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Local Faces: Nov. 30, 2024
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Local Faces: Nov. 30, 2024

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Pet of the Week

Pet of the Week: Dec. 4, 2024

Pet of the Week: Dec. 4, 2024

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Pet of the Week: Dec. 4, 2024

Food & Drink

To refrigerate or not? 7 kitchen habits that divide home cooks

To refrigerate or not? 7 kitchen habits that divide home cooks

  • Zuzana Paar | Food Drink Life

If you’ve ever done a double take after seeing someone else’s kitchen, you’re not alone. Everyone has their own quirks and unique ways of handling their kitchen that may raise some eyebrows. Find out if you’ve ever debated these divisive opinions among home cooks, from the necessity of dishw…

Catholic Charities adds another option for senior nutrition

  • Phil Angelo For the Daily Journal

Area senior citizens can eat better, while meeting and making friends, through Catholic Charities SeniorDine Program. The program may be largely unknown in the public, but as many as 1,200 seniors in Kankakee County benefit each month.

Home and Health

How to write a living will
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How to write a living will

  • Jim Miller | Savvy Senior

Dear Savvy Senior, What’s the best way to go about writing a living will? I’m approaching age 73 and in poor health and would like to get this done without spending a lot of money. — Need Help

Best pill boxes and medication management tools
Life

Best pill boxes and medication management tools

  • Jim Miller | Savvy Senior

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good pill boxes and medication-reminding devices? I recently started taking several new prescription medications along with some vitamins I normally take and need to get a pill box that helps me organize them. What can you tell me? — Almost 70

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Gross 90th Birthday

Gross 90th Birthday

Ada Gross, of Bourbonnais, is celebrating her 90th birthday with an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 at Community Cup Church of the Nazarene, 900 W. Jeffery St., in Kankakee, hosted by her children. Read moreGross 90th Birthday

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