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GateHouse Score Card: Zero for newsroom; millions for CEO
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Last month, Community Word wrote about negotiations between GateHouse Media (New Media) and the Springfield State Journal-Register United Media Guild representing newsroom employees. Since that article ran, GateHouse released its 2015 annual proxy statement listing CEO Kirk Davis receiving a…
Coming: Almost organic
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This label may start appearing in grocery stores soon to indicate food was grown on farmland transitioning from chemical to organic. Clarkson Grain, located about two hours southeast of Peoria, is using this ECOCERT label until the U.S. Department of…
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Arts Beat
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May 1: Music Scholarship Concert Series. Bradley Women’s Choir. 3 p.m. Dingeldine Music Center. Tickets: $10/general; free/students. May 1: Philharmonic Chorale in concert. 3 p.m. ICC Performing Arts Center, East Peoria. Cost: $12/public, $10/students and seniors. May 1: “The Road…
Hypertension Part 2: Sodium and Hypertension
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Many of the 70 million adults with hypertension would like to avoid taking medication. One common recommendation to lower blood pressure without medication is to reduce the amount of sodium in your diet. Most of the sodium in the American…