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There is not an exact date by which you should have your garden cut back, because the variable spring weather from year to year determines when the garden starts growing. There may be sections of your garden that get more sun and start growing earlier than others. Try to avoid working in beds that are wet, which is a common condition in early spring. Don’t be concerned about waiting until early April to clean up your beds.

Dear Ghosted: Yes, you should contact him. Ask, perhaps by text: “Could you get back to me, just to let me know if you’re OK? Of course, I miss hearing from you, but at this point I’m just looking for an explanation for why you haven’t been in touch, and I’ve started to worry. I’ll be in town soon, in case you want to meet in person.”

The Hornets shot 60.5% and made 19 of 40 3-pointers, with Ball setting the tone. The All-Star point guard did all his scoring in the first half. He made 8 of 16 shots in the game, including 5 of 9 3-pointers, and finished with nine assists in 29 minutes.

“This, as presented on the floor, does nothing to bring down crime, does nothing to promote public safety and, in fact, is not holding the (criminals) accountable for the laws that they broke along the way. This is absurd. This is not what we need to do to bring down crime,” said state Rep. Avery Bourne, a Republican from Morrisonville who is running for lieutenant governor in the June 28 primary.

Then-Calumet City Ald. Thaddeus Jones leaves the Downey Park polling place after voting in 2003. Jones, who is now a state representative, is under investigation over tax issues involving campaign funds, according to sources. (JOHN SMIERCIAK / CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

“If I played how I should yesterday, I should be right there with him,” Thomas said. “This place, I love it because you can make so many birdies — even in conditions like this, if you plot your way around and know how to get it around, you can make a lot of birdies. It exposes you when it gets this windy if you don’t have control of your ball.

Brown led police on a long high-speed chase, exceeding 100 mph, before officers ran him off the road on I-55 near Bloomington, about 140 miles from Rockford. He kept driving through a farm field before his car struck a concrete ditch and came to a sudden stop. After a five-hour standoff in which police fired tear gas, Brown was arrested, and treated for injuries including a broken wrist, damaged heel and broken vertebra.

In addition to the wage violations, Sanders, who is Black, also alleged discrimination in the lawsuit. He was demoted from lead bartender to on-call server and faced difficulty advancing in the workplace because of his race. When he was demoted, a director told him she was eliminating the position, according to the lawsuit, and hired a white man for the role two months later.

From August 2016 to May 2017, Solis wore a hidden wire and secretly recorded meetings with Burke, the then-powerful Finance Committee chairman and dean of the City Council. Many of the early conversations had to do with the massive renovation of the Old Main Post Office in Solis’ 25th Ward, which had also been a focus of the investigation of Solis, according to court records.

Many other names have been discussed as possible 2023 mayoral candidates, including Chicago Ald. Roderick Sawyer, 6th, and Ald. Brian Hopkins, 2nd. Others include former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, state Reps. Kam Buckner and La Shawn Ford, Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, former city Building Commissioner Judy Frydland and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson.