Downers Grove Opinion
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Wheaton band fest's success a team effortJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Thank you for your coverage of this year's Wheaton Band Festival. Bob Sanchez's article captured the mission and the spirit of the festival. We also appreciated the list...
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Educare gives kids a chance to succeedJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - On March 2, 2010, West Chicago High School District 94 issued a resolution supporting Educare of West DuPage. Our reasoning was multi-faceted - we believe the program wi...
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Forefathers turning in their gravesJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The playing of the "1812 Overture" by Tschaikovsky at celebrations of the Declaration of Independence is a national travesty. While our independence was characterized by...
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Responsible bidder plan a good ideaJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - At the July 13 DuPage County Forest Preserve Board meeting, I was thrilled that the board was encouraged to adopt responsible bidder language by candidates for the fores...
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What kind of choice is this?Jul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - How unfortunate if Illinois voters choose in November to jump from the frying pan (Pat Quinn) into the fire (Bill Brady). Mary F. Warren Wheaton ...
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When 'diminished liberty' occurs, society is unproductiveJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The debate over health care in this country is complicated enough without mucking it up with inappropriate comparisons, as David E. Smith (executive director of the Illi...
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Yes, there's hope for the future: Meet our internsJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - So, the golf buddies are walking toward their shots, shooting the breeze. One mentions someone's daughter is about to enter college, planning to study journalism. "Oh, r...
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More doctors, psychiatrists and aid for IraqJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Congratulations to a job well done on the article, "Humanitarian aid for all." For once, the people in Iraq are not numbers but actual living, breathing human beings wit...
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NAACP racial criticism of tea party amusingJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - I was quite amused recently at the NAACP's indictment of the tea party, calling them racist and condemning them. I now believe that this "AstroTurf" organization, as loo...
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Paving the path to kids' perilous futureJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The sign stood for weeks on Gary Avenue, just north of Jewell Road in Wheaton. Put up by the government, it proclaimed in stentorian tones that "This project is funded b...