Elgin Opinion
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Looking for orphan train riders, kinMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - In its 20th season, Children's Theatre of Elgin and Fox Valley Theatre Company's founders, David and Peter Akemann, created a story that will entertain and educate its a...
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Teens need to get facts on STDsMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The fact that 25 percent of girls 14 to 19 years old have at least one STD describes a huge problem in our society. As a nurse, I am aware of the trauma that STDs can i...
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Saturday Soapbox: Those ringing phonesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A bill has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that would ban those annoying "robo-calls" from politicians seeking your vote. You have to like this bill, t...
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Dilemma of Iraq: stay in or get outMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Some years ago, we entered Iraq for fear of atomic and biological weapons in the hands of a rogue government. Whether right or wrong, that decision is now history. The ...
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When did we join the Axis of Evil?Mar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - For perhaps the first time in seven years of an evil, totalitarian, benighted administration, we are confronted with the truth. The president of the United States suppo...
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Hastert departure was a disserviceMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Had former Speaker Dennis Hastert served his full term, none of the special election problems would exist. For whatever selfish or self-serving reasons he had for leavin...
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Pat Botterman will be rememberedMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - It is with great sadness that I read of the passing of Pat Botterman. I had come to know Pat when I ran on a bipartisan slate for a township post. I found that Pat had a...
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Abstinence beats condoms vs. STDsMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - As a family physician, I was deeply concerned upon reviewing the March 12 article regarding the prevalence of STDs in teenage girls and the limitations of teaching absti...
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Searching for what's best on school safetyMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - As a nation, we've been searching for answers since April 20, 1999, when two troubled students turned Columbine High School in Colorado into a mass murder scene. As resi...
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Shopping alone not always good ideaMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - On a recent night at around 6 p.m., I went shopping at a mall with my teen and pre-teen daughters, and friends. As we entered, two grungy-looking guys were hanging out ...