Winfield Opinion
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Naperville Rotary Club talk leads to digital angstApr 15, 2012 5:00 am - I approached Bob Smith, our intrepid city editor, with an urgent request: Bob, I said, we have to find a way to make this work so I don’t look like an idiot. The occasio...
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Stand up for District 44 music programApr 15, 2012 1:00 am - Did you know that Lombard Elementary District 44 has cut the general music middle school curriculum effective with the 2012-13 academic year? I found out about it before...
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COD restaurant also a teaching toolApr 14, 2012 1:00 am - In a March 24 letter to the Daily Herald, the College of DuPage was criticized by a faculty member for incorporating a fine dining restaurant, Waterleaf, into our new Cu...
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We know the dangers of diesel emissionsApr 13, 2012 11:59 am - The latest research study to come out of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland concludes that diesel emissions cause lung cancer. It concludes that exp...
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Drones need much more scrutinyApr 13, 2012 11:58 am - In his article “Coming To A Sky Near You,” Mr. Wohlsen completely misses the critical concern about operating drones over domestic airspace. Privacy isn’t the issue. Saf...
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Library Appreciation Week a huge successApr 13, 2012 11:57 am - Everyone at Literacy DuPage extends a heartfelt thank you to all 20-plus libraries in DuPage County during Library Appreciation Week. By providing tutoring space, commun...
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Liberals expert at creating ‘victims’Apr 13, 2012 1:00 am - Liberals have perfected the “creating of victims award”. For 60 plus years the liberals have kept the African American community trapped in the “victim” mode. In recent ...
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Misunderstanding at Milton town meetingApr 12, 2012 5:43 pm - Apathy wins again. At the April 10 Milton Township annual meeting, less than 300 people made a decision for over 118,600 residents. The questions to be voted on, by voic...
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Many negatives to senior housing planApr 12, 2012 5:28 pm - The revised senior living facility proposed recently to the Wheaton City Council by Focus Development has negative consequences for Wheaton regarding quality of life, ta...
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Government so big, my world so smallApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - Well, I’ve filed my federal and state tax returns. I now file this report on what it’s like to be browbeaten by Uncle Sam, who scowls more fiercely around this time of t...