Lifestyle Columns
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Suspense film 'The Room' offers view of horrific fantasyJul 21, 2020 6:00 am - "The Room" - ★ ★ ★ Starring: Olga Christian Volckman's "The Room" sucks us into a vortex of unpredictable, imaginative fantasy as it explores what happens to a happily m...
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Book an appointment to browse new Geneva libraryJul 19, 2020 7:27 am - We've walked by the new Geneva Public Library at 227 S. Seventh St. with much curiosity as to when - and how - it might open. The library opened its doors this week "by ...
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Inspection leads to property damage, medical billJul 19, 2020 6:00 am - Q: As a Realtor, I represent mostly sellers. Recently, a prospective buyer accompanied his home inspector into the attic and managed to fall through the ceiling, causing...
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Residents' generator may disturb neighborsJul 18, 2020 7:00 am - Q: A resident in our detached single-family home homeowners' association submitted a request to install a natural gas-powered generator on his lot. It would supply power...
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Coronavirus pandemic stress made me 'ghost' my boss. What do I do for a reference?Jul 18, 2020 6:00 am - Q: I screwed up at my last job. We were working from home because of coronavirus and I was unable to adjust. Also, I had a mild freakout due to personal issues. In a mom...
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Swedish pancakes and healthy memory associationsJul 18, 2020 6:00 am - Somehow I got it in my mind to make Swedish pancakes. I made them for myself two days in a row. They are very thin and fry quickly. Usually they are made rather small in...
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Constable: White author learned early how Black lives matterJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - As a white girl growing up in Arlington Heights in the 1950s and '60s, Patricia Hruby Powell was taught that Black Lives Matter long before that concept became a movemen...
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Girl Scouts build Little Free Pantry at Batavia churchJul 17, 2020 6:00 am - To this day, my wife will on occasion recall her youth in mentioning an interesting place her Girl Scout troop visited or a project it took on. To this day, I love Girl...
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Pandemic trip slowed by detours, dead ends, no rest stopsJul 16, 2020 5:40 am - "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" We've been stuck in the back seat of this 2020 Pandemic for soooo loooong. We started our journey Jan. 24, when the Illinois Depart...
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Widescreen: Six viewings later, 'Eurovision' is still a balm for the soulJul 15, 2020 11:00 pm - We are all looking for comfort in these times, and I have found it - again and again - in "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga," a movie I have watched at le...