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  • Unit 40 Board Hears State Report Card Findings
  • Bailey to Continue Race for Governor
  • Effingham Veterans Day Observance Set for Tuesday Morning
  • Durbin at Odds w/Other Democrats on Ending Government Shutdown
  • County Board Committee Discusses Makeup and Number of Committees
  • Snow and Wind Caused Many Problems w/Crashes Monday Morning

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  • Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg Falls In Volleyball Super-sectional
  • Arizona Defeats Dallas, National Football League Schedule
  • St. Anthony’s Isabella Keller Second At Class 1A State Cross Country Meet, Area Runners Finish Well
  • Junior High Boys Basketball — November 7-8
  • Junior High Girls Basketball Results — November 8
  • Cumberland Football Season Comes To Close

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    ECCCMA Membership and Board Meeting
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    Enduring Freedom Ministries Distributions

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