Harry Caray was considered by many as the greatest play-by-play announcer in the history of baseball. Fans of Mel Allen of the Yankees and Vin Scully of the Dodgers would disagree, but to those of us in the mid-west, Caray…
Columns
Should society protect kids from football?
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Society somehow thinks it’s sensible to check Halloween candy for drugs or poison despite overwhelming evidence that such incidents are an urban myth, but faced with real reports of serious injuries to kids playing football, people seem unperturbed. But high…
Mad as a March Hare
by Dale Goodner • • 0 Comments
In the middle of the night I occasionally notice a dark figure in my yard, hunkered over as if in prayer, lurking just beneath the bird feeder… chewing. If it notices me, moving inside the house, it will quickly disappear…
City’s tepid response to Snowpocalypse light
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
I’ve spent most of the snowstorm in the city’s chronically neglected South Side, so maybe I don’t have a good grasp of the work done elsewhere in the city yet. I know that Western is pretty well covered in snow.…
Melancholy March
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • 0 Comments
She doesn’t remember the last time we were together and swears she hasn’t seen me in years. We had lunch last Sunday. This is the month she gave birth to me, but she won’t remember that either. Mom is frail…
Serendipity for March
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
About 12 of us first met in the winter of 1967 in a training class at the Greater Peoria Airport as prospective employees of Ozark Airlines. Most of us were in our late teens or barely 20. This was many…
West Peoria News for March
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
Troop 11 is again selling trash bags with sales starting March 4th with delivery in April. A box of 100 bags is $16.00. If you do not hear from a boy scout and want a box of bags please call…
Can the Web Help You Reach Your New Year’s Resolutions?
by Tammy Finch • • 0 Comments
Things always pick up at the gym at the beginning of the year and every year with people starting their New Year’s resolutions. I’m happy for them. It’s a fresh start with a fresh year. However, the chaos starts to…
Happenings for March
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
March 2 – JEMS Girls Travel Basketball Program will be host basketball tryouts on at the Woodruff Career & Technical Center (Old Woodruff High School) from 8:30 – 11:30a.m. for our travel basketball teams. This is open to girls grades…
Straight Talk: Jim Maloof left his mark
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
Much has been written and spoken about Jim Maloof. And rightfully so. He touched thousands of lives, including mine. I’ve had the good fortune to know Jim for over 43 years. The friendship really began to blossom in November of…