Month: March 2021

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Finisterre brings Camino de Santiago trip to a close

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Editor’s note: Rick McKay, Joe Masonick, and Jack Karolewski, have been travel companions for more than 50 years to a variety of sites with many goals. This week’s adventure is the 32nd and final in the series, a 14-day hike in 2005 across northern Spain’s intriguing Camino de Santiago, known...

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Drive-through Easter basket giveaway at Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry

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West Aurora High School senior Irene Robles portrays the Easter Bunny and presents plastic eggs during a drive-through give-away of 350 Easter baskets at the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora March 24.

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Entering a holiday perspective must include caution

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Random thoughts while contemplating the holidays allows the mind a wide range: • If society’s goal is to enjoy the Independence Day holiday in small family gatherings as a way to help emerge from the dreaded COVID-19, we should sacrifice a little more now by wearing masks, know distance is...

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Government Opinion Political

Judd Lofchie: Respectful, agreeable

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March 26, 2021Dear editor; We have a mayoral election coming up April 6. I am voting for Judd Lofchie and this is why: • Judd Lofchie is respectful and listens to me and his constituents. By contrast Richard Irvin has behaved rudely toward me and others. I know it because...

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Events Opinion

Yorkville Public Library celebrates Week

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March 22, 2021Dear editor; The Yorkville Public Library will celebrate National Library Week April 4-10. The Library encourages all community members to stop for a visit whether in person, or through our website, and explore what the Library has to offer. National Library Week is a special time to highlight...

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Government

Aurora alderman-at-large candidates in League forum

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By Jason Crane An Aurora alderman-at-large candidate forum Wednesday, Feb. 24, through the Zoom video conference platform, allowed viewers to learn more about the three candidates seeking the job as alderman-at-large of Aurora for the next four years. An election will be Tuesday, April 6. League of Women Voters Aurora...

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Widespread activism: Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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Our country, our planet, is being tested in so many ways and now we need to decide: How do we fit into this picture. Will we take a stand for what we believe is right or will we just sit back and watch things happen? Martin Gould of Aventura, Fla....

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Charity Food

Drive-thru pop-up pantry Saturday, April 3 in Montgomery

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In a drive-thru pop-up pantry, Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will be a partner with Fox Valley Park District, Calvary Church of Naperville and Blessings in a Backpack of Chicago to provide free food bags to 200 families from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 3, at Austin Park, 1345...

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Environment Events

Hike in Sugar Grove Woods April 18

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Forest Preserve District naturalists will hold a hike along the wetland trails at Hannaford Woods Forest Preserve to look for and learn about these noisy, native creatures! This program will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, April 18. Advance registration is required for this free, all-ages program. To...

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Tradition: Hare, Christ Child, Easter Rabbit, Spring

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In medieval church art, the hare was a popular figure. It was believed by Pliny, Plutarch, and other philosophers and essayists in ancient times the hare was a hermaphrodite. The idea that a hare could reproduce without loss of virginity led to an association with the Virgin Mary. Hares occurred...

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Opinion Political

On using death as a political tool

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By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaAurora Using death to achieve political gain is something the political left and media have been doing to critical acclaim for a long time. It used to be taboo. Now it is a strategy, especially with Democrats. Enter Robert Long, a white male, and an admitted sex...

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Truth in Oswego Township mailer?

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By Leonard R. WassOswego Oswego Township voters deserve the truth regarding the mailer sent on behalf of Township supervisor candidate, Joe West. The truth is that the article is blatantly false, a hit piece on the responsible incumbent, Brian LeClercq, and sent by folks with an ax to grind. Here...

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March significant days offered worthy celebrations

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By the time you read this column in The Voice, we’ll be stepping into a nice April, or a brisk October, depending on how the USPS is handling our mail deliveries. If Louis DeJoy is still running the postal system, it will most likely be the latter. We passed some...

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Food

Recipe of the Week: Crepes

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Ingredients1 cup all-purpose flour2 eggs1/2 cup milk1/2 cup water1/4 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons butter, melted Directions1. In a large mixing bowl add the milk, water, and eggs. Gradually stir in the flour while stirring. Add the salt and butter; beat until smooth. 2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or non-stick frying...

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Environment Events

Community solar program on Zoom April 12

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By Mavis Bates Sierra Club Valley of the Fox and Trajectory Energy Partners will be hosts to a Zoom presentation for their Earth Month program, Pollinator-friendly Community Solar for Kane County at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12. We will cover community solar program details, savings benefits, and contract terms. Community...

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Events Kids/Youth

Batavia Park District’s Kids’ Club will resume

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Registration began Monday, March 29, for the Batavia Park District’s Kids’ Club before- and after-school care programming. After the COVID-19 pandemic led to online classes and a hiatus for Kids’ Club, Batavia Public School District 101 will resume full, in-school learning April 6, after the Easter holiday. Kids’ Club is...

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Poetry

Poem: Today’s Thought

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The best news I remember ever gettingWas something I would never be forgetting.The trouble is, that’s what is now occurring;My mind’s a blank, and that, of course, is stirring. Why are we often failing to remember?Not even what we’d call ‘a dying ember.Oh yes, I guess such memories re-surface;But never...

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Partisan media may have little impact on beliefs: Study

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Popular wisdom suggests that the internet plays a major role in shaping consumers’ political attitudes in the U.S., and some recent studies blamed partisan news outlets’ coverage for the increasing polarization of the Nation’s electorate. However, a study of 1,037 internet users during the 2018-2019 U.S. midterm election found that...

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Events

Children’s books event with Jo Fredell Higgins June 12

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International author and award-winning photographer, poet and essayist, Jo Fredell Higgins will release her first two children’s books in June. “Patsy the Panda” and “Therese the Tiger” are written for beginning readers. Each book sells for $10. and will be available for purchase at the event. The signature signing, story...

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Charity Food

Partnerships in Pop Up Pantry

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A partnership with Northern Illinois Food Bank (NIFB), the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry and the city of Aurora government fed 1,200 families at the Pop Up Pantry 9 in Aurora Monday The NIFB brought additional food based on the anticipated demand. First car was in line at 4:45 a.m. and...

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