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Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner speaks Wednesday night at Waubonsie Valley High School's Gold Campus during a meeting on Canadian National Railway's plan to buy most of the EJ&E line. (Corey R. Minkanic/Special to the Beacon News)
David Brauer has train tracks running next to his back yard. Brauer has lived on Keating Drive in Aurora for 10 years and has listened to the trains rumbling down the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern rail line as long as he's owned his house. He has two children, age 6 and 2, and he worries for their safety near the tracks.

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In a lot of ways, the lesson John Mueller was giving Dale Larson last week was like so many others.

ELGIN -- The temperature was in the mid-90s, players on both sides were getting exhausted and the game was in extra innings.

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Soccer camps teach kids character
World Cup soccer players may not be that hard to find in the Fox Valley. At dozens of youth soccer camps run this summer by Challenger Sports, players ages 4 to 17 will be coached by members of Challenger's British coaching staff and taught to spar against their peers in World Cup soccer scrimmages.

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At first glance, a store that sells NASCAR racing collectibles and Southwest art and jewelry would seem an anomaly, but under the husband and wife team of owners Brian and Katie Morris, the two shops in a shared space are a lot of fun.



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