Letters

  • Grateful for success of cooking event

    With the first What’s Cookin’ event coming to a close, the committee wants to share its deepest appreciation and thanks to all sponsors and teams for ...
    April 17, 2014 - 4:27 pm

  • Kudos, Future Educators, for great event

    I want to send a note of thanks and appreciation to the Sauk Valley Community College Future Educators for their well-planned, creative and fun, “If Y ...
    April 17, 2014 - 4:27 pm

  • Pharmacists ready to help with mandate

    As of Jan. 1, Illinois requires all sixth- and 12th-grade students to receive a meningococcal vaccination. This necessitates adding it to the current ...
    April 18, 2014 - 11:05 pm

  • ‘Little minds’ in government fail the people

    I must quote Edmund Burke in his address to the House of Commons when he said, “A great empire and little minds go ill together.”
    April 18, 2014 - 11:05 pm

  • Support group for Parkinson’s very beneficial

    Millions of people around the world recognize April as Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Parkinson’s is a progressive, degenerative neurological disorder t ...
    April 18, 2014 - 11:04 pm

  • Thanks SVM reporter for revealing facts

    Thank you for supporting SVM reporter David Giuliani’s work. He has discovered a reluctant Sterling Township official, Mr. Howze, who didn’t want to a ...
    April 18, 2014 - 11:05 pm

  • Township coverage is important

    I must say a loud thank you to SVM reporter David Giuliani for his coverage of the ongoing debacle in Coloma Township.
    April 17, 2014 - 8:57 pm

  • Kudos to those who answer emergency calls

    The second week of April each year is recognized as National Telecommunicators Week. Telecommunicators are recognized for the pivotal role they play i ...
    April 17, 2014 - 8:58 pm

  • Change your life during Library Week

    This week, April 13-19, communities across the country celebrate National Library Week to remind the public about the contributions that libraries, li ...
    April 16, 2014 - 8:38 pm

  • Boosting organ transplants is goal of charity

    The Children’s Organ Transplant Association was founded in 1986 when residents of Bloomington, Ind., rallied around a toddler who needed a life-saving ...
    April 15, 2014 - 8:34 pm

  • Old TV shows were true family entertainment

    Remember the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, Howdy Doody, Clarabell the Clown honking his horn, Buffalo Bob, and Speedy, the little Alka-Seltzer boy?
    April 14, 2014 - 7:17 pm

  • Campground for river, canal visitors needed

    Hello, friends.Location, location, location – we have that right here in the Tri-Cities, right? We a ...
    April 13, 2014 - 11:23 pm
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