Every once in a while something in a newspaper jumps right out at you. Some time back there were some Amish folks who were told by local authorities to desist from using outhouses. They attempted to defend this practice claiming…
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City clerk caught using city email to pass along racist jokes
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
Peoria City Clerk Mary Haynes used her official city email address to forward a racially insensitive email to a Florida official. The Coastal Star, a newspaper with an online community-based Web site, reported that a Highland Beach town clerk was…
The Un-lived Life of Russell Stone. a novelette, part three
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • 0 Comments
Rachel must place a call to the widow of Mr. Stone who passed away late last night, but she can’t pick up the phone. The conversations she had just weeks ago with Mrs. Stone are still churning in her gut.…
His day and his heart are overflowing
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Cooking lunch each weekday for some 375 people and delivering those meals is a formidable job. Dedicated drivers like Ron Walster help make it possible. About 9:00 every weekday morning, he leaves his comfortable home in Bartonville for the 15-minute…
Happenings for March 2011
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
thru March 6 – Garish Garden Show @ Luthy Botanical Gardens from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Call 309-686-3362. See what NOT to do in your garden as we break out the pink flamingos and the garden gnomes in our…
Peoria Park District News for March
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Visit the Chicago Flower & Garden Show – The Peoria Park District’s Vagabond Tours will take a day trip to the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier on Monday, March 7. Enjoy a fun-filled day that’s sure to…
Done deal?
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
As I write this column January 18, discussions are taking place between retiring Peoria County Administrator Patrick Urich and Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis. Don’t be surprised if an announcement is made within days that Urich is the city’s choice for…
Commercial Border War with Indiana, Illinois still has ‘mile after magnificent mile’
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
A cinder-block truck stop on the south side of Interstate 74 at Pittsboro, Ind., used to serve outstanding biscuits and gravy, and I made a point of stopping there every time I drove through our neighboring state – where I…
A flock-alypse Now?
by Dale Goodner • • 0 Comments
It’s been called a portent, a sign, and even “aflockalypse.” 2011 started with dead birds mysteriously falling from the sky, not just in one area, but literally all over the world. Thousands of birds have been falling from the sky…
The canonization of Saint Patrick Urich
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
By the time you read this, Patrick Urich will have been hired as the new city manager for the City of Peoria. It’s a done deal. You don’t think that when he announced he was leaving his post as Peoria…