In the summer of 1988 there was a terrible drought in Peoria. That fall, I received an interesting phone call at the Nature Center. A nurse wanted to know if I could explain why there had been a 500 percent…
Columns
Do the numbers again and get back to us
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
Remember when the District 150 school board voted to close Woodruff High School to save money? As I recall they said it would save the district a little over $1 million. Shortly after the vote “the Peoria establishment” started pushing…
Some baseball history to think about as Spring Training begins
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Major League Baseball’s pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training this month, when everything’s fresh and new (if cold and dormant). Everyone has an equal chance (depending on off-season personnel moves and injuries). And the possibilities are endless (at least…
‘Saint’ Patrick Urich got away with murder
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
Well, not literally murder. But he nearly killed his own career. Or, maybe not. Here’s the problem. The Peoria City manager wanted to move some $29 million around to help pay for bonds that the city is buying to finance…
Daddy’s Silent Love
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • 0 Comments
Daddy didn’t talk much. Every morning he woke up at five, exercised, read his Bible then left for work. When he got home, he read the paper, watched the news, read a book or sat with the family for a…
Welcome to the family, Susanne and Julien
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Initially it was a typical phone call as we talked about family happenings. But the excitement in his voice told me he’d met a girl. More precisely a woman, but even when a son is 37, to his Mom, he’s…
Happenings for February
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Download the original attachment FEBRUARY HAPPENINGS Feb 2 – Peoria Public Library offers a “Spanish Conversation Hour” at Lincoln Branch from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and is co-sponsored by the Peoria Hispanics Club. All ages and all levels of speaking…
Thank you!
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
Royce Elliott and I would like to thank everyone for their many acts of kindness during the Christmas season, especially the food. Actually, the food, period. Cookies and cakes were abundant as were the phone calls. We love what we…
Local Red Cross administrators and civic leaders should reassert control of Peoria operations
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
The heavy hands of out-of-state attorneys and a dominating national headquarters seem to be getting in the way of a settlement in the long-delayed unionization of Peoria’s Heart of America Red Cross Blood Services division. Local Red Cross administrators and…
A Look Back at Science in 2011
by Dale Goodner • • 0 Comments
The news, as most of us know it, can seem to be a study in redundancy, a repetitive procession of murders, wars, bombings, deaths, thefts, floods and fires, with a few tornadoes and earthquakes thrown in. But when you review…