April 30, 2018 Dear editor; I was pleased to find I am in the company of great thinkers, such as Nietzsche, who need to get away to contemplate or write because of a mind full of thoughts. A lot of times I think about our government and our participation as...
Plano Train Day Saturday Plano’s annual National Train Day will be at the Plano Depot 101 W. Main Street, Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Attendees can tour the historic depot and enjoy coffee with Plano’s mayor, Bob Hausler from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.. There will be various...
Inhabitants of our beautiful planet are waking up to the truth of climate change and our need to be part of the efforts of the change that we can all find participation. Recently we celebrated Earth Day and we witnessed through videos more evidence of what is really happening to...
Oswegoland Woman’s Civic Club will close its 90th year of community service to Oswegoland with a salad pot luck meeting and white elephant exchange Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m., at 6:30 p.m., at Holiday Inn Express, 2055 Wiesbrook Drive, Oswego. Our 90th year anniversary proclamation was read in its...
Sometimes, by design or destiny, one person changes the course of human history. Think of Jesus Christ, Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, Michael Faraday, Queen Victoria, Gutenberg, or Jonas Salk. What fascinates is the charisma, the intelligence, the raw emotional power that one individual possesses and which transforms the world. Today’s...
From the vault, September 12, 2000 (revised): Election season is upon us once again, and this time around a new wind is blowing. It is the wind of populism, not the fake populism Donald Trump peddled two years ago to gain the votes of the disaffected, whom he quickly betrayed...
The Aurora Turner gymnastics group will be host to a State-wide championship in its double gymnasium Friday afternoon, May 18 through Sunday May 20. There were 931 pre-registered competitors representing 36 gymnastic organizations from northern Illinois. It will bring an estimated 2,000 spectators during that weekend. It is not Olympic...
Ingredients 1 cup olive oil 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 lemon, juiced 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon ketchup 2 teaspoons dried oregano 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined with tails attached wood skewers (soaked...
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By Anthony Stanford – Algorithms got you down? It might sound like an odd question, but a crop of television commercials extolling the virtues of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how human beings benefit from the expanding use of technology, should pique your interest. Digging deeper the hype about the usefulness
The Batavia Chamber is proud to announce that the April Ambassador of the Month is Kathy Barkei! The Batavia Chamber is privileged to have her as an ambassador and exceptional Chamber member! Kathy Barkei uses her wonderful talents to promote Batavia and the Batavia Chamber of Commerce. She was a...
West Aurora Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Group will meet Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the 5th Ward Community Room, 1921 Galena Boulevard, West Aurora Plaza. Kelvin Beene, Property Standards manager and Dan Barrerio, chief community service officer, both from the city government of Aurora, will be our guest speakers....
Grandpa says: To all the moms in our readership area, Happy Mother’s Day! To everyone in our readership area, this is a hint: Mother’s Day is Sunday. Don’t let her down. Grandpa, I got flagged down by a fellow who told me that he could see oil dripping from under...
Aurora resident Dick Schindel, right, Aurora Noon Lions Club, serves hamburgers and hot dogs at an indoor picnic for 50 deaf and hearing impaired students and interpreters Thursday, May 3 at Luigi’s Pizza in Aurora. The party replaced an annual outdoor picnic and fishing clinic at Phillips Park in Aurora,...
Rick Niksic, left, an education and outreach representative with Greenhouse, a licensed medical marijuana dispensary and pharmacy, shares a presentation at the Rotary Club of Aurora Monday. He spoke about the positive effects cannabinoids have on the human body. Patients as young as four suffering from seizures can make it...
John Russell, grant writer for the city of Aurora, presents information about the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Aurora at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. The GAR Memorial Hall and Museum in Aurora, 23 E. Downer Place, is one of a...
North Aurora Police Chief Dave Fisher explains at the North Aurora Village Board meeting Monday the Village’s plans to start prosecuting DUI arrests with a local prosecutor, rather than through the state’s attorney’s office. Village officials unanimously approved a contract with attorney Peter Buh, a private attorney from the law...
IMSA student Rishi Modi, center, is honored by Richard Irvin, mayor of Aurora at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. He recently received the Top High School Innovator Award for GoGo Riders, a ride-sharing service that allows customers to negotiate prices for a ride with nearby drivers. He is joined...
Dr. Abbas Khawaja, center, is honored by Richard Irvin, mayor of Aurora at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Khawaja provided more than 50 years of service to the medical community and founded the Fox Valley Muslim Center in 1995. Jason Crane/The Voice...
A lottery for party ballot placement in the November 6 general election was held Monday, at the Kane County Clerk’s Office in Geneva. Robert J. Sandner, Kane County chief deputy compliance coordinator, right, closes his eyes and selects one of two pieces of paper with Democratic on one paper and...
