Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) back issues from December 2008:
Your Health.(Health Fitness)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Better than a banana: Most of us get too much sodium and too little potassium in our diets. Reversing this imbalance could prevent or control high blood pressure and lead to fewer heart attacks and strokes, Harvard Heart Letter reports. The recommended amount of ...
Exclusive research grant at Alexian Brothers Medical Center aims to improve treatment for this puzzling disorder.(Health Fitness)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Robert McCoppin rmccoppin@dailyherald.com In many ways, Gloria Fisher is a typical suburban 16-year-old. She loves "High School Musical," the Jonas Brothers, Girl Scouts and little kids. She also struggles to keep up in school and does not make friends easily ....
Singing the praises of vitamin C u if used right.(Health Fitness)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patrick B. Massey M.D. "Doctor, should I take vitamin C during the cold and flu season?" If you were to ask 10 doctors this question, you might get 12 different answers. There is substantial medical research demonstrating that vitamin C is beneficial for ...
Seeking volunteers.(Health Fitness)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Illinois MEG Center at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village is seeking 35 patients a year for the next five years to participate in a study of auditory processing among people with autism spectrum disorder. Patients will undergo magnetoencephalography, MRI and PET ...
Solidarity in wake of violence.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Zalusky szalusky@dailyherald.com A picture of Rocio Munez-Ramos is fastened to a mirror of the hair salon where she worked. Two candles burn in memorial, as employees and customers talk about her life, and her death. One of the customers said ...
Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Santa run coming: Runners of all ages are invited to don a Santa suit and race a 5K race at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at South Middle School, 400 S. Highland Ave., Arlington Heights. The Arlington Heights Rotary Club is holding the first Santa Sleigh 5K Run as a fundraiser to ...
Knights gather to celebrate state title.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jack Komperda jkomperda@dailyherald.com For a pep rally, SundayAEs celebration of Immaculate Conception High SchoolAEs second state football title in six years started off awfully somber. Roughly 200 parents, students and community supporters gathered in the ...
Villa Park choir to sing at unveiling of nativity.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kathryn Grondin kgrondin@dailyherald.com Choir members of St. Alexander Catholic Church in Villa Park will sing Tuesday, during the dedication of the first nativity scene in at least two decades in the state Capitol building. Roughly a dozen members of the ...
DuPage County in 60 seconds.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Roselle holiday walk: RoselleAEs Main Street merchants will host their first-ever holiday walk from 6 to 9 p.m. today. Every merchant on Main street will offer specials like basket raffles, discounts, gift certificates, tastings, health ...
Less traffic congestion in Kane County may hinge on bill.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: James Fuller jfuller@dailyherald.com ItAEs been almost a decade since Illinois had a capital improvements program, so itAEs no coincidence thatAEs about as long as residents near the Route 47 and I-90 interchange in Kane County have waited for better traffic flow. ...
Fox Valley in 60 seconds.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Dist. 33 plans meeting: Presentations showing how West Chicago Elementary School District 33 plans to handle enrollment growth and meet the needs of 21st-century learners will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 at the West Chicago Middle School Library, 238 E. Hazel St ....
Vikings to rally at Geneva High.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lenore T. Adkins ladkins@dailyherald.com The entire Geneva community is invited to cheer on and celebrate the Geneva High School varsity football team, which played in the Class 7A state championship this weekend. Geneva High School will hold a short assembly ...
Homeless shelters expect record numbers this year.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Russell Lissau rlissau@dailyherald.com As the weather turns wintry, suburban homeless shelters are preparing for whatAEs expected to be a record-setting demand for services. For many PADS organizations, the not-for-profit groups that run shelters and other ...
Tragedy, then Change.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Lester * klester@dailyherald.com * Second of two parts After a fire at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic grammar school claimed 92 children and three nuns 50 years ago today, the lives of hundreds of families in a close-knit Chicago neighborhood were ...
Clinton ready to join ObamaAEs team.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON u President-elect Barack Obama plans today to announce six experienced hands to fill top administration posts, moving at record speed to name the leadership team that will guide his presidency through a time of war and recession. ...
Service at heart of longtime employee.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lenore T. Adkins ladkins@dailyherald.com A quilt comprised of dozens of T-shirts became one of Jim AydtAEs most prized possessions in recent months. The quilt showcases years of memories, including shirts from Northern Illinois University, where the 40-year ...
Wickstrom takes over dealership.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eric Peterson epeterson@dailyherald.com Proving that not all economic news is bad these days, an existing auto dealership in Barrington has taken over the product line of a recently closed neighbor. Wickstrom Ford Lincoln Mercury at 660 W. Northwest Hwy. will ...
