August 15, 2021Dear editor; After reading the challenge to a previous week’s contributor by Joan Solms in the August 12 issue of The Voice (thevoice.us/readers-voice-a-challenge-to-writer-to-meet), I was prompted to retrieve my copy of the August 5 issue in an effort to identify and understand what sort of reprehensible contribution I
August 6, 2021Dear editor; Although now retired from a successful career in scientific research, I remain a scientist. I believe in science and all those who have contributed their scientific expertise in an effort to address and eliminate this COVID-19 pandemic which is upon us. Based upon the conclusions and
August 6, 2021Dear editor; The letter appearing in last week’s issue of The Voice, authored by Marjorie Logman, thevoice.us/readers-voice-climbing-the-steps-finds-truth, Climbing the steps finds truth, is a dirty joke aimed at Christians and veterans and it needs a slap back. Margie claims we are basing our ideologies on “untruths” (lies). Is
July 26, 2021Dear editor;A word to the wise is sufficient: Vaccinate!Judy Siedlecki, Oswego
June 28, 2021Dear editor; When one of us is beaten down, we are all beaten down. I have to stand up for the one I feel was beaten down in the Portillo’s Restaurant drive-thru incident May 16 in Oswego. To whitewash the racial aspect does not lessen the trauma felt
May 1, 2021Dear editor; Here we go again with the Monday Morning Quarter Backs (M.M.QBs). This 13- year old so-called “angel boy” was registered as a runaway by his mother. Then he returned home. Why is the media refraining from talking about what he was doing at 2:30 in the
April 11, 2021Dear editor; Since opening in 1999, the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery (ALNC), in Elwood, 11 miles south of Joliet, more than 60,000 brave men, women, and family members have been honorably buried there. This hallowed ground should remain as is and the integrity and serenity must be respected
April 12, 2021Dear editor; Thank you for every one of your 1,312 votes in my first run for Oswego trustee. I appreciate all of you who voted for me. Next time, let a friend or family member know of your faith in me to double that number. The experience I
March, 31, 2021Dear editor; Illinois has ignored calls for reform to turn around our State for far too long. However, we can change it by adopting a new mindset and identifying avenues for growth. Re-imagine Illinois is a mission from Illinois House Republicans to turn around our State. As House
March 31, 2021Dear editor; The race among three candidates for Aurora mayor will boil down to our choice between incumbent mayor Richard Irvin and former East Aurora school board member, John Laesch. The third candidate, Judd Lofchie, is a nice person, but has gathered neither the grassroots nor financial resources
March 26, 2021Dear editor; We have a mayoral election coming up April 6. I am voting for Judd Lofchie and this is why: • Judd Lofchie is respectful and listens to me and his constituents. By contrast Richard Irvin has behaved rudely toward me and others. I know it because
March 22, 2021Dear editor; The Yorkville Public Library will celebrate National Library Week April 4-10. The Library encourages all community members to stop for a visit whether in person, or through our website, and explore what the Library has to offer. National Library Week is a special time to highlight
March 15, 2021Dear editor; Spring was my mother’s favorite season. Spring meant new life and hope for brighter days after Winter’s dreary cold and snow. Spring is upon us now after a year of sheltering in our homes, hoping and praying for a way out to share time with family
March 18, 2021Dear editor; Thanks to news media reports, we all were made aware that COVID-19 virus vaccines, in part, are produced from fetal tissues harvested from abortion mills. In addition, that medical science institutions had their own agenda for abortion to be made legal in 1973. Perhaps, soon, a
March 8, 2021Dear editor; I am running for Village of Oswego Trustee. There are six of us candidates running for three open seats. If elected, my plan is to get up to speed as quickly as possible, and fill in the gaps between what I think I know and learn
March 15, 2021Dear editor; I am writing as a proud member of the Waubonsee Community College Faculty Council. We have unanimously endorsed Giselle Gonzalez and Sandra González for two Trustee seats in the upcoming April 6 election. Ms Giselle Gonzalez, @giselleforwcc, is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, a former student
March 6, 2021Dear editor; Did you ever have a teacher who had an impact in your life in ways which truly matter? At K.D. Waldo Junior High in Aurora, I discovered the most stimulating seventh-grade classroom was taught by a commanding presence, the late Mr. Roy C. Everson Jr. of
February 22, 2021Dear editor; A letter to the editor in the Oswego Ledger in the February 18 issue, stated that the last stimulus package addressing COVID-19 relief included things such as $1.3 Billion for Egypt, and so on. I did not think that foreign expenditures were part of the COVID-19
February 12, 2021Dear editor; Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth should support public funding for cultured-meat research, with the goal of making the cell-grown, slaughter-free protein competitive with factory-farmed meat. Israeli startup Future Meat Technologies recently announced its ability to produce a quarter pound of cultured chicken for $7.50.
February 8, 2021Dear editor; We need COVID-19 relief now and with democracy returned to the White House we’re going to get it. President Joe Biden ran on and is pursuing a $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief bill as rapidly as he can make it happen. A compromise from the other side
