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Left Justified: Reminisces of ‘Rockford’s Rads’

By Stanley Campbell It’s been three years since Jon Lundin left this world, and I’d like to reflect upon his death.
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March 10, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: The politics of cheap food

By Vicky Grizzoffi I am still so amazed at the apathy of so many who feel that they have no
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March 10, 2010 | Also published in Commentary> featured | Comments (0)

Editorial: Remembering Seth G. Atwood

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher The other day, I had lunch with Rockford Park District Historian and former Executive Director Webbs
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March 3, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Leveraging resources successfully

Editor’s note: The Rock River Times considers the Rockford Park District, by far, the most responsive and responsible local government
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March 3, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: How the hell did we get into this mess?

By Stanley Campbell I kinda understand how we got into this economic mess, and I assume the government knows how to
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March 3, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Regarding: Guest Commentary ‘Unequal Protection’

By Gregory John Campbell If you are familiar with Thom Hartmann’s book, Unequal Protection, you know the Supreme Court in
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March 3, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Editorial: A vision, a challenge, a proposal…The Rock River Trail: hike it, bike it, kayak it, canoe it!

By Frank Schier Editor and Publisher Ready for a hike, a little bike riding? How about some boating the old-fashion style with
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February 24, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Letter to Superintendent LaVonne Sheffield

By Dan Sears Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Rockford School District 205 Superintendent LaVonne Sheffield Feb. 7,
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February 24, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Refighting the Civil War

By Stanley Campbell In honor of Black History Month, I’ll retell the heroic tale of a Belvidere abolitionist of African descent
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February 24, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: PlayStation, video poker games not best use of library

By Tim Hughes As one using the public library almost daily, I have said from the outset of the budget
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February 24, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: The Barmore incident—Vanishing opportunities in Rockford race relations

By Edwin A. Hallsten, Ph.D. Most of Rockford is aware that on Aug. 24 of last year, two officers from the
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February 17, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 5 Comments

Guest Column: State of the Union speech deceptive on immigration

By E.J. Pagel Quote from Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech: “We should continue the work of fixing our broken
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February 17, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Blessed are the generous

By Stanley Campbell Rockford is a very generous community- cautious, but giving, to local and overseas relief. Especially during these hard
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February 10, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Lithuanians in Rockford: A remarkable journey

By Genevieve Sandona The best way I can write a brief history of Lithuanians in Rockford, what was called “South Rockford”
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February 10, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

District 205 chief communications officer responds to Jan. 20 article

Editor’s note: The following was submitted as a Letter to the Editor in response to the Jan. 20-26, 2010, article
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February 3, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 2 Comments

Guest Column: And now, a word from the independents

By Jackie Salit The Republican and Democratic parties have finally found something to agree on. Americans are angry. And what do
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February 2, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Editorial: Primary Election endorsements

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Will elections ever not be corrrupt? With their recent 5-4 ruling that corporations can contribute to
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January 27, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Left Justified: I admit, I was wrong

By Stanley Campbell I make mistakes. Too many, it seems. The latest includes what I said in last week’s article about Haiti
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January 27, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Downtown not ideal for convention center

By Dan Weitzel A downtown Rockford location would not be a good choice for a publicly-financed convention center. First of all, there
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January 20, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Should teachers get involved in hall monitoring?

By Tim Hughes It’s being said District 205 teachers are afraid to go into the halls of their schools. The question
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January 20, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 4 Comments

Left Justified: The tragedy in Haiti

By Stanley Campbell Disaster relief is outside our scope of consciousness (except for you saints at the Red Cross), but I
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January 20, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Rockford City Council presentation

By John Gile Author, Editor, Journalist, Publisher Editor’s note: The following address was given to the Rockford City Council on Monday,
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January 13, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: The right of an education

By Gregory John Campbell The right of an education is garnered upon the privilege of our behavior, not color or numbers. This right
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January 13, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Why buy ‘Gassie,’ the Electric Cow?

