Boy Scout Troop 11 ice cream social is 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at the West Peoria Fire Station, 406 N. Waverly Ave. A $2.50 donation includes dessert, ice cream and a drink. This is another West Peoria tradition.…
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Art. What Is It Good For? | Big Picture Film Festival
by Doug and Eileen Leunig • • 0 Comments
The big screen at Peoria Riverfront Museum calls for big plans, and independent film producer Allison Walsh is delivering with the first annual Big Picture Film Festival open to aspiring filmmakers in Central Illinois (within 50 miles of Peoria). We…
Views & Perspectives | Trump’s actions and inaction
by Ray LaHood • • 0 Comments
June 4 was the 500th day of President Trump in the White House. Trump’s trade policy is a disaster for American agriculture and American business. The tariffs on agricultural commodities are horrible policy for our farmers. The tariffs are horrible…
Straight Talk | The Fight Continues
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
Just when the Peoria Catholic Diocese thought the fight with the Catholic Archdiocese of New York might be over, they learned it isn’t. New York Catholics don’t want the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be moved to Peoria. For…
Bill Knight | Eugene Debs fought for workers, free speech
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
After escalating tensions in Bosnia, Herzegovina and Serbia and the assassination of Austria-Hungary heir and Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist, 104 years ago this month Germany pledged military support to Austria-Hungary, which three weeks later declared war on…
Perspectives on U.S. Healthcare Policy | Physicians and Gun Policy
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If you live in the U.S., you can expect to live a good 78 years. Cases of malaria, yellow fever and measles – very real epidemics in other countries – have become sporadic and well-contained in America. You’re in good…
Real Talk | Becoming an Accomplice
by Sherry Cannon • • 0 Comments
Colin Kaepernick knew that taking a stand, or in his case a knee, would negatively impact his football career. And he did it anyway. When the press finally realized, during the 2016 National Football League season, that Kaepernick wasn’t standing…
Nature Rambles | Monitoring for declining pollinators
by Mike Miller • • 0 Comments
In 2015, the Pollinator Research Action Plan was released outlining the decline in pollinating insects and the challenges faced in stabilizing and enhancing populations of these beneficial insects. The findings and solutions outlined in this report have become known as…
Serendipity | All-ages Bunco
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Game playing enthusiasts are delighted to know kindred souls who share the thrill of a dice roll or hand of hot cards waiting to be played. Wagers on the table or friendly games of chance aren’t the real issue. It’s…
Inland Art | Claire Ashley
by Paul Krainak • • 2 Comments
Chicago artist Claire Ashley’s work – forms floating between image and text, concept and corporeality, is also about reconfiguring space. She is recognized by challenging the didacticism and vanity of mainstream sculpture, along with attendant traditions of welding and stone…