Columns
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Pond hockey still a riot for 50-year-oldMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - He hadn't played hockey outdoors in below-zero weather since he was a kid, but 50-year-old Dave Bressler of St. Charles said he had a smile on his face the whole time. T...
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Cooper Middle School strikes right note again at Jazz in the MeadowsMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A milestone quietly passed last month when students from Cooper Middle School in Buffalo Grove were crowned the top junior high band at the Jazz in the Meadows Festival ...
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Sweet-and-sour pork gets a healthy and tasty makeoverMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Sweet-and-sour pork can be mighty tasty. But those great flavors can carry enormous amounts of calories, fat and saturated fat. Long before I became aware of calories or...
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'Lazy Bonz' one of many entries in popular naming contestMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - In the story we wrote last week about the new Lazy Bonz, formerly known as Klutzo the Clown, we gave you some of the names left on the cutting-room floor. But due to spa...
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Spelt not necessarily most nutritious pastaMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Is spelt pasta really the most nutritious? A. Spelt is one of the earliest cultivated varieties of wheat, a slightly different type of grain from the wheat mo...
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Friendship soupMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - For four years Kathy Cobe has been trying to build a sense of community in her neighborhood around giant pots of soup. On three consecutive Sunday nights in October she ...
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Absurd ruling against viable option of home schoolingMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - There is a lot to criticize in an outrageous California appellate court decision that threatens to outlaw home schooling in the state. But there are also a few things wo...
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Combined girls hoops team has great seasonMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A season of uncertainty turned into a fifth-place finish for the St. Luke/Concord seventh- and eighth-grade girls basketball team in the recent Lutheran School Associati...
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Health-care issue shouldn't be dismissed by the insuredMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Maria Gomez knows firsthand the devastation that can hit families who don't have health insurance. Gomez is chief executive officer of Mary's Center for Ma...
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Teacher plans to pursue poetry after retirementMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - The usual advice given to aspiring poets is, "Don't give up your day job." But Wheaton's award-winning poet Donna Pucciani is going to do just that. In June, Pucciani w...