Burt Constable
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'Uncool' CPA teams with son to create rockin' guitars for charitySep 11, 2013 8:00 am - Saying he is "blessed" to have a job he enjoys, 54-year-old CPA and suburban dad Steve Doner admits that a corporate career of implementing initiatives, driving change a...
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iPad app gets suburban seniors into online worldSep 09, 2013 10:00 am - Using her stylus to move a red 5 of diamonds onto a black 6 of clubs, 89-year-old Simone Lucas chuckles at the absurdity of playing her first game of virtual solitaire o...
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Bartlett teacher's charity links his students with AfricaSep 07, 2013 11:00 pm - From the narrow vantage point of his boyhood home in a Southeast Side neighborhood in Chicago, young Brett Weiss figured the big, wide world outside his door was pretty ...
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Chess master’s greatest skill isn’t legal hereSep 04, 2013 1:39 pm - Exactly 21 years ago, as research for a column about chess, I sat in the chiropractic office of local chess master Daniel Kamen and watched him replicate from memory eve...
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Des Plaines man’s magic the trick to living with disabilitiesSep 01, 2013 7:30 am - Confident that he’s on a roll, Trent Rivas smiles broadly as his magic card trick enthralls his small audience. The crisp shuffling, the precise cuts and the counting co...
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Twin's brother comes home 63 years after war deathAug 29, 2013 5:30 am - Were 80-year-old Donald V. MacLean stepping off that plane Wednesday at O'Hare, he might drape his arm around his wife of 50 years, walk into a welcome from their grown ...
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Naperville native can start his medical pot businessAug 27, 2013 5:30 am - Some business strategies remain constant, no matter the generation. As vice president of sales and marketing for a new company called Quantum 9, Naperville native Chris ...
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St. Charles family keeps Little League world series traditionAug 25, 2013 8:00 am - As Tommy Vargulich of St. Charles scores the first run in Saturday's exhibition game starring kids with developmental and physical disabilities at the Little League Base...
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Fences don’t make good neighbors when trees branch outAug 22, 2013 5:30 am - The gold standard for mediating disagreements might be the old biblical story of King Solomon, who earned his reputation for wisdom after settling a maternity dispute by...
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Prius drivers just as rude as BMW drivers? Study says soAug 20, 2013 5:30 am - By Burt Constable The shiny grille of the tailgating luxury SUV fills the entire rearview mirror of my Prius as I drive the speed limit through a school zone on this fir...