The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley is thrilled to announce it has recruited its largest cohort ever – 43 students representing 12 different high schools across the Fox Valley – who are volunteering their time and talent this year in the Foundation’s Youth Engagement in Philanthropy (YEP) program.
On correcting the “corrector”: Bela Suhayda, in his infinite wisdom, has presented us with an historical perspective which he believes is politically correct. There is, however, another historical perspective which he dares not to enunciate because he believes it is politically incorrect and hence would cause him great harm if
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Charles Coddington, in an incredibly-obtuse article to The Voice November 16 edition, dredged up hundreds of years of history to explain the meaning of anti-Semitism and how wrong we are using the term. The Chas argues semantics when Israeli babies are burned alive. Hate is hate
December 3, 2023Dear editor; This is to present contrasting views to statements appearing in the November 23, 2023, edition of The Voice. Imbedded in a paragraph between a sentence on children returning home from universities as “brainwashed soldiers of the Left”, and ending with Biden “destroying our energy independence …
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Rashida Talib is a Democratic Party U.S. representative in Congress defending Hamas, a murderous, beheading, terrorist group. AOC, Omar, Presley and other Democrats (BLM, ANTIFA) defend, and speak out in support of this terrorist group that just murdered 1,400 Israelis in an unprovoked terrorist attack. Not
November 21, 2023Dear editor; Mothers in prison rarely see their families. I find Jill McCorkel’s November 14 article, “Mothers in prison rarely see their families” puzzling. For some reason, she decided to single out mothers and exclude fathers. Was this inadvertent? Seems unlikely because there are nine times as many
November 20, 2023Dear editor; Politicians love to pay lip service to animal welfare, and yet so few of them hold the position that would do most to relieve the suffering of our fellow creatures. That would be supporting increased public funding for cultivated-meat research. For readers who aren’t familiar with
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Charles Coddington, in an obtuse article to the Voice (November 16 edition), dredged up hundreds of years of history to explain the meaning of “Anti-Semitism” and how wrong we are using the term. The Chas argues semantics as babies are burned alive in Israel. Hate is
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda The youth of America are being taught to hate their country, free speech, free Enterprise, Jews, Christian values, secure borders, and fossil fuels. In place of these things, our young people are taught to embrace censorship, communism, anti-Semitism, secularism, open borders, climate change, and globalism. To
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” My mom (Irene) grew up on a train station in Borgond, a rural town in Hungary during the Second World War. She and my grandparents lived on the second floor above the station. My grandfather
By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. The dementia-riddled man in the White House works for Ukraine, China, Romania, and now Iran. He doesn’t work for you. Always verify the worth of a man by what he does, not by what he says. The proof is always in the pudding. Donald
By David CannonAurora, Ill. In 1986, the city of Aurora government, created TIF #1 – a public financing tool which diverts property tax dollars from their rightful destination to an unaccountable, undemocratic bucket of money, often doled out to private developers directly, as is the case with the new casino
Aurora Public Library District’s Board of Trustees joined executive director Michaela Haberkern for the opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting of the new Bookmobile at Santori Library Parker Garden. The ribbon-cutting ceremony signaled the beginning of a new chapter in Aurora’s story to promote literacy and the love of reading. The Bookmobile
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda,Sugar Grove, Ill. It is an irony that while other countries are moving away from Marxist ideology, we here in the U.S. move into its jaws. The land of the free is in peril. The climate change fanatics and globalists who are already dictating what kinds of
September 24, 2023Dear editor; This Reader’s Voice is to commend the commitment of Charles Coddington and Wayne E. Johnson to exposing the prolific, often unnoticed transgressions of “T. rump” and “Donny Dum Dum” as described in The Voice. Being adept at seeing beyond the carefully-scripted, false persona concealing a self-aggrandizing,
The Aurora Regional Fire Museum will participate in Our World: Worldwide Day of Play Saturday, Sept. 30. As a day dedicated to experiencing joyful learning through play, this event is focuses on getting kids and their families up, out, and playing around. The Aurora Regional Fire Museum will be host
By Mary GoetschAurora, Ill. I think the real problem on the shift to electric vehicles (EV) is the costly manufacture of their batteries. I admit to electric-car anxiety. My fear warrants trying to rely on the car I have, a 2016 Chevy Spark with 25,000 miles, for the rest of
By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. The sun, with its warming and cooling cycles, is by far the largest variable to the warming or cooling of our planet. It is actually the only source of light and heat energy excluding lava flows. Nothing else even comes close to having the
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda As a contributing writer to this paper, I am limited to a precious few hundred words here in the Reader’s Commentary when I am fortunate enough to have my articles included. Owner/editor, Carter Crane, has been more than generous to me in this regard. He has
Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to learn about and appreciate the diverse cultures that make up our Nation. To celebrate with the people of Aurora, the Aurora Public Library District (APLD) will be host to a rich lineup of programs for folks of all ages to celebrate Hispanic traditions.
