Year: 2022

Seven of eight speakers in Aurora COW meeting against bonds for Casino

By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to many citizens at the Tuesday, Oct. 18 Committee of the Whole meeting. They were against a proposal to supply $50 Million in municipal bonds for a new casino to be built. • Eight individuals used their voices for up to three...

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Reader’s Voice: Filled: Kane County 2040 Plan

October 10, 2022Dear editor; Looking into our crystal ball: What is in the future for Kane County? Whenever somebody asks me what I’ve been reading lately, I always have an easy answer: The Kane County 2040 Plan! The goals of the 2040 Plan are to identify our shared values and...

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Purple elderberries from Sambucus tree healthful

First of two parts Written By: GreenMedInfo Research Group The Science of Natural Healing This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2020. “Natural antiviral substances have been used for centuries to fight common infections, but interest has grown around elderberries, a purple berry long used for its cold and flu-reducing...

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Open Roads ABATE to meet Oct. 29

Open Roads ABATE of Illinois Chapter will meet at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Plano American Legion Post #395 at 510 E. Dearborn Street in Plano. Topics to be discussed are legislative updates, safety and education, Christmas Party, membership, Summer Book Run, election of officers, and events. Hope...

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4-H honors to IMSA student

Matias Habib, 17, of Sandwich in Kendall County, is the 2023 4-H Youth in Action Award for Agriculture recipient, sponsored by Bayer through the National 4-H Council. Habib will be honored nationally for developing a patent-pending bio-pesticide and start-up business through a 4-H entomology (study of insects) project. He is...

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Trip to admirable Amana Colonies in Iowa revealing

The beautiful rainbow cascaded across the northwest sky when I was leaving Aurora for a recent weekend at the Amana Colonies in Iowa. It was, as it was, a harbinger of a happy trip to come. Listening to Iowa classical station KHKE along the way, I drove 431 miles and...

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Wildly Important Goals (WIG) for Aurora relevant

It is time to re-visit my Wildly Important Goals (WIG) for Aurora. I’ve added a few new goals to my previous list, although the older recommendations are still uppermost in my mind for the improvement of “Life in Cythera.” (Sorry, that was a shameless plug for my two satiric novels...

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Waubonsee enrollment
increase continues

Waubonsee Community College has experienced overall enrollment growth of nearly nine percent for the Fall 2022 semester. Halfway through the semester, overall enrollment stood at 9,069 students, which represents almost 1,000 additional students compared to one year ago. Although there is more than two percent growth in new credit degree-seeking...

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Reader’s Commentary: Concern: Taxes for Casino move

By John Laesch, Aurora, Ill. A growing coalition of concerned residents and community leaders will be speaking out against the Irvin-led initiative to use taxpayer dollars to subsidize the move of the Aurora downtown casino to the prime real estate at the interchange of I-88 and Farnsworth Avenue. Aurora Grassroots...

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Recipe of the Week: Rotisserie Style Baked Chicken

Ingredients4 teaspoons salt2 teaspoons paprika1 teaspoon onion powder1 teaspoon dried thyme1 teaspoon white pepper1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper1/2 teaspoon black pepper1/2 teaspoon garlic powder2 onions, quartered2 (4 pound) whole chickens Directions1. In a small bowl, mix together salt, paprika, onion powder, thyme, white pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder....

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Poem: One E. T. To Another

Since you are new here, thought I’d call to check you out—To see how you are doing. You are just aboutTo witness and enjoy what they call Halloween,And let me say it’s not like anything you’ve seenBefore. Too bad we had to have those changes madeBefore we came here. But,...

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Halloween activities promise fun for Aurora Public Library District participants

Looking for safe, family-friendly Halloween activities for your children this year? Do you want to show off your costume, but don’t want to trick-or-treat in the cold? The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) has wonderful events planned for your little ghosts and goblins! Santori Library, Eola Road Branch, and West...

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Ask Grandpa: A firm request from Grandpa’s final wish

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 October 7, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...

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Black students representing Aurora’s public high schools travel to 20th annual 100 Black Men of Chicago College Scholarship Fair

Black students representing five of Aurora's public high schools met this morning at Aurora City Hall before traveling to Chicago for the 20th annual 100 Black Men of Chicago College Scholarship Fair.

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