Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 celebrates 60-year member, Floyd Anderson, and mothers
Yorkville resident Floyd Anderson celebrated 60 years as a Sons of Norway member Sunday, May 1.
Holocaust Remembrance Day program Wednesday, April 27 in Aurora
At a Holocaust Remembrance Day program Wednesday, April 27, Rabbi Edward Friedman of Temple B’nai Israel in Aurora, left, chats with Rev. John Bell, pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
Aurora proclamation presentation for the month of Ramadan
Aurora mayor Richard Irvin, center, is joined by Kashif Fakhruddin, president of the Islamic Center of Naperville (second from left), and fellow Muslims, during a special proclamation presentation for the month of Ramadan.
Aurora’s annual Fifth Ward cleanup
Workers toss trash into a double line of compactor trucks on a rainy Saturday, April 30, at Lindsay Windows in Aurora during an annual Fifth Ward cleanup from 8 p.m. to 11 a.m.
Cancer survivors walk June 4 in Geneva
Everyone is invited to join the Batavia Chamber of Commerce Saturday, June 4, to celebrate cancer survivors. The celebration will feature a walk and 5K run at Northwestern Medicine Field, 34W002 Cherry Lane, Geneva, with a fun-packed festival after! Day of registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the opening
The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post 395 buffet Mother’s Day
The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post 395 will be host to an All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Buffet Mother’s Day, from 8 p.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, May 8. Menu items include scrambled eggs, egg casserole, potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, and made-to-order omelets. The breakfast will
A Focus on History: May 5 through May 11
May 5 Lumber strike begins in Pacific Northwest, will involve 40,000 workers by the time victory is achieved after 13 weeks: Union recognition, a 50¢ per hour minimum wage and an eight-hour day. – 1937. In Lakeview, Ore., Mrs. Elsie Mitchell and five neighborhood children are killed while attempting to
U.S. government’s heavy hand squeezes freedom away
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away.”— George Carlin We’re in a national state of denial. For years now, the government has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with the American people, letting us enjoy just enough freedom to think we are