Kane County Opinion
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Obama is shaping Dems foreign policy debateAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sen. Barack Obama is getting polite applause at best when he tells the delegates at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here this week that in ru...
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Will college be only for the wealthy?Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - I read your editorial concerning ACT scores in the Aug. 16 edition of the Daily Herald. As a high school teacher with 31 years of experience, I share your concerns that ...
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Rescue at car wash made her dayAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - I had an experience that could have been troublesome and stressful when I took my car to the Swift Car Wash on Randall Road in Carpentersville. When my car wash was com...
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State leads in green school cleaningAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois became the second state in the nation to adopt a green cleaning policy for its schools when the governor signed HB 895 into law recently. This makes our state a...
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Weighing future of 'Munster mansion'Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The home at 405 S. Seventh St. in St. Charles, a stunning Victorian style built in the 1890s, and the former Zimmerman home at the opposite corner have stood as twin pil...
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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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Wild assumptions about health careAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Where does Richard Rohlfing get his "facts" about health care in America? Maybe from Michael Moore, but wherever he gets them, he should list his sources. First claims t...
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Impeachment call not based in factAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - In response to the Aug. 14 letter from David Shroder of Elgin. I think Shroder needs to do a bit more research before opining with such certitude and vitriol. He stated,...
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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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Soapbox: This aud-it do it in Dist. 303Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A very good idea has emerged in the St. Charles school district, where officials have instructed auditors doing their annual work to break down and report specifically h...