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Words of poets often describe grief better than we canMay 07, 2022 6:00 am - Emmylou Harris has a wonderful mourning song about lasting love: When we're gone, long gone The only thing that will have mattered Is the love that we shared And the way...
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Bernie Lincicome: Power rankings have Bears right where they belongMay 07, 2022 1:00 am - It is not entirely clear who makes up the so-called "power rankings," or even why anyone should bother to do so. I suppose I could do it myself and be just as accurate o...
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Grammar Moses: On cribbage scoring and standing people upMay 07, 2022 1:00 am - If I know my readers, most of you are familiar with pickleball, waltzing, dinner by 5 and ... cribbage. For those of a generation or two younger, today's main topic migh...
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Steve Zalusky: White Sox pitcher Joel Horlen - hard-luck and delayed gratificationMay 07, 2022 1:00 am - By the time I had a chance to watch Joel Horlen pitch, I was too young to appreciate him. Watching the White Sox in 1969 and 1970 wasn't easy in more ways than one - the...
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Constable: Geneva mother's book about child with disabilities opens window to inclusionMay 07, 2022 1:00 am - As the mother of three young girls in Geneva, Anitra Rowe Schulte developed a familiar habit. “My kids and I were going to the library constantly,” Schulte says. “We'd c...
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Facts Matter: Fox News corrects Pirro - 63 million abortions since 1973, not per yearMay 07, 2022 1:00 am - A leaked draft opinion indicating that the Supreme Court is ready to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion was the top story on many cable news broa...
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Concerts: Cathy Richardson, Justin Bieber, Aaron Lewis play in town this weekMay 06, 2022 6:00 am - The Outfit, One of the Boyzz, Kevin Lee & the Kings: 7 p.m. Friday, May 6, at RocHaus, 96 W. Main St., West Dundee. $20-$30. (815) 893-9768 or rochaus.com. The Real Pre...
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Batavia woman shares research on her family's time in World War II Japanese-American internment campMay 06, 2022 6:00 am - Ellen Huxtable has built an excellent reputation in her hometown of Batavia over the past two decades as a small-business consultant and a volunteer for the Congregation...
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Spotlight: TimeLine stages Chicago premiere of 'The Chinese Lady'May 06, 2022 6:00 am - En garde in Glencoe A pair of high-achieving teens training for a national fencing title go from competitors to confidants in "Athena," a two-hander by Gracie Gardner in...
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'I'm not here to make friends': Ex-Aurora chief's book examines policing, leadershipMay 06, 2022 5:30 am - “These musings will probably upset people on both sides of the issues, and I'm okay with that. I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to offer you a perspective into my ...