All Stories from September 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Congregation hopes to dry out church basementSep 16, 2012 5:49 am - Q. We are members of an old church. The basement is concrete block and is sunk three-fourths of the way underground. There are windows 5 feet up — four or five on the no...
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Bears more than accommodating to Cutler, so now what?Sep 16, 2012 5:37 am - Let’s take another jab at Jay Cutler while everything about him still is at issue. Next week they might not be anymore. Cutler might have an outstanding game in a Bears ...
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Tenant claims flat paint made cleaning walls impossibleSep 16, 2012 5:10 am - Q. We recently moved out of a rental apartment after two years. We did the walk-through with the on-site manager and videotaped it. Now the property management company w...
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Separate bidet fixture can offer you some nice featuresSep 16, 2012 5:02 am - Q. I’m a loyal reader and have read some of your articles on bidet-style personal washing toilet seats. While these seats did get me interested in adding a bidet to my n...
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Community turns out to grow, harvest for Fremont Township food pantrySep 16, 2012 5:00 am - They say it takes a village to raise a child. In the case of Fremont Township in Lake County, it takes a community to grow a garden. For the third year, township officia...
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Creatures great, small deserve respectSep 16, 2012 5:00 am - It was very encouraging to read that many people have been interested in the educational, enlightening and compassionate Bug Fest event in Batavia. Many bugs and insects...
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Nekritz shouldn’t claim independenceSep 16, 2012 5:00 am - We the people deserve respect. How stupid do politicians think we are? This is a legitimate question especially after reading campaign literature from state Rep. Elaine ...
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Modernize your home’s interior in a few simple stepsSep 16, 2012 5:00 am - Once-upon-a-time you loved the look of your living space, but now it feels so last-century. If this sounds like you, consider injecting new energy into your home by maki...
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Close the mortgage-deduction loopholeSep 16, 2012 5:00 am - Letting homeowners deduct interest paid on their mortgages from taxable income makes no sense. It encourages taking on more debt, discriminates against renters, subsidiz...
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Facts show Obama made gains on jobsSep 16, 2012 5:00 am - We read on this editorial page and hear from Mitt Romney every day how President Obama has had his chance and he failed. We are stuck on 8 percent unemployment — time fo...