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Exchange Happenings – Allocation Lunch 2017
UPDATED March 3, 2017 / With 14 round tables set for 10, the Pavilion at Meson Sabika provided the perfect setting for another Exchange...
VFW will host ‘Caregiver Support Workshop’ on March 30
Above / The Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 Post is located at 908 W. Jackson in Naperville. Plenty of parking is located at the back...
Equal Fun For Everyone – Celebrating Families and YOU!
At the Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA) we like to celebrate. But there is one evening a year that we pull out all...
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
I feel honored to work with special people who choose to improve the circumstances of others by donating their most precious gift… their time....
Stay Tuned – Childish Gambino’s Funk Odyssey
The first time I heard “Boogie Shoes” by KC and the Sunshine Band, I was so confused and oh, so, intrigued. I wasn’t use...
Science Corner – Invisible matter
Do you sometimes wish you were invisible? There was once an invisible man, who could walk around and no one could see him. So...
Journey with Autism – Thoughts for Presidents Day
The holiday I'm longing to focus on is Presidents Day.
This year in particular we need to display a reverence for the office and what...
Real Life – Story time
One solitary winter evening, I turned on the radio.
A Prairie Home Companion seeped into the kitchen, a comfortable, friendly voice, distracting and warm. Alone,...
Transitions – Loving in an age of change
Recently I had a blast from the past when a woman I grew up with called. I have not seen or talked to her...
Naperville Gardener – The meaning of flowers
Roses are red, violets are blue. What can flowers say for you?
Valentine’s Day has a time-honored tradition of sending flowers to the one you...
Art Talk – Let It Go
I was recently diagnosed with Ap-pre-hen-sion: a fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread. Overpowering and inescapable, this feeling took over and had...
Video Voice – Turning 30
In 1987 a small group of Naperville residents set out to launch a community television station. With a little training, a few pieces of...
Ed’s Many Hats – I’m back (again): Oh! Those resolutions
Here we are on the doorstep of February, the month we look back on all the foolish New Year’s resolutions we made in late...
Senior Voices – Promises for 2017 are on the move
Our Senior Task Force has been diligently working on RAN – Ride Assist Naperville. Lots of progress has been made. We now have our...
The Curious Curator – May I have your autograph?
Before the rise of school yearbooks, blank books were produced to capture the signatures, memories, thoughts, poems and drawings of classmates. The usually pocket-sized...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Music from across the border
Expecting a review of a mariachi band or a flamenco guitar player? No, not that border. I’m talking about the Illinois-Wisconsin border; more specifically...
Positively Health – How would you define God?
Last year The Huffington Post asked its readers to define God in one word. Their top ten responses were: 10) Omnipotent; 9) Fiction; 8)...
The Y – It’s not whether you win or lose, It’s how parents support the game.
Winter sports leagues are in full swing at the YMCA. At the Y we believe that every child should have the opportunity to participate...
Raise Your Play IQ – Brain Building through Repeat Experiences
by Alix Tonsgard
Does your child have a favorite story that you now know by heart because they want to hear it read to them...
Teen’s Taste – Tempted by bacon
For this month’s column I decided to write about a meal I usually have at least once a month. Every month my school does...