Lake County in 60 seconds.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Minuteman available online: The December issue of Stevenson High SchoolAEs monthly magazine, The Minuteman, is available online at the schoolAEs Web site, district125.k12.il.us. The electronic edition is abbreviated and free of advertising. Use caution with gift ...
aeI donAEt want them to face what I facedAE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Lester klester@dailyherald.com Matt Plovanich was never so proud of his five young children. During a weekend stay at a Schaumburg hotel in the early 1990s, a couch caught fire in the room below the Plovaniches. The hotelAEs fire alarms ...
ae(ItAEs) who we are and who weAEll always beAE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Lester klester@dailyherald.com Until 15 years ago, few of Mary Ellen (Hobik) ReevesAE colleagues knew she had survived the Our Lady of the Angels fire u the fire that claimed the life of her beloved older sister, Karen. As a teacher at Roosevelt School ...
A somber memorial.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Lester klester@dailyherald.cm They came to remember their brothers and sisters, their classmates and beloved nuns. They also came for themselves, as survivors of the fire on Dec. 1, 1958. Several thousand Our Lady of the Angels alumni and ...
Fire safety lessons still matter today.(News)(Editorials)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Talk to any veteran who fought at Omaha Beach, Khe Sanh or Fallujah and heAEll tell you stories of the horrors of war. But heAEll know that unless you were there you canAEt possibly understand what it was really like. Now consider what that experience might have been like for an ...
Fence Post.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... State needs to pay service agencies Agencies that assist developmentally disabled adults in our communities are struggling under the lack of payment from the state of Illinois for services they have provided. The state has not paid money due these agencies since August. ...
Six Counties in 60 seconds.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Delays at OAEHare: OAEHare International Airport experienced numerous weather-related flight delays and cancellations Sunday afternoon and evening. As of 9:55 p.m., the Chicago Department of Aviation reported that more than 50 flights at OAEHare had been canceled throughout the ...
aeHorseplayAE leading to too many unnecessary teenage deaths.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... It was just so unnecessary. The 15-year-old Palatine boy who got his hands on a car and drove it at high speeds with passengers who were as young as or younger than him. Now he and a 14-year-old girl are dead and three siblings are recovering from both injuries and ...
Today's birthdays.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Actor Paul Picerni ("The Untouchables") is 86. Singer Billy Paul is 74. Actor-director Woody Allen is 73. Singer Dianne Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 69. Country bassist Casey Van Beek of The Tractors is 66. Singer-guitarist Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult is 64. Drummer John Densmore of ...
With the arrival of snow, fallAEs last leaves to disappear.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Harry Hitzeman hhitzeman@dailyherald.com If youAEre still looking for ways to burn off some of those Thanksgiving calories and the mall is not your cup of tea, perhaps you should consider raking leaves. You can burn at least 250 calories an hour collecting ...
Getting green for being green.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jameel Naqvi jnaqvi@dailyherald.com Over the past three decades, Gary Swick and his trademark bushy mustache have become a familiar sight in Dundee Township. Swick, an environmental science teacher at Dundee-Crown High School, has spearheaded some of the ...
Fox Valley in 60 seconds.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Breakfast at Judson: At 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, Judson University will hold a breakfast event forecasting the outlook of the U.S. economy based on the president-electAEs economic policies. The speaker, Armond Dinverno, is a principal and co-president of Balasa Dinverno Foltz ...
In memoriam.(Neighbor)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Help for Cady Cemetery in Inverness, the final resting place for some of the earliest pioneers of Barrington, Inverness and Palatine, is coming from all quarters, but the effort is just beginning. Set 50 yards off Ela Road on what was once Cady Orchard, the cemetery has fallen ...
Neighbor Fencepost.(Neighbor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Leave Choo Choo right where it is To the editor: Heard about the plight of the Choo Choo Restaurant on Fox News. Good thing the mayorAEs plans to force owners to relocate or shut down the place are being made public. Leave the Choo Choo alone. Leave the place alone ....
Births.(Neighbor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Northwest Community * Leo Wilson Bravo, Oct. 26 to Santiago and Natalie Bravo, Palatine. Grandparents: Cesar and Elena Guerra, Arlington Heights; Cecilia Montero and Peter Stavenhaven, Wonder Lake. * Delaney Denise and Charles Edward Surber, Oct. 27 to Mr. and Mrs. ...
Kidz Kabaret to bring Alice, Mad Hatter to stage.(Neighbor)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: Ann Piccininni Daily Herald Correspondent When Sarah Broad was cast as Alice in Kidz KabaretAEs theatrical production of "Alice in Wonderland," she got a feel for what it must have been like for the storyAEs protagonist to fall down a rabbit hole. ItAEs not ...
