Opinions
LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Thank You Melrose Park Chamber
Dear Editor, THANK YOU MELROSE PARK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE On behalf of Sacred Heart Parish in Melrose Park, I would like to thank the Melrose Park Chamber of Commerce for their generous donations to our Parish Ministries this past Christmas Season. They donated many toys to our toy drive to help the needy children at […]
Is Christianity Fading in America?
A parishioner shared with me a newspaper editorial and asked my opinion on it. After reading it, I decided to comment on it for my article here. Bonnie Erbé, the editorial’s author, made two arguments: (1) the “dominance” (her word) of Christianity is fading in America, and (2) this decline of Christianity’s influence is a […]
Bob’s Perspective
It Takes You To Conquer Kids Cancer By Bob Dituri Each year the Franklin Park firefighters and its passionate volunteers organize and host this annual celebration spending countless hours working together to achieve their goal by raising money for children with cancer. On Friday, March 8, 2013, they will be hosting their annual St.Baldricks fundraiser […]
Letter To the Editor
School District 81 Election Dear Editor: There is a local election for members of the Schiller Park D81 School Board occurring in April, 2013. I am a current Board Member up for re-election and I’d like to offer my thoughts on what is happening in this school district and how the outcome of the election […]
Publisher’s Message – January, 2013
Well, if you are reading this, the end of the world didn’t arrive on December 21st and we all can look forward to the next prediction of doom and gloom that most assuredly will come around again. Although I had no doubt that we would all still be around, I did contemplate the “preparedness” part […]
OPEN FORUM – January, 2013
Impressed with Paper A women who subscribes to People & Places stopped to tell our delivery girl the following: “She has been impressed with the paper. She subscribed to the (another paper we won’t mention) for several years and it had gotten very expensive and she disliked the content. She cancelled her subscription. They call […]
Bob’s Perspective: “Should We Have Concealed Weapons or Not?”
Life today is like a box of chocolates everyone; you never know what you’re going to get. Yes, people of many places and especially the city of Chicago seem to be going back in the time machine in the wild, Wild West days of our lives where we will be carrying and drawing guns from […]
From Our Email Box – Letter to the Editor
Dear Barb … I feel compelled to comment on your “Message From The Publisher” in the December issue of People & Places. I must say, during your time on Motorsports Unlimited, I never saw any sign of your genuine love of animals. I say “genuine” because I don’t believe anyone, who didn’t love animals, could […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
I am writing because as a voter I am disgusted with the smear campaign Kathleen Willis is running. Who is Kathleen Willis and what are her credentials making her worthy of being my state representative? All I see are scare tactic campaign ads being mailed to my house, along with name calling. Is this how […]
Letter To The Editor
Dear Barbara, I have been telling your father-in-law how much we love reading your newspaper and I thought it was time to tell you what a great job you’re doing. It is so informative in regard to so many things and we look forward to reading it every month. You are doing a wonderful job, […]
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