Exchange Club of Aurora nine scholarship recipients from Aurora schools pose at the annual Scholarship Award Luncheon, Tuesday, at Support Techs – Gallery 1904, 1 E. Benton Street, in Aurora. The A.C.E. Award (Accepting the Challenge of Excellence) honors students from East Aurora and West Aurora High Schools who have
Matt Brolley, Montgomery Village president, takes a swing at the Greater Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Golf Outing at Top Golf in Naperville Friday. Proceeds support the Waubonsee Community College Scholarship Fund. Established 20 years ago, the GMACC founders had a vision to establish a network of Montgomery-area businesses
The Fox Valley Marines’ potato run recently include delivery of 6,000 pounds of potatoes to Batavia Food Pantry, Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry, and the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry. From left, Rich Marrello and Alan Scott. Dick Buss was part of the group. Submitted photo
Simply Destinee Youth Center’s 2nd Annual “Dancing with the Stars” fundraiser last week at Gaslite Manor in Aurora brings smiles and additional funds from a supportive group. A dozen couples ranging from community celebrities to community business owners were paired with dance students to compete against each other. Votes were
Dancers participate and entertain at the El Dia de Los Ninos last week at the Vaughan Center in Aurora. The Aurora Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board was host. El Día de los niños promotes appreciation of children. The annual Día de los niños, or Children’s Day, started in Mexico in 1925
By Bobby Narang – Neuqua Valley High School senior sprinter MiKenna Robinson is pointing toward a strong finish in May. Led by the dominating performance of Robinson at the Glenbard North Weber Invitational April 25, the Wildcats won the eight-team girls invitational with 99 points. Waubonsie Valley placed second with
Aurora Central Catholic celebrated 50 years of Charger baseball Saturday, even though the games with Walther Christian were postponed by rain and snow. Reminiscence was prominent. From left, Class of 1970 members Joe Marie Schindlbeck Pierce and Ken Harkins. Head coach Mark Lindo, from the late 1970s and early 1980s,
Northern Illinois University two-time all-America selection Sutton Smith became the second Huskie selected in the 2019 National Football League Draft when the Pittsburgh Steelers chose him with the 175th pick in the sixth round Saturday. Smith’s selection marks the first time since 2014 that two Huskies have been drafted in
Aurora University pitcher Stephanie Renner of Crown Point, Ind. remains a key member of the softball team’s success. The Lady Spartans through Monday won-loss record was 26-14 overall and 16-6 in the Northern Athletics Conference. Renner was 12-10 with a 2.77 earned run average. Al Benson/The Voice
More than 50 years of Waubonsee Community College baseball was represented Sunday afternoon in the Sugar Grove campus Field House. All three head coaches to have led Waubonsee’s baseball program were on hand for the inaugural Chiefs’ Baseball Alumni Day. Former coaches Bill Prince and Dave Randall, along with head
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive May 11 The second Saturday in May is the largest one-day food drive in the Nation. It will take place in more than 10,000 cities and towns, and the food is collected by those men and women carrying our mail across the country. When postal
Robyn Stecklein, North Aurora Police Department crime prevention officer, is a speaker Thursday, April 25 at Cinemark Tinseltown USA theater in North Aurora on scams which target seniors. Stecklein and two Kane County Sheriff’s Office employees, Krysta Kaus and Judith Dawson, were speakers prior to the screening of “The Best
The National Day of Prayer in Aurora, 9:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, will have planned stop for a prayer focus. The event is set to take place rain or shine. Umbrellas have been utilized in the past. Neighborhood walks are for 7 a.m. or 7 p.m., or
By Marissa Amoni – First Fridays in Aurora will be filled with art, music, and food Friday, May 3. First Fridays is Food Truck Festival 2019 this week with more than two dozen food trucks parked on Benton Street. There will be several venues open to the public for a
A helicopter drops candy-filled eggs in Faith Lutheran’s ninth annual event, April 20 in Aurora near the intersection of Eola Road and Liberty Street. The crowd was so large that even with no more than 10 to a child, the supply of 15,000 was exhausted. The idea for the egg
Downtown Easter Egg Hunt participants cross the street in Batavia Saturday. Carter Crane/The Voice
The Aurora Police Department will be host to the Celebration of Courage Recognition Ceremony to honor personnel involved in the Henry Pratt tragedy. The special ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 29 at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Boulevard. More than 40 Aurora Police Department personnel
Fermilab offers several annual traditions for its Batavia area neighbors, from Family Open House to STEM Career Expo. But none is quite as anticipated as the birth of each year’s first baby bison. Saturday, April 20, baby bison season officially began. The first calf of the year was born in the early morning
