Campton Hills Opinion
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Thanks for help with electric paradeDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - What better way to start the "official" holiday season than to see a child's wide-eyed look of wonder as a train, a pirate ship and a wing-flapping dragon took over St. ...
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Soapbox: Bridge of sighsDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Batavia's downtown bridge won't be completed by Dec. 14. It might not even be done in January if the weather is too cold. Worse yet, the westbound lanes that are complet...
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Thanks for help at fundraiserDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - We would like to thank all of the people who attended or sponsored the Plate of Pasta fundraiser that was held on Nov. 16 at the VFW hall in St. Charles. It was a huge s...
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Good work, but still more is necessaryDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The recent editorial on the mortgage problems many are faced with was well done. You nailed the real culprit -- greed in the hearts of some. The series done on our area ...
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Buy toys that help American workersDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - With all the recalls of toys coming out of China and the slowing of the U.S. economy isn't it time that we started to take care of our own companies and workers here in ...
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Incorporation a ploy and nothing's freeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - In response to all the people of Campton Township who feel they need to add another level of government to our lives. I was born in Campton Township in 1935 and lived he...
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Some thoughts on First Street projectDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I got on my electric "scooter" (i.e. wheelchair) the other day and went around looking at the First Street project. You see so much more when you can stop and stare, whi...
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State should fix intersection -- nowDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - On Monday, one of my daughter Melanie's friends and classmates was killed in an accident at the intersection of Meredith Road and Route 38 in Virgil Township of Kane Cou...
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Tax tales only add to senior travailsDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - When we moved to the Del Webb community Huntley, we were told taxes would be about $3,000 a year. The tax bill just finished paying in September was $7,800. Like many se...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...