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July 19, 2005

1996: The seeds of The Sun's new photo- and feature-driven focus are sown in the weekly Fox Valley Villages 60504 edition.

1998: The Sun's staff moves from its downtown headquarters since 1965

into its printing facility at 1500 W. Ogden Ave. after a $3.9 million

office conversion.

1999: Marilyn Lemak sedates and smothers her three young children in their Naperville home.

2000: Hollinger International, parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times, buys The Naperville Sun and its string of weeklies.

2001: On Sept. 11, terrorists crash planes into the World Trade Center,

Pentagon and Pennsylvania countryside. Among the local tragedies is the

death of Navy Cmdr. Dan Shanower, a former Highlands Elementary

Student, at the Pentagon.

2003: On March 30, The Sun begins printing six Naperville editions each

week. In September, Naperville opens its third public library, at 95th

Street.

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