Hope for families of the missing
By BOB UPHUES
8/31/2010 | Web Extra! Photos and maps
Nancy Spellman was 8 years old the last time she saw her uncle, Harry "Bud" Carlsen. In his late twenties and recently divorced, Harry was heading off to California to begin his life anew. He was an ace auto mechanic, Spellman remembered, a big man, and she looked up to him. |
| News
Hope for long-delayed Riverside project
By BOB UPHUES
8/31/2010 | | The long-awaited facelift for Centennial Park in Riverside and the streets that border it will have to wait a little bit longer. Interim Public Works Director Edward Bailey on Friday said that there's no date set for work to commence on the project. |  | Federal mediator to help D96 contract talks
By BOB SKOLNIK
8/31/2010 | | A federal mediator is being called in as the teachers union and the Riverside Elementary School District 96 negotiating committee attempt to hammer out the final details of a new contract. | | Komarek hosts program on schedule change
8/31/2010 | | The administration at Komarek School in North Riverside will host a special "parent university" session on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium of the school, 8940 24th St. | | Full-time or part-time super? RB board to decide by Oct.
By BOB SKOLNIK
8/31/2010 | | Will Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 have a full-time or part-time superintendent a year from now? | |
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| Sifting the sands: |  | Marine Staff Sgt. Kurt Witt, of JPAC, looks through a strainer for remains of a service member from WWII believed to have been buried next to a British memorial on Betio Island on Aug. 9.
Courtesy TECH. SGT. COHEN YOUNG/Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System
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| Sports
Opening night a bit scary for RB football
By MARTY FARMER
8/31/2010 | | Two years removed from a state championship and with only five returning starters, St. Francis reminded everybody - especially Riverside-Brookfield - that the Spartans still know how to win a big game. Spoiling Jason Rech's debut as the new RB head coach, St. Francis rolled to a 34-7 nonconference victory over the host Bulldogs on Friday night. | | LT lights up Plainfield Central
By MARTY FARMER
8/31/2010 | | Under Lyons Township head football coach Kurt Weinberg's diversified, explosive offensive system, the Lions have shown they can score from virtually anywhere on the field via the pass or run. During Weinberg's first-year at LT in 2009, the Lions averaged 25 points per game. | |
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