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Guest Column: A story to tell the nation

By Dolores Rundberg I have been inspired by God to write this. Those we have voted into office are not
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November 9, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Justice or just-us?

By Richard Thomas Justice or Just-Us? I attended my first Occupy Rockford rally this last Saturday at the grand opening
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November 9, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Immigrants are people, too!

By Stanley Campbell America should share the benefits of life, liberty and “happiness pursuing” with the rest of the world. But
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November 9, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 4 Comments

Left Justified: The sheriff’s fishing hole

By Stanley Campbell A number of friends asked for an explanation of my remarks about the Forest Preserve. “Didn’t you
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November 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Keystone XL oil pipeline simply a bad idea

By Richard Bunch The Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bad idea from all perspectives. Producing oil from tar sands is
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November 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Paying actual costs of the Post Office — an idea worth trying

By Gary Haynes In his commentary (Sept. 21-27, 2011), Charles Miller, Lakeland District Postal Service manager, writes about the plight
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November 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Teaching your child accountability

By Dr. Raymond J. Huntington “It’s time for you to start being more responsible.” If you’ve ever heard yourself saying these words
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November 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Occupy Rockford featured at Nov. 7 event

By Stanley Campbell Wasn’t it amazing how swiftly this “occupation” movement swept over the country? Fox News is still trying
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 8 Comments

Guest Column: Asphalt plant: Business and ethics?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident I know many of you have followed my frequent guest columns concerning the proposed
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Opinion of county’s asphalt plant emissions expert differs from OSHA

• Correspondence between Tom and Billie D. Mills and Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen By Tom & Billie D. Mills September
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Dear Winnebago County Board Chairman and Board members

By Mona Marcinkowski Fox Ridge Subdivision resident Thursday, Oct. 27, you will cast your votes regarding William Charles’ attempt to obtain a
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Closing Dixon’s Mabley affects Rockford

By Ron & Carole Bergman Jacksonville Coalition to Save Our State Facilities This is a local news topic because Rockford residents
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Girl Scouts works to inform girls about reality of reality TV

By Vicki Wright CEO, Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois What did we see today? And more importantly, what did our children see
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Natural desires, medicines and food police

By Norman Bleed Few desiderata (“things wanted or needed”) outpace good health, and the subsidiary “desires” to find it, and
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Kilbuck Creek used to run clear — not chocolate brown or bluish gray

• Is their record mud on the Kilbuck? If this is William Charles’ treatment of Kilbuck Creek, how can the
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 5 Comments

Guest Column: Is William Charles special?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident Winnebago County Board member Angie Goral (D-7) stated in the daily Oct. 12 regarding
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

First asphalt plant protest

By Nichole Larison Sammon Last Saturday, Oct. 15, the East State Street neighbors held a protest to raise awareness for the
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Asphalt plant — a ‘big toxic carcinogenic’ problem

By Billie Diane Mills Adjacent property owner to proposed asphalt plant I can’t believe that people in this community, i.e., Norma Lewis
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Jim Webster & Zoning Committee sentence Fox Ridge Neighborhood to LIFE

By Mona Marcinkowski Fox Ridge Neighborhood resident Oct. 11, the Winnebago County Zoning Committee voted on the proposed special-use permit for the
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Effects of ‘ObamaCare’ largely unknown

By Rep. Jim Sacia It’s complicated and time consuming. It’s important to every American. I’m referring, of course, to “ObamaCare,”
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Five years of selling fairly

By Stanley Campbell JustGoods fair trade store is celebrating its fifth year this Thursday, Oct. 27, beginning at 7 p.m. You
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Rock River Trail Initiative: An update for October 2011

By Frank Schier Founder and Coordinator and Greg Farnham Coordinator We appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm and cooperation and are pleased to report good progress during
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Winnebago County Zoning office suppresses opposition information

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdvision resident The Winnebago County Zoning office copied and compiled a stack of information for the
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rockford Park District says THANK YOU, William Charles, for the 16 percent discount

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident William Charles, in an article in the daily released Saturday, Oct. 8, stated they
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

The many faces of William Charles

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident The following entities are listed at the addresses of 1401 N. Second St. and
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Blame, bandying and excuses in our public school system