The meaning of Christmas.(Neighbor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Susan Dibble sdibble@dailyherald.com The sight of the children peering through a gate with nowhere to go tugs at Lowell WertzAEs heart. So Wertz and his wife, Claudia, missionaries in Central Africa for 29 years, invite the children of Kigoma, Tanzania, inside ...
Help mall,firefightersfill sleighwith food.(Neighbor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kathryn Grondin kgrondin@dailyherald.com Yorktown Center is teaming with the Lombard Fire Department and The Mix radio station this holiday season to provide food, toys and baby items for struggling area residents. The Lombard mall previously played host to ...
Holiday in the Hollow lights up seasonAEs start.(Neighbor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barbara Ferguson Holidays are a wonderful time to share with other people. This sharing might be enjoying a common experience or it could be the opportunity to share a little of your surplus with others. The Sleepy Hollow Service Club will be kicking off this festive ...
Recent home and property sales.(Neighbor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... For a full list of property sales, visit www.dailyherald.com. Antioch $430,000; 24219 W Hawthorne Lane, Antioch, 60002; Sold on Sept. 30, 2008, by Howard Kildahl to Enio C. Bucci and Barbara Elaine Bucci. $55,000; 40595 N. State Route 83, Antioch, 60002; ...
New math tells same old story.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Imrem MINNEAPOLIS u The math is uncomplicated: 0 minus 99 equals defeat. More specifically, it factors out to the BearsAE 34-14 loss to the Vikings here Sunday night. Leading 7-3 in the second quarter, the Bears failed to manage a single yard ...
Reversal of fortune.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob LeGere rlegere@dailyherald.com MINNEAPOLIS u The VikingsAE 34-14 victory over the Bears may look like an all-game domination on paper, but the showdown for first place in the NFC North didnAEt start out that way. It took just a couple minutes and a total ...
Big 3rd quarter does job.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Special to the Daily Herald PHILADELPHIA u Before Allen Iverson was traded away, the Philadelphia 76ers loved to use their video board to relive a moment early in IversonAEs career when he caused Michael Jordan to stumble on a crossover move. Bulls rookie ...
TodayAEs birthdays.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Dec. 1 Lee Trevino (69), PGA Tour Greg McMichael (42), MLB Mike Flores (42), NFL Steve ...
Set some screens, share ball and BullsAE offense will be fine.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike McGraw One of the great mysteries surrounding the Bulls is why theyAEve had such a hard time capitalizing on the simplest of offensive strategies. Setting an effective pick is something every basketball player should learn by the fourth grade. Most every ...
Malott survives 10-pin blues, wins at Hawthorn.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Daily Herald reports One frame, one shot and one stinking 10 pin made all the difference. Wes Malott won his fourth career title Sunday afternoon in the PBA CLR Carmen Salvino Scorpion Championship at Brunswick Zone Hawthorn Lanes in Vernon Hills. ...
HawksAE road trip revealing.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Sassone tsassone@dailyherald.com Whether it was a good road trip or bad road trip for the Blackhawks isnAEt the discussion for today. Instead, letAEs look at what we learned from watching the Hawks for the last six games they were away from the United ...
DePaul women fall to No. 9 Tennessee.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. u Tennessee provided a glimpse of the future against DePaul on Sunday. Three freshmen tied or bettered career bests and the No. 9 Lady Vols (5-1) rolled to an 88-67 victory at Thompson-Boling Arena. Glory Johnson ...
How they scored.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Bears 7, Vikings 0 The score: Devin Hester, 65-yard pass from Kyle Orton; Robbie Gould kick; 8:04 left in the first quarter. Drive: 2 plays, 68 yards; 0:49 time of possession Key play: A short slant pattern by Hester turned into the longest TD catch by a ...
ThatAEs what friends are for.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob LeGere blegere@dailyherald.com MINNEAPOLIS u The re-emergence of defensive tackle Tommie Harris as an impact player should make everyone on the defense better, especially his linemates, according to defensive left end Adewale Ogunleye. Harris had 2 sacks ...
Elizabeth Mary Broglio.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Elizabeth Mary Broglio Graveside services for Elizabeth Mary Broglio (nee Rocchiccioli), 92, of Cleveland, Ohio, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland. Born Nov. 17, 1916, in Cleveland, she passed away Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Schaumburg. Mrs ....
Robert J. Cimarusti of Arlington Heights.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Robert J. Cimarusti of Arlington Heights The funeral Mass for Robert J. Cimarusti, 53, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at St. Raymond de Penafort Church, Elmhurst Road (Route 83) and Lincoln St., Mount Prospect. Interment will be in St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, ...
