Chicago Cares and my brother show lots of heart
My older brother may lack for a few things. Height, for instance. My youthful good looks. But one thing Chuck Arvia does not lack is heart. It is sometimes buried...
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Olympia Fields CC counting down to 2017 PGA Women’s Championship
For the rest of the golf world, last week was U.S. Open week. At Olympia Fields Country Club, it was the first week on the clock — which has both...
If Orlando atrocity leaves you feeling hopeless, chase melodies that make the heart sing
I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week immersed in kindness, optimism, effort and cooperation. With friends, and strangers who became friends, and strangers who put the emphasis on...
Emphasis on quality lands Ariston in (Vienna Beef) Hall of Fame
A typical gyro cone — the giant, spinning hunk of lamby/beefy tastiness — weighs 30 pounds. A typical day at Ariston, the venerable Hazel Crest joint proffering gyros, Italian beef,...
Driving ranges: How to make the most of a bucket of balls
Randy Heinrich has been working at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club for about a year and a half now, and seldom a day goes by without him hearing the...
Chicago Heights couple saves bowling alley sign from wrecking ball
If you want to know how Steve Liesse ended up with a 13-foot-long, 300-pound sign blocking the garage door in his Chicago Heights driveway, the story starts in 1985, at...
McWethy’s a Scottish nod to casual elegance
At most golf courses, dining options encompass a hot dog at the turn, a frozen Snickers bar from the cart girl and maybe a burger at the 19th Hole Grill....
Offensive nickname? Just choose another word
Marist Principal Larry Tucker, while polite enough to return my call, was certain he couldn't help me. "I haven't thought about it in years," he said. "I'm trying to think...
Thornton alum stages one for his alma mater
Playwright and director John L. Ruffin isn't through telling stories. But as he closes the Chicago chapter of his show business career, it is fitting that he's doing so on...
H-F alum arranges Sarah Vaughan tribute
Imagine for a moment a Jackson Pollock painting — the labyrinthian depth, the showy kineticism, a suggested disregard for formality while clearly displaying finely-honed technique. Now imagine being commissioned to...