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…
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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…
Every station in Peoria has a labor problem
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
And if by “labor problem,” you mean a “management-is-trying-to-screw-workers-around” problem, you’re right. WMBD 31 electrical workers recently put out an informational picket describing how WMBD 31 management — actually Nexstar — has them working without a contract. So, WMBD 31…
All Things New!
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • 0 Comments
I was packed for a cruise to the Bahamas when I got the call: Daddy died of a massive heart attack. Details were sketchy, but his last minutes on earth were spent snow-blowing his driveway. This month marks one year…
Serendipity: January beckons with a new month and year
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Stores open, prices slashed, bonus dollars, later hours, payment plans, never better offers, and the hype continues from late summer through December. Before sales, after sales, lowest prices ever, and while we’re still celebrating one season, we’re shoved into the…
West Peoria News for January 2012
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
Kudos to our very brave Scouts who once again this year braved very frigid (single digit) temperatures to travel through our community to carol. It is always a very pleasant sound to hear their float escorted by the WPFD travel…