Burt Constable
@BurtConstable
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Former Daily Herald columnist
Joined August 2011
BREAKING: The crowd goes wild as President Biden unloads on Republican candidate Donald Trump in an epic Labor Day speech, ridiculing Trump as “the great real estate developer” who “didn’t build a damn thing” and “shipped jobs to China.” But President Biden didn’t stop there…
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Daily Herald columnist @BurtConstable puts a cap on 43 years as a #newspaper guy by giving thanks. https://t.co/9ZcGLUNeB4 via @dailyherald
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I normally save my thanks for an annual Thanksgiving Day column where I note my wonderful wife, Cheryl, gave birth to twins Ross and Ben on that holiday, how we added son Will more than three years...
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With @Toyota #Prius nearing 275,000 miles and this columnist at about 5,000 columns, both are about to take new path @BurtConstable
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My first road trip in our new Toyota Prius was to Springfield in January 2007 to watch a promising young politician, whom I had been touting in my columns, announce that he, Barack Obama, was runn...
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With @Toyota #Prius nearing 275,000 miles and this columnist at about 5,000 columns, both are about to take new path @BurtConstable
https://t.co/JmwNgQrBun via @dailyherald
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My first road trip in our new Toyota Prius was to Springfield in January 2007 to watch a promising young politician, whom I had been touting in my columns, announce that he, Barack Obama, was runn...
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VIDEO: Karate instructor for all ages still among world's best, @burtconstable reports https://t.co/iW85zJVVzm via @dailyherald
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When a 54-year-old has one foot on the ground and the other about a foot above her head, people generally call the paramedics. For Linda Donner of Barrington, that's just one of the moves she has...
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VIDEO: Karate instructor for all ages still among world's best, @burtconstable reports
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When a 54-year-old has one foot on the ground and the other about a foot above her head, people generally call the paramedics. For Linda Donner of Barrington, that's just one of the moves she has...
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Spirit of legendary coach fuels charity track meet for all ages and abilities at @ConantCougars, reports @BurtConstable
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A Hall of Fame track coach after a 29-year career at Conant High School, 66-year-old Ron Gummerson was responding well to cancer treatment and appeared on his way to recovering from melanoma in the...
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Retired @CollegeDuPage teacher from @VillageofGE explores concept of #home in his latest book, reports @BurtConstable
https://t.co/CbCSheS7jC via @dailyherald
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Sitting in the gazebo in the backyard of his Glen Ellyn home, author Tom Montgomery Fate is still on a journey. "It's a big idea, home," says Fate, whose sixth and latest book, "The Long Way Home:...
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Record number of #pelicans, while #cormorants, #eagles, #ospreys and other bird populations soar in #KaneCountyAudubon count, reports @BurtConstable
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During the first half century of Kane County Audubon's annual spring bird count, the record for the most American white pelicans seen was six. This year, members saw 128. "That was certainly a...
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Record number of #pelicans, while #cormorants, #eagles, #ospreys and other bird populations soar in #KaneCountyAudubon count, reports @BurtConstable
https://t.co/sx0LElem9y via @dailyherald
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During the first half century of Kane County Audubon's annual spring bird count, the record for the most American white pelicans seen was six. This year, members saw 128. "That was certainly a...
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Resident of @Clearbrook1 in @crystallakeil wins #MissAmazingIllinois title and says it's amazing to empower others, reports @BurtConstable
https://t.co/Qwy0vXEwj5 via @dailyherald
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We are awash in the lingering pain of mass shootings, weighed down by the fallout of Jan. 6 hearings and worried about our environmental challenges, Supreme Court rulings, political angst and the...
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Don't let the white wigs fool you. #FoundingFathers were younger than today's elected officials, reports @BurtConstable
https://t.co/39XCXfZOfq via @dailyherald
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Now that the Independence Day fireworks are over, we Americans can get back to the business of keeping our nation going. When the Constitution of the United States was ratified in 1789, Elizabeth...
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Don't let the white wigs fool you. #FoundingFathers were younger than today's elected officials, reports @BurtConstable
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Now that the Independence Day fireworks are over, we Americans can get back to the business of keeping our nation going. When the Constitution of the United States was ratified in 1789, Elizabeth...
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#WW2 veteran in @VillofGrayslake shows pins from B17 bombing runs on eve of his 100th birthday, reports @BurtConstable
https://t.co/twd1haE9vv via @dailyherald
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Riding the streetcar in his hometown of Gary, Indiana, toward a future working in the steel mills, Vic Erdelac got off one stop early. "I wasn't going to do that," says Erdelac, who dreamed of a...
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As divided as our nation is, a drive through red states provides a bit of hope, reports @BurtConstable
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As my wife and I throw one small suitcase into our Prius for a quick trip to see good friends in Nashville, Tennessee, we have a lot more emotional baggage to bring with us. "Roe Overturned," reads...
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As divided as our nation is, a drive through red states provides a bit of hope, reports @BurtConstable
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As my wife and I throw one small suitcase into our Prius for a quick trip to see good friends in Nashville, Tennessee, we have a lot more emotional baggage to bring with us. "Roe Overturned," reads...
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Having worn hairnets during his chef career, Villa Park resident creates #blackowned business #DoggyHairnets, reports @BurtConstable
https://t.co/NkDu2Eh4tq via @dailyherald
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A sous chef for most of his career, Freddy Rembert of Villa Park drew on his kitchen experience to create his unusual, award-winning invention that's appearing now in local television commercials....
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Having worn hairnets during his chef career, Villa Park resident creates #blackowned business #DoggyHairnets, reports @BurtConstable
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A sous chef for most of his career, Freddy Rembert of Villa Park drew on his kitchen experience to create his unusual, award-winning invention that's appearing now in local television commercials....
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First suicide prevention network for Hispanics, #nhspn launches with #thisisthebeginning event in @Schaumburg, reports @BurtConstable
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Palatine mom Gabriela "Gabi" Vargas, 35, knows the hopeless feeling that can envelop people in a world where they don't feel they belong. So does Alejandro "A.J." Ramirez, 23, who split his childho...
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First suicide prevention network for Hispanics, #nhspn launches with #thisisthebeginning event in @Schaumburg, reports @BurtConstable
https://t.co/r2DrsiXXdq via @dailyherald
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Palatine mom Gabriela "Gabi" Vargas, 35, knows the hopeless feeling that can envelop people in a world where they don't feel they belong. So does Alejandro "A.J." Ramirez, 23, who split his childho...
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