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Author Archives: JUDY BAAR TOPINKA

Posted inArchive, Opinion

Restoring order at the deli counter

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA August 12, 2008February 8, 2021

I have come to enjoy shopping at Tony’s food store in North Riverside. It has such a variety of foods, often representative of numerous ethnic groups, that it is like shopping around the world.

Posted inArchive, Opinion

When you lose out on conversation, who needs convenience?

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA July 29, 2008February 8, 2021
Posted inArchive, Opinion

West suburban forest preserves in a sorry state

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA July 15, 2008February 8, 2021
Posted inArchive, Opinion

Doll escaped communists but couldn’t outrun flood

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA June 17, 2008February 8, 2021
Posted inArchive, Opinion

Problem at the pumps likely to continue

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA May 27, 2008February 8, 2021
Posted inArchive, Opinion

Time for state constitutional convention

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA May 13, 2008February 8, 2021
Posted inArchive, Opinion

Thanks to theater, there’s no bloom off this ‘Rose’

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA April 29, 2008February 8, 2021
Posted inArchive, Opinion

Getting in touch at the local Laundromat

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA April 15, 2008February 8, 2021
Posted inArchive, Opinion

A trip back to radio’s golden age

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA April 1, 2008February 8, 2021
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Who had this cockamamie idea?

by JUDY BAAR TOPINKA March 18, 2008February 8, 2021

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