Des Plaines Opinion
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Where are all the flags now?Sep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I was very disappointed riding around my neighborhood on Sept. 11. There were very few flags out. On my whole block there were only two flags — mine and a family who fli...
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Cook County contracts need board voteSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - We're all for streamlining government. Eliminating layers can save taxpayers money as well as frustration. But sometimes, knowing a particular government's history gives...
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Look at parties of high-paid officialsSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - On Aug. 24, the Daily Herald published an in-depth article on the front page by Jake Griffin on the obscenely high salaries of local township supervisors. The highest sa...
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Cable costs sending her back to basicsSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I am getting upset with the cable companies. I’m not the only one with this problem. They are messing around with the free channels so that we’ll get cable. Promise a ce...
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Leave cursive instruction aloneSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I found your article about teaching cursive writing to our youth in the public schools very interesting, indeed. Having taught and served as principal in two schools in ...
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Writer ignored facts in Walsh criticismSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - There comes a time when intelligent, well-meaning folks realize that heated and emotional rhetoric is not only anti-productive but is childish and accomplishes nothing. ...
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Obesity battle begins at homeSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I applaud the Campanelli YMCA in Schaumburg for using their grant money to help fund a program to fight childhood obesity as outlined in a front-page story on Aug. 30. B...
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Community college a valuable resourceSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - History has told us that as the economy sours, more and more people turn to their neighborhood community college to regroup, retrain and look for new careers. And that h...
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Moved by paper’s 9/11 coverageSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I was dreading the rehash of the 9/11 tragedy that propelled our country into a decade of disastrous wars, but the Daily Herald anniversary edition corrected my mood. Yo...
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With God’s help we can handle our trialsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Let’s take a tour around a typical block in your hometown. We’ll check in on your neighbors, down the block, across the street and right next door. How many of their sce...