Lake Barrington Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: Horse senseApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - If the 2016 Olympics come to Chicago, you won't find the equestrian events in a Lake County forest preserve. The forest preserve idea has been dropped in favor of stagin...
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RTA does well to keep pressure on for capital planApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - No one denies the need for a capital projects budget in Illinois. The lingering question has been whether state political leaders can stop squabbling long enough to find...
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Township thanks the Wiechs for helpApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Fremont Township would like to thank the Wiech family, their employees, and their customers for their support of our food pantry. Wiech's Inn of Ivanhoe has graciously d...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Get your TV converter couponsApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - If your television is not digital ready or connected to a cable or satellite system, it will not work after Feb. 17, 2009 when all TV broadcasting must be digital. The ...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Saturday Soapbox: End of an era at CLCApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The Richard Fonte era at College of Lake County is over, and not a moment too soon. Fonte was hired as the college president in December 2006, but lasted only six months...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...