James Thomas "Jim" Tarwid of Barrington.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... James Thomas "Jim" Tarwid of Barrington The funeral service for James Thomas "Jim" Tarwid will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main St. (Lake-Cook Road), Barrington, with interment to follow in Evergreen Cemetery at Dundee and Monument avenues ...
Lloyd Wilbur Boesch of Buffalo Grove.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Lloyd Wilbur Boesch of Buffalo Grove Visitation for Lloyd Wilbur Boesch will be from 9 a.m. until the time of a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be in St. Michael the ...
Lee Louise Lavieri of Arlington Heights.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Lee Louise Lavieri of Arlington Heights A Mass for Lee Louise Lavieri (nee Margiotta), 87, formerly of Skokie, will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at St. Peter Catholic Church, 8100 Niles Center Road, Skokie. Interment will be in St. Peter Cemetery, Skokie. Visitation will ...
Eleanore Lorraine Baur of Island Lake.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Eleanore Lorraine Baur of Island Lake Visitation for Eleanore Lorraine Baur (nee Reinert), 87, will be from 9 a.m. until the time of the services at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Kisselburg-Wauconda Funeral Home, 235 N. Main St., Wauconda. Interment will be in Montrose Cemetery, Chicago ....
Robert A. Hamilton Jr.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Robert A. Hamilton Jr. Funeral Services for Robert A, Hamilton Jr., 68, a longtime Wheaton resident with a love for the sea that carried him each summer back to his roots in New England, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, at St. John's United Church of Christ, 1190 Olesen Drive, ...
Scott J. Kroculick.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Scott J. Kroculick Memorial visitation for Scott J. Kroculick, 44, currently of Wheaton for three years, will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at St. Thomas United Methodist Church, 2S511 Route 53, Glen Ellyn, where a service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday. Born April ...
Estella J. "Stella" Wetzel of Huntley.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Estella J. "Stella" Wetzel of Huntley Private funeral services for Estella J. "Stella" Wetzel, 62, formerly of Dundee, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 401 W. Main St., West Dundee. The Rev. Steve Woita, pastor, and Mr. Frank Hewitt, ...
Barbara Mae Wilhoit Lovell formerly of Carpentersville.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Barbara Mae Wilhoit Lovell formerly of Carpentersville Funeral services for Barbara Mae Wilhoit Lovell, 76, of Round Lake, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, at Miller Funeral Home, 504 W. Main St., West Dundee. Burial will be in Dundee Township East Cemetery, East Dundee. Visitation ...
Jeffrey M. Nastek of Huntley.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Jeffrey M. Nastek of Huntley A Mass of the Resurrection for Jeffrey M. Nastek, 41, formerly of Chicago, will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at St. Mary Church, 10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. Interment will be private. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, and from ...
Anita Wilkins of Arlington Heights.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Anita Wilkins of Arlington Heights 1921-2008 Anita Wilkins, who died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, didn't have a byline in the Daily Herald, but contributed to its editions for nearly 34 years. Reflecting Miss Wilkins' love of her English ancestry, acquaintances are having a Tea in ...
Andrew J. Crawford a 46-year resident of Schaumburg.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Andrew J. Crawford a 46-year resident of Schaumburg Visitation for Andrew J. Crawford, 74, will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at Ahlgrim & Sons Funeral and Cremation Services, 330 W. Golf Road, Schaumburg, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday. Interment will be in Lakewood ...
Albena S. Leggdas of Elk Grove Village for five years.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Albena S. Leggdas of Elk Grove Village for five years Visitation for Albena S. Leggdas, 87, formerly of Chicago for 82 years, will be from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Burial will be in ...
Ruth K. Kaszas.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Ruth K. Kaszas Ruth K. Kaszas (nee Kampert), 78, of Wheaton, formerly of Barrington and Chicago, passed away ...
Patricia P. Smith of Arlington Heights.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Patricia P. Smith of Arlington Heights Prayers for Patricia P. Smith (nee Slomski), 76, will be said at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights, proceeding to Our Lady of the Wayside Church, 440 S. Mitchell, Arlington Heights, ...
William Bruno Gebarowski of Mount Prospect.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 02, 2008 ... William Bruno Gebarowski of Mount Prospect Visitation for William Bruno Gebarowski, 90, will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Road (at Northwest Highway), Mount Prospect. Born Nov. 2, 1918, in Chicago, he died Sunday, Nov. 30,2008, at Brighton ...
Mildred Gesky of Mundelein.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Dec 02, 2008 ... Mildred Gesky of Mundelein Visitation for Mildred Gesky (nee Hoffmeier), 89, will be from 9 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Kristan Funeral Home P.C., 219 W. Maple Ave. (two blocks west of Route 45 on Route 176), Mundelein. Interment will follow in ...