A Mayoral Commendation surprises Diane Renner, executive director of the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry, at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. She was expecting to speak about future events and was blindsided with the honor. Diane’s husband, Robin, gives her a pat on the back for her good deeds. Second
Girl Scout Troop 1508 receives honors at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday for its Share a Scarf initiative and community services projects. Last Winter, the scouts made scarves and tied them on the north side of Downer Place Bridge between City Hall and Stolp Avenue in Aurora. The scarves
By Jason Crane – Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, Council members, City of Aurora government employees, and members of the community shared what could be deemed a night of hope at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. • Aurora mural artist Sam Cervantes was honored for his volunteer work with
City of Aurora officials honor Aurora’s Sam Cervantes at the official dedication and ribbon-cutting of his new mural Hope Wings Aurora in downtown Aurora, Tuesday, Oct. 9 at La France Bakery, 118 E. Galena Boulevard. Following the ceremony, he was honored during the Aurora City Council meeting at Aurora City
Leon Lederman, a trail-blazing researcher with a passion for science education who served as Fermilab’s director from 1978 to 1989 and was a recipient of the Nobel Prize for discovery of the muon neutrino, died peacefully October 3 at a nursing home in Rexburg, Idaho. He was 96. He is
Three Montgomery students each is a 2018 recipient of $1,000 scholarships from The Montgomery Foundation. Kaila Brugger, a graduate of Oswego High School, is attending Carthage College; Megan Kill, a graduate of Oswego High School, is attending Loyola University Chicago; and Heather Marz, a graduate of Oswego High School, is
Deputy mayor of Aurora, Chuck Nelson, holds a proclamation Tuesday to honor the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) on its 60th anniversary as an organization. The celebration was held at the Gaslite Manor in Aurora. From left, AARTA president Richard Schindel, Nelson, Meg Safarik, treasurer, and Linda Weiss, secretary.
Plano High School staff members nominated students for “Student of the Month” for September. Students are nominated for pride behavior, personal responsibility, respect, involved academically, demonstrates safe behavior, and excellence in what they do. Some reasons for nomination include making efforts to grow as an individual, translating class direction with
The MEDC (Montgomery Economic Development Corporation) announces the winners from the annual golf outing and congratulates all the winners. The MEDC thanks everyone for support at the 15th annual Golf Outing this year at Bliss Creek, Sugar Grove Saturday, Sept. 13. More than 130 individuals attended the event which included
By Jason Crane – For a nearly a decade, the Women’s Power Lunch has honored women who do amazing things in the Fox Valley area. State representative Stephanie Kifowit received the 2018 Woman Of Power Award, Thursday, Sept. 20 at Piper’s Banquets in Aurora. Fran Caffee was honored with the
The Batavia Hall of Honor induction ceremony at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre at Batavia High School Thursday, Sept. 20 accepts new members, from left, Mike Spillane, Eldon Frydendall, Sharron Moran Jauregui, Max Striedl, Samira Ahmed, Matt Holm, Sue Bauer, and Ron Karabowicz. Batavia School District 101 photo
The other day, I was thinking about phone books. You younger readers are probably wondering which planet I’m from, but that’s beside the point. Phone books were big, two-to-three-inch-thick books listing the phone numbers of every human in a city. Every human who had a phone, at least. Many times,
The city government of Aurora has been named a Top 100 Finalist for the 2018 Chicago Innovation Awards. During a special reception held in Chicago with the 519 nominees, the Chicago Innovation Awards committee selected Aurora as one of the Top 100 Finalists to advance in the annual competition that
Naperville resident Barbara Appel holds a certificate as Naperville 2018 Senior of the Year Award winner at a recent Naperville City Council meeting. Left is mayor Steve Chirico. City government of Naperville photo
Founder of Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl, Juan Manuel “Nery” Cruz, second from right, is honored with a proclamation from mayor of Aurora, Richard C. Irvin, at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Cruz was nominated as Aurora Fiestas Patrias Parade grand marshal. Alberto Reynaga, ballet assistant director, is left, and Juany Garza, Aurora Ward
Youth Service Bureau (YSB) of Illinois Valley is looking for foster parents to care for children who have been abused or neglected by their biological families. Foster parents are role models, teacher, friends, and support for children. Youth Service of Illinois Valley will be host to an informational meeting on
First place winners hold their trophies at the Roots Aurora talent show Friday on Water Street Mall. Kayla, left, was first place in vocalist, and Antonio was first place in dance. See facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice
David Hinrichs of Joliet holds the first place trophy for Host’s Choice for his 1957 Chevy 150 at the Oswego Annual Drag Raceway Reunion at the parking lot on Station Drive at the former Park N’ Ride. There were 226 entries, more than 80 awards. Jason Crane/The Voice
The city government of Aurora dedicates Westbrook Drive in Aurora Friday to John and Eileen Hix Street, home to Hix Brothers Music in Aurora. The rain stopped long enough to reveal the street sign. John Hix was born in Aurora in 1924. As a child, he learned to play the
Naperville Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis presents a Fire Chief’s Award to resident Christine Sentman, 20, at the August 21 Naperville City Council meeting. Sentman saved her younger sister, Chloe, her sister’s friends, and her family’s dog from a serious house fire in January. City government of Naperville photo
