Winfield Opinion
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Nature hit hard, but got no 10-countAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Nature hit us hard with a variety of vicious blows. Last week, rain came down inch after agonizing inch, flooding streets, homes and businesses. A tornado touched down b...
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Fans singing for a chance at 7th heavenAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - As a kid growing up in Arlington Heights, Matt Shepardson dreamed of stepping up to home plate at Wrigley Field and launching a Ryne Sandberg-esque home run as C...
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Praying for an end to cruel abortionAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - It is a sad day in America -- in our community -- when under the guise of caring for women's health, another abortion clinic will soon open in DuPage County. Recently, ...
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Metra needs money to keep runningAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...
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Soapbox: Cloudy forecast in District 203Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Jackie Romberg has her work cut out for her as the newest member of the Naperville Unit District 203 school board. Appointed last week by the six other board members, th...
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Wanted by disillusioned public: leadersAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - While candidates and pundits wonder endlessly if a presidential wannabe is black enough or woman enough, too Mormon, too liberal or too conservative, voters and taxpaye...
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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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No need to raise taxes on gasolineAug 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Regarding Mary Warren's Fence Post opinion, while Mary was at least correct that we need better efficiency in our vehicles, she couldn't be more wrong on the rest of her...