DuPage County Opinion
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Homecoming story needs clarificationSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Due to Thursday's (Sept. 20) article in the Daily Herald regarding Buffalo Grove High School's homecoming activities, I want to clarify a few items. The Buffalo Grove Hi...
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Misplaced nostalgia for 'sink or swim'Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - In the Hidalgo County model that Mr. Reyes looks fondly back on ("Are Spanish-speaking students 'coddled,'" Daily Herald, Sept. 2), he said limited English proficient st...
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No one wants to take responsibilitySep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Slowly, but surely, I am losing faith in humanity, of their values, or lack of thereof. I am sick and tired of hearing excuses, alibis, pointing the finger elsewhere or ...
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Soapbox: Red hot chili peppersSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - An autumn without a chili cook-off is like a summer without fireworks, a winter without sledding, a spring without tulips. You know -- virtually pointless. No wonder, th...
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Soapbox: A quieter, cleaner waitSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - We need more people like Polly Rerko, who thought up a good idea and, with the help of school officials, implemented it. The St. Charles mother of two watched every day ...
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Courts don't hold evolution truthSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Professor Yarnik's "forceful refutation" of creation-science (Daily Herald, Sept. 14) seems to suggest that judges and the supreme courts are best equipped to establish ...
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Restore funds cut for home servicesSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - For Illinoisans living with multiple sclerosis, the Department of Human Services - Division of Rehabilitation Services Home Services Program is essential to maintaining ...
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Lots of factors go into shopping timesSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - My husband and I have had a daily laugh lately reading the responses to Penny Novy's letter of Sept. 6. May I add my two cents? No mother in her right mind would choose ...
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Soapbox: Whose sandbox is it anyway?Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - OK, we get it: Carpentersville's trustees and village president do not get along. But, please. Can't you all leave the sandbox, shovels and rattles at home? We're all si...
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Wrong answer to mortgage problemSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - My heart goes out to would-be homeowners caught in the current sub-prime mortgage peril. Yet, I find it more disturbing and an oxymoron that the economic rescue operatio...