Des Plaines Opinion
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Just what ‘loving ways’ will reduce abortions?Feb 20, 2012 11:00 pm - In response to the Feb. 6 letter from Gaylon Alcaraz, executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund: I’m most confused by your letter. You defend abortion, and it seem...
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President’s energy policies misguidedFeb 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Well, it looks like the president is keeping his campaign promise of raising fuel costs — fossil fuels, that is — as fuel prices will be nearing all-time highs. It’s bad...
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Bill Peterson endorses Gaffney in 52ndFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - On March 20th Republican voters will have the opportunity to nominate state Rep. Kent Gaffney as their candidate in the November election. Before being appointed to the ...
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Panel must fairly set future of ROE’sFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - You may recall my colleagues and I were thrust squarely into the spotlight last summer when Gov. Pat Quinn decided to veto funding for regional superintendents’ salaries...
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Only one answer to 14/59/CN problem in BarringtonFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - Several ideas have been espoused to alleviate the problems associated with the Canadian National Railroad crossing on Route 14 east of Route 59. Flint Creek lies paralle...
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EG voters made library call 30 years agoFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - In the 1980s the voters on the west side of Elk Grove supported a decision to join Schaumburg library district. The Elk Grove and Schaumburg libraries worked out an agre...
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Farewell, and thanks for all the memoriesFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all the great customers of Barnaby’s Schaumburg. We’ve had a loyal following for the past 43 years, customers who’ve c...
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Take time to learn about rare diseasesFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - I am writing to alert readers to observe World Rare Disease Day on Feb. 29. In the United States, a disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 people. S...
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Don’t ‘fix’ garbage pickup, it’s just fineFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - As a 50-plus-year resident of Rolling Meadows, I question the intentions of the Rolling Meadows City Council to privatize our refuse collection. I had stated at the coun...
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An ode to the best kind of winterFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - Yesterday afternoon Erin Rodriguez and Jillian Henry, neighbors and students of Arlington Heights elementary schools, came to call with a poem in hand which they had com...