Month: August 2020

Poetry

About Those Three Blind Mice

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There were these three inebriated mice,Where each had been told bluntly, more than twice.To leave that leaking bubbly stuff alone,For, if ignored, then each would surely groan.But they convinced themselves that it was fun,Oblivious to what they’d feel when done.But, what they didn’t know, the farmer’s wife,Already drunk, was wielding...

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Reasons listed on census to those residents who need help

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So many changes can happen in 10 years. The 1980s saw the first cellular phones, Nintendo Entertainment System, IBM and Macintosh computers, and compact disks. The 1990s exploded with the introduction of the world wide web, texting, and DVDs. Between 2000 and 2010, Facebook, YouTube, flash drives, and cameras in...

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Community Fundraiser

Friends of the Yorkville Public Library begins membership drive

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The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library is beginning its annual membership drive and looks to the Yorkville area community for support. Yorkville Public Library is at 902 Game Farm Road, Yorkville. This group, a non-profit organization, believes in the importance of the Library to the entire community and recognizes...

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Late Bob Reade start in Plano

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By Woodrow Carroll Bob Reade died July 5. The legendary Geneseo High School and Augustana College head football coach was 87 years old and living in Geneseo. Many longtime football fans may remember Reade when he was head coach for three years in both football and basketball at Plano High...

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Sports

Fall high school sports’ State tournaments limited

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By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) made headlines, again. Monday, Aug. 24, after the Fall season started in many sports, the IHSA Board of directors held a virtual meeting which led to an approval of a modified postseason State series for boys and girls cross country, boys...

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Sports

Take note: Success early results

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In this unusual, yet memorable year of sports, we run the gamut from Major League Baseball to Aurora Boys Baseball to no exhibition games for the Chicago Bears this season to questionable schedules for college football. Items which roll to the forefront, and by no means exclusive, could be worthy...

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Needed: French toast, flower bouquets, antique settees

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It might not seem that French toast, flower bouquets, and antique settees could bring hope to downtown in Aurora, but these are not usual times. In these very unusual times, those three things are refreshing and much needed. Let’s start with French toast. Once upon a time, I would chat...

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Government

Aurora City Council: Computers approved for Aurora Police, Fire, Departments

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By Jason Crane The Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, included more than 10 individuals concerned with the City’s plan to purchase 150 complete sets of riot gear for the Aurora police. Aurora resident Jordan Jeffries said he would like aldermen to vote...

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New Montgomery public works facility discussed

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By Jason Crane At the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday, the Board discussed and approved a third stationary food vendor license with Board president Matt Brolley’s breaking the tie 3-3 vote. Georgie’s Chicago Hot Dogs has set up a van and tent in the parking lot owned by U-Haul at...

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History

A Focus on History – August 27 through September 2

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August 27 The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurs on Krakatau, called Krakatoa, a small, uninhabited volcanic island west of Sumatra in Indonesia. Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions throw five cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air, create 120-foot tsunamis, and kill 36,000 humans. Fine...

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Entertainment Events

Kane County’s Recycling collection event Saturday, Sept. 12

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The next one-day event will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 12 at 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Electronics and bookswill be accepted at this event. There is a fee for TVs and computer monitors, both tube and flat screen, of $25 for screens under 21 inches...

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Pets

Pet of the Week: Tiana and Cosmo, inseparable siblings

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Tiana, female and black, and Cosmo, male and black and white, are a Manx breed who were born April 11, 2014. A Manx is a breed of cat that has no tail. They were adopted, however, the children in the family developed allergies. Each is calm and playful. Tiana loves...

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Government Political

Future of ‘we the people’ fixed to hard work, Constitution

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By John W. Whitehead And so it begins again, the never-ending, semi-delusional, train-wreck of an election cycle in which the American people allow themselves to get worked up into a frenzy over the misguided belief that the future of this Nation, nay, our very lives, depends on who we elect...

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Government Health

Peach Recall Expands Due to Potential Health Hazard

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The Kane County Health Department is advising that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local partners, is investigating an ongoing multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections potentially linked to peaches packed or supplied by Prima Wawona or...

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Illinois Senate GOP demands governor open Department of Employment Security (IDES) offices

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By Rebecca Anzel Ten frustrated Republican Party senators demanded governor JB Pritzker allow State offices tasked with processing unemployment claims to reopen in a letter sent exactly five months after Illinois’ first stay-at-home order was issued. The Department of Employment Security was widely reported to struggle with the historic influx...

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Illinois making final push to increase census participation

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By Raymon Troncoso The Illinois Department of Human Services said the State is poised to have one of the top census response rates in the country despite two tumultuous months of changing deadlines as determined by the Donald Trump administration. Illinois sits at a 69.1% self-response rate as of Thursday,...

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Whither the Illinois GOP in a post-Jim Thompson world

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The recent passing of Illinois Republican governor Jim Thompson (1977-1990) begs the question: Can the Illinois Republican Party ever again capture the governor’s office? The only answer I can come up with is, unfortunately: Not likely, but not impossible. Here’s why. Jim Thompson served four terms, twice as many as...

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