Category: Feature

We have special days, weeks, months, to offer salutes of special segments of our society. Ultimately, we have segments of society and we have a whole society made up of segments. The parts are never greater than the whole. We move forward as a whole. February was Black History Month....

Officially we are less than one month away from Spring’s first day, March 20. We have been blessed with the joy of a warmer than usual Winter for the first two of three months. With warmer weather arrives the joy of an accumulation of activities. With COVID-19 losing its grip,...

Programs, seminars, information, are important parts of our communities. Too often there is not enough space in The Voice for community activities in our counties. Each, of course, has good reason to think and perceive the personal activity is essential, important. Is is only natural. None of us is capable...

Complaints? Dissatisfaction? Disappointments? They all are minor when in comparison to major earthquakes such as one which hit countries of Turkey and Syria recently. Earlier this week 7,800 were estimated dead in the two countries. The death toll earlier this week was expected to continue to rise. We have been...

Perception often is as important as the facts. An example is the headline at the top of page 1 this week, “State budget surpluses: Billions of dollars”. Residents of Illinois have heard for many years reports of failure, shortfall, debits, and problems with State government finances. The startling situation and...

The world is greater than the simplistic good versus evil. Nonetheless, movements to highlight the positive offer an acceleration of seeking a better world all around us. Truly, the celebration and significance of MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.) Day is greater than racial parity or of a boastful day for...

News is truly an ongoing project. Changes are frequent with amendments in bills, personnel adjustments, and new information. Keeping up takes time, precision, tenacity, endurance. What is complete one day likely will change the next day, or, the next hour. What is captured in print is a snapshot at the...

Year-end reflection is a common theme in media, interested persons given to thoughtfulness, and those who seek improvement in many areas. Affixing a value judgment to a year, good, bad, or, indifferent, may have some rules to an evaluation, however, it is more of a personal reflection. There may be...