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Sunday, November 18, 2018

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Holiday dinners and get-togethers are a good time to check in with aging relatives to see how they are doing.

A holiday health check for aging parents

This Thanksgiving, when you spend time with elderly loved ones, be observant. Look for some telling changes in behavior, especially these eight signs that your parents may need help.
Newly planted evergreens should be watered in the fall to help them cope with a harsh winter.

Evergreens may need an autumn drink

Evergreens planted over the previous three years should be watered as needed this month and early next month if conditions are warm and dry.
Take a dance class, which challenges you to learn new steps and routines.

All fun and games, and cognitive ability

Puzzles and memory games offer an endless supply of brain-boosting benefits for yourself or your aging loved one.
The Fox Valley Senior Helping Seniors staff can offer many skills to lend a helping hand to area seniors.

Seniors find meaning helping other seniors

Seniors Helping Seniors franchises offer in-home senior care services that its team members, many of them also seniors, provide. The Chicago area has four such franchises, one of which is based in the Fox Valley. It is run by retired Navy Capt. Caroline Olinger, a native of the area who returned to Batavia in 2013.
Lavinia Santos, 6, urgently needs a stem cell transplant because she has a rare, life-threatening autoimmune disease. Here she is pictured with her mother, Ana Paula Santos.
Pingree Grove girl urgently needs a matching donor, because she has plans for life
Lavinia Santos, 6, of Pingree Grove has been waiting for a stem cell transplant since age 2. Her parents fervently hope more people, especially Latinos, will come forward to be tested as potential donors.
How would you use $100 to help someone else?
Believe Project returns for fifth year of helping others
For the fifth straight holiday season, we're inviting you to tell us how you would use $100 -- not for yourself, but for someone else. Thanks to a donor who has seen firsthand what a little kindness can do, our Believe Project aims to celebrate the true meaning of comfort and joy.
Try these wines with your Thanksgiving meal this year.
Wines to serve with your turkey this Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving coming, it's time to stock up on a variety of wines for the holiday table. These recommendations include a "nouveau" bubbly from Maryland, a frothy way to toast the end of the rainy 2018 vintage.
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time for families and friends to get together, but also can be a time for feelings of grief to surface.
Oh, oh, the holidays are here
Holidays are tricky times for managing grief. And we are now entering a big holiday season -- Thanksgiving through New Year's Day. Be aware of things you can do to ease the holiday season for yourself or others.
For Stuffed Squash Roast you can make as many of the components in advance as you’d like and refrigerate them for up to 1 week before assembling for the final roasting.
The right stuff for veggie fans on T-Day
Thanksgiving brings out the squash-stuffer in me. This year, I'm drawn to a more highly constructed (or at least stacked) approach -- roasting a butternut squash in two lengthwise halves and then layering multiple filling elements between them.
Jeff Turner dropped off 100 turkeys Thursday at Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin. The staff will cook them and carve them for the annual free Thanksgiving dinner next week.
Annual Thanksgiving dinner in Elgin hoping for more donations
Organizers of the annual free Thanksgiving dinner in Elgin hope people will donate the remaining $1,200 to make their $3,000 fundraising goal.
Mushroom Poblano and Refried Bean Tortas. Be sure to use a heart but thin-crusted rolls like kaiser rolls to hold up under the filling.
Mexican-style sandwich tastes as if it took hours to make
Leftovers reused as sandwich filling is pure genius. The roasted vegetables from last night's dinner, plus a little cheese and/or pickles from a jar -- fabulous.
This 1954 Chevrolet car hauler will be sold Saturday, Nov. 17, in McHenry County.
Rare, rustic 1954 car hauler on the block
Finding a dreamy classic car at auction is easy, but it's not often you can bid on something equally cool to haul it home. The Donley Auctions Annual Fall Classic on Saturday, Nov. 17, has one such rig: a 1954 Chevrolet truck and trailer transporter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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