Rockton: Why buy the cow when somebody else is keeping it, feeding it and selling you cheap milk? By Louise Trull Rockton
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January 13, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 2 Comments

Editorial: Library, city leadership deserve blame for layoffs

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer Rockford Public Library officials proclaimed as a success the purchase and renovation of the system’s
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January 13, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Betting on video slots

By Stanley Campbell Rockford will lose in the long run by allowing video slot machines in every bar in town. Unless Rockford
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January 13, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: New Year, same old story: Blackwater continues to put lives at risk

By Dan Kenney No private armies This may be the first day of a new year, and the start of a new
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January 6, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Used art, not used artists

By Stanley Campbell I was reintroduced to the local art scene when I went begging for art. Rockford Urban Ministries (RUM)
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January 6, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Be careful what you ask for

By Daniel Sears Let’s see where the Barmore situation is. The police were tipped that a person wanted on a warrant
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January 6, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Next amnesty push concealed by health care debate

By E.J. Pagel A new 1,000-page immigration bill is already in the pipeline—no talk about capitalism, working hard, having a sponsor,
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December 30, 2009 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Editorial: Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here!

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher The new year: 2010. How surreal the date seems, having traveled a decade into the 2000s.
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December 30, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Staff Column: Winning the ‘real war on Christmas’

By Susan Johnson Copy Editor One of our columnists, Stanley Campbell, wrote a well-meaning but misleading column about the real war on
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December 23, 2009 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: A Christmas story

By Stanley Campbell I was surprised to receive nasty telephone calls about my last column. It appears the “war on Christmas”
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December 23, 2009 | Also published in Left Justified | 3 Comments

Guest Column: School Board president responds to West Middle School incident

Editor’s note: The following column has been edited from its original form at the request of the family of the
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December 16, 2009 | Also published in Commentary | 9 Comments

Left Justified: My Christmas list

By Stanley Campbell Every year, I make a list of things I want to do for the holidays. And this year
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December 16, 2009 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: The real war on Christmas

By Stanley Campbell “War is as outmoded as cannibalism, chattel slavery, blood-feuds, and dueling, an insult to God and humanity… a
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December 9, 2009 | Also published in Left Justified | 2 Comments

Book Review: Nature’s Second Chance: A personal journey that became a lifetime quest

By Susan Johnson Copy Editor Steven I. Apfelbaum’s Nature’s Second Chance: Restoring the Ecology of Stone Prairie Farm (Beacon Press, 2009,
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December 9, 2009 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Now, it’s Obama’s war, lies and mistake

Editor’s note: The following guest column is in response to President Barack Obama’s Dec. 1 address to the nation with
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December 9, 2009 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Where are the River District Holiday lights?

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher As several folks have pointed out to The Rock River Times, the city seems to have
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December 9, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: ‘Your drinking water is contaminated,’ City Hall whispered

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer “There’s going to be some irate citizens when they find out they’re paying for water they’re
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December 2, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 2 Comments

Left Justified: A prayer said before environmentalist friends

By Stanley Campbell I was asked to say a prayer before the Severson Dells fund-raising breakfast. Fund-raising is such a miracle
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December 2, 2009 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Editorial: The District 205 credibility gap

By Brandon Reid Assistant Editor Either Rockford Public School District 205 administrators are completely clueless about what’s going on in the schools,
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November 25, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 7 Comments

Editorial: Pricing fear from the bottom up

Failure to practice critical thinking and telling the truth institutionalizes a culture of fear By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Teachers: safely going
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November 25, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rep. Manzullo, we need to hear more than ‘I’m sorry’

By Dan Kenney U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo (R-16) described terror suspects that may be brought to Thomson, Ill., prison as
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November 25, 2009 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Thanksgiving thoughts about giving gifts

By Stanley Campbell Americans get stuffed on Thanksgiving, then shop until we drop. I think that should change. As a shopkeeper (JustGoods
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November 25, 2009 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Nov. 22

By Stanley Campbell Rockford has a checkered past when it comes to inclusivity. During the 1850s and 1860s, abolitionists (anti-slavery activists)
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November 18, 2009 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Editorial: Obama casualty of his own wars?

America has a $1.4 Trillion Deficit, with a projected deficit Of $1.75 trillion! How much more will new troops, continued
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November 18, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: Obama’s wars, 1984 and $$$

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Obviously, it’s not the first time, but I’m getting disillusioned by a person I supported and
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November 11, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Response to David Pedersen on gun control

By William J. Lee This is in response to the Guest Column titled You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out, (Sept. 2-8, 2009 issue)
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November 11, 2009 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Deeply concerned about Afghanistan

By Thomas A. Middleton We must never again squander the blood of patriots with a half-hearted attempt at war. It
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November 4, 2009 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

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