St. Charles Opinion
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Editorial: YMCA merger a sensible solutionFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - Many suburban leaders learned long ago that if you link up with your neighbor, you can buy anything from ambulances to water towers to copy paper more cheaply. The Hoffm...
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Important to salute valuable teachersFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - I am a parent of three students at Ridge Circle Elementary school. With continued financial hardships and the struggle of administrators to turn around a broken school s...
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Misleading article on Lauzen sign upFeb 14, 2013 3:01 am - Misleading article on Lauzen sign up Jim Fuller’s Feb. 7 article regarding Kane County Board members participation in executive committee meetings misleads readers ...
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Control gun violence with practical ideasFeb 13, 2013 3:40 am - Control gun violence with practical ideas I have been reading many of the comments on the gun control issue and find that we need to get less emotional and more pra...
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Editorial: Yes to school shooting drills, no to mandateFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - In the 1950s and ’60s, the teacher would tell kids to take cover under desks when the siren signaled an air raid drill. Fifty years later, teachers lock their doors, dar...
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Deadly result of disarming a peopleFeb 05, 2013 3:40 am - Deadly result of disarming a people Before you consider the next piece of anti-gun legislation, I’d like you to consider the following: Thirty-five million uniforme...
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The SoapboxFeb 02, 2013 4:00 am - A boost in school safety: Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 says the measures were planned before the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, but it’s nice nonetheless to see ...
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Flawed Fatherhood Is the Problem AND the SolutionJan 22, 2013 10:00 pm - ST. CHARLES, IL – January 23, 2013 — As dozens die on Chicago streets, lawmakers struggle to stop the carnage through gun-control legislation, additional policing and sc...
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Media helps dumb down of societyJan 10, 2013 3:11 am - Media helps dumb down of society Regarding your “In Memoriam 2012,” I was dismayed at how your publication presented the list of famous people that died in 2012. Th...
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Editorial: Take flu precautions for yourself, othersJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Gesundheit! Now go home. Yes, and get some rest and drink plenty of fluids. And if you aren’t sneezing or coughing yet, your lungs and nasal passages clogged with conges...