Year: 2019

Opioid deaths take downward turn: State Health

By Rebecca Anzel – Illinois is showing progress toward the State Department of Public Health’s three-year goal of reducing opioid deaths by one-third by 2020, an official told State senators Monday in Springfield. That initiative was set by former Republican Party governor Bruce Rauner’s administration in an action plan implemented...

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Aurora ranking includes Diwali celebration, Ward clean-up

Aurora recently was named the top place in the country to buy a well-priced house. That was No. 1 in the U.S. where a median home list price is $250.000 or less with an emphasis of quality of life, according to GoBankingRates, which listed the top 50 places in the...

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League of Women Voters of Central Kane County opposes guns in classrooms

October 20, 2019Dear editor; The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County opposes the arming of teachers and other staff members in all of our community schools. In November, the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) annual conference will consider two recommended Resolutions: Resolution No. 1 would provide school...

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On reasons to investigate Hunter Biden

October 19, 2019Dear editor; I am so tired of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durban, and others harping on president Donald Trump. There they are digging for the least thing to try and get rid of him. Talk about sore losers! If Trump went to China or wherever, to get...

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Fill the Bowls fundraiser in Aurora Sunday, Oct. 27

A citywide Sunday Brunch Fundraiser will be held Sunday, Oct. 27 by a coalition of more than 20 Fox Valley restaurants. Fill the Bowls organizers will welcome guests of all ages from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Gaslight Manor Banquets, 2485 Church Road in Aurora. Funds raised will support...

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Tickets available for Aurora Children’s Dental Service’s Santa’s Fun Fest November 30

Tickets are available now for the Aurora Children’s Dental Service’s Santa’s Fun Fest at the Montgomery VFW Post 7452, 121 N. River Street, Montgomery, Saturday, Nov. 30, sponsored by the Aurora Junior Woman’s Club. The fundraiser will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day. Tickets...

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Taking salt out of water by solar GivePower non-profit aim

Last of two parts The first part can be viewed at thevoice.us/non-profit-givepower-brings-water-to-residents-in-africa-asia Clean water often has been referred to as “Blue Gold” and it certainly deserves such a title. Business Insider included the following article written by Morgan McFall-Johnsen. Here is part two in which individuals in Africa and Asia...

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Late Khalil Gibran third best-selling poet of all time

“I believe that you have inherited from your forefathers an ancient dream, a song, a prophecy, which you can proudly lay as a gift of gratitude upon the lap of America.” — Khalil Gibran Sometimes extreme poverty and human loss at a young age can transform the soul which survives...

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Neighborhood Activities 10-24-19

Aurora • Thursday, Oct. 24 • 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Evening Networking Party Aurora Business United and The Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club will have a networking Party on World Polio Day at AC’s Pub, 2124 W. Galena Boulevard, Aurora, behind Dunkin Donuts and Subway. There will be free Appetizers,...

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Nominations open for City of Aurora’s Little Mr. Aurora and Little Miss Aurora 2020

The nomination process is open for the next youth ambassadors as the 2020 Little Mr. Aurora and Little Miss Aurora. The current Little Miss Aurora, Alaria Selmon, and Little Mr. Aurora, Benjamin Mendoza, prepare to conclude their official duties. The contest, presented by the city government of Aurora, is open...

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A Focus on History: October 24 through October 30

October 24A 63-year-old schoolteacher, Annie Edson Taylor, becomes the first known person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. – 1901. The first U.S. federal minimum wage, 25¢ an hour, takes effect, thanks to enactment of the Depression-era Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). The law required an...

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U.S. fingerprints all over the turmoil in Southwest Asia

More chickens have come home to roost. In a previous essay, I stated that the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, which ended World War I, had unintentional consequences and that those consequences were the massive conflicts currently embroiling all of Southwest Asia. Among other things, the Treaty called for the...

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Gifts from Home program for Aurora military ready

The city government of Aurora’s annual Gifts from Home program offers our hardworking active members of the military a reminder from their hometown during the holidays. Gifts from Home thanks Aurora residents who are actively serving in the military, at home or abroad, with a gift box that includes mixed...

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Remembering veterans at Oswego’s Little White School Museum

Oswego’s Little White School Museum invites all Oswego area residents to visit its annual “Remembering our Veterans” special exhibit at the museum, 72 Polk Street (Jackson at Polk), just two blocks from downtown Oswego. For the first time in the exhibit’s 14-year history, it will be held for a full...

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Recipe of the Week: Chicken with Quinoa and Veggies

Ingredients 1 cup rinsed quinoa 2 cups chicken broth 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 small onion, chopped 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into strips 1 zucchini, diced 1 tomato, diced 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese 8 fresh basil leaves 1 tablespoon lime juice...

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Sounding Off

The frost is on the pumpkin, yessirree; Predicting what the weather soon will be. But, here and now, we’re barely into Fall, So why do we now have this early call? I know that Mother Nature’s oft obtuse, But here it seems she’s playing fast and loose. Two days ago...

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Ask Grandpa: E-mail security always begins at home proactively

Grandpa,I had ordered some merchandise on (a well-known merchandising site). Two days later I got an E-mail from (a different well-known merchandising site). It told me that my order was being delayed because of a problem with my credit/debit card. I was to call their shipping department and give them...

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