By Amy Orvis Rockford Public School Teacher Want to engage in the public education “reform” tournament these days? Serve the words “failing”
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Left Justified: 25 years walking against hunger

By Stanley Campbell I know you are just itchin’ to stretch those legs again. This Sunday, Oct. 16, the 25th Rockford
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: County board should vote ‘no’ on special-use permit for East State asphalt plant

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident William Charles has proposed placing an asphalt plant in the East State Street quarry,
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

East State asphalt plant: Campaign contributions and property tax?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident Sept. 19, five days after the ZBA hearing, Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Challenge to Rockford’s noise and towing ordinances as unconstitutional

By Rene Hernandez June 28, William Franzen of Rockford, filed suit in the 17th Judicial Circuit seeking to overturn the City
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Why the media blackout of the Wall Street protests?

By Dewaine Nelson Along with my father, who is in his 80s, we have been news junkies for many years. We
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Democracy depends on responsible news consumption

By David Porter Director of Communications, Illinois Press Association You alone are responsible for the news you consume. If I have only
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Occupy Wall Street sweeps the nation

By Kelly McKee New York City is once again ground zero, but this time, the war following is likely to be
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column> Online Exclusives | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Politicians: “William Charles always a ‘Good Neighbor’”

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident William Charles, through its numerous public statements concerning the proposed asphalt plant in the
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September 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: No tears for Blago

By John Russell Ghrist Next month, when former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is sentenced for political corruption, I won’t be
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September 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Sierra Club invites you!

By Stanley Campbell Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been protecting the environment of wild places, communities and the planet itself.
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September 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Rock River Trail Initiative: September Update

By Greg Farnham RRTI Coordinator and Frank Schier RTTI Founder and Coordinator and Editor & Publisher of The Rock River Times Hello, everyone! We hope
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September 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: ZBA asphalt decision made in advance?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident The Winnebago County Zoning Board of Appeals’ final hearing on a special-use permit
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September 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Postal Service needs prompt action to remain viable

By Charles Miller District Manager, U.S. Postal Service Lakeland District “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night …
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September 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Step into the garden dedicated to common good

By Dan Kenney Last week was a troubling week. Tuesday, Sept. 13, what many thought was confirmed — that the federal government
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September 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Editorial: Big apathy, labor, wind blows away quality of life

• Sinnissippi Audubon Society’s Conservationist of the Year Award and Atwood Award returned in protest By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher In sad
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September 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 3 Comments

Left Justified: 50 years of the Peace Corps

By Stanley Campbell If you think you’ve seen this before, you are correct. I helped celebrate Rockford-area Peace Corps “returnees” (volunteers
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September 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Making Democrats heroes for Medicare

By Douglas E. Schoen The debt ceiling debate didn’t end well for the Democrats. Faced with unified Tea Party delegates in
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September 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Online Exclusives | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Free businesses from excessive regulation

By Kmele Foster Capitol Hill is inching closer to passing landmark regulatory reform that will help encourage investment and create jobs. The
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September 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Online Exclusives | 2 Comments

Left Justified: 9/11 10th anniversary: Healing each other

By Stanley Campbell It’s been 10 years since the atrocities committed on Sept. 11, 2001. It’s been 10 years since many
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September 7, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Casino: The house never loses, just the players

By Norman Bleed Here’s a trick question: Why was Prohibition repealed? Was it really because, after 14 “roaring” years, we
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September 7, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Rockford Public Schools’ new athletic policy: Failure on Demand

By Tim Hughes The Rockford Board of Education recently announced that sports are more important than education. What other conclusion
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August 31, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Protester: Open Meetings Act violated at ZBA meeting on asphalt plant

By Nichole Larison Sammon Neighborhood protester of proposed asphalt plant I am requesting that an investigation be started regarding the events that
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August 31, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Free trade, not unions, has damaged the job market

By John Stassi In his Guest Column (“Unions need to sacrifice, too” — Aug. 3), State Rep. Jim Sacia suggests
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August 31, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Letter to President Barack Obama re: citizen harassment

By Dan Sears Dear Mr. President: Do you realize that Big Brother, the Gestapo and the KGB could still be active
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August 31, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

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