South Barrington Opinion
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What went wrong and how to fix itMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - "What went wrong? And what are you doing to make sure it doesn't happen again?" Citizens have a right and a responsibility to demand answers to these two questions after...
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Do a story about the life of a teacherApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Enough teacher bashing! What an appalling morning. I woke up to read the Daily Herald, only to find out that in my profession, I sit on my butt and do nothing, I'm not w...
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Shaking a baby is never the right moveApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - April is Shaken Baby Awareness Month. Based on a North Carolina research project published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in August of 2003, approxim...
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Troubled by challenge to Dist. 15 petitionsApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Responding to an article in your paper regarding the School District 15 bond issue, I drove to the Palatine Post Office in order to sign the petition which asked that th...
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School boards part of pension problemApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - On Sunday, we detailed how the state legislature failed to fulfill its obligation to fund pensions for teachers and school administrators. That represents a big chunk of...
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Join Barrington Hills in Earth Day eventsApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Earth Day 2010 initiative in Barrington Hills: the Beautification Committee is going paperless! President Abboud led the way for consuming less product, creating less ga...
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Saturday Soapbox: We're all in this togetherApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - All in this together: If nothing else, Earth Day brings a good reminder. No matter if one is a fervent believer in global warming or believes it's nothing more th...
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Petition drive was democracy in actionApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Since March 10th, we who live in the area served by School District 15 have been fortunate to witness democracy and grass root citizenship in action. It was on that day ...
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Illinois Lottery people, listen upApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - To all players of the Lottery: I would buy many more tickets if the machine which sold the tickets would flash "winner" or "loser" as the ticket comes out. If ticket was...
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You made petition drive successfulApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - As part of the Bonds on the Ballot group of citizen-moms, we would like to take our hat off to each and everyone of the circulators - all 168 of you. Without your determ...