Archive for September, 2007

 Details were checked extensively before we decided on the specifics of our get-away. Twelve women involved in numerous activities make for lots of phone calls, emails and revisions in choosing a mutually convenient time. Our original number of 12, we all play Bunco together each month, was reduced to seven. A spa weekend isn’t for...
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West Peoria will no longer have open burning beginning October 1, 2007. The City Council, in a 7-1 vote, on August 14, 2007 ended the years of debate over the burning topic.  This is a huge relief for people who have respiratory issues. Prohibited is the burning of all yard waste, garbage, construction materials and...
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Another rainy spell and then hot, hot hot. I do wish it would come in moderation. It seems to come in too much, too hot or too something. I am so looking forward to fall when temperatures will moderate a little and there will be cool evenings again. I just came back from walking...
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Now, anyone who wasn’t around during the Great Depression, has to sidle up to some old codger like me and ask, “What was it like during those dark years?” – if, of course, that is what he wants to know. Back before Hoover’s blunder, a good breakfast may have consisted of fried potatoes, two eggs...
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The past several weeks have proven to provide a great deal of stress for pets, humans and those tress in our yards. David Robson, Extension Horticulture Educator, provides some insight into treating leaf scorch which may develop. “The hot, dry days of summer are more than a discomfort to many shade trees. Leaf scorch, a...
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