Month: September 2024

Events Kids/Youth

Kifowit To Hold Annual Kids Expo And Touch-A-Truck Event Saturday, Sept. 14

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State Representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) is excited to host her annual Kids Expo and Touch-A-Truck Event. This interactive and educational event provides children with the opportunity to learn about their community, explore various professions, and get up close with the vehicles used for those jobs. The event will be held...

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Back-to-School in the American Police State

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By John & Nisha Whitehead It’s not easy being a child in the American police state. Danger lurks around every corner and comes at you from every direction, especially when Big Brother is involved. Out on the streets, you’ve got the menace posed by police officers who shoot first and...

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A Focus on History: September 12 through September 18

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September 12 Six months after the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev succeeds him with his election as first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev, in 1961, authorized construction of the Berlin Wall in East Germany. – 1960. Hurricane Gilbert slams into Jamaica. Approximately...

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Oswego Drag Raceway feature: “SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!” available through September

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Each Sunday within a few years of its inception in 1954, the Oswego Drag Raceway was drawing three times the village’s total population to the quarter-mile asphalt strip on the Wally Smith farm on U.S. Route 34 a mile and a half west of Oswego. There’s still plenty of time...

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The Venue Announces New Series Focused On Women In Music

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The Venue, 21 S. Broadway in downtown Aurora, a live music performance room in downtown Aurora run by Fox Valley Music Foundation, will be hosting a new series starting this fall that focuses on women in music. She Said with Anne Harris will debut on The Venue stage at 8...

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Montgomery Police Commander Liz Palko Honored as Kendall County Officer of the Year

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The Montgomery Chief of Police, Phil Smith is proud to announce that commander Liz Palko has been named the Kendall County Officer of the Year for 2024. Palko was awarded the honor at the Kendall County Law Enforcement Awards Dinner earlier this summer. This prestigious award recognizes her outstanding dedication,...

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The Venue announces September live music lineup

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The Venue, a live music performance room in downtown Aurora, recently announced its September lineup, which includes an album release party for band Saint Astro. •Friday, Sept. 6, The Venue will host a free concert from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for First Fridays. The Warren Douglas Band will perform...

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September 11 Remembrance Taking Place at Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial

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The City is a partner with Naperville Responds for Veterans for the annual September 11 remembrance event. This year’s event marks the 23rd anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the nation and the 21st anniversary of the Shanower Memorial. The remembrance will take place starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday,...

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Alderman Ted Mesiacos Announces Run for Aurora Mayor

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Today, alderman Ted Mesiacos (Ward 3) formally announced his campaign to serve as mayor of Aurora.  Ted Mesiacos is a devoted father of two, alderman, architect, small business owner, civil servant, 2nd generation immigrant, and native Auroran running for mayor. Mesiacos said: “It’s an honor of a lifetime to run...

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State delay in launching mental health response program

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By Beth HundsdorferCapitol News Illinoisbhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com An Illinois law intended to help people with mental illness avoid confrontations with police had been on the books for three years when Sonya Massey was shot by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy.The Community Emergency Services and Supports Act, or CESSA, requires mental and behavioral...

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Politics requirement: Respect; busy times still

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Reprint from August 2022 Politics is a term and function that started many centuries ago, a Greek term and influence at the start of our Western Culture. Politics persists today. A quality assessment depends upon interests. Politics will be with us as long as governments exist with potential changes and...

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Aurora City Council considers financial plan for ACCA

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By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council is considering a Resolution directing officials to proceed with the implementation of Phase I of a 3-phase financial sustainability plan for the Aurora Civic Center Authority (ACCA) in an amount not to exceed $13.8 million. City government of Aurora documents show since the...

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Reader’s Voice: Opinion: “Sticks and stones” weird

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August 27, 2024Dear editor; It has become fashionable for some politicians to call their opponents “weird”. How clever! Our Country, State, and County are in so much turmoil that voters should reject junior high school behavior and focus on existing records of performance (or lack of) and policies that will...

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Before I vote for Trump: Considerations

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September 1, 2024Dear editor; This concerns thoughts to consider before I vote for Donald Trump. Before I vote for Trump, I must consider whether he supports the 1873 Comstock Act mentioned by Justice Alito in the Supreme Court’s decision to repeal Roe v Wade. With the repeal of “Roe” already...

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Diabetes Club to meet Wednesday, Sept. 11

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By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold its September membership meeting Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Meeting will be held in the East Banquet Room. Dinner is optional on members’ own from the menu at 5:30 p.m. and...

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Aurora Fiestas Patrias Sept. 7-8

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The City of Aurora, in partnership with RiverEdge Park, and the Aurora Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board, are excited to announce that the 12th annual Fiestas Patrias Festival September 7 and 8 at RiverEdge Park in downtown Aurora. Gates will open on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 3:30 p.m.. Opening music acts...

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Monthly Naturalist-Led Hikes Sept. 19

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The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will be host to invigorating, naturalist-led hikes designed for those who enjoy active hiking year-round. The monthly program is perfect for individuals looking to get in their daily 10,000 steps while discovering the beauty of various preserves. Each hike features a District naturalist...

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