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Sweet corn to share: Salad with ‘creamy’ vinaigrette the perfect side dish for late-summer gatherings

By Penny Kazmier
Aug 20, 2025 5:22 am - Fresh sweet corn is one of the best things about summer, but it’s hard to bring as a side dish. That’s where this chopped vegetable salad with a “creamy” (but dairy-free) corn vinaigrette comes in.
Trader Joe’s wines are sneaky good. Here are 9 budget bottles to try.

By Emily Saladino
Aug 20, 2025 4:26 am - There’s more to value than what you spend. An $8.50 wine is a steal only if you enjoy drinking it. Is it possible to find quality bottles at Trader Joe’s that don’t break the bank? Absolutely. But you have to know how and where to look.
How to make cold-brew coffee at home, no special tools required

By Matthew Fairman
Aug 20, 2025 4:02 am - You can make excellent cold-brew coffee — smooth, invigorating and thirst-quenching — at home with no specialty equipment. Plus, cold brew lends itself naturally to being made ahead, so you can have the concentrate on hand for up to 2 weeks.
Trinity Lutheran Church delivers bicycles to families in need

Submitted by Emily Olivos and Frank Hauser
Aug 20, 2025 1:02 am - Good News Garage accepts donated vehicles and bicycles, repairs them, and delivers them to those in need, including recent immigrants.
Join in ‘Bike to Church Sunday’ at Gary UMC in Wheaton

Submitted by Janet Mathis
Aug 19, 2025 10:40 pm - Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton invites all to bike to worship on Aug. 31 service, enjoy refreshments and fellowship afterwards.
Acclaimed author Tish Harrison Warren to speak at Wheaton College’s Wade Center

By Joseph Moore, Wheaton College
Aug 19, 2025 9:52 pm - On Oct. 9, the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College is hosting a lecture by Tish Harrison Warren, an Anglican priest and author, on “Waiting on the Slow Work of God: How the Habit of Hope Transforms Us.”
Tips for growing gladioli and lawn seeding in late summer

By Tim Johnson
Aug 19, 2025 6:06 pm - I have fond memories of growing gladioli as a kid growing up in Nebraska — and at this point in summer I’m seeing them in bloom around the Chicago area.
Home & garden calendar, Aug. 24-30

Aug 19, 2025 5:58 pm - Upcoming garden club meetings, plant sales, and garden shows in the Chicago area.
FHA appraisers are not home inspectors

By Barry Stone
Aug 19, 2025 5:56 pm - Many homebuyers are unclear about the difference between an appraisal and a home inspection. Because of this, they forego a home inspection and are surprised when problems are discovered after the close of escrow.
You might not like spiders. But you want them in your garden

By Kate Morgan
Aug 19, 2025 5:46 pm - Although often feared, spiders are important garden predators that control pests, enrich soil, and support birds and other wildlife.

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