Columns
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North Stars enjoy spoiler role while keeping title hopes aliveOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - On the 14th annual kick-a-thon in St. Charles, it wound up being St. Charles North who delivered a swift kick right to St. Charles East's gut. The Saints' undefeated Ups...
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Violence isn't the answer when disciplining childrenOct 12, 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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Redhawks can think seed; Panthers still on bubbleOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - "On the bubble" sounds like a nice, safe spot to relax. For teams like Glenbard North and so many others, though, it's the last place you want to be going into the fina...
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Big Ten mental health checkOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - It happened almost overnight -- autumn finally wriggled free of summer's grasp, and football weather blitzed the area. Several Big Ten teams are also cooling off, which ...
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Mastandrea happy to do her partOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The last time Linda Mastandrea was this vested in the Olympic Games, she was in them. The 43-year-old Chicagoan was born with cerebral palsy and tires easily -- to the p...
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If a shooting occurs and no one hears, does anyone care?Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - What if the police write a press release -- about, say, the shooting of three people in town -- but don't send it to the press? Does anyone care? About 150 people cared ...
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Capturing our memoriesOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The whimsical folk art paintings of artist Jack Musich already grace the walls of the Peoples' Bank of Arlington Heights. Now, they headline a calendar, published by ban...
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Fantasy not all about the running backsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Excuse me for a moment while I borrow from singer-songwriter Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" Where is my Larry Johnson? Where is my Steven Jackson? Where...
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Time for flu shots, rummage sales and ghostsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Ann Christiansen says she's never had a flu shot and she never gets the flu. What's her secret? "I don't get sick. I don't know how, I just take lots of vitamins," sa...
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New photo reflects columnist's hard work to lose the weightOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Some of you may have noticed that a new -- and hopefully more flattering -- photo is debuting this week with my column. Several friends, family, coworkers and even acqua...