August 9, 2018 – The Voice

Leroy Jenkins, a 3-year-old Chihuahua adopted from Aurora Animal Care and Control, will serve as Grand Marshal of the 2018 Aurora Pooch Parade

Aurora’s first dog parade to be held Sunday, September 9 at Phillips Park

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

As the dog days of summer come to an end, the Aurora Animal Care and Control (AACC) is excited to announce Aurora’s first-ever dog parade scheduled for next month. The 2018 Aurora Pooch Parade will held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 9 at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive. The theme...

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National Night Out Tuesday

On August 9, 2018August 20, 2018 By admin

Children and adults wait in line in the Georgetown neighborhood of Aurora Tuesday to enter a fire truck during National Night Out, a nationwide annual event designed to raise crime prevention awareness and support community-police partnerships. Aurora resident, Dee Hakala, of Georgetown started the Aurora event after two teenagers held...

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Yanise Ho Roller blade travel to raise scholarship funds stranger kindness

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Roller blade travel to raise scholarship funds and to prove the kindness of strangers

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Victoria Schmitt of Yorkville bid farewell recently to a new friend, 23-year-old Yanise Ho, originally from Hong Kong (click here for her website). The immediate destination for Ho was Iowa and ultimately Portland, Ore., all by roller blades. Yes, the college student at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass....

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Stolp Avenue Block Party Friday Educational Blocks for children

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Blocks in Stolp Block Party in Aurora:

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

The SciTech Hands On Museum in Aurora provided educational blocks at the Stolp Avenue Block Party Friday for children to use as a part of the First Fridays, Friday. One girl draws attention with her colorful maneuvers. The art and music festival will return Friday, Sept. 7 to downtown Aurora....

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Batavia Dinner Table

On August 9, 2018August 10, 2018 By admin

The long Batavia Dinner Table on River Street, in its third annual Batavia MainStreet event, held Sunday afternoon, raised more than $10,000. Batavia MainStreet is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization for Downtown Batavia. Christopher Faber, it was revealed this week, has been named its executive director. Click here for a news...

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Commentary Events Feature Veterans

Bold: Roller-blade travel; Serenity Park, LaSalle Auto Show

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

We do live in a wide world. There are many facets to our world if we wander and wonder. If we look around and absorb. There are examples from which to choose: • A 23-year-old woman feeds her desire to be distinctive and live in a world which receives kindness...

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Opinion State

Reader’s Voice: Slow payment hurts service

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

July 23, 2018 Dear editor; Most of us who use electronic banking and paperless payment systems take the ease of those systems for granted. But if you’re an Illinois physician who treats injured workers under the Illinois workers’ compensation system, you’ll be using the technological equivalent of an abacus to...

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Opinion

Reader’s Voice: Deficits tied to legalizing marijuana use

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

August 6, 2018 Dear editor; U.S. senator Dick Durbin recently introduced a bill to crack down on flavored tobacco in e-cigarettes. He believes big tobacco is marketing to kids with flavors such as cake batter, whipped cream, and gummy bears. As a mother and grandmother, I applaud his efforts. But,...

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Commentary Feature Food

Beyond Meat seeks products with proper texture, chew

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Second of three parts – Rina Raphael of FastCompany visited Beyond Meat’s analytical lab which seeks to match non-meat with beef’s taste. Her report on the tour in the Los Angeles plant continues: “Later during my facility tour, Daniel Ryan, Beyond Meat’s director of chemistry, works with the ‘E-nose’ aroma...

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Open discussion at West Aurora Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Group

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

The West Aurora Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15 at West Aurora Plaza 5th Ward meeting room. This month’s meeting will be an open discussion to address any topics, concerns, or issues the group may like to address. For more information call Pat Malin...

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Commentary Feature

Summer thoughts: Books to frog to swimming to food

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Summer thoughts: • So what if I had read all day? The book was “A Gentleman in Moscow” and I did not want to put it down. In the author notes, I read that he had an M.A. in English so it was no surprise that he used correct English...

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Feature

History lesson: Inside designing home landscape plans

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Some years back, before I became an independently-wealthy newspaper columnist and author, I worked for a landscape architectural firm. Besides designing landscape plans for the homes of the rich, plans that when implemented cost more than the entire GDP of Bosnia, the firm created land plans. We generally focused on...

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Food

Breakfast Cups

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Ingredients 3/4 pound breakfast sausage 1/8 cup minced onion 1/8 cup minced green bell pepper 1 (12 ounce) can biscuit dough 3 eggs, beaten 3 tablespoons milk 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400F. 2. In a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat, combine sausage,...

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Poetry

Richard Williams Poem: A Musing Sonnet

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Community Government Policy State

‘Pensions make Illinois property taxes most painful’: Illinois Policy Institute

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Property taxes in Illinois were in the middle of the pack nationwide 20 years ago, but since then have risen 52%, driven largely by pensions, according to new research released today from the Illinois Policy Institute. The report, “Pensions make Illinois property taxes among the most painful,” reveals that the...

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Community Feature Government Policy Political

Conversation, action, the start to solving suicide

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

By Joel Frieders – My name is Joel Frieders. I am a husband to one, a father to three, a son to two, a brother to one, and I am a second-term alderman for the United City of Yorkville, the county seat of Kendall County. July 28, 2017, I lost...

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Commentary Opinion

Ask Grandpa: Questions in and around their houses

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Grandpa, I live in a house that has been divided into three small apartments. I suspect that when the landlord divided the house, he wired it so that he gets free electricity by tapping into the power of the two rental units. My electric bill is very high for a...

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Policy Veterans

Legislation passed to assist veterans

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Bipartisan legislation championed by State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, a Marine veteran, was signed into law recently to help correct the mismanagement that led to the deaths of 13 veterans in the Quincy Veterans Home. “It was clear during our legislative hearings that residents and staff were not properly notified...

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Community Government Infrastructure Policy

Aurora plans five-story hotel near Route 59

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

Aurora aldermen are poised to approve a plan for a hotel near the Meijer store on Route 59 that was the site of a previous hotel plan that the Aurora City Council rejected nine years ago. The president of Indianapolis-based General Hotels Corp., along with representatives from Phoenix-based Best Western,...

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North Aurora silo park project moving forward

On August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 By admin

The photo shows the existing silo behind Harner’s Bakery in North Aurora near the Fox River close to the intersection of Routes 31 and 56. Plans call for it to be converted into a lighted observatory to be enhanced with outdoor seating and include a park and a kayak launch...

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