Year: 2019

Sports

NASCAR: Larson, Blaney, capture races

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By John Schutt Nascar, Monster Energy series, Drydene 400, Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del., Sunday, Oct. 6. Denny Hamlin received pole position and chose to start on the outside on this all-concrete race track dubbed the Monster Mile. Kyle “Mister Second Place” Larson, finished in first place! Following were Martin...

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Northern Illinois, University of Illinois, Northwestern, football fortunes faltering

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By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University has been a regular participant in football bowl games in recent years. Despite a tough non-conference schedule to include Nebraska, Iowa, and Utah among others along the way, Northern Illinois took comfort knowing that victories over Mid-American Conference foes Ball State and Eastern Michigan...

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Veterans of the Month: Appropriate salute to Herschel Luckinbill, U.S. Navy

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By John Montesano Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club’s (FVVBC) Veteran of the Month for October represents the 50th Veteran of the Month. Because Herschel Luckinbill, president of the FVVBC, started the program, we thought it appropriate to name him the October Veteran of the Month. He was born August 8,...

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Chris Baker, INK 180, speaker at Aurora Navy League Council 247

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The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery, just north of U.S. Route 30. The after-dinner speaker will be Chris Baker, a tattoo artist with his studio in Oswego. His topic will be “The Ministry...

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Healing Field in Naperville

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Naperville Park District, in collaboration with the Naperville Healing Field Committee, will be host to the community’s fourth Healing Field of Honor at Rotary Hill, 443 Aurora Avenue, November 1-11. Displaying 2,019 American flags on Rotary Hill during this event creates a stunning tribute to our military and their families...

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State representative Barbara Hernandez collecting feminine hygiene products at three sites for Mutual Ground

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In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, State representative Barbara Hernandez (83rd District), D-Aurora, is collecting feminine hygiene products to be donated to Mutual Ground, a crisis intervention center in Aurora. The collection will be through the end of October. “The individuals who utilize Mutual Ground’s services have been placed...

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Aurora Noon Lions Candy Day Friday, Oct. 11

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Aurora Noon Lions Club members invite the public to join the Lions in its fight against the effects of vision and hearing loss. Aurora Noon Lions will hold its annual Candy Day fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at Jewel-Osco, 1952 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora....

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Sugar Grove Library Pancake Breakfast Oct. 26

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The Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at the Sugar Grove Public Library will be 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. Tickets are on sale at the Library for $5, and will be $6 on the day of the event. Pancakes, sausage, fruit cups, and juice will be served by...

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Girl Scouts find feminine hygiene solutions

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Girl Scouts: What are they up to these days? There are impressive projects by some girls. One girl scout in Naperville, Amelia, has chosen Days for Girls (DFG) as her Gold Award project. She has embraced the mission to create a freer, dignified, and educated world by providing girls access...

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Pet of the Week: Felix: Good with cats, dogs, and children

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Felix is a male Domestic Shorthair Brown Tiger who was born April 29, 2019. Felix was rescued from an Alabama shelter. He is playful and loves to play with little mice toys. He is affectionate and will love human company. Felix is good with other cats, dogs, and children. Felix’s...

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Government Opinion

Power-of-the-sword warning by Dwight Eisenhower unheeded

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By John W. Whitehead “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” — James Madison Eventually, all military empires fall and...

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History

A Focus on History: October 10 through October 16

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October 10 A former U.S. postal worker kills his former supervisor with a three-foot samurai sword, shoots the supervisor’s fiance, and shoots two former co-workers to death at the post office in Ridgewood, N.J.. His violent outburst was one of several high-profile attacks by postal workers that resulted in the...

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Montgomery Cemetery Walk rescheduled to Thursday, Oct. 3

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The annual Cemetery Walk in Montgomery’s Riverside Cemetery will be rescheduled to Thursday, Oct. 3 due to the forecasted rain on Wednesday. Tours will begin near the corner of River and Taylor Streets on the south side of the cemetery about every 10 minutes, so visitors can arrive any time...

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Assessment: China leans forward, U.S. leans back

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By Jim Nowlan For millennia, war was how groups did economic development. Today, economic and technical dominance are how groups do war, and right now we’re losing something akin to a modern war with China. When I first arrived in Shanghai 15 years ago, to serve as a “foreign expert”...

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