McHenry County Opinion
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Soapbox: Red hot chili peppersSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - An autumn without a chili cook-off is like a summer without fireworks, a winter without sledding, a spring without tulips. You know -- virtually pointless. No wonder, th...
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Soapbox: A quieter, cleaner waitSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - We need more people like Polly Rerko, who thought up a good idea and, with the help of school officials, implemented it. The St. Charles mother of two watched every day ...
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Soapbox: Homecoming challengeSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - High schools throughout the area will be celebrating homecomings over the next couple of weeks, and that means all administrations will be on full alert for excessive mi...
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Columns missed big picture on prosecutor's officeSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Bianchi is the McHenry County state's attorney. Recently, two articles by the same columnist have been critical of the use of the state's attorney's petty cash account a...
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Soapbox: Whose sandbox is it anyway?Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - OK, we get it: Carpentersville's trustees and village president do not get along. But, please. Can't you all leave the sandbox, shovels and rattles at home? We're all si...
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To whom and for what do they pray?Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - As I read the full page ad in the Daily Herald this morning, I was shocked to see a request for prayer from Planned Parenthood. With curiosity I read the ad and soon fel...
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Riders, workers should be in chargeSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The recent National Transportation Safety Board report on last year's Blue Line derailment cited bad management and missing and bogus inspection records as contributors ...
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Evolution not just one man's theorySep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Lisa Szatkowski was mistaken when she stated in her Sept. 5 letter s that evolution is "One man's creative theory..." (Evolution is not a fact, Wed. Sept. 5). In the mi...
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Include casinos in the smoking banSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Well, here we go. The smoking ban in Illinois has not even started, and the casinos are already crying about revenue loss if smoking is not allowed while gambling. Accor...
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Veteran touched by Sept. 11 thank-youSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - On Sept. 11, I was never so proud to be a veteran of this country. I had heard that Prairie Isle Golf Course was to open its course to all who could prove they were vete...