Naperville public safety demonstrations leave families in awe
Hundreds of people flooded the grounds and buildings of the joint police and fire department campus on Aurora Avenue Saturday morning during the annual Public Safety Open House in Naperville. The...
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Underwood supports Naperville's 'key values' The best parts of our Naperville citizenry are our shared key values: our passionate love for our children, our civic concern for our parks and Riverwalk,...
View ArticleDecent: To seek counseling or not to seek counseling — no right answer for...
October is breast cancer awareness month so this week I’m looking at the disease from two different aspects. Psychologist Deanna Weiss tries to help patients by offering a holistic approach. She...
View ArticleDecent: Mother Nature's avalanche of body woes make it hard to look in the...
“Your weight loss is very impressive, down 30 pounds,” my doctor said at a recent visit. “How do you feel, better?” “Depends on what the scale says,” I replied. “OK if it’s down a pound, not so much...
View ArticleColumn: Even if they don't go all the way, how fun is it to be cheering the...
Ahead of a recent trip out of town, we asked friends if they could pick us up at the airport upon our return. Ubers and limos and remote parking are nice, but why not save a few bucks if friends are...
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Roskam helped pass tax reform, jobs act The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was the right legislation at the right time. Job openings, consumer and manufacturing confidence, and small business optimism levels...
View ArticleMcGrath: A teacher's favorite author can change a student's life
Who is your favorite author? A young woman with a silver nose stud asked me that question on the first day of English 1101, a class that is more about essay writing than authors and literature. There...
View ArticleDecent: Beebe School's buddy program all about inclusion for Naperville kids
Zachary Chiaramonte and Emerson Hebel may be fifth graders, but they haven’t forgotten what their first days as kindergartners were like: the uncertainty that comes with spending a whole day without...
View ArticleMcGrath: If baseball's going to remain America's pastime, it's time to speed...
The end-of-the-regular-season loss in the wild card game between the Cubs and Colorado Rockies was painful enough for Chicago fans. Worse for all fans, however, was how long the game took. The...
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Roskam TV ad an insult to voters Faulty comparisons are almost always made throughout a campaign. U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam is now trying his hand at one. He is currently running advertisements trying to...
View ArticleMcGrath: Message to our president — keep your mouth shut and you might get my...
I am ready to bargain. I will vote for Donald Trump in 2020 if he resolves, starting tomorrow, to shut the stuff up for the remainder of his term. No more tweets. No impromptu remarks. His insults and...
View ArticleDecent: Halloween a total treat for someone who spent years watching it on TV
When you think about it, it’s a bit creepy. After telling your kids all year not to talk to strangers, on Oct. 31, it’s suddenly not only OK, but almost mandatory. On what other day would you...
View ArticleManker: When older trick-or-treaters come to your door, give 'em a break and...
With Halloween now less than a week away, an increasingly recurring question has again come to the fore. No, not whether you can get one more year out of that ridiculous Hello Kitty costume. We’re...
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Roskam needs to answer some questions I have some items I need clarification on from U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, to assist me in determining which congressional candidate I will choose in the...
View ArticleDecent: Muscular dystrophy not holding back Naperville teen or his parents,...
A lot has happened since I first interviewed the Karlin family for the Naperville Sun nine years ago. The family was launching its first fundraiser, named for their son Ryan, for Duchenne Muscular...
View ArticleMcGrath: Letter-writing mom a godsend to husband and sons fighting in wars...
My mother did not serve a single day in the Army, Navy or the Marines. But she and countless other spouses and parents of those in the armed services are owed a debt of gratitude on Veterans Day. I...
View ArticleDecent: Celebrating the Marines a special Naperville tradition around...
Recalling fragments of old movies and TV newsreels was really the only knowledge I had of the U.S. Marine Corps until recently. That and being able to hum the “Marine’s Hymn,” which many people think...
View ArticleManker: Curbside leaf program shows not all November messes last forever
Taking a break from political talk because we can all sure use it at this point. And because there’s nothing one could write on that subject that wouldn’t make exactly 50 percent of the deep...
View ArticleMcGrath: Thank you, voters, for going to the polls and showing democracy can...
For most Americans, last week’s mid-term elections went beyond just a sigh of relief. They were more like a nation-saving injection of Narcan. That's the miracle drug that, at the very last minute,...
View ArticleDecent: Love of history and Naperville propels new book
Bryan Ogg is an historian who doesn’t believe in living in the past. Following a very public and messy breakup with Naper Settlement last year, he now is celebrating publication of his new book,...
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