Ingredients1 teaspoon vegetable oil1 (4 pound) pork shoulder roast1 cup barbeque sauce1/2 cup apple cider vinegar1/2 cup chicken broth1/4 cup light brown sugar1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce1 tablespoon chili powder1 extra large onion, chopped2 large cloves garlic, minced1 teaspoon liquid smoke1 teaspoon lemon juice Directions1. Pour the
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 June 17, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is joining libraries across the State to be host to bestselling author Michelle Zauner, the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, who will discuss her memoir, Crying in H Mart, and her music career. The event will be held virtually Thursday, June 30,
St. David’s Episcopal Church, 701 N., Randall Rd., Aurora, will be host to a barbecue for LGBTQIA+ families and friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 19. The public is invited. A $5 donation is requested. Reservations are requested. Please send E-mail to rector@saintdavidsofaurora.com. The church is host
Oswego’s annual PrairieFest will be Thursday through Saturday, June 16-19, at 91 Plank Drive in Oswego. Admission, parking and events are free. Presented by the Oswegoland Park District, PrairieFest provides a Summer celebration over Father’s Day weekend. Free concerts from a mix of national and local bands, along with entertaining
The following is a statement attributable to DuPage County Board chairman Dan Cronin on the passing of former DuPage County State’s Attorney and Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan: “DuPage County and the State of Illinois have lost a true statesman. Jim Ryan was a dedicated public servant, from his tenure
By Bobby Narang The Metea Valley High School girls soccer team ended an unlikely season with an unlikely ending. The Mustangs closed out the best season in program history, recently, by beating Barrington, 1-0, in the biggest-school Class 3A State championship game at North Central College in Naperville. The Mustangs
By Woodrow Carroll Minor league baseball has been around almost as long as the game of baseball, and the word stability is seldom used in any discussion of minor league baseball. If any community had a water tower, it may have had a minor league club, or, so it seems.
Sports today is filled with good news and bad news and occasionally punctuated with items in between. Sports is eternally in transition from one season to the next and form quality of teams either improving or falling on difficult times: • The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey
Kane County’s mobile ballot box, the Vote Mobile, road trips this week were to neighborhoods in Aurora.
Jean Benson of Aurora, right, receives a shingles vaccination from a Blue Cross technician Saturday, June 11, at the 15th annual Aurora Health Fair at the Prisco Community Center in Aurora.
Seasons change. Summer starts now! After what has seemed to be an exceptionally long and tiresome Winter and a Spring full of rain-soaked days, Summer is finally here, or, technically will be here June 21! Even beyond that, together we have weathered very uncertain times these past two years, from
By Marcel Gemme The U.S. drug epidemic is at its worst point ever, largely thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. The two public-health crises collided in early 2020, to magnify the growing problem of drug overdoses and addiction in virtually every state and culminating in more than 100,000 overdose deaths for
Bees, butterflies, and other animals that pollinate plants and crops in Illinois are vanishing from ecosystems at an alarming rate. Phillips Park Zoo is helping to solve the problem by launching several new initiatives to protect precious pollinators, including expanding pollinator habitats, installing research gardens, and as host to the
There are inspirational ways to grow vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, and native plants at the Kane County Master Gardener Idea Garden in St. Charles. Trained University of Illinois Extension volunteers will be host to three Summer open houses to share growing ideas and expertise. Visitors are welcome to tour the
A hot weather streak this week can cause temperatures to top more than 100 degrees with the heat index. The City of Aurora is advising residents to take necessary precautions to stay safe and is opening a centrally located cooling center. The Aurora Transportation Center, 233 N. Broadway Avenue, is
The Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) is sponsoring a benefit bus trip to the Chicago Cubs, at Milwaukee Brewers baseball game Sunday, Aug. 28, in Milwaukee. Dubbed “Strike Out Hunger,” the outing is a fundraiser for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora. Individuals and families are invited. A
Frankie is male Domestic Shorthair Gray Marble Tabby who was born November 19, 2020. Frankie is an independent cat who is looking for a patient family with older children. Frankie does not like to be chased or cornered. He isn’t a lap cat or cuddler, but loves to interact and
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Have you ever wondered who’s pulling the strings? … Anything we touch is a weapon. We can deceive, persuade, change, influence, inspire. We come in many forms. We are everywhere.”— U.S. Army Psychological Operations recruitment video The U.S. government is waging psychological warfare
June 16 The first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, N.Y.. Its speed is approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. – 1884. When daylight breaks, survivors of a tsunami in Japan find that more than 20,000 of their friends and family
