Editorials
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Editorial: Resource shift will provide needed mentorship for foster kidsApr 25, 2018 11:00 pm - Most of us will do just about anything for our kids. We teach them right from wrong, show them the importance of education and prepare them for adulthood. We support the...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Apr 25, 2018 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 23 The Charlotte Observer acknowledges the country's past with lynchings in light of the openi...
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Editorial: Repeated cases demonstrate need for vigilance in DUI fightApr 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Society's battle against drunken driving was born in the 1980s. Mothers Against Drunk Drivers or MADD was founded in 1980 and changed its name and its focus to Mothers A...
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Editorial: Time to get serious about gun violenceApr 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Another tragedy took place over the weekend when a man walked into a restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, and opened fire for no apparent reason. How many of these traged...
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Editorial: Taking full advantage of a 'teaching moment'Apr 21, 2018 2:00 pm - Nathan Etter had two memorable teaching moments recently. The first was on Valentine's Day when the music teacher at Prairie View Grade School in Elgin had a brief, impr...
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Editorial: Arlington Heights proposal a good step toward more walkable, bikeable suburbsApr 18, 2018 11:00 pm - If "Footloose" actor Kevin Bacon can't walk across Arlington Heights Road, who can? To hear Village Manager Randy Recklaus tell it, Bacon has a difficult time dodging tr...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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Editorial: Learning Mental Health First Aid could be lifesavingApr 16, 2018 11:00 pm - The statistics are stark and telling. Approximately one in five adults in the U.S. - 43.8 million, or 18.5 percent - experience mental illness in a given year. Only 41 p...
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Editorial: Firsthand connections keep lessons of history aliveApr 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Aaron Elster, of Lincolnshire, died last week at the age of 86. You should know his life story, at least a central part of it. Everyone should. Thankfully, we all still ...
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Editorial: How do we heal from the death of a spouse?Apr 15, 2018 1:00 am - We had a brief conversation the other day with an Arlington Heights woman named Kathleen Jordan, whose husband Richard passed away 21 years ago, and we asked, does the g...