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Polo Historical Society’s Obendorf: Looking for needles in haystacks

Mark Chen
Mark Chen
Mark Chen
Sports Reporter · Lisle, IL

Mark Chen is a seasoned sports journalist with a degree from the University of Chicago and over 6 years of experience covering club sports and recreational activities in the Naperville area. Prior to joining Naperville Current, he wrote for the Naperville Sun, where he leveraged his strong relationships with coaches and athletes.

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Polo Historical Society’s Obendorf: Looking for needles in haystacks — New Lenox Technology news

I am certain most of you have heard the old saying, “It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.” Well, recently I was at the museum looking for needles in haystacks. Aplington School, which was the old high school where I graduated, is getting ready to celebrate its 100th year. They are looking for old pictures and the history of when the building was built.First, I went to my scrapbook with pictures of when I went to high school and I had some in there. How many of you remember the old ticket booth at the entrance to the athletic field? I had a picture of that along with others of the building. I am not certain why I thought that ticket booth needed to be remembered by a picture but I did just that.Then someone had brought in a picture of the Lutheran Church women in the old cafeteria getting ready for the alumni banquet. How many of you even remember the cafeteria, which was taken out years ago? I loved that old cafeteria and Mrs. Salzman. I worked there at some point during high

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