December 28, 2022Dear editor; I appreciate the John and Nisha Whiteheads’ effort to warn of the “undermining” of the U.S. Constitution by Congress, the White House, and the courts. However, the Whiteheads’ commentary lacks real substance behind exaggerated, inflammatory, and at times, dubious rhetoric. They state: “We are in the
Reprinted from The Voice, May 9, 2019 Cecile Richards, a recent guest on the MSNBC Morning Joe television program, announced that she and co-sponsor Alicia Garza have formed a new organization entitled: “Supermajority.” The following article was written by Chantal da Silva for Newsweek. “Three prominent activists have launched an
By Russ George The newly-formed Diabetes Club of Fox Valley (DCFV) will hold its first membership meeting of the year, Thursday, Jan. 12, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 N. River Street, Montgomery. Meetings are held in the Second Floor Banquet Room. Dinner is on members’ own from the
The 63rd annual Will County Coin Club Rare Coin Show will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at JJC Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center, 17840 Laraway Road, Joliet. The show will feature a youth auction at 1 p.m., ages 14 and under. Raffle prizes and hourly door
Gary Swick, incomparable president of Friends of the Fox River, will present an entertaining and informative look at the health of the Fox River Watershed in his annual State of the Fox River program from noon until 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 at Schweitzer Environmental Center, 16N900 Sleepy Hollow Road
Indigenous peoples for thousands of years occupied the Grand River Valley. By the late 1600s the Ottawa occupied territory around the Great Lakes and spoke one of the numerous Algonquian languages. They founded several villages along the Grand River. The Ottawa called the river far-away-water due to the river’s length.
Here we are again in a brand new year. And as Tennessee Ernie Ford sang way back in the 1950s, “Another day older and deeper in debt.” Overspending on Black Friday wasn’t even a thing then. So anyway, what will 2023 bring? Who knows? Hopefully, the last of Trump, brought
By Bill “Bela” Suhayda In response to Vince Smith’s letter in The Voice December 22, 2022, Focus: True science, research. As director of NIAID, Dr. Anthony Fauci dispenses $6.1 Billion in annual taxpayer funding for scientific research, allowing him to control the subject, content, and outcome of scientific exploration across
Welcome to 2023! What will this year bring you? After the difficulties of the past few years, one thing we can all work on is finding ways to bring more joy into our lives. The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) hopes to help with that! Kick off your new year
Women volunteers are needed to help immigrant women learn English at the Dominican Literacy Center (DLC) in Aurora. Alison Brzezinski, DLC tutoring coordinator, said she needs 20 women to serve as tutors for Spring classes. She will lead a training workshop for prospective tutors from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
A 40-voice cantata choir performs “On Christmas Night” at Geneva United Methodist Church
Downers Grove North High School’s Jack Stanton, 21, and Wheaton Academy’s Wyatt Vandervelde, 20, chase a loose ball in the championship game of the East Aurora Holiday Tournament.
Thursday, Jan. 5Non-conferenceMarquette at Yorkville Christian, 7 Friday, Jan. 6DuKaneWheaton North at Geneva, 6DuPage ValleyNaperville Central at DeKalb, 7Naperville North at Metea Valley, 7Waubonsie Val. at Neuqua Valley, 7East Suburban CatholicBenet at St. Patrick, 7Joliet Catholic at Carmel, 7Marist at Nazareth, 7Notre Dame at St. Viator, 7Fox ValleyBurlington Cen. at
By Bobby Narang The holiday high school basketball tournament season is a key moment in the schedule for teams throughout the State. The four-class State system hits the mid-point of the season and allows a true indicator of teams in the hunt for a championship. • On the girls side,
By Woodrow Carroll The football bowl season got off to a very good start for the Big Ten Conference. Nine teams from the Big Ten qualified for postseason games. The conference was 4-0 in the early going. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Maryland all emerged victorious from their respective bowl games.
End of the calendar year in sports offers excitement in football and basketball in playoffs, bowl games, tournaments, and football and basketball back-to-back, mostly in top-level college games. Mix in important National Football League games in preparation of playoffs, a plethora of high school holiday basketball tournament games, both boys
The Standard American Diet (SAD) often fails to supply the amount of useful nutrition we hope it would. Convenience seems to have taken the lead when it comes to getting food from the fields to our tables. Science and business have joined hands in altering food items so they will
By John & Nisha Whitehead The danger signs were everywhere in 2022. With every new law enacted by federal and state legislatures, every new ruling handed down by government courts, and every new military weapon, invasive tactic and egregious protocol employed by government agents, we were reminded that in the
January 5 Ford Motor Company, led by Henry Ford, raises wages from $2.40 for a nine-hour day to $5 for an eight-hour day in effort to keep the unions out and give workers money to buy Ford products. – 1914. U.S. president Richard Nixon signs a bill authorizing $5.5 million
Elimination of cash bail one of many changes taking effect Jan. 1 By Peter Hancock By now, almost everyone in Illinois has heard that Jan. 1 will mark the beginning of a significant change in the state’s criminal justice system – the elimination of cash bail. It’s an issue that
