Month: September 2018

Aurora Downtown, a non-profit organization, sponsors, among many activities, the 2018 Egghunt. Jason Arthur photo
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Aurora Downtown sponsors successful activities, beautification

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By Marissa Amoni –  If you ever attend First Fridays, or wander in downtown Aurora and think the flowers are lovely, or the holiday decorations are fun, there’s an almost 45-year-old partnership behind them. Aurora Downtown is a nonprofit organization that is a partner with the city government of Aurora...

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Two Old Two Young Band plays Saturday at the annual St. George Romanian Fest at the St. George Byzantine Catholic Church in Aurora
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Music at annual St. George Romanian Fest at the St. George Byzantine Catholic Church in Aurora

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The Two Old Two Young Band plays Saturday at the annual St. George Romanian Fest at the St. George Byzantine Catholic Church in Aurora. The band, recently formed, provided music during the evening.  Jason Crane/The Voice...

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Let’s Go Green!

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• Kane County’s Recycling collection event: The Kane County Electronics Recycling Program includes two daily drop-off: 517 E. Fabyan Parkway in Batavia, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 900 Angle Tarn in West Dundee, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m… There is a fee for...

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Fundraiser forum

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Cow Pie Bingo Fundraiser Oct. 7 Between Friends Food Pantry in Sugar Grove will be host to a Cow Pie Bingo Fundraiser from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7 at Calamity Jane’s Bar & Restaurant, 9S593 IL-47 in Sugar Grove. Attendance at the event is free. A calf...

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A Focus on History – September 27 through October 3

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September 27 U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt writes to German chancellor Adolf Hitler regarding the threat of war in Europe, especially in the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. Hitler ignored the international community’s pleas for a peaceful solution and later invades Czechoslovakia in March 1939. – 1938. September 28 In one of the...

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U.S. Constitution continual erosion cause: Government abuse

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“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.” —Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale We can pretend...

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Jim Jenkins restores and repairs the sculpture on the New York Street Memorial Bridge in Aurora named Memory
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Restore and repair

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Jim Jenkins restores and repairs the sculpture on the New York Street Memorial Bridge in Aurora named Memory. The sculpture was dedicated November 11, 1931 as a memorial to the U.S. military members who died in World War I. Jenkins designed and made the Deus ex Machina sculpture at the...

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Batavia Dinner Table event raises more than $10,000 for Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry
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Batavia Dinner Table event raises more than $10,000 for Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry

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Austin Dempsey of BEI Properties represents Batavia MainStreet to present Betsy Thelin Zinser of the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry with a check of $10,096.76 from the recent Batavia Dinner Table. Batavia MainStreet photo...

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Aurora Fourth Street United Methodist Church will close Sept 30 2018
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Fourth Street United Methodist Church final service Sept. 30

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By Al Benson –  After 127 years of community ministry, Fourth Street United Methodist Church., 551 S. Fourth Street in Aurora, will close with a final service at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 30. Reverend Derek Rodgers, pastor of Flowing Forth UMC of Aurora, will preside. Flowing Forth UMC was born...

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Fox Valley Marathon participants make a southern-most turn in Aurora
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Fox Valley Marathon half way point

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Fox Valley Marathon participants make a southern-most turn in Aurora on the path adjacent to River Street to return to the starting point in St. Charles through North Aurora, Batavia, and Geneva on the 26.2-mile run. Click here for more information. Carter Crane/The Voice...

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Active, compatible lifestyles: Predictability and spontaneity

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Predictability. Spontaneity. Both are a parts of our worlds, the fabric of our society. We can be just one strain, or, continually act in the other. Likely the best of each keeps us fresh and in focus at the same time. The joy of each day is relying on predictability...

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Reader’s Voice: The 1980s event provided program funds

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September 12, 2018 Dear editor, Time was reversed August 25 when Aurora Public Library and Foundation took guests Back to the 1980s! Music by Voyage, Pac Man, and other arcade games of the decade, great food and 1980s attire made for a memorable and fun evening. Alarm Detection Systems, Inc....

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Reader’s Voice: A call for abuse investigation

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September 12, 2018 Dear editor; In the wake of the shocking Pennsylvania Grand Jury report which revealed that 301 priests sexually abused more than 1,000 children, Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan announced that her office would investigate Catholic dioceses in Illinois in pursuit of “a complete and accurate accounting of...

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Comedian D. L. Hughley: I don’t need a movement to feel good

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Last of three parts –  Comedian and author D.L. Hughley has made the rounds to promote his new book “How Not To Get Shot and other advice from white people.” In part one he writes he finds nothing funny about racism. Here is part of his interview from his appearance...

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Albright Theatre auditions for Christmas

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The Albright Community Theatre in Batavia will be host to youth and adult auditions for the upcoming holiday show, A Christmas Carol. Audition dates will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30 and Monday, Oct. 1. Performance dates will be December 7-9 and 14-16. All roles are available and youth...

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Aurora GreenFest exhibits free at Prisco

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The Aurora GreenFest will be Saturday! Wonderful exhibitors from our forest preserves, park districts, green businesses, green car owners, and artists all will be at the Prisco Community Center and the beautiful McCullough Park to help everyone learn more about taking care of the Earth. The GreenFest always makes it...

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A small world, after all! Just check origin of all items

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“ It’s A Small World, after all. It’s A Small, Small World.” —Written by the Sherman Brothers in response to the 1962 Cuban Missle crisis. What do you think the balance of trade is vis a vis the United States and the Chinese? The deficit is the excess of imports...

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Payment, please, for services not rendered, again

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The other day, I was thinking about phone books. You younger readers are probably wondering which planet I’m from, but that’s beside the point. Phone books were big, two-to-three-inch-thick books listing the phone numbers of every human in a city. Every human who had a phone, at least. Many times,...

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