How many of you have stuck to your New Years goal of getting fit this year? At the gym, we see so many people joining and actually coming to classes the first few months of the year but the business…
Columns
New columnist: Todd Abercrombie
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By Todd Abercrombie Todd Abercrombie works as an energy auditor and is president of EverGreen Home Energy Consultants, Inc based in Peoria and serving all of central Illinois. Much of central Illinois is still feeling the impact of the rain…
Happenings for June 2013
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June 1 – Heartland Festival Orchestra Concert V – Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. Five Points Washington, 360 N. Wilmor Rd., Washington. Call (309) 444-8222. Admission: $30 adults, $8 student/child (ID required). June 1 – Annual…
Power of Clay event at Peoria Park District
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The Power of Play Campaign is pleased to announce the groundbreaking for the next phase of its campaign to make Glen Oak Park a daylong destination for families in central Illinois. Please join us on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at…
Luthy Botanical Garden for June
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JUNE PLANT SALE AT LUTHY BOTANICAL GARDEN — thru JUNE 2nd The Peoria Park District’s Luthy Botanical Garden will hold their annual June Plant Sale on Saturday, June 1 (10:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.) and Sunday, June 2 (noon – 5:00…
50 Rock Rocks the RiverFront
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The Peoria Park District’s 50 Rock program for active 50+ individuals is rocking the RiverFront on June 1. There will be great music by the Boat Drunks, a catered Caribbean/island dinner and VIP seating for 50 Rock attendees. Cost is…
Park District offers basic beading class
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The Peoria Park District’s Basic Beading class on Saturday, June 1 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Free to Bead teaches participants 12+ how to create beautiful strung bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. Cost is $18/residents, $24/non-residents. Register using code 55701.…
Have Your Child Bake with the B.O.S.S.’
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The Peoria Park District’s Baking with the B.O.S.S. class for children ages 5-16 takes place at the Christian Center on Saturday, June 1 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Cost is $35/residents, $43/non-residents. Register using code 56551. Taught by Cookie Shack…
Of Royce and Jonathan
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LOSING MY FRIEND JONATHAN WINTERS It was a stunning loss, especially the way I learned it. I was driving home listening to the news on WOAM when the reporter announced Jonathan Winters had died. I couldn’t believe it. We had…
Nagging Feelings of Loss
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The week of the Boston Marathon bombing, the workplace explosion in West, Texas, and the death of Peoria comic stalwart Royce Elliott, it was impossible not to feel guilty about a nagging sense of loss from flooding. Even there, many…