By Merle Widmer, Peoria County Board Member The schools blame the parents for poorly performing kids. The parents blame the schools for poorly performing schools. There is plenty of blame for both. But a closer examination is required. Where did…
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A Few Thoughts on How to Foil the Phelps
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By Ed Klein, Peoria, IL If you read the paper or watch the news on TV, you are more than likely aware of the Phelps clan – those pustules on the face of humanity who hide behind the First Amendment…
Happy Halloween
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It’s that time of year
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We Were Promised an IMAX Theatre!
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by Merle Widmer, Peoria County Board Member Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis was recently quoted in the Journal Star: “I think a number of people in the community as well as myself, were under the impression there would be an IMAX…
Independence Day
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Summertime in Peoria
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Happy Mother’s Day
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A GOP senior’s view of the Peoria Tea Party
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By Coleen Lickiss, Marquette Heights, IL Knowing the momentum American Tea Partiers were gaining, I, a Republican senior, personally wanted to see and hear what really transpired at the Peoria Tea Party April 15 along the riverfront at the end…