Dave Heun
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Colonial Cafe marks 115 years in Tri-CitiesJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - If my math is correct, Colonial Café & Ice Cream has been delivering the goods around the Tri-Cities area for 115 years. And, by the goods, I mean great ice cream treats...
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Historic Sholes schoolhouse needs new paint jobJan 13, 2016 10:00 pm - Tom Sawyer certainly went to a one-room schoolhouse similar to Sholes School, the 1872 structure that sits in LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles. If Mark Twain's...
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Talking some turf: Batavia Bulldogs consider upgrading the fieldJan 13, 2016 7:00 am - It's hard to imagine anything that would make the Batavia High School football team even better than it is, but you have to think an artificial turf on its field would s...
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Chef Roby to open small-plates restaurant in GenevaJan 10, 2016 5:00 am - It's been five years since I first met chef Alain Roby when he was leasing a storefront on Third Street in Geneva to raise money for Saving Tiny Hearts, a cause he remai...
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Geneva puts away St. Charles EastJan 08, 2016 12:00 am - Memo to Upstate Eight River teams: The high-quality manufacturing plant that is the Geneva girls basketball program is at it again. Just when it appeared that this someh...
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Former Starbucks may become sports bar in St. CharlesJan 05, 2016 12:00 pm - When Starbucks moved from Main Street to the First Street Plaza in St. Charles, it reinforced my belief that some type of restaurant/bar would do quite well next to the ...
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What Tri-Cities readers were talking about in 2015Dec 30, 2015 12:00 am - "Talk of the Town" took on a theme of sorts in 2015. Readers wanted to talk about their favorite things and share with others in the Tri-Cities area. Of course, I was en...
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A look at gift giving traditions through historyDec 16, 2015 10:00 pm - The Rev. William Beckmann of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Batavia doesn't carry an official title of "Christmas historian," but at the very least he is a walking Wikipedi...
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How to keep mice out of your home this winterDec 15, 2015 12:00 pm - We can't be sure what Clement C. Moore was thinking when he proclaimed, "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." Umm, I don't think so. It may not qualify as a p...
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Geneva knocks off Australian teamDec 12, 2015 12:00 am - Everyone involved in Geneva's hosting of an Australian traveling boys basketball team Saturday night agreed that the event was a first for the Vikings and a great cultur...