Columns
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Driven to succeed, Lopez is headed to Oregon St.Oct 02, 2017 1:00 am - Because she lives in Mt. Prospect and travels to Wilmette each day, Mary Kate Lopez has a longer drive to school than most high school students. She also has an unusual ...
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Wittenbrink earns national all-star invitationOct 02, 2017 1:00 am - When the high school boys soccer season wraps up for Ryan Wittenbrink this fall, he still will have one major highlighted remaining. The Libertyville senior has been inv...
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Dealing with stress of family businessesOct 01, 2017 11:00 pm - Family businesses don't always bring families together. In fact, many a marriage has been damaged, even destroyed, by the day-in, day-out stress of husband and wife wor...
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New law affects how associations runOct 01, 2017 11:00 pm - This is part 1 of a 3-part series on a new law affecting associations. On Aug. 24, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed HB0189, and it is now known as Public Act 100-0292. The law a...
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Racquetball group marks 40 years of playing togetherOct 01, 2017 11:00 pm - A group of racquetball players that meet once a week at Forest View Racquet and Fitness Club in Arlington Heights seems to bear out all of the documented benefits of the...
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Butterflies and moths have very unusual life cyclesOct 01, 2017 11:00 pm - "How do caterpillars make cocoons?" asked a preschooler at the Libertyville Recreation Department Kinder Korner Preschool program. Moths and butterflies are similar in m...
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New Hideaway Restaurant would have plenty of competitionOct 01, 2017 11:00 pm - For the longest time, I found myself rooting for the Casiello family to bring the Hideaway Restaurant back to life along the Fox River in the area once known as Valley V...
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How we should prayOct 01, 2017 11:00 pm - One thing we learn from tragedy: that there is always more to come. We experience the death of a loved one, the suicide of a friend, the suffering of a child, and the h...
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Are biased workers entitled to protections?Oct 01, 2017 7:16 am - In the early days of this column, I responded to a reader about socializing at an office party with a "bigot" of a co-worker who subjected others to "talk of collecting ...
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Dann Gire's 5 films to watch out for this fallOct 01, 2017 7:15 am - 1. “Justice League” (Nov. 17) — Can the DC Comics universe parallel the success of Marvel's “Avengers” with its all-star superhero team? Or will it go the way of Sup...