In a small village named El-Monfia, one hour outside Cairo, Eqypt, Hasnaa Solmin was born. She eventually would have three brothers and two sisters. Her father was in banking and her mother grew bees to sell the honey. Once her father retired from banking, he bought a chicken farm. Her...
Oswegoland Woman’s Civic Club, old and new members, will join together at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 at Lakeview Grill in Yorkville for dinner, to celebrate its 90th year of community service to Oswegoland. Please call Judy Smith, 630-554-8097, to make a reservation by Sunday. The Club always has had...
U.S. secretary of Energy Rick Perry and India’s Atomic Energy secretary Dr. Sekhar Basu signed an agreement in New Delhi, India Monday to expand the two countries’ collaboration on world-leading science and technology projects. It will open the way for jointly advancing cutting-edge neutrino science projects under way in both...
The culinary traditions of the many ethnic groups which built Aurora from 1834 to the present will be celebrated at History on a Fork, an evening of diverse food and drink from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, April 27 at One East Benton in downtown Aurora. Guests will browse...
Teens. Are they just older children, or younger adults? According to YALSA, which is a division of the American Library Association and stands for Young Adult Library Services Association, teens are in a developmental stage that requires a unique approach to understanding them, connecting with them, and serving them. The...
My name is Marie Schindlbeck Pierce. I founded our ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) group TEAM T.O.M. with my six siblings in 2013 after the loss of our brother, Tom Schindlbeck, to ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS is a progressive, fatal neuromuscular disorder that occurs when motor nerve cells cease...
Grandpa, How is this for a scam? I placed an ad on Craigslist for a roommate. I got back a text message that said the sender was interested in my ad. She gave me a web address to reply to her. I typed in the goo.gl/MGX23F that she gave me....
Aurora City Council members listened to compliments about the Aurora Police Department at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday. Indian Prairie School District 204 superintendent, Karen Sullivan, said, “My purpose tonight is to publically thank you as a City, and to thank Chief (Kristen) Ziman and your police...
David Fisher, North Aurora Police Chief, left, stands with North Aurora C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Team) volunteers Harley Linker, Beth Drendel, and Jeff Wong as they are recognized at the North Aurora Village Board meeting Monday. They were part of the gold team with more than 100 volunteer hours in...
Students and representatives from three Aurora schools gather Monday for a photo at the Rotary Club of Aurora meeting held at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora. Several times each year, student guests are invited to attend Rotary meetings. Attendees at the meeting are from Aurora Central Catholic, Aurora Christian, East...
Kane County Judge Rene Cruz gives a presentation about the dangers of social media for kids to the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. Judge Cruz showed the presentation designed for middle-school-age children with examples how one lapse in judgment can lead to permanent consequences....
Kane County Cougars first-year manager Blake Lalli, 15, gives a fist bump to second baseman Luis Alejandro Basabe, 1, during introductions prior to the start of their home opener against the Beloit Snappers at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva Friday. Beloit won, 9-6, in the chilly air. The Cougars in...
Not since 2000, when the New York Yankees won a World Series championship for the fourth time in five years, has a team repeated as World Series champion. The Yankees won it all in 1996, then captured three consecutive championships, 1998-2000. Since that time teams such as the San Francisco...
With April Winter weather comes postponements and cancellations in all outdoor sports from the major league level to the schools. Reverie reveals Spring high school sports offer lush green fields for baseball, softball, track and field, and soccer, all on one complex for the schools fortunate to have installed multiple...
By Bobby Narang – Tyler Nubin became the latest western suburban football player to commit to Minnesota head football coach, P.J. Fleck. Nubin, a three-star junior cornerback at St. Charles North High School, became the fifth player from the Class of 2019 to commit to Fleck, a former star wide...
By Craig Lynch – Loyola University men’s head basketball coach Porter Moser grew up in Naperville. He was a three-year starting forward for the Benet Academy Redwings in the 1980s. “When I was at Benet our gym was packed and we were in the midst of a long homecourt winning...
The Fox Valley Special Recreation Foundation (FVSRF), a 501c3 charity and fundraising organization, provides dinner Wednesday, April 11 at the Prisco Center in Aurora. The 25th annual BBQ & Basket Raffle helps raise funds to support the recreation, leisure, and social opportunities for individuals with disabilities by the Fox Valley...
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Barb Nadeau – Senior Services Associates, Inc. is offering a program to support caregivers as they support seniors with needs in their homes. Caregivers sometimes don’t even identify themselves as caregivers in the day to day service they provide to their loved ones. So, where are the caregivers? They are...
The Fox Valley Marines and Carol Ahmad of the Batavia Food Pantry pose for a photo Saturday during the delivery of potatoes to the Batavia Food Pantry. From left is William Barnett, Carol Ahmad, Richard Marrello, Richard Buss, and Allan Scott. The delivery is an annual event for the Fox...
