Sisters, Star and Midnight, need homes
Star is a female Domestic Short Hair Orange Tiger and Midnight is a female Domestic Short Hair Tortie. Each was born April 20, 2019. Star and Midnight are sweet, playful, and full of love. Star loves to explore and midnight is a bit shy, but affectionate. They have been raised
Kane County Recycling collection event Aug. 10
Kane County’s Recycling collection event: The Kane County Electronics Recycling Program will have a one-day collection event in St. Charles from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 10 at 540 S. Randall Road. There will be document shredding available with a limit of four boxes and electronics and books will
Fundraiser Forum: AVAC Cruise Night, Grace Gala, Foc Valley Marine golf
AVAC Cruise Night August 17 The fourth annual Aurora Veterans Advisory Committee (AVAC) cruise night will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 after two postponements due to inclement weather. The auto cruise night will be at the Fox Valley Park District’s McCullough Park. The Fox
A Focus on History: August 8 through August 14
August 8During World War II, six German saboteurs who secretly entered the United States on a mission to attack its civil infrastructure are executed by the United States for spying. – 1942. President Harry S Truman signs the United Nations Charter and the United States becomes the first nation to
Rise of the Fourth Reich continues in the United States
By John W. Whitehead “Adolf Hitler is alive and well in the United States, and he is fast rising to power.” —Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the Treasury, on the danger posed by the FBI to our civil liberties Despite the finger-pointing and outcries of dismay from those
National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 6
Neighborhoods throughout Aurora, Naperville, Oswego, and other surrounding communities 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
Rural, urban: Seeking a way to boost our Midwest
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,
Progress in Aurora correctly important
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
Congratulations to new Boys Baseball HOF
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
Be more aggressive to stop president Trump: NAACP
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:
Tom Meyers, Robert Watermann, Montgomery Fest grand marshals
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
First Call: Birth records for school; Nominations for Woman of Power
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
Longest river in the world, the Nile, brings life to Africa
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.
Observations on 21st-Century America: Loyal frenzy
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