Lifestyle Columns
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Sound check: Each Day at WC Social Club, Born of Osiris drive-in showSep 30, 2020 6:00 am - Each Day at WC Social Club Southwest suburban indie-folk band Each Day strikes a beautiful balance between impressive vocals and lush instrumentation in the impres...
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Try this Thai duo - squash fritters and cucumber salad - with the kids' helpSep 30, 2020 6:00 am - I love introducing kids to different cuisines. Exploring other food cultures can spark wonder and help kids become more adventurous eaters. These Thai-style dishes are a...
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Suburban students collect technology to help others with remote learningSep 29, 2020 6:00 am - A pair of suburban high school students are working toward a shared dream: to make digital devices accessible to more students. Their collection box located near the ent...
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Pedaling through the pandemic: Forest preserves report more riders on the bike trailsSep 28, 2020 6:00 am - You weren't imagining it - bike trails were crowded during the shutdown. Five county forest preserves confirmed double and even triple trail usage April through August. ...
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Constable: Awful 2020 gives us best October in Chicago sports historySep 28, 2020 1:00 am - The year 2020 has given us a pandemic seemingly intent on killing a quarter-million Americans, record unemployment, hurricanes, wildfires, economic devastation, civil an...
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New Blu-ray box, HBO Max's Looney library celebrate Bugs Bunny's 80th anniversarySep 26, 2020 6:00 am - Do you know the name of the first Bugs Bunny cartoon, or the year it premiered? Do you remember the last time you saw a vintage Bugs Bunny cartoon on television? Or the ...
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Constable: How Lisle native managed to run 7 marathons in one weekSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - Having run his first marathon in April 2018, Lisle native Peter Krzywosz cranked out a second 26.2-mile effort seven months later. Then, he posted his personal best time...
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Shopping in your own closetsSep 25, 2020 11:00 pm - I was talking with my sister and telling her how I found many useful (and lost) kitchen implements in a kitchen cupboard I had decided to clean out. It was too stuffed t...
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What type of insurance is needed to cover a mortgage?Sep 25, 2020 7:01 am - Q: Our mortgage company recently sent us an offer for us to buy credit life insurance. They claim if one of us dies, the insurance company will pay off the balance of ou...
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Aging barns at LeRoy Oakes in St. Charles need coat of paint, some repairsSep 24, 2020 11:00 pm - It's an iconic blast from Illinois' past, representing comfort in a rural setting that features a dairy barn and silo, a horse barn, a pioneer home and a one-room school...