Campton Hills Opinion
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Business training class just couldn’t go onNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - On November 22, 1963, I was 28 and employed by Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. as a classroom instructor in the company’s training division in Hartford, Conn. My memories ...
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Two momentous events 80 days apartNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - My grade school life was intertwined with President Kennedy. I have a memory of seeing him in Elgin during his campaign trip through the Fox Valley. On Nov. 22, 1963 I w...
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Death was beginning of end of innocenceNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Honestly? JFK didn’t mean much to me when he was alive. He was rich, Catholic and his wife wore great clothes. That’s about all I knew. As a sophomore in high school, I ...
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Editorial: Actions must align with forest preserve missionNov 15, 2013 4:00 am - A new report takes Kane County Forest Preserve officials to task for decisions in recent years that the authors claim stray from the district’s core mission to preserve ...
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ALS a long road for caregivers, tooNov 09, 2013 4:00 am - When my husband, Steve, was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) eight years ago, all we knew for sure was that it would slowly rob him of his ability to f...
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Liberals no doubt told what to writeNov 09, 2013 3:40 am - Liberals no doubt told what to write I read with interest the comments by Victor Darst of West Dundee in the Nov. 4 edition of the paper. Darst purports that conser...
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Who is more extreme, radical?Nov 08, 2013 3:40 am - There has been a lot of opinion regarding the extreme and radical Tea Party the past few weeks. The Tea Party certainly did stand on the principle that Obamacare should ...
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Gap between rich, poor never greaterNov 05, 2013 3:40 am - Isn’t it time that we Americans realize that our current economic and trade policies need to change? What used to be the middle class is now, in blunt honesty, the worki...
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Vital to fund programs for seniorsNov 03, 2013 4:40 am - Vital to fund programs for seniors This is in response to the Oct. 4 Daily Herald opinion, plan for “aging in place.” As the Area Agency on Aging for Northeastern I...
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Editorial: Awareness key to battling heroin useNov 01, 2013 5:00 am - Police chiefs, legislators, school officials, parents, students. The fight against drugs — especially the heroin epidemic in our suburbs — is involving, rightfully so, a...