Burt Constable
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25 years ago, thrill of victory warmed Bears fansJan 18, 2011 10:00 pm - The gusty lake breeze made the 16-degree temperature at Soldier Field feel like 10 degrees below zero as New York Giants punter Sean Landeta stood in his own end zone aw...
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Mundelein man becomes fitness trainer at 80Jan 17, 2011 12:00 am - This column is supposed to be about how Mundelein's Burton Fischman earned his certification as a professional fitness trainer at age 80 and now is teaching a fitness cl...
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Rusty leaves suburbs, stays in heartsJan 14, 2011 12:00 am - At the end of a week burdened by the inevitable weight of death and taxes, six dozen people gather in the early-morning subfreezing temperatures of a suburban parking lo...
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Man with disabilities closer to freedomJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - On the verge of victory in a lingering civil rights suit seeking his freedom from a large institution, 37-year-old David Cicarelli knows one of the first things he'll br...
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Once again, 2nd Amendment and guns fail to protect usJan 09, 2011 10:00 pm - We don't know enough about the obviously deranged gunman in Arizona to know whether the people who spew vitriol and add symbolic cross hairs to their 1st Amendment right...
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Sympathy for that devil Ryan?Jan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - Maybe his family and good buddy Jim “Growing Less Big In Our Eyes Every Day” Thompson know the real George Ryan. But those of us who paid his salary for decades never, e...
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Former rising star of conservatives on outside looking inJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - He was the young, up-and-coming poster boy for Illinois conservatives. With his mantra of “less government, lower taxes, more freedom,” he bested all the naysayers and p...
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Unemployment still in season in suburbsJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - The crowd jamming this unemployment office in Arlington Heights on the first work day of 2011 doesn't look any different from a “Black Friday” throng flocking for bargai...
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Enjoying season's peace and good will requires us to chillDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote his classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” with the uplifting message about how Christmas still came to Whoville despite the Grinch stealing ...
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Buy toys as an investment? What would Teddy Ruxpin say?Dec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Those Citi banking commercials where a fictional toy called the Robosan 4000 is the “must-have” toy of the holiday season take me back to the Christmas of 1985. The adve...