Marengo Opinion
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...
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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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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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Funding cuts fall hard on those seeking jobs in McHenryMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Wolff is assistant director of the McHenry County Workforce Network Although McHenry County is not the only county in Illinois, or the country, to experience a declinin...
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Saturday Soapbox: Entertaining or embarrassing?Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The New York Times last year gave the nation at large a glimpse into the immigration debate that had been strangling Carpentersville. And now, with a few keystrokes, you...
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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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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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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 ...