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Challenger Center visitors having a blast off

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Board of Education President Carl Gilmore administers the oath of office to three recently re-elected members of the Woodstock School District 200 board: (from left) John Headley, Michelle Bidwell, and Jerry Miceli. All were re-elected April 4 to four-year terms. (Independent photo by Larry Lough)

They come to Woodstock from throughout northern Illinois, even southern Wisconsin, to get a glimpse of space travel. That’s what Challenger Learning Center at Olson Elementary School offers visitors, and the program has taken off since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the report the Board of Education in Woodstock School District 200 […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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