The Junior League of Peoria is hosting the first ever Julep’s Closet Summer Sale on Saturday, August 2^nd at the Balance Herschel House, 256 NE Randolph Ave. The sale will run from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. NO EARLY BIRDS please!! 

Items will be geared towards summer or back to school items in a yard sale setting. All proceeds will go directly to supporting many of the Junior League of Peoria projects.

For more info, visit: www.juniorleagueofpeoria.org

Bradley University is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review which highlighted Bradley’s small classes, great career services and friendly students in its 2009 edition of “The Best 368 Colleges” published this week.Students surveyed for the Guide said Bradley is the “the perfect size,” offering “the variety and opportunities of a large school with the personal interaction that only a small university can offer.” The Guide adds, “The Bradley approach yields some impressive results: The school boasts excellent placement rates for its graduates in medical, dental and natural science graduate programs.” Last year 96 percent of Bradley graduates began work, graduate school or other post-graduate experiences within six months of graduation.

Dear Fellow Peorians: 

As the City Council begins another year of budget planning, we want to start the process by reaching out to the citizens of Peoria for input on where you would like to see your tax dollars invested. 

The City Council and I are inviting public input at the beginning of the budget process, not at the end, as we believe the budget should be built around the community’s needs and vision. 

We have scheduled two open houses to allow you to share your ideas on the 2009 budget and hope you, your friends, and your neighbors will attend.  Both opportunities are on Monday, August 4, 2008, and they are scheduled at two different times, listed below, to accommodate more citizens’ schedules.  Please feel free to drop in during one or both of these time periods.  

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon: 

Exposition Gardens1601, W. Northmoor Road, Peoria, IL 61614

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p. m.:  

Peoria City/County Health Department, 2116 N. Sheridan Rd., Peoria, IL, 61604 

The meetings will give you the opportunity to review the operating and capital budgets, ask City Council and staff questions, and give your input on priorities and suggestions. 

Cook out fundraiser for Peoria Area Memory Walk on August 8th 

Come join us at the Peoria Office, 606 W. Glen Ave., on August 8 for an old-fashioned cook out to benefit our Peoria Memory Walk! We will be serving up a feast of your choice of pork chop or a chicken salad. Drinks and chips will also be served with the meal.  

Donations for the event are $7.00 and will help support our Peoria Memory Walk to be held October 5, at 2:00 p.m. on the Riverfront. If you can’t make it out to the cook out our office will deliver to local businesses (minimum of ten orders). Just fax your orders to 309.681.1101.The cook out will go from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Alzheimer’s Association’s parking lot located on Glen. Come out and support us and have some fun while you are at it! 

Methodist Medical CenterMobile Mammography ScheduleAugust-2008 The following is the schedule for the Methodist Medical Center Mobile Mammography Van for the month of August 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 exams. August 8-Methodist Medical Group at Metamora-901 Walnut, MetamoraAugust 9-Sam’s Club-Willow Knolls Shopping Center, Peoria August 11-Methodist Medical Group at Chillicothe-525 Sweetbriar, ChillicotheAugust 12-Methodist at Morton-1909 N. Morton, MortonAugust 13-Cherry Tree Shopping Center, Washington

August 15-Methodist MedPointe at Peoria-8914 N. Knoxville, Peoria

August 18-Methodist at Lacon-1112 East Fifth St., Lacon

August 19-Heartland Clinic-1701 W. Garden, Peoria

August 20-Methodist East Campus-415 St. Marks Court, Peoria

August 22-Robert H. Michel Student Center-915 Elmwood Ave., Peoria

August 23-Pekin Farmers Market-Courthouse Square, Pekin

August 25-Dr. E. Rufus-12123 W. Farmington Rd., Hanna City

August 26-Methodist at Morton-1909 N. Morton Ave., Morton

August 27-Wal-Mart-2071 N. Main, Canton

August 29-Methodist at Pekin-1800 Broadway, Pekin 

There is no need for a doctor’s order for a screening mammogram if you’re 40 or over.  Call for an appointment at 671-8282

CARNIVAL  IN  THE  PARK

    Peoria Park District will host “Carnival in the Park,” a summer celebration on Monday, July 28th, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm at the Glen Oak Amphitheatre.  This carnival is put on by kids, for kids. Try your luck at several different games, and a variety of snacks will be available. 

There will be many more activities going on throughout the evening that you won’t want to miss. New this year will be the roaming entertainers:  Unique Twist (clown who makes balloon animals) and Matt Zeko, a Juggler. There will also be a stage show and the entertainment lineup will be Flag Corps at 5:30 pm, Pirates Black Pearls cheerleaders at 6:00 pm, Great Expectations Show Chorus  at 6:30 pm and Park Players at 7:00 pm. 

