Day: October 19, 2021

Government

Federal court sets rules on legislative redistricting

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By Peter Hancock A three-judge federal court panel in Chicago ruled Tuesday this week that the legislative redistricting plan that governor JB Pritzker signed into law in June – before official 2020 U.S. Census numbers were available – was unconstitutional because the population variances among districts violated the “one-person, one-vote”...

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Feature

Democratic republic remains the best U.S. option

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Duly noted: Democracy is not easily maintained. It takes work, may lead to frustration, and various factions may not realize all of its goals, or, even many of its goals, however, the effort, the meetings, the negotiations, always are ongoing and imbued with give-and-take. The democratic republic of the United...

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Government

WPA murals to redevelopment of former schools at Aurora Committee of the Whole (COW)

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By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Council members placed several agenda items on unfinished business to be discussed at the October 26 full City Council meeting. Mayor Richard Irvin wasn’t at the meeting and Fifth Ward alderman Carl Franco was mayor-protem....

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Community Government

Plan-o Bologna Sandwich finds mayors

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Bologna, Illinois Becomes Reality! The City and Chamber of Plano and Sandwich join together to bring to life the joke about “Plan-o Bologna Sandwich”. The goal is to raise funds, awareness and collect items for communities’ food pantries! The Plano-Bologna-Sandwich (PBS0 Day committee is excited to announce it has selected...

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Health Opinion

Reader’s Voice: Civil liberties, not the mandates

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October 13, 2021Dear editor; Truth is vitally important to Christians such as I am (Proverbs 23:23; John 14:6), and I am adamantly convinced that our political leaders are exaggerating where we are (and have been) with this COVID-19 pandemic. It may be cynical of me to say, but many of...

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Feature

Introspection for national metaphor: New definition

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Second of three parts The previous part is at thevoice.us/seeing-the-world-today-though-religious-lens-helpful Cecilia González-Andrieu writes the following article for the American Magazine on a new metaphor to define our Nation: “The melting pot is an outdated image of the United States. We need a new metaphor to define the Nation. “There are...

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Feature History

DeKalb book starts with verdant terrain, agriculture

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Listen. It was the year 1818. The unshorn fields were boundless and beautiful. The prairies and the sights took all into the encircling vastness, wrote the poet Uo. The topography of DeKalb’s verdant terrain made possible a rich agriculture, the fur trade, and the tide of immigrants to build the...

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Community Obituaries

Reader’s Commentary: Son’s memoriam to Robert R. Moga

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By Steven MogaAurora, Ill. Sooner or later, our bodies betray us all. We never know when we will take our last breaths. For my father Robert R. Moga, that moment came on the morning of September 16, almost four weeks after suffering a heart attack. In 89-plus years he lived...

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Events Food Fundraiser

Aurora Knights of Columbus Council 14929 dinner October 27

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Aurora Knights of Columbus Council 14929 will hold a benefit spaghetti dinner fundraiser Wednesday, Oct. 27, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Luigi’s Pizza, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. Patrons may dine in or take carryouts. The menu includes spaghetti with meatballs,...

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Health

Conclusions reached: Difference between lies, truth

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The Chas is not a Republican (nor a Democrat, for that matter). He is not a worshiper of Donald J. Trump. He is not a fan of Fox News or any right-wing radio talk show. He is not a reader of conservative blogs. He is not a member of the...

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Veterans

Veterans can help veterans through a training program

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To further provide services for Aurora area Veterans, Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post #84 (Post 84) is a partner with Illinois Joining Forces (IJF) and the Dunham Foundation along with the Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission (VAC) and other area stakeholders to offer free veteran peer supporter training to Aurora area...

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Food

Recipe of the Week: Smokey Chipotle Meatloaf

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Ingredients2 eggs1/3 cup and two tablespoons hickoryflavored barbeque sauce2 cloves garlic, minced, or to taste2 chipotle chilies in adobo sauce, minced,or to taste2 teaspoons adobo sauce1 teaspoon kosher salt1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper1/2 teaspoon celery salt1/2 teaspoon ground cumin1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce1 onion, chopped1/2 cup dry oatmeal2 pounds lean...

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Poetry

Poem: Following In The Footsteps

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For we were given, of this planet, full control;We dominate its fate, as well as ours, in whole.So who and what you are and think will only beThat singlet in the depth of mankind’s sea.Hence you, and all your human values, must employThe will of god not to demolish or...

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Commentary Government Opinion

One voice offers reasons for in-person meetings

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By Donald Craven Legislation making virtual meetings of public bodies acceptable for any reason should be defeated. Every city council or school board has issues large and small that have an impact on the lives of the constituents it serves. Should residents be allowed to have chickens within city limits?...

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Carousel Entertainment

Big Woods Walk: Ghosts of Aurora pioneers portrayed

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By Al Benson Ghosts of Aurora settlers came alive Saturday, Oct. 16, at Aurora’s Big Woods Cemetery Walk. Aurora-based Big Woods School Foundation, a nonprofit, staged the first-ever walk at the Cemetery on Eola Road near Butterfield Road. The Walk was to raise funds for restoration of adjacent Big Woods...

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Events

Minor Feelings author will discuss racism on Aurora Public Library District Zoom

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The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is proud to be a partner with many Chicago area libraries to welcome poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong, to the Aurora community at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4. Cathy Park Hong is the poetry editor of the New Republic and is a full...

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Opinion

Ask Grandpa: Reaction offered to Grandpa’s death

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Editor’s note: Here is the second week of the Ask Grandpa column without Grandpa since the death of conductor of this column. Last week we ran several items which did not make it in the previous 503 columns by the person who requested to keep an identity from public view....

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Food

Kelly Rhodes seeks food justice, Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley

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Kelly Rhodes of Aurora is the newest devotee of food justice to join the leadership team of The Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley. Rhodes comes with more than two decades of experience in the corporate travel industry. Working for a Fortune 100 company, she planned events on a...

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Events Seniors

Events fill Oswego Senior Center

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The Oswego Senior Center will be host to many events for seniors. Annual Medicare Forum The Free Annual Medicare Forum will be held 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the Oswego Fire Department Community Room, 3511 Woolley Road, Oswego. Annual Medicare Forum is a must attend for...

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