Letters to the editor submitted to The (Elgin) Courier-News.
Category: Elgin Courier-News Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Moeller invites residents to join river cleanup event in Elgin
Letters to the editor submitted to The (Elgin) Courier-News.
Donna Vickroy: Mimi and Gucci find a new home after terminally ill owner gives his bonded dogs to Naperville shelter
There’s a happy ending for Mimi and Gucci, the pair of bonded pitbull mixes whose terminally ill owner gave them to the Naperville Area Humane Society because he could no longer care for them.
Donna Vickroy: As we deal with new chaos, take a page from COVID and practice the four Cs
These are tough times for empaths. As we watch government service agencies get gutted, as we watch people lose their jobs, as we watch our beautiful national parks struggle to stay open, as we watch our once thriving country descend into economic despair, it is a challenge to keep panic at bay. Knowing our government […]
Donna Vickroy: Plan now for your bountiful garden later
Yes, there’s light at the end of this winter. But before you reach for the gardening gloves, or take a hoe out of the shed, or start filling your cart with petunias, remember, March does not mean jump.
Now is the time to make a plan, research options, stock up on supplies and sketch out your future work of art.
Letters to the Editor: Vote yes on tax referendum to bolster Kane public safety; sheriff’s wrong about why jail population’s growing
Letters to the editor submitted to The Courier-News.
Donna Vickroy: Old age can be hell when all you want is calm, order, health and friends
This is how I expected retirement to be: A nice stroll into a calm, slow, nonthreatening way of life as we put aside the chaos of the working world. Au contraire!
Letters to the Editor: Say ‘no more’ Kane tax hikes — reject referendum; don’t believe everything artificial intelligence tells you
Letters to the editor submitted for publication to The Courier-News.
Donna Vickroy: Looking for moments of zen amid the national chaos the only way to stay sane
It didn’t take long to realize the new leadership’s manic attack on the status quo was by design. It also didn’t take long to realize the “shock and awe” was meant to both terrorize and exhaust us.
Donna Vickroy: Amphibian creatures don’t come much cuter than axolotls, and they make great pets too
You might know axolotls from video games like “Minecraft” and “Pokemon,” but the aquatic salamanders with unique, adorable and popular with people who keep amphians as pets.