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 <title>Chicago Rock Paper Scissors Championship</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/451</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;04/05/2007 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;JOIN NORTH BEACH&lt;br /&gt;
 Thursday, APRIL 5th&lt;br /&gt;
 For: CITY WIDE PAPER ROCK SCISSORS CHAMPIONSHIP&lt;br /&gt;
 Preliminary starts at 7pm&lt;br /&gt;
 Championship starts at 8pm &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; This event is sponsored by Budweiser&lt;br /&gt;
 Winner of Event gets a trip to LAS VEGAS!!! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Price: $2 BUDLIGHT DRAUGHTS and JACK N HYDE&#039;s&lt;/p&gt;

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 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:24:50 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Dodgeball Outdoor National Tournament</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/52</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;07/22/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;NADA&#039;s Outdoor Nationals NADA Tournament&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Friday, July 21, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
Olympic Park, Schaumburg, IL&lt;br /&gt;
The Youth Tournament will be on Friday, July 21 and the Adult Tournament will be on Saturday, July 22. More information to come.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://www.dodgeballusa.com/events.php&lt;/p&gt;

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 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/387</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;07/08/2006 - 2:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-end&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;End: &lt;/label&gt;07/08/2006 - 11:59pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;IBE USA Breakdancing Championship&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?&amp;amp;addr=6240%20Joliet%20Rd&amp;amp;csz=Countryside%2C%20IL&amp;amp;Country=us&amp;amp;Get%A0Map=Get%20Map&quot;&gt;Park Place Grand Ballroom&lt;/a&gt; in Countryside, IL (!) hosts the &lt;a &gt;IBE Breakdancing Championships&lt;/a&gt;. Eight finalists will represent the States at the World Championships in the Netherlands. 2 PM until 12 AM; $10 in advance/$15 day of. Call (708) 588-1756. (via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2006/07/08/&quot;&gt;gapers block&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

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 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:13:46 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Great Cardboard Boat Regatta</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/258</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;07/01/2006 - 12:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;The 14th Annual&lt;br /&gt;
Great Cardboard Boat Regatta®&lt;br /&gt;
of Glen Ellyn, IL&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Saturday, July 1, 2006, noon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Location: Lake Ellyn Park&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gcbr.com/&quot;&gt;http://gcbr.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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 <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>National Scrabble Tournament in Chicago</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/375</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;11/25/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-end&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;End: &lt;/label&gt;11/26/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;CHICAGO, IL&lt;br /&gt;
NOVEMBER 25-26, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
Saturday	8:30 A.M.	7 rounds&lt;br /&gt;
Saturday	9:30 A.M.	4 rounds&lt;br /&gt;
Entry Fee: $60/$50/$50/$40.&lt;br /&gt;
Max of 56 Players.&lt;br /&gt;
Location: Marriot Courtyard Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
Address: Corner of North Avenue(IL rt 64 and Kingery Hwy)&lt;br /&gt;
Phone: (630) 941-9444&lt;br /&gt;
Contact Name	Address	Phone	E-mail&lt;br /&gt;
Lisa Slankard	1909 N. Birchwood Lane, Arlington Heights, IL 60004-3501	(847) 506-0726	LSlankard@chicago.us.mensa.org&lt;br /&gt;
Accessible to the disabled.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/listings.html#2006112520061126chica&quot;&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

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 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:44:12 -0500</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/272</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;06/10/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;6/10-6/11: $50,000 SUDOKU CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT&lt;br /&gt;
Reply to: atucker@sudokuchampions.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The $50,000 Sudoku Champions Tournament is coming to Chicago June 10-11. Register today at &lt;a href=&quot;www.sudokuchampions.com&quot;&gt;www.sudokuchampions.com&lt;/a&gt; Watch for it in your local papers where the Sudoku puzzle is printed. Regional winners from 31 cities win $1000, runner up $500. The winner also gets flown to Las vegas in January 2007 for the Final Sudoku Champions Tournament against all other regional winners. Runner up gets $5000 and the winner gets $50,000!&lt;/p&gt;

