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Football, Soccer, Fussball: All the Same to Me!

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It will amaze my family and friends that I’m even attempting to write about soccer, while my acquaintances in the land of Fussball will...

On the Menu: Dirt, Bugs, and Fungus!

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A “sweet” memory recently surfaced: At our annual exchange program family potluck, one of the German students nervously confided that her American mother’s contribution...

’Tis the season …

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In this week’s On Fertile Ground are the topics of my December:Real vs Artificial: A Christmas Tree battle!The debate ranges! Both may be in...

Many Happy Returns of the Year!

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A few days ago I saw a TV promotion about commemorating the 100th birthday of Charles Schulz. Had the cartoonist not passed in 2000,...

Time for giving back

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of outreach columns from the Champaign County Board of Developmental Disabilities.As you probably know, the Champaign...

THE Thanksgiving Snow Event!

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I have lived through two blizzards. The one I remember, because I experienced it, occurred in 1978. I drove through the remains of it...

Stand up! Sit down! Fight! Fight! Fight!

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The people in history I find most inspiring are those who stand up for their fellow human beings, individuals who use their power, their...

When they read aloud to us

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Recently, I have been thinking about my mother reading books aloud to us girls during our preschool years. Of course it happened: that’s how...

A clover lawn? Is he nuts?!

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No, I’m not, at least not totally. Hear me out! This just might work in some situations.Growing a beautiful lawn requires a great deal...

What I learned in October

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It is report card time for lots of local schoolkids following their first quarter of learning about the ABCs, exponents, photosynthesis, and the three...

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