Maple Park Opinion
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Healing Field did just thatJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, I had the privilege to meet an incredible group of veterans. Our Vietnam veterans. It was an emotional week for many and a week of good feelings for others. I ...
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Put down your kids' piggy bankJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I really love her, but please don't tell her ... she's my precious and adorable one-year-old granddaughter. Don't tell her, you ask? Well, I have a creative and conveni...
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Obama blew chance with oil spillJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - When Obama first got elected his bitter opponents were wondering if it would take a nuclear bomb to get him to wake up and pay attention to the war on terror. Moderate c...
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Quinn job plan makes no senseJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Gov. Quinn's job plan - what kind of goofy plan is this? According to the article in a recent paper, the plan aims to put 15,000 low-income people to work. OK so far. He...
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Mandate English by third gradeJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Being a class of 2010 graduate from Larkin High School, I'm used to hearing the foreign languages in school. But where does it end? I truly believe that teaching or enco...
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Wetland project will be costlyJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to take a moment to bring all the residents of Mallard Point and Rolling Oaks and the residents of the village of Sugar Grove up to date as to what has been...
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Thanks for contributionsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Dundee Township Lions Club held its annual Diabetes Awareness Campaign in West Dundee on May 7 and 8. The club thanks the community for its generous contributions. T...
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Keep chickens out of suburbsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Reading about families keeping chickens and roosters in suburban backyards brought back very bad memories. Several years ago, we were living in an unincorporated area ne...
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Why can't we make immigration work?Jun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - There is much ado about immigrants, illegal or legal. Who is to blame for this mess? We are! It goes back to the Mexican-American war of 1845 when we "won" a large part ...
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Maintain mental health fundingJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Mental illness strikes as many as one in five families, yet treatment and care for those who suffer from mental illness is all but ignored by the state of Illinois. The ...