Month: October 2024

Sports

Hinckley-Big Rock honors Larry ‘Doc’ Peppers with field

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By Woodrow Carroll It was homecoming week at Hinckley-Big Rock High School last week and Royals did themselves proud. For starters, the HBR soccer team won a 7-0 shutout game against visiting Yorkville Parkview Christian Academy Falcons last Friday, Sept. 27. However, the game seemed a bit secondary to the...

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Chastain wins first NASCAR Cup race of the season

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By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 29. Ross Chastain won his first race of the season followed by Will Byron in second, Martin Truex, Jr. in third, Ryan Blaney in fourth, and Ty Gibbs in fifth. Pole was set by...

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Quilt Weekend at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora

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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora celebrated annual Quilt Weekend Saturday and Sunday. More than 100 quilts handmade by congregants, girls’ dresses and more than 50 baby-care kits assembled by members were blessed at Saturday and Sunday worship services. Reverend Will Fisher, interim senior pastor, officiated assisted by Rev. Paul...

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Events

A celebration of all things fall at Blackberry Farm, Aurora

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Blackberry Farm and its fall majesty will be on full display throughout October, when the Fox Valley Park District’s 55-year-old living history museum will play host to Pumpkin Weekends on Saturdays and Sundays, October 5-27, along with Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, Oct. 14. Located at 100 S. Barnes Road...

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Business

Yellow Bird Books in Aurora to celebrate one year Oct. 19

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Aurora’s only independent bookstore, Yellow Bird Books, 34 S. Stolp Avenue, will celebrate its first birthday with a day-long party Saturday, Oct. 19. The celebration will offer a full day of fun, and will officially begin at 11 a.m. with storytime and a visit from Rory, Aurora Public Library District’s...

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Yorkville Congregational seeks donations for Rummage Sale

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Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ, 409 Center Parkway in Yorkville, will hold its rummage and bake sale Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26. Donations of clean, usable items in good condition will be accepted at the church Sunday, Oct. 20 from noon to 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21...

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Government Opinion

Hidden agendas: Beware of government digital currency

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By John & Nisha Whitehead The government wants your money. It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it. The government’s schemes to swindle, cheat, scam, and generally defraud taxpayers of their hard-earned dollars have run the gamut from wasteful...

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