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Saturday, June 6, 2020

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Children’s practices may soon begin with social distancing and other rules in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Returning your young athlete to the field

With the state entering the third phase of its Restore Illinois plan, athletic practices are being reintroduced, as well as individualized training for team sports and athletics. Actual games will need to wait, though, as they'll be reintroduced in future phases.
Coffee giant Starbucks has been successful at getting consumers around the world to use its app-based mobile payments, and COVID has accelerated that shift.

Social distancing is improving your shopping experience

Along with all the plexiglass shields and social-distancing signs comes the rapid adoption of contactless checkout. This is safer for employees and customers, while also forcing the evolution of a U.S. retail industry that has woefully trailed much of the world in technology.
“The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” is a historical novel about women in Kentucky who rode on horseback from homestead to homestead during the Depression to distribute books to isolated hill people.

Finding solace in travel books and novels

One day, a friend mentioned finding solace in books. Solace is a good word to use in this column because one meaning is actually "consolation in grief."
Our new Suburban Teachers Facebook group and newsletter will feature news and stories that are important to educators, parents and community members.

Our two new Facebook groups, newsletters bring you school news, good news

Join our two new Facebook groups, Suburban Teachers and Good News from the Suburbs, and sign up for our two new corresponding newsletters.
Globemaster onion flowers are in bloom as visitors walk a path at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle Friday.
'Nature is healing': Morton Arboretum soon will reopen to public -- what to expect
Expect a rush on admission tickets when the Morton Arboretum opens sales to the general public June 10.
Amdur Productions adapted the Promenade of Art Arlington Heights into a virtual fair online in June.
Artists, festival producers adapt to virtual suburban art fairs this summer
Amy Amdur, president and CEO of Amdur Productions, thought she had seen it all. In 37 years of producing outdoor art fairs in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, Amdur has dealt with extreme heat, unseasonable cold, high winds, hail and flooding. "The current situation with the pandemic is something I never ever anticipated," Amdur said. Art fair producers and artists alike are having to adapt because of COVID-19.
Broiled Shrimp With Shaved Zucchini and Pecan Salad.
Running shrimp under the broiler is a lightning-fast path to dinner
If you see Gulf shrimp at the fish counter, grab it. Otherwise, frozen works fine in this recipe for New Orleans-style broiled shrimp.
On Tuesday, Facebook rolled out new settings called Manage Activity to delete or archive posts from a range of dates or involving particular people. Exes, your high school years, questionable photos, civil disobedience and painful memories no longer have to stay on your permanent Facebook record. You’ve always been able to delete posts one by one, but now you can also archive and get rid of bunches based on helpful criteria.
Now you can delete old Facebook posts without deleting Facebook
You might have Facebook posts involving times or people you'd rather forget. Facebook is finally giving you a tool to get rid of them in bulk -- and prevent stalkers, employers and the government from snooping on your past, too.
“Brighter Days Ahead,” created by Olivia Williams, 13, a seventh-grader at Carl Sandburg Middle School in Mundelein. “It took me a few days to complete, but I really liked how it turned out,” she said.
Suburban students coping with COVID-19 social isolation through art
Many suburban students are using artwork to help cope with social isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meg Raminiak of Arlington Heights and her family, including children Tillie, 10, and Flynn, 13, are gathering good wishes that neighbors and passersby leave on sticky notes on a mural on their garage door.
On their mural of stars, Arlington Heights family says, make a wish to keep your spirits up
Some wish for coronavirus to go away. Some wish for an end to racism. Others wish for friends' happiness or for a job. Handwritten on notes, the wishes ­­-- written by friends, neighbors or strangers -- paper a mural Meg Raminiak and her family created on the front of their Arlington Heights home.
The public art nonprofit Century Walk Corp. plans to meet with a Downers Grove man who started an online petition seeking more diversity in the downtown mural “Naperville Loves A Parade.”
Push to diversify mural in downtown Naperville moving forward
An online push to diversify a mural in downtown Naperville is connecting supporters with the city's public art nonprofit.
A favorite way to make a donation is to purchase a luminaria for $10. Luminaria bags honor every life touched by cancer. This year, the luminaria will be displayed in a slideshow for the Virtual Relay For Life of Northern DuPage and NW Cook Counties.
'Cancer doesn't stop, and neither will we': Relay For Life goes virtual in DuPage, Northwest Cook counties
Hearing the word cancer come out of the doctor's mouth is devastating. But the American Cancer Society wants to make sure no one ever feels alone. This is also the goal of Relay For Life of Northern DuPage and Northwest Cook Counties, which this year is holding its fundraising walk virtually from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 12, on the group's Facebook page.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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