Month: August 2021

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Aurora Public Library District Bookmobile provides community services far and wide

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Libraries can take many forms: Building, a tent, a digital space (which the pandemic has shown) or, even an automobile, such the Aurora Public Library District’s (APLD) Bookmobile, which began delivering library materials to Aurora communities in 1953. Why does APLD need a Bookmobile when we have three locations? “We...

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Ask Grandpa: On stopping scams, pre-teen responsibility

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Grandpa says: Grandpa recently received information from the attorney general advising of a COVID-19 survey scam. The OAG wrote, “consumers are reportedly receiving unsolicited E-mails and text messages asking them to complete a survey about the Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZeneca vaccine. In exchange, consumers are offered a free product, but...

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Sports

Jose Abreu continues Sox leadership; Cubs thinner

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By Woodrow Carroll Through Sunday, Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox’ was the team leader in runs batted in (RBI) with 78.. Abreu will have to do something spectacular to average an RBI per game which he did last season when he drove in 60 runs in the shortened...

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Arts Entertainment Events

More than 30 venues open on First Fridays in Aurora

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First Fridays in downtown Aurora will feature more than 30 venues open with art, music, and more August 6. Yetee Station will open its new arcade space at 11 N. Broadway in the former Arenkill’s Loan Bank storefront. Owner Mike Mancuso recently renovated the spot while the temporary arcade location...

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Entertainment Events

Movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington at Cantigny Park August 12

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The Robert R. McCormick House at Cantigny Park and the League of Women Voters of Wheaton continue their acclaimed Civic Awareness Series with an in-person viewing of the 1939 movie classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The movie will be shown on the screen at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12,...

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Sports

Montini, Downers North, coaches seek full football balance

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By Bob Narang Montini Catholic High School head football coach Mike Bukovsky is among coaches and players ready for a full regular season. After the 2020 football season was delayed until the late March, and shortened to a six-game regular season without any playoffs, the State is set to resume...

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Geneva’s Katie Keller of NIU a SID Academic All America

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Northern Illinois University softball player Katie Keller continues to add to her list of accolades. The Huskie junior from Geneva High School was named to the College Sports Information Directors (SID) of America Academic All-America® Team CoSIDA announced Thursday. “I think this is something she’s been striving for since she...

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NIU Huskie baseball sound academically

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The Northern Illinois University Huskies’ baseball team has been recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) for its success in the classroom the past academic year by being honored with the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. “It’s great to see our team continue to be recognized for their academic...

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Test: To overcome COVID-19 in high school football

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August brings football in the sports whirl, professional, college, and high school. If the COVID-19 will relent, plans are for full schedules at all levels. Many high school games last Spring were canceled because of COVID virus. The modified schedule called for six games maximum. Some schools played as few...

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Health

Proper, complete, treatment must be the medical goal

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More than a decade ago, Dr. Bernard Bahari, MD, treated his patients with ReVia (Naltrexone Hydrochloride) and found that many of them couldn’t afford it. He advised them to cut the pills in half, then in half again. At that point, it became impossible to make a real cut into...

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Environment Government Health

Mosquitoes: West Nile Virus near Geneva

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The Kane County Health Department has been alerted to mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile Virus. This batch was collected by an independent contractor near Geneva and is the first that has tested positive this year. West Nile virus is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has...

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Kane County Health Department vaccine in Elgin

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The Kane County Health Department (KCHD), in partnership with Illinois Department of Public Health, will provide COVID vaccines at upcoming community COVID vaccination clinics. • Thursday, Aug. 5, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Food for Greater Elgin Vaccination Event, 1553 Commerce Drive, Elgin. • Saturday, Aug. 7, 9...

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Naperville, masks for government buildings

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After consulting with health authorities and reviewing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) latest masking guidance, the city government of Naperville will reinstate the use of face coverings for all visitors to government buildings which was set to begin Tuesday, Aug. 3. Participants in board and Commission meetings,...

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Small green spaces can provide happy habitat for birds

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North America has lost three billion birds since 1970, according to a study from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It is a 30% decrease. This statistic may feel devastating and overwhelming, but Nicole Flowers-Kimmerle, a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator, said you don’t have to feel helpless. There are...

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Friends of the Fox River beer tasting fundraiser August 9

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Friends of the Fox River holds its sixth annual fundraiser No Clean Water No Good Beer Monday, Aug. 9. River lovers from across the Fox River watershed can convene outside in the back patio at Bandito Barney’s on 10 N River Street, in East Dundee from 6 p.m. to 9...

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BBQ and Big Band Night September 2

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Senior Services Associates and the United City of Yorkville will be host to a BBQ and Big Band Night as part of the Hometown Days celebration Thursday, Sept. 2 at the Beecher Center, 908 Game Farm Road in Yorkville. Dinner will be served from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and...

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Pet of the Week: Nikko: Bold personality, adores dogs, cats

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Nikko is a male Domestic Mediumhair Brown Tabby who was born April 26. Nikko adores dogs and other cats, but has a bold personality, and we imagine he’d prefer to be the dominate cat in his forever home. He has the funniest meow and his favorite place to rest is...

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Government Opinion

Freedom’s best aim: Make all governments responsive

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead It is time to recalibrate the government. For years, we have suffered the injustices, cruelties, corruption and abuse of an entrenched government bureaucracy that has no regard for the Constitution or the rights of the citizenry. By “government,” I’m not referring to the...

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Business

Old Second Bancorp, Inc. acquires West Suburban in merger

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Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSBC) (“Old Second”) and West Suburban Bancorp, Inc. (“West Suburban”) jointly announced July 26 the signing of a definitive merger agreement for Old Second to acquire West Suburban in a cash and stock transaction. Under the terms of the merger agreement, which was unanimously approved...

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