Mount Prospect Opinion
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Leave cursive instruction aloneSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I found your article about teaching cursive writing to our youth in the public schools very interesting, indeed. Having taught and served as principal in two schools in ...
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Writer ignored facts in Walsh criticismSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - There comes a time when intelligent, well-meaning folks realize that heated and emotional rhetoric is not only anti-productive but is childish and accomplishes nothing. ...
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Obesity battle begins at homeSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I applaud the Campanelli YMCA in Schaumburg for using their grant money to help fund a program to fight childhood obesity as outlined in a front-page story on Aug. 30. B...
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Community college a valuable resourceSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - History has told us that as the economy sours, more and more people turn to their neighborhood community college to regroup, retrain and look for new careers. And that h...
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Moved by paper’s 9/11 coverageSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I was dreading the rehash of the 9/11 tragedy that propelled our country into a decade of disastrous wars, but the Daily Herald anniversary edition corrected my mood. Yo...
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With God’s help we can handle our trialsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Let’s take a tour around a typical block in your hometown. We’ll check in on your neighbors, down the block, across the street and right next door. How many of their sce...
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Why doesn’t state befriend business?Sep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Did you read Barron’s recently? Their headline ”Best and Worst Run States”: “As more states begin to get their finances in order, the outlook is brightening for municipa...
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Wildlife center deserves praiseSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - The professionals, staff and volunteers that humanely work to rehabilitate wildlife species at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center merit commendation and laudation. They ha...
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Business come to aid of fundraiserSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Recently a fundraiser was held in honor of my granddaughter, Samantha Stobbe, who was born with PKS (Pallister-Killian Syndrome) a very rare condition. We would like to ...
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Mt. Prospect waitress was local legendSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Your recent article on the closing of a Mount Prospect restaurant landmark, Little America, struck us by what it reported almost as much as what it did not report. I did...