Columns
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Should I have called police on hotheaded mom?Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - At first I thought the mom was at the end of her summer rope. You know, the one where the joys of vacation days filled with sun have turned into an agonizing wait for th...
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Unbeaten W. Aurora standing at crossroadsSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - It all looks so familiar at this point. West Aurora's football team is off to a 2-0 start and thinking big. Ronald Reagan's classic quote certainly applies to the Blackh...
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Is it crying that I hear from circus elephants in DuPage County?Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - There were movies I watched when I was a kid that tore my heart to pieces. They're still hard to watch today. One was "Old Yeller." I remember trying to catch my breath ...
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District 300 getting ready for start of schoolSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The highlight of last week's Community Unit District 300 school board meeting didn't come from the dais or the podium. It came from the audience. During a discussion amo...
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Old Y property takes next step to becoming homesSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, Elgin's planning commission will hear about the Channing Square housing development proposed for the site of the former east-side YMCA. The developer, Channi...
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How to avoid exposing your camera to harmSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - On a recent flight to Dallas, I witnessed a shooting. It wasn't a hijacker trying to take over the aircraft. It was an amateur photographer trying to take a picture of h...
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Century riders to tour Illinois, Wisconsin in Sept. eventsSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The month of September offers the biggest selection of century rides in the Midwest. A century ride involves riding your bicycle 100 miles in a day. They are non-competi...
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Children's story hour moves to digital worldSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - If you asked me, I would say the greatest contribution of the American public library over the last 100 years is story hour for children. All across the land, public lib...
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Here's a rare feel-good storySep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Finding the good guys among the college football coaching ranks is generally akin to spotting a needle in a stack of needles. Which is what made Saturday's showdown betw...
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Sometimes married couples can get too comfortableSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - This really happened. A woman found her marriage of 10 years to be increasingly empty. Though her husband had a decent job, shared in household responsibilities, was goo...