Columns
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First Street redevelopment moving along in St. CharlesNov 13, 2016 10:00 pm - The Manor Restaurant was a great breakfast spot on First Street in St. Charles and its lower-level Surrey Inn offered a great pizza in its day with a recipe that Munchie...
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Imrem: Yes, Chicago Bears can get even worseNov 13, 2016 4:01 pm - Yes, Chicago Bears fans, it really did get worse Sunday at Tampa. The Bears really did come out of a bye week looking like they spent it pigging out instead of practicin...
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Revisiting peanut butter in the workplaceNov 13, 2016 6:13 am - This week, we revisit the enthusiastically debated October column about food allergies in the workplace. To recap: After a peanut-allergic letter writer (LW) asked a col...
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Grammar Moses: My folks, they taught me 'coronate' is not a wordNov 13, 2016 6:12 am - Pronouns were given to us as contractions were given to us: to save time and, in the written form, space. Yet we hear variations of these sentences every day: "Hillary, ...
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RPV, for when the family SUV just won't doNov 13, 2016 6:00 am - Rumors persist of an impending zombie apocalypse - and should that day come, be sure I'm jumping in this Terradyne Gurkha RPV, or rapid patrol vehicle. It's a brute of a...
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Geneva restaurateur makes his mark on local eateriesNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - David Reyes Jr. had a specific feel in mind when opening The Grandstander sports bar on Third Street in Geneva. And it doesn't take long to pick up on it. "My intent was...
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'Chim-chiminy' stereotype reconsideredNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We have a disagreement between a home inspector and a plumbing contractor over a chimney issue in our attic. The people who are buying our house hired a home inspecto...
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Can Donald Trump govern?Nov 13, 2016 12:00 am - Can Donald Trump govern? ...
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Waiting to wed may make stronger marriagesNov 13, 2016 12:00 am - Maybe you read the same newspaper piece I did headlined, "Caution, careers keep more people single." It seems a recent Census Bureau report shows the number of people wh...
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Trump begins to show difference between running and servingNov 13, 2016 12:00 am - Witnesses who tuned in to Donald Trump and Barack Obama's postelection get-together can't have missed the change in the president-elect's demeanor and affect. Quiet and...