Kerry Wood On Deck for Anderson's Book Signing

Retired Chicago Cub will make an appearance at the downtown Naperville book store in December.

A former Chicago Cubs pitcher is on deck for a book signing at Anderson's Bookshop in downtown Naperville next month.  Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. Kerry Wood will be making an appearance on Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Anderson's to sell and sign his book "All You Can Be: Learning & Growing Through Sports."  "All You Can Be" is Wood's first children’s book, which emphasizes the importance of hard work, determination and sacrifice both in life and sports. Co-written by MLB.com reporter Carrie Muskat, Wood enlisted the help of 30 Chicago Public School students in grades 4th through 8th to provide drawings exemplifying their own goals for the future, according to a news …

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Staci Boyer is a Motiv8ng Force

A personal trainer for more than 20 years, Boyer helps clients change their lives.

Staci Boyer spent 12 years in the Navy, so hard work never scared her.  She has always prided herself on “being able to do a man’s job, but look like a woman.” The personal trainer, wellness coach, motivational speaker, book author and owner of Motiv8n U Personal Training credits her father for setting her on the path to her current career, teaching her to have a “can-do” spirit. “He said, ‘you need to have a work ethic and generosity,’” Boyer said during an interview at Lifetime Fitness in Warrenville. The way she lives her life today is to consider if the choices she makes are generous or if they are driven by ego. Some who see her might think the latter, since she drives around town in a vehicle plastered with her image. But, the author…

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