Donna Vickroy: As we deal with new chaos, take a page from COVID and practice the four Cs

These are tough times for empaths. As we watch government service agencies get gutted, as we watch people lose their jobs, as we watch our beautiful national parks struggle to stay open, as we watch our once thriving country descend into economic despair, it is a challenge to keep panic at bay. Knowing our government […]

Donna Vickroy: Plan now for your bountiful garden later

Yes, there’s light at the end of this winter. But before you reach for the gardening gloves, or take a hoe out of the shed, or start filling your cart with petunias, remember, March does not mean jump.
Now is the time to make a plan, research options, stock up on supplies and sketch out your future work of art.

Column: Legacy Night in St. Charles a celebration of ‘trailblazer’ female athletes and those who followed

The weeklong Legacy activities, which coincide with National Girls and Women in Sports Day, include reunion dinners and a Wednesday panel discussion at St. Charles East with women representing each decade talking about how sports evolved over time. The activities will culminate with a ceremony Friday when St. Charles East and St. Charles North girls basketball teams go head to head at East.

Donna Vickroy: Mission accomplished for late suburban astrophysicist who proved his doubters wrong

While Earthlings were wrapping gifts and preparing holiday buffets this past Christmas Eve, a rocket named for a south suburban Chicago man was “touching” the sun. Traveling at “a blazing 430,000 miles per hour,” according to NASA, the Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to reach the outer corona of the sun. If only its namesake, Eugene Parker, had lived to celebrate it.