July 3 – Fireworks Spectacular! 4:00 – 10:00 p.m. at the Glen Oak Park Amphitheatre. Call 309-681-2854. Bring blankets & lawn chairs to enjoy the show. Pack a picnic dinner or enjoy food from vendors. Reservation packages available. Call (309)…
Columns
Royce’s Park?
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
There’s a move to rename the park on the near northside of Peoria after our friend, Royce Elliott. Morton Square Park was a favorite “playground” for Royce and his many friends. They played football and some softball on the square…
‘Droning’ on and on mustn’t put us to sleep
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Will it take things like motorized aircraft or flying cameras banking over the Shoppes at Grand Prairie or Bradley University, hovering above the Par-A-Dice Hotel & Casino or Glen Oak Park, or zooming from Dunlap and the South Side to…
400 PPM … Moment of (Inconvenient) Truth
by Dale Goodner • • 0 Comments
There was a cold wind-driven rain on May 11, but, like a football game, the nature hike we had planned (in Door Co. Wis) went on as scheduled. Participants showed up in rain coats and wore layers, but as rain…
Developers put the heat on Peoria
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
When I worked in Cape Girardeau, Mo., one of the civic lessons that twice-daily newspaper tried to instill in our readers was that while growth was good, especially in the inner city, growth needed to be considered along with the…
The Prayer Chair
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • 0 Comments
Daddy met Jesus in person in the same place he met him in prayer every morning. It was a burgundy recliner, worn from the years and matted down by the sweat of many days of hard work. Next to it…
Serendipity: Possessions aren’t essentials
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
The vibrant yellow is a bright contrast to the surrounding clothes’ pastel colors. The yellow is paired with black fabric and creatively fashioned into a baby’s bee costume. Although it’s at least nine years old, the yellow hasn’t faded and…
West Peoria News for June 2013
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
The 16th Annual West Peoria Jamboree Run will start at 7:00 am, June 1st and features a 4K run, 1K walk, and a Children’s Fun Run. Applications were included in the residents newsletter sent to all homes and are also…
Technology Tools for Fitness
by Tammy Finch • • 0 Comments
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…
New columnist: Todd Abercrombie
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
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…