Month: September 2021

Murals continue as an artistic scene in Aurora

This year could be the biggest year ever for murals in Aurora. By the end of Fall, there will be more than two dozen completed works of public art in downtown Aurora. We can thank Jenn Evans, director of Aurora Public Art, for the abundance of art this year. Evans...

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Big, important, high school football games continue

The list of undefeated high school football teams dwindles each week. Following the games September 24-25, the list will be reduced by at least one, because Glenbard North will play at Batavia at 7:30 p.m. Friday and each team enters undefeated with a 4-0 record. Nearly every game this season...

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Randy Meyers featured artist at Gary Brown Studio October 1

All ages are invited to a reception October 1 at the Gary Brown Art Gallery/Studio in Aurora with featured artist Randy Meyers, who is known as: “The Recreator”. The showing of Randy’s original lamps are created from repurposed industrial parts. Randy works at a furious pace, and often has sold...

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Three high school football programs return to success

By Bobby Narang York High School and Downers Grove North High School each is enjoying a renaissance in the respective football program. Both West Suburban Conference Silver programs won their first three games to lift the spirits of their players after a few rough years. Playing in a division that...

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Illini, NIU, seek recoveries

By Woodrow Carroll The road to recovery for the University of Illinois football team will go through Purdue University in West Lafayette with a 2:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday, Sept. 25. Illinois will seek to recover from its last-second defeat at the University of Maryland, Friday, Sept. 17 when the host...

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The argument should be to make America free again

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead The Constitution of the United States represents the classic solution to one of humankind’s greatest political problems: That is, how does a small group of states combine into a strong union without the states losing their individual powers and surrendering their control over...

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A Focus on History: September 23 through September 29

September 23 Amid much public excitement, American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return to St. Louis, Mo., from the first recorded overland journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast and back. The Lewis and Clark Expedition had set off more than two years earlier to explore the...

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Poem: A Sadder Way To Live

It takes a heap of doing something positiveBefore you may determine how you want to live.And even then to settle for a lesser post;Because you lacked the ways and means you needed most. Now take a good look at what has been written here;If you’re inclined to envy others, you’ll...

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College football schedules Sept. 25 and Oct. 2; results Sept. 17-18

Sat, Sept. 25FBSIllinois at Purdue, West Lafayette, Ind., 2:30 p.m., BTNMaine at Northern Illinois, 1:30 p.m., ESPN 3Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin at Soldier Field, Chicago, 11 a.m., FOX Subdivision IIllinois State at Southern Illinois, Carbondale, 2 p.m. ESPN+ Division IISt. Francis at Siena Heights University (Mich.), Adrian, Mich., 1 p.m....

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High school football schedules Sept. 24-25 and Oct. 1-2; results Sept. 17-18

Friday, Sept. 24DuKaneGlenbard North at Batavia, 7:30 p.m.Geneva at St. Charles North, 7:30 p.m.Lake Park at Wheaton North, 7:30 p.m.St. Charles E. at Wheaton Warr. S., 7:30 p.m. DuPageMetea Valley at Waubonsie Valley, 7 p.m.Naperville Cen. at Neuqua Valley, 7:30 p.m.Naperville North at DeKalb, 7 p.m. Fox ValleyCrystal Lake Cen....

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Prescription Rx Drop Off in Sugar Grove September 23

Residents of the 50th District, which includes portions of Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, Campton Hills, Elburn, Montgomery, Oswego, Plano, St. Charles, Sugar Grove. and Yorkville; and 70th District which includes portions of western Kane County including Big Rock, Kaneville, Lily Lake, Virgil, Campton Hills and Burlington are invited to a free,...

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Aurora Seeks Input on Illinois Prairie Path Crossing at Farnsworth Avenue

The City of Aurora will be host to a Public Information Meeting & Open House to seek public input on the preliminary engineering study for future pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements across Farnsworth Avenue at Marshall Boulevard and the Illinois Prairie Path. The meeting will be held from 5 p.m....

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