Columns
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This election like others: not very inspiringNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Give thanks the Bears' quarterback derby won't come down to a public vote. You know, like caucuses on Wednesday, primaries on Friday and a general election on Sunday. Th...
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Harvest Ball a hit with Center for Enriched Living participantsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Teacher, academic and humorist Leo Calvin Rosten once wrote that the purpose of life is not to be happy, but rather to matter, to be productive, to be useful and 'to hav...
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Neil Young rich, varied but workmanlike in first of two showsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chicago Theatre became a facsimile of Neil Young's legendary barn in Northern California, or at least a mythologized version of that workspace. Large canvases proppe...
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Government can do more than wage war and collect taxesNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In the heart of DuPage County, in the shadow of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, Illinois Republican heavyweight Jim Ryan is using "The Jim Ryan Symposium on Public A...
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New on DVD: Restored (and B&W) version of 'Wonderful Life'Nov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Ultimate Edition" -- After his breakthrough triumph in "Jaws," Steven Spielberg put his filmmaking gifts to work on what was cle...
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DuPage drivers beware: It's deer mating seasonNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Why did it take three advisories about deer rut season before I refreshed my inquisitive mind about the only antlered animal in the world? For instance, did you remembe...
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Students shine on stage 'Bigger Than Life'Nov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Hersey High School English teacher Lara Becker teaches acting among her class load, and it occurred to her that her underclassmen students needed a vehicle to get their ...
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New studio combines dance, fitness and the theater artsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In opening a dance studio, Susan Ross wanted someplace with a downtown, artsy look instead of a sterile strip mall location. Earlier this fall, Ross opened Midwest Dance...
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Batavia High girls ready to show off their stuff at Macy's paradeNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - For many of us, Thanksgiving is all about cooking, eating and eating again. For four energetic young girls from Batavia, Thanksgiving is all about the Macy's Thanksgivin...
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Seminar pitches failNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Douglas R. Andrew has a new book out. "The Last Chance Millionaire: It's Not Too Late to Become Wealthy" was published in June. If his name sounds familiar, I'm not sur...