Island Lake Opinion
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Keep tax break for nonprofit hospitalsSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Not-for-profit hospitals must be ready to treat sick and injured people 24 hours a day regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. Free health care is given to many ill pa...
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Don’t need warrior for middle classSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Here comes the second Obama stimulus bill even though the first one in 2009 didn’t work. He touted the exact verbiage of how we needed infrastructure repair and how it w...
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Nothing absurd about OK’ing Huntley hospitalSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - When my grandmother was alive and living in Del Webb, she was required to travel to Good Shepherd Hospital for care. Although the care she received was very good, the di...
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Roundabout agreement improves safetySep 24, 2011 4:00 am - A recent letter to the editor was filled with inaccurate information regarding the equestrian underpass on Hunt Club Road. In response to that letter, here are the facts...
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Food pantry event a rousing successSep 23, 2011 4:00 am - The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry thanks the community for their support of “Be a Neighbor-Feed a Neighbor” Day Sept. 10. The donations at grocery a...
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We deserve hospital in HuntleySep 22, 2011 4:00 am - Centegra has been a part of my life ever since I can remember. Three generations of my family turn to Centegra for checkups, emergency matters and much more. Even when m...
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Compare U.S. budget to a typical family’sSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars. Few people know how much money that is so we’ll illustrate the breakdown of 2011 federal budget in...
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This is my town; I deserve a hospitalSep 17, 2011 6:00 am - When the state review board said “no” to Centegra Health System’s application for a Huntley hospital, I took it personally. After all, I live in Huntley. I need this hos...
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The SoapboxSep 17, 2011 5:00 am - Wheaton hero honored: Thoughtful work went into the efforts of a committee that recommended the commons of Wheaton North High School be named for Staff Sgt. Robert Mille...
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Walsh, too, engages in political theaterSep 17, 2011 5:00 am - You can count me as one of Illinois’ 8th District residents that is increasingly embarrassed to be represented by Rep. Joe Walsh. His latest attention-getting behavior p...