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Tragedy, controversy, politics Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg saw it all in 2003.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-DEC-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1699 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Tragedy, controversy, politics Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg saw it all in 2003.(Neighbor)

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January

- Ho-Chunk tribe negotiates long-term option to buy 125 acres in Hoffman Estates for potential casino and entertainment complex.

- Alexian Brothers Health System announces $352 million renovation, new construction project designed to turn Alexian Brothers and St. Alexius into the "Mayo Clinic" of the Northwest suburbs.

- District 220 board member Tom Tonniges resigns.

- District 220 makes students' grades available to parents online.

- Hoffman Estates signs six-year contract with firefighters.

- District 211 elevates Fremd Principal Shirley Mertz to assistant superintendent.

- Outgoing Gov. George Ryan names state Sen. Doris Karpiel to $99,414-a-year job on Illinois Pollution Control Board. State Rep. Kay Wojcik takes her place in state Senate.

- Harper College radio station goes on the air; previously it couldn't be heard beyond the cafeteria.

- Metra proposes Northwest, West train link that would connect O'Hare up the Northwest tollway to Hoffman Estates/Barrington; then along the EJ&E railway to Joliet. It wins support of local mayors.

- To save money, U-46 delays opening two elementary schools in Hoffman Estates, one in Elgin and a middle school in South Elgin.

- Retired District 211 Superintendent Gerald Chapman, who toyed with running for school board, drops out.

February

- Schaumburg police officer 37-year-old John Schomer is paralyzed in snowmobile accident in Wisconsin.

- Paul Froelich sworn in as state representative in the 46th District, replacing Kay Wojcik.

- Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson has minor car accident, after which Hoffman Estates police drive him home and another officer follows in his car....

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