Month: December 2022

Sports quality includes North Central, West Aurora Hall of Fame, Steel

In competitive sports, the aim is directed to champions, championships, and victors. Triumph is the goal. Among the many high-quality sports elements these days are North Central College football, West Aurora High School Hall of Fame three inductees January 7, 2023, and the Chicago Steel ice hockey team in Geneva,...

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Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) donates Winter gear to Aurora Communities in Schools

Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) officials deliver 500 caps, mittens, and scarves for kids to Aurora Communities in Schools December 8.

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Plano Historical Society ribbon-cutting December 10

The Plano Historical Society has been meeting quietly for several years, collecting items, and planning. Finally, they dreams have come true, with the opening a new Museum at 4 S. West Street in downtown Plano. Plano Area Chamber of Commerce assisted in a ribbon-cutting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10....

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Quilts of Valor Foundation visits Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club to bestow veteran Ray Gonzalez in a Quilt of Valor

Rita Pennington, Illinois State Coordinator for the Quilts of Valor Foundation, visits the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club to bestow, and wrap the Club's veterans in a Quilt of Valor.

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Paul Harris Fellowship awarded to Steve Joffe at Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club Foundation

urora Sunrise Rotary Club Foundation Officer, right, Dr. Joel Huffman, and Club president, Ryan Ivemeyer, left, present to Steve Joffe his Paul Harris Fellowship certificate and pin.

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U.S. Constitution remains in trouble of termination

By John & Nisha Whitehead If there is one point on which there should be no disagreement, it is the following: For anyone to advocate terminating, or suspending, the U.S. Constitution is tantamount to a declaration of war against the founding principles of our representative government and the rule of...

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DuPage County inaugurates 23

DuPage County was host to an inauguration ceremony Monday, Dec. 5 for 23 elected officials who took office. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin presided over the event. DuPage County Board chair Deborah Conroy, was sworn in as the first female chair in the County’s history. “On this historic evening,...

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Three religious scenes adorn Illinois State Capitol

By Jerry Nowicki The Satanic Temple of Illinois debuted a new display in the Illinois Capitol rotunda Tuesday, Dec. 6 and took its place next to the annual Christmas and Hanukkah displays. For Christmas, that means the Springfield Nativity Committee again has placed a manger scene featuring Mary, Joseph, and...

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Holidays a real mixture of joy and stark reality

It is not a news bulletin in any way, however, our world is involved in the build up to the holiday season. In little more than two weeks Christmas will be celebrated and so will Hanukkah, both followed by Kwanzaa, an African American culture celebration. There is a special day...

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Aurora City Council approves balanced budget

By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council approved more than a half-billion dollar City budget for 2023 at a special City Council meeting following the Committee of the Whole meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 6. Ward 3 alderman, Ted Mesiacos was the only dissenting vote. The approved Ordinance adopting the annual budget...

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New Diabetes Club growth great

By Russ George I’m just amazed! In a period of just eight weeks, what we have been able to accomplish! October 13, we began this new journey together, wanting to build a new Diabetes Club, a club that’ll bring about an awareness of diabetes, provide aid and education to diabetics,...

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Attendance high at Festival of Lights

It was another record-setting weekend in Aurora as viewers from near and far flocked to the Aurora Festival of Lights Drive-Thru. Just over 5,000 vehicles passed through the popular light show last weekend, a thousand more than last week’s opening weekend. Approximately 15,000 onlookers traveled from near and far, coming...

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