Our Miss Brooks model for 1990s education challenged
A guest column urges new mental models for learning highlighting education as future salary, distance learning, and nontraditional students. Paula Wolff, president of Governors State University, advocates eco nomic growth through technology rich education and a regional charter school initiative to prevent student failure.
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Park Forest youth speaker urges responsibility with stark statistics
Michael Wilkins of Park Forest, leader of the Young Speakers Association, emphasizes to youths nationwide the high school dropout, prison, and mortality odds. He says awareness of these figures can motivate them to beat the odds and take responsibility.
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Park Forest
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Doctor explains migraine onset signs in recent Star story
Flossmoor neurologist Dr. Marvin Zelkowitz urges patients to report headaches honestly. He notes that aura-like visuals, unusual smells, or sensitivity to loud sounds may signal migraines rather than mental illness, indicating brain activity triggering the attack.
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Marvin Zelkowitz
Flossmoor Neurologist
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Community letters urge support for minority business and school reforms
Letters to the Editor praise Meranjil Landscaping for Enterprise Zone tax abatement aiding job growth in Chicago Heights while criticizing two African-American aldermen for abstaining. Other letters discuss Flossmoor Chicago Heights School District 161 audits, infrastructure neglect, and call for constructive parent and community involvement at board meetings.
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Chicago Heights
Meranjil Landscaping Corporation
Portland Ave
Joyce Trucking
Shields
Flossmoor
Board of Education
Ing
District 161
Libertarian Tobin touted as best Illinois governor pick
A reader endorses Libertarian James Tobin over George Ryan and Glenn Poshard. Tobin’s record includes founding the National Taxpayers Union of Illinois, blocking tax hikes, promoting a Tax Accountability Amendment, and pledging to abolish the state income tax, privatize schools, and support tuition tax credits. The writer argues Tobin is the clear better choice despite third-party odds.
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Poshard
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Letters policy for The Star invites signed submissions
The Star invites letters to the editor signed by writers whose names will be published. Writers should include address and telephone for verification, not published. Letters may be edited for brevity clarity or legality. No publication date guaranteed.
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The enduring spirit after disasters across the Midwest
In a guest column Shawn Harper recalls the Plainfield tornado of 1990 the Great Flood of 1993 and other storms. He honors community resilience praising neighbors volunteers and his mother Judith Ilene Harper who died after the flood year 1994. He emphasizes that people helping people defines a nation and contrasts hopeful unity with doomsday narratives.
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