Reader’s Voice: Both sides on life issue events at fault
May 28, 2018 Dear editor; Both sides of the life issues should be put on trial. Aurora’s Memorial Day parade was vocally screwed by a man holding a sign with a picture of an aborted baby on it. He was yelling at the people lining the parade route for the...
Ask Grandpa: Definition of a Sabbath Day’s Journey
Grandpa, In the Book of Acts, Luke tells Theophilus that Jerusalem is a Sabbath Day’s journey from the Mount of Olives. That does not help me to know the distance. I have looked it up on (the internet) and can’t find any definitive answer to my question about what a...
Reader’s Voice: Thank you for NALC Branch 219’s food drive
May 31, 2018 Dear editor; The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 219 in Aurora held its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, a national event to help end hunger Saturday May 12. Stamp Out Hunger is the largest one-day food drive in the country and this year we...
Reader’s Voice: Reader offers his thank you to The Voice
June 1, 2018 Dear editor; As the great newspaper, The Voice, prepares for completion of 10 great years, I, as a reader, want to say “Great job and a great paper.” Keep up the great job and I will continue to be a reader each week. Thank you. Jim Miller...
Ask Grandpa: Some closeness apparently missing
Grandpa, We have been married for about three years. At first there was a lot of passion in our marriage. My husband has a good job and I work part time. We have no kids and we don’t want any, yet. We bought a house that is well within our...
Reader’s Voice: Changes in society need to be fixed
May 24, 2018 Dear editor; At a recent Aurora Township meeting, I spoke with Juan Reyna, the highway commissioner, who told us his son would be a freshman at East Aurora High School in the Fall. To raise laughter, I told him not to send him in a dress. He...
Reader’s Voice: Privileged to be school crossing guard
May 28, 2018 Dear editor; Now that the school year is over, I have had the privilege of being the school crossing guard at Heather and Edgelawn Drives for more than 12 years for the children of Hall Elementary School on the West Side of Aurora. I would like to...
Reader’s Voice: Crisis looming in workers’ compensation
May 21, 2018 Dear editor; There’s a crisis looming in our State’s workers’ compensation system. If allowed to fester, it will keep workers from receiving timely medical treatment for work-place injuries. It will delay workers’ recoveries and their return to their jobs. And it will end up costing more for...
Reader’s Voice: Legislation urges early action in report
May 16, 2018 Dear editor; Recently, WBEZ radio reported that Illinois Veterans’ Home administrators downplayed the threat of the Quincy Legionnaires’ outbreak in 2015 by not properly informing staff members. Rather than the Illinois governor Bruce Rauner administration warning patients and workers about the confirmed Legionnaires’ cases, it sent an...
Reader’s Voice: Small business legislation important
May 8, 2018 Dear editor; Small businesses have given so much to our community. They donate money to scouting events, Rotary Clubs, and community non-profits, not to mention taking the time to volunteer for worthy causes. Small businesses are the drivers of our economy, and some of the most important...
Reader’s Voice: On free speech, constitutional rights
May 14, 2018 Dear editor; Charles Coddington and I never have had a meeting of the minds, but his words on government and freedom of speech (See The Voice May 10 issue) hit the truth target on the head: “The two party system is corrupt beyond belief.” On the Aurora...
Reader’s Voice: Rising up to protect the whole
April 30, 2018 Dear editor; I was pleased to find I am in the company of great thinkers, such as Nietzsche, who need to get away to contemplate or write because of a mind full of thoughts. A lot of times I think about our government and our participation as...
Reader’s Commentary: Upon further review, commentary on controversial poem
By Charles Coddington – So, Aurora mayor Richard Irvin and Library Board chairman John Savage think they are on the right side of history, do they? I read the controversial poem that was removed from the Aurora Public Library. In fact, I re-read it twice in order to make sure...