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Yes It Is, It’s True: Dorr’s soap opera begins 7th chapter

The 3-3 deadlock Thursday on the reappointment of longtime Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner represents the beginning of the seventh chapter of the soap opera that is Dorr Township politics.…

Editor June 30, 2017

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Army Bob: Unhinged left can’t get over losing the election

Resist, fight, occupy, eliminate, seize, destroy, kill, obstruct; words used by the good folks on the left side of the political divide, much more since the last election. A non-Socialist…

Editor June 29, 2017

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Yes It Is, It’s True: I choose Canada for the Fourth of July

"You can run but you can't hide" dates back to a taunt made by boxer Joe Louis during his fight against Billy Conn in 1941, according to Wikipedia. “There must…

Editor June 27, 2017

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Ranger Rick: Illinois broke and getting more so every day

The state of Illinois is broke. Illinois doesn’t have a budget and is entering its third year without one. The cumulative total of the state’s unpaid bills now surpasses $15,000,000,000!…

Editor June 27, 2017

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The Subterranean: ‘Silence’ a sadly overlooked masterpiece

Review of Silence (2016) Available on DVD, Blu-ray and digital (Amazon Instant Video, Fandango Now, Vudu) and the 1971 Shinoda film is available on FilmStruck ****1/2 out of five stars …

Editor June 26, 2017

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Basura: Crossing the line and the mixing of the races

I’m not old, But I been around a long time. — Delbert McClinton I recently returned a phone call from a woman in Alabama. I’d never met her. Her brother and…

Editor June 25, 2017

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Yes It Is, It’s True: An inspiring, tragic story of Allen Armintrout

The story of Allen Armintrout is both an inspiration and a tragedy. Allen was born profoundly deaf, but overcame his handicap to live a remarkably normal and meaningful life, marked…

Editor June 23, 2017

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One Small Voice: Have we lost the ability to communicate?

by Lynn Mandaville My parents fostered a deep love of language in my sisters and me from our earliest years. There was always a dictionary at the dinner table where…

Editor June 23, 2017

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Army Bob: Gun control about as successful as War on Drugs

Let’s talk gun control. A man wishes to attack his political enemies in Alexandria Va.; he uses two firearms. The over-the-top hate we find in the media is not blamed,…

Editor June 22, 2017

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Treatment for cancer isn’t the horror show it used to be

by Robert M. Traxler It has been three weeks since the last update on the treatments for what is classified as advanced aggressive prostate cancer. As we Americans age, more…

Editor June 21, 2017