Day: March 15, 2022

Government Political

Challengers for Illinois governor ready

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By Peter Hancock Seven teams of Republicans and one team of Democrats lined up to challenge governor JB Pritzker and lieutenant governor Juliana Stratton in the 2022 elections. Monday was the March 14 deadline for candidates to turn in their nominating petitions to the Illinois State Board of Elections for...

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Future always an element for our youth today

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Youth will be served. The younger generation will push its way upward and onward. It is a fact of life. Youth will grow into mature adults with stops along the way through adolescence, young adulthood, responsibility with maturity, and offer a start to the next generation. Variations in life include...

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Aurora Council considers permit for cannabis dispensary

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By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, March 15, Council members gave consent to an Ordinance granting a conditional use permit for a cannabis dispensing facility on the property at 35 N. Broadway, which is the PME School of Cake Decorating &...

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Reader’s Voice: Diaper & Baby Wipe Drive on

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March 15, 2022Dear editor; State representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) announced his March Diaper & Baby Wipe Drive for Women’s History Month. Throughout the month of March, individuals can drop off new and unused diapers and baby wipes at representative Batinick’s office to help mothers in need. “During Women’s History Month,...

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Feature

Adjustment proposed in view of Native American peoples

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Last of two parts The first part is at thevoice.us/the-dawn-of-everything-new-answers-to-human-story The Dawn of Everything: A New History of humanity, by David Graeber and David Wengrow, and published by Farrar. Straus. and Giroux in 2021, joins other popular history books which garnered global attention with sweeping versions of the whole human...

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Environment

Single-use plastic survey available

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The Fox Valley Environmental Coalition invites area residents to take part in our Single-Use Plastics Survey. The purpose of this survey is to determine the regions current use of single use plastic bags and what barriers exist that make it difficult or challenging to use reusable bags. We are seeking...

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Education Environment Events

Growing your own groceries invaluable

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“Grow Your Own Groceries – in Containers!”, a free seminar that will help shoppers save money on food, build health and find the pleasures of gardening, will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the Sugar Grove Public Library, 125 S. Municipal Drive, in Sugar Grove. During the...

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Wearing of the green annual tradition on St. Patrick’s Day

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Top O the Mornin’ To Ye! May the luck of the Irish be with you this day. Oh, for the wearing of the green, for the Chicago River dyed green, and for green socks with shamrocks on them. For the green Shamrock Shakes from McDonald’s which are really in the...

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Commentary Government

Reader’s Commentary: A call to check facts essential to all arguments

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By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. Ukraine is not the biggest crisis we are facing in the world today. Our biggest crisis is discerning the truth on everything from the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine to why the video’s of the Capitol riot cannot, for some mysterious reason,...

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Humor

On Dunning-Kruger, Peter Principle, Ukraine help

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There was an interesting article in The Washington Post recently about the Dunning-Kruger effect, which suddenly has become popular. It should not be confused with the Dummy-Knucklehead effect, which was prevalent in the late 1950s and early 1960s and manifested itself mainly among young people sniffing airplane glue so they...

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Food

Loaves & Fishes’ market online

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Loaves & Fishes Community Services is proud to offer a new way for clients to receive healthy food. Clients can pre-select their groceries through Loaves & Fishes’ Online Market and then simply pick up their order from Loaves & Fishes’ new Food Distribution Hub in Aurora. Clients can gain access...

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Lions International assists Ukrainians

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Lions International, the world’s largest humanitarian service organization, is working to provide assistance to the more than two million men, women, and children who have fled their homes due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. More refugees are expected to leave Ukraine as the conflict continues, further increasing the scale...

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State news requires observant reporters on all topics

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When Capitol News Illinois was launched in January 2019, governor JB Pritzker had just been sworn in, Michael Madigan was elected to his 18th term as House speaker and the Senate’s president was Chicago’s John Cullerton. Now, as our fourth year is well under way, Pritzker is battling a wide...

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Kane County Cougar raffles to Ukrainians

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The Kane County Cougars independent minor-league baseball team, based in Geneva, will donate all of the proceeds from the 2022 season’s 50/50 raffle to the Ukrainian World Congress. Along with donating the proceeds, the Kane County Cougars Foundation will provide a match for the funds raised. “The Kane County Cougars...

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Design competition under way for new Aurora Public Library District library card

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A library card is a universal symbol of learning and possibility. Seeing the excitement on children’s faces when they sign their name on their first Aurora Public Library District (APLD) card is a magical moment. Nowadays, having a Library card means so much more than having the ability to just...

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Events Fundraiser

Request: Used Book Sale books at Yorkville Public Library

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The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library are planning for the annual Used Book Sale and are accepting donations of gently-used books of all types. This great fundraiser has brought in approximately $69,000 for the Library since the first one in 2009. With your help, The Friends of the Yorkville...

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Events Food

Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post #395 Breakfast buffet March 20

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The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post #395 will be host to an All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Buffet from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, March 20. Menu Items include scrambled eggs, egg casserole, potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, and made-to-order omelets. The breakfast will be served...

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