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Athletes wanted: age 70 and olderFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - As a child, Lollie Guiney lived for sports, still embraces sports, and aims to get other septuagenarians involved in sports. Guiney, a Hoffman Estates Park District comm...
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Movie times can cause problems, but there's a reason for themFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - • Dear Dann: Why don't movies ever start at 6 p.m.? They're always at 5 and 7 p.m. -- Lawlady Dear Lawlady: For the answer, I went straight to the man: Ed Doherty, ...
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Randolph is stylin' for Round LakeFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - With the aid of only a rotating mirror, Vernon Randolph can turn his entire head into an art form. Randolph not only cuts his own hair, he also designs it by trimming in...
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Play ball! But shovel the snow firstFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - We may be surrounded by snow, ice and potholes, but some among us are thinking far more pleasant things. Jim Lewan is thinking sunshine, baseball and opening day. And, n...
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Updates on U-46 leader search can be found onlineFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - For the last decade, my father has proudly sported this garish orange and blue T-shirt -- "The information age," it proclaims, "is the age of information." Whether the s...
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The bottom line? Metal spikes not good in high schoolFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - I don't like spikes. Let's put that on the table as an appetizer right up front. I don't like spikes. In nine years of coaching college-age girls in summer softball, the...
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Impossible dreamsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - "What happens to a dream deferred?" poet Langston Hughes once mused. Yet "A Raisin in the Sun," the play that drew its title and inspiration from Hughes' poem, asks inst...
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Buckle up, this tournament may produce wild resultsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Ready or not, here it comes. The IHSA's four-class boys basketball playoff system rolls into full swing with the start of the Class 3A and 4A tournaments on Monday, and ...
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Landlord has recourse against day careFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Some landlords can't stop their tenants from opening a child-care business on their property, but there are steps they can take to limit their liability if something eve...
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Shop satisfies snackersFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - It's tough to go into Nuts 2 You in Buffalo Grove and only buy one item. "Some people say the store is dangerous," jokes manager Valentina Maksimenko, who runs the day-...