Dark underside of the Monsanto bid to buy Syngenta When agrichemical giant Monsanto, headquartered in St. Louis, made a $45 billion takeover bid to buy Syngenta, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, it seemed like a chemical tsunami. Between sales of…
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Shavua Tov! (Happy New Week!)
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Shavua Tov! (Happy New Week!) I write this sitting in Jerusalem, looking out my window as the Sabbath has ended and the city is coming back to life after the 25 hours of quiet and calm that mark Shabbat in…
Serendipity
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Simplicity is often touted for reducing stress and enhancing calmness. Theoretically that’s valid, and wise souls try to live simply. Reality may vary. Consider technology that makes lives easier in many respects and more complicated in others, particularly for those…
A Changing Planet
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The earth is changing. In fact, it is in a constant state of change. Tectonic plates slowly grind and move. Mountains lift in the Himalayas, and slowly wear down in the Appalachians. I’m now sitting in a cottage in…
West Peoria News
by Sharon McBride • • 1 Comment
July Fourth marks a special day for our West Peoria community and citizens. It is the day that each year the community opens its doors, streets, hearts and welcomes thousands to our community for the longest running Fourth of July…
The Magnificent Invalid
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The Great Work Begins is a group of young actors who have formed a collective to produce and perform some of the most important theatrical literature of the past. They have no funding, no roof, no grants, nothing but passion…
Arts Beat
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MUSIC July 2: Bluprint. 8:30 p.m. Festival Park on Peoria’s riverfront. Produced by Alpha Media. 637-3700. July 3: Molly Hatchet, with the Outlaws. 7:30 p.m. Festival Park on Peoria’s riverfront. Produced by Alpha Media. 637-3700. July 3: Change-Up. 8…
Moving from Dull to Dynamic
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Moving from Dull to Dynamic Peoria has an image problem. For over a hundred years we have suffered the vaudevillian view of Peoria as the paramount example of the dull, banal and provincial. And to make matters worse, Peorians embraced…
Labor Roundup
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Louisville Slugger plant is unionized. As Peoria’s Louisville Slugger Sports Complex gets busier this month, it’s interesting to note the bat company’s labor relations. Every month is baseball season for members of Steelworkers Local 1693 at the Hillerich & Bradsby…
Neighborhood Notes
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Local Florist and West Bluff neighborhood resident/advocate Dan Callahan is the recipient of the 2015 West Bluff Council “Pillar of the West Bluff Award.” Callahan, who was nominated by activist and Moss-Bradley Neighborhood resident Marjorie Klise, is a long-time West…