Winfield Opinion
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Editorial: Learning to eat our fruits and veggiesJul 20, 2012 5:00 am - In our busy lives, where our next meal is often a drive-through window away, few of us can truthfully say we get our full recommended complement of fruits and vegetables...
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Springbrook Prairie’s new status welcomeJul 17, 2012 2:35 pm - Springbrook Prairie’s new status welcome The River Prairie Group of the Sierra Club is thrilled to support the Forest Preserve Commission of DuPage County in their ...
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DuPage hit hard two weeks ago, but pales compared to '96Jul 15, 2012 5:00 am - The framed, color reprint of the front page of our July 19, 1996, edition still hangs on the wall outside my office. The main story contains one of my all-time favorite ...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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To judges go the leftovers; a Ribfest retrospectiveJul 08, 2012 5:00 am - In the already-sweltering Ribfest tent, Naperville Mayor George Pradel rose to his feet last Sunday and bellowed out the rib judges’ sacred oath: “I do solemnly swear to...
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Healthcare law hurtsJul 03, 2012 4:40 am - The so-called Affordable Care Act should never have been passed in the first place. It is costing jobs, hurting seniors and preventing the economy from bouncing back. Th...
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Editorial: Dangers to health and the public’s right to knowJul 01, 2012 8:37 pm - One day last week, Daily Herald Staff Writer Eric Peterson received a tip that hundreds of thousands of gallons of sludge leaked from the John E. Egan Water Reclamation ...
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Judging at Naperville Ribfest no laughing matterJul 01, 2012 5:00 am - As you read this, perhaps you’re on your second cup of coffee, contemplating some pancakes, maybe bacon and eggs. I’ll be snarfing down some barbecue ribs. As long as th...
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Photogs’ faves: From MJ to ?GuatemalaJun 24, 2012 5:00 am - So, Patrick Kunzer’s irascible photo editor tells him to get something other than the standard head-on shot. Something we’ve never seen before, maybe a behind-the-scenes...
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The SoapboxJun 23, 2012 5:00 am - 25 years for kids museum: DuPage County should be proud that the vision of Louise Beem and Dorothy Carpenter, who used a station wagon to move exhibits from one home to...