Day: April 19, 2022

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Dan Dolan Way on Route 31

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During the last week of the 102nd General Assembly, representative Stephanie Kifowit and State senator Karina Villa successfully passed House Joint Resolution 0089 (HJR0089) to pay tribute to U.S. Navy Veteran and legendary Aurora community leader Dan Dolan, Sr.. On the resolution were fellow House chief co-sponsors, representatives Barbara Hernandez,...

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Government Money

Illinois governor signs $46 billion plan to pay debts

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By Jerry Nowicki Governor JB Pritzker signed his final first-term budget into law Tuesday, a roughly $46 billion spending plan buoyed by pandemic-driven revenue windfalls and a current-year surplus that helped the State pay down debts and offer temporary tax relief. Among the three budget-related bills signed Tuesday, House Bill...

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All things poetic: Rose, Purple Butterfly, radio reports

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By Frank Patterson There are journalists and there are poets. Yvonne Boose is both. “I believe a writer can write anything,” Boose said. Boose, of Montgomery, works as a reporter for radio station WNIJ, 89.5, in DeKalb. She is a poet, and she has done much to promote poetry, including...

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Communities volatile, stay active, vital: Look

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Tight space produces short clips and abbreviated thoughts. For example: • First Fridays in Aurora will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, May 6, so there is a week to prepare for the Food Truck Festival at Benton Street from River Street to Broadway with a variety of...

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Jericho Circle: Scrutiny at Aurora Committee of the Whole

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By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council gave consent to a permit for the development of Fourteen Forty Nine Senior Estates Subdivision to be constructed in the same site of the demolished Jericho Circle subdivision at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, April 19. City...

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Opinion

Reader’s Voice: Yorkville Library Mini-Golf great

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April 14, 2021Dear editor; I am a member of The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library, and it was my first Mini-Golf Fun Raiser Event Sunday, April 3. Before I started my shift, I had time to walk through the Library to see how the golf course set up. There...

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Reader’s Voice: Climate change solutions critical

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April 15, 2022Dear editor; By now, most of our senators and representatives in Congress as well as most of their constituents, believe that climate change is real and mostly human caused. But the short-term threats of high inflation, Eastern European instability, and the political posturing ahead of elections in November...

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Buy Nothing Project movement community-based help

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First of two parts Lornet Turnbull’s following article in YES Magazine, “Building Community by Buying Nothing,” is on hyperlocal gift economies: It’s similar to a radical new economy, except, of course, it’s an old economy that has been around forever. “Following knee surgery five years ago, Myra Anderson was having...

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Community Events Government

‘Coffee with Kifowit’ to return April 25

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The popular “Coffee with Kifowit” series of get-togethers, presented by State representative Stephanie Kifowit, will return in person beginning Monday, April 25 in the Meeting Room of the Oswego Library, 111 Reading Drive, Montgomery. “The Spring session of the General Assembly has wrapped up, and that gives me the chance...

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Environment Events

Bliss Woods Habitat work day April 23

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A habitat restoration work day will be held at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve from 9 to noon Saturday, April 23. Planting shrubs and trees and pulling garlic mustard will be on the agenda. Tools will be provided, but feel free to bring a favorite shovel. We will meet at the...

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Environment Events

Great Western Trails Trail cleanups to resume April 23

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Not having any official trail cleanups of the Great Western Trails (GWT) and the Illinois Prairie Path (IPP) for two years because of COVID will make this year’s annual all-volunteer cleanup most important. The event will start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23 at Prince Crossing Road and the GWT/IPP...

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Community Events Religion

Holocaust memorial service April 27

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Temple B’nai Israel will hold an outdoor Holocaust memorial service at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 at Millennium Plaza Gazebo, 21 S Stolp Avenue, Aurora. Rabbi Edward Friedman announced the Yom HaShoah service will be held at the Millennium Plaza gazebo on Stolp Avenue in downtown Aurora. The public is...

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Cecelia celebrates her 16th birthday in ancient Italy

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The ancient Roman road wound around Siena and into the foothills and the early morning air promised a soft, languid, day filled with sunshine. Olive trees and overgrown cherry trees dotted the landscape and workers all ready were in the fields and wearing broad straw hats to protect their faces....

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Musings: Half-full glass to Oz to COVID-19 in China

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Musings: 1 There’s an old saw about a glass being half-full or half-empty. Said glass is a metaphor for a positive or a negative outlook on Life. Would-be philosophers follow up with numerous examples of such outlooks. Sometimes, the examples are outright silly. Frankly, I’m not concerned about whether that...

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Crime

On a link between ‘95 Federal bldg. terror and Jan. 6, 2021

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As the world watches the atrocities and heartbreak play out, there appears no end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Yet, sadly, at home, we are duty-bound to look back and pay tribute to the Americans who lost their lives in the domestic terrorist attack in Oklahoma City, Okla., 27 years...

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Food

Recipe of the Week: Texas Chicken Quesadillas

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Ingredients2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided1 onion, sliced into rings1 tablespoon honey2 skinless chicken breast halves, cut into strips1/2 cup barbeque sauce1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese1 tablespoon cumin8 (10 inch) flour tortillas Directions1. Preheat oven to 350F. 2. In a large, deep skillet, heat 1...

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Poetry

Poem: In Every Essence

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I like to think I’m just an average guy;No other likely title may apply.But then, quite often, there will be a shiftWhere I will try to give others a lift.Now why that thought occurs I have no clue,Except I think it’s the right thing to do.Of course, it will be...

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Aurora nine-year-old wins Aurora Public Library District Library Card Design

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When the Aurora Public Library District (APLD) decided to launch a Library Card Design Contest to celebrate National Library Week, we didn’t know what to expect. It was unlike anything the Library previously had done! Thankfully, we were overjoyed with the response from the community and the time has come...

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Longtime Wheaton resident celebrates 101st birthday

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By Al Benson Wearing a “101” tiara and sash labeled “101 AND FABULOUS,” longtime Wheaton resident Phyllis Virginia Jones celebrated her 101st birthday Tuesday, March 29. Jones’ party was held on her birthday at Asbury Gardens senior living facility in North Aurora, with nine family and friends attending from four...

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Opinion

Ask Grandpa: Ridiculous: Just holding the chicken check

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Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the April 22, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...

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