By John Montesano – The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club has named Ralph Fisher, the May 2018 Veteran of the Month. Ralph, born in Chicago October 21, 1944, was raised in Lombard, until he went into the Navy. After graduating high school, he attended Greer Tech in Chicago. He worked
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, May 15 at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery. The after dinner speaker will be Mr. Timothy W. Jones, assistant special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Federal Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm
The City of Aurora’s Veterans Advisory Council is planning Vets Week Aurora to start Armed Forces Day, May 19 and run through Memorial Day, May 28. • Saturday, May 19: Free Picnic and Patriotic Concert at Cool Acres, 500 Block Clearwater Drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., food served from
Ethnicity, Diversity exhibit Friday There are endless ways to build an American city. In Aurora we did it through the optimism and hard work of waves of immigrants from a dozen nations and cultures around the world. A new exhibit, Ethnicity and Diversity in Aurora, 1834-present, will begin Friday, May
The Air Classics Museum of Aviation in Sugar Grove is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., April through October, and will be closed for major holidays. Admission is $8. for adults, $5. for seniors 62 and older and children. Children under five are free of charge.
Colonel/president Theodore (T, TR, Teddy) Roosevelt threw strikes Saturday in Aurora. First, in the afternoon he was entertaining at the Santori Public Library of Aurora and in the evening at the Paramount Theatre. He struck the fancy of the audience which paid rapt attention. The performances varied significantly and a
The Fox Valley Marines and Carol Ahmad of the Batavia Food Pantry pose for a photo Saturday during the delivery of potatoes to the Batavia Food Pantry. From left is William Barnett, Carol Ahmad, Richard Marrello, Richard Buss, and Allan Scott. The delivery is an annual event for the Fox
By John Montesano – The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club has named Ron Bennett the April Veteran of the Month. He was born September 16, 1946 in Aurora and grew up in Moecherville, a neighborhood on the East Side which was built by returning veterans from World War II. His
Rick Jacobsen, left, of Jacobsen Lawn Service, presents a check, as a donation, to Dan Jurjovec of Naperville Responds For Veterans after responses to assist in projects of the Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club. The Naperville organization helps veterans in daily work around the house with repairs or in crises.
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, April 17. The meeting will be held at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery. A reception will begin at 5:15 p.m. followed by dinner at 6 p.m.. The dinner includes a choice of three entrees, fish,
An extraordinary video which traces the history of St. Charles, was just released by the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. The video, which took 10 months to produce, is divided into five sections: A Country Town (1833-1880), Building A City (1880-1950), The Gates-Baker-Norris Era (1926-1980), Education (1835-2003) and
The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton will welcome Neal F. Thompson Tuesday, April 17. He will discuss “Reckoning: Vietnam and America’s Cold War Experience, 1945-1991.” The free presentation inside the Cantigny Visitors Center, will begin at 7:30 p.m., but doors will open at 6:30 p.m.. Parking will
March 23, 2018 Dear editor; I was appalled, shocked, and angered by the March 1 article in The Voice by Mr. John W. Whitehead, a regular columnist “U.S. gun violence spawned by military culture, warfare.” His article was an affront to everyone who ever served in our military, including me.
Aurora resident Lawella Szweda, left, an Air Force veteran, receives a ceremonial house key from Cornell Shaw, Board member of Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity, during Saturday’s service dedicating her rehabbed Habitat home for her family at 775 George Avenue in Aurora. Al Benson/The Voice
Illinois governor Bruce Rauner recently tapped a key administration executive to lead the next phase of the State’s response to the health crisis of Legionnaires disease outbreak at the Quincy Veterans Home. Michael Hoffman, a retired Marine officer and current head of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS), becomes senior advisor
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, March 20. The meeting will be held at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery. The after dinner speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel Vincent K. Catich, USAF(Ret.) who will speak on “My 15 Years Flying the U-2
By John Montesano – The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club named Bob LeClercq the Veteran of the Month for March. Born in Manhattan, N.Y. February 20, 1938, Bob lived in Merrick, N.Y.. Bob’s father worked for the government. The family moved quite often. When Bob began first grade, they were
First Lt. Henry W. Flora, a World War II hero, middle, front row, who served with General Douglas MacArthur, celebrates his 100th birthday with 50 family and friends at the Lodge at Laurelwood, 800 N. River Street, Batavia February 17. He contributed significantly to the Army radio communication network that
John Galles, 92, a World War II veteran, conducts a session at Alden of Waterford in Aurora, an assisted living facility, Friday, in a first-person account of his experiences for the benefit of Boys Scouts and Cub Scouts. His talk, among other items, touched on well-known General George Patton. Left,
We are caught in a vicious cycle. With alarming regularity, the nation is being subjected to a spate of violence that terrorizes the public, destabilizes the country’s fragile ecosystem, and gives the government greater justifications to crack down, lock down, and institute even more authoritarian policies for the so-called sake
