Woodridge Opinion
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Two engineers needed on trainsApr 24, 2016 2:35 PM - A Woodridge letter to the editor: A good safety system should have redundant safeguards built into it. Redundancy is a duplication of critical components or functions with the intention of increasing the system's reliability.
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'Direct support' staff need better payApr 12, 2016 12:01 AM - A Woodridge letter to the editor: I am 48 years old and benefit from services provided to me by Ray Graham Association. I live in a home in Woodridge that I share with five friends and during the day I attend a Community Learning Center in Burr Ridge.
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Second Amendment intent hasn't changedDec 16, 2015 12:01 AM - A Woodridge letter to the editor: In his Dec. 14 letter, Theodore Utchen writes that since the Second Amendment referred to the need of the militia to be called up from the populace, it is no longer relevant. He goes on to say the Supreme Court should "declare" that the Second Amendment is void.
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Endorsement: Sandack in House Dist. 81Oct 17, 2014 1:01 AM - The Daily Herald endorses Republican Ron Sandack for another term in Illinois House Dist. 81.
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Editorial: Pooling resources will help boost digital learningSep 18, 2013 5:00 AM - Five suburban districts are wisely working together to provide online learning opportunities to students, many of whom may do better in a non-classroom environment, a Daily Herald editorial says.
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Look closely at value of Dist. 203 lawsuitSep 16, 2013 5:00 AM - A Warrenville letter to the editor: As mayor of Warrenville, a city with no debt, I believe in spending taxpayers' money responsibly. Therefore, I must ask Naperville Unit District 203 taxpayers if the school board is using your money responsibly by pursuing a lawsuit against Warrenville -- a lawsuit that as of midsummer has cost your district more than $718,000. Nearly 38 percent of this -- $270,000 -- has been paid out in the past eight months alone.
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Remembrance rescue truck visits West ChicagoSep 3, 2013 4:59 PM - West Chicago business owners Kent Jean and Kevin Fett of Evo Exhibits welcomed one of two remaining Rescue Trucks from 9/11 to their facility at 399 Wegner Drive earlier this month. Fett's cousin, Ed Howard, a firefighter from Glenview, Illinois and fellow firefighter Chris Gantz from Skokie, Illinois were preparing to exhibit the historic vehicle at the upcoming International Association of Fire Chiefs conference in McCormack Place, and stopped at the West Chicago business in order to pick up a donated tradeshow display that tells the story of the vehicles for conference attendees.
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The SoapboxAug 24, 2013 5:00 AM - Daily Herald editors share their views on a school district's privacy policy, statewide politics for 2014 and a new "woodie" proposed in Gurnee.
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Editorial: Schools right to study drug, alcohol testingAug 7, 2013 5:00 AM - Random drug and alcohol testing in high schools can be good tools to encourage teens to refrain and a way to find help for those who don't, a Daily Herald editorial says.
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Learn about genetically modified foods Sept. 12 at CODAug 5, 2013 11:21 AM - College of DuPage, in partnership with Illinois Right to Know GMO and the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), will host an educational awareness event on proposed state legislation regarding genetically modified food labeling from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sep. 12, in the Culinary and Hospitality Center amphitheater, on the College's main campus, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn.
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