Joel Frieders, Yorkville alderman and founder of NSPAMP (National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Proclamation Project), presents a talk on suicide prevention sponsored by the Oswego Lions Club in a free community event at the Montgomery Campus of the Oswego Public Library Friday, Nov. 2. He relentlessly has been an advocate
First of four parts This time of year provides difficulty in recollection for Edmund Fast Horse of Fort Yates. N.D.. It’s the beginning of November on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, on the precipice of Winter, when the sky and the river are the same steely gray in North Dakota.
Reverend Jesse Hawkins and St. John AME Church steward Board members, Aurora mayor Richard Irvin, civic leaders, and members of the Aurora community honored Dr. Jennifer Norrell, East Aurora School District 131 superintendent, and Ralph Jordan, Aurora Housing Authority executive director November 2 at the Church. —St. John AME Aurora
It was almost Thanksgiving Day and the candy girls working at the J.D. Russell Candy Co. in Peoria were busy. Irene Bartram was in charge of the hand-dipped candy operations in 1945. The boys were coming home from World War II and would request candy boxes for their sweethearts. The
Each week I receive my copy of The Voice, provided the USPS hasn’t routed it through Upper Silesia, and read it front to back. A couple of weeks ago in the “Readers’ Voice” section, a gentleman wrote an intelligent, fairly non-judgmental rebuttal to a lady who, in a previous edition,
Ingredients 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 egg 1 cup molasses 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/4 cup applesauce 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup hot water Directions 1. Preheat oven to
InterFaith Aurora will be host to its 11th annual “Thanksgiving Celebration of Music and Friendship” from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora. There will be songs and religious praise from diverse congregations throughout the Aurora area and
Grandpa says: I thank everyone who wrote with information for which you are grateful. Read on: • I am so happy for the “Pet of the Week” column in The Voice. I found my beloved (name withheld) there. • I have reached my goal weight. • I am thankful for
The Rotary Club of Montgomery has had a busy October volunteering at various fun Fall community events: • Montgomery Historic Preservation Commission Cemetery Walk; • 15th Annual Montgomery River Run; • Nicholson Elementary Trunk or Treat. The highlight of the month was the Montgomery Police Department Halloween safety event where
Guest speaker Ray McElroy, team chaplain of the Chicago Bears and former National Football League player, drops the ceremonial coin into the Salvation Army of Aurora bucket in the start of the Red Kettle kickoff. McElroy who played for the Bears, was a defensive back for six seasons for the Indianapolis Colts,
By Miriam Meza – First Fridays continues to thrive at the Aurora Public Library (APL) when this month’s theme was Day of the Dead, which featured the fourth annual ofrenda competition! The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is a celebration in Latin America that has become
By Anthony Stanford – It’s not just members of the White House press corps who are appalled by the treatment of their colleagues by the president of the United States. More often it concerns every-day Americans that the vitriol and personal attacks referring to the media, as “enemies of the
Class 8A Game 29 – Brother Rice (12-0) at Marist (11-1), Sat., Nov. 17, 1 p.m.; Game 30 – Lincoln-Way East (12-0) at Loyola Academy (9-3), Sat., Nov. 17, 1 p.m.. Class 7A Game 29 – Batavia (12-0) at Nazareth Academy (11-1), Sat., Nov. 17, 1 p.m.; Game 30 –
Class 8A Game 25 — Brother Rice 20, Warren 0; Game 26 — Marist 21, Homewood-Flossmoor 7; Game 27 — Lincoln-Way East 50, Edwardsville 14; Game 28 — Loyola Academy 17, Maine South 0. Class 7A Game 25 — Nazareth Academy 34, Simeon 27; Game 26 — Batavia 34, Willowbrook
By Bobby Narang – Meggie Scott can concentrate on her main sport. After leading the Newark High School volleyball team to its first State championship, and second team championship in all sports, Saturday, Scott, a junior libero, joked about getting excited about the start of the upcoming basketball season. The
It was a Saturday in which everything fell into place for the Northwestern University Wildcats’ football team. Northwestern was victorious over Iowa, 14-10, and Wisconsin and Purdue, the Wildcats’ nearest pursuers each fell to defeat, Northwestern locked up first place in the West Division and a spot in the Big
By John Schutt – Nascar Monster Energy series, Can-Am 500, ISM Raceway, Avondale, Ariz, Sunday, Nov. 11. Kyle Busch took the lead with four laps to go in the final segment and held off Brad Keselowski for the victory and a spot in the final four at Homestead, Fla. Sunday
Batavia High School, St. Charles North, Montini Catholic, IC Catholic Prep, Joliet Catholic Academy, are just a few of 32 football teams remaining in the Illinois High School Association football playoffs. Batavia just slipped past Willowbrook Saturday in Batavia in a game of teams each with an 11-0 record. Batavia
