Downers Grove Opinion
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Toll board member's pique good for us allJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Steven Harris is my new hero. Harris, a board member of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, did an everyman rave out at Thursday's meeting that provided great ins...
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Naperville supports its veteransJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - I had the honor of visiting Hines VA Hospital with the Naperville VFW. We do that every month. There, I met a Vietnam Veteran from Michigan who served three tours in Vie...
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Let's not forget the tyranny of NazisJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The younger generation has very little understanding of what our soldiers fought for in World War II. To the Nazis, everyone was a lesser human than the Germans. A Poli...
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Why no funding for heart disease cure?Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Your pharmaceutical company-inspired propaganda about alternative medicine on the front page of the June 11 business section by Marilynn Marchione is extraordinarily poo...
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County kids have inside track to jobsJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing in response to the June 10 Daily Herald article about DuPage County officials, nepotism and summer jobs in the county. I start this response with the fact t...
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Be proactive against pesky mosquitoesJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Two sure signs of summer are expected to surface this week - one welcome, one not so. Meteorologists say the warmer weather we've been craving after what seemed to be a ...
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Don't let the bullies wear you downJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - I returned from Springfield with quite an eye-opening education to the state's budget process, as well as how to survive on minimal sleep. It is so great to be back in m...
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Saturday SoapboxJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - A second chance: Like many of us, perhaps you weren't ready when Flag Day came around June 14. There's still time before the Fourth of July to replace a tired, worn symb...
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Should have let vets see the displayJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I attended the D-Day ceremony at the Cantigny Museum on June 6. It was great to see the approximate 500 World War II veterans in attendance. We owe those vets a lot. I s...
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No plan for Gitmo prisonersJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - In an interview with BBC ahead of his trip the Middle East and Europe, President Obama said: "I think the thing that we can do most importantly is serve as a good role m...