Articles filed under Outdoors
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For a change of pace, try current fishingMar 25, 2015 10:04 am - It has been a very long sleep, figuratively speaking. When I "barned" my fishing boat at the end of November, I went through an extended period of anxiety. I knew full w...
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Cook County trout season opens April 4:Mar 20, 2015 1:00 am - Rainbow trout season opens at sunrise April 4 in Axehead and Belleau lakes in Des Plaines-Park Ridge, Sag Quarry East in Lemont and Green Lake in Calumet City. The Cook ...
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Constable: Bill would make guns safer - for shootersMar 12, 2015 5:30 am - There is a gun bill in Springfield that aims to protect Illinois residents from the health damage caused by guns. But only if you are the person pulling the trigger. Tur...
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Jackson: Winter's enduring test of timeMar 05, 2015 7:05 am - Changing my clock to another hour this weekend isn't going to make any dent in my disposition. Moving our clocks one hour ahead is not going to influence my sleep schedu...
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Constable: Runner shirtless every winter dayMar 01, 2015 6:45 am - My friend's story sounds apocryphal. On a day when the temperature tops out at a frigid 5 and the windchill dips below zero, he claims to see a bare-chested man in short...
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Time to heat up outdoors sceneFeb 25, 2015 1:05 pm - Because I do not spend much time ice fishing on these winter days, I will safely say I have had enough of the snow, ice and Arctic-like temperatures pretending to be "no...
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Constable: Nearly naked winter runner roams Arlington Hts.Feb 24, 2015 12:00 am - My friend's story sounds apocryphal. On a day when the temperature tops out at a frigid 5 and the windchill dips below zero, he claims to see a bare-chested man in short...
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Getting to the point to cure outdoors bluesFeb 23, 2015 9:05 am - I felt like a tall weed blowing in the wind. Figuratively speaking, I'd aimlessly flop one way and then lean in the other direction, all because the winds kept remindin...
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County celebrates centennialFeb 14, 2015 10:00 pm - The Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners marked its centennial on Feb. 11, 100 years to the day after its inaugural meeting. "We recognize the...
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Frigid temps don't keep anglers away from Antioch ice fishing derbyFeb 14, 2015 12:00 am - Six hours. That was time enough standing on a frozen Channel Lake on the coldest Saturday of the 2015 winter for Brandon Wheat. Even wearing two coats, a hooded sweatshi...