Reader’s Voice: Slow payment hurts service
July 23, 2018 Dear editor; Most of us who use electronic banking and paperless payment systems take the ease of those systems for granted. But if you’re an Illinois physician who treats injured workers under the Illinois workers’ compensation system, you’ll be using the technological equivalent of an abacus to
Reader’s Voice: Deficits tied to legalizing marijuana use
August 6, 2018 Dear editor; U.S. senator Dick Durbin recently introduced a bill to crack down on flavored tobacco in e-cigarettes. He believes big tobacco is marketing to kids with flavors such as cake batter, whipped cream, and gummy bears. As a mother and grandmother, I applaud his efforts. But,
Ask Grandpa: Questions in and around their houses
Grandpa, I live in a house that has been divided into three small apartments. I suspect that when the landlord divided the house, he wired it so that he gets free electricity by tapping into the power of the two rental units. My electric bill is very high for a
Reader’s Voice: Not duped, best to register, vote
July 21, 2018 Dear editor; Have you been duped by Donald Trump and his state media? No? Well, congratulations. Me neither. Is that proper English? I’m not sure if it would or wouldn’t be, but let’s move on. Are you willing to compromise your values in order to align with
Reader’s Commentary: Responsibility of positive changes a shared goal
By Dr. Claudio Ruiz – We all are becoming very much aware of the changes that are taking place in our planet. These changes include positive discoveries and ways to make life better and easier. However, at the same time there has been an increase of negative conditions that in
Ask Grandpa: On the healing of family relations
Grandpa, I moved to (the Fox River Valley) from (the West Coast) right after high school. I had been offered a good job. I am still at the same job nearly 11 years later. My dad had told me at the time that I would never succeed and I was
Reader’s Voice: Holy Angels open house August 1
July 17, 2018 Dear editor; Holy Angels School, 720 Kensington Place, Aurora, a STEM specialty school rooted deep in faith and recognized for academic excellence, will be host to its annual prospective parent open house at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1. Attendees will be able to register for the 2018-2019
Reader’s Voice: Children detainees’ quarters not so bad
July 22. 2018 Dear editor; I wish that those who negatively refer to the quarters for the children of the illegal detainees would quit looking out of their navels and go back to their history classes. My uncle Sterling was a staff sergeant in the Army in Europe during World
Personal version family recollection, of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
“Hillbilly Elegy” A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a book by J.D. Vance. My mother was a hillbilly. Let me say upfront that she did not view that term as derogatory. Born in Tennessee and raised in West Virginia, her father, Christopher Columbus “Lum” Austin, was
Ask Grandpa: On an old song and neighbor’s apple tree
Grandpa, Years ago, when I was a teenager, I heard a song on the radio about a guy who worked in a bank. He loved one of the tellers, but she ran off with the bank president. I never did find out who the name of the song or who
Ask Grandpa: On solutions for cancer, neighbor’s act
Grandpa, I have cancer. It is not a life-threatening kind and can be cured. My problem is that my general practitioner does not agree with the treatment plan that my oncologist has me on. She is giving me advice about what to tell the other doctor. I am not comfortable
Reader’s Voice: Reflections at U.S. Fourth of July
July 2, 2018 Dear editor; My great-grandfather, Franz, immigrated by himself to the U.S. at the age of 16 in 1886 to escape political tyranny in Germany. He met and married my Irish great-grandmother, Mary, whose parents came from Ireland to escape poverty and religious tyranny. They worked hard and
Reader’s Voice: Register to vote to be counted!
July 3, 2018 Dear editor; Children in ice boxes. Women in back alleys. Men in breadlines. Teens and six-year olds in coffins. School children under their desks. Is this what Makes America Great Again? Not according to my U.S. Constitution. Wake up, stand up, and fight for what you know
Reader’s Voice: Congratulations to Emilie Galles for Hall of Fame
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
Ask Grandpa: Help from charity to smelting metal
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