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 <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>The Miss Illinois Unites States pageant</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/326</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;05/26/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-end&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;End: &lt;/label&gt;05/28/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;The Miss Illinois Unites States pageant is now accepting applications in its Miss and Teen divisions. Delegates will compete in swimsuit, evening gown, high fashion, and interview. The pageant will be held May 26-28 in the Chicago area.&lt;br /&gt;
Deadline to apply is April 30, 2006.&lt;br /&gt;
If interested, visit &lt;a href=&quot;www.missilus.com&quot;&gt;www.missilus.com&lt;/a&gt; to apply or for more information. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Winners will receive an all expense paid trip to the national competition in Charlotte, NC.&lt;/p&gt;

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 <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 02:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>US Air Guitar Championships</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/327</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;05/25/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;The 2006 US Air Guitar Championships will take place between March and June. As more cities, dates and venues are announced, check back for details and links to buy tickets. To be updated by email, join our mailing list. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chicago – Thu. May 25 • Joe&#039;s Bar&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usairguitar.com/contest.html&quot;&gt;http://www.usairguitar.com/contest.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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 <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 02:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Chibotica: Chicago Area Robotics Group Spring Contests</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/346</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;05/20/2006 - 12:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-end&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;End: &lt;/label&gt;05/20/2006 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;Chibotica: Chicago Area Robotics Group Spring Contests&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Museum of Science and Industry&lt;br /&gt;
5700 S. Lake Shore Drive&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Robots made in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana face off in various competitions, including line following, maze solving, sumo wrestling and a talent show.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;May. 20: noon - 5 p.m.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Price: Free with general admission, $6.25-11&lt;br /&gt;
Phone: 773-684-1414&lt;/p&gt;

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 <title>2006 Susan Jurkonis Memorial Badminton Tournament</title>
 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/321</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;05/19/2006 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;2006 Susan Jurkonis Memorial Tournament&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHERE:&lt;br /&gt;
Willowbrook High School&lt;br /&gt;
1250 S. Ardmore Avenue&lt;br /&gt;
Villa Park, IL 60181&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHEN:&lt;br /&gt;
May 19th &amp;amp; 20th, 2006&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FORMAT:&lt;br /&gt;
ABCD Drop Flight&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SCHEDULE OF PLAY:&lt;br /&gt;
Friday, May 19 5:00 PM Registration and Warm-Up&lt;br /&gt;
6:00 PM Mens &amp;amp; Womens Singles&lt;br /&gt;
Saturday, May 20 7:30 AM Registration&lt;br /&gt;
8:00 AM Mens &amp;amp; Womens Doubles&lt;br /&gt;
11:30 AM Presentation of Susan Jurkonis Award&lt;br /&gt;
Lunch Break till 12:30 PM&lt;br /&gt;
12:30 PM Mixed Doubles&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PRIZES:&lt;br /&gt;
Trophies and/or prizes for all flight winners and runners up.&lt;br /&gt;
Commemorative T-shirt for each and every entrant!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;COST: $20 for first event and $10 each additional&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MAIL ENTRY AND MAKE CHECK OUT TO:&lt;br /&gt;
John Brander&lt;br /&gt;
911 Caton&lt;br /&gt;
Joliet, IL 60435&lt;br /&gt;
(&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.midwestbadminton.com/tournaments/sj2006entry.pdf&quot;&gt;entry form&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;E-MAIL ENTRIES ADD $2: johnandlindsey@sbcglobal.net&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DEADLINE: ENTRYS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 17th, 2006&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MISCELLANOUS: We are proud to have Bobbie and Charlie Norton of Louisville&lt;br /&gt;
Badminton Supply for racket stringing and all of your other badminton needs!!!&lt;br /&gt;
Lunch will be provided on Saturday by the Willowbrook High School Badminton Team&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HOTELS:&lt;br /&gt;
Please contact John Brander at the E-mail address listed on the front page or leave him a message at (815)727-5147 for information on local hotels.&lt;/p&gt;

