Mundelein Review

Keep records of vital information for elderly parents

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:26:23 -0500

Sometimes we make assumptions about the information that we have or don’t have when it comes to our parents, grandparents or other seniors in our lives. Unfortunately the moment we realize that the information we need is not available is usually during a crisis.

Taking stigma off incontinence

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:14:03 -0500

Watching daytime TV, and all of the commercials for incontinence products, one might think that incontinence is a normal part of life and aging.

Much to be thankful for

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:56:18 -0500

Today is the day we stop and count our blessings. Your chosen animal, donkey or elephant, lost? Get over it. Traffic is a headache? At least it means a warm, dry car that will get you where you want to go. Kids seem ungrateful? Some day they’ll have their own kids, and you know what they say about karma. Yes, no matter what the gripe, and we seem these days to have quite a few, we are one lucky nation. Having established our relative good fortune, here’s a laundry list of the things I am grateful for as Thanksgiving 2012 …

This Apple has sour taste

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:42:03 -0500

Dear Fixer: I cannot download any apps on my iPhone. It says my account is disabled. After I sent a request to the Apple support email address, I received a response from an iTunes adviser who said it appeared that my account had been disabled due to “chargeback orders” they had received from my credit card issuer.

Art of compromise is what’s needed now

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:42:03 -0500

In the aftermath of last week’s election, I’ve been listening to my friends on the right and the left. They are saying the same thing, and that’s what worries me.

Christmas shopping, philosophically speaking

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:42:03 -0500

Now that that pesky presidential election is over, it’s time to concentrate on what’s really important. Christmas shopping. But before you can shop, you have to decide what to get friends and family, collectively known as loved ones.

Thank vet for right to vote

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:54:43 -0500

The incessant robocalls have eased up and most campaign signs have been removed. Before we get too caught up in the approaching holiday spirit, let’s review a few points that made last week’s Election Day so amazing, in spite of the campaign rhetoric overload. The first point is, of course, our actual ability to vote. For that, I think we need to say thanks to our veterans, the perpetual guardians at the gate for our freedoms and rights that include having a say in who represents our interests and speaks on our behalf to our governing bodies. Voting is a …

Negotiation: A new dance for retailers

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:33:53 -0500

Now that November is here, any retailer who hadn’t already christened the annual holiday shopping season has done so by now.

Talk of teachers must include preschool staff

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:11:27 -0500

We’ve spent a lot of time talking lately, both here in this space as well as in the wider context nationally, about teachers — their salaries, their pensions, their strikes, their benefits. Matter of fact, with all of the abundance of specialty channels on television these days, I’m almost surprised that there isn’t one dedicated 24/7 to the trade of all things teaching.But in perusing my resource file, I realized there was one portion of the teaching field which is almost universally ignored: the preschool teacher. In earlier days, Daughter No. 1 started her teaching career as a preschool teacher, …

Stop ‘straw buyers’ of guns

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:10:01 -0500

For years Chicago and Cook County officials have been pushing a law that would help close the spigot of guns flowing illegally into the city. So far, the National Rifle Association has blocked the law in Springfield, but officials here should keep pushing. The so-called “lost or stolen” law would require gun owners to report a lost or stolen gun within 72 hours of noticing it is missing. It would help discourage “straw buyers” who purchase numerous guns legally in the suburbs and then sell them to felons in Chicago. Straw buyers often say their weapons were lost or stolen …

How about veggie McDonald’s here?

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:16:04 -0500

McDonald’s is opening two vegetarian-only restaurants. Not, unfortunately, in one of the hipper neighborhoods of Chicago, or even somewhere in California. But in India — in Amritsar and Katra. This makes sense. For reasons of religion and tradition, Indian diets tend to be low in meat, with about 30 percent of Indians eating no meat at all. But vegetarians are growing in number in this country, too, and we’re pretty sure a veggie McDonald’s would fare well in or around Chicago. Our first reaction when we read the news about a vegetarian-only McDonald’s was to laugh. Aren’t these the folks …

Hawthorn Mall will finally be appealing again

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:12:21 -0500

VERNON HILLS -- Well, well. It’s about time. Finally, after years of talks and then deafening silence, changes have been proposed to upgrade Hawthorn Mall, something shoppers across the area have long been yearning for. Shopping there has been described as depressing, dated, unattractive -- not the kind of experience that mall shopping once promised and delivered. I know it’s a new day in retailing, and malls don’t hold the cachet they once did. But I’ve seen a metamorphosis done at other centers, combining the best of all retail styles, and we’ve often discussed here in this space why Hawthorn …

Libertyville brick church with red door has seen plenty over the years

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:33:15 -0500

Since its early days Libertyville has been a church-going community -- the Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Roman Catholics established their congregations in Libertyville in the late 1800s, and all are still vibrant spiritual communities today. It wasn’t until 1908 that the Episcopalians organized a congregation in town, but they have proved to be just as dedicated and long-lived as the other denominations. In the fall of 1908, the Chicago Episcopalian Archdeacon made a preliminary survey of Libertyville and found ten faithful families to come together in regular worship. They met on Sunday afternoons twice a month, and the services were …

Our View: State should be better to business

Sun, 27 May 2012 08:14:15 -0500

One business magazine now rates the Badger State’s business climate in 2011 at 17th in the nation. Compare that to Illinois which, in the eyes of the nation’s top CEOs, is ranked 48th.

Question of the Week: Severity of childhood bullying

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:13:06 -0500

Has the severity of childhood bullying been better or worse in recent years?