Tag: Carter Crane

Seriously: Back to school, Cosmo Club rummage sale

Education is important and comes under scrutiny, continually. Society’s focus is to return to full-time in-school building classes. It is easy for students who could be learning remotely to relax, not pay attention, and, even not attend, even though it would be hurtful to those students in the long run....

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Sports perspective new in COVID-19; Illini goal lofty

Sports continue in a state of flux. With the Major League Baseball season on the horizon in an April 1 start, the let up in the COVID-19 is by no means complete. Lurking around the corner are tests, cancellations, and postponements in the schedule of playing games. Few of us...

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An unseen portion of The Voice truly unavoidable

Likely it could be called housekeeping! Each week in The Voice is a little different, even if some readers may view the contents and elements in largely the same way. There are variations in what constitutes The Voice each week. The front page of this week’s edition proclaims, Volume 13...

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March Madness in a different look offers excitement

March Madness refers to the time of the year when high school and college basketball tournaments generate enthusiasm, even growing to a fever pitch. High school basketball in the State, known as the Original March Madness, will be silent for a second consecutive year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last...

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Healthy perspective: A glass better if always half full

We really can make our way through the COVID-19 maelstrom, in part, because there is no other way. We do what we have to do to move onward. Although there have been and are problems with the pandemic, hope springs eternal that our situations will become better. We can make...

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Sports continue, some how; Illinois stuns Michigan

Sports seasons continually overlap each year. This year we need a scorecard to keep the seasons straight, regardless of the sport. A few college football games, played by teams which did not play in the Fall, started last weekend. On the Division III level, Aurora University and Benedictine University, members...

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Special salute to Herschel Luckinbill a fitting tribute

There was a salute, a tribute, and a thank you. The focal point was the service rendered by Herschel Luckinbill of Montgomery to military veterans for nearly 20 years. The Navy veteran, see below, was the primary mover and president of the Fox Valley Breakfast Club. The organization was started...

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Our politics needs repair, moderation, enlightenment

Politics is on the minds of many observers for many reasons in recent days. A reflection of society indicates part of the strength of our country is two major political parties. At the same time, part of the weakness of the U.S. is two major political parties. Would it be...

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Games the thing, now

Modified high school sports this school year reminds us that it is better than complete absence. Sports under way that will end March 13 without State-tournament play, include boys and girls basketball, boys swimming and diving, dance, cheerleading, the latter two both virtually, boys and girls bowling, and girls gymnastics....

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Reasons exist to be informed, impartial, and involved

Impeachment proceedings take center stage in television, radio, and daily newspaper, coverage. It is inescapable, however, even though it may be theater to some of us, our world must take it seriously more than as intrigue. We rise and fall with the residue of politics because it is better than...

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From Brady to high school basketball, Little Conference tournament

From Super Bowl to high school sports. The fast conveyance of competition keeps sports interesting. Ageless 43-year-old Tom Brady of Tampa Bay stays in good shape, physically and mentally, and received the benefit of a young and improving defense and a coordinated offense to capture the Super Bowl Sunday over...

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Helping Hands: Food distribution and Not Forgotten

Many organizations, groups, and volunteers, are congratulated for their good work all year, however, specifically at this time when society is under duress from the ravages of COVID-19. The Northern Illinois Food Bank is an umbrella organization to serve many communities, which have food pantries to serve those in need...

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New Sky Candace Parker’s trail started at Naperville Central

High school sports, if we can keep our COVID-19 infections to a minimum, is set to return to competition. The abbreviated schedules will begin just as soon as the required practice time has been completed. The end date for basketball will be March 13 with no postseason games. The first...

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On joy, ups and downs, and a collection of thoughts

There is a time and place for everything. Likely now is the time and this column is a place for quick thoughts and short notes. There may be connections among them, or no connection. Thoughts: • We must find joy in some aspects of life. It is helpful to more...

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Both quarterbacks in Super Bowl work hard

The quarterback in football truly is important. It varies from time to time within a given situation, however, few should doubt the axiom after observing Tom Brady’s leadership at Tampa Bay this year to lead the franchise to its first playoff game since 2007. The Bucs will be in the...

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Civics: Our efforts to understand issues, candidates

There are many forms of media today, and we all have roles, in spite of attempts, especially by some political types, to diminish and offer derogatory statements. There can be friction between press and political types, however, it can be minimal. So much depends on the individuals involved, their perspectives...

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Carefully, Division III colleges dip into season openers

Balance beam in gymnastics is precarious. College sports have endured the last five months precariously in a balance position between the health of its student-athletes and seeking a level of competition. With intermittent stops and start, the premier top division teams have found a way to compete, albeit not in...

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Required: A sense of sanity to be sustained in the land

This, too shall pass! Society in the United States will get beyond the violence which struck the United States Capitol building January 6, a date which will remain relevant, at least in the short term, and its duration will depend on how well and how quickly we find ways to...

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Success: LB Tuf Borland of Bolingbrook at Ohio State

The end of the college football season ended with another success for Alabama in its 52-24 victory against Ohio State in the National championship game Monday in Miami Gardens, Fla.. The Alabama championship was its sixth in 12 years. Ohio State has won one championship in a comparable time, in...

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Caution, healing, quick work early in the day, helpful

We at The Voice place a high value on information submitted for print. It is all part of the conversation pieces among neighbors, and, essentially, that is what we all are; neighbors, trying to get along, help our families and friends, and be better associates in the larger sense. These...

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