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Nail technician Cenita Scott's dream is to be the official manicurist for President-elect Barack Obama.
1/8/2009
Album ID: 667680
Photos by Matt Dayhoff

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This new hallway, part of the former District 709 offices, not only relieves foot traffic but also opens a third staircase to Morton Junior High School�s second floor.
1/8/2009
Album ID: 666634
Photos by Steve Stein

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Artist Teresa Kodatt crafts a bracelet at her shop, Pumpkin Glass in Morton, where she teaches jewelry-making classes. The business is managed by her husband, Bruce Kodatt, and offers the largest selection of beads and jewelry accessories in downstate Illinois.
1/8/2009
Album ID: 666628
Photos by Andrea Roth

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More than a year in the making, 2,100 golf clubs and more than 4 tons of golf balls donated by area golfers are now headed on their way to U.S. troops serving in the Middle East as Dr. Frank Benningfield and Bill Ott, the owner of Illini Golf Headquarters and a crew of family and volunteers box up the donated items to be shipped out Wednesday by DHL. DHL, the worldwide express carrier, has agreed to ship 10 large containers to the U.S. Naval base in Norfolk, Va. From there, the Navy's Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Division will ship them out to the troops. Dubbed Operation Sandtrap in reference to a veteran who joked with Ott that his sand play had improved while stationed in Iraq, the project has ballooned into something that both men never dreamed of.
1/7/2009
Album ID: 667473
Photos by Fred Zwicky

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Contractor Chuck Gabbert is in demand as a home contractor during these tough economic times as more homeowners remodel their existing homes.
1/7/2009
Album ID: 667186
Photos by Ron Johnson

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The Braves knock off Illinois State in men's basketball to become the Valley leader after winning 56-52 at Carver Arena.
1/7/2009
Album ID: 667028
Photos by Ron Johnson

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Dan Steinberg, of Peoria, prays for Jewish soldiers in Israel during a lunch-hour service at Labavitch Chabad Tuesday.
1/6/2009
Album ID: 666795
Photos by Leslie Renken

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Families are reunited Tuesday as members of the 182nd Air National Guard unit return from an Afghanistan deployment. Emergency crews were stationed on the runway after one of the engines on the plane was malfunctioning, but the plane landed with no trouble.
1/6/2009
Album ID: 666794
Photos by Fred Zwicky

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Republican Joan Krupa, who lost in her November bid for the 92nd District Illinois House seat to Democrat Jehan Gordon to replace State Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, is sworn to that office Monday night at Aaron Schock's campaign office in Peoria Heights to fill in the 10 remaining days in his term in the Illinois house as he resigns Monday to assume his U.S. congressional seat. Krupa, who said she had hoped she would fill the position for longer than the 10 day term, said that there was very important work that needed attention immediately.
1/6/2009
Album ID: 666312
Photos by Fred Zwicky

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Harry Elger, vice presidnet to the Parkview Neighborhood Association, tries to uncover a gravestone covered in mud at Parkview Cemetery Monday afternoon. Members of the neighborhood association are unhappy with excessive damage done in the cemetery when workers dug a grave in ground softened by warm weather and rain.
1/6/2009
Album ID: 666191
Photos by Leslie Renken