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Fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) is a low-growing shrub, about 2 to 4 feet high, that suckers to form dense thickets. The glossy green leaves turn brilliant red in fall. It’s a sturdy, tolerant plant that can handle part-shade as well as full sun. “Fragrant sumac can be attractive in a garden, if you have a place where you can let it spread,” Janoski said. “It might do well along a driveway, for example.” A popular cultivated variety is Gro-low (Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-low’).
As his family hid, they plotted. A helicopter was mentioned; a taxi. Plans kept changing. Eventually, a middle-of-the-night plan with buses helped his family members get to the airport, and onto planes. Landing in Doha, Qatar, they were kept on hot planes for hours. Reaching the U.S., at Dulles Airport, they stayed on the plane for 10 hours. Finally, in Chicago, Amer could hold them in his arms.
According to a report using national data compiled by the American Academy of Pediatrics (aap.org), “As of August 12, over 4.41 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic. Over 121,000 cases were added the past week, a continuing substantial increase. After declining in early summer, child cases have steadily increased since the beginning of July.”
Ricardo Jimenez, the associate director of public health initiatives with the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, said the organization has made an effort to encourage vaccination and COVID-19 testing in the neighborhood as delta variant cases, which are more transmittable to young children, rise in the city.
Sydney Gear, center, chats on Aug. 25, 2021, with Anirudh Paidipally, left, and Xander Vizcarra, who participated in the STEM program she administered for Chicago tech company YolBe. The company provides paid internships to youth of color with developmental disabilities to promote careers in coding and technology. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
When we started our marriage, my wife and I made an agreement to have both separate as well as joint accounts. That way she, who had quit her job in order to support our children, had her own money, just in case something unexpected happened in our marriage. It gave both of us a sense of security.
In recent days, staffers also frantically worked to help those still in Afghanistan, calling legislators and the State Department to help Illinois residents or family members get to the Kabul airport and safely out of the country. Chicago volunteers from RefugeeOne also traveled to a Virginia military base to help process arriving refugees. Schakowsky said she helped submit 100 cases to try and get people out of Afghanistan and to Illinois, and as of Monday knew of only two families who had left.
Dear Amy: Regarding “Old Messy House Dweller,” the website for the National Association of Senior and Specialty Move Managers lists professionals who assist people with downsizing, selling, moving, etc., in terms of culling and disposing of possessions.
Gasoline tends to carry a static electric charge, and this charge can build up on the can as it is being filled. If the can is sitting on concrete or the ground, the static charge can safely flow away. Since plastic is an insulator, the static electricity can build up. A spark can then occur between the gas can and the fuel nozzle and ignite the gasoline vapor near the open mouth of the can if conditions are right.
When you plant a tree, make sure the root flare — the place where the stem or trunk flares out into the root — sits at or slightly above the level of the soil. That way, you’ll bury the roots, but not the stem. (Matthew Taylor/Morton Arboretum)