Stephanie Penick
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Laughter can get us through anythingNov 01, 2021 3:33 pm - Funny. At nearly every turn last week, I discovered another Naperville connection to Africa. Waubonsie Valley High School and Cape Town, South Africa; Rotary Sunrise and...
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Creative ways to raise money still helping Pass ChristianNov 01, 2021 2:35 pm - Our community knows no boundaries when it comes to creative ways to meet unmet needs. For instance, after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast two years ago, Naperv...
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Even with Caller ID, you still can be surprisedNov 01, 2021 1:38 pm - Caller ID makes it easier to protect ourselves from nuisance phone calls and unwanted solicitors. Today, I'm wondering what impact, if any, dialing four more digits wil...
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Oktoberfest to begin with dinner, auctionNov 01, 2021 12:39 pm - Our family settled here in 1993, so I missed the first Oktoberfest at Rotary Hill in '92, an event that celebrates Naperville's German heritage dating to the mid-1800s. ...
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Court advocates speak up for most vulnerable kidsNov 01, 2021 10:25 am - I became aware of Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, also known as CASA of DuPage, about 10 years ago. An acquaintance in Wheaton was serving as a CASA adv...
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Club, downtown stores prepare to pamper womenOct 31, 2021 9:37 pm - What a week for women to socialize and pamper themselves. But, of course, it's a challenge without a few good men. The Naperville Woman's Club hosts an "all women are we...
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Today is truly a day to pause and rememberOct 31, 2021 8:38 pm - It's Tuesday, Sept. 11. It's been six years since the first and last time I spent a portion of the weekend writing a column for Tuesday, Sept. 11. For many reasons, I ...
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Naperville pub to raise money for world firefighters' foundationOct 31, 2021 7:51 pm - I recently wrote about the Gear Up Foundation, an initiative founded by Vincent Forras, a New York firefighter who responded to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001....
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Readers respond to advice about feeding wildlife, toenail fungusOct 31, 2021 6:44 pm - Heading back to school is a time to begin again, as Michael Finnegan might say. I always loved school and rarely missed a day. Between kindergarten and sixth grade, this...
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Naperville: Folks in Pass Christian salute youOct 31, 2021 5:50 pm - Early birds, turtles and conservation were among topics of conversation last week. "Is this too early?" asked cheerful Mayor Chipper McDermott of Pass Christian, Miss., ...
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