After 70 years of educating youth, the preschool of Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora closed in March 2022. The school’s legacy will continue to be felt with grants totaling $2,000 to help church staffers provide youth and family programs. Sunday, March 26, Paula Loague, preschool board president, presented $1,000
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will distribute groceries from a mobile pantry from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at New Covenant Full Gospel Church, 1029 Kane St. in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission is free. Identification and registration are not required. In addition to groceries, diapers, toilet
Rick Todas, center, Aurora Navy League Council 247 president, presents ATF Chicago agents Matthew Corley, left, and Christian Hoffman with appreciation certificates Tuesday, March 21.
Aurora University’s Madelyn Buske pitches in game one of a doubleheader against Franklin College at Bedrosian Park in Montgomery Friday, March 24.
The A+ Foundation for the West Aurora Schools will celebrate the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor. This year, Scott Whitlock (class of 1960), Johnny Lee Davenport (class of 1968), Susan Bartells Jacobson (class of 1974), Lauren Leimbach (class of 1974), Colonel John Becker (class of 1977), and Madison Whitt (class
Aurora Advent Christian Church will hold its final worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 2, after 169 years of ministry. The Reverend Matt Mull, senior pastor, made the announcement in a March 18 E-mail. Advent and Redeemer Community Church, formerly of Oswego and co-located at Advent since August 2020,
By Bobby Narang Caden Pierce has gained the experience of a lifetime of memories in a two-year span. Last year, Pierce played a leading role in one of the best seasons for a Chicagoland basketball team in the last few decades. Pierce and Braden Huff were the main figures, but
By Woodrow Carroll To understand the upsets in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament think of the number 23, is the combined seeding total of the four teams which made it to the Saturday, April 1 Final Four this season. To clarify, the four teams that were ranked No. 1 when
Postseason pulls in extra fans because of the conditions: Defeat sends home one of the two teams until the following year. Wait ‘til next year is the refrain seldom appreciated in the whirl of sports. • Last weekend the Chicago Steel of the The United States Hockey League became the
The Kane County Regional Office of Education (ROE) was host to the annual Kane County Spelling Bee Final at Thompson Middle School in (St. Charles) District 303 March 15, where eight students from various Kane County elementary and middle schools competed for the title of Kane County Spelling Bee champion.
Waubonsee Community College’s Johnny Marquez was named the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III Baseball Player of the Week for the week of March 8-14. The Chiefs’ left-handed hitting first baseman batted .500 over the course of Waubonsee’s first four games of this season. A graduate of South
By Lilly TurnbowGrace Holistice Center Nobody really likes school. It’s like work, they say; no one really likes the job. But is that how we want to live our lives? Hating what we do to fit in a system? I think that the environment we are in, really determines who
By R.S.Grace Holistic Center I have been at Grace for approximately five to six years, and I certainly think that it has been a blessing. I’ve met great people during my time here, and I’m very grateful to have been given the opportunity to be here. I’d like to say
By IzzyGrace Holistic Center I love that Grace combines social-emotional learning with formal, traditional academics. I really appreciate the smaller class sizes and how the teachers can give you individualized help if needed. Grace has given me the opportunity to flourish and grow into the best possible version of myself.
Junior golfers and their parents are invited to the 2023 Junior Golfapalooza, a fun, educational event at Springbrook Golf Course in Naperville to kick off the 2023 golf season. The event will take place Saturday, April 15 for ages 5-17, including returning players and those new to the game. Registration
The City of Aurora government will be host to its annual free Spring Electronics Recycling Drive-Thru on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22. The event will be from 8 a.m. to noon in the downtown Aurora parking lot adjacent to the casino at 201 N. River Street. All items are free
The Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity is raising funds to help build one of our first homes in Habitat Green Freedom, a new 17-home subdivision which will use solar power be energy-efficient. The fundraiser will be brunch at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6 at 1300 S. Broadway, Montgomery. Please RSVP
The Kane County 4-H Foundation will be host to its 14th annual pork chop dinner and auction fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 15 at the Prairie Events Center of the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. “This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and it
The scene is a filled room at the 20th Annual Wine & Chocolate Extravaganza Saturday, March 25 at the Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora.
By John & Nisha Whitehead It is easy to be distracted right now by the bread and circus politics that have dominated the news headlines lately, but don’t be distracted. Don’t be fooled, not even a little. We’re being subjected to the oldest con game in the books, the magician’s
