By Joanie Stiers Cattle ‘Cool’ with Colder Weather One of my favorite holiday cards routinely arrives at the turn of the New Year. My friend…
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In 1906, at the age of 13, my Grandpa Conrad left Germany aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II and emigrated through Ellis Island on September…
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Do you feel it? We have made it over the hump. Not a Wednesday, mid-week hump, but the big one –the Winter Solstice. Now, every…
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Did you know it is 4,230 miles from Manhattan, Illinois, to Honolulu, Hawaii? Did you know that about two people die per year from parasailing…
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If you need to get away, just for a minute for the holiday madness, they are waiting for you. Just outside. The birds of winter.…
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By Sandy Vasko One of the things that I notice about all the hoopla surrounding the old State Penitentiary on Collins Street is that, it’s…
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The holidays are here, and the sights and smells of the season are everyone. That unmistakable smell of a fresh-cut Christmas tree (or an air…
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