Contaminating pharmacist leads to new, stringent, rules
In 2012, we learned that a pharmacist was making drugs at his pharmacy and selling them all over the United States. He offered low prices and almost unlimited supplies of commercial products that were either very expensive or in short supply. The products were to be used as intravenous (into...
Montgomery Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) golf outing Sept. 12 at Bliss Creek
The Montgomery Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) will have its 16th annual golf outing from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 at Bliss Creek Golf Course, 1 Golfview Lane, Sugar Grove. Registration is open and can be done online at www.montgomery-illinois.org or by calling 630.897.6748. Non-golfers are encouraged to...
Kane County one-day recycling event
The next Kane County one-day recycling event will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 14 at 540 S. Randall Road. There will be document shredding available with a limit of four boxes. Electronics, books, and latex paint will be accepted at this event. There is a fee for...
Night golf by Aurora Evening Lions Club
Aurora Evening Lions Club will hold its eighth annual night golf fundraiser and raffle from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Phillips Park Golf Course, 1001 Hill Ave. in Aurora. The schedule is: Registration, 6:25 p.m.; contests, raffles and silent auction, 6:45 p.m.; shotgun start, 7:30 p.m....
Tacos Que Apoyan at Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry
Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry, 1110 Jericho Road in Aurora, will hold Tacos Que Apoyan (tacos that support), a fundraiser, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. The public is invited. A pinata, mechanical bull rides and parking are free. The menu includes tacos by Tacos Del Gordo, $2...
Pet of the Week: Big boy Bandit ready for forever home
Bandit is a male Domestic Shorthair Brown Tiger who was born in 2018. Bandit was found with a severely-injured eye in Elburn, but has had eye surgery and fully-recovered. He is a large cat who really doesn’t understand his size and should be the only cat. Bandit is affectionate and...
On building prisons; many citizens do not recognize it
By John W. Whitehead “The exile of prisoners to a distant place, where they can pay their debt to society, make themselves useful, and not contaminate others with their ideas or their criminal acts, is a practice as old as civilization itself.” — Anne Applebaum, Gulag: A History It is...
A Focus on History: September 5 through September 11
September 5Between 20,000 to 30,000 marchers participate in New York’s first Labor Day parade with the demand for an eight-hour work day. – 1882. In the early morning hours of September 5, six members of the Arab terrorist group known as Black September, dressed in the Olympic sweat suits of...