Carpentersville Opinion
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Thanks for help after house fireDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - On Sept. 30, 2007 our family suffered the devastating loss of our home to a fire. By that evening we started to see the community of St. Charles and surrounding communit...
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Testing debate only hides larger problemDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - On 12-10, a Daily Herald editorial criticized the decision by the Illinois State Board of Education to require students still learning English to take the same tests as ...
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Tri-Cities soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A learning experience Kevin Burns will keep his day job and his political job. And the Geneva mayor will still have plenty of time for his family. In the end, that shoul...
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Too many excesses, and too few ethicsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Alfred Kirkland's letter hit the nail on the head. We are all in danger from the system's excesses. It all started with the administration of the Republican President Wa...
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Cook Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Bartlett voters, start your engines … If Bartlett voters in the 14th Congressional District don't think it's weird enough that they'll be voting twice for the same offic...
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Fox Valley soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A long road Once an art teacher in his small Mexican village, Juan Hernandez immigrated to the U.S. 17 years ago. He took two jobs, yet always had a return to teaching i...
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Offer still stands to buy, destroy gunsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Carpentersville trustees are obfuscating regarding my offer to pay to destroy rather than sell the used guns that they are planning to sell. The trustees say they knew n...
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Various disorders too much to takeDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Clerks in stores have been saying, "Have a happy holiday" to me and I'm highly offended. "Holiday" is a derivative of the words "Holy Day" and thoughts of anything holy ...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Loss of a great man and a great CatholicDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - It has been said that the greatness of a nation is reflected in how it cares for the poorest, most unfortunate of its citizenry. Several years ago, I was privileged to a...