Author Archive for Community Word Staff

Op-Ed

Put Healthy Food within Reach for All Peorians BY SUSAN LEVIN, M.S., R.D. Putting healthy food into reach: That’s the tagline for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly food stamps. But the reality is that healthful foods are out…

Arts Beat

MUSIC May 1: ICC Concert Choir. 7:30 p.m. ICC Performing Arts Center. 694-5136. May 2: Collegium Musicum. 7:30 p.m. BU’s Dingeldine Music Center. 677-2595. May 3: ICC Concert Band. 7:30 p.m. ICC Performing Arts Center. 694-5136. May 4: “I Set…

Labor Roundup

Trumka advocates strong bargaining rights for all – union and not. Expanding on a point he recently made in his one-on-one meeting with GOP President Donald Trump, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in April came out for strong bargaining rights for…

Editorial

An early morning phone call  The call came as I was home getting ready to drive to work. The caller said his name quickly, and I couldn’t understand him. Finally he said he’s an advertiser in Community Word, and I…

Letter

30 percent funding cut for EPA The President’s proposed budget slashes funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 30 percent, and programs addressing climate change are the major targets of these cuts. Talk about penny wise and pound foolish! When…

Op-Ed

Sad History of Public Land for Private Profit By Karrie E. Alms What does open space forever mean to you? Many of our early leaders believed and many today know that public parks are a smart investment for America’s health…

Rebuilding Our Community One Vote at a Time Unless you have been living under a rock and have not noticed, we are living in some very strange times. The Bible says it this way in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 NIV, “But…