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Army Of Darkness
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5 p.m.
A discount-store employee is time-warped to a medieval castle, where he is the foretold savior who can dispel the evil there. Unfortunately, he screws up and releases an army of skeletons. (tvguide.com)
For completists, there was no column on Friday, nor a Weekend Desk Report.
"A federal agency's proposal to build an extension of a national veterans cemetery in Chicago's northwest suburbs is drawing concerns from one local official about periodic rifle volleys expected at the site," AP reports.
"The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hopes to acquire 15 acres in South Barrington for an extension of the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, the Daily Herald reported."
South Barrington would become home to an extension of Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery for military veterans under a federal agency's proposal that's drawn concern from the village's mayor about periodic rifle volleys expected at the site.
Under what's called an urban initiative, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs wants to acquire 15 acres near Mundhank and Freeman roads for the columbarium cemetery. Documents show federal officials are developing a master plan to start with 5,000 niches for cremated remains to be placed in a series of walls, growing to 50,000 over 100 years . . .
Ceremonies would occur at the proposed South Barrington cemetery, including rifle volleys honoring the veterans before they are laid to rest. The rifle fire is expected three to five times per weekday when there are burials . . .
But South Barrington Mayor Paula McCombie, who stressed she supports veterans, said the "misguided" proposal would not fit in an area that includes the Barrington Homestead Estates and The Preserve of South Barrington residential subdivisions. Cook County's Paul Douglas Forest Preserve is just west of the VA's proposed project.
"We would love to have them in South Barrington, but at that location, considering they're going to be firing guns off three to five times a day in a residential district and disturbing the peace of the residents that back up to the facility, we have to wait to hear from our residents to see what their opinion is of this," McCombie said.
The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #225: Drama-Free Bears Suddenly More Stable Than Chaotic Cubs, Broken Blackhawks Theo in a gorilla suit while Nagy sets the playoff table. Plus: Why Trubisky Polarizes; Unified Grand Cubs Theory; Coach Coffman, Coach Q And Coach Colliton; This Is No Time For Bulls Hot Takes; and Secret Agent Hahn.
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SportsMonday: Catching Bears Fever
"The improvement in pass-catchers for the Bears from last year to this year has to rival the improvement of any position group on any team in the NFL," our very own Jim "Coach" Coffman writes.
Wood Watches by Holzkern 'Chicago' | Holzuhr 'Chicago'
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Beachwood Field Trip: Turkey Testicle Festival.
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7-11 Accused Of Weaponizing ICE Raids To Shed Troublesome Franchisees.
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Revolution's Wil Turner To Join Open Outcry As Head Of Brewery Operations.
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TweetWood A sampling.
The president of the US on Veterans Day is calling for military and overseas ballots to be ignored in state voting. Most of the uncounted outstanding Fla. ballots after election day were provisional or military & overseas. https://t.co/NmIhmb0thfhttps://t.co/LojKJVXIIr
Three years into the Trump era, mainstream media outlets continue to blast out his lies to millions of people without pointing out they're not true. https://t.co/VPKS4ADh6m