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Let’s keep the green light on at SCARCE
For lack of funding, the environmental group SCARCE may be in danger of making itself scarce.
A fitting memorial for a memorable guy
Viewpoint columnist Susan Frick Carlman’s Uncle Jack was an amazing guy. A soldier. A baseball guy. A coach. A mentor. And when he died, the church was packed with those who remembered him fondly.
Pomp & circumspect on bulging college debt
A trillion smackers. That’s the balance due from the nation’s college-educated workforce for its many varied degrees hit $1 trillion on April 25.
On Grandma Gam, grace, giving and goodness
Participating in the Human Race, an event planned for National Volunteer Week, give you a chance to prove the opposite of the phrase “people are just no damned good.”
Adding mortal fingerprints to the hand of God
It’s not the stuff of dinner party conversation. Still, talk of life or death, and the ability of humans to affect either one, almost always winds up involving religious beliefs as well.
Culture shift: A friendly neighbor named Art
Naperville Sun Viewpoint columnist Susan Frick Carlman relates how she gave up the beauty of Montana for the culture of Naperville, and how that’s been a pretty good trade.
We all just love a holiday parade gone green
Sun Viewpoint columnist Susan Frick Carlman suggests that you find some green, maybe a green umbrella depending on the weather, and seek out Naperville’s St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Carlman: Parents can practice unfriendly drug policies
For Sun Viewpoint columnist Susan Frick Carlman, part of being a responsible parent is testing your kids for drugs.
Gardeners will head for West Street plots
As this year’s mild winter makes its way to a close, Naperville gardeners are poised to sign up beginning March 5 for one of the West Street garden plots.
Longer days lie ahead in global classroom
It’s no big secret that we in the Fourth Estate didn’t exactly shine on the math section of those college boards, so please forgive me if I have to re-check my work on the John Glenn thing. A half century can’t possibly have passed since …
Head downtown to share the heart with a good cause
The “Heart of Downtown” charity campaign gives you a chance to do good by shopping local and keeping the benefit local, too. Through Monday, a portion of what you spend at participating businesses in downtown Naperville goes to a good cause.
Surviving the spin cycle can take effort
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a little dizzy. The thing is, spin is nearly everywhere you turn.
Sicker than a dog: A dropped-ball story
Somebody dropped the ball. It’s too bad it rolled right over Lily and Dakota. If you’ve visited these pages lately, you know about the two documented cases of distemper that came out of the Happiness Is Pets chain of puppy stores in the past few weeks.
Learning to laugh while embracing the new
Life moves on and the “Kodak moment” becomes a thing of the past.
Cookie dough that does good works
It’s that time of year when Girl Scouts are hawking cookies all over Naperville. Sun columnist Susan Frick Carlman urges residents to help the cause by buying a few boxes.