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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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If you are planning to get a kitten, spend some time preparing your home to make the transition easier.

Welcoming a new kitten? Here's what you need to know

A new kitten is bundle of fur, purrs and endless energy. Whether you are welcoming your first kitten or adding another feline member to your family, create a comfortable, safe environment to help him grow into a secure, affectionate, well-behaved kitty.
Students and recent graduates of Ball State University’s Bassoon Studio started a campaign called “Bassoons Filling Bellies” to support Feeding America. Here the play “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

Libertyville musician busks for charity with 'Bassoons Filling Bellies'

A Libertyville bassoonist and six friends are using their talents to help feed the hungry.
Researchers are studying the thymus gland to see if it is the reason fewer young kids than adults get infected with the coronavirus.

Theory suggests thymus plays role in severity of COVID

What's the connection between the novel coronavirus and the thymus gland? A friend of ours who is a doctor says it's probably what keeps young kids from getting so sick.
Nature is a classic guiding theme when creating interior decor.Use a sunny corner or underused space to carve out a retreat.

A bit of whimsy is required to bring the garden indoors

Most of us love the casual comfort, color and charm of a garden setting. It is easy to transform your home into a garden oasis with a few simple design moves. It is even easier to refresh your home with a few botanical motifs.
This 1970 Dodge Roadrunner was on display at a previous Daily Herald Cruise Night. The event returns Wednesday, Aug. 5, to Bloomingdale Court.
Daily Herald Cruise Night revved up for Aug. 5 return
It's been a wild and wacky summer. But if there's one thing to bring out smiles, it's getting back to gathering with fellow auto enthusiasts at the first Daily Herald Cruise Night of the season on Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Bloomingdale.
Children express many of their feelings with nonverbal cues.
Interpreting your child's nonverbal cues
Sheltering in place during the pandemic has forced parents to juggle work and home in new ways. Even the most attentive parent can miss what their children are trying to tell them.
The key to yoga for kids is for it to be fun, a tiny bit challenging and stress-free.
Yoga can help kids connect to their bodies
Just as for adults, yoga can improve children's physical and mental health. The gentle and sustained poses help with flexibility, strength, balance, endurance, breathing and breath control.
Vitamin D supplements may help keep you healthy against COVID-19.
Vitamin D may offer some protection against coronavirus
Early on in this pandemic there was some research suggesting vitamin D deficiency increased the risk and severity of COVID infection. Conversely, robust vitamin D levels offered some protection from infection and may reduce the risk of serious complications. A recent medical study from Israel adds credence to vitamin D being protective.
Art fairs will look a little different this summer thanks to mandatory face coverings, physical distancing, temperature checks and timed admission in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suburban art fairs re-imagined as socially distanced 'art walks'
Suburban summer art fairs postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic return in a modified, physically distanced format with mandatory face coverings and timed admission.
Jim Reynolds of Round Lake Park has played taps at more than 1,000 events since joining the organization Bugles Across America, many of them funerals for fellow veterans. “We feel the veteran has paid the price or earned the honors and we are there to make sure our nation's debt is paid,” he said.
'We owe it to them': Navy veteran finds new mission playing taps
After being laid off from his job in the electronics industry about 12 years ago, Navy veteran Jim Reynolds revisited his roots for a new sense of purpose.
One of the best things you can do for your feet is to give them a break from high heels.
Wearing heels damages foot muscles
Considering the important work they do, our feet don't get the attention they deserve. And yet, these complex systems of muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments form the base from which we balance.
Brian Kuhns of Lake Zurich received a lifesaving double-lung transplant after his body was ravaged by the COVID-19 virus.
Lake Zurich man thought COVID-19 threat was a hoax. Then he got it and needed new lungs.
A Lake Zurich man who was the second known COVID-19 patient in the nation to undergo a double-lung transplant thought the virus was a hoax until he contracted it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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