Plus Quest Academy finally flunks out; and what’s with all this baldness and bad seeds in sports
Straight Talk: Is it safe for fireworks display at Glen Oak Park?
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Straight Talk: WTVP fall guys were not at fault for TV station’s downfall
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Why not ask the management of the three stations to serve on the management team? Maybe consider asking one of the stations to loan an administrator to be an interim CEO for one year.
Straight Talk: Christmas sings ‘support Israel’
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More than 200 people raised their voices under the direction of the talented Lee Wenger with wife Denise Adams at the grand piano and son Christopher on guitar. That was almost double the audience’s size last year when we resurrected the community event.
Straight Talk: Disappointing decisions by execs at BU
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Women’s basketball coach Kate Popevic-Goss suspended; No confidence for President Standifird; still no name for Civic Center
Straight Talk: Silence only stirs up stigma of suicide
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Journal Star is in the mail? That has to be devastating to readers. Wish we all could be like Ed Parker
Straight Talk: Kayaks? Get serious about our Riverfront
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Another $15-$26 million going to developing Peoria’s shore. Let’s begin with some gorgeous landscaping and benches to enjoy the riverboat traffic
Straight Talk: CBS-TV hit a home run with feature on remarkable reunion
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I hope readers of this column joined with the millions who watched across the nation the CBS-TV Saturday morning, July 15, show which featured my brother, Zack Monroe. Produced and narrated by Kris Van Cleave, the six-minute report provided details…
Straight Talk: Sixty-year reunion rekindles memory of a lifetime
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The noon get together could not have been scripted better by Hollywood. Zack and Merl shook hands while smiling eyeball to eyeball. They sat down and talked and talked as family members admired the budding friendship.
Straight Talk: Why so much deception in all these hospital ‘deals’?
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For some reason, Unity Point Health officials didn’t call it acquiring Methodist, Proctor and Pekin hospitals a sale, but a “strategic affiliation,” which it wasn’t and isn’t.
Straight Talk: Why no naming rights for Civic Center?
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The heated confrontation between Peoria Rivermen fans and the Civic Center Authority Board is over — for now. A short-term, one-year lease agreement with a second year option was reached and all God’s children said “Amen.” Not everyone praised Ric…