Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, May 2, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Terry Musial, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, has found new hope since she joined a research study at Rush University Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago in which patients exercised twice a week for an hour each." (Link no longer available.)
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Show puts work from special needs artists on display
Excerpt from Suburban Life Publications, April 25, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Correspondent
"The Western DuPage Special Recognition Association’s sixth annual Special Recreation Art Show runs through Saturday at the Bloomingdale Park District Museum, 108 S. Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale. WDSRA serves more than 4,500 special needs children and adults with more than 1,500 recreation programs, trips and special events each year." (Link no longer available.)
By Jessica Tobacman, Correspondent
"The Western DuPage Special Recognition Association’s sixth annual Special Recreation Art Show runs through Saturday at the Bloomingdale Park District Museum, 108 S. Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale. WDSRA serves more than 4,500 special needs children and adults with more than 1,500 recreation programs, trips and special events each year." (Link no longer available.)
"I am so thankful for my life": Kim Phuc, the girl from a famous Vietnam War photo, speaks next week in Wheaton
Excerpt from Suburban Life Publications, April 25, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Correspondent
"When she was 9 years old, Phan Thi Kim Phuc was captured in a now-famous photograph taken during the Vietnam War." (Link no longer available.)
By Jessica Tobacman, Correspondent
"When she was 9 years old, Phan Thi Kim Phuc was captured in a now-famous photograph taken during the Vietnam War." (Link no longer available.)
Comedian works his ‘dream job’ at Price is Right show in Vegas
Excerpt from Suburban Life Publications, April 25, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Correspondent
"Comedian Andy Martello, who lived in Carol Stream from 2002 to 2007, has his 'dream job.' He works in the afternoons doing what he loves: Working in show business." (Link no longer available.)
By Jessica Tobacman, Correspondent
"Comedian Andy Martello, who lived in Carol Stream from 2002 to 2007, has his 'dream job.' He works in the afternoons doing what he loves: Working in show business." (Link no longer available.)
Busy bodies, healthy minds: Remaining active lowers risk of Alzheimer's, study shows
Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, April 25, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Carol Adamitis had a stroke when she was 5 years old. Now, at 65, she is participating in research that annually tests her physical and mental health, examining her dexterity as she places pegs in a board and her memory as she repeats a series of numbers backward and forward." (Link no longer available.)
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Carol Adamitis had a stroke when she was 5 years old. Now, at 65, she is participating in research that annually tests her physical and mental health, examining her dexterity as she places pegs in a board and her memory as she repeats a series of numbers backward and forward." (Link no longer available.)
Groundbreaking held for early childhood center
Excerpt from Suburban Life Publications, April 19, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Correspondent
"...Plans call for creating a building so environmentally friendly that it will achieve LEED Gold Certification, the second-highest green construction standard available..." (Link no longer available.)
By Jessica Tobacman, Correspondent
"...Plans call for creating a building so environmentally friendly that it will achieve LEED Gold Certification, the second-highest green construction standard available..." (Link no longer available.)
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Obituary on Virginia A. Blair, 1925-2012: TV writer worked in public relations, "took a bite out of life"
Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, April 4, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Virginia A. "Ginny" Blair wrote plays for local CBS and ABC television stations before shifting to public relations work with Smith Bucklin & Associates, where she worked for more than 20 years." (Link no longer available.)
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Virginia A. "Ginny" Blair wrote plays for local CBS and ABC television stations before shifting to public relations work with Smith Bucklin & Associates, where she worked for more than 20 years." (Link no longer available.)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Obituary on Deborah Eberhart Elliott, 1951-2012: Special education teacher, administrator in Chicago, Calumet Park
Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, March 20, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Deborah Eberhart Elliott was a special education teacher and an administrator in Chicago Public Schools for many years, also serving as a principal of a middle school in south suburban Calumet Park." (Link no longer available.)
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Deborah Eberhart Elliott was a special education teacher and an administrator in Chicago Public Schools for many years, also serving as a principal of a middle school in south suburban Calumet Park." (Link no longer available.)
Filling a brain aneurysm with wire can prevent rupture
Coiling has advantages but it's not for everyone
Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, March 14, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Carolyn Davis owes her health to wires.
Davis, 55, of Chicago, benefited from a treatment known as coiling after she suffered a brain aneurysm in November.
Once Davis arrived at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Dr. William W. Ashley Jr. determined that he needed to stop the bleeding in her brain caused by the aneurysm, which is a ballooning of blood vessels, as quickly as possible." (Link no longer available.)
Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, March 14, 2012
By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune
"Carolyn Davis owes her health to wires.
Davis, 55, of Chicago, benefited from a treatment known as coiling after she suffered a brain aneurysm in November.
Once Davis arrived at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Dr. William W. Ashley Jr. determined that he needed to stop the bleeding in her brain caused by the aneurysm, which is a ballooning of blood vessels, as quickly as possible." (Link no longer available.)
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