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.…
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Have Your Child Bake with the B.O.S.S.’
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
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
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
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
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
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…
May the Forest Be with You
by Dale Goodner • • 0 Comments
Elroy Limmer was in a pretty good position to help people see the forest as well as the trees. As Peoria’s City Arborist, he dealt with numerous questions and concerns regarding proper tree care. For example, a home owner once…
Man jailed for protecting his property rights in Peoria
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
I don’t care what ANYONE says, THIS is wrong. A man realized his Chryster 500 was being stolen from his driveway. So, he jumps in his car and gives chase, caught up a few blocks away and fired off a…
Doors and Windows: Deliver Us from Evil
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • 0 Comments
“America took my kids away from me,” said a woman who is wanted in the U.S. on a felony charge; a woman who left her two sons here to fend for themselves. This woman, the mother of the Boston bombers,…
Serendipity: Welcome Amelie Estelle!
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Dear Amelie Estelle, When your Daddy greeted your Papa and me in the hospital room while holding you, my heart skipped a beat. I’ve seen him with his newborn nieces and nephews, but you are his first newborn daughter and…
West Peoria News for May
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
Saturday, May 18th the West Peoria Residents Association is sponsoring a community – wide yard sale. Residents are encouraged to join WPRA in this West Peoria event. Signage will be posted in West Peoria and advertising placed in the Peoria…
Musings for May
by Joanne Fought • • 0 Comments
Today, Friday, April 26, is supposed to be in the sixties and I’m looking forward to going out in to my yard without a coat, I’ve been trying to clean up the yard from the winter, but it is hard…