Barrington Opinion
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The SoapboxJul 28, 2012 5:00 am - Help for the rescuers Weather extremes hit suburban wildlife hard, and rehabilitation centers are inundated with young or injured birds, squirrels and other animals that...
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Editorial: Learning to eat our fruits and veggiesJul 20, 2012 5:00 am - In our busy lives, where our next meal is often a drive-through window away, few of us can truthfully say we get our full recommended complement of fruits and vegetables...
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Take advantage of new Harper seriesJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to thank Linda Hoeck over at Harper College, for her presentation and organizing of the parent orientation to introduce Harper’s new vocational program for ...
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Legal gay marriage would be a mistakeJul 10, 2012 5:00 am - Little surprise in the Herald’s endorsement of gay marriage. The past few weeks have contained many articles favoring same. The real stretch is their claim that without ...
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Editorial: No room for confidentiality in public dealsJul 09, 2012 6:54 pm - The concern for confidentiality in some employment relationships is understandable, especially when things don’t work out as planned. But when it involves a government j...
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When life give you rising ocean levels . . .Jul 09, 2012 9:57 am - So I’m reading the Daily Herald, I think it was June 23. I see one headline that reads, “Drought covers 70 percent of Illinois.” And right next to it in the adjacent col...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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Yates tells her voters to keep the faithJul 02, 2012 5:15 am - Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the citizens who voted for me in the primary, all 6,000 of you. What a wonderful thing you did for me and I am sorry I let y...
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Editorial: A new approach to train for manufacturing jobsJun 25, 2012 6:00 am - Regular readers of our Opinion Page commentaries know that we long have been impressed by Harper College President Kenneth Ender’s energizing call for an integrated appr...
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The SoapboxJun 16, 2012 5:00 am - Hats off to dads: What better time than the week before Father’s Day to be honored at the White House for promoting men’s involvement in their children’s lives? David Hi...