South Barrington Opinion
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Editorial: A new approach to train for manufacturing jobsJun 25, 2012 6:00 am - Regular readers of our Opinion Page commentaries know that we long have been impressed by Harper College President Kenneth Ender’s energizing call for an integrated appr...
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The SoapboxJun 09, 2012 5:00 am - Ray and the first morning of summer: Here's how Ray Bradbury wrote about growing up in Waukegan in the intro to “Dandelion Wine.” “It was a quiet morning, the town cover...
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Congratulations, Harper track teamMay 25, 2012 10:38 am - The Bears are gone, the Blackhawks are gone, the Bulls are gone. The Cubs and Sox ... mmmm, what can I say? So thank you Harper track team; because of you we have a mira...
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Being smart about college loansMay 02, 2012 1:00 am - The premise is simple enough. Keep interest rates manageable so students can borrow money to go to college, improve their lives and be able to pay it back without going ...
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Road crews should give drivers a breakApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - I can appreciate the fact that IDOT does most of its repairs during the night, so as not to disrupt traffic. However, the workers seem to forget that there are people wh...
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The SoapboxApr 21, 2012 5:00 am - Hey! What happened to that balmy, early spring weather we’ve come to love — and expect? Al fresco in Lombard: Lombard’s long-running challenge has been to revitalize its...
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District 15 mess a shared responsibilityApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - Your story on the budget to date at District 15 outlines a dilemma facing most suburban school districts; i.e. we want good schools, but we can’t afford what we have tod...
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Common ground still can be found in troubled seasonMar 15, 2012 7:42 pm - March isn’t just the month for wild excitement on school basketball courts. It’s also the month for a much sadder task. By law, schools have to notify teachers by the en...
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Don’t cut Dist. 15 program assistantsMar 12, 2012 5:46 am - The balance of treating District 15 both as a business AND as a school district has been skewed. If there was a true balance, understanding the importance of quality edu...
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Kudos to Harper for special needs enrichment classesMar 12, 2012 5:00 am - My job, as a father of a son with autism, is to advocate for him and all special needs young adults, who after high school either graduate or stay in a high school adult...