Month: May 2023

Kids/Youth Money

Grow Your Business Scholarship available in Batavia

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The Batavia Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that for the second year, a scholarship program for selected small businesses who are members in good standing with the Batavia Chamber is available. A fund called the Grow Your Business Scholarship was established last year. The recipients of last year’s...

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Government

Sales tax exemptions State bill goes to governor’s desk

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A bill set to improve military and Department of Revenue processes for requesting and fulfilling sales tax exemptions will go to the governor’s desk. The measure sponsored by State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) passed the House recently. “The men and women serving in our armed forces have made significant personal...

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Events Kids/Youth

Naperville Youth Academy set

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The Naperville Police Department is accepting applications for a six-week Youth Academy to be held in the Summer. The academy will begin June 15, and continue every Thursday night through July 20. All classes are free and will be held at the Naperville Police Department from 6 to 8 p.m....

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Sports

Aurora University, 39-4, in NCAA D-III baseball field

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The NCAA Division III baseball tournament selection committee Monday, May 15 announced the field for the 2023 NCAA Division III Championships. Aurora University’s Spartans, 39-4, received an automatic Pool A bid by winning the 2023 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Tournament championship and are in the field for the 2023...

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Sports

Nazareth captures first ESCC baseball championship

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By Bobby Narang Nazareth Academy made program history Monday night this week. The Roadrunners, who won the Class 3A State championship last season, had yet to win an outright East Suburban Catholic Conference (ESCC) championship in program history. They fixed that flaw against Notre Dame Monday, May 15. The Roadrunners...

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Sports

Frontier League starts with balanced records

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By Woodrow Carroll Three games into the Frontier League season, the Joliet Slammers held a 1-2 won-loss record through Sunday. The Slammers, an independent professional minor league team, had given up only five run, but, scored only four runs! Up against the Sussex County (the most northern of all New...

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Sports

Statistics essential to real sports understanding

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Sports statistics, standings, and results, are an integral part of the sports world. The Voice carries, on a rotating basis, much of the above to help our readers. Some sports readers pay little attention and others will find the information and be well served....

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Seniors

Bingocize classes assist senior flexibility, agility

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Have you tried fad diets, bought into gym memberships that go unused, have a stationary bike or treadmill in your bedroom that is now a clothes hanger? Let me venture into a concept. Fitness has nothing to do with size, but it sure looks good on all of us. The...

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Events Seniors

Taste of Oswegoland at Senior Center

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Oswego Senior & Community Center (OSCC) will present Taste of Oswegoland Building Improvement Fundraiser, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 2, at OSCC, 3525 US Highway 34, Oswego. Numerous Oswegoland restaurants and businesses are sponsoring the Tasting Event Fundraiser and raffle drawings. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy...

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Veterans

Naperville Gold Star May 27

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The Naperville Gold Star Family Memorial Monument Committee is set to unveil its memorial during dedication ceremonies beginning at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 27, in Veterans Park in Naperville. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. This new Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (GSFMM) honors local families of servicemen...

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Peace Officers Memorial Day observed in Aurora

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Monday, May 15, was Peace Officers Memorial Day. The City of Aurora government honored its four fallen officers during a special memorial ceremony. October 1, 1962, U.S. president John F. Kennedy designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of federal, state, and municipal peace officers who have...

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Feature

Fermilab openness perspective message: Director

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By Lia Merminga, Director of Fermilab Fermilab (in Batavia) has a tradition of being open and welcoming to staff, users, the scientific community, and residents of surrounding communities. This is who we are, and we are proud of this culture of openness. We have focused on executing our science mission...

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Events Fundraiser Police

Aurora cops to climb 3 Dunkin’ rooftops

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Aurora Police Department officers will climb rooftops at three Aurora Dunkin’ locations Friday, May 19, in a fundraiser to support Special Olympics Illinois Coffee for Champions (formerly Cop On Top). From 5 a.m. to noon, officers will be at Dunkin’ locations at 1255 N. Farnsworth Avenue, 1237 N. Eola Road,...

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Government Opinion

National security less threatening than trampled rights

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By John & Nisha Whitehead How far would you really go to secure the Nation’s borders in the so-called name of national security? Would you give the government limitless amounts of money? Surround the entire country with concrete walls and barbed wire? Erect a high-tech, virtual wall of AI-powered surveillance...

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History

A Focus on History: May 18 through May 24

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May 18 In what may have been baseball’s first labor strike, the Detroit Tigers refuse to play after team leader Ty Cobb is suspended: He went into the stands and beat a fan who had been heckling him. Cobb was reinstated and the Tigers went back to work after the...

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