The Voice staff reports Memorial Day observances fill our communities. The following list has varied activities. All are designed to properly pay respects to the military members who died in action and once served and have passed. All of the observances will be Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, unless otherwise
Grandpa, I am hearing a lot of different thoughts about this Pride Parade coming up. Why do a bunch of gay people have to prance around in public? That kind of stuff should be kept behind closed doors. I don’t need to know who is sleeping with whom. Grandpa says;
The city government of Naperville will be host to a public meeting to introduce the 95th Street and Book Road Intersection Improvement Project to the public from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 at the 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Drive. Comments can be sent to dunnek@naperville.il.us
Michala Mika, manager of Kids Golf Foundation of Illinois, based in Sugar Grove, shares information at the Rotary Club of Aurora Monday at Two Brothers Roundhouse. The Foundation was established in 1998 by entrepreneurs and golf enthusiasts Jerry Rich and Don Springer and is a statewide junior golf association that
Montgomery Police Officer Kelli Smith receives a Life-Saving Award from Montgomery Police Chief Phillip J. Smith at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday. Officer Smith, who has been with the Montgomery Police Department for approximately a year-and-a-half, responded to a call of an infant in medical distress in the 2400
Anna Payton, Aurora Animal Care and Control (AACC) manager, answers questions Tuesday at the Aurora Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting in City Hall. The change to the animal wildlife response policy is to decrease operational costs and City liability. AACC will respond to calls for bats in living spaces
The Plano School District Board of Education announced that Mr. Tony Baker was officially approved May 8 as the new superintendent of schools effective July 1, 2018. Baker was unanimously approved at the special Board meeting. Board president Tim Campbell said, “Mr. Baker has administrative experience and an amazing track
By Anthony Stanford – Aurora’s First Fridays event May 4 brought the largest food truck festival in the city’s history to its burgeoning downtown. The event offered an array of entertainment, including art, music, and pop-up events. At the Santori Public Library, the event had special significance because not only
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit www.plano.lib.il.us or call 630-552-2009. • Knit and Crochet Group, Thursdays, 10a.m. to noon. This informal group works on its own projects, discusses types and colors of yarns, and helps
There will be a short prayer service for Pearl Harbor casualty Walter H. Backman at Healy Chapel, 332 W. Downer Place in Aurora at 1 p.m. Memorial Day, Monday, May 28. Click here for more information. At 1:30 p.m. a memorial procession will leave Healy Chapel go west on Downer
Conimur Reading Circle will hold its last meeting of the club year with a luncheon meeting at noon Monday, May 21 at Oak Street Restaurant, corner of Oak Street and Randall Road, North Aurora. Joan Stransky will review “The Operation” by Robert O’Neill. President Kendra Nohl will give her final
At an awards luncheon May 10, the Rotary Club of Naperville named the Naperville Park District’s park operations manager Chuck Papanos a Paul Harris Fellow. Papanos, along with nine others, received the award, which is given to individuals who meet high professional and personal standards set forth by Paul Harris,
By Bobby Narang – Neuqua Valley High School freshman Michael Baren harkened back on his vast experience in club gymnastics to navigate his first Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State meet appearance last weekend at Hoffman Estates High School. After competing in club gymnastics since he was five years old,
Riley Ammenhauser, freshman from Neuqua Valley High School, lands in the triple jump event at the Plainfield North Sectional girls track and field meet Thursday, May 10. She won the event with 40 feet and six hundredths inches in the State Class 3A sectionals best performance. The State meet will
By Robin Reder – Dolan and Murphy men’s fastpitch softball team opened its season and won the DeKalb Icebreaker tournament championship recently. In the championship game, Dolan defeated Kimberly, Wis., 6-1. Dave Perkins, John Schweighart, and Justin Krenzke each had two hits. Jeff Nowaczyk collected two runs batted in, Ryan
Chicago White Sox outfielder Leury Garcia lays down a bunt during a game against the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago earlier this month. Garcia’s batting average was .256 through Monday. The Sox will play at home against Texas and Baltimore, Friday through May 24. Sean King for
Nuggets fill the sports schedules: • Ed Colton, football player at East Aurora High Schools in the mid-1940s, reminds that the Turner’s Club will be host to the Turner’s State gymnastics championship with nearly 1,000 competitors at the Aurora site Friday through Sunday. • Naperville North High School captured second
