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Fifty years following Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers

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Topics this week include the sizzling Summer heat factor, a pause on politics for the middle of the Summer, one year away from national political conventions, and finding last- gasp items for those who soon will focus on back-to-school, the latter a natural topic when the calendar relentlessly turns to...

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Rivalry: Sox-Cubs reality season objective now

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Major League Baseball (MLB) focal points in Chicago this season may devolve into four games: Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, two games, July 25 and 26 and Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, two games, Tuesday, Aug.15 and Wednesday, Aug. 16, each 7:05 p.m. for their first and only...

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Fall football season will offer new hope for many many

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Perception often is reality. If impressionable high school student/athletes have a bad impression of a college program, sports, activity, club, they will veer away and look for seemingly greener pastures. That situation may be the reality within the Northwestern University football program for highly-recruited high school players. Northwestern must make...

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Rain, Oswego history, welcome; bridge closed

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When the important celebration and recognition of Independence Day, July 4, is concluded each year, and following recovery, whether one day or one week, next on the horizon is back-to-school and last-gasp Summer activities. We enjoyed excellent weather for Independence Day. We received some welcome rain to put to an...

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Sports

Northwestern’s firing of Fitz correct call for all

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Sports means much more than games played on the field, even if we want to make it just games played on the field. Northwestern University’s firing of head football coach Pat Fitzgerald is stunning given the circumstances. He was fired Monday this week following confirmation of continual hazing of players,...

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We can continue to make independence valid

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All of us newspaper readers have our favorite sections, and yes, changes in newspapers have been continual, just as does every slice of life make changes, modifications, alterations. For example, one segment of readership may want to peruse classified ads, or, commentaries, or, letters, or, sports, or, meetings, or…. Yes,...

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The continuim in sports: Youth must be served

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Reflection on the sports whirl often varies from season to season, from purpose to purpose, and locale to locale. July is for conclusions of baseball and softball in our communities. On the national scene the focus includes Major League Baseball (MLB), professional golf tours, auto racing, especially NASCAR this month...

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A sense of independence valuable, beneficial

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There is good reason we celebrate Independence Day in the United States. It is less a focus on politics and more an understanding that the country took steps to break away from sovereign rule, England, and take its own course with a sense of independence. This year is 247 years...

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Special: Cubs-Cards in London, City NASCAR

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Special sports competition stands out from the usual competition. The Chicago Cubs last weekend split two games with the last-place St. Louis Cardinals in the special two games in London at the London Stadium built for the 2012 Olympic Games and for soccer. This coming weekend, two NASCAR races will...

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In the news: Habitat Green Freedom, FVSRA Day

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Candidates for political office often begin to file their candidacies in June and offer their visions to be elected. Honesty, positivity, and productivity, should not be in short supply. Too many candidates divert, disgust, and disclaim in a negative vein. We can do better. We must do better. Notes here...

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Cubs-Cardinals will snare spotlight in London

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Special sports events capture attention of the public, whether high school State tournament games, Super Bowl, World Series, or, significant international competition. The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals later this week will break into international mode with two games in London, England. Automatically, the natural rivals will capture the...

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State high school tournaments all venerable

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Illinois High School Association State tournaments, in any form, create special experiences and many memories. They are the final stops in a season in which teams play for the highest honors. Last weekend there were four classes, based on enrollments, each in softball and baseball. See Bobby Narang’s page 8...

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D-Day Sixth of June important date to understand

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Times change, always will, however, they can be slowed down, altered, and, even moved forward. June 6, D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, once was uppermost in the minds of many Americans and observers. That was in 1944, however, 79 years ago. Let that roll over the tongue. Seventy-nine years ago....

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June Swoon not upon us, unfortunately, now

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June Swoon for many years had been associated with the Chicago Major League Baseball teams, especially the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs won the World Series championship in 2016, however, many seasons the Cubs had started well, perhaps playing over their heads, and suffering the swoon. Through Monday, June 6, Cubs...

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Memorial Day thoughts; activities far and wide

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Protocol, news, information. Memorial Day is a significant day for many understandable reasons, if we choose to think of them! Because Memorial Day arrives in late May, almost June, the mentality in our northern Illinois area is that of good weather. For many, it is the beginning of Summer which...

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High school Spring sports divert from Sox, Cubs

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Spring sports in high schools reach the championship stages in late May and early June. We are here. The boys State track and field meet final day was Saturday, May 27. Steve Groth went to Eastern Illinois University in Charleston to capture photos. Neuqua Valley High School did the best...

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Memorial Day: Pause, remembrance, the G.A.R.

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Memorial Day is a distinctive holiday with a distinctive purpose: Memorialize those who died defending the United States. Added to it is a memorial for all family members who no longer are alive. Memorial is a tribute and is final. We can do memorials once each year, or, any time...

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High school track season ready to flash past us

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High School Spring sports, with shorter seasons and often because rain affects outdoor sports, the seasons pass much too quickly. Photographers Steve Groth and Jim Ammenhauser will be at the boys State meet in Charleston, May 25-27, to capture events. Steve Groth shared photos with us from both boys Minooka...

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