Month: October 2021

Sports

Crunch time leads to victory, playoffs, championships

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Crunch time. It’s on the line in high school sports this time of the year. Competition, seeking the fruits of hard work by individuals and teams to qualify for the playoffs, advance, and achieve goals. True for football, boys soccer, cross country, girls tennis and starting Monday, Oct. 25, girls...

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Custodial workers appreciated in Aurora

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October 2 was National Custodial Workers Appreciation Day, and Aurora mayor Richard C. Irvin surprised custodial engineers in the State’s second-largest city with awards and gifts. “You are the people who help to move Aurora forward,” said mayor Irvin to the group of custodians who gathered for what they thought...

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Seniors

Child’s verses may reflect days which have passed

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If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. James Carmichael’s Proverbs in Scots printed in 1628 came to mind on a recent morning when I pondered subjects for another column for the Seniors’ Voice. I remember my mother reciting that poem to me as a child. If turnips were watches, I’d...

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Charity Community Food

Loaves & Fishes ready to open new food distribution hub

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Loaves & Fishes Community Services invites the public to join them for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of their new food distribution hub. The festivities will take place beginning at 3 p.m.. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 580 Exchange Court in Aurora. Loaves & Fishes will be opening its...

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Naperville Park District: Best Green

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Naperville Park District received the Best Green Practices Award from the Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) as part of the 2021 “Best of the Best” statewide awards competition. Winners of the various categories were announced at the IAPD’s awards event October 15. Naperville Park District was one of three...

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Food Fundraiser

American Legion Riders Baked Potato Lunch Oct. 30

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The American Legion Riders Post #181 from Sandwich is sponsoring a Baked Potato Lunch Saturday, Oct. 30 at the Sandwich VFW, 713 S. Main Street. Serving times are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for dine in/carry out. Donations are $8 for a baked potato topped with your favorite toppings...

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Community

Positive help, activities, for residents with disabilities

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Aurora-based Fox Valley Special Recreation Association (FVSRA) enriches lives of disabled people through diverse, yearlong, recreational activities. That was the message earlier this month from FVSRA outreach coordinator, Jennifer Wisneski, at an Aurora Noon Lions Club’s membership meeting at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center in Aurora. According to Wisneski, the...

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Pet of the Week: Danny: Very loving, unique look

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Danny is male Domestic Shorthair Brown Tiger who was born April 11, 2021. Danny has darker markings that outline his eyes that give him a unique look. He will make sure to interrupt whatever you are doing when he feels he needs some attention and is very loving. He enjoys...

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Government Health

Governor JB Pritzker urges eligible residents to take boosters

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By Jerry Nowicki Governor JB Pritzker, Tuesday this week, urged eligible Illinoisans to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot and called on skilled nursing facilities to make booster shots available to patients and staff members by Thanksgiving Day. Currently anyone who received the Pfizer vaccine and is over 65 years...

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Government Opinion

Authoritarian notion: The government knows best

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military.”—Simone Weil, philosopher and political activist We labor today under the weight of countless tyrannies, large and small, carried out in...

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History

A Focus on History: October 21 through October 27

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October 21 Approximately 100,000 demonstrators, including radicals, liberals, black nationalists, hippies, professors, women’s groups, and war veterans, rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and march on the Pentagon to protest the Vietnam War. – 1967. October 22 In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, U.S. president John F....

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Sports

College football schedules Oct. 23 and Oct. 30; results Oct. 16

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Saturday, Oct. 23 FBSIllinois at Penn State, 11 a.m., ABCNorthwestern at Michigan, 11 a.m., FOXNorthern Illinois at Central Michigan, 11 a.m., ESPNUUSC at Notre Dame; 7:30 p.m., NBC Subdivision IIllinois State at South Dakota, 1 p.m., ESPN+ Division IISt. Francis at St. Ambrose University, 1 p.m., youtube.com/watch?v=W-V0usS_QsI Division IIIAurora University...

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High school football schedules Oct. 22-23; results Oct. 15-16

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Friday, Oct. 22 Chicago Catholic GreenChicago St. Rita at Niles Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.Benet Academy at Nazareth Acad., 7 p.m. Chicago Catholic OrangeJoliet Catholic Acad. at Montini, 7:30 p.m.Providence Catholic at St. Laurence, 7:30 p.m. Chicago Catholic White*De La Salle at Marmion Academy, 7:30 p.m. DuKaneBatavia at St. Charles North,

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Infrastructure

Primary Aurora Arterial to Close for Five Days

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Liberty Street between Eola Road and Commerce Street will be completely closed to traffic from 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18 to 6 p.m. Friday, October 22. During the five-day period, Canadian National Railway will be conducting a complete renewal. Detour signs are in place for commuters....

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Environment Events

Final Kane County document shredding event of the year, Oct. 23

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Kane County Recycles will be host to a free confidential document shredding event between 8 a.m. and noon Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Kane County Branch Court office at 540 S. Randall in St. Charles. Do not arrive early because that will create a long line that will not be...

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Government Infrastructure

Railway improvement will speed up freight deliveries

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By Peter Hancock A railway improvement project intended to greatly improve traffic congestion between St. Louis and Chicago reached a milestone Tuesday, Oct. 12 as work began on a multimodal transportation hub in the capital city. Governor JB Pritzker was joined at a groundbreaking ceremony by U.S. senators Dick Durbin...

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Herschel Luckinbill Road fitting memorial tribute in Oswego

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Honorary street signs are common memorials and tributes to deserving individuals. The Oswego Village government, under the leadership of Village president Troy Parlier, named the late Herschel Luckinbill as a recipient of an honorary street name. Mr. Luckinbill’s lifelong commitment was n service to the United States as a member...

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Money

Culture Stock wins grant

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In just 10 days in August, more than 125,000 people cast more than three million votes in support of their favorite causes. As a result, 40 communities, in 18 states, including L.I.FT. Aurora dba Culture Stock in Aurora, Ill., will get an assist from State Farm®. State Farm is proud...

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Questions for each on honesty, fairness, and truth

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Often children are sensitive to fairness. Observe and listen when children interact and are not aware of others who have a presence and change the course of conversation. Among the repetitive refrains may be, “It isn’t fair.” Children may be taught to be fair, to maintain a sense of playing...

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