George LeClaire
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Bird watchers learn which ones stay through winter at St. Charles programDec 29, 2013 9:42 pm - While most birds head south over winter, about 12 bird watchers and a novelist learned which hearty birds stay and brave northern Illinois winters, including northern ca...
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IDOT work must go on, despite weatherDec 26, 2013 12:54 pm - It was a bitterly cold Christmas Eve day, but the Illinois Department of Transportation needs fuel to run its operation, no matter the weather. Rob Szymkowski, with Burk...
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Moving Picture: Bartlett guitarist also art therapistNov 02, 2013 8:32 am - Music fuses all parts of Wesley Kochan’s life together. Whether preforming jazz-fusion music as Wes Lee “K” under the spotlight at the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago, light r...
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Stanley Cup thrills kids at Advocate Children's HospitalAug 04, 2013 2:43 pm - John McDonough, president and CEO of the Chicago Blackhawks, brought the Stanley Cup to pediatric patients at Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge on Saturday. Pat...
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Moving Picture: Mt. Prospect man brings birds to yardsJul 13, 2013 2:57 pm - Tim Joyce of Mount Prospect is a birdscaper, a position he says he created himself to help people attract a variety of migrating and native birds to their backyards. Jo...
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Moving Picture: Harper's award-winning acting instructor Kevin LongApr 06, 2013 2:49 pm - Kevin Long believes acting is about verbs. The Harper College director of theater instructs actors to focus on being active — to effect change in other characters onstag...
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Moving Picture: Wheaton man a world-class ice carverJan 07, 2013 5:29 am - Ice sculptors can be hot and cold. Dan Rebholz of Wheaton is a room temperature ice carver. “There are cold weather and warm weather carvers,” Rebholz said. “I just lea...
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Moving Picture: Pace driver lifts passengers’ spiritsOct 22, 2012 6:34 am - Michael Brown of Des Plaines really does whistle while he works. Brown drives a 40-foot-long, 280-horsepower bus on Pace Route 290 through some of the most diverse neig...
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Making hummingbird video no easy featSep 21, 2012 9:46 am - Recording audio of the ruby-throated hummingbird proved to be harder than capturing photographs of the 3-inch bird in mid-flight. For six years I have photographed a hum...
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Arlington Heights couple no longer owns 'ugliest' basementJul 06, 2012 2:52 pm - Matt and Anne Edwards have lived in their ranch home in the suburbs for two years, and they'll be the first to admit the basement was bad. Real bad. It was dark, wasn't ...