Beth Bales
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Utilize services your taxes pay forAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The second installment of real estate taxes is due Tuesday. I'm sure that no matter what the number is, you wish it were less. I can't do anything about the amount of ...
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Vacation provides lots of 'Mom' moment memoriesAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Perhaps one of the lasting legacies of a vacation is the family lore created. If nothing else, after our recent trip to the Big Apple, my children now have several more...
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A generous lot in Fox ValleyAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - We are a generous lot here in the Fox Valley, with a wide array of agencies dedicated to helping those in need. Area residents have several opportunities in the next mon...
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Gardener Bales a bit green with envy over Kane County inmates' gardenAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Probably better than mine, is about all I can say. My tomatoes are green and hard, and not particularly plentiful...
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Life throws curve balls, but your community can helpJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Several years ago, I was sitting in a pre-surgery area of Loyola Medical Center, awaiting my overdue turn in the surgical suite. It was a major kind of surgery on my inn...
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Walking through Geneva historyJul 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Every notice those three small cottages on the north side of State Street, a bit east of Route 25? Long ago in Geneva's past, those homes were Swedish workers' cottages...
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Painted rain barrels spruce up yard and are good for the environmentJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - "Slide down my rain barrel, And through my cellar door. And we'll be jolly friends, Forevermore, more." - Old traditional song If Geneva's Natural Resources Committee h...
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Neighbors helping neighborsJun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes there's nothing like trouble to bring a neighborhood together. A little more than a week ago, 1 a.m.-ish or so, some sort of weather event roared through our e...
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Happy Father's Day Pop Pop, Opa and HippoJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - "Honey" will be celebrating Father's Day with his granddaughters today. He didn't start out as Honey. (His real name is Sanford.) But my friend's older daughter (who's ...
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Summertime in Geneva means lots of fun things to doJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It's summertime in Geneva, and special events are coming fast and furiously. There are so many, in fact, that there's no way to do a column on one or even two, before th...