John Zimmerman
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Thanks, letter writers, for all your great work on the editorial pageNov 02, 2021 12:53 am - I thank you for caring enough about your community, your state, your world to share your thoughts. He was tired of being overtaxed. She was angry with an overreaching go...
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Farewell to the Pizza Cottage, one of those great get-together placesNov 01, 2021 10:22 pm - The Pizza Cottage in Roselle was one of those places where you went for a soft landing after a hard day. The pizzeria had been in the village for more than 50 years. It'...
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Chaos in trying to get a trout into the creel at West BranchNov 01, 2021 7:30 pm - Imagine only one McDonald's in all of DuPage County. Then think about how long the line would be at the drive-up window. Do that, and you have a pretty good picture of w...
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Children of murdered mothers left to live in the wake of wickednessNov 01, 2021 6:25 pm - One of the reasons I know I could never be a police officer is that I couldn't handle the kind of horror Aurora cops came upon in the apartment of Brenetta Beck on Oct. ...
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Two dogs with big hearts, that now leave broken heartsNov 01, 2021 4:23 pm - Any touching story about a dog is one that I am bound to read. I love dogs. I have had a dog beside me for most of my life. But I didn't want to read our story about Ast...
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Johnny Doe lovingly laid to rest, but still needs his real nameNov 01, 2021 3:27 pm - Somber statistics suggest that some 30,000 children under the age of 5 were buried throughout the world on Monday. One of them was Johnny Doe of DuPage County. Only John...
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Better turn in your used car keys before entering WheatonNov 01, 2021 1:21 pm - There is a Bruce Springsteen song that goes: "Now mister the day the lottery I win, I ain't ever going to ride in no used car again." Meaning that to own a used car was ...
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Those who fought wars can also lead the fight for a better countryNov 01, 2021 11:10 am - In watching Ken Burns' "The War," the compelling documentary on World War II, I found myself drawn to the faces of the veterans being interviewed. You would expect to se...
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Sharing my anger over a pathetically political amendmentNov 01, 2021 10:11 am - It's always great to get reader reaction to my Sunday columns. Even better when I come in on a Monday to find my e-mail box bulging with replies to something I wrote. Th...
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Must be desperate times for the GOPOct 31, 2021 9:18 pm - There is an amendment in a bill before Gov. Rod Blagojevich that I would call the DuPage County GOP panic pact. The amendment would alter the election code to change the...
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