Articles filed under Straight from the Source
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Straight from the Source: An uneasy, but so far calm, life in another former Soviet republic
Mar 25, 2022 12:58 PM - In this Straight From The Source essay, Addison native Dan Franch describes the wariness of living in Estonia, a former Soviet republic where people are watching the events in Ukraine with concern. -
Straight From the Source: How deciding to run a marathon in every state changed my life
Feb 27, 2022 5:58 PM - In this Straight From the Source essay, Colin O'Donnell talks about how he decided to run a marathon in every state and how that journey has brought about a lifetime of experiences and friendships. -
'I have changed': A nurse suffering long-haul COVID-19 effects looks toward Christmas
Dec 23, 2021 8:00 AM - Nurse Alix Atwell and her family had COVID-19 18 months ago. As she still faces longterm effects, she struggles to return some normalcy to Christmas. -
'I have changed': A nurse suffering long-haul COVID-19 effects looks toward Christmas
Dec 23, 2021 6:29 AM - Nurse Alix Atwell and her family had COVID-19 18 months ago. As she still faces longterm effects, she struggles to return some normalcy to Christmas. -
Straight From the Source: Ida is deja vu for ex-Saints exec from Libertyville who fled Katrina
Sep 1, 2021 8:30 AM - Straight From the Source: Libertyville resident Connie Kowal felt an eerie sense of deja vu as he watched Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans 16 years after he fled Katrina as a member of the Saints organization. -
COVID Diary, Part 4: 'I refuse to let this define me'
Nov 29, 2020 9:36 AM - Alix Atwell, a registered nurse who lives in Barrington, writes a fourth installment in her COVID Diary recounting her and her family's experiences after all of them contracted COVID-19. -
Straight From The Source: How remote learning has brought me new success at school
Oct 7, 2020 1:00 AM - Remote learning has given me the chance to almost create my own schedule, and I have found that I am getting so much more stuff done. -
Straight From the Source: Sophomore at Hersey High School explains the difficulties associated with doing high school by computer
Sep 15, 2020 2:12 PM - In this "Straight From The Source" essay, Hersey High School sophomore Elyse Dattilo explains why remote learning just isn't working for her and many of her schoolmates. -
Straight from the Source: Gurnee man with heart damage from a virus says take COVID-19 seriously
Aug 8, 2020 5:59 PM - A suburban man whose heart was damaged by a virus years ago warns others to take the coronavirus seriously. "The sheer terror of knowing I was not breathing on my own still haunts me," Steven Urizar writes. -
Local FOP chief on George Floyd: We stand in solidarity with every outraged person
Jul 18, 2020 3:00 PM - In an excerpt from a Naperville FOP Statement issued June 25, John Reed decries the death a month earlier of George Floyd after being restrained with a knee against his neck for more than eight minutes by a Minneapolis police officer.
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