Month: February 2020

Community Events Kids/Youth

Family Fun Fair at Vaughan Athletic Center Saturday, Feb. 15 in Aurora

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Families and children are invited to the Vaughan Athletic Center, 2121 W. Indian Trail, Aurora, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, for the Fox Valley Park District’s annual Family Fun Fair. The educational and interactive event is free to all who attend. Children will have opportunities to...

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Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame will induct five members

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The Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame (FVAHF) last week announced its five newest inductees. The FVAHF has inducted
and celebrated the lives of numerous inductees for over the past 20 years. This year is the 10th class. The Class of 2020 includes: Patrick F. Beckman, performing arts-music; Vincent S. Chiaramonte,...

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Naperville Park District provides free tax-filing for seniors

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Naperville Park District is providing free tax filing assistance to seniors through April 8. Volunteers trained through the AARP Tax-Aide program are available to meet with individuals in 45-minute appointments from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center, 305 W. Jackson...

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Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday, Feb. 10

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Members of the League of Women Voters of Illinois, above, receive honors at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday for the 100th anniversary of the group. Montgomery Village president Matt Brolley is third from right.

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Sports menu wide open following Super Bowl with choices

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The menu of sports is wide open this time of the year. Following the Super Bowl, fans can be faced with choices: Major League Baseball Spring training; basketball, high school, college, professional; ice hockey at three professional levels; college hockey with the growth of the Big Ten Conference, which includes...

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Little Ten boys tournament to Indian Creek High School

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By Woodrow Carroll Illinois’ oldest high school basketball conference, the Little Ten Conference, held its 101st basketball tournament last week at Somonauk High School. The Indian Creek High School Timberwolves more than upheld the team’s No. 1 tournament seed, and it ended a long-running struggle to win the school’s first...

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Benet Academy girls improve to 27-2; quarterback Hampton commits to NIU Huskies

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By Bobby Narang The Benet Academy High School girls basketball team did not want to leave Welsh-Ryan Arena Saturday night. After pulling out an improbable 75-71 comeback double-overtime victory over Evanston in the third game of the inaugural E-Town Showdown, the Redwings’ players, coaches, and family members milled around the...

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Simplify Healthcare, 94 employees, moves to Aurora on Commons

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Moving from Naperville to Aurora, Simplify Healthcare, a leading health care solutions company providing end-to-end solutions for health plans, opened its new 6,400 square feet national headquarters recently at 600 N. Commons Drive, Aurora. “We are thrilled to open our new location in Aurora, as this is a significant milestone...

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Cliff Oleson: Vietnam veteran to life of community help

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By John Montesano The Veteran of the Month for February is Cliff Oleson. Cliff Oleson, born June 12, 1948, was raised by his grandparents on a farm outside of LeRoy, 15 miles southeast of Bloomington. He drove his first tractor at age 10. After graduating from LeRoy High School in...

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Iwo Jima major Bill White, 104, receives 100,00 cards

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Major Bill White served in World War II, survived the Battle of Iwo Jima island in 1945, and has lived a long life, is 104 years old. During the Battle of Iwo Jima he received a Purple Heart when he led his Marines toward the front lines under heavy fire...

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Aurora Navy League Council 247 dinner Tuesday, Feb. 18

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The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18. The meeting will be at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery, just north of U.S. Route 30. The after-dinner speaker will be Kane County Sheriff, Ronald Hain, whose topic will be “The Challenges of...

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Plano Legion Post 395 breakfast Sunday

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The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post 395 will be host to its all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16. Menu items will include scrambled eggs, egg casserole, potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, and made-to-order omelets. The breakfast will be...

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Aurora University volunteers at Jennings Terrace

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Oswego resident Hannah Dziedzic, left, and Grace Roman, Brookfield, among nine Aurora University students and a professor Tuesday, Feb. 11, supports an early Valentine's Day party to residents of Jennings Terrace nursing home in Aurora.

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Annual pancake breakfast fundraiser for East Aurora High School Band Boosters February 15

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East Aurora High School Band Boosters will hold its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in the school cafeteria, 500 Tomcat Lane. The public is invited. Parking is free. Tickets are $5 in advance or $6 at the door, enter door 15. Tickets...

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Pizza and pasta fundraiser by Aurora Noon Lions February 25

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An all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta dinner fundraiser will be held by the Aurora Noon Lions Club from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. Donations are $8 for adults, $6 for...

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Pet of the Week: Skittles, affectionate, loves toys, active

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Skittles is a female Domestic Short Hair who is gray and orange and was born February 11, 2014. Skittles is an affectionate kitty who loves to play with toys. She loves to run and jump and is an active cat. She still has her claws, but she is respectful of...

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Pornification of pop culture leads to child sex trade

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By John W. Whitehead What can we do to protect America’s young people from sexual predators? That’s the question I keep getting asked by those who, having read my article on the growing danger of young boys and girls, some as young as nine years old, being bought and sold...

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