Letters to the Editor

Showing God’s will in this moment of “darkness” To the editor, I read your profile of Stephen Brady [“Defender of the Faith” June 19], the Petersburg businessman who has become the world’s most effective force in removing sexual predators from the Catholic clergy, on the same day that the Catholic Bishops of the United States […]

Don’t count us in Dear Editor: I write to correct inaccurate information found in a letter to the editor in the January 16 edition of the Illinois Times. The letter incorrectly states that Sojourn plans to participate in a march in connection with a group called the Illinois Citizens Against Abuse & Brutality. Sojourn is […]

Congratulations Illinois Times contributor Jack Clark–author of our original detective serial, The Highway Side–has been named a 2003 Shamus Award finalist for his first Nick Acropolis novel, Westerfield’s Chain (St. Martin’s Press). The Private Eye Writers of America has been awarding the Shamus to detective novelists for the last 22 years. Past recipients include Ross […]

Correction In my “Happy birthday, Frank Lloyd Wright!” story that appeared last week, I should have said Lois Dunbar has long portrayed Susan Lawrence Dana. Pete Sherman   A fair shake on the Fair Share Value Dear Pete Sherman, I was reading your article in the Thursday, June 5-11, 2003, edition of the Illinois Times […]

Correction The Auburn sewage treatment plant exceeded the EPA’s limit on suspended solids by 229 percent in October 2001–not September 2001, as stated in Karen Fitzgerald’s May 22 article on Lake Springfield and the leptospirosis outbreak of 1998, “Troubled Waters.” Still working for your trust and respect Dear Editor, Your sympathetic piece on Marc Sanson […]

City Council to act on Iraq resolution Dear Editor: I would like to alert your readers to the fact that at this Tuesday’s City Council meeting on February 4th a resolution will be presented that “supports UN actions to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and opposes any U.S. military action against […]

Reporter shows “honesty and integrity” . . . Dear Editor, The article by Karen Fitzgerald on the lepto outbreak of 1998 pleasantly surprised me [“Troubled waters,” May 22]; it was refreshing to see someone offer up a plausible explanation to what happened that fateful summer. One fact that was not addressed in the article was […]

Calling out to the Class of 1960 Dear editor, I’m part of a group of women from Feitshans High School, Class of 1960, trying to start a girls night out with all of our old classmates. We have met four times so far, always at different restaurants around Springfield for dinner. This has given us […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]