Yorkville Public Library is challenging the community to read a total of 50,000 minutes through February 28. This program is for readers of all ages. If the goal is met, a $100 donation from the Friends of the Library will be given to the Kendall County Food Pantry. In addition,
The annual Illinois Association of Park Districts/Illinois Park and Recreation Association’s (IPRA) Soaring to New Heights Conference is a long-awaited event for thousands of parks and recreation employees. Batavia Park District employees were happy to attend the conference in Chicago in person, January 27-29, and the District scooped up several
The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is looking forward to this year being a year of growth. We have big plans and ambitious goals for the Library and the services we provide to the community. Part of those services include the programs and events we provide for our customers. In
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 February 18, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By Al Benson Aurora University alumni and school basketball legends, Wallace “Mickey” Johnson, of Chicago, and James Lancaster, Aurora, former player/coach, reunited at a school’s basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 9. Johnson left his seat in Thornton Gymnasium to chat with Lancaster during halftime of the AU-Rockford University men’s basketball game.
All five of Geneva-based Chicago Steel hockey team alumni on the Team USA Olympic roster reached the score sheet, by recording 10 total points and factoring in all eight goals in an 8-0 Team USA victory over China Thursday, Feb. 10 in the Club’s opening game in the 2022 Beijing
Tyler Jones, Aurora University interim men’s head basketball coach, talks strategy with his Spartans Saturday, Feb. 12, in Aurora.
The Elgin Symphony Orchestra (ESO) will perform “Mozart Requiem” at the Hemmens Cultural Center Saturday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 6, at 3 p.m., will feature multiple notable artists with Chicago roots. The concerts will begin with four acclaimed vocalists, soprano Amanda Forsythe, mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider, tenor
Student musicians and an art show were a highlight of the Marmion Academy Music Boosters’ annual pancake breakfast fundraiser Sunday, Feb. 13. In addition to pancakes with sides, patrons were treated to eight performances by student musicians. Performing at intervals were choral, jazz and brass groups from Marmion, Rosary High
The St. Charles History Museum will be host to its first Adopt an Artifact Program. Those who attend and take a look at the artifacts, discover more about them, and choose one to adopt. When you adopt an artifact you will receive a picture of it, a certificate of adoption,
The Oswego High School girls bowling team finished in second place at the recent IHSA regional tournament and qualified for the sectional meet.
Lisle High School’s Joseph “Joey” Raineri qualifies at 195-pound class for the State wrestling tournament Thursday through Saturday this week at the University of Illinois in Champaign by qualifying last weekend at the Coal City Sectional meet.
Aurora University interim men’s head basketball coach Tyler Jones, center, poses with basketball Spartans/prospective graduates on AU senior night Saturday, Feb. 12.
Aurora University’s Julie Galauner, 3, looks to pass and is defended by Edgewood College’s Abby Shane, 3, Tuesday, Feb. 8.
By Bobby Narang The Wheaton Warrenville South High School boys basketball team had a detailed celebration in store following its game against Lake Park. With the two DuKane Conference teams hooking up for a Friday game, the Tigers were seeking to win the Conference championship for the second year in
By Woodrow Carroll With football behind us for now and baseball still on the horizon, we can concentrate on something else.. Take nothing away from the National Basketball Association, however, college basketball almost always provides us with an interesting story, or two, to digest. Conference affiliations and the teams that
High school sports accelerate into a higher gear. The boys basketball regional tournaments are ready to start Saturday, Feb. 19. The subsequent round, in nearly all tournaments, will skip to Wednesday, Feb. 23 with regional semifinal games. One and done is the refrain when we shift into postseason. All four
Oswego Senior Center, now the Oswego Senior and Community Center, is happily moving into its forever home at the site of the former Oswego Police Station, 3525 US Highway 34, Oswego. Oswego Senior Center officially changed its name to Oswego Senior and Community Center, and will open its new facility
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s Women’s’ Empowerment Mobile Pantry, a women-only giveaway this week was rescheduled and relocated. A fourth monthly food and household products distribution was set for Thursday, Feb. 17, at Mutual Ground domestic violence shelter in Aurora. Rebecca Dunnigan, Pantry outreach and program director, said Tuesday the
Cross Lutheran Church, 8609 Rt. 47 in Yorkville, will be host to the Stoughton (Wis.) Norwegian Dancers, a folk-dance troupe, at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6. The performance is open to vaccinated community members. Admission and parking are free. The sponsor is Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 4-472, a
