Stephanie Penick
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Naperville Responds to hurricane crisisSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - When your family and close friends live in a storm-prone region, you likely behave as I do: When they're threatened, you call to be sure they're OK. If you've lived or v...
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Group helps keep downtown Naperville at top of its gameAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - What attracted you to Naperville in the first place? Schools? North Central College? A job? Good value? Commute to Chicago? If you're a transplant as I am, the charm of ...
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Little Friends prepare for annual golf outingAug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm no good at golf. I've always been a better artist than an athlete. That said, I'm OK at pressure putts. On the only two occasions when I played 18 holes - both tim...
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Confronting the realities of Alzheimer'sAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - In my memory, my Grandma Mitchell was the epitome of a Norman Rockwell portrait. Pleasantly plump, she mostly wore pastel print cotton shirtwaist dresses. Her long gray...
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EJ&E plans reveal childhood memoriesJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - I remember the first time my mother took me via passenger train from Muncie to visit my grandparents in Battle Ground, Ind., a rural town near Lafayette. I was going on ...
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There's always plenty of drama, even in lazy days of summerJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Who said there's not enough midsummer drama in Naperville? Last week alone, the human experience played out on a variety of venues from an old home in downtown Napervill...
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Local hospices there to helpJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Every day before I begin writing, I consider the words of 19th century American wit Josh Billings: "Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out alive." I keep t...
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Bargains galore in downtown NapervilleJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Sandwiched between weekends of the Naperville Exchange Club's Ribfest at Knoch Park and the 49th annual Naperville Woman's Club Fine Art Fair at Naper Settlement, is the...
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A glorious memory of our flagJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - A male radio voice still echoes in my memory after 32 years. Immediately following America's bicentennial celebration, a witty commentator whose name escapes me describ...
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Penick: Thinking of tall ships, Tony Awards and cakeJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - To commemorate America's 200th birthday in 1976, I created a 3-foot-wide cake likeness of the Continental United States, decorated in creamy white frosting with stars at...