McHenry County Opinion
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Used book sale a success in WascoJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The 8th Annual Wasco Used Book Sale, held April 18, 2008, was once again extremely successful thanks to the efforts of our entire community. The PTO is extremely gratefu...
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Pfleger disgraces Catholic ChurchJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - I attended eight years of Catholic grammar school and four years of Catholic high school, all in the Chicago area. I am 71 years old and have been a practicing Catholi...
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Movie deceptive against scienceJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The film, EXPELLED (Fencepost 5/5) is a sleazy movie filled with propaganda, hyperbole and inflammatory rhetoric. The Christian organization, Reasons to Believe, cannot ...
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Big consumer costs hidden in mergerMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - To the editor: Much has been discussed and written about the proposed EJ&E purchase by the Canadian National Railway. What's not surfaced is the potential financial toll...
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...
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Please keep eye on our sandhill cranesMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - To the editor: Citizens for Conservation wishes to alert the Barrington communities and especially neighbors of our preserves that someone is shooting birds with bow and...
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School board president shouldn't 'take the hit' aloneMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - After Gavin Elementary District 37 board President Barb Mende negotiated a contract to move classroom equipment back into beleaguered Gavin Central School two years ago...
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Same-sex rulings raw judicial fiatMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The recent decision in California calling same-sex marriage"legal" should have an enormous effect. The need to pass amendment protecting marriage as one man, one woman,...
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What has become of church attire?May 24, 2008 11:00 pm - There was a time in the affairs of men when certain standards of mien, dress and conduct were prescribed for both the elite and the proles. Depending on the venue (weddi...
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Support for troops very appreciatedMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - My name is Ashley Ritchey, and I am a first lieutenant in the Army currently in Afghanistan with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. I have been the incredibly grate...