The cool nights of mid September herald the change of the seasons. The once raucous night calls of katydids and tree crickets of summer literally slow down as the autumn unwinds. Soon the nights will be silent of their song…
Columns
Cinnamon might help with diabetes
by David Trachtenbarg, M.D. • • 0 Comments
Background – Over the past 10 years over 100 medical articles on cinnamon and diabetes have been published. Partly because of these articles cinnamon is sold with labeling stating that it “Helps Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar Levels Already in the…
Marine Suicide in Downstate Illinois
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By Burton Rabbe In the small towns, in the country, it is either marriage or war that we honor. The chickory here are sky blue. Paler than dress blue. Paler than gun blue. Paler than the bluebirds. The…
Music and Theater Roundup for October 2014
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MUSIC/RoundUp Oct.5: Jim Breuer & Rich Aronovitch. 7 pm Limelight Eventple Oct.7: Carlos Santana, “The Corazon Tour.” Peoria Civic Center arena. Oct. 9: Don Williams. 7:30 pm Peoria Civic Center Theater. Oct.11: The Schwag, with Jaik Willis and The Sites.…
It’s time for Lathan to go
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
It’s my personal opinion that no District 150 superintendent in Peoria’s long and historic history has ever caused more anger, chaos, and animosity than Grenita Lathan. No district school superintendent has lost more school court decisions. No superintendent has moved more principals…
Propaganda, not facts drives the GOP
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
The mere accumulation of facts doesn’t always lead to good conclusions, judgment or wisdom. Too many of us, progressive and conservative alike, can fall victim to extrapolation or correlation. An example of extrapolation is extending some inference based on…
As Peoria becomes more ‘New Urbanist,’ it needs to rethink how it offers mass transit
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
Why is the city so Hell bent on approving, again and again, new centers of living and shopping far, far away from the core of the city? Every new strip mall out in the hinterlands doubles the miles that Peoria…
Past and present in Ferguson
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By Michael Brown It would be hard to be alive in America right now and not know something about what has happened in Ferguson, Missouri. A young man has been shot and killed. I have had the surrealistic experience of…
Serendipity for September 2014
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Frank Sinatra released the album, “September of my years” in 1965. I was 17, and he was turning 50 that December. The album, still in my possession, included the Grammy Award winning “It Was a Very Good Year” and other…
Emiquon: Locally grown paradise
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By Mike Miller For a country about a third the size of Illinois, they sure managed to pack a lot into Costa Rica. Active volcanoes, mountains, cloud forests, Pacific and Caribbean mangrove, and several flavors of rainforest are home to…