By Marissa Amoni – There’s a lot happening in the Aurora downtown right now. Spring and Summer, downtown Aurora will welcome many new businesses, as well as new residents. Here’s a quick rundown on some current activities: • Construction is happening at what soon will be Society 57 in Aurora’s
First of two parts Rita Hatthaway published the following article for Home & Garden magazine: “Mary Johnson, 42, was at her wit’s end. She loved her three sons more than life itself. They were all bright boys, ranging from freshmen to seniors in high school. But she had violent thoughts
“The parasol is the umbrella’s daughter. And associates with a fan. While her father abuts the tempest. And abridges the rain.” —Poet Emily Dickinson Umbrellas were invented to protect the pharaohs from the sun. An umbrella was a symbol of wealth and power. Did you know that umbrella parts were
By Barb Nadeau – For seniors trying to find services for loved ones far from home, the first step is to contact the closest Area Agencies on Aging (AAA). The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging is found online at www.n4a.org. The AAA helps seniors find services and assistance
Last of two parts TreeSisters is a global network of women who donate monthly to help provide funds for the restoration of tropical forests as a collective expression of planetary care. As a feminine leadership and tropical reforestation organization, they exist to call forth the brilliance and generosity of women
Grandpa, I have read about a lot of scams, thanks to your column. Here is one I never would have thought to be a scam. It starts with a bunch of kids on the radio singing about donating your car to children. Now, I realize it never tells what the
Uncle Sam wants you. Correction: Big Brother wants you. To be technically accurate, Big Brother, aided and abetted by his corporate partners in crime, wants your data. That’s what we have been reduced to in the eyes of the government and corporate America: Data bits and economic units to be
Aurora-based mentoring group, Boys II Men, will be host to its 12th annual Phenomenal Man Awards – Stronger Together – at 6:02 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 at Piper’s Banquets, 1295 Butterfield Road, Aurora. The theme is both a reflection of the young men who will be honored for academic excellence and
Global production of clothing has increased more than 400% in the past 20 years. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in the U.S. a staggering 85% of our discarded textiles end up in landfills. At the same time, the majority of individuals who make clothes for the global market
Recovery is essential and important. Events happen, often situations out of our hands. That’s life, unfair and fault-filled as it may be. There are no guarantees and the best-laid plans may not become fulfilled. Such is he aftermath in Aurora following the Friday, Feb. 15 mass shooting which led to
An interesting discussion on a recent MSNBC Morning Joe television show is appropriate on our continued journey to the 2020 election. Have you ever had a heated discussion with a friend or relative? Did you feel as if you won the discussion? Did it feel as if you lost? Christianbook.com
“Memories of the shadowy night, Ah, dearest, truest, best of friends, still come and cluster round my head, when weary with the fight of life, I sink to rest and Ah, come back then.” —Emily Dunning, M.D. 1901 Time brings great changes. Those living today may wonder just how it
From the vault, June 6, 1984 (revised): Americans, rise up! The barbarians are at the gate! Millions and millions of scruffy-looking, drug-addicted, sex-crazed criminals want our land, our resources, our money, and our women, and they will stop at nothing to pry it out of our cold, dead, hands. But,
By Marissa Amoni – I had lunch with my friend, Karen Nicholas, at Calla Lily Victorian Tea Room on LaSalle Street in downtown Aurora, Friday, Feb. 15. Karen teaches morning classes at Wesley Preschool so we decided to meet at around 12:30 p.m.. I went online and made a reservation because
Aurora City of Lights Community Prayer Vigil: The prayer vigil Sunday outside of the Henry Pratt factory draws 1,700 participants to pray for and mourn loss of lives from the shooting which took five lives and injured five Aurora Police officers Friday. Greg Zanis, a retired carpenter, made the five
“This situation isn’t suppose to happen in Aurora, not here.” “A real tragedy.” “The police saved the day.” The three comments were repeated often in Friday’s life-changing shooting in Aurora. Time stood still, etched in the minds of a majority of the residents in Aurora, population slightly more than 200,000.
The Associated Press released an announcement by Skyhorse Publishing that Jacqueline Jackson, mother of former congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr., about her book: “Loving you, Thinking of you, Don’t forget to pray. Letters to my son in prison.” Here is the release: “From a mother, role model, and civil rights
Marie Sklodowska Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She is one of the few individuals ever to win two Nobel Prizes in two fields. It was her work on radioactivity for which she won the first great honor. Other notable honors were the Davy Medal, the
It is difficult today for me to find something humorous to write about after what happened at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora Friday. The senseless shootings takes a toll. I’d been at the business a few times while working at a photo shoot or designing elements for their trade
If Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting in Aurora is any indication, mayor Richard Irvin’s State of the City address March 5 at Aurora University will be laden with news of many new developments. Aurora aldermen sent several downtown redevelopment agreements to the February 26 City Council consent agenda. Under
