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Constable: This is my final column, but the thanks will continue

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By Burt Constable Verified
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I normally save my thanks for an annual Thanksgiving Day column where I note my wonderful wife, Cheryl, gave birth to twins Ross and Ben on that holiday, how we added son Will more than three years later, and how we have a lot for which to be thankful. But this is not a normal column. It is my final column, and I can't go without giving thanks.
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Constable: Prius, columnist are racking up miles on the way to the finish

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By Burt Constable Verified
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My first road trip in our new Toyota Prius was to Springfield in January 2007 to watch a promising young politician,  whom I had been touting in my columns, announce that he, Barack Obama, was running for president. That seems a lifetime ago. For our country. For that Prius. For me. Purchased during the administrations of President George W. Bush and Gov.
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Constable: Karate instructor for all ages still among world's best

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By Burt Constable Verified
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When a 54-year-old has one foot on the ground and the other about a foot above her head, people generally call the paramedics. For Linda Donner of Barrington, that's just one of the moves she has mastered as a sixth-degree black belt in karate. Last month, Donner, owner of the Traditional Karate Organization, a martial arts and fitness studio in Lake Zurich, brought home a bronze medal for the United States in the World Union of Karate-Do Federations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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