Streamwood Opinion
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Money tight? Let's go to Disney WorldNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - One in 10 Americans is out of work. Twenty-five percent more people are bankrupt compared to last year. Foreclosures rose 18 percent in the last three months in the Chic...
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Volunteer your time, help childrenNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - It's not just being retired that motivates me to volunteer in a District 54 school. It's not just my desire to spend some of my available hours being helpful to the stud...
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Respectful, varied use of words can nudge the worldNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Paul Rusesabagina spoke in the suburbs this week about the power of words. It's an important message for anyone, but especially for people who produce and who read newsp...
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Setting record straight on MedicaidNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - In a letter from Pat Heise, she states what one spouse can keep when the other is in a nursing home, and says that Medicaid pays the nursing home costs "entirely." While...
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Saturday SoapboxOct 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Bravo, IDOT: The Illinois Department of Transportation has nixed Elgin's plans to put a red-light camera at Randall Road and Route 72, which had been the most dangerous ...
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'They gave my mother back her dignity'Oct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - You can read in the newspapers any given day about the things that young adult males do that are wrong, but I think it is necessary to announce the help that a group of ...
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Saturday SoapboxOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The name game: Naperville Unit District 203 asks residents to suggest names for the $11 million early childhood center under construction near Huntington Estates. This ...
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Moving boulders not popular, but correctSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I recently had to make a very unpopular but correct decision in regards to the unincorporated area of Schaumburg Township right of way road hazards. There are about 700 ...
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A 'good news-good news' budget for Dist. 211Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The Aug. 20, 2009 board of education meeting featured one of the most positive "Good News" budget stories ever presented to the District 211 Board of Education. Operatin...
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New leader must fill Teddy's shoesSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - At the dawning of a new day we received the news that Edward M. Kennedy, the Lion of the Senate, in his 47th year of service from the state of Massachusetts, had died. T...