Hampshire Opinion
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Legislature fails to curb pay-day loansJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Usury is alive and well in Illinois. As the Springfield legislative session wrapped up, it failed for a second year in a row to close the loophole in Illinois law that...
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Used book sale a success in WascoJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The 8th Annual Wasco Used Book Sale, held April 18, 2008, was once again extremely successful thanks to the efforts of our entire community. The PTO is extremely gratefu...
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If elected, Obama could face problems that doomed CarterMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - A year after Jimmy Carter lost his re-election race to Ronald Reagan, Hamilton Jordan, his former White House chief of staff, sat down for a lengthy interview with schol...
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...
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Obama, as president, could face problems that doomed CarterMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - A year after Jimmy Carter lost his re-election race to Ronald Reagan, Hamilton Jordan, his former White House chief of staff, sat down for a lengthy interview with schol...
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Scrapbook time of year for parents is good news for us allMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Individually, graduates may be experiencing the raw ache of 'last times' for so many activities, but collectively, they remind us of an important cycle of life When you ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fox ValleyMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Schools can help as well as educate A good school district is central to a community in providing education and guidance for students. In times of crisis, a school can a...
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Praise for heroes on the home frontMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Ed Szydlowski didn't hesitate when he heard a woman's cries for help as smoke billowed from her home. The Carpentersville village engineer from Hampshire immediately ran...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fox ValleyMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A nice how-do-you-do It was a pleasant surprise for one of our soapbox writers to get a voice mail at home Monday afternoon from Jose Torres, who was named superintenden...
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Indiana, North Carolina primaries much too muchMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The endless Democratic presidential campaign has lurched from irrelevance to trivia, triggering a near-universal call to bring it to a halt. The two states that voted o...