Articles filed under Neighbor
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Batavia birder cares for purple martin colonyMay 30, 2013 5:00 am - His lifelong interest in purple martins began when 72-year-old Fred Borchert was a boy, visiting his grandfather at a Wisconsin farm. His grandparents didn't have a tele...
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First Metea 5K caps running, reading programMay 29, 2013 12:00 am - A reading and running program at Metea Valley High School in Aurora will culminate this weekend with the school’s first 5K race for charity, the Metea LIFE Run. Fueling ...
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Aurora woman aims to improve future vision in her hometownMay 29, 2013 12:00 am - Vision isn’t something Laura Martinez thought much about until her diabetic mother got sick. The 27-year-old can see fine herself and had never been to an optometrist. B...
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Sweet surprises keep birding fun and interestingMay 28, 2013 12:00 pm - In my first column back in 2004, I had the “Gumption” to say that birding is like a box of chocolates. It wasn’t the most original thing to say, perhaps, but it still ap...
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Make sisters take responsibility for their feudMay 28, 2013 11:15 am - Q. I have an older sister, “Mary,” and younger, “Tracy,” who simply do not get along. Mary hasn’t done anything specific like bullying, but I’ve never seen her openly ac...
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Emmaus House, volunteers fighting suburban povertyMay 27, 2013 5:31 am - Every Sunday night, they gather for dinner. Large tables fill much of the basement at St. Francis de Sales Church. At each, men, women and children eat plates filled wit...
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South Elgin teen chooses GED, college over high schoolMay 26, 2013 3:33 pm - Kevin Lopuszanski didn’t like high school — so he got out as soon as he could. The South Elgin teen stopping attending at the end of his sophomore year at St. Charles No...
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Learn the benefits of native trees and shrubsMay 24, 2013 10:19 am - Trees and shrubs are part of the gorgeous palate of habitat-friendly, native and woody plants that you can use to replace buckthorn, bush honeysuckle and other alien inv...
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Use library card to get Museum Adventure PassMay 24, 2013 10:05 am - Start a museum adventure with your Waukegan Public Library card. Cardholders can receive free admission to one of 17 exciting museums and cultural institutions throughou...
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Moving Picture: Conservation guru promotes land stewardshipMay 24, 2013 8:00 am - Nestled along Knoch Knolls Road in southwest Naperville is a 60-acre oasis of fertile open space surrounded by all the trappings of suburban life. Called McDonald Farm, ...