CW Notes

Three projects at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, totaling $93,145, have been accepted for funding by the OSF Saint Francis Foundation. The funds are made possible by community support of the Foundation.
 MRI goggles costing $39,500 are among the equipment being purchased. Patients undergoing an MRI scan can wear the goggles to watch a DVD movie, [...]

You can celebrate Mother’s Day and National Preservation month this year at the historic Prairie Mills Windmill in Golden, IL on May 11th with two settings, 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., served buffet style in the Windmill Hall.
 
The meal will include ham, baked chicken breast and dressing, green beans and carrots, potato, salad bar [...]

BU News conference Tuesday, April 29th 
Bradley University will release its Comprehensive Alcohol Action Plan  during a news conference at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday in the Wyckoff Room of Cullom-Davis Library on the Bradley campus. 
The plan was developed by a special committee of faculty, staff and students appointed in February by Bradley President Joanne Glasser. 
President Glasser [...]

Peoria Art Guild Announces Children’s Drawing Contest:
It’s Time to Monkey Around!Winning artwork will be used in the logo of a Peoria-based startup company 
In conjunction with the Art Fair at Junction City, June 7-8, 2008, Junction City and the Peoria Art Guild are sponsoring a competition for young artists. Children ages 14 and under are [...]

Methodist Medical Center Mobile Mammography Schedule for May-2008 
The following is the schedule for the Methodist Medical Center Mobile Mammography Van for the month of May 2008. Unless otherwise listed, the van will be in these locations from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Methodist now features all digital mammography equipment providing improved, faster and more comfortable [...]

Bradley student wins scholarship at mock trial competition
Three Bradley students recently participated in the fifth annual National Undergraduate Diversity Mock Trial  Competition held April 4, at John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Junior political science major Matthew Allen won a $3,000 tuition waiver at John Marshall Law School as a member of the second place team. ”The [...]

Professor and therapist changes roles to battle Alzheimer’s: Richard Taylor PhD to speak at Family Caregiver Night, Education Conference 
On every street and around every corner, there are people who possess the qualities of a hero. One such role model is Richard Taylor, a former psychologist and current Dementia patient who reaches caregivers and individuals with [...]

          The City of Peoria Clean River Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 29th, to review technologies and methods that could be used to reduce sewer overflows into the Illinois River. The meeting will be open to the public.           
     The meeting will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Universalist Unitarian Church, [...]

Central Illinois Agency on Aging’s 11th Annual “Celebrating Seniors” will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., at Peoria’s Exposition Gardens, 1601 W. Northmoor Rd., Peoria.Last year, approximately 700 seniors and caregivers from Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Fulton, Stark, and Marshall Counties attended this great event by private automobiles and [...]

Fifty local artists exhibiting in fine art and fine craft were recently selected by a panel of art professionals at the Peoria Art Guild for the 3rd Annual Junction City Art Fair to be held on June 7 – 8, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Junction City.  For the first time, art images [...]