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‘Submissive’ one end of power spectrumJul 15, 2013 5:19 pm - (Part one in a three-part series) You’d like Karen, bright, talented, outgoing, sensitive, attractive. She seems to have so much going for her, so much potential. Yet so...
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Age-old chicken vs. egg question has differing opinionsJul 15, 2013 1:00 pm - “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” asked sixth-graders from Maureen Petricca's class at Nerge Elementary School in Roselle. In 300 B.C., Ancient Greek philosoph...
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Ribfest funding supports Naperville-based parent mentoring programJul 15, 2013 9:00 am - Naperville Exchange Club’s Ribfest proceeds support parent mentoring program
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Glen Ellyn teen trains dogs to serve people with disabilitiesJul 13, 2013 8:00 am - When sirens sound in Glen Ellyn, a year-old golden retriever named Friday doesn’t cower, whine or run for a place to hide. Instead, she looks to her handler, 16-year-ol...
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Do TV and movies make kids violent?Jul 12, 2013 12:56 pm - I’d just gotten home from the movies — “Die Hard 5” — and was going through my mail. The lead story on the newsletter I picked up first caught my attention with this hea...
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Moving Picture: Mt. Prospect man brings birds to yardsJul 12, 2013 10:00 am - Tim Joyce of Mount Prospect is a birdscaper, a position he says he created himself to help people attract a variety of migrating and native birds to their backyards. Jo...
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Grants announced for nonprofits helping Lake County’s most vulnerableJul 11, 2013 11:42 am - The Lake County Community Foundation, an affiliate of The Chicago Community Trust, announced nearly $199,900 in grants to local nonprofit organizations serving the urgen...
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Naperville Rotary installs Zienty as president, honors BaboskyJul 11, 2013 11:00 am - Liz Zienty became the Rotary Club of Naperville’s 74th president during the service club’s recent annual installation dinner. Zienty is the fourth woman to hold that po...
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Dine Away Hunger event debuts in Glen EllynJul 11, 2013 10:26 am - For the first time in the history of Dine Away Hunger, Glen Ellyn will host the event on Wednesday, July 17, and give diners new restaurant choices and the chance to fig...
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Grammy-winning drummer returns for encore at Jazz in Glen EllynJul 11, 2013 9:00 am - Seven-time Grammy-winning jazz drummer Paul Wertico had so much fun headlining last year’s Jazz in Glen Ellyn that he simply had to come back. “He has such a great foll...