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Sandra Guy is an award-winning journalist, editor and freelance writer and blogger who has written for the past 20 years for the Chicago Sun-Times.

‘It was uplifting to be with’ the late singer-songwriter, says George Gruhn, a U. of C. grad with a shop in Nashville.
The Chicago-based organization teaches middle-schoolers, high-schoolers and young adults — particularly those in underserved neighborhoods — the skills and training they’ll need to succeed in the 21st century.
For 25 years, one very determined nun’s program has been pairing volunteer English-speaking tutors one-on-one with women who need literacy skills. The results have been life-changing.
A child can receive up to 60 books, chosen by a group of early education experts, before he or she enters kindergarten.
The actress now lives in Chicago — where the TV show films 10 months out of the year.
May is National Arthritis Awareness Month. The illness, which strikes people of all ages, has no cure, but medicines can help put it in remission.
Cope with stress in healthy ways – exercising, eating a healthy diet, staying in contact with friends and allies. It will help you in the long run.
The latest research shows runners should beware eating too many calories and too many carbs.
The risks increases with age. African-Americans may have two to five times higher risk than whites, and Latinos could be at twice the risk.