Naperbrook Golf Course was host to the annual Turkey Shoot golf tournament Saturday, Nov. 19. With Springbrook Golf Course closed for renovation, the tournament quickly filled to the maximum of 90 players. Four teams finished with a score of 33. The team of Chris DuPuis, Casey Sanborn, Nick Cairo, and
Three members of Waubonsee Community College’s women’s volleyball program recently received honors from the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) and the NJCAA’s Region IV for their outstanding play this Fall. The Chiefs’ setter, Gianna Raimondi, was named to the All-ISCC first team, while outside hitters, Jordan Weber and Abby Colon,
The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is proud to announce this year’s Light of Learning Inspiration Award and the Thomas J. Weisner Award for Excellence in Education Collaboration Award winners for 2022. John Savage and Jeffry Butler have been selected to receive the Light of Learning Inspiration Award and the
School Resource Officer Skyy Calice-McDowell was inspired to join the profession of her father, who is a police officer. During her teenage years, she witnessed distrust for the police among her peers due to their personal or familial experiences, which often left her wondering what role she could play in
The 2022 Class of the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame (FVAHF) was announced Friday, Oct. 14 at the Batavia Public Library. Inductees are Lucille and Sten Halfvarson, music; Olive Beaupré Miller, writer; Charles Pierce Burton, writer, all of whom are deceased and had resided in Aurora; and Joseph Morton
Three Rosary High School seniors, Josie Jarmuz, Maggie Seraphin, and Lauren Audry Paschoud, show the Letters of Commended Students in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program.
With East High Football Oldtimers Association dinner committee members standing by, Janet Kenyon, right, announces her Tomcat challenge coin at the 77th annual Old Timers’ dinner meeting October 20 at the Gaslite Manor in Aurora.
The City of Aurora’s custodians in the Facilities Division receive honors for their work on National Custodian Appreciation Day last week.
Dixon resident Mark Walsh, left, formerly of Oswego, is inducted into Aurora University’s athletic hall of fame Friday, Sept. 30.
Three Rosary High School seniors, Josie Jarmuz, Lauren Audrey Paschoud, and Maggie Seraphin, have been named as Commended Students in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. Letters of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, were presented to these scholastically-talented seniors by Rosary head
Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit, third from right, presents Aurora Noon Lions Club members with recognition certificates for work on the Club’s 100th anniversary celebration.
Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit has received the “Friend of Agriculture” award from the DuPage County Farm Bureau. Kifowit received the award at the farm bureau’s annual membership dinner at St. Andrew’s Golf Club in West Chicago on September 14. I am honored to receive this award from the DuPage
The Neighbor Project Board of Directors in Aurora pose with fellow Board member, Avis Miller, third from left, at the recent dedication of the Avis Patterson Miller Way at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Kendall Street in Aurora.
Outstanding 4-H volunteers Jim McGuire of DuPage County, Doris Braddock of Kane County, and Mary Schobert of Kendall County, were celebrated as part of the 2022 class of the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame at an in-person ceremony during the 4-H General Project Show at the Illinois State Fair August
City of Aurora government payroll staff members Alicia Alcaraz, Erin Milller, Araceli Zuniga
By Penny Panayiota DeligiannisAurora, Ill. We received an amazing telephone call from City Hall in Aurora, Ill.. In the State of Illinois, Aurora is the second largest city (Population: 177,070) after Chicago. With a unanimous vote, Aurora mayor Richard C. Irvin and the Aurora City Council officially have approved to
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce announced that the 2022 Donna Dallesasse Award recipient is Mary Anne Callahan, a Batavian who works for Kuhn Counseling Center, P.C. and is an active board and committee volunteer for multiple Batavia organizations. Every year, the Batavia Chamber holds a Harvest Celebration to gather community
This week, Aiden, a kindergartner at McCleery Elementary School in Aurora, was awarded a Nintendo Switch as part of the Back 2 The Books Event.
Open Roads ABATE of IL, Inc. chapter had a booth at the Plano American Legion Car and Bike Show Sunday, July 17. They manned a booth, promoted ABATE, gave away freebies, sold can cozies and raffle tickets for the State of IL ABATE bike raffle.
To the right are three viewing windows that provide a panoramic peek at the action unfolding on nine hard courts on the other side of the glass. Ahead and off to the left is the full-service pro shop that’s outfitted with logo racquet bags, shoes and a wide selection of
