Downers Grove Lifestyle
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Northern Illinois Food Bank's Foodie 5K April 18 to be a virtual eventApr 13, 2020 11:00 pm - As the Northern Illinois Food Bank continues to monitor the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the seventh annual Foodie 5K scheduled to take place at Cantigny Park in Whe...
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Naperville family renovates rooms for whole-house accessibilityApr 12, 2020 9:00 am - “Home” is supposed to be the place where we are most at ease. It should be the place where we are most comfortable in our own skins, where we can relax, be ourselves and...
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Frida Kahlo's work reveals beauty in natureApr 11, 2020 5:00 pm - Anyone who is familiar with Frida Kahlo's work knows just how important the Mexican painter's garden was to her. Flowers, fruits, vegetables and other plants are constan...
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'Mind over matter' fuels Naperville veteran's help to othersApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - Wayne Fischer points to two things that got him through his 12 months and 20 days as a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam: one, a thought, the other, a team. “Mind over...
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Rugged school walks as a youth? Let Fitbit provide the dataApr 10, 2020 6:00 am - Because taking walks remains one of the few things we can still do during the coronavirus outbreak, it was important to take one that could prove a point. I took this pa...
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Sunrise of Naperville North resident enjoys delicious 103rd birthday!Apr 09, 2020 11:00 pm - Duane Cutting, a resident at senior living community Sunrise of Naperville North, survived the flu pandemic as a baby in 1918. He lived through the Great Depression and ...
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American Red Cross honors Holocaust survivor as 2020 Global Citizenship HeroApr 09, 2020 11:00 pm - The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois is honoring Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall of Skokie as the 2020 Global Citizenship Hero. A survivor of the ...
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Cancelled Art Fairs and Markets Force Artists to Host Virtual Artisan Market on April 16-19 Via FacebookApr 09, 2020 11:00 pm - Artists and artisans are hoping to find shoppers online during the COVID-19 pandemic and are turning to Facebook for help. Cancelled spring and summer art fairs and mar...
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How recovery techniques help one Naperville pastor 'breathe my way through' pandemicApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - When Naperville pastor Glen Wagner recovered from knee-replacement surgery last fall without pain medications, he thought he was doing it to avoid the risk of dependence...
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Humane society finds new twist for fundraiser during pandemicApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - The show must go online. The West Suburban Humane Society in Downers Grove, like everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, needed to adapt to present its popular Trivia Nig...