July 7, 2018 Dear editor; Congratulations are in order for the new members of Aurora Boys Baseball Hall of Fame. In particular, the late Emilie Galles, who had a huge impact on the Aurora Boys Baseball program. Galles was, and is, more than deserving of this honor. After a lot
Grandpa, Last Christmas I wrote you about my brother’s terminal illness. You offered a suggestion as to how to have his nursing home cleaned out and give his things to charity. (See December 28, 2017 issue of The Voice, page 7). My brother passed in April. I want to thank
June 26, 2018 Dear editor; Readers of The Voice June 21 issue page 2 letter, “Learning experiences: E-mail Renewal,” might be interested in the final result of my contacting the Secretary of State (SOS) regarding my discarding personalized license plates, for which I would have been “required by law” to
June 26, 2018 Dear editor; The June 17 Aurora Pride Parade, in my opinion, turned out to be an unmitigated success for two reasons: Unity and fun. Next year it should be even more fun. The pride parade drew important politicians such as governor Bruce Rauner, congressman Bill Foster, and
Grandpa says; Confidential to Iowa Inmate #—–64; I refuse to put into print your letter to me. The Voice is a family newspaper. We do not inflict your filthy language on our readership. Yes, you do have the right to be heard. And I have the right to be heard.
By Marjorie Logman – I thought of a parable that may relate to what I see in Washington, D.C.: There was a young man who asked his father if he could borrow the car the next day and the father responded by saying yes. The next morning the young man
June 22, 2018 Dear editor; Congratulations are in order for Randy and Lisa Brown, owners of The Banana Split on Church Road near Garfield Park in Aurora, for 35 years of great service and ice cream. Happy anniversary Randy and Lisa. Editor’s note: See The Voice’s video of the Aurora
Grandpa, One of the sales women in our company just came back after being off for two weeks. She never told any of us that she was scheduled for vacation time. She just wasn’t here one day. The supervisor only said she was on vacation. Now that she is back
May 25, 2018 Dear editor; Consumers with Illinois driver’s licenses need to know something I learned the hard way: If you renew your stickers through an E-mail notification you will simply receive the registration sheet with the sticker without further explanation. I received an odd-looking plain orange sticker bearing only
June 5, 2018 Dear editor; Shame, shame, on you, Mr. Trump. The 1,400-plus missing children who have been taken away from their parents when they try to cross the border is beyond cruelty. You are a thug, and show your ignorance of what trauma and psychological harm are done to
By Joan Solms – I stood close to the action, during the Aurora Pride Parade Sunday, to be sure I saw Aurora mayor Richard Irvin, and he saw me. I told him I would attend. My son and I wore our Choose Life T-shirts. The mayor had announced he was
Grandpa, I am starting to get suspicious of my son-in-law’s motives. He and my daughter seem to get along well. He tells me that he loves me like I am his own mother. They had been married only about a year when he decided to buy life insurance for me.
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
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
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
