KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR V.S. LEUKEMIA
Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. in New York on April 16, 1947, this 12 lb. 11 oz. baby grew up to be a 7 ft. 2 in. professional basketball…
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LUPUS: “THE WOLF”
Forty years ago, a teacher at a Catholic elementary school invited the faculty members and their husbands and wives to a Christmas party in her home. It was an opportunity…
EISENHOWER’S BATTLE WITH CROHN’S DISEASE
Born October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas, Dwight David Eisenhower was raised in Kansas. He graduated from West Point in 1915 and began his military career. During World War II,…
ONE MAN’S PROMISE TO ST. JUDE
Born January 6, 1912 in Deerfield, Michigan, Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz was the son of Maronite Catholic immigrants from Lebanon. One of ten children, he was raised in Toledo, Ohio,…
CONDUCTOR RECOVERS FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS
On May 16, 2017, Michael Case was working as a conductor on an Amtrak train pulling into the station in Naperville, Illinois. Aboard the train was Edward Klein, 79, who…
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM CNAs
Fifty years ago, subdivisions were sprouting in the cornfields and bean fields in Illinois. The 1960’s and 1970’s were a time of rapid growth in the housing stock at the…
LIVING WITH DIABETES
Sixty years ago, downtown Chicago was a destination for shopping, for the arts, and for business. It was a bustling town. Marshall Field’s thirteen story building dominated the commercial area.…
STEPTEMBER FOR CEREBRAL PALSY
If you are a health and fitness buff, this one is perfect for you. It’s a fundraiser for cerebral palsy research. All YOU have to do is take 10,000 steps…
WALK FOR THE CURE
Have you ever walked ten miles in one day? How about sixty miles in three days? Was the three-day walk for breast cancer research? If so, you were probably participating…
SUPERMAN PREVAILS
More powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. He came to earth as a baby from the planet Krypton.…
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