Cook County Opinion
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Abortion is, and should be, legalOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - The abortion letters fly again, this time about dog-fighting vs. abortion. One of the latest letters asserts that it's about "morality, not legality." That's exactly the...
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U-46 teachers should say 'yes' to good dealOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - When Elgin School District U-46's 2,400 teachers vote by secret ballot Oct. 15 on a proposed three-year contract, we urge them to say "yes." The deal, already tentativel...
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Soapbox: Quit packing east sideOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - No doubt Elgin City Council members will point to the $275,000 to $325,000 value of the 14 homes proposed on the 3-acre former YMCA property as reason to approve such a...
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Soapbox: Impressive response; happy endingOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Nine police officers, a helicopter unit and several other Lake Zurich municipal employees searched high and low Wednesday for a 6-year-old boy reported missing from him ...
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Objection seems anti-AmericanOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - As an American citizen and a student at Buffalo Grove High School, I am outraged at your article about Dawn Sherman and her "act to make the school more secular." To me,...
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Soapbox: Just keep this in mindOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - We understand why students were offended by author Sherman Alexie's use of a racial slur, sexual innuendo and language that offended disabled students and their teachers...
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Too much clout for one teenagerOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - As a taxpayer in High School District 214 since 1959, I was surprised to see that a 14-year-old student at Buffalo Grove High School could rule on what should or shouldn...
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Great cooperation in storm cleanupOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - In the aftermath of the Aug. 23 F-1 tornado, the unincorporated areas of Milton Township experienced the worst storm damage in living memory. The township highway depart...
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Soapbox: Tough (and caring) guys wear pinkOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a fact that has taken on poignant meaning at Fremd High School, where football players Matt, Drew and Adam Mertes rece...
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High school could face a bumpy rideOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - On Sept. 20, the Daily Herald featured an article headlined "Atheist's daughter takes own stand at school." Miss Sherman voiced her youthful opinion regarding the remova...