subject=Story.Response"id="up">SUSAN FRICK CARLMAN</a>  scarlman@scn1.com
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    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00 CST
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    Trail advocates seek forest protection
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    The outcry over tree maintenance along portions of some well-used DuPage County trails isn't new. It arises periodically, paralleling the limbs of old hardwoods rooted at the center of the controversy.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:scarlman@scn1.com?Subject=Story.Response"id="up">SUSAN FRICK CARLMAN</a>  scarlman@scn1.com
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    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Who needs a helping hand?
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    She is in her mid-40s, has a college degree and worked in administration of a law firm. In fact, she has worked all her life, since she got out of school... until now. For the first time, this woman has found herself unemployed.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:slord@scn1.com?Subject=Story.Response"id="up">STEVE LORD</a> slord@scn1.com
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    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00 CST
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    Community food drive entering final days
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    A man recently came to the Interfaith Food Pantry in the afternoon, almost two hours after the normal food distribution time. He had missed normal hours because of his part-time job, which doesn't pay well enough to get enough food for himself or his daughter.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:slord@scn1.com?Subject=Story.Response"id="up">STEVE LORD</a> slord@scn1.com
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    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Plank Road Panther(s) still a mystery
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    It was exactly a year ago that Elgin deer hunter Pat Crawford started looking through the photos recorded by a motion-activated camera in the back of a friend's tree nursery along Plank Road. Among the deer pictures he had hoped for, he discovered the blurry image of what seemed to him to be a leopard-like cat. That set off a series of news stories we ran last year<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:dgathman@scn1.com?Subject=Story.Response" id="up">DAVE GATHMAN</a> dgathman@scn1.com
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    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Aurora police pull DARE, GREAT programs
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    The letter came in mid-September.

Signed by Aurora Police Chief Greg Thomas and starting with "Dear School Administrator," the message was short but succinct — the police department was cutting all funding to DARE and GREAT programs at all Aurora schools.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:pdailing@scn1.com?Subject=Story.Response"id="up">PAUL DAILING</a> pdailing@scn1.com
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    Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Holiday lights to shine
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    Phillips Park will shine brightly this week as the Aurora Festival of
Lights turns the power switch on for the month-long outdoor holiday
light display. Volunteers will welcome carloads of spectators to the display of Santas, reindeers, candy canes, Old Man Winter, lighted trees and more from Friday until Dec. 27.<br><br>
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    By MARISSA AMONI For Sun-Times Media
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    Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Man sought in purse snatching
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    Police are looking for a man who stole the purse of a person in a Walgreens parking lot Wednesday in Montgomery.  <br><br> 
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    Sun-Times Media staff
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    Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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