Lake County Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: Working togetherDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Prairie Crossing Charter School has had its share of problems in 2007. Board infighting, hostility between a board member and the staff, and ongoing money trouble made i...
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Saturday Soapbox: Leaf-burning decision anti-climacticDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - After years of study, plenty of discussion and a full community survey, North Barrington's long-delayed decision this week on leaf-burning was a bit anti-climactic. Trus...
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Why doesn't Harrop just say it?Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Froma Harrop's editorials should say one thing, "I hate Bush" then we would not have to read 40 of her paragraphs to come to the conclusion she "hates Bush". Use the spa...
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Homework should be graded, valuedDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - As a high school teacher and parent, I find it irresponsible for Hawthorn District 73 in Vernon Hills to ban graded homework. Children who do not excel on tests, yet ha...
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Thanks go out to good SamaritanDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - This letter is to thank the good Samaritan who took the time to leave a note on our car while we were shopping at the Jewel in Buffalo Grove, telling us that our left fr...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...
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Tale of two towns not so tellingDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald's parallel articles, "Fees, tax hikes, layoffs ahead for Lake Zurich," (Nov. 27) and "Housing crisis forces Hawthorn Woods to cut staff, projects," (Nov...
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Anyone catering to English speakers?Dec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - I don't suppose any of the new businesses catering to foreign language speakers includes classes and schools where you can attend to learn English? (Referring to Dec. 3 ...
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Let's hear it for the Grayslake bandsDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - A "Standing O" for the Grayslake Central bands. I was recently honored to be inducted into the GCHS Music Wall of Fame, quite an honor for a stubby little tenor sax play...
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Teachers creating ill will with demandsDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - The Dec. 8 headline read "U-46 teachers won't strike this weekend." Paragraph 12 states: "The deal that members opposed, by a vote of 1,183 to 1,125, called for average ...