Stephanie Penick
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Let’s reflects on numbers in the newsNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Did anybody else connect the news that $7 billion was spent on Halloween and the 7 billionth person in the world was born by the end of October 2011? For what it’s worth...
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Handwritten letters on endangered species listOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - Let’s face it. With social media, online services and instant messaging, we’re less likely to receive personal letters, check payments and birthday cards via the U.S. Po...
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Readers put Penick’s ‘P’s in perspectiveOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - After my recent column regarding “P” words that have affected my life from one millennium to the next, I heard from Frisbie pup promoter Tom Wehrli. To attract my attent...
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P is for Penick — and plenty moreOct 04, 2011 1:00 am - For a preponderance of reasons, I spent a major portion of a recent weekend pouring over my old “Around Naperville” columns. Penned since May 1999 when this publication...
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Memories of a horrific morningSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - As the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 approaches, remembrances that include blood drives and interfaith services already have begun to fill the ca...
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Naperville scultpure offers lessons in recycling and the artsAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - Here's hoping students find an atmosphere of kindness, respect and good nature under bright blue skies when they return to school. Case in point, when our dog, Karl, and...
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Former Naperville resident takes walk through timeJul 20, 2011 12:00 am - “Summertime and the livin’ is easy,” begins a George Gershwin tune. This time of year, thoughts often turn to simpler, gentler times; fishing for fond memories that cal...
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Rotary well worth 90 minutes a weekJun 23, 2011 12:00 am - Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated by the fact we all have the same 24 hours every day to fill; yet we all choose to do things so differently. One thing I've e...
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Visit to parents brings back memoriesJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Amid the many events that marked last month, I most enjoyed Mother’s Day and my dad’s 88th birthday May 18. For years, I’ve celebrated both occasions during a family ge...
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Penick: Streaming web videos keep us informedMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - When our three children were little back in the 1980s, they preferred the soft-spoken manner found on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood over the quick-change acts and razzle-dazzl...