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Wayne Fischer of Naperville was a Marine helicopter pilot serving from 1967 to 1968 in Vietnam. He calls this photo “Just Another Chopper Pilot and his Camera” because he said helicopter pilots often had cameras with them to take pictures during flights and missions.

News | 'Mind over matter' fuels Naperville veteran's help to others

Naperville Marine veteran Wayne Fischer said a "mind over matter" mentality got him through his time in Vietnam and continues to serve him as he helps others through involvement in veterans organizations.
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is planning to reduce assessed values on all properties throughout the county because of the expected effects of the coronavirus shutdown.

Columns | How will coronavirus affect your property taxes?

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi will do a countywide reassessment to take into account the effects of the coronavirus shutdown on the real estate market, but some other suburban assessors aren't ready to make a similar move.
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Columns | Expert: Food deserts in black communities partly explain coronavirus vulnerability

Lack of access to healthy foods and grocery stores in impoverished communities is one reason African Americans have a higher propensity for chronic illnesses. That's where we begin this week's Suburban Mosaic column.
Enjoying her graduation from Kenyon College in 2010, Arlington Heights native Katie Weber hugs Will Bull, who is now her husband. The couple, who met while they volunteered for a service organization in college, now are coping with Weber’s brain cancer.

Columns | Constable: Cancer devastating, but truth, love, humor keep her grounded

An athletic and healthy 23-year-old when she was diagnosed with brain cancer, Arlington Heights native Katie Weber endured surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation. Approaching her five-year anniversary of being cancer free, Weber found out she had brain cancer again. So she wrote a sad, funny, angry, funny, painfully honest, funny book about her life.
The Highland Woods community usually holds an egg hunt on Easter weekend but this year the bunny did a driving tour with designated dance stops. Residents were instructed via a Facebook post to keep their distance.
News | Easter Bunny shows off his dance moves in Elgin community
The Easter Bunny hits the streets of the Highland Woods neighborhood in Elgin to bring joy to kids and show off his dance moves.
Cook County’s Department of Public Health has a website, shown here last month, that breaks down cases of COVID-19 suburb by suburb.
Politics | April 11 COVID-19 cases per county, some towns, and how to search by ZIP code
April 10 COVID-19 cases per county, some towns, and how to search by ZIP code.
St. James Catholic Church in Arlington Heights records their Easter Vigil with Pastor Matt Foley and Father Ryan McMillen.
Lifestyle | Where you can watch Easter services
Here are some of the suburban churches that are streaming Easter services.
Other states in the union allow for widespread vote-by-mail. While that type of voting is more convenient, it has not been marked by fraud.
Editorial | Editorial: It's time to consider vote-by-mail
In this editorial, the Daily Herald says that with the specter of the COVID-19 pandemic looming over the November general election, Illinois should explore ways to protect the voters.
Bob Karas and his sister, Despina Karas, at Village Squire in South Elgin Thursday. Despina holds a picture of their late father, Paul, who started the family business. He died in October.
Business | From 400 employees to 8, a suburban restaurant group rides out the pandemic
The Karas restaurant group had more than 400 employees at their 12 locations before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now they have eight.
Harper College in Palatine is granting up to $500 to help students with groceries, rent, mortgage, medical expenses, and any other financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Education | How community colleges are helping students in need during pandemic
As suburban community colleges switch to online learning they are offering students emergency relief to keep them from dropping out due to financial hardship. Many have established special funds supported by their foundations and community donations.
A health worker on March 17 displays the packaged swab used on patients at a drive-through COVID-19 testing station in Seattle. The Lake County Health Department said Friday that it would protect the privacy of those who test positive, while its McHenry County counterpart said it would give names to law enforcement agencies on a call-by-call basis.
News | Lake County health officials won't divulge coronavirus patients' identities
A temporary court order is forcing the McHenry County Department of Health to disclose the identities of people who test positive for COVID-19 to law enforcement agencies, but the Lake County Health Department said Friday it will continue to protect the privacy of patients.
Columns | Facts Matter: Don't reverse medical masks, despite social media claims
Social media advice to reverse medical masks is wrong, a poem about quarantine was from March, not 1869, and the U.S. was neither ahead nor behind the curve in imposing travel restrictions on China, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The pink supermoon rises over St. Louis on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. April’s supermoon is the brightest and largest it will be for all of 2020.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 5,395, Bob Strawn photo: Santa Claus invaded the feminine precincts of Duchess Beauty Salon in Rolling Meadows to get a glamour treatment before his official arrival at Randhurst Shopping Center. As Santa sat under the dryer, regular customers appeared to be speculating whether it would be worth while to tell him what they would like for Christmas in December of 1966.
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In a sign of the times, someone draped a mask on the “Mr. Eggwards” sculpture at Mt. St. Mary Park in St. Charles. The mask has been there since at least Thursday. The bronze sculpture, by Kimber Fiebiger, was dedicated in 2013 and is part of the permanent collection that highlights the annual St. Charles Sculpture in the Park event.
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“In the midst of changing our lives, we began to miss our weekly grind of two soccer practices and one or two soccer games on the weekends for our twin 9-year-old daughters,” says the Nero family of Hoffman Estates. “Early on, my mind went to the vintage 1980s Wilson soccer ball from my childhood, which my parents brought to me in the last year. Of course, it's not the cool new balls that the kids use nowadays, but the movie “Cast Away” and Tom Hanks brought this idea to mind. I call it 'Soccer Sunday coffee with Wilson.'”
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