Month: May 2019

Community Sports

Neuqua Valley High School sprint: MiKenna Robinson

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By Bobby Narang –  Neuqua Valley High School senior sprinter MiKenna Robinson is pointing toward a strong finish in May. Led by the dominating performance of Robinson at the Glenbard North Weber Invitational April 25, the Wildcats won the eight-team girls invitational with 99 points. Waubonsie Valley placed second with...

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Sox stars: Anderson, Moncada

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In one of the best comebacks by the Chicago White Sox this season, the 12-11 victory in favor of the Sox ended Friday with a walk-off home run by shortstop Tim Anderson. The Detroit Tigers finished with 15 hits. The cure for the Tigers’ onslaught was a 21-hit attack by...

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50 years of Aurora Central Catholic Charger baseball
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50 years of Aurora Central Catholic baseball

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Aurora Central Catholic celebrated 50 years of Charger baseball Saturday, even though the games with Walther Christian were postponed by rain and snow. Reminiscence was prominent. From left, Class of 1970 members Joe Marie Schindlbeck Pierce and Ken Harkins. Head coach Mark Lindo, from the late 1970s and early 1980s,...

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Northern Illinois University's Sutton Smith and Max Scharping: Drafted
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Northern Illinois University’s Smith and Scharping: Drafted

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Northern Illinois University two-time all-America selection Sutton Smith became the second Huskie selected in the 2019 National Football League Draft when the Pittsburgh Steelers chose him with the 175th pick in the sixth round Saturday. Smith’s selection marks the first time since 2014 that two Huskies have been drafted in...

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Aurora University pitcher Stephanie Renner of Crown Point, Ind. remains a key member of the softball team's success. The Lady Spartans through Monday won-loss record was 26-14 overall and 16-6 in the Northern Athletics Conference. Renner was 12-10 with a 2.77 earned run average. Al Benson/The Voice
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Aurora University’s Renner a key to softball team’s success

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Aurora University pitcher Stephanie Renner of Crown Point, Ind. remains a key member of the softball team’s success. The Lady Spartans through Monday won-loss record was 26-14 overall and 16-6 in the Northern Athletics Conference. Renner was 12-10 with a 2.77 earned run average. Al Benson/The Voice...

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High school tournaments near; IBCA in salute to coaches

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The high school badminton sectional meets, originally set for Monday, April 29, was postponed to Thursday, May 2 prior to the State meet, Friday-Saturday, May 10-11 in Charleston at the University of Eastern Illinois. The large school girls softball State meet will be May 31-June 1 at Eastside Centre in...

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Waubonsee Community College baseball’s 50 years brings memories

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More than 50 years of Waubonsee Community College baseball was represented Sunday afternoon in the Sugar Grove campus Field House. All three head coaches to have led Waubonsee’s baseball program were on hand for the inaugural Chiefs’ Baseball Alumni Day. Former coaches Bill Prince and Dave Randall, along with head...

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2019 NFL draft

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The NFL draft, April 25-27, was through seven rounds. The draft was held in Nashville, Tenn.. Bears selections Round 3, David Montgomery, RB; Round 4, Riley Ridley, WR; Round 6, Duke Shelley, CB; Round 7, Kerrith Whyte, RB, and Stephen Denmark, CB. Round 1 (top 15) 1. Cardinals, Kyler Murray,...

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Dried thyroid glands contain needed helpful hormones

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There’s an enormous outbreak of African Swine Fever among Chinese hogs, and it’s disrupting global grain, meat, and financial markets in profound ways. China, which produces about half the world’s pork, has seen its biggest drop in the number of hogs over the past few months. The country’s productive herds...

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Let's Go Green
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Let’s Go Green!

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• Aurora electronic recycling: The city government of Aurora, in partnership with Will County, will be hosts to a free Electronics Recycling Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4 in the City public parking Lot X, 309 N. River Street. The event is open to Aurora residents...

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Lion enjoys a nap on clean laundry. Submitted photo
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Lion: Easy going, likes kids, kitties

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Lion is a male Domestic Medium Hair Orange Tiger who was born in December 2018. Lion is a quiet kitty. He enjoys playing and is an easy going sweetheart. He loves to find a sun-filled spot or a clean basket of laundry to take a cat nap. He has been...

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Community Events Food Fundraiser

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Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive May 11 The second Saturday in May is the largest one-day food drive in the Nation. It will take place in more than 10,000 cities and towns, and the food is collected by those men and women carrying our mail across the country. When postal...

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A Focus on History – May 2 through May 7

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May 2 General Motors Corporation (GM), which will become the world’s largest automotive firm, acquires Chevrolet Motor Company. – 1918. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. – 2011. May 3 Thirteen-year-old...

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Robyn Stecklein - North Aurora Police Department crime prevention officer discusses scams that target senior citizens
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Discussion about scams which target seniors

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Robyn Stecklein, North Aurora Police Department crime prevention officer, is a speaker Thursday, April 25 at Cinemark Tinseltown USA theater in North Aurora on scams which target seniors. Stecklein and two Kane County Sheriff’s Office employees, Krysta Kaus and Judith Dawson, were speakers prior to the screening of “The Best...

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Community Feature Government Religion

National Day of Prayer May 2 sponsored by Aurora Christian Ministry Network

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The National Day of Prayer in Aurora, 9:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, will have planned stop for a prayer focus. The event is set to take place rain or shine. Umbrellas have been utilized in the past. Neighborhood walks are for 7 a.m. or 7 p.m., or...

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Aurora Food Truck Festival 2018
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Food Truck Festival feature at First Fridays in Aurora Friday

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By Marissa Amoni –  First Fridays in Aurora will be filled with art, music, and food Friday, May 3. First Fridays is Food Truck Festival 2019 this week with more than two dozen food trucks parked on Benton Street. There will be several venues open to the public for a...

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