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  1. Founder of Country Fair Stores DiesRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 21 | CSP

    Ray L. McGarvey Ph.D., the founder of the Country Fair Store chain of convenience stores in Erie, Pa., died Saturday at age 77.

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  2. Dreams become reality with Royal Neighbors awardsRead the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | WQAD

    ... Eng picks up her check for $7,500. "Make our lives even better," she said. "It's just me and my mom right now." The Erie, Illinois, fashion designer beat illness and obstacles to envision her own clothing label inside the former Seaford Clothing ...

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  3. Passing grades for Comets, EPRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Dec 20 | The Daily Gazette

    Newman's Maxx Hubbard wrestles Sherrard's Tyson Schulte for the 103-pound title Saturday in Erie.

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  4. Storm sticking together: 7-0 start has BV thinking bigRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | The Daily Gazette

    ... 70, Putnam County 9 BV 61, Henry 26 BV 46, Sherrard 41 BV 43, Prophetstown 39 BV 53, Hall 45 BV 53, Morrison 45 BV 63, Erie 36 Up next: Newman at BV, 7:30 Thursday; BV at Riverdale, 6:30 Saturday Comments

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  5. Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great LakesRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | WAND-TV Decatur

    ... bodies of freshwater. "It's like introducing piranhas to the Great Lakes," Chrysler said from South Bass Island in Lake Erie, which teems with walleye, perch and other fish that draw anglers from near and far. Federal and state officials are ...

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  6. Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great LakesRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 10 | WHBF-TV Rock Island

    ... bodies of freshwater. "It's like introducing piranhas to the Great Lakes," Chrysler said from South Bass Island in Lake Erie, which teems with walleye, perch and other fish that draw anglers from near and far. Federal and state officials are ...

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  7. Asian carp raises fear and loathingRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 10 | Daily Herald

    ... bodies of freshwater. "It's like introducing piranhas to the Great Lakes," Chrysler said from South Bass Island in Lake Erie, which teems with walleye, perch and other fish that draw anglers from near and far. Federal and state officials are ...

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  8. Fear and loathing on the Great Lakes: Fishermen worry Asian carp could devastate the industryRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 10 | CLTV - Chicago Land's TV

    ... bodies of freshwater. "It's like introducing piranhas to the Great Lakes," Chrysler said from South Bass Island in Lake Erie, which teems with walleye, perch and other fish that draw anglers from near and far. Federal and state officials are ...

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  9. Fertilizer dealer doesna t have to spread it on thick: Area farmers willingly donate to charity effort

    Wednesday Dec 9 | The Daily Gazette

    ... donate 
to charity effort By SAM SMITH 
ssmith@svnmail.com 
800-798-4085, ext. 525 ERIE – In the farming world, nothing says happy holidays like a hopper full of Illinois corn. In the world of the needy, nothing says it ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Hillsdale, IL

  10. Jennie C. RoseRead the original story

    Monday Dec 7 | Clinton Herald

    ... IL, to Earl and Grace (Blink) Hook. She was educated in the rural Whiteside County grade schools and was a graduate of Erie High School, Erie, IL. She married LaVerne E. Rose on October 18, 1955, in Erie, IL; he survives. Jennie was a member of ...

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  11. Tigers split against Three Rivers foesRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | Bureau County Republican

    The Princeton Tigers took a walk into the Three Rivers Conference Thursday at Erie.

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  12. Census Bureau hiring temporary workers for 2010: Thousands already in the pool for the jobs

    Wednesday Dec 2 | The Daily Gazette

    ... the testing center that is closest to their home. Four test centers will be set up in the area in December: in Amboy, Erie, Forreston, and Prophetstown, clerk Helen LaMarca said. Centers won't be set up in the larger cities, such as Sterling and ...

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    Related Topix: Bureau, IL, Rockford, IL, Amboy, IL, Prophetstown, IL

  13. Dinner deemed successRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | The Clinton Herald, Clinton, Iowa

    ... to the many tables. "It's a great joy to be able to do this," said Ellen Leeds, who volunteered with a group from the Erie, Ill., National Honor Society. Leeds moved from table to table, filling people's glasses. Lee Guy said he was happy to be at ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Clinton, IA

  14. Trip of honor: Veteransa memories come flooding back

    Nov 14, 2009 | The Daily Gazette

    ... WASHINGTON – Between the fountains and the bronze etchings of iconic images of war, Vernal Beckstrom, 89, of Erie, stood at the World War II memorial Tuesday and shared his stories. Beckstrom, an Army corporal, served from August 1943 to ...

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    Related Topix: Sterling, IL, Whiteside County, IL, US Military, US Navy, Morrison, IL, Rock Falls, IL

  15. The bar keeps on rising for schools: Area districts try to keep up with state goals

    Nov 7, 2009 | The Daily Gazette

    ... short. Six of nine public high schools in Lee and Whiteside County – Sterling, Morrison, Rock Falls, Fulton, Erie and Dixon – did not make the adequate yearly progress required by the act. Sterling, Dixon, Rock Falls and Erie are on ...

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    Related Topix: Rock Falls, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Morrison, IL, Dixon, IL, Fulton, IL

  16. Kathryn L. a oeKaya HamiltonRead the original story

    Nov 6, 2009 | Clinton Herald

    ... Fulton, IL. Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross Gateway Area Chapter. She was born May 7, 1927, in Erie, IL, to Earl and Mary (Hussong) Huizenga. Kay was a 1945 graduate of Erie High School, Erie, IL, and a graduate of Sterling School of ...

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  17. Fulton, Jo-Caroll Energy to sign Internet agreementRead the original story

    Nov 3, 2009 | The Clinton Herald, Clinton, Iowa

    ... for Internet access and will switch to Jo-Carroll Energy Inc. after the contract is finalized. City officials said both Erie, Ill., and Albany, Ill., are planning to switch to similar models with Jo-Caroll. SKYLINE CENTER, INC. Skyline Home Health ...

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    Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Wireless, Albany, IL

  18. Sterling Marine helped secure Iwo Jima during World War II

    Nov 2, 2009 | The Daily Gazette

    ... two atomic bombs on the country that August. “That's why I'm a Democrat: Harry Truman saved my butt.” The Erie native was in the Marines for 30 months. He volunteered to serve rather than work on a farm. “I wanted to be a ...

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    Related Topix: Sterling, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Dixon, IL

  19. 450 turn out for free H1N1 flu shots

    Oct 19, 2009 | The Daily Gazette

    ... H1N1,” Fiorini said. Friday, the department administered shots at St. Mary Catholic School in Sterling, and at Erie public schools. The department plans to finish vaccinating schoolchildren, then offer the immunization clinics to the general ...

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Rock Falls, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Sterling, IL, Medicine, Influenza

  20. Whiteside starts H1N1 vaccines

    Oct 17, 2009 | The Daily Gazette

    ... “I'm glad we finally got the vaccine; I can't wait to take it myself,” Dave Noble said. St. Mary and Erie schools were the first in Whiteside County to get the County Health Department's H1N1 flu vaccines. The shots were provided free ...

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Whiteside County, IL, Sterling, IL, Medicine, Influenza, Rock Falls, IL

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