Medinah Opinion
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Remembering Astor, Fudge and "everyone's dog'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Friday-night trip to the animal hospital was not in our plans. But Fudge, our Boston Terrier, had abruptly keeled over, vomited, and seemed incapable of getting up. Be...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Farewell to the Pizza Cottage, one of those great get-together placesDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Pizza Cottage in Roselle was one of those places where you went for a soft landing after a hard day. The pizzeria had been in the village for more than 50 years. It'...
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How the Naperville grinches ruined Christmas. Or not.Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - OK, I was a bit disappointed when the note arrived from one of my editors. "Naperville didn't ruin Christmas, after all." We were in hot pursuit of this breathtaking sto...
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Too much positive spin on Rep. HydeDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - It always amazes me when someone in public office passes away, all the accolades thrown their way. In the case of Henry Hyde, almost everything you heard after his passi...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Thanks for backing WDSRA's 'Taste'Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - A fundraising event's success is dependent upon sponsorships, donations and attendance. Western DuPage Special Recreation Association's Taste of Western DuPage, held at ...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Caring church, caring communityNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Can you imagine your main mode of transportation being a bicycle, even at this time of the year? I recently helped a man at Trinity Lutheran Church's first "clinic," who...
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Government and religion co-existNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Whoever taught Sarah Brannan (Fence Post, Nov. 15) about the First Amendment didn't teach her about its original intent to prevent Congress from restricting religious fr...