Illinois Times invites area non-profit organizations to tell our readers what your special needs are this holiday season. To participate, send us a description of your organization and a summary of your holiday wish list. Fax the information to 217-753-3958 or e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com This feature appears weekly through the end of the year. Prior “Lend […]
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Your turn. . . 12-4-03
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com Everybody to the table The Springfield Race Relations Task Force welcomes the […]
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Lend a hand
Illinois Times invites area non-profit organizations to describe your special needs this holiday season. To participate, send us a description of your organization and a summary of your holiday wish list. Fax the information to 217-753-3958 or e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com This feature appears weekly through the end of the year. Prior “Lend a hand” columns are […]
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Lend a hand
Illinois Times invites area non-profit organizations to tell our readers what your special needs are this holiday season. To participate, send us a description of your organization and a summary of your holiday wish list. Fax the information to 217-753-3958 or e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com This feature will appear weekly through the end of this calendar year. […]
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Bards of the Sangamo
Oh My Father The little child I am remembers harsh cold, bleak February which wore him thin as torn shoe soles in snow, walked to the rim of winters spring polished as bright as March. I shuck off dawn at dusk, divulge indiscreet December, cold without snow or holly, fat disappointments, rained on eager years […]
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Your Turn . . . 11-20-03
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com One has to wonder I really enjoyed your excellent article on Mike […]
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Your Turn . . . 11-13-03
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com When horse is the course Thank you for your article “Neighsayers” [Pete […]
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Movie Shorts
What other critics are saying. . . Brother Bear [G] An American Indian, who seeks vengeance against a bear, is turned into a bear. “A play- it-safe pastiche of familiar Disney tropes, from the senseless killing of a poor animal to the headstrong young adventurer to the ragtag comic relief to … well, you can […]
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Your Turn . . . 11-6-03
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com My most difficult years I joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in September […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 11-6-03
SonnetI seek the fields, the woods, and gentle streams, In hopes to pass some calm, refreshing hours; But Ah! how weak are all my idle dreams — Love, love alone my bleeding heart devours. Or if mine eye a glance of pleasure shew On some sweet object — hill or circling plain — Quick comes […]
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To Jerusalem with love
Parents of murdered Israeli and Palestinian children formed The Parents Circle in search of reconciliation and forgiveness. Citizens from those countries are forming nongovernmental peace initiatives. “When things get so bad, people are bound to look for alternatives,” says Andy Shallal, founder of The Peace Café, a forum for Arab and Jewish dialogue. Shallal, 48, […]
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Your Turn . . . 10-30-03
Kudos to pioneers Thank you for your recent article on Ray Spooner, a Certified Nurse Midwife at Carle Clinic in Urbana [Deb Aronson, “Against the Odds,” Oct. 23]. Spooner exemplifies what nurse midwifery is all about. As a fellow midwife, I had the opportunity to hear Ray speak about water births at one of our […]
