Aurora University students volunteer during Spring Morning of Service
With Elk looking on in background, Aurora University Spanish professor Denise Hatcher, right, helps clean up Aurora’s Phillips Park Zoo Saturday, April 9.
Thanks given for Herschel Luckinbill Road
By Mike Eckburg, Commander, Aurora American Legion Post 84 If you have spent time in the military, or love those who do, you have the experience of burying those who died at an age that many consider way too young. The surviving members of the family, friends, and teammates are
Public art topic at Aurora Navy League
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, April 19. The meeting will be held in the private dining room at the rear (north side) of: Riverview Diner, IL-25 at Mill Street, Montgomery. A reception will begin at 5 p.m. followed by dinner at approximately
Artwork in United Methodist Church of Plano: Stained glass, labyrinth
Char Wyncoop, church family member of the United Methodist Church of Plano, has been wanting to design a labyrinth based on the stained glass windows at the church for some time. In late February and early March she designed the labyrinth and then painted it during March into early April
Starved Rock and Open Roads Chapter meet with representative David Welter
Starved Rock and Open Roads Chapter members pose with David Welter, Republican Party, second from left, House of Representatives representing the 75th District in parts of Grundy,
Trivia night to help Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity
Fox Valley Junior Woman’s Club (FVJWC) will be host to a third annual trivia night fundraiser for Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity. The event will open at 6 p.m. Friday, April 29, at Orchard Valley Golf Club, 2411 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora. The public is invited. No skill is
Plano Legion Breakfast April 17
The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post 395 will be host to an All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Buffet from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 17 at 510 E. Dearborn Street, Plano. Menu items include scrambled eggs, egg casserole, potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, and
Patches: Owner passed, needs new home
Patches is a female Domestic Longhair Black and White who was born February 18, 2010. Patches’ owner passed away and she needs a new home. She has hyperthyroidism which requires a medication that costs $30 a month. She is always so excited when a human come into the room and
A Focus on History: April 14 through April 20
April 14 U.S. president Abraham Lincoln is shot at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army, to effectively end the American Civil War. – 1865. In what came to be known as Black Sunday,
Wrong path: Freedom secondary to security must change
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton, or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you.”—Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department Police violence has not lessened. Police shootings have not abated. Police reforms have
State bill would assist COVID-related school personnel
By Peter Hancock A bill that allows teachers and other school and university employees or contractors who are fully vaccinated to take paid administrative leave if they have to miss work due to coronavirus (COVID-19)-related issues cleared the Illinois Senate Thursday and will soon be sent to governor JB Pritzker.
Resolution: Herschel Luckinbill Road honor
State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) and fellow chief co-sponsors, representatives Keith Wheeler, Barbara Hernandez, Maura Hirschauer, and Mark Batinick, and all other members of the Illinois House passed House Joint Resolution 79 to honor the memory of U.S. Navy veteran Herschel Luckinbill by designating a section of U.S. Route 30
Zoom climate action April 14 by League of Women Voters
Recognizing that global climate change demands local climate action, the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Central Kane County invites individuals from the Tri-City Area (Batavia-Geneva-St. Charles) and surrounding region to a lively online discussion and planning session, to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, on Zoom. Register
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry distributes 500 free baskets
The Easter Bunny, left, Irene Robles of Aurora and volunteer Peg Yatch, Aurora, load a free gift basket into a patron’s vehicle March 30, at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry.
Aurora’s First Fridays, Pandemic Memorial
Emily Hinton from Aurora snaps a photo of her son, Ben, in front of a paper crane memorial as part of Aurora’s First Fridays event.
Pivotal times require clarity of thought, positivity
There are pivotal times in our world when important issues should do more than catch our attention. Relevant discussions in our Nation on the situation in Russia and in Ukraine are important and defining for much of the world. It is important to understand, regardless of discussions and dissensions in
Aurora government takes lead in FOL; ponders phishing
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, April 5, Council members discussed a resolution to enter into a donation agreement with the Aurora Rotary Club Foundation (the foundation arm of the Rotary Club of Aurora) for their inventory of lights displays. City
Hemp’s return will help reduce fossil fuel production
Last of two parts Winona LaDuke’s following article was in the 2021 Spring issue of YES magazine: Tribes are reviving traditional hemp economies. “For the past five years, I’ve been a hemp farmer, with permits from the state of Minnesota. My business is called Winona’s Hemp, and our research partner
Great Western Trails clean-up April 23
The Friends of the Great Western Trails (GWT) are honored to announce that the president of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Daniel Hebreard, is joining the Friends of the Great Western Trails to clean the GWT during this year’s annual all-volunteer trails cleanup. The start time is planned
Kiwanis holds One Day medication drop-off
Kiwanis One Day is an Aurora city-wide community service day to help the environment. As part One Day in Aurora, from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 9, there is a medication disposal drop-off at the Aurora Transportation Center, 233 N. Broadway, Aurora. The drop-off is accepting all medications except