Lifestyle
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How to prepare your child for surgeryOct 31, 2024 9:37 pm - If your child or teen needs surgery, the best thing you can do is take things one day at a time. Thinking about everything at once can be overwhelming, and time is an essential part of the recovery process. A pediatric neurosurgeon offers more tips for parents to support their child through the process.
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Betsy Ross flag not protected under condominium actOct 31, 2024 6:52 pm - An owner has placed the Betsy Ross flag in his window and a reader questions whether an association board can prohibit its display.
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Simple fall pleasures: This apple crisp has all the aromas of autumnOct 31, 2024 4:40 pm - Momma Chef Karen Nochimowski shares her family’s recipe for a simple yet flavorful fall apple crisp.
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A fresh pumpkin becomes comfort food in this Creamy Pumpkin Mac and Cheese
Oct 31, 2024 4:40 pm - Few people can resist a creamy, rich stovetop mac and cheese. This one has a bonus dose of color, texture and nutrition thanks to roasted pumpkin and onions, blended right into the pasta. It’s total fall comfort food.
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Geneva High hoping to offer culinary courses to more studentsOct 31, 2024 4:33 pm - Hoping to accommodate more students in culinary arts classes, Geneva High School Associate Principal Doug Drexler presented course changes for next year at the Geneva Unit School District 304 board meeting Monday night.
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Six reasons to escape winter in Palm SpringsOct 31, 2024 1:33 pm - Remember those bone-chilling days in suburban Chicago last January? I do, and I remember how happy I was to hop on a flight bound for Palm Springs, California, with T-shirts and sandals in my suitcase.
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Home and garden calendar, Nov. 3-9Oct 31, 2024 6:00 am - Garden club meetings, holiday events, seed saving, plant swap and more.
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Good or evil?: How owls have been depicted in folklore and historyOct 31, 2024 6:00 am - Nature columnist and owl enthusiast Mark Spreyer takes a look at how owls have fascinated humans for centuries, and how they’ve been depicted in folklore, fiction and history.
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Charged up for change: The Lake County Forest Preserves transition to net-zero energyOct 30, 2024 2:28 pm - The new Ryerson Education Center, opened spring 2024, is the culmination of three years of planning and an ambitious goal: create a net-zero energy building that produces as much power as it consumes each year.
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Prospect Heights council to consider city’s first rules on keeping chickens Nov. 25Oct 30, 2024 2:17 pm - A more specific date of Nov. 25 has been scheduled for the Prospect Heights city council’s delayed first reading of proposed regulations on the keeping of chickens.