Opinion

By Elaine Hopkins The disharmony, even cacophony from the Peoria Symphony Orchestra Board’s ouster of its popular music director and conductor David Commanday just gets louder, playing on and on to widening audiences. For a decade Commanday has been a dashing figure leading the symphony and its feeder group, the Central Illinois Youth...
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Restoration of Trust in Democracy by Jim McGill, North Pekin Corruption can be outlawed. Just as laws were enacted enabling it. However, it will take major changes to even begin to turn it around. It is vital for voters to step up and get incumbents, at all levels, to make those dramatic changes. ...
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Dolores Klein, Peoria, IL All across the country women are succeeding as congresswomen, governors, mayors, serious presidential and vice presidential candidates. They deserve accolades for continuing their uphill battles. They also deserve our continued efforts to secure their places in our Federal Constitution. By crossing state lines to change residence, jobs, etc., they and...
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I had some thoughts on some of Peoria’s recent news items that I thought I’d share with the Community Word readers. The first item of interest is District 150’s latest cost-saving efforts. While it is usually quite acceptable by taxpayers for schools to be conscientious of their spending, no one truly believes that cutting...
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As I was compiling this particular issue of the Community Word, my inner self kept telling me to “just do it.” And, since none of my readers chose to send in editorial content, I decided this was indeed the right time to do it. It was, after all, the month of May and May...
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March is Women’s History Month. It’s a time to celebrate the accomplishments and feats of all women before us, of all current women and of all women of the future. It’s also a time for us to take an inventory of sorts of the status of women. There have been some wonderfully courageous and...
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