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Musings for November 2010

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…

Bad news for Bradley fans

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…

Extension News for October 2010

The University of Illinois Home Extension program of Peoria County is sponsoring an educational lesson on the history of the Underground Railroad in Illinois; the use of our waterways to move the slaves to safety and the history of the…