Wheaton Police Department makes a splash for Special Olympics Polar Plunge
The Wheaton Police Department's Polar Plunge team, Frosted Donuts, officially took the plunge Saturday.
Jim Gilbert’s hair-razing raises funds
Jim Gilbert of Aurora got a free haircut Sunday, March 7, and raised $1,062 from family and friends for childhood cancer research. Gilbert was among 47 participants in an annual head-shaving event to benefit the Los Angeles-based St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant in Aurora was host to...
High School Basketball: East Aurora vs Bartlett
East Aurora High School's Jacques Kelly, 4, stretches for control of the ball under the basket Saturday in a battle for control of the Upstate Eight Conference boys basketball race against Bartlett High School
An unseen portion of The Voice truly unavoidable
Likely it could be called housekeeping! Each week in The Voice is a little different, even if some readers may view the contents and elements in largely the same way. There are variations in what constitutes The Voice each week. The front page of this week’s edition proclaims, Volume 13...
Remembering teacher Roy C. Everson, Jr.
March 6, 2021Dear editor; Did you ever have a teacher who had an impact in your life in ways which truly matter? At K.D. Waldo Junior High in Aurora, I discovered the most stimulating seventh-grade classroom was taught by a commanding presence, the late Mr. Roy C. Everson Jr. of...
Aurora first phase awards for 110 struggling businesses
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council unanimously approved $1.2 million dollars for Aurora businesses struggling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution authorizes Marty Lyons, Aurora’s chief financial officer/city treasurer to disburse payments...
Zealous GMO idolatry leaves Bill Gates deaf to evidence
Last in a four-part series Robert Kennedy, Jr. wrote a thorough article in Greenedinfo, the Science of Natural Healing on the activities of the fourth wealthiest person in the world, Bill Gates, who has been deceptive in his actions and claims. This week is the conclusion in the fourth installment...
White Rose Ball led to the Atlanta Botanical Garden
The clock stood still. Its ancient hands slowly counting the minutes. The hours. The days. Timeless. All were dancing. The waltz held such a fascination similar to a new kitten, or a fiddle. Cascades of flowers were everywhere. The white roses in profusion along with the peonies, all pink. It...
Three Aurora mayoral candidates provide answers
By Jason Crane An Aurora mayoral candidate forum Monday, March 1 through the Zoom video conference platform, allowed viewers to learn more about the three candidates seeking the job as mayor of Aurora for the next four years. An election will be Tuesday, April 6. League of Women Voters Aurora...
Abolish the U.S. Senate to enhance ‘we the people’
“When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitles them,...
Awakening: Easter Egg Hunt, Scramble, Breakfast, on horizon
There will be many upcoming Easter events in March and April. • An Easter breakfast and indoor egg hunt will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 20, at Whitetail Ridge Golf Course, 7671 Clubhouse Drive in Yorkville. In addition to a buffet breakfast, games, bunny photos, a...
Final steps achieved on the road to Cathedral of Santiago
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 29th in the series, a 14-day hike in 2005 across northern Spain’s intriguing Camino de Santiago known as the...
Recipe of the Week: Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients1/2 cup unsalted butter1 1/4 cups white sugar1/2 teaspoon salt2 eggs2 cups all-purpose flour, divided2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 cup buttermilk1 pint fresh blueberries, rinsed and patted dry2 tablespoons white sugar Directions1. Position rack in the middle of oven. Preheat oven to 375 F. Spray the top of a muffin pan with...
Poem: About That Crazy Ant
I know you recall there was once this one antWho wanted to move a big rubber tree plant.From what we are told all he had was just hope,Oblivious, seemingly, to its vast scope.Well, if hope was all that he had, there’s no wayHe’d move much of anything, (physics at play).Well,...
‘No pet shortages’ although possible regulation on horizon
Although COVID-19 has not caused the predicted baby boom, it instead has created a pet boom. With many individuals confined to more time at home they’re looking to adopt pets, so demand has led to an increase of pet-breeding. In an attempt to prompt empty shelters, rather than support the...
Ask Grandpa: Answers to questions on previous columns
Grandpa,I realize that because your column has to be concise that you can’t go into depth on topics, but your assertion that Pope Urban II’s call November 27, 1095 (See The Voice, November 6, 2020) was prompted by imperialism, overlooks the real causes. During the 7th and 8th Centuries, Moslems...
Predictions: Republican Party losses, Great Awakening
The coffee klatch at Julie’s Café Market asks: What’s going to happen in American politics over the next few years, now that Donald Trump has declared he plans to be the leader of the Republican Party? Here is my take. In sum, the Republican Party will survive, if at all,...
Township government series at Aurora Public Library District to continue March 18
Did you know that Illinois is one of only 20 states with a township form of government? There will be more such information in the second part of the two-part Civic Education Series, Township Government: What does it do and why do we need it? Aurora Township trustee, Brenda Hernandez,...
Loyola carries NCAA berth in repeat hopes
By Woodrow Carroll Some things fall into place after many rough moments. For Chicago’s Loyola University men’s head basketball coach Porter Moser the present and future have a rosy glow. Sunday in St. Louis, Mo., Moser’s Loyola Ramblers defeated the Drake Bulldogs, 75-65, to capture the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament...
March Madness in a different look offers excitement
March Madness refers to the time of the year when high school and college basketball tournaments generate enthusiasm, even growing to a fever pitch. High school basketball in the State, known as the Original March Madness, will be silent for a second consecutive year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last...