Archive for December, 2008

The West Peoria Residents Association Community Christmas Party will be Sunday, December 7, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Franciscan Recreation Center. Santa will arrive in West Peoria style aboard West Peoria Fire Engine #1072. Residents are invited to join Santa, enjoy hay rack rides, the Irish Flynn Dancers, ...
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Another Thanksgiving over. It has been ten years since by dear husband, Jack, died on Thanksgiving Eve. Each year gets a little easier to bear, and I have learned the hard way that I can be happy with what family I have left. I used to listen to other people talking about family members...
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Funny how in my days, mathematics was called arithmetic, art was nothing more than drawing or coloring between the lines with crayons and our music was just singing silly little songs on Tuesday afternoons. The most serious mischief was when one of the boys would drop earthworms or a frog in the pencil box...
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 I remember quite well those past Thanksgiving dinners. Mom would prepare the turkey, serve it for dinner and then my brothers and I would “circle like vultures,” consuming the remainder throughout the entire day.  Gone are those days. With the ever-present plethora of food-born illnesses, diligence in regard to food...
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By Jon M. Knapp, CFP Trained by the Parent Care Solution. Contact at 309-699-9100 My good friend Dan Taylor from North Carolina and the author of the book The Parent Care Conversation had a conversation with me recently and he so beautifully stated the case. I am simply forwarding our conversation to you by way of...
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