After first winning season since '04, Lakers shake things up

05/14/11 MATTOON - Winning baseball games once seemed to be a Lake Land birthright. Until his retirement in 2003, Gene Creek averaged nearly the same number of wins per year (33) as the number of years he coached (34).

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Owl by Hessy on Fashion Street, Shoreditch.

05/09/11 Arcola is a bustling but calm retreat in the heart of Dalston Six months afte... Carmen Baggs with figures made by her father On 9th May 1662, Samuel Pepys ...

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At the Punch & Judy Festival

05/09/11 Expect some more of his paste-ups soonish... Permalink | Leave a comment » Arcola is a bustling but calm retreat in the heart of Dalston Six months afte...

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Goldsmiths announces ?9,000 student fees

05/09/11 Goldsmiths, University of London, has announced tuition fees of ?9,000 for home/EU students studying undergraduate and PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) courses from 2012-13.

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Uncle Vanya

05/08/11 Uncle Vanya starkly addresses all of these "glass half-empty" dilemmas which could turn even the hardiest cynic into a pondering philosophiser.

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'Daddy's Home': Scott Baio lands a Nick at Nite sitcom

05/07/11 It's been nearly two decades since Scott Baio livened up the primetime line-up with "Charles in Charge," but he'll be returning to series TV with Nick at Nite's new "Daddy's Home." Baio will play an actor who has to put his career on hold to be a stay-at-home dad to honor a promise to his wife so she can return to her pre-children life as a soap opera star, according to Deadline.com. (Quick ...

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PREP ROUNDUP: West Vigo pulls win

05/07/11 Visiting West Vigo got multiple hits from Sam Elkins, Leslee Walters and Taylor Otte to defeat Owen Valley 5-3 in a battle of Western Indiana Conference high school softball teams that did not count in the standings.

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Friday's prep highlights: Spezia propels Schlarman

05/06/11 Baseball Schlarman 5, Milford 3. LUCAS SPEZIA (four hits), ZACK MILLER (two) and NICK CATLIN each drove in a run for the host Hilltoppers. Okaw Valley 8, Arcola 7. NIK DUFFLE (two RBI) and GARRISON STENGER each had two hits for the visiting Purple Riders, who got two RBI from BRETT LINDENMEYER. read more

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Late-night cafe hops onto scene

04/24/11 It is probably unfair to compare a new coffeehouse to Toast Jam, the beloved and much-missed East Wayne Street music venue that closed its doors four years ago.

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Engagement: Kara Bapp and Joshua Henne

04/23/11 MATTOON - Kara Bapp and Joshua Henne, both of Mattoon, announce their engagement.

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Little Eagles, Hampstead, London King James Bible, Shakespeare's Globe, London David Mamet Double Bill, Arcola, London

04/23/11 To go where no man has gone before, or no leading British playwright anyway: that was Rona Munro's mission on penning Little Eagles, a biodrama about Sergei Korolyov, a hitherto "unsung hero", according to the pre-publicity for this premiere, launching an RSC season in Hampstead.

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Firefighters tend to blazes at 2 Aboite homes

04/22/11 With the soot and sweat finally showered off, Jeff Burke crawled into bed early Tuesday hoping to drift off to sleep. Fifteen minutes later, the call came. Another fire.

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Career Hunt SK

04/22/11 The weekly report is prepared with the assistance of the Carlyle RCMP. Issues involving the Mental Health Act, among others, are not reported. The report of this week covers the period of April 1 to April 7. The detachment assisted with a number of calls.

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Library gets trees saved from bulldozer

04/21/11 Oak and lysiloma trees find a new home at the Arcola Lakes Branch Library, where they will form a lush-green canopy, which book lovers can enjoy once the library reopens in the summer.

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Arcola man arrested on drug charges

04/14/11 ARCOLA -- An Arcola man has been arrested for possession of marijuana and possession with the intent to deliver marijuana. read more

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Career Hunt SK

04/13/11 Moose Mountain Wildlife Federation held its 9th Annual Fundraiser Dinner and Auction on Apr. 2 at the Prairie Place in Arcola.

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Wednesday's prep highlights: Fletcher tosses gem

04/13/11 Baseball Charleston 9, Rantoul 7. CHRIS DEAVILLE (two doubles, RBI), TERRY DEAVILLE (double, two RBI), JESSE REMINGTON and RYNE WORTHINGTON (RBI) each went 2 for 4 for the host Eagles. read more

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AREA SOFTBALL

04/13/11 ARCOLA - Heritage scored six runs in the first inning on its way to handing Arcola its first Little Okaw Valley Conference softball loss, 14-3 on Wednesday.

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AREA BASEBALL

04/13/11 BETHANY - Two teams that had undefeated Little Okaw Valley Conference baseball records were far from perfect making three errors each. But Seth Calhoun's four-hitter backed by his own 3-for-3 game at the plate was enough for Okaw Valley's 7-4 win over Tri-County on Wednesday.

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EPA Awards Over $470,000 To Fort Bend County, Texas, To Construct A Drinking Water Distribution System

04/13/11 A recent grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) means residents of Fort Bend County, Texas, will no longer have to contend with bad taste, odor, and color in their drinking water.

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