Columns
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You deserve a work-life balance, even if you're child-free in a pandemicNov 15, 2020 5:10 am - Q: I'm the reader who wrote about being a weary child-free worker in a federal workplace where parents were being allowed full pay for reduced hours. Many of my co-worke...
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Buyer surprised by rusty pipesNov 15, 2020 5:00 am - Q: My daughter recently bought a condo. After moving in, she found that the faucets have rust-colored water when they are first turned on. Our plumber says the old steel...
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Semifinal thoughts on Election 2020Nov 15, 2020 12:00 am - Joe Biden won the White House, we are reminded almost daily, on his third try, having run unsuccessfully in both 1988 and 2008. It's funny; I can't recall, having covere...
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This Thanksgiving, choose loveNov 15, 2020 12:00 am - Thanksgiving is my favorite day of the year. It's a holiday with none of the pressures of Christmas. I cook a lot of food and give a lot of hugs. Nothing makes me happie...
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Can a board require a member to resign?Nov 14, 2020 6:00 am - Q: The board of our association requires new board members to sign a "board member oath." It includes some very good guidance to board members. It also includes a provis...
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COVID vaccine will be different from common vaccinesNov 14, 2020 5:00 am - The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech have announced their vaccine is 90% protective against the COVID-19 virus in phase 3 trials. This is great news because ...
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The mailbox and other small reminders of lossNov 14, 2020 5:00 am - I just went out and got the mail. I do so faithfully every day because of my dear husband Baheej. He loved getting mail and picking up the mail from the mailbox. Most co...
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Constable: A lifetime shared together ends with COVID-19Nov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Carmen and Mary Siciliano started married life in a one-room apartment during World War II. They ended it 76 years later in a fifth-floor hospital room they shared with ...
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Pepsi commercial puts Elgin native Sheldon back in front of the cameraNov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Life in the fast lane has always suited Dan Sheldon. A standout three-sport athlete at Burlington Central High School, Sheldon was a football and baseball Daily Herald A...
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Grammar Moses: Z is always first in my heartNov 14, 2020 12:00 am - While wearing one of my other columnist hats recently, I wrote about our policy for handling election mug shots in the newspaper. It wasn't the idea that we run them wit...