Community events to be enjoyed in Spring, Summer
It’s that exciting time of year when we can look forward to all of the upcoming Spring and Summer events in the. Aurora and the Fox Valley areas. They are great places to get out and enjoy good, community, events. This year, make sure to add these to your calendar
East Aurora High School graduate, Colon Maldanado, earne cross-country All-America honors
Colon Maldanado, an East Aurora High School graduate, runs to become the first Aurora University woman to earn cross-country All-America honors by taking 29th place in the NCAA Division III Championship event recently.
Girl Scouts receives gift
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois recently received a generous $9,000 grant from Girl Scouts of the USA. Funds from this grant will be used to support international travel for local Girl Scouts, including supporting up to 12 youth and/or adult participants as they travel to Adelboden, Switzerland, to visit Our
Maple Sugaring Days in Kane County March 2
Participants can learn how to tap a maple tree and taste pure, local, syrup at the Forest Preserve District of Kane County’s Maple Sugaring Days, March 2-3, from noon to 3 p.m. at Creek Bend Nature Center. District naturalists will demonstrate how to tap a maple tree, and then participants
Governments’ power grabs always out of line
By John & Nisha Whitehead The government never cedes power willingly. Neither should we. If the COVID-19 debacle taught us one thing it is that, which Justice Neil Gorsuch acknowledged, “Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just
A Focus on History: February 29 through March 6
February 29 Hattie McDaniel wins Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Mammy, in Gone with the Wind at the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards. McDaniel was the first African American to be honored with an Oscar. – 1940. March 1 In Salem Village in the
Budget pressures in State financial forecast a conflict
By Jerry Nowicki Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois was set give his sixth State budget address this week, Wednesday, Feb. 19 to lay out his plan for a fiscal year that government forecasters in November 2023 predicted was on pace for a near-$900 million deficit unless corrective action was taken.
West Aurora High School screens students for heart issues
The West Aurora High School community united for Young Hearts for Life, a vital initiative to screen students for conditions linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Tuesday, Feb. 13. Organized by West Aurora’s Meghan Hill, the annual event was part of the largest youth heart screening initiative in the U.S.. A
Voting important part of our way of life
Voting is a part of our democratic republic. Imperfect though it is, and as limited as is the public’s participation, it keeps us from being an autocratic society, the latter which diminishes public participation. We are a better society when we take advantage of our opportunities. Too many of our
Aurora City Council considers demolition of former YMCA
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council is considering a Resolution to approve a demolition and remediation contract with American Demolition Corporation of Carol Stream Ill., for the former YMCA structures at 460-480 Garfield Avenue. Consent was given to the Resolution at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday,
Reader’s Voice: A voice for Bill Foster
February 19, 2024Dear editor; Bill Foster has been our congressman in the 14th and 11th Districts since 2008. In those 16 years he has sponsored 238 bills, co-sponsored 2,266, and has voted in the House of Representatives thousands of times. Every time he votes, Bill proves his values and his
Reader’s Voice: Data should be accurate
February 17, 2024Dear Editor; In a Reader’s Voice February 13 online and February 15 print edition, David E. Smith wrote that Oregon’s deaths from drug overdose increased substantially after 2020 when drugs were decriminalized in the State, implying that this was the cause. Cherry-picked data often lead to inaccurate conclusions.
Presentation on diabetic neuropathy
By Russ George The members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley were treated to an excellent verbal/slide presentation and discussion on diabetic neuropathy and diabetic wounds, especially the dangers of untreated wounds, at our club’s February 14, monthly membership meeting, held at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in
Smart Cities new exhibit in Aurora
The City government of Aurora and Nicor Gas announced recently the unveiling of a new educational exhibit on Smart Cities on the first floor of the Development Services Building at City Hall in Aurora. The ribbon-cutting for the new exhibit took place February 14 last week. The exhibit tells the
Two concerts at Trinity Church
There will be two organ concerts at Trinity Episcopal Church, 218 East Benton Street, Aurora. One will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3 to feature Gregory Gyllsdorff; and another at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 17 to feature Owen Tellinghuisen. There will be a reception following the concerts. —
Help for veterans in Naperville area
Naperville Responds, a nonprofit, provides free housing needs for veterans. Founded in 2009, the volunteer group assists veterans in a 20-mile radius of Naperville with building, real estate, financial and legal needs. Work is done by licensed contractors at no cost to qualified veterans. Visit napervilleresponds.org for more information. —Al
Jacques Pepin: Chef, author, artist, superb
Chef, author, and artist, Jacques Pepin was born in 1935 and began his formal apprenticeship at age 13 at the Grand Hotel de l’Europe in his hometown of Bourg-en-Bresse, France. For two years he sharpened knives, refreshing the wood or coals, scaling fish. He was finally allowed to approach the
Military career comes to an end in reserve duty
What follows, dear reader, is absolutely the last chapter of my military “career.” I promise! Active reserve duty consisted of more than meeting once a month. What lay ahead was summer camp. Summer camp in the military did not conjure up visions of splashing in a swimming pool, playing volleyball,
Diversity celebrated in Aurora
It was a multicultural weekend, February 17-18, in Aurora where both Black History Month and Lunar New Year celebrations were held at Fox Valley Mall. Crowds gathered at the same time when two simultaneous events put a spotlight on Aurora’s diversity. Aurora’s Black community celebrated Black History Month by spotlighting