Thanksgiving, I’m afraid, has too often had a lot more to do with satiation than with appreciation. As kids we would gorge on Mom’s fruit salad. The turkey and potatoes just finished the job of stuffing ourselves. The resulting discomfort…
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Thankful
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • 0 Comments
On a shelf in our home is a glass jar, half-full of rocks. Each rock is inscribed with a date and a short phrase stating a significant event of God’s providence in our life. We just added a new rock…
Ode to Oprah
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
“After 28,000 guests, 4,400 episodes and 24 years on the air, The Oprah Winfrey Show has reached its final season,” reads the November issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. I was riveted to the television when her show’s Farewell Season…
West Peoria News for November 2010
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
Election for West Peoria political offices is April 5, 2011. Petitions are now available to be circulated for the following four-year term positions in the April 5, 2011 City of West Peoria consolidated election. Offices up for election are: mayor,…
Peoria County 4H members win awards
by Roger Larson • • 0 Comments
Local Peoria County 4-H members, Isaac Forney and Justin Keyt of the Jubilee Patriots 4-H Club finished first place at the 60th Annual National 4-H Engineering, Science and Leadership Event in West Lafayette, Indiana, September 26-28, 2010. They competed in…
Musings for November 2010
by Joanne Fought • • 0 Comments
Two incidents set me back during the month of October, and I am feeling some repercussions. The first thing was that I started going through pictures of events in our family taken over many years. I have been putting them…
Happenings for November 2010
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
now thru Nov. 7 – Chrysanthemum Show @ Luthy Botanical Gardens. Call: (309) 686-3362. Admission: Adults- $2.00 Children 12 & under- FREE. now thru Jan. 9, 2011 – Lakeview Museum- Audubon at the Lakeview Museum. Call: (309) 686-7000. Nov. 4…
PEORIA PARK DISTRICT 4 ON 4 FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Get your team together for this extremely fast-paced version of flag football. Games consist of four players on the field competing in a pass-only environment. Rosters may have up to eight players and all teams are guaranteed to play two…
PEORIA PARK DISTRICT OFFERING YOUTH FENCING CLASS
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
The Peoria Park District offers a Youth Fencing Class for kids ages 9 – 14. Classes run on Thursdays, starting Nov. 4 – Dec. 2 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at Peoria Fencing Academy. You will learn the proper techniques, conditioning exercises…
Bad news for Bradley fans
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
The popular and legendary Bradley basketball coach, Joe Stowell, has been fired by WMBD’s general manager, Mike Wild. Stowell will no longer be heard doing games with Dave Snell. Wild, who has a history of firing people, dumped Stowell in…