At the March meeting of the Peoria County Board, Dist. 14 Board member Brian Elsasser wore a white striped tie and light purple shirt, a natty complement to his customary two-piece black suit, attire befitting a prosperous business man;…
Columns
WE DID IT AGAIN!!!!!!!
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
Another scoop by “Straight Talk” and the Community Word with news that Chris Reynolds has been hired as the new Athletic Director by Bradley University. This columnist announced that Reynolds was under serious consideration over two months ago not only…
COAL: Edwards plant improves but still pollutes
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
The E.D. Edwards Energy Center in Bartonville along the Illinois River reduced the amount of toxins it released in the last decade, but it continues to spew dangerous chemicals and is still burning coal. Further, according to both environmental activists…
NATURE RAMBLES
by Mike Miller • • 0 Comments
Spring Cleaning… Spring has finally arrived, and there’s a flurry of activity and updates to share. So get out and enjoy everything that this season has to offer. Fire… An ecologist once said that fire season is just like…
SERENDIPITY
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Communication Writing, Com 200, at Bradley University in the fall of 1987 included about 20 young students, our professor, the late Dr. Jack Fought, and me. I was the one with apprehension written all over my face. Old enough to be the…
West Peoria News
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
April 25 is the West Peoria community’s Annual Clean Up Day. Clean Up drop off is open at 9 a.m. at the city garage on Hillside Avenue and can be accessed off Farmington Road or Sterling Hill. This is the…
The Magnificent Invalid
by Doug Day • • 1 Comment
This past month, Peoria audiences were able to see performances from the great powers of the past two centuries and one from the current. The Bradley theater department produced the 2010 winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play,…
Art – What is it Good For?
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Now that Gov. Bruce Rauner has proposed slashing budgets and funding across the board attempting to make Illinois more solvent, the arts, always first to go, are slated for elimination from the Illinois educational system. So what that kids won’t…
Eight Reasons Why You Don’t Need Animal Milk
by David Trachtenbarg, M.D. • • 2 Comments
In 1943, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) started promoting dairy products as part of the 7 Basic Food Groups. It recommended adults drink 2 or more glasses of milk a day. This promotion of milk and the dairy…
Labor Roundup
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Think tank defends crackdown on law-breaking contractors. In Washington, a progressive think-tank is defending President Obama’s executive order cracking down on federal contractors who break labor laws. Karla Walter of the Center for American Progress reminded a House committee of…