Columns
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Penetrating sealer is preferred for protecting concreteOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - Q. Hello, I am a faithful reader of your column in the Daily Herald in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. In the next couple of weeks, I am having new concrete front step...
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Mecum rolls back into SchaumburgOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - Mecum Auctions is back in town, hosting its annual Chicago event. It'll take place at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center beginning Thursday afternoon and runni...
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Cancer survivor fundraises through ballroom dancingOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - Ballroom dancing can't take any credit for getting Robin Schwarz through an intense breast cancer regimen six years ago when the St. Charles mother of two endured a doub...
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Renters have rights when the property is foreclosedOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - Q. We enjoy reading your column in the Daily Herald and are hoping you can shed some light on our dilemma. We are looking to buy something in a year or so. We are now re...
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Handling leaky doorsOct 02, 2016 5:00 am - Q. Our doors are old, inefficient and drafty. One is made of solid wood and one metal. I cannot afford new doors. What inexpensive improvements can I make myself to incr...
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How little moments show our true characterOct 02, 2016 1:00 am - I run into the doughnut shop to grab a cup of coffee. Two guys are in front of me in line. A kid behind the counter asks the first guy what he wants, then turns and walk...
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Women have seen this Trump beforeOct 02, 2016 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts To many women, the Donald Trump who debated Hillary Clinton was painfully familiar. They've encountered men like him all their liv...
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To blog or not to blog. That's the question todayOct 02, 2016 1:00 am - Who cares whether you write a blog? Maybe you should. Early in his new book, "Write Right - Sell Now," Sugar Grove blogger and content writer Matt Brennan introduces two...
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Social Security: Don't believe everything you hearOct 02, 2016 1:00 am - Q: I'm 75. I've read a lot over the years. Recently, you answered a reader question on the looting of Social Security. You stated, I believe, that the federal government...
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Cancer survivor designs the beauty of parks, lifeOct 02, 2016 1:00 am - Lori Vierow of Elmhurst is an award-winning architectural designer who recently joined the Arlington Heights office of GreenbergFarrow, a global architecture and enginee...