On June 14 and 15, for the sixth year in a row, the Grand Village of the Kickapoo Park–a few miles northeast of LeRoy, about an hour away from Springfield–will be the scene of color, sound, and dancing, as many from the four directions of Turtle Island (as North America is known) gather for an […]
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Your Turn . . . 1-30-03
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 […]
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Your Turn . . . 6-5-03
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 […]
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Peace without prosperity
State legislators are rebelling across the country. You’ve heard about the Texas Democrats who fled to Oklahoma in order to kill a Republican redistricting bill? Here are some other stories: • In Arizona, the Republican Senate rejected the Democratic governor’s budget, then put together its own plan. But the Republicans can’t pass it because one […]
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Your Turn 5-29-03
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 […]
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Your Turn. . .5-22-03
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 […]
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Your Turn 2-13-03
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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Chicago’s big appetite
Remember last year when Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan warned that Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley would control the state’s agenda if Rod Blagojevich got elected? Well, Ryan may have been right. Last week SBC–the giant Texas-based company that swallowed up Ameritech a few years back and is now run by Bill Daley, the mayor’s […]
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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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The Floodgates
The Floodgates Democrats won’t let the budget stop a deluge of bills. Ten years in the minority frustrated Illinois Senate Democrats. They would sponsor bills that had passed the House with huge bipartisan majorities–and often significant public support–only to watch them quietly die in the Senate Rules Committee, which was controlled with an iron fist […]
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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 […]
