Columnists
Real Estate Logic – Negotiating power
Who will have the power in your next real estate transaction? It will depend on several factors. Here are a few to consider.
Market Time
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Veterans in Touch – THE DASH
To quote author Kevin Welch, “There will be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read them. But all this is...
Exchange Happenings – Ribfest 2017
Ribfest 2017 will take place June 30 through July 3. Come and enjoy wonderfully cooked ribs and outstanding entertainment which includes Toby Keith, Colt...
Circling Back – Where is Russ now?
by Jason Altenbern
360 Youth Services circles back this month to give special recognition to Russ Wolf for his many years of support to our...
They deserve more
Rarely does Little Friends venture into the political arena. However, several of our peer organizations across the State have recently invested in an advertising...
Naperville’s Pulse in Springfield – In budgeting, the process really does matter
UPDATED with Letter to the Editor
Another scheduled legislative adjournment date has come and gone and for the third year in a row the House,...
June Editor’s notes
In the early 1990s when we first began considering our move from Chatham, NJ, to the Midwest to be closer to family in Indiana,...
Equal Fun for Everyone: WDSRA Drop-in Center combats isolation
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. An estimated 1 in 5 people will experience a mental health issue in their lifetime. For some, their...
Circling Back – Talking with your teen about safe celebrations!
by Elaine Schram
The end of the school year is a time of endless possibility when you are young. Graduation and prom keep a celebratory...
Bright Future Stories
A few years ago, a well-known talk show host invited people to step out of the audience and onto the stage to share their...
The Curious Curator – Naperville has sole
Hidden objects like old newspapers, bottles, kids’ toys, gloves and shoes have been found in the walls and foundations of homes in Naperville during...
Senior Voices – May brings back memories and future opportunities
Hooray, Hooray, for the month of May! How many of you remember that from grade school? This month has two important items for seniors.
First:...
Video Voice – Feeling blessed Naperville
It’s been 20 years since my family moved to Naperville, and as I reflect on the last two decades of being a resident, I...
Art Talk – Chiaroscuro
I opened the refrigerator door and there it was: a one-gallon jug filled with Maraschino cherries of questionable age: 126 ounces of the original...
Science Corner – Neutrinos from the sun
Imagine you are lying (or frying) on a beach near the equator at midday. Feel the heat! It is 1.37 kilowatts per square meter....
Nutrition Knowledge – Make a healthy choice when eating out
In Naperville, we have many choices for eating out… but we want to make our choices health ones. So what makes a menu item...
Naperville Gardener – Help save the monarch butterfly
The Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc. (GCI) has a project to help monarch butterflies survive,“Milkweed for Monarchs.” In 1996 there were one billion monarchs....
Journey with Autism – The power to change comes with forgiveness
Your only power is the power to forgive.
I have never been a gracious person easily inclined to kind forgiveness. A person with disabling autism...
Transitions – In no time at all
We spent Easter with family in Pensacola, Florida, a mini-reunion of my husband’s immediate family.
Reunions have been a part of Roger’s family for decades....
Real Life – Moving on
During the first decade of independence, in the time between college graduation and the purchase of our first home, we moved more than ten...
