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Wry & Ginger: Keeping up with the speed of technologyJun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - The first time our television screen flashed the name and number of somebody calling on the telephone, I thought I was seeing things. Now, it's old hat. That's the way i...
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OPINION: Illinois House is “bitter and divisive”Jun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - After five months, you'd think that the warring parties at the Illinois Statehouse would have learned something about each other. Instead, last week's bitter and divisiv...
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Traffic crash on Rt. 145 sends one to hospitalJun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - According to a preliminary traffic crash investigation, the driver of a silver, 2007 Chevrolet Impala, Cathy L. Werner, was stopped northbound on Illinois Route 145, att...
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Tammy Kelly: Canning makes a comebackJun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - Home canning and food preservation are making a comeback. The local food movement and resurgence of farmer's markets along with the increase in availability of local pro...
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Obituary: Bob OzmentJun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - Bob Ozment, age 79, of Harrisburg, passed away at 1:25 a.m., Saturday, June 6, 2015 at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Bob was born on December 25, 1935 in Harrisbu...
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Book Notes: Edith Maxwell serves up third Local Foods mysteryJun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - "Farmed and Dangerous," by Edith Maxwell. Kensington Books, New York, 2015. $25. As if Cameron Flaherty, the intrepid farmer trying to grow a business and organic produc...
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Donna Knight: Writing for you, me and MomJun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - Since I've been writing these columns about life with my mother, who lives with me and my husband, Randy, and has advanced Alzheimer's, I have discovered something new a...
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Barbara Presnell: Right dress requires group effortJun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - Everybody's first question when I shared the news of my son's Scotland wedding was, "Do you have your dress?" I knew I couldn't do it myself. What I realize, now that I'...
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Home Help: Simple ways to make your new deck look amazingJun 08, 2015 1:01 am - TIP OF THE WEEK Do dreams of lazy days soaking up the sun have you looking for a way to move the indoors out? Then a deck addition may be the solution, And the good news...
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Kitchen Call: Tips for the perfect strawberry shortcakeJun 07, 2015 11:00 pm - Strawberry season is finally here. And while you might just like eating the berries as you pick them or right out of the container from the farmstand or supermarket, no ...