The Journal Star’s “Word on the Street” column ran a post-election love letter to State Rep. Jehan Gordon and the young, energized voters who attended her victory celebration. No mention is made of her unnecessarily negative and misleading campaign ads.…
Columns
Why Travel This Christmas?
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • 0 Comments
Thanks to the underwear bomber who ruined Christmas, the friendly skies have turned dark. Travelers over this past Thanksgiving took to the highways in record numbers in order to avoid scanners and strips searches at airports. But travel they did…
Christmas
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Celebrating December 25th has become a complicated affair. We struggle with what to call the day: Christmas, as it’s traditionally known; Winter Solstice, a newcomer name; Winter Holiday, rather generic; with additional options certain for the future. Even the most…
West Peoria News for December 2010
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
The West Peoria Residents’ Association invites everyone to join them in kicking off the Christmas Season at the annual Christmas Party, Sunday, December 5th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Franciscan Recreation Center. Bring your family and enjoy entertainment…
Musings for December 2010
by Joanne Fought • • 0 Comments
Thank Goodness another Thanksgiving is over. Each year I make a decision to not let the date or Holiday get to me, but it does. It has now been twelve years since Jack, my dear husband, died on Thanksgiving Eve,…
Happenings for Dec. 2010
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
thru Dec. 31 – Poinsettia Show at the Luthy Botanical Gardens. Call for ticket prices and times at (309) 686-3236. Dec. 2 – Magician Mitch Williams at The Whammy Bar from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Call (309) 647-3692. Dec. 3…
What a thrill for George Shadad and family
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
Former State Senator George Shadid and his wife, Lorraine, traveled to Washington D.C. for the Judicial Committee hearings for their son, Judge Jim Shadid. If that wasn’t a big enough thrill, they were then invited to the Oval Office to…
Thanksgiving, Stewardship and the Rich
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
There are hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans who are millionaires, according to public and private studies, and given the economy, it’s not illogical to appeal to them for help.But some criticize the rich as detached, unfeeling or both, which seems…
Take an Inch … Give Back a Mile
by Dale Goodner • • 0 Comments
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…
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…