Month: April 2019

Plano Library projects: Crochet, movie, kids’ stories

The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit planolibrary.info or call 630-552-2009. • Knit and Crochet Group, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon. This informal group works on its own projects, discusses types and colors of yarns, and...

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St. Charles North in DuKane baseball mix

By Bobby Narang –  The DuKane Conference is fully in swing in high school baseball. After Batavia captured the football championship and Geneva claimed the boys basketball championship, St. Charles North is seeking to win the inaugural Conference baseball championship. The North Stars notched their first Conference victory with an...

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Kane County Cougars pitcher Erin Baldwin delivers Friday in the team’s second game of the Class A Midwest Baseball League season. Visiting Clinton won, 5-1, in the game in Geneva. The Cougars were 3-2 through Monday and will return home Friday for a pair of three-game series against Peoria and Burlington (Ia.). Al Benson/The Voice

Kane County Cougars return home Friday for a pair of three-game series against Peoria and Burlington (Ia.)

Kane County Cougars pitcher Erin Baldwin delivers Friday in the team’s second game of the Class A Midwest Baseball League season. Visiting Clinton won, 5-1, in the game in Geneva. The Cougars were 3-2 through Monday and will return home Friday for a pair of three-game series against Peoria and...

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Sox seek to surpass last year’s start

The Chicago White Sox opened the season last year with a pair of road victories at Kansas City. The two victories didn’t fool anyone familiar with the Sox. Reality soon set in for the Sox and by the time the team had played 36 games. The Sox record was 9-27,...

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Oswego East High School's High Jumper Keylen Williams

Oswego East High School’s High Jumper Keylen Williams

Oswego East High School’s Keylen Williams clears six-foot, two-inches to win the high jump at the Wolves’ boys track meet Wednesday, April 3 with Oswego and Joliet West. Williams captured the A.A. Stagg High School Invitational Saturday in Palos Heights by clearing 6-6. Oswego East will be in Friday’s Matt...

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CBI reward, positive work: DePaul coach

By Craig Lynch –  After a loss to St. John’s University in the men’s college basketball Big East tournament, DePaul University took its 15-15 record to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) tournament. The Demons defeated Central Michigan, Longwood, and Costal Carolina to qualify for the best of three finals. They...

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Matt Airy at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash.. Submitted photo

Whitman’s Matt Airy new Aurora head basketball coach

By Carter Crane –  In a match of winning Division III college basketball programs, Aurora University announced Tuesday that Matt Airy of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., is Aurora’s 28th men’s head basketball coach in the program’s 107-year history and only the fourth since the 1980 season. Aurora has...

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2019 NFL Draft, which will be held in Nashville, April 25-27

1. Arizona 2. San Francisco 3. New York Jets 4. Oakland 5. Tampa Bay 6. New York Giants 7. Jacksonville 8. Detroit 9. Buffalo 10. Denver 11. Cincinnati 12. Green Bay 13. Miami 14. Atlanta 15. Washington 16. Carolina 17. New York Giants (via Browns) 18. Minnesota 19. Tennessee 20....

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College basketball

Recent NCAA men’s D-I champions 2019 Virginia def. Texas Tech. 85-77 (ot) 2018 Villanova def. Michigan  79-62 2017 N.Carolina def. Gonzaga  71-65 2016 Villanova def. N. Carolina 77-74 2015 Duke def. Wisconsin 68-63 2014 Connecticut def. Kentucky 60-54 2013 Louisville def. Michigan 82-76 2012 Kentucky def. Kansas 67-59 2011 Connecticut...

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NIT Basketball Tournament Madison Square Garden

Men’s Semifinals – April 2 Lipscomb 71 def. Wichita St. 64, Texas 58 def. TCU 44 Final – April 4 Texas 81 def. Lipscomb 66 WNIT Basketball Tournament Women’s Semifinals – April 3 Northwestern 74 def. James Madison 69 Arizona 59 def. TCU 53 Final – April 6 Arizona 56...

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Carly Perillo of Sugar Grove is the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association scholarship winner

Carly Perillo of Sugar Grove is the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association scholarship winner

Carly Perillo of Sugar Grove, 2018 Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association scholarship winner, addresses the group Tuesday at Gaslite Manor in Aurora. A Rosary High alum and student at both Waubonsee Community College and College of DuPage, Perillo thanked the members of the association. She said she will use her...

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Yorkville Pack 350 Wolf Den 2 Cub Scouts view the Esconi Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in March. The Scouts had a blast learning, exploring, and cracking their own geodes. To learn more about joining Pack 350 visit yorkville350.mypack.us. Submitted photo

Scouts learn and explore at Esconi Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show at DuPage County Fairgrounds

Yorkville Pack 350 Wolf Den 2 Cub Scouts view the Esconi Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in March. The Scouts had a blast learning, exploring, and cracking their own geodes. To learn more about joining Pack 350 visit yorkville350.mypack.us. Submitted photo...

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Tom Bulin Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club Veteran of the Month

Tom Bulin: Marine duty in Vietnam, to IRS, to fishing

By John Montesano –  Tom Bulin was born December 10, 1947 and grew up on the Southwest Side of Chicago. He didn’t like living in the city, but preferred the country. Growing up he spent Summers at his grandmother’s cottage on the Fox River in Millbrook, eight miles southwest of...

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U.S. senator Dick Durbin, third from left, and acting principal deputy under secretary for health, Steven Lieberman, M.D., join Hines Veterans Hospital director, Steven Braverman, M.D. recently when Hines VA receive $5 Million donation to support geriatric research and patient-centered care. Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital received a ceremonial check for $5 Million.  Daniel DuVerney/Hines Media Service photo

Illinois donor leaves $5 Million to Hines VA Hospital

U.S. senator Dick Durbin, third from left, and acting principal deputy under secretary for health, Steven Lieberman, M.D., join Hines Veterans Hospital director, Steven Braverman, M.D. recently when Hines VA receive $5 Million donation to support geriatric research and patient-centered care.  Hines VA Hospital received a ceremonial check for $5...

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Oswego American Legion Post 675 and Oswego Boy Scout Troop 63 donate to the Aurora Strong fund

Oswego American Legion Post 675 and Oswego Boy Scout Troop 63 donate to the Aurora Strong fund

The Oswego American Legion Post 675 and Oswego Boy Scout Troop 63 representatives present Aurora mayor Richard Irvin with a check for $850 to donate to the #Aurora Strong fund for the victims of the February 15 Henry Pratt shooting. From left: Commander Joe West, mayor Irvin, Legion member Jim Stuersel,...

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Let's Go Green

Let’s Go Green!

• Kane County’s Recycling collection event: The next event will be Saturday, April 13 from 8 a.m. to noon at 540 S. Randall Road. Electronics and books will be accepted. There is a fee for TVs and computer monitors, both tube and flat screen, of $25. for screens under 21...

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Blondie loves to lounge around her foster house. Submitted photo

Blondie: Shy at first, loves to cuddle

Blondie is a female domestic short hair buff tabby who was born March 28, 2014. Blondie is a gorgeous, dainty, young lady; so sweet, but shy. It takes her time to become comfortable with new humans and new places. She will flop down for chin scratches and cuddles with her...

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