Lake County Opinion
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Define women by own achievementsNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - How annoying that in the 21st century women are still defined by their husbands' jobs. In its article headlined "A few surprises pop up in Lake County on the last day of...
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Condell committed to providing qualityNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - This is a difficult time for patients, associates and affiliated independent physicians of Condell Medical Center. We are deeply disappointed and concerned about our uns...
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Administrators' pay is simply too highNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - I commend the Daily Herald in its study and reporting on our area's school system compensation. The study included 34 schools and a real telling story. For example, I li...
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Soapbox: Round-the-clock heroesNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Whatever it is that firefighters are paid, it probably isn't enough. How do you put a value on what these folks do, even when they're off duty? When an early morning hou...
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Soapbox: Big Pay, No Work IINov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - It's bad enough a spineless Elgin Area School District U-46 school board obligated Elgin taxpayers to bankroll Connie Neale's lavish retirement in Missouri. But this wee...
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Soapbox: We need to listenNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Here's a salute to the League of Women's Voters/Palatine Area for its Veterans Day luncheon last week in Schaumburg. It was there that the League honored women in the mi...
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Thanks to all for food drive helpNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - A big thank you to all the volunteers and all the citizens of Wauconda and Island Lake who so generously donated to our Make-A-Difference-Day food drive. Also, thanks to...
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Adoption stories tell only part of the taleNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I was disturbed to read a recent article, "Suburban families fear moratorium on foreign adoptions." What disturbs me is not that these families have been unable to adopt...
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Help MainStreet keep its work aliveNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Life Without MainStreet Libertyville-sponsored events? For this Libertyville "lifer" and her family, it would be unimaginable. I was recently chatting with a friend, wh...
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No teacher works only 36.5 hoursNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Although I am no longer working as a certified teacher, I was rather appalled at your accounting for the hours per day that a teacher spends working. In the Northwest su...