Columns
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Violence isn't the answer when disciplining childrenOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - "Just a minute! There's no excuse for that!" I said. The woman in the Jewel Food Store paused in the midst of repeatedly slapping her small child to turn and stare at me...
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Remember Floyd's? Owners are cookin' againOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Remember Floyd's? The longtime landmark Carpentersville restaurant was the site of many a function for residents throughout the region until its closure almost two years...
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Saturday it is and will be, and in all reality it's not that badOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - OK, I give up. For the past five years now the Elgin-Larkin football game has been played on Saturday. I still can't get used to it and I still don't think it's right, b...
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Seeing a fine 2nd career in the lifestyle enforcement gameOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - There I was, minding my own business when the e-mails from colleagues arrived just minutes apart. Not once did they consider their actions might be detrimental to my hea...
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Delafield, Wis., golf course on a par with world-class sitesOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - How long does it take to create a world-class golf course -- the likes of St. Andrews and Augusta National, for example? In the case of newcomer Erin Hills Golf Course, ...
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Inside and outOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - It's sophisticated and helps find cure A classy touch of pink will enliven your decor and fight breast cancer. To celebrate October as breast cancer awareness month...
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God, sleep, teen fantasies can fill schools' moment of silenceOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Adults suggest a new law that went into effect Friday mandating a brief period of silence in schools is all about religion. Some no doubt secretly hope, and others openl...
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Bison take major step forwardOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - There were Bison stampeding everywhere Friday night at Rolling Meadows. Buffalo Grove football players raced around the field and deliriously celebrated. Retiring head c...
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Ominous NHL omen: attendance woes in Hockeytown USAOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - It's one thing for the Blackhawks to struggle at the gate. For the last decade there haven't been too many reasons for Hawks fans to go to the United Center to watch bad...
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Decisions on school issues should be debated oftenOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - A later-than-usual chill is in the air. Did it come from the cold water being splashed around town? First came the disappointing verdict in the Indian Prairie Unit Distr...