Month: December 2018

Montgomery veteran Herschel Luckinbill an Illinois Bicentennial HONOR 200 recipient

Montgomery veteran Herschel Luckinbill an Illinois Bicentennial HONOR 200 recipient

Herschel Luckinbill, right, and wife, Eva Luckinbill, of Montgomery, pose for official photos Monday, Dec. 3 at the Illinois Bicentennial celebration at the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier in Chicago. He was one of the veterans honored as the State 200 Illinois veterans. The United Center was another venue. SpotMyPhotos...

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Let's Go Green

Let’s Go Green!

• Styrofoam Recycling: Kane County Division of Environmental Resources reminds everyone that no city recycling program in Kane County can recycle No. 6 plastic or polystyrene. DART Container Corporation, 310 Evergreen Drive, North Aurora, will accept polystyrene blocks and clean food containers. Items that are not accepted are straws, cup...

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Beethoven is good with kids and other dogs. Submitted photo

Beethoven: Very affectionate, loves to cuddle

Beethoven is a male Jack Russel Terrier Mix who was born August 24. Beethoven is as sweet as they come. He’s affectionate and loves to cuddle. He’s very eager to please! He quickly responds to both praise and attention! He will be easy to train because of it. He is...

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Fundraiser forum

Wilkinson Food Pantry volunteers helpful End of the Year giving presents challenges in light of so many needs. One place to start the process is to look at operation costs. There are several websites that can guide potential donors. A recent article in The Voice reported on a national non-profit...

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A Focus on History – December 13 through December 19

December 13 During the Sino-Japanese War, Nanking, the capital of China, falls to Japanese forces, and the Chinese government flees. To break the spirit of Chinese resistance the Japanese butchered an estimated 150,000 male so-called war prisoners, massacred an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and...

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John Whitehead

War on Christmas, politically-correct themes over the top

To a nation of snowflakes, Christmas has become yet another trigger word. The latest Christmas casualties in the campaign to create one large national safe space are none other than the beloved animated classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, denounced for promoting bullying and homophobia, which first aired on television December...

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Kane County State’s attorney: Aurora Police officer justified in non-lethal shooting of Giovanni Padilla

The Kane County State’s attorney completes review of October 22, 2018, officer-involved shooting in Aurora: An officer-involved shooting occurred just before 6 p..m. October 22, 2018 near East Indian Trail and North Farnsworth Avenue in Aurora, in which Giovanni A. Padilla of Aurora was shot and wounded. Padilla suffered a gunshot wound to...

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An Aurora Township Fire Department truck participates in the annual Oswego Illuminated Silent Parade at the Oswego 2018 Christmas Walk downtown Friday. The silent parade and Christmas tree lighting drew a huge crowd on a clear evening. The Oswego Fire Protection District sponsored the parade.

Oswego Christmas Walk:

An Aurora Township Fire Department truck participates in the annual Oswego Illuminated Silent Parade at the Oswego 2018 Christmas Walk downtown Friday. The silent parade and Christmas tree lighting drew a huge crowd on a clear evening. The Oswego Fire Protection District sponsored the parade. Food and events filled the...

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Aurora’s RiverEdge Park illumination interactive

Aurora’s RiverEdge Park will be illuminated Friday when the City of Aurora powers on its new “Winter on the Fox” interactive light display to include larger than life-size ornaments, stars, gift boxes, and reindeer. The Community Lighting Ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 at the main...

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Chorus: Castles, Carols, Cathedrals

The Fox Valley Festival Chorus will present “Castles, Carols and Cathedrals: A British Isles Holiday” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at the Rosary High School Auditorium, 901 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. “Castles, Carols and Cathedrals” will feature holiday songs from the British Isles, traditional Christmas carols, and modern...

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Carter Crane editor of The Voice

A dose of reality amid holidays

Holiday celebrations, parties, tree-lighting, and fun can be sprinkled with a dose of seriousness, and for good reason for most of us. The annual Holiday in the Grove in Sugar Grove Saturday included Santa, breakfast, and turning lights on the real tree in front of the Community House. The holiday...

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Jennifer Flory, left, points to information at the Holiday in the Grove in Sugar Grove Saturday on her Alison Flory Foundation. The event at the Kaneland John Shields Elementary School was a part of Sugar Grove’s holiday celebration. Carter Crane/The Voice

Holiday in the Grove

Jennifer Flory, left, points to information at the Holiday in the Grove in Sugar Grove Saturday on her Alison Flory Foundation. The event at the Kaneland John Shields Elementary School was a part of Sugar Grove’s holiday celebration. Carter Crane/The Voice...

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DuPage County holds inauguration for officials Monday

DuPage County was host to an inauguration ceremony Monday for 17 elected officials who were sworn into office. DuPage County State’s attorney Robert Berlin presided over the event. DuPage County chairman Dan Cronin delivered his third inaugural address. Cronin was first elected to the office of County Board chairman in...

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Reader’s Voice: Advocacy for Stephanie Kifowit revealed

December 3, 2018 Dear editor; Stephanie Kifowit has been the representative to the Illinois State House of Representatives for six years. In that time she has been a tireless advocate for veterans’ rights. She served in the military, and is a proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. She has...

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Donna Crane

Importance of voting includes the reservations

Molly Hensley-Clancy of BuzzFeed News continues a report on difficulties of voting and remembrances of the Standings Rock Indian Reservations in Fort Yates, N.D.. “At least she’s here,” said a tribal health care worker named Jana about U.S. senator Heidi Heitkam. Jana said it was important that Heitkamp had visited...

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First Call

Will County reports vote totals

Will County clerk Nancy Schultz Voots thanks Will County for voting in the November 6 general election. Below are the statistics for this Election: Total registered voters: 429,647 Total vote by mail ballots cast/returned: 24,768 Total early voting ballots cast: 48,355 Total election day ballots cast: 176,174 Total same day...

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