Joni Hirsch Blackman
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Lost dog turns into longtime companionNov 03, 2021 6:07 pm - It was almost 26 years ago, but I remember the day clearly. I was a just-out-of-journalism-school reporter working at a small daily newspaper in Texas -- wonderfully ca...
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Family vacationing on campusNov 03, 2021 4:08 pm - In a land long ago and far away, spring break used to mean a vacation to someplace warm, or maybe someplace cold if it involved mountains and skis. If you have younger k...
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How many times have you left sleeping child in locked car?Nov 03, 2021 12:10 pm - Lawsuits are on my mind. Sure, there's the one filed by Neighborhood Schools For Our Children against Indian Prairie Unit District 204 -- purportedly to secure a safe sc...
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Columnists have right to throw in opinionsNov 03, 2021 11:13 am - It is an interesting time to be writing a column these days in Naperville. Scorching e-mails to the contrary, I am actually a trained journalist. I graduated from an acc...
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'Silent majority' starts new Web site against Dist. 204 suitNov 03, 2021 10:14 am - In the week since Neighborhood Schools for Our Children formed and collected enough money to sue Indian Prairie Unit District 204, the Internet has been buzzing with res...
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Lawsuit not the answer to boundary concernsNov 03, 2021 9:16 am - Does anyone believe the reasons a group of Indian Prairie Unit District 204 residents are considering suing the district actually include anything other than the fact th...
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Residents need to push harder for new rec centerNov 02, 2021 10:26 pm - The headline on a recent Daily Herald story caught my attention because it made me want to shout, "Yes!" Unfortunately, the headline question was posed to Lisle, not Nap...
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Naperville Reads book changes how you thinkNov 02, 2021 6:56 pm - Wow. I'm only about halfway through (page 137), but I'm having a hard time deciding whether I want to keep reading or start writing about what I'm reading. But wait. Wha...
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Bribery motivates teen drivers to buckle upNov 02, 2021 5:00 pm - Many years ago, stuck on a completely full, four-hour airplane trip with a very noisy toddler, I resorted to bribery. No more crying, little guy, and you can have a few ...
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Nowadays, banks, banks everywhere, but hardly one will stayNov 02, 2021 4:04 pm - It's just a bank. But when the navy blue MidAmerica Bank sign turned into a green National City sign this week, something changed. I don't like change. Speaking of which...