Crystal Lake Opinion
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The SoapboxJul 28, 2012 5:00 am - Help for the rescuers Weather extremes hit suburban wildlife hard, and rehabilitation centers are inundated with young or injured birds, squirrels and other animals that...
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Editorial: Planning, training to keep our kids safeJul 27, 2012 5:00 am - The scene was all too real. Yellow police tape marked off the Gifford Street High School parking lot while Elgin’s SWAT team armed with rifles waited for their signal to...
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Editorial: Restrict public pensions to retireesJul 23, 2012 5:56 am - What a sweet deal. If you can get it. Daily Herald Staff Writer Jake Griffin reported last week that longtime Addison Police Chief Timothy Hayden is retiring. The mayor ...
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Editorial: Murder in a Colorado movie theaterJul 21, 2012 6:00 am - What are the lessons of horror? What are we to take away from an episode of senseless violence, an instance of inexplicable random killing and terror? A crowded theater ...
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Editorial: Learning to eat our fruits and veggiesJul 20, 2012 5:00 am - In our busy lives, where our next meal is often a drive-through window away, few of us can truthfully say we get our full recommended complement of fruits and vegetables...
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Make sure renters know condo planJul 20, 2012 4:40 am - Every now and then there is an update on the Riverside Plaza at Routes 31 and 62 in Algonquin. Now there is talk of changing the condo units into apartments. However, in...
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Editorial: A precaution about pets during the dog daysJul 18, 2012 5:00 am - While out running errands, you’ve probably seen a dog or cat locked in a car waiting for its owner to return. If it was a warm, sunny day, maybe you were concerned. If t...
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Coolidge’s decisions will be based on factsJul 15, 2012 4:40 am - This fall voters have the opportunity to begin to break down the extremist political orthodoxy that crashed the economy in 2007-2008 and has been refusing to let it rest...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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As Christianity goes, so goes governmentJul 08, 2012 4:40 am - The following was written by Jedediah Morse in 1799. Morse, a minister, was keenly interested in geography and earned the informal title of the “father of geography” in ...