Letters to the Editor
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Thoughts on overcrowdingApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - I thought your recent article on overcrowding (of residences) was very interesting (March 25). A report by a group called Chicago-based Latinos United said that "code ...
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Heterosexuals also victims of hate crimeApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - According to the FBI's 2006 Hate Crime statistics (2006 stats are the latest ones available), nationally there were 29 "hate crimes" attributed to "anti-heterosexual bia...
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Gun laws should stay in local handsApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - In countless issues ranging from education to the economy, we hear the same Republican rhetoric when a Democrat wants to create legislation on a federal level. "Let the...
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Thanking students for baked goodsApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - On behalf of the Dundee Park Seniors, we wish to thank teachers Jenny Schrumacher and Rick Hornberg of the Dundee Middle School and the students of the Beta Club for the...
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Glenwood School says thanks, welcomeApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - First of all, I would like to thank Daily Herald staff writer Josh Stockinger for his article on the new president of Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, Sam Banks. He ...
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Spay pets to reduce euthanasia needApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - I appreciate Dottie Darr's and other volunteers' efforts to save animals who are slated for euthanasia at southern Illinois shelters. But I wonder what will happen to d...
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FAFSA opens door to financial aidApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - I recently heard the story of an Illinois teenager who hoped to attend college in pursuit of an advertising career. She was the first in her family to consider college; ...
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Kirk's compassion misses the markApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - For the reader who wrote in praising Mark Kirk for being so compassionate, I have a few questions: Where was Kirk's compassion when he voted to oppose benchmarks that wo...
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Get ready to run from religious leaderApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Attention everyone who is thinking of running for public office or who may already be in office. Next time you are in your church and your pastor says anything that may...
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Thanks for helping out on book programApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Gowithbooks Organization Baton Rouge, which is a non-profit organization working to improve student performance in public schools by instituting systemic change, wou...