Editorials
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Rekindling our 9/11 spirit of unitySep 08, 2011 5:00 am - So many people turned up at a suburban LifeSource blood donation center that the line was six hours long. Seeing the throng, a restaurant sent sandwiches. Volunteers flo...
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On an awful anniversary, necessary remembranceSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - Television specials are scheduled. Newspaper and magazine reflections have already started. Communities all across the nation, including many of our Chicago-area suburbs...
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Latest deaths reminder of drug warSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - We have used this space many times over the years to warn parents and the community at large about the rampant drug use among teens in the suburbs. It’s a painful subjec...
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Laboring to find more work for manySep 05, 2011 12:00 am - If you’re of working age and ability, will you be heading back to work tomorrow? Too many of us will not. And this is perhaps the most significant challenge facing our n...
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Stephens family nepotism thrives in RosemontSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - The rules governing government in the suburbs, and especially in small towns, aren't always evident. At least, there inevitably are gray areas where the proper course ma...
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The SoapboxSep 03, 2011 5:00 am - Talk in circles: Elgin canceled plans for a roundabout at a Dundee Avenue and Summit Street because it couldn’t acquire the needed property. But roundabouts can work bea...
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Cary parents can be part of solutionSep 02, 2011 5:00 am - Cary Elementary District 26 for years has had to borrow money to pay its bills. Last summer, leaders finally determined — after the state threatened to take control of t...
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Worthy goal should become a modelSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - First, some facts and figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control: Ÿ Obesity among children and adolescents has nearly tripled over the past 30 years — from just o...
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Drive safe, sober this holiday weekendAug 31, 2011 5:00 am - Tuesday was a good news/bad news day in the fight against drunken driving in Illinois. On the positive side, Secretary of State Jesse White provided statistics showing I...
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Cooperation key in foreclosure blightAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - There is no shortage of reminders these days of the recession and the snail’s pace of its recovery. It is emphasized in a palpable fear and uncertainty of what may still...