Burt Constable
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Constable: After daughter dies at 26, parents say pay her kindness forwardJul 21, 2018 1:00 am - As the youngest of three children growing up in Arlington Heights, Laura Szejka Zimmer had to be a little feisty and develop a bigger-than-life personality. “Laura was a...
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Constable: A flood of all-star memories for 50-year Cubs fanJul 16, 2018 1:00 am - It didn't matter who won Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game, a mere exhibition to showcase a game most people quit playing in grade school. And yet, baseball is woven into the ...
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Constable: Artist relearns how to paint, with the opposite hand, after strokeJul 14, 2018 1:00 am - There is a beauty in the art of Georgia Pirron's past. “The fur-traders - oh, they were fun to make,” the 87-year-old woman says, her joy evident in her smile and twinkl...
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Constable: Summer sweet corn is here, but do you eat it correctly?Jul 12, 2018 5:33 am - Since the beginning of July, drivers have slowly cruised by this Carol Stream parking lot, searching for summer. This time they stop. "It's the first day, so a lot of pe...
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Constable: World Cup loyalties collide, accelerate at FermilabJul 10, 2018 5:30 am - Way back in October, the U.S. men's national soccer team, by virtue of a stunning 2-1 loss to Trinidad and Tobago, was eliminated from contention for World Cup 2018 in R...
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Constable: What made Schaumburg woman catatonic? A rare disease misdiagnosed as mental illnessJul 08, 2018 5:00 am - Behind those once-bright eyes of that catatonic woman staring off into the space of her hospital room hides the vivacious wife Paul Braker loves. When and how April Kay ...
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Constable: The U.S. struggles with identity as a 'Nation of Immigrants'Jul 03, 2018 5:30 am - The speech eighth-grader Mary Stuhr of St. Alexander Catholic School in Villa Park read to win an American Legion competition in 1951 called for America to be "the key t...
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Constable: 88-year-old gets to relive childhood days spent fishingJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - The sun is blazing. The worms are wriggling. The competition is on. "Are we doing biggest or the most?" asks 88-year-old lifelong fisherman Roy R. Dahl as he readies his...
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Constable: Teaching 'Never Forget' to kids who don't yet know HolocaustJun 28, 2018 5:22 am - The haunting mantra of "Never Forget" is part of the fabric of an American culture committed to remembering the evils of the Holocaust. But it's difficult to "Never Forg...
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Constable: Northwestern next for Plainfield author with cystic fibrosisJun 20, 2018 1:00 am - A top scholar and published author who recently won a scholarship she'll use in the fall at Northwestern University, Ravina Thakkar spends four hours a day doing somethi...