Round Lake Opinion
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The SoapboxNov 05, 2011 5:00 am - Leading by example: Avon Township residents watching their budgets got some tax help from Supervisor Sam Yingling and five political allies who recently presented a chec...
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Focus on adjunct quality, not quantityOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a way to save costs, community colleges have increasingly hired adjunct instructors. Bargain that they are, part-timers also allow schools to easily fill gaps and exp...
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Moving on from a public mistakeOct 04, 2011 9:00 am - State Sen. Suzi Schmidt used very poor judgment when she called 911 last Christmas Day to suggest dispatchers ignore her husband if he called. As a former Lake County Bo...
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The Soapbox: Fermilab tests speed-of-light barrierSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - The earth moves — fast: Scientists at Fermilab will be whipping subatomic particles around an accelerator tunneled beneath the suburbs, trying to replicate or refute an ...
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The SoapboxSep 17, 2011 5:00 am - Wheaton hero honored: Thoughtful work went into the efforts of a committee that recommended the commons of Wheaton North High School be named for Staff Sgt. Robert Mille...
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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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A lesson in compassion in a courtroomAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - By most measures, the family of Santiago “Jimmy” Balderas has every reason to want to see David Maish suffer as they are suffering. Maish, 40, of Spring Grove, had a blo...
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Lake fair a forum for special interestsAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - The Lake County Fair stooped to a new low on Saturday evening during the rodeo event. A fair already riddled with vendors who entice children into their booth for a litt...
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Limit p-card use, ensure transparencyAug 05, 2011 3:00 am - It’s much easier to hand a clerk your debit card than it is to hand over money. It’s one reason casinos have you play with chips instead of cash. So it follows that it’s...
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Round Lake right to take actionJul 03, 2011 12:00 am - The subject article states that Round Lake Maayor Dietz “wished people would behave themselves.” Scrolling down the comments online, I read several of the vituperative, ...