A system of communication is important in any community. In addition to precarious social media, newspapers have been involved in communications since the late 18th Century. Systems and times change. The Voice offers a platform to exchange ideas, provide community narratives, and offer opinions.
We call attention to this week’s Reader’s Commentary is a singularly insightful narrative on the late Jim Hopp, including, comments by his wife, Nancy Hopp, both lifelong Aurora residents. See it at thevoice.us/readers-commentary-the-late-jim-hopps-magic-trades-touch-a-hero. The Reader’s Commentary is for reader submissions on community as much as it is on political thoughts and ideas.
Communication with the readers is essential. Readers must think more of participation than just absorbing information.
There are many items to pass along to readers including some of the flowing community notes:
• The public is invited to the November meeting of 100+ Women Who Care of Will County. At each of the quarterly meetings members nominate charities, three are chosen at random, and after brief presentations, members vote on which charity to support. Once the winning charity is announced, everyone writes a check, on the spot, directly to that charity. Teams of two to four are welcome to join and share in the giving. More information is available at www.100wwc-will.org.
• The Naperville Park District encourages families to save their leftover Halloween Jack-o-lanterns and pumpkins for composting at the fifth annual Pumpkin Smash, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots, 811 S. West Street. Drop off pumpkins, or, stay to help smash them directly into the garden soil. This event adds the nutrients of leftover pumpkins to the soil and keeps them out of the landfills. In 2020, more than 14,500 pounds of pumpkins were composted at the Garden plots. Decorations should be removed prior to dropping off the pumpkins.
• The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform The Film Music of John Williams November 19 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie and both November 20 and November 21 at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin. The concerts will feature music from E.T., the Extra Terrestrial, Jaws, Harry Potter, Schindler’s List, Far and Away, The Adventures of Tintin.
• Amanda Martinez of North Central College women’s wrestling program, has been invited to compete in the under 23 years World Championships which are being held this week in Belgrade, Serbia. The event features the best 23 and under wrestlers in 10 weight classes. Martinez is from Riverside in west suburban Chicago. She is a graduate assistant coach and a two-time all-America wrestler. She is ranked fifth in the U.S..
• Capital News Illinois reports that governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order Monday classifying gun violence n Illinois as a public health crisis. It has been for several decades. The problem only grows without a mindset to reduce its impact at all levels of society.
• Capital News Illinois further reports that governor Pritzker became one of the 800,000-plus Illinois residents who have received a COVID-19 vaccne booster shot. He received the shot Tuesday this week prior to his first overseas trip as governor. He was set to go to London to meet with business leaders on economic development opportunities in Illinois. Then he was set to go to Glascow, Scotland Friday this week for the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference of Parties. Illinois House speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and Senate president Don Harmon planned to attend.
• Clear and Concise, Week 44, Year 2: Under way: two words, in spite of the growing use as one word.