Letters to the editor submitted to the Naperville Sun.
Category: Naperville Sun Opinion
Decent: Body transformation achieved in six months leads to two bodybuilding titles for Naperville man
It’s the stuff movies are made of. Dad devotes six months of his life to changing his lifestyle and goes on to win the first bodybuilding competition he enters.
Fitness instructor Reo Ross has done just that, setting quite an example for the clients and members he sees at the Lifetime Fitness in Burr Ridge.
Letters to the Editor: Selle’s wrong — voter fraud can and has happened; proposed hike in price of stamps make me want to scream; why is there outrage over Gaza and not over Ukraine?
Letters to the editor submitted to the Naperville Sun.
Decent: When it morel season, the thrill of the hunt is half the fun for mushroom lovers
Not all hunter-gatherers are on the lookout for bears or birds; some seek mushrooms. Spring brings the arrival of morels, the spongy looking fungi that mostly grow beside dead elm trees. Much like truffles, you have to forage to find them and chefs use them to enhance their dishes at significant cost to the consumer. You can spend upwards of $15 for just one ounce of a dried version online.
Vickroy: Do you find yourself lonely in a crowd of virtual friends? You’re not alone
No matter how many social connections we have, nothing replaces human contact and eliminates feelings of loneliness, experts tell columnist Donna Vickroy.
Letters to the Editor: Naperville DEI training too valuable not to approve; Biden’s position on two issues turning off young voters; this 88-year-old won’t be voting for Biden or Trump
Letters to the editor submitted to the Naperville Sun for publication.
Decent: Don’t let the suit fool you; this man had to overcome a lot to be where he is today
You might have heard of Walter Johnson because he’s been important to Naperville in many ways, but today I’m sharing a story you won’t know. For the first time, he’s talking publicly about an often-traumatic childhood prepared him to be the man he is today.
McGrath: Remembering back to that Easter week that could have changed lives if not for one heroic act
Our bond was alphabetical: Miller, Messerich, McGrath. As high school sophomores at St. Joseph’s Franciscan Seminary in Westmont, we lined up together in class, sat in the same church pew and at the same cafeteria table, and slept in the same row of dormitory bunks.
Decent: Trip to England brings back youthful memories of Gilbert and Sullivan obsession
I was a weird child. When my friends had pictures of ’70s heartthrobs like Donny Osmond and David Cassidy on their bedroom walls, I had posters advertising the London-based D’Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Vickroy: Viewing a total solar eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime experience — and so is the long, crowded drive home
There’s a dark side to viewing a solar eclipse along the line of totality. The light-years drive home.
A record number of Americans viewed the Great American Eclipse of 2017, when the swath of totality cut through southern Illinois. Granted, not all of the 154 million adults who watched it were with us on Interstate 57 later that afternoon, but, wow, it sure seemed like it.