Month: October 2021

A Focus on History: October 28 through November 3

October 28 The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from France to the United States, is dedicated in New York Harbor, N.Y. by U.S. president Grover Cleveland. – 1886. The Cuban Missile crisis comes to a close when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove Russian missiles from Cuba...

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College football schedules Oct. 30 and Nov. 3-6; results Oct. 23

Saturday, Oct. 30FBSRutgers at Illinois, 11 a.m., BTNMinnesota at Northwestern, 2:30 p.m., BTNNorthern Illinois, Bye weekNorth Carolina at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m., NBC Subdivision IIllinois State at Western Illinois, 3 p.m., ESPN 3 Division IIOlivet Nazarene University at St. Francis, 1 p.m., youtu.be/eIFQa4HF1R4 Division IIIBenedictine University at Aurora University, 1...

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High school football playoff schedule week 1; regular season results Oct. 22-23

Class 8AGame 1 – Downers Grove South at Loyola Academy, Saturday, Oct. 30, noonGame 2 – Naperville Central at Naperville North, Fri., Oct. 29, 7 p.m.Game 3 – Minooka at York, Fri., Oct. 29, 7 p.m.Game 4 – Oswego East at Lincoln-Way East, Sat., Oct. 30, 1 p.m.. Game 5...

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Pumpkin-composting November 7

Pushing the Envelope Farm, 1700 Averill Road in Geneva, will be host to pumpkin-composting from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Nov. 7. The public is invited. Admission is free. Pumpkins, squash, gourds, hay bales and corn stalks will be accepted for composting. The service is free. Donors are asked to...

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Deadline Oct. 29 for Thank You Veterans luncheon

A Thank You Veterans luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at the Fox Valley Park District’s Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora. The public is invited. Deadline to register online at wherefunbegins.org is Friday, Oct. 29. The event will open...

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Federal court sets rules on legislative redistricting

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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Democratic republic remains the best U.S. option

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

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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Plan-o Bologna Sandwich finds mayors

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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Reader’s Voice: Civil liberties, not the mandates

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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Introspection for national metaphor: New definition

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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DeKalb book starts with verdant terrain, agriculture

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

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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Aurora Knights of Columbus Council 14929 dinner October 27

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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Conclusions reached: Difference between lies, truth

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 can help veterans through a training program

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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Recipe of the Week: Smokey Chipotle Meatloaf

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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Poem: Following In The Footsteps

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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One voice offers reasons for in-person meetings

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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