Batavia Opinion
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Scouts helping troops overseasOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As our country approaches its ninth year in the war, our Girl Scout community has reached above and beyond the call of the duty. The Fox Valley Girl Scout Council led by...
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Thanks to Sleepy Hollow Service ClubOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - In the midst of larger municipalities, including Elgin, canceling their fireworks displays, the Sleepy Hollow Service Club members did it again. Their hard work and dili...
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Raceway path ruins nature's repairOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - To see how Nature rejuvenates from practically nothing is an amazing sight. I'm talking about Raceway Woods ... and how after 30-plus years nature had reclaimed what obs...
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Terrorist won't be toting assault rifesOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. Gustafson in his letter to the editor seems to think that people can go out and buy an AK-47 machine gun anytime they want here in the U.S. For his information, the ...
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Unhappy with Comcast upgradeOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to express my outrage concerning Comcast Cable with their forced upgrades to digital service for local consumers. Here in the Aurora and Montgomery are...
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Join effort to reduce carbon emissionsOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - On Oct, 24, I will joined by people from around Elgin at the Gail Borden Public Library, giving away 350 free tree plantings; and if we were doing it all by ourselves, i...
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Road planners don't talk to one anotherOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Apparently the administrators of the local public works departments, the county highway commission and IDOT don't realize there is this invention out there called a tele...
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Health care reform a moral obligationOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I've had the privilege of meeting with small businessmen in my area, doctors, a nurse from Chicago's Stroger Hospital as well as some clergymen. They agree that not only...
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So much for golden yearsOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I do not know what is happening to my country. This "health care bill" is the last thing we need. Please do not pass this mess onto us. I just retired, and with things t...
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Local Democrats want public optionOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - We are a caring country and are among the first to respond to disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes with money and time. How can we continue to ignore so m...