Columns
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How did Bears fare in draft? They've done worseApr 30, 2023 5:30 am - Searching for answers to the question "How did the Bears do in the draft?" the best I can come up with is, "They've done worse." Chicago may never get to know top choice...
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Jim O'Donnell: Jagged little third railer costs ESPN reporter her jobApr 30, 2023 5:30 am - SNIPS AND SNAILS AND PUPPY-DOG TAILS were once supposed to reside only on the male side of major sports media. All of that changed in an epithet recently when Marly Rive...
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West Dundee Leafs overcome rough start, finish second at youth hockey championshipApr 30, 2023 1:00 am - Most every coach in every sport will tell you they want their team to be playing its best at the end of the season. The West Dundee Leafs youth hockey team did just that...
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Guest columnists Avis Proctor and Bill Kelley: Expanding role of community colleges helps local communities and beyondApr 30, 2023 1:00 am - April is Community College Month, and we're proud to celebrate our sector's contributions to our state and to our nation's global competitiveness. It is also a time to e...
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The Springfield experience: Lobby Day is our way of making small business voices heardApr 30, 2023 1:00 am - Traveling to our state capitol and participating in the legislative process is both rewarding and impactful. The ability to engage with politicians in a purposeful way ...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion:Apr 30, 2023 1:00 am - If there is one thing I like about Tucker Carlson, it's that he knows how to dress. White shirt. Striped tie. Blue blazer. I dress like that myself, and I've always thou...
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Dispensing too much - or too little: 8% of suburban gas pump lines failed inspection last yearApr 29, 2023 1:00 am - Motorists filling up at the Thorntons in Third Lake last year had a one in three shot of getting a pump that wasn't dispensing the right amount of fuel. Annual records f...
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Grammar Moses: Of malaphors and misplaced modifiersApr 29, 2023 1:00 am - Battling cancer is hard enough for a child. But having to also battle a sibling is simply too much. Such was the conclusion you might draw from reading a headline in a r...
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Couples owning a single unit cannot serve on the board togetherApr 28, 2023 6:00 am - Q: We live in an almost 100-home community association. As a result of low owner involvement and a vacancy on the board, our elected secretary's husband wants to be appo...
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Improvise! That's how 'Are You There God?' director elicited natural performances from film's young actorsApr 28, 2023 6:00 am - For almost half a century, novelist Judy Blume had a single word for filmmakers interested in creating a movie from her iconic 1970 book "Are You There God? It's Me, Mar...