Odds, schmodds - Powerball loot inspiring kids' dreams of livin' large
FYI, I'm holding what is sure to be Wednesday night's eventual $1.5 billion-winning Powerball ticket, according to the children who would stand to never have to work a day in their lives should that...
View ArticleTime to go: A fond farewell to headlines and deadlines
"It's so hard to say au revoir – so instead, let's just say hors d'oeuvres." – Martin Mull I was newly wed and childless the first time I typed in my own byline. Neither of those things is true about...
View ArticleAre you sad or SAD? Only your doctor knows for sure
If you have trouble getting out of bed these days, feel generally lethargic and are more than a little irritable, you just might have seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. People who develop this...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Volunteers make the difference
Store clinics questioned I think it's great that local hospitals are now deploying walk-in clinics in pharmacies inside food stores. Now sick people can cough and sneeze their way up the food and drug...
View ArticleRivalry basketball games make dad think about future
Firmly in the dead of winter, with local football long done and baseball still a ways off, it's basketball season in these parts, which made this past weekend something of a Rivalry Weekend for some....
View ArticleShufflin' down memory lane with Super Bowl Bears and a special girl
Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chicago Bears' lone Super Bowl victory. This I know because our daughter was born on the 20th anniversary of that big win, and Tuesday was her 10th birthday,...
View ArticleAttention Naperville readers, we need your help
A good newspaper is nothing without its readers, or so says Captain Obvious. Smart-aleck comments aside, we do rely on our readers tremendously and need your help with three projects. We hope you'll...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Candidate defends petitions
Candidate defends petitions I write in response to an article that appeared in the Jan. 22 edition of the Naperville Sun. On page 2, a story was written about me and my candidacy for judge of the...
View ArticlePriorities need to be set before SECA spending gets decided
As most of you know, Naperville's Special Events and Cultural Amenities tax began a dozen years ago as a way to fund community activities that had been sporadically supported by the general fund. The...
View ArticleMarking time by when stores closed and what used to be
Word that the old Dominick's store on North Aurora Road will finally be occupied by a new grocery tenant comes as a welcome relief. No, not just for the city tax base, and not only to diminish...
View ArticleColumn: Flint could be our future if we don't change our ways
Unlike Flint, Mich., Naperville does not have a water crisis and is not currently threatened with one. What has happened in Flint over the last two years should, however, teach us something important....
View ArticleHigh pressure no problem for budding meteorologist Owen Daniels
Every Tuesday and Thursday from 1-4:30 p.m. in a classroom at Wisconsin, tight end Owen Daniels sat attentively during his AOS 452 course titled "The Frontal Cyclone.'' Professor Jonathan Martin...
View ArticleNo Valentine's plan? No worries - let the 'proscrastinator's guide' salvage...
For all the husbands and boyfriends out there, we offer this public service announcement: This Sunday is Valentine's Day, which means Saturday night is the night for which you've probably already...
View ArticleSpeak Out: Readers comment on Trump, religion, vet benefits, more
Delay sought in sentencing: I saw last night on the news that poor Dennis Hastert wants to delay his sentencing because he’s been sick for the last few months. He wants to wait another six weeks. He...
View ArticleIs it spring yet? Practicing baseball indoors and dreaming of summer
It's an odd juxtaposition, holding a baseball practice in the morning – preparation for a season of that quintessential American summer pastime – and then shoveling snow in the afternoon. That was...
View ArticleJanek: Duck, duck - goose! Yes, there are more geese this year
This winter, more than ever before, I've noticed large groups of geese winging over my house, squawking and honking. They don't fly in the typical V formation. These geese seem to go haphazardly in...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: Ingenuity saves day for baseball pitcher
Ingenuity saves day for baseball pitcher I read with interest Rob Manker's Feb. 17 Naperville Sun column concerning practicing baseball in the winter. It reminded me of something wonderful that I did...
View ArticleMego: Illinois' failure to choose a 'state dog' needs to be remedied
Last week saw the presentation of the140th Westminster Dog Show, a competition at least as interesting as the Grammys, with contestants that are in fact much more likable. It's a testimony to how...
View ArticleManker: Time flies when you're documenting life 52 weeks a year
They say time seems to go by faster the older you get. If recent experience is any indication, that might just be true. Maybe it has something to do with the recent discovery of gravitational waves,...
View ArticleMego: Time to treat DuPage fairgrounds as valuable commodity
When I staffed a booth for the American Cancer Society at the Dupage County Fair, it became clear that people out having fun didn't want to think about the stuff we had. The point was having fun,...
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