Month: November 2019

Sports

Kyle Busch prevails in NASCAR final

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By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy Series championship, Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 17. Kyle Busch won the final race and won the Nascar Championship. Following were Martin Truex, Jr. in second place, Eric Jones in third, Kevin Harvick in fourth, and Joe Logano in fifth....

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Northern Illinois falls short in bowl-bid hopes

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Northern Illinois University’s football team was thrown a temporary lifeline by the Toledo Rockets last week. The lifeline was in the form of a 31-28 road victory over the Rockets that kept Northern Illinois’ slim bowl hopes alive. Home games with Eastern Michigan Tuesday, Nov. 19 and Western Michigan Tuesday,...

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Tumility, Brown, lead Willowbrook High School football

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By Craig Lynch Sam Tumilty and DeAndre Brown are throwback football players. Both Willowbrook High School seniors are two-way players. Each had a big hand in the Warriors’ 28-10 victory over Lake Zurich in Saturday’s Class 7A football victory. “I like playing both offense and defense,” said Tumilty. “I wouldn’t...

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Northern Illinois does not go down easily in bowl bid

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By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University’s football team was thrown a lifeline by the Toledo Rockets last week. The lifeline was in the form of a 31-28 road victory over the Rockets that kept Northern Illinois’ slim bowl hopes alive. Home games with Eastern Michigan Tuesday, Nov. 19 and Western...

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Boys high school holiday basketball tournaments

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At Batavia, November 25-27, 29-30: Batavia, Marmion Academy, Waubonsie Valley, Chicago Austin, Chicago Waldorf. At Elmwood Park, November 25-27: Addison Trail, Aurora Central Catholic, Elmwood Park, Northtown. At Fenton, November 25-27: Montini, Wheaton Warrenville South, Fenton, West Chicago, Timorthy Christian, Fremd, Francis Park, Rolling Meadows. At Glenbard West, November 25-27:...

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A Voice for your opinions: The Illinois Senate passed bill 533, November 12, to make daylight savings time standard, meaning we would set the clocks forward an hour in March 2020 and not set them back an hour in November. What are your thoughts?

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Events at Oswego Senior Center: Free memory, pickle ball, wood working

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The Oswego Senior Center, 156 E. Washington Street, Oswego, will be host to many events for seniors. All events will take place at the Oswego Senior Center, unless otherwise noted. • Free Memory Screens, by appointment. There are many known causes, ranging from Alzheimer’s to depression or vitamin and nutrition...

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World Diabetes Day demonstration evident

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By Russ George The SciTech Hands On Museum, in Downtown Aurora, was a beehive of activity when the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, “The Club That Fights Diabetes”, held its second annual World Diabetes Day Thursday, Nov. 14 to bring about an awareness of diabetes. Participating organizations at this year’s event...

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Acclaimed harpist Nichole Luchs to play fundraiser Saturday, Nov. 23 in Aurora

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Acclaimed harpist Nichole Luchs will perform “Sounds of the Season,” a benefit concert, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. The concert will be a benefit for renovations to Wesley’s chapel. Admission is...

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Make Earth Great Again: Tale of bad news, good news

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Vernon LaVia, of Aurora, is president of Defibrillators, Inc.. He is the author of Make Earth Great Again; earth avoidance and our disappearing connection with nature. The publisher is TG Publishing. The earth’s population in just 50 years has more than doubled from 3.6 Billion to 7.6 Billion. At the...

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Freedom not free, which U.S. veterans can find out

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By John W. Whitehead War is a grisly business, a horror of epic proportions. In terms of human carnage alone, war’s devastation is staggering. For example, it is estimated that approximately 231 Million humans died worldwide during the wars of the 20th Century. This figure does not take into account...

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A Focus on History: November 21 through November 27

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November 21 The American inventor Thomas A. Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. – 1877. A Senate committee issues a report charging that U.S. government officials were behind assassination plots against two foreign leaders and were heavily involved in at least...

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Members of the Fox Valley Developers give a prayer of thanks on the first floor of Aurora City Hall after the Aurora City Council approves a $9 Million Redevelopment Agreement For The Adaptive Reuse of The Former Copley Hospital Campus November 12, 2019
Members of the Fox Valley Developers say a prayer of thanks on the first floor of Aurora City Hall Tuesday after the Aurora City Council approves a $9 Million redevelopment agreement for the adaptive reuse of the former Copley Hospital Campus. Jason Crane/The Voice
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Historic Agreement Paves Way For New Direction Of Abandoned Copley Hospital Campus

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After sitting vacant for nearly a quarter of a century, the landmark former Copley Hospital campus in Aurora is about to undergo a $110 million renovation and be repurposed into an innovative living community, which would combine a variety of uses following the city of Aurora government’s approval Tuesday, Nov....

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Aurora City Council: Proposed building at former Jericho Circle; taxes for gas stations

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Former Aurora Ward 4 alderman Rick Lawrence criticizes a proposed plan for the Aurora Housing Authority to build another complex on the former Jericho Circle property at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday.

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Oswego Veterans Serenity Park dedication ceremony

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Approximately 500 were in attendance Sunday, Nov. 10 at the Veterans Serenity Park dedication in Oswego. There were seven articulate speakers, started by Dave Krahn, chairman of the Veterans Serenity Park Committee.

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