HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Gridiron profiles
Providence Catholic continues its quest for a state title. Get a closer look at one of their key players, Pat Houlihan, in this Herald News video produced by Michael R. Schmidt and Bill Scheibe.
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GREEN HOUSE BLOG
Kick the shampoo habit
My decision to stop using shampoo has raised questions: What are you using? What's your hair like? Are you crazy? I've got answers and ways you can kick the chemicals in shampoo to the curb.
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GET OFF MY LAWN BLOG
Covert racism? Please translate...
You know how forwarded e-mails work. There are hundreds of names
piled on tops of hundreds more, with dozens of e-mail signatures, and occasionally a message from one friend to another.
Of course, you never know any of these people, except for the one
who sent it to you. But, still, if you're like me, you find it
interesting to read their very often ignorant and off-base comments.
This one was at the bottom of an e-mail referencing Barack Obama...
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HELPING THOSE IN NEED
The Herald Angels campaign
The Herald News renews its Herald Angels campaign-- a fundraising effort to help needy folks throughout the Will and Grundy county area.If you are able to give any amount, send a check payable to "Herald Angels," in care of The Herald News, 300 Caterpillar Drive, Joliet, IL 60436-1097. If you are unable to give to The Herald Angels, please consider donating clothing and household goods to Goodwill Industries or the Salvation Army.
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ATLANTA — Hold off on Miami’s return to national prominence. The Hurricanes ran into a huge roadblock: Georgia Tech’s triple-option offense.
ATLANTA — Petr Sykora redirected Sidney Crosby’s slap shot on a power
play with 2:40 remaining to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 victory over the
Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night, the Penguins’ seventh win in their
last eight games.
• Georgia Tech knocks off Miami
• NHL Roundup
• Lemont takes opener
• Plainfield S. joins WJOL field
• Two teams better than we thought
• LWE set to make noise
• Providence Catholic
Different faiths celebrate together
Pilgrims, Indians and ecumenism will be interwoven when Rabbi Charles Rubovits of the Joliet Jewish Congregation delivers the keynote speech message at the area's third Community Thanksgiving Worship Service on Nov. 23.
• There's no place like Gnome
• RELIGION NOTES
• Astro-graph
• No need for math this Thanksgiving
• Ecology at holidays topic of program
• Girl Scouts donate cookies for a cause
A beautiful dream
For some, it's not the holidays without hitting the malls the day after Thanksgiving, settling in to watch "It's A Wonderful Life," or enjoying the fairy tale story of Clara and the classical melodies of "The Nutcracker" ballet. "It is a classic story," said Sergey Kozadayev, artistic director of the Salt Creek Ballet, which is performing "The Nutcracker" in Aurora. "It will never die, because it's a story about love and belief," he said. "It's a story about Christmas."
• Take your time with a meal at Gourmet Junction
• Hostess gifts for under $20
• Stomp thunders on back to Paramount
• Center presents Holiday Fantasy
• Festival of Trees hosts opening gala
• Rockettes coming into town for annual show
• Festival of Trees hosts opening gala
• Night Life
• GO to eat
• Silent classic gets rock-star treatment at Arcada
• Bass Pro offers craft corner on weekends
• Global Gaming Expo brings a new group of goodies
• Oak Park Wright Home hosts family days
• GO Bites: Dining Capsules
