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Columns
Heat Waves — In Red and Black | How not to treat heat stroke during an intense heat wave
by William Rau • • 0 Comments
I know three people who collapsed from heat stroke. Doctors told frantic parents of two kids to immerse them in a cold-water bath. The third, a high school runner who collapsed during a race, attended a school where the athletics…
West Peoria News | Township dissolving
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
West Peoria Township is in the legal process of discontinuing/abolishing the township with all rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations and responsibilities of the township being transferred to the City of West Peoria. This is beneficial to the citizens…
Serendipity | Lessons Learned
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, many of my classmates were from large families. Knowing nothing about living with multiple siblings, my sister is nearly 9 years older, I thought having lots of live-in playmates would be delightful. I…
The Lion’s Den | It Continues to Play In Peoria
by Daniel McCloud • • 0 Comments
The City of Peoria became the center of attention in a recent New York Times article titled “The City that Once Guided a Nation Now Shows its Cracks.” The article focused on the looting that took place in the City…
Straight Talk | Dozer Park: A quiet place
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
The COVID 19 pandemic has affected virtually every aspect of our lives, including sports from tennis to football, basketball and baseball. We miss it. Do you realize there hasn’t been but one sporting event at Dozer Park since Sept. 5…
Bill Knight | World-class art at Peoria Riverfront Museum
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
It’s a relief to return to the reopened Peoria Riverfront Museum and to roam its galleries –– especially to revel in world-class art, some with local ties. Installed during the months-long pandemic shutdown, new exhibits presented through Sept. 5 are…
Real Talk | The Institutional Power of Whiteness
by Sherry Cannon • • 1 Comment
It’s been interesting listening to, and often participating in the debate between Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter folk. Patrice Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi are the three African American women who founded Black Lives Matter in 2013…
The Watch | Technical difficulties
by Terry Bibo • • 0 Comments
Zoom and its cohorts enable groups and governments to meet despite COVID-19. But virtual meetings are not the same — what is? — and can be difficult, at best. Springdale Cemetery Management Authority, for example, didn’t meet in March, April…
Nature Rambles | Funding a Legacy
by Mike Miller • • 0 Comments
Are we at our “new normal” yet? In the age of COVID-19, that “new normal” seems to be an ever changing and fleeting reality. Many people have turned to the natural world as a place of stability, solace and escape,…