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Week Ahead: Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday, Bulldogs State Championship

It's a week to give thanks ... for a Batavia Bulldogs state football championship!

The week ahead, we hope, is all about Thanksgiving ...

... after the Batavia Bulldogs take home a Class 6A football state championship!

Get into the spirit of Thanksgiving with the Fox River Trail Runners are hosting the 17th annual Fox and Turkey 4 Mile and Youth Mile Races on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013. The Youth Mile starts at 7:30 a.m., and the Four-Mile at 8:15 a.m.

And God bless all the organizations that are donating their Thanksgivings to help others. They include, but are not limited to:


After Thanksgiving, of course, comes Black Friday, the No. 1 shopping day of the year. If you plan to go shopping, here's an article for you:


After Black Friday, of course, comes Small Business Saturday.

We've actually got a whole category on that one. Here are some you should look at:

Of course, we can also root on the Batavia Bulldogs football team as they travel to Northern Illinois University to take on the Oak Lawn Richards Bulldogs at 1 p.m. Nov. 30 at Huskie Stadium in the Class 6A state football title game.
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