Duly noted in our sports whirl: • Championships continue to be determined in the State high school Spring tournaments. The next two weekends will conclude the State championship chase. Last weekend Batavia captured its first track and field State championship. See page 8. Hinsdale Central captured the boys tennis State
Summer unofficially will begin with Memorial Day and joyfully (hopefully) work its way through Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer. With Memorial Day we enjoy activities and must pause to understand reasons in memoriam why we have a Memorial Day. As a society we should be dedicated to minimize
Success in sports for participants revolves around setting goals, working to achieve them, and taking some joy with the knowledge that it is the process as much or more than the end results. Case in point are high school tournaments, rivalries, and exceeding realistic goals. Former West Aurora High School
The next special day and holiday on the horizon is Memorial Day, May 30, which was changed in 1969 as a federal holiday to the last Monday in May. Memorial Day is more than picnics, baseball games, and family gatherings. It is based on memorials for soldiers who died and
We wish our chosen professional Summer teams to play well, find great results, and dominate the rivals. Nonetheless, the high school teams compose the backbone of our sports communities. It is important with the arrival of State tournaments. It is meaningful to recall previous accomplishments. West Aurora High School specifically
Orientation, Opinions, Optics! Often it is difficult to understand other individuals who are not in alignment with our way of thinking. Patience, perseverance, philosophical, often lead to accommodation, if not understanding. The Voice provides an opportunity for anyone to express a way of thinking without offering approval or disapproval. The
• We share a special good-bye to longtime and recently-retired West Aurora High School boys basketball head coach, Gordon Kerkman. Soon, he and his wife, Marilyn, will move to the state of Oregon. Good wishes can be accomplished at a special event 7 p.m. Monday, May 23 at West Aurora,
We pack as much information into The Voice each week as possible. News items, photos, and features tell the stories of our communities. We seek to make it presentable and thoughtful. Often we leave out many items, perhaps often more items than is included. There are various reasons, however, when
Who knew at the start of this Major League Baseball (MLB) season that the first Chicago City Series game would find the two teams, host Cubs and visiting White Sox, starting Tuesday evening’s two-game series each with a 9-13 won-loss record? Or, even close to 9-13, especially in the case
This corner always will maintain that any person can take a reasonable position, whether in public service, foreign affairs, or in a commentary in any newspaper, find disagreement from another source and remain vindicated for taking a reasonable position. Disagreement is healthy. Sticking to facts is essential. The problem is
In spite of two Chicago area hockey teams, the Wolves and the Steel, the lone bright spots on the professional sports scene, or, perhaps because of it, we turn to awards and honors for coaches in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA). The IBCA will hold its evening Hall of
Tight space produces short clips and abbreviated thoughts. For example: • First Fridays in Aurora will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, May 6, so there is a week to prepare for the Food Truck Festival at Benton Street from River Street to Broadway with a variety of
In sports there are supporters, detractors, and those neutral who are neither for sports, nor, against. However, when the home team in a major sport conquers the world, wins a championship, even only for a short time many are drawn to the success. It may mean a parade, a special
We do live in a busy world in our country. The many facets are reported in the media, including The Voice newspaper, not to be confused with The Voice television show. The latter generates telephone calls from bewildered callers when they hear they have reached a newspaper in northern Illinois,
Camron Donatlan has been an outstanding athlete in three sports and in five schools, including West Aurora High School. The 2018 West Aurora graduate has followed his dreams. Success started in high school football as a return man and hard runner, a seven-foot high jumper, and an all-around basketball player
There are pivotal times in our world when important issues should do more than catch our attention. Relevant discussions in our Nation on the situation in Russia and in Ukraine are important and defining for much of the world. It is important to understand, regardless of discussions and dissensions in
March Madness’ final call in college basketball: • It was only a note to some and not headline material, however, relevant to today’s world was the comment by Providence head coach Ed Cooley prior to his men’s opening game in the round of 64 in the first round to bring
Tolerance of differences is the centerpiece to peace. Wars have been started because of minor differences, egos, insults, and bravado. Wars have been fomented because of religious differences. It is easy within religious beliefs and customs to view personal decisions as the best way forward, as truth, and unalterable. Clashes
The Winter seasons in high school and college basketball come to a close at the end of March, although, college hockey is still reaching its conclusion. Even though the University of Michigan’s men’s and women’s basketball teams failed in their bids to qualify for the Final Four, the school’s ice
Many news items create overlapping thoughts and at the same time stimulate connected thinking. The U.S. Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights on the citizens’ rights to bear arms is a prime example. Political implications continually are connected to assertion of the Second Amendment. One question asked Tuesday this
