Archive for October, 2008

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With less than a week before the balloons, the confetti, the smiles, and the cheers, one candidate will be in the center of it all.
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City taxpayers will receive a small break thanks to one candidate’s willingness to foot the bill. The Peoria City Council is tallying up the costs of the private fundraiser held at Weaver Angus Farms this summer on July 25 when President George W. Bush made his second visit to Peoria, this time to stump...
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Every year, millions of Americans fly during the holiday season, and every year travelers experience delays, cancellations and other mishaps during their travel. This year will not be any different; it actually may be worse. With the high oil prices and the current economic crisis, the airline industry is in serious financial trouble, and...
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Jesus had the Last Supper and it appears Royce and Roger had the Last Breakfast Thursday, October 2, on 1350 WOAM. Of course, there’s no comparison. Jesus was crucified, dead and buried and rose again. Royce and Roger will go through that process except for the “rose again” business. In response to the thousands...
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The 2008 U.S. Presidential election has been historic since it started more than 18 months ago. Barriers of gender, faith, race and age all were passed. Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama and John McCain were viable candidates who, for the most part, sought to focus on issues instead of being a woman or...
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The clank of the wagon tongue, a forward jolt, and we’re off! Murmurs of excitement escape from the crowd into the cool quiet October evening. The horses pull the wagon along beneath the bright stars of the Big Dipper to the north, and the brilliant planet, Jupiter, to the south. This isn’t just any harvest...
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October 22 was the last day GateHouse Media — the company that owns the Peoria Journal Star and most of the other daily and weekly newspapers in the area — was traded on the New York Stock exchange. Its trading price at the exchange closed? Seven cents per share. At one point, it sold...
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Dolores Klein, Peoria, IL All across the country women are succeeding as congresswomen, governors, mayors, serious presidential and vice presidential candidates. They deserve accolades for continuing their uphill battles. They also deserve our continued efforts to secure their places in our Federal Constitution. By crossing state lines to change residence, jobs, etc., they and...
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Twenty-eight years have disappeared from the day I gave birth to my only child. November is the month I pushed him out into this world and met him face to face. I was a teenager when he was born, unable to comprehend the miracle of his precious life – unwilling to have my self-centered...
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