Archive for June, 2009

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She turned heads as a member of the Pleasant Hill District 69 School Board and garnered respect as a retention program coordinator at Illinois Central College. Now Jehan Gordon is making her mark in Springfield’s General Assembly, earning a reputation as the people’s State Representative of the 92nd District....
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Shoppers delight in the fresh fruits and vegetables available at the Farmers Market in Metro Centre. This season’s kickoff is Saturday, June 6th beginning at 8:00 a.m. Metro Centre Farmers Market officially kicks off their season on Saturday, June 6th.  The Market opened in May and will continue through...
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Ken Kavanagh is gone as Athletic Director at Bradley University. After 13 years of successful leadership in a very demanding position, he was forced to seek employment elsewhere by new BU president Joanne Glasser. How ironic that the very week he was unceremoniously told to clean out his office and be gone by 5:00 p.m. that...
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In the midst of a wet spring that’s flooded the area, it might seem silly to fret about water, but it is the center of life. As Galesburg poet Julia Fletcher Carney wrote in the classic McGuffey Reader in the 1800s, “Little drops of water/ Little grains of sand/ Make...
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Sarah walked across the stage, a bright yellow and purple “hood” was placed around her neck so that it hung down the back of her black gown, was then congratulated by the University President, photographed with her department chair, and returned to her seat armed with diploma and optimism. In May, our daughter had her...
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I don’t claim to be an expert in the laws that govern how cities collect and spend money. I know that money that goes into certain funds cannot be pulled out and put into other funds. I know that it’s not all one big pile of money.  Nevertheless, any city...
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Waterboarding has always been a war crime by Ed Klein, Peoria, IL  A debate has arisen about something which is not debatable: the rule of law, and the floor beneath which we must not go if we are to be the country we claim to be.  Waterboarding has been punished for being...
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If you study the anatomy of a book, you’ll find its chapters consists largely of suspense, as in, what’s going to happen next? Writers craft words in such a way as to keep that book in your hand so you cannot put it down until the very last word.  I have...
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Mothers across the regions are known to fervently recite, sometimes through clenched teeth, the favorite maternal mantra: “I can’t wait until you have a child of your own who is just like you!” Fathers repeat it also, but with varied voice inflections and colorful adjectives. Moms and Dads respond...
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