For more information: Cheryl Budzinski 309/253-9594; c_budzinski@hotmail.com Greater Peoria League of Women Voters event, Who Really Elects the President? The League of Women Voters Drinks & Dialogue October 19th meeting will discuss who really elects the President. League members and the public are invited to participate in the dialogue on Wednesday, October 19, from 5:30-6:30 …

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    Cleve Heidelberg, far left, addresses Judge Albert Perham Jr. as his attorneys, from left, Andy Hale and Don Jackson listen while their client tells the judge he is competent to serve as his own attorney in one motion.  Peoria County State’s Attorney Jerry Brady, right, has repeatedly argued there is insufficient evidence to …

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    The father of one of the most famous Americans of the 19th century lies in an unmarked grave in Springdale Cemetery in Peoria, IL. A group of admirers of his son, Robert Green Ingersoll, is raising money to place a monument on his burial place. A marker for the grave of Rev. John …

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The Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance held a press event at the office of the Peoria Chapter of the NAACP to discuss the favorable court ruling against Dynegy who owns and operates the Edwards Coal Plant by Bartonville, IL.  A joint lawsuit had been filed by several environmental groups about three years ago in response …

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  Cleve Heidelberg, left, and his attorneys Andy Hale, center, and Don Jackson in Peoria County Circuit Court Sept. 22.    By Clare Howard In a highly unusual and risky move, Cleve Heidelberg tried to dismiss his attorneys and represent himself Thursday in a hearing before Peoria County Circuit Judge Albert Purham Jr. Heidelberg, 73, …

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For more information contact: Washington Historical Society 101 & 105 Zinser Place Washington, IL 61571 (just north of the square) 309-635-3016 or 309-444-4793 www.washington-historical-society.org   Friday Night Oct. 14, encampment on Washington Square 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. camp set up and story telling by the Fort Creve Coeur 1776 Venture Crew Saturday Oct. 15, …

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Sierra Club’s September 21st Meeting has a speaker change from that which is printed in the September paper.  The following is their corrected information:  

The Gathering of Veterans Pow Wow will be held on September 16-18, 2016, at Seven Circles Heritage Center in Edwards, IL.  The public is invited.   All veterans (past and present) will be honored. The weekend will be filled with healing, honoring, and celebrating all warrior heroes.  This is a special time honoring our veterans who we …

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  Greater Peoria League of Women Voters Co-sponsors Film, Selma, the Bridge to the Ballot League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria and NAACP Peoria will host a special screening of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) documentary Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot, the true story of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march.   …

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