Port Barrington Opinion
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Money takers now outnumber suppliersSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - The end of a good thing. I think the first guy to observe this truth was Cicero, Roman Senator in about 33 B.C.; the most recent was a professor Tyler in Scotland in 177...
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Don’t need warrior for middle classSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Here comes the second Obama stimulus bill even though the first one in 2009 didn’t work. He touted the exact verbiage of how we needed infrastructure repair and how it w...
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Nothing absurd about OK’ing Huntley hospitalSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - When my grandmother was alive and living in Del Webb, she was required to travel to Good Shepherd Hospital for care. Although the care she received was very good, the di...
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Food pantry event a rousing successSep 23, 2011 4:00 am - The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry thanks the community for their support of “Be a Neighbor-Feed a Neighbor” Day Sept. 10. The donations at grocery a...
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We deserve hospital in HuntleySep 22, 2011 4:00 am - Centegra has been a part of my life ever since I can remember. Three generations of my family turn to Centegra for checkups, emergency matters and much more. Even when m...
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This is my town; I deserve a hospitalSep 17, 2011 6:00 am - When the state review board said “no” to Centegra Health System’s application for a Huntley hospital, I took it personally. After all, I live in Huntley. I need this hos...
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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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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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Never understood purpose of townshipsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Having read all about the salaries of our township supervisors, I am still highly confused about the purpose of townships. They are definitely entities that have not one...