Linda Kemp, new president of the Rotary Club of Aurora discusses future plans and goals with members, Monday at Two Brothers Roundhouse. Each Rotary president serves a 1-year term. Kemp said this is going to be a year of visibility for the Rotary Club of Aurora and she is there to work hard and make a difference. The Rotary Club of Aurora, chartered on March 13, 1923, has operated continuously since that time and is looking to add members. The Rotary Club motto is Service Above Self. The world’s first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, was formed in 1905.Jason Crane/The Voice
The keeper of the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club’s charter has been passed from out-going president, Linda Callaghan, right, to in-coming president, Dr. Joel Huffman, DVM, left, who will serve until June 30, 2020. The Club’s mission is to use time, talent, and professions to serve Aurora’s youth and youth-at-risk. Tom Clark photo
John Guddendorf, Jr. shows his plaque as Sugar Grove Citizen of the Year the annual Sugar Grove Corn Boil. Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce & Industry photo
Friends and family gather around Jo Fredell Higgins, seated, middle, of Aurora Monday at Gaslite Manor in Aurora just prior to the presentation by the Kiwanis Club of Aurora at the annual award dinner. To her right is John Galles who nominated her and right is her sister, Patty Hagemann. Standing from left: John Galles, Dennis Wiggins, Maureen Granger, Jo’s niece Ann Hagemann, and Patty’s husband, Jim Hagemann.Jason Crane/The VoiceMayor Richard C. Irvin of Aurora and Wally Mundy cut the ribbon Saturday, June 22 at the dedication of the Agnes Perkins Mundy Park in Aurora between Broadway and Water Street downtown. The Park is adjacent to and south of The Venue, 21 S. Broadway, which opened June 1.Carter Crane/The Voice
