Columns
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Don't assume too much when it comes to GrossmanAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - It was an interesting question. "Sounds like you're convinced that Lovie Smith will make a change if this keeps up?'' I looked at my colleague and clarified, because tha...
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Baker has the ingredients for good fishingAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Anglers came from all over to pay homage to the aged Viking Canoe. They brought wreaths, notes of thanks, strips of linen for ornaments, and even burnt offerings in appr...
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Police earn award for seat-belt challengeAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect's new traffic unit is already garnering honors. Dennis Anderson, traffic safety liaison with the Illinois Department of Transportation, handed Sgt. Mike ...
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What is that in my soggy lawn, and can I eat it?Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - When it stops raining for a moment, I slosh into my backyard, just to look around and make sure none of my neighbors is building an ark. In the soggy turf at my feet --...
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Her favorite school outfit never made it to classAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - When I was a little kid, I got three new dresses a year. I always had a lovely dress for Christmas and Easter, along with one for the first day of school. As part of the...
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Long-term care policy makes sense for someAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I am 60 years old. My financial adviser is strongly urging me to buy long-term care insurance (before September, when Genworth is raising its rates). My mortgage is ...
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Woman's tale shows how close we are to pastAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - It would be interesting if every time we passed a McMansion in Arlington Heights, we were to consider that that home with its five bathrooms is only four degrees of sepa...
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Fantasy running backs: Take L.T. or go for comboAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Did everybody have a good summer? Hopefully so. But now it's time to get back to work. And by work, I don't mean your day job. No way. This work involves hitting the boo...
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Sugar Grove anniversary needs helpersAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - In just a few weeks, Sugar Grove residents are going to party like it's 1957, with bandstand dance contests, poodle skirts and life-sized cutouts of James Dean. It was o...
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E-mazing revelations from readersAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - E-xcerpts from a smattering of your e-mails of recent months: Rebecca J. McDade: One of the things I find so amazing about sports writers is their holier-than-thou attit...