Lake County Opinion
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Thoughts on bilingual ed lawMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Results versus process. That seems to be the dilemma stemming from some wording in legislation regulating bilingual education. The Diamond Lake School District has been ...
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Lowering voting age is misguidedMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - I think the proposal by Democrat State Rep. Lou Lang to amend the Illinois Constitution in order to allow 17-year-olds to vote in state and local elections is misguided ...
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Gravel decision will live on a long timeMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Residents of Cary feel betrayed and ashamed by the actions of their village board members. In voting to allow a Zurich-based mining company to dig a gravel pit in the ba...
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Lowering voting age not a good ideaMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading the article, "Let youths vote at 17?", I initially favored the idea of lowering the voting age. As a 17-year-old junior in high school, I would have loved...
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Want to move through traffic?Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - In the articles I've read, what I haven't seen mentioned is what I believe was the first such effort at this in the U.S. It opened about 1994 and runs parallel to Califo...
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Dist. 220 stalwarts turn out for foundationMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Even frigid February weather was no match for the more than 250 District 220 Educational Foundation supporters who attended the first Chili & Music Fest fundraiser, held...
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Too many chiefs on the Dist. 214 payrollMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - My wife and I enjoyed a student performance of "Footloose" at Buffalo Grove High School over the winter holidays. This a great way to reach out to the community and prov...
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Buffalo Grove's 50th will be greatMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I read Mr. Gollay's letter about Buffalo Grove's 50th anniversary and it made me want to ask two questions. First, does the Daily Herald get so few letters, that nonsens...
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Railroad purchase leaves questionsMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - As a resident of Lake Zurich, I am very concerned about the likely impact of the purchase of EJ&E by Canadian National. Traffic across the three grade-level crossings i...
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No voting for those uninformed and 17Mar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I heard about the bill proposed to Springfield considering lowering the voting age to 17. I believe the voting age should still be 18 but if the teenager would be 18 in ...