Sycamore couple looks to open hospitality house for families of patients

SYCAMORE - A Sycamore couple's experiences with a sick child are the reason behind their efforts to help family and friends of other seriously ill patients. Mary Lou and Philip Eubanks stayed in a Ronald McDonald hospitality house a few years ago when their child was sick. They said the solace of the homey environment was invaluable. Now the couple wants to help other families and friends who have sick loved ones being treated at Sycamore's Kindred Hospital. The Eubankses went before the Sycamore Plan Commission on Monday night to ask for the city's direction on creating a home where family members and friends of seriously ill patients at Kindred Hospital might stay for a short time. The couple said the home at 719 Somonauk St. - which has