It was a chilly June evening, and Bruce Flowers of Elmhurst was hitting the links with his friend Tim Bransky at Eaglewood Resort in Itasca.
   As he practiced his putting, Bransky, a Wood Dale resident, took some coaching tips and compliments from Flowers. Bransky and several Special Olympics golfers from the Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association played with Flowers as part of the organization’s unified golfing program. Special Olympics participants pair up with non-disabled partners as they alternate hitting the ball on a nine-hole course.
   It's one of many ways Flowers, 54, a …

Americans will gather to remember Memorial Day May 30 to honor those who have died serving our country.
   For Daniel Bruno, military service had a dual purpose: honoring not only his homeland but his late father.
    Bruno, post commander of the Elmhurst American Legion T.H.B. Post #187 in Elmhurst, was as an infantry squad leader with the rank of Sergeant E5. Unlike many who saw combat during the Vietnam War, Bruno went to democratic West Germany from 1966 to 1968.
   As a student at Wright Junior College in Chicago in the mid-1960s, Bruno recalled how he was against the Vietnam War.
    “…