It seems like 1,000 years ago that I met Patrick Kane. Son Andy and I decided to buy the weekend pass for the inaugural Blackhawks…
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We all know “those” people, heck, we may be them. Are you the one gardener in your neighborhood trying to do anything you can to…
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There are times in my research that I come across a bit that probably will never work up into a story, but makes me smile…
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You have probably made your seed orders by now. But did you look through the entire catalog? Often people start thinking about adding strawberries in…
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I hesitate to even write about a current theory being bantered among chicken owners. I fear that even putting unsubstantiated statements in print will somehow…
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By Sandy Vasko February 1862 saw the 20th on the move. On Feb. 2, they left Cairo aboard steamships bound for Fort Henry on the…
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By Joanie Stiers Before the first puddles of spring arrived, I would rummage through the supply of hand-me-down rubber boots, searching for the size that…
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By Sandy Vasko Today we look at the area known as Twelve Mile Grove, named such because it is twelve miles from Joliet. What! You…
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