No child left behind? To the editor: I am writing to applaud Illinois Times for publishing Cinda Klickna’s sobering school-crisis article “Empty Promises” [February 6]. After working for two years as a junior high school teacher at a low-income school in Arizona, I find that the “No Child Left Behind Act” is infuriatingly typical of […]
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Your Turn 5-15-03
Selective memories To the editor: In the May 1, 2003, issue’s feature story “The Lost City,” about the book Living Lucy: The Diary of Lucy C. Williams, Cinda Klickna wrote, “Everyone should come away wanting to read and learn more about the people and places Lucy mentions.” We agree. That’s why we put Lucy C. […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 2-20-03
Under the Dome Down the street from Lincoln TowerUnder the dome in the seat of powerHeavy are the heads that wear the crownsBecause five billion dollars must be found. Bipartisan effort come on let’s thinkAs we face a budget deficit on the brinkNot higher taxes that’s what they are cryin’To clean up this mess left […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 2-27-03
All Hail the Native Sons Of that renowned pair in whose universal fame this copperhead city basks in dubious honor– a poet and a politician– the former drank Lysol and the latter hopped an east-bound train, grew a beard and never came back. —Frank Stokes Local poets were writing about contemporary events in the Sangamo […]
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Your Turn 2-27-03
Lincoln Library Shortens Sundays Beginning March 2, the Lincoln Library at 326 S. Seventh will shorten its hours of operation on Sundays. The library will now open at 12:30 p.m. and close at 4 p.m. The new Sunday hours are a cost-cutting measure. Starting May 11, the library will be closed on Sundays for the […]
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Your Turn 2-20-03
Credit due In last week’s paper, we mistakenly lopped off the name of Illinois Heritage, the magazine of the Illinois State Historical Society, which published the original version of Stacy Pratt McDermott’s article on Abraham Lincoln, divorce lawyer. Divorce is still bad Dear Illinois Times, As a lifelong resident of central Illinois who has […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 3-6-03
Sonnet for Springfield How we try to rise above the prairie, Minds in constant flux, reach stars from heaven, Pull beautiful dreams from far and airy Realms overruled by good old Orion. Yet we live to flows of rivers, seasons, And the fits and starts of constant commerce In the heartland of the rich in […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 4-10-03
“Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight” is Vachel Lindsay’s most famous poem. Written at the beginning of World War I, it portrays Lincoln walking the streets of Springfield sharing Lindsay’s concern at the coming of war. Here is a poem with a less elevated tone that celebrates a Springfield landmark only slightly less well known than […]
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Your Turn 3-13-03
Heck no, he won’t go To the editor, Re: reviving the draft? [“First Draft: The battle to create universal national service has just started. Here’s how it can be won.” by Paul Glastris, March 6.] What are you guys, nuts or something? Now I don’t know what kind of dipstick Mr. Glastris is, but this […]
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Your Turn 3-6-03
Hindsight isn’t 90-90-90 Dear Illinois Times Editor: We commend the Illinois Times and journalist Pete Sherman for covering education-related topics in the article that appeared February 6 [“Dis-integration”]. In my discussion with Pete for that article, I mentioned that district representatives visited a 90-90-90 school in California. I’d like to take this opportunity to clarify […]
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Your Turn 5-8-03
Ahead of her time To the editor: Many thanks for Cinda Klickna’s fine retrospective on 1930s Springfield, gleaned from Lucy Williams’ remarkable diary [“The Lost City,” May 1]. The photos and the history revived plenty of memories and perhaps stirred new appreciation for Vachel Lindsay, the poet who gave our town a literary legacy despite […]