All booths and games will be run by Park District camp programs.  Proceeds of the carnival go to sponsor summer activities.  Afterwards, stay around for the Monday evening Family Flick – Open Season.  The movie starts at dusk.  For more information call at 688-3667.

The OSF Saint Francis Foundation will host the John McDermott Concert to benefit the Radiation Oncology Program at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.  The concert is scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2008.  A mass at The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception will begin the evening at 4:00 p.m. and is open to the public.  The concert will begin at 8:00 pm at the Peoria Civic Center Theater.John McDermott, an Irish tenor, is best known for his rendition of Danny Boy. An international recording star and household name, John is known as much for his charitable works as he is for his successful music career. John’s has always been committed to veterans’ causes. He was awarded the US Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s Bob Hope Award and made an honorary member of the War Amps of Canada because of his outstanding support.

Proceeds from the event named “Spirit of Hope” will benefit the Radiation Oncology Program at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center for programmatic development in cancer control as well as to purchase state of the art radiation equipment. Since opening in 1989, the Radiation Oncology Program has provided patients with important technological advances and have helped to pioneer the revolution in radiation oncology using advanced brachytherapy, robotic intracranial radiosurgery, image guided radiation therapy and body radiosurgery.

The Radiation Oncology Program continues to increase tumor control rates and dramatically reduce side effects for their patients. Expansion of services and equipment has made the program one of the largest and most comprehensive in the nation.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the Peoria Civic Center or at www.peoriaciviccenter.com beginning Friday, July 18.  Special ticket packages are available through the OSF Saint Francis Foundation by calling (309) 566-5666.  For additional information, visit www.spiritofhopeconcert.org. 

The OSF Saint Francis Foundation will host the John McDermott Concert to benefit the Radiation Oncology Program at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.  The concert is scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2008.  A mass at The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception will begin the evening at 4:00 p.m. and is open to the public.  The concert will begin at 8:00 pm at the Peoria Civic Center Theater.John McDermott, an Irish tenor, is best known for his rendition of Danny Boy. An international recording star and household name, John is known as much for his charitable works as he is for his successful music career. John’s has always been committed to veterans’ causes. He was awarded the US Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s Bob Hope Award and made an honorary member of the War Amps of Canada because of his outstanding support.

Proceeds from the event named “Spirit of Hope” will benefit the Radiation Oncology Program at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center for programmatic development in cancer control as well as to purchase state of the art radiation equipment. Since opening in 1989, the Radiation Oncology Program has provided patients with important technological advances and have helped to pioneer the revolution in radiation oncology using advanced brachytherapy, robotic intracranial radiosurgery, image guided radiation therapy and body radiosurgery.

The Radiation Oncology Program continues to increase tumor control rates and dramatically reduce side effects for their patients. Expansion of services and equipment has made the program one of the largest and most comprehensive in the nation.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the Peoria Civic Center or at www.peoriaciviccenter.com beginning Friday, July 18.  Special ticket packages are available through the OSF Saint Francis Foundation by calling (309) 566-5666.  For additional information, visit www.spiritofhopeconcert.org. 

Bauer Power, the largest installer of renewable energy products in West Michigan, announces the opening of it’s new office in Dunlap, Illinois. A provider of renewable energy solutions for residential and commercial applications since 2002, Bauer Power serves customers throughout the Midwest, specializing in solar electricity, wind electricity, solar water heating, and solar pool heating. Their commitment and experience as renewable energy installers and educators provides customers with smart and affordable alternative solutions to conventional power choices. Their services include site surveys, design, and installation, as well as an Energy Consumption Intervention (ECI) to help customers determine where and how to cut energy costs. 

Ronald McDonald is coming to town this Friday and he WILL make himself available to the media and it won’t cost you a dime to take his picture! 

   This Friday, July 25 at 2:30pm in the 4^th floor conference room in the Hillcrest Building at Children’s Hospital of Illinois, Ronald McDonald and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois will announce plans to partner with the Children’s Hospital of Illinois. It’s a partnership that will help families of the sickest kids in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the new Milestone Building.    It’s a first for central Illinois and the Children’s Hospital of Illinois.  This partnership will help create sleeping rooms and a kitchen inside the hospital.  The sleeping rooms will be just around the corner from the Neonatal Intensive Care unit so that families can rush to their child’s side in case of an emergency. 

   ‘The Family Suites and Kitchen’ are a reflection of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois and the Children’s Hospital of Illinois commitment to providing a family centered environment to promote healing.  Ronald McDonald House and the owner/operators of the 100 McDonald’s restaurants in our area are proud to bring this valuable resource to the families living in our region.  For more info on Ronald McDonald House Charities you can go to: http://www.rmhcspringfield.org PHOTO OPS with Ronald McDonald visiting patient rooms will be available!    Contact Amy Paul at 229-7175 for more info.  Parking instructions are attached.  Please DO NOT PARK on Glen Oak at the main entrance by security.