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 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/43</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;05/06/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;NADA&#039;s Spring Tune Up - Adults NADA Tournament&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Saturday, May 06, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
The Sport Center - Schaumburg, IL&lt;br /&gt;
This tournament will get you prepared for the Outdoor Nationals. High School teams may register for this Adult tournament. Registration deadline is Sunday, April 30. The fee is $120 per team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Divisions:&lt;br /&gt;
Men&#039;s A, B, &amp;amp; C&lt;br /&gt;
Women&#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
Co-Rec. (must have at least 3 women on roster)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://www.dodgeballusa.com/events.php&lt;/p&gt;

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 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/338</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;04/30/2006 - 1:00am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;Sunday, April 30, 2006&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stratford Square Mall&lt;br /&gt;
152 Stratford Square (Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps)&lt;br /&gt;
Bloomingdale, Illinois&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Footbag(hacky sack) tournament&lt;br /&gt;
Players compete in a consecutives or best trick contest for only $5!&lt;br /&gt;
All players receive a free t-shirt and hackey sack&lt;br /&gt;
Winners receive additional prizes!&lt;br /&gt;
Event Website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hotrags.com&quot;&gt;http://www.hotrags.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/38</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;04/08/2006 - 8:30am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-end&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;End: &lt;/label&gt;04/09/2006 - 5:45pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;http://www.midwestbadminton.com/tournaments/il2006_info.htm&lt;br /&gt;
2006 Illinois Badminton Open&lt;br /&gt;
April 8th, 9th, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
Elk Grove, IL&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Location Elk Grove Pavilion&lt;br /&gt;
1000 Wellington, Elk Grove,IL 60007.&lt;br /&gt;
(About 25 min from Chicago)&lt;br /&gt;
Eligibility Open for all players. This tournament is not sanctioned by any badminton body.Thus, we will not be responsible for any injuries occurred during the tournament&lt;br /&gt;
Events Men&#039;s single, Men&#039;s double, Women&#039;s single, Women&#039;s double and Mixed double(MS,MD,WS,WD,XD).&lt;br /&gt;
Format ABCD drop-flight. Minimum of 8 entries per event and maximum of 30 entries.&lt;br /&gt;
Note: Other formats such as double-elimination and round robin may take place depending on the number of participants.&lt;br /&gt;
Entry Fee Adult $20 for the first event, $10 for each additional event. Junior(under 20), Senior(55+) $15 for first event, $5 for each extra event.&lt;br /&gt;
No Refund unless event is canceled.&lt;br /&gt;
Prizes Rewards for winner and runner up in each category.&lt;br /&gt;
Entry Deadline Mail must be postmarked before 04/02/06. Extra $5 need be paid after 04/02/06. Late applicants may not be accepted if event is full and will randomly assign your first round opponent.&lt;br /&gt;
Payment MUST accompany entry form (checks payable to Jimmy Ye). Send forms to: 668 Morningside Ct., Schaumburg, IL 60173.&lt;br /&gt;
Schedule 04/08/06 8:30am Registration for Men&#039;s Single and Women&#039;s single.&lt;br /&gt;
Game start at 9:00am sharply.&lt;br /&gt;
11:30am Mix double registration.&lt;br /&gt;
12:00pm Mix double game start.&lt;br /&gt;
5:45pm all games stop.&lt;br /&gt;
04/09/06 8:30am Registration for Men and Women double&lt;br /&gt;
9:00am Women, Men double games Start&lt;br /&gt;
10:00am all remaining final games.&lt;br /&gt;
Miscellaneous All finals will receive two free shuttles.&lt;br /&gt;
Contact Email me&lt;br /&gt;
Cellular: 847-924-8128&lt;br /&gt;
Work: 312-696-6323&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://www.midwestbadminton.com/tournaments/il2006_info.htm&lt;/p&gt;

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 <link>http://www.chicagobean.com/node/253</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flexinode-1-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;03/26/2006 - 2:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p&gt;Nine members of Japan&#039;s High School All-Star Team participate in a goodwill match against some of the top-ranked U.S. high school players immediately following the Collegiate National Championships at approximately 2 p.m. March 26.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please check out the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chicagobean.com/node/252&quot;&gt;Judo National Championships post&lt;/a&gt; for more information, as these events are tied together.&lt;/p&gt;

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