Burt Constable
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Constable: Paraplegic mentor goes mermaid to help kidsSep 04, 2016 6:30 am - For Arlington Heights native Kelsey Ibach, the trickiest part of scuba diving might be getting dressed. “Wet suits are hard enough to get on normally,” says Ibach, 27, w...
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Constable: Cubs are lovable losers but not chokersSep 01, 2016 5:30 am - As a lifelong Cubs fan, I've rolled into plenty of Septembers wishing for some postseason drama, even if that meant worrying the Cubs might choke. The Cubs have earned ...
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Constable: Meet the 'Frankenstein' of pretty paperweightsAug 30, 2016 5:30 am - Somewhere under the clutter of papers on my desk in the newsroom is a glass paperweight about to be laid to waste by the “Frankenstein of Cary.” “There's a night-and-day...
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Constable: A year after Gliniewicz, Fox Lake enduresAug 28, 2016 7:00 am - The ripples moving toward Fox Lake's shore might have been caused by the green-headed mallard and its mate. Or by the squawking, white seagull. But the waves quickly dis...
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Constable: How Cubs fans celebrated a century before TwitterAug 25, 2016 5:00 am - This summer's championship dreams send Cubs fan Bruce Reinger of Mount Prospect to his attic stash of one-of-a-kind keepsakes from the last time the Cubs won the World S...
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Constable: How a deacon's quest helps cows battle malaria in UgandaAug 23, 2016 5:30 am - A charity crusader known as "Deacon Don," Arlington Heights' Don Grossnickle works through his recent diagnosis of Stage 4 advanced heart failure by focusing on preventi...
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Constable: New Cubs feeling inspires new Cubs songAug 18, 2016 5:00 am - A popular emcee for decades in the Fox Valley, veteran suburban radio newsman Stew Cohen will get a chance Friday night to introduce something unprecedented when he step...
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Constable: Police raid leaves Antioch woman homelessAug 14, 2016 7:00 am - Everyone involved realizes that the tense afternoon of July 13 in a normally tranquil Antioch neighborhood could have ended much worse. A morning argument escalated by n...
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Constable: This is a good meaningless August for Cubs fansAug 11, 2016 5:22 am - The dog days of August used to feature meaningless Cubs games where the outcome didn't matter much to fans. Win or lose, the Cubs weren't going to be playing postseason...
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Constable: Metro water district holding contest to name our poopAug 08, 2016 1:00 am - What better way to take your mind off the steaming pile of commentary on the upcoming presidential election than a fun, government-backed contest to rename the genuine i...