Dave Heun
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Geneva doughnut shop Fresh Donuts serves up sweet treats to loyal customersJul 30, 2021 6:00 am - This is a story about swimming and doughnuts. It might be the first time those two topics have combined as the key elements in my writing about local people and places o...
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25 years and counting: What makes Wasco Diamond girls' fastpitch softball a winning programJul 23, 2021 6:00 am - Many local youth sports programs do what they were designed to do — give kids a place to have fun and exercise, learn how to play a game properly and experience how team...
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Batavia's Barnwood & Beeswax marketplace now carrying The Chocolate Shoppe creationsJul 16, 2021 6:00 am - Last week, my “chocolate radar” went up last week when sensing that Batavia suddenly entered the sweets game with The Chocolate Shoppe display in the Barnwood & Beeswax ...
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Films in the future? Officials say some interest expressed in shuttered Batavia movie theaterJul 09, 2021 6:00 am - Because it was a double whammy of the Goodrich Quality Theaters filing for bankruptcy just before the COVID-19 outbreak, it figured to be a long haul for the Randall 15 ...
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European-inspired Farmhouse School in St. Charles will teach kids to cookJun 25, 2021 6:00 am - One could surmise that KinderKookKafe in Amsterdam has a direct connection to the Farmhouse School in St. Charles - and not only because both specialize in teaching youn...
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Geneva speech therapist publishes bucket list book about her dachshundsJun 18, 2021 6:00 am - Mary Skaar of Geneva definitely loved helping special needs children in her 35-year career as a local speech and language pathologist. And she definitely loved her two d...
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New shops, restaurants: There's more than meets the eye on the east side of St. CharlesJun 11, 2021 6:00 am - The scorecard for the east side of St. Charles isn't as bad as one would think just because some sort of perpetual development limbo paralyzes Charlestowne Mall, and the...
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Why a former research director opened a men's consignment shop in GenevaJun 04, 2021 6:00 am - As a youngster growing up in a family with seven kids in Arlington Heights, David Herda got used to a fact of life. He was going to be wearing clothes passed down from h...
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How Hoarders Trading Post in St. Charles became a top seller of used and rare recordsMay 21, 2021 6:00 am - Russell Martens was excited about the prospect of his new business, Hoarders Trading Post, when it opened on the east side of St. Charles two years ago. He felt his asso...
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A look at this year's Sculpture in the Park display in St. CharlesMay 14, 2021 6:00 am - As it has since 2006, the Sculpture in the Park program at Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles lured us in for a closer look at this year's exhibit. Little did we know we...