Lake County Opinion
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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 ...
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Thornton, board deserve our thanksMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with interest Ms. Shirley Forpe's Jan. 28 letter, "211's nightmare coming to an end." Ms. Forpe is a retired District 211 teacher and president of the executive b...
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Dineen retirement leaves big holeMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It may not have yet struck the basketball community, but March 1, we all lost one of the finest people, if not the finest coach to grace the courts of the tradition rich...