McHenry County Opinion
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Scouts helping troops overseasOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As our country approaches its ninth year in the war, our Girl Scout community has reached above and beyond the call of the duty. The Fox Valley Girl Scout Council led by...
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Setting the record straight on IsraelOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The letter you ran on Sept. 22 written by Ben Gaster must be answered. It is obvious that he does not know his history. He writes about "Israeli occupation." Areas that ...
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Thanks to Sleepy Hollow Service ClubOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - In the midst of larger municipalities, including Elgin, canceling their fireworks displays, the Sleepy Hollow Service Club members did it again. Their hard work and dili...
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Raceway path ruins nature's repairOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - To see how Nature rejuvenates from practically nothing is an amazing sight. I'm talking about Raceway Woods ... and how after 30-plus years nature had reclaimed what obs...
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Congress repeating errors in AfghanistanOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Dear Sen. Durbin: I am reminded of a letter I wrote to Congressman Henry Hyde in 1983. You can assign a junior aide to look it up in the May 24, 1983, edition of the Con...
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Durbin must be held accountableOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Roland Burris were two of only seven senators who voted to continue federal funding for ACORN after their recent scandals. Of course Bu...
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It's time to embrace the metric systemOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Going metric will make life easier and less expensive for future generations. It is time to give up the eighths and sixteenths and use fractions that fit on our calculat...
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Terrorist won't be toting assault rifesOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. Gustafson in his letter to the editor seems to think that people can go out and buy an AK-47 machine gun anytime they want here in the U.S. For his information, the ...
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Unhappy with Comcast upgradeOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to express my outrage concerning Comcast Cable with their forced upgrades to digital service for local consumers. Here in the Aurora and Montgomery are...
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Join effort to reduce carbon emissionsOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - On Oct, 24, I will joined by people from around Elgin at the Gail Borden Public Library, giving away 350 free tree plantings; and if we were doing it all by ourselves, i...