Campton Hills Opinion
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Schools should keep range of arts classesMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - School districts are under pressure to keep art classes as an integral part of the curriculum and still balance their budgets in a tight economy. They realize that schoo...
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Thanks for help with food driveMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Many thanks to the St. Charles Post Office and this wonderful community for their support of the recent post office food. Our friends and community partners at the Tri-C...
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Beware scams on one-time gov. checksMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will be happy to know that issuance of the special one-time $250 American Recovery and Re...
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Who made the worse joke?May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - As someone who sat slack-jawed at the controversial joke by Wanda Sykes, I would agree that humor has become a controversial affair. I remember another time years ago a...
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Thank a WWII vet while you still canMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Beginning with the Revolutionary War in 1775 and up to the present moment with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, American casualties both dead and wounded in all major c...
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Poppies represent blood of soldiersMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I am a member of the VFW and was asked to help sell poppies for Memorial Day. I agreed as I have in past years. On Friday I stood by our main post office from 8 a.m. to ...
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Something's wrong with property taxesMay 18, 2009 11:00 pm - There are three days of the year when the majority of Tri-Cities residents fall to their knees and cry "Why me?" The taxman cometh April 15, June 1 and Sept. 1 every yea...
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Want my vote? Vote for reform - nowMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - To my representatives in the state legislature, the only ones for which I have the opportunity to cast a vote for or against in future elections, Rep. Ramey and Sen. Mi...
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Why are property taxes going up?May 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Once again real estate tax invoices have arrived in our mailboxes. In view of the dreadful economic downturn, large declines in the value of homes, including foreclosur...
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Educate kids on sexual orientationMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover was an 11-year-old middle school student at the New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, Mass. Carl was perceived by his classmates to be ...