Lifestyle Columns
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Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry pivoted for the pandemicApr 20, 2021 6:00 am - Dawn Mikulski of Des Plaines has witnessed the healing power that golden retrievers in Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry provide, but now she knows tha...
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Constable: When childhood hero dies, memories warm the soulApr 20, 2021 5:30 am - A loved one's passing, even when it's a welcome relief after a long and happy life, always delivers a blow. The deaths of friends, neighbors and co-workers also take a h...
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Home inspector takes forever to write reportApr 18, 2021 6:00 am - Q: I recently attended the home inspection for the house I'm buying. The inspector gave a passing grade of B, with a short verbal review of his findings, and said the fu...
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Associations can enact fire pit regulationsApr 17, 2021 7:00 am - Q: Because more people are entertaining themselves at home during the COVID era, many residents in our association have acquired portable fire pits they place on the pat...
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Losing your adviser or confidant adds to the depth of griefApr 17, 2021 6:00 am - When a dear one dies, you may have not only lost a beloved partner, friend or parent, but also lost your best adviser, or best confidant — or both. We are lucky if we ha...
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Constable: From atomic bomb to solar power, Downers Grove scientist always innovatesApr 17, 2021 1:00 am - Dieter Gruen escaped Nazi Germany, worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, helped design nuclear submarines, earned patents throughout a celebrated and inno...
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Striking success: St. Charles Bowl marks 60th anniversaryApr 16, 2021 6:00 am - By opening in 1961, St. Charles Bowl became part of a booming decade for the recreational sport. After all, once automatic pinsetters were all the rage in the 1950s and ...
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Constable: Bridge not asking to be hit, but it could take precautionsApr 15, 2021 5:30 am - I don't like to play into that blame-the-victim mentality when it comes to the number of trucks getting stuck under the historic covered bridge in Long Grove. Some criti...
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Try making broccoli raab be your go-to spring vegetableApr 14, 2021 6:00 am - Broccoli Raab is a spring vegetable that you may not have ever tried before. Even though there is broccoli in the name, broccoli raab is part of the turnip family, which...
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New cookbook from Milk Street a winner for weeknightsApr 14, 2021 6:00 am - Over about 40 years, Christopher Kimball has steered many cookbooks as, first, the founder of Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country and America's Test Kitchen and now his f...