I used to work at the Canton Daily Ledger. It’s owned by GateHouse Media now, but then it was owned by Conrad Black’s American Publishing Company. It’s hard to believe, but those people were even scummier than GateHouse. Black is…
Columns
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 in his big yellow chair then left for work. When he got home, he read the paper, watched the news, read a book or sat…
‘Carry your own’ a good standard of dining!
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Exactly when the sandwich tradition started, I’m not sure. Likely I was lagging behind schedule, imagine that, and my husband wanted to help us maintain an on time departure. Whatever the why, the decision was great. Our family has traveled…
West Peoria News for June 2010
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Results show that West Peoria’s 2010 census 77 percent of households have participated via mail. The Census now continues door-to-door to seek out those who haven’t yet responded. Please participate. If the occupant isn’t at home when a census worker…
Musings for June 2010
by Joanne Fought • • 0 Comments
This morning, the 22nd, has turned out to be an incredibly foggy morning. When I started out with Kaja, my dog, for our morning walk, I could barely see the church across the street. It was not difficult walking and…
Some tomato tips
by Roger Larson • • 0 Comments
Not many people were happy with their tomato crop last year. Mostly because the crop was very late in maturing, and then quite a few of the plants died prior to providing a full crop. There is not much we…
Happy birthday
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
On numerous occasions I’m reminded by other people what a great man my father was. Recently, I received an invitation to appear as a guest on the cable program, “Neighborhood Views,” from the host, Lorraine Carter. Lorraine said she not…
Cat, Ameren, ADM among Toxic 100 air polluters
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
A new list of the top corporate air polluters in the United States includes two companies based in Peoria and a third Illinois firm with a key operation here, according to researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The “Toxic…
The Garden needs the serpent
by Dale Goodner • • 0 Comments
It was enormous, and I had almost stepped on it. I ran to my grandfather while pointing back at the largest snake I’d ever seen. It was sunning itself in his orchard. He just looked over at the snake and…
Taken to class by Bradley University journalism students
by Billy Dennis • • 0 Comments
I had the pleasure of spending an hour last month with a bunch of young journalists at Bradley University. I was invited to talk about blogging and journalism with Terry Bibo’s news writing class. To provide an air of legitimacy…