Lifestyle Columns
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Widescreen: Lessons learned one year into the new era of PlayStation, XboxNov 04, 2021 6:00 am - We are one year into the next generation of Sony and Microsoft video game consoles, which means we should be calling it the current generation - except that most fans of...
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The magic magnolia: Hungry avian travelers find needed fuel thanks to berry filled treeNov 04, 2021 6:00 am - About 20 years ago, my wife planted a sweet bay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) in our side yard. It grew quickly, blossomed in the spring, and stayed out of the way. I n...
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Constable: Ho-ho-hold the hate with historical White House giftsNov 04, 2021 5:00 am - Giving someone a holiday gift featuring President Joe Biden, or one from Donald Trump, or the president before him, or the president before that, might not be met with j...
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Neighbors in the News: Boys & Girls Club of Lake County names new programs directorNov 03, 2021 11:00 pm - Robert H. Marshall Jr. has joined the Boys & Girls Club of Lake County as director of Programs & Impact. Marshall, an alumnus of Boys & Girls Club programming himself, ...
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A spin on familiar ingredients can get you out of a cooking rutNov 03, 2021 6:00 am - It's not easy getting out of your culinary comfort zone - even if you do consider yourself a somewhat adventurous cook. I may make 100 different kinds of soup, but the t...
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Illinois youth unemployment at staggering levels during pandemicNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - At the height of the pandemic, youth unemployment rates skyrocketed in Illinois. In 2020, it soared to a staggering 23.3% — 29% among Blacks and 25.7% among Hispanics. ...
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Constable: On the night Cubs won the World Series 5 years ago, future seemed full of joyNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - Five years ago tomorrow night, I was writing a column on deadline about the very-much-in-doubt Game 7 of the 2016 World Series when my phone rang. "Oh, Burt," my 89-year...
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Good News Sunday: New South Elgin clubhouse for Boys & Girls Club breaks groundOct 31, 2021 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: It's been a big couple of weeks for the ...
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How different cultures cope with griefOct 30, 2021 10:00 am - Many cultures cope with grief differently than we do. I've been interested this topic ever since I met my beloved husband Baheej. Both his parents died in Nazareth, the ...
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Board needs to meet with commissionsOct 30, 2021 7:00 am - Q: I am a member of our association's architectural control commission. Owners submit architectural change requests to the commission. The commission reviews an owner's ...