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Students gain from sex ed

We were glad to see the Illinois Senate send Gov. Pat Quinn a bill requiring that school sex ed courses include information about birth control and sexually transmitted disease prevention. Quinn is expected to sign the bill.

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    Don't take away our gun rights

    The new concealed carry bill introduced in Illinois is not satisfactory at all. The appointed board would be made up of three Chicago anti-gun lobbyists or anti-gun politicians and three from outside of Cook County. The Illinois legislators are a disgrace to law-abiding gun-toting citizens.

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    Obama's ratings going down

    In response to a letter from Frankie Seaberry: Where is it that President Obama is doing a fabulous job? I sure can't see it anywhere.

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    A way to deny our gun rights

    Once again leave it up to the bozos in our capital and the Dodos from Chicago. This so-called conceal carry bill is a joke and just another way to deny us citizens our Second Amendment rights and a blatant attempt to try and get around the ruling made by the federal court of appeals.

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    Puzzled by Obama

    It has been some time since I have written an opinion letter.

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    Did Obama stand by his word?

    I don't usually reply to Jim Walters' ravings, but since he mentioned my name, I guess I will. Yes, I changed my mind about writing to the paper. Intelligent people do that occasionally. But some people's minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.

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    An eye-opening special day

    My grandson, Zachary Landry, recently got to be chief of police for the day at the Belleville Police Department.

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    Let's limit letters

    What is the deal ? Why are the perennially incessant letter writers repeating the news stories of the day as if no one else would know anything about it if they did not? This is not news, and the points of outrage are not opinions, just complaints.

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    Impressed with coverage at Scott

    Kudos to reporter Mike Fitzgerald and photographer Tim Vizer for the fine coverage of Scott's annual Bataan Death March Memorial Ruck Challenge, which was featured in Sunday's BND. It was great to see our young warriors taking time to recognize and memorialize an event that took place long before...

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