Lifestyle Stories from October 19, 2020 (Change date)
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Halloween may be fun for humans but not for petsOct 21, 2020 7:12 am - People may be celebrating Halloween a little differently this year with drive-through haunted attractions and trick-or-treating done COVID-19-style, but the holiday has ...
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Book review: A poignant, and fab, mosaic of the BeatlesOct 20, 2020 6:18 am - "150 Glimpses of the Beatles" by Craig Brown (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) "They ARE awful. But I also think they're fabulous. Let's just go and say hello." What if y...
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Music review: Katie Melua achieves ethereal beauty on new albumOct 20, 2020 6:18 am - Katie Melua, "Album No. 8" (BMG) Katie Melua sings as if she's sharing a secret, which is what makes her music so inviting. Born in the former Soviet republic of Ge...
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Selecting your close-knit 'quaranteam'Oct 22, 2020 6:28 am - At this point in the novel coronavirus pandemic, Americans have largely accepted that returning to life pre-2020 is not likely to happen any time soon. But that hasn't s...
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When going out for a bike ride, don't forget your helmetOct 23, 2020 6:28 am - I humbly apologize. As a seasoned rider, I should know better. An observant bike shop owner gently chided me about my past column photo - my helmet is unsafe, riding too...
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Full of curiosities, Libertyville resale shop helps nonprofitsOct 22, 2020 6:28 am - In boxes or by the truckload, donations arrive every day at Upscale Rummage and Furniture Warehouse on Libertyville's east side. Most items are traditional fare, like cl...
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Harper Promise free tuition program faces changes to keep it sustainableOct 20, 2020 6:23 am - With more and more students signing up for Harper College's Promise Scholarship, the program that guarantees free tuition for good grades, attendance and community servi...
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Suburban Rotary clubs raising funds for polio eradicationOct 25, 2020 10:09 am - Rotary Club members in Mount Prospect, Des Plaines and Prospect Heights are taking action on World Polio Day, Saturday, Oct. 24, to raise awareness, funds and support to...
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Blues harmonica virtuoso Corky Siegel helps Chamber Music on the Fox kick off seventh seasonOct 22, 2020 7:30 am - In a year when people have been in Zoom work meetings, Zoom happy hours and Zoom birthday parties, why not have a Zoom harmonica blues jam organized by a local chamber m...
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