Naperville Opinion
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Soapbox: Get tribute to fallen soldier doneSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - In the course of reporting the effort to get a Warrenville post office renamed for Jeffrey Allen Williams a number of points became apparent. First, Williams died for h...
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Soapbox: Circle talks can live onSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Aurora's Study Circles program officially disbanded last week, a decade after it was formed to promote diversity awareness. In the end, leaders said it was too hard to c...
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Cycling commuters have opened our eyesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - For those who drive to work, it may not be surprising that the Chicago area clocks in some of the highest average travel times to work in the nation. In a 2005 ranking o...
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Small price to avoid big problemAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Yes, $90,000 is a lot of money, as Aurora Ald. Rick Lawrence notes. But it pales in comparison with, say, a potential $9 million lawsuit, as Mayor Tom Weisner also notes...
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Some suicides require coverage, but always with sensitivityAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sad though it is, covering tragedy is a mainstay of daily news reporting. When people are injured or die violently, a wide range of factors come into play to make that n...
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Nature hit hard, but got no 10-countAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Nature hit us hard with a variety of vicious blows. Last week, rain came down inch after agonizing inch, flooding streets, homes and businesses. A tornado touched down b...
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Fans singing for a chance at 7th heavenAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - As a kid growing up in Arlington Heights, Matt Shepardson dreamed of stepping up to home plate at Wrigley Field and launching a Ryne Sandberg-esque home run as C...
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Praying for an end to cruel abortionAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - It is a sad day in America -- in our community -- when under the guise of caring for women's health, another abortion clinic will soon open in DuPage County. Recently, ...
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Immigrant reform is urgently neededAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - I read with interest and disgust your story about Elvira Arellano. It wasn't your story that disgusted me, it was the subject. As far as I'm concerned, Ms. Arellano doe...
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Saturday Soapbox: A senseless lossAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Two 15-year-olds running around with guns in a crowded shopping plaza in Addison. Not surprisingly, tragedy ensues, in this case, the shooting death of 14-year-old Franc...