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Crystal Lake Schools

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Treasurer Finds Lost $14K for School District

School District 47 gets money from Cash Dash.

It's like putting on that winter jacket for the first time this season and finding a $20 bill. But in this case Crystal Lake School District 47 found over $14,500. Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford visited Crystal Lake City Hall Wednesday for his Cash Dash program. The program is set up to give people the chance to get back funds that went unclaimed. When a bank or business has money owed to people, and they can't locate those people, the funds go to the treasurer's office. During the event, Rutherford did an online search and found that the state was holding $14,564.64 the school district was unaware of. To make the event extra sweet, 55 percent of the people in attendance found money or property the treasurer's office was holding for …

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