Don't blame Kane health department for doing its job
It is tempting to criticize the Kane County Public Health Department for its handling of the free H1N1 vaccination program so far.

The Headless Horseman rides through Sleepy Hollow
When Washington Irving wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the setting was in New York along the Hudson River. I would be shocked to learn that he had a setting in Illinois in mind when he wrote his famous short story. Nonetheless, for whatever reason, a small quaint village can be found here in the Fox Valley named for that fictional place.

Parents have tough choices due to flu scare
Sesame Street's Kermit the Frog laments, "It's not easy bein' green." These days, it's not easy being a parent, with the H1N1 mania sweeping through the area over the past week.

District 300, Dundee-Crown High School taking steps to make the community proud
When Dundee High School was closed in the mid-1980s, there were a lot of hard feelings from the area residents who had to move over to Irving Crown High School in Carpentersville. The perception was that Carpentersville could not offer what was available at Dundee High School, since East and West Dundee were perceived as more upscale.

Assessment supervisor sends you his greetings
If you live in Dundee Township of Kane County, you recently received greetings in the mail. No, it is not the kind of greetings that informs you of being drafted into the armed services.

Learning to like mass transit tough but necessary
The story this newspaper and others in the Sun-Times News Group published last week on the future of transportation in the Chicago area echoed the same tune that we've heard since the suburban growth boom in the 1970s: Effective, efficient mass transportation systems are needed throughout the collar counties.

Nursing homes must protect residents
When you write your plans for the future in your senior high school yearbook, you typically want great things, like a fabulous job, prospects for excellent health, loving family and only the very best. As we all know, life happens and most of us have our share of the good with the bad.