By Jim Nowlan Many rural Midwest towns have become similar to my stereotype of Appalachia, main streets of mostly empty storefronts; lots of unskilled folks left behind, yearning for jobs on the line that are gone forever; too many single mothers struggling to make it on low-wage work, or welfare,...
July 23, 2019Dear editor; I see how the Aurora City Council is moving and I feel it is not inclusive. Bringing in a whole new population downtown of executive types and emphasizing visitors and tourism to make us have some sort of prosperity and fame, has little to do with...
July 28, 2019Dear editor; Congratulations are in order for the five newest members of Aurora Boys Baseball Hall of Fame, who were inducted Saturday, June 29 and had their photo on the front page of The Voice July 4. It is an honor that I am sure was very well...
First of two parts The NAACP gathered in Detroit this week and leaders urged presidential hopefuls prior to the Democratic Party presidential debates earlier this week and for its own convention, not to shy away as Donald Trump fans the flames. Lauren Gambino writes for The Guardian Weekly in Washington:...
The annual Montgomery Fest will be held August 9-11. Tom Meyers and Robert Watermann are the grand marshals of the parade to start at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. • Tom Meyers has been involved with Montgomery Fest since its beginning in 1984. He served 30 years as the food...
Birth records for school available Kane County Clerk leader John A. Cunningham will welcome parents who will register their children for school at the Kane County Clerk’s Office, 719 S. Batavia Avenue, Bldg. B, Geneva, and at 5 E. Downer Place, Suite F, Aurora, and request certified copies of their...
The Greek historian Herodotus in the Fifth Century B.C. wrote that “Egypt was the gift of the Nile.” Silt deposits from the Nile made the surrounding land fertile because the River overflowed its banks annually. The Ancient Egyptians cultivated and traded wheat, flax, papyrus, and other crops around the Nile....
The Ten Commandments for 21st-Century America: “I am The Donald thy President, which have brought thee out of the land of liberalism, out of the house of Obama. “Thou shalt have no other President but me. “Thou shalt not make any graven image or any likeness of anything, unless it...
Legislation introduced by State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, to give taxpayers the opportunity to elect the Aurora Public Library (APL) Board was signed by governor J.B Pritzker Friday, July 26 and is now law. “For the first time in Aurora, local voters will have the opportunity to choose who is...
The related Lantz, Eichelberger, Patterson, and Stoner families of Kendall, Kane, Will, and DuPage Counties will hold their 90th annual reunion Sunday, Aug. 11, at Hudson Crossing Park on Harrison Street at the east end of the Oswego U.S. Route 34 bridge in Oswego. The Lantz and Stoner families began...
All descendants of Mathais and Catherine (Grommes) Nickels are invited to the Nickels Family Reunion Saturday, Aug. 3, at Pioneer Park, on the West Side of Hinckley on U.S. Route 30, next to the Hinckley Elementary School. We will gather from 11 a.m. to noon, and the food will be...
Forty neighborhoods throughout Aurora are planning events to celebrate National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 6. National Night Out culminates annually on the first Tuesday in August in an effort to enhance the relationship between neighbors, public safety officials and city officials while focusing on strengthening a true sense of community....
Naperville’s National Night Out festivities are fast approaching, and residents are encouraged to mark their calendars and make plans to attend the local events scheduled for this celebration of community spirit and anti-crime efforts. Commonly called “America’s Night Out Against Crime,” National Night Out is held annually on the first...
Neighborhoods throughout the Village of Oswego are invited to join neighbors across approximately 16,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories and military bases worldwide for National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 6. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our...
Grandpa,My three-year wedding anniversary is coming up. Wedding anniversaries are a big deal to me, probably because I married so much later in life. On our first anniversary I told my wife that I would take her any place she wanted to go. She wanted to go to a fast...
