CW Notes

Clean Water Celebration event set for April 22-23 will include Making Waves Awards
This year’s Clean Water Celebration, presented around the theme Choices, will kick off on the Peoria riverfront on Sunday, April 22. Opening ceremonies will begin at 4:00 p.m. at the Gateway Building with a Native American Blessing of the River and [...]

R. Todd Kerr, PA-C, has joined Great Plains Orthopaedics as a certified physician assistant. Kerr has 15 years experience in the medical field and recently completed his multidisciplinary medical rotations as part of his physician assistant studies.
Prior to joining Great Plains, he held a variety of athletic trainer positions including head athletic trainer for the [...]

Illinois American Water is inviting 4th grade classrooms within the company’s service area to participate in an Earth Day art contest. The purpose of the contest is to raise awareness about the value of water service and assist teachers in
educating about water protection and conservation.
“A large part of our environmental efforts [...]

Suspense and romance collide in 1963’s “Charade,” scheduled to screen at downtown Peoria’s non-profit Apollo Theater on Saturday, Feb. 11
Starring matinee idols Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, the 113-minute movie follows a recently widowed young woman being pursued by crooks and double agents seeking the $250,000 her husband supposedly stole during World War II.
Filmed in [...]

Campaign Co-Chairs to Announce Total at Victory Celebration Tomorrow
The Salvation Army’s Tree of Lights Victory Celebration will be held from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, February 3. Jim & Paula Moore, Honorary Co-Chairs of the 2011 Tree of Lights Campaign, will announce the final total raised for The Salvation Army’s annual fundraiser at [...]

The Illinois National Guard and local Red Cross partner to provide information to military members and families
The partnership between the Red Cross and America’s military began during the Civil War with Clara Barton on the battlefield. She nursed the wounded, wrote letters from soldiers to their families and exerted every effort to get the critically [...]

A colorful new exhibit opening at the Peoria Public Library Main Library Gallery on Saturday, March 10, “A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs” will be on display at Main Library on Lower Level One until Thursday, April 12 during regular gallery hours Monday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. It is free and [...]

In conjunction with the exhibit “A Fine Romance, Jewish Songwriters, American Songs” Peoria Public Library presents a free program with the Java Jews on Sunday, March 25 in a children’s program from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and a performance for all ages from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at North Branch in the McKenzie Room.
The Java [...]

Methodist Medical Center will offer another in its series of “Coffee with the Doctors” during the month of February
In recognition of February as Heart Month, Methodist will be offering a free community program on “Cholesterol and Your Heart”. The presentation will be Wednesday, February 22, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Presented by Dr. [...]

Spanish Conversation Hour, a new program offered on Tuesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Peoria Public Library Lincoln Branch was well received and will now be repeated weekly on Tuesdays through March 27.
What better way to begin learning or practice the second-most spoken language in the United States than during a pleasant conversation [...]