Burt Constable
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Constable: Holidays provide opportunity for loving discussions instead of angry confrontationsNov 09, 2021 4:30 am - The holidays often give us a chance to get together with loved ones who bring to our tables cranberry sauce, latkes, samosas, marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes, pecan pi...
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Constable: Wayne fox hunt features pageantry, etiquette and no bloodNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - The first rule of the Wayne-DuPage Hunt club is don't make assumptions about the hunt club members. Yes, they appear to be a large group on horseback with a pack of bark...
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Constable: Ho-ho-hold the hate with historical White House giftsNov 04, 2021 5:00 am - Giving someone a holiday gift featuring President Joe Biden, or one from Donald Trump, or the president before him, or the president before that, might not be met with j...
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Constable: On the night Cubs won the World Series 5 years ago, future seemed full of joyNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - Five years ago tomorrow night, I was writing a column on deadline about the very-much-in-doubt Game 7 of the 2016 World Series when my phone rang. "Oh, Burt," my 89-year...
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Constable: Former Des Plaines man's apocalyptic cooking show serves up horror, sci-fi, creepy catsOct 30, 2021 1:00 am - Watching cooking shows while stuck at home during the pandemic, Tony Trimm longed for something more entertaining. So Trimm, who grew up in Des Plaines, used his creativ...
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Constable: Tournament will draw table tennis elite to LibertyvilleOct 28, 2021 5:30 am - YouTube #8220;You see a world-class player playing a kid's game with little kids,#8221; says Englebert Solis, owner of tournament sponsor Edgeball Table Tennis. #8220;It...
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Constable: Neither 8-tracks nor CDs nor virus can scratch vinyl marketOct 26, 2021 5:30 am - The technology has been around since 1878, when Thomas Edison opened his Edison Speaking Phonograph Co. and gave birth to the first 78 rpm gramophone records. By the 194...
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Constable: After retiring from school named in her honor, principal took aim at polioOct 22, 2021 11:00 pm - When Mary Stitt retired in 1992, she had built such an impressive career as principal of Olive Elementary School that the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board ...
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Constable: Military miniature show more about art than artilleryOct 21, 2021 5:30 am - Founded in 1952 by five men who collected toy soldiers, the Military Miniature Society of Illinois has grown into an international club that goes far beyond military fig...
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Constable: Sky success in excess, but the Bears and weather opt for moderationOct 19, 2021 5:30 am - “Moderation is a fatal thing,” Oscar Wilde said. “Nothing succeeds like excess.” Today's local sports scene makes good on the Wilde philosophy. The legendary Candace Par...