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Wayne Messmer: What the national anthem means to meSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - There is a unique moment for anyone who has been introduced to sing the national anthem. That honor of being handed the microphone, or walking up to the podium to handle...
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Orlov manages way back to preps sportsSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - When he was playing middle for Stevenson's Class AA state runner-up boys volleyball team in 2000, Buffalo Grove native Blake Orlov never imagined one day he would be coa...
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We must find our moral outrage on Myanmar refugee crisisSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - I asked a Rohingya refugee I met in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, India, how I should pronounce the word Rohingya. His response was "call us Burmese not Rohingy...
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Rozner: Justin Thomas' caddie knows all about the Presidents CupSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - The search for the common element is constant in sports, the need to find the center of all variables, the middle of the elusive Venn diagram. When golf worlds collide t...
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Wayne Messmer: National anthem, protesters deserve respectSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - More than 21 years ago, popular anthem singer Wayne Messmer and I had a conversation after the National Basketball Association suspended star player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf o...
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Geneva figure skater wins national gold medalSep 24, 2017 11:00 pm - After devoting 12 of her 17 years of life to ice skating as her sport of choice, Megan Fee has reached her goal of winning a national event - and she's ready to get on w...
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Buffalo Grove crowns seniors with Down syndrome king, queenSep 24, 2017 11:00 pm - In the end, it was a slam dunk. When the names of Amanda Ewald and Brett Wilkinson were announced Friday as homecoming king and queen at Buffalo Grove High School, very ...
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Nothing Bundt Cakes opening in Geneva and AlgonquinSep 24, 2017 11:00 pm - A sweet new business whose name basically describes the goodness you will find inside is open now along the Randall Road corridor. Nothing Bundt Cakes opened last we...
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Imrem: National anthem controversy unifies Chicago BearsSep 24, 2017 4:00 pm - Hey, Mr. Trump, characterizing someone as an S.O.B. is beneath the dignity of your office. And you, athletes, slinging slurs at the President of the United States doesn'...
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Constable: Camp One Step still saving two-time cancer survivorSep 24, 2017 8:00 am - The rhythmic rumble of a rushing L train clatters outside her kitchen window every few minutes. Colleen McGrath doesn't stop talking. She doesn't raise her voice. She ju...