Downers Grove Opinion
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Diluting the power of moment of silenceOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Like any large suburban high school, Neuqua Valley has had its moments of tragedy. Most recently, we've lost several members of our learning community including Roosevel...
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Pointing fingers at the wrong peopleOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Joni Blackman's Oct. 13 column seemingly casts blame on further divisiveness in Indian Prairie Unit District 204. Is it fair to point fingers at the taxpayers who defea...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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County officials must share budget painOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, it probably would have taken a fairy godmother to bail DuPage County out of its budget crisis. But maybe she was too busy with other things to waste time wav...
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Change vote, for the sake of childrenOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - She was for it before she was against it. My representative, Judy Biggert, was one of 16 U.S. House Republicans, including Illinois' Mark Kirk, who originally supported ...
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Questions needing answers in Dist. 204Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - The District 204 school board is engaging in a bit of revisionist history. Board president Mark Metzger stated in the Oct. 3 Daily Herald: "We are certainly, most likely...
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Excuses as empty as water stationsOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago Marathon organizers, who have attempted to shift the blame for their managerial blunder to the marathon runners, should be hung out to dry. Their excuse that the...
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Candles are not that dangerousOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - I read yet another article on how dangerous candles are, this time by Jennifer Farrar in the Sept. 30 Daily Herald. I would like to offer some clarity on this issue on b...
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Soapbox: Path needs another funding sourceOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Warrenville could walk away with something extra as part of the long-awaited thorium cleanup of the DuPage River. City representatives say they would like to see a netwo...
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Soapbox: Words hardly sufficeOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Adequate words truly fail in expressing condolences to longtime political fixture Jim Ryan and his wife, Marie, on the death by apparent suicide of their son Patrick. Te...