Wheeling Opinion
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Special needs classes at Harper start soonAug 20, 2012 5:00 am - To all parents with special needs young adults, and especially adults with autism, Harper College in Palatine, through their Continuing Education Department, will be off...
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It’s time for GOP to lead state legislatureAug 20, 2012 5:00 am - Voters have many reasons to be angry about what is going on — and what is not being done — in Springfield under the leadership of House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senat...
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Workplace language must be appropriateAug 16, 2012 10:22 pm - Writer Karla Miller’s response to a reader asking how to deal with a complaining co-worker was extremely inappropriate. In her July 29 column in Business she said to use...
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Dold’s survey of seniors slantedAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - I recently received a rather patronizing “seniors issues” survey from Congressman Robert Dold. One of the three questions asked if medical decisions should be made betwe...
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Editorial: Turnaround at Lake County Fair encouragingAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - The attendance figures for the 84th annual Lake County Fair, which ended a couple of weeks ago, won’t knock anyone’s socks off. A total of 91,548 visitors, up about 2.8 ...
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Troubled by ECC public safety, truck schoolsAug 14, 2012 4:40 am - The Burlington village board OK’d a conceptual plan for ECC’s vision of a regional public safety and sustainability facility. We the people voted to approve a $178 milli...
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Not the right time to build Town CenterAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - On July 24 the Daily Herald reported that the Village of Wheeling trustees just approved in a 6:1 vote to spend $120 million dollars last Monday for building the Town Ce...
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Health care law is badly neededAug 04, 2012 5:00 am - Thank goodness that as of now, the Supreme Court has upheld the basic tenets of the Affordable Care Act — please don’t be so demeaning as to call it Obamacare. As a two-...
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The SoapboxJul 28, 2012 5:00 am - Help for the rescuers Weather extremes hit suburban wildlife hard, and rehabilitation centers are inundated with young or injured birds, squirrels and other animals that...
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Move Philhaven to site on Dundee Rd.Jul 23, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to commend the Wheeling Village Board for making the right decision regarding Philhaven. The Hintz Road loacation is the wrong place for a project like thi...