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Unit owners are not always peopleDec 07, 2019 6:00 am - Q: Each board member for our condominium association must be a unit owner. One of the current board members is an investor in a limited liability company that owns many ...
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Using a fireplace without creating a smoky roomDec 07, 2019 5:00 am - Q: We had many trees taken down due to ash borers, so I plan to use my fireplace more this fall and winter. I have never had much luck building fires without smoking up ...
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Grief: It's the holidays — who's cooking?Dec 07, 2019 5:00 am - Here we are in the midst of holiday season, the period between Thanksgiving and New Year is certainly the intensive “party, cooking and eating” time of the year. By the ...
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Grammar Moses: Disbanding club is an apostrophe catastropheDec 07, 2019 12:00 am - That creeping sense of dread you're feeling? No, I'm not talking about climate change, the potential impeachment vote or the notion that my opening question was merely a...
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Facts Matter: Post office won't deliver Christmas cards addressed to 'any soldier'Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - A social media post asking users to send an extra Christmas card to injured American soldiers has been flagged as false information by Facebook, according to PolitiFact....
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Illinois spent $8.5 billion to cut its pension debt. It wasn't enough.Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - Trying to get pension funding back on track, state officials designated $8.5 billion last year to five state-funded retirement systems. It wasn't enough, and the pension...
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Algonquin teen navigates LGBTQ world in 'Work in Progress'Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - In her life as a sophomore at Jacobs High School, 15-year-old Lauren Viteri is a well-behaved kid who gets good grades and comes home to her parents, Raul, a Realtor, an...
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A kid, a cop and a story to warm a winter's dayDec 06, 2019 5:00 am - There are certain days that are "classic" Chicago winter. We all know them: cold, damp, windy, overcast. The sort of days we'll do almost anything to avoid going out in...
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Dragon boat races, festival may be returning to St. Charles next summerDec 06, 2019 5:00 am - When a community festival disappears — either to take a short hiatus or simply because its time had come and gone because of finances, manpower or lack of community inte...
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Trust is an essential foundation for effective governmentDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - To me, it was a thunderclap. Years ago, when I was in Congress, we were in the midst of a tense, contentious debate. Members had gotten irritated, levying charges back a...