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Waukegan house walk rich in local lore

The history of Waukegan is on display during a house walk scheduled for July 12.

• Photos: Waukegan walk
• Kay: Downtown boomlet?
• Outdoors: Rain gardens
• Renting: Electricity problems
• Tough sells
• Antiques: Hall chair

I scream, you scream ...
... we all scream for ice cream!
Our GO section is planning a story on the area's best ice cream shops and we'd like your input. Tell us about your favorite spot for frosty treats and why you think it licks the competition.

• Answers elusive about Frankfort explosion
• A slam dunk
• Veteran earns top state honors
• Village maps out Cedar Road improvements
• Going on with life
• Home for the holidays
• Resident says rights violated by Mokena
• Resale shop wants to join New Lenox
• In down economy, vacations stressful
• Fair draws out local artists

• Silver Cross Field site for baseball dreamers
• It's back to basics to catch more fish

• Silver Cross Field site for baseball dreamers
• It's back to basics to catch more fish
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• Grateful for working vacation
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• Lakeside resort an angler's paradise
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• Lewis, Romeoville hopes to lure Bears
• Lincoln-Way East slips to Sandburg
• Providence rallies again, but falls just short
• Kosola blast ignites L-Way East
• L-Way Central's Mandella retires
• LWE walks away with regional title
• Celtics refuse to die
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Joliet's Patricia Orvis publishes first novel
With the release of her first novel, "Spud," this week, Patricia Orvis realizes her dream of becoming a published author. Also, her essay, "Dad's Socks," is included in Fine Lines, a summer anthology edited by David Martin. Writelife LLC (www.writelife.com), an online, interactive, nontraditional publishing company, published both books.



• Student volunteers honored
• Couple bringing God's music to Ireland
• Forest Preserves offer bird-viewing programs
• St. Mary's Parish holding blood drive
• Senior Services celebrates being Young at Heart

Joliet workshop helps unemployed
Resume writing tips are like fashion trends. What was in a few years ago may be out today. For instance, listing "references available upon request" is so yesterday. So is stapling the pages of your resume together.



• Rosier picture of home sales
• Cubs not helping WGN
• Intermodal, USA? Nope, Will County
• Two heads together can stretch one income

Joliet dance company does 'Thriller' tribute
The annual dance recital for the Generation Dance Co. in Joliet was bittersweet for owner and director Roxiana Fuqua. What started as a celebration of the dance company's 10th anniversary became a tribute to one of the greatest entertainers of all time just days after his death. Fuqua started the African-American dance company 10 years ago in her church, Sacred Heart.



• Welcome to Ribfest '09