Susan Dibble
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African charity World Vision has 1,200 in upcoming Chicago MarathonOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Bob Brown has been a runner since the mid-1990s, but he wasn't sure he could ever do a marathon. "Seven or eight miles would feel like a pretty long run," the Winfield ...
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Naperville to honor 'Dick Tracy' cartoonistSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Dick Locher never had drawn an editorial cartoon in his life when his late friend and mentor, Chester Gould, told him the Chicago Tribune had an opening for an editorial...
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'Down on the Farm' tour takes kids back in timeSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Fourth-graders riding atop two hay wagons yell loudly as they pass through the "time tunnel" under Naperville Road back into the 21st century. The yelling is to drive an...
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Fall festival draws crowd to Danada Forest PreserveSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Third- and fourth-graders aren't the only ones who enjoy guided tours of Danada Farm in Wheaton. During the Danada Fall Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 11, the Frie...
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Storyteller Marie Ringenberg says tales hold magic for all agesSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - If Marie Ringenberg of Glen Ellyn were a character in one of the tales she tells, she would be "The Woman Who Could Not Stop Telling Stories." She tells the Chinese folk...
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Naperville Wine Festival draws a return crowdSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The Naperville Wine Festival this weekend offers plenty of vino to sip, to be sure, but the annual event is far more than just an opportunity to sample chardonnay and pi...
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Glen Ellyn woman readies for 9th Leukemia & Lymphoma marathonSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Vaughan Nesslar left her Glen Ellyn home at 4:30 a.m. one recent Saturday morning to drive to Chicago's lakefront to train for a marathon that will be on Oct. 18 in San ...
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Local legislators say Springfield is ripe for reformAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Speaking to the Lisle Area of Chamber of Commerce last week, two local Republican legislators vowed to press on for ethics reform before agreeing to tax increases to add...
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What a doll: Barbie still going strong after 50 yearsAug 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Trena Yarmat of Naperville has carried the Barbie dolls of her childhood through 17 or 18 moves in 30 years, and vows she wouldn't sell them even if meant delaying a hou...
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Naperville mom starts group for teen girls to support one anotherAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Raevyn Whitfield, 16, of Aurora, has learned to walk away from confrontations in school and not let negativity get her down. Ciara Scarver, 14, of Naperville, is becomin...