Elburn Opinion
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Soapbox: For children's sakeSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Earlier this week, police arrested a convicted sex offender in Glen Ellyn after he was accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl who lived in the same apa...
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Soapbox: Pay attentionSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Waubonsee Community College had input from professors when it designed its new Academic and Professional Center. The $13.2 million, 56,000-square-foot building -- which ...
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Soapbox: District 300 puts FOIA onlineSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Community Unit District 300 recently began offering Freedom of Information Act forms and documents on the district's Web site, www.d300.org. If you click on the "Freedom...
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Want A/C? Get year-round schoolsSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - This is in response to the front page headline and article in the Sept. 6 paper, referencing the need for teachers to have air-conditioned rooms, in fact the entire scho...
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Schlomann taking some positive stepsSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Schlomann taking some positive steps After my recent letter in the Daily Herald regarding the use of consultants in D303 I received a call from Superintendent Schlomann,...
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Times, techniques change, but mission stays the sameSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - We are, it appears, cursed to live in interesting times. There was a time when the "make money" portion of the Daily Herald's well-known three-pronged mission statement ...
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Ways to keep kids from taking the heatSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Mid-August now means welcome back to school. And time for the four Rs. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic -- and Roasting. Whoever thought it was a good idea to start the scho...
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Let's find ways to cut energy useSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The controversy over coal power is on the minds of many people today, as well as a topic of conversation and debate. Froma Harrop's column "Coal may be cheap, but it is ...
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Wouldn't Betty Loren-Maltese Memorial Tollway be more apt?Sep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - You wouldn't name the Brookfield Zoo after Michael Vick, the official canine exterminator of the NFL. O'Hare International Airport isn't going to be renamed for the mayo...
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Soapbox: You want it, you pay for itSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Charles school district teachers, and we assume a fair number of parents, are looking for each school to get air conditioning. Seems like a great idea during a hot w...