Columns
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On Route 66, ice cream and traveling a long roadNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - For almost 20 years, I have planned and hosted programs for women as Women's Initiative Coordinator for Itasca Bank & Trust Co. Our programs drew audiences of from 30 to...
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Constable: 'Anticipation … or just chasin' after some finer days'Nov 03, 2020 4:30 am - The song running through our heads today should be the 1971 hit "Anticipation," by Carly Simon. Anticipation can be a wonderful sensation. You can feel the anticipation ...
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Election results will come late this year. That's a good thing.Nov 03, 2020 12:00 am - We're just about to finish up this election, and a record-shattering 51 million votes have already been cast across the country. The devastation wrought by COVID-19 (and...
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Feder: Election night coverage marks radio's 100th anniversaryNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - "We'd appreciate it if anyone hearing this broadcast would communicate with us as we are very anxious to know how far the broadcast is reaching and how it is being recei...
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Sluman says fewer tournaments better fit his scheduleNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - Life changes dramatically for Chicago's only member of PGA Tour Champions following the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship this week in Phoenix. Jeff Sluman w...
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The perils of political trifectasNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - If the final election returns, when they finally come in, match the current polls, Joe Biden's Democrats will win a trifecta: the White House and majorities in both hous...
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How we got the story: The changes required to cover voting in a unique election yearNov 02, 2020 1:00 am - This election season has been like no other, not only for voters but also for reporters covering them. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a particularly heated political cli...
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Feder: 'Excited, nostalgic,' Carol Marin preps for final election nightNov 02, 2020 12:00 am - As she has done before every election, Carol Marin spent the weekend at her kitchen table poring over pertinent facts and figures as if she were cramming for a final exa...
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No one disclosed leaking shower panNov 01, 2020 7:00 am - Q: After buying our home, we discovered a leak in our upstairs shower when water began dripping from the downstairs ceiling. That's when we noticed the ceiling had previ...
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Grammar Moses: You're 20 times less likely to enjoy this columnNov 01, 2020 12:00 am - Tuesday is Election Day. Or, I should say, Election Month begins today. This will be a month of math the likes of which we've never seen. You might even hear